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by Kurt Schultheis | City Editor

Planning board approves Walmart The city’s Planning Board unanimously approved last week a proposed ‘neighborhood market’ Walmart for the North Trail.

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+ Mad Crow hosts hairy situation It was a hairy situation Aug. 11, when Sarasota invaded Mad Crow Brewery for “Hair of the Dog 2.”

If you were expecting to see pooches running rampant, then the joke was on you, because the main event was a train of women with funky up-dos, some reminiscent of dog fur. The party also offered Japanese palm reading and glitter tattoos and benefited Gimme Shelter Pet Adoption.

A new Walmart for the grocerystore-starved North Trail will be built in 2012.

At a city Planning Board meeting last week, the board’s five members unanimously approved a site-plan application for a Walmart “neighborhood market” concept and pharmacy.

The new Walmart will replace the shuttered Winn-Dixie supermarket at 3500 Tamiami Trail.

“This is not a perfect project,

but this is a needed project,” said Planning Board Chairwoman Susan Chapman. “There is a food desert in this area.”

North Trail neighborhoods

have been without a nearby supermarket since the Winn-Dixie, which had been there for four decades, closed last fall. Currently, the nearest grocery store

is the Publix at North Tamiami Trail and 10th Street.

Planning Board member Mort Siegel called the project “a great addition to the community” at last week’s meeting.

“Let’s hope that this area de-

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+ PEO honors recipients Chapter CE of the Philanthropic Educational Organization, PEO, honored three scholarship recipients during its recent luncheon at Marina Jack.

The sisterhood organization offers financial assistance to women interested in furthering their education.

Stacy Boll, Vera Melnichuk and Francesca Tebano were recognized at the luncheon. Boll will attend St. Petersburg College. Melnichuk, a pre-med student, has completed her sophomore year at the University of South Florida. Tebano recently graduated high school and will attend the University of Miami, where she will major in pre-med studies.

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Kelsey Greuter, 2, enjoys resting in the grass while listening to One Night Rodeo at the Van Wezel’s monthly Friday Fest, Friday Aug. 12.

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HOT SUMMER

by Kurt Schultheis | City Editor

Farmers market boasts off-season success The Sarasota Farmers Market is doing so well in the midst of the heat and humidity this summer that some vendors are boasting of days rivaling their best in season.

Chris Keesecker, owner of Java

Dog and an 18-year market vendor, said he has seen a huge increase in traffic this summer.

“Two years ago, summers were stagnant and vendors were stressed,” Keesecker said. “This

summer, revenues are up and vendors are happy.”

Keesecker attributes the market’s off-season accomplishment to the board of directors’ newfound commitment to a year-

round program.

“The overall marketing effort and look of the market have helped to keep our numbers up

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velops in the direction we would all like to see it develop,” Siegel said.

Residents lamented the loss of the area’s only grocery store at the hour-long city informational meeting in July.

The approximately 34,000-square-foot grocery store will include canopy awnings, bicycle racks, bus stops and pedestrian access points for residents.

The store will create 90 to 100 jobs in the economically depressed area.

The Walmart could be operating as early as August 2012.

The neighborhood market will be the first Walmart of its kind in Sarasota County. There are 27 statewide, including one in Tampa, one in Largo and one in Pinellas Park.

even in one of the hottest summers we have had in a long time,” said Keesecker, who also credited new, popular events the board has created, such as the recent seafood festival, for improved customer interest this time of year.

Sarasota Farmers Market Manager Phil Pagano said Keesecker and other vendors are telling him they are doing double the business they did last summer.

“Some of the days in the summer have rivaled some of my vendors’ best days in season,” Pagano said.

Last summer, the market had 60 vendors; this summer, it has more than 75 each Saturday. That’s only 10 fewer vendors than the market has during season.

Like Keesecker, Pagano attributes the summer boon to a two-year effort by the board to focus on a year-round farmers market. Another positive factor, he said, had been the board’s ability to convince vendors not to pack it up once season was over and the daytime highs began rising.

“Years ago, vendors gave up or never had faith in the summer at all,” Pagano said.

“They never believed people would show up. We believed they would.”

While the number of vendors has doubled, Pagano believes the number of locals visiting the market this summer has doubled as well.

“Just because you live in Florida, it doesn’t mean the locals don’t want to get

By the Numbers 0 — Existing Walmart Neighborhood Markets in Sarasota County 100 — The number of local jobs the proposed Walmart would create.

6 a.m. to 10 p.m. — The proposed hours for the Walmart store 33,803 — Size, in square feet, of proposed Walmart store 39,961 — Size, in square feet, of closed Winn-Dixie store 138 — Parking spaces to be built

Sarasota Farmers Market manager Phil Pagano credits the market’s success this summer to a new marketing effort and a commitment from vendors who stayed around during this traditionally slower time of year.

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out of the house,” Pagano said. “It’s not excruciating hot in the morning, and that’s how we’re drawing them to the market.”

This summer, the market added new shaded areas, as well as more tables and chairs.

And Pagano pointed to yet one more factor that is making a difference: “The fact that we are open while other markets close is also a plus.”

Additionally, the Sarasota market offers only a year-round space rate. The annual fee is $1,500 for the average 10-foot-by-10foot space.

“The year-round-rate option allows us to plan an annual budget and allocate dollars for the market’s advertising,” Pagano

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The market’s advertising budget, which Pagano declined to disclose, is now split 50-50 between the traditional season and the summer season, unlike in past years, when all the market’s efforts went toward the four months of season.

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by Rachel Brown Hackney | Managing Editor

Future charter schools may receive less district money The Sarasota County School Board plans a more detailed look at its funding stream for charter schools, with an eye toward reducing allocations for new schools.

Future Sarasota County charter schools may find themselves with less funding from the district because of Sarasota County School Board members’ concerns about tighter local budgets in the weak economy.

During their regular workshop Tuesday morning, the board members asked Superintendent Lori White and staff to delve into charter school funding practices in other counties and report back.

Beginning with the 2009 fiscal year, the district began distributing a portion of its capital millage funds to charter schools, Deputy CFO Al Weidner explained. That decision resulted from recognition that charter school students are also students of Sarasota County; that their parents are taxpayers; and that state funding “is inadequate to fund the total operation of a school,” according to material Weidner distributed to the board.

In a comparison to the 2012 fiscal year, Weidner noted charter schools will receive 3.38% of the district’s anticipated $60,529,966 in revenue from its 1.5 mill capital tax.

Those funds can be used solely for facilities, including renovations and maintenance.

Altogether, Weidner said, the

Percentage of Students Attending Sarasota County Charter Schools Percentage of Total Estimated Enrollment District Enrollment Imagine Charter School of Northport 946 2.31% Imagine Charter School of Palmer Ranch 565 1.38% Island Village Montessori 504 1.23% Sarasota Arts and Sciences 750 1.83% Sarasota Military Academy 820 2% 456 1.11% Sarasota Suncoast Academy Suncoast Innovative Studies 349 .85% 150 .37% Strength and Knowledge at the Y 330 .80% The Leadership Academy of Venice 4,870 11.86% Total charter schools will be getting 4.9% of the district’s capital funds in the fiscal year beginning Oct. 1. Those schools also will get 11.26% of the anticipated $40,353,311 in revenue from the special 1 mill tax last approved by voters in 2010.

The total estimated enrollment for the district’s nine charter schools in the 2011-12 school year is 4,870, or 11.86% of the expected district total.

Board member Shirley Brown pointed out that in years past, when the district had to keep building new schools to accommodate the growing student population, charter schools were welcome. With the declining economy and enrollment, she said, “I think (charter schools

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are) hurting our bottom line.”

Board member Jane Goodwin said the district is expecting applications from five new charter schools this fall.

“I am concerned about … the intention of Imagine and others who are coming into our state,” Goodwin said. “It’s a matter of our survival as well as it is the freedom of our people to bring these different charter schools to our community.”

“It’s kind of supply and demand,” Chairman Frank Kovach said. “There still seems to be more demand (for charter schools) than supply … I don’t know how we can say enough’s enough.”

Brown and Goodwin both said they felt the board should

consider revising its charter school funding policy.

However, board member Caroline Zucker said it would not be fair to change the funding formulas for the existing charter schools. If any changes were made, she said, they should affect only new charter schools.

Kovach warned against any written policy change and said the board had no way of knowing what new funding formulas may come from the Legislature; the board should not enact policy changes that could hamper its actions.

Board members agreed they should consult their legal counsel before proceeding with any changes in district allocations to charter schools.

by Kurt Schultheis | City Editor

Parking garage murals planned Jonathan Parks Architect, the architect for the Palm Avenue parking garage, suggests the city approve a $25,000 mural project for the interior walls of the garage.

The city’s Palm Avenue parking garage walls may soon become a haven for artists.

Chris Gallagher, senior planner for Sarasota-based Jonathan Parks Architect, told the Public Art Committee last week that he is seeking $25,000 from the committee to solicit the work of five artists to paint murals on five of the garage’s six floors.

The only problem is Gallagher’s firm wants city approval soon because it hopes the project can begin near the end of October and be complete by the first week in November.

Jonathan Parks Architect, which designed the garage, planned to incorporate art into the project, Gallagher said.

“We have a policy of putting art in all our buildings downtown,” Gallagher said.

“Wouldn’t it be great if we could do something to get art there and encourage people to visit every floor of the garage to see the art?”

The concept includes the painting of sweeping, colorful murals, with a different theme planned for each floor.

“The idea is to attract a separate artist for each floor to

SHORT LIST The following artists for a Palm Avenue parking garage mural project are being proposed: • Eduardo Kobra — http:// eduardokobra.com/ • Chor Boggie — http:// www.dailymotion.com/video/ xdfh06_chor-boogie-interview-street-graffi_creation • Erni Vales — http:// evlworld.com/evlgallery/ evmurals • Skip Dydra — http://www. emurals.com/galleries.html • Marco and Monica Bell — http://www.bellaarte.biz/ about_us.html. do something extraordinary,” Gallagher said.

Examples include a dance theme for the second floor, a film theme for the third floor, a music theme for the fourth floor, a theater theme for the fifth floor and an opera theme for the sixth floor.

Gallagher estimates the cost of the project will be $25,000, with $5,000 being allocated to each of the five artists.

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This depiction of how a Palm Avenue parking garage wall would look was presented last week to the Public Art Committee. quires that every new downtown project set aside .5% of the construction cost toward downtown artwork, which means $54,000 was set aside from the garage project for future artwork purposes.

Although the Public Art Committee was receptive to the project, it was unwilling to approve the project until a special meeting can be held to discuss the project further and

the types of murals that would be created.

“We have never approved artwork we have never seen before,” said committee member George Haborak.

Gallagher hopes the project can be approved soon to meet the project deadline.

“We could be turning something as mundane as a parking garage, into something dynamic,” Gallagher said.

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by Robin Roy | County Editor

Planning Board controversy comes to close Accusations of lame-duck political maneuvering marked the usual process of appointing members to the city’s Planning Board.

Compared to the hand-wringing that took place earlier over the appointment of two members to the city’s Planning Board, the actual reappointment process was quite anti-climactic.

Planning Board members Susan Chapman and Chris Gallagher were reappointed to their seats Aug. 15.

But the route to that conclusion wound through allegations of favoritism, cronyism and lame-duck politics.

Both Chapman’s and Gallagher’s terms expired at the end of May. With three new commissioners being sworn into office May 13, the process that was supposed to take place called for the Planning Board appointments to be handled by the new City Commission.

However, outgoing Commissioner Dick Clapp asked that the appointment process be moved up to May 2, which was the last meeting for himself, Mayor Kelly Kirschner and Vice Mayor Fredd Atkins.

Clapp had said he wanted to make sure that experienced Planning Board members were reappointed; he didn’t want to risk having the new commission place someone else on the board.

Some people cried foul.

The jobs had not been advertised publicly, reducing the number of people submitting applications.

In fact, only one person had applied — former City Commission candidate Richard Dorfman, who said it wasn’t fair that a lame-duck commission would be making the appointments.

Then Commissioner-elect Paul Caragiulo agreed.

“This stinks, politically,” he said at the time. “It’s an important board, and I’d like to see a robust number of applications come in.”

Because city code requires the positions to be advertised for 90 days before appointments are made, City Attorney Robert Fournier warned the outgoing commission not to move forward May 2.

The three lame-duck commissioners voted initially to ignore that advice but later backtracked when Fournier insisted they would be setting up the city for a lawsuit.

“It would be tantamount to thumbing your nose at those who wished to apply,” Fournier told them.

In the end, Dorfman dropped out, and only one out of nine other applicants, Glenda Williams, received a nomination (see box). None of the current commissioners mentioned any of the other applications during the session Monday.

Chapman and Gallagher both won reappointment by 4-1 votes. Caragiulo did not vote for Chapman, and Willie Shaw, who nominated Williams, did not vote for Gallagher.

Accepting applications Although nine people applied to be considered for the Planning Board, only one received a nomination.

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+ Path cleared for free electric-car service Upon hearing about a free electric-car service on Siesta Key that could expand to downtown Sarasota, city commissioners approved a measure that could make that move possible.

As featured in last week’s Sarasota Observer, the operator of Jonny’s Free Beach Rides wants to start a similar business that would shuttle people up and down Main Street.

That service would be free to ride and would require no government subsidy.

However, city code only allows such businesses that charge a fee.

Commissioner unanimously endorsed the public-process to change a city ordinance to allow low-speed vehicles, such as the electric cars Jonny’s Free Beach Rides uses, to be operated without charging their customers.

+ Commission endorses North Trail plan City commissioners asked city administrators Aug. 15 to find the money to

for a total of $22,000.

The main goal of the economic-development coordinator will be business recruitment — finding companies that will make their home on the North Trail.

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— 2:30 p.m. and 6 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 6, City Hall, 1565 First St., Sarasota.  City Commission Regular Meeting — 2:30 p.m. and 6 p.m. Monday, Sept. 19, City Hall, 1565 First St., Sarasota.

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help fund a North Trail economic-development coordinator position.

The commission unanimously asked that $40,000 be dedicated to that purpose.

North Trail leaders have already secured $40,000 from the county to fund that new job, but that money was contingent upon the city and North Trail business to each contribute the same amount.

Jay Patel, president of the North Trail Redevelopment Partnership, said he has already approached 11 businesses, and each one has agreed to put in $2,000,

The Selby Public Library, built in 1998, will be closed on Fridays during a remodel project.

The Selby Library is the busiest of the county’s eight public libraries and sees an average 800,000 visits each year.

The $1.2 million remodeling of the library, located at 1331 First St., is proceeding on schedule, with the next phase to include the temporary closing of the Children’s Library from Aug. 19 through Sept. 2.

During this time, participants of children’s programs are encouraged to attend similar activities and events at North Sarasota Library, Fruitville Library and Gulf Gate Library. Any items reserved for pick up from the children’s collection will still be available at the Selby Library.

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The most read stories online last week were: 1. “PHOTO GALLERY: Sarasota Slam” (Aug. 6) 2. “Illegal scrapping crackdown nets 62 arrests” (Aug. 8) 3. “Florida Studio Theatre camper passionate about pink” (Aug. 11) 4. “An insider view of the airport” (Aug. 11) 5. “Downtown hotel in the works” (Aug. 11)

“Temporarily closing the Children’s Library ensures the safety and comfort of patrons,” said Sarabeth Kalajian, general manager of the Sarasota County Library system. “Although this will mean a change for families that visit Selby, we hope people will plan ahead and take advantage of the children’s library sections in our other libraries.”

The Selby Public library project is scheduled for completion in November.

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by Robin Roy | County Editor

Groups suggest ethics code for county workers After a purchasing scandal, several citizens’ organizations are asking Sarasota County government to adopt a code of ethics.

Sarasota County government is busily trying to restore its image in the wake of its purchasing scandal and working to ensure further improprieties do not occur.

Interim County Administrator Terry Lewis has instituted a number of changes and plans more, but several community groups believe more action is needed.

“You can have great policies, but if the (county employees) don’t follow them, they’re not worth anything,” said Cathy Antunes, president of Citizens for Responsible Government.

Antunes’ group is the same organization that sued the county over its spring-training baseball negotiations.

Citizens for Responsible Government was joined by Control Growth Now, Council of Neighborhood Associations, Manasota 88, Siesta Key Community Inc., as well as Gayle Reynolds and Laurel Schiller, in calling for a county ethics code that employees would have to follow.

The code is a six-item pledge that the organizations hope will be adopted. It states: • All county employees shall at all times place their duty to the public interest first and shall not permit personal or business relationships to interfere with that duty.

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Sarasota County shores up purchasing problems Terry Lewis was hired as interim county administrator primarily to straighten out the improper, and in some cases illegal, practices going on in the county’s procurement department.

As an integral part of that process, Lewis has created a Procurement Improvement Master Plan.

“There were so many different entities giving us recommendations that we needed to come up with a system to knock them out one by one,” he said. “It’s a tracking system for the voluminous recommendations.”

The purpose of the master plan is to track the progress of nearly 300 steps the county is taking to improve how it enters into contracts with vendors.

Significant procurement problems came to light in March, when a county employee was arrested for accepting bribes from a contractor.

That employee, Rodney Jones, pleaded guilty last week.

A subsequent investigation found numerous improprieties in the way the county approves contracts and pays vendors.

Nearly a dozen employees, including former County Administrator Jim Ley, have lost their jobs in the wake of the scandal.

Many of the questions surrounding procurement had to do with employee’s purchasing credit cards, or P-cards.

County policy holds that for any service costing more than $3,000, a process kicks in that requires verbal quotes and/or written bids.

The investigation found that employees routinely charged their purchasing cards to the

cept any gift from any person who does business with Sarasota County government.

• Relationships between county employees and persons who do business with Sarasota County government shall remain on a professional, business basis.

• No person who was a county employee may lobby Sarasota County government for a private employer for a period of two years after termination of the person’s employment with the county.

• All persons who lobby Sarasota County government for a private employer shall register with the county for that purpose.

• Procurement reforms should emphasize fairness, openness and objective neutrality in the competitive bidding process, including the prevention of employeevendor collusion.

Lewis said he had seen the group’s proposal and would consider it.

“A lot of folks are trying to help,” he said. “We’ll look at everything.

Nothing is off the table.”

Antunes said the call for an ethics code is more about the county’s top leadership than the rankand-file employees.

“So many of the people who work for the county are ethical,” said Antunes. “This (scandal) is a creation of management that didn’t care how the job got done.”

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Privatize Bobby Jones Golfing may be the least essential of all government services. Of all the entertainment venues that local governments own or subsidize — from the Van Wezel to tennis courts to baseball — surely golf must rank near the bottom in order of importance.

Indeed, it is a mystery why the city of Sarasota would even be in the golf business.

Why must taxpayers fund a golf course when there are dozens of privately owned golf courses, many of them welcoming the public to play at varying prices? There is just no need for a publicly owned and operated golf course in Sarasota.

Yet, in the midst of a difficult stretch of cutbacks in the city, the Bobby Jones Golf Course stands untouched, unreviewed. It may break even this year. It has needed tax subsidies in the past.

But the question of its existence, costs and efficiencies seem to be on no one’s radar. It is 325 acres in the middle of the city, and no one is asking if this is the best use of that property. No one is asking why taxpayers are subsidizing a few golfers and making it more difficult for private-sector golf courses, which pay taxes and create

private-sector jobs.

Overall, government only has two roles: to protect the public from violence (i.e. robbers, murderers and foreign invaders) and, as James Madison articulated in the Federalist papers, to serve as a referee in disputes between individuals and groups (i.e. the courts). Bobby Jones fits nowhere in this scheme.

The City Commission, taking a fresh look at many ways Sarasota has always done business — ways that have not always worked well at all — should consider three questions regarding Bobby Jones: 1) Is this the right use of the 325 acres in Sarasota, along Fruitville Road, the gateway to the city and the city core? Or, is there a higher and better use of the property that is not golfing?

Such questions should not be answered before getting two necessary numbers: What is the land worth if it were to be sold without requirements that it be kept as a golf course? How much in taxes would that generate? Then a fully informed decision can be made, not just an emotional one.

2) Is this the right use but the wrong ownership? Perhaps a golf course on the

gateway is what the city wants. But if so, should the city be owning it and keeping it off the tax rolls?

3) If it remains publicly owned, should the city manage the golf course? Manatee County just approved Sarasota-based Pope Golf to operate and maintain the public Manatee County and Buffalo Creek golf courses. Pope also operates the Sarasota Golf Club and Bent Tree Country Club.

Pope will pay Manatee $2.7 million for leasing and invest $1.4 million to improve the courses during the five-year agreement.

Pope has a history of improving golf courses it manages and keeping fees about the same. It does so because it is a private company not constrained by government worker unions and benefits.

This is becoming a common switch. In a recent six-month period, 175 municipal golf courses sent out requests for proposals for private companies to manage their courses.

This final option is the least the City Commission ought to consider.

Bobby Jones should not go on as an island of immunity against the tide of history.

Privatize Bobby Jones.

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Let’s all go Follywood!

The lemming-like rush to try to lure Hollywood filmmakers to Sarasota and Manatee counties is costly, ineffective and a little embarrassing.

In an un-reality show locally, Sarasota and Manatee counties are both shelling out precious public resources with the hope of attracting Hollywood filmmakers. The attempt to lure major Hollywood productions, or even minor ones or commercials, to Sarasota or Manatee defies reality. But then, that is so much of movie-making — fiction.

What is it that draws local officials — and they are doing this across the nation — to making spectacles of themselves to try to land a movie production?

Do they get all starROD crossed when a bigTHOMSON name movie star comes to town, and they get to meet him? Is it just the simple addiction to giving private companies public money to entice them to come or stay in Sarasota or Manatee counties?

Whatever it is, this push to lure movies and commercials is an unwise use of the public treasury.

Manatee is boasting about its new Manatee County Film Office, something for which County Commission Chairwoman

Carol Whitmore pushed hard. The office is a division of the Bradenton Area Convention and Visitors Bureau.

Backers point out proudly that Manatee County is now on the most important Florida map that film producers use when looking to make a movie in the state — the Governor’s Office of Film & Entertainment website, www.FilminFlorida.com.

So when Steven Spielberg or James Cameron hop online to see where to shoot their next movie — boy, this is just hard to write — Manatee County will be right there, waiting to accept their click on the state office of film website. Well, not exactly. When Spielberg and Cameron click the location resources link, and then the Florida Film Commission’s link, and then scroll down the list, they’ll find 49 other wide-eyed communities in Florida.

Seriously, if Manatee gets a Fruit Loops commercial out of this, it will be amazing.

Sarasota has been even more gaga.

It already has a film office, created a $250,000 film incentive fund in September 2010, gave $1.75 million to Ringling College to create a post-production ability to lure Hollywood filmmakers and gave startup Sanborn Studios a $650,000 startup grant.

Both counties can draw on some state incentives as well.

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Not surprisingly, so far not much has come from these efforts, other than Ringling’s increasing stature.

Interestingly, the Center for Budget and Policy Priorities and the Tax Foundation — one a liberal think tank and the other a conservative — have studied the issue and found that state and local subsidies for film companies are expensive and provide only small benefits, and those only temporarily.

The entire game of incentives for private companies is a losing sham for taxpayers.

It always results in redistributing some tax money to private interests, who clearly are planning an expansion anyway, to get them in a specific city or state. But it does not expand the pie any, such as an overall friendly business climate would.

This is clear in the luring-Hollywood fad.

Nationally, movie-making would be the classic zero-sum game. The pie cannot be enlarged with giveaways, just re-divided.

And apparently not much of that.

And while every community wants a diverse economy — and every community wants clean, high-paying tech jobs — we cannot have everything. It would be wiser and more prudent to play to our existing strengths, to make the most of what we have — beaches, tourism and, yes, growth.

But it would also behoove us to be the most attractive place for business, which means competitively low taxes and regulations and a solid workforce and infrastructure system. By getting carried away with Hollywood glitz and targeted incentives, we miss the big picture — and opportunity.

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Building a university economy is the focus The future is retirement. At least that’s what a report from the University of Florida says about Sarasota’s economy.

Few people have seen the report done by the Bureau of Economic and Business Research that was commissioned

by Sarasota County to justify the Energy Economic Zone (EEZ), a project that the county proposed along SR 681 last year. Unfortunately, the report was kept mostly out of view because, instead of supporting the EEZ, the report questioned whether Sarasota had a competitive advanMerrill tage in manufacturing or research, and it said that there weren’t enough tax subsidies available to justify an economic development strategy that depended on them.

Despite undermining the EEZ, the UF economists offered their advice for Sarasota’s economy. They commented on our success at attracting affluent retirees, and they predicted that retirees will become an even larger part of our economy in the future.

The report states, “When economists study Sarasota, they are struck by how strongly it specializes in being a retiree destination.”

But, rather than dedicating Sarasota’s economy to retirees permanently, they recommended that we ultimately transform our economy into a knowledge economy.

The report stated, “Cities that are knowledge centers are moving farther and farther ahead of the others.” However, they said that retirees can help us get there.

The professors noted that well-to-do retirees have an affinity for the same quality-of-life amenities that highly-educated young professionals seek. Their report highlighted the shared importance of a pristine natural environment and cultural activities.

Accordingly, the thrust of the professors’ argument was that our economic development strategy should be to build a community with high quality-of-life standards, and that by doing so we can sustain a strong economy by attracting the baby boom retirees, while simultaneously laying the groundwork to attract the “creative class.”

Although the Florida economists were

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I’m not sure which economists your reader is referring to, but Econ 101 says that the more money that you keep in the economy, the more it cycles and grows. But when taxes are taken from our productive and given to the military industry, foreign nation building, foreign banks and foreign manufacturing, then you will see domestic economic doom. The fact that we borrow our currency from a private bank at interest merely exacerbates the deleterious effect by compounding the economic drain with a $14plus trillion debt that we can never repay.

Ask yourself this, Who benefits from the debt and taxes? Answer: The politically connected class, banks and multi-national corporations who’ve used our money to bail themselves out, fund foreign war and military adventures, move our manufacturing to foreign counties who rape their labor and environment, then ship the cheap goods to us with no tariffs, all bought with the very debt-based currency that funded them in the first place.

Considering that Congress and the administration are heavily invested in the debt-based, welfare-warfare state and off-shore corporate economy, do you think that either party organization will really change the status quo? More likely, they will attack their greatest threat, a well-informed middle class, who will be demonized as

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confident about Sarasota’s continued attraction to retirees, they expressed less confidence in our ability to make the transformation to a knowledge economy. Other than our quality of life, our competitive advantage in that sector is weak.

According to the report, Sarasota’s workforce has a low percentage of college graduates, and it stated, “College-educated workers attract other college-educated workers.”

The emphasis on college education is the same thing we heard from David Bergman, the economist for the Fruitville Initiative.

He compared Sarasota to Santa Barbara of some years ago, saying that they both had economies based on “the newlywed and nearly dead,” his references to tourism and retirement. But, he said that the growth of the University of California branch in Santa Barbara had transformed its economy, and he suggested that Sarasota would prosper if we could develop a large university.

In his book, “The Rise of the Creative Class,” Richard Florida reinforces the importance of educated workers, even going so far as to argue that a major college itself is essential. He states, “The presence of a major research university is a basic infrastructure component of the creative economy … and a huge potential source of competitive advantage.”

So, as we anticipate the end of this Great Recession, let’s not bet our economic future on tax subsidies or hourly-wage jobs.

Sarasota’s future is retirement and, eventually — if we are successful — the knowledge economy. The retirement of 70 million baby boomers in the next 25 years will keep Sarasota’s economy humming as long as we protect our environment and enhance our quality of life. During that time, we must aggressively expand our colleges and focus on building the amenities that will attract the young, college-educated professionals.

It’s a daunting challenge for a community built on retirement.

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The answer does not lie in more debt and taxes for us. First, track and retrieve all bailout money that went to private or foreign interests. Prosecute all those who conspired in such treasonous arrangements. Forbid national debt and establish a new national dividend currency based on our national assets and productivity, spend it into existence to extinguish or settle all fed-based debts, pay-down mortgages and fund large domestic industry and infrastructure projects.

Secure entitlement programs that we’ve been forced to pay into, then continue them on a voluntary basis only. Stop the insane wars, bring all our troops home to defend our borders and force Congress to live by the same burdens they impose on the rest of us. Eliminate the IRS and fund constitutionally limited national government functions with modest excise taxes and trade tariffs. Finally, resume state sovereignty with state appointed senators subject to recall for poor representation or treasonous activity.

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City told to send Rotary Club fills 800 positive signals backpacks with supplies

The Sarasota Bay Rotary Club met Tuesday, Aug. 16, at the Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall, to pack more than 800 backpacks with school supplies.

The backpacks will be divided up between Able Elementary, Tuttle Elementary, Gocia Elementary, Alta Vista Elementary and Children First.

Rotarians filled the backpacks with notebooks, pens, pencils, highlighters, calculators and other school supplies.

The Rotary Club also donated an additional 300 backpacks to the Christmas in July event last month.

The city’s economic-development coordinator said decisions that appear to be unfriendly to business are also watched by potential new businesses.

During an update on his activities, downtown Sarasota’s new economic-development coordinator, Randy Welker, warned against sending the message that the city is not accommodating to business.

“Every community says it’s business-friendly,” he said. “But (the public) looks at what you do.”

Welker cited a recent Planning Board decision to turn down a business’ request for a new sign as sending the wrong signal.

“Signage is important for every company,” he said. “We’re sending a message with everything we do.

People are watching.”

Welker was hired in March and told commissioners he’s been busy trying to identify desired businesses downtown, such as a drug store, and recruit them to come to Sarasota.

“We are now trying to put together a retail analysis and find out what we are lacking and (how to) fill the gaps,” he said.

He’s come up with three tasks that Sarasota has to accomplish to be successful in kickstarting the economy.

• Generating sales tax; • Absorbing space for office and

other uses; • Getting more people to invest their money in downtown, which he said is most critical.

“We’re competing against everyone in the state of Florida and in the Southeast,” said Welker.

Mayor Suzanne Atwell said she’s heard from citizens who believe that neighborhoods need to be strengthened before downtown is, because positive steps will move toward the center of town.

It’s a frequent argument from neighborhoods — that the city pays too much attention to downtown.

She wanted to know if Welker agreed with that belief.

He did not. He feels a vibrant city center spreads out from the core to the neighborhoods.

“Cities are critical. Downtowns are vital,” he said. “Our downtown core is going to continue to drive a lot of things that are going on in our city.”

For Welker, there’s one main outcome he is seeking.

“The goal is to assist in making this the best downtown in the country,” he said. “I think that’s a doable goal.”

Dr. Ali Tahiri lays out more bags of pens to be added to the backpacks.

Photos by Rachel S. O’Hara

Joe Horne adds a calculator to one of the 800 backpacks that were being filled by the Sarasota Bay Rotary Club.

Victoria Garcia, 12, helped out by filling up backpacks.

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Those funds have risen from less than $2 million in 2006. The major programs include the award-winning Community Alternative Residential Treatment Initiative and the Crisis Stabilization Unit. Another $160,605 goes to neighborhood associations this year.

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Pinellas County’s 2011 budget includes $560,000 of general revenue for nonprofits participating in its social-action and homeless-initiative programs. But Pinellas also gets $35 million to $40 million annually from its children services tax, a dedicated property tax that Manatee County also utilizes.

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long ago not to fund nonprofits. “The issue, when it was discussed, [was] we didn’t want to get in the business of picking and choosing what nonprofit would receive county funding,” says Torre.

Collier County’s current budget, however, includes $2.2 million for grants and aid, but according to Torre in an email, the county budget only includes two items for contractual services with nonprofits totaling just $130,000. “The county contracts with the Children’s Advocacy Center for child abuse exams mandated by the state. The county also funds indigent cremations,” he writes.

Over time, Lee County has changed its approach to reflect Collier’s attitude on the issue, according to Deputy County Manager Bill Hammond. “The county used to do a great deal of that,” says Hammond about contracting with nonprofits. “Our budget this year is going to go $41 million into reserves this year. I’m not sure there’s much The Pelican Pelican Press and its its sister sister newsnewsThe and wiggle room forPress anything.” papers in The Thejob Obser ver Group Grouptohave have papers in Obser ver “It’s not the of government give won 28 awards in the Florida Press won 28 awards in the Florida Press away money,” argues Bolam. “Government Association’s 2010 Better Weekly Association’s 2010 Better Weekly is responsible for providing necessary serNewspaper Contest.

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“I feel that the process that we use of buying services from expert providers and holding them to very high, high standards — and reviewed quarterly and annually — is the best way to take care of that part of our community,” Berman says. “I feel that the experts in those fields do a much better job than a government entity would because of the variety and expertise needed.”

Bolam initiated her attempt to end the county’s funding of nonprofit community organizations in January 2010. She first took her proposed amendment to the charter (see sidebar) to the county’s 10-member elected Charter Review Board. Now, after a special committee of the board turned down the amendment in May, she’ll get to present her idea to the full board Aug. 24, according to Layton, an 11-year veteran of the board.

Investigative Reporting for their their article Investigative Reporting for article But that special committee has been a on the theofFBI’s FBI’s investigation intoofformer former on investigation into source controversy in the eyes Bolam Sarasota County School District employSarasota County School District and Richard Swier, who heads RedemployCounty ees involved in the purchase of the classees involved in the purchase of the classFlorida and Red County Sarasota, conserroomActivBoards.

ActivBoards. room vative political blogs, and hosts a radio talk Mansell won won third third place place in in the the same same Mansell show. categoryy for for stories stories about about aa former former categor They argue that not all committee memschool district district employee employee who who had had creatcreatschool bers were properly notified of one of the ed what what her her colleagues colleagues called called aa “hostile “hostile ed two that there was no substanworkmeetings, environment,” including lodging work environment,” including lodging tive discussion of Bolam’s amendment or a allegations of of misconduct misconduct against them them allegations against county attorney’s opinion as to whether it that district officials determined to be that district officials determined to be met criteria outlined in the Charter Review unfounded. unfounded.

Board’s bylaws.

Mansell won another another third-place third-place Mansell won “She for was kind of looking aneffort open award for his his reporting onfor the effort award reporting on the discussion,” says to Swier, “a discussion from by local local parents parents to prevent prevent the district’s district’s by the both sides as to what makes sense and what continued use of a high school textbook continued use of a high school textbook doesn’t sense.

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It never gotof toIslam. that level.” Swier says itspresentation presentation of Islam. its that the Charter Review Board won’t move Dr.ifPeter Peter A. Wish Wish won third place for Dr. A. won third place for forward to hold a public hearing on the amendment, it should refer it back to the special committee for more debate.

At the second of two meetings of the special committee nearly two dozen county staff and nonprofit representatives attended to make presentations and oppose Bolam’s amendment. Jeff Seward, the county’s recently resigned chief financial planning officer, gave a 35-slide presentation outlin-

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Patterson attended the meeting to express The Bolam Amendment: her opposition to the amendment, as did Virginia Haley, executive director of the Section 5.5 - Residents/Citizens of SaraSarasota Convention and Visitors’ Bureau. sota County reserve the right to directly All the opposition can be traced to the fund by means of their own personal broadness of the amendment, and some finances non-profit community organizalack of clarity. For example, the amendment tions whether it be for charity, education, refers to funds for “arts” and “science.” But child care, self-help, the arts, science, Bolam says it’s not her intent to restrict beautification or neighborhood improvefunding of arts or science programs that ments. Therefore, the Sarasota County are funded with tourist taxes or other nonCommissioners are restricted from disproperty tax revenue sources. tributing funds via grants to charitable, Yet, she also says she has no objection to educational, civic, homeowner, neighbor$5,000 for “Solutions to Avoid Red Tide,” alhood, arts, science, non-profit organizathough part of its source of funds is general tions through grants (Contracted Human revenue. And she says she’s not opposed to Resources) and any other names for using tourist development taxes for their funding or types of organizations/groups authorized uses. not mentioned here in.

Bolam also admits it’s not clear what’s intended by putting “(Contracted Human $8.9 million in grants awarded to Resources)” in parentheses given that some nonprofits

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Tonya Herschberger and Linda Keefe

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Nurse and patient are all smiles at reunion Four years ago, Linda and Larry Keefe were walking their dogs in downtown Sarasota when a drunk driver lost control of her vehicle. Linda Keefe remembers her husband shouting for her to get out of the way, as the car’s tires came squealing around the corner at 45 miles per hour.

She watched as the driver headed straight for him. At the last second, the car swerved.

“The driver came to the other side of the road and hit my dog, Hank, and me,” Linda Keefe said. “I believe Hank saved my life. I pulled him into me to protect him, and instead of getting hit head on, my injuries were only on the right side. When Larry came across the street and found us, I can just imagine his state. He’s out there yelling ‘help!’ and Hank is right there crying next to me.”

Following the accident, Linda Keefe was airlifted to Bayfront Medical Center, in St. Petersburg, where she spent one week. She underwent multiple surgeries over the next couple of months. She suffered broken ribs, a dislocated shoulder and a misaligned jaw that made it difficult to chew food.

“I took care of her (at Sarasota Memorial Hospital) right after her accident,” said Tonya Herschberger, a preop nurse at SMH. “She told me everything she had gone through — it was a pretty traumatic story.”

Recently, both women were asked to appear in a photo shoot for local dentist Christine Koval, whom they had both contacted to enhance their smiles.

“I went over to Linda and said, ‘I’m the nurse who took care of you,’” Herschberger said. “She started tearing up and crying. And, of course, the woman doing her makeup is telling her not to cry. Neither of us recognized each other, but we both remembered each other. I’m so happy everything went well and she’s fully recovered. Most times, you don’t get the opportunity as a nurse to see your patients.”

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TOP BUILDING PERMITS These are the largest city of Sarasota and Sarasota County building permits issued

by Sarasota County and city of Sarasota for the week of Aug. 1 through Aug. 5, in order of dollar amounts.

CITY OF SARASOTA Margaret Varner, Sarasota, sold her home at 1545 Hillview Drive, in Harbor Acres, to Donald and Sharon Lerner, Sarasota, for $2,262,500. Built in 1997, it has five bedrooms, four-and-a-half baths, a pool and 4,625 square feet of living area.

It previously sold for $2.1 million in 2002.

Of the 22 residential sales recorded Aug. 1 to Aug. 5 at the Sarasota County Courthouse, 10 took place in Sarasota; six took place in Palmer Ranch; five were in Osprey and one was on Casey Key. In total, three sold for more than $1 million.

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3745 Almeria Ave. 1631 Hillview St. 1333 Vista Drive 1911 Irving St. 1803 Morris St. 1435 Hillview Drive 2900 Cherokee Terrace 1534 Harbor Place 1045 Tocobaga Lane 1928 Rose St.

Remodel Wall Deck Spa/Fountain Move house Dock Enclosure Re-roof Mechanical Pool cage

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Tana Sandefur, trustee, sold the Units 1001 and 1003 condominiums at 1233 N. Gulfstream Ave. to Steven and Joann Stein, Sarasota, for $1.55 million. Built in 2001, it has five bedrooms, six baths, two half-baths and 5,815 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $1.85 million in 2001.

2309 Casey Key Road 1505 Bayshore Road 1665 Ridgewood Lane 4634 Mirada Way 2432 Bispham Road 1616 Birchwood St. 4790 Dove Tail Court 5170 Cote Du Rhone Way 3134 Jennings Drive

Greenhouse Outdoor kitchen Electrical Renovations Pool/deck Addition Re-roof Panels Re-roof

Fritz Faulhaber $400,000 Julian Brost $150,000 Peter Fazio $44,507 Mark Yecies $40,000 Robert Levy $31,000 Paul Mattison $30,000 Elizabeth Bradbury, trustee $30,000 John Curtis $26,307 Dewey Boswell, trustee $14,250

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The Harbor Acres home at 1545 Hillview Drive has five bedrooms, four-and-a-half bathrooms, a pool and 4,625 square feet of living area. It sold for $2,262,500 It previously sold for $585,000 in 2005.

Bertram and Jane Kummel, Sarasota, sold their Unit 42 condominium at 500 S. Palm Ave. to Donald Amos and Dorcas Amos, trustees, Sarasota, for $1.4 million.

Built in 2000, it has three bedrooms, fourand-a-half baths and 3,315 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $942,000 in 2000.

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Dennis Penna, Sarasota, sold his Unit 3-C condominium at 1111 N. Gulfstream Ave. to Mary Tona, Sarasota, for $400,000.

Built in 1974, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,736 square feet of living area.

Thomas Gardner and Barbara Vanderkolk, Sarasota, sold their Unit 915 condominium at 988 Blvd. of the Arts to Elinor London, Sarasota, for $399,000.

Built in 1982, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,555 square feet of living area.

It previously sold for $395,000 in 2010.

Margaret McManus sold her home at 1710 Loma Linda St. to David and Jane Boone, Sarasota, for $367,500. Built in 1942, it has three bedrooms, three baths and 1,982 square feet of living area. It pre-

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viously sold for $71,500 in 1980.

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Linda Olsen, Sarasota, sold her Unit 103 condominium at 1100 Imperial Drive to Sujatha Prabhakaran, Sarasota, for $265,000.

Built in 1971, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,160 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $340,000 in 2004.

Pelican Cove

J. Dixon Bergman and Anna Hamilton, of Plymouth, Mass., sold their Unit 221 condominium at 1621 Boathouse Circle to Laura Weber, of Rome, Ga., for $250,000. Built in 1979, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,216 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $315,000 in 2003.

We Will Never Forget Coming Sept. 8 Special 9/11 Memorial Editions of the Longboat Observer, Sarasota Observer, East County Observer and Pelican Press.

10th Anniversary of the Terrorist Attacks The editorial staffs of the Observers and Pelican Press will bring back to life the events in Sarasota, Longboat Key and Venice that connected our region to this tragic day.

• President Bush at the Colony Beach & Tennis Resort the night before and morning of the attacks • Terrorist sightings on Longboat Key • How the terrorists trained in Venice • How President Bush learned of the attacks at Emma Booker Elementary • Where are they now? Updates on the many area residents who were directly involved in the day of and weeks after.

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Patricia Payne, Sarasota, sold her home at 3617 Jaffa Drive to Peter and Brenda Wright, Sarasota, for $240,000. Built in 1974, it has three bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 2,243 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $200,000 in 2009.

PALMER RANCH Isles of Sarasota

Craig and Cathleen Wilson, Sarasota, sold their home at 5942 Roseto Place to Corinne Diller, Sarasota, for $390,000. Built in 2008, it has three bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 2,008 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $390,000 in 2008.

Mira Lago at Palmer Ranch

Linda Dooley, Sarasota, sold her home at 7188 Del Lago Drive to Doyle and Mary King, Sarasota, for $300,000.

Built in 1995, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 2,383 square feet of living area.

Joseph and Jane Mojica, of Marietta, Ga., sold their home at 3895 Alamanda Drive to Raymond and Marilyn Maine, Sarasota, for $275,000. Built in 1996, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,872 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $250,000 in 2008.

Jean Marchegiani and Patricia Berezansky, of Toms River, N.J., sold their home at 7614 Pesaro Drive to Veronica Mittak, of Seneca Falls, N.Y., for $242,000. Built in 2003, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,534 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $203,500 in 2003.

Ronald and Linda Arthur, Sarasota, sold their home at 7840 Bergamo Ave. to Ashley Gaw, Sarasota, for $215,000. Built in 2004, it has three bedrooms, two-and-a-half baths and 1,672 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $235,000 in 2008.

Wellington Chase

HSBC Mortgage Services Inc. sold the home at 6278 Sturbridge Court to Ryan and Julie Simonson, Sarasota, for $230,000. Built in 1999, it has four bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 2,222 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $329,000 in 2004.

OSPREY Oaks II

John and Patricia Carlin, Sarasota, sold their home at 442 Mac Ewen Drive to Michael and Larise Nicholson, Osprey, for $832,500. Built in 1998, it has three bedrooms, four baths, a pool and 4,102 square feet of living area. The property previously sold for $117,500 in 1995.

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J. Scott and Patricia Harris, Osprey, sold their home at 1532 Soutbay Drive to Michael and Sharon Bense, of Newfoundland, Canada, for $700,000. Built in 1996, it has four

bedrooms, three-and-a-half baths, a pool and 3,306 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $521,200 in 2001.

Robert Gredick and Alice Durand sold their home at 208 Lookout Point Drive to Robert and Rhonda Burlile, of Gallipolis, Ohio, for $535,000. Built in 1988, it has four bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 3,289 square feet of living area. The property previously sold for $650,000 in 2007.

Bay Oaks Estates

Dean and Candace Rose, Osprey, sold their home at 571 Pine Ranch E. Road to Steve Gardner and Amy Rayle, Osprey, for $327,500. Built in 1995, it has three bedrooms, two-and-ahalf baths, a pool and 2,746 square feet of living area. The property previously sold for $42,000 in 1994.

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Charles and Paula Farnsworth, Sarasota, sold their home at 3109 Casey Key Road to Robert and Sara Lumpkins, of St. Louis Park, Minn., for $1.96 million. Built in 1952, it has three bedrooms, two-and-a-half baths and 2,297 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $650,000 in 1997.

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John and Nancy Burges, of Fairfield, Conn., sold their Unit 133B condominium at 1629 Pelican Cove Road to William McKay and Rita Breen, Sarasota, for $237,000. Built in 1981, it has two bedrooms, three baths and 1,770 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $320,000 in 2004.

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Insignia Bank-inspired award, the Insignia Award, was given to the Eager Beaver Car Wash for August. The award is given for strong customer service skills and activeness in the community under the Greater Sarasota Chamber of Commerce code of ethics. Insignia Bank was recognized as the “highest initially capitalized, locally owned” community bank and sponsors the award for an outstanding company each month.

+ Carson elected to U.S. Green Building Council Sarasota architect Michael Carson, of Carlson Studio Architecture, was elected to the Florida Carribean Regional section of the U.S. Green Building Council to serve as the vice chairman. Council members are elected by each USGBC chapter board to represent the chapters in the region. The regional council is made up of eight representatives, two from each of the chapters. Carlson is a founding board member of the Florida Gulf Coast Chapter and is the current president and serves on various other committees as well.

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+ New College recognized in Princeton’s top colleges list The Princeton Review named Sarasota’s New College as one of the country’s 376 best colleges for the 2012 edition. This is the 10th year that the college has been recognized. The college has also appeared in another annual publication, Princeton Review’s 100 Best Value Colleges. The top colleges are rated on various criterion, including a scale of 60 to 99 in eight categories. New College received ratings in the 90s for at least three categories.

“Our choices are based on institutional data we collect about schools, our visits to schools over the years, feedback we gather from students attending the schools and the opinions of our staff and our 28-member

National College Counselor Advisory Board,” said Princeton Review Senior Vice President Robert Franek in a prepared statement.

+ Community Foundation awards financial aid The Community Foundation of Sarasota County Board of Directors approved $320,771 in scholarships and grants during its July meeting. The Season of Sharing Fund, an initiative to help families and individuals avoid homelessness received the most money — $100,000. Other recipients include: Gulf Coast Heritage Association, Lighthouse of Manatee’s Early Intervention Program, Early Learning Coalition of Florida’s Heartland and others. An $83,000 chunk will go toward renewal scholarships for students already in college. The Community Foundation awards $6 million to $11 million a year in academic awards.

+ YMCA selected to receive grant for Hispanic program The Sarasota YMCA was chosen, along with 36 others, to receive a grant from The National Latino Children’s Institute and Kraft Foods to implement Salsa, Sabor y Salud (Food, Fun and Fitness).

The program was designed to raise awareness of the importance of a healthy lifestyle in Hispanic families. The main focuses are good nutrition practices, getting physically active and other healthy habits for the family to do together. The course will be a series of four eight-week classes that will be held on Fridays at the Frank G. Berlin Branch from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Classes start Sept. 2.

“Research shows that Hispanic/Latino children are at a greater risk for childhood obesity, and through collaboration with the Y and NLCI, we’ll be able to get even more Hispanic/Latino families involved and help them lead healthier lives,” said Rhonda Jordan, president of Global Health and Wellness at Kraft Foods, said in a prepared statement.

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High Low 97 (1993) 68 (1975) 95 (1998) 68 (1982) 96 (1973) 67 (1949) 99 (1973) 67 (1972) 98 (1938) 68 (1981) 96 (1990) 67 (1924) 99 (1995) 67 (1972)

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Sunset 8:06 8:05 8:04 8:03 8:02 8:01 8:00

Karenia brevis, the Florida red tide organism, was not detected alongshore or offshore Sarasota Friday, Aug. 12, according to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Research Institute.

Diane Desmond submitted this sunset photo, taken beneath the John Ringling Causeway.

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Greg Nowak 941-809-6034

Affordable Senior Housing

JEFFERSON CENTER

Affordable Senior Housing 941-953-9585 Affordable Senior Housing Affordable Senior Housing JEFFERSON CENTER 800-955-8771 TDD/TTY

JEFFERSON CENTER 930 Rentals N. Tamiami Tr., from JEFFERSON CENTER 930 N. Tamiami Tr., Sarasota, FL 34236 $427-$588 930 N. Tamiami Tr., Sarasota, FL 34236

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941-953-9585 800-955-8771 TDD/TTY 941-953-9585 Homes ForTDD/TTY Rent 800-955-8771 Rentals from 800-955-8771 TDD/TTY GREAT LOCATION 2 bed, 2 bath home for rent in Rentals from $427-$588

"Tameron" cornerRentals of McIntosh & Bahia Vista, in from $427-$588 cul-de-sac.

References required, sorry no pets Utilities & Cable Included $427-$588 and no smoking. for Included starter home or for UtilitiesGreat & Cable seniors. Call Rose Miller 330-465-3859.

Utilities & Cable Included

Homes For Rent

Homes For Rent LUXOR MHP GREAT LOCATION 2 bed, 2 bath home for rent in Homes For Rent $425mo-1 bed/bath homes.

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SOUTHBAY YACHT & RACQUET CLUB. Annual $425mo-1LUXOR bed/bathMHP mobile homes. or Seasonal lease. Furnished or unfurnished.

55+ community.

No Pets. $425mo-1 bed/bath mobile LUXOR MHP homes.

Web site: www.123windwarddrive.com 5811 St. W. mobile Bradenton.

55+ 14th community.

No Pets. $425mo-1 bed/bath homes.

Sarasota Real Assoc, SPACIOUS 2000 sq.ft., with den, 5811 14th St.Estate W. 3BR/2BA Bradenton.

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PetsGreg okay.

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SOUTHBAY YACHT &Furnished RACQUET Annual required. $2000 negotiable.

941-400-0950.

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SPACIOUS 2000 3BR/2BA with den, Homes For Sale Web site: porch, www.123windwarddrive.com enclosed on sq.ft., partially3BR/2BA fenced treed SPACIOUS 2000 withprivate den, yard. Westporch, of 2000 trail.onPrestigious Field Rd. neighborenclosed partially3BR/2BA fenced treed private SPACIOUS sq.ft., with den, One Site for Allreferences Your Needs! hood.

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Your Mini-Vacation Includes: s 'ULFSIDE ACCOMMODATIONS FOR NIGHTS

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Merchandise Wanted

BUYINGtoCOLLECTIBLES Wanted SENIOR Merchandise LOOKING buy precious metals, time BUYING COLLECTIBLES Jewelry, Coins, Silver, pieces, coins, jewelry and Watches, antiques.Clocks, Please call Coins, Watches, Clocks, Stamps, DecoSilver, Porcelain & Figurines BUYING COLLECTIBLES Marc,Jewelry, 941-321-0707.

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Autos Wanted AUTOS WANTED! Let me take the hassle out of LAKEWOOD RANCH ESTATEAluminum Autos Wanted selling Cash offered Call out Mike, AUTOS WANTED! Let me take today! the hassle of 5-pieceyour patiocar. (cost $1700-Restoration Hardware) 941-713-2277. selling your car. &Cash offered today!

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941-953-5222.

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941-953-5222. j uice, wine, silver rim, Nevergoblets Used. pattern, $150.

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941-953-5222. used, white, Call 941-556-9040. pattern, $150.

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“It’s so creative,” Grace Greene says about stained-glass artistry. “You end up with something that you never dreamed about.”

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It was while touring cathedrals 50 years ago in Europe, that Grace Greene discovered her appreciation for stained glass.

race Greene was afraid to score her first sheet of glass.

Worrying she would cut her hands to pieces, she felt her heartbeat slow down when the instructor presented her with some protective armor.

But it didn’t take long before Greene found the armor — heavy-duty gloves — cumbersome, and she noticed they limited her creative control over the design. So, she nixed the gloves.

“I loved it,” Greene, 82, says. “I took to it like a duck to water. I think you have to actually come to the conclusion that you’re not going to let the glass get the better of you — you’re going to get the better of it.”

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GREENE from 1 It was during a European adventure with her husband 50 years ago that Greene first recalls being enamored by the stainedglass windows in the many breathtaking cathedrals that they toured.

“That got me going and sparked my interest in stained glass,” Greene says. “I took the first course in 1968 at the Moorestown, N.J., YMCA, and the couple teaching it was a barrel of fun. I took three courses from them and then was pretty much on my own.”

Greene became so infatuated with the hobby that she would put her children to bed at night, head down to the basement and work until 1 a.m. She would come up with new patterns by scanning children’s coloring books and greeting cards.

Throughout the years, she has created a series of sports figures for her grandchildren, a mirror for her parents’ 50th anniversary, a nativity scene and a fisherman and palm tree on driftwood for her husband.

“My Christmas pieces I treasure — especially the nativity scene,” Greene says.

“That was a real challenge. I almost lost my religion with that piece.”

She’s learned to create her best pieces through trial and error.

“If you told me to draw a church I couldn’t begin to know how to do it,” Greene says.

“But if you show me a picture, I can work from it. Cutting the little, real small or thin pieces are kind of a challenge. You learn

INSIDE GREENE’S TOOLBOX Carbide wheel cutter — “I score the glass with this.”

Running pliers — “I put the mark on the score line and break it. I did not have these when I started and they’re helpful.”

Breaking pliers — “They’re common pliers with a snub nose.”

Grinding machine — “This has a diamond wheel. You put water in it and grind the edges.”

Copper foil — “It has a sticky side and a back side. You set the edge of the piece in the center or the foil, then take techniques — and come up with your own — for doing most of these things.”

Since she started making stained glass, Greene has created 100 patterns and collected glass from all over the world. In fact, her collection has grown so large that The Glenridge on Palmer Ranch has designated an entire storage cabinet to her, where she stockpiles everything.

When she and her husband, Lee, moved to The Glenridge from Turtle Rock a yearand-a-half ago, Greene started teaching her own classes in the community’s art room.

In her classes, students learn about the different types of glass, of which 30 to 40 exist today, history on stained glass and tips such as how to add depth to their pieces.

FAVORITE PIECE a Popsicle stick and smooth the foil down over the edges. Tiffany lamps are all made with copper foil.”

Soldering iron — “I use a 100-watt chisel tip that looks like a screwdriver and a 30-watt iron. You solder over the copper, and it becomes a strong edge.

You have to apply flux — an acid base — or soldering won’t work.”

Lead came — “This comes in either Hor C-channel and is for joining pieces.”

Flux — “It’s an acid base that you have to apply before you solder or it won’t work.

They start out with window glass, which is how Greene learned, begin making simple cuts and curves, and when they feel comfortable, Greene sets them loose with stained glass.

“I love teaching the class — it gives me an opportunity to get to know people better and under different circumstances,” Greene says. “They all end up with something they’re proud of and can take home and keep.”

“I made a piece for my husband that is a fisherman and palm tree,” Grace Greene says. “At that time, he worked in Philadelphia. It was nice to have a little touch of Florida in his office. He needed something for his bookcase, so that was it.”

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+ Have you seen this face?

Shayna Teicher is known around town for the skin-tastic makeup, lotions, nail polish and other body accessories that line the walls of her holistic beauty shop, Butterfly Effect, in Citrus Square Plaza.

But did you know this talented girl can sing and strum the guitar as well?

Teicher played a few of her favorite songs and even one of her own after hours Thursday, Aug. 11, at Pastry Art. She made a few jokes about her performance, but judging from the crowd’s response —

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Shayna Teicher performs at Pastry Art. heavy clapping — you’ll likely see her behind a microphone again in the future.

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ing director of Three Zebras Entertainment, ceremoniously accepted the whip and raised it in the air while the crowd laughed and clapped.

At the same moment, someone shouted, “Three cheers for Barb! Hip, hip, hooray!” and the crowd cheered.

During the evening, Strauss’ friends surprised her with Blues Fest-themed cupcakes for her birthday. They grabbed the blue bow off the box, plopped it on top of her head and serenaded her.

José Manuel Carreño leads a class Saturday.

+ Book club dons ’60s fashions for ‘The Help’

+ Strauss whips Blues Fest into shape Sarasota Blues Festival owner Barbara Strauss originally announced she would host a fabulous gathering Aug. 13, at the Gator Club to pass the torch on to the new owners, ExtremeTix. In the middle of Ed Morrell’s speech to the partygoers, Strauss made her way through the crowd — whip in hand — proclaimed that she’d whipped enough people’s behinds and thrust the whip in Morrell’s direction.

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After reading “The Help,” a local book club made a beeline for Retro Rosie’s and donned lacy hats, gloves, pearls and vintage dresses, then headed to Star Keeper Café for chicken ’n’ biscuits before seeing the movie at Hollywood 20.

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“Kiss the Moon, Kiss the Sun” is a heartwarming story about a slow-witted 35-year-old man and his effect on the life of an unmarried, pregnant young woman.

Written by Canadian playwright Norm Foster, the play is about that commodity most notably on the decline in modern society: compassion.

Foster is the author of nearly 50 plays, including “The Melville Boy,” which received an off-Broadway run.

The audience at the Banyan Theater Company premiere laughed heartily and shed a few tears over this excellent production, which was amusing and poignant in its defense of the old-fashioned notion of our responsibilities to one another as human beings.

Robert David May is sympathetic and believable as Robert Castle, the mentally challenged man, who’s convinced that the weight of the iron and zinc in his cereal makes him late for the bus. May played Max Bialystock in “The Producers” and Jud in “Oklahoma!” at The Players Theatre this season.

Robert Castle lives with his mother, Claire, lovably played by Karel K. Wright. Claire talks to God when Robert’s out of the room, declaring, “This may be the last time we ever speak,” if God fails to help her provide for her son after she’s gone.

Wright has performed in numerous productions with the Mad Cow, Gorilla Theater and TheatreZone companies locally and with the Minnesota Repertory Theatre and the Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park.

Katherine Michelle Tanner is charming and realistic as Holly Fitch, the college graduate who wants to be a teacher but so far has only been able to land a job at a sporting-goods store. Her situation becomes dire when she learns she’s pregnant. Tanner most recently played Margaret in “Charm” at Orlando

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Robert David May plays Robert Castle, and Karel K. Wright portrays his mother, Claire, in the Banyan Theater Company production of “Kiss the Moon, Kiss the Sun.”

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“Kiss the Moon, Kiss the Sun” runs through Aug. 28, at the Cook Theatre, located at 5555 N. Tamiami Trail.

For ticket information, visit www.banyantheatercompany.com or call 351-2808.

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The boyfriend-in-question is Holly’s self-centered former college professor. Wayne LeGette does a great job of portraying the egotistical male who is too caught up in his own world to comprehend the problems of others. LeGette co-starred on A&E’s “The Glades” and has appeared in numerous regional theater productions.

—Paula Atwell

Help’

“The Help” is a film that exposes deplorable yet legal behavior toward blacks in 1962. It also rejoices in the idealism that brought about the Civil Rights Act in 1964.

Based on the 2009 best-seller of the same name, the story takes place in Jackson, Miss. With the Jim Crow laws firmly in place, blacks have no voice.

A recent college graduate, Skeeter (Emma Stone, of “Easy A”) returns home in hopes of becoming a journalist. She comes up with the idea of interviewing black maids and exposing the constant degradation that defines their lives.

She turns to Aibileen (Viola Davis), a long-suffering domestic servant of a friend. Just talking to Skeeter about her life would have been illegal, but she’s moved by a sermon about how “the truth shall set you free.” Eventually, Aibileen convinces her friends to share their stories with Skeeter. A book evolves, names are changed, and it’s anonymously

penned.

Director/writer Tate Taylor (a childhood friend of the author, Kathryn Stockett) has thrown caution to the wind in his sociopolitical commentary.

His heroes, of which there are many, are bold, multi-faceted and vastly vulnerable. The racist fear-mongers are shallow, sadistic and almost laughable — almost. But he also tosses in some hearty laughs and compassionate compromises, which lift the spirits.

“The Help” is a 99% character-driven piece of history. An incredibly gifted cast makes this film soar. Jessica Chastain (“The Tree of Life”) shines as a white-trash, nouveau-riche outcast who puts the despicable Bryce Dallas Howard (“Hereafter”) in her place.

Allison Janney (“Juno”) and Sissy Spacek (“Coal Miner’s Daughter”) are brilliant as matriarchs of a dying breed.

But it’s Viola Davis (“Doubt”) and Octavia Spencer (“The Soloist”) who walk away with this insightful film.

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Sarasota Ballet leads intensive program The second summer session of the Sarasota Ballet’s intensive program concluded with a performance Saturday, Aug. 13, at the FSU Center for the Performing Arts. The 20 students, ages 11 to 18, began their summer intensive Tuesday, July 26 and held down a schedule as if they were in an actual company.

“It is a big incentive to be able to perform, and it really is close to company life,” said Sayward Grindley, education director of the Sarasota Ballet.

The students learned six pieces including a traditional pointe piece, a character piece, flamenco, modern, jazz and Latin jazz.

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GOLDEN APPLE DINNER THEATRE — “Stop the World – I Want to Get Off” runs through Sept. 4. “Drag Queen Bingo Bonanza: The Show” takes place at 6:30 p.m. every Friday. Tickets: $5. Located at 25 N. Pineapple Ave.; 366-5454; www.thegoldenapple.com.

SARASOTA ORCHESTRA – Joseph Holt, artistic director of Gloria Musicae, seeks accomplished singers in the Sarasota/ Bradenton/Venice/Tampa/Fort Myers area to participate in a Sarasota Orchestra commemoration of the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. Interested persons may contact Rachel Assi at rassi@ gloriamusicae.org or call her at 551-2063919.

VENICE THEATRE — “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee” runs through Aug. 28. Tickets: $12 to $27. Located at 140 W. Tampa Ave., Venice; www.venicestage.com; 488-1115.

GLENRIDGE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER — “Songs, Stories & Mr. Chatterbox,” featuring Roberta MacDonald, takes place at 8 p.m. Aug. 20. Tickets: $15 or $10 for GPAC family. Located at 7333 Scotland Way. 552-5325; www.gpactix.com.

THEATER

ART CENTER SARASOTA — “Clay’s Life,” featuring Frank Colson in a melodramatic comedy about Carla O’Brien’s philosophy regarding how the creation of ceramics parallels transitions in human life, takes place from 6 to 8 p.m. Aug. 23. Admission is $5 for Art Center Sarasota members; $8 for non-members. Located at 707 N. Tamiami Trail; 365-2032; www.artsarasota. org.

BANYAN THEATER COMPANY — “Kiss the Moon, Kiss the Sun,” by Norm Foster, runs through Aug. 28. Tickets: $28.50.

Located in the Jane B. Cook Theater, 5555 N. Tamiami Trail; 351-2808; www.banyantheatercompany.com.

DANCE

CARREÑO DANCE FESTIVAL —Festival of Stars performance with special guest artists takes place at 5 p.m. Aug. 27. Tickets: $15, $35 and $50. Located at the Sarasota Opera House, 61 N. Pineapple Ave.; www. sarasotaopera.org/Carreno2.aspx; 3281200.

FILM

CINE SELBY — “Films You’ve Never Heard of Before” features “Character” from The Netherlands at 5 p.m. Aug. 30. Free.

Located in Geldbart Auditorium, Selby Public Library, 1331 First St.; 861-5000.

FABULOUS INDEPENDENT FILM FESTIVAL — Four short films celebrating diversity in the LGBT community, “Cupid,” “Leave It On The Floor,” ‘Baby Cake” and a music video by local indie-rock group MeteorEYES, will be shown Aug. 27.

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Steve Dawson and Kyle Ennis Turoff face off in front of their castmates in “Stop the World — I Want To Get Off,” which runs through Sept. 4, at The Golden Apple Dinner Theatre.

Ticket per film: $8. Advance tickets at fabulousiff.com. Located at the Gompertz Theatre, 1247 First St.; 284-3059 or 365-3576.

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ALLYN GALLUP CONTEMPORARY ART — “Florida Landscapes: Another Look,” featuring works by James Couper, Heidi Edwards and Bruce Marsh, runs through Oct. 1. Located at 1288 N. Palm Ave.; 366-2454; www.allyngallup.com.

ART CENTER SARASOTA — “The Other Persona,” featuring artwork ranging from fantastic costumes to assemblages, by artists Ray Peper, Jo Proietti, Viki Chelf and Jeff Schwartz, runs from Aug. 25 through Oct. 22. Opening reception takes place from 5 to 7 p.m. Aug. 25. Located at 707 N. Tamiami Trail; 365-2032; www.artsarasota.org.

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Simple dish borders on perfection RECIPE

Eileen Hays Wallace’s Eggplant Casserole Start to finish: 65 minutes Servings: 4 to 5 entrée servings; 6 to 7 side dish servings

Eileen Hays Wallace’s eggplant casserole with cheese in its finished form.

1 medium to large eggplant, peeled and sliced, approximately 1/4-inch thick 1-2 zucchinis sliced on the diagonal, about 1/4-inch thick 1 red onion, peeled and sliced thin 1 large (or two medium) tomatoes, skin on, sliced medium 1 handful fresh basil pulled apart Sea salt and freshly ground pepper to taste 1 ball fresh mozzarella, sliced 1/2 cup Parmesan cheese, grated 1-2 tablespoons butter (optional)

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Eggplant casserole can be an entrée or a side dish.

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Wallace and her husband, Steve, are wrapping up many happy years in their Siesta Key home, which was designed by Sarasota School of Architecture guru Tim Siebert, built in 1960 and successfully expanded and renovated by the couple. The kitchen is open, airy and bright. The home has recently been listed for sale, because Wallace wants to be able to walk to work.

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veryone knows there is no such thing as perfection, but when it comes to a recipe, Guest Food Editor Eileen Hays Wallace has an eggplant casserole that comes close to it. It has only nine or 10 ingredients, including the salt and pepper, all readily available and relatively inexpensive. It takes only 20 minutes to get it into the oven and 45 minutes to get it out. It can be a main dish or a side dish, ovo-lacto (with the cheese) or vegan (without cheese and butter). It can be prepared ahead and held in the refrigerator. It is healthy. It is pretty on the plate. And it is delicious. What more could one ask?

Wallace has adapted her eggplant casserole recipe from one she got from Debbie Fegily, an Italian friend from her years in West Chester, Pa. They were cooking buddies in the ’70s and shared many adventures. They took a classic cooking class, for example, and learned to make their own stocks, which they then used in preparing a veal soubise. From that experience they learned that it only took their husbands 10 minutes to demolish something it took them two days to prepare.

“Never again,” says Wallace.

Baking a Bûche de Noël for Christmas, they were working between two different recipes. The cake kept coming out flat as

The primary ingredients are red onion, eggplant, basil, zucchini, tomato and mozzarella.

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