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AMERICAN HEROES

In honor of Veterans Day Nov. 11, we photographed 31 United States servicemen and women who reside at Plymouth Harbor.

The residents represent all four branches of the U.S. military and have served in three wars and numerous conflicts.

Front row: Hart Wurzburg: Army, 1941 to 1945, World War II Larry Coffey: Air Force, 1954 to 1956 Bill Brackett: Army, 1953 to 1955, Korean War Joe Deglman: Army Signal Corps, 1961 to 1963, Cuban Missile Crisis Carroll Johnson: Navy, 1942 to 1946, World War II Joseph Berkely: Army Air Corps, 1943 to 1945, Pearl Harbor Bucky Buchanan: Army Air Corps, 1941 to 1945, World War II Robert Lawrence: Signal Corps, 1943 to 1945, World War II Clifford Tuttle: Army, 1942 to 1944, World War II

Lew Pollock: Air Force, 1942 to 1946, World War II

Middle row: Mike Kolker: Air Force, 1951 to

1955, Korean War John Williams: Navy, 1951 to 1954, Korean War Harley Koets: Navy, 1945 to 1946, World War II Thomas Favell: Navy, 1941 to 1945, World War II Sallie Van Arsdale: Navy WAVES, 1944 to 1946, World War II Dick Baum: Army Infantry/Military Intelligence, 1943 to 1945, World War II Marlow Cook: Navy, 1941 to 1945, World War II (Atlantic Theatre and

Pacific Theatre) Henry Gieseler: Navy, 1942 to 1946,

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George Heitler: Army, 1942 to 1954, 4th Svc. Command Don Wallace: Army Infantry, 1943 to 1946, World War II (European Theatre, France, Germany)

Back row: Terry Aldrich: Air Force, 1961 to 1967 and from 1973 to 1975, Vietnam War Tom Towler: Army Infantry, 1951 to 1954, Korean War Carl Denney: Coast Guard, 1958 to 1964 Allen Jennings: Air Force, 1954 to 1980, Vietnam War

David Beliles: Marines, 1950 to 1952, Korean War Bobby Broderick: Army Intel and Recon, 1941 to 1946, World War II (ETO Normandy to Berlin) Joe Iaria: Army Air Force, 1943 to 1945, World War II (Pacific Theatre, Radio Operator B-24) Lou Schneider: Navy, 1943 to 1946, World War II (Aviation) Scott Pike: Marines, 1942 to 1946, World War II. Gil Dosse: Army Air Force, 1943 to 1946, World War II Frank Heider: Army, 1946 to 1947, Occupy Japan

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by Kurt Schultheis | City Editor

Sarasota boaters denounce regulations Sarasota boaters told city staff last week they don’t want to be told when and how long they can anchor off the shores of Sarasota Bay. Approximately 75 boaters filled City Hall last week to let city staff know they don’t want to be told what to do in Sarasota Bay. At a public workshop Nov. 3, city residents and boaters were encouraged to provide input on regulations near a proposed bayfront mooring field near Marina Jack that calls for construction of 35 mooring balls to be secured by chains at the bottom of Sarasota Bay. The purpose of the workshop, however, was to get feedback on how the city should manage boats that want to anchor for free outside of the proposed mooring field, which is scheduled to begin construction next month.

Currently, cities and counties in Florida have no control over where boats can anchor and for how long their vessels can stay offshore. But the city of Sarasota is one of five locations picked to be part of a new state pilot program to form new regulations for boat mooring.

Mooring Project Manager Tony Russo explained that new rules are being formed for both the future bayfront marina and the current Sarasota Sailing Squadron mooring field.

“This discussion will help shape the waters outside of mooring fields and how we control them,” Russo said.

But boaters at City Hall made

it clear last week they aren’t interested in being part of a test and don’t want the city regulating where they can anchor their boats.

“Once upon a time, a person could live on a boat as long as they wanted and have much more privacy than they would on a downtown park bench,” said boater Pete Tyson. “Please don’t give boaters further regulation.”

Although Russo explained that part of the reason for shaping regulations was to control derelict boats that are left behind in the waters, some in attendance questioned whether that was an issue.

From 2004 to 2007, the Sarasota Police Department has tagged and hauled away 160 derelict boats at a cost of $150,000. The cost to tow the boats away is paid for through FWC grants. It costs about $1,000 to tag and tow away derelict boats, which are deemed derelict if they can’t move freely by their own engine’s ability.

“My solution would be no time limits on anchoring outside of the mooring field,” said boater Scott Keddy. “You need a harbor master who can control how close the boats get to the mooring field, and if a boat causes a problem or becomes derelict, it can be quarantined off and hauled away.”

Boater Patrick Egan told those in attendance that he can’t afford to pay approximately $300

per month to rent a permanent mooring fixture in the future mooring field.

“If my wife and I can’t anchor outside of the field, we will have to sell our boat,” Egan said. “I urge you to put as long a time frame as you can on anchoring time limits.”

David Kennedy, a representative from BoatUS, the Boat Owners Association of the United States, agreed with the assessments from local boaters.

“Your ordinance needs to allow boaters to have a safe place to anchor close to facilities,” Kennedy said. “You have to offer both paid and free choices for boaters and don’t create a revenue source for the city.”

Russo said the city would not make money off the proposed mooring field.

“The Department of Environmental Protection has supplied a grant for this project that makes it clear that the only money made from the field must be used to pay for the field and its upkeep,” Russo said. “This can’t be a moneymaker for the city.”

Paul Gilbert, a boater who for the last 45 years has anchored every winter off Sarasota Bay, said a boater needs the option to anchor outside of a mooring field.

“We also need the ability to stay as long as we would like,” Gilbert said. “I object to having my rights

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Boaters who use the city’s mooring field have tried policing themselves to avoid formal management. as a legitimate cruising sailor threatened and want the freedom to come and go as I please as I continue to spend money in your fair city.”

The statement and others like it were met with applause from the boaters in attendance.

Russo said the city staff understands the boating community’s concerns.

“In December, we will present our findings to the City Commission and you will have an opportunity to make your voices heard again at two more public hearings,” Russo said.

The new mooring field is expected to be operational in spring 2012. In August 2010, the Sarasota City Commission approved a 35-ball moorning field.

Sarasota is one of five locations throughout the state selected by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission to par-

ticipate in a mooring field pilot program, which allows the city to craft the ordinance, which will also regulate where boaters may legally anchor outside the mooring field.

Plans call for Marina Jack to manage the harbor area, where vessels will hook up to the mooring balls. Marina Jack staff will collect rent, provide restrooms, shower and laundry facilities and pump out sewage holding tanks, as well as ferry ashore boaters who have moored in the field.

The city has wrestled with a mooring field in the area for more than 20 years, while trying to decide how to establish a field that many local boaters have vigorously opposed.

Typically, about 50 sailboats and other various types of watercraft are anchored in the area on any given day. It’s currently free to anchor there.

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STREET SOLICITATION

By Kurt Schultheis | City Editor

Panhandling draws fine line The city of Sarasota has a much more lax ordinance for street panhandlers than those enforced by neighboring counties and municipalities.

Non-aggressive panhandling during daytime hours is becoming more and more noticeable in downtown Sarasota, especially at the Ringling Boulevard and Gulfstream Avenue intersections with U.S. 41.

Last week, numerous drivers reported a homeless man at Ringling Boulevard and U.S. 41; he was holding up a cardboard sign asking for money.

But, unlike some neighboring municipalities and counties, the city’s ordinance does not require the arrest of panhandlers for holding up such signs unless they are directly asking motorists for money. (See box for complete ordinance.)

Panhandling on city streets also is allowed during daytime hours unless it’s deemed to be aggressive.

Sarasota Police Capt. Paul Sutton said there’s nothing officers can do about panhandlers on street corners, holding up signs asking for money, unless they are harassing motorists with direct requests for help.

“Panhandling is a constitutionally protected activity in our city, but it can

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be limited,” Sutton said.

A city ordinance states that panhandlers within city limits cannot beg for money before sunrise and after sunset.

Police officers also can prohibit aggressive panhandling, which is characterized as more than one panhandler begging someone for money at the same time. Panhandling also is prohibited on bank properties and near parking meters.

Sarasota County has a similar ordinance in place that doesn’t allow aggressive panhandling.

“All we can do is enforce the ordinances that are on the books,” Sutton said. “If all they have is a sign and they don’t ask anyone for anything while they are on the street, they are exempt.”

Meanwhile, several municipalities surrounding Sarasota are making panhandling an illegal activity — no matter what time of day it occurs. Some of those ordinances also don’t distinguish between aggressive and non-aggressive panhandling.

In October, the Tampa City Council voted 4-1 in favor of a panhandling

ordinance for the city limits. That ordinance, which went into effect Nov. 1, prohibits any street panhandling six days a week, leaving Sunday as the only day the practice is allowed.

In Tampa, panhandlers must receive a warning, before being cited and having to appear in court, where they will face punishment ranging from fines to one year in jail.

The Tampa City Council action followed a June 2010 move by the city of St. Petersburg to implement a ban on any soliciting that involves requesting money.

Closer to home, Manatee County passed an ordinance in March 2007 that prohibits any type of panhandling near a roadway. It also forces panhandlers to stay at least 15 feet away from a road. In Manatee County, panhandlers receive a warning before facing either a fine of up to $500 or a 60-day jail stay.

Meanwhile, Sutton said he believes the city has an ordinance on the books that’s working, He noted that panhandling is not prevalent on city streets.

Through Oct. 31 this year, Sutton said 48 complaints had been registered in regard to panhandling, and that the majority of those did not involve panhandlers on city streets.

“That’s 48 complaints out of 53,000 complaints in total,” Sutton said.

ordinance “Panhandling shall be defined as any solicitation made in person upon any street, public place, park or beach in the city, in which a person requests an immediate donation or money or other gratuity from another person.

Panhandling, however, shall not include the act of passively standing or sitting nor performing music, singing or other street performance with a sign or other indication that a donation is being sought, without any vocal request other than in response to an inquiry by another person.”

“It shall be unlawful to engage in the act of panhandling on any day after sunset or before sunrise. It shall be unlawful to engage in any act of panhandling in an aggressive manner, including any of the following actions: • Touching the solicited person without their consent • Panhandling a person while such person is standing in line and waiting to be admitted to a commercial establishment • Blocking the path of a person being solicited or the entrance to any building or vehicle • Following behind, ahead or alongside a person who walks away from the panhandler after being solicited • Using profane or abusive language, either during the solicitation or following a refusal to make a donation or making any statement, gesture or other communication, which would cause a reasonable person to be fearful • Panhandling in a group of two or more person.

• Panhandling near parking meters

by Kurt Schultheis | City Editor

Photos by Loren Mayo

Connie Pittman helps prepare the Publix store for its grand opening.

Multi-level Publix opens today A new Publix grocery store at 2031 Bay St. opens today and offers elevator and escalator access from the parking garage and a shopping cart conveyor.

Lakeland-based Publix Super Markets Inc.’s newest Florida location, complete with a ground-floor parking garage and retail space locations above, opens today at the intersection of Bay Street and South Tamiami Trail on a 2.3-acre site.

The 49,700-square-foot store at 2031 Bay St. allows patrons to park their cars on the ground-floor garage or parking lot and access the store via a double-wide elevator or an escalator.

The store, labeled Store No. 1372, is the 24th Publix location in Sarasota County and will also contain a shopping cart conveyor to transfer carts to and from the ground floor.

The prototype is the first of its kind in the area and employs approximately 130 people. Similar stores exist in St. Petersburg, Tampa, Treasure Island and Miami.

The store was built by Sarasotabased McIntyre, Elwell & Strammer

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The new store includes vivid colored tiles of green, blue, red and yellow on the walls, along with both track-and-fluorescent lighting.

In addition to traditional meat and produce sections, a bakery and a deli, it will also have an on-site pharmacy and full-service fresh seafood and floral departments.

The $8.1 million store replaces the former Publix in the Ringling Shopping Center, which was the oldest operating store in the grocery-store chain’s portfolio before it closed Wednesday. The new store is 45% larger than the store it replaces.

“It is always exciting to open a new store and feel the enthusiasm it generates,” said Publix spokesperson Shannon Patten. “We look forward to serving our customers in this unique multi-level location.”

Part of the design of the new store includes vivid blue, red, green and yellow tiles on the walls.

The escalators lead from the parking garage to the store.

Publix Store Hours The newest Sarasota Publix location at 2031 Bay St. has the following hours: 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. seven days a week

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9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday through Friday 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday

The automated shopping cart return allows shoppers to place their carts on a conveyor that takes it down to the parking garage.

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+ Downtown parking garage update The Sarasota City Commission agreed Monday to hold a discussion at its Dec. 5 regular meeting about the future of the State Street parking garage, which the city has agreed to build within the next four years.

Commissioners will discuss whether the city should change the bid process to allow city staff to issue an invitation to negotiate with potential builders of the future garage.

The city’s lowest of four bidders for the Palm Avenue parking garage retail space came in at $1.6 million.

+ St. Armands median project on schedule A $450,000 St. Armands Circle median project is still on schedule to be completed by Thanksgiving, according to St. Armands Circle Business Improvement District Chairman Marty Rappaport.

Rappaport told those in attendance at Tuesday’s BID Board of Directors meeting that the project is moving

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 ManaSota League of Cities Meeting — 9:30 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 10, City Hall, Commission Chambers, 1565 First St., Sarasota.  Main Street Improvement Study Open House — 4 p.m. Monday, Nov. 14, City Hall, Commission Chambers, 1565 First St., Sarasota.  Board of Rules and Appeals Meeting — 3 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 16, City Hall, Room 112, 1565 First St., Sarasota.

Sarasota City Commission Regular Meeting — 2:30 and 6 p.m. Monday, Nov. 21, City Hall, Commission Chambers, 1565 First St., Sarasota. 

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City mulls suspending Commission denies fast-track amendment impact fees for parks Sarasota City Commissioner Shannon Snyder is making his case for why he believes the majority of the impact fees Sarasota County levied on city taxpayers should be axed.

At its Monday regular meeting, the Sarasota City Commission discussed what Snyder perceives as unnecessary park impact fees.

Snyder said that the city pays for a level of service for its parks with which Sarasota County can’t compete.

“The county no longer funds our park facilities because our level of service in those parks is so high,” Snyder said.

Snyder said the city needs to ask the county to eliminate the park impact fees.

City attorney Bob Fournier told the commissioners Snyder’s proposal “might have some merit” because the city is essentially built out. He suggested the city ask for an indefinite suspension of the park impact fees.

In the meantime, Snyder and the commission directed city staff to create a report that details the number of parks and the amount the city has spent on its parks.

“Our level of service is well above what they are willing to pay for,” Snyder said.

“What growth we have over the next 30 years will be more beneficial in sales taxes than the amount of (park) impact fee dollars we will get back from the county.”

City Manager Bob Bartolotta suggested the commission discuss the issue with the Sarasota County Commission when both boards meet Nov. 22.

“I support a dialogue with the county to ask them if they would stop collecting these fees,” said Vice Mayor Terry Turner.

In August, Sarasota city commissioners agreed to suspend sewer-and-water impact fees for 10 years. In part, the city agreed to

Two Sarasota city commissioners changed their minds and decided they couldn’t support a code amendment that sped up the permitting process for applicants.

The recently transformed Sarasota City Commission is a more pro-active group that encourages businesses downtown and wants applicants to get through the city’s building permit process quickly and efficiently.

But, at the end of the day, the majority of the commission couldn’t justify approving a zoning code amendment that would have sped up the permitting process and allowed zoning code conflicts to be resolved in a manner most favorable to applicants.

The commission voted 3-2 at its regular meeting Monday to deny an amendment that was originally proposed and supported by the majority of the commission, but was criticized by the Planning Board and some residents and community organizations.

“I supported starting down this road in an informal meeting to take a more positive approach to what’s happening with our economy,” said Vice Mayor Terry Turner, who along with Commissioner Shannon Snyder proposed the idea over the summer to create a more pro-business attitude.

“But reviewing the Planning Board meeting twice makes me pause and gives me concern,” he said. “We need to be respectful to the larger community, and I am LBK - 2010about -K also LBKconcerned - 2010 - K potential litigation.”

Some people spoke in opposition to the code amendment, including Sarasota land-use attorney Dan Lobeck.

“The proposal you have before you

would declare war on your neighborhoods and tilt standards toward a developer,” Lobeck said.

Others, however, denied the code amendment was a detriment.

Sarasota resident and former City Commission candidate Diana Hamilton urged the commission to approve the amendment.

“Everybody always asked us while we were campaigning how we could simplify our code so it’s a place that welcomes enterprise,” Hamilton said. “This simply says when there’s a way to make a change helpful to an applicant, why not do that?”

Mayor Suanne Atwell agreed with Hamilton.

“We need to look at the greater good and bringing business in here,” Atwell said.

“This is powerful if we make this statement.”

Turner and Snyder, however, changed their minds on the code amendment and voted to deny the amendment along with Commissioner Willie Shaw.

“I think we should leave it the way it is,” Snyder said. “The economic situation is what’s causing our problems, not the code as it’s currently written.”

Atwell and Commissioner Paul Caragiulo supported the code amendment.

The decision comes after the Planning Board and the Coalition of City Neighborhood Associations rejected the code amendment and a proposed expedited procedure to move proposals forward to the Planning Board more quickly.

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But commissioners are considering suspending other impact fees in the future.

The move would make the city more prodevelopment.

Snyder said in July it seems counterproductive for the county to collect park impact fees, only for the county to give that money back to the city to manage city parks.

Clarke Davis, Sarasota County general manager of Public Works and Planning, said in September the city commission has the right, according to interlocal agreements crafted with each impact fee, to request the termination of county impact fees.

The Sarasota County Commission would then hold a public hearing 30 days after the city requests an impact fee termination, to hear the city’s evidence on why the impact fee should terminated.

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Thanks to them, we are free Thomas Jefferson famously said, “The price of freedom is eternal vigilance.”

That price includes a lot of blood and sacrifice on the part of American veterans who have put on the uniform and stood in harm’s way. Our veterans are the tip of the spear of eternal vigilance, keeping Americans safe to fight for freedoms at home.

Amercian fighters have battled enemies of freedom from without so the rest of us can live safely and productively.

Without American veterans, there is no America.

So we celebrate Veterans Day Friday with full-throated support and thankfulness to all of our veterans.

As time moves inexorably forward, it was no surprise the last U.S. veteran of World War I died this past year. Therefore, all 24 million veterans being remembered this Veterans Day fought in the wars following, or served between wars. There has been the need for too many — too many wars and too much sacrifice.

But we remain free for having fought on the side of right, defending the one country that is a bulwark of freedom globally. It is our contention that American soldiers, sailors, airmen and Marines have made the entire world a safer, freer place with their sacrifices. History makes the point.

• Would the world be better if Imperial Japan or Nazi Germany were the ruling powers?

• Would the world be better if there were no South Korea and the whole Korean peninsula was under the rule of insane familial dictators with nukes?

• Would the world be better if China’s hegemony of Asia was long established and it had conquered neighbors or created satellites, a la the Soviet Union, because we did not make Vietnam so costly?

• Would the world be better if the Soviet Union remained a world superpower, stocked to the brim with modern nuclear weapons, spreading its brand of Communist tyranny everywhere?

• Would the world be better if Saddam Hussein controlled Kuwait and the Persian Gulf oil, able to disrupt Western economies and drive us into depressions?

• Would the world be better if Serbia and its genocidal leaders were still in power?

• Would the world be better if Iraq and Afghanistan were still havens for Islamic terrorists plotting against the United States?

The answers to all of these are self-evident.

The world is a better place, thanks to our veterans who fought in all of those wars, including the Cold War.

This day is often overlooked

To the veterans of World War II, the Korean War, the Vietnam War, the Cold War, the war in Serbia, the Persian Gulf War, the Iraq War and the Afghanistan War, we as a nation say: Thank You. In our gratitude, we remember that many came back from service with injuries that will have an impact on the rest of their lives and their families’ lives. They paid the price in legs and arms and eyesight, and many paid a price in the loss of peace of mind.

Surviving a battle can leave scars that don’t show; we remember those veterans, also.

‘The cost of freedom is always high, but Americans have always paid it. And one path we shall never choose, and that is the path of surrender, or submission.’

John F. Kennedy But that should not diminish the day’s value. It is one of our most important national holidays, because it is on the backs of veterans that we are, and remain, free.

Veterans Day has its roots at the end of the “war to end all wars,” or World War I. It was known originally as Armistice Day, a U.S. legal holiday to honor the end of World War I, which officially occurred Nov. 11, 1918. The legislation enacting it officially as Armistice Day was signed in 1938, ironically the year before Nazi Germany invaded Poland to trigger World War II. In 1953, Alvin King, of Emporia, Kan., came up with the idea of expanding Armistice Day to all veterans. The owner of a shoe-repair shop, King had been involved with the American War Dads during World War II. He pushed his local chamber, then his congressman and finally persuaded veterans organizations to join the cause.

In 1954, Congress responded to this tenacity and changed the name from Armistice Day to Veterans Day to honor the American veterans of all wars.

On Aug. 4, 2001, Congress designated the week of Nov. 11 through Nov. 17 as “National Veterans Awareness Week.” The resolution calls for elementary and secondary schools to educate students on the contributions and sacrifices of veterans.

Salute them all

And although this is not Memorial Day — which justly honors American soldiers killed in wars — we never, ever forget those who gave the last full measure, who traded their lives for our freedoms, who traded their futures to ensure our futures. To the men and women who fell on the battlefields of Europe, the Pacific, Africa, Asia and the Middle East, we say: Thank you.

Veterans Day is one of the more overlooked holidays. It is often confused with Memorial Day, and it is not one that gins up consumer consumption, as do Christmas, Thanksgiving, the Fourth of July and Halloween. Remembering veterans is more the act of going to a parade, often on a workday.

THE CASTAWAY by Jorge Blanco

Sarasota and Manatee counties are blessed to have an abundance of veterans from all the wars, but particularly World War II and the Korean War. Our photograph on this week’s front page — of 31 veterans who live at Plymouth Harbor — is a vivid illustration of the riches in our community.

That picture, no doubt, could be repeated in condos and neighborhoods all over our community.

We salute them all. Their sacrifices have created a debt the nation truly cannot repay.

And we salute those who still serve and will serve, because they remain the line between the enemies who want to destroy a peaceful, industrious America. The world has never been and will never be a peaceful, harmless place. So we will always need the men and women willing to don the uniform and take up arms to protect the United States.

On this Veterans Day, let those of us not in uniform salute them all — past, present and future — with utmost respect and gratitude.

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Dear Editor: Thanks to Occupy Wall Street, more Americans are learning about the steady growth over the past 40 years of a sickness in our society: the sickness that in our wonderful America, distribution of wealth among our residents (all of whom contribute to economic growth) is so unfair.

Fifty years ago, Barry Goldwater said that free markets would discipline themselves and spread wealth throughout the citizenry, so long as government did not get in the way with taxes and regulations. He was wrong then, and the Republican leaders who continue to promote the same unproven, false and harmful ideas, are wrong now.

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Dear Editor: Over the past few years since the tea party emerged, there have been many warnings from the far left about the future danger they could be in in the near future.

One prediction was that the tea party members could turn into a unruly crowd and cause disruptions in America. It never happened. Another was that the tea party members are hateful and race mongers and could be a danger to our society. They are just patriotic people who want “We The People” back in America. The funniest and strangest objection that was said by the left was that the tea party members’ dress and appearance was “suspiciously too neat.”

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Dear Editor: Nov. 11 is Veterans Day in America. This national holiday is proclaimed by the president of the United States and by state governors to honor members of the United States Armed Services and to recall their sacrifices.

These veterans are honored this day because they have served, fought and even died for what they believed in: rights and liberty for our nation and for all people. From the Minutemen, who won our independence during the Revolutionary War, to the present time, our heroic men and women have shown their strong commitment here and in countries throughout the world.

Their patriotism and bravery are part of the collective heritage that we honor each Nov. 11.

Veterans Day is a great day for all people who enjoy America’s freedoms and prosperity to wave the beautiful United States flag and take the time to salute and thank the proud and brave military veterans. I urge you to attend the Veterans Day parades and ceremonies dedicated for their

honorable sacrifice and service.

A grateful nation does remember!

Jean Maxwell Catsakis Chairwoman, DAR Service for Veterans Committee Sara De Soto Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution Nokomis

Dear Editor: It’s an absolute disgrace to have stood and watched the “steam team” erase the stunning art created by the most gifted artists I have had the pleasure of seeing. What is going on with this heartless town lately?

The city commissioners have done everything possible to prevent a positive spin in this city. They tried to pull the plug on this wonderful event within weeks of its opening date.

Why? This event brought thousands of people here who spent their money in our restaurants, paid the ridiculous parking fees and put some homeless people to work. So far it has become the event of the year!

Were the police overworked?

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the rest of us are sick of it.

What did this event cost the city? What did the city merchants gain? Plenty of revenue, I am sure. We met people from all over the state who had traveled hours to see this event.

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While the rich get richer, more than 90% of Americans have seen virtually no growth in their incomes and quality of life for their families in almost 40 years.

That’s not the America that I want to leave to my children and grandchildren. And it is doubly sad that so many basically decent people have been duped into believing Republican leaders’ arguments that the system does not need changing.

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By George Rauch

Socialism is the lord of envious people Government indebtedness is socialism’s ally, and ruination of the economy is always the result.

A Market Watch article published in February 2004 contained this quote by David Walker, comptroller general of the U.S., who wrote in a New York Times editorial: “The federal debt, plus the gap between the government, Social Security and Medicare commitments and money set aside to pay for them, exceeds $400,000 per family of four.” Today, eight years later, our government cannot agree what we owe in total, let alone per family. All agree, however, it is at least $800,000 per family — and climbing. That is inexcusable.

GEORGE A June 2009 Market RAUCH Watch article indicated: “The continuation and increased philosophy of government spending and money manufacturing to solve a problem created thereby is unprecedented in economic history. The end game of this is unknown but cannot be positive because it’s all built upon debt.”

We are beginning to now see the endgame results.

The volume of total debt in free-world economies is $195 trillion. The total value of assets in those economies is $150 trillion, so the entire free-world economy is upside-down. Had all of this debt been accumulated to build infrastructure, new manufacturing sites and research and development, the world economy would be booming. Unfortunately, a great amount of this debt has been driven by governments and used for war and the redis-

are dependent on the government for medical care. We are dependent on the government for our mortgages. A sizable percentage of our population is depentribution of wealth to satisfy socialistic dent upon the government for a living programs. As always, when governments because they haven’t learned anything control economies, debts become out- but dependency. Many of our politicians cater to groups of dependent people with sized and economies suffer.

Why? It’s simple: Money borrowed by the sales pitch that government can solve the government to give to welfare re- their problems. In reality, the government cipients is not a productive use of capital cannot ever solve the problem — governbecause it is invested in nothing. Money ment only creates more problems. For 50 borrowed and invested in industrial pro- years we have used debt to fuel growth by increasing the money duction, business buildsupply through govings, cars and equipFor 50 years we have used ernment borrowing to ment produces a return spend on welfare and on investment, which debt to fuel growth by government indebted- increasing the money supply war. Growth fueled by anything other than ness cannot provide. through government savings is an invitation Eventually, government to disaster. borrowing overwhelms borrowing to spend on And that brings us an economy, because inwelfare and war. Growth to where we are today. terest payments must be fueled by anything other The dollar is beginning paid annually, and there is never a plan to pay than savings is an invitation to lose its reserve status; the U.S. is on the back debt. Debt grows to disaster. verge of sinking into a until government must — George Rauch severe slump; there is borrow money just to pay likely to be a currency interest on the debt.

This is our present situation, and our collapse, because 65% of the world’s mongovernment is bankrupt. For the last sev- etary reserves are in dollars, and many eral years, the Fed/federal government other countries are not willing to accept has borrowed all of the savings in our dollars in settlement of debts. The battleeconomy. That was insufficient, so they ground in the future will be the dollar and simply printed the several trillion dollars its reserve status. Without the dollar being not available to pay the rest of the bills. the world’s reserve currency, there is no This is the sole reason for inflation in the way government could indebt our country the way it has. We should respect Thomas U.S. There is a fine line between charity and Jefferson’s quote: “We place the economy dependency in life. Dependency literally among the first and most important virbreeds dependency, and that is our pri- tues and public debt as a great danger to mary struggle. We are dependent upon be feared. To preserve our independence, the government for Social Security. We we must not let our leaders load us with

perpetual debt. We must make our choice between economy and liberty or perfusion and servitude.” We have done exactly the opposite of what was intended by our Founding Fathers.

The mess we currently find ourselves in is referred to by deceased Austrian economist Ludwig von Mises as “the crisis of interventionism. Intervention is aimed at confiscating the ‘surplus’ of one part of the population and giving it to the other part. Once this surplus is exhausted by total confiscation, a further continuation of this policy is impossible.” It is not coincidental that growth of public debt fits hand-in-glove with a large — and invasive — government. The only solution left to people in a country like ours is to drastically reduce the size of all governments: federal, state and local. There is absolutely no indication that our government is doing anything to change this trend. All we have had so far is talk, which is all we have had for the last 50 years.

The government’s solution? Tax the 1%

Let’s really examine this in light of the fact that our government is estimated to spend $1.3 trillion more next year than it will receive in tax revenue. Let’s say we take that 1% of the population that makes the most money and who already pays outsized taxes, and we tax away all of their income in one year. That would add about $400 billion additional dollars to the government coffers leaving us a deficit, after taxing the 1% out of all of its income, of $900 billion annually. Only it does not make sense to do that, because most of the $400 billion just confiscated would go back into businesses in the form of investment which will create permanent longterm jobs. By taxing the “1%” out of every-

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This is more government subterfuge to disguise the real problem — government spending. The government has, and continues to, lie and mislead the public, all to preserve government jobs and politician’s power. Elected officials are beginning to characterize the top 1% of wage earners as “the greedy 1%.” That’s ironic in that the greatest example of greed in history is the U.S. federal government.

How does this affect the markets?

How do artificially low interest rates, forced upon us by the Federal Reserve, affect investments in our stock and bond markets?

The bond market remains overpriced because interest rates are artificially low.

The only debt instruments considered safe for the cautious investor, and yielding a decent interest rate, are A-rated corporate bonds and AAA-rated municipal bonds.

There are several high-grade stocks to purchase for yields that pay 3%, or more a year. But these stocks are priced artificially high because interest rates are so low.

Low interest rates force high-grade stocks to trade like bonds, based more upon the dividend rate, rather than the long-term growth prospects of the market. There are limited long-term growth prospects now,

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The conservative investor will have a few of those high-grade stocks, a few of those high-grade bonds and lots of cash.

Because cash pays little, and due to inflation, cash holdings are deteriorating in purchasing power as time moves on.

However, cash can 1) keep us out of trouble, and 2) be available when the stock and bond markets finally deteriorate and close in upon realistic values.

All the bubbles that have been created by the government and the Fed over the last 30 years are a result of artificially low interest rates. Each time the government develops another bubble, the economy gets worse. This is the worst situation we have had in 50 years in America — much worse than the 1970s and 1980s. The wise investor will be judicious about investments, keep large cash balances and expect that the stock market will continue to go nowhere, until the government gets its act together by reducing spending and balancing the budget.

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St. Denis misses cut for administrator The list of finalists for Sarasota County administrator includes two Floridians and applicants from York County, S.C., and Augusta, Ga.

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Regarding Russell, Mercer noted that Augusta’s demographics were quite different from Sarasota County’s, but he felt Russell’s position as deputy administrator there for two years before he became administrator in 2005 was a positive factor.

Mercer said he knew Mitchell quite well. Although the unions in West Palm Beach did not like Mitchell, Mercer added, “I think he’s done an excellent job, and he’s lasted through a couple of different mayors.”

After a discussion about how to proceed with their choices, Patterson turned to Thaxton and asked for his top-three candidates. He listed Reid, Baker and St. Denis — in that order.

Commissioner Carolyn Mason proposed Reid, Baker, Russell and Willie Best, of Chapel Hill, N.C., a candidate with county management experience.

Commissioner Christine Robinson suggested Mitchell.

“My other ones have already been mentioned,” she said.

Patterson said her short list included Russell, Reid and Baker, with Mitchell as a “maybe.”

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Patterson pointed out that the county’s first meet-and-greet with the finalists is Sunday and was hoping the background checks would be completed before then.

“We typically don’t do that until we have a meeting like we’re having today,” Mercer told the commission. Nonetheless, he said, his staff had started working on three or four of the names. No results have come back yet.

The commission was hoping to avoid any problems “that might make us reduce our list to a couple of names,” such as private bankruptcy, Patterson said.

Mercer had done some checking on the Internet, he said, just to see what types of comments he could find about the semi-finalists. Commissioners also said they had undertaken their own Internet searches.

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The only Sarasota County semi-finalist failed to make the cut Tuesday as the Sarasota County Commission narrowed the field to four candidates in its effort to hire a new administrator.

Although County Commissioner Joe Barbetta offered positive comments about Bruce St. Denis, the former Longboat Key town manager, St. Denis won no more than two votes during a winnowing process suggested by Commission Chairwoman Nora Patterson.

The finalists are James Baker, manager of York County, S.C.; Edward Mitchell, administrator of West Palm Beach; Randall Reid, manager of Alachua County; and Fred Russell, administrator of the consolidated city/ county government of Augusta, Ga. In his comments about St. Denis, Barbetta said that although some Longboat town residents “say that we’re nuts (to consider him), others say he’s done an incredible job … I just feel he’s worth being on the list to talk to.”

Patterson disagreed with Barbetta, saying she felt managing a town with a population much smaller than the county’s was not a strong enough qualification. She added that the new administrator would be managing 2,000 people.

For the same reason, she said, Marlon Brown, Sarasota’s deputy city manager, also had not made her short list.

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Patty’s on Main closes A feud between two restaurants with similar names ended last month when Patty’s on Main announced its closure.

A dueling piano bar is expected to open in its place.

The feud between two downtown restaurants with similar names and menus didn’t last long — about three months to be exact.

Last week, brown paper covered the walls of Patty’s on Main restaurant and a new sign appeared. The sign stated that the Five Points Restaurant & Lounge, with dueling pianos, would be opening soon in Kress International Plaza at 1440 Main St. Harry Walia, owner of Kress International Plaza and a partner in the Patty’s on Main eatery, confirmed the new restaurant would hold a soft opening Nov. 14 and a grand opening Nov. 16.

Kurt Schultheis Walia declined to discuss why Patty’s on Main, which he helped open more than Patty’s on Main closed its doors last week. three months ago after former tenant Jim A dueling piano restaurant and bar is Sullivan relocated his Patrick’s Restaurant expected to open in its place. and Tavern down the street, closed.

Walia and Sullivan exchanged barbs in “We’re looking ahead,” said Walia, who said he is not a partner in the new restau- July about why Patrick’s moved and what rant. Walia declined to disclose more infor- led to the erosion of their relationship over time. mation about the new restaurant.

“To be honest, I counted down the days The announcement marks the end of a food war that erupted when Walia decided and couldn’t wait to get away from that old to open a restaurant in the former Pat- building,” said Sullivan at the time.

Now, Sullivan says his restaurant revrick’s location and name it after restaurant manager Patty Ridings (a former Patrick’s enues are up more than 20%. His rent has employee who Sullivan claims was sto- decreased $10,000 since he opened his len away from him). Ridings quit just two new location May 7 and signed a 25-year weeks after the restaurant was named after lease.

Sullivan said the closing of Patty’s didn’t her.

Sullivan said in July he was upset with surprise him.

“I said all along the restaurant wouldn’t the name and a menu that was similar to Patrick’s, a downtown Sarasota staple for last,” Sullivan said. “The residents of Sarasota knew what Walia was doing and supAmerican cuisine for the past 25 years.

Walia said the name and menu choicesAlso ported me with their business all along.

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I also like to build little huts in the dirt. The things that I make out of pipe cleaners, they live in those little huts. I have a toad — his name is Steve — and he’s burrowed in the dirt right now. I found him hopping around. I had 10 at one point. I also like fishing and wading in the pond across the street.

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Do you know what national holiday Nov. 11 is?

It’s Veterans Day. There’s going to be a parade in school, too.

Do you have family members who are veterans?

Both my grandfathers were in one of the world wars. One of them lost a toe in an explosion.

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Will 11/11/11 be a lucky day?

I’m not superstitious. I think it’s an awesome date, and I’m turning 11 on 11/11/11. (She’s been looking forward to it for last five years, according to Ellie’s mom, Heidi.)

Will you feel any different after you turn 11?

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Oct. 27 Bathroom etiquette 5:30 p.m. — 2800 block of Ringling Boulevard. Suspicious Person. A pizza parlor employee called police to report a man had been in the restaurant’s bathroom for a half-hour. The employee told police the man was banging on the door while he was inside and then walked out and yelled at her before leaving. Police found the man, who told police he had to go to the bathroom really badly and that people kept pounding on the door while he was inside. He told police he was only in there for 10 minutes.

He was told not to go back to the pizza parlor ever again.

Oct. 28 No game-playing 1:15 a.m. — 1300 block of Cocoanut Avenue. Theft. A woman reported that someone stole her Playstation after she took it to someone’s home in an attempt to sell it.

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1:50 a.m. — 1400 block of Main Street. Theft. A woman told police that during a fight with another woman at a bar, she lost her black Coach purse that contained her iPhone, keys, driver’s license and credit cards. The intoxicated woman told police she thought the other woman stole it. The other woman denied stealing her purse and allowed police to search her for the belongings. It’s unclear if the purse was stolen or lost.

1:30 p.m. — 300 block of North Orange Avenue. Disorderly Conduct. An elderly man with poor eyesight told police he was talking on a pay phone at a gas station when he got into a fight with a man. When the elderly man asked him to be quiet, he told the man he was going to “shove his cane where the sun doesn’t shine” and continued to follow him around the property. Police could not locate the man.

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1:49 a.m. — 2500 block of Cocoanut Avenue. Criminal Mischief. A woman told police that she left her Halloween party and discovered all four of her car’s tires had been slashed. Prints were lifted from the car, and the suspect is believed to be another woman at the party who tried to pick a fight with the woman earlier in the night.

2:44 a.m. — 2100 block of Waldemere Street. Suspicious Circumstance. A man told police he heard his car alarm going off, but police couldn’t locate anyone in the area. Something blowing in the air may have tripped the alarm, because the car was parked under a tree.

Oct. 29 Additional expenses 2:12 p.m. — 5000 block of North Tamiami Trail. Civil Dispute. A blind homeless man told police he believes a hotel employee made unauthorized charges on his credit card after he spent a night there. Police approached hotel staff, who explained that he agreed to and signed paperwork for a room that included a $100 extra charge for smoking in a non-smoking room. Staff explained that he was also charged an additional $100 for ruining a bedspread that was now covered in cigarette burns.

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“The campus surrounds the Ringling Museum on all three sides,” says Andrew Walker, president of the New College Foundation. “Most students live east of (U.S.) 41, and they had to take the pedestrian overpass over 41, come past the library, and if they are fine-arts students, take a left to other side of campus, go past the museum and Asolo to the southern side of campus.”

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Snowbirds flock to Longboat Key Club & Resort in Sarasota. General Manager Michael Welly credits their success to meticulous planning. It’s the same with energy efficiency. They had a Business Energy Evaluation from FPL. Our expert examined cooling, heating, ventilation and water heating systems. We told him where their energy dollars are going, how their usage compares to similar businesses and how they can save. Thanks to our advice, they made a plan and implemented energy efficiency improvements. Now, Michael can spend more time focusing on his guests and less time thinking of energy costs.

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WEATHER See this week’s weather photo contest winner.

Catch the news you may have missed this summer.

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FIRST PLACE LONGBOAT: Alberta, Canada GRAND PRIZE: Portland, Maine FIRST PLACE EAST COUNTY: New York City

FIRST PLACE SARASOTA: Missoula, Mont.

IT’S READ EVERYWHERE

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Oh, the places we’ll go ...

This year’s “It’s Read Everywhere” contest grand prize winner is Charlotte Hedge, who took her Sarasota Observer along while lobster fishing in Portland, Maine. Her photo earned 5,140 votes. To see the winners’ photos from each paper, see page 2B.

The Observer newspapers have been on vacation. Although we continue to provide weekly neighborhood news to our readers through the Longboat, Sarasota and East County Observers, we have had a busy year traveling all around the world.

This year, thanks to our dedicated participants in our annual “It’s Read Everywhere” photo contest, we visited the Great Wall of China twice, went on safari in South Africa, saw the world-famous tortoises on the Galapagos Islands, stood on top of glaciers in Svalbard, hiked the highest peak in the Rocky Mountains, went Down Under to tour several Australian cities and even ran three marathons.

Of the 114 submissions this year, 49 were from North America, 22 were from Europe, and 15 were from Asia.

Israel and New York City were the most heavily visited locations, with five entries each.

In addition, 18 readers took their Observers island-side, visiting exotic locations such as St. Martin in the French West Indies and Peggy’s Cove in Nova Scotia. And two contestants got creative for their photos for Sarasota stay-cations.

The world map above shows each location the Ob-

WORLDWIDE DESTINATIONS • Alberta, Canada • Arcadia • Atlanta • Australia • Austria • Bahamas • Belize • Big Sky, Mont.

• Borneo • Brazil • Breckenridge, Colo.

• Brockway, Pa. • Caribbean • China • Costa Rica • Croatia • Dubai, United Arab Emirates • Egypt • England • Ethiopia • Finland • France • Galapagos Islands • Germany • Grand Cayman Island

• Guam • Guatemala • Gurwood, Alaska • Honduras • Iceland • India • Isle of Jersey • Isle of Man • Israel • Italy • Jordan • Lake County, Colo.

• Las Vegas • Libya • Maui, Hawaii • Mauritius • McCaysville, Ga. • Mexico • Midway Islands • Missoula, Mont.

• Montreal • Morocco • New York City • Nova Scotia • Ontario, Canada • Panama Canal

server traveled this year. We hope to continue to add new locales to our traveler’s log through your trips this coming year — don’t leave home

• Park City, Utah • Philippines • Pine Mountain, Ky. • Portland, Maine • Rankin, Ill. • Redington Beach • Russia • San Francisco • Sarasota • Seattle • Sedona, Ariz.

• Sevier, Tenn.

• South Africa • Spain • St. Barts • St. Martin • St. Michael’s Island, Md. • Stanford, Calif.

• Svalbard • Thailand • Turks and Caicos • Vietnam • Virgin Islands • Winter Park

without your Observer!

See page 2B for this year’s “It’s Read Everywhere” contest winners. Congratulations to all — and safe travels!

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Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Read Everywhere!

Every year, we ask our readers to take The Observer with them on their travels.

And every year, we are amazed by the photos we receive.

The Observer Group received more than 100 submissions for this yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Read Everywhereâ&#x20AC;? photo contest. Our readers traveled from Italy to Belize and Russia to the Philippines â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and snapped their photos with copies of the East County, Longboat and Sarasota Observers.

After more than 10,000 votes, the grand-prize winner is Charlotte Hedge, who took friends Tracy Seider, Judy Weaver, MaryBeth Robertson, Sandy Strom, Pat Short and Anne Settembrini â&#x20AC;&#x201D; as well as a copy of the Sarasota Observer â&#x20AC;&#x201D; on a lobstering adventure in Maine. Hedgeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s photo took more than half of the votes with 5,140. As our grand-prize winner, she will receive two $500 travel vouchers from Admiral Travel plus 10,000 points ($1,000 value) from the Gulf Coast Connoisseur Club.

The Sarasota Observer winners are Emily and William Hall, who submitted a photo from their

camping trip at the Paws Up Resort, in Missoula, Mont. Their submission received 52 votes.

Taking first for the Longboat Observer is Felipe, Natalia, SofĂ­a and Pedro Cava, who submitted a photo from Jasper National Park near Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Felipe Cava is a former fitness trainer at The Colony Beach & Tennis Resort. Their photo received 1,820 votes.

The East County Observer winner is Lakewood Ranchâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Suzanne Mattes, who took a photo of her daughters, Alexia, 2, and Juliana, 5, and niece, Jessica Marschner, 3, at the Statue of Liberty. Her photo received 1,320 votes.

All first-place winners will receive $350 travel vouchers from Admiral Travel plus 5,000 points ($500 value) from the Gulf Coast Connoisseur Club.

FIRST PRIZE/SARASOTA OBSERVER: Emily and William Hall got their paws on a Sarasota Observer during the Fourth of July this year while camping at the Paws Up Resort in Missoula, Mont. This photo earned 52 votes.

FIRST PRIZE/LONGBOAT OBSERVER: Felipe, Natalia, SofĂ­a and Pedro Cava stayed fit even while on vacation visiting their family near Jasper National Park near Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Their photo earned 1,820 votes.

grand prize winner: Every year, Charlotte Hedge, second from left, takes Tracy Seider, Judy Weaver, MaryBeth Robertson, Sandy Strom, Pat Short and Anne Settembrini to Maine. This year, she hired a captain and a lobsterman and went lobster fishing in front of the Portland Headlight. Her photo with the Sarasota Observer earned 5,140 votes.

FIRST PRIZE/EAST COUNTY OBSERVER: Cousins Jessica Marschner, 3, of Monroe Township, N.J., and Alexia Mattes, 2, and her sister, Juliana, 5, of Lakewood Ranch, brought the East County Observer to the Statue of Liberty during a July 18 visit to Liberty Island. This photo garnered 1,320 votes.

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by Kurt Schultheis | City Editor

The general feeling is that Sarasota gets a little sleepier in the summer. Snowbirds have flown the coup, traffic flows once again on Tamiami Trail and parking spots downtown can be found in abundance. But, this summer proved that news in this town never falls short. The City Commission removed benches in Selby Five Points Park, not once but twice; it will revisit the issue in December. Eight Sarasota County employees resigned or were fired amid a procurement department scandal, including County Administrator Jim Ley. Terry Lewis stepped in as interim county administrator. And the battle for Selby Five Points Park, between the homeless and their supporters and those against the homeless congregating there, rages on.

The City Commission seated three new commissioners, and its votes throughout the summer show a more business-minded commission: Parking meters were installed, bagged and then moved off certain streets, after downtown merchants flooded the commission chambers to explain the meters’ impact.

And then there are stories that embody the phrase: “Only in Sarasota.” For instance: CLUCK, Citizens Lobbying for Urban Chicken Keeping, continues to push for county-wide chicken keeping; and a heroic visitor apprehended a bank robber while visiting his family.

So, sit back, relax, and catch up on the news you may have missed from May through October.

May + Yacht broker wants to rebuild boat basin The once-thriving landmark on the bayfront at the western terminus of Fruitville Road, the Quay, was the spot for nightlife in the 1990s and also a boating hotspot.

Four years after it was demolished, yacht broker Roy Kaplan has been lobbying to resurrect the boat basin, which includes property owned by the Hyatt Regency hotel and private condo buildings.

But until the ownership gets straightened out, no one can do anything with that property.

Irish developer Paddy Kelly and his Irish American Management Services Ltd. are still the official owners of the Quay property, but, in essence, the Irish government controls the land, because it took over the bank that held the mortgage.

Bob Morris, who is part of a Sarasota development group trying to acquire the property, believes the government will hold onto the property at least for several more months to try to recoup some of its lost value.

CLUCK wants the county to allow people to keep chickens in their backyards in residential areas.

Currently, the county only allows them in open-use zones, which are mainly agricultural, because it categorizes chickens as livestock, not pets.

But CLUCK members say chickens are good pets for several reasons: • They provide eggs for food.

• They teach kids about food sources.

• They provide natural plant fertilizer.

During the fight over chicken keeping in the city, opponents expressed concerns mainly about noise and waste.

But supporters said chickens aren’t noisier or messier than other pets.

+ U.S.S. Sarasota holds reunion About 30 former crew members of the U.S.S. Sarasota

+ Casey Key restoration to begin County commissioners approved May 10 a $559,650 contract with an environmental-restoration company to improve Palmer Point Park, on Casey Key, which was overrun with invasive species, such as the Australian pine.

Water quality and wetlands restoration are the project’s main goals.

It used to be a wetlands, but the placement of dredge spoil in the area destroyed that natural habitat.

The project will restore two acres of Palmer Point Park by removing invasive, exotic and nuisance trees and plants, re-grading the land by taking out excess dredged material and re-plant native coastal vegetation, such as mangroves and marsh grass, as well as live oaks and sabal palms.

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+ CLUCK makes noise at county level Three months after it was successful in getting City Hall to allow chicken keeping in Sarasota, advocates prepared to push county commissioners to OK it across the entire county.

“We’re testing the waters to see if there will be acceptance or a lot of opposition,” said Laney Poire, coordinator of CLUCK, Citizens Lobbying for Urban Chicken Keeping.

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NEWS / FROM PAGE 3B Naval ship descended on Sarasota the week of May 12, 20 years after the group’s inaugural reunion.

The U.S.S. Sarasota was a 12,000-ton Naval attack transport ship in the United States Fleet named after Sarasota County.

Nicknamed the “SARA,” the U.S.S. Sarasota was built in California and commissioned Aug. 16, 1944. The ship served in the Southwest Pacific Ocean during World War II, and during the war, transported troops, defended itself against air attacks, aided wounded ships and engaged in assaults and landings on Lingayen, Iwo Shima, Japan, Okinawa, Japan, and the Philippines.

+ Mayor Atwell outlines approach this year City Commissioner Suzanne Atwell, who was appointed mayor May 13, has a determination to do what she thinks is best for the city. She said the citizens of Sarasota can look forward to a number of changes under her leadership, including being more friendly to business, more attentive to city staff and more likely to get things done in a timely fashion.

“We’re not going to keep throwing up impediments in developing the city,” she said. “(Citizens) sometimes associate a development with the personality of the developer. We can’t throw out the merits of the case with a development. The more development we bring in, it’s only going to help the bottom line when budget time comes.”

+ All benches removed from Selby Five Points Park In April, the city removed six benches from Selby Five Points Park, because residents had complained that the benches attracted transients and panhandlers and allowed them to mass together, which intimidates some citizens and tourists.

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+ Terry Lewis steps in as interim administrator Terry Lewis had planned to retire, but his phone wouldn’t stop ringing.

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

The latest call was from Sarasota County government, which tapped Lewis June 8 to be its interim county administrator for up to six months following the resignation of former County Administrator Jim Ley, who left in May amid a widespread procurement scandal.

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

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

came forward to ask that the remaining three benches in the park also be removed to detract people — namely homeless people — from gathering there.

After a three-month trial of bench removal from July to September, the Sarasota City Commission will revisit the bench issue in early December.

+ City of Sarasota on the hook for park funding City commissioners approved May 16 a new 10-year parks agreement between the city and Sarasota County.

Within five years, the city will be re-

sponsible for millions of dollars in park operations costs that it had not previously funded.

Sarasota County currently funds parks within the city limits, but due to its own budget constraints, it plans to withdraw most of the money it has traditionally devoted to the city’s park operations.

Annually, the county contributes $2.9 million to run city parks.

The previous agreement expired last year but had been extended six times, while the county and city negotiated a new deal.

Terms called for the city to take over all funding for 16 smaller “neighborhood” parks. The county will continue to fund “regional” parks, which are defined as those that attract people from the city and county

+ County administrator resigns after procurement scandal For 14 years, Jim Ley served as Sarasota County administrator.

It took just minutes for him to say his final goodbyes after the County Commission accepted his resignation Wednesday, May 25.

Caught up in a procurement-department scandal that took place under his watch, Ley offered his resignation during the Tuesday, May 24, commission meeting.

By May 24, seven county employees were fired or resigned for offenses ranging from allegedly accepting thousands of dollars in gifts from companies securing lucrative county bids to improperly using county credit cards.

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While Peoples was inside the Bank of America at 3600 Bee Ridge Road, he saw a man enter the bank and pull out a gun.

The man took money from four tellers, and after ensuring his children’s safety, Peoples jumped in his rented van and blocked the thief was leaving.

June + Observer Group acquires the Pelican Press The Observer Group Inc. acquired the 40-year-old Pelican Press from the Milwaukee-based Journal Community Publishing Group Inc. The purchase increased the number of newspapers the Observer Group publishes to six.

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

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

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

+ Sarasota visitor apprehends + Tempers flare over bank robber homelessness issues After a gunman threatened his son inside a bank, a vacationing U.S. Army staff sergeant chased down the crook, disarmed him and held him for sheriff’s deputies.

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The June 20 City Commission meeting devolved into a session of civil disobedience, name-calling and physical threats.

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

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

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

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

After Martin refused to stop talking once his allotted time to speak was up, some downtown residents told him to stop talking. Then, a homeless man in the audience began yelling at those residents.

July + Commission hits the brakes on parking meters Approximately 460 downtown parking spaces got some change at Tuesday’s Sarasota City Commission meeting — and it wasn’t in the form of coins. The commission voted to bag parking meters until Oct. 1 to allow the city to gather input from downtown business owners.

The 3-2 vote came after commissioners heard from more than a dozen merchants, most of whom said that the meters, which went into effect May 23, have negatively impacted their businesses.

After starting the meter program again Oct. 3, the commission decided meters should have seasonal rates of 50 cents per hour from May to October and $1 per hour from November to April.

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But Turner said he began to feel the measures the city was taking to keep the homeless out of the park were becoming overkill.

That angered Grande, who accused Turner of caving to political pressure.

+ Observers named topthree Florida weeklies The Longboat, East County and Sarasota Observers were named the top-three weekly newspapers in the state in the Florida Press Association’s 2010 Better Weekly Newspaper Contest.

YourObserver. com also received top honors in its category. The Observer Group received a total 27 awards at the FPA’s annual convention July 1.

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to dine in front of Vice Mayor Terry Turner’s house in July, Mayor Suzanne Atwell attacked that stunt and asked for more civil discourse.

Atwell took the unusual step of opening a City Commission meeting with a statement criticizing Grande.

“It’s time to respond to the vitriolic (comments),” said Atwell Monday. “It has gone beyond reasonable standards.”

Grande began July 11 by paying for bus rides for the homeless to eat and hang out in front of Turner’s house.

On July 12, he chartered a bus and catered a meal from Sonny’s Bar-B-Q for about 40 homeless people.

Again, on July 15, he provided bus fare and food for homeless to visit Turner’s neighborhood.

He’s also been waging an e-mail war with city officials.

Grande opposes the organized homeless feedings outside his condo at Selby Five Points Park. For a while, Turner shared that view.

The relationship between the owner of Patrick’s Restaurant and Tavern, Patrick Sullivan, and his landlord, Harry Walia, soured, which prompted a move down the street earlier this year.

After Patrick’s moved from the Kress International Plaza to a new location at 1481 Main St., Sullivan said his restaurant was being mimicked by his former landlord.

Walia opened Patty’s on Main in the former Patrick’s Restaurant spot; the two restaurants had similar names and similar menu items. Walia denied the claim and said Patty’s is named after the restaurant’s general manager, Patty Ridings, who formerly worked for Sullivan at Patrick’s.

Patty’s on Main closed in early November. Patrick’s remains at its new location.

Sullivan said the business is doing well.

August + Group addresses homeless feedings The Sarasota Ministerial Association approached city officials, in an attempt to be a facilitator between Selby Five Points Park area residents and business leaders and groups feeding the homeless in the park.

Sarasota Ministerial Association President and Goodwill Industries of Sarasota Chaplain Tom Pfaff said his organization would hold two separate independent meetings this fall to address the issue and could reveal its recommendations as early as January.

One meeting will be held with city residents and merchants to address the

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+ Roundabout schedule revealed for downtown Construction on two Ringling Boulevard roundabouts at Palm Avenue and Pineapple Avenue will begin Nov. 14, roughly at the same time a paving project on Fruitville Road is scheduled to begin at the end of November.

Traffic is expected to keep moving on both roads, although traffic delays are likely and lane closure on Fruitville Road are expected in the evening hours.

+ Sarasota Farmers Market has a great summer The Sarasota Farmers Market did so well in the midst of the heat and humidity this summer that some vendors boasted of days that rivaled their very best days in season.

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

“Two years ago, summers were stagnant and vendors were stressed,” Keesecker said. “This summer, revenues are up and vendors are happy.”

Keesecker attributes the market’s newfound summer success to the board of directors commitment to a year-round market.

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NEWS / FROM PAGE 5B proved a site plan application for a Walmart “neighborhood market” concept and pharmacy.

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

“This is not a perfect project, but this is a needed project,” said Planning Board Chairwoman Susan Chapman. “There is a food desert in this area.”

+ Budget cuts proposed The Sarasota City Commission received a new list of budget cuts Aug. 22 from city staff that recommends commissioners make $844,091 in additional budget cuts and approve a 3% millage rate increase.

In the proposal, City Manager Bob Bartolotta explains the staff recommended list requires a millage rate of 2.8607 mills. The move would allow the city to use $1,155,909 in its revenue stabilization fund, instead of Bartolotta’s previous suggestion the city use $2 million out of a fund that currently has approximately $2.9 million.

The increase in millage would also pay for $459,490 worth of expenses and operations costs for the Lido Pool and Robert L. Taylor Community Complex.

+ Main Street project planning begins The city of Sarasota’s Downtown Improvement District is starting to plan its biggest and most expensive project to date.

At its Aug. 23 meeting at City Hall, DID board members began setting the tone for a multimillion dollar project that calls for widening five sections of Main Street sidewalks to create better landscaping and more space for outside restaurant seating.

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DID wants to transform are: • From Gulfstream to the Pineapple Avenue roundabout • From the Pineapple Avenue roundabout to Orange Avenue • From Orange Avenue to Osprey Avenue • From Osprey Avenue to U.S. 301 Residents attended a public workshop in October to help shape the project and meet again Nov. 14 to pick a plan the commission could review by the end of the year.

September + New wayfinding system proposed for downtown 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 access and where the best deals are.

DID Operations Manager John Moran and city officials met with Delray Beachbased Blueweb Mobile Media chief executive officer Daniel Kinney to discuss the system.

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.

Details are still being agreed upon for the wayfinding system, which needs Sarasota City Commission approval.

+ Commission approves 5.3% millage hike The Sarasota City Commission approved a 2012 fiscal year budget on first reading at its regular meeting Sept. 6 that called for a 5.3% millage rate increase.

The millage rate, which was approved later on second reading, means the mill-

+ Parking meters reappear The city of Sarasota resumed its metered parking program Oct. 3, albeit with less metered parking in the downtown core.

The city has relocated some of the parking meters and pay stations east of U.S. 301.

Meters were removed from State Street, the 1300 and 1500 blocks of First Street, Cocoanut Avenue and Gulfstream Avenue. Meters were installed on Main Street, Adams Lane, East Street, and east of U.S. 41 on Ringling Boulevard.

The city also created six free 15-minute parking spaces on Main Street, between blocks 1300 and 1500.

Enforcement hours will be 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday through Saturday, with rates of $.50 per hour from May to October, and $1 per hour from November to April.

With this implementation, 20% of public parking space downtown is now metered. age rate has risen from 2.7771 mills to 2.9249 mills.

Mayor Suzanne Atwell and Commissioners Paul Caragiulo and Willie Shaw approved the millage rate and recommendations proposed by staff, which eliminates an $800,000 shortfall by seeking more dollars from taxpayers.

Vice Mayor Terry Turner and Commissioner Shannon Snyder were the dissenters on Shaw’s motion to accept staff’s budget recommendations.

“It’s not fair to our citizens to allow the millage rate to rise, when we move to protect the government’s revenue and not the revenue of our citizens,” said Turner, who warned that the millage rate needs to fall with declining assessed property values.

+ City to receive electric car charging stations

Florida Power & Light has plans to install six electric car-charging stations within city of Sarasota limits by the end of the year.

The charging stations, which will be free for the public’s use until further notice, will be installed in the following locations: • Two pedestal-mounted charging sta-

tions at Bayfront Park Marina • One wall-mounted charging station in the City Hall parking lot • Two pedestal-mounted charging stations for the St. Armands Circle south parking lot • One wall-mounted charging station on the second floor of the Whole Foods parking garage The city has already installed two charging stations in the Palm Avenue parking garage, which will give the city eight charging stations by the end of the year.

+ Fractured relationship emerges at Town Hall City Manager Bob Bartolotta believes that the Sarasota City Commission’s decision to transfer the city’s Information Technology Department out of his office is a sign that commissioners are losing confidence in his ability to manage the city and its departments effectively.

Commissioners voted 3-2 at their Sept.

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Caragiulo and Commissioners Willie Shaw and Shannon Snyder voted for the change. Mayor Suzanne Atwell and Vice Mayor Terry Turner voted against it.

“I have to take this action as proposed as a vote of no confidence,” Bartolotta said.

The downtown homeless issue has stretched to the Sarasota County-operated Selby Library.

Downtown resident and radio host Phil Grande, whose frustration with the homeless led him to fund catered meals for transients in front of Vice Mayor Terry Turner’s house in July, said that the homeless have left a benchless Selby Five Points Park and have taken over the library.

Without both the city and the county working together to combat the transient issue, Grande says the problem will continue downtown.

In a Sept. 5 email to Sarasota County commissioners, Grande reported that the library is being used “as a homeless shelter.”

Grande noted that transients are hanging outside the library and its entrance on a daily basis and go inside frequently to use the restrooms.

County staff promised to investigate the issue, and homeless loitering in the area has since been reduced.

October + Parking garage public art approved Thanks to City Commissioner Paul Caragiulo’s last minute reconsideration, a $25,000 art mural project for the Palm Avenue parking garage was moved forward.

Caragiulo initially expressed concern about the project, which called for the expenditure of $25,000 in public-art funds to create the first downtown public art mural project.

Later, Caragiulo changed his mind, and the commission approved the project Oct. 3 when another vote revealed a 4-3 approval.

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+ City Commission approves pool contract The City Commission agreed to a new contract with the current concession operator of the Lido Pool, with the underlying understanding that it expects bigger and better things for the beachfront pool.

Commissioners approved a contract with Seabreeze Concessions LLC by a 5-0 vote at its Oct. 3 regular meeting. The contract called for Seabreeze to pay a base concession fee of $3,500 per month, plus 15% of gross monthly sales and 80% of the Lido Pool fees the operator collects.

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In mid-October, an email from Sarasota attorney and former state Sen. Bob Johnson came to light, which accused Bartolotta and Deputy City Manager Marlon Brown of ordering their computers “scrubbed” of data before the IT Department was officially transferred to Auditor and Clerk Pamela Nadalini’s office Oct. 1.

Johnson has declined to disclose his source, and Bartolotta said that should be a sign that the accusation is false.

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Despite spending $4,000 preparing financial statements to alleviate the city’s concern for a $25,000 grant request, Chalk Festival Director Denise Kowal announced Sept. 19 that a 4-1 vote by the Sarasota City Commission potentially ruined any chance of the festival’s return.

The Sarasota City Commission voted 4-1 to approve more stringent Community Redevelopment Agency grant guidelines.

Those guidelines, which have now been modified for the second time this year, now require organizations seeking a city permit to be designated as a registered non-profit organization or to partner up with an organization that meets that requirement to receive a permit.

Weeks later, however, an agreement was reached with the Sarasota Convention and Visitors Bureau, and the festival began as scheduled Nov. 1.

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They called the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, but the agency declined to respond, because nurse sharks are not endangered. The officers then contacted their supervisor to see what they should do. The supervisor told them to throw it back into Sarasota Bay, which they did.

June 27 Meat your match 4:25 p.m. — 1300 block of South Tamiami Trail. Theft. A supermarket manager told police that she saw two people enter the store and steal $400 worth of fireworks and meat. The manager followed them out to their car while they were loading the goodies into the trunk.

They saw the manager writing down their license-plate number and quickly drove away without placing everything in their car. About $247 worth of merchandise was left in the cart.

June 28 Smoke break 12:45 a.m. — 3400 block of Clark Road. Burglary. A restaurant manager discovered that someone had broken into his business overnight. The thief came through an air vent in the roof. He took $400 from the cash registers and tried unsuccessfully to get into the safe. Video surveillance shows the man taking a break during the burglary, smoking a cigarette and pouring himself a beer from the bar

Cut and run 3:17 p.m. — 2100 block of Inner Cass Circle. Grand Theft. A man was cutting his grass when his mower ran out of gas.

He dashed to the gas station to buy more fuel, but when he returned, the mower was gone — stolen mid-mow. His wife was inside their house at the time, but she didn’t see or hear anything.

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11:06 p.m. — 4000 block of North Tamiami Trail. Suspicious Person. A man was found lying on the front doorway of a funeral home. No, this was not a delivery. He was just loitering and was asked to leave.

Aug. 1 At least you have your priorities 1:27 p.m. — 1000 block of Azinger Way. Negligent Treatment of a Child. Golfcourse employees say a man has been leaving his 9-year-old son unattended in the clubhouse restaurant, while he plays golf. An officer saw the boy curled up on some chairs put together and covered with a tablecloth. The father has apparently been doing this three times a week for about a month. Dad told the officer that he leaves him in the clubhouse, because he can no longer afford to pay for the boy’s summer camp.

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Sept. 9 Sign confusion 6:56 p.m. — 1000 block of Boulevard of the Arts. Illegal Parking. A man complained that taxicabs were parking illegally at a hotel. The bellhop advised police that cabs have been staged in that area for 30 years without any problems.

The reason the complaint was made is because the street was remodeled and “cab parking only” signs had been replaced with no-parking signs. Police advised the bellhop to call the city and request the old signs be put back in place.

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A home in Villagewalk sells for $455,000 Eugene and Marguerite Hollinger sold their home at 5588 Bilbao Place, in Villagewalk, to Stacie Milonas, Sarasota, for $455,000. Built in 2001, it has four bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 2,521 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $549,900 in 2005.

Also in Villagewalk, Henry and Maria Sterbenz, of Richmond, Va., sold their home at 7613 Bergamo Ave. to Charles and Christine Donahue, of Danvers, Mass., for $245,000. Built in 2004, it has three bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 1,845 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $254,900 in 2004.

The following residential real-estate transactions were recorded between Oct. 17 and Oct. 21 at the Sarasota County Courthouse. Of this week’s 13 transactions, nine took place in Sarasota; two were recorded in Palmer Ranch; and two were recorded in Osprey.

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Unit 874 condominium at Hudson Landings, 874 Hudson Ave., has three bedrooms, two baths and 1,387 square feet of living area. It sold for $425,000. viously sold for $316,100 in 1998.

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John and Janice Shelton, Sarasota, sold their Unit 874 condominium at 874 Hudson Ave. to Thomas and Florence Harvey, Sarasota, for $425,000. Built in 1989, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 1,387 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $665,000 in 2006.

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Ruth Shapiro and David Robbins, Sarasota, sold their Unit 402 condominium at 5450 Eagles Point Circle to Sally Katz, trustee, of Akron, Ohio, for $375,000. Built in 1998, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,514 square feet of living area. It pre-

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$79,000 $39,600 $33,200 $30,201 $28,800 $24,640 $20,000 $12,584 $11,382 $10,000

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Sera Larondelle, Sarasota, sold her Unit 506 condominium at 5531 Cannes Circle to Mark and Marina Roytman, of Oklahoma City, Okla., for $325,000. Built in 2006, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 2,024 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $854,000 in 2006.

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Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. sold the home at 5524 Waneta Place to Theresa Hamrick, Sarasota, for $310,000.

Built in 1974, it has three bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 1,876 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $360,000 in 2003.

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1215 condominium at 750 N. Tamiami Trail to George and Julie Jaeger, of Paducah, Ky., for $276,000. Built in 2001, it has one bedroom, one bath and 990 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $378,000 in 2004.

David and Jayne Cohen, Sarasota, sold their Unit D-2 condominium at 2145 Michele Drive to Edward Killeen, Sarasota, for $300,000. Built in 1985, it has two bedrooms, two-and-a-half baths and 1,583 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $188,000 in 2000.

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Matthew O’Donnell Matthew O’Donnell, 16, is a junior at Cardinal Mooney and a member of both his high school swim team and the YMCA Sharks. O’Donnell started competitively swimming at the age of 6 and has traveled as far as Palo Alto, Calif., and overseas to Athens, Greece, to swim competitively in the last 10 years. O’Donnell also has volunteered at the Special Olympics with his swim team.

“I really like it,” he said of the experience. “It is inspirational, and it makes me remember how lucky I really am.”

O’Donnell recently came in first in the 500 freestyle and second in the 100 backstroke at regionals and also broke the 100 backstroke record at Cardinal Mooney while competing at the event.

The record now is 53.31 seconds.

He will be competing Friday, Nov. 11, in two events at the state meet at the International YMCA in Orlando.

How did you get into swimming?

My first coach was my first-grade teacher, Mr. Matthews, and he said that if you were on the team, you got to go to a theme park. So, I said, “Yeah, definitely, I’ll go!” We went to Six Flags in New York.

What was the hardest stroke to learn?

The breaststroke. It is every swimmer’s worst enemy because there are so many moving parts to it and it’s really difficult.

Place overall Out-ofDoor cross-country runner Peter Runge finished in the district meet. He will move on to the regional meet.

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What is your favorite event to swim?

My favorite event is not during the high school season but during regular club season, and it is the 200 back. I’ve always really liked it, and I am better at longer events than shorter events.

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Ken Berlin played tennis with his friend Doug Dancer, Tuesday, Nov. 8, at the Siesta Key public tennis courts. Berlin and Dancer have been playing together for seven years and try to play every day at different courts around Sarasota.

What is the key to a good backstroke?

It is really important to have good underwater dolphin kicks. It’s one of my weaker points, but I’ve been really working hard to get those better.

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What are your future in terms of swimming?

I would really like to make it to the Olympic trials for 2012 or 2016.

— Rachel S. O’Hara

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2011 2010 39.39 in. 42.18 in.

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High Low 82 61 81 62 74 58 77 56 82 59 82 63 83 62

Wed., Nov. 2 Thurs., Nov. 3 Fri., Nov. 4 Sat., Nov. 5 Sun., Nov. 6 Mon., Nov. 7 Tues., Nov. 8

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High Low 92 (1971) 40 (1993) 89 (1995) 41 (1963) 90 (1992) 36 (1966) 91 (1959) 41 (1927) 92 (1972) 40 (1976) 90 (1987) 41 (1934) 90 (1987) 44 (1934)

Average Gulf water temperature: 70.9

David Walls submitted this sunset photo, taken near the north Siesta Key bridge.

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Sunset 6:42 6:41 6:41 5:40 5:40 5:39 5:39

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DO NOT PARK ON GRASS Large curio, entertainment center, Danish style table and chairs, coffee and end tables, pair of twin beds with brass headboards, bookcases, china cabinet, computer, and other desk, sofa, Belleek, approx. 40 Llardros, set of china, decorative accessories, some linens and kitchenware, china, glass, bric-a-brac.

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Events ARTS & CRAFTS SALE - Oakwood Manor Clubhouse. 3330 Fruitville Rd., Sarasota.

Saturday, Nov. 12th. 9AM-1PM. Christmas, Handcrafted items, and more!

GULF GATE FESTIVAL- Stop by for Family Fun with Arts and Crafts, Yard Sales, Food, and much more, Dec. 3rd, 9AM to 3PM. At 6908 Beneva Road, on the property of St. Andrew. Booth rental still available for $20. For more information call 941-544-6306.

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ESTATE SALE Entire contents of the late Carolyn BRYE, owner of The Bullet Hole and The Tackle Box Friday, Nov.11, 9a.m.-2p.m.

Saturday, Nov. 12, 9a.m.-2p.m.

Sunday, Nov.13, 11a.m.-3p.m.

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ANTIQUES: Victorian: 2 high poster beds and marble top dresser sets, set of 7 side chairs, sofas, settee, marble top tables, marble top hall tree, chairs, wash stands, mirrors, 2 armoires, fainting couch, gold leaf pier mirror, & Rosewood square piano; art glass epergne, 19th century silver and glass epergne, sets of Towle sterling flatware & other sterling & plate, really nice Florida Highwayman painting, pressed, Fenton, opaline, Cambridge, & satin glass; Nippon, Meissen, gravid & brilliant cut glass, old Paris china, bisque figurines, Potschapel & Dresden compotes, compote, four 1900s china cabinets, Wedgwood, Chinese marble top plant stand, wrought iron garden furniture, rocker, shelf clock, oak office chair, Eastlake settee & chairs, porcelain box & basket collection, glass and china candelabras & vintage clothing.

OTHER: pecky cypress gun cabinet, Winchester gun rack, good and costume jewelry & watches, mahogany secretary, breakfront, tilt top table, corner cabinet, dressing table, tea cart, twin 4 poster beds, & game table; large dolphin, sailfish, swordfish bill, other fish mounts, shell and rock collections, 2 silver plate tea sets & other hollowware, 126 collectors plates, dolls, sets of Lenox birds & First Ladies figurines, set of Royal Doulton Richelieu dishes, Tirschenreuth Queen's Rose dishes, curio cabinets, perfume bottles, Lee Reynolds painting, cookbooks, bookcases, African figures & spears, wicker chairs, lounge, tables & settee; lamps, books, 150 demitasse souvenir spoons, glass & metal patio set, tools, yard art, Franklin Mint coin collections, table, bed & bath linens, wheelchair & kitchenware.

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GOING OUT of Business Sale. CRA Marketing, 1401 2nd Street. Thurs., Fri., Sat. 10AM-5PM. Cherry desk, File cabinets, Bookcase, Chairs, Floor mats, Folders, Copiers, Tables, Pharmacy shelving, TV, Refrigerator, 10 ft. Portable display.

MOVING SALE: 2203 Beneva Terrace, between Webber and Bahia Vista. Saturday only, November 12th, 9a.m.-3p.m. Some furniture, household goods, sick room equipment, etc.

MOVING SALE: Friday 8.a.m.-4p.m. and Saturday, 8a.m.-3p.m. 1823 Southpointe Dr. Huge variety of quality household goods, good clean clothing, some furniture, leather giraffe, kayak, and so forth.

SARASOTA - CAMELOT LAKES Crafts Flea Market Saturday, November 12th, 8a.m.-12p.m.

Refreshments Available Gantt Rd. between Proctor & Clark YARD SALE: Saturday, November 12th, 8a.m.2p.m. 164 Tammy Dr. in orange Acres MHC, off Clark Rd.

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SIESTA KEY Condo for Rent to Own. 1BR at Bay Oaks, $800/mo. Call Mary 941-586-8186.

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Sandy and Jerry Strom Realtors®

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Key West style home on Little Sarasota Bay. 4BR/5BA renovated and restored home with 90’ boat dock, boat house and docking for 2 additional vessels.

MLS#A3949794 Offered at $1,899,000 Easy bike or walk just 3 blocks to worldfamous Siesta beaches, restaurants and galleries. Move in ready 2BR/2B turnkey furnished unit in bayfront community with tennis, fishing pier, two pools & more. $249,000

REALTORS AND BROKERS To place your New Listings, Open Houses and Properties For Sale on these pages.

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Call Stephen P. Stevens at 941.349.6636 Stevens & Salt, Inc. Realtor

Casarina

Built to be the premier condominium resort on Siesta Key and #1 Beach in USA. 2BR/2BA unit has Gulf views, new A/C and turnkey furnished.

MLS# A3951029 Offered at $593,000

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Bay Front 3BR/3.1BA sits on tropical setting. Hardwood floors, newer kitchen and each bathroom has its own updated full bath. New 3 zone A/C in 2011, private gas-heated pool and refurbished deck.

MLS# A3939501 Offered at $ 1,395,000

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393 North Point Rd - Drop-dead gorgeous 3 bedroom, 3 bath unit with hardwood floors, elegant window treatments, gourmet kitchen, private elevators and lovely preserve views.

MLS#3950049 $425,000

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Rosalie Phillips 941.544.4430 Palmer Ranch Office

8660 S. Tamiami Trail, Sarasota,FL 34238

...features 2910 sq. ft. of luxury 3/2, 1926 sq ft maintenance-free with 3bd/3Ba suites; remodeled pool home in University Park kitchen, family room w/built-ins Golf &Country Club. Just needs and wetbar plus separate an offer, and your toothbrush, office; all facing charming pool as this split-plan TURNKEY area and canal view. furnished home has every10,000 lb.boat lift gives thing you need to move in and easy access to bay. enjoy the country club setting.

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Connie Luman-941-346-7876 Short Term Rentals Bobbie Vincent-941-346-7876 Long Term & Annual Rentals

Is your source for Siesta Key Condo Listings

Contact Me if You would Like to Know Comparable Sale Prices Aloha Kai Anchorage Bay Oaks Bay Tree Club Beach Villas Beach Walk Beachaven Beachway Boatyard Boca Siesta Casa Blanca Casa Mar Casa Siesta Casarina Castaway Cove Columbus Villas Coquille Coral Shores Cozy Cove Crescent Crescent Arms Crescent Royale Crescent Towers Crystal Sands Dav-mar Dolphin Bay Ebbtide

El Presidente Excelsior Beach Fishermans Cove Fishermans Haven Gulf & Bay Club Gulf & Bay Bayside Gulf Haven Gulf Holiday Apts Hamilton Club Harbor Towers Harbour Towne Hidden Lagoon Horizons West House Of The Sun Inlet Island House Island Reef Jamaica Royale La Mer La Siesta Marina Del Sol Mariners Inlet Midnight Cove Midnight Cove Bayside Midnight Cove II Midnight Sea Moorings

Navarra On The Key Our House At The Beach Palm Bay Club Paradise Cove Peppertree Pointe Polynesian Gardens Provencial Garden Sandy Cove Sara Sea Sarasota Surf & Racquet Sea Breeze Sea Club II Sea Crest Apts Siesta Bayside South Siesta Beach House Siesta Breakers Siesta Dunes Siesta Gardens Siesta Gulf View Siesta Harbor Siesta Royale Siesta Sands Siesta Shores Siesta Sun Sea Shell Sea Village

Sea Winds Seagrove Shells Siesta Towers Siesta Town House Siesta Villas Somerset Cay Somerset Cove Spindrift Summer Cove Sunrise Cove Sunset Pointe Sunset Royale Terrace East The Terrace Tiffany Sands Tivoli By The Sea Tortuga Turtle Bay Turtle Cove Twin Banyan Twin Palms Village West Vista Hermosa Waterside Place Whispering Sands Windward Passage

Below are some things to consider if you are selling your condo: • What is the income your property generates on an annual basis?

• What are the comparable sale prices for similar units at your complex?

• What is the time frame you would like to sell in?

• Ask me what I will do to market and sell your property.

• Would you like to work with the Agent that sells more condos on Siesta Key than any other Agent or Broker?

www.CondosOnSiestaKey.com Geoff Rossman, Siesta Key Condo Specialist (941) 544-3232 geoff@geoffrossman.com www.CondosOnSiestaKey.com

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Amenities galore. $2,595,000

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Geoff Rossman Sold More Siesta Key Properties in 2008, 2009, 2010, & 2011 to date THAN ANY OTHER AGENT OR BROKER ZIP CODE ADDRESS

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SOLD PRICE $500,000 $775,000 $295,000 $330,000 $360,000 $1,850,000 $145,000 $199,000 $2,025,000 $320,000 $140,000 $1,675,000 $1,200,000 $190,000 $318,000 $595,000 $41,000 $55,000 $40,000 $40,000 $35,000 $100,000 $40,000 $35,000 $138,500 $73,000 $192,000 $220,000

RE/MAX Tropical Sands 1211 Old Stickney Pt Rd. Siesta Key FL 34242

ZIP CODE ADDRESS SUBDIVISION SOLD PRICE SIESTA KEY SINGLE FAMILY HOME SALES 34242 601 AVENIDA DE MAYO SARASOTA BEACH $820,000 34242 4651 HIGEL AVE SIESTA BEACH $950,000 34242 4940 PEACEABLE WAY HARMONY $531,387 LONGBOAT KEY SINGLE FAMILY HOME SALES 34228 3384 BAYOU LN BAY ISLES $648,000 Downtown Sarasota Single Family Home Sales 34236 228 SEAGULL LN BIRD KEY $1,800,000 34236 344 W ROYAL FLAMINGO DR BIRD KEY $2,675,000 34236 1106 POMELO AVE BUNGALOW HILL $260,000 34236 333 W ROYAL FLAMINGO DR Bird Key $890,000 34236 1042 POMELO AVE BUNGALOW HILL $535,000 SARASOTA SINGLE FAMILY HOME SALES 34233 4111 GREEN TREE AVE GREEN TREE $269,500 34233 4648 MEADOWVIEW CIR SOUTHFIELD $259,000 34233 3776 COUNTRYSIDE RD COUNTRY PLACE $230,000 34233 5384 LEVI LN COLONY GROVES $179,000 34233 4629 MACEACHEN BLVD SOUTH GATE $92,500 PALMER RANCH SINGLE FAMILY HOME SALES 34238 4477 WHITE CEDAR TRL DEER CREEK $220,000 34238 5986 ROSETO PL ISLES OF SARASOTA $315,000 34238 4531 DEER TRAIL BLVD DEER CREEK $200,000 34238 5867 HELICON PL VILLAGEWALK $235,000 34238 4180 HEARTHSTONE DR HUNTINGTON POINTE $234,900 34238 7380 FEATHERSTONE BLVD STONEBRIDGE $282,500 34238 4005 VIA MIRADA MARBELLA $239,000 34238 7556 PESARO DR VILLAGEWALK $243,900 34238 9105 WILLOW BROOK DR WILLOWBROOK $215,000 34238 9504 HAWKSMOOR LN STONEYBROOK $354,875 Based on information compiled from the Mid-Florida Regional Multiple Listing Service, Inc. This information may or may not include all listed, expired, withdrawn, pending or sold properties of one or more members of the Mid Florida Regional Multiple Listing Service.

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

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Pleasant views of the community pool and grounds, with the beautiful beach and water views beyond. MLS# A3950809 $395,000

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Danielle Brown and Ricardo Graziano dance the pas de deux from “Diamonds” at the Kennedy Center.

‘Diamond’ exchange As Sarasota Ballet gets ready to stage its hometown performance of ‘Diamonds,’ five dancers reflect on what it was like to dance the piece at the Kennedy Center in the company of a Balanchine muse.

Last season, when Sarasota Ballet Director Iain Webb told his dancers that they would be traveling to Washington, D.C., to perform George Balanchine’s “Diamonds” with The Suzanne Farrell Ballet, he purposely downplayed the partnership.

He didn’t want to put too much pressure

on the company. Or, perhaps he didn’t want to put too much pressure on himself.

Of course, downplayed or not, the dancers (and especially Webb) understood the significance of the collaboration.

Balanchine created “Diamonds” in 1967 specifically for Farrell. The former New

York City Ballet principal was perhaps Balanchine’s greatest muse.

Adding further weight to the project was the fact that Farrell’s company, which is based out of the Kennedy Center, would be celebrating its 10th anniversary season this year.

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Sarasota Ballet will perform The Great Masters at 2 and 8 p.m. Nov. 18, at the Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall.

The program includes George Balanchine’s “Diamonds” with The Suzanne Farrell Company and Sir Frederick Ashton’s “The Two Pigeons.” A special performance is scheduled for 8 p.m. Nov. 19, at Ruth Eckerd Hall, in Clearwater. For tickets, call 359-0099, or visit sarasotaballet.org

DIAMONDS / FROM PAGE 1 To quote Webb, the opportunity was “brilliant.”

On the night of Oct. 13, when Sarasota Ballet dancers Danielle Brown, Ricardo Graziano, Kate Honea and Victoria Hulland were scheduled to perform their solos, Webb was sitting in the audience at the Eisenhower Theater.

Sitting directly behind him was Alastair Macaulay, the dance critic from The New York Times.

“I didn’t want to look over my shoulder,” Webb says. “They were all there … critics from The Washington Post and The Wall Street Journal. I recognized a lot of them.”

Scattered among the crowd were dozens of Sarasota dance fans who had traveled to see the show.

When the curtain fell on the finale polonaise — a rousing processional of 34 dancers in dazzling costumes moving in a flurry of patterns — Webb’s wife, Margaret Barbieri, Sarasota Bal-

let’s assistant artistic director, had tears in her eyes.

“I couldn’t have wished for it to go any better,” Webb says. “There were so many amazing moments I don’t know where to begin.”

To help fill in those amazing moments, we asked Brown, Graziano, Honea, Hulland and corps de ballet dancer Emily Dixon to share their experiences.

Victoria Hulland on the significance of dancing ‘Diamonds’ “Diamonds” is very elegant.

It’s the third part of a larger ballet called ‘Jewels.’ I found it to be so elegant. It has a Russian quality to it. When I saw it on stage for the first time with the white-and-gold Rachel S. O’Hara costumes and the lighting, all I Emily Dixon, Danielle Brown, Ricardo Graziano, Kate Honea and could think of was pure elegance. Victoria Hulland share their stories from the Kennedy Center stage.

It was such an honor to learn it from Suzanne Farrell. It was created on her, so I felt like everything It’s ingrained in all of us. It’s funny to be on stage for 10 minutes and she said was coming directly from because I’m always being told to keep the audience connected. You the source. At the same time, she smile more. I guess you don’t see it don’t want them to get bored and was clear about telling us that as much on my face. “Diamonds” fall asleep! Danielle and I work we were free to be ourselves. Just isn’t the most smiley piece, so it well together. We understand because it was set on her, didn’t was hard to find the right balance each other, which is what you mean she didn’t want to see our and portray the right character. need when you’re dancing a pas personalities come through.”

When I saw that I was mentioned de deux. Chemistry is important in The Wall Street Journal and … and teamwork. You must speak Danielle Brown on being The New York Times, I was so sur- the same language. There’s no me praised in The Wall Street Journal prised. My mom ordered both pa- or you. Just us.”

“The one day when I saw Kate pers. It was like, ‘Oh my gosh, our and Tori doing their demi solos little girl is in a big paper.’”

Emily Dixon on what she with the two dancers from Sulearned from working with Farrell zanne’s company, I noticed they Ricardo Graziano on danc“Suzanne has a completely difwere so bright and energetic, ing a long, slow pas de deux ferent teaching method than what while the other dancers were “Divertimento No. 15” was my we’re used to. She taught me to more serious. It’s not that (Far- first classical Balanchine ballet. I really engage my mind in class, rell’s company) didn’t dance well. loved it because I love moving all instead of just going through the It’s that our dancers were smiling over the stage and jumping and motions and relying on everything more. You could tell they were dancing fast. When it comes to I’m used to. You have to be able to enjoying themselves, and I think “Diamonds,” it’s a whole differ- pick things up quickly. To be able that came across on stage. It’s ent story, of course. It’s a slower to execute the kind of steps she something Iain and Maggie defi- ballet with a longer pas de deux — teaches with different combinanitely encourage, ‘Smile bigger.’ about 10 minutes. It’s a challenge tions and patterns so early in the

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Usually I’m very nervous before an opening, but by the time it came around, I was ready. The nerves took a backseat and excitement set in. During the finale, there was even more excitement.

The orchestra was playing, and I was looking out at the audience at The Kennedy Center and I was thinking, ‘This is the kind of moment dancers live for.’ It was definitely a moment to behold.”

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+ Oscar winning costume designer visits RCAD The gap between Hollywood and Sarasota continues to get smaller with each VIP that passes through the halls of Ringling College of Art and Design.

Last week students in the college’s digital filmmaking program rubbed elbows with Academy Awardwinning costume designer Ann Roth, whose list of film credits include “The Hours,” “The Birdcage,” “Cold Mountain,” “Midnight Cowboy” and “The English Patient,” for which Roth won the 1997 Oscar for Best Costume Design.

During her stay in Sarasota, Roth attended an exhibition of her work, taught three master classes and participated in a Q&A session following a screening of “The Hours.”

(Fun fact about the film: It was Roth’s idea to stick a fake schnoz on Nicole Kidman’s face — a genius move considering Kidman nailed Virginia Woolf and won an Oscar.)

At a reception prior to the movie’s screening, film department head Bradley Battersby could hardly contain his excitement.

“Ann Roth is a legend,” Battersby says. “She’s got more than 100 film credits and more than 70 theater credits. She represents history. You can’t put anyone else on her pedestal.”

Ironically, when the 80-year-old costume designer arrived at the

The Asolo Rep’s upcoming production of “Yentl” just prompted me to download a song I haven’t heard in years — and, no, it’s not Barbra Streisand singing “Papa Can You Hear Me?” It’s “I Kissed a Girl” by singer/songwriter Jill Sobule, whom I recently learned is composing the score for “Yentl.”

On Thursday, members of the play’s cast and crew stopped by the Sarasota Bay Club to meet with sponsors and

discuss the new production, which opens Jan. 20.

In addition to Sobule, Director Gordon Greenberg and actors Howard Millman, Carolyn Michel and Doug Jones were in the crowd.

Greenberg, who three years ago directed the Asolo Rep’s revised version of the musical “Working,” met Sobule through another singer/ songwriter who shot to fame in the 1990s: Lisa Loeb.

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Ann Roth with Ringling College President Larry Thompson reception, few people noticed. She was draped in a black Pashmina scarf and wearing dark glasses.

When asked how her tour of Ringling College was going, Roth, whose visit was made possible thanks to a grant from The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, admitted to being uncomfortable with all the classroom technology.

“I’m a little intimidated by the word ‘computer,’” Roth said.

Given that she’s probably seen more A-list actors in their underwear than anyone else in the business, I’d say Roth has a pretty warped sense of intimidation.

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Man of steel Sarasota Season of Sculpture is back on the bayfront, and in case you hadn’t noticed, the show is much less in-your-face than previous exhibitions.

There are no junkyard cars planted upright in the grass, no giant teeth, no dancing stick figures and no public displays of affection.

At the helm of this year’s selection is John Henry — a TennesIF YOU GO s e e - b a s e d Sarasota sculptor with Season of a Southern Sculpture’s sixth drawl, a fitseason, “Under ting name Azure Skies,” and a reputaopens at 5:30 tion for crep.m. Nov. 11 ating monuwith a ribbonmental steel cutting ceremony structures. on the bayfront.

At an age when most For more informen are startmation, visit ing to settle sarasotaseasonofinto retiresculpture.org. ment, Henry, 68, is busier than ever, flying in and out of cities every week to install work, attend museum events and gallery openings.

Last week he was at the International Art Fair in Canada. Prior to that, he was in northern Wyoming.

And, now, this week he’s in Sarasota, kicking off the sixth Season of Sculpture.

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It’s a diverse collection of 10 abstract works sculpted from steel, concrete, wood, granite and rubber.

Up until now it’s been on public display in Lucerne, Switzerland.

“Aesthetically, I think maybe it’s a little more challenging than other shows in the past,” Henry says of the exhibition. “I don’t think it’s as provocative as the cars buried in the ground, or as ‘Unconditional Surrender.’”

That’s not to say that he took umbrage with any of the previous shows. A statement-making artist in his own right, Henry says he thought Dustin Shuler’s dancing cars were “pretty cool.”

Over the course of 40 years, Henry has produced some of the largest contemporary public-art sculptures in the United States.

Take, for example, his 70-foot-tall “Star Pointer,” which went up on the Sarasota bayfront during Season of Sculpture’s fourth show.

The striking geometric structure,

which stayed up long after the rest of the exhibition came down, had all the elements of a typical John Henry sculpture. It was towering; it was steel; and it was red.

“There has to be a certain amount of camaraderie between the environment and the sculpture,” Henry says. “A lot of good sculptures get lost in the urban environment because of the scale of the buildings around it. It becomes an afterthought. I’m not interested in that. I’m interested in sculpture that makes a strong individual statement.”

Usually this means his work ends up painted red.

“It’s not that I love red,” Henry says.

“It’s just a good, strong color that sets itself apart from other things. Why do you think fire trucks have been painted red for years?”

As a kid he thought he wanted to be an architect, until he took his first art class at the University of Kentucky and realized he was more interested in the creative side of construction.

Listening to him talk about space and scale, size and color, you wonder what kind of signature buildings Henry would have designed had he not pursued a career in art.

Then again, with a name like John Henry, how could he not work with steel?

“I’ve heard that one maybe 1,000 times,” Henry says with a heavy sigh.

“There are actually three famous John Henrys out there. There’s John Henry the steel-driving man, John Henry the racehorse, and John Henry the guy who makes shirts and underwear.”

Like many non-profit organization, Sarasota Season of Sculpture has had to find creative ways to produce shows with dwindling funds.

The organization can no longer afford to pay an executive director, which means a volunteer board of directors is responsible for running this year’s exhibition.

According to board President Susan McLeod, by bringing in a show that had already been curated, the organization was able to cut its expenses by 50%.

“This is really a make-or-break show for us,” McLeod says. “It’s not the largest by any means, but it’s one of the strongest, and we were fortunate to be able to work with John Henry to make it happen in these economic times.”

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THEATER >> Florida Studio Theatre: ‘Next to Normal’ A Tony Award-winning rock musical, “Next to Normal,” rocks your heart, your mind and your soul. The music is modern and melodic; the lyrics are clever and thoughtful.

Written with acerbic wit by Brian Yorkey, with music by Tom Kitt, it’s a stunning opener for the Florida Studio Theatre fall season. FST Artistic “Next to Director Richard Normal” runs Hopkins has done through Jan. 1 us all a favor by at Florida Studio bringing the winTheatre, 1241 N. ner of the 2010 Palm Ave. Pulitzer Prize For ticket for Drama to a information, visit Sarasota stage. www.floridastuUnder Hopkins’ diotheatre.org or direction, the procall 366-9000. duction is seamless, electrically charged and fraught with meaning.

“Next to Normal” began as a 10-minute sketch about electroconvulsive shock therapy. Over the course of several years, the play grew into its current form, the story of a mother with worsening bipolar disorder and its effect on her and her family.

Universal issues, such as contemporary living, drug use, suicide, marital relationships and parenting, are also explored.

The FST cast is led by Stacia Fernandes in the role of the tormented, manic-depressive Diana, who’s “living on a latte and prayer.” Fernandes is a Broadway veteran who’ll be returning to “Mamma Mia” in January. She’s a fabulous actress with a fantastic voice.

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Who was Serge Gainsbourg? Clueless myself, I was surprised to discover that he was a huge star in ’60s/’70s French culture. A provocative and gifted musician, Gainsbourg was also known for his highprofile love life.

In the new film “Gainsbourg,” we meet him as a precocious young lad who, at an early age, had the art of schmoozing glamorous women down to an exact science.

Growing up in Nazi-occupied Paris as a Jew didn’t seem to put a damper on his artistic prowess. In fact, it helped him create an imaginary alter ego in the form of a giant puppet that was always getting him into sordid scrapes.

But Gainsbourg always managed to come out on top ... on top of such celebrated beauties as Brigitte Bardot (Laetitia Casta), Jane Birkin (Lucy Gordon) and Juliette Gréco (Anna Mouglalis), just to name a few. He recorded his most famous work, “Je t’aime” with Birkin — it was so risqué it was banned by the Vatican. He became the guy who rode the wave of bad press to big success.

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Ashley Picciallo, Leo Daignault, Stacia Fernandez and Mike Backes in “Next to Normal” at Florida Studio Theatre. ing, still optimistic husband, Dan. Ashley Picciallo, as daughter Natalie, is extraordinarily good at provoking empathy, making the audience understand how it is to be a child forced into playing mother to her mother. Mike Backes, as son Gabe, is a fantastic singer and convincing in a difficult devil/angel role integral to the plot.

Appealing and sincere as the boyfriend, James LaRosa is a past winner of the Payne Award for Outstanding Actor in Music Theatre. Scott Guthrie plays two clearly differentiated doctors and rocks the house in an unexpected manner while doing so.

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“Gainsbourg” is a trippy film chock-full of wondrous animation, fantasy and musings by the less-than-handsome chanteur. Eric Elmosnino (who looks like a cross between Jean-Paul Belmondo and Javier Bardem) portrays the hedonistic Gainsbourg with such a lack of gusto, it radiates reality. One can’t help but wonder if Elmosnino didn’t self-destruct while making the film. There was not a single shot in which he didn’t have a Gitanes between his lips or fingers.

Incessant smoking had to have been the cause of Gainsbourg’s early death from a heart attack at 62.

Director Joann Sfar’s biopic seems, at times, over indulgent, but I surmise it was purposeful to work in tandem with Gainsbourg’s personality. Sfar’s background as a comic book artist and musician gives the film a surrealist feel and look; it’s fun to watch.

Gainsbourg was a bad boy who made it big time. He became ubër controversial when he recorded a reggae version of France’s national anthem, “La Marseillais.”

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>> The Chalk Festival Meets Puccini On Sunday, the Sarasota Opera moved Puccini’s “Madama Butterfly” outdoors to downtown’s Dolphin Street and Pineapple Avenue to meet the artists of The Chalk Festival. This may sound like a curious coupling, but it worked.

As a music person, my immediate question was: What does this collaboration do for the opera? On one hand, it brings hordes of people, many of them first-time opera attendees, so it’s good publicity and great public relations. But, on the other, they’re missing some of the opera’s important elements — the orchestra, a real stage, lighting, scenery, translating subtitles and the glorious sound of the operatic voice soaring into an enclosed space with acoustics meant for unamplified singing. And, because this outdoor “Butterfly” was condensed into less than an hour, they even missed out on some of the characters who flesh out the story.

Collaborations are always good because they get arts groups to think outside of their usual parameters. They also bring new audiences, and that’s important. Best of all, they’re fun, especially when they’re outside; the sky is blue, the air is balmy and the atmosphere is festive. Is it serious music or significant art? Sometimes. But it’s hard to draw the line on the folks who are standing around, hopping from one foot to another, weaving in and out, calling their kids, rounding up their dogs and wishing they’d chosen a bleacher seat (if they got one in the first place) in the shade.

All that being said, this is the kind of stuff we need to do more often in Sarasota.

Picture a rectangular space with bleachers on one end and a street on the other.

The chalk artists have painted (or should I say drawn?) a colorful floor depicting the sea and sky in shades of blues, browns and khaki with white billowing clouds drifting across. The only scenery and props are properly spare: three black cubes, which double as tables and chairs, and, along one side, Japanese screens that hang like banners, placing an edge to the alleyway that’s been magically made into a stage.

It’s a smallish space as outdoor performances go and, unbelievably, microphones and other amplification weren’t used, which gave us a chance to hear the unadulterated voices. Of course, this also meant the “covers,” or understudies, we heard in the

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Some succeeded more than others, mainly because the less-experienced singers felt the need to push and over sing instead of allowing us to hear them at their best, with the shadings and nuances necessary for this Puccini masterpiece.

Sharpless (baritone Matthew Hanscom) and Butterfly (Youna Jang) were the most successful and, possibly, the most experienced singers; they gave us some excellent acting and vocal performances, considering the circumstances. Jang was quite believable as the doomed rent-a-bride; she gave an amazingly thoughtful character to her Cio-Cio-San in the sunlight. The top of her voice flowers beautifully, but, although the middle and bottom are weaker (or was it the outdoor setting?) and need some heft, she did a lovely job with dynamics. She allowed her legato to carry her character to the audience without much trouble. Hanscom, a Merola Opera Program Young Artist, gave a highly polished reading of his role, and it would be interesting to hear him indoors.

Leah Kaye Serr sang an accommodating Suzuki, especially in the “Flower Duet,” but, due to timing constraints, her vocal participation was minor. Heath Huberg made a particularly young Pinkerton, looking in his Navy whites more like a high school drum major than the cad he’s meant to be. But he’s a good, strong tenor with a chance for a future if he’ll realize that he’s at his best when he doesn’t push. Or, as Jay Hunter Morris, the Met’s HD Siegfried, said just the day before during an intermission of that opera, he should learn “never to sing beyond what is beautiful.” Loud is not necessarily more.

Greg Trupiano, the opera’s artistic administrator, was the narrator, tying together the elements and story like a medieval troubadour, unaided by microphones but well able to lift his speaking voice and help us to skip over the bits we were missing and still make sense of the work.

Getting back to our original question, what does this kind of an outdoor performance do for the opera? As it turns out, quite a lot.

There was a 7-year-old child sitting on the pavement in front of us. He barely breathed and moved only to wipe his brow during the hour-long presentation of “Butterfly.” He was genuinely entranced. If this kind of “street” performance makes even one new opera fan, it’s all worthwhile. To paraphrase the Sarasota Orchestra, this little boy came as he was and definitely left different.

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MUSIC ARTISTS SERIES CONCERTS — “Romantic Keys,” featuring world-class pianist Di Wu, will be presented Nov. 13 and Nov. 15, at the Historic Asolo Theater, 5401 Bay Shore Road, Sarasota.

For tickets and details, call 360-7399 or visit www.artistseriesconcerts.org.

CHURCH OF THE REDEEMER — A special choral Mass will be presented at 10 a.m. Nov. 24, for Thanksgiving Day. Those attending are asked to consider contributing non-perishable food items to help feed the hungry in the community. Located at 222 S. Palm Ave.; www. redeemersarasota.org; 955-4263.

GLENRIDGE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER — “From Liszt to Ligeti: 200 Years of Hungarian Piano Music” will be performed through Dec. 2. Tickets: $22.

Located at 7333 Scotland Way; www. theglenridge.com; or call 552-5325.

JAZZ AT TWO — The Klaus Bader Quartet will perform at 2 p.m. Nov. 11. All concerts are 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.

JAZZ IN THE CHAPEL — The Jazz Trio, featuring Johnny Moore, Dominic Mancini and Tommy Goodman, with special guests Jeff Lego, Dave Pruyn and Mike Parmalee, will perform at 4 and 5:30 p.m. Nov. 13, at First United Methodist Church, 104 S. Pineapple Ave. Free; www.firstsrq.com; 955-0935.

MUNCHTIME MUSICALE — Belle Canto vocal ensemble will perform selections ranging from Bach to Broadway at noon Nov. 16. Free; open seating. Located at the Beatrice Friedman Symphony Center, 709 N. Tamiami Trail; 351-7467; www. sarasotaconcertassociation.org.

NEW COLLEGE NEW MUSIC — Margaret Eginton and Stephen Miles will

perform “New Experimental Works” at 8 p.m. Nov. 11 and Nov. 12, College Hall Music Room, 351 College Road, Sarasota; www.newmusicnewcollege.org; 487-4888.

SARASOTA OPERA — “Madama Butterfly” will be performed through Nov. 15. Located at 61 N. Pineapple Ave. 366-8450; www.sarasotaopera.org.

SARASOTA ORCHESTRA — “Masterworks: Stern & Schwarz,” featuring music by Brahms, Saint-Saens and Tchaikovsky, with cellist Julian Schwarz as special guest, will be performed Nov. 11 to Nov. 13, at the Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall, 777 N. Tamiami Trail. www.sarasotaorchestra.org; 9533434.

VAN WEZEL PERFORMING ARTS HALL — Dave Koz and Friends will present “Christmas Tour 2011” at 8 p.m. Nov. 26. Tickets: $30 to $65; www.vanwezel. org; 953-3368. Located at 777 N. Tamiami Trail, Sarasota.

VENICE MUSICALE — “Italian Idyll,” featuring Italian vocal music from the 16th to the 20th centuries, will be performed at 11 a.m. Nov. 17, at Venice Public Library, 301 S. Nokomis; www. venicemusicale.org; 497-2733.

ART ALLYN GALLUP CONTEMPORARY ART — “Hugh Davies: Paintings” will be on display through Nov. 26. Located at 1288 N. Palm Ave., Sarasota; www.allyngallup.com; 366-2454.

ART CENTER SARASOTA — “Material Matters,” featuring the use of modern materials in the visual arts, will run through Dec. 31. Located at 707 N. Tamiami Trail; www.artsarasota.org; 3652032.

ART UPTOWN — “Divas Go Pop” runs through Nov. 26, with works of digital pop art by Janine Hoffman. Located at

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ELIZABETH STEVENS GALLERY — “Fall Fest,” featuring artwork by Marge Bennett and Debbie Dannheisser, runs through Nov. 15. Located at 1945 Morrill St.; 587-9851.

PASTRY ART — “Dragon-Art,” featuring works by Tom Stovall, will be on display through Dec. 12. Located at 1512 Main St.; 955-7545.

RINGLING MUSEUM OF ART — “Josef Albers: Colors” will run through Jan. 16.

“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

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Located at 5401 Bay Shore Road; 3511660. Admission includes the Ringling Museum of Art, Cà d’Zan mansion, Circus Museum, Mable’s Rose Garden and grounds.

RINGLING COLLEGE OF ART AND DESIGN — “Fairy Tale Art: Illustrations from Children’s Books” will be on display through Dec. 9. Galleries located one-half block east of 2700 N. Tamiami Trail on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Way; 3597563; www.ringling.edu/selbygallery.

SELBY GARDENS — “Batiks Botanicos: A Painter’s Garden,” with hand-painted batiks by Angela Maria Isaza, will be on display through Nov. 17. Located at 811 S. Palm Ave., Sarasota; www.selby.org; 366-5731.

SIMON’S COFFEE HOUSE — “Fun and Fur,” featuring artwork by Carolyn Ritter, will be on display through Jan. 2. Located at 5900 S. Tamiami Trail; 926-7151.

TOWLES COURT ART ASSOCIATION — “Small Works,” an open juried show, will be presented Nov. 18 through Dec. 10.

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Cathy Gallatin creates sidewalk art.

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Brianna Ream, 7, draws a rooster in the kids area.

Mythica von Griffyn provided 3D glasses for people to wear while viewing her work. When looking at the bright colors through the glasses, people found that the piece popped off the pavement.

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Eastern Influence Grant’s Gardens is creating a butterfly garden, which is currently in transition, near the citrus trees.

The couple purchased this alabaster sculpture for their collection when they lived in Asia.

Dean and Patty Miller wanted to create an Asian Zen feeling in their garden.

Left: Yellow, black and green bamboo species continue the oriental theme through the garden.

If you were like Dean and Patty Miller and spent 15 years immersing yourself in Asian culture, you also would want to bring some of it home to Florida when you returned.

Bold Buddha sculptures, thought to be created during 1300 to 1540, offer an oriental feeling on the first floor of the home. The theme is carried throughout the house and outdoors, where green, black and yellow bamboo surrounds a tranquil plot of paradise.

Grant’s Gardens did a total re-landscaping of the property about five to six years ago. A butterfly garden near the citrus trees is currently in transition.

“We wanted to sit outside during the rain,” says Betty Miller of the pavilion by the pool. “Any time of the year, we can sit under the pavilion, and it’s just gorgeous.”

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Several traveler palms are scattered throughout the yard.

Blue mystic spires produce long stalks of blue flowers during the summer.

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Susan Erhart, Anno Swain and Katie Hayes be as good as the one that mom makes.

There are minor variations in how the ladies make the chocolate cake. Swain and Hayes use a mixer and spray the pan with Pam. Erhart mixes it by hand and butters and flours the pan.

Hayes’ sister-in-law uses a yellow cake mix and vanilla pudding with the same frosting. The cake is reported to be great with just powdered sugar on top, but this family can never do without frosting. The secrets to making it successfully are to soften the butter and add the dry and liquid ingredients alternately. The result is wildly popular.

“Bundt cake is always better,” Hayes says. “There’s more frosting per piece.”

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Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Prepare a 10-inch Teflon bundt pan by spraying with Pam or buttering carefully, then dusting with flour.

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The recipe is not a secret by any means but mistakes do occur in transmission. One happened when Sherry Luria, then Swain’s son’s fiancée, asked for another family treasure — carrot cake.

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It took all of a nanosecond to fire back a “yes” and make arrangements to meet the baker.

The cake was made by Katie Hayes from a recipe that is a family treasure. Hayes’ late, great aunt, Betty, gave it to her mom, Anno Swain, who passed it on to Hayes and her sister, Susan Erhart (president of the SPARCC Auxiliary). It has been in the family at least 30 years.

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There was a great big public display of affection Sunday, Nov. 6, at the Hyatt-Regency Sarasota, when 465 guests attended the Glasser/Schoenbaum Human Services Center event honoring its benefactor, Betty Schoenbaum.

Schoenbaum is as famous for her hugs as she is for her generosity, which is how the party came to be themed “Celebrating Promises Kept and Dreams Fulfilled … a Big Hug Back to Betty.”

“I wish my arms could stretch to hug all of you,” she said.

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+ A tasty recipe for great friendship More than 160 guests delighted in a spectacular sunset Nov. 3 at Marie Selby Gardens during “A Taste of Friendship,” which raised more than $10,000 for the Center for Healthy Aging clinics at Senior Friendship Centers. Last year, the clinics provided medical and dental services to more

than 4,000 lower income and uninsured patients and demand is running about 15% higher this year. Mattison’s, Ruth’s Chris Steakhouse, Jason’s Deli, Nancy’s Bar-B-Q and Word of Mouth provided food for grazing; doctors Bob and Pat Gussin provided Villa Marie Wine from their New Zealand vineyard for sipping. Sunny O’Flynn, JoAnn Nevins and Ingrid BookbinderKeating were event chairwomen.

+ NCJW names 2012 Women in Power

The AJC Civic Achievement Award goes to an individual whose contributions have improved the shared life of the community. It recognizes professional accomplishments and involvement in civic and community activities.

This year, it goes to Gwen MacKenzie in recognition of everything she has done in her six years as CEO and president of Sarasota Memorial Hospital. Chairs of the gala dinner are Phil Delaney, president and CEO of Northern Trust Bank, and Carol Ann Kalish, shareholder of Williams Parker et al. Honorary dinner chairperson is Beatrice Friedman, whose daughter, Ilene Friedman, will do the “Motze” — say the blessing over the bread — before the meal.

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Event Chairwoman Judy Graham was telling everyone that she acquired her fetching chapeau noir from Bonwit-Teller … 35 years ago. And she and Stephanie Shaw were wearing identical pink boas for the perfectly good reason that they Molly Schechter had shopped for them Ken Abt, Stephanie Shaw, together. Shaw and hubby, Peggy Abt and Stan Pastor Stan Pastor, were at the event with Peggy and Ken Abt after going their separate ways the previous evening: the Abts to the ballet opening night, the Shaw-Pastors to the opera opening night. Their reviews of both: “Fabulous.” And the talk of the crowd were the four baby sharks born at the aquarium early in the morning of the party.

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At the pace she is moving, Go To Girl Molly Klauber may need to rename herself Go-Go Girl. Nov. 2 was a party at Jolly celebrating the one-year anniversary of her marketing services business; Nov. 3 she was celebrity bartending for Goodwill at Polo Grill and Bar; and Nov. 5, she worked at a Wine, Woman & Shoes wine dinner. On Nov. 10 she tends bar again at Bleus, Brews and Schmooze to ben- Klauber efit G.WIZ. That’s “bleus,” as in cheese, the first of four events for the Gulf Coast Cheese Fest, which culminates in April with the Grand Cheese Tasting and — brace yourselves — “The Cheese Ball.”

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National Council of Jewish Women Sarasota-Manatee 30th annual Women in Power Luncheon Co-Chairwomen Nina Japhe and Janet Stollman have announced the honorees for the luncheon to be held Jan. 18. They are: Margaret Callihan, president and CEO of SunTrust Bank, Southwest Florida; Betsy Kane–Hartnett, co-founder and executive director of Forty Carrots Family Center; Eva Slane, retired theatrical agent, philanthropist and non-profit theater supporter; and Anne Weintraub, attorney, advocate and real-estate educator. To receive an invitation, call 342-1855.

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Boots made for oohing and aahing … thigh-high python Christian Louboutins on Sandy Sembler at Wine, Women & Shoes Luncheon Nov. 4. Ten years ago, you would not have seen these in Sarasota … Looking back … Robert Nelson and his late wife, Bette, put together the investment group that started WXLT TV-40 (now WWSB) back in 1971 and sold it in 1986.

Alumni of the original operation recently joined Nelson at Mattison’s City Grille to reminisce and celebrate the station’s 40 years. Among them: long-time news anchor Bob Keehn, weather man Steve Newman, sportscaster Ron Jackson and engineer Dan Lunin … Happy Birthday … to Annette Grishman, who recently celebrated 85 surrounded by all three of her daughters … Speedy recovery … to Dottie Baer Garner, recuperating from successful surgery at Sarasota Memorial Hospital … Le beaujolais nouveau est arrivé … rather, it will arrive on schedule the week before Thanksgiving and be celebrated at a Fête du Beaujolais Nov. 17, at Maison Blanche restaurant on Longboat Key. The event benefits the James Beard Foundation; for details, call 383-8088.

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Bleus, Brews and Schmooze Benefiting: GWIZ and Gulf Coast Cheese Fest When: 6 to 10 p.m. Where: Polo Grill and Bar Contact: Molly Klauber, 320-9406 Price: Complimentary

11 Night of Hope Gala ‘Over the Moon’ Benefiting: Cancer Support Community When: 7 p.m. Where: The Ritz-Carlton, Sarasota Chairs: Beth Knopik and Honorary Chairs Art and Peggy Wood Contact: Amy Paulishak, 921-5539 Price: $350 www. cancersupportsuncoast.org

 Cornelia Matson, Dr. Krista Toomre and Dr. Allison Silver at Planned Parenthood of Southwest and Central Florida’s High Tea at High Noon event last year.

10 High Tea at High Noon Benefiting: Planned Parenthood of Southwest and Central Florida Inc. When: Noon Where: Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall Chairs: Peggy Abt, Kathy Bush, Mindy Mast and Carol Williams Contact: Sharon Kunkel, 365-3913, Ext. 1105 Price: $60 Lifetime Achievement Awards Dinner Benefiting: The Argus Foundation When: 6 p.m. Where: Hyatt Regency Sarasota Chair: Eddie Morton Contact: Sharlene Hillier, 365-4886 Price: $125 Ringling College of Art and Design 11th annual Golf Tournament Benefiting: Ringling College of Art and Design When: Noon Where: Longboat Key Club and Resort Contact: Sarah Walcutt-Febish, 3597589

Make A Mark Celebration Benefiting: Sarasota Youth Sailing When: 6 p.m. Where: Sarasota Yacht Club Chair: Ken D’Agostino Contact: David Livingston, 5044236 Price: $50 Saks Fifth Avenue and Nuovo Salon Anniversary Celebration Benefiting: Sarasota Museum of Art When: 7:30 p.m. Where: Michael’s On East Contact: Beth Bobb, 364-5390 Price: $88

12 10th annual SunCoast

Food and Wine Festival Hosted by: Lakewood Ranch Rotary Club When: 1 p.m. Where: Sarasota Polo grounds Contact: 870-0002 Price: $60 www.suncoastfoodandwinefestival.com

14 Divas after Dark presents ‘Burlesque’ Benefiting: Community AIDS Network Emergency Fund When: 6:30 p.m. Where: Michael’s On East Chairs: Ron Carter and Jimmy Neal Contact: 365-6922 Price: $100 ‘Flower Talk’ a Floral Art Demonstration and Luncheon featuring Natasha Lisitsa Benefiting: Founders Garden Club of Sarasota When: 11 a.m.

Where: Sarasota Yacht Club Contact: Sara Bailry, sarapb@comcast.net

In the Pink: A Taste of New Gate School Benefiting: New Gate School Scholarship Fund When: 6:30 p.m. Where: New Gate Montessori School, Ashton Road Contact: 9224949 Price: $30

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Appreciation Luncheon honoring Bob Johnson Benefiting: YMCA Foundation of Sarasota When: 11:30 a.m. Where: Michael’s On East Call: 951-1336 Price: $35 www.thesarasotay.org Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe Gala ‘Le Jazz Hot!’ Benefiting: Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe When: 6 p.m. Where: Michael’s On East Chairs: Carol M. Poteat-Buchanan and Mary Ann Robinson Contact: Carol M. Poteat Buchanan, 379-0232 Price: $125

17 AJC 2011 Civic Achievement Award Dinner honoring Gwen MacKenzie Benefiting: American Jewish Committee When: 6 p.m. Where: Michael’s On East Chairs: Philip Delaney, Carol Ann Kalish and Honorary Chairwoman Bea Friedman Contact: Brian Lipton, 365-4955 Price: $175 Goodwill Ambassador of the Year Awards Dinner Benefiting: Goodwill Foundation When: 6 p.m. Where: Hyatt Regency Sarasota Contact: 355-2721 Price: $100

18 ‘The Fabulous ’50s’ Hosted by: Sarasota Opera Guild Benefiting: Sarasota Opera When: 6 p.m. Where: Sarasota Opera House Contact: 924-4489 Price: $85 ‘Pinstripes and Penguins’ Benefiting: Mote Marine Laboratory When: 7 p.m. Where: Mote Marine Laboratory and Aquarium Contact: Stacy Alexander, 3884441, Ext. 509 Price: $50

19 Dream Makers Ball Benefiting: Boys and Girls Clubs of Sarasota County When: 6 p.m. Where: Hyatt Regency Sarasota Chairs: Tom and Kristy Cail Contact: Tamara Chapman, 366-3911 Price: $250 (after party) The Artful Lobster Benefiting: The Hermitage Artist Retreat When: 11 a.m. Where: The Hermitage Artist Retreat Chair: Debbi Benedict Contact: 475-2098 Price: $125 http://hermitageart-

 Caitlyn Colleron, Erin Colleron, Kevin Roberts and Lynn Rasys at last year’s Pawpurr’s Ball. istretreat.org/events/fundraising-events/ Pawpurr’s Ball Benefiting: Cat Depot When: 6:30 p.m.

Where: Michael’s On East Chair: Lynn Rasys Contact: Lynn Rasys, 366-2404 Price: $67.50

20 ‘All Jazzed Up!’ Season Opener Brunch Benefiting: Sarasota Orchestra When: 11:30 a.m. Where: Michael’s On East Chairs: Bunny Skirboll and Edie Chaifetz and Design Chairwoman Anne Folsom Smith Contact: Rebecca Campbell, 487-2743 Price: $95 21 Friends of the Sarasota Ballet Showcase Luncheon Hosted by: Friends of the Sarasota Ballet Benefiting: Sarasota Ballet When: 11:30 a.m. Where: Michael’s On East Chair: Richard Hurter Contact: Richard Hurter, 780-3311 Price: $35 www.sarasotaballet.org 30 15th annual Holidays at the Crosley, Festival of Trees (runs through Dec. 8) Benefiting: Crosley Estate Foundation When: 11 a.m. Where: Crosley Estate Mansion Chair: Natalie Gundrum Contact: Anna Pohl, 704-4366 Price: $10

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Jocelyn Stevens, Jeff McGrath and Charlie Ann Syprett

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Jane Lautner and Suella Bowman Panelists the Hon. Judge Durand Adams; media and marketing consultant, writer and one-time Clairol model Ginny Daly; nine-time Stanley Cup winner Scotty Bowman; and moderator Diane McFarlin, publisher of the Sarasota Herald-Tribune

The Pines of Sarasota Wit & Wisdom of Aging Luncheon Wednesday, Nov. 2 | Michael’s On East

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Key Chorale Annual Luncheon Monday, Nov. 7 | Michael’s On East Beau Ciel Luxury living overlooking Sarasota Bay &

Downtown skyline. Water views from every room. Exceptional living spaces include both family room and living room with 3,100 Sq Ft - 2 bedroom/3 bath. 24 hour Concierge service. Marble floors, furniture quality built-ins. $1,349,000 or rent at $6,000 per month annually. MLS#A3949905

Beau Ciel Spectacular new listing with incredible Bay views from 12th floor – west end location! 3 bed/3 bath.

Exquisite finishes, marble floors, design treatments throughout. Furniture quality built ins in office. Private elevators. $1,899,000 or rent for season at $8,000 per month or annually at $6,000 per month. MLS#A3949892

Sapphire Shores - Museum Area

Lawrence Pointe Spectacular bay views

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Bonnie Zeeman and Debra Smith

Norma Greenwald, Andrea Frank and Marion Levine

with walls of windows and sliding doors give this home the feel of a yacht rather than a condominium. 3 beds/2 bath – Family and Living rooms. Wood & stone floors. Plantation shutters, office built-ins. Totally remodeled. Gated enclave of only 41 units, pool on the Bay. $898,000 MLS#A3947330

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Exquisite interior in both the 3,000 Sq Ft 3 bed/3 bath main home and studio size 1 bed/1 bath Carriage house. Extreme quality in every room from the stone floor to the hand crafted custom cabinetry throughout. Resort-like private pool oasis and outdoor kitchen. $1,295,000 MLS#A3950332

Dolly Jacobs and Pedro Reis Below: Brad Diamond and Chuck Sidlow

Burns Court Villas Entered from within the Tuscan courtyard (or garage), this 3 bedroom (now 2 & office) 2 1/2 bath - 3 story Townhome (w/elevator) is the perfect blend of privacy and maintenance free downtown living.

Two private courtyards for outdoor living. Gas fireplace. $749,000

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Event Co-Chairwoman Judy Bloch, Peter Gray and Co-Chairwoman Marcia Corrigan

Royal St Andrew Imagine it – 2,900 Sq Ft with 91 Ft of Bay views. Unique 3 bed plus den & 3.5 baths with 2 sun rooms - all with full Bay views. Largest residence in the building. Newly remodeled amenities including bayside pool; fitness, social area with warming kitchen. 2 covered parking. On site management. $849,000 MLS#A3945192

1350 Main - Heart of Downtown

Le Chateau Breathtaking Bay views all the

Embassy House Incredible Bay and sunset views. 2 bed/2 bath Penthouse offering a formal dining room, large living room and sun room for entertaining. Bay side pool, fitness, gathering area with kitchen and garage parking. $550,000

Siesta Key Siesta Key Beach House - only 2 short blocks to Siesta Village and the Country’s #1 ranked Beach!

Built in 2000, 3 bed/3 bath, large deck, oversized 2 car garage, big fenced yard. Newly painted, new tropical landscaping.

Spacious non conforming downstairs. $499,000

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Two fabulous choices in this popular building. 2 bed/2 bath – either Bay view $599,000 or 1 bed/1.5 bath $399,000. Amenities include 24 hr. concierge, heated pool and spa; fitness center, social rooms, conference room and guest suite.

Coyn Richardson and Betty York

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way from Siesta Key to North Longboat from this Downtown Bayfront 2 bedroom plus den/family room, 2 bath. Adjacent to the Ritz. Wonderful covered terrace to enjoy the Bay breezes and Seabirds. Covered parking. $575,000 MLS#A3950505

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