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It’s a ‘Big Night Out’ at the first Friday Fest of the season.

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With their 14-month-old son newly diagnosed with a rare terminal disease, a Sarasota couple pursues a cure that has so far eluded doctors and scientists. beauty and the feet

+ Picture this: a Fourth of July photo-op This annual photo contest is as American as apple pie.

And, you still have a chance to snap up a slice of American life for our “Spirit of America” contest. Submit your photos

by Saturday, June 25 online at YourObserver.com. Vote for your favorite photo up to 10 times a day from June 25 through June 27, by clicking on your favorite photo.

The grand-prize winner will receive a digital camera and be featured in the “Spirit of America” special section, which will be published June 30.

Ashley Groff and Matt Smith say despite his rare disease, their son, Jaymesun, is as strong and active as any other toddler.

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+ Isn’t she lovely?

Ruth Berkel wanted to be crowned Ms. Puerto Rico this year. Because there was no one else running, and therefore no contest, she decided to write the committee a letter, just to see what would happen.

“I applied for the position, and they gave it to me,” Berkel said.

The 75-year-old packed her bags and left Monday for Puerto Rico, where she’ll be crowned Ms. Puerto Rico Senior America 2011.

But that’s not her only title she’s won. In 2009, she was crowned Ms. Florida Senior America.

Her motto: “Relax and enjoy.”

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By Robin Roy | City Editor

Son Shine Jaymesun Smith loves to laugh. With an ear-to-ear grin, he trots around the house in his baby walker surrounded by multi-colored stuffed animals.

If it weren’t for the glasses and hearing aids he wears, it would be difficult to detect anything wrong with the 14-month-old boy; that he has a rare, terminal disease. “(The disease) doesn’t affect his happiness,” says his dad, Matt Smith. “He’s always happy.”

Jaymesun is the first child for Ashley Groff, 25, and the second for Smith, 29. Jaymesun suffered from double pneumonia at birth and spent 11 days in intensive care.

“He almost died in his first

few days,” said Smith. “The doctors told us that he’s a fighter.

He’s very strong.”

The little boy recovered, but soon his parents began noticing a steady deterioration in his hearing and sight.

Medical tests revealed that Jaymesun suffered from a rare disease called leukodystrophy, which is a deterioration of the brain lining that causes neurons to misfire. That leads to blindness, loss of hearing, loss of motor skills, the inability to speak and other serious problems.

Researchers say the average lifespan of a child suffering from leukodystrophy is anywhere from two to 10 years, although there has been one case of

someone living with it to age 25.

Although he was diagnosed just two months ago, Groff said she knew something was wrong while she was pregnant.

“I had a feeling something was going to be different,” she said. “I think now that was God preparing me.”

There was quite a bit for which to prepare.

Jayemesun is deaf in his left ear and suffers severe hearing loss in the right. The vision in his right eye is impaired. He cannot talk, and he cannot walk.

Doctors are not sure if he will ever do either. He also has an aversion to the texture of regular food, so he still eats baby food.

Groff is unable to work be-

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What is Leukodystrophy?

Leukodystrophies are a group of rare genetic disorders that affect the central nervous system by disrupting the growth or maintenance of the brain lining that insulates nerve cells. It causes blindness and deafness, as well as the inability to speak, walk and eat.

These disorders tend to get worse throughout the life of the patient.

cause of Jaymesun’s rigorous schedule of therapies and the special care he needs at home.

Monday is physical therapy.

Tuesday is occupational therapy.

Wednesday comes speed therapy and more physical therapy.

Thursday is another day of occupational therapy.

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JAYMESUN/PAGE 1A are free days, but feeding therapy is occasionally scheduled on those days as well.

Staying hopeful

Jaymesun’s parents have hope. The United Leuokodystrophy Foundation is holding its annual conference next month in Chicago.

Doctors and scientists from

around the world will gather to discuss the latest findings and treatments for the disease. They also will examine the medical records of any child.

“It’s like getting 100 second opinions all at once,” said Groff.

“Sometimes the kids are invited to take part in a medical trial.”

It would be critical to take Jaymesun, but his parents aren’t able to pay for the trip.

Smith had owned his own

Fundraising efforts

Jaymesun Smith’s parents will hold a benefit dinner to try to raise enough money to travel to Chicago to attend the United Leukodystrophy Foundation’s annual conference.

The dinner will be held from 4 to 8 p.m. Saturday, June 25, at Concordia Lutheran Church, 2185 Wood St., Sarasota.

The cost is $5 at the door, which includes a full dinner.

There will also be a bake sale, Chinese auction and games for kids.

For those who cannot attend but still wish to help, a trust fund has been established at SunTrust Bank.

Call or visit any branch and ask for the Jaymesun Matthew Smith Irrevocable Trust.

Any money collected more than is needed for the Chicago trip will be put toward Jaymesun’s ongoing medical care.

Jaymesun’s mother, Ashley Groff, said in the event her son dies, the money will be given to another family with a child suffering from the same disease.

A second fundraising event will be from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. July 9, at The Worship Place, 5535 33rd St. East, Bradenton.

positive about the future.

“People take for granted that their kid is perfect,” said Groff.

“They say, ‘My kid is driving me insane.’ I wish my kid were driving me insane. But I’m happy the way he is, because he’s special. He’s one-of-a-kind.”

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By Robin Roy | City Editor

Panhandling outlawed near parking meters Following reports of people being asked for money while using the downtown meters, the city quickly outlaws the practice.

Wanting to protect citizens who use downtown parking meters, the city has adopted an ordinance to make it illegal to panhandle within 20 feet of a meter.

“This is in direct response to something that happens anytime you install something that requires people to take out their wallets or purses,” said Sarasota Police Capt. Jeff Karr.

Peter Fanning, president of the Downtown Sarasota Condo Association, said he’s heard reports from residents that they were putting money into the meters when people came up and asked for some cash or offered to help with the meter but then refused to leave after that offer was declined.

Karr said the new law is not meant to target people who are asking for help but rather thieves who look for an opportunity to grab a wallet or purse.

Panhandling is already illegal near a number of places where people take out money, including bank ATMs, bus stops, city buses, sidewalk cafes, public parks and public parking garages.

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Ashley Groff and Matt Smith try to keep negativity away from their son, Jaymesun. “He’s a happy boy,” said Smith.

car-transport business, but a combination of the economy and gas prices forced him to shut it down. He’s trying to get it going again, but in the meantime he is doing whatever it takes to make ends meet, including selling things he finds at garage sales on eBay. Jaymesun is on Medicaid, which handles the cost of some of his medical bills.

But it doesn’t pay for everything. So, the Lions Club of Bradenton donated the funds to buy the boy’s glasses, and the Early Steps Program funded his hearing aids.

“The most amazing strangers come by to help us,” said Groff.

The couple is holding two fundraising events to help them collect the funds needed to take the trip to Chicago (see box).

“We’re not going to take ‘no’ for an answer,” said Smith. “I’ll travel anywhere — Chicago, China, wherever we need to go to help him.”

Smith’s first child, a daughter named Kaitlyn born 10 years ago, was diagnosed with brain cancer. She died before her second birthday.

“I was a little angry to my higher power, but I remained faithful,” he said. “I had to ask God, ‘Why put me through this again? Haven’t I learned enough?’”

But Smith believes that only strong parents have a trial such as this placed upon them.

He knows he has to stay upbeat for Jaymesun.

“If we get negative, it will rub off on him,” he said. “We do have bad days, but we’re so happy to have Jaymesun.”

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boiling point By Robin Roy | City Editor

Tempers flare over homelessness

A former mayor’s act of civil disobedience during a City Commission meeting leads to cursing, rude comments and threats of violence in the commission chambers.

Rich versus poor. Homeowners versus homeless. Young versus old. The June 20 City Commission meeting devolved into a session of civil disobedience, name-calling and physical threats.

At issue were several items that homeless supporters and advocates felt were aimed at ridding the city of homeless people.

The removal of benches at Selby Five Points Park, a petition to eliminate homeless feedings at the same park, an ordinance outlawing panhandling within 20 feet of parking meters and the banning of smoking in city parks were all on the agenda and all had large turnouts of supporters and opponents.

A former mayor’s refusal to stop talking when his allotted time was up led to a few more incidents of disobedience, cursing and a threat of violence.

Richard Martin, a former Sarasota mayor, is now executive director of the Suncoast Partership to End Homelessness.

He expressed incredulousness several times throughout the day at the steps he believed the city was taking to push homeless men and women out of the area.

“I’m ashamed that this agenda has focused so much on the rich and punished the poor and homeless,” he said.

The battle lines were drawn.

In the audience watching the proceedings were downtown residents on one side, and on the other side were several homeless people, a few of their advocates and a handful of New College students, who feed transients in the park.

The room erupted in applause after each of about three-dozen citizen speakers stated his pointof-view.

“We’ve heard a lot of snide comments about downtown residents,” said downtown resident Frank Brenner. “We live there and see (problems) day in and day out. You’re not going to get a lot of complaints from North Port. Why

metered reaction

don’t (New College students) feed them at New College?”

Said New College student Roger Butterfield: “We don’t do it at New College, because we want to present it to the public.”

Each citizen was given two minutes to address the commission. At about 10 p.m., Martin sat before commissioners for the final time.

“I’m speechless,” he said. “But not quite.”

Martin then explained his opposition to what the commission was doing. When his two minutes were up, he kept speaking.

Others at the table waiting their turns asked him to stop.

“I’m going to keep going,” Martin said.

People in the audience began shouting for him to be quiet.

He kept going.

Mayor Suzanne Atwell asked him to stop several times, before she became angry, banged her gavel and called a recess.

During the recess, a heated ar-

gument broke out.

A homeless man, Rodney Langley, began shouting at two downtown residents who were telling Martin to stop talking.

Langley got out of his seat and began pointing in Brenner and Jim Lampl’s direction.

“You don’t want a piece of me,” Langley yelled. “I’ll handle it like a man.”

A policeman led Martin out of the room.

After Langley’s outburst, one homeless man called a resident an obscene name, and another told a resident that he should move if he didn’t like it downtown.

The next day, Martin explained his motives to the Sarasota Observer.

“I saw unanimous vote after unanimous vote and closed ears on the commission,” he said. “I felt I needed to put an exclamation point on what I was saying.”

Martin said the lack of serious dialogue on homeless issues is disappointing.

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Rodney Langley, a homeless man, yells at two downtown residents, “You don’t want a piece of me.”

Commissioner Willie Shaw had expressed hope before the fireworks that a discussion would lead to community healing and some solutions for both sides.

However, it appears any broad community consensus will take some time.

Casey Colburn, an attorney with an office across the street from Selby Five Points Park, told commissioners: “You will not find a solution by making this a rich versus poor.”

By Robin Roy | City Editor

Businesses owners sound off on meters Downtown merchants are becoming increasingly vocal about parking meters since 459 parking spaces became metered spaces last month.

Downtown parking meters have been in place and in use for a month, and some business owners are already voicing their displeasure with them.

Paid-parking opponents made a showing at the June 20 City Commission meeting, with 17

business owners and residents pleading with the board to place bags over the meters immediately, because they were killing business.

Forrest Shaw, owner of Pastry Art, showed photos of Main Street with just a smatter-

NO IMPACT

ing of cars parked on it.

Only one business owner, Eileen Hampshire, of Art to Walk On, supported the meters.

She said the empty spaces could be attributed to down-

town employees not parking on the street anymore, because they don’t want to feed the meters all day.

At the next City Commission meeting July 5, commissioners could decide to bag the meters, reduce the fees or make other changes to the parking meter system.

City Manager Bob Bartolotta said without real data it

is difficult to gauge if the empty spaces are due to meters driving people away, employees no longer parking on the street or the typical customer drop-off in the summer.

This week, the Sarasota Observer randomly visited businesses on Main Street and Palm Avenue to see if meters were affecting their businesses, and the reviews were mixed.

IMPACT Louis Chalupa

owner of Galleria Silecchia “I don’t think it’s keeping people away.

There’s been a question for a long time about workers parking on the street.”

Bill McCoy

manager of Sarasota Hardware “It hasn’t affected business at all. It’s slow at this time of year anyway. The benefit of the meters is that it’s cleared some parking spaces. I believe a lot of the spaces were used by employees. You get to know the cars, and you see the patterns of people moving them every couple of hours.”

Martin Hyde

president of Gulf Business Systems “People who were (previously) in those spaces were long stays — employees. Every year in summer, people say, ‘Business is bad,’ and it’s contagious.

It’s only been four weeks — you can’t yet tell. Salestax figures are the only way to really tell. I have not seen measurably fewer customers.”

Wendy Getchell

owner of Lotus “The number of transactions is off 60% from May 23, (the day the meters were installed). By Friday of the first week (of meters), I dropped $6,000. I was able to rally from the recession, the oil spill, the construction last summer, but I’m not sure I can survive this. Why do we all have to pay because a few employees are parking on the street?”

Ana Molinari

owner of Ana Molinari salon “It’s killing our business. We’re trying to attract people. They need to remove (the meters).”

Sierrah Bryans

Ana Molinari customer “I don’t like paying for parking on the street.”

Vinod & Asha Patel

owners of Patellini’s Pizza “The city should know by now that it doesn’t work.

People are frustrated. It’s hard to bring people back downtown. I can guarantee some customers aren’t going to come back. (The city) needs to do something soon.”

Cindy Mote

customer at Patellini’s Pizza “I think it’s ridiculous. You never had to pay before. I thought they wanted to bring Main Street back. I now park at the library for free.”

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+ City Commission enacts tobacco ban at parks

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Saying it was protecting the health of Sarasota’s citizens and its visitors, the City Commission approved a tobacco ban at all city parks, as well as the City Hall campus and the Federal Building campus.

Critics said the new law is clearly aimed at keeping homeless people out of Selby Five Points Park.

The ordinance not only bans smoking, however. It prohibits all forms of tobacco.

It will not affect private entities located in public parks, such as O’Leary’s Tiki Bar and Grill and Marina Jack, both located on the bayfront.

+ Wayfinding sign system scrapped Although the city has been working on its wayfinding sign system for three years, at a cost of more than $300,000, city commissioners told

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One of the main issues for the commission was that maintenance on the signs was going to cost an estimated $200,000 each year.

“The signs are beautiful, but I think, in difficult times, we could have dramatically dropped the cost,” said Commissioner Shannon Snyder.

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 Community Redevelopment Agency Advisory Board — 3 p.m. Thursday, June 23, City Hall, 1565 First St., Sarasota

+ City fine-tunes its noise ordinance

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staff members to go back to the drawing board in an effort to save money.

The system, which will help people find their way around the city, locate attractions and find public parking, was to cost about $1.5 million.

Commissioners were being asked to approve a contract with a company to manufacture the custom signs, but, instead, they gave instructions to find an alternative that’s at least 40% less expensive.

 Gillespie Park Neighborhood Association — 7 p.m. Thursday, June 23, Gillespie Park Substation, 710 N. Osprey Ave., Sarasota

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Keep cutting, maintain reserves As local governments work through their annual budget seasons, they all face the same thing: the fifth year of declining revenues.

But Sarasota County is in better shape than most — not because of a smaller decline or necessarily tighter spending over the years, but because former County Administrator Jim Ley and previous County Commissions budgeted about $100 million in a rainy-day fund during the go-go years.

It has been a rainy half-decade economically, yet the county softened deep cuts with that fund to keep the tax rate the same again for the following year. But the tax declines keep coming (see chart, which does not include the capital budget or enterprise funds, such as utilities).

This year, the county is still drawing down those reserves and making more cuts. It is important commissioners do not drain the backup, because county government needs to be smaller and leaner for many years to come.

Two areas that will be felt the most by residents will be reduced library hours and increased bus fees. Bus fares will go from 75 cents per ride to $1.25, which still will be subsidized by taxpayers.

Commissioner Jon Thaxton called these and other cuts “painful.” In some ways, yes.

But we are in a long economic downturn, and the future is still murky. A lot of people, particularly in construction, real estate and banking, continue to live in pain far more serious than inconvenient library hours and 50 cents more to ride the bus.

All projects point to at least one more year of decling revenues, maybe more. Sarasota County needs to keep prioritizing, funding necessities such as law enforcement and trimming lesser services.

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General Fund Major Revenues: Property taxes (county-wide) Half-cent sales tax FP&L franchise fee Communications services tax State revenue sharing Other Major Revenues: Impact fees Infrastructure sales surtax Gas taxes Tourist development tax Totals

FY11 Adopted Budget

FY12 Preliminary Budget

$133,537,656 $21,381,517 $18,509,224 $10,876,705 $6,856,885

$125,171,698 $21,343,830 $16,109,505 $10,446,246 $7,382,076

-6.3% -0.2% -13.0% -4.0% 7.7%

$7,108,389 $26,992,370 $16,206,604 $10,557,702 $252,027,052

$4,145,880 $25,156,206 $16,302,414 $11,642,760 $237,700,615

-41.7% -6.8% 0.6% 10.3% -5.7%

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Source: Sarasota County Budget Department

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my VIEW | Voting

Setting the vote straight There are some issues that have been so badly reported, where the bias is so entrenched and the media agenda so intertwined in news stories, that it is difficult to unravel things enough to make a cogent argument. Everyone’s mind appears already made up with insufficient information.

Such is the case with the early-voting limitations the Legislature instituted this past session. They were part of larger changes to elections laws to tighten voter registration requirements, change the rules on petition drives and make other improvements to combat fraud.

News stories have ROD uniformly hammered THOMSON the legislation, quoting at length unions, Democrats and the League of Women Voters in story lines that make it all too obvious the media view the changes as a racist power grab. The reporting has typically been along these lines: “Florida Gov. Rick Scott could face a rebellion from local elections officials, as well as lawsuits over a controversial law that tightened restrictions on voter registration.” The Hill. (That would be Democratic local elections officials and lawsuits from liberals such as the ACLU. But that context is left out.)

“Critics assailed (Scott) for endorsing ‘voter suppression’ tactics aimed at making it tougher for President Barack Obama to capture Florida … ” The Miami Herald.

The Sarasota Herald-Tribune reported that half of black voters in Florida used early voting to cast their ballots in 2008, and the new law will make it harder for them. This is the “suppression.” The source for this? With a straight face, the story cited “an analysis of state elections records by the Florida Democratic Party.” Seriously, that is the level of objective reporting on this issue.

Space does not allow for the universe of distortions and one-sided examples. But the point is near-universal in the mainstream media and impossible to miss: The Republicans and Scott are trying to keep blacks and others from voting for Democrats.

So now to unwind the wild rhetoric and give some context: First, we should view voting as sacred to democracy. Beyond the debate over whether it is a right or a privilege, it should be taken seriously and done by people who are informed about who and on what they are voting. We cannot create laws testing knowledge before voting, but we also have no responsibility to make it so easy as to completely devalue it.

Think of the Iraqis with purple fingers and so many others around the world risking death to cast a vote. But we are so spoiled that we cannot countenance the merest inconvenience, such as cutting the number of early voting days, without reams of whining.

The truth is that none of the changes in the new law will stop dedicated, informed voters from getting to the polls and casting their preference. We have become such a nation of molly-coddlers and enablers, that we forget the real value of voting.

Let’s go through the Democrat/ACLU/media triune of charges.

Charge: Cutting early voting from 15 days to eight days will hurt blacks because they use it most.

Context: Although the number of days has been cut, the total number of hours remains the same. What this means is that more opportunities are opened up for working people who may have been on the job when the early polls were open and now can cast early ballots before or after work more easily. Seems like a good thing.

Charge: Ending early voting on the Saturday before Election Day, rather than the Sunday, means churches cannot encourage members to vote Sunday from the morning pulpit and organize buses to get them there.

Context: There is no right to early voting, no

right to Sunday voting and Christian preachers, at any rate, ought to be preaching the Gospel and not preaching partisan politics.

This may affect churches in black communities more where there has been considerable political activism from the pulpit. But it affects everyone the same.

Charge: Not allowing address changes on the day of voting will hinder the poor and college students who tend to move more.

Context: Anyone with a new address can still cast a vote as a provisional ballot, which means that once the address checks out, the vote is counted. No one is denied anything.

But it is a control on fraud.

Will the same media that are hyper-sensitive to race and partisanship notice that the U.S. Justice Department looking into this new law is the same Obama Justice Department that inexplicably dropped charges against two New Black Panthers for voter intimidation at a Philadelphia polling place despite a blatant YouTube video and overwhelming evidence?

I’ll be waiting for my news brethren to point out constantly how the president and Justice Department are politicizing Florida’s voting process. I just won’t hold my breath.

Interestingly, the Obama Justice Department has just weighed in on a four-year-old Arizona law saying that you have to prove you are an American citizen to vote — beyond just saying you are. Comports with common sense. But not to the Obama Justice Department, which has filed a brief opposing the law. It’s almost like they want illegals to vote.

Is there partisanship in the Florida bill?

Well, duh. It was done by politicians. But is it the threat that opponents claim — a “return to Jim Crow tactics,” according to the moreand-more-partisan League of Women Voters?

Not remotely.

Anyone can still vote on the Tuesday after the first Monday in November. Anyone can still vote for more than a week before that.

And anyone can still mail in a ballot.

If that is too inconvenient, it is probably just as well you stay on the couch anyway.

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More money is no answer Park to receive playground ents need to know the truth, and the kids need to understand that their future depends on their education. The happy talk that deceives them and the resistance to reform found in the Sarasota County School District needs to stop.

But teachers can’t turn this around by themselves, because, as Thomson noted, a student’s cultural and family background have more influence on learning than a teacher does. Nevertheless, the cultural issues can be addressed by creating a strong “culture of learning” within our schools and by providing more parent/teacher interaction. Schools such as KIPP Academy Charter Schools have been successful in overcoming the cultural issues.

While we need to be more selective in hiring and retaining teachers, the Sarasota school district also needs to accept the philosophy of “no excuses!” for student performance, and we the parents and public need to hold the School Board, the superintendent, the principals and the teachers accountable.

The top-performing school districts in Florida based on their test scores for all of the racial subgroups are Leon, St. Johns, Broward, Brevard, Seminole and Okaloosa. We should find out how they consistently outperform us.

This is by far the biggest scandal in Sarasota the frustrated lives and wasted money caused by an under-performing school district. It’s time we stopped accepting it.

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The city revealed details of a playground that will be nearly an acre in size at the underutilized Payne Park.

Ever since Payne Park opened in 2007, the city has struggled to find ways to attract people to use it.

Mayor Suzanne Atwell said one of her top priorities would be to increase the number of parkgoers there.

City leaders hope their latest proposal will accomplish that goal.

A playground and additional parking will be added to the park. Construction could start as early as January.

The total cost of the project could reach $1.1 million, although commissioners expressed a strong desire to come in below that price.

“I don’t want to spend the whole $1 million, but I want a spectacular park,” said Vice Mayor Terry Turner.

The entire playground area will be more than two-thirds of an acre in size and will hug the inside of the walking track at the main entrance, between the pond and building next to the skate park.

That location was the overwhelming choice of nearby residents, because it was built near the existing bathrooms adjacent to the skate park.

Money did not need to be spent on building new bathrooms.

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Snyder also wanted to see security cameras placed at the playground.

The commission endorsed both of those suggestions.

An additional parking area will be created near the auditorium building.

Atwell believed all of those measures were significant steps toward her goal.

“I’m really excited about this,” she said. “I’ve been talking about activity in the park for a long time.”

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Half of the world’s major industrialized countries outscored America on the 2009 Programme for International Student Assessment. And, yet, America outspends all countries in the world on education, except tiny Luxembourg.

Like America’s position in the world, Sarasota’s position in Florida is that of a top spender but poor performer. Since 2002, Sarasota has outspent all but a few tiny school districts. We spent 20% to 35% more per student than each of the districts that outscored us on the 2010 Merrill Reading FCAT. To put a round number on the savings for Sarasota County, if only we could be as efficient and effective as these other districts — $75 million each and every year.

Meanwhile, since 2002, the weighted-average reading FCAT scores for our 10th-grade white students barely made it into the top half of all white students in the state. Even worse, the weighted-average scores for our black and Hispanic students were in the bottom 25% when compared to other black and Hispanic students across the state. During the period from 2002 to 2010, the racial-subgroup scores for five of the largest urban areas in Florida beat Sarasota’s racial-subgroup scores, including the school districts for Miami, Fort Lauderdale, West Palm Beach, Orlando and Tampa. (These five districts alone account for 45% of Florida’s students.)

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Scott Anderson, gift planning officer for the Gulf Coast Community Foundation of Venice, moved 21 years ago to Sarasota from Cleveland.

And his family has gathered here every summer ever since. Anderson kicked off this year’s get together by taking his dad and mom, John and Jeanne Anderson, to the June 18 opening night of “Forever Blonde,” at the Asolo Repertory Theatre. Other family members coming this summer are Anderson’s sister, brother-in-law and nephew, Jan and Bob Spaulding and Marc Spaulding, from Brunswick, Ohio; his niece, Amanda Reeder, her husband, Bill Reeder, and their 3-month-old son, Jack, from Medina, Ohio;

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by Joshua Bell. “‘Surreal’ is the only word to describe it,” Hilton said. “It was a life-changing event.”

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Casey Key home sells for $3.1 million A home on Casey Key tops all realestate transactions from June 6 to June 10. Tammis Day, of Sula, Mont., sold the home at 135 N. Casey Key Road to Roso LLC for $3.15 million. Built in 1974, it has five bedrooms, five-and-a-half baths, a pool and 4,681 square feet of living area.

It previously sold for $4.5 million in 2006.

David Chase, trustee, sold the Unit 18 condominium at 6006 Midnight Pass Road to Dante and Linda Cupido, of Ontario, Canada, for $220,000. Built in 1960, it has one bedroom, one bath and 600 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $140,000 in 1999.

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Rice House LLC sold the Unit 4 condominium at 534 Beach Road to Thomas and Anne Kadien, of Memphis, Tenn., for $2.62 million. Built in 2008, it has three bedrooms, three-and-a-half baths and 2,731 square feet of living area.

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Sally DeLuca, trustee, sold the home at 5011 Commonwealth Drive to NSF Development LLC for $200,500. Built in 1975, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,459 square feet of living area.

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Artur and Verena Jarczynski, of Warsaw, Poland, sold their home at 5440 Azure Way to Nicholas Gaze for $735,0000. Built in 1970, it has four bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 2,252 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $1 million in 2007.

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Joseph Biederman, trustee, and Brenda Biederman sold the home at 4904 Higel Ave. to Mark Musto, of Sarasota, for $600,000. Built in 1958, it has three bedrooms, four baths, a pool and 2,714 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $190,000 in 1989.

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Lynn and Ronald Stroup, trustees, sold the home at 6630 Midnight Pass Road to I.W. Land Partners LLC for $500,000. Built in 1955, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,790 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $380,000 in 2001.

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Anna Bohnel, of Easton, Pa., sold her Unit C-211 condominium at 1123 Lake House Circle to James and Matilda Santagata, of Brooklyn, N.Y., for $340,000. Built in 1981, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,352 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $187,000 in 1998.

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Jean Brown, of Carson City, Nev., sold the unit C-201 condominium at 8776 Midnight Pass Road to Dennis and Judith Hain, of Valparaiso, Ind., for $750,000.

Built in 1975, it has two bedrooms, twoand-a-half baths and 1,815 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $632,500 in 2002.

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Tessera

Gerard and Bonnie Pickhardt, of Sarasota, sold their Unit 12 condominium at 500 S. Palm Ave. to Robert and Sandra Van Langen, of Sarasota, for $1.15 million.

Built in 2000, it has three bedrooms, fourand-a-half baths and 3,315 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $850,000 in 2008.

Cherokee Park

Amy Sergent, of Sarasota, sold her home at 1733 South Drive to Peter and Melissa deLisser, of Sarasota, for $730,000. Built in 1948, it has three bedrooms, three-and-ahalf baths, a pool and 3,148 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $775,000 in 2003.

Alinari

Marc and Ondine Eberhardt, of Williamsville, N.Y., sold their Unit 323 condominium at 800 N. Tamiami Trail to Edward and Claudia Swan, of Boston, for $485,000. Built in 2007, it has one bedroom, two-and-a-half baths and 2,235 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $785,000 in 2007.

1350 Main Residential

Thomas Mannausa, of Bradenton, sold his Unit 604 condominium at 1350 Main St. to Isaac Zamora, of Sarasota, for $465,000. Built in 2007, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,395 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $484,100 in 2010.

Whitaker Bayou

Charles and Carol Kuykendall, of Fort Worth, Texas, sold their home at 1130 Hampton Road to Thomas and Mary Fuerst, of Webster, N.Y., for $450,000. Built in 1992, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 1,728 square feet of living area.

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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 June 6 through June 10, in order of dollar amounts.

CITY OF SARASOTA Address

Permit

Applicant

988 Blvd. of the Arts 1111 N. Gulfstream Ave. 2535 Main St. 1850 Boyce St. 437 Sapphire Drive 1666 Spring Creek Drive 2145 Rose St. 2965 Michigan St. 2563 Loma Linda St. 3855 Indian Beach Place

Remodel Alterations Re-roof Mechanical Remodel Remodel Mechanical Re-roof Mechanical Re-roof

Frank Clark Pamela Hahlbeck Kenneth Clark Roy Taylor III Michael Antonetti Mark Baldwin Roger Williams Saen Phouthalth Michael Burwell Adolph Schmidt

Address

Permit

Applicant

318 Osprey Point Drive 2309 Casey Key Road 103 Woodland Place 2722 Grove St. 2900 Grove St. 4708 Pine Harrier Drive 5318 Bel Air Ave. 2264 Riverbluff Parkway 7360 Killamey Drive 129 Casey Key Road

Windows/Doors David Kennedy Storage Fritz Faulhaber Siding Larry Trautman Repairs Raymond Delaney Re-roof Robert Bowles Mechanical William Whitman Screen Room Ernest Cormier Re-roof Gladys Yanow Mechanical John Haynie Windows Tekla Dragan

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Amount $175,220 $35,000 $21,368 $18,000 $17,988 $16,105 $6,382 $6,000 $5,882 $5,700

SARASOTA COUNTY Amount $74,094 $60,000 $50,358 $40,000 $14,650 $14,400 $13,786 $12,500 $11,300 $10,175

SIESTA KEY Address

Permit

9269 Blind Pass Road 6285 Midnight Pass Road 4532 Ocean Blvd.

641 Treasure Boat Way 5119 Jungle Plum Road 3750 La Paloma Ave. 8764 Midnight Pass Road 3913 Higel Ave. 9265 Blind Pass Road 3590 Bayou Louise Lane

Pool Leonard De Costanzo Remodel Bruce Ketcham Window/Door John Sommers Re-roof Joe Volpe Pool Gabriel Noto Re-roof Charles Denault Door Jeanine Caltagirone Wall Sheldon Sandman Mechanical John Burg Garage Barry La Clair

Applicant

Amount $33,793 $24,100 $23,474 $21,000 $15,000 $13,300 $12,000 $11,623 $11,486 $10,000

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THURSDAY, june 23, 2011

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June 13

Not so neighborly 12:06 p.m. — 700 block of John Ringling Causeway. Dispute. A man who is trying to sell his condo placed a for-sale sign outside of the condo building. One of his neighbors didn’t like the sign there, so she picked it up and threw it in the trash.

She said the sign was attracting people who wanted to look at the condo, and she didn’t want them parking there.

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8:42 a.m. — 2500 block of Clematis Street. Burglary. A woman said her home was burglarized while she was away for a few hours. Police believe she left a rear door ajar, which appears to be where the thief entered the house, because there were no signs of a break-in. The only items taken in the house were three gold chains, worth $2,500, sitting in a soap dish in the master bathroom. The woman believes the thief also rummaged through her dresser drawers, because the clothes appeared to have been moved.

Weighty decision 1:28 p.m. — 1 block of Marina Plaza.

General Suspicion. Complainant said a man docked his boat and walked away and left his boat to go adrift. Police contacted the boat owner, who said his company was testing the boat’s automatic anchor. The boat was not anchored but only drifted about 10 feet away. Time for more tests.

What’s your sign?

3:34 p.m. — South Tamiami Trail and Waldemere Street. Reckless Driving. A man was reportedly driving erratically.

• Convenient hours to work with your schedule Mon – Thur 7 am – 7 pm Fri by appt. only

He hit the median and briefly drove on it.

The complainant was a nearby sign spinner for a business.

Southern un-comfort 7:35 p.m. — Main Street. Suspicious Person. A transient was seen waving a Confederate flag. Complainant said it’s an ongoing problem.

Generating leads 11:15 p.m. — 2500 block of Clematis Street. Theft. Complainant reported his generator as stolen and said he knows who’s to blame. The $500 generator was pawned. The incident happened in April, but the victim did not report it until now, because he wanted to give the thief a break. Break is over.

June 15

No more sleepovers 9 a.m. — 300 block of South Pineapple Avenue. Patrol Request. The manager of a property at the above address asked police for an extra patrol. Some of his tenants have seen several transients sleeping in the entryway of the parking garage.

What’s up, dock?

1 p.m. — 100 block of Casey Key Road.

Boat Burglary. The victim is an out-ofstate visitor, who arrived by boat. He was staying at a Casey Key motel and had his 18-foot boat docked behind the property.

The man said he thought he had taken everything from the boat into his motel room but apparently forgot a bag that contained $400 cash, his driver’s license, credit card and sunglasses. The motel manager said there have been numerous thefts in the past few months and requested increased deputy patrols.

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Wed., June 15 Thurs., June 16 Fri., June 17 Sat., June 18 Sun., June 19 Mon., June 20 Tues., June 21

Record Temps.

High Low 96 (1991) 60 (1919) 97 (2010) 60 (1913) 96 (1991) 60 (1919) 100 (1998) 61 (1993) 98 (1998) 62 (1913) 98 (1964) 64 (1913) 97 (1998) 62 (1967)

Average Gulf water temperature: 89

Carolann Cahill submitted this sunrise photo, taken at City Island, in downtown Sarasota.

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Sunset 8:29 8:29 8:29 8:29 8:29 8:30 8:30

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Karenia brevis, the Florida red tide organism, was not detected alongshore or offshore Sarasota Friday, June 17, according to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Research Institute.

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62 Archaeological dig sites 1 College student’s 63 Florestan’s jailer in home “Fidelio” 5 Golf course feature 64 Denim pants 9 Role-plays 65 Neighbor of Sudan 13 Attend Andover, 67 “I agree” e.g.

68 Type of facial hair 17 Square yardage 71 Religious branches 18 Ring-tailed primate 72 Whiskey’s Walker 19 Dinnertime prayer 73 Unspoken OKs 21 Word with 74 Sports “zebra” “dynamic” or 75 European moose “space” 76 ___ fide 22 Cause of quaking 77 Canterbury 23 Sports venue currency 24 Chinese cuisine 79 Like Lakes Ontario 25 What a magician and Michigan? may wave 81 Many a New Year’s 26 Tunes concerned resolution with unrequited 83 Conversant with love 84 Camera setting 28 Some towheads 85 People who snoop 30 Itches 86 Tiny unit of rain 31 It may have a 88 Insects on farms domed roof 89 Condescends 33 Veneration 90 Corn unit 34 Proposals to buy 91 Janitor’s jinglers 37 Touch on one side 92 “The King and I” 38 Extremely sincere country 42 Liver’s partner 93 Peel out 43 Future tulip 98 Boxer’s promoter?

44 Hearty draught 104 Solo at La Scala 45 Censor’s target 105 Tuscan town 47 ___ one (none, 106 Sporting wings country-style) 48 French philosopher 107 Put down cobblestones Georges 108 Type of tangelo 49 Destroyer of 109 ___ a clue (is lost) sandcastles 110 Syndication staple 50 Far East sash 111 With neither 51 Toronto-to-Ottawa indebted to the dir. other 52 “Mighty Aphrodite” 112 Big name in PCs star Sorvino 113 Eyelid irritation 53 Dunne or Castle 114 Swarm 55 Zapped in the 115 Tavern projectile microwave 57 Tree with shedding dOwn bark 1 A bit loopy 60 Hockey infraction 2 Cookie favorite 61 Dip veggie

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35 July 4 explosive 36 Vaudevillian Eddie 37 Glowing personality?

38 “Dallas” family name 39 ___-de-camp 40 Distraction 41 Potato or yam, e.g.

42 Woolf’s “A Room of ___ Own” 43 Cause to yawn 44 Shorthand pro 46 Neatly arranged 48 Those around the Round Table 52 Title for DaVinci’s Lisa 54 Puerto ___ 55 Without a hair out of place 56 Forelimb bone 58 Cousin’s mom

59 USNA students 60 Infinitesimal amount 61 Pool opening?

63 Broadcasted again 64 Country singer Wynonna 65 Like some campus bookstore offerings 66 Freezing cold 67 North Dakota city 68 Like most early LPs 69 Uses one of the senses 70 New newts 72 Bill Clinton’s Arkansas hometown 73 Cashews and pecans 76 Tall marsh plant 78 Defeat with cunning 79 The Brothers ___ (fairy-tale tellers) 80 Fix, as a fight 82 It may be ingrown 85 Female fowl 87 What a good golfer might shoot 88 Infuse with bubbles 89 Judicial declaration 91 G with a sax 92 Rubberneck 93 Data transmission unit 94 Strong impulse 95 Valley on the moon 96 Hindrance to fair judgment 97 ___ in Show (Westminster prize) 99 Away from the storm 100 Imitated 101 Potent Polynesian drink 102 “Thanks ___ so much”\ 103 Tenant’s obligation

Last weeks Cryptograms 1. The rat population could explode shortly. Rats have been used in so many experiments that they have become immune to all disease.

2. A fresh economic viewpoint from people who like cash: money can’t buy happiness but it sure makes misery easier to live with.

Thursday, June 23, 2011 Items Under $200 For Sale

Autos Wanted

DOG STROLLER: Outwood Hound, pink, fits small dogs up to 10/lbs. Ex cond. $90.

941-400-8437

AUTOS WANTED! Let me take the hassle out of selling your car. Cash offered today!

Call Mike, 941-713-2277.

HUTCH: 36WX72H, glass doors top 3 drawers open shelf in between. Excellent cond., $65. 941-349-0046.

LARGE BOX of porcelain/ cloth doll making items, patterns and books. $199 o/b/o.

941-408-6051.

JULY 4TH HOLIDAY EARLY DEADLINES

LAWN MOWER: self-propelled, Sears 6.75 21” mulcher. Excellent shape, $199.

386-447-4705.

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To Place Your Ad: Call 941-955-4888 or online at www.yourobserver.com/classifieds

Items Under $200 For Sale ADVERTISE YOUR merchandise with the total value of $200 or less in this section for FREE! Limit 1 ad per month, 15 words or less. Price must be included. No commercial advertising. Ad runs 2 consecutive weeks.

Email ad to: classified@yourobserver.com or online at: www.yourobserver.com/classifieds ARMOIRES (2): tall for TVs, shelves on bottom, 1 pine, 1 dark wood. $50/each.

941-445-5725.

CAMERAS: KODAK 9.2 mega pix, $50.

Kodak Easyshare, $25.

Homedics Massager: chair/back, remote, $40.

941-924-2431.

LED LIGHTED shower head: 8" round polished chrome finish, temperature changing LED lights. New. $75. 443-690-7950.

LIFT CHAIR: used, works like new, $200.00. See at 1386 Georgetowne Circle, 941-799-4765.

MECHANICAL TWIN Bed: be comfortable watching TV, or for the guest room. $99.

(941)926-0324.

MODEL CARS (25), trucks, 2 display stands, $150 for all. 941-918-8407.

RATTAN TABLE: round, leaf and 4 chairs, really nice, $100. 941-488-1981, Nokomis.

REFRIGERATOR: 22CU. ft., Frigidaire, white, like new. $200. 941-400-7700.

SARIS BIKE carrier: carries 3 bikes. Fits all cars, vans, SUV's. Aircraft Aluminum. $75/OBO. 941-966-4762.

SINGLE BED frame, mattress, linens, $20.

Beige sectional couch, $30. Glass/brass coffee table, $35. 349-2129.

SOFA SLEEPER: Queen size, nice, clean. $195. 941-485-9331 or 941-735-1690.

CANOE: 17/FT. Diamondback, white, $200.

941-342-1387.

STOVE: APARTMENT size, 20”, almond, $75. Chair, Ethan Allen, $85. 941-922-6859.

CARDBOARD BOXES: 148 @ only $1.00 per box, 18”x18”x28”. Paid $2.70/box.

Never used. 941-918-9171.

TWIN MATTRESS set: Sears-O-Pedic, very clean, 39x75, Imperial Special, $150 for set.

941-955-9285.

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LAKEWOOD RANCH ESTATEAluminum 5-piece patio (cost $1700Restoration Hardware) now $699; Sofa & loveseat (Robb & Stucky) like new $850.

Henredon and Drexel bedroom sets, Stearns & Foster Beds, Stiffe lamps, Stanley Entertainment Center for plasma/LCD ($350@Robb &Stucky) $995.

5-piece Cherry Home Office w/2-lateral files, La-Z-Boy sleeper, much, much, more.

Carved trunk/cabinet, sofa, 2 recliners, dining room set, stainless steel refrigerator, washer/dryer, china cabinet, pr. of Bose speakers, rattan chair, day bed, area rugs, TVs, mantle clock, lamps, kitchen, accessories & 1986 Ford Crown Victoria LTD. Sales by Julie McClure Pictures: www.appraisals4u.biz

Manatee Furniture

3015 1st St. Bradenton, 10 Blocks north of DeSoto mall on US Hwy 41.

941-745-2596 SARASOTA BARGAIN Thrift Store & Consignment Center. 1635 12th St., Sarasota. Washers, Dryers, Refrigerators, Freezers. Furniture, Beds, Dressers, Sofas, Tables, TV’s, Records, Books, etc. Don’t give your items away, let us sell them for you!

Delivery & pick-up available. 941-812-0587

Garage/Moving/Estate Sales ESTATE SALE 9a.m.-2p.m. - Friday, June 24 9a.m.-12p.m. - Saturday,June 25 2161 Siesta Drive South Gate Village Shops Across Siesta from Dillards/Talbots Removed from Sarasota Bay Club, The Oaks & Saraband Pair of bronze candelabra, sterling repousse tea set, sterling candle sticks, bronze figures, 1840s secretary bookcase, Queen Anne dining table and six chairs, mahogany sideboard, 2 modern designer coffee tables, 2 marble sculptures, 30 paintings and prints, perfume bottle collection, designer purses, modern art glass, pedestals, 4 sets of china, 4 Chippendale side chairs, 6 upholstered dining chairs, pair of Victorian chairs, mirrored cabinets, curio cabinet, beautiful sofa, wing chair, antique Turkish copper plates, Venetian style masks, lots of lamps, King headboard, 6 table & 3 standing lamps, brass candlesticks, Bull collection, 2 section sofa bed, 2 bar chairs, stemware, Royal Doulton figurines, teacart, 2 punch bowl sets, decorative pillows, spreads, vintage linens, nice books, 3 TVs, Disney VCR tapes.

And lots more decorative accessories;

GARAGE SALE: Saturday, June 25th, 8a.m.-12p.m., 1386 Georgetowne Circle (Georgetowne Estates).

Musical Instruments YAMAHA BABY Grand: 5’3”, Model #GC1FP, cherry satin with French legs.

Excellent condition. Paid $24,999. Asking $15,000. 941-400-8437.

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COACH HOUSE OPEN HOUSE. Local RV manufacturer factory tours. Public invited.

Friday, June 24th, 10a.m.-2p.m.. East of I-75 off Laurel Rd., left on Knights Trail, left on Technology Dr. #3480. Call for details, 941-485-0984.

ORGANIST/ PIANIST AVAILABLE to substitute for church services. Please call 941-727-5512.

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ESTATE SALE 9a.m.-1p.m. - Saturday, June 25 1725 Cheyenne St. (off Stickney Point Rd.)

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Auctions

Condos/Apts. For Rent THE MEADOWS: second floor, furnished, 2BR/2BA, garage, pool and park/ lake views.

Walking/ biking trails. $1100/mo. Annual.

941-925-9592.

AUCTION June 25, 11a.m.

Pool home on 3/10 acre next to Ringling School, 5337 Stevens Dr., Sarasota.

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FREE STAND Up Paddle Board Lessons.

Fastest growing sport on water. Free lesson and 1hour Board Rental $35.00. Best deal around. Everyday at Bird Key Park, 11AM. MUST BOOK IN ADVANCE www.ikayaksarasota.com ,941-302-2677

DOWNTOWN SARASOTA BAYFRONT GULF VIEWS. DOUBLE UNIT - REGENCY HOUSE - 435 GULFSTREAM AVE. 3327+ sq.ft. living area with split 2-3BR/3BA. Totally remodeled, parquet floors, granite kitchen, walk-in closets, office/den with built-ins. Hurricane shutters, a 180 degree view of the keys and the Gulf. A must see unit. Steps to downtown activities and restaurants. Price reduced to $795,000.

RON STAHL REALTY, 941-374-1671.

Storage

Homes For Rent

STORAGE FACILITY Boat/ RV/ Trailer.

Secure facility, low monthly rentals, Clark Rd area. 941-809-3660, 941-809-3662

LUXOR MHP $425mo-1 bed/bath mobile homes.

55+ community. No Pets.

5811 14th St. W. Bradenton.

Sarasota Real Estate Assoc, Inc. Greg Nowak 941-809-6034

Homes For Sale SARASOTA HOMES & CONDOS One Site for All Your Needs!

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

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

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

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

2BR/2BA FURNISHED, newly renovated, single story, 55+ community. Yearly or Seasonal. 941-371-3824.

www.LarrySellsSarasota.com LARRY BRZOSTEK RE/MAX Alliance Group.

941-993-3125

Vacation/Seasonal Rentals ASHTON LAKES: 2BR/2BA, $3000/mo.

2 miles to Siesta Key, walk to shopping, heated pool, tennis, active clubhouse.

Ashton Realty, Inc. Joe Bonsell, 941923-1945, 941-356-6356.

LBK: TIFFANY Plaza Beachfront Condos, 1st floor, 2BR/2BA, walk out to beach.

Beautifully furnished, heated pool, covered parking. 1 mo. min. 941-383-3338.

Adult Care Services

ASHTON LAKES: 2BR/2BA, second floor, annual, furnished. No pets. No smoking. $975/mo. includes water, sewer and cable.

Covered parking. Ashton Realty, Inc. Joe Bonsall 941-923-1945, 941-356-6356.

24 HOUR Private Duty Team available.

Diabetic specialty, tube feed, rehab. Heavy lifting if required. Reasonable rates.

Excellent references. 941-400-3406 or 941-544-0187.

HIDDEN LAKES: Studio, immaculate, balcony, pool, tennis courts, weight room, sauna. $610/mo. annual. No pets. 374-3401.

CAREGIVING BY TINA HOURLY OR 24/7 CARE Assistance with Personal Care/ Shopping/ Transportation/ etc. Excellent references, Insured and Bonded. Call 941-586-7278

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“We’re not here to scare you, freak you out or throw blood in your face,” says Ashley Holland, second from left, who plays Amanda. “It’s a really good story.” The film also features Dominique Golder and Haley Faye.

Spellbound cast The independent thriller, ‘The Witching Hours,’ is a dark story that chronicles the lives of a female cast and their struggle with supernatural abilities while navigating between the mortal and spirit worlds.

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n eerie green glow outlines three silhouettes standing on the dock at Mar Vista Dockside Restaurant & Pub, on Longboat Key. When the moonlight hits their hauntingly delicate faces, they’re smirking — wickedly. It makes you wonder not if, but how quickly they’re going to come after you.

Ashley Holland, Dominique Golder and Haley Faye are three local actresses starring in Greg Rivera’s newest film, “The Witching Hours.” Set in a fictional, sleepy, seaside village called Harbour Town, the independent film provides a modern take on wands and spell-casting through the lives of

people who are descendants of ancient witches and wizards. It is based on Rivera’s 28-minute 2002 film, “The Uninvited,” which was shown at film festivals in Sarasota, Tampa and New York City. He decided to make it into a featurelength film and also give it a new title.

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WITCHING HOURS from 1 “The premise is there are three different storylines of people who have supernatural abilities and how they either thrive through them or are burdened by them,” Rivera said. “Everyone has seen zombies and vampires. I just wanted to do something different and was inspired by strong female characters. The film is toying with the idea of, ‘Are they witches, or are they not?’”

Holland, who with her pitch-black hair seems perfectly cast as a witch, has lived in Sarasota for the past 15 years. She’s dined outside at Mar Vista with her family dozens of times, taking in the view and the peaceful surroundings. But filming on the dock at dark — when things sometimes go bump in the night — feels a bit surreal.

“If you stick close to the water, Sarasota is creepy,” Rivera said. “When we shot out on Mar Vista, we were all a bit edgy. A fish jumps in the water, and it’s time to leave.

The locations are here, they really are. It’s just a matter of supporting with sound and design.”

In the movie, the characters draw their powers and channel energy from the elements, and they are all able to read minds. But it’s a game between the girls in terms of who has what power. Holland, 21, plays Amanda, the leader of a meddlesome group of girls that adopts Dominique, 10, who plays Kerra.

“We all kind of sense things about each other,” Holland says. “We’re not psychics, but we can sense each other’s emotions.

Our powers are all a little unknown to us so far, and we’re not sure whom to trust.

We’re just discovering who’s bad and who’s good.”

The first time Dominique was cast in a film was for a college production called “Nocturne Eternal,” in which she played an astronaut’s daughter. She found out about “The Witching Hours” through her musical group, Spotlight Kids.

“I play Kerra,” she says. “She is kind of like a new apprentice who almost has no clue what she’s doing, and that’s why she’s with Amanda’s group. At first, she seems timid and is usually quiet because she doesn’t have her powers figured out yet. My favorite part is that I get to be an outsider — no one knows exactly where I come from. I’m a mystery in the group.”

Playing an ill-tempered child with a vocabulary from the 1700s who explodes with anger and taunts those who use their powers incorrectly, Haley — who plays a character with the same name — has one of the more explosive parts in the film.

“Everyone is scared of me,” she laughs.

“I start yelling and threatening, and then I disappear and reappear out of nowhere in a really weird moment, and everyone gets all freaked out. As the script keeps on getting written, I always get excited because the character seems to be building and building.”

The budget “The Witching Hours” is a project on Kickstarter — a fundraising platform for artists, filmmakers, musicians, designers, writers, performers and others to bring their projects and dreams to life through crowd-raising.

From the pitch to bloopers, everything about the film can be viewed on Kickstarter. But the film will only become a reality if at least $12,500 is pledged by midnight Thursday, July 21. With 33 days to go, $2,010 has already been pledged from the film’s 31 backers.

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Besides freaking people out when they’re least expecting it, Haley, 11, loves the costumes. In her baby-pink dress with its crisp white color and patent leather Mary Janes, Haley doesn’t look like the type to don an old-fashioned metal hoop skirt and ragged, tattered dress.

“Haley’s costume is so vintage that she looks like this 1,000-year-old spirit in this little person’s body,” Holland says.

“We have a pretty fierce run-in because I interfere in something she felt I had no business in, and I have to go and face the music. It’s a little traumatizing to get yelled at by a little kid.”

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A new partnership with the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts will let every child in the Sarasota County School District dig deep into the rich cultural opportunities here.

Michael M. Kaiser, president of the John F. Kennedy Center, announced June 15, at the Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall, that Sarasota has been selected as the sixth partner city for Any Given Child.

The program, conceived by Kaiser, creates a long-range, arts-education plan for kindergarten through eighth-grade students and is as a way for a community to use its existing arts-education resources and ones from the Kennedy Center to ensure that every child receives arts education as part

The Players Theatre celebrated the blending of two local performingarts troupes — The Sarasota Senior Theatre and The Players Follies — Monday, June 13.

The newly formed troupe will be named Sarasota Silver Stars.

The name is partly an homage to Irene Silver, founder of Sarasota Senior Theatre. The troupe features performers age 50 and older and meets three times a week.

“We are thrilled to be blending the two troupes,” said Michelle Bianchi Pingel, managing director of The

thing we’ve seen, I believe this can be a very successful endeavor for all concerned — for Sarasota, for the Kennedy Center, for the nation and, most importantly, for the children,” Kaiser said.

Superintendent of Schools Lori White believes the program will benefit students long after they graduate.

“It will serve our students well academically, but it also Loren Mayo serves our children well in Michael M. Kaiser, president of the John F. Kennedy Center for terms of the quality of their the Performing Arts, City of Sarasota Mayor Suzanne Atwell and lives,” White said. “Not just in Superintendent of Schools Lori White the short term, but forever. I think that says a lot about who of a complete education. school system will be reviewed we are as a community. And I The first step of the program to reveal what resources curlook forward to the power of this includes a comprehensive rently exist. new relationship that will conaudit of existing arts-education “Based on everything we’ve resources and a needs assessread, everyone we’ve met, every- tinue to act out what we have to offer to our children.” ment. The community and thing we’ve heard and every-

After recently holding a talent contest on the Pop Rocks Party Facebook page, Plush Entertainment is giving the three amateur performers with the most “likes” on their videos to rock out on stage before the audience. The performer who earns the greatest crowd response will be crowned “Sarasota’s Superstar” and win a rock star makeover and photo

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Players Theatre. “We have been two organizations providing the same services in the same town. This just makes good business and theater sense.

The board and staff of The Players Theatre are ecstatic about this opportunity.”

Membership in the troupe is a nine-month commitment beginning Sept. 6, with classes focused on acting, singing and dance. The annual fee is $150 and no experience is required. For information, contact Jolie Schroeder at 3652924.

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‘Grandma’ pumps iron for circus show

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How many times has Barry Lubin sported the “Grandma” ensemble? “I’ve done it for 37 years and worked 200 days a year, so that’s about 74,000 shows, sometimes two times a day,” he says. “Let me just say it hasn’t been enough yet.”

A little old lady, wearing a baggy, red dress and white bloomers pulled over bulky, yellow socks, shuffles up the sidewalk with a tacky, fringed pocketbook slung over her shoulder. Her plans for the day don’t involve typical littleold-lady activities such as getting a permanent or mailing handwritten cards to her nieces and nephews — she’s headed to Gold’s Gym for an intense workout.

Ignoring strange looks from men in tank tops and spandex, she catches the employees off guard as she approaches them. They’re clearly not prepared for “Grandma,” who just so happens to be a man named Barry Lubin, an International Clown Hall of Fame inductee and star of New York’s Big Apple Circus. Lubin has spent the past few days making public appearances everywhere from Sarasota Memorial Hospital to G.WIZ — The Science Museum to promote Circus Sarasota’s “Grandma and Friends” show.

“In the beginning of my career, I chose no big red nose or shoes,” Lubin says. “From what I hear, kids love to step on big clown shoes, and they’re really expensive. Kids also go up and either squeeze the nose, causing internal bleeding, or they pull it back and slap it against your face. I just put red makeup on my nose.”

The first time Lubin tried his hand at makeup, it went terribly.

His hand-eye coordination was awful, and it took an hour-and-ahalf to put on his face. Eventually,

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“When I was very young, my father would show these movies in a theater that he would rent in New Jersey, where I grew up. I would watch and absorb them, and it came in handy later when I went to college. After I would work all day killing myself, they would show these silent movies. So, I was able to take a nap, get every answer correct and get every intimate detail.” practice did make perfect, and he got it down to three minutes flat. “‘Grandma’ is a clown character based on me,” Lubin says. “I went the opposite of far-out drag. She’s subtle, small. You can be in the audience’s face and you’re going to get attention, but if you do less, they want to know more.”

Lubin purchased his grandma prototype 37 years ago from Goodwill and Salvation Army, after he graduated from clown college in Venice and was asked to join the Ringling Bros. Circus. His first thought was to be a little old man, which would have enabled him to flirt with women. But Arte Johnson was already doing that on a TV show called “Laugh In,” and he didn’t want to rip off the guy.

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He made you laugh, cry and feel so much in an incredibly short moment. He was a brilliant artist who knew more important to give away what he knew than to keep it for himself.” looked as if somebody had wandered out of the audience and onto the three rings.”

After nearly breaking a sweat lifting a 3-pound neon green weight, Grandma speeds off to invade a Zumba class. The hardcore women don’t miss a beat. Grandma, however, is attempting some slow ballroom dance moves, spilling water and fixing herself up in the mirror.

“As a clown, trying to create jokes — actual physical jokes that appeal to tiny children, senior citizens, people on a date — the challenge is to find something, a common thread that reaches all of those people,” Lubin says. “‘Grandma’ is a character doing things you wish you were up there doing.”

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Bijou Café celebrates 25 years “It is every chef’s dream to have his own kitchen,” says JeanPierre (J.P.) Knaggs. “My wife, Shay, and I were always looking at buildings and saying, ‘That would make a nice restaurant.’”

In 1986, Ray and D’Arcy Arpke, the proprietors of Euphemia Haye on Longboat Key, told them about a little restaurant named Bijou Café that was for sale. It was located in a former Texaco gas station. When the Knaggses saw it, they said, “This is it … this is perfect.”

The location was downtown Sarasota, close to a bunch of boarded-up buildings in what is now Five Points Park. At the time, all the fine-dining places were in St. Armands and Longboat Key. A lot of folks said a white-tablecloth place would never fly there, because nobody would come at night. Yet, when J.P. and Shay were eating dinner at the Euphemia Haye one night and talking about their plans, a couple was listening from a nearby table and asked, “Really?”

Sandy and Barbara Maslansky were at the “new” Bijou Café when it opened June 2, 1986, and they became loyal, regular customers. The new owners kept the old name because they couldn’t find a better one. It was French enough, but not too French. In addition, there were cases of napkins and guest checks.

“My inspiration was the late Titus Letschert,” Knaggs says. “I worked for him at Café L’Europe

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The Bijou Café immediately before the Knaggses re-opened it in 1986. for three-and-a-half years and wanted my restaurant to work as well as his did.”

The original concept was to make it the kind of place Knaggs would like to go to with his kid.

“But, the customers were showing up in suits and ties and that kind of dictated what the restaurant would be,” says Knaggs.

Through the years, The Bijou Café has attracted some interesting customers. In summer 1990, for example, Knaggs stepped on a stingray and got a massive infection that kept him in the hospital for four days and out of the restaurant even longer. On his return, the staff couldn’t wait to tell him: “You won’t believe the family that came in here while you were gone. They ordered everything on the menu, tipped 80% and paid all cash.” The dream customers turned out to

Patron J.P. Knaggs in 1990 and 2011. be John Gotti’s daughter and her husband, who owned a house on Casey Key. They came in every Saturday for the entire summer.

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offerings are still on the menu.

The pommes gratin dauphinois is probably the most famous. Knaggs learned to make it when he was a private chef for

a wealthy industrialist who sent him to L’Oustau de Baumanière, in Provence, France, and other world-class kitchens to master favorite dishes. Shrimp Piri Piri has a more humble, if equally delicious, beginning. It was Knaggs’ mother’s signature dish, and she insisted that he offer it.

Twenty-five years later, Knaggs says, “We have seen so many places come and go, and we very much appreciate the people of Sarasota and the Keys.”

The Bijou Café has grown from 50 seats to 140. And, Knaggs long ago left the stove for the front of the house. Shay Knaggs, who has run the office for many years, is almost semi-retired. Their son, born three weeks after the restaurant opened, graduated from the University of Florida with honors and is now on track to go to medical school.

The little restaurant that so many thought would never fly has become a local fine-dining institution where, sooner or later, almost everybody who is anybody in Sarasota says, “Please pass the potatoes.”

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Their journeys take them from their home in Canada to the Middle East, where Nawal was raised. Jeanne discovers that her mother, born a Christian, fell in love with a Muslim. In doing so, she brought shame upon her family. The remedy: Her brothers murder her boyfriend and force her to give up the child she’s conceived. Nawal leaves home, gets involved in religious politics, commits murder and winds up in prison, where she’s raped on a regular basis.

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Everyone justifies murder, including Nawal.

Simon and Jeanne, on their quest for the truth, find they’re barking up a dangerous family tree infested with maggots. There’s a “Chinatown” moment at the end, which forces both of them to alter their perceptions of love and hate.

Villeneuve’s film is as beautiful to watch as it is disturbing to absorb. The English translation for “incendies” is “scorched.”

His camera manages to capture the scorched countryside as well as cities of the Middle East with alarming brilliance.

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There are no heroes in “Incendies.”

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“Cowgirls,” at Florida Studio Theatre, ropes in the audience right away with its eclectic group of characters, each clearly defined by six talented actors.

The premise is that a wrong booking brings three classically trained musicians to a honky-tonk saloon. The musicians are individualistic country women, however.

High jinks ensue as they face off with each other to make the leap from Chopin to country.

“Cowgirls” was nominated for Best OffBroadway Musical by the Outer Critics’ Circle.

The score features some classical country and mainly original music arranged by Music Director Mary Ehlinger. The songs are chock-full of clever lyrics, such as, “I don’t live in no trailer park; I live in a mobile home.” They range from thrilling, such as a banjo driving-train sound, to emotional. One song in particular, “Miracle,” is strikingly beautiful and moving. The audience expressed hearty approval for every number.

Brilliantly cast, the actors were equally delightful and their every gesture fun to watch. There is minimal downtime in this fast-paced, uplifting production.

Playing prissy violinist Mary Lou, Sarah Hund oozes uptightness. Hund sings and fiddles in real life with rock and country artists throughout the U.S., and she also appears in theater, film and TV, in such shows as “Law and Order” and “The Listening Dead.”

Franca Vercelloni is perfect as putupon, pregnant Rita. Vercelloni’s musical solo show, “Classically Trained, Practically Broke,” was a 2010 New York International Fringe Festival hit.

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Angela C. Howell appears to have been born to play the part of Jo, and she did play it last year at the Alabama Shakespeare Festival. Additionally, Howell has originated numerous roles in New York City, including one in “Big Red Sun” at the Lincoln Center.

Chelsea Costa flawlessly transforms herself via a blond big-hair wig into Mickey, a local, wannabe country singer. Costa has done national tours of “Madagascar,” “Go, Diego, Go,” and “Dora the Explorer.”

Mo, an impish handywoman who plays a mean washboard, is charmingly evoked by Emily S. Grosland.

Dale Jordan did the country lodgeinspired scenic design, and Nicole Wee’s costume design enhanced the all-girl ambience. Supporting the production were Stage Manager Kelli Karen, Lighting Designer Michael Foster and Sound Designer Joshua Hummel. ­— Paula Atwell

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