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Bashaw students Kiddie Academy, take the stage at Primrose host 2011 talent show. graduations.

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Observer to feature Blanco’s ‘Castaway’

+ Ranch ComCenter showcases art About 50 high school artists from both Braden River and Lakewood Ranch high schools showcased work during a reception for the Young Artist Exhibition June 10 at the ComCenter of Lakewood Ranch.

Several businesses contributed to the event, including Keeton’s Office and Art Supply, Michael’s, Bellacino’s Pizza and Grinders, ArtCenter Manatee and more. The exhibit runs through Aug. 8.

+ Whisper Bend hosts safety day Residents of the Whisper Bend community off Linger Lodge Road became more educated about public safety with a special Community Safety Day event June 11.

Representatives of the Florida Highway Patrol, U.S. Coast Guard, East Manatee Fire Rescue and the Manatee County Sheriff’s Office participated in the event.

+ Primrose raises funds for charity Primrose School at Lakewood Ranch Town Center raised more than $1,300 for local charities during a Spring Fling fundraiser in April.

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You probably know Jorge Blanco for his sculptures along Tamiami Trail. In his hometown of Caracas, Venezuela, he is known for ‘The Castaway.’

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One day after Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine Bradenton celebrated the graduation of its fourth class of medical students, the college also ushered in a new era with a groundbreaking for its new School of Dental Medicine June 4.

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Studies show Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine Bradenton alone has an impact of $42 million on the local economy. How is higher education affecting the East County and surrounding area overall?

EAST COUNTY — As representatives of Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine gathered on a plot of turned-over dirt June 4, Manatee and Sarasota county officials joined them in celebration as the school marked a new notch in its future: the groundbreaking for the future LECOM School of Dental Medicine.

Similarly, officials of Manatee Technical Institute and the Manatee County School District on June 14 celebrated the long-awaited groundbreaking for MTI’s future 210,000-squarefoot campus off State Road 70 and Caruso Road.

But the impacts of bringing two major institutions of higher learning to the area, and particularly to the East County, are significantly greater than graduating future students.

For example, a study by Tripp Umbach researchers released late last month estimates the economic impact of LECOM Bradenton on the Bradenton area at $42.7 million — $23.7 million in direct impact and $19 million in indirect impact.

“It multiplies when you (look at) the state,” LECOM’s Director of Communications and Marketing Pierre Bellicini said, noting impact increases to about $60 million when considering the state of Florida overall.

The new dental school is expected to add another $35 million in total impact in Bradenton, Bellicini said.

In his untucked, white button-down, khakis and starkwhite goatee, Jorge Blanco looks like he walked off the set of a Sean Connery movie. The blackest of black sunglasses shield his eyes as he leans against his car with his arms folded across his chest, looking like the ultimate villian.

Blanco heads into Art Center Sarasota clutching a manila envelope. Inside, there’s a sheet of paper with the image of a small island,palmtree,sunandafunnylookinglittlemanwhoresembles the shape of a cactus.

“Everybody maybe has this feeling,” Blanco says. “When you are in traffic or working, have a problem with family,

SEE BLANCO / PAGE 8

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Jorge Blanco created this sculpture, “The Runners,” in 2001. It is installed on Tamiami Trail across from Art Center Sarasota.

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McNeal moneymakers By Pam Eubanks | News Editor

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Lakewood Ranch IDA selects new director The Villages’ Eva Rey will join the Town Hall administrative team — likely in July.

Matthew Haight, Ever Salazar and Jacob Cole readied popsicles for purchase.

Popsicles sweeten lesson Students in Natasha Sinclair’s fifth-grade class developed a business plan and sold popsicles to raise funds for the PTO.

LAKEWOOD RANCH — Brandishing popsicles on McNeal Elementary’s front lawn, fifth-graders in Natasha Sinclair’s class put their newly acquired business skills to practice last week.

Students on June 8 launched the business they spent two weeks creating as a way to raise funds for McNeal’s Parent-Teacher Organization.

“It was my first time actually selling something,” 11-year-old Ally Boudreau said. “I thought it was awesome. You get to advertise and work with all your friends and have fun.”

Sinclair’s class decided to sell popsicles after Mark Gordon, a business writer for the East County Observer’s sister paper, the Gulf Coast Business Review, spoke to Sinclair’s class about marketing and other businessrelated topics as part of the Junior Achievement program.

Enthralled with hopes of getting their picture in the newspaper, children decided to start a business of their own.

“They went through the whole business idea,” Sinclair said.

“What would I sell? Where would I sell it? Who would I sell it to? I want them to understand, as a

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Ally Boudreau, 11, collected money from the popsicle sales.

business, you have to cover your costs. We got to put that into action.”

Children started out by conducting customer research. They looked at their target audience — fellow fifth-grade students — and determined what types of products those customers would like, the best time to sell customers those products and how much customers would pay per item, among other considerations.

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other items, Sinclair’s 21 students settled on selling popsicles because the treat would be inexpensive in terms of up-front costs and would give a high rate of return for their investment. They also decided to sell their product during T-shirt signing day because students would be outside in the heat and easily accessible.

So last week, after advertising the event through posters and flyers, students set to work, raising a total of $76 for the PTO. “It’s harder than I thought it would be,” 10-year-old Ariana Ortega said of starting a business.

“I learned a lot of things. It’s important to keep trying your best when you open a business.”

Ally Boudreau agreed.

“I thought opening a business was just buying the stuff and selling it, but you actually have to think about what you are selling.

Is it going to sell or not?”

Although Sinclair’s students sold only 184 of the 400 popsicles they purchased, Sinclair said the day still proved to be a valuable learning tool.

“It was a great experience for the students,” she said.

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LAKEWOOD RANCH — Eva catalyst for changing her career Rey’s mind hasn’t stopped since path. she learned June 10 she would Her supervisor, a retired milibecome Lakewood Ranch Town tary officer, introduced her to Hall’s new executive director. working in the public service “I keep a notebook by my bed- sector. side and that has been getting a “He was a phenomenal leadreal workout this weekend,” Rey er,” Rey said. “I learned so much said, laughing. “(There will be) from him. When he got the job lots of things to focus on.” as the county administrator of Members of the Lakewood Marion County, he asked me to Ranch Inter-District Authority come with him. He really did unanimously named Rey to the open the door for me. He really district’s top post after a full day of interviews last week.

Town Hall’s Finance Director Steve Zielinksi will continue to serve as the interim executive director until Rey assumes her new post — likely in July.

“Those two people (Rey and Zielinski) will give us a really dynamic Pam Eubanks staff,” IDA Chairman “I do believe in leading by example, showTom Green said. “It’s a ing respect and building relationships,” win-win for the commu- Lakewood Ranch Town Hall’s future nity.”

Executive Director Eva Rey said. “There Rey, 43, said she cannot isn’t anything I would ask my employee to do that I wouldn’t do myself.” wait to get started.

“What an incredible opportunity this is,” she said. showed me the type of public “I love (this) community, and I servant I wanted to be.” want to be part of the commuRey served as the executive nity. I want to make the commu- director of that county adminnity (of Lakewood Ranch) a bet- istrator from 2002 to 2007. Durter place to live, work and play.” ing that time, she went back to A native of Florida, Rey grew school to earn her master’s deup in Brooksville, where her gree in public administration. family owns a drug store.

She joined the Village Center “From the time I could reach Community Development Disthe counter, my dad had me trict, where she now serves as doing stuff (in the store),” Rey director of purchasing and supsaid. “Eventually, I became the port services, in 2007. business manager (in 1988). I The Villages project has 83,000 worked on the books, the billing, residents and 10 residential accounts payable.”

CDDs, and Rey said she is confiRey had long believed she’d dent she can put her experience become a psychologist and even to work in Lakewood Ranch. earned her bachelor’s degree in Although Rey admits she has the subject. But a job working as much to learn, she is eager to a secretary at the Department get to know the community and of Children and Families from plans to focus on reaching out 2000 to 2002 proved to be the to residents, employees, CDD boards, community groups, business partners and others.

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Observer Group acquires Pelican Press

The locally owned Observer Group is the new owner of the 40-year-old Sarasota weekly.

The Observer Group Inc., publisher of the Observer weekly newspapers and Gulf Coast Business Review, closed June 8 on the purchase of the Pelican Press and the Pelican Press Marketplace.

The Observer Group acquired the 40-year-old Pelican Press and its sister publication from Journal Community Publishing Group Inc., the Milwaukee, Wis.-based publisher of more than 30 community newspapers and shoppers in Wisconsin, Sarasota and Jacksonville. Journal Community Publishing Group is a division of Journal Communications Inc., a Milwaukee-based, publicly-traded diversified media company.

The price of the sale was not disclosed.

Hugh McGarry, general manager of Journal Community Pub-

lishing Group, said the company sold the Pelican Press and Pelican Press Marketplace because of a strategic decision to concentrate on its cluster of newspapers in Wisconsin.

“It has been a great property for Journal Communications with a great team in place,” McGarry said of the Pelican Press. “The acquisition should give the Observer an expanded footprint in the Sarasota market.”

Journal Communications acquired the Pelican Press in June 1998 from Sarasota entrepreneur John Davidson. Davidson founded the Pelican Press in 1971 on Siesta Key as a way to help promote his startup drug store.

A pharmacist by training, Davidson went on to grow his pharmacy and drug store business to

three stores in Sarasota and Siesta Key and also to publish the weekly Pelican Press.

For the first 20 years of its existence, the Pelican Press primarily served Siesta Key. But over the past two decades, the Pelican broadened its coverage and focused much of its editorial coverage on Sarasota city and county governments and downtown Sarasota. Today, the Pelican has a staff of about 10 and an office on Siesta Key. Like the Pelican Press, The Observer Group also has deep local roots: Longboat Key residents Ralph and Claire Hunter founded its flagship paper, the Longboat Observer, in 1978. They sold the weekly newspaper in 1995 to current owners Matt and Lisa Walsh.

Today, the company has more

than 80 employees and publishes the Longboat Observer, Sarasota Observer, East County Observer and Gulf Coast Business Review. The company also owns and publishes the Palm Coast Observer, on the east coast of Florida. With the acquisition of the Pelican Press and its sister shopper, The Observer Group increases its number of newspapers to seven.

No immediate changes to the Pelican have been announced, although staffs will work to determine needs in the near future.

Altogether, The Observer Group newspapers, including the Pelican Press and Pelican Press Marketplace, will distribute 124,500 newspapers a week.

“We’re thrilled to become the next stewards of the Pelican,” said

Matt Walsh, CEO of The Observer Group Inc. “Although we have been direct competitors for the past seven years in Sarasota and on Siesta Key, the Pelican is a great fit for our company. We focus on the same thing — helping local businesses with their advertising and providing the Sarasota market with hyper-local community news and information.

“We’re excited about joining our two staffs into a common mission and publishing great newspapers and websites,” Walsh said.

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+ Toddler drowns in Myakka pond

+ Manatee adopts fertilizer ordinance

A 2-year-old Myakka City girl drowned in a pond after fishing with family members June 8.

According to Manatee County Sheriff’s Office reports, Kristina Contreras, was fishing with her brother, Sergio Contreras, and uncle, Jose Contreras, in a pond near the home at 24807 75th Ave. E., Myakka City. As Sergio Contreras and Jose Contreras were walking back to the house from the pond, Kristina Contreras followed them. The two walked into the house and assumed Kristina Contreras was behind them, the report stated.

About 10 to 15 minutes later, they noticed Kristina Contreras was not in the house. Jose Contreras then went outside and found Kristina Contreras submerged in the pond. He took her out of the pond and tried to save her. EMS arrived on scene and transported Kristina Contreras to Lakewood Ranch Medical Center, where she was pronounced dead at 8:05 p.m.

Manatee County Commissioners this month adopted a tough fertilizer ordinance.

The new regulation restricts the use of fertilizers containing nitrogen or phosphorus to turf or landscape plants from June 1 through Sept. 30.

The ordinance also states fertilization should be applied as minimally as possible the rest of the year, among other provisions.

+ Manatee waives cat adoption fees Manatee County Animal Services this month is waiving the fee for adopting cats as part of Prevention of Cruelty to Animal’s AdoptA-Shelter-Cat Month.

Through the end of June, cat adoptions will be free.

The normal fee is $60.

The initiative is another step in the county’s plan to become a no-kill community.

The special adoptions are available at both Animal Services locations: in Palmetto from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Tuesday through Thursday at 305 25th St. W., and in Bradenton from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday at 1002 B., Manatee Ave. W. Preview available animals online at www.mymanatee.org/pets or call Animal Services at 742-5933 for more information.

+ Manatee students perform well in testing In a first-time statewide test, the majority of Manatee County Public Schools scored above average on a 2011 Algebra I end-of-course assessment.

More than 3,200 students were tested in 18 traditional middle and high schools, six charter schools and six alternative sites.

Every middle school and charter school tested above the state average,

as did Lakewood Ranch and Braden River high schools.

“These exceptional results reflect the hard work our algebra teachers are doing each day with our students,” Superintendent Dr. Tim McGonegal said. “This was the first time students tested online in a format like this, and we are pleased that our preparation paid off.”

The Florida EOC Assessments are designed to measure student achievement of the Next Generation Sunshine State Standard for specific courses and will replace the FCAT over the next three to five years.

The assessments are part of Florida’s Next Generation Strategic Plan for increasing student achievement and improving college and career readiness. Algebra 1 is the first course to transition to EOC testing in Florida.

Additionally, the percentage of Manatee District students considered proficient in reading, math and science grew in seven of 17 grade-level categories tested for the the 2011 Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test.

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GREENFIELD PLANTATION June 7

7 p.m. — 1100 block of Cane Mill Lane.

Information. The complainant and the subject both live in Greenfield Plantation.

The subject also has a 12-year-old son. The complainant has had several unfortunate things happen to her in recent months, including having one of her windows shot with what appears to be a pellet gun.

Through neighborhood gossip, she said she believes the subject’s son may have had something to do with it. The complainant went to the subject’s residence and explained her dismay. The complainant was described as being upset and made several accusations about the subject’s son. The two responding deputies spoke with both parties, including the subject’s son. The complainant later apologized.

Grand theft of a motor vehicle. Unknown person(s) took the vehicle by unknown means. The person(s) then fled with the vehicle in an unknown direction. The vehicle had been parked in the front yard.

June 8

12:59 p.m. — 8200 block of 60th Street Circle E. Baker Act. The subject told a roommate she had just taken the rest of her newly prescribed pills and that “she was done.”

She collapsed and her roommate called 911. The subject had made statements in the past about suicide. A Baker Act was initiated. She was transported to the Lakewood Ranch Medical Center. There were 112 pills that were missing.

2 p.m. — 2911 53rd Ave. E. (Walmart).

Retail theft. The two juvenile defendants selected several grocery items and concealed them in plastic Walmart bags. While one defendant pushed the cart full of concealed groceries, the other defendant selected two drinks from the coolers near the registers. Both defendants exited past all points of purchase without rendering payment for any of the items. The defendants were then stopped by Walmart loss prevention. Both defendants were arrested and transported to the juvenile booking facility without incident.

5:15 p.m. — 3600 block of 67th Terrace E. Animal bite. The victim was attempting to help the dog’s owner secure it after it ran outside when the front door was open. During the attempt, the dog, a mixed-breed female, bit the victim on his right calf. The bite didn’t break the skin, and the victim’s parents treated him. The animal division responded and completed a report as well. The dog’s owner provided shot records and stated the dog ran out the front door when her son-in-law opened the door. No further action was taken by the Manatee County Sheriff’s Office.

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“If we are to build a better world, we must remember that the guiding principle is this — a policy of freedom for the individual is the only truly progressive policy.”

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Valid straw poll imperative The two sides in the debate over Lakewood Ranch incorporation do not agree on much.

But one thing they have in common is a titfor-tat dance that is probably confusing the incorporation debate more than anything else.

Each time one side issues a press release or a newsletter, the other side issues a response to answer accusations and raise questions, which are then responded to by the other side.

To one extent, it could be a smart tactic on the part of the Friends of Lakewood Ranch, the group formed in opposition to creating a city straddling two counties out of the current and future Ranch. After all, opponents really only need to raise enough doubts about incorporation to limit support, and they can win.

But opponents raised a fair point on our June 2 editorial when we said that it was too early for them to be conducting a petition against the incorporation. While we would like to see an incorporation vote next summer, or the results of a straw poll in August, the petition is a legitimate tool for gauging opposition and trying to stave off legislation that would call for a formal vote.

Proponents, on the other hand, must make a convincing case that major change is necessary for a better future for Lakewood Ranch residents and businesses.

Those who are convinced it is time for the Ranch to become a city have been at it for about two years, creating a proposed charter, holding public meetings and attempting to convince people that it is the right thing.

Last summer, they commissioned a study

by Orlando-based Fishkind & Associates to determine if such a change was feasible. The study concluded that incorporation is financially feasible now and going forward from here without adding new taxes.

So in the past year, the backers, known as the Incorporation Study Group, have been holding more meetings. The East County Observer sponsored a debate between the two sides in May at the Polo Grill.

There is one major step left before the proposal can be given to state Rep. Greg Steube and state Sen. Mike Bennett, both representing Manatee County: the straw poll.

State statute does not require the poll, but it has become an accepted necessity for Florida communities incorporating — there have been four in the past five years. Because it is not required, the straw poll can be conducted in any fashion — a point about which the opponents have raised a worry.

They are concerned that incorporation proponents will skew the poll in a way it cannot be trusted.

Nonsense, says Keith Davey, a primary mover in Incorporation Study Group.

“We need to do something that Steube and Bennett will be comfortable with, something statistically valid,” he said. Davey said the group is talking to reputable polling firms to conduct the poll and is looking at options between phone calls and mailings. His organization expects the final form of polling to be complete by the end of this month, and “the preferred method” is to poll all 9,000

registered voters in Lakewood Ranch.

We strongly encourage the incorporation group to make sure that happens. While recognizing that the more thorough the straw poll, the more expensive it becomes, the issue is too important to take shortcuts.

Although only a small percentage of people are likely to return the poll, it will be the best snapshot and give local legislators a valid indicator of support for incorporating.

Opponents have argued that August is too soon for the straw poll and that it will happen when a lot of people are out of town.

Backers are rushing it, they say.

Rushing is a relative word. Two years probably seems like ample time to those who have been studying it and are in favor. It may seem like rushing to those who are just starting to pay attention or oppose it.

But because of congressional redistricting that needs to be done during next spring’s legislative session, the normal Dec. 1 deadline for such legislation is moved up to Oct. 1.

That means that if it is not done in August, a vote would not occur for another year.

As it stands, the legislation would call for a formal vote in June 2012 if passed by the next Legislature. So if the straw poll is done in August, it allows for a year for opponents and proponents to educate Lakewood Ranch voters. While we are not taking a stance on the August straw poll, it is not clear that more would be known two years from now rather than one year from now.

At some point, it becomes time to do it or don’t do it, and move move on.

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There is no invasion of privacy involved in the controversy over red-light cameras. But there is the rule of law to enforce effectively.

Sarasota is planning to install about 10 red-light cameras at the city’s most dangerous intersections by the end of this year.

Bradenton has had them in place since 2009; many other Florida cities are using them as well.

But the controversy continues over redlight cameras, and the Legislature’s serious attempt to ban them last session remains somewhat mysterious. Or even specious.

There are charges of invasion of privacy; of the cameras just being used as a new revenue source for local governments during budget nightROD THOMSON mares; of a shortening of yellow lights to entrap more people; and even that the intersections using them are now more dangerous.

Let’s take the most serious first: privacy.

Anyone reading this page knows our limited government bona fides, and our commitment to privacy rights. But it is hard to see how there is any more threat to those rights in this situation than may already exist in enforcing traffic violations.

First, you are driving on a public road, going though a public intersection with a public traffic signal. With your driver’s license, you’ve agreed to abide by the laws of the road, such as speed limits, stop signs and red lights — all of which are necessary to a civilized structure where thousands of cars share a transportation network.

So having traffic signals, with red, yellow and green lights, makes perfect sense as a method for moving traffic through the intersections of busy roads. It is the law. So far, there is probably no disagreement.

Next, all laws need some level of enforcement. If there were no enforcement of traffic

laws such as red lights, stops signs and speed limits, there would be a percentage of people who simply would not abide by them. That would create deadly chaos. So we understand the need for police officers to give tickets to people speeding and running stop signs and red lights. Even though most are not caught, the risk of capture is a great deterrent.

A law enforcement officer will either stake out a bad intersection, or see someone run a red light, and pull him over for a ticket. There is no argument there that an invasion of privacy has occurred.

Now insert a camera operated by the police department for an actual police officer at the intersection. The camera catches redlight runners far more efficiently than the officer, who must leave the intersection, put on the siren, pull over the violator and give the ticket. Surely the officer’s time is better spent looking for criminals and preventing crimes.

How is it any different from a privacy standpoint having a red-light camera catching red-light runners than having a police officer catching them? Monitoring speeding remotely is no different philosophically from having an officer on the side of the road pointing a radar gun at you.

If you fly through the toll booth area crossing the Sunshine Skyway bridge, there is a camera to capture your license tag. Is that an invasion of privacy? It is more like a reasonable enforcement and deterrent technology.

There is no privacy argument unless you believe that police have no role in enforcing the laws of the road, which is a fairly ridiculous position to take.

We are a nation of laws and believe in the rule of law. It is illegal to run red lights. Any of us can make the wrong judgment at the moment. But that does not absolve us from the consequences.

The charge that the cameras are a new revenue source for strapped local governments is inarguable. Sarasota’s $158 citations

are estimated to bring in about $650,000 in the first year. While I am a fan of starving the beast to keep the size of government in line, I don’t see a way around this. There must be a cost to violators or there is no deterrent.

To the charge that local governments shortened the time of yellow lights to nab more violators, the Legislature took care of that potential issue by passing a law requiring an increase in the duration of yellow lights and minimum standards for yellow light times. If those are not met, then redlight tickets cannot be issued.

The charge that intersections have become more dangerous with the cameras just defies logic. And at least some statistics.

An Insurance Institute for Highway Safety study looked at 99 cities to determine the impact of the red-light cameras and found they reduced fatalities by 24%. Further, the institute concluded that more than 150 lives were saved in just 14 cities during a recent five-year period.

More than 110,000 people are injured each year in red-light accidents. Two-thirds of the 676 fatalities are pedestrians, bicyclists and other drivers. Cameras should help.

Are there improvements needed in the system? Probably.

But it is difficult to find any case for serious philosophic opposition.

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

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+ Immigration debate must be honest

of the Democratic party will not rest until they find a way to get the votes represented by the millions of immigrants already in this country — with no regard for the long-term repercussions.

The goal of a permanent majority stokes their efforts.

Any of us speaking out against the invasion are immediately branded as racists. This is frequently a workable strategy that quiets many voices. That makes Thomson’s column that much more important. Please don’t let them steal his voice.

David Dozier Bradenton

Dear Editor: I read Rod Thomson’s take on the immigration debate with great interest — and even greater admiration. Rarely have I read or heard the problem put into such crystal-clear perspective. The advocates of legalizing the immigrants in this country illegally always avoid or ignore the basic truth: They are here illegally!

U.S. Rep. Luis Gutierrez, D-Ill., frequently appears as a proponent of finding a way to “fairly” absorb the immigrant population, but he skates past that bottom-line issue, namely that from the word go they’re here illegally. He claims to want the conditions to include registering, paying taxes, etc., but refuses to acknowledge the laws broken by their mere presence.

And, most recently, U.S. Rep. (and DNC chair, no less) Debbie Wasserman-Schultz, D-Weston, spouted that Republicans were attempting to make it a crime being in the country illegally.

Unbelievable! And the fact that the federal government will not enforce the laws but would rather sue states that will, tells me we are in serious trouble — now and especially in the future.

It has been apparent for years that this president and the rest

+ Editorial puts issue into proper context Dear Editor: As usual, Rod Thomson’s column nailed the issue right to the wall. Focusing in principals, not emotions, he put the matter in proper context.

Twice in my life I was in a country illegally. In 1957, my Turkish residence/work permit expired. Within a week, a plain-clothed Turkish detective appeared in my office doorway.

Human Resources took care of it. In 1962, the same thing happened in France. Took two weeks for the Deuxieme Bureau to track me down. Similar resolution. And all this was before the age of computers, UPS or

FedEx package tracking, internet. The Turks won by a week.

I’ve got nothing against Mexicans. Most of them are honest and work like hell. I just want some one to know who they are, where they are, what they are being paid so they don’t get ripped off by unscrupulous employers, and that taxes are collected — and that, as guest workers, they are eventually going back home. And their kids born here should not be citizens. My kids were born in Libya and are sure as hell not Libyan citizens. True (but white) African Americans, yes, but not Libyan citizens.

Weldon Frost Longboat

+ Wakeland comparison troubles Ranch parent Dear Editor: I read with great interest your article in the June 2 edition of the East County Observer regarding McNeal Elementary School.

I am surprised by the parent uproar regarding turnover of 13 faculty at McNeal over a twoyear period. I seriously doubt this level of turnover constitutes anything remarkable in comparison to other elementary schools in the county (and elsewhere across the state of Florida), nor am I surprised by the response you received from district officials.

We actually live right around the corner from McNeal but

have chosen instead to send our daughters (a rising thirdgrader and a rising first-grader) to Wakeland Elementary School.

I must say that I was troubled by your sentence that read, “Furthermore, district officials say the number of faculty and staff who have left is not high compared with other district schools, especially at schools such as Wakeland, where virtually every teacher has left the school under its new principal.”

The International Baccalaureate Primary Years Program at Wakeland is a philosophical approach to education that draws on the best practices in elementary school instruction. The PYP philosophy promotes the use of inquiry where the students drive the focus of instruction. The PYP identifies a body of knowledge for all students in all cultures, in six subject areas. These include: language, social studies, mathematics, science and technology, arts, personal, social and physical education.

In the spirit of internationalism, students are required to learn a second language in addition to the language of instruction of the school. Spanish has been taught from the beginning, while next year the school welcomes its first teacher in Mandarin. The academic instruction is rigorous and advanced.

Wakeland’s principal, Dr. Chuck Fradley, faced a good bit of attrition in 2005 or thereabouts when the school district

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decided to place the Primary Years Program at Wakeland.

At that time, all current staff members were eligible to stay at Wakeland if they opted to take part in specific PYP professional development and expressed a commitment to the program.

A significant number of faculty opted out of this PYP professional development (read: extra work) and went elsewhere.

However, attrition at Wakeland in the past couple of years has been minor. Furthermore, in the past two years, Wakeland has been one of the only schools in all of Manatee County (if not the only school) to have increased its enrollment over this period of time. Interestingly enough, this increase in enrollment has been fueled primarily by students who reside in the East County. School enrollment was 445 a couple of years ago and will be at 610 in August. The school is bursting at the seams.

I just wanted to respond to your article from the perspective of a Wakeland parent who lives in the East County. My wife and I are convinced our children are getting the equivalent of a private school education. The school has several staff who are nationally board certified as well as holding master’s or doctoral degrees and numerous other certifications and qualifications that make them highly qualified to teach students.

Eric Boelkins Lakewood Ranch

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In other business: CDD 1

• Supervisors directed staff to contact four Summerfield Bluffs property owners, who have been identified as having significant erosion issues along the Braden River, to determine if homeowners are interested in having repairs to the riverbank made at their own cost.

The district engineer estimated costs of identifying solutions to issues at up to $8,000.

Repairs to all four properties would cost about $500,000.

CDD 2

• Staff will continue to explore options for installing speed tables or speed cushions outside the Legacy Gatehouse as a means to deter speeding, improve safety and reduce costs associated with gatehouse repairs.

• Contractor Woodruff & Sons this month will begin work to repair three storm drain inlets in the community at a cost of about $50,000.

• Supervisors agreed to join CDD 6, which is developer controlled, and CDD 5 in hiring an off-duty sheriff’s office deputy to conduct patrols for three total hours per week within the districts. Cost is $133 per district per

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month. The deputy primarily will look for traffic violations.

“We’re trying to get people to slow down,” Supervisor Pete Bokach said.

CDD 4

• Allegiance Security will complete its contract June 24, after which time Diamond Mason Evans will assume unarmed roving patrolling duties.

• Supervisor Alan Roth said the Manatee County Sheriff’s Office continues to encourage residents to lock their vehicles to reduce incidents of vehicle burglary in the area.

CDD 5

• Staff will continue to explore whether or not to improve crosswalks, and options for doing so, on Arnold Palmer Green at Players Drive and at Kingsmill Court.

Estimates for work to complete both projects came back around $10,000.

• Staff will continue to explore options for installing speed tables or speed cushions outside the Legacy Gatehouse as a means to deter speeding, improve safety and reduce costs associated with gatehouse repairs.

Pam Eubanks

Supervisors on Lakewood Ranch Community Development District 4 were able to keep assessments exactly the same.

CDDs approve tentative budgets LAKEWOOD RANCH — Residents in three of four Lakewood Ranch Community Development Districts will see little change in their respective district assessments for Fiscal Year 2011-12 according to preliminary budgets approved last week.

Town Hall’s Interim Executive Director Steve Zielinski said the budgets were “prudent” and would meet the needs of each district.

In CDD 1, which includes the Summerfield and Riverwalk communities, the overall budget decreased by less than 1%. Resident assessments may vary by about $10 from last year, based on irrigation costs.

“There’s no real issues,” CDD 1 Chairman June Stroup said. “It’s just ongoing upkeep and in some places replacing (things). For the most part, we’re just taking care of the community.”

Special projects, which account for $54,000 of the $1.57 million budget, include repairs to some neighborhood monument signs, among other items, Stroup said.

In CDD 2, the overall budget is down by 5.4% at $2.3 million with total assessments averaging a 1.8% reduction.

Supervisors said the budget reduction was possible, in part, because of a landscape contingency fund from the previous year. The district had saved money by changing from Mainscapes to Garden Leaders and also did not use $30,000 it had set aside in case landscaping costs increased.

“It’s a very sound budget considering the amount allotted for special projects,” Zielinski said, noting the district will replace some street palms as part of the planned expenses.

In CDD 4, whose boundaries include the Greenbrook community, residents will see no change in assessments, and therefore will not receive Truth In Millage notices, which also will save the CDD about $2,000 in mailing costs.

CDD 4’s $1.6 million budget is down 4.6%. Special projects included in next year’s budget include the addition of a camera at the Greenbrook Adventure Park’s picnic pavilion, repairs to district berms and more lake mainte-

nance.

“We were committed to no increase in the budget,” CDD 4 Chairman Mike Griffin said. “It’s important to understand it’s a balancing act. Our residents expect a level of service and quality that is high.”

Only CDD 5’s overall budget will increase by 1.3% from last year with an overall assessment increase of 8.5%.

The increase brings the total budget to $1.85 million.

Supervisors noted the increase is due to litigation surrounding the district’s storm drain inlets. Supervisors have allocated $100,000 toward continued attorneys fees, which they hope to recoup if the district wins its lawsuit.

The district also will see an increase in landscaping costs, as bids for services have come back higher than in previous years.

Supervisors on all CDD boards will adopt their proposed budgets formally in the fall.

Contact Pam Eubanks at peubanks@ yourobserver.com.

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RIVER CLUB — The Manatee County School District already has begun work to improve traffic along River Club Boulevard next school year.

Half-Acre Construction started work last week to extend Braden River Middle School’s on-campus drive to take traffic off River Club’s main roadway during school dismissal times.

During the next two months, the contractor will be developing a straight east-west roadway along Braden River Middle’s southern boundary and adding a cul-de-sac at the end so parents waiting in their cars to pick up their students have a place to wait in their vehicles without blocking traffic on River Club Boulevard.

“The school district is taking an initiative on this,” said Mike Pendley, executive planner of facility planning and land acquisition. “We had received some complaints from local citizens who live in River Club. We went out and studied it and determined a way we could solve it.”

Pendley said the district’s studies showed southbound cars were cueing about 1,800 feet along River Club Boulevard, significantly more than at other schools.

“What that does is it prevents through traffic from continuing down River Club Boulevard during that dismissal time,” Pendley said. “We’re expanding the cuing area for cars for parents to pick up their students. Right now, there’s a very, very short cueing area.

“This will accommodate all the traffic that is currently cueing up on River Club Boulevard,” he said. “There may be a few cars in the turn lane, but that’s fine. They are out of the way of traffic.”

During dismissal, the school’s parking area will be blocked off, Pendley said.

“We will use some manually operated gates to control the flow of traffic,” he said. “If you come in most times of the day, you would not need to make that entire drive. You could just come in the parking lot. During dismissal, we will block off the parking lot.”

Braden River Principal Randy Petrilla said the project resolves a safety concern he and others have had for several years.

“What’s grown is the number of students who choice here,” Petrilla said.

“Parents are being required to transport the student. It’s added some vehicles (to the roadway).”

Total costs for the project came in around $141,000 — well under the $180,000 budgeted for the improvement.

The district will not be making any changes to River Club Boulevard itself.

As an additional part of the project, Halfacre Construction also will be installing new acoustic panels in the school’s gymnasium. Petrilla said the gym’s original panels were removed last summer when the district repainted it, but they were not reinstalled.

“They ran out of time getting the school up and running,” Petrilla said. “They are putting the gym back the way it was.”

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or are worried about society, politics or the planet. You would like to go to a little place alone with no possessions and say goodbye to everybody — the beautiful place beside the sea. This is the philosophy of my character.”

In the 1970s, Blanco was studying art in Italy. He found cartoons to be an important form of communication and made his living by making political cartoons for various publications. When he returned in 1979 to Venezuela, he received an offer to illustrate a newspaper for children in Caracas, but had already developed LOCAL an idea for his INSPIRATIONS own comic strip and pursued Jorge Blanco’s sculpthat instead. In tures can be seen 1980, he created around Sarasota, Longboat Key and “The Castaway,” Venice. which became an overnight 1. “SMILE” / 2000 success.

He / 12 feet tall / Indigo submitted it to Hotel / Tamiami Trail / several newspaSarasota. pers and maga2. “THE RUNNERS” zines, where it / 2001 / 8 feet tall was printed for / Tamiami Trial and 20 years. It apBoulevard of The Arts / peared on teleSarasota. vision and was 3. “CARTWHEEL” / also published in 2002 / 6 feet tall / eight books.

Gulf Gate elementary “The CastSchool / Sarasota. away” is a little man who is very 4. “PHOENIX” / skinny because 2002 / 15 feet he doesn’t have tall / Anderson Administration Center, a lot of food, and Venice. naked because clothes aren’t 5. “TO BE RED” / necessary,” Blan2004 / 7 feet tall / co says. “There’s Center for the Arts / no Target, no T.J. Longboat Key. Maxx, no dress store. And he is happy on this beautiful island, but the island is a fantasy. He has companions: the pelican, the fishes.”

How the character arrived on the island is a mystery — not even Blanco knows.

There was no shipwreck, no crashed plane.

In the first cartoon, the character appears alone, dreaming on the island. Blanco explains that because there are no words, evs s llow e pi rdine 2 fren of sa se of a a a c h & a h purc or set wit matt

Public art It was French abstract painter Auguste Herbin’s geometric shapes and colors that first inspired Jorge Blanco to pursue art.

His studies took him to the Academy of Fine Arts in Rome, Italy, where his work in sculpture was characterized by dark and intense realism that portrayed repression, torture and oppression. He showed his first sculpture in 1974 in Caracas.

In the early 1990s, his attitude changed. His sculptures began to represent light, humor and color. They portrayed the world’s beauty, the love he felt for his family and happiness.

Since 1999, Blanco has lived and worked on the west coast of Florida. He was highlighted by Florida International magazine as a creative individual who helps make Florida a destination, with 13 sculptures installed in nine cities across the United States and most recently, in Uruguay.

One of the main forces behind his work is creating public art. In 2005, Florida International magazine named Blanco as one of Florida’s Top 100 Power Players. Blanco says he is convinced that it serves a double purpose — introducing everyone to art, while also contributing to the advancement of communities.

eryone can understand the story. The idea is to transmit simplicity and minimalism to the reader. It reflects the desire for escape and evading reality.

Blanco moved in 1999 to the United States and in 2005 became an American citizen. He dedicated himself to sculpture and, for the past 11 years, developed public art that graces the area with color and geometric form. But now, Blanco is bringing back the skinny little man and his dreams.

“I love ‘The Castaway,’ and sometimes I miss him,” he says. “He is my friend, and I would like to see him again. In my home, he is not alive; he is sleeping. He needs the people, a lot of people, because he is a dream.”

Blanco need not miss his skinny little “friend” any longer. Beginning with this week’s editions, “The Castaway” will be printed each week in the Longboat Observer, the East County Observer and the Sarasota Observer.

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Monies raised will be split between SOLVE Maternity Homes of Bradenton and Primrose Children’s Foundation, a nonprofit organization that supports organizations that focus on the needs of children and families.

Primrose owner Sharon Frank said Lakewood Ranch High School student and Primrose employee Taylor Halligan played a key role in the success of the event. Halligan has been an active volunteer with SOLVE.

+ East residents enjoy summertime Shabbat East County residents were among the nearly 50 Temple Emanu-El members and guests who gathered for a Shabbat meal June 10.

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+ Cabaret show returns to Palm-Aire Marcy Downey and Buddy Sebastian, better known as Diva and the Italian Guy, returned to Palm-Aire Country Club for another night of cabaret-style entertainment June 11.

The show featured songs from popular entertainers such as Louis Prima, Dean Martin, Frank Sinatra, Bobby Darin, Barbra Streisand, Bette Midler, Celine Dion and more.

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Manatee Technical Institute offers 46 career and technical education programs and averages 6,000 students per year. The MTI East campus in Lakewood Ranch offers 15 programs, including fire fighter and law enforcement training, culinary arts and 11 different health occupational programs.

EDUCATION/PAGE 1 universities have campuses located in the East County: Eckerd College, Everglades University, ITT Technical Institute, Keiser University, LECOM, Manatee Technical Institute, State College of Florida and Webster University.

“There are certainly economic impacts in having students living and studying in your community,” said Jacki Dezelski, vice president of East County and Community Development for the Manatee Chamber of Commerce. “In addition to paying tuition, these students are renting apartments. They are going out to eat. They are shopping and buying services locally.

“From an economic development perspective, institutions of higher learning are very important to companies when they are looking to relocate or expand in a region,” she said. “The fact that the Manatee-Sarasota region has, at my count, almost 20 institutions of higher learning, is a significant asset for business recruitment and retention.”

Michelle Morgan, Keiser University’s associate vice chancellor of operations, said Keiser University has graduated 2,900 students since moving its facility to Lakewood Ranch and 3,500 in total since the school started a Sarasota campus 15 years ago.

“That’s pretty significant when you consider 85% of our graduates stay local,” Morgan said. “They are emerging into the workforce. The programs we offer are directly workforce related.”

The university as a whole supports 19,000 jobs in Florida, Morgan said. The Lakewood Ranch campus itself has 150 employees and graduates about 300 students annually.

Many of the school’s graduates, Morgan said, are the first in their family to graduate from a higher institution of learning.

“That’s a huge impact not only to that graduate, but to their family,” Morgan said. “The ripple effect of higher education and the opportunity for advancement is just that much greater. If you look at the overall graduating class and those who have achieved their degrees, that just makes them more employable or more prepared for future advancements.”

The State College of Florida hosts its $12 million Medical Technology and Simulation Center in Lakewood Ranch.

The facility offers the school’s nursing programs, as well as other associate degree level classes.

SCF has 36,000 students enrolled annually in credit classes with about 18% of the student body enrolled at the school’s Lakewood Ranch campus.

Katherine Walker, director of public affairs and marketing, said enrollment for the spring of 2011 was up 12% at the Lakewood Ranch campus compared to last year.

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Sharon Hillstrom, associate director for the Manatee County Economic Development Council agreed, noting institutions play a major role not only in educating the area’s workforce but also in helping to ensure businesses can succeed in an area.

Schools such as Keiser University, for example, actually create programs to meet the needs of local businesses and industries.

“When we go to recruit (businesses), we go to different states or different countries and we present a big picture of Manatee County,” Hillstrom said. “Having higher institutions of learning here is a big part of that story. It’s an enhancement that a community has. Workforce

training is especially important.”

Hillstrom noted the presence of higher educational institutions allow for winwin partnerships between the schools and businesses such as internships, research and development opportunities or even training specific to businesses that come in.

Lakewood Ranch developer Schroeder-Manatee Ranch President and CEO Rex Jensen agreed and said the presence of higher education near Lakewood Ranch makes the community more attractive to potential residents.

“It’s a crucial quality-of-life issue,” Jensen said. “Whether it’s for our children or lifelong learning for ourselves, it is one of those things that is on the radar screen of anybody who is seeking a quality living environment. If you don’t have it, you don’t have a community. You have a project.”

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Kiddie Academy children don caps for graduation Dozens of voluntary pre-kindergarten students proudly accepted their diplomas during Kiddie Academy’s graduation ceremony June 9.

Each of the three VPK classes did a special presentation for their family and friends before donning their caps and gowns and receiving their diplomas. The Class of 2011 enjoyed a reception following the ceremony.

Five-year-old Mia Offer was one of the first ones to put on her cap and gown.

Right: Eloy Serrata, 5, couldn’t wait to show off his diploma.

Sophie Bell made sure all of the caps had a tassel.

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Anna Nowinski worked on a special art project before receiving her diploma.

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caps & gowns By Pam Eubanks | News Editor

Primrose School honors kindergarten graduates

TJ Stone, front, couldn’t resist playing with his tassel during the ceremony.

Paige McElyea was all smiles as she received her diploma from her teachers, Jayna Armstrong, left, and Susan Artemik, right.

K i n d e rg a r t ners at Primrose School at Lakewood Ranch Town Center gathered to celebrate their next step in life as the school hosted a graduation ceremony for students June 11 at Lakewood Ranch Town Hall.

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Brian and Kelly Vazquez were proud of their graduate, Lily.

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Braden River rolls out red carpet for dance Eighth-grade students at Haile Middle School celebrated the end of their middle school days with a special dance June 3. Themed “Reach for the Stars,” the Hollywood-inspired night featured music and dancing, photos, snacks and more.

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Bashaw students take stage at talent show More than 30 students at Bashaw Elementary School showed off their talents during the school’s talent show June 2.

Students displayed a variety of talents, including singing, dancing, magic acts, tae kwon do, tumbling and more.

Fifth-graders Margaret and Allison Stewart performed ‘Adelvice’ from ‘The Sound of Music.’

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Fifth-grader Austin Savage entertained the audience with his performance of Michael Jackson’s ‘Smooth Criminal.’

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Alliance hosts Breakfast of Champs Members of the Lakewood Ranch Business Alliance gathered for the Alliance’s Breakfast of Champions event June 8 at the Lakewood Ranch Golf & Country Club. Tim Mulqueen, director of Lakewood Ranch’s new Premier Sports Campus, shared with guests about the facility.

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Lakewood Ranch C.C. home tops weekly sales The following residential real estate transactions took place between May 30 and June 3.

Two homes in the Country Club of Lakewood Ranch top all transactions in this week’s real estate. Steven Avery, Lakewood Ranch, sold his home at 12604 Deacons Place to Dennis and Lindy Feneide for $750,000. Built in 2005, it has four bedrooms, three-and-one-half baths, a pool and 3,855 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $940,000 in 2008.

Gordon Sampson, trustee, sold the home at 7523 Rigby Court to Timothy and Kyle Robertson, Bradenton, for $680,000.

Built in 2006, it has four bedrooms, threeand-one-half baths, a pool and 4,533 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $640,000 in 2009.

Terra, Ceia, for $390,000. Built in 2005, it has two bedrooms, two-and-one-half baths, a pool and 840 square feet of living area.

River Landings Bluffs

Alan and Gali Palmer, Bradenton, sold their home at 5410 61st St. E. to Paul Jackson, Bradenton, for $365,000. Built in 1991, it has three bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 2,544 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $380,000 in 2004.

Mill Creek

Gregory Russo, Bradenton, sold his home at 1110 133rd Court N.E. to Guy and Ann Neff, Bradenton, for $325,000. Built in 2003, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 2,137 square feet of living area.

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LWR Country Club West LLC sold the home at 7629 Portstewart Drive to Thomas and Maureen Chesson, Bradenton, for $484,000. Built in 2010, it has three bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 2,282 square feet of living area.

Mill Creek

Michael and Nicole Allen, Bradenton, sold their home at 1618 145th St. E. to Chad and Krista Symens, Bradenton, for $439,000. Built in 2006, it has four bedrooms, three-and-one-half baths and

Pam Eubanks

This 3,855-square-foot home in the Country Club of Lakewood Ranch has four bedrooms, three-and-one-half baths and a pool. It sold for $750,000.

3,617 square feet of living area.

Jonathan Mather and Sandra Mather, Sarasota, sold their home at 1147 Mill Run E. to Maria Aguiar, Bradenton, for $257,500. Built in 1991, it has three bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 2,326 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $230,000 in 1997.

Greenbrook Village

David and Laurie Katzen, Bradenton, sold their home at 6305 Tanager Cove to James and Kelley Sommer, Lakewood Ranch, for $435,000. Built in 2003, it has four bedrooms, four baths, a pool and 3,142 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $435,000 in 2009.

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Jean-Pierre Fichepain of Toulouse, France, sold his home at 7003 Chickasaw Bayou Road to James and Judith Nixon, Bradenton, for $400,000. Built in 2001, it has three bedrooms, three baths and 3,174 square feet of living area.

Patricia’s Place

HSBC Bank USA, trustee, sold the home at 7015 32nd Ave. E. to Jenean Conover,

HSBC Bank USA, trustee, sold the home at 6156 Palomino Circle to John Barton and Christine Barton, trustees, Rotonda West, for $320,000. Built in 2005, it has three bedrooms, three-and-one-half baths and 3,377 square feet of living area.

It previously sold for $561,000 in 2005.

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Regions Bank sold the home at 7574 Camden Harbour Drive to Wolfgang Gross and Anne-Kathrin Keinath of Homburg, Germany, for $313,000. Built in 2003, it has four bedrooms, three baths and 2,598 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $391,000 in 2003.

Glena and Kathleen Rutherford, Bradenton, sold their home at 8910 Stone Harbour Loop to Purmod and Peggy Jain of Peoria, Ill., for $235,000. Built in 2005, it has two bedrooms, two baths, a pool and

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REAL ESTATE/PAGE 21 1,961 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $356,100 in 2005.

Federal National Mortgage Association sold the home at 9078 Willowbrook Circle to Guillermo Martinez, Bradenton, for $226,000. Built in 2006, it has three bedrooms, two-and-one-half baths and 2,743 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $450,000 in 2006.

Windsong Acres

Steven and Lori Patterson, Myakka City, sold their home at 1213 110th St. E. to Howard and La Verne Duff, Bradenton, for $255,000. Built in 1994, it has three bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 2,412 square feet of living area.

Waterlefe Golf and River Club

Jack and Carol Harmon, Bradenton, sold their home at 9510 Discovery Terrace to Brent and Sandy Smith, Bradenton, for $250,000. Built in 2001, it has four bedrooms, three baths and 2,584 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $311,200 in 2001.

River Point of Manatee

Michael and Michelle Acklin sold their home at 4115 Third Ave. E. to Amanad Jesse, Bradenton, for $215,000. Built in 1999, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 2,695 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $165,000 in 2010.

Old Grove at Greenfield Plantation

Bette Harrison sold her home at 10490 Old Grove Circle to Barbara and Peter Dwyer of Newfoundland, Canada, for $213,600. Built in 2000, it has three bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 1,785 square feet of living area.

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sonville, Md., for $205,000. Built in 2003, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 2,156 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $410,000 in 2004.

Tailfeather Way at Tara

Richard and Patricia Dyer of Westfield, Ind., sold their home at 6642 Tailfeather Way to Kimberly and James Slattery of McKinney, Texas, for $200,000. Built in 2003, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 1,800 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $220,600 in 2003.

NORTH MANATEE Twin Rivers

Stephen and Amie Rumrill sold their home at 3406 Twin Rivers Trail to Jeffrey and Yvonne Prestage, Parrish, for $397,500. Built in 2005, it has four bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 3,017 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $440,000 in 2009.

Klaus and Gabriela Kuhlmann, Cape Coral, sold their home at 3408 Twin Rivers Trail to Michael and Natalia Waters, Parrish, for $249,000. Built in 2006, it has four bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 2,664 square feet of living area.

BUILDING PERMITS

Debra Grempel of Babylon, N.Y., sold her home at 8405 29th St. E. to Daoud and These are the largest East County building permits issued by Manatee County for Mahbuba Attayi of Ontario, Canada, for the week of May 30 through June 3, in order of dollar amounts. $210,000.

Built in 1999, it has three bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 1,924 square Applicant Amount feetAddress of living area. It previouslyPermit sold for 14718 First Ave. E. Addition Kevin Stanaland $65,000 $179,900 in 1999.

9214 65th Ave. E. Pool James Zovath $35,000 114 166th St. N.E. $25,613 Pool Edwin Dunn Foxbrook Mark Deborah Stingley,Re-roof Oviedo, 6934and Stetson St. Circle Charlotte Leckey $18,700 sold8184 theirCollingwood home at Court 17705 Howling Wolf Mechanical Walter Gutstein $17,181 Run to John West Jr., Parrish, for $202,900.

6619 64th Terrace E. Pool cage Christopher Egler $14,735 Built in 2002, it has three bedrooms, two 6563 Meandering Way Re-roof Larry O’Donnell $12,500 baths, a pool and 2,089 square feet of livRe-roof Cathleen 13526 Third Ave. N.E. Roberts $11,415 ing area. It previously sold for $570,000 in 5011 76th St. E. Re-roof Cary Vorbeck $11,250 2006.

6634 Copper Ridge Trail Mechanical Elizabeth Linn $10,025 7049 Treymore Court $8,164 Mechanical Gerald Genova 13429 Second Ave. N.E. Pool cage Johnny Moran $7,832 7110 52nd Drive E. Re-roof Janett Smith $7,500 6115 55th Terrace E. Mechanical Norman West $7,427 6767 Hickory Hammock Circle Mechanical Stephen Ackoury $7,200 7914 Cypress Lake Drive $7,180 Mechanical Kevin Clark 8449 Idlewood Court Mechanical Jerald Stark $6,994 6104 Saddlehorn Ave. Mechanical Brian Lovrey $6,855 11008 Star Rush Place Mechanical Adrian Olivo $6,575 5249 88th St. E. Mechanical Matthew Bornstein $6,168

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Joyce Johnson, trustee, of Sister Bay, Wis., sold the home at 3104 Woodland Fern Drive to Raquelle Alexander, Parrish, for $220,000. Built in 1999, it has three bedrooms, three baths and 1,910 square feet of living area.

Richard and Lanette Sporl, Satellite Beach, sold their home at 3022 Woodland Fern Drive to Robert and Heather Jakobiak, Parrish, for $200,000. Built in 2001, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 1,808 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $187,000 in 2002.

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Temps, not calendar, signify summertime I’m not quite sure who came tween assignments. Who really up with the notion that the first wants to mingle with a sports official day of summer is June reporter after they’ve spent all 21, but clearly they didn’t live in day out in the sun covered in Lakewood Ranch. sunscreen, sweat and dirt?

I’m pretty sure sumI don’t know how the mer began somewhere kids do it. They give it back around midthere all no matter how March. high the temperature I know this because climbs — even when for the past three it looks like they just months, I’ve spent my jumped in the pool. afternoons out on the But as bad as I feel track, the tennis courts for the kids, I feel even and the baseball and worse for the sports JEN softball fields in the writers standing there blazing sun. roasting in the sun. At BLANCO And no matter what this point, it doesn’t matseason it is on the calter if I you’re covering an endar, when its 90 degrees and event at 9 a.m. or 9 p.m. — it’s sunny, every day is summer in still unbelievably hot. my mind.

And there’s nothing you can Growing up in Ohio, I lived do but look up at the sky in for these days. But now, I find search of even the smallest rain myself searching for even the cloud — anything that will give slightest bit of reprieve. you some reprieve.

After all, when you’re driving Luckily, I love what I do. So to practice and the temperature I’ve gotten used to covering gauge in your car reads a balmy sports in the summer — even 94 degrees, you can’t help but if it does mean having to carry begin to sweat at the thought several water bottles with you of standing out in the blistering wherever you go. sun for the next couple of hours.

But that doesn’t mean I’m not It’s the time of year when I secretly counting down the days find myself having to change until November when the someclothes multiple times a day bewhat cooler air finally returns.

BASKETBALL

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Impact Elite wins state championship The Impact Elite sixth-grade basketball team maintained a perfect 19-0 record heading into the state tournament June 11-12 in Ft. Lauderdale.

EAST COUNTY — Amad Brayboy picked up a basketball for the first time four years ago, and he hasn’t stopped dribbling since.

After watching a number of NBA games on TV and seeing all of the attention the sport received, the then 9-year-old started playing pickup games at his apartment complex.

“I saw everyone start to play

in the NBA and it grabbed me,” said Amad, now 13 years old. “I wanted to play. It showed me how to move the ball around, set picks and shoot well.”

The Haile Middle School sixth-grader eventually began playing recreational basketball at G.T. Bray. It was there that he met Chase Maasdorf. The

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gymnastics By Jen Blanco | Associate Editor

Mackenzie Goda achieved Level 9 status on trampoline after a knee injury kept her out of the sport for a year.

COMEBACK KID

In March 2010, 13-year-old Mackenzie Goda tore her ACL, MCL, meniscus and patella tendon and dislocated and fractured a piece of her tibia. Exactly one year later, she was back competing.

LAKEWOOD RANCH — She had practiced it time and time again.

It was a skill she could practically do in her sleep.

So 13-year-old Mackenzie Goda didn’t think anything of it when she stepped onto the trampoline 16 months ago at Kids Supergym to warm up her back full.

She never imagined the “simple skill” would be the source of a catastrophic knee injury that nearly put an end to her flourishing gymnastics career.

But that’s exactly what happened in March 2010 when Mackenzie came out of her back full and landed awkwardly on her left knee. It buckled back and to the side. She stood on the trampoline in shock before a loud snap reverberated throughout the gym, causing Mackenzie to tumble onto the trampoline.

“It was very painful,” Mackenzie remembers. “I heard a really loud snap, so at first I thought I broke my leg. But then I realized it was actually my knee. I didn’t know what to expect. It was very scary.”

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Mackenzie sat on the side of the trampoline before being taken to Lakewood Ranch Medical Center for an X-ray. She was told she had torn her patella tendon — an injury doctors don’t see often.

Mackenzie then went to Sarasota Memorial Hospital for an

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Mackenzie Goda was warming up when she injured her knee.

MRI, which revealed she had torn her ACL, MCL, meniscus and patella tendon and had dislocated and fractured a piece of her tibia.

“My first thought was, ‘That’s terrible,’” Mackenzie said. “I was in shock. When it first happened I was in so much shock that I didn’t cry. The only time I cried

was during the MRI when they had to move me.”

Doctors at Sarasota Memorial were unable to perform surgery on her knee, and Mackenzie was later referred to All Children’s Hospital in St. Petersburg. After looking at her knee, the doctors at All Children’s then referred her to Dr. Koco Eaton, an orthopedic surgeon in St. Petersburg.

“This was my first major injury,” Mackenzie said. “It was the first time I really needed to do to the doctor for something bad. I saw three different doctors, and that’s when I got really anxious and nervous.”

“It was pretty scary — just kind of the unknown of what it all meant and how and where to go,” said Amy Goda, Mackenzie’s mother. “One doctor said it looked like she’d been hit by a 300-pound tackle, and another said the only other injury he could compare hers to was someone who had jumped off of the (Sunshine) Skyway.

“Luckily we found a great surgeon, and he steered us in what to do,” Amy Goda said. “She did very well. She was kind of amazing. The only time she cried was when they actually had to move her knee. She’s just a positive girl, and she stayed very positive.”

Three days after sustaining her injury, Mackenzie met with Eaton, who scheduled her for surgery four days later.

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+ Ranch Kings U17 wins Sunshine Series The Lakewood Ranch Kings U17 lacrosse team won the Sunshine Lacrosse Series Tournament June 4-5 in Wesley Chapel.

The team, which comprises students from Lakewood Ranch, Manatee, Cardinal Mooney and Pineview high schools, finished the tournament undefeated.

The Kings defeated Tampa Tribe Navy 10-1, the Sand Sharks 6-0, Tribe-Ocala 9-6 and the Tampa Tribe-Caroline 8-6 to advance to the championship. In the championship, the team defeated the Seminole Warhawks 7-4.

+ Mustangs finish second in Sunshine all-sports Lakewood Ranch High scored 610.5 points to finish second overall in Class 4A in the FHSAA Floyd E. Lay Sunshine Cup all-sports awards.

The Mustangs finished behind Naples Barron Collier (644). The announcement comes shortly after Lakewood finished first in the state in the FHSAA academic awards.

Southeast was the only other Manatee County school to finish in the Top 10, finishing in a tie for 10th place in Class 3A (159). Riverview led

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RECOVERY

The next few days were particularly painful for Mackenzie, who fell ill from all of the pain medication she required. But a week after her surgery, the pain began to wear off, and Mackenzie started running errands with her mom and was able to return to school.

About a month later, Mackenzie began physical therapy, where she had to relearn not only how to bend and straighten her knee but also how to walk again.

“It was very weird learning

IMPACT/PAGE 23 two teammates quickly became friends; and when Chase went on to play AAU basketball for the Sarasota Gators, Amad decided to try out as well.

The two spent a year playing for the Gators before moving over to Impact Elite in Sarasota last year. Since then, Amad, Chase and the rest of the Impact Elite sixth-grade basketball team, which comprises 10 fifth- and sixth-graders from Bradenton, Sarasota and Port Charlotte, have posted a perfect 19-0 record and are ranked No. 1 in the nation

the way in Sarasota County, finishing sixth in Class 6A with 614.5 points.

“That was not quite our goal obviously, but a week or two after finishing first in the state in the FHSAA academic award, I think it is really impressive,” Lakewood athletic director Shawn Trent said. “ My goal as athletic director has always been to prove that you can have both. You can mix great athletics and great academics together, and I think that is what we have started here at Lakewood Ranch.”

teams both won championships during the Suncoast Tournament June 4-5 at Lakewood Ranch Park.

Twenty-four teams from across the state, including Key West, Jacksonville and Lakeland participated in the tournament.

The Storm 98 team beat its sister team Storm 97 4-3 in the championship of the 14s division. The Storm 02 team was also victorious, defeating the Manatee Twisters 14-4 in the championship of the 8s division.

+ Pirate volleyball camp dates announced Braden River High will host its Pirate Volleyball Camp July 25-27.

The camp, which is open to students in grades three though 12, will be divided into two sessions. The youth session for grades three though seven will be held from 9 a.m. to noon, and the elite session for grades eight through 12 will be held from 4:30-8:30 p.m.

For more information contact Braden River coach Matt McElhiney at Piratevball@gmail.com.

+ Suncoast Storm teams win championships The Suncoast Storm 98 and 02

Little Leagues announce All-Stars Braden River Little League and Manatee Cal Ripken Little League at Heritage Harbour both recently announced some of their All-Star teams.

Braden River 9/10: Austin Brinling, Josiah Clark, Kieren Collins, Devin Guzman, Jason Hauck, Peyton Jula, Andre Nunez, Taylor Pawelkoski, Max Runde, Daniel Tart and Caleb Whitson 10/11: Chandler Brown, Ben Harris, Tommy Hubbard, Grady Martin, Kyle Metters, Will Miller, Henry Nelson, Douglas Polk, Miclayne Powell, Connor Ralston, Jamar Smith and James Smith

Cal Ripken + Cal Ripken 9U All-Stars finish as runner-up The Manatee Cal Ripken 9U AllStars finished second in the Nations Baseball State Championships June 3-5 in Clearwater.

Sixteen teams competed in the tournament with Manatee advancing to the championship game. The team eventually fell 5-1 to the Tampa Young Guns.

8U: Trey Carroll, Caden Chamberlin, Ryan Combs, Fred Dariano, Ehtan Dumer, PJ Fincher, Trent Hedgepeth, Colin Heintz, Drew Marra, Patrick O’Keefe, Connor O’Sullivan, Sean Vitug and Blake Wood 9U: Colin Apgar, Jordan Brown, Cal Chapman, Aaron Combs, Michael Gagnon, Robert Goecker, Zachary Graham, Calvin Hedgepeth, Austin Jenkins, Derek Marra, Richard Morales, Tyler Moss and Camden Sprague

Initially, Mackenzie’s doctor and physical therapist said there was a 50/50 chance that she would be back in the gym.

Despite those odds, Mackenzie surprised everyone and began tumbling again in September — much faster than the doctors had thought possible.

“I think it was just the fact that I wanted to get back into it,” Mackenzie said. “I think if I wasn’t as happy or was more scared then it would’ve taken a lot longer.

“I actually really liked it,” Mackenzie said. “It was a little scary, but it was a very fun feeling.”

And on March 19, 2011 — exactly one year after her devastating injury — Mackenzie returned to the mat and the trampoline

as a competitor in the 2011 2nd Qualifier.

“I thought it was so cool,” Mackenzie said. “It was such a coincidence. One year ago, I was in the operating room, and now I’m competing and doing everything I was doing before.”

Then on April 2-3, Mackenzie won trampoline and finished third in tumbling at the USA Gymnastics Trampoline and Tumbling Meet in Naples. Mackenzie also moved up to Level 9 status for trampoline and maintains Level 8 status for tumbling.

“It’s amazing what she’s done,” Kids Supergym coach Scott Bolingbroke said. “Some peo-

ple would just give up, but she’s tough as nails. It’s challenging as a coach knowing when to push and how much to push, but she’s a good kid.”

Her mother agrees.

“You try to protect them and put them in a sport where they might not get hurt,” she said. “I took her out of gymnastics so she wouldn’t get hurt. But no matter what happens, she always stays positive. It’s nerve-wracking because I don’t want her to do it again. But as long as she’s got a positive attitude, then I can stay positive.”

Contact Jen Blanco at jblanco@ yourobserver.com.

in the USSSA power ranking for sixth-grade Division II and are also No. 1 in the coach’s poll for Florida USSSA. “We’re like a family,” said Amad, who is a shooting guard for Impact. “We just love to play with each other. We’ve worked really hard to get this far.”

Nick Carollo, 12, agreed.

“We’re all friends and we want to get better,” Nick said. “It’s a really fun team. Everyone on the team is fun to be with. It’s just fun.

“Everyone on the team works together as a team,” he said.

“We’re all good. There are no individual selves.”

To add to an already incredible season, Impact Elite captured the state championship at the Boys USSSA State Championship June 11-12 in Ft. Lauderdale.

Prior to the tournament, Amad, Chase, Emmanuel Lambright and Curtis Cobb sat together on laptops and mapped out the bracket in its entirety, looking at the various match-ups and seeing which teams could prove to be the biggest challenge.

“They were pumped up,” coach Dayne Maasdorf said. “It was like March Madness in here. These kids just want to win.”

Impact Elite played a pair of

pool play games June 11 before advancing to single-elimination play. The team won six straight games, including defeating Vero Beach 61-56 in the semifinals and defeating Boynton Beach 44-40 in the championship game.

Amad was named the tournament MVP and Curtis and Emmanual received all-tournament honors.

With the state championship behind them, Impact Elite will now begin preparing for the USSSA National Championship June 25-26 in Cocoa Beach.

The team trains twice a week at the Impact Elite Basketball

Academy in Sarasota; but while the academy trains collegiate and NBA players, the members of Impact Elite’s sixth-grade team are all local kids who came together through their love of basketball.

“We have these kids — this core group — that everyone in their brother wants,” Maasdorf said.

“We’re not in Indiana, but in my opinion, I’ve pulled together the best sixth-graders in the area.

“They’re always together and they have so much fun together,” he said. “I feel like they’re an extension of my family.”

Contact Jen Blanco at jblanco@ yourobserver.com.

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Mackenzie also returned to Kids Supergym, where she began conditioning and continued her physical therapy. Over the summer, Mackenzie stepped back up onto the trampoline and began working on basic back handsprings and back tucks with a harness and a knee brace.

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JUST THE STATS 610.5 The number of points Lakewood Ranch scored to finish second overall in Class 4A in the FHSAA Floyd E. Lay Sunshine Cup all-sports awards.

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The place the Monsters Orange lacrosse team finished in the U11 division of the Sunshine State Series June 4-5 in Wesley Chapel.

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The number of games the Impact Elite sixthgrade basketball team won to capture the Boys USSSA State Championship June 11-12 in Ft. Lauderdale.

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The number of East County coaches who have resigned in the past six months.

By Jen Blanco | Associate Editor

Joey Fazio Fourteen-year-old Joey Fazio recently was named Southeast High School’s Freshman Student Scholar Athlete of the Year. The IB honor student was a member of the football, weightlifting and wrestling teams and won a district championship for wrestling. Here is an inside look at this week’s Athlete of the Week.

What was your reaction when you were named the Freshman Student Scholar Athlete of the Year?

I was surprised. I didn’t think I would win it because there are a lot of good athletes at my school who are my age.

Of the sports that you play, which one is your favorite?

Wrestling and football. They’re really close. I couldn’t say which one I like better.

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What’s your fondest sports moment?

The district championship in wrestling.

It was my first year, and I just won. I’d never wrestled before.

What do you enjoy the most about wrestling?

You get to slam someone. It’s also oneon-one. There’s no one else out there. It’s you against the other guy.

What’s your favorite subject?

Math. It’s the easiest.

Do you have any siblings?

I have twin sisters, Emma and Sarah, who are 11 years old.

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The number of teams competing in the Storm Tournament June 4-5 at Lakewood Ranch Park in which the Suncoast Storm 02 and 98 teams both won championships.

Do you have a favorite movie?

“The Sandlot.” I love that movie. I’ve watched it like a million times.

If you could go anywhere on summer vacation, where would it be and why?

Connecticut. That’s where my family is.

Who is your favorite athlete?

Kemba Walker. UConn is my favorite college, and he’s really good.

If you could have one superpower, what would it be?

Strength. So I can win weightlifting.

What’s your favorite food?

Pepperoni pizza Are you from Florida originally?

No, I’m from Connecticut. I moved to Florida when I was 9 years old.

What do you like to do when you aren’t playing sports?

Hang out with my friends.

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coaching carousel By Jen Blanco | Associate Editor

Coaches leave East County schools Four coaches at Lakewood Ranch, The Out-of-Door Academy and Braden River have all resigned over the past six months.

MANATEE COUNTY — It’s been an offseason of change for Braden River, Lakewood Ranch and The Out-of-Door Academy — all three schools have seen coaches resign over the past six months.

In January, Braden River volleyball coach Steven Haugh resigned and accepted a position at Riverview. Former Bayshore assistant coach Matt McElhiney was announced as the Lady Pirates new coach in March.

This spring, ODA baseball coach Mike Verrill, Lakewood Ranch girls golf coach Wendi Golden and boys basketball coach Chris Kawcak all resigned from their posts.

BRADEN RIVER

Matt McElhiney grew up playing beach volleyball, and ever since he started coaching in 2001, McElhiney has had his sights set on a head coaching position.

McElhiney was interested in coaching at Braden River a couple years ago, before former coach Steven Haugh was hired in 2009, but schoolwork and other obligations prevented him from applying. So when Haugh, who led the Lady Pirates into the regional finals each of the past two seasons, announced his resignation back in January, McElhiney jumped at the opportunity.

“I knew a lot of the players out there and parents because they’ve played club volleyball for me,”

said McElhiney, a Manatee Area Volleyball coach. I like the parents and players. There’s a good group of people there both personality wise and talent wise, so the second time the (position) became available I wanted to take a shot at it.”

During his two seasons at Braden River, Haugh guided the Lady Pirates to back-to-back district titles and a 50-11 record. But in January, Haugh, who also runs the Sarasota Volleyball Academy, accepted a head coaching position at Riverview.

A former Bayshore assistant coach, McElhiney assumed his new post at the end of March.

Since then, the Sarasota resident has spent the past three months getting to know some of the players through open gyms.

McElhiney also plans to take 10 of his players to AAU nationals this Sunday in Orlando.

“We’re doing this in place of a team camp,” McElhiney said.

“They can get used to me coaching at a high level tournament, and it’s a good opportunity for them.”

In the coming year, McElhiney is looking forward to rebuilding the program and seeing the Lady Pirates succeed in a new district.

“I expect to have a team that works hard day in and day out,” McElhiney said. “I’m not worried about my win and loss record as much as trying to win districts

each year that we play and making a good run into the regional tournament.

McElhiney also named former Palmetto and Manatee Community College standout Amelia Levy as the Lady Pirates JV coach.

LAKEWOOD RANCH

After two seasons at the helm, Lakewood Ranch girls golf coach Wendi Golden has stepped down.

Golden announced her resignation two weeks ago after deciding to spend more time focusing on her girls, Jordan and Taylor, and her own golf game.

During her time at Lakewood, Golden helped guide the Lady Mustangs to a perfect regular season and a district runner-up finish in her first year.

“The thing I will miss the most is the relationships formed with the players — what an awesome bunch of young ladies,” Golden said. “I will definitely miss the shared laughs and each one of them. I enjoyed the opportunity to invest in each player’s life and guide her in life, as well as in golf.”

Golden said she may return to coaching one day when her children are older but has no plans to do so in the im-

mediate future. Lakewood has yet to name a replacement.

Lakewood also will spend the offseason searching for a new boys basketball coach after Chris Kawcak, who will be moving to a suburb of Memphis, Tenn., resigned last week.

Kawcak took the position three years ago; and after two losing seasons, he guided the Mustangs to a 20-9 record and a district runner-up finish this past winter.

ODA

When Mike Verrill took over the ODA baseball program in 2004, the team had won a total of five games over a five-year span.

In his first year at the helm, Verrill took a team with a 1-19 record and guided it to a 12-9 record and a district runner-up finish.

Since then, Verrill has watched his players win 102 games, including district titles in 2009 and 2011, advance to the regional tournament three times and finish as the regional runner-up in 2009.

But two weeks ago, Verrill announced his resignation after an incident earlier this spring resulted in his suspension prior to the district tournament. Verrill, who was suspended for using foul language toward a

player after two of his assistant coaches turned him in, denied the accusation.

Assistant coach Jim Friss, who coached with Verrill for five years, also has resigned.

“My decision to resign from ODA was due to what I feel was a lack of total commitment and loyalty to me by some people who were very close to me in the baseball program,” Verrill said. “I felt the best approach was to leave ODA and continue to coach in a better environment.

“I want to thank coach Jim Friss for his five years of hard work and commitment to me and our players. He was and still is a great friend and influence in my life. I will miss our daily talks and interaction on the baseball field.”

Verrill now will spend the summer coaching baseball in Maine before returning to Sarasota to look into several opportunities.

“I had eight great rewarding years at ODA and have always been grateful for having the opportunity to coach there,” Verrill said. “After 32 years of coaching high school baseball, with 22 of them as a head coach, I have not lost the fire to coach. After 230 plus wins, district championships, regional championships and state titles in either Florida or Maine I am still hungry for the next one and more then that just teaching young players how to play the game the right way.”

ODA Athletic Director Noel Beaulieu said he has a candidate in mind to replace Verrill.

Contact Jen Blanco at jblanco@ yourobserver. com.

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