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mounting opposition By Rachel Brown Hackney | Managing Editor

Pedestrian plan peeves public Condominium association members and others say a Florida Department of Transportation plan to construct 10 pedestrian islands on a 1-mile stretch of Midnight Pass Road will create more problems instead of helping people cross the road more safely.

DIVERSIONS Three months into his post as director of the Ringling Museum, Steven High is overseeing an international arts festival and breaking ground on a $7.5 million project.

Members of the Siesta Key Condominium Association hope to halt a Florida Department of Transportation proposal for 10 pedestrian islands on Midnight Pass Road between Beach Road and Stickney Point Road.

The Sarasota County Commission last week sent a letter to Don Skelton, interim FDOT District One secretary, to convey the association’s concerns and ask that

the department 33 condominium proceed with plans complexes along inside for a public meetthe affected, 1See page 2 for a map ing from 5 to 7 mile stretch of and diagram of the prop.m. Dec. 6, to Beach Road in posed crosswalks. discuss the islands hopes he can get and the possibility letters from them of alternatives to them. supporting the association’s view.

Walt Olson, the condo associa“That certainly would be meantion vice president, said he is try- ingful,” he said. ing to schedule meetings before Michael P. Howe, executive diDec. 6 with the managers of all rector of the Sarasota/Manatee

Metropolitan Planning Organization, noted in county correspondence in June that the project idea originated in 2007. The plan finally had become fully funded for the 2011-12 fiscal year, and FDOT was planning to let the bid in September, he wrote at the time.

Sarasota County Commission Chair Nora Patterson said the is-

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Harrison Troyan, 4, was among the approximately 80 youngsters whose families brought them to Siesta Key Public Beach Saturday, Sept. 17, for some surfing and other water activities as part of the second Hang Ten for Autism event. For more photos, see Page 11A.

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By Rachel Brown Hackney | Managing Editor

Work could start before 2015 on new library The Sarasota County Commission has agreed to the replacement of the Gulf Gate Library on its current Curtiss Avenue site and has asked staff to look at ways the project can be started sooner than the fiscal year 2015 timetable for which it has been slated.

Gulf Gate Library patrons last week voiced excitement regarding the prospect of the Sarasota County Commission’s accelerating the construction of the new facility on the same day the board approved the current Curtiss Avenue site for the project.

“I am thrilled,” said incoming Friends of the Library board member Conni Wheeler.

The facility, which opened on the southwest corner of Gulf Gate Drive and Curtiss Avenue on

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The current Gulf Gate Library opened in December 1983.

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A map released by the Florida Department of Transportation in June shows tentative sites for the 10 pedestrian islands along Midnight Pass Road between Beach Road and Stickney Point Road. adding he did not expect residents would go the extra distance. “Most people will continue using the most direct route, thus bypassing the islands and rendering them useless,� he wrote.

During her public comments at the commission meeting, Ramirez urged the board members to tell FDOT, “Thanks but no thanks.�

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lands proposal evolved from a request by Siesta condo managers and presidents for pedestrian walkways along Midnight Pass Road and a lower speed limit to enable people to cross that busy stretch more readily — especially at the height of season.

FDOT officials were opposed to the requests in 2007, suggesting instead that pedestrian islands be placed at intervals along the middle turn lane. County fire officials opposed that idea, because they thought the islands would impede the department’s bigger trucks from making wide left turns, Patterson said. Furthermore, she said, condo owners weren’t excited about the islands because condo residents use the center turn lane to get in and out of their complexes when traffic is heavy on the road.

FDOT officials eventually modified the proposal to satisfy the fire department personnel, but neither the county nor the state could afford to undertake the project in 2007. Therefore, it was put on hold.

Although the new plan would make it possible for emergency response vehicles to pull partly onto the islands to get around traffic, Olson said, fire and rescue

personnel would have to be careful of regular traffic pulling into the bike lanes, where pedestrians and cyclists may be. At any one time, he said, the affected section of Beach Road may have 100 to 150 vehicles. “One hundred to 150 decisions are going to have to be made (by the drivers),� Olson said.

Former Siesta Key Association President Lourdes Ramirez raised a related concern during the public comments portion of the Sept.

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A sign on each end of each island warning drivers not to run into the structures also would be an impediment to emergency vehicles, she said. “If someone’s trying to put an IV in me, I don’t want them bouncing around down Midnight Pass Road,� Ramirez said.

Olson and Ramirez also hope to meet with the county fire chief to convey their concerns, Olson said.

Another point Olson made in a Sept. 9 letter to Patterson was that the islands would be located away from the 55 condominium complex exit points onto that 1-mile stretch of Beach Road.

That means people would have to walk from 60 to about 110 feet farther than they do now, to use the islands to cross the road, he said,

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School board gets news of $14 million hole in next budget year After approving its fiscal year 2012 budget, the Sarasota County School Board Tuesday examined early projections for revenues and expenses in 2013, including a projected shortfall of $14.5 million.

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Residents of high-rise condominiums on Siesta often are unaware of the county fire code’s specifications for alarms.

Condo residents unaware of fire code regulations In most high-rise condominium buildings, when a fire alarm on one floor goes off, alarms also sound on just the two floors above it and the floor below it, according to the county’s chief Fire Prevention Division inspector.

Unbeknownst to many high-rise condominium residents on Siesta Key, fire alarms do not sound on every floor when a fire is detected.

The question of residents’ protection first arose during the Aug. 4 Siesta Key Association meeting. More comments ensued during this month’s SKA gathering, after board member Joe Volpe investigated the matter.

Don Damron, chief inspector with the Fire Prevention Division of the Sarasota County Fire Department and the department’s chief building plans reviewer, said the National Fire Alarm Code recommends that rather than all alarms going off in a high-rise structure when an alarm sounds on one floor, the alarms sound only on the two floors above the original alarm and the floor below it.

People on the other floors generally are safer staying where they are, he said.

“We do not want the stairwell packed with all the residents (of the affected building),” he said.

However, because fire travels upward, sounding alarms on the two floors above increases safety. Then, if a smoke detector finds a fire rising to the third floor above the incident, he said, the alarm subsequently will go off on that floor.

In buildings that are only five or six stories tall, Damron said, an alarm on the second floor may trigger alarms throughout the building.

However, many residents are not aware of these alarm standards. Nancy Deckard is a resident of the Gulf & Bay Club, which features multiple-story buildings on Midnight Pass Road. Deckard told the SKA board Sept. 1 most Key residents believe if a fire alarm goes off on the seventh floor of their building, for example, the alarms go off on every other floor.

“People’s assumptions and reality are entirely different,” she said.

Damron said the Fire Prevention Division had been working with managers of older Siesta condominium complexes to make sure the condos meet the minimum fire code requirements. Every floor must have “pull stations,” devices that can be pulled to trigger a fire alarm, he said, and one or two horns must be located outside each unit.

“We have tested (the horns) extensively,” he said.

In a number of cases, he said, inspectors had found fire horns were audible in the hallways but not in the individual condos. That was more common in the

buildings constructed in the 1950s and 1960s, he said. The fire code specifies that a person lying down in each bedroom must be able to hear the alarm.

“The most critical (concern) in a living environment is when people are asleep,” he said. “If we can’t wake them up, then the fire alarm hasn’t done its job.”

The Fire Department has nine inspectors under Damron’s supervision, and he handles inspections as well, he said.

Of those nine, five or six are almost constantly out in the field, he said, to check the 30,000 commercial properties in the county as well as those in the city of Sarasota.

Two inspectors have been working on the Key, he added.

“We try to focus on what we call ‘highhazard buildings’ (buildings with residents),” he said.

Because of the downturn in the economy, Damron said, the Fire Prevention Division does allow businesses to phase in modifications that will bring buildings up to code. He knew of at least one in that process on the Key, he said, though he declined to identify it.

The division’s staff has been working over the past six to eight years to bring all the condo complexes up to code, he said.

Based on preliminary projections, the Sarasota County School Board will have to cut about $14.5 million from its 2013 fiscal year budget if it wishes to keep its unassigned fund balance, or “rainy day” fund, at a total of 7.5% of the operating budget.

During a workshop Sept. 20, the majority of the five board members said they preferred to keep the fund balance at that level.

“We definitely shouldn’t go below that,” board member Shirley Brown said.

Chairman Frank Kovach and board members Caroline Zucker and Jane Goodwin agreed.

“I would hope that we could do better, though, because as the revenues continue to decline and as our budget continues to bring in less and less money, the 7.5% is worth less,” Zucker said.

Board member Carol Todd asked Superintendent Lori White if the staff could prepare an analysis of the final fund balance over the past five years.

“That’s a good piece of data for the board to examine,” White said.

Brown also suggested the board reassemble a committee it appointed to address cuts for the fiscal year 2012 budget.

Its recommendations were presented during bargaining sessions with the Sarasota Classified/Teachers union. That committee composed of staff, employees and union members.

Deputy Chief Financial Officer Al Weidner Tuesday presented preliminary estimates of revenue and expense changes he anticipates for the 2013 fiscal year. Federal stimulus dollars, which accounted for $7.9 million of the fiscal year 2012 budget, will be gone by then, he said.

Early indications are that the county’s property tax values will decline another 3% in the next fiscal year, Weidner said. The decrease for the 2012 fiscal year was 6%.

The further decline is expected to translate into approximately $4.8 million in lost local revenue, Weidner said. Furthermore, the district is expected to lose another $1.2 million in state revenue from fiscal year 2012 to fiscal year 2013.

On the opposite side of the balance sheet, Weidner said a projected enrollment decrease of 1.5% in fiscal year 2013 would lead to a net reduction of 65 employees. The next budget also calls for no salary increases. The staff reduction and frozen salaries would decrease expenses by about $3.2 million.

Brown noted more than 30 district administrative employees have not had raises or cost-of-living increases for three years.

Teachers this year will be in the same situation, she said.

“Some people say, ‘Well, this is good; they’re feeling (the tough economy) now, too,’” Brown said. “(However) it trickles down into our economy. Our decisions do have an effect on the overall economy.”

The district also plans to require teachers to take two furlough days again, as it has this year. Those days are the first and last ones on the teachers’ calendar.

Weidner said the cost of the district’s health plan in fiscal year 2013 is expected to increase by the national average of 10%.

The total cost of employee benefits is expected to rise by about $4 million.

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+ County business taxes due by Sept. 30 The county business tax, formerly known as an occupational license tax, must be paid by Sept. 30, Sarasota County Tax Collector Barbara FordCoates announced.

The business tax notices were mailed in July. All existing businesses may pay online at www.SarasotaTaxCollector. com. New businesses should contact the tax collector’s office at 8618300, option 3 or by email at Info@ SarasotaTaxCollector.com.

“If you pay your tax online, a receipt can be printed instantly,” Ford-Coates said.

Business owners also may pay in person the Tax Collector Service Centers from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Monday through Thursday; and from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Fridays at the Terrace Building in downtown Sarasota, 101 S. Washington Blvd.; at the South Sarasota Office, 8484 S. Tamiami Trail; and in Venice at the Anderson Administration Center, 4000 S. Tamiami Trail.

Businesses in the cities of Sarasota,

Venice, North Port and the town of Longboat Key also may be required to pay an additional city business tax.

+ Planning Board approves Siesta Drive store permit During its Sept. 14 regular meeting, the city of Sarasota’s Planning Board approved a request to operate an alcoholic-beverage store in an existing shopping center at 2067 Siesta Drive.

The store, called Discount Tobacco and Beer, needed permission from the board to sell alcohol in an area zoned “commercial general.” The store is allowed to sell only beer and wine for off-premises consumption.

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The workshop will be held in the Green Room at the Sarasota County Twin Lakes Complex, 6700 Clark Road, Sarasota.

The Florida Department of Health has named Charles Henry administrator of the Sarasota County Health Department.

The Sarasota County Commission confirmed his appointment.

“Mr. Henry brings the great combination of years of health experience and a passion for his community to the position,” said state Surgeon General Dr.

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Chair defends board’s actions Cops

By Rachel Brown Hackney | Managing Editor

County Commissioner Nora Patterson told a Tiger Bay Club audience that although the commission could have paid more attention to signs of trouble with procurement before a scandal erupted, the board was constrained by the county charter. resulted in Ley’s creating a “march for death” culture against honest employees.

She asked Patterson: “As a strong supporter of (Ley), do you feel any responsibility for the negative treatment of those employees, and how will oversight of the administrator change so this never happens again?”

Patterson said: “I don’t honestly have evidence of mistreated employees … It is very, very difficult, other than to sympathize, to figure out exactly what happened.”

The commissioners tried to verify stories of employee mistreatment by Ley, Patterson said, but she emphasized they are “five people forbidden by the (county) charter to act as administrators.”

Interim County Administrator Terry Lewis said the county has launched several new initiatives to help as well. The county’s new “Financial Transparency” button on its website, www.scgov.net, as well as a toll-free hotline allow anyone with a complaint to report it anonymously.

Lewis said Uebelacker would report directly to him.

Patterson also said part of Rushing’s statutory charge is to initiate audits whenever she feels they are necessary.

“We’re all kind of on high alert at this point,” Patterson said.

In response to another question, Patterson said the county administrator and the attorney are the board’s only employees, as

stipulated in the county charter.

She said, however, if three commissioners meeting independently with the county administrator reported the need for an audit, “We could get it done.”

Attorney Dan Lobeck directed comments to Mary DoughertySlapp, executive director of the Gulf Coast Builders Xchange. Lobeck has been outspoken about the need for slower growth in the county and questioned the development industry’s push to reduce environmental protections in the county’s zoning code and its comprehensive plan.

“The reality is that you can’t have growth in this area without maintaining our quality of life,” Dougherty-Slapp said. “It is the thing that attracts people to come to this community. We’ve got to do away with the job-killing regulations.”

However, she also said she was not in favor of harming the environment.

“It’s about that balance,” Dougherty-Slapp said. “If regulations have been implemented that we’re seeing that are deepening or lengthening this recession, we need to be willing to look at them.”

Earlier, Dougherty-Slapp had told the audience: “The mantra for this economy is, ‘Jobs, jobs, jobs.’ We need growth in a reasonable, smart way.”

Sheriff Tom Knight also was a member of the panel.

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2:20 a.m. — 5000 block of Ocean Boulevard. Driving Under the Influence. A deputy driving north on Ocean Boulevard from the Beach Club observed a vehicle turn left onto a road ahead of him. The vehicle accelerated rapidly, so the deputy used his radar gun to determine it was traveling at 35 mph in the 20 mph zone.

The driver then started swerving across lanes. When the deputy activated his emergency lights, the vehicle slowed and pulled over onto the right side of Ocean Boulevard, west of Higel Avenue.

When the deputy approached the car, he noticed the driver smelled of alcohol, his eyes were bloodshot, and his pupils appeared dilated.

The driver was argumentative, and his pants were undone, but he denied having had any alcohol. After the deputy arrested him, the driver confessed he had had two beers. The deputy allowed the driver to relieve himself on the roadside before conducting a sobriety test; therefore, before requesting a urine sample at the jail, the deputy gave the driver a cup of water. The driv-

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8:53 p.m. — 6600 block of Midnight Pass Road. Petit Theft. A clerk at a convenience store reported that a white male, between 18 and 24 years old, entered the store and took two 18-bottle cases of beer without paying for them. Because the cartons were just to the right of the store’s entryway, it was pretty easy, the clerk said, for the suspect to run inside, grab the beer and run out. The clerk was unable to provide a detailed description of the suspect. The deputy asked her to have the manager review the instore video to see if the suspect was clearly visible; if so, the manager could notify the Sheriff’s Office.

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Sarasota County Commission Chairwoman Nora Patterson said she and her fellow board members should have done a better job of following up on concerns county Clerk of Court Karen Rushing raised in audits regarding employees’ use of purchase cards. The information from the audits contributed to a scandal this year regarding procurement procedures.

Patterson made the statement during the Tiger Bay Club meeting Sept. 15 at Michael’s On East.

About 300 people attended.

She also addressed former employees’ statements that they were fired by former County Administrator Jim Ley for pointing out problems. “(The commissioners) had put a lot of faith in the administrator in those decisions,” she said.

Patterson said with the addition of new Ethics and Compliance Officer Steve Uebelacker, who started Sept. 14, the county should be able to correct some of those problems.

“There will be somebody independent of the various staff supervisors … who will be able to vet … complaints out in a way that the commissioners by charter are not empowered to,” she said.

However, Cathy Antunes, a 2010 candidate for County Commission, said members of the public were concerned the commission did not provide effective oversight regarding Ley’s actions. The commission’s inaction, Antunes said,

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This is the best we can do?

Seriously? The sign on this page is the best that Sarasota County could come up with not only to celebrate the Siesta Key Beach’s top national ranking but to commemorate it for future visitors?

As all residents know by now, Dr. Beach named Siesta Key Beach the No. 1 beach in the nation before Memorial Day. Of course we all know that it is one of the world’s premier beaches. But the result has been a boom in tourism, with many businesses reporting increases of 20% and more on the Key and tourist-tax receipts increasing in kind.

The Pelican Press and others have urged the county to memorialize the designation to let future visitors know with utter clarity that when they enter Siesta Key they can lounge about on the white sands of the best beach in the nation.

And the county responded — with small white letters on a mud-brown sign, tacked below the far more inspired bus stop signs for Sarasota County Area Transit. It is easily

lost and gives no hint there is bustling community pride at the designation. “Siesta Beach #1 Beach USA.” Huh? Sure, it’s a sign, but could we reach for some semblance of English grammar? Maybe a “Welcome to … !” As it stands, it is an uninspired, dull clutter sign that few will notice or remember.

In her understated fashion, Sarasota County Commissioner Nora Patterson, who lives on Siesta Key, said that while she was glad to get the signs posted, “They could be much improved upon.” More like scrapped and started over.

It’s more than disappointingly crummy signage.

The bigger lesson, again, should not be lost. There are only a few things at which the government is good. This is exhibit

4,873 why government should just stick to those most basic services.

Why? Here is how it happened.

The staff in two county departments collaborated and created a sign they could make in the county sign shop. Yes, the county has its own sign shop. The signs were created — and this is key — so that they “are within regulations and do not require any special permit,” wrote Rob Lewis, executive director of planning and development services, to commissioners Aug. 31.

We sure wouldn’t want to violate or change any the of rules in the county’s ever thickening code books only to promote the best beach in the nation.

We get all of this bureaucratic power together in one place and manage to generate this: “Siesta Beach #1 Beach USA” in brown and white. Ugh.

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Using Sarasota County taxpayer money to steal Hoveround from Manatee County is just wrong. The two counties need a cease and desist order.

We steadfastly maintain that government offering tax dollars as incentives for companies to expand or move to Sarasota or Manatee counties is bad public policy. It allows government politicians and bureaucrats to pick winners and losers, and it does little, if anything, for net job creation by taking with one hand and giving with the other.

Further, the policy absconds with money from current tax-paying companies to give to prospective tax-paying companies — some of which will be direct ROD competitors to current THOMSON taxpayers. An example of this is giving Whole Foods tax breaks to locate in downtown Sarasota, two miles from Richard’s Foodporium, which had been paying taxes all along.

It’s bad policy. But you can see the argument for it: Everyone is doing it, so we have to do it to remain competitive. A better response to everyone doing it would be simply to create the most competitive atmosphere possible for job-creating companies and then let the market do its thing. Tube Dude just got $100,000 from the county with the hope of adding 44 more employees to its current five. It grew from zero to five with no “incentives.”

However, the absolutely most egregious element of this policy is the cross-county poaching that goes on between Sarasota and Manatee counties. The latest example is Sarasota County giving Hoveround Corp.

— a Manatee County-based company that makes electric wheelchairs — $250,000 if it moves the company south of University Parkway to Sarasota County and creates 44 new jobs.

So-called economic development leaders will say a company such as Hoveround will generate more in property taxes and will more than pay for the grant in time.

But that may not be true in the bigger picture if Manatee County fires back and lures Sarasota companies using Manatee taxpayers’ money. And how many companies never show up because of the levels of taxes and regulation?

Nonetheless, the counties issue glowing press releases on their job creation. Sarasota County economic development officials claim 21 companies that have received about $8 million so far from that fund have added more than 1,000 jobs.

But officials never point out how many companies leave the county — or went out of business — and the job losses entailed there. It is awfully self-serving for politicians and economic development officials to send out press releases and hold press conferences for each company lured through other people’s money and not include companies lost. It’s dishonest.

THE CASTAWAY by Jorge Blanco

Sarasota County created a $10 million fund to steal companies from other communities, including its neighbors. What would make anyone outside of government, which is most of us, think that government would do a good job of deciding which businesses to back? Nothing. But it sounds great in a press release.

Take Gemesis Corp. The Lakewood Ranch-based, diamond-manufacturing company was a hot item in 2007 when it took county financial incentives to expand its production capabilities. County officials were eager to grab the microphone at the groundbreaking, where then-Commissioner Shannon Staub called Gemesis “the crown jewel of the county.”

Gemesis has now moved its offshore production to Malaysia and downsized from a 60,000-square-foot facility to one of 25,000 square feet. Employee count has fallen from 50 in 2007 to between 15 and 20 today.

But government and quasi-government officials keep taking tax money and deciding which businesses in a neighboring community to try to steal. It is just wrong.

Leaders in both counties should not have to be reminded how interrelated our economies are and how interrelated the tax base is. Many people live in Manatee County and work in Sarasota County and vice-versa, particularly when it comes to Lakewood Ranch.

Call a truce on this horrible waste of government energy and, most important, taxpayers’ money. It would not be hard.

Economic development officials in both counties should get together and agree to a cease fire. We’d all be winners.

Rod Thomson can be reached at rthomson@yourobserver.com.

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More high school students seeking free, reduced-price meals After the Sarasota County School District Food and Nutrition Services Department made it possible this school year for families to apply online for their children to receive free and reduced-price meals, more high school students have been approved for the aid.

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Parents are able to use computers at their children’s schools, Girard said, and food-service managers can help with the process as well.

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The regular lunch price for elementary students is $2.05; the reduced price is 40 cents.

For middle school and high school students, the regular price is $2.30, while the reduced price is also 40 cents.

The district does not have a complete count yet of the number of students this year who are eligible for the free and reduced-price meals, Girard said. A 30-day grace period enables any child who was eligible the previous school year to continue to get

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The number of students receiving free and reduced-price lunches as of Sept. 15 was about 1,250 for the district, Girard said, which is an increase of about 500 from the 2010-11 school year.

“It’s still steadily increasing,” she said, but not at the pace she observed a couple of years ago.

The latest official district figures, from February 2011, show Emma E. Booker Elementary School with the highest percentage of students receiving free and reduced-price meals — 93.11%.

Among the high schools, North Port had the largest number of students receiving free and reduced-price meals — 60.3%. Sarasota High reported 42.65% of its student body was

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Sarasota High Principal Jeff Hradek said about 678 students are getting free meals this year, with another 160 getting reduced-price meals. That reflects an increase of about 200 from 2010-11, he said. The total student population is 1,990.

“People think they are being categorized if others know they are getting help,” Hradek said.

However, the online application process enables them to avoid the embarrassment. At the same time, the higher number of SHS students getting free and reduced-price meals may be indicative of a tougher economic climate.

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“It encourages those who need the benefits to actually apply,” she said. “It’s been a real positive.”

The district began seeing a spike in applications for meal payment assistance in 2008, she said, when more county residents were out of work due to the recession. However, Girard said, the demand was greatest in elementary grades.

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Since she moved to Sarasota four years ago, Wheeler has been a regular library user and volunteer. Moreover, she said, whenever her grandchildren come to visit, the library is their second favorite spot — after the swimming pool. They love to check out books, DVDs and puzzles, she said.

According to county staff, Gulf Gate had the highest circulation of all eight county libraries in 2010.

Sarabeth Kalajian, general manager of the county’s libraries, said the Gulf Gate Library also has high attendance for its programs.

“One only has to try to find a parking space in the parking lot (to see proof of that),” she said. “It’s truly a neighborhood library. Staff (members) say so many of the patrons are familiar to them.”

Deanie Erb, president of the Friends of the Library for Gulf Gate, said users come not only from the immediate vicinity of the facility but also from Siesta Key and Palmer Ranch.

“We’re all just very happy about the project,” she said.

After a presentation Sept. 14 by design manager Isaac Brownman of the County’s Public Works Department, Commission Chair Nora Patterson said: “I would like to see (the new library) breaking ground soon after site plans are finished. A ton of folks use that library. They’ve followed almost a tortuous process for funding this thing.”

Total funding for the project was available but had been reallocated at some point, Patterson said.

“Somehow, it got zeroed out,” she said.

“I don’t know how or when. It was just a very unusual taking of dollars.”

During a Sept. 6 budget workshop, James Harriott, the county’s executive director of public works, said the total cost of the new library has been estimated at $9,403,660. To

date, only $2,403,660 has been allocated for it, according to materials supplied to the commissioners. Harriott had listed the construction on the county’s capital improvements program for the 2015 fiscal year.

However, Harriott said, once the design was complete, funding options could be explored to speed up the work.

Cindy Guest, the former head librarian at Gulf Gate Library, said she also was pleased with the news the project may be put on a faster timetable. She had emailed Patterson after the budget discussion to ask that the county “proceed within the October 2013 completion parameters” that Patterson had mentioned during that meeting.

“I’m trying to be very positive about it,” Erb said. “You just hope for the best.”

Commissioner Joe Barbetta said Sept. 14 that low interest rates on bonds and construction costs allow the county to proceed more quickly.

Brownman said staff would work with Harvard Jolly Inc., of Punta Gorda, for the bidding and construction phases for the new library. Harvard Jolly was selected Jan. 12 for design, bidding and construction services, including site evaluation.

“We would like to get you a design contract in the next month,” Brownman said, but no later than November.

The county had earmarked more than 300 potential locations for the new library.

Those were reduced to eight, Brownman said, and two others were added. Harvard Jolly, he said, had settled on the Curtiss Avenue site for a number of reasons, including the fact the county already owns the property, no rezoning will be necessary, the site is located within the heart of the Gulf Gate community and access is good, as the location is near Beneva Road and Gulf Gate Drive.

However, Brownman said, the site size and shape will necessitate a two-story structure. The County Commission may want to consider building the new facility adjacent to the current one, he said, but that probably would increase the time for completion.

Another option is for the county to lease space for the library while construction proceeds.

“If there is any possible way we can build and continue operation on the site, we would at least want to consider that,” Kalajian said.

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WORSHIP SERVICES Pine Shores Presbyterian Church 6135 Beechwood Ave.; 922-1597; www.pineshorespres.org Sunday morning worship services: 9:45 a.m.: Traditional worship service in the sanctuary with choir and children’s church 10:15 a.m.: Informal worship gathering in the Community Center; child care available.

Sanctus Pax: 6:15 to 6:45 p.m. Wednesday evening prayer service St. Boniface Episcopal Church 5615 Midnight Pass Road; 349-5616; www.bonifacechurch.org Sunday morning worship services: 8 and 10 a.m.

Summer Church School: 10 a.m., Room F, for ages 3 to 12 Wednesday: Evening prayer, 5:30 p.m., followed by potluck supper in the parish hall Thursdays: 10 a.m. worship service Labyrinth and Courtyard Chapel open 24 hours a day.

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Devin Kelly, 6, rides a wave in all by himself.

Kurt Hemmel gives his son, Ethan, 6, a push during the Hang Ten for Autism surf event.

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Riders About 80 youngsters, along with their siblings and parents, arrived on Siesta Key Public Beach Saturday for the second Hang Ten for Autism surfing event. They were joined by 112 volunteers.

Each child was paired up with a surf guide and a volunteer to learn how to surf and

Caiden Woodward, 4, wears a big smile prior to having his surf guide, Mark Weeks, send him off to ride a wave.

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The day was divided into two surfing sessions, with 3to 10-year-olds surfing from 9 a.m. to noon and 11- to 17-year-olds surfing from 1 to 4 p.m. Lunch was catered by Outback Steakhouse.

Aiden Seymour, 4, talks with his surf guide, Dan Runyo, before taking another wave.

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Lee Swain gives Jennifer Columbo and Ian Higgins, 3, a push on the surfboard.

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Gulf & Bay Club members mourning loss of swans

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On a hot summer afternoon, the Gulf & Bay Club’s swans, Valentino and Natasha, sought some extra cooling from the fountain spray in the complex’s big pond.

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A Key resident who called last week complained about how disrespectful and reckless drivers are on the island. “It’s getting really hard out here, the way people drive,� Nicole Disammartino said.

Siesta has many residents who are older and simply cannot walk that fast when crossing a road, she said “It does get out of hand with these drivers — especially these young people,� Disammartino said.

Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office Sgt. Scott Osborne told me he realizes many of the tourists who drive down Ocean Boulevard, especially for the first time, don’t realize the crosswalks are there until they’re practically on top of them —

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After I learned the proper techniques for snorkeling in the spring, several people recommended to me that I take my gear down to Point of Rocks. These folks have been effusive about the underwater scenery — but no one could offer a simple way to access the snorkeling area, except by kayak.

It is understandable that private homeowners who live by Point of Rocks are not too keen on having people just show up and wander through their yards.

However, I recently learned a simple way to work around that problem. Of course, by putting this in print and subsequently on the web, I am jeopardizing my own chances of taking advantage of it. Still ‌ Brad Robertson, the county project manager who oversaw the improvements this summer at Access 12 on Crescent Beach,

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Bruce first spoke with Leno during a taping of the show in 2000, when Bruce was an audience member.

Bruce already has had roles in “How I Met Your Mother,� “Rules of Engagement,� “Victorious� and “Big Love.�

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Siesta native Bruce Merkle has come a long way from being an audience member of the “Tonight Show� in 2000 to being a guest of the show Sept. 23.

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The complex experienced other swan mishaps in February 2010, she wrote. Valentino’s sister flew off, and Valentino injured himself when he flew into the Jamaica Royale complex; he had to be taken to a vet for treatment.

A year ago, Deckard wrote, the complex finally was able to locate a suitable “lady friend� for Valentino. “(Because) swans mate for life, we needed a young, unattached female,� she said.

Valentino made his escape first this summer. When he left, Natasha “waddled to the parking lot to look for him and had to be lured back to the pond with feed.�

The lure of food evidently was greater than the lure of love.

and sometimes not even then.

Osborne gave me one of the best pieces of advice I’ve ever received. Shortly after I started working full-time for the Pelican Press, he told me never to cross the street, even in a crosswalk, with a vehicle coming unless I could make eye contact with the driver and knew for sure the driver would stop.

He also said traffic laws allow a driver to proceed through a crosswalk with a pedestrian if the pedestrian has cleared the driver’s travel lane.

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During the summer, Nancy Deckard, a regular attendee at Siesta Key Association meetings, said she would send me a photo of the current pair of swans at the Gulf & Bay Club on the Key. She had spotted them under the spray of the fountain in the big pond on the grounds, on a hot day.

When I heard nothing from her, I figured she was just busy.

RACHEL It turned out that was far BROWN from he real HACKNEY story.

Deckard recently did email me to say she had been hesitant to send the photo of the swans, Valentino and Natasha, because both flew off after our conversation.� Deckard said the general manager at Gulf & Bay Club “neglected to have (the swans’) wings clipped, as is needed each year to protect them from flying into a building or going out into the Gulf, where they are not prepared for waves or predators.�

Residents are heartsick about the loss, she added, especially because they had warned the general manager that the clipping needed to be done. The complex had a pair of swans for decades, Deckard wrote, “and this pair was the cutest and

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Free Exercise Classes — 9 a.m. every Thursday, Siesta Key Physical Therapy, 5147 Ocean Blvd. Space limited. For details and to register, call 870-5811.

Yoga on Siesta Key Beach — 8 to 9:30 a.m. Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday. Free. For more information, email avanandamaui@ yahoo.com YES — 11:30 a.m. every Tuesday, Young Entrepreneurs of Sarasota share success strategies at Clayton’s

“Knowledge Saves: Get the IQ on Rx” — 6 to 7:30 p.m. Sept. 22, Sarasota High School auditorium, 1000 S. School Ave., presented by Coastal Behavioral Healthcare, First Step of Sarasota and the Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office.

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Parents and students welcome. For details, call 3665333.

National Estuaries Day Celebration — 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sept. 24 at Ken Thompson Park near Mote Marine, sponsored by Sarasota Bay Estuary Program. Free event will feature learning activities and exhibits for adults and children. For more information, visit www.sarasotabay.org or call 955-8085.

Sarasota County 2011 Coastal Clean-Up — 8 a.m. to noon Sept.

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Volunteers may sign up by calling 861-5399. Free T-shirts, while they last, and supplies for volunteers will be available the week of Sept. 19 at the KSCB office, 1660 Ringling Blvd., fifth floor. For details, visit www.scgov.net, keyword “KSCB.”

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Monday through Friday, Siesta Key Men’s Group meets at Siesta Beach Shelter, south side of beach; open to all. Call 951-6810.

EVP Pro Series World Finals and Splash Beach Volleyball Event — EVP finals are from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sept. 24, featuring 20 professional beach volleyball teams from across the U.S. competing for more than $5,000 in cash and prizes.

Splash event is from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sept. 25 at Lido Beach, Spectator admission free both days.

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PUBLIC EVENTS Economic Development Corp. of Sarasota County Hall of Fame Luncheon — 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Sept. 23, Ritz-Carlton, Sarasota, 1111 Ritz-Carlton Drive.

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Michael and Larise Nicholson, St. Petersburg, sold their home at 120 Island Circle to Richard and Debra Rua, Pittsburgh, for $1.25 million. Built in 2002, it has four bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 4,076 square feet of living area.

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This Sarasota Beach home, which has four bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 4,076 square feet of living area, sold for $1.25 million.

John Vesy and Marcella McKinley Vesy, trustees, sold their Unit 306 condominium

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John and Linda Scarritt, Sarasota, sold their home at 5324 Siesta Court to Tatiana Connolly, of Falmouth, Mass., for $408,000.

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William and Virginia Andres, trustees, of Crystal Lake, Ill., sold the Unit 208 condominium at 757 Beach Road to Judith Thrasher and William Park, of Maumee, Ohio, for $250,000. Built in 1970, it has one bedroom, one bath and 816 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $199,000 in 2000.

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BRUSHED METAL Lamps for sale: Dining room and hall $170.00 for 2. 941-923-3386.

FILE CABINETS: 1-4 drawer, 1-2 drawer, legal, $45/ea. Lounge chair, $70. Desk, wood, $40.

941-922-6859.

INDOOR RATTAN Chaise Lounge: pale blue with custom made cushions. $200.00. 342-1368.

ONKYO SET, including: FM Stereo/AM Tuner Amplifier, 3CD Changer, Speaker, like new, $125.

918-8328, 685-1459.

REFRIGERATOR-FREEZER WITH automatic defrost, 18.2 cu. ft., excellent condition. $150.00.

941-918-8987.

SINGER SEWING machine, on cabinet, very good condition, hardly used. $115. Call 941-350-4481.

SOFA GOOD condition, pale gold $50.00. Kitchen stove vent $30.00. Tv 27” $30.00. 941-922-2046.

TWIN BEDS: Complete with basketweave headboards, springs, some bedding. $100/each.

941-923-4739.

WICKER CHEST $40. Glass-top table, 36" diameter $60. Brown resin wicker rocking chair, $60.

941-966-0972.

WINDOWS: GLASS Doorlite Windows, 2 FREE. Used. Approx. size each: 53 x 19 inches.

941-3 43-5140.

WORKMATE: BLACK & Decker Deluxe Dual Height with collapsible wood vise, $20.

941-923-1757.

X-BOX 360: White with white controller. 60 gigabytes. Good condition. $180/obo. Call 941-864-0674.

Autos Wanted AUTOS WANTED! Let me take the hassle out of selling your car. Cash offered today! Call Mike, 941-713-2277.

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ESTATE SALE 9a.m.-2p.m., Friday, Sept. 23 1862 Cottonwood Trail The Lakes - at McIntosh & Bahia Vista Mahogany dining room set. Tea cart, dinette set, 2 Formica cabinets, Pair of twin beds, 4 TVs, Johnson Bros. Historic America set of dishes, Sofa, Mahogany tea table and tilt top tables, Set of Haviland, Smoking stand, Queen Anne highboy, Walter Wingard reproduction tall case clock, Leather easy chair, End tables, Shark floor cleaner, Office chair, Franklin Library books, Oriental prayer rug, Patio table and chairs, Bar chairs, coffee table, Shop Vac, exercise bike, Ladder, Gardening items, Christmas items, linens, kitchenware.

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ESTATE SALE 9a.m.-2p.m., SAT. SEPT. 24 4165 BROOKPOINT COURT SARASOTA 34238 OFF OF US41 BETWEEN MCINTOSH RD. AND CENTRAL SARASOTA PARKWAY JUST PAST TREASURE COVE AND HID-A-WAY STORAGE Nice quality Florida style, newer furniture: 2 white Queen bed sets, dinette & patio sets, sectional sofa, desk, recliner, leather love seat, media centers, wicker desk, end tables, lamps, lots of greenery, nice accessories, linens & kitchenware.

Sales by Julie McClure; pix: WWW.APPRAISALS4U.BIZ GARAGE SALE: Various items and holiday decor.

September 24th & 25th, 9am-1pm. All sales go to charity. 194 Willow Bend Way, Osprey.

INDOOR GARAGE/ESTATE SALE SATURDAY, 9a.m.-3p.m., SUNDAY, 10a.m.-2p.m. HALF PRICE. Furniture, TVs, clothes, stamps, records, toys, unique items. 2536 Wood Oak Dr, Sarasota.

Colonial Oaks Park area.

TARA GOLF & CC: Moving sale! Household items.

Saturday 09/24 8am-2pm. 5821 Pleasant Grove Court.

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

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TOWNHOUSE: OUR house on the beach.

1600/sq.ft. 1st floor, across from Siesta Key Beach, totally renovated, 2BR/2BA, tennis and pool. Reference required. $1925/mo.

609-560-5098.

Wholesale Retail 2 locations Nets 240,000 Price 450,000 + inventory Franchise to net 110,000 price 85,000 Commercial lawn co. nets 140,000 price 200,000

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SIESTA KEY condo: 1BR, furnished, walk to beach, shopping, restaurants. Pool, laundry, on ground floor. 586-744-5488.

BAY VIEW: 2BR/1BA updated condo with water, sewer, cable, close to all, unfurn. 941-914-1759.

Homes For Rent ANNUAL RENTAL: Longboat Key, Twin Shores Mobile Home, 55+, private beach, 2BR/1BA. Call Karen (813)377-6864.

LIDO SHORES: Waterfront home 3BR/3BA. Pool, Dock, Private Beach access. Walking distance to world class shopping and restaurants!

Furnished or unfurnished. Annual rental. $5100/month. Call 941-928-1542.

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55+ community. No Pets.

5811 14th St. W. Bradenton.

Sarasota Real Estate Assoc, Inc. Greg Nowak 941-809-6034 OSPREY: BAYACRES 2BR/2BA/2CG, Great neighborhood, close to Beaches & Shopping.

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Non-smoking. $1200/mo 941-586-5834.

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Vacation/Seasonal Rentals BOULEVARD OF The Arts, 12th floor 2BR/2BA, recent high-end renovation, beautifully decorated, European kitchen, stainless appliances, excellent security. Panoramic views of Sarasota Bay, boat dock available. Annual or seasonal available. 941-724-4703, 412-310-8436.

LIDO KEY. Seasonal rental on beach. Months flexible, 3 month minimum. 3BR/2.5BA, large terrace, direct view of city/ bay/ Siesta Key. Tennis, Olympic pool, spa, gym. 215-833-5967.

LONGBOAT KEY PIERRE CONDO on the beach.

8th floor. 2 bedroom plus den/convertible 3rd bedroom. Garage parking. Furnished. 2,410 sq ft.

Available 10/1/11 thru 9/30/12, or any portion.

Pool, tennis, fitness center. Outstanding Gulf of Mexico and sunrise views. 3 guest suites in bldg. for occasional company. Photos available.

248-310-8308.

MOBILE HOME for rent 55+ park. 2BR/1BA. November through February. 814-657-4587.

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Call and ask for R.J., 941-586-8996.

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SIESTA KEY CONDO SALES 6157 MIDNIGHT PASS Rd # D11 Bay Oaks 797 BEACH RD # 109 CRESCENT ROYALE 1350 N PORTOFINO DR # 303 SIESTA HARBOR 5643 MIDNIGHT PASS RD # 912 WHITE SANDS VILLAGE DOWNTOWN SARASOTA CONDO SALES 750 N TAMIAMI TRL # 410 RENAISSANCE 1221 N PALM AVE # 305 FRANCES CARLTON 1255 N GULFSTREAM AVE # 1404 BAY PLAZA 777 JOHN RINGLING BLVD # H6 SARASOTA HARBOR EAST 1255 N GULFSTREAM AVE # 207 BAY PLAZA SARASOTA CONDO SALES 3983 MACEACHEN BLVD # 414 TREGATE EAST 4318 MADEIRA CT # 3339 CASA DEL SOL 7320 CLOISTER DR # 7320 LAKESIDE CLUB OF SRQ 1601 PELICAN POINT DR # HA214 PELICAN COVE PALMER RANCH CONDO SALES 4114 CENTRAL SRQ PKWY # 1135 BELLA VILLINO 3673 GLENEAGLE DR # 14D BALLANTRAE

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Kristina Talkie, GRI, REALTOR 941.266.8658 kristinatalkie@michaelsaunders.com

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“Steven is a sincerely committed individual,” says Ringling Museum trustee Cliff Walters, of Ringling Museum Executive Director Steven High, above. “He’s someone who is going to dive deeply into strategic initiatives.”

Higher ground Three months into his post as director of the Ringling Museum, Steven High is overseeing an international arts festival and breaking ground on a $7.5 million project.

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o wonder trustees at the John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art recruited Steven High.

High has that desirable mix of right- and left-brained thinking that art institutions look for in a leader.

A suit-and-tie guy with an art his-

tory degree and an MBA, High, 55, straddles the line between what the Ringling Museum is and what the Ringling Museum could be.

What that is exactly, High — the museum’s new executive director since June — articulates in one straightforward sentence: “The op-

posite of milquetoast.”

In other words: the opposite of timid.

“Art is about every aspect of our lives,” High says. “It’s about passion.

It’s about ideas. It’s about posing questions, even if you don’t always get clear answers.”

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COVER STORY “The Amazing American Circus Poster: The Strobridge Lithographing Company” features 80 color posters from the golden age of American circuses.

The exhibit is up now through Jan. 29, at the John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art. For more information, visit www.ringling.org. ling: a builder.

Under High’s helm, the Telfair completed a $76 million expansion project, added a record 40,000 new visitors and saw a spike in endowment funds.

His first year in office, he championed Telfair’s PULSE: Art and Technology Festival, a nine-day, newmedia bonanza devoted to installations that featured kinetic robots, digital projectors, 3D scanners, infrared surveillance, LED lights, motors, iPhones, Wii remotes and social networking tools.

Last year, the event drew 4,000 attendees.

“When we were on our search for a new director, Steven’s name kept coming up,” says Ringling trustee Cliff Walters. “Sources kept saying, ‘You want someone like Steven High.’ After hearing it so many times, we thought, ‘Why don’t we just approach Steven High?’”

High, however, wasn’t ready to leave when the museum contacted him this spring. After laying the groundwork for massive growth in Savannah, he was eager to see the fruits

DID YOU KNOW? This year marks the 100th anniversary since John and Mable Ringling purchased their 20-acre waterfront property.

of his labor flourish.

“We finally persuaded him to come and walk the campus,” Walters says. “I think that’s when he began to see not just what we have, but what we can do to go to the next level. I think he believed his experiences suited him well for the role.”

What he saw was a beautiful campus on the Sarasota waterfront, a museum filled with an impressive collection of Rubens and another museum filled with circus paraphernalia.

As impressed as he was with Ringling’s assortment of masterworks, he was even more impressed with its renewed focus on what he calls “the art of today” –– the “Art of Our Time” initiative.

Sitting at a round table in his office, High is surrounded by the art of today: heavy catalogs, maga-

Charles Livingston Bull designed this 1915 poster to advertise Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey’s combined shows. zines and glossy marketing materials from museums and art houses.

“This stuff tends to accumulate,” High says, sipping from a cup of coffee with the cool demeanor of a man who’s been on the job longer than three months.

The most cumbersome book in his stack is a circus poster book by the Strobridge Lithographing Company.

A bulky 264-page coffee table book, the Strobridge tome is filled with iconic circus posters dating from 1878 to 1939. The works are part of the “The Amazing American Circus Poster” exhibition that currently lines the walls of the Sear-

ing wing at the museum.

It’s a Ringling-ian exhibition, if such a word exists, and the first to open under High’s leadership. But as evidenced by the director’s fondness for cutting-edge contemporary art, one can only surmise that it’s barely an inkling of what’s to come.

“Museums can be intimidating for folks,” High says.

“Many peoples’ experience with them is that they can’t touch anything, which isn’t how it always should be. We should be serious in some aspects and entertaining in others.”

You’d never know RIAF is less than three weeks away by looking at the museum’s

unruffled director. At a time when most of the staff is running ragged from months of intense preparation, High is eerily calm.

As if sensing this about himself, he mentions only one artist on the RIAF lineup: Zimoun, a sound sculptor from Switzerland who uses DC motors to generate structure noise installations, whose work will be featured in a special exhibit during the festival.

“It’s such a simple process,” High says. “The ebb and flow of sound; the landscapes of objects all humming and moving at the same time. It’s noise, but you almost have to be quiet to hear it.”

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Take, for example, “Beyond Bling,” the hip-hop art exhibition that opened shortly after High joined the museum. Although he wasn’t responsible for curating the exhibition, several visitors approached him during its run to share their opinion of the work.

Some loved it, and some hated it.

“It’s OK to do a show that not everyone agrees on,” High says. “You can’t make everyone happy all the time.”

“Bling” was part of a deliberate push to showcase more contemporary art at the Ringling Museum.

Dubbed the “Art of Our Time” initiative, the project ushered in the appointment of the museum’s first modern- and contemporary-art curator in 15 years and the six-day Ringling International Arts Festival.

It’s also the reason why High decided to leave his comfortable post at the Telfair Museums, in Savannah, Ga., for which he served as director for four years.

“To be honest,” High says, “without (Ringling’s) contemporary art commitment, I probably wouldn’t have come here. I needed something I could get behind.”

He had become to the Telfair what former Ringling Director John Wetenhall had once been to Ring-

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+ Art Center bids farewell to ‘iconcept’ whiz Lisa Berger has put in her twoweek resignation at Art Center Sarasota.

If you don’t know Berger, you should.

The development director and marketing maven is partially responsible for reinvigorating the aging Art Center.

Those of you who’ve enjoyed the raucous fun and fashion of the organization’s “iconcept” artmeets-fashion show have Berger to thank for the event.

A fashion designer by trade, Berger has spent the last three years helping buoy the Art Center by creating fresh programming for new artists and young audiences.

Her “iconcept” concept, which featured a controversial striptease this year, has become Sarasota’s must-see fashion show of the season.

So, what’s to become of Berger and her popular fundraiser?

Berger is headed next month to New York City to join the high-end sports apparel company, Ellesse, for which she worked as the director of design 17 years ago.

The company, which recently signed Chris Evert as its spokeswoman, is re-launching its brand this fall with a line of luxury tennis garb, followed by golf, eques-

It’s so hard to find a good piece of armor these days.

Thank goodness the Asolo Repertory Theatre is holding a rummage sale.

Well, “rummage sale” might be too lowbrow a term for this costume sale. Some of the pieces are marked as high as $400.

The theater, which will hold its sale from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Sept. 30 and Oct. 1, at the Asolo Rep Scenic Studios on Tallevast Road, is hawking wardrobes and accessories from “The Imaginary Invalid,” “Ariadne auf Naxos,” “Equus,” “Julius

Caesar” and “Oh, What a Lovely War,” to name a few.

According to David Covach, costume shop manager, the event soars in comparison to previous sales. It took him six weeks just to sort through the pieces, many of which were sewn from scratch.

A cast of notable Asolo Rep actors, including David Howard, Doug Jones, Carolyn Michel, Sharon Spelman and Brad Wallace, has worn the costumes.

If you want to impress your buddies on the Halloween party circuit, I suggest picking up the

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Carolyn Michel and Elisabeth Ahrens perform in the 2008 show, “The Imaginary Invalid.” ostrich costume from “Peter Pan.” No one will ever know it’s you.

+ New addition opens at Ringling’s Museum A rendering of the new Tibbals Learning Center.

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Lisa Berger speaks at the 2011 “iconcept” fashion show. trian and ski designs.

Berger, whose last day at the Art Center is Sept. 30, is currently shopping around for an event planner to organize this year’s “iconcept,” which she hopes will get off the ground despite her absence.

“It’s going to be hard to separate from it,” Berger says. “It’s like my baby.”

If anyone out there is interested in adopting Berger’s baby, please contact the Art Center. The show must go on!

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The Ringling Museum is keeping true to its roots by adding yet another addition to its beloved Circus Museum.

The new $7.5 million addition to the Tibbals Learning Center will open Sept. 24 in conjunction with Smithsonian National Museum Day, which means admission to all museums is free.

The addition, funded by yet another sizable donation by master circus model builder

Howard Tibbals, adds another 24,475 square feet to the Circus Museum.

City of Sarasota Mayor Suzanne Atwell will be on hand to celebrate the completion of the project and the 100th anniversary of John and Mable Ringling’s famous Sarasota property purchase.

Atwell will lead a proclamation ceremony at the Bolger Campiello at the Cà d’Zan mansion.

+ Local author walks the red carpet at Emmys Sarasota writer Marlene Resnick’s son has done her proud.

Resnick, a children’s book author, just returned from the Creative Emmy Awards, in Los Angeles, where she accompanied her son, Noah Rosenstein, who was nominated for an Emmy for “Outstanding Short-Form Picture Editing” for his work on the 83rd annual Academy Awards.

And Resnick isn’t the only local lady to walk the red carpet at the Emmys.

The Primetime Emmy Awards, which aired Sunday night on FOX, was hosted by “Glee” star Jane Lynch, the wife of former Sarasota psychologist Dr. Lara Embry.

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Oct. 2. Located at 811 S. Palm Ave.; 366-5731; www.selby.org.

ALL ANGELS BY THE SEA EPISCOPAL CHURCH — Exhibit of artwork by local artist Marcia Freedman on display through September. Located at 563 Bay Isles Road, Longboat Key; www. allangelslbk.org; 383-8161.

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

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Matt Damon is mysteriously immune to the virus that wreaks havoc in “Contagion.”

>> ‘Contagion’ Director Steven Soderbergh wastes a lot of talent in his new film, “Contagion.”

Although it’s chock-full of Oscar-winning actors, there’s a distinct lack of character development. But he does provide a profound abundance of fear and paranoia that chills to the bone.

The movie opens with a black screen accompanied by two coughs. It’s day two, and Gwyneth Paltrow isn’t feeling too well after having returned from Hong Kong. She dies suddenly, and, soon after, her son succumbs to the same ailment. We now know it’s infectious, and when they remove the top of her skull, the pandemic horror begins.

International chaos ensues with Kate Winslet at the helm as a doctor for the Centers for Disease Control, and Marion Cotillard plays an epidemiologist for the World Health Organization.

Laurence Fishburne serves as deputy director of the CDC in Atlanta, and Jennifer Ehle is so desperate in trying to

perfect a vaccine, she injects herself. A goofy-toothed Jude Law rears his beautiful/ugly head as a whistle-blowing blogger who blames the government and drug companies for the virus.

Matt Damon, as Paltrow’s husband (who’s mysteriously immune to the virus), is the only character whose plight is humanized. Soderbergh has chosen an almost documentary approach to the subject matter. He expertly instills fear via his camera by lingering on objects with which we come in contact on a daily basis. Elevator buttons, cocktail glasses and a bowl of bar nuts become lethal weapons in the terrifying scenario that unfolds.

I found myself confused with the timelines during the film. It requires strict attention. But when it all comes together in the final scene, you’ll be astounded.

“Contagion” is a study in human behavior — the good and bad — which Soderbergh seems to have down pat.

— Pam Nadon

ART CENTER SARASOTA — “The Other Persona,” featuring artwork ranging from fantastic costumes to assemblages, by artists Ray Peper, Jo Proietti, Viki Chelf and Jeff Schwartz, runs through Oct. 22.

Located at 707 N. Tamiami Trail; 365-2032; www.artsarasota.org.

ART UPTOWN — “Reflections on Ringling” runs Oct. 1 to Oct. 29, with works related to the Ringling Museum’s landscape, architecture, art and history. Located at 1367 Main St.; www.artuptown.com; 955-5409.

DABBERT GALLERY —“Summer Showcase,” featuring the works of six sculptors, one printmaker, 23 painters, one pastel artist and one photographer, runs through September. Located at 76 S. Palm Ave.; 955-1315; www.dabbertgallery.com.

RINGLING COLLEGE OF ART AND DESIGN — Annual Ringling College faculty and staff exhibitions run Sept. 30 through Oct. 26.

Opening reception takes place from 5 to 7 p.m. Sept. 30. Galleries are located one-half block east of 2700 N. Tamiami Trail on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Way; 3597563; www.ringling.edu/selbygallery.

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SIMON’S COFFEE HOUSE — “Splashy Colors,” featuring Impressionistic works by Joan Schnuerch, runs through Oct. 3.

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“On the Ball,” by Jamie Friedli, is part of the “Reflections on Ringling” display at Art Uptown.

“Crosscurrents of Design: Asian Export Ceramics” and “The Art of Jade” run through Oct. 30. “The Amazing American Circus Poster: The Strobridge Lithographing Company 1878-1939” runs through Jan. 29. “20th Century Abstract Art from the Ringling Collection” is an ongoing show.

Art After 5 takes place from 5 to 8 p.m. every Thursday in the art museum and Circus Museum.

Tickets: $10, adults; children, 6 to 17, $5; children under 6, admitted free. Tickets for the museum are $25, or $20 for seniors 65 and up; children ages 6 to 17, $10; children 5 and under, admitted free.

Art museum free to all on Mondays.

Located at 5401 Bay Shore Road; 351-1660. Admission includes the Ringling Museum of Art, Cà d’Zan mansion, Circus Museum, Mable’s Rose Garden and grounds.

SCARLETT’S FEATHERS — “Weaving: A Riot of Color and Texture,” with works by Lois Mills, runs through Oct. 15. Located at 53A S. Palm Ave.; www.scarlettsfeathers.com; 894-3620.

SELBY GARDENS — Sixth annual Selby Instructors’ Summer Showcase, in the Museum of Botany and the Arts, runs through

STATE OF THE ARTS GALLERY — “Dive in to the Art World,” featuring water interpretations

by Sarasota’s legacy artists, runs through Oct. 1. Exhibit of gallery artists is also on display. Located at 1525 State St., 955-2787; www. sarasotafineart.com.

UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST CHURCH — “Suncoast Watercolor Society Exhibit: Directors Show” runs through Oct. 26. Located at 3975 Fruitville Road; 377-4897.

WOMEN’S RESOURCE CENTER — “Te Amo,” an exhibit of artwork

by Anita Wexler, runs through September. Located at 340 S. Tuttle Ave.; 366-1700.

ARTWALKS

FIRST FRIDAY WALKS — Downtown galleries of Burns Square, Pineapple Avenue, Palm Avenue and Main Street feature live music, refreshments and general merriment. Event takes place from 6 to 9 p.m. Next art walk will be held Oct. 7.

THEATER

FLORIDA STUDIO THEATRE — “Just Desserts” runs Oct. 1 through Oct. 29, in the Gompertz Theatre.

Tickets: $12. Located at 1241 N. Palm Ave.; www.floridastudiotheatre.org; 366-9000.

FSU/ASOLO CONSERVATORY — “Hamlet Redux,” a 60-minute retelling of the Shakespeare classic, will be performed at 6 and 8:30 p.m. Oct. 6 in the Cook Theatre. Tickets: $26; www.asolorep.org; 351-8000.

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GOLDEN APPLE DINNER THEATRE — “Drag Queen Bingo Bonanza: The Show” takes place at 6:30 p.m. every Friday.

Tickets: $5. “Disenchanted” will run Oct. 11 to Oct. 23. Tickets: $28; dinner priced separately. Located at 25 N. Pineapple Ave.; 366-5454; www.thegoldenapple.com.

RINGLING INTERNATIONAL ARTS FESTIVAL — Performances featuring music, dance, theater and visual arts will run Oct. 11 to Oct. 16 in the Ringling Complex, 5401 Bay Shore Road. For a complete schedule, visit ringlingartsfestival.org or call 360-7399.

THE PLAYERS THEATRE — “Kiss Me Kate” runs through Sept. 25. Tickets: $25.

Located at 838 N. Tamiami Trail; www.theplayers.org; 365-2494.

VENICE THEATRE — “You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown” runs through Sept. 25.

Tickets: $10 for students; $16 for adults.

“The Dixie Swim Club” runs Sept. 27 through Oct. 16. Tickets: $12 to $15 for students; $24 to $27 for adults. Located at 140 W. Tampa Ave., Venice; www.venicestage.com; 488-1115.

MUSIC

JAZZ AT TWO — The Lillette Jenkins Trio will perform at 2 p.m. Sept. 23, at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Sarasota, 3975 Fruitville Road. Tickets: $5 for Jazz Club members; $10 for non-members; www.jazzclubsarasota.com; 366-1552.

LULLABY CONCERT SERIES — Musicians to perform classical music in a childfriendly library setting at 11 a.m. Sept.

24, North Sarasota Public Library, 2801 Newtown Blvd.; 861-5000.

NEW COLLEGE NEW MUSIC — Violinist Miranda Cuckson will perform at 8 p.m.

Sept. 24, in the Sainer Pavilion, 5313 Bay Shore Road. Tickets: $15; www.newmusic-

The Lillette Jenkins Trio, featuring Lillette Jenkins-Wisner, will perform Sept. 23, at the Unitarian Universalist Church. newcollege.org; 487-4888.

SARASOTA ORCHESTRA — “Chamber Soiree: European Passport,” featuring selections by Szervansky, Shostakovich, Turina and Arnold, will be performed at 5:30 p.m. Sept. 22, at Holley Hall, 709 N. Tamiami Trail. Tickets start at $25.

“Journeys to Genius: Elgar” will be performed Oct. 8 and Oct. 9, at the Sarasota Opera House, 61 N. Pineapple Ave. Tickets start at $39; www.sarasotaorchestra.org; 953-3434.

VAN WEZEL PERFORMING ARTS HALL — K.D. Lang & The Siss Boom Bang will perform at 7 p.m. Oct. 9. Tickets: $30 to

Jeremy Lamb and Christine Alexander are two of the improv actors in Florida Studio Theatre’s “Just Desserts,” which runs Oct. 1 to Oct. 29. $85. “The President’s Own” United States Marine Band will perform at 7:30 p.m.

Oct. 17. Free. Located at 777 N. Tamiami Trail; www.vanwezel.org; 953-3368.

VENICE MUSICALE — “A Musical Potpourri” of favorites, both instrumental and vocal, will be performed at 10 a.m.

Oct. 6, at Jacaranda Public Library, 4143 Woodmere Park Blvd., Venice. Free; www. venicemusicale.org or 497-2733.

COMEDY

VAN WEZEL PERFORMING ARTS HALL — “Henson Alternative’s Stuffed and Unstrung,” with the Jim Henson pup-

peteers, with perform at 8 p.m. Oct. 5.

Located at 777 N. Tamiami Trail; www. vanwezel.org; 953-3368.

HOME RESOURCE — “The Patrick McInnis Comedy Hypnosis Experience” will be presented at 8 p.m. Sept. 23. Located at 741 Central Ave. Tickets: $15; www. christinealexander.net; 587-2777.

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Jump Dance Company members Carly Fults, Emma Bramley, Gemma Zapatha, Grace Dunn, Megan Lieprandt and Ashlynn Martin

‘Sarasota’s Got Talent’ auditions rock the stage

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Sure, America’s got talent, but Sarasota’s got it, too — and it’s coming to an auditorium near you.

Organized by the Center for Musical Theatre at Julie Rohr Academy, the third annual “Sarasota’s Got Talent” auditions were held Sept. 17, at Plymouth Harbor.

The idols of the local singers who graced the stage were all over the board, from Broadway legends to rock stars and country sweethearts.

Hannah Beatt, already a Broadway vet at 11 years old, having appeared as Young Fiona in “Shrek the Musical” two years ago, named Tony Award-winning actress Sutton Foster as her favorite performer.

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of the Plain White T’s “Rhythm of Love,” said former “American Idol” star Chris Daughtry tops his list.

And then there was 16-year-old Sarah Bradtmueller, who marked her third appearance as a vocal contestant with a soulful Adele ballad. Despite being blessed with a set of deep sultry pipes, Bradtmueller revealed that her favorite songstress is country darling Taylor Swift.

“I love her,” Bradtmueller said. “She’ll come out with a new song and it’ll be exactly what I’m thinking at the time. It’s like ‘Dang it! Why didn’t I write that?’”

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Pecan pie is a delightful dessert RECIPE

Nancy Markle’s Pecan Delight Pie Servings: 10 or more

1 9-inch prepared cookie pie crust 2 eggs 1 cup sugar 1 stick (1/4 pound) butter, melted 1 teaspoon genuine vanilla extract 1/2 cup flour 3 cups pecans

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6 ounces Ghirardelli 60% cacao bittersweet chocolate chips

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Mix well eggs, sugar, melted butter and vanilla in large bowl. Add flour and mix well. Add pecans and chocolate chips and mix in. Pour into prepared crust and bake for 30 minutes. Serve warm with your favorite ice cream and chocolate sauce.

Pecan Delight Pie was developed from a Derby Pie recipe.

Guest food editor Nancy Markle lots of salads or veggies.

“I am a dessert person,” she says, “and this is the ultimate comfort dessert. People love it, but it is extremely rich — all pecans and chocolate with no corn syrup and just enough eggs to hold it together.”

She has found that the usual one-sixth piece of pie is too much, and she cuts this one, instead, into tenths or even

Nancy’s Mocha Sauce

smaller.

Markle, a retired chief information officer of major corporations, has always loved to entertain.

“I remember friends and family sitting around the table eating when I came home from a date,” she says. “And for huge Passover dinners, my mom invited non-Jews to share the experience.”

These days, she cooks when she visits her children in Atlanta. They throw a party for their friends and hers.

“It has become a tradition,” Markle says. “And it’s a great way for me to meet their friends.”

A former board member of Designing Women Boutique, Markle published this recipe in its “Where Food Meets Fashion” cookbook, available at the shop on North Tamiami Trail, along with dozens of others from fashionable Sarasotans.

Markle’s notes:

8 ounces semisweet chocolate 1 cup strongly brewed coffee 1/4 cup sugar 1 1/2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract 3 tablespoons coffee or chocolate liqueur

Put brewed coffee and chocolate in a heavy saucepan. On low-medium heat, melt chocolate until all is mixed, stirring often. Add sugar and bring to a boil. Stir well and remove from heat and let cool.

Add vanilla and liqueur. Mix well and store in a tightly covered jar in refrigerator. You can heat in microwave to serve hot. It will pour easier.

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• Use an Oreo cookie crust, if you want, a chocolate crust or shortbread cookie-crumb crust if you want a white one.

They are found with the baking products in the grocery store.

• For those who don’t like chocolate (if there are such people), eliminate chocolate chips and add another cup of pecans, using a shortbread cookie crust.

• Use raw pecan pieces if you can find them.

• Melt the butter in the microwave.

• Häagen-Dazs Java Chip ice cream is excellent with this, or Vanilla Bean is less rich.

• Serve in a stemmed champagne coupe for added glamour.

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Although it does not belong on anyone’s healthy heart or weight-management diet, the recipe has a lot going for it. It calls for a store-bought crust.

It is not difficult or time-consuming to prepare. It can be made in advance. And, best of all, it makes a grand finale that your guests will love.

Markle’s favorite dessert used to be peanut butter pie, but she developed an allergy to an ingredient and needed a replacement. This creation started out as Derby Pie. “Heaven only knows where that recipe came from,” she says.

She discovered it in 1998, when she moved here from California, and has been refining it ever since — most recently by creating her own mocha sauce when she couldn’t find the one she had been buying.

This time of year, Markle likes to serve a light dinner of cool or room-temperature foods. She would serve her pie, for example, after a casual supper of turkey meatloaf and

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