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by Kurt Schultheis | City Editor

City mulls wayfinding system A mobile media company is proposing to install a free downtown Wi-Fi system in exchange for the city’s purchase of new wayfinding screens.

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+ Welcome to the world, Jett Kimberly Manooshian gave birth to her second son Thursday, July 7, at Sarasota Memorial Hospital.

Jett Nicholas Manooshian weighed 8 pounds, 10 ounces. Manooshian and her husband, George, say that Jett’s older brother, Zackary, is proud of his baby brother.

“George and I are the luckiest parents in the world!” Manooshian says.

The city of Sarasota’s Downtown Improvement District is investigating a new free downtown Wi-Fi service that would act as an electronic wayfinding application to help pedestrians find the shops they want to visit and where deals are taking place.

DID Operations Manager John Moran and city officials met with Delray Beach-based Blueweb Mobile Media CEO Daniel Kinney Tuesday to discuss the system.

Moran said the meeting was encouraging and said the DID had a

tentative handshake agreement with the company if issues with the city’s sign code are addressed.

Although the Wi-Fi service would be set up and built for free by Blueweb, the city would have to pay for interactive wayfinding screens that would look like 42-inch, flatscreen televisions mounted to the front of merchant buildings. The wayfinding screens cost $12,500 each, and 6-foot-high information kiosks are also available for $11,500 each.

Kinney’s company recently installed a similar system in Delray Beach. He told the Sarasota Observer the system would act as a virtual wayfinder through the use of a touch screen and by means of a free mobile application visitors and residents could access from their cell phones.

“People can come up to the signs and touch them like a virtual iPad and find where they want to go,” Kinney said.

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+ Queen of wreaths preps for auction We recently spotted artist Marcy Chapman surrounded by a sea of wreaths on the floor of the art room at The Glenridge on Palmer Ranch.

The wreaths, designed by Chapman and put together

by Glenridge members, will be auctioned off from 1 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 2, at the community’s Thistle Shop bar. The event benefits the Glenridge Benevolence Fund.

Director of Member Services Kathy Mathews initiated the idea based on the Festival of Trees that she attended while living in Denver. Thinking that trees would have been too cumbersome, she came up with the wreath idea.

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Adults, children and even dogs encircled Alex Marin while he unleashed his tricks — including flips — on his slackline Thursday, Aug. 25, at Marina Jack. For those who want to learn how to walk the line, Marin is always quick to offer a helping hand.

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by Kurt Schultheis | City Editor

Public art idea continues to take shape A Downtown Improvement District board member thinks a sculpture should be built in front of the city-owned Palm Avenue garage.

Downtown Improvement District (DID) board member Mark Kaufmann questions why the Public Art Committee would dole out $25,000 for a public art project that would be located

inside the Palm Avenue parking garage.

“I strongly object to murals planned for the interior walls of the parking garage,” said Kaufmann at an Aug. 23 DID

meeting at City Hall. “Public art funds should be used for public art that’s located on the outside of a building for the public to see.”

Kaufmann said he would rath-

er see a $25,000 sculpture built in front of the parking garage.

“Taking public art money and putting it inside a garage doesn’t meet the criteria for public art,” Kaufmann said.

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SCREENS / FROM PAGE 1 The city’s sign code, however, wouldn’t allow the signs on downtown buildings to be flashing and constantly changing.

To avoid creating an amendment to the city’s sign code, Moran said the city could work with Kinney to create virtual signs that would only move once they are touched. When the signs aren’t being used, the city’s logo could be displayed.

The wayfinding screens would include sponsorship branding with downtown merchants.

“The point is to set up a Wi-Fi network for free via means of mobile advertising with merchants,” Kinney said.

Kinney called the concept “a win-win for everyone.”

“The city will receive a revenue share of whatever we bring in for wayfinding advertisers, the public gets free Wi-Fi, and we (Blueweb) win by collecting revenues for assets sold onto the website.”

The website, Kinney said, will be similar to a Groupon site, in that it would allow users to view local downtown deals and interactive advertising.

Moran said the DID will also be investigating whether it can receive income from Blueweb, which has tentatively agreed to give the district a 20% interest in the profits.

Kinney is proposing 25 interactive signs throughout downtown but said the system could include as few as onedozen signs and as many as 36 signs.

A 25-sign system would cost the city approximately $312,500, and a 12sign system would cost approximately $150,000.

Kiosks are also an option and could replace those that exist on each quadrant of St. Armands Circle.

“The signs and kiosks draw crowds to the merchants who allow them to be installed and direct downtown visitors to both the deals of the day and all of the downtown shops,” Kinney said. “They

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are virtual directories that also draw visitors to those (merchants) who participate in advertising agreements.”

But the Sarasota City Commission will have the ultimate approval on the proposed system.

The city of Sarasota had tentatively approved in January 2010 a $1.4 million wayfinding system for downtown that would have included eight non-virtual kiosks.

But the new group of commissioners (three new commissioners were seated in May) nixed the proposal once it found out it would cost the city approximately $3.5 million to maintain that system over three years.

The DID had agreed to contribute $49,000 to the former plan for kiosks within its DID boundaries.

But Moran hopes the commission will consider the new system, which includes free installation and cheaper costs for the interactive components.

In the next 60 days, Moran will contact other downtown organizations to gain their approval for the project, while also working with city staff to make sure the virtual sign application wouldn’t defy city code.

Delray Beach’s new Blueweb system, meanwhile, was operating under a trial run Wednesday with one trial, interactive kiosk in place so the city can monitor how popular it is with residents and visitors.

Delray Beach officials said it’s too soon to gauge interest in the new system.

Kinney said he is working with Fort Lauderdale, Coconut Grove and Key West officials to bring similar systems online.

Moran is excited about the possibilities.

“Everybody who we have talked with about the program, including several city employees, has agreed this would be a worthy system to have, and we should all help pave the way to make it happen,” Moran said.

MURALS / FROM PAGE 1 ner for Sarasota-based Jonathan Parks Architect, told DID board members that city code doesn’t require public art to be located on the outside of public-owned buildings.

“If it were a private building, people would have to see the public art from the outside,” Gallagher said. “But public buildings allow for people to view public art from other locations than just from the sidewalk.”

City planner Steve Stancel confirmed Gallagher’s assessment.

“The garage is accessible to the public,” Stancel said. “That means a public art project could be located inside of it.”

Kaufmann had other concerns about the mural project: graffiti and emissions from cars damaging the murals.

Gallagher, however, told the Sarasota Observer that part of the $25,000 his firm, which built the parking garage, requested from the Public Art Committee last month would go toward the price of placing a clear protectant coating over the murals.

“The coating would act as a Teflon base that would allow a power washer to remove any graffiti without harming the mural underneath it,” Gallagher said.

Gallagher also believes that the murals would act as a deterrent to graffiti artists.

“What tends to happen is if you are a graffiti artist, you are looking for a blank canvas and not one that’s already been done,” Gallagher said. “At the end of the day, though, wherever you have public art located, it’s open to people doing damage to it.”

The clear coating would also act as a deterrent to any smog and car emissions.

“It’s not uncommon to put murals in a parking garage,” said Gallagher, who noted the public art program allows for murals. “Because the garage, we believe, acts as a flowing sculpture itself, the mural project would be a perfect complement.”

The Public Art Committee, however, must approve the project at a special meeting Sept. 27 before any funds can

Garage mural proposal The concept for a Palm Avenue parking garage includes painting sweeping, colorful murals, with a different theme planned for each floor.

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.

The Sarasota Chalk Festival could also be incorporated into the project: The artists would save some mural space for artwork done by local children.

The total cost of the mural project is $25,000, with $5,000 being allocated to each of five artists.

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This is a depiction of how a Palm Avenue parking garage wall could look.

be distributed to five artists for the mural work.

The city already set aside money for art in the parking garage. The city’s zoning code requires that every new downtown project set aside half of a percent of the construction cost toward artwork, which means $54,000 was set aside from the garage cost for future artwork purposes.

The garage re-opens Nov. 1. Gallagher hopes the five artists who are selected could begin work on the mural project before the structure re-opens.

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FIVE POINTS PARK

By Rachel Brown Hackney | Staff Writer

By Kurt Schultheis | City Editor

SMA reports progess is being made on feedings The Sarasota Ministerial Association is identifying organizations that feed homeless people in Selby Five Points Park so they can take part in resolving some concerns.

Interim Sarasota County Administrator Terry Lewis says a sense of humor is crucial for good working relationships.

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Lewis enjoys interim post Interim Sarasota County Administrator Terry Lewis says he doesn’t have the breadth of knowledge to handle the job full-time, but he’s feeling good about the challenges he’s been able to meet, including boosting morale.

With less than three months in office, interim Sarasota County Administrator Terry Lewis confesses he’s been tempted to think about keeping the position longer than the six months he agreed to after taking a call in June from County Commissioner Joe Barbetta.

“My heart says, ‘Boy, I would love to be here longer,’” he said. “But, then, my mind kicks in, and I realize I don’t have the depth of knowledge to sit behind that desk. There are a lot smarter people out there than me.”

After a 27-year career at the Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office, followed by stints as North Port police chief, then its interim city manager, Lewis said he needs help with decisions about sewer rates, for example, along with economic development, environmentally sensitive lands and chickens.

“Sarasota County government has chickens,” he said. “I wouldn’t have known that.”

Because sitting behind a desk also isn’t his forte, Lewis said he made it a point Aug. 19 to visit the county facility on Pinkney Avenue, where the chickens are housed.

They are “sentinel chickens,” and their role is to alert county officials if mosquitoes carrying encephalitis are in the area.

Lewis said he learned about those chickens during his first three days on the job, when the county commissioners engaged in discussions about the upcoming fiscal year budget. And although sitting through those sessions was not how he had hoped to settle into his latest job, ultimately, the experience proved beneficial.

“Those three days were the best way to start this interim period, because it gave me a county-wide perspective of things,” he said.

Since he was hired June 8, Lewis considers rebuilding trust among county employees as his biggest challenge.

“That’s going to take a while,” he said. “It takes a long time for you to get it and you lost it in the snap of the finger.”

Lewis said he first “had to stop the bleeding, which we have done,” referring to the procurement scandal that ultimately led to long-time County Administrator Jim Ley resigning May 24. Lewis has been working through the 151 recommendations offered

‘Bosses’ offer words of praise Even in email, interim Sarasota County Administrator Terry Lewis exhibits a different style from former County Administrator Jim Ley. Lewis doesn’t hesitate to start off an email with “Boss” if he is directing it to a specific county commissioner, or even “Boss x 5” if it is going to all five.

His management style has won raves from those bosses.

Joe Barbetta: “I find him refreshing, conscientious, dedicated to doing what’s best for the citizens of the entire county, and very fair in his approach to governing. He has hit the ground running, not being afraid to make key decisions, shake things up where necessary, listening to all sides and considering the facts before making decisions, and all in all, an absolute pleasure to work with.”

Carolyn Mason: “He is doing an outstanding job … He’s thorough; he’s fair; he’s approachable; he’s just good …

I’m sorry he won’t apply for the permaby a national consulting firm to correct deficiencies in how the county handles procurement matters. Among the steps already taken, he points with pride to the county’s new financial transparency website, www.scgov.net/transparency/transparency.htm. He sees it as a major resource to help restore public faith in the process.

“You can look at every pencil we buy,” he said.

Lewis also was pleased he had been able to hire a procurement manager, Mark Thiele, who started this week.

“I relied on people inside and outside the community … to help with that selection,” Lewis said.

Additionally, Lewis has eliminated six county positions, in part to free up funding so the county also can hire an ethics and compliance officer. He hopes to have that position filled within a few weeks.

He has been spending a lot of time talk-

nent job, but I truly respect retirement.

(When he does retire) he will be greatly missed.”

Nora Patterson: “I really like Terry.

He’s got a great sense of humor and a very upbeat attitude. He definitely is not one to stay indefinitely. God knows what he’ll end up doing next.”

Christine Robinson: “He’s doing a great job. He has a big job in front of him, and he’s not afraid to get his hands dirty, which is really refreshing. … He’s cutting through the weeds of bureaucracy … I really feel like (the county is) getting a lot done with him. … I have nothing but good things to say about him.”

Jon Thaxton: “I think it was most fortuitous for Terry to have been available at a time we most needed him. He has worked out beyond my expectations …

He just fit the prescription to a T. It’s pretty hard to argue with (his) transparency and openness.” ing with county employees, too.

“I’m finding the folks that work here … want their time with you,” he said. “Everybody’s got something to share (and) they all deserve to be listened to, and at the end of the day, we’ll do what we think is right.”

Because it is impossible for him to talk with all 2,000 employees, Lewis said he periodically sends out what he calls “Terrygrams.”

After he started work in June, he said, he took three or four days to craft his first “Terry-gram.”

“I needed to make sure it didn’t sound clichéd and canned,” he said.

He also wanted employees to learn early on that he had a sense of humor.

“The feedback I got from that ‘Terrygram’ … was beyond anything I expected,” he said. “That’s what people are looking for: Somebody to sit and listen and allow you to laugh a little bit.”

The Sarasota Ministerial Association (SMA) this week reports progress in its attempt to reach an amicable solution regarding organizations that feed homeless people in Selby Five Points Park.

The SMA approached city officials along with business leaders and groups in July in an attempt to serve as a facilitator for residents who live near the park. SMA President and Goodwill Industries of Sarasota Chaplain Tom Pfaff said that during its Aug. 24 regular meeting, the SMA approved the discussions being held with all the parties focused on the matter.

“The association affirmed our progress, and we are now identifying organizations providing care (feedings) in the downtown area … to establish a dialogue with them,” Pfaff said.

Pfaff estimates at least 10 organizations or individuals feed the homeless in the area on a somewhat regular basis.

“We need to find point persons for all of these groups and hold an informal luncheon with all of them,” Pfaff said.

Residents in the Five Points Park area also have agreed to meet with him and others in September, he said, in an attempt to diffuse the tension that has existed since residents expressed concern that the feedings created safety issues.

Downtown residents have objected to the large number of homeless people who loiter in the park after the feedings.

“What I have been pleased to discover is the residents are not saying the feedings are absolutely horrible,” Pfaff said. “They are saying they want to work with us to find out the best way to keep our community safe and beautiful. That’s the attitude we need to move forward in a positive manner.”

Pfaff has noted that SMA was organized in 2001 to address concerns residents and business owners had with groups feeding the homeless in the community.

Pfaff approached Mayor Suzanne Atwell and City Manager Bob Bartolotta in July to discuss SMA’s latest offer of help. It’s the goal of the SMA to report its findings to the Sarasota City Commission by the end of the year.

“I’m very optimistic we can reach a solution that keeps our downtown beautiful and allows the care of our area’s homeless to be (handled) appropriately,” Pfaff said.

Pfaff is also working with Sandy Gallagher, manager of St. Martha Catholic Church’s Bethesda House.

“There are those who think they should open up shop there and feed the homeless, and there are those who think we should be supporting local shelters in the area that already feed the homeless,” Pfaff said.

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+ Sarasota County offers health services The Sarasota County Health Department’s Health in Motion Mobile Medical Unit staff will provide free and low-cost health services at 16 sites around the county during September.

The services offered at these regularly established sites include diabetes education and screening, blood pressure tests, pregnancy testing, HIV and tuberculosis testing, adult immunizations and health education. The staff also assists individuals who lack medical insurance and do not have a health-care provider to find a medical home for ongoing health care. For more information, contact the Sarasota County Call Center at 861-5000.

+ City Commission seeks multiple board applicants The Sarasota City Commission is seeking individuals willing to serve on the following city advisory boards: • Board of Rules and Appeals — Two seats for applicants who must be a licensed mechanical contractor and fire

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 Planning Commission — 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 1, County Commission Chambers, 1660 Ringling Blvd., Sarasota  City Commission Regular Meeting — 2:30 p.m. and 6 p.m.

Tuesday, Sept. 6, City Hall, 1565 First St., Sarasota  ManaSota League of Cities Lobbying Training Session — 10:30 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 8, City Hall, 1565 First St., Sarasota

alarm contractor.

• Downtown Improvement District (DID) Board of Directors — Two seats for applicants that must be a non-residential property owner subject to ad valorem taxation within the district.

• Historic Preservation Board — One seat for an applicant who must be a practicing historian or archaeologist.

• Human Relations Board — One seat

with no requirements.

• Sarasota/Manatee Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) Citizens Advisory Committee — Two seats for applicants who must be city residents.

• Police Complaints Committee — One seat for an applicant who must be a city resident.

• Public Art Committee — One seat for an applicant who must be an architect.

• St. Armands Business Improvement District Board of Directors — One seat for an applicant who must be a property owner subject to ad valorem taxation within the district.

• Youth Advisory Board — One seat for a high school student who either attends school in the city or is a city resident.

To receive an application for an appointment, contact the Office of the City Auditor and Clerk by calling 9544160. An application also can be downloaded at www.sarasotagov.com.

+ Labor Day holiday will not affect trash schedule City of Sarasota administration

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5 in observance of Labor Day. Solid waste, yard waste and recycling collection will not be impacted.

The regular Sarasota City Commission meeting will be held the following day, Tuesday, Sept. 6, starting at 2:30 p.m. The evening session will begin at 6 p.m.

For more information, contact city public information officer Jan Thornburg at 954-2613.

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Student enrollment Stitch Boutique merchandise vanishes higher than expected Last week, a co-owner at Stitch Boutique discovered $40,000 in merchandise had been taken from the store.

An Aug. 22 Sarasota Police incident report states that the co-owners of Stitch Boutique are involved in a civil dispute regarding $40,000 worth of merchandise that was taken from the store.

Stitch Boutique co-owner Vince Sizemore alleges in the report that he arrived at the store Aug. 22 to find “all the property in the store was gone.”

Although at first Sizemore reported an unknown person must have robbed the store, police pressed the issue after discovering the store was not broken into and that a key had been used to enter the clothing boutique.

The report states that minutes later, Sizemore said he was having “a problem with his partner” and said he was trying to “buy out co-owner Kelly Campayno’s half” of the business for several months.

Although Sizemore did not tell police he believed Campayno took the merchandise, the report states he had to step outside with his attorney before discussing the matter further. Police also noted that Sizemore was hesitant to provide police with contact information for Campayno.

Sizemore declined to comment and said he did not know when the store would re-open.

Campayno declined to discuss the future of the business.

“My attorney is handling the issue, and it will be resolved,” Campayno said.

Campayno’s attorney did not return a phone call seeking comment for the story.

Sarasota County School District administrators last week were pleased to see their first official enrollment count higher than projected, unlike the 2009-2010 school year, when the district lost state funding because of lower enrollment.

Deputy Chief Financial Officer Al Weidner, who has been with the district more than 25 years, said although the official count in October will determine how much state funding the district ultimately receives per student, the five-day count, as of Aug. 26, for the regular district schools — excluding alternative and charter schools, for example — was 35,903. The projected enrollment was 35,420, so the district had 483 more students enrolled so far for the 2011-12 school year, he said.

With every type of school in the district counted, the enrollment figure was 41,201 as of Aug. 26, compared to the 41,088 projected, giving the district a total of 113 extra students.

Weidner said he planned to present the figures Monday to other district administrative staff during their regular cabinet meeting. The weakened economy had resulted in smaller student counts since 2007, and this year’s numbers don’t necessarily represent growth.

“We’re more or less flattening out now,” he said. “We’re not really growing.”

Riverview High School had 101 fewer students than projected, with a five-day count of 2,654. Still, it has the highest student count of the district’s six high schools.

North Port High, in second place with 2,340 students, had 64 more than projected.

Riverview Principal Linda Nook, who is marking her 11th year at the school, said the student decline actually is related to Riverview’s popularity. Of all the district

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A sign on the door at Stitch Boutique states the clothing store is closed for fall renovations.

Stitch Boutique, which opened in 2006 at 1463 Main St., is listed “as a unique, upscale boutique known for the Great Wall of Denim” on its website, www. stitchboutique.com.

A visit to the store Tuesday revealed a sign on the glass door saying the store was closed for fall renovations. Nothing was inside the store except a rack of jewelry.

The police department said the matter was “a civil matter that will have to be handled in the court system.”

BY THE NUMBERS Projected Student Enrollment for 2011-12 School Category

Total

Elementary Middle High Schools Other Schools Alternative Charter District totals

15,001 6,042 10,422 4,559 194 4,870 41,088

Five-Day Enrollment for 2011-12 School Category Elementary Middle High Schools Other Schools Alternative Charter District totals

Total 15,114 6,095 10,488 4,498 105 4,901 41,201

high schools, she said, Riverview was the only one for which officials elected to go with the status quo from the 2010-11 school year, instead of projecting lower enrollment.

Three factors that had contributed to the smaller five-day count, she said, were the closing of the school to ninth-graders in the school choice program; the acceptance of fewer students in the highly regarded International Baccalaureate Society program for intensive study; and the decision not to make it automatic for a family with a child in the 10th or 11th grade to be able to enroll another child in ninth grade.

“We’re at capacity,” Nook said.

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City budget options stark

Things could get much worse for the city of Sarasota. Soon.

It appears that however bad the financial crisis of the last few years, the city’s most recent planning documents rely on overly optimistic revenue projections combined with avoiding the paring of employee costs.

The results, if the plans are enacted as proposed, will assure a financial crisis for the city of Sarasota as soon as 2013.

The crisis can be avoided. But it will take the courage to face a reality not common among politicians, but desperately needed now.

City Manager Bob Bartolotta proposed a $174 million budget that uses two-thirds of the city’s rainy-day reserves in 2012, proposes tax increases and expects revenue increases in many areas because of a rebounding economy and unwarranted hope in financial generosity from the state.

There is always a stronger urge among government managers to go with tax increases over tax cuts; it is easier in their daily workings. They have to deal with fewer headaches by getting more money. It’s understandable this would be a tendency, but elected officials must resist the same bias.

In a list of possible further cuts for the 2012 budget requested by the commission, staff has included tax increases and fund transfers totaling 25% of the “cuts.”

Here is a truism too often manifested once someone has been an elected member at the state or local level for a long time: They start seeing government employees as “their” employees and subjugate the needs of the public to the needs of the public employees.

This will come into play strongly when the city faces the urge to increase taxes next year. In fact, Bartolotta’s budget depends on a tax increase for 2013. But such a move avoids dealing with the structural problems that will remain.

Unaffordable foundations

The base of the city’s problems can be shown in personnel costs from 2007 through the proposed budget in 2013.

Personnel expenses increased 5.5% in that time, even though the city has cut 183 employees. The city has done a respectable job cutting positions to balance the budget in recent years, avoiding the tax-increase option, but it just cannot get ahead of the wave of increasing benefit and pension costs.

The problem at this point is not necessarily too many employees. It is employees who are paid too much or, more importantly, provided health and retirement benefits that are too generous. This charge understandably raises objections among city workers who do not feel as though they are living in luxury — and they are not. But the facts are indisputable in the city’s own documents.

In 2007, personnel expenses took up 72% of city revenues. In the proposed 2012 budget, after 183 positions have been cut, personnel expenses now take up 83% of city revenues.

It is painfully obvious that Sarasota cannot afford the contracts it has negotiated

ROSY ASSUMPTIONS Here are some of the assumptions in the proposed city budget, all of which rely on a healthy rebounding economy next year.

• State revenue sharing will increase 9.64%.

• Sales tax receipts will go up 3.6%.

• Building permits will increase 24.1%.

• Red-light citations will go up 62.5%.

• Parking meters will generate $847,000.

• The proposed budget also calls for an 18.6% increase in property taxes between 2012 and 2013, from a small property-value increase and a large millage-rate increase.

CUTBACK OPTIONS Although it is still government at the margins and does not tackle the structural expenses related to personnel costs, here are some suggestions for immediate spending cuts.

• The $463,241 budgeted for television/ audio visual services is up 14.8%, or $59,600 from this year. That is a lot of money to record and transmit City Commission and planning commission meetings. It probably cannot be eliminated, but it can be trimmed and certainly not increased.

• Connected with that one, eliminate closed captioning for commission meetings to save $40,000. No one else in the county offers that service.

• Suspend the take-home car policy for police and non-police employees, and suspend the reimbursement for fuel on those take-home vehicles to save $241,250.

• Suspend step-pay increases to all employees, union and non-union, to save $145,000.

• Eliminate the divisive and unproductive police panel to save $120,000.

• Eliminate funding for SCOPE to save $29,000.

• Eliminate funding for Sarasota County Economic Development to save $55,645.

• Eliminate funding for a city lobbyist in Washington to save $42,800. Every city in the United States does not need its own lobbyist.

• Cut the environmental sustainability specialist to save $27,787.

• Eliminate the citizen survey. Save $22,000.

• Eliminate the sister cities program funding to save $10,000.

with its two unions.

Unfortunately, the city just locked itself into a three-year contract with the Teamsters union that continues to guarantee all current employees full pensions backed by tax dollars — expensive pension plans long unavailable in most of the private sector.

The union gave up some on how benefits are calculated, but then got employees vested after five years, instead of 10 years.

The deal was painted as both sides giving

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up a lot. But given the economic environment in which we live in, the union came out with an unexpectedly strong contract for its employees. It was too generous and for too long. In this climate, one-year contracts should be the norm. More important, the city needs to get out of the pension business.

Commissioners missed that opportunity to fix part of the foundational cost problem.

Now all city taxpayers, many struggling with their own budgets, must fund that contract and the ongoing, expensive pensions.

The city, like all governments in Florida, has complete authority to implement a contract with union members. It is currently in negotiations with the police union on its contract and is going through the “impasse” process. That involves a special magistrate who attempts a Solomon-like solution when two sides cannot come to agreement.

But if either side objects to that recommendation, then it goes to the City Commission, which makes the final choice.

The city must make the right decision for residents of the city, not just employees, and impose a contract that is affordable for the future, not one that just gets through another year or two and pushes off the hard decisions. Everyone deserves that.

Three choices, two really

So the city of Sarasota has a structural spending problem. Due in large part to union contracts that were far too generous, the city has essentially four methods for avoiding municipal bankruptcy: • Raise taxes; • Cut employees; • Cut salaries/benefits; • All or some of the above.

Raising taxes should be a non-starter. But that is on the table for this year and more for next year. There are a few big problems with it.

First and foremost, raising taxes to keep employee pay and benefits generous is sacrificing the many to the few. It’s just wrong.

A close second is that it will not fix anything, just delay what inevitably needs to occur. We’ve all seen the damage that comes from postponing the tough decisions. See Washington, D.C. Third, the Sarasota County School District has already signaled its intention to go for a tax increase next year to avoid more cutbacks, and the Sarasota County Commission may do the same thing. So city taxpayers could get a triple tax whammy — and that is not right.

Taking tax hikes off the table leaves cutting employees or cutting salaries and benefits. The city’s employee count now stands where it was in 1987. While that sounds terrible, let’s not forget: The city’s population is about the same size as it was 15 years ago, meaning employee numbers may not be out of line.

If the city does not fix the pension and benefit costs with the police union in this negotiation — and plan to do the same with the Teamsters — it will be left with no alternative but to cut more employees. Probably next year and the year after that.

It really is that stark.

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Bachmann’s visit resonates in Sarasota

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U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minnesota, spoke to a crow of about 1,000 supporters Saturday, at the Sahib Temple, in Sarasota. pus. And by way of observation, they hung out with the media covering the event. That is their comfort zone.

Asked on her campaign bus about how she handles the hate she gets, particularly from the gay community, her answer is disarmingly humble. “I ascribe honor and dignity to every human being. I’m not better than anyone else. If a person calls himself a gay or a lesbian, I don’t see him as any less than myself.”

Inside the campaign bus, we asked her about privatization, a growing trend in local gov-

ernment for saving taxpayers’ money.

She gets that there are so many things that private organizations can do better than government.

For instance, in response to Hurricane Irene, she pointed out churches and many private groups that already were responding and asked somewhat rhetorically how long it would take for FEMA to respond.

Perhaps the folks in New Orleans could best answer that question.

Some of her ideas appear to be far outside the Republican mainstream — or what was once

the Republican mainstream, before the Tea Party was awakened.

But getting rid of the EPA and the Department of Education is gaining credibility. No one wants air pollution, and education has done nothing but decline since President Carter created the DoE. Nominated or not, she is putting an exclamation point on the ongoing dissatisfaction with Washington, D.C. Rod Thomson is Editorial Pages Editor of the East County Observer and can be reached at rthomson@yourobserver.com.

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Bachmann played a crowd ready to be played — a metaphor, perhaps, for the country as a whole — ready for “change” that has some “umph” behind it.

She may be stretching to reach 5 feet, 2 inches in height, but she brings the “umph.”

Because of her socially conservative positions, she attracted the prerequisite college-kid protesters across the street.

Interestingly, it does not seem to be her strong pro-life positions triggering the animosity. Is it possible the heat of that issue is slowly dying on the left as more scientific evidence mounts as to what that “fetus” really is?

The most virulent opposition is on the gay issue, and the two dozen or so New College kids protesting with a “kiss in” — don’t ask — across the street were focused almost exclusively on the gay issue. There were a few inside the event, too. They blended in nicely with the beards, pony tails, tie-dyed shirts and sandals. To their credit, they didn’t heckle, just mostly looked agog at all those strange creatures around them generally known as conservatives. They don’t see such things on cam-

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To those easily swayed by the next clever idea conjured by some professor with too much time on his tenured hands, this is seen as crazyville. She is not crazy. She deeply believes some basic tenets about this country and is undoubtedly closer to mainstream American thought than many in the media and on the left who deride her positions as polarizing.

During her weekend swing through Florida, the Minnesota congresswoman met with The Observer.

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On the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, the city of Sarasota will dedicate a 2,550-pound steel beam in front of the Sarasota Police Department.

That beam once was part of the structural support of the World Trade Center.

The 14-foot long piece, which twists to a jagged point on one end, has been mounted on a pedestal at an angle in front of the police headquarters at 2099 Adams Lane. Just before 8:30 a.m. Sept.

11, the city will begin its ceremony to honor the hundreds of first responders who lost their lives helping to evacuate more than 20,000 people from the twin towers before the structures collapsed.

The beam will become a memorial to the 2,606 people who died in New York City on Sept. 11, including 403 first responders — 343 firefighters and 60 police officers — as well as 371 civilian, military and emergency services personnel who died at the Pentagon, in a field in rural Shanksville, Pa., and aboard the four airliners the Saudi Arabian-born, al Qaedatrained terrorists flew that day.

Sarasota Police Capt. Paul Sutton, the department’s public information officer, says the beam is being placed at an angle on purpose. “We want everyone who walks by the beam or into the police station to see the monument and realize the steel beam is falling — just like it did 10 years ago,� Sutton said. “We will never forget what happened that day.�

The rusted artifact, which will face Payne Park from the police department’s

southeast corner, has been sprayed with a clear coat to preserve its natural state and to prevent corrosion and damage to two plaques that will be mounted on it.

Mayor Suzanne Atwell and Police Chief Mikel Hollaway will address the attendees while they dedicate the beam. Then a moment of silence will be observed at 8:45 a.m., the time of day the first plane hit the north tower of the World Trade Center.

During the ceremony, the city also will dedicate a new memorial to Officer Warren Jones, the only city of Sarasota police officer to die in the line of duty. A memorial for Jones was previously located at the old police station.

The free event is open to the public.

People are encouraged to park for free, as well, in the county parking garage off School Avenue.

The police department building’s architect, Ian Reeves of the Architects Design Group of Winter Park; structural engineer Tommy Haygood of PRC Worldwide; and Carl Petrat, chief executive officer of Trident Building Systems of Sarasota, donated their services for the installation of the World Trade Center beam.

Numerous communities around the country applied for and received pieces of the towers’ superstructure after the National Institute of Standards and Technology completed a four-year investigation of how the airline crashes caused the buildings to collapse. The city of Sarasota will not be alone in dedicating a monument with such an artifact on Sept. 11.

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Sept. 11 ANNIVERSARY calendar of events WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 7 Triumph over Tragedy: Remembering 9/11 a Decade Later

What: This event will feature stories from a group of individuals directly impacted by the Sept. 11 attacks.

The speakers include Dan Hoffe, who was on the 61st floor of the south tower when the first plane hit; Jackie Barron, a reporter who was with President George Bush when he was notified and had to address the nation; Luke Bencie, of the U.S. Department of State’s Foreign Emergency Support Team; Bonnie Silverstri, who helped victims’ families obtain death certificates; and Christopher Wenzel, who was a master sergeant deployed to the Middle East and wrote a wartime action-plan checklist. An RSVP is strongly encouraged.

When: 4 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 7 Where: USF Sarasota-Manatee campus in the Selby Auditorium, 8350 N. Tamiami Trail Cost: Free Info: Call 359-4602.

FRIDAY, SEPT. 9 Shabbat Service Commemorating 9/11

What: This Shabbat worship service will pay tribute to the tragic events of Sept. 11. Richard Ravitch, who served as lieutenant governor of New York, will be the honored guest joining the commemoration.

When: 7:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 9 Where: Temple Emanu-El, 151 McIntosh Road Cost: Free Info: Call 371-2788.

SATURDAY, SEPT. 10 & SUNDAY, SEPT. 11 Summon the Heroes, a 9/11 Remembrance

What: This multimedia concert program will feature orchestral and vocal music, video footage and narration. Music includes performances by the Sarasota Young Voices, baritone Bob McDonald and Jacobites Bagpipers featuring music, such as Mozart’s “Requiem,” Barber’s “Adagio for Strings” and John Williams’ “Summon the Heroes.” The proceeds will benefit local charities.

When: 7:30 p.m. Sept. 10 and 2:30 p.m. Sept. 11 Where: Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall, 777 N. Tamiami Trail Cost: $10 to $35 Info: Call 953-3368.

SUNDAY, SEPT. 11 World Trade Center Beam Dedication Ceremony

What: The city of Sarasota will dedicate a 2,550-pound steel beam that will hang suspended in front of the Sarasota Police Department. The dedication ceremony will honor the hundreds of first responders who lost their lives to evacuate more than 20,000 people from the twin towers before the structures collapsed. The beam will also be a memorial to the 2,996 people who died on Sept. 11 as a result of the terrorist attacks.

When: 8:30 a.m. Sunday, Sept.

11 Where: Sarasota Police Department, 2099 Adams Lane Cost: Free

9/11 Remembrance March and Celebration

What: The Sarasota Firefighters Benevolent Fund will host this event. Join them in a march heading east from Five Points Park down Main Street. At approximately 12:30 p.m., the march will reach Payne Park where the Sept. 11 memorial celebration will commence. Live music, food and activities for children will be offered.

When: 10:30 Sunday, Sept. 11 Where: Starting on Main Street at Five Points Park and ending with a celebration at Payne Park, 2050 Adams Lane Cost: Free Info: Call 809-5932.

Fallen Heroes Memorial Commemorative Groundbreaking

What: See an original steel beam from the World Trade Center that will be the centerpiece of the future memorial monument to Sept. 11 victims and fallen military heroes. The beam will travel across the country to its future home in Patriots Park, where a remembrance and ceremony will commence the groundbreaking.

When: 2 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 11 Where: Patriots Park, 401 W. Venice Ave., in Venice Cost: Free Info: Call 770-330-7683.

Sept. 11 Commemorative Service

What: This hour-long contemplative service will be in commemoration and remembrance of the terrorist attacks that happened 10 years ago. Join Temple

Emanu-El in remembering and honoring those who died that day.

When: 2 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 11 Where: Temple Emanu-El, 151 McIntosh Road Cost: Free Info: Call 371-2788.

‘A Service of Remembrance’ honoring victims of 9/11

What: This hour-long service will honor the victims of Sept. 11 with music composed specifically for the 10th anniversary, which will be performed by the Jubilee Handbell Choir, Palms Chancel Choir and the Creative Signers of the Church. The Sarasota Military Pipers and Color Guard will also participate, and guests from the Sarasota Fire Department and EMS will be in attendance.

When: 6 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 11 Where: Church of the Palms, 3224 Bee Ridge Road Cost: Free Info: Call 924-1323.

9/11 10-Year Community Commemoration

What: Local government representatives, faith leaders, first responders and interfaith associations will participate in Sarasota-Manatee’s commemoration of the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.

Coordinated by the Sarasota Ministerial Association, the event will include the participation of U.S. Rep. Vern Buchanan; Mayor Suzanne Atwell; Sarasota County Commissioners Nora Patterson and Carolyn Mason; Police Chief Mikel Hollaway; Fire Chief Mike

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When: 7 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 11 Where: First Baptist Church, 1670 Main St. Cost: Free Info: Call Rev. Dr. Tom Pfaff at 724-5018 or email tompfaff@ verizon.net

Commemorative Concert

What: This concert will benefit local firefighters and the Unity Music Department. It will showcase area vocalists and musicians performing songs that will help reflect and commemorate the tragic event. Musicians include Carlton Flonnoy, Mindy Simmons, Russell Fox, Olivia Fox, Dani Fox, Kenn Christopher, Bruce Wallace, The Unity Choir, The Unity Singers and more.

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Draining theft 8 a.m. – 1100 block of North Gulfstream Avenue. Theft. A woman told police that she believes one of two plumbers who entered her apartment stole her $14,000 solitaire diamond ring from a dish next to her bathroom sink when they replaced a shower valve. When the condominium maintenance man called and told the company “no questions would be asked” if the ring was returned safely, the company representative said, “We didn’t take anything off the counter top.” The maintenance man did not tell the company representative the ring had been sitting on the counter before it was stolen. The response prompted police to begin an investigation and monitor closely surveillance video.

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Oak outrage 7:30 p.m. — 4600 block of Summerwind Drive. Suspicious Circumstance. A woman returned to her Chrysler PT Cruiser to find the windshield smashed. Upon investigation, police discovered a circle of pine tree sap and residue on the shattered glass and blamed the incident on a pinecone tree attack.

The door is always open 12:27 p.m. — 2300 block of South Osprey Avenue. Suspicious Circumstance. A man told police he was certain someone entered his truck because the driver’s side door was not closed all the way. The man, however, also admitted that the door never closes all the way, because the doorframe and door don’t match up.

He said he doesn’t bother to lock the door because it doesn’t close.

Just visiting 10:30 p.m. — 1800 block of Morrill Street. Suspicious Circumstance.

A man told police that a suspicious looking woman was panhandling near his apartment complex. The woman denied the accusation, and she had a group of people around her to backup her claim that she was visiting friends.

Charge card 3:35 p.m. — 1900 block of Orange Street. Suspicious Circumstance. A man told police that the owner of a grocery store refused to give his ID

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Beach & Tennis Resort closing and hearings, all town meetings and a variety of other news stories. Schultheis’ trademark is his friendly demeanor — to both sourcFor the last five years, Sarasota es and co-workers — and the ability to Observer City Editor Robin Roy has attended countless City Commission meet- write indepth stories on a tight deadline.

Schultheis will no doubt soon become a ings, written a variety of stories — from fixture at City Hall. neighborhood disputes to city The Sarasota Observer’s newest and county government stories staff member is our web editor, — and compiled some of the Eddie Kirsch. Kirsch graduated in most off-the-wall Cops Corner May with a bachelor’s degree in reports he could find. Roy’s convergence journalism and a bachreputation preceded him, and he elor’s degree in philosophy from displayed an excellent reporter the University of Missouri. When he trait of making his sources wasn’t busy studying, he could be immediately feel at ease — no found playing recreational sports or matter the topic.

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“I had a guy call me crying from New York and start quoting some of my movies to me,” Sage Hall says. “He and his girlfriend had been together 25 years.

After he saw my website, he decided he wanted to get married. They got married at the Longboat Key Club, and I shot their wedding.”

Fruitful filmmaker Wedding videographers may need to step up their game. This behind-the-camera wonder woman is turning those magical ‘I do’ moments into epic cinematic feats.

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age Hall is watching corpses fly through the air.

She’s on location in Port Charlotte, directing a Vegas-style, musical-magic show featuring one of the world’s top Luciano Pavarotti impersonators. An effervescent videographer with an eye for detail, Hall is gushing over the special effects — girls

materializing from gondolas; flowers appearing where an audience would sit; and heads falling off of bodies.

“A fantastic opera singer is doing all of the music,” says Hall, founder of StarFruit Productions. “He hired me to shoot a commercial, but thought I had the polish to bring his show to the next level and he hired me on as director.”

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The show features Playboy Bunny Lyn Sky, also a stilt walker with Universal Studios, as the magician’s assistant.

“I get to shoot a wedding tonight after I’m done with my musical magician,” Hall says. “I’m heading straight from corpse land to wedding land. There’s a wedding in this film, too. Of course, the bride is 20 feet tall.”

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HALL from 13 Hall shoots with a photojournalistic style and always looks for natural events to unfold. She never poses her subjects.

Location and detail shots are important and are shot cinematically with sliders and steady cams.

“I’m down on the ground; I’m in the bushes; and I’m up in trees,” Hall says. “I sneak into things that say ‘no trespassing.’

When I have a camera in my hand, I feel like I can do anything.”

Two months ago, Hall discovered that The Disney Wedding Blog had named StarFruit Productions the winner for Best Wedding Film of 2010, for a wedding video in which a fairy-tale princess arrives at her wedding in a horsedrawn carriage and walks down an aisle guarded by “Star Wars” storm troopers. It was a full-fledged production — a 15-hour shoot with five cameras.

“She had everything — the Cinderella coach, two dresses and Mickey and Minnie; he had storm troopers and seven ‘Star Wars’ actors,” Hall said. “I spent 100 hours editing that thing.”

Hall always knew she was destined for the theater. Growing up in Alabama, she started acting as a child and was instantly drawn to theater the first time she stepped on stage.

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SAGE HALL ON GETTING HITCHED “My fiancé (Grady Reinagle) and I are having a black tie hoedown. It’s not a day that you want to be generic — it’s got to be personal. It’s going to be real easy.” hunger to learn every facet of theater — from lighting and directing to acting — inspired her to pack up her car at age 20, and with $2,000 in her pocket, head off to Los Angeles to be an actress. There, she found her love for film and approached it the same way she did theater, even studying under the same teacher as Robert De Niro. Seven years later, in 2007, with her mind set on saving some money before making a move to New York, she moved back home to the Sarasota area.

“When I left Los Angeles, I thought my life was over,” Hall says. “I knew I was an actress, that I wanted to tell stories and make people feel something and be a catalyst. That’s always been so deep inside of me, and I thought by leaving I was giving that up — that’s why it’s been such a wonderful, happy surprise to me that I’ve been more successful in my career since I left.”

Her first short film, “Candy,” was a five-minute funky Halloween piece in which she played the lead.

When she made the film, which cost less than $500, she didn’t think it would surface anywhere. When the Screen Actors Guild Foundation announced

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that it would feature the film at its Short Film Showcase in February, Hall immediately booked tickets.

“I flew myself, my honey, producer and writers (to New York City),” Hall said. “New York City had 19 inches of snowfall in the city. We’re all there together to see my movie and it gets canceled. There were three people in Times Square.”

The event was rescheduled for two weeks later.

“This is the award I’m most proud of,” Hall says.

“I was with people whose movies had $100,000 budgets. Just to be able to stand up there and be recognized — I felt like it was my graduation.”

Upon moving back home, she was cast in a three-month production of Florida Studio Theatre’s “Brooklyn Boy” and was hired for the theater’s education program. She started StarFruit Productions in 2007.

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“Weddings are such an epic moment in people’s lives because big things do happen — whereas you have to work really hard to get those emotions out of an actor,” Sage Hall says. show called ‘Under 6,’ and one of the cast members was getting married the next day,” Hall says. “I asked to film it for free and put it online. That’s when The Disney Wedding Blog blogger saw it and hired me right away (to do her wedding), and I made StarFruit official. It’s kind of been my film school. I thought, ‘OK, if I can make money making movies about love stories … ’”

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She calls it “wedding filmmaking.”

“There’s a big difference between that and a wedding videographer,” Hall says. “When I thought of a videographer, I thought about a sweaty old man zooming in on a bride’s cleavage. But this is really changing the entire industry. More than anything else, I feel like one of the things I want to accomplish is letting other peo-

ple’s light shine. That’s why I love doing weddings.”

Hall and her fiancé, Grady Reinagle, will be married Oct. 15. The theme is “black-tie hoedown,” and the wedding will be filmed by a husband-andwife team from Orlando.

“I’m going to allow myself to be a bride,” she says. “It’s hard because I’m a director at heart — I’m sure I’m going to be giving them the eyeball.”

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+ ‘Festival of Stars’ stars the students There were plenty of big names on stage at the Carreño Dance Festival’s “Festival of Stars” Aug. 27, at the Sarasota Opera House. Among them were: José Manuel Carreño, Sarah Lane, Melanie Hamrick, Drew Jacoby, Rubinald Pronk and Gennadi Saveliev. But for many in the audience, the real stars were the children — the 50 students from the U.S. and abroad who participated in the festival’s first Summer Intensive.

Every one of them danced in the program-opening master class, a cleverly choreographed version of the technique class that dancers take daily.

The Carreño Festival is sponsored by the Sarasota International Dance Festival, founded by Robert de Warren, with prominent support from board Chairwoman Elita KrumsKane, Stanley Kane, Dr. David and Pilar Goldstein, Robert and Jeanne Zabelle, Ernest and Alisa Kretzmer, Walter and Donna Maytham, Robert Wilk, Anna Maria Troiano, and Harold and Wanda Libby and many other dance-loving Sarasotans.

The festival returns to Sarasota Dec. 21, with “The Nutcracker, The Great Imperial Ballet.” For information, visit www.carrenodancefestival.com.

Art Center Sarasota opened “The Other Persona,” its members-only, all-media juried exhibition Aug. 25, and at the same time held the opening receptions for “Out of Mind,“ featuring the fantastic costume creations and ephemera of Ray Peper and drawings, paintings and assemblages by Jo Proietti; and “Food for Thought,” featuring paintings by Vicki Chelf and Jeff Schwartz.

The award winners in “The Other Persona” were: first place, Karen DeLeon Stuart for “Meriam’s Eyes”; second place, Javier Rodriguez for “Untitled”; and third place, Peter Vince for “Wedding Feast.”

The opening reception also honored donors and supporters of Art Center Sarasota, without which, “There wouldn’t be any arts in Sarasota,” said Gale Fulton Ross, exhibition committee chairwoman.

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Present to receive their recognition were Howard and Betty Isermann, Jane Smiley, Penelope Kingman, Sam and Sally Shapiro, Jim Harman and board President Adam Kendall.

Also honored were Bob and Lee Peterson and Ramsey Frangie.

About 350 guests attended the opening. The exhibits run through Oct. 22. For more information and hours, visit www.artsarasota.org.

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The Five Graces Bandwagon and Two Jesters Steam Calliope Wagon, exhibited in the original Ringling Circus Museum since 1948, were pulled by hydraulic jack to their new home, the Ringling Circus Museum’s Tibbals Learning Center. They are the first circus artifacts to be placed inside the $7.5 million addition to the center, set to open Saturday, Sept. 24, with free admission for the public.

The wagons, stationed at the entrance on the first floor, are a focal point of the 11,000-square-foot interactive exhibition space that recaptures the drama and excitement of a day at the circus.

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The “stars of tomorrow” from the Carreño Dance Festival definitely twinkled as they performed in the sellout “Festival of the Stars” gala show, culminating their monthlong intensive training program. The big stars of today’s dance world sparkled as well, with headliners that included Gennadi Saveliev, Sarah Lane, Melanie Hamrick and José Manuel Carreño (festival co-founder) of American Ballet Theatre and Drew Jacoby and Rubinald Pronk of Jacoby & Pronk.

This performance was meant to feature the students who trained during the program, giving them a unique opportunity to train and perform with ballet’s elite.

And that training was showcased at the beginning of the performance in a ballet class demonstration arranged by José Manual Carreño and Loipa Araujo, ballet mistress of National Ballet of Cuba.

It was during this demonstration, albeit too long, that the true stars of tomorrow stood out. Youth American Grand Prix winners Hannah Bettes, Kenneth Dwigans and Aran Bell were obvious standouts, but local dancers such as Gianna Mercandetti and Diana Dizon (daughter of former Sarasota Ballet prima ballerina Diane Partington and principal Rey Dizon) were notables as well.

During the demonstration and his later “Don Quixote” variation, Aran Bell was the most serious of the serious, pulling off pirouettes that topped the multiples of five and grande pirouette à la second that rivaled those of his teacher for the past month, Carreño. But, later on in the program, the boyish 12-year-old appeared in his awardwinning, top-hat-wearing variation where he might have cracked a smile … or two.

Bettes and Dwigans were absolutely charming in the “Coppélia” pas de deux.

Bettes defies all norms with her over-arching feet and 180-degree extension coupled with perfect triple pirouettes and gravity-

defying leaps. She’s got it all. Dwigans is the ultimate of all male danseurs. With perfect technique, his pirouettes, cabrioles and double tours en l’air all were finished in perfect fifth position. His technique and performance also made one recall Carreño’s on-stage presence, as well.

The rest of the performance included an excellent modern piece featuring the preprofessional students and choreographed

by Elizabeth Bergman, now a Sarasota resident, but former chairwoman of Harvard University Dance Department (where she also taught Natalie Portman). Gennadi Saveliev performed a fabulous Gopak (Ukrainian dance) featuring amazing jumping tricks. Carreño and Melanie Hamrick were thought-provoking in “Trasparente,” a contemporary piece. And Jacoby and Pronk brought audience members to their feet in “Softly as I Leave You,” which Jacoby had performed solo in the winter gala performance, when Pronk was deterred with flight delays.

As the finale, the students danced the corps and soloist roles of Second Act “Swan Lake,” where they did a tremendous job dancing in unison and paying attention to their lines and formations (a pet peeve of this critic). Carreño and Hamrick were lovely during the white swan pas de deux, but the fireworks came out when Lane, body double for Portman in the movie “Black Swan,” danced the “Black Swan” pas de deux with Carreño.

Diminutive Lane is a powerhouse. She stole the show with high-flying sissonnes and grand fouetté sautés as well as the coda’s fouetté en tournant sequence. Her partner, Carreño, despite retiring from ABT this year, proved he still is the best example for his cast of students. His 10-plus pirouettes weren’t so bad, either.

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The Elements of Suspense When it comes to writing a mystery novel, several local authors, who attended the Mystery Florida Conference last weekend, admitted they draw most of their ideas from everyday life. By having professional experience, stand-up comedian Don Bruns, pilot Ward Larsen and attorney H. Terrell Griffin can add authenticity to their elements of suspense. But there’s also a level of creativity and imagination that is always at work.

In terms of the elements of a mystery novel, first and foremost, the villain must be introduced within the first 50 pages of the novel, they say. Second, as the novel moves forward, the stakes should get bigger and the suspense should build, but the writer mustn’t lose credibility with the reader.

“I think when the readers finish, they have to say, ‘I should have seen that coming,’” Griffin said.

With their newest novels launching just weeks apart, the three authors hope to schedule a joint book signing event for December.

The plot Bruns: Tim Dorsey always has these serial killers, who puts guys into a barrel and puts plaster of Paris in there and the guys end up talking to each other inside while it’s hardening. Or, he beheads them by cutting their heads off with a wire.

Griffin: You can’t decide someone is going to jump 20 feet over a wall. It has to be plausible. You’re looking at the elements of the setup — what gets this guy involved and why does he feel the need to get involved.

Larsen: As a writer, you know the beginning and end, but the middle, you have to keep the train going and keep it interesting.

Sometimes you get into a box and have to go back.

The protagonist Bruns: The protagonist has to find out what it is that’s put him in danger with the bad guys.

Larsen: Maybe there’s a guy who kicks a dog, and the villain goes after him

and kills him.

Griffin: But the guy who kicked the dog may have been running a soup kitchen. Writers are worse than lawyers sitting around and talking — we have sick minds.

The villain Bruns: The villain has to be multidimensional — not just the bad guy.

Whether you hate or love the villain, he has to have character. You can like or hate the quality; he can be a nice guy, member of the church choir, but maybe he had to do drugs or hustle women. Early in the novel, you’re not aware of how bad he is.

Larsen: Who is your favorite villain? Most people say, “Silence of the Lambs.”

Griffin: I’ve had villains who are pillars of the community and others who are mean, nasty people. It’s a control thing.

The weapon Bruns: To me, the situation where

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There’s a book where the situation is two guys taking a guy out of the bar and pouring Drano down his throat. That’s inventive.

Or stuffing a grenade down his pants — I just made that up.

Larsen: Often it’s most interesting when improvised. Let’s see, there’s a table with glass and a pen.

What can I do with it? In one book I read, someone changed the address on a guy’s GPS and made him go off into a pond. I killed a guy with a forklift in my last book.

Griffin: I’ve used a pistol, RPH and a 50-caliber machine gun.

Bruns: My favorite Dorsey is when this guy’s at a stoplight in Tampa and there’s loud music behind

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Tim Esser has worked as a mechanic for 26 years and has been with Main Street Automotive for 13 years. “(I enjoy) making people happy and helping people,” he says.

Kim Bard, a waitress for three years at the Sun Garden Café, on Siesta Key, has 18 years of waitressing experience. “I just love working with people and meeting new people and hearing their stories,” she says.

Susana Maldonado has worked at Hibbs Farm and Garden Supply for three years and has been in the gardening industry for five years. “I love the annuals,” she says.

“They are more beautiful than the perennials.”

Max Bedwell has spent six years driving school buses for the Sarasota County School District. “(I enjoy) meeting new kids and bumping into kids I had on my routes before,” he says.

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With the start of the new school year, two of her little ones moved to another room. One baby she thought would have no problem leaving her room started wailing in the next room.

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She’s known as “the baby whisperer.”

Nicoleen de Klerk started babysitting in high school. In 1999, she hopped a plane from South Africa to New York City, where she was a live-in nanny to a family with four children in Brooklyn, N.Y. For the next three years, she baked cookies over the Christmas holiday, scheduled appointments and cleaned.

She dealt with slammed doors and teenage moments, but she always kept her composure. And then she moved to Sarasota and fell into “baby land” at First United Methodist Early Care Center, where she’s been head over heels for the little ones for the past six years.

“You fall in love with a baby,” de Klerk says. “That first smile when they wake up, they get into your heart — all of them. The best feeling on this Earth is when they wake up and they give you a smile, or they crawl in your lap and slobber all over you. Love in abundance is being given to you without any questions or tags connected to it.”

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Students taste sweet success This summer, Southside Elementary students were given a reading log and asked to keep track of their daily reading. There were 66 students who turned in their reading logs and were treated to an ice cream social Wednesday, Aug. 31, in the cafeteria.

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Siesta Key Broken Egg

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Captain Curt’s Crab & Oyster Bar

✦ The Very Best in Florida Seafood, Traditional Fare & Specialties served in a Casual, Fun Atmosphere! Voted #1 Clam Chowder in the World! Nightly entertainment in the Backroom Saloon & great drinks & snacks at the Sneaki Tiki Bar. Open daily for lunch and dinner. Kids Menu available. • 1200 Old Stickney Point Rd. • 941-3493885 • www.captaincurts.com

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Venice Crow’s Nest

Broiled • Steamed • Baked Blackened Grilled • Cajun • Combo Pots • Fresh Seafood Platters • Seafood Pasta • Chicken Steaks • Soups & Salads

✦ Venice’s waterfront landmark since 1976, Featuring casual fine dining overlooking the Marina & Venice Inlet. Voted ‘Venice’s “Best Overall Restaurant”’ seven years, and “Best of Award of Excellence” from the Wine Spectator. Fun casual atmosphere in The 1st Floor Tavern • Boat or car • Lunch and dinner • Open daily • 1968 Tarpon Center Dr. • 941-484-9551

Sharky’s on the Pier

✦ On the Gulf, only Sharky’s offers a gulf side seat for your enjoyment. Enjoy the Tiki bar, live entertainment, food and fun for all ages. Enjoy fresh seafood and other entrees while overlooking the Venice pier. For more information or directions, call 941-488-1456 or www.sharkysonthepier.com

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Women’s Leadership Council holds speaker luncheon The Women’s Leadership Council held its quarterly speaker luncheon Monday, Aug. 29, at Fleming’s Steakhouse and Wine Bar. The organization’s August keynote speaker was Ruth Lando, who has been with the Community Foundation of Sarasota County since September 2000. A native of Pittsburgh, Lando was a television producer, freelance writer and co-owned with her husband four of The Athlete’s Foot stores. In 1995, the couple moved to Sarasota with their two children. .

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real estate | transactions

By Adam Hughes | Research Editor

Casey Key home sells for $1.95 million Charles and Wendy Weiss, of Wilson, N.Y., sold their home at 721 Casey Key Road to Jamie and Marilyn Fraser, of New Brunswick, Canada, for $1.95 million.

Built in 1988, it has three bedrooms, four baths, a pool and 2,564 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $1,045,000 in 1998.

Also on Casey Key, John and Nancy Moffat, trustees, of Waterford, Mich., sold the home at 325 Casey Key Road to Jamie and Marilyn Fraser, of New Brunswick, Canada, for $700,000. Built in 1947, it has two bedrooms, one bath and 892 square feet of living area.

This week’s real-estate transactions were recorded between Aug. 15 and Aug. 19, at the Sarasota County Courthouse.

Of this week’s 15 sales, nine took place in Sarasota; two took place in Palmer Ranch; two were recorded in Osprey; and two took place on Casey Key.

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Permit

Applicant

Amount

916 Indian Beach Drive

Re-roof

840 Indian Beach LLC

$25,415

1658 Loma Linda St.

Renovation

Margaret Cross

$22,000

482 John Ringling Blvd.

Renovation

St. Armands Circle Partners

$15,735

800 Benjamin Franklin Drive

Renovation

John Drazek

$14,900

2120 Oriole Drive

Renovation

Dorothy Deppler

$13,867

1005 S. Orange Ave.

Re-roof

Harry Williamson

$6,800

1234 Tallywood Drive

Mechanical Ruth Hail

$6,500

1001 Central Ave.

Alteration

214 Main Street Corp.

$5,000

1718 Bay St.

Mechanical

Theodore Gollnick

$4,880

1666 Arlington St. 978 Virginia Drive

Alteration Mechanical

Lawrence Twill Eva Burnell

$4,850 $4,530 Source: city of Sarasota

This home at 3550 Tangier Terrace has three bedrooms, two-and-a-half baths, a pool and 3,285 square feet of living area.

It sold for $1 million.

BankUnited sold the Unit 801 condominium at 35 Watergate Drive to Lewis and Sandra Hanan, Sarasota, for $1,405,000.

Built in 2003, it has three bedrooms, three baths and 3,751 square feet of living area.

It previously sold for $1,661,000 in June.

Robert Valentine, Lakeland, sold his Unit 41 condominium at 166 Golden Gate Point to Bank of America, trustee, for $850,000. Built in 2002, it has three bedrooms, three baths and 2,130 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $575,000 in 2009.

San Remo Estates

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Sandra Stamey and Joy Bouverat, trustees, sold the home at 3550 Tangier Terrace to Scott Schechter and Sonia Meisenheimer, Sarasota, for $1 million. Built in 1956, it has three bedrooms, two-and-ahalf baths, a pool and 3,285 square feet of living area.

These are the largest city of Sarasota building permits issued by the city of Sarasota for the week of Aug. 15 through Aug. 19, in order of dollar amounts.

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Aina Segal, Sarasota, sold her home at 1648 Bonita Lane to Matthew Thompson and Jane Cirksena, Sarasota, for $492,500.

Built in 1955, it has three bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 2,124 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $477,000 in 2000.

Embassy House

Christopher and Annette Kroha, Winter Park, sold their Unit 803 condominium at 770 S. Palm Ave. to Joan Langbord, Sarasota, for $300,000. Built in 1975, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,284 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $490,000 in 2007.

South Gate

Maria Llovio and Catherine Randazzo sold their home at 2601 Jefferson Circle to Ellen Bernfeld, Sarasota, for $280,000.

Built in 1970, it has three bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 2,305 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $223,000 in 2004.

Forest Lakes Country Club Estates

Lloyd and Ann Eggers sold their home at 3352 Sea View St. to Myron and Wilma Miller, of Shipshewana, Ind., for $240,000.

Built in 1969, it has four bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 2,828 square feet of living area.

Versailles

Kristen Beury, Sarasota, sold her Unit 1A condominium at 605 S. Gulfstream Ave. to Amy Glasow, Bradenton, for $210,000.

Built in 1974, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,504 square feet of living area.

It previously sold for $435,000 in 2007.

Ridgewood

John and Judith Strerrett sold their home at 2375 Oak Terrace to Edmunda D’Amrosio, Sarasota, for $208,000. Built in 1973, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 1,557 square feet of living area.

Visit our website to read more transactions and to see a map www.YourObserver.com

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.

SHARE YOUR MEMORIES Tell us where you were. Share a special memory.

Write a tribute. Send us a photo.

Go to: http://www.yourobserver.com/content/9-11-Tribute-138.html; Facebook.com/ObserverGroup/; or email 9-11Tribute@YourObserver.com

East County Observer Managing Editor photographed President Bush as he made his 9/11 announcement at Emma Booker Elementary School in Sarasota.

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High Low 95 (1993) 66 (1957) 96 (1989) 66 (1971) 97 (1938) 67 (1957) 97 (1923) 65 (1930) 98 (1938) 65 (1984) 98 (1938) 68 (1960) 96 (1998) 64 (1930)

Shirley Maranda submitted this sunset photo, taken near Marina Jack, in downtown Sarasota.

Average Gulf water temperature: 87.9

Sunrise 7:10 7:10 7:10 7:11 7:11 7:12 7:12

Sunset 7:51 7:50 7:49 7:48 7:47 7:46 7:45

Karenia brevis, the Florida red tide organism, was not detected alongshore or offshore Sarasota Friday, Aug. 26, according to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Research Institute.

Visit YourObserver.com to click on our interactive weather button, which features current weather conditions, weather radar and a five-day forecast.

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9 At the center of 13 Abel’s brother 17 Crunchy bits on a salad?

19 Expressed, as a farewell 20 Loudness measures 22 Boy Scouts’ outing 23 Population growth factors 25 Travel like a hippie 27 Bastille Day party site 28 Not well-thoughtout 30 Infrequency 31 Hubby’s towel word 32 ___ gin fizz 33 Scandinavian god of war 34 Bicycle wheel parts 37 A big mess 40 Furnishes with an income 44 Narrow cut 45 San Francisco’s ___ Hill 47 Behaved like a lead balloon 49 More spooky 51 “Star Wars” pilot Solo 52 Go down with the ship 55 Liquid amount 57 “It’s b-a-a-c-k!” fashion 58 “And now ...” sayer 61 Painful pang 63 “Close Encounters of the Third Kind” sightings 65 Airline’s home base 66 Disney lyricist Howard 68 Librarian’s advice 69 Places for raising salmon 72 Finely chopped, as potatoes 74 Bundle of grain

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Continental rival West Point mascot “24” actress Cuthbert “Ode on a Grecian ___” List on eBay “Androcles and the Lion” locale Wash softly against Ball or hop Archaeologist’s site “If it walks like ___ ...”

Bulldog of Connecticut “Bed” and “home” attachment Act like a beaver Prez with a brain trust “Great ___!”

Mistake-making Diminutive being of folklore “Rock Around the Clock” backups Garbage bag closers Mechanical learning method Musical King Cole Like a soap opera Have one’s heart ___ (desire strongly) Dangle a carrot in front of How sincere apologies are made Casino owner’s favorite “En garde” weapon Christopher who played Superman “A-Tisket, A-Tasket” first name Clydesdale controllers Deep sleep states Opposite of sow “The Brady Bunch” star Robert Appease

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12 Century fraction 13 Facial feature 14 Adjuvant or adjutant 15 Alibi ___ (excuse makers) 16 Loch with a legend 18 Title role for Valentino 21 The Alamo, for one 24 Attempt to email again 26 “___ unto Caesar ...”

29 Some socials 34 Attacks verbally 35 Speedy baseball replacement 36 Arrange in order 38 Current craze 39 Free from disturbance 41 Rock hound’s find 42 Way to honor someone 43 Blood bank fluid 44 Old New York stadium 46 Danish Nobelist Niels 48 Annan of the U.N. 50 Burglarizes 53 Sport at the Summer Olympics 54 Ark constructor 56 One of a pocketful, in a nursery rhyme 59 Discharge, as radiation

60 “Into ___ life some rain must fall” 62 Abnormal plant swelling 64 “If the ___ fits ...”

67 Reporter’s concern 70 Parking lot sign 71 Opera solo 73 “Home on the Range” animal 75 Invisible emanation 77 Washing-machine froth 78 Address Congress 79 Counterfeit coin 81 Sufficient, to Pappy Yokum 83 Angelic circles 84 “Have ___!” (“Knock yourself out!”)

88 Usable in any outlet 91 Monopoly game piece 92 Blue-pencil wielder 94 A Bobbsey twin 96 Currency in Denmark 99 Baseball Hall-ofFamer Duke 101 Became frayed 103 Concludes a contract negotiation 105 Guy behind the counter?

107 Sarah, to Isaac 108 French star 110 “Are you a ___ a mouse?”

112 Fallen-rock debris 114 Children’s author Madeleine L’___ 116 Basin go-with 117 Accessory for Sherlock Holmes 118 Agenda component 119 “ ___ Leaving Home” 120 Notable first for a baby 122 Gold-medal-winning skater Kulik 123 Penny 124 Celtic language 126 Zsa Zsa’s sister 128 Possessed

Last weeks Cryptograms 1. My doctor was brilliant as a health provider but also in the financial field. He diagnosed my low blood pressure and then to raise it, gave me his bill!

2. The author of the article, “The Miracle of Helium” was aptly named I. Rose. It was so highly uplifting I could not put it down!

Thursday, September 1, 2011

FURNITURE: LAY-Z-BOY RECLINER - khaki green, 2 yrs. old - $300, great condition. Norwalk chair and sofa - light tan, good condition - $200.

Call 941-966-8773 (will E-mail pictures).

LABOR DAY HOLIDAY EARLY DEADLINES for September 8th Edition CLASSIFIED ADS Deadline Tuesday, Sept. 6, 12:00pm SERVICE DIRECTORY Deadline Thursday, Sept. 1, 12:00pm The Observer will be CLOSED Monday, September 5th for the Labor Day Holiday.

We will reopen Tuesday, Sept. 6, 8:30am.

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 BARBEQUE: SIX-PIECE quality set in handy case, $40. 941-966-9561.

BICYCLE: TREK Town & Country Cruiser, 4-speeds, coaster brake, accessories. Like new. $175. 941-377-6063.

CHAIN LINK Fence. Aluminum, 4ft high, good condition, 30ft long, $195. 941-525-0641.

CHAIR PADS: set of 4, $30. Commercial Juicer, $50. Bowling Ball/bag, $45. 941-349-5363.

COLLAGE PICTURE (local artist), framed, matted, 18x22, $50.00; G.E. Juicer, excellent condition, Clean $40.00. 941-952-1097.

DIGITAL SOUND Level Meter for speech therapy, audio tuning. RadioShack model, barely used. $35. 941-924-4353.

EXECUTIVE DESK: Custom built, 8 ft. long, 4 sliding doors, 8 shelves. Good condition. $110.

941-484-1047.

FISHING LURES: Saltwater proof, 3x vmc hooks, stainless split rings, #6 and #9, $70/obo.

941-371-4271.

KODAK 9.2 megapix AF 3x optical zoom, w/case, $40. Homedics Massager: back/chair, new, $40.

924-2431.

NUWAVE INFERED Oven: As seen on TV, used 3 times. $45.00. 941-342-1368.

RESIN WICKER: New Bistro set, paid $129, your cost (cash) $75. Call 941-312-5430.

UPSCALE CONDO: Contemporary King bedroom with leather headboard, large front load washer & dryer with stands. Green leather sofa and loveseat (like new). La-Z-Boy sofa sleeper.

Haverty’s 9 piece formal dining set with large china cabinet. Lexington TV stand. 58” plasma TV. Lexington wicker sofa sleeper & bedroom suite. Drexel iron baker’s rack (marble shelf).

Le Barge mirror. 5 piece home office group. Set of 3 tall bookcases. Thomasville iron & oak dining suite (cost $3500+ new).

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

941-745-2596

Garage/Moving/Estate Sales *********************ESTATE SALE*********************

by Nancy Dunn LLC 941-925-1993 Saturday, 9/3 9am-2pm 7826 Pine Trace Drive - Palm Aire from University Pkwy. go north on Whitfield, left @ Palm Aire Dr., right @ Pine Trace Dr. ---------------------------Glass DR Table & 6 Parsons Chairs, Buffet, Sofa Back Table, Sleeper Sofa, 2 Sofas, Loveseat, 2 Hickory 3 Drawer Chests, King BR Suite, Fainting Couch, Twin BR Set, Comp. Desk, 2 Office Chairs & Equip., Media Center, Misc.

Tables-Lamps & Paintings, Quality Patio Furn., Brass Bench, Floor Safe, Kitchen Table/2 Chairs, Mens & Womens Clothing, Furs, 12 Limoges Fashion Plates, Bavarian China, Linens, Books, Tools, Fishing Gear, Walkers, Wheelchair, Ladies Bike, Full Kitchen & more.

---------------------------#’s out at 8am - for pictures go to www.estatesalesbynancydunn.com

ESTATE SALE ** FRIDAY** SEPTEMBER 2ND - 9:30 - 2P.M. 4022 73rd Terrace E. - Quail Run (Located off Lockwood Ridge between Whitfield and Tallevast) Leather sofa and chairs, dinette, double bedset, sofa, Demilune table, brass and glass coffee and end tables, dining room set, sofa bed, bar stools, office deck and chair, patio table and chairs, refrigerator, books, set of china, decorative accessories, kitchenware, linens, china, glass and bric-a-brac.

Also, 2009 Toyota Avalon with approx.. 30,800 miles.

A NICE SALE! SALE CONDUCTED BY PALMA SOLA SALES **Numbers given out at 8a.m.

SEWING MACHINE: Singer model 8280, 30 stitch function, in excellent condition. $50 cash.

941-966-0618.

LARGE GARAGE SALE SATURDAY, Sept 3rd, 7 am-? 6812 Half Moon Drive in Gulf Gate. Lots of furniture, a bowflex and spinning bike as well as lots of clothes, computer, tivo recorder, etc. Call (941) 915-5982, ask for Alisa.

SOFA SLEEPER: Queen, with 2 pillows, taupe color, wood trim. $200. 941-921-1892.

General Merchandise

VIOLIN: NEW with bow and case, nice sound. $175. 941-730-1776.

LAMP: WATERFORD, 23”H, excellent condition, $400. 941-925-7079.

Reserved Space LP Reserved Space

Help Wanted

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DRIVERS - TEAMS: $6,000 Team Sign-On Bonus when you team drive for Werner Enterprises!

Call Now for details! 1-888-567-4856.

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Lovely large home filled with fabulous decorative items & quality furniture.

Kitchen, garage and Great patio furniture & accessories.

1589 Gulfview Ave. (34236) Off S. Orange between Alta Vista & Bahia Vista.

Parking on Gulfview. #'s at 8:30

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 SENIOR HOME COMPANIONS, INC. is looking for ACTIVE SENIOR CAREGIVERS, HHA’S AND CNA’S. Flexible hours available F/T, P/T, overnight and weekends. For information please call (941) 924-0494 between 10:30 a.m. and 2:30 p.m.

NR#30211323.

CASH ONLY!

Merchandise Wanted SENIOR LOOKING to buy precious metals, time pieces, coins, jewelry and antiques. Please call Marc, 941-321-0707.

Condos/Apts. For Rent

Investment Opportunities

Affordable Senior Housing

RESTAURANT INVESTMENT Opportunity Restaurant in downtown Sarasota looking for joint venture partner to expand the business and also become and owner/operator. Our company is debt free with over $300,000 in lease hold improvements. This is the best location in Sarasota. Supplemental financing available. Total investment needed $500,000.

Please call (415) 453-1335.

Personals MY MOTHER-IN-LAW wants to visit Longboat Key from West Orange, NJ for Thanksgiving. She does not want to fly. We pay ROUNDTRIP gas, tolls, etc. Please call Janet, 941-387-0102, ext. #19 or E-mail: janet@aRetiredCollection.com

Storage STORAGE FACILITY Boat/ RV/ Trailer. Secure facility, low monthly rentals, Clark Rd area.

941-809-3660, 941-809-3662.

Things To Do GULFSIDE MINI-VACATION IN NAPLES

JEFFERSON CENTER 930 N. Tamiami Tr., Sarasota, FL 34236

941-953-9585 800-955-8771 TDD/TTY Rentals from $427-$588

Utilities & Cable Included

1BR/1BA: IMMACULATELY clean, furnished or unfurnished, pool, tennis court, walk to shops, near downtown. No pets. $625/mo. annual.

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

DOWNTOWN: 2BR/1BA, bay view, large lanai. No pets/ smoking. By owner/ agent. $950 month.

941-914-1759.

SIESTA KEY Walk to Beach, Restaurants, Shopping, Turnkey Furnished. 1st Floor, 1BR/1BA w/Patio, Pool & Laundry. Available annually.

586-744-5488.

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Type of accommodation subject to availability.

Bayside condominiums available at different rates. ** An 18% gratuity will be added by lunch and dinner vendors. ***Limited to one per customer.

LUXOR MHP

$425mo-1 bed/bath mobile homes.

55+ community. No Pets.

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Sarasota Real Estate Assoc, Inc. Greg Nowak 941-809-6034 SPACIOUS 2000 sq.ft., 3BR/2BA with den, enclosed porch, on partially fenced treed private yard. West of trail. Prestigious Field Rd. neighborhood. Pets okay. Lease, references and deposit required. $2000 negotiable. 941-400-0950.

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ATTENTION MOMMIES! The Trading Tot, a new brand of chic children's consignment boutique, is coming soon to Downtown Burns Court!

We are now collecting chic consignment merchandise including: * Clothing * Shoes * Strollers * Cribs * Accessories If you are interested in adding to your tot's college fund, let's work together!

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SUBDIVISION SIESTA KEY CONDO SALES 5855 MIDNIGHT PASS RD # 330 HARBOR TOWERS 8630 MIDNIGHT PASS RD # 307A BAY TREE CLUB 1273 DOCKSIDE PL # 116 HARBOUR TOWNE 6610 MIDNIGHT PASS RD # 11 EBBTIDE LONGBOAT KEY CONDO SALES 2425 GULF OF MEXICO DR # 7C SEA GATE CLUB 3010 GRAND BAY BLVD # 481 GRAND BAY DOWNTOWN CONDO SALES 301 S GULFSTREAM AVE # 202 ST REGIS 1255 N GULFSTREAM AVE # 408 BAY PLAZA 2050 BENJAMIN FRANKLIN DR # D802 ORCHID BEACH CLUB SARASOTA CONDO SALES 2220 STICKNEY POINT RD # 527 TREGATE MANOR PALMER RANCH CONDO SALES 9580 HIGH GATE DR # 1825 STONEYBROOK 4210 BREEZEWAY BLVD # 427 PINESTONE

SOLD PRICE ZIP CODE ADDRESS SUBDIVISION LONGBOAT KEY SINGLE FAMILY HOME SALES 34242 $315,000 34228 520 BIRDIE LN COUNTRY CLUB SHORES 34242 $465,000 DOWNTOWN SINGLE FAMILY HOME SALES 34242 $395,000 34236 1676 OAK ST LAUREL PARK 34242 $127,000 34236 323 S WASHINGTON DR SAINT ARMANDS 34239 2905 BOUGAINVILLEA ST SOUTH GATE 34228 $528,000 SARASOTA SINGLE FAMILY HOME SALES 34228 $1,150,000 34231 4315 GROVELAND AVE HYMOUNT 34231 3071 SPIREA ST FLORA VILLA 34236 $190,000 34231 4773 PINE HARRIER DR LANDINGS= 34236 $650,000 34231 2845 GULF GATE DR GULF GATE 34236 $2,375,000 34231 2404 HIVELY ST PINEHURST PARK 34231 1623 KENILWORTH ST HANSENS 34231 $48,750 34233 4291 REFLECTIONS PKWY VILLA ROSA 34233 5362 NEW COVINGTON DR COVINGTON PLACE 34238 $205,000 34233 5418 NEW COVINGTON DR COVINGTON PLACE 34238 $150,000 34233 4307 MEADOWLAND CIR MEADOWLAND 34233 5478 BENEVA WOODS WAY BENEVA WOODS Based on information compiled from the Mid-Florida Regional Multiple PALMER RANCH SINGLE FAMILY HOME SALES Listing Service, Inc. This information may or may not include all listed, 34238 4938 SABAL LAKE CIR TURTLE ROCK expired, withdrawn, pending or sold properties of one or more members of 34238 8303 SHADOW PINE WAY DEER CREEK the Mid Florida Regional Multiple Listing Service.

SOLD PRICE $1,250,000 $147,500 $1,250,000 $155,000 $54,000 $89,000 $404,000 $122,500 $103,150 $204,000 $266,000 $152,750 $196,000 $142,000 $244,000 $240,000 $340,000

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4Bd, 3159sq ft, 2 story home overlooking large lake. Graciously remodeled kitchen, pool/lanai area, plus more upgrades to create a home of comfort and style. Large master suite on ďŹ rst ďŹ&#x201A;oor, loft space for ofďŹ ce; built-ins in custom library, Lexan hurricane shutters. MLS#A3942432 HAMPTON COURT VILLA - $399,000 3/2, 1926 sq ft maintenance-free pool home in University Park Golf &Country Club. Just needs an offer, and your toothbrush, as this split-plan TURNKEY furnished home has everything you need to move in and enjoy the country club setting MLS#A3942083 PALM-AIRE VILLA - $139,000 3/2, with over 1500 sq ft of maintenance-free living in the PalmAire Golf & Country Club. Sold partially furnished, this villa sits in a lovely area with a park-like setting. Generous rental policy makes this a great investment property. Lowest price in the complex. MLS#A3946658 VISIT MY WEBSITE FOR VIRTUAL TOURS/PHOTOS OF EACH PROPERTY Visit my website for more details at mariemonsky.michaelsaunders.com

Brokers and Realtors To advertise your listings here, Call Bob Lewis at 941-3662468 or email: blewis@yourobserver.com

Selby on Siesta!

A private estate-size tropical paradise of nearly an acre on the Grand Canal! Covered boat dock, 12K lift.

3BR/2BA airy home overlooks pool and cabana. Private street at end of cul-de-sac and can be gated.

4 buildable lots.$1,765,000 MLS#A3931414 BAYFRONT WITH POOL! Unique 2-story, 4BR/2.5Ba PLUS 4 UNITS with 2BR/1.5BA each, with grand fathered Hotel/Motel license Rents day/wk/mo. 120â&#x20AC;&#x2122;Seawall and 100ft dock. 36â&#x20AC;&#x2122; YACHT GOES WITH THE SALE! Private lender w/ quick response time. Short Sale $995,000 MLS#A3944587 100+â&#x20AC;&#x2122; OF SAILBOAT WATER PARADISE ON SIESTA KEY! Extensively renovated 3BR/2BA canal front home offers Bay Views.

Impact windows, custom cabinets, porcelain flooring and marble counter-tops. New metal roof in 2010. Home is 3rd from the bay.

2-Car Garage $950,000 MLS#A3945126 Full Gulf View- Crescent Royale!

Completely remodeled and being sold Turnkey Furnished - high-end tile floors - custom cabinets - granite counters - SS appliances - Flat Screen TVs - This condo has it all! + Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s A Great Rental! Seller Finance.

Price Reduced $389,000 MLS#A3909275 Our House at The Beach Well-maintained, split level 2BR/2B, condo across from Siesta Beach . Pet friendly and lots of storage! Excellent on-site rental program.

Price Reduced $339,000 MLS#A3926145 Best Value Bay Oaks Townhouse!

2BR/2.5B, TKF, beautifully remodeled, SS appliances, granite countertops. Large rooms w eat-in kitchen, Professionally decorated. $339,000 MLS#A3928919

To View these or other area properties, Call Dan Miller at 941-376-7442

Amenities include: 2-Fitness Centers, Barbecue areas, 24-hr. security, 3-pools (incl. Lap Pool), 8-tennis courts, 3-saunas, Shuffleboard, Library, Racquetball court, Basketball court, Covered parking, 2-clubhouses, Lighted fountains, Fresh water lake & much more!

Units for Sale - All Furnished: B-309 2B/2B - Water Views ....$799,000 D-309 2B/2B - Water Views ....$750,000 D-608 2B/2B - Water Views ....$715,000 C-107 2B/2B - Water Views ....$549,000 C-205 2B/2B - Water Views ....$537,000

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