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by Robin Roy | City Editor

Lewis reports for duty ... again Terry Lewis has delayed his retirement many times because he keeps getting called to duty. The latest call came from Sarasota County government.

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+ Temple members enjoy ‘Fine’ dining Marty and Mickey Fine’s abode at The Tower Residences on Watergate Drive was the prime setting for an elegant Sunday brunch June 12, for members of the Temple EmanuEl Cornerstone Society.

Guests enjoyed scrumptious cuisine, socializing and a special update on news and happenings at Temple Emanu-El. For information about the Cornerstone Society, call 371-2788.

+ Salvation Army seeks donations If you missed springcleaning or need an excuse for summer cleaning, the Salvation Army’s Center of Hope is in need of twin flat sheets, towels and washcloths.

Whatever the thread count and however mismatched, all materials will be put to immediate use at the 200-bed 100% occupancy emergency shelter, which is usually in an overflow situation nightly. The Center of Hope is located at 1400 10th St. Call 364-8845 for information.

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He had not even signed his contract yet, but interim County Administrator Terry Lewis already was hard at work during a county budget hearing June 14.

Terry Lewis had planned to retire months ago. He and Lisa, his wife of 30 years, had grand plans — world cruises, scuba diving in the Caribbean and warm summers in North Carolina.

But his phone won’t stop ringing.

The former colonel with the Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office and former North Port police chief has been in high demand in the past year.

The latest call came from Sarasota County government, which tapped Lewis June 8 to serve as

What was Lewis’ retirement plan? See page 2A its interim county administrator following the resignation of former County Administrator Jim Ley, who left amid a widespread procurement scandal.

Lewis, 59, agreed to serve for up to six months.

“I want to stop the bleeding and then fix it,” he said. “The community wants to know how we’ll prevent it from happening again.”

In demand

It’s not the first time he’s been asked to provide his services to local governments in need.

After 28 years in the sheriff’s office, Lewis applied for an investigative role at the Florida Department of Law Enforcement as well as the open chief post at North Port Police Department.

Within a week, Lewis was offered both jobs.

Again, he was in high demand.

He took the FDLE job and two years later, applied again to North Port Police Department and got the job.

“I told (North Port) I would stay three to five years and I would work hard to get people prepared to take my place as chief,” he said.

Lewis’ eye was once again trained on retirement. Although he loved his career, Lewis has a much different dream job.

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Retirement plan

“To teach sunburned tourists from Ohio to scuba dive,” he said.

He also loves world travel.

Last year, he had set a date on which he’d finally step down for good — April 27, the day he departed on a long cruise to Europe. The couple celebrated their 30th wedding anniversary in Paris — their favorite destination.

But, Lewis’ retirement was short-lived. In October, North Port city manager resigned abruptly, and city commissioners asked Lewis to fill in.

He agreed to take the job — but only until April 27. After that, retirement was finally set to begin. Again.

But, less than a month later, on June 7, the phone rang again. It was Sarasota City Manager Bob Bartolotta, asking Lewis to consider consulting on a possible collaboration between the police department and sheriff’s office.

It’s difficult for Lewis to say no. He feels a great sense of civic responsibility, and he was prepared to say yes to Bartolotta, when County Commissioner Joe Barbetta called to ask if he would be interested in becoming the interim county administrator.

Terry Lewis has had his retirement plan in the works for years.

He worked as long as he has — 38 years — in part to see his son through college and law school.

Dan Lewis, 25, is now a prosecutor in the State Attorney’s Office in Sarasota. That office is in the Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office headquarters — the same building Lewis used to take a 2-year-old Dan when Lewis was a sheriff’s deputy.

Lewis’ longtime Sarasota home now belongs to his son. Lewis and his wife bought a waterfront home in Venice off Roberts Bay. “I wanted to spend time in my backyard, watching the bridge go up and spend time on my boat,” he said.

The couple planned to turn into snowbirds, spending the summers in their cabin in North Carolina.

They had even ordered paint from a Lowe’s Home Improvement there, but that was before the county came calling.

“I guess we better call Lowe’s and cancel the paint,” he said.

His wife made another plan he said he cannot break.

So into his county contract, Lewis had a provision written in that he had to take an unpaid leave in October.

The couple will fly to Venice, Italy, to climb aboard the same ship on which they spent their 30th wedding anniversary and sail back home.

Then, it’s back to work.

Final mission?

Lewis is a humble man and attributes his success to surrounding himself with “people who are smarter and more talented than I, who make me look good.”

Barbetta saw the value in Lewis.

“He works hard and is totally familiar with the county,” said Barbetta. “He’s always upbeat, always anxious to work and get involved.

If you check around to each municipality, they all know him.”

Lewis will be paid $553 per day. So if we works the entire six months, he would earn more than $66,000.

“I was honored to be in the conversation,” Lewis said. “But I’ve always said I don’t know the difference between a DRI and an MRI.” However, he does know people. And what he will be doing at the county is evaluating people and making sure the county emerges from the procurement scandal that cost Ley his job.

“I’m not going to sit here and just keep the wheels on the bus,” Lewis said. “I’m going to change things that need to be changed.”

After his contract expires, Lewis said it would be time for retirement at last.

“I want to make it to my 31st anniversary,” he joked.

Asked if he’ll ever answer the phone again, Lewis laughed — then paused.

“I have to answer the phone,” he said. “Because the dive shop may be calling with an offer.”

no retaliation

by Robin Roy | City Editor

Sarasota County Commission considers whistleblower policy Sarasota commissioners seek more information on a measure that would protect employees from reprisal if they report wrongdoing in county government.

Following the revelation of impropriety and possible illegality regarding the manner in which Sarasota County government approves contracts, several current and former county-government workers said the did not alert leaders because they feared for their jobs.

Commissioner Jon Thaxton said even before the scandal broke, he conducted exit interviews with employees leaving the county, and some of those employees told him about wrongdoing in the procurement department.

“People felt intimidated into not bringing things up that could help the county,” Thaxton said. “I would ask them why they didn’t bring it up before, and they said they feared for their jobs.”

The procurement scandal broke in March when county employee Rodney Jones was arrested and charged with taking kickbacks in exchange for approving a county contract.

Other county employees soon were ensnared in the investigation, which ultimately claimed the job of County Administrator Jim Ley, who resigned last month.

Now, the County Commission will discuss instituting a whistleblower policy that will protect employees who report impropriety. Depending on the outcome of the preliminary discussion, commissioners may ask staff to create a draft policy.

Thaxton said he rarely takes a position on an issue before he sees its first draft, but in this case, he will be backing some sort of whistleblower policy.

“I would take the (former workers’) comments back to Jim Ley,” he said. “(Ley) would always look into it and report back. The report was always that it was a disgruntled employee.”

Thaxton said he now has learned that some of those employees were disgruntled because they reported wrongdoing and were either ignored or subjected to retaliation.

“There are things I wish I had done differently, but I did take things through the appropriate channels,” he said.

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disappearing act

By Loren Mayo | Community Editor

By Robin Roy | City Editor

Businesses laud bench removals Store owners said vagrant activity has decreased since benches were removed from Selby Five Points Park.

Daughters Courtney Wise, Whitney Wise Verdoni and Erika Wise know they have someone special in their father, Carl Wise.

Making memories Courtney Wise

“The first half of our lives, mom was a stayat-home mom, but when she started the company (Take Care Private Duty Home Health Care), the roles reversed, and Dad became ‘Mister Mom.’ If there were field trips, he was the one. He took us to school every morning, picked us up in the afternoon and made us lunch all the way through high school.

Erika L. Wise

“I just remember right after I graduated from UF in 2004, I had an internship opportunity in New York City. I was 21 and had two weeks to find a place to live. Any time you call Dad with news, he’s off the wall, screaming with excitement. He flew up with me in the middle of winter, and we went from Craigslist listing to listing. After our eight-hour adventure of going from one sketchy apartment to the next, we knew we needed a better system — we found a real estate broker.”

Whitney Wise Verdoni

“Dad and I have always had a lot of hanging out, and we had sports in common. He was one of the dads on my softball team and would be there every practice, every game. He helped catch pop flies and would throw this and that.

On the weekends, we’d go fishing. I remember my 21st birthday present was a set of tools. I just thought it was the coolest thing ever. We always shared the mechanical, outdoorsy stuff — fixing this, tinkering with that.”

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escort us off to the next dress shop, with a trip to Starbucks in between. I think the fact that he has three girls makes it perfect for him to go shopping with us.”

Because the family had shopped until they dropped so many times at this particular bridal outfitter, they knew the staff well.

“It should have been the last fitting, and we should have taken the dress home that day, but I just remember Dad dropping to the floor and showing the seamstress, ‘This needs to be shortened this much,’ said Erika Wise. “We all knew, not only is he here being a part of this, but he’s actually getting involved in the details.”

But dress shopping was not Carl Wise’s only pastime. He started landscaping the house For a dad who married off his wedding dress-shopping outone year in advance of the first youngest daughter three months ing, when her dad caught the wedding, making it picture-perago, and come October, will give women working in the shop fect by pressure washing, painthis middle daughter away, Carl completely off guard by actively ing and rebuilding cabinets. He Wise is surprisingly calm. And showing interest in his daughalso has learned how to scope even with the possibility of his ter’s dress choices and offering out the best chair in the departfirst-born soon wearing a spark- his opinion. ment store. He’s even been the ly gem on her ring finger as well, Although there were no winshopping advocate when it’s Carl Wise is keeping his cool. ners that round or the next, Carl come to the girls purchasing With his sporty “Bride’s Fa- Wise was pleased to spend time their first house, which they’ve ther” T-shirt tucked into his in additional dress shops while done in the same order as getpinstriped pants, Wise is sur- in Orlando. Finally, Wise Verdoni ting married — youngest to oldrounded by his three daughters. did find “the dress,” but with her est — and he’s been the master When he turns around, “Two two sisters unable to make the negotiator during the entire Down, One To Go,” is visible on trip, the family returned a secwedding planning process. the back of his shirt, along with ond time — and again a third “That’s what’s unique about the two wedding dates: March 3, when the dress arrived a few our family,” Courtney Wise said.

2011, and Oct. 15, 2011. The idea months later — which was also “When there’s something spebelongs to his oldest daughter, the first of three fittings. cial going on, we’re all involved.

Courtney.

“He was the driver several It’s a little unusual to have Dad “We had no idea a T-shirt times,” Wise Verdoni said. “We’d involved in our dress fittings, would cause this emotion,” all have mimosas, then he’d but he wanted to be there, and Courtney Wise said. “We that’s just a reflection of our started this tradition with entire life. He’s always been Whitney’s wedding — we at any major event and any made shirts for the bridesevents leading up to it.” maids, our mom and deAs he listens to his daughcided dad needed one, ters talk about what a fabutoo. For Erika’s wedding, lous father he is when it we thought, ‘Wouldn’t it comes to absolutely everybe funny to put this on the thing, Carl Wise has someback and give our friends thing to say. and family a chuckle?’ We “Two weddings in one gave the shirt to dad, not year — no big deal,” Carl thinking he would really Wise says. “My threat to wear it, but he was too exthese guys is when they cited. He put it right on.” have children, they’ll all be Whitney Wise Verdoni Carl Wise has a shirt displaying the wedding boys. With all this femininremembers her family pil- dates of two of his three daughters. He is ity, it’s got to happen.” ing into the car for her first looking forward to his third and final one.

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From dress shopping assistant to personal chauffer, Carl Wise, father of three daughters, is changing dad’s role in the wedding process.

For years, First Street business owners had become used to violent fights, panhandling inside and outside their stores, physical and sexual harassment and intimidation — all because of vagrants on the way to and from Selby Five Points Park.

“It was horrible,” said Tatyana Sharoubim, owner of T.Georgiano’s shoe salon. “I’m here alone. I’m 25 years old and tiny, and these older men would come in, making horrible comments to me.”

Sharoubim is one of several business owners who have noticed a marked change since the city removed all the benches from Selby Five Points Park.

The goal was to eliminate the congregation of transients who monopolized the benches, and it seems to be working. Many vagrants now are sitting at J.D. Hamel Park at the west end of Main Street.

“As a business owner, that helps,” said Olivia Bono, owner of Juno and Jove. “Keep the people who are just looking for a place to hang out away from the businesses.”

Bono said she objects to calling those people homeless.

She said she is a supporter of homeless charities, however, Bono draws a distinction between homeless people who are down on their luck and vagrants who have no interest in finding work.

Eileen Wallace, owner of Write On and More, also has noticed a change.

“There’s not as much profanity and drunkenness,” she said.

“It’s safer for my customers.”

Not everyone is pleased with the bench removal. A group of about two dozen people staged a sit-in at the park, bringing their own chairs or just sitting on the grass.

They contended the park is for everyone, whether they are homeless or not.

Bono, though, said she doesn’t understand their objection.

“There are plenty of places to sit downtown,” she said. “I don’t see why it has to be in front of our stores.”

Eileen Wallace, owner of Write On and More, said the area is safer for her customers without the benches.

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+ County improves its budget forecast

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During a budget workshop June 14, Sarasota County administrators said they had managed the budget well enough that they likely will not have to make any huge cuts in the coming years.

“We’re looking at no significant budget issues in 2012 and 2013,” said Dave Bullock, deputy county administrator.

The county has set a preliminary 2012 budget of $857,716,449, which is $140 million less than this year’s budget.

“Our instructions to staff were to seek reductions at any cost,” Bullock said.

Some of those reductions, though, were achieved through a Legislatureimposed reduction in retirement rates, a portion of which will be a one-time savings.

But the county is forecasting that property-tax revenues will begin to rise in 2016.

+ New College has eight Fulbright scholars New College of Florida announced

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The most read stories online last week were:

1. Observer Group acquires Pelican Press (June 9) 2. Young Professional winner: Courtney Wise (June 9) 3. PHOTO GALLERY: National Cancer Survivors Day (June 4) 4. YPG to host annual conference on ‘Young Professionals Day’ (June 7) 5. Young Business of the Year winner: The Polo Grill/Fête Catering (June 9)

this week two more students have been awarded Fulbright scholarships for the next school year.

Christina Chavez and Meagan Patrick join six other New College students to receive the prestigious award.

Since its founding in 1960, New College has produced 65 Fulbright scholars, with 35 of those in just the past five years.

The Fulbright program is designed to increase mutual understanding between Americans and those from other countries.

Chavez is from Pembroke Pines and plans to teach English in Malaysia Patrick is from Great River, N.Y., and will teach English in Turkey.

The other New College recipients include Ryan Tisdale, of Sarasota; Adam Bresnahan, of Satellite Beach; Maia de la Calle, of Miami; Danielle Korngold, of Davie; Jennifer Leib, of Tallahassee; and Katharine Dean, of Washington, D.C.

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 Development Review Committee — 9 a.m., Thursday, June 16, Conference room 2, 1001 Sarasota Center Blvd., Sarasota  Tourist Development Council — 4 p.m. Thursday, June 16, County Administration Center, 1660 Ringling Blvd., Sarasota

+ Sarasota real-estate sales stay strong

 City Commission workshop — 10 a.m., Friday, June 17, City Hall, 1565 First St., Sarasota

With 796 property sales in May, Sarasota saw its second-highest monthly sales total in six years.

Only March had a higher total since 2005, with 800 sales.

Last month’s median price of condo sales, $218,750, reached its highest levels since October 2009. April’s condo median sales price was $185,500.

The single-family median sales price climbed to $159,000, from $155,430 in April.

 City Commission — 2:30 p.m., Monday, June 20, City Hall, 1565 First St., Sarasota  Arlington Park Neighborhood Association — 7 p.m., Tuesday, June 21, Waldemere Fire Station, 2070 Waldemere St., Sarasota May’s property inventory of 5,010 was the lowest level in the past six years.

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IN THE CLEAR by Robin Roy | City Editor

by Robin Roy | City Editor

Buchanan exonerated in elections probe

Casey Key voices park concerns With more traffic expected after the improvements to Blackburn Point Park, Key residents want assurance they can get to their homes with minimal delay.

Casey Key residents have submitted a list of concerns and possible solutions to Sarasota County commissioners regarding anticipated traffic problems that may arise because following improvements to Blackburn Point Park.

Construction on the improvements, which include the area’s only large public boat ramp, is scheduled to begin in six months. However, residents want provisions in place to help alleviate problems caused by the increased traffic the improvements likely will bring.

“We welcome the park,” said Bob Metzger, president of the Casey Key Association. “But we are concerned, because (the road) is already crowded.”

The Osprey park sits on Blackburn Point Road, which is a two-lane road, with minimal shoulder, leading from U.S. 41 west to Casey Key. In the middle of the road is a onelane swing bridge that stops traffic when it opens to let a boat pass.

Blackburn Point Park is divided into three sections, one of which is west of the bridge. People wanting to get to and from that section will occasionally be stopped at the bridge.

The park also will have the only large public boat ramp in the area that likely will attract many boaters.

About four years ago, the county purchased an additional 11 acres of land to add to the park’s existing five acres. The cost was $16 million.

Along with the LBK2010 H boat ramp, the plan calls for walking trails, sidewalks,

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Officials investigated claims that Rep. Vern Buchanan illegally reimbursed employees of his former car dealerships for contributing to his campaigns.

The Federal Elections Commission has closed its case against Rep. Vern Buchanan, R-District 13, and will no longer pursue allegations the congressman knowingly accepted illegal campaign contributions.

“The Democrats’ partisan attacks have now backfired in the face of Buchanan’s complete exoneration by the FEC,” said campaign spokeswoman Sally Tibbetts.

An FEC spokesperson said although Buchanan, individually, has been cleared, the investigation continues into “other responBuchanan dents.” However, she could not elaborate on who or what those other respondents may be because of the confidentiality of the probe.

The investigation began three years ago when Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington and a former employee of Buchanan’s Venice Nissan Dodge dealership, Carlo Bell, filed a complaint with the FEC, claiming several employees had been reimbursed $1,000 each for contributing to the congressman’s campaign, which is illegal.

Investigators then looked into similar allegations at a Jacksonville car dealership, which Buchanan coowned.

Last year, FEC officials told Buchanan it had “reason to believe” he knowingly accepted illegal campaign contributions.

But earlier this year, the FEC informed the congressman it was ending its investigation into his involvement. Buchanan’s campaign was given permission this week to release a statement that he had been absolved of responsibility.

Buchanan’s campaign returned $5,000 in what it called “questionable contributions” last October.

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The portion of Blackburn Point Park known as Fisherman’s Island will feature fishing piers, a kayak launch and a playground.

CASEY KEY ASSOCIATION’S SOLUTIONS • Stop people from fishing on the fixed Blackburn Point bridge.

• During times when the bridge is open and the parking lot is full, redirect traffic at U.S. 41 to use the Albee Road bridge to access Casey Key.

• Employ a sign at U.S. 41 to alert drivers when the swing bridge is closed.

• Put the openings and closings of the bridge on a regular schedule.

• Possibly make the left turn lane into the east portion of the park a little longer.

• Stop Casey Key Fish House customers from parking on the street. fishing piers, a concession area, public restroom, playground, pavilion and a picnic area.

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those amenities will run $5.4 million.

Construction is expected to end in January 2013.

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Siesta Beach plan unreal Siesta Key Beach is one of Siesta Key Association’s wish Sarasota’s jewels and a critilist. cal component of the ecoSome items in the plan are nomic pillar of tourism — a necessities for maintaining major leg of our economy the beach. For instance, there long term. It is part of who has been an ongoing problem we are. The Corona Light with inadequate stormwater Wide Open Volleyball Tourrunoff and flooding on Beach nament drew thousands last Road. The plan calls for a weekend, and maybe 80,000 larger retention pond on the will show up for the next south end, plus new gutters world championship of sand and drainage ditches. None of sculpting during the Veterthis is glitzy or glamorous, but ans Day weekend. it is necessary.

An astoundingly expensive $20 million proposal to upgrade the public beach The international value to facilities at Siesta Key beach is not only out of touch with fiscal realities, it Many of the items on the the community of Siesta Key misses a central point: The draw of Siesta Key beach is the beach. list certainly sound great to beach was just reinforced by have but are too far out of line Taj Mahal renovation plan?

Dr. Beach naming it the No. with what is going on ecoHere are some of the items in the proposal: nomically now and for the foreseeable fu1 beach in the nation.

• A 6,000-square-foot observation deck A reality to remember: No bio-tech cluster ture. Unfortunately, this is the fourth version two stories high dubbed “The Treehouse”; getting hundreds of millions of tax dollars of the plan, which just keeps growing. A good • A 15-foot-wide esplanade following a will displace beaches and tourism as one of committee should make some tough choices beautified parking lot taking up valuable our primary economic foundations. and not leave it all to commissioners.

And so Siesta Key — and all of the county’s parking spaces; Maybe part of the problem is revealed in • Two new concession stands; beaches — need to be well-tended to make an email explaining the process from Spen• Renovated pavilion, renovated rest sure we do not neglect the jewel. cer Anderson, a county engineer managing rooms, new rest rooms; However, having said that, the proposed the project. He notes the plan results from • Shaded esplanade seating; $20 million renovation and upgrade plan the input of public stakeholders such as the • Paver treatment throughout and at Beach Siesta Key Association, Gulf and Bay Condoput together by community groups and Road intersections. county staff during the past three years is minium, Siesta Isles Homeowners AssociaThere are more structures and square foot- tion, Siesta Beach Ambassadors and the out of touch with reality. Reading through age, nice amenities everywhere and more the document, you must wonder if those Historic Preservation Society. than a hint of gold-platedness. “The Treeinvolved have Rip Van Winkled through the That is a lot of cooks. The question that house” observation deck alone is estimated past four years. Recession, housing collapse, should always arise when “stakeholders” are at $2.5 million. In fact, there are items added high unemployment, financial meltdown, called in is: Who is representing taxpayers? to the plan that were not even part of the government cutbacks and layoffs, and …a The answer must be: county commissioners.

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Crank up the red-light cameras 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 ROD during budget nightTHOMSON 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, 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. Although 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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Forty Carrots preschoolers show love for dads In honor of Father’s Day this Sunday, we asked preschoolers what makes their dads special.

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We play blocks.

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We play toys.

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I like to hug him.

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Because he plays with me.

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Sometimes he talks to people.

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He writes letters.

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We play basketball outside.

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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. It 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 and the Internet. The Turks won by a week.

I have nothing against Mexicans. Most of them are honest and work like hell. I just want someone 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 eventually are going back home. Furthermore, their kids born here should not be citizens. My kids were born in Libya and are sure not Libyan citizens. True (but white) African-Americans, yes, but not Libyan citizens.

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Fifth-grader Lance Anspach arrived June 7, at Riverview High School, not only to take home his first computer but also to learn his family was the 4,500th in Sarasota County to benefit from the Texcellence Computer Donation Program.

Launched in 2007 by grants from the Dart Foundation and ANS Foundation, the program was originally inspired by local teacher

Ron Zimmerman, who refurbished gently used computers in his garage for students in need.

Today, families with children attending county public schools who are eligible for free or reduced-price meals can qualify for one of the recycled computers.

Lance, who won an essay contest at school this year, is excited to begin his final year at Alta Vista Elementary with a home computer.

“Now I’ll be able to win even more,” he said at the event.

Front row: Lance Anspach and his niece Aliyonna Booker; Back row: Texcellence coordinator Alina Klein, Lance’s mom, Kristine Anspach, his aunt Amanda Davis, Education Foundation board member and donor Jason Swift and Dale Ott

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Haddock joined the Navy in 1988, when he was 18 years old. His daughter, Nichole, will join the Air Force this September.

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+ ‘The Castaway’ is ‘rescued’ at The Observer Most folks know artist Jorge Blanco for his bright, geometric sculptures around Sarasota. But, back in his hometown of Caracas, Venezuela, Blanco is famous for his poetic comic strip, “The Castaway.”

His 1980 creation, featuring a skinny little character alone on an island, was an overnight success and was featured in newspapers and magazines for 20 years; it also appeared on TV and in eight books.

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The nose knows 3:12 a.m. — 600 block of Washington Boulevard. Complainant told police there was an extremely bad smell coming from a Dumpster. He said he felt it may be a “death” smell. The responding officer wrote in his report: “Smells like a trash Dumpster. No smell of death.”

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Theft. A purse-snatcher picked out a target he was sure could not follow him — a woman on crutches. The victim told police her purse was stolen, and she was trying to hobble back home.

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12:10 p.m. — 3000 block of Tangelo Drive. Grand Theft. An 83-year-old woman reported she was the victim of a scam. She received a phone call by someone pretending to be her grandson, who said he was in an accident in Mexico and needed $7,000 wired to him to get bailed out of jail. She sent the money. The next day, she received another call from her “grandson,” who told her he needed another $7,000 to fix the rental car that was damaged in the accident. She sent the money. Later that same day, her “grandson” called again, asking for $6,000 to fix a light pole damaged in the crash. Bank personnel stopped her from sending money a third time and told her to call the sheriff’s office.

Positive ID 2:51 p.m. — 5200 block of Ocean Boulevard. Trespassing. A convenience-store manager caught a man trying to steal some merchandise he had stuffed in his pockets. The man hurriedly removed the stolen items and handed them back to the manager and ran away. Unfortunately for the thief, he also mistakenly handed the manager his driver’s license. The manager called the sheriff’s office and asked that they give the thief a trespassing warning.

Two hours later, the same thief returned to the store. The manager called deputies again, and the thief was arrested.

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The man may not have been familiar with how really sewers work, because he was dressed in all white.

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Some of the more than 300 participants leave the starting line in a frenzy during the 1-mile Fun Run Tuesday, June 14, on Siesta Key Beach.

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A home in Siesta Properties Inc. tops all transactions from May 30 through June 3. Darrin and Shannon Fedder sold their home at 7660 Sanderling Road to Stacey Siegel, Sarasota, for $3.2 million. Built in 1982, it has seven bedrooms, six baths and 3,813 square feet of living area. It sold for $1.75 million in 1999.

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C. Beth Cotner and John Alogna, trustees, sold the home at 1502 Siesta Drive to UDA FIDU Inc. for $1.75 million. Built in 2006, it has four bedrooms, four-and-onehalf baths, a pool and 5,160 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $3 million in 2007.

The Tower Residences

James Beshara, of Youngstown, Ohio, sold his unit 1103 condominium at 35 Watergate Drive to Joanne Delmastro, of Glastonbury, Conn., for $1.57 million. Built in 2003, it has three bedrooms, three baths and 2,985 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $1.85 million in 2004.

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Gary and Desiree Littlestar, of Missouri City, Texas, sold their home at 5824 Tidewood Ave. to Peter and Lisa Catalano, of North Andover, Mass., for $1.35 million.

Built in 1992, it has four bedrooms, fourand-one-half baths, a pool and 4,619 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $955,000 in 1999.

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David and Vainica Bauman, of Pebble

Beach, Calif., sold their home at 1830 Loma Linda St. to Thomas and Nancee Jackson, Sarasota, for $1.1 million. Built in 2002, it has three bedrooms, three-andone-half baths, a pool and 3,984 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $1.65 million in 2005.

Oyster Bay Estates

Becca Properties LLC sold the home at 1439 S. Lake Shore Drive to Michael and Christine Hays, Sarasota, for $1.07 million. Built in 1959, it has three bedrooms, four baths, a pool and 4,407 square feet of living area. It sold for $1.31 million in 2008.

Plaza at Five Points

Norma Herman, of Montgomery, Md., sold her unit 12F condominium at 50 Central Ave. to Malouf and Therese Abraham, of Canadian, Texas, for $975,000.

Built in 2005, it has two bedrooms, twoand-one-half baths and 2,356 square feet of living area.

Aqualane Estates

A&B Interests Inc. sold the home at 1810 Meadowood St. to Philip and Mary Chaikin, of Belle Mead, N.J., for $760,000.

Built in 2010, it has four bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 3,091 square feet.

Kanaya

Kanaya Properties LLC sold the unit 803 condominium at 505 S. Orange Ave. to Danny Finn and David Piszczek, of Sarasota, for $550,000. Built in 2007, it has three bedrooms, three-and-one-half baths and 3,003 square feet of living area.

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Sarasota Bay Club

for $360,000. Built in 1974, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,180 square feet of living area. It sold for $365,000 in 2010.

Sarasota Bay Club LLC sold the unit 304 condominium at 1301 N. Tamiami Trail to Elliot Ellis, of Sarasota, for $472,000. Built in 2000, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,424 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $379,000 in 2001.

Crescent Arms

Milton and Florence Johnson, of Sarasota, sold their unit 6 condominium at 6308 Midnight Pass Road to Donald Barsalou Jr., of Longmeadow, Mass., for $329,000.

Built in 1965, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,064 square feet of living area.

It previously sold for $32,000 in 1972.

1350 Main

Jack Miller and Jack and Daniel Miller, trustees, sold the unit 904 condominium at 1350 Main St. to Patricia McGarry, of Sarasota, for $445,000. Built in 2007, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,336 square feet of living area. It sold for $534,400 in 2007.

Sarasota Beach

Bay Haven

Ronald and Sheryl Coughlin, of Solana Beach, Calif., sold their home at 904 Virginia Drive to Christopher and Nancy Wood, of Sarasota, for $415,000. Built in 1941, it has two bedrooms, one bath and 1,813 square feet of living area. It sold for $240,000 in 2004.

Eva Burnell, of Sarasota, sold her home at 978 Virginia Drive to Mason and Darla Crocker, of Weston, Conn., for $300,000.

Built in 1925, it has three bedrooms, four baths and 4,039 square feet of living area.

Gloria Watkins, of Berea, Ky., sold her home at 3004 Bayshore Circle to Gordon Little, of Watertown, S.D., for $265,000.

Built in 1955, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,604 square feet of living area.

It previously sold for $264,000 in January.

Granada

Stuart and Paula Kerxton, of Gainesville, Va., sold their home at 3850 Flores Ave. to Marc and Susan Golden, of Sidney, Maine, for $407,000. Built in 1935, it has three bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 2,001 square feet of living area. It sold for $180,000 in 1994.

Rachel S. O’Hara

This home at 1502 Siesta Drive has four bedrooms, four-and-one-half bathrooms, a pool and 5,160 square feet of living area. It sold for $1.75 million.

Cotran, of Fayetteville, N.Y., for $392,000.

Built in 1974, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,575 square feet of living area.

It sold for $420,000 in 2002.

Marblehead

Carol Weber, trustee, sold the home at 2546 Marblehead Drive to John and Shonne Miller, of Sarasota, for $357,000. Built in 2005, it has two bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 2,106 square feet of living area.

Mandarin Park

Joseph and Joette Muscatell sold their home at 1359 Tea Rose Place to Brett Blair, of Sarasota, for $350,000. Built in 1998, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,543 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $340,000 in 2000.

Tahiti Park

One Watergate

Neil and Margaret Molloy, of Sarasota, sold their unit 7-B condominium at 1111 N. Gulfstream Ave. to Ronald and Rola

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Marsha Nelson sold the home at 1695 Lowe Drive to Allison Pinto, of Sarasota, for $251,000. Built in 1959, it has two bed-

rooms, two baths and 909 square feet of living area. It sold for $285,000 in 2009.

James and Carol McCann, of Washington, D.C., sold their home at 508 Avenida De Mayo to Joseph Perry, of Sarasota, for $317,500. Built in 1951, it has two bedrooms, one bath and 1,206 square feet of living area. It sold for $358,000 in 2003.

Carmen Grammatica, of Sarasota, sold her home at 463 Island Circle to Colin Dalton, of Newfoundland, Canada, for $230,000. Built in 1971, it has three bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 2,440 square feet of living area.

Sunrise Cove

Maria Pettit, trustee, sold the home at 5587 Merrimac Drive to Denise Hetrick, of Sarasota, for $230,000. Built in 1962, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,948 square feet. It sold for $45,000 in 1977.

Janet and Timothy Solomon, of Sarasota, sold their unit 526 condominium at 9011 Midnight Pass Road to Carl and Sheila Rubin, of Arvada, Colo., for $300,000.

Built in 1974, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,093 square feet of living area.

It previously sold for $565,000 in 2006.

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David and Trisha Ivey, of Sarasota, sold their home at 2400 S. Brink Ave. to Eric and Meredith Piazza, of Sarasota, for $224,000.

Built in 1960, it has three bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 1,750 square feet of living area. It sold for $192,000 in 2003.

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Terrence and M. Elaine Reinhart, of Belmont, Mass., sold their unit G-6 condominium at 1232 Moonmist Circle to Robert and Lisa Whiteacre, of Oceanport, N.J., for $240,000. Built in 1968, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,326 square feet of living area. It sold for $315,000 in 2003.

Peppertree Bay

David and Linda Arend and Michael Ledzian, of Waukesha, Wis., sold their unit 228 condominium at 1106 Peppertree Court to Michael Kaplan, of Katy, Texas,

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TOP BUILDING PERMITS These are the largest city of Sarasota, Sarasota County and Siesta Key building permits issued by Sarasota County and city of Sarasota for the week of May 30 through June 3, in order of dollar amounts.

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Permit

1705 Shoreland Drive 99 Sunset Drive 707 S. Gulfstream Ave. 2111 S. Osprey Ave. 1847 Lincoln Drive 3716 Camino Real 1664 Waldemere St. 2155 Magnolia St. 1015 Yale Ave.

Pool/spa James Williamson Remodel Jean-Pierre Gorge Alterations Richard Morgan Wall Brad Lerner Windows/doors Peter Vandermark, trustee Re-roof Elizabeth Austin, trustee Mechanical Linda Barrett, trustee Remodel Jo Ann Waters-Atkins Windows Douglas Smith

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$47,500 $17,000 $15,480 $15,000 $14,000 $12,900 $7,490 $7,000 $6,125

Amount

Permit Applicant Addition Paul Gardner Deck Jon Yenari Windows/doors Robert Banta Re-roof Richard Fleming Pool/deck Calvin Scudder Windows/doors Robert Lewis Mechanical Dennis Oleck Re-roof Samuel Falvo Re-roof Kitty Webster

Amount $50,000 $30,000 $27,531 $26,500 $23,100 $22,902 $14,719 $13,500 $13,000

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5119 Jungle Plum Road 4922 Commonwealth Drive 5770 Midnight Pass Road 843 Norsota Way 1033 Shadow Lawn Way 4807 Higel Ave. 5855 Midnight Pass Road 6140 Midnight Pass Road 3472 Anglin Drive

Dock Gabriel Noto, trustee $30,000 Re-roof Mark Gutsche $27,300 Remodel James Batten $19,850 Re-roof Jon Weisbaum, trustee $14,000 $12,385 Mechanical Sidney Heller $12,000 Re-roof Natalie Lewis $11,000 Windows Roger Watercutter Re-roof Thomas Prendergast, trustee $9,900 $7,896 Re-roof Josephine McCoy

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Wed., June 8 Thurs., June 9 Fri., June 10 Sat., June 11 Sun., June 12 Mon., June 13 Tues., June 14

Record Temps.

High Low 96 (2010) 62 (1962) 96 (1985) 64 (1967) 97 (1985) 60 (1930) 97 (1938) 61 (1960) 98 (2010) 59 (1960) 96 (2010) 59 (1913) 97 (1994) 57 (1913)

Average Gulf water temperature: 83.2

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RED TIDE

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Karenia brevis, the Florida red tide organism, was not detected alongshore or offshore Sarasota Friday, June 10, according to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Research Institute.

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71 Undress with one’s eyes 72 Auto mechanics’ lubricators 76 Crude ships?

77 Suave and polished 79 “A League of ___ Own” (1992 film) 80 Treetop construction 81 Lecture hall platforms 83 Gold measurement 86 Hidden hazard 87 Smokestack emission 89 Seashell seller in a tongue twister 91 One running 5,280 feet 94 Informal eatery 96 Distinct feature 97 Maui dances 98 Hired Japanese companion 99 Place to exchange vows 100 Wind-___ (carried by a breeze) 102 Borat’s creator 103 Skating leaps 105 Overused, as a phrase 108 Use a letter opener 112 Scorch 114 Agreeable reply 116 Round dessert 117 Beau Brummell 118 ___ de Janeiro 119 Mama’s boy?

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Thursday, June 16, 2011 Items Under $200 For Sale

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Jorge Blanco created this sculpture, “The Runners,” in 2001. It is installed on Tamiami Trail across from Art Center Sarasota. “One of my inspirations is the exercise, sport,” Jorge Blanco said. “Much of my work is about tennis, soccer, swimming and marathon. For me, the sport is a very interesting mass phenomenon.”

Escape artist

You probably know Jorge Blanco for his smiling yellow sculptures along Tamiami Trail. But back in his hometown of Caracas, Venezuela, Blanco is famous for his poetic caricature, ‘The Castaway.’

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n his untucked, white button-down, khakis and stark-white goatee, Jorge Blanco looks like he walked off the set of a Sean Connery movie. The blackest of black sunglass-

es 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 clutch-

ing a manila envelope — inside, there’s a sheet of paper with the image of a small island, palm tree, sun and a funny-looking little man who resembles the shape of a cactus.

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“Everybody maybe has this feeling,” Blanco says, “When you are in traffic or working, have a problem with family, or 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 phiLOCAL losophy of my INSPIRATIONS character.”

Jorge Blanco’s sculptures In the 1970s, can be seen around Blanco was Sarasota, Longboat Key studying art in and Venice.

Italy. He found cartoons to be 1. “SMILE” / 2000 / 12 an important feet tall / Indigo Hotel / form of comTamiami Trail / Sarasota. munication 2. “THE RUNNERS” / and made his 2001 / 8 feet tall / Tamiami living by makTrial and Boulevard of The ing political Arts / Sarasota. cartoons for 3. “CARTWHEEL” / 2002 various publi/ 6 feet tall / Gulf Gate elecations. When mentary School / Sarasota. he returned in 1979 to Ven4. “PHOENIX” / 2002 / ezuela, he re15 feet tall / Anderson ceived an ofAdministration Center, fer to illustrate Venice. a newspaper 5. “TO BE RED” / 2004 / 7 for children in feet tall / Center for the Arts Caracas, but / Longboat Key. had already developed an idea for his own comic strip and pursued that instead.

In 1980, he created “The Castaway,” which became an overnight success. He submitted it to several newspapers and magazines, where it was printed for 20 years. It appeared on television and was also published in eight books.

“The Castaway’ is a little man who is very skinny because he doesn’t have a lot of food, and naked because clothes aren’t necessary,”

This black-and-white illustration of “The Castaway” was published in El Diario de Caracas in 1980 and ran in several newspapers for 20 years, without interruption. The character now has his own Facebook page with 1,300 fans. “The Castaway” will now be featured each week in the Longboat, East County and Sarasota Observers.

Blanco says. “There’s no Target, no T.J. 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, everyone 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.

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.

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The festival will premiere two opening-night films — the winning 48 Hour Guerrilla Film Competition short, “Paradise Lost,” and “God’s Ears,” June 17, before they hit the big screen. A hopping after-party with the opportunity to mingle with industry professionals from all over the country will follow in the courtyard.

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+ Booker Middle principal wins state arts leadership award The Florida Alliance for Arts Education recently recognized five outstanding Florida educators as winners of its 2011 Leadership Awards, to be presented at the Leadership Summit June 16 through June 18, in Orlando.

Booker Middle School Principal Joe Bazenas won FAAE’s 2011 School Administrator award for his ability to generate consistant and deep support through ongoing

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This year’s speakers include author and educator Eric Booth and Frank Brogan, chancellor of the state university system of Florida. Attendees will participate in workshops on topics including technology, arts integration, advocacy, and building communityschool partnerships.

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The sensational sextet, “Jazz Juvenocracy,” is back to rock the Glenridge Performing Arts Center 7:30 p.m. June 18, for a one-night-only show.

These local jazz teenage sensations are a well traveled bunch who have been invited to play at some of the most prestigious jazz festivals in the world — including The Jazz a Vienne Festival, in France, The Umbria Jazz Festival, in Italy, and The Montreaux Jazz Festival, in Switzerland.

Special guests “Jazz Geriocracy,” an all-star combo of the juvies’ mentors, including Greg Nielsen, Jim Earp, Rick Peterson, Chuck Parr and Duke Ellington’s former bass player John Lamb, will impart their

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Renowned artist Leon Keer will recreate Rembrandt’s “The Night Watch.” This six-day performance will be completed in the original’s actual size — 11 feet, 10 inches by 14 feet, 4 inches.

Keer also holds a Guinness World Record for the largest 3-D street painting in the world. The performance will be telecast live at the Rijksmuseum, where the original painting is housed.

The event will also honor the Grazie di Curtatone Madonnari Competition, held every year in Mantova, Italy, to preserve the cultural tradition of street painting. Last year, Sarasota welcomed five Italian artists to the festival — this year’s goal is 20.

As part of its fall production of Giacomo Puccini’s “Madama Butterfly” the Sarasota Opera will present excerpts on an outdoor stage with sets created in chalk

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When Larissa Carroll makes trips to the grocery store with her mother, she absentmindedly dances through the aisles, marking choreography to the music inside her head.

“My mom will say, ‘Stop dancing around,’” Carroll says. “I don’t even realize I’m doing it.”

Taking a breather from rehearsing for the Gulf Coast Ballet’s upcoming show, “A Divine Divertissement,” Carroll is seated in the studio’s lobby. Her flesh-colored tights are pulled over a halter-top leotard the color of cabernet. Her posture is impeccable.

Carroll comes to the studio six days per week and spends nearly 35 hours dancing.

Because she had enough credits and hours to dual-enroll at Sarasota High School and the State College of Florida, she was able to choose her own schedule — two classes a day, Monday through Thursday.

“Dance is how I express myself,” Carroll says. “It’s who I am. I’ve done it almost all of my life, and I couldn’t picture myself without it.”

A member of the honor society and a recent SHS grad, Carroll was accepted to and awarded scholarships to the University of Utah and Jacksonville University’s dance programs.

She has attended the Boston Ballet for the past three summers, and during her junior year of high school, was offered a position with the Princeton Ballet. Because she wasn’t a senior, she could not accept.

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The Gulf Coast Ballet will perform five pieces in its upcoming performance, “A Divine Divertissement.”

‘Othello’

‘Sylvia’

“It’s standard choreography and a classical piece. I do a variation by myself and a pas de deux with Danny, and I come out and do a coda.”

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“I’ve decided to stay local and go to USF next year,” Carroll says. “I’m double-majoring in dance and elementary education and would love to dance professionally, then join a studio or start a studio and give what I love back to others.”

The memories and experience Carroll has garnered from dancing are rooted in her mind. She can remember the buzz and excitement at age 14, when she purchased her first pair of pointe shoes, along with the day she received her first blister.

The following year, Carroll knew her heart was invested in the art form and that she wanted to spend the rest of her life immersing herself in it.

“I’ve had broken toenails numerous times,” Carroll says. “Dance is probably one of the most harmful things on your body.

I mean, were you really meant to go stand on your toes? But if you love it, and you’re so dedicated, and you have people like Denise (Lose, director of the Gulf Coast Ballet) to help you through, then it makes sense.”

(Lose) said there’s movement that reflects things that have happened in her life and are incorporated in the piece. It’s very meaningful to her.”

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“It’s a Shakespearean story like ‘Romeo and Juliet,’ which we did last year.”

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“This is to Phillip Glass’ music. Denise

“It is a warrior piece that I love. This is a piece that’s appealing to everyone.

There are some classical ballets that your average Joe wouldn’t want to sit through, but in ‘Sylvia,’ it will be fun for all of the audience.”

Contemporary piece

“Again, this is Denise’s choreography.

I am dancing with Jahrel Thompson of Fuzion Dance Artists.”

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Carmen Baskind: ‘The Hungry Realtor’ Carmen Baskind and Marty Warren

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Yield: Six to eight entrée servings, 10 to 12 as a side dish

Salad

1/2 pound farfalle (bowtie) pasta 1 cup frozen baby peas 1 cup frozen baby corn 1 cup matchstick carrots 3/4 cup red onion, finely diced, soaked in cold water 15 minutes and drained 1 cup celery in 1/2-inch pieces 3/4 cup cucumber, seeded and diced

1 cup grape tomatoes, halved 2 cloves garlic, minced 1/4 cup fresh mint, chopped 6 ounces crumbled garlic feta 1/2 cup kalamata olives diced

Dressing

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While onion is soaking, cook pasta.

Place frozen peas and corn in a strainer.

Place carrots in a large strainer you will use to drain the pasta.

Place the pasta strainer over the one containing the peas and corn. Drain the pasta

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Put peas, corn, carrots and bowties into a large bowl and add all the other ingredients. Toss with dressing and season with salt and pepper to taste. Garnish with additional fresh mint, if desired.

It would not be unfair to say that Carmen Baskind cut her teeth on pasta.

She grew up the oldest of six children in Pittsburgh. Her family’s roots were in Sicily, Italy, and Calabria, Italy. The likes of braciole and fried bread with smelt were everyday occurrences. Everyone in the neighborhood had a huge vegetable garden, and Baskind’s great-grandfather tended his right up to his death — at age 98. No wonder, then, that when she was 12 and her contemporaries came home from school and watched the soaps, Carmen turned her TV to PBS and watched Julia Child.

“I have always loved cooking,” Baskind says.

She has Gourmet magazine dating back to the 1960s and many other titles as well. Why does she give them space when she could find the recipes so easily on the Internet? For the experience of leafing through the venerable pages and experiencing the images and the author’s personality, as well as the ingredients and the methods. It’s an important distinction.

Baskind has cookbooks, too — three by her favorite Julia Child and a “worn out” Redbook cookbook.

“I love the spills and splatters on a cookbook,” Baskind says. “It means that I like a recipe and made it more than once.”

Baskind and her late husband moved in 1983 to Siesta Key. They were in the interior design business with Wallpaper Warehouse and Step Up Flooring from about 1985 to 1996. Her bright pink house is surrounded by lush, tropical plantings.

Since 1998, Baskind has been a Realtor with Coldwell Banker Previews. Her teammate is Marty Warren. Warren and her husband owned white-tablecloth restaurants in Maine before moving to Florida, and she is also an enthusiastic “foodie.” So, it makes sense that food is part of the Baskind/Warren partnership. “When we get together to work, it is always with some wine and delicious munchies,” Warren says.

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It’s not easy. Putting together a music festival must be one of the hardest jobs there is, because you’re not only trying to please an audience, you’re also trying to teach students. Sarasota has been in the fortunate position to have a chamber music festival for 47 seasons and, for most of that time, it’s flourished. But it’s been a struggle over the last few years because tastes and values are changing.

Innovations in opera houses and concert halls have repositioned the emphasis on multi-media, novel presentations. At its worst, the packages have gotten in the way of the music. At its best, the packaging has kept the integrity of the performances while adding new, creative dimensions to the productions.

In a “teaching festival”— and there are many in this country, from Tanglewood, in Lenox, Mass., to Aspen, Colo., to Santa Fe, N.M., and Sarasota — the students must come first. In some cases these kids are having the extraordinary experience of playing works you and I have come to think of as “war horses.” Even nonperformers can remember the first time they encountered the Mendelssohn octet and the Schubert “Trout.” So, imagine the joy and excitement a 17-year-old filled with potential feels when he sits, for the first time, surrounded by like-minded colleagues making that music.

But to bring this excitement and freshness of spirit to an audience is a subjective juggling act. So, my purpose here is not to second guess the directors of the festival but, rather, to ask some questions.

Who should be performing? When the students technically outshine much of the faculty, isn’t it time for some of the veterans to mentor and teach rather than play?

The Sarasota Music Festival is, for the most part, a chamber festival. Chamber music is an intimate art. So, why are the performers placed so far upstage that the great chasm of the Opera House apron puts a gulf between us and them?

Why are the house lights so low the audience can’t read their programs? I’m not one for perusing program notes during a performance, but I’d like to be able to glance down, occasionally, to remind myself who’s doing what. Sitting in a black hole with the musicians far, far away in a

in Paris’

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Owen Wilson and Rachel McAdams star in Woody Allen’s “Midnight in Paris.”

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Nan-Cheng Chen spotlight is not my idea of intimacy.

Then, there’s the audience. On one occasion this season, I was appalled to see multiple blue rectangles of light appearing during the performance. People were texting during the “Trout” (I had the temerity to approach one couple and ask what they’d been doing. The woman, a self-described classical flutist, said she was texting her husband — the man sitting next to her. “Was it about the music?” I asked. “No,” she said. “I thought he might want to find a more comfortable seat ... ”)! And then there was the woman who came decked out in what surely were tambourines on her wrists. She jangled through Schubert until a long-legged and lithe student, sitting a few rows in front of her, actually clambered over several seats and stopped the annoying incidental music with a glare.

There are some things we can control and others that are beyond us. I have more questions than I have answers. I do know, however, this is a festival worth saving. The music is great. The students are fantastic.

It’s time to step back and take a fresh look at the presentation and the presenters.

—June LeBell

One need not have majored in literature to love Woody Allen’s “Midnight in Paris,” but it couldn’t hurt. Once again he demonstrates a genius for intellectually tickling the funny bone as no other director can.

A savvy and surprising move to cast Owen Wilson in the lead is a huge part of the film’s unwavering appeal. His character, Gil, has found success as a Hollywood screenwriter but dreams of writing a great novel. While vacationing in Paris with his fiancée, Inez (Rachel McAdams), and her parents, Gil falls in love with the city and its history of inspiring great artists. He has a passion to live and work there while the shallow and condescending Inez adamantly refuses to do so.

One night, as Gil wanders the streets alone, a vintage limousine pulls up and whisks him off to a glamorous party. He soon finds he’s been transported back in time to the Jazz Age and is surrounded by legendary guests. They include F. Scott Fitzgerald, Zelda, Ernest Hemingway, Pablo Picasso, Cole Porter, Gertrude Stein and Luis Bunuel, just to name a few. Gil is especially smitten by Picasso’s lover, Adriana (Marion Cotillard), and returns each night thereafter.

“Midnight in Paris” is totally signature

Woody Allen. There’s the surrogate Woody (Wilson), gobs of glib repartee, ruminations on the human condition and, of course, the carnal cravings. Often his shooting locales become characters in themselves. The City of Light has never looked so brilliant as Allen pays homage to Paris through his lens.

Casting has always been a coup for Allen, and he exceeds all expectations in this titillating time traveler. Kathy Bates’ portrayal of Gertrude Stein is spot on — just as you’d imagine her. And it was refreshingly nice to see Oscar-winner Adrien Brody in something other than a beer commercial. His short but hilarious moments as Salvador Dali are unforgettable. I could go on: Michael Sheen, Carla Bruni ...

The king of clever always leaves his audience with the debatable dilemma.

In “Midnight in Paris,” it’s all about illusions. Is the present always dull when compared to the past? Allen’s answer is that the present is unsatisfying because life is. Personally, I don’t believe Allen fully subscribes to that particular notion.

After all, how could he create a work of art the caliber of “Midnight in Paris?” It celebrates life, c’est magnifique!

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