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+ Mandalay resident finds feathered friend Mandalay resident Tom Cohen snapped a photo of this feathered friend as it perched atop a lily pad in the community lake.

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Tammy Kovar has moved 47 times in her life. She had hoped her home in Summerfield Bluffs, where she’s lived for 12 years, would be her last home.

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Only a handful of tenant spaces remain on Lakewood Ranch Main Street. Lakewood Ranch Commercial Realty President Brian Kennelly attributes the 92% leased rate to a positive trend in gross sales.

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Bill Miller and Anita Shelare Miller enjoyed the poolside view.

+ Muirfield bids farewell to season Residents of the Muirfield community in the Lakewood Ranch Golf & Country Club celebrated the “End of the Winter Season” with a special pool party gathering May 23, to honor the community’s winter residents. Guests enjoyed food, music and fellowship at the event at the Muirfield community pool.

+ Church to host fundraiser Members of Lakewood Christian Church will transport the Lake Osprey Cabaret back in time this weekend as they “Ring in 1955” for a special murder-mystery dinner theater fundraiser.

Performances will be held from 6-9 p.m., June 11-12, at the Cabaret, 6239 Lake Osprey Drive. Pre-registration

by June 9 is required at www. lakewoodchristianchurch.net.

Tickets cost $22 and include dinner and the show.

Guests are encouraged to wear formal 1950s attire.

Proceeds will go to purchase construction supplies for a mission trip to the Dominican Republic in July.

Has Lakewood Ranch Commercial Realty found the ‘perfect’ mix for Lakewood Ranch Main Street?

LAKEWOOD RANCH — Lakewood Ranch Commercial Realty President Brian Kennelly is quick to admit finding the perfect mix of tenants for any shopping plaza is much like grasping for the wind.

But on Lakewood Ranch Main Street, at least, the concept is becoming more of a reality than an illusion.

Less than a month after the plaza’s anchor tenant, Good Earth Natural Foods, closed its doors, Kennelly’s company, which serves as property manager for the plaza, has subdivided the space and leased three of four spaces. Fast n Fresh, Premiere Sports Campus of Lakewood Ranch and Pastries by Design all signed leases in May and all are expected to open either in September or November of this year.

“I’m a firm believer these uses will drive traffic on Main Street,” Kennelly said. “We continue to find the ‘perfect mix.’ I think we’ve taken some great strides (toward that) over the last 18 months.”

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• Ana Molinari Salon & Spa • Barbary Shoppe • Main Street Travel • Prudential Lakewood Ranch Realty • Regions Bank

• Chico’s • Dragonfly • Natural Discoveries • Random • Stacked Heel

Specialty & Entertainment • Artisians • Arts A Blaze • Fish Hole Adventure Golf • Grey Flannel Gallery • Katy Rose Oilery • Knot Awl Beads • Little Bookworms • Main Street Bazaar • Obsessories • Sarasota Film Society (Lakewood Ranch Cinemas) • Vanessa Fine Jewelry • Village Bikes • Viking Culinary School • Wish on Main

Restaurants • Big Olaf Creamery • Ed’s Tavern • El Lago Ranchero • MacAllisters Grill and Tavern • Main Street Trattoria • Paris Bistrot • Polo Grill & Bar (with Fete Catering/Ballroom) • Saijio Sushi Restaurant • Starbuck’s

Homeowner seeks relief for erosion issue Summerfield Bluffs resident Tammy Kovar is out of options for resolving an erosion problem in her yard.

LAKEWOOD RANCH — As Tammy Kovar puts it, she hardly ever has trouble turning life’s lemons into lemonade.

But this time, it’s nearly impossible.

As Kovar peers out her kitchen window toward her unique view of the Braden River, she knows two things. First, the foundation of at least a section of her home has moved nearly an inch. And second, there is no way to fix it — unless, perhaps, she wins the lottery.

“There’s no good news,” Kovar said with a shrug.

For the last 12 years, Kovar has raised concerns to various entities about the erosion she sees happening behind her home, and she also has watched the riverbank creep slowly toward her property line at a rate of one to two feet per year. Now, it’s just yards away.

Trees and shrubs have fallen into the river. Her backyard slopes downward and shows signs of washing away. Her back porch steps now have an uneven slant.

“When you have your 80-yearold father patching cracks in your pool (area) because he’s scared, that gets you worried,”

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MAIN STREET / FROM PAGE 1 sioned Main Street to be a sort of East County St. Armands Circle destination with high-end boutiques and fine dining. But when Lakewood Ranch developer Schroeder-Manatee Ranch acquired Casto Lifestyle Properties’ 50% stake and became sole owner of the plaza in December 2009, the vision for Main Street became more oriented toward families.

“I think we are headed in the right direction,” Main Street’s property manager Julia DeCastro said. “We’re busier than we’ve ever been. The way it was before — it wasn’t working. I think more people are coming to the street because it is more family friendly.”

Kennelly agreed.

“Sometimes when you try to mimic certain projects, you find your own way,” he said. “We’ve found our mix that has elements of other retail centers, but I believe (Main Street) has its own identity.”

Kennelly attributes the recent interest from prospective tenants, in part, to increased year-over-year sales at the plaza, which were up 27% in 2010 from 2009, and are up an additional 16% from the first quarter of last year.

About seven restaurants and retailers in the plaza boasted their best months yet in March.

“We’re seeing a positive trend in gross sales, and that translates into a lot of interest,” Kennelly said.

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on Main Street, only four remain vacant, excluding the leases announced last month. Of those four, one restaurant space adjacent to Lakewood Ranch Cinemas has a lease for a seafood restaurant.

The space occupied by Sunglass Express Optical will be available for lease at the end of the month, because the store’s owner has opted not to renew the contract, Kennelly said.

Although the Serving Spoon, a popular eatery for lunch and breakfast, closed unexpectedly over Memorial Day weekend, Kennelly says he anticipates having the restaurant, or a similar dining concept, reopened for patrons by the end of the month.

“It’s an unfortunate situation,” Kennelly said of the closure. “Due to personal and financial reasons, the ownership could not (maintain) it. I already have three different parties who want to reopen Serving Spoon as is or as the same concept under a different name. I see this moving very quickly.”

Once reopened, the eatery may also expand to include a light dining option, he said.

Main Street’s directory lists 10 of 35 existing tenants businesses as restaurant or food-related. Fast n Fresh and the prospective seafood restaurant will add another two, while Pastries by Design will offer a limited amount of baked goods for purchase. The three remaining spaces on the plaza are being reserved for retailers, Kennelly said.

Lakewood Ranch Golf & Country Club resident Mike Hazel, who visits the plaza several times a week, said he likes the mix of tenants on Main Street, but worries the center could have too many restaurants and needs more retail.

John Breiner, owner of Ed’s Tavern, agreed, but noted Lakewood Ranch Commercial Realty has done a good job ensuring restaurants offer a variety of food and don’t have too similar of menus.

“There’s a complete variety of food (once we get those last restaurants in place),” added Vanessa Fine Jewelry’s Don Baugh. “I do think we need a few more (specialty) shops.”

Kennelly said, especially in the absence of a successful anchor tenant, restaurants on the street have played a pivotal role in drawing traffic to the plaza.

The Polo Bar and Grill’s Fete Ballroom, for example, exposes hundreds of people to the plaza each weekend, as they visit the facility for weddings or other special events.

“I think we’re at a comfortable level with our restaurant mix (with these new leases) and we’re now focused on our retail spaces,” Kennelly said. “Restaurants drive a tremendous amount of traffic on a repeat basis to a lifestyle center such as Main Street.”

The development’s original site plan shows up to 50,000 square feet in restaurant space.

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st. armands circle vs. lakewood main street St. Armands Circle, on which the plaza Main Street originally was modeled, the retailer-restaurant mix focuses more on retail spaces than restaurants when compared to Main Street.

st. armands circle Retail shops..................... 106 (76%) Restaurants or food related shops.............. 24 (17%) Financial or real estate companies.............................10 (7%)

LAKEWOOD MAIN STREET Entertainment or specialty shops................... 14 (41%) Restaurants ..........................9 (26%) Services ...............................6 (18%) Fashion ................................5 (15%)

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Supervisors slash stormwater costs Board members have modified proposed stormwatermaintenance programs to reduce the budget.

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Supervisors on the Heritage Harbour South Community Development District spent more than three hours June 2 finalizing cuts to the proposed stormwater management system budget.

HERITAGE HARBOUR — Supervisors on the Heritage Harbour South Community Development District have laid a heavy hand on the district’s preliminary budget for stormwater-management costs.

Based largely on feedback from residents during last month’s budget workshop and on recommendations from the Finance Committee of the Stoneybrook Homeowners Association, supervisors voted 3-1 to slash the proposed budget by about half, reducing proposed expenses from $445,741 to $223,269, by scaling back proposed programs.

The total is down about $35,000 from what the district spent last year on stormwater-management projects.

Supervisor Joseph Jaudon, the lone dissenting vote, said

cuts still aren’t deep enough, and he is not confident all the programs being implemented are needed.

“I’m not in total agreement with these numbers,” Jaudon said after the vote. “They haven’t come down enough for me. They haven’t affected the bottom line enough.”

Jaudon proved to be the proposed budget’s most fierce adversary, calling into question nearly every line item, including roughly $7,000 budgeted for aquatic plants and the amount of monies being rendered for management services, among others.

“We need to make sure what we are doing is required and necessary,” he said.

Other board members said the changes were reasonable, and many of the items in the budget, such as aquatic plantings and more

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regularly scheduled lakeand-wetland maintenance, are necessary for long-term cost savings for the district.

“If we don’t do the (proper) maintenance, we’re never going to drive down the costs,” Board Chairman Lee Bettes said.

As tentatively approved last week, the preliminary budget reduces proposed wetland maintenance events to eight times annually (from 24), reduces mowing between lakes and wetlands to eight events annually (from 24) and divides a chord grass bed restoration project into two years, among other changes.

Supervisors and residents will discuss the budget for landscaping, roads and reserves at budget workshop at 2 p.m., June 16.

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EAST COUNTY — Although Manatee County will reduce its fiscal year 2011/12 net budget by $16.7 million from this year, cuts will have little direct impact on East County residents, county officials say.

County Administrator Ed Hunzeker and Financial Director Jim Seuffert said many of the budget reductions are due to reductions in workload and will not require serious disruptions to county programs. Additionally, the county plans to use $50 million in budget stabilization reserves over the next four years until revenues and expenses return to an equilibrium.

The county administrator has eliminated 54 jobs as part of his balanced budget proposal. The Parks and Recreation Department will feel the brunt of the layoffs with 17 positions lost, while the Property Management Department is taking the next hardest hit with seven posi-

tions eliminated.

The recommended budget also includes an $8 million reduction in property taxes, as well as a 3% increase for both water and sewer fees. County millage is set to remain the same at 6.2993, as recommended by Hunzeker.

Commissioners on Monday began delving into the budget line item by line item, and will host a public hearing on the budget June 16.

“This is in the very early stages,” Manatee County Commissioner Donna Hayes said. “We still have a long way to go.”

Budget documents show the administrator’s proposed budget recommends funding for only two of the East County’s parks — Bennett and Conservatory parks, both of which are being partially funded through a Florida Communities Trust Grant.

Bennett Park, located at 280 Cypress Creek Road near the

State Road 64 Walmart, will receive $54,185 of $142,140 requested for this year. The passive recreation park was slated to have its first phase completed this summer.

The county expects to start construction on Conservatory Park, located between the Sonoma and Palm Aire communities, later this year. The 55-acre park will include a canoe/kayak launch, pier and observation area and more.

The administrator is recommending funding all of the $31,206 requested.

Funding for Fort Hamer Park/rowing and Creekwood Park is not being recommended.

Hayes said although the county is cutting funds for libraries, the Braden River Branch Library will not be affected.

The county’s budget has declined cumulatively by $137 million over the past five years.

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Meet Richard Lane Heritage Harbour South supervisors at their June 2 meeting named Richard Lane as the board’s newest member.

The Michigan native replaces Chuck Faust, who recently resigned from his post as chairman to spend more time with family.

“I want to make sure everything is maintained the way it is supposed to be maintained,” Lane said of his reason for running. “This is an opportunity for me to give back. I think I have a skill set that fits the needs of the board.”

Lane said he had no hesitations diving into the meat of the budget, and recognized residents’ desires to do without “extras” and stick to necessary expenses only, based on discussions at last month’s budget workshop.

“The budget needs to be acceptable to the people in the community, but it also needs to contain sufficient funds to get the work done,” he said.

Now retired, Lane spent 23 years as a superintendent of schools in Michigan, and also has served on economic development council committees and other organizations during the course of his career.

Lane will hold his seat until November 2012, at which time it will come up for re-election.

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Cuts will not affect East County Manatee County Administrator Ed Hunzeker cut 54 positions.

The cuts should not disrupt county programs, he said.

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Appropriation by function Physical environment — 30% ($136 million) Public safety — 29% ($132 million) General government — 16% ($73 million) Human services — 6% ($27 million) Other — 6% ($25 million) Capital Outlay — 5% ($21 million) Culture & recreation — 4% ($20 million) Transportation — 4% ($20 million) Recommended budget — ($454 million)

To view budget documents, visit www.mymanatee.org.

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“It opened my eyes that people are out there that really need help,” said Can Food Drive organizer Christina Meiser, 15, about seeing homeless people outside the Salvation Army five years ago.

River Club youth hold can drive Fifteen-year-old Christina Meiser will collect canned goods in the River Club community this weekend for the Salvation Army.

RIVER CLUB — A glimpse out of a car window five years ago permanently changed Christina Meiser’s perspective on life.

As she and her family drove by the Salvation Army, where homeless men and women were waiting for food, Christina became determined to make a difference for families in need.

Five years later, she’s just as determined. Christina will hold her fifth annual Community Can Drive from 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., June 11. River Club residents can leave non-perishable goods they wish to donate on their doorsteps and Christina and her volunteers will stop by to pick them up during that time. A drop-off tent also will be set up at Braden River Elementary School, 6125 River Club Blvd.

Christina’s can drive started five years ago after she and her family left a school open house in Sarasota. As the family drove, they passed the Salvation Army.

“I saw people just sitting there and my dad told me they were homeless and needed food,” Christina says. “I wanted to help.”

Once home, Christina quickly got to work cleaning out the family’s pantry of canned goods to donate to the cause.

But it didn’t seem like enough. So, Christina decided to host a canned food drive in the Sanctuary neighborhood in River Club, where she lived. She and her family distributed flyers to the 160 homes there the week before the event, and then traveled door to door to pick up donations from their neighbors’ doorsteps the day of the drive. That first summer, the Meiser family collected goods four times, gathering more than 1,100 items for the cause.

“It really worked out,” Christina said. “I wanted to do it again.”

Over the last four years, the Meiser family has fine-tuned its collection efforts, streamlining pickups into one-day events and last year adding a drop-off location at Braden River Elementary School.

This year, Christina, with the help of her family and friends, will collect donations throughout the entire River Club community for the first time.

“I would love to have the problem that there’s so much food in the cars we can’t fit people (in them),” Christina’s father Michael Meiser said.

Christina agreed: “It would be cool.”

For more information about the drive, visit http://communitycandrive.webs. com/.

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of “Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing”

by Judy Blume. Students in fifth grade collaborated together to animate famous works of art using claymation techniques.

The event featured the glitz and glamour of Hollywood, with student filmmakers walking the red carpet, posing for paparazzi and munching on popcorn.

Goscars went to: Laura Whalen, Vince Mirdala, Sydney Strimer and Cara Ryan for Fifth Grade Best Animated Film; to Alison Daniels, Karen Garcia, Sejal Keshvara and Federico Tello for Fifth Grade Best Interpretation of a Famous Work of Art; to Catriona Barr, Riley Quinn, Ty Barker, Daniel Kendall and Garret Zimmerman for Fourth Grade Best Animated Film; to Emily Williams, Colton Branham, Ahliya Betterson and Gianna Torres for Fourth Grade Best Screenplay; and to Lily Adamson, Katie Daniel, Alison Daniel and Meaghan Schutte for Best Indie Film.

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+ Willis art students walk red carpet for film debuts Fourth- and fifth-grade students at Willis Elementary School showed off their artistic talents May 26, as they presented their animated films during the Gecko Film Festival 2011.

The program was made possible after the Visual Art Department at Willis received a grant called “Animating the Arts” through the Leslie and Margaret Weller Fund of the Community Foundation of Sarasota.

Participating students completed a cross-curricular project between visualand-language arts to create stop-motion animated films. Fourth-graders drew and wrote storyboards for their versions

+ Foreclosed restaurant space burglarized The space formerly occupied by Stingray’s Grill in Lakewood Ranch has been burglarized.

A Manatee County Sheriff’s Office report states the restaurant, located in the 6200 block of Lake Osprey Drive, was burglarized sometime between May 20 and June 1. Subject(s) pried open the back door to enter the property and stole $27,000 worth of appliances.

+ Scott appoints three to SCF Board Gov. Rick Scott announced June 1 the appointments of Charlene J. Neal, Ann Y. Moore and Dr. Craig A. Trigueiro to the District Board of Trustees, State College of Florida, Manatee-Sarasota.

Neal, 58, of Bradenton, is the president and owner of Charlene Neal PureStyle. She succeeds Ronald Allen and is appointed for a term beginning June 1, 2011, and ending May 31, 2015.

Moore, 52, of Sarasota, is a real estate broker with Michael Saunders and Company. She succeeds Christine Robinson and is appointed for a term beginning June 1, 2011, and ending May 31, 2014.

Trigueiro, 61, of Lakewood Ranch, is a self-employed physician. He succeeds

Susan Miller Kelly and is appointed for a term beginning June 1, 2011, and ending May 31, 2014.

The appointments are subject to confirmation by the Florida Senate.

+ LECOM breaks ground on dental school Officials celebrated the groundbreaking of Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine’s School of Dental Medicine with a special ceremony June 4.

Manatee and Sarasota county officials, LECOM representatives, state legislators and local dentists, among others, turned out for the event, which was held on the school’s future site just north of LECOM’s medical school on Lakewood Ranch Boulevard.

“These folks are the epitome of a good corporate citizen,” Lakewood Ranch developer Schroeder-Manatee Ranch’s CEO and President Rex Jensen said of LECOM. The $52 million dental school is expected to open in 2012.

Because the business is in foreclosure, the alarm system has not been in use, the report states.

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Bayside families celebrate Ugandan adoptions Bayside’s Bridge a Life ministry welcomed Ugandan children and their adoptive families with a special picnic June 4. provides support for the parents who take those children under their care through meals, childcare and help with housework.

The Bridge a Life “Stew Crew” coordinates and provides meals for parents who have just adopted so they can better focus on bonding with their new child. The “Hammer Time” crew, also known as the “Drill Team,” devotes a workday to aid older, single, overloaded foster/adoptive parents with general upkeep around the home.

And finally, the “Stop, Drop and Roll” team provides childcare by a licensed and background-screened team of volunteers, so foster/adoptive parents can have an occasional night out.

Sarah Ferguson, who with her husband, Ryan, recently adopted two children from Uganda, said the Bridge a Life ministry has been invaluable as they expanded their family in recent months.

“I didn’t even know how much I would need help,” Ferguson said. “With four (children) under 3 years old, it’s been a big help. Our church (family) actually watched our biological children while (we were in Uganda for three weeks).”

In the United States, there are 500,000 children in the foster-care system and another 120,000 awaiting adoption, Danny Jones said.

“If every church in the (United States) adopted one of those children, there would be no waiting children in foster care,” he said. “My wife and I can’t adopt every child. We feel like we’ve been positioned in such a way to break down fears.”

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EAST COUNTY — Danny Jones says the first 18 years of his life earned him a doctorate in child misery.

Raised in a home full of abuse and neglect, Jones was a troubled youth without any set direction for his life.

“I never understood why (God) allowed that to happen (to me),” he said. “I felt like it was robbed of what I consider a normal American childhood.”

But at 18 years old, Jones found himself in jail in Kansas City, Mo. And, there, he found God. At the time, Jones still didn’t know why he’d had to face such a tormented upbringing, but when he and his wife, Ann Marie, started the process to become foster parents in 2007, he suddenly understood.

“I realized this was God’s way of seeing value in those 18 years of my life,” Danny Jones said. “Everything fell into place.”

Today, he and his wife head up a ministry at Bayside Community Church called Bridge a Life. The program exists to “ensure abused, abandoned, neglected or otherwise orphaned children thrive in Christ-centered families.”

The ministry hosted a day of fun for families who recently adopted children from Uganda, as well as those waiting for their Ugandan children, June 4, at Greenbrook Adventure Park.

Although the Joneses act as foster parents and now have adopted two children of their own — Owen and Lilly — they recognize foster care and adopting is not for everyone. That’s where Bridge a Life comes in, Danny said.

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Sheriff’s request questionable Manatee County Commissioners have their hands full again creating a balanced budget in the fifth year of declining revenues from falling property values and a struggling economy.

Some of this is their own doing by allowing county government to bloat trying to meet everyone’s needs and wants while providing such generous employee benefits packages not seen in the private sector. Part, of course, is because of their control as the county operates in a national and global economy and there was little any single county could do to stem the housing collapse.

But the commissioners’ job has been made much harder by Sheriff Brad Steube’s request for a 4.4% bump in spending to give a 3% raise to all of his employees and to hire another 10 deputies and 10 corrections officers.

Here is the background. The Manatee County Property Appraiser just released estimates that the county taxable property value fell another $1.2 billion this past year, meaning a revenue gap from the current budget of about $16 million. Tax increases are not an option, so Manatee County Administrator Ed Hunzeker is looking at a combination of spending cuts and drawing down reserves.

This comes after the county has cut about $130 million since 2007, and new county projections show that continuing property valuation declines will mean the county will be cutting more again in 2013.

Some of Hunzeker’s proposed cuts include: • Reducing the central library weekly hours

from 56 to 48 to cut three staff positions.

• Eliminating 54 county positions largely due to decreased demand for services.

• Privatizing the operations at the two county-run golf courses.

• Funding the Longboat Key trolley service at $200,000 because of an agreement with the town of Longboat Key and Sarasota County. (This is a luxury none of the three municipalities can afford.)

Into this context comes Steube’s request for a sizable increase in spending. Now, we are not at all opposed to law enforcement getting better pay while perhaps bureaucrats whose primary function is to bury progress under an avalanche of paperwork get less.

The thin blue and green lines that maintain civilization at the edges are treasured.

But we question whether this is the time for such a spending move. None of the other county employees will be getting a 3% raise and all have been on the same salary for the past four years. Hunzeker is proposing a one-time $1,000 bonus for all employees. It is designed to show appreciation, help with the state-required payments into the retirement system and does so without increasing the base salary.

County employees overall are budgeted at the same pay for the fifth straight year. Further, the Sheriff’s Office got 16 new positions in 2011 and an additional $1.6 million while the rest of county government shrank.

Steube is planning to cut five school resource officers, which we said previously seems like a wise restructuring of priorities.

Surely he can find more such opportunities.

When Hunzeker proposed his budget last week, it included a $500,000 cut to the sheriff’s budget. We are aware that there is some positioning that goes on between county staff and constitutional officers such as the Sheriff, Clerk of Court, Property Appraiser, Supervisor of Elections and Tax Collector.

And this could be that.

But Steube is willing to play hardball to get his employees more money this year.

When Hunzeker gave his budget proposal to the County Commission, the only comment that Steube had was to ask that the June 16 budget workshop that includes his department be televised and be held in the commission chambers to accommodate the large number of people that would be attending.

Obviously, Steube intends to pack the room with supporters, the most of whom are likely to be sheriff employees who stand to financially benefit from the sheriff’s proposal. Apparently, he has learned from watching the tactics teacher unions employ using their large number of employees to apply pressure to elected officials and playing on the public’s emotions.

The county commission has the annual balancing act here. They may decide that tipping the financial scale toward law enforcement is the right choice. But we hope they decide it from a rational, good policy perspective and not based on how many people show up at a meeting with their arms folded angrily.

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Needed: immigration principles Immigration reform frustratingly died in the Florida Legislature last month. What is so difficult about making everyone play by the same rules?

The Legislature defeated a simple immigration enforcement bill in May that was hardly comprehensive, revealing a fatal weakness of principle and reality on the part of many Republicans in the Legislature.

The bill would have used the federal government’s E-Verify to ensure the legal status of any candidate for state employment. A fine would have been levied on employers found to have hired an illegal alien. And the legal status of anyone arrested by law enforcement would be checked.

ROD The original idea was THOMSON to have an Arizona-style law making it a crime for someone here illegally to work, penalize employers who hire them and make local authorities turn them over to the feds — not that the feds would do anything with them. These are nothing more radical than steps to enforce the federal immigration laws that a Congress passed, but captivated by special interests, won’t enforce.

The Florida immigration bill that was defeated was significantly weaker than the Arizona law.

However, Georgia passed a law similar to Arizona’s during its legislative session and it is a bit mysterious that a Florida legislature dominated by Republican senators who supposedly believe in the rule of law voted it down by a substantial margin.

The bill’s rules were completely reasonable for making sure that people are not here illegally, having broken into the country and taking jobs without paying payroll taxes. Unfortunately, the Senate debate devolved into an emotional game with contestants trying to outdo each other in how deeply they feel about the importance of “our nation’s roots in immigration.”

Oh for Pete’s sake. How many times does this canard have to be corrected? Those roots are in legal immigration. That whole Ellis Island thing? They were coming from Ireland, Germany, Poland and so on…legally.

Legal. Illegal. Different. Opposites. Got it?

A Palm Beach protestor in Tallahassee during the session, identified by the St. Petersburg Times as Saul Lopez, said, “This bill threatens our rights.” By enforcing federal law? Neither Lopez or anyone else has any “rights” to be in this country illegally. If he is here legally, then nothing is threatened.

But if he is here illegally, he is not the same as others who have been waiting to immigrate legally, instead of hopping the border in the dead of night. He is not the type of immigrant on which the country was built, because he is here illegally, unlawfully, criminally. He has no rights on this issue. U.S. citizens have the rights, in cases such as these, primarily to rid the country of lawbreakers.

There are two simple prongs at work here.

One is in principle. One is in reality.

First, principle. People sneaking into our country without applying and following the rules is like being in a long grocery line at the checkout counter. You’re waiting patiently with others when a guy takes cuts at the very front, pushing his way into first spot at the counter and gets his groceries without waiting. Oh, and he does not have to pay taxes on his purchases — illegal aliens generally do not pay federal income, Social Security or Medicare taxes. But you, following the rules, wait in line and when your turn finally comes, you have to pay taxes, too.

That’s the principle. It’s wrong to take cuts.

How hard is this to understand?

And then there is the reality. We need to know who is in our state and in our country.

As it is now, Osama bin Laden could have come in across the Mexican border and we probably would not have known it. Maybe he could have hidden better picking Florida tomatoes than hiding in Pakistan.

Immigration reform protest in Tallahassee last month. Note use of “anti-immigrant” when the issue is “illegal immigrant,” and the use of children.

We are completely in favor of letting in Hispanics and any others from any countries as long as they follow the rules. But another canard is that wanting those rules followed is racist. As usual, more nonsense. Let them in, as long as they follow the rules and a good percentage arriving come with an education.

Please, come and add your value to the melting pot of America.

Our domestic birthrate shows the importance of immigration for us. But we are deluded if we think we can take all of those who cannot make it in their third-world countries. We can take a few, if we take those who can contribute more, too, and require everyone to learn English and our history.

It’s our nation’s history and if they want to be part of this nation, they should know it.

Right now, we don’t do any of that, and we are poorer, deeper in debt and more vulnerable for it.

This reform needs to happen next year.

It should not be hard. Gov. Rick Scott is onboard with an Arizona-style law. The Republicans running the Legislature need to get their act together and stop kowtowing to a damaging and short-sighted alliance of agri-business interests and open-borders liberals.

As Scott said after the session, there is always next year.

As long as the Legislature does not become the Chicago Cubs on the issue of “next year.”

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

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by Gary Berns

Delay incorporation vote As chairman of the Friends of Lakewood Ranch, I write to respond to your editorial entitled, “Too soon for petitions.”

It is an elemental rule of logical thinking that a false premise must necessarily result in a false conclusion. Your editorial is based upon such a false premise.

Your entire editorial assumes that the Friends have control over the timing of the drive to incorporate Lakewood Ranch. Nothing could be further from the facts.

The Incorporation Study Group is the group that is driving the incorporation train. They set the timing schedules, and it is to them that your editorial should have been addressed. Berns You state that “ … this petition drive appears pre-emptive and before its time. We say that because it is under way well before the residents of Lakewood Ranch have armed themselves with enough information to analyze all of the relevant facts and issues to know whether incorporation makes sense.” You go on to state, “This is a huge issue. And it needs proper time for seasoning … more seasoning, more debate and more information is warranted … ” You conclude by urging Lakewood Ranch residents “ … to hold off before signing petitions.”

The views you expressed above are a rational and reasonable position to hold regarding the current incorporation debate, other than the “hold off signing” statement. After giving due consideration to your views, why didn’t you direct your conclusion to the Incorporators and request that they postpone the straw poll they are planning to hold in approximately 10 weeks (sometime in August), because they are in total and complete control of the process including how and when they hold the straw poll?

Why would you ever expect the Friends or Lakewood Ranch residents not to continue

with their efforts at stopping incorporation when a vote will be held in only a few short weeks? That’s simply irrational. Your editorial is thoughtful, but your conclusion is wrong and directed at the wrong group! At a minimum, you should have at least requested both groups to postpone their campaigns to allow what you describe as “ … more seasoning, more debate and more information …”

Certainly, if you concluded that residents are not well informed enough at this time to sign a petition, then why would you conclude that the same residents will be able to make an informed judgment in just a few more weeks by voting in a straw poll? In your next editorial, we hope that you might consider expanding your conclusion by directing your comments to the Incorporators who, in fact, control the timing of the incorporation process, as well as the entire incorporation initiative.

Faced with a schedule that includes a straw poll in August and a bill in December, we have no choice but to now do exactly what we are doing. To follow The Observer’s schedule would be to have us delay until the whole process is complete. We refuse to do this.

To this point we have been unable to ascertain just how the straw poll will be conducted.

Even though the poll is scheduled for less than 10 weeks from now, the Incorporation Study Group is “unable” to tell us how they are going to do it.

So long as the Incorporators insist on such an accelerated schedule, we have no option but to continue our efforts to avoid the perils of incorporation. No option to the current schedule has been presented to us.

Gary Berns is chairman of the Friends of Lakewood Ranch, which opposes incorporation.

Letters TO THE Editor + McNeal article a smear campaign Dear Editor: I cannot even begin to explain how disappointed I am that our community paper, that I have always looked forward to reading, would place a smear article against a local principal. Never mind that the article in itself is unfounded and came from an “anonymous” source, the fact that you would choose to place this as a front-page article is disheartening.

I feel that you did not take the time to fully investigate this claim from the “concerned parent” or to speak with the other 650-plus parents who did not sign this petition. I do not understand how this can even be a story if the Manatee County School District supports Norma Scott and her actions. It really feels as if the East County Observer was trying to incite outrage by publishing this article.

If you wanted to bash local principals and how they are doing in their schools, why wasn’t Imagine School of Lakewood Ranch’s Principal Stephen Sajewski front-page news when he was arrested for DUI in March? Wouldn’t the fact that he was arrested and not reprimanded be a better front-page story if you are in the business of angering the community?

Scott has been a great asset to McNeal Elementary. Our school is a place where parents, younger siblings and extended family are welcomed to all events; this was not the case under the former principal, Ronna Moore. I have

been at McNeal since it opened in 2003, and I have loved this school since the first day it opened. I have seen amazing improvements with Scott as principal. My children love to go to school, and none of us has ever felt that teachers or staff were “in fear” there.

I was surprised that you would list the 13 staff members and the reason for leaving McNeal. A few of those staff members left for personal reasons, one of them for medical concerns. Did it occur to you that they may not want their names and status published for all to see and question? What about the new schools that the teachers transferred to? Now these school’s parents may feel that their teacher was forced to be at that new school? What was the purpose of listing these people who left McNeal? I also have to wonder why the names of the 21 parents were not published alongside these 13 staff members, if you are going to call these staff members out into the open, wouldn’t you do the same for the people that signed the petition?

Our school enrollment has increased 25% in the last two years; kindergarten enrollment increased 54% since last year.

What other school can say this?

The word is out that McNeal is a great school, with amazing staff & teachers and we are led by a wonderful principal. Why would The Observer try to dampen this success with the anonymous letter signed by a mere 21 parents in a school of 700 students?

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The following information was gathered from incident and arrest reports obtained from the Manatee County Sheriff ’s Office.

LAKEWOOD RANCH May 31

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The foundation of the pool area behind Tammy Kovar’s house has moved visibly.

KOVAR / FROM PAGE 1 Kovar said. “I didn’t ask him to do that.”

Last month, Kovar and fellow Bluffs resident Stuart Siegel petitioned supervisors on Lakewood Ranch Community Development District 1, which owns the gopher tortoise preserve property behind Kovar’s home and is responsible for common areas and infrastructure in the Summerfield/Riverwalk area, for help. Although Siegel’s property is not being affected in exactly the same way as Kovar’s, he and neighbors also have experienced erosion in their yards.

On Tuesday, after the East County Observer went to press, supervisors were slated to discuss whether or not to spend upwards of $5,000 to determine what could be done to prevent the river from eroding farther toward Kovar’s property and behind other homes in the Summerfield Bluffs neighborhood. District engineer Mike Kennedy has

12:01 a.m. — 7300 block of Desert Ridge Glen. Identity theft. The victim reported unknown person(s) used her identity and credit card information without her permission to make unauthorized charges. She stated she doesn’t know how they got her information.

Her bank was able to cancel the card and get the credit card charges reversed.

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said repairs to the riverbank likely would cost at least $500,000.

Additionally, the district’s attorney Jeffrey Russell said the CDD has no obligation to remedy the situation, and that only affected homeowners would be responsible for paying for remediation — a scenario that is most likely cost prohibitive to homeowners.

Kovar is the first to admit she cannot afford such an assessment, and she doesn’t want her neighbors to pay it, either. But she also doesn’t want to see their home values decrease because she’s forced to vacate her property.

“This was perfect; I lived it for 12 years,” Kovar said. “But you can make perfect somewhere else. It’s just a box. But I care — that’s the part that’s the hardest.”

Kovar said she plans to inform her mortgage lenders of the situation, because she is afraid the home may become structurally unsound.

Contact Pam Eubanks at peubanks@yourobserver.com.

7 p.m. — 6600 block of Copper Ridge Trail.

Burglary to a conveyance. The victim reported unknown person(s) unlawfully entered his vehicle while it was parked in his driveway.

The person(s) did so by breaking the rear driver’s side vanity window. The person(s) then entered the vehicle and rummaged through an empty computer case that was sitting on the floorboard. The person(s) didn’t take anything from the vehicle before leaving in an unknown direction by unknown means.

MYAKKA CITY

Reported May 31

3 p.m. — 41400 block of State Road 64 E. Information. The complainant contacted the sheriff’s office through a third party in reference to fence construction just outside the boundary of his property. The complainant stated he believed the fence was possibly a hate crime act. The responding deputy examined the fence and observed the wooden stockade fence was painted green, white and orange on the side facing the complainant’s residence. They observed no writing or anything unusual about the fence other than the color it was painted. There were no criminal elements present that would involve law en-

forcement. The fence was photographed for documentary purposes.

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7:51 a.m. — 5700 block of Avista Drive. Cyberstalking. The victim reported an old friend won’t stop calling her and is scaring her with all of the texts and calls. She said he’s delusional and when she told him not to contact her any longer, he ignores her and continues the threatening calls. A capias was completed.

TARA

Reported May 31 5:35 p.m. — 6600 block of Pineview Terrace.

Neighbor problem. The complainant wanted it documented that she and her neighbor have not been getting along for three years now. The Manatee County Sheriff’s Office has been out recently for the same issues.

OTHER

June 1 10 p.m. — 4500 block of 37th Street E. Vehicle burglary. Unknown person(s) burglarized the victim’s vehicle and stole stereo equipment from inside. The vehicle was parked in a fenced and gated area but was left unlocked overnight.

June 2 4:50 a.m. — 4600 block of 34th Court E. Burglary. Two unknown black males broke and pulled out the back passenger side door window and entered the victim’s vehicle.

While inside, they broke off the dash panel, pulled out the stereo and started to cut the wires. During that time, a witness was out jogging and stumbled across the two suspects. At that point, the two suspects fled on foot and the witness gave chase to one of the black males but wasn’t able to catch up.

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Angelica Maria Medina Gladis Arisve Medina Cole Patrick Medvetz Sydney Rochelle Meloche Ashley Jordan Metcalf Colin Nkem Mgbeke Justin Ryan Miller Ryan Andrew Miller Sarah Marie Miller Sarai Bethany Miller Gleb Alexandrov Mishchenko Joseph James Misner Danielle Mariagrazi Montone Pablo Moreno Sarah Bethany Morgenson Connor Addison Morse Lauren Elizabeth Muller Daniel Howard Murray Carlotta Murri Jason Adam Nanayakkara Alana Lee Napier Joshua Clifford Nauman Jamie Anthony Neering Justin Tyler Ness Thomas John Nevadomski Tu Ngoc Nguyen Leslie Christine Nielsen (Manatee County diploma) Jake Northfield Donavan Quest Norton Dillon Maxwell Norwick Theresa Diane Novak Estefano Andres NunezGomez Nathan James Oberdorf Francis Edward O’Brien IV Kelsey Elizabeth O’Brien Kimberly Adona Oda Cameron Deshawn Pu Odom Nicholas O’donnell Teisha Nicole Pack Marco Antonio Padilla Evan Blane Palmer Michael Thomas Fer Palomino Amanda Lee Paniagua Wade Samuel Parker Joseph Calvin Pascuzzi Ritul Bharat Patel Eric Joseph Patro Jr. Matthew David Peck Lyndsey Kenya’ta Peek Brittany Barbara Pelton Salvador Perez-Martinez Kathryn Mae Perrine (Manatee County diploma) Danielle Aliya Petersen Scott Robert Pfalzgraf Kaitlin Dianne Pike William Elliot Pilkington Jason Scott Platt Thaddeus Leith Pleasant Ryan Joseph Praizner Matthew Stephen Putnam Chelsey Anne Ranck Jake Evan Reed

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Nicole Alexis Timpone John Tyler Toft Will Jacob Tomlin Wesley Colon Torres Dustin Edward Tracy Daniel Allantuite Trinh Chelsi Jeannene Trout (Manatee County diploma) Lindsey Alvianna Twenty Reece Philip Vanatta Amanda Rae Vanhandel Augustina Vargas Tanner James Varsalona Juan R Villanueva Trenton Joseph Vincent Yuliya Olegrivna Vinnitskaya Samantha Marie Voges Kristen Victoria Voight Whitney Lynn Walker Sara Elizabeth Walser Brandi Leigh Wanecski Craig Richard Wankowski Kristopher Lamar Washington Tiffany Marie Waters Garrett James Watters Tricia Lynnann Wears Sha’lanika Monay Webb Matthew Robert Wedebrock Michael Lewis Wedebrock Rachel Katherine West Richard Edmond Wheeler III Casey Burnett Whitehead Keith Andrew Whitfield Kevin James Whitfield Kale James Williams Andrew Robert Winn Sasha Megan Wirth Kaitlyn Elizabeth Wolfe Brad Darensbour Woods Jessica Jeanne Wopinski Emily Anna Wray Steven John Yoder Justin Scott Young Alexandra Rachelle Zalkin Helen Suly Zavala Lindsey Renee Zavala Kelsey Alyn Zeller Zachary Thomas Zimmer Eric Joseph Zunica All senior class lists were supplied by the School District of Manatee County on May 16, 2011. The names contained in these lists may not reflect changes based on the completion of specific graduation requirements. Some student names were omitted from the lists because of confidentiality paperwork filed by parents with the school district.

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Lakewood Ranch High School Graduates of Lakewood Ranch High School proudly received their diplomas during the school’s Commencement Ceremony June 4, at the Manatee County Civic Center.

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Above: Amy Kate Besio, Emily Butler, Katy Bryan-Beachler and Victoria Mazzuki Left: Christina Marquez and Gladis Medina enjoyed the day.

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The Out-ofDoor Academy celebrated its 13th Commencement June 4 at its Upper School campus in Lakewood Ranch.

Family members and friends gathered to watch members of the Class of 2011 receive their high school Photos by Mike Eng

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Above: Caitlin Adamson was the first to receive a diploma at ODA's commencement.

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Jordan Burr was excited to complete his high school career.

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Braden river High School | Class of 2011 David Nolan Ackoury Andrew Patrick Adams Michael Brandon Adams Shawn Patrick Adams Ashley Nicole Adkins Shakel Chrinise Albritton Gabriella Maria Aldana Jonathan Alexander Anaya Jeffrey Ryan Andacht David Michael Apple Devontae Rayvon Austin Angela Morgan Babecki Alba Bacelliu Marcelo Olvardo Baez Caleb Joseph Bailey Javar Devonte Baity Taylor Nicole Baker Katherine Elizabeth Balcom Jerid Rutland Ballard Jessica Baltazar Jose Alfredo Baltazar Kelsey Marie Barr (Manatee County diploma) Kenzie Marie Basilone Frank Michael Batchelder Alexander Joseph Beauchene Danielle Sasha Beauregard (Manatee County diploma) Alaina Michelle Beck Alejandro Bedoya Arbelaez Caitlyn Antoinette Benedetto Alexandra Lisette Benedicto Thamarha Benjamin Omarq Aissa Benkhatar Kevin Marcus Bennett Timothy Lee Bennett Aileen Alexandra Bernuy Cameron Paul Betsch Keith Everett Bianchi Francis Kyle Bianco Dylan Jacob Bickford Brendan Robert Bishop Brian William Bjork Bobby Lee Blackledge Monique Georgia Blackwood Lindsay Nicole Blake Searnesha Florina Blanc Lincoln Scott Bond Ta’Mara Lee Boozer Ryan Morgan Borges Eric Trevor Bradford Brett David Brown Heather Lynn Brown Kristofer Ryan Brown Kaleb Michael BrownellStewart Jose Luis Burgos Dalton Wayne Busby Bridgette Nicole Byrd (Manatee County diploma)

Catherine Marie Byrne Damian Xavier Caban Alexa Jillian Cabral Jason Michael Caller Genesys Victoria Carranza Nicole Alessandra Castillo Jessica Marie Castro Spencer Ross Cathel Mark Nicholas Celaya Bianey Celestino Jr. Jesika Rose-Ann Yap Chin Charles Cooper Chrisman Caroline Rebecca Coarsey Elroy Charles Coby Jr. Oscar Guillermo Collado Erin Mary Colleran Alanna Rae Condren Brianna Cristi Cook Evelyn Rubi Corona Jay Louise Crabbe Olivia Mary Ann D’Amico James Andrew Dapello Austin Alexander Dasilva Amber Nichole Davis Kaleb Michael Deedrick Hector Javier De Jesus Valentina Del Pino Londono Laura DeLeon Andrade Dylan Thomas DeLoach Chelsea Ann DeMaya Amanda Marie Demers Brandon James Demers Taylor Anne Dennis Katherine Elizabeth Detar Richard Kenneth DiCarlo III Kaley Ruth Dietrich Ashley Nicole Dillon Alexander Christian Dlutowski Erica Megan Doig Erika Jo Donahue Michael David Dougherty II Durrell Alexander Dowling April Mae Downard Chandler Ryan Doyle Kacee Leann Dozier Jessica Anne Dube Kody Karl Dueltgen Carlos Aurelio Duran Valencia Chelsea LeeAnn Dusek Karrie Anne Lynn Edick Amber Marie Edwards James Douglas Edwards Crystal Marie Ellis Jessica Elaine Ellis Jonathan Reuben Ely Marisha Shantall Escuza Dustin Leigh Evans Steven James Evens Kara Lynn Fahey Elizabeth Margaret Fernandez Santos Figueroa IV Taylor Alexander Fisk Jessica Lynn Ford Kevin Richard Foy Nathan Allen Frantz

Latasha Sharda Freeman Eric Lee Freemon Jr. Lauren Lindsey Frieler Braittani Nicole Froug Kathleen Elizabeth Funderburk Karla Maribel Gamboa Rachel Elizabeth Gamsky Madison Brooke Gamso Cesar Augusto Garcia Jr. Teresa Garcia Nicholas John Garganta Bryan Heath Garner Anthony Pasquale Garofalo Randy Allen Geis Shada Husam Ghnaim Victroia Jewell Gilbertson Taryn Theresa Gillette Ricardo Alberto Gimenez Jr. Alexandra Giraldo Marin Michael Damarion Glover Christopher Timothy Godzina Amber Lynn Goerner David Michael Goerner Brian Samuel Goodwin Kyle Dillon Gordon Victoria Lynn Gore Amiee Noelle Grace Evan Thomas Grafton Keith Harley Grafton Nicholas Green Jackson Powell Greenwood Faith Lynn Grose Nicole Marie Gross Larissa Marie Guadarrama Jordan Dale Guianen Sebastien Christopher Guillaume Brandon John Hahn Christopher Alan Haight Haylee Marie Handel Cory Dalton Hardin Alan Patrick Harris Jr. Brandon Nicholas Harvey Rachel Ann Hassen Erica Joy Hatch Rachael Christine Heinze Roert Luers Heldrich III Nicholas Andrew Henderson Michael George Henry Kylie Elizabeth Hickman Bianca Bernice Highsmith (Manatee County diploma) Huyen Thi My Ho Kaleigh Storm Holmes John Kyle Holt Robert Marquise Horton John Edward Houk III John Douglas Howell Jr. Alicia Lynn Howington Devin William Hurley Paula Teresa Hushaw Grace Marie Huston Robert Joseph Hutchinson

Bonnie Caitlyn Idsardi Chelsea Elizabeth Idsardi Fahem Ul Islam Deicy Yojana Jacinto Garcia Reynard Lindsey Jackson Jr. Stacy Ein Jackson Tracy Leslie Jackson Kaleigh Jeanette Jaco William Edward Lee Jay Jason Christopher Jazzar Chelsea Michele Jenkins Cheronda Arielle Jenkins Leanna Marie Jensen Dillon Michael Jepsen Jaren William Johansson Asha Jaisoen Johnson Erica Anna Johnson Shaquil Jenae Johnson Timothy Scott Johnston Destiny Yvonne Jones Emily Catherine Jones Ian James Jones Michael Stephen Jones Sydney Lynne Jordan Cathy Vanessa Joseph Anthony Joseph Kahlor Michael Max Katzen Austin Matthew Kaufman Zachary Stewart Keehner Kadin Robert Kerns Kenna Sue Kimbrell Brandy Jean Kinney Brendan Logan Kinney Erica Lea Kirkman Zachary Joseph Kleer Angela Michelle Klein Jillian Rose Koenig Oladipo Daidson Kolawole Brian Miroslaw Kowalczyk Foster Jackson Krabill John Charles Lansdowne Zachary Ryan Larus Amber Louise Lavin Leonardo Daniel Leal Guerrero Daniel Eric Leandres Amanada Jeanne Lear Stephany Kristen Lefever Jerrod Michael Leinhauser Brittney Ann Lesperance Joshua Lim Shane Houghton Lindsay Morgan Amanda Lopez Kaylee Alexandra Luh Shelby Christian Lyons Brendan Scott MacDonald Anthony Christian Machado Melissa Marie Malanczuk Matthew Ganaway Malcom Luz Angela Mancera Torres Ashley Ann Manske Benjamin Tyler Marckmann Taylor Patrick Marquette Samantha Elizabeth Marrocco Courtney Renae Maugherman

Brianna Nichole Maxa Kayla Marie Mc Carthy Jyelle Shonte McDonald Riley Patrick Mc Ilwaine Trevor Dylan McKee Thomas Joseph Meehan Marina Renee Mercier Jacob Michael Merrill Adam Kenneth Midgett Christopher Angelo Mihaylov Tyler Nicholas Miller Bethany Lynne Miranda Breon LaMar Mitchell Jeffrey Edward Mitchell Beauty Adesewa Modupe Louis Grant Molton Bryan Edward Moore Max Alan Moore II Olivia Zina Moore Eric Robert Morand Junior Alex Moreno Alana Rae Namaka Taylor Grace Nardone Kimberly Renee Naylor Nikki Taylor Neff Taylor Skye Nelson Holly Marie Neuhaus Luc Tuan Nguyen mary Kathryn Nicholson Ryan John Noaker Samantha Ann North Casey Porter O’Dell Geoffrey Robert Oles Whitney DeElaine Ondrovich Daniel Ohifeme Oratokhai Austin James Osgood Papa Kweku Otoo Luis Eduardo Palacios Alissa CaroleMarie Palumbo Emilio Anibal Pareja Alexandra Caela Parker Jessica Christine Parker Ariana Meli Patages Jaimin Jitendra Kumar Patel Rachel Leanne Patneaude Jacqueline Nicole Paul Benjamin Thomas Peacock Katherine Marie Pearson Madison Elizabeth Pearson Autumn Nicole Pencosky Hannah Catherine Pepka Joshua Alex Perez Alvin Bernard Pete Jr. Jeremy Thomas Petty Luis Jose Pichardo Bryan Jose Pinero Mariah Alexa Pinto Robert Wallace Pomfret III Hector Asis Portillo Jessica Summer Price Anthony Primiano Jr. Brittani Helene Malley Pritchard Blair Nichole Pyle

Jason Alan Radley Aaron Nicholas Ramirez Emmy Ramirez Jessie Lynn Rankin Ryan Paul Rawlings Connor Thomas Ray Brittany Lenae Redcay Cody Fredrick Reed Leah Aisling Reidy Brooke Nicole Ribarich Jessica Lyn Rice Brandi Nicole Ricker Joshua John MacRae Ringler Nicholas Arron Rizzolo Alan Fredrick Roberts (Manatee County diploma) Alexander John Roberts (Manatee County diploma) Brianne Elizabeth Roberts Jessica Noelle Roberts Stormi Renee Robertson Dewayne Sunny Robinson Taylor Noble Robinson Steven Travis Rogers Dillion Thomas Romine Alexis Monique Rosenbaum Sarah Gessica Ross Fabiola Ruiz Serrano Jennifer Jeannette Russell Garrett Ross Russini Cassandra Danielle Salisbury Richard Patrick Salom Pedro Luis Santana II Scott Alexander Saumell Jr. Michael Joseph Scharf Shawn Augusto Schaub Jason Reynolds Scheidts Howard Andrew Sterling Schmidt Jada Imeree Schopfer Robert John Seidel Ryan Allen Seifert Stephen Edward Selph Jr. Jessica Alyssa Shaw Michael Eugene Sheppard Kelley Ann Shiels Brianne Marie Shumway Carlos Samuel Sikkema Jasmine Chanel Sittig Christopher Michael Smith Katelyn Ann Smith Victor Hugo Solis Jr. Jessica Marie Sondey Lakiia Janai Nicole Spearman Christopher Rea Spears Michele Nicole Sprecher Jeremy Lee Starczewski Jr. Jasmine Charmaine Stealy Jacqueline Marie Stotler Valerie Janelle Strawn Michael Sung-Euiho Suh Desirae Rachel Sutherland

Patrick Andrew Sweetnich Kristin Nicole Swindell Kristin Marie Terrana Derkia Ma Kayla Thomas Christian Joseph Thomasser Nicole Marie Tira Quyen Thi Hong Tran Tessa Ruth Burdsall Ummel Camille Alexandra Urso Sonya Vachhani Alexander Jake Valley Kyle Allan Van DeBoe Lucas Eler Vasconcellos Rosalia Vazquez Sylvia Maria Velasquez Joseph Louis Ventriglia II Michael Anthony Vila Taylor Ashley Vilt Brianna Xanthe Von Cannon nam Thanh Vu Nam Quoc Vu LaShay Dominique Waiters Amanda Marie Walters (Manatee County diploma) Nicholas James Watson Allison Michelle Way Alston William WebbBobenrieth Justyn Robert Weirich Kelsey Paige Wettach Tyler Grey Wettach Juliette Marie Wheeler Amber Dawn Whitenight Melissa Marie Wiggins Elijsha Klinton Robinson Williams Tina Marie Williams Dakota Scott Wilson Jessica Andrea Wilson Kaytlynne Marie Wilson Teresa Carmen Witting Briana Lynn Woodrich Alena Tatyana Wychor Alexa Marie Yannotti Cameron Michael Young Nicolle Rose Zampella Schuyler Sebastian Zoutendyk

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Braden River High School More than 400 seniors received their diplomas and prepared to set sail for new adventures during Braden River High School’s Commencement Ceremony June 3 at the Manatee Civic Center.

Photos by Jen Blanco

Nicolle Zampella helped Nicole Tira adjust her cap before the ceremony.

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Braden River honors fifth-graders Braden River Elementary honored its outgoing fifth-graders with the school’s annual Fifth Grade Recognition June 3.

Each fifth-grader received special awards at the ceremony, which was held in the school’s new cafetorium.

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Robert Melvin celebrated with his classmates.

Tracie Nissley congratulated her class for a great year.

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Little Leaguer swings for the fence Braden River Little Leaguer Kareem Lewis hit four homeruns, including a grand slam, for A/C Warehouse in the Majors Division of the Manatee County Cup.

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Kareem Lewis, 13, hit his first grand slam in the first game of the Manatee County Cup. He finished the tournament with four home runs.

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So long senior standouts It happens every year.

So, of course, I’m used to it by now.

It’s the time of year when I bid farewell to another group of talented athletes who have made the past year, and in some cases, the past four years, nothing short of memorable.

They’ve provided me with dozens of stories, photo opportunities and road trips, not to mention countless laughs along the way.

Yes, the Class of 2011 has been nothing short of enjoyable; and as I JEN look back on BLANCO all its accomplished over the past four years, there are several seniors and achievements that I’ll always remember: • A group of student athletic trainers who always managed to put a smile on my face and on those around them no matter how bleak the situation may have looked out on the field.

• A pair of brothers who have shown that true brotherhood can be found in the most unlikely of places.

• A basketball player who has scored more points on her own than most teams.

• A pair of baseball players who defied the odds, overcoming catastrophic injuries to help lead their teams both on and off the field.

• A handful of softball players who are probably the loudest individuals in the East County, especially when it comes to cheering on their teammates. And one player in particular who has shown me that I definitely need to work on my catching skills.

SEE COMMENT / PAGE 22

DEDICATION

LAKEWOOD RANCH — As he trotted out onto the diamond for the first time, Kareem Lewis was hit instantly with a wave of nervous emotion.

The then-third-grader looked around in awe at the crowd that had begun to form around the ballpark. It was the first time Kareem had played in front of a crowd. Within a matter of moments, the crowd erupted in celebration, as Kareem, his

teammates and their opponents officially welcomed the new season.

It’s been three years since Kareem first stepped out onto the diamond, and while he didn’t know what to think at first, the Braden River Little Leaguer admits the number of people watching him play no longer fazes him.

“I was really nervous the first time because it was the first time

I played in front of a crowd; but since I’ve been doing it so long now, I don’t really care,” Kareem said.

Kareem may no longer be fazed by the crowd’s reaction, but that hasn’t stopped the Lee Middle School sixth-grader from giving it plenty to cheer about.

Kareem hit four home runs for

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Mike and Katie Emmons, pictured with their children, Mikey, 24, and Samantha, 14, and dog, Bella, said Taylor would be proud of everything the community has done in his honor after The Out-of-Door Academy renamed its baseball field June 5 in Taylor’s memory.

Thunder remember former pitcher The Out-of-Door Academy renamed its baseball field the Taylor Emmons Memorial Field in honor of the 2009 graduate who was killed in an accident in December 2010.

LAKEWOOD RANCH — A tattoo with his son’s initials graces Mike Emmons’ forearm.

Below the initials lays a shamrock, in honor of the Boston Celtics, and two dates. The first — Jan. 31, 1991 — is the date his son, Taylor, was born.

And the second — Dec. 5, 2010 — marks the day an accident took his son’s life.

Mike Emmons never envisioned himself getting a tattoo; but two days after the accident he got his first and only tattoo as a tribute to his son.

“I see that tattoo every

morning in the mirror when I shave, and it reminds me to do what Taylor would want me to do,” Emmons said. “It reminds me every day to enjoy life and do something because that’s what he would be doing. That was the whole thought behind the tattoo.”

And on June 5 — the sixmonth anniversary of Taylor’s death — the rest of the Emmons family, the Out-of-Door Academy family and the community got tattoos of their own in honor of the baseball star and 2009 graduate during the Taylor W. Emmons Memorial

Out-of-Door Field dedication.

“I thought everyone having tattoos was really neat,” Emmons said.

During the dedication ceremony, the Thunder renamed its baseball field Taylor Emmons Memorial Field in honor of its former pitcher who helped lead ODA into the regional finals for the first time in school history as a senior.

An archway depicting the field’s new name was constructed at the entrance to

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Taylor Emmons’ cousin, Brooke Stephenson, right, places a Taylor Emmons temporary tattoo on 13-year-old Kaitlyn Gomez’s face.

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EMMONS / FROM PAGE 21 the field along with a memorial plaque and flower garden. ”It is our sincere hope that the dedication of the baseball field and the creation of the Taylor Emmons Scholarship Fund serve as inspirational reminders to everyone in the community that out of tragedy can come inspiration and hope,” ODA Head of School David Mahler said. “While Taylor’s life, and the brightest of futures was taken away in Miami, his spirit and strong belief in loving life and caring for others will live on forever. We are all amazed and inspired by the obvious strength of the Emmons family and their commitment to make a difference in the lives of others.”

Mike Emmons, along with his wife, Katie, and Mahler spoke to the crowd and thanked them for their support in helping keep Taylor’s legacy alive and to celebrate Taylor’s love of baseball.

“It was just overwhelming,” Emmons said.

“Our idea for doing it was that we wanted to thank everybody and celebrate Taylor’s love for baseball. We wanted to just invite everyone who has been so helpful and generous to us. It was a way to celebrate him.”

“We feel very blessed to be part of such an amazing community,” Katie Emmons said.

“From day one ODA has embraced our family, as well as all of the other families that attend, and became our new family. Once you become one of their families you are their family for life. The fact that they are dedicating their baseball field in memory of Taylor is proof that the loss was just as great to them as it was to us. We are honored.”

In addition to thanking the ODA family and the community for its generous support, Mike and Katie Emmons also announced the first recipient of the Taylor Emmons Scholarship Fund.

ODA eighth-grader Desmond Lindsay, who also plays on the Thunder’s varsity baseball team, was selected as the first recipient of the scholarship.

“There haven’t been a lot of things that have made us feel good since Taylor died, but

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this made us feel good,” Emmons said. “This is something good that came from Taylor’s death. We think we picked a great candidate.

Desmond is a great kid and he reminds us a little bit of Taylor.

“It’s such a good feeling to be able to help people like that, especially in honor of Taylor,” he said. “That was big for us. I hope he doesn’t feel too much pressure from it, but we really feel good about this.”

Mike and Katie Emmons decided to create the Taylor Emmons Scholarship Fund the morning after Taylor died, knowing it was what Taylor would want them to do.

Since its creation, the scholarship fund has received more than $100,000 in donations.

The Emmons family plans to use the money to send one child to ODA every year in Taylor’s name.

“It’s just been tremendous support,” Emmons said. “I don’t want to ever ask people for money, but this is for such a good cause.

It’s for another child’s education. That’s huge.

It’s just the beginning. I just can’t say enough about the support financially and emotionally of this great community.”

Following the dedication, Taylor’s brother, Mikey, 24, and sister, Samantha, 14, threw out the first pitch of a pickup game of baseball on their brother’s new field.

“I think Taylor would be amazed at the support we have received and the love that everyone had for him whether they knew him or not,” Katie Emmons said. “Because they know and love us, they know they would have loved him. Taylor would be very proud that everything he worked hard for at ODA was actually acknowledged, and is being recognized and honoring him on this special day.

“We hope that each family will realize how precious life is and to live each day to the fullest as we did,” she Emmons said. “We can honestly say that when Taylor died we had no regrets and there was never anything left unsaid between us. We hope that someday everyone can understand how important family and friends are and how they impact your life every single day.”

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Braden River’s A/C Warehouse in the first three games of the Majors Division of the Manatee County Cup, which ran May 16 through June 4.

Kareem opened up the tournament with his first grand slam against Manatee West’s USA Fence.

“I was excited because it was the first time I ever hit one like that,” Kareem said. “I usually just hit a single or a double when the bases are loaded — never a grand slam.”

Kareem followed up his grand slam with a home run against Buffalo Creek’s Bay Area Insurance to wrap up pool play. The Braden River utility player then hit a pair of home runs — his first time hitting two home runs in the same game — in A/C Warehouse’s first single elimination game against USA Fence May 25.

“I was, like, it’s about time,” Kareem said of his two home runs.

In addition to his two home runs, Kareem also pitched a complete game shutout, propelling A/C Warehouse to a 14-0 victory.

“Kareem is a team leader,” coach David Kastor said. “All of the kids respect him. Any park you go to, all of the kids know him and look up to him.

They have a lot of respect for him.”

Kareem began playing baseball

COMMENT / FROM PAGE 21 • A kicker whose historic kick extended a season and allowed us all to get a much needed cup of hot chocolate … Yes, it can get rather cold in November in Florida.

• A group of soccer players who demonstrated what it means to win as a team. And one who carries the future of a nation on his back.

• A handful of swimmers who continually set new school records fast-

when he was in third grade after deciding not to continue playing football.

“At first I wanted to play football; but I didn’t like the coach, so I started playing baseball,” Kareem said.

Kareem has spent much of the past year at the ballpark working on his hitting. With the help of his coaches, Kareem improved his stance and has seen tremendous success at the plate as a result.

“I have to give it to the coaches,” Kareem said. “They’ve helped me hit (better). I really like hitting because I like making the pitcher mad, and when I’m hitting I can help the team score runs.”

Now with the Manatee County Cup behind him, Kareem will begin preparing for the upcoming All-Star season where he’s expected to make his third consecutive All-Star team.

“It’s a great feeling,” Kareem said of being an All-Star. “I’m glad I’m going to be an All-Star.”

Eventually, Kareem has aspirations of becoming a professional baseball player and following in the footsteps of his favorite player, Mark Teixeira.

“He’s a good player and he inspires me to play,” Kareem said. “This year in All-Stars I’m picking his number.”

Contact Jen Blanco at jblanco@yourobserver.com. er than I can post the results.

As you can see, the list goes on and on. The student athletes of the Class of 2011 have made tremendous strides both athletically and academically over the past four years.

And, so with that, I’m prepared to issue a new challenge. To the Class of 2012: May you follow in the footsteps of your former teammates, continuing to represent your school and giving me plenty to write about in the year ahead.

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By Jen Blanco | Associate Editor

EAN EICHELBAUM Eleven-year-old Ean Eichelbaum hit a double and a triple and scored a pair of runs, helping lead Braden River Little League’s Extra Innings to an 8-0 victory over Buffalo Creek Little League’s Twin Rivers to capture the Minors Division championship of the Manatee County Cup June 4. Here is an inside look at this week’s Athlete of the Week.

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Would you rather be in the field or swinging the bat?

Swinging the bat. I like to see if I can get a home run or just a hit.

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Math. It’s more difficult to learn.

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California. A lot of famous people go there, and there are nice beaches.

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I have an older brother, Eric, who is 14 years old.

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COMMUNITYSPORTS + Lakewood Ranch • Jack Klomp finished +10 to win Flight 1 of the Men’s individual quota points event May 25 on Cypress Links. Ted Singleton finished +6 to win Flight 2; and Jack Allen finished +8 to win Flight 3.

• Tom Coleman used his 6-iron to record an ace May 28 on the 178-yard No. 13 of Royal Lakes.

• Dave Dillon, Jack Klomp, Jeff Nutson and Bill Gardner finished -25 to win the two best balls of four net Memorial Day event May 30 on Cypress Links.

• Thomas Skoda, Bob Segal, Adrian Teel and Jeff Friedman scored 109 to win the 1-2-2 on 6-6-6 MGA event June 1 on King’s Dunes.

+ Palm Aire • Don Betts, Joe Czech, Ted Poulos and Rick Lane scored 126 to win Flight 1 of the Pro Shop Buddy two best balls of four Buddy in the Box event May 14. Edward Knarr, Howard Pollock, Bill Camp and Bill Camp Jr. scored 125 to win Flight 2.

• Jim Long and Harold Hayes finished -13 to win Flight 1 of the one best ball of two MGA event May 18. Donald Tulloch and Sumner Baum finished -12 to win Flight 2.

• Jim Johnson, Bill Collins, Jim Marlow and Dick Meyerson scored 188 to win the one through 10 portion of the two best balls of four MGA event May 25.

Jack Siegel, John Irons, Bob Greenbury and Harvey Pensack scored 187 to win the 10-19 portion.

• Bruce and Pat Blidner and Rory and Ane-Grethe Delaney shot 110 to win the 1-2-3 on 5-4-3 Memorial Day Tournament May 30.

• Pat Cerjan, Jean Crouch, Lenore Patrice and J. Roberts scored 137 to win the two best balls of four LGA event May 31.

• Ken Bumgarner shot 39 to win the individual stableford points Men’s Day event May 25.

• Mike Long used his 5-iron to record an ace May 27 on the 141-yard No. 4 of Waterlefe Golf and River Club.

• Ellie Toepfer shot 33 to win the low net nine-hole event May 31.

• Stan Flaming shot 46 to win Flight 1 of the net stableford MGA event June 1.

Neil Hamje shot 49 to win Flight 2.

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• Ron Lang, Allen Duhr, Denny Woods and Dick Siegel scored 114 to win the 1-2-3 on 5-4-3 MGA event May 25.

• Richard Walser, Tom Kunzman, Andy Kufta and Rudy Belcher scored 120 to win the 1-2-3 on 3-4-5 MGA event May 25.

• Ron Toler, Matt Dodson, Dennis Sheppard and Ivo Ornen scored 57.4 to win Flight 1 of the 2011 Memorial Day Scramble May 30. Dennis and Irene Ras, Nancy Stanz and Barb Loreto scored 57.6 to win Flight 2. AC and Mickey Boughton and Herb and Joyce Furman scored 57.3 to win Flight 3.

Dick and Marie Wiedemann scored 56.9 to win Flight 4.

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• Carole Rivinius, Barb Inbody and Terry Toedter shot 53 to win the low team putts plus long drive #26 nine-hole LGA event May 26.

• Carol Blackburn, Anne Pistilli and Jean Richardson finished -9 to win Flight 1 of the two best balls odd, one best ball even WGA event May 17. Carol Orr, Margaret Hansen and Nancy Hunt finished -18 to win Flight 2.

• Ken Holmes used his 8-iron to record an ace May 27 on the 141-yard No. 4 of Waterlefe Golf and River Club.

• Lou Del Tufo used his 18-degree Rescue to record an ace May 29 on the 198-yard No. 9 of Waterlefe Golf and River Club.

• Becky Curtin finished +6 to win the net match play versus par Ladies Day event May 31.

• Ken Bumgarner, Don McFadden, Chris Hogan and Herb Krasow shot 90 to win the two best balls on front, one best ball on back Men’s Day event June 1.

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+ East Manatee River Dawgs win tournament

+ Sarasota Crew wins regional title

The East Manatee River Dawgs U10 baseball team captured the USSSA Battle to the Bone Memorial Weekend Tournament May 28-29 in Oldsmar.

The River Dawgs overcame two losses in pool play by winning three straight singleelimination games to advance to the championship game, in which they defeated Osceola Powerhouse 13-10.

Trailing 6-4 in the bottom of the fourth inning, East Manatee scored eight runs on key hits by Mason Kolbe, Hunter Bogumil, Tyler Reed and Matt Gelorme to take the lead.

The Powerhouse mounted a rally in the top of the sixth inning, scoring three runs.

The River Dawgs clinched the championship when Kolbe fielded a line drive in right field and threw the ball to third baseman Harrison Thiel, who tagged out the runner attempting to advance from first base. River Dawgs pitchers Thiel, Bogumil, Reed and Jared Dole held the Powerhouse to five hits while striking out five.

The team, led by Thiel with 12 strikeouts finished the tournament having struck out 22 batters.

East Manatee scored 57 runs on 63 hits over the course of the tournament. Bogumil led the way for the River Dawgs at the plate with 10 hits and Thiel and Reed each had eight hits.

Championship players include: Connor Landers, Thiel, Rob Arakel, Bogumil, Gelorme, Charlie George, Collin Goda, Jimmy Heyworth, Reed, Kolbe and Dole.

The River Dawgs will return to action in the U10 Big Kahuna Tournament July 17-22 at the Ripken Experience, in Myrtle Beach, S.C.

The Sarasota Crew high school men’s varsity 8+ team captured first place in the premiere rowing event for the Southeast Regional Championship Regatta May 21-22, bringing home the Spooner Cup for that event.

Overall, Sarasota Crew had four teams qualify for the US Youth National Championships in June in Oak Ridge, Tenn., with 30 athletes competing for national titles.

In addition to the men’s 8+ championship, Sarasota Crew won silver medals in the Men’s Championship 2- and the Men’s Lightweight 8+. The Women’s Championship 8+ team won a bronze medal that also qualified them for the U.S. Youth National Championships.

“The results we had this past weekend are remarkable,” said Sarasota Crew head coach Casey Galvanek. “Our squads have shown great skill and speed today. This is the largest contingent of athletes ever qualified for nationals out of our region. I can’t describe how exciting this really is.”

Sarasota Crew medal athletes include: Gold medal victories include: Men’s Championship 8+: Hunter Leeming, Josh Schmidt, Travis Taaffe, Ryan Hails, Ryan Anderson, Andrew Konecny, Jose Colon, Nick Duncan, Grant Golub (cox) Silver medal victories include: Men’s Lightweight 8+: Andre Dupuis, Ryan Day, Drake Stevens, Anthony Rzepka, Daven Natarajan, Joseph McClannahan, Maddux Castle, Jacob Amontree, Anthony Senseman (cox). Men’s Championship 2-: Jacob Strauss and Chase Rowe.

Bronze medal victories include: Women’s Championship 8+: McKayla Taaffe, Gabby Halula, Sierra Luther, Hannah Meister, Karolina Wadolowska, Katherine Flanders, Carolina Elizalde, Marissa Beiling and Emily Goff (cox).

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The Braden River baseball team will host its 2011 Pirates Baseball Summer Camp from 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., June 13-16, at the Braden River High baseball field.

The camp, open to all players ages 6-14, will help players improve their baseball skills while learning the fundamentals of hitting, pitching, base running, fielding and throwing.

The cost is $110 per player and water will be provided. Drinks will be available for $1 and participants are asked to bring their own lunch.

For more information contact coach Ryan Hilton at 224-9913 or hiltonr@ manateeschools.net.

+ Braden River basketball The Braden River basketball team will host its Seventh annual Summer Basketball Camp from 8:30 a.m. to 12 p.m., June 13-16, June 20-23 and July 5-8.

Braden River coach Matt Nesser, assistant coaches and Pirates players will provide players with the fundamental skills to help aid them in their individual development.

The camp is open to all students entering third through ninth grades.

The cost, which includes a camp T-shirt, daily awards and a basketball, is $120 for one week, $220 for two weeks or $300 for all three weeks.

A 10% discount for Manatee County School Board members will be available as well as family rates and financial aid.

Registration forms can be found on the Braden River Athletic Booster Club website at www.brhsab.com.

For more information, contact coach

Matt Nesser at 751-8230, Ext. 2228 or 538-3177.

+ LWR High baseball The Lakewood Ranch High baseball team will host its fourth Mustang Baseball Camp from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., June 27 through July 1 and July 11-15.

The camp, open to children ages 6-14, will teach participants the fundamentals of hitting, pitching, base running, fielding and throwing.

Participants will also learn proper infield and outfield play and the rules of the game while establishing good sportsmanship, commitment and team unity within a fun and education atmosphere.

The cost is $125 per session, which includes water. Participants need to bring their own lunch. Lunch of a hotdog, chips and a drink will be available for $4. Gatorade will also be available for purchase.

For more information, contact Mike Mullen at 737-9422 or mullenm@ manateeschools.net.

+ Treasure Chest Soccer Treasure Chest Soccer will host a fun summer foot skills camp from 8 a.m. to Noon, June 20-24 and July 5-9, at Braden River High, 6545 53rd Ave. E. The camp is open to all children ages 7-13 at a cost of $125.

Braden River coaches Janjay Gehndyu and Don Engelberger will provide instruction along with special guest coach Prince Borde of Louisiana College.

For more information contact Janjay Gehndyu at treasurechestsoccer@ gmail.com or 807-3195.

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The number of runs the East Manatee River Dawgs U10 baseball team scored in its 13-10 championship game victory over Osceola Powerhouse to win the USSSA Battle to the Bone Memorial Weekend Tournament.

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The number of innings Lakewood Ranch Little League’s Manatee Paint played in the semifinals and finals of the 2011 Manatee County Cup Juniors Division tournament.

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TemperatureS

High Sun., May 29 95 Mon., May 30 93 Tues., May 31 91 Wed., June 1 85 Thurs., June 2 92 Fri., June 3 94 Sat., June 4 94 Average Gulf water temperature: 83.5

Sunrise/sunset

Sunrise Sunset Thurs., June 9 6:35 8:25 Fri., June 10 6:35 8:25 Sat., June 11 6:35 8:26 Sun., June 12 6:35 8:26 6:35 8:26 Mon., June 13 Tues., June 14 6:35 8:27 Wed., June 15 6:35 8:27

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MOON PHASES June 9 First

June 15 Full

June 23 Last

July 1 New

WIND SPEED

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Niki DeRosa submitted this sunset photo, taken on Siesta Key during the Sunday drum circle.

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1 Valentine bouquet item 5 Culinary how-to 11 All that a country makes (Abbr.)

14 Harp relative 18 “It ___ what you think!”

19 Donahue of “Father Knows Best” 20 “Able to ___ tall buildings ...”

22 One Earth orbit 23 Boris Karloff film (with “The”) 25 “... with the greatest of ___” 26 “Peter Pan” pooch 27 Apply bread to gravy 28 Vatican emissary 29 Post-9/11 scare 31 ___ capita 32 Overlooks 34 Jessica of the PTL Club scandal 35 “My country, ___ of thee ...”

38 “The Canterbury ___” 40 Without delay, in memos 41 Consecrate, in a way 43 Permissible by law 44 “I think so too!”

46 Richard Burton film 49 “Electric” fishes 50 “Seinfeld” character Elaine 51 Destinations for some limos 52 Rhythm instrument 53 Polite interruption 54 “No ifs, ___, or buts!”

55 Does drudge work 56 Yogi and Smokey 57 Fee paid up front 59 Husky docs?

60 You might give him

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31 Blood component Visualize 33 Chinese “way” Instruction on a 35 Sparkling headwear door 36 Acquire, as debt Old radio features 37 Flower features Train network 38 Giggle sounds (Abbr.)

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Go ballistic 48 Rummy has two?

Like a parquet floor 50 Commonplace Take up the gauntlet 51 “Designing Women” Shopper’s bag actress Annie Add water to 55 Basic principle Shy loch monster 56 Most Little League What Michael ballplayers Phelps has done 58 Desktop item well 59 YouTube offering 60 Crossbones’

companion 63 When most dreams occur 64 Descended on the mother’s side 65 After-Christmas store events 66 Hispanic American 67 Ripped off 68 Aspiring singers’ submissions 69 A sheriff may round one up 72 With little effort 73 Genus of garden pests 74 Lying facedown 75 Face reddener 76 Sis’ male sibling 77 When the pilot is due in, for short 78 Duffers hit them 81 Not so bright 82 Current epoch 85 Catch a glimpse of 86 Barnyard biddy 87 ___ flask (Thermos inspiration) 89 “Lucy in the ___ With Diamonds” 90 Dr. Jekyll’s alter ego 93 Proverbial backbreaker 94 Swinger’s joint?

96 Where Greeks met Greeks 98 Allot (with “out”) 99 There are three in a yard 101 402, in old Rome 102 Eat, beaver-style 103 Hose hue 104 The enemy 105 Movie workplace 106 Fuss and bother 107 ___ for tat 109 60 secs.

110 They may include jingles

Last weeks Cryptograms 1. I’ve met Elvis. When we were on a UFO going around the world, he sat between me and Bigfoot.

2. The huge lobsters ate much more than the crabs, prawns and crayfish. They were shunned by the other crustaceans as petty, greedy and shellfish!

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