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Key’s No. 1 beach signs nearly ready

Director Frank Galati explains why he moved to Sarasota, why he signed on to stage The Asolo Rep’s ‘My Fair Lady’ and why he’s happiest with his nose in a story.

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second Crystal 1B The Classic drew even

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County staff is continuing to work on two different types of signs touting Siesta’s status as the No. 1 beach in America. One sign (similar to the sample above) would be placed permanently at the Siesta Public Beach. The other (below) could be used as a logo on commercial products.

County staff appears to be in the final stages of creating new signs proclaiming Siesta Key’s beach as No. 1 in the nation.

County staff is continuing to work with a stakeholders group to produce two types of signage touting the Siesta beach’s status as No. 1 in the country.

“I think we’ve got the final tweaks (for one of the signs),” said Rob Lewis, executive director of the county’s Planning and Development Services Department.

Catherine Luckner, president of the Siesta Key Association, said Wednesday she suspected another stakeholders meeting would be necessary, based on email exchanges among the members of that group.

However, Lewis said he did not think he would have to call another meeting.

He expected to send a memo to the County Commission Nov. 17 or Nov. 18, he said, with the final images for the new signage.

After Siesta residents, including County Commission Chairwoman Nora Patterson, ex-

pressed lukewarm responses to signs county staff had erected in late August at Sarasota County Area Transit stops, the County Commission had asked staff to coordinate the creation of better signage.

One proposed sign concept, produced for the stakeholders group to consider put the words, “Siesta Beach,” in the top left-hand corner, Luckner told SKA members during their Nov. 3 meeting. “Sarasota” appeared in much bigger letters in the center of the sign.

Members of the stakeholders group, she said, had suggested that “Siesta” needed to be bigger.

That sign, Luckner explained during the SKA meeting, would be placed at the beach for photo opportunities.

“It’ll be back off the parking lot,” she said.

Donna Thompson, the county’s assistant zoning administrator, had told the stakeholders group that plans for that sign would comply with the county’s zoning code, Luckner added.

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Siesta Key Condominium Association Vice President Walt Olson has been marshalling his forces — and figures — in advance of a Dec. 6 public meeting with Florida Department of Transportation officials designed to gather public comment on the proposal for pedestrian islands along Midnight Pass Road between the Stickney Point Road and Beach Road intersections.

Olson spent a couple of hours with FDOT representatives earlier this month, taking them to various points along that stretch of road, and he presented information this week to snowbirds returning to the Key for season.

“The No. 1 priority is to kill the project,” Olson said of the pedestrian island proposal.

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A Florida Department of Transportation diagram shows the design of a proposed pedestrian island.

support for Olson’s initiative. The SKA board members voted unanimously Nov. 3 on a motion opposing the pedestrian islands and recommending FDOT instead place crosswalks and reduce the speed limit along that stretch of road from 35 to 30 mph.

As a result of an amendment offered by SKA board member Bob Waechter, the motion adds that if it comes down to a choice between FDOT putting in the pedestrian islands or doing nothing, the SKA board prefers the latter.

“I am entirely opposed to these islands,” SKA board member Deet Jonker said during the Nov. 3 meeting. “It is tough enough in season, getting back and forth (on Midnight Pass Road without concerns about the islands posing additional problems).”

Clifford said the FDOT had proposed 10 of the islands in the center turn lane on that stretch of road.

“I use the middle lane all the time,” she said. “I’d never be able to get into traffic (without that).”

The pedestrian island idea originated in 2005, after managers of condominium complexes along Midnight Pass Road complained to county commissioners about pedestrians fearing for their safety as they tried to cross the road, especially during periods of heavy traffic usage. However, after the FDOT agreed to the island concept, the county did not have the funding to pursue the project. County Commission Chairwoman Nora Patterson said in June she was surprised to see the idea resurrected this summer, with funding.

FDOT planned no public meeting before pursuing construction, but Patterson intervened, asking for a meeting after seasonal residents returned to the Key. Olson has been working over the past few months to gain let-

Public comments sought on plan The Florida Department of Transportation will hold a public meeting at 5 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 6, at St. Michael the Archangel Catholic Church, 5394 Midnight Pass Road, to seek public comments on a plan it has proposed to place pedestrian islands in the segment of Midnight Pass Road between the Stickney Point Road and Beach Road intersections.

The islands are designed to assist people in crossing the ters of opposition to the pedestrian islands from managers or boards of directors of the 34 condominium complexes along the affected portion of Midnight Pass Road. He said he expected to have letters from all of them by the Dec. 6 meeting.

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road safely, especially when traffic is heavy during season.

The meeting will feature an open-house format from 5 to 6 p.m., allowing attendees to view a map and talk with FDOT engineers. At 6 p.m., a short PowerPoint presentation will be offered. Then, a panel of FDOT engineers will hold a question-and-answer session.

People also are welcome to provide written comments to the FDOT representatives.

The meeting is scheduled to end about 7:30 p.m. lected, the 34 condo complexes on that 1-mile stretch of road represent 3,909 units. Using an 80% occupancy figure for his calculations, with an average of 2.5 people per unit, Olson estimates the resident total at 8,000 during season. With only six of the complexes having units on both the

Gulf of Mexico and bay sides of Midnight Pass Road, Olson said he had determined that about 2,000 people per day during season cross that part of the road, counting residents and another 400 to 600 miscellaneous crossings.

Olson proposes the FDOT construct six crosswalks at the complexes with facilities on both sides of the road, instead of the pedestrian islands. However, an FDOT engineer told SKA members Oct. 6 that the department requires higher pedestrian counts to support a crosswalk plan instead of the islands proposal.

“They’re probably going to hang tough on the walkways,” Olson said.

Still, Olson remains convinced both the crosswalks and a lower speed limit would prove better remedies. He is hopeful, he said, that the FDOT will agree to another study of the situation during season, before making a final decision.

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Gas line breaks on Key Workers Nov. 16 struck a gas line as they were preparing to install a new wroughtiron fence at the intersection of Treasure Boat Way and Ocean Boulevard.

The workers, from Ram Marine, were digging out the third hole for the fence posts, Tom Maroney, county general manager of business operations and public works, notified Siesta residents, when the incident occurred.

Ryan Montague, in the county’s Mobility/Traffic Office, had sent out an email Nov. 15 saying the fence installation would begin at 8 a.m. Nov. 16 and continue through the week. Traffic would be limited to onelane on Ocean Boulevard for about 300 feet in the vicinity of the project, he added.

Maroney was on site Wednesday morning, with two county workers serving as flagmen, he told the Pelican Press, when “next thing you know, ‘Boom!’”

He spoke with representatives of TECO Energy, owner of People’s Gas, at the site after the line break, Maroney added. “I was really uncomfortable with what they were telling me” about the exact location of the gas line.

Although county staff had received location information for the gas line, Maroney indicated in a Nov. 16 email to Siesta residents, staff needed to reconfirm that data. Therefore, he felt it best to delay the installation of the new fence until after the Thanksgiving holiday.

“I am worried,” Maroney added in the email, “that the (gas) line, wherever it is, may cause us to rethink the (fence) design. I’ll keep you informed.”

The wrought-iron fence was planned as a replacement for a wooden fence installed in 2009 as part of the Village beautification effort.

That wooden fence was vandalized so many times over the past year that most of its posts had been knocked off.

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By Rachel Brown Hackney | Managing Editor

Russell Matthes, coowner of the Daiquiri Deck and president of the Siesta Key Village Association, has told his members on numerous occasions about his efforts to make sure his managers do not let the music go above the maximum 75-decibel level.

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Officer working on complaints With new deputies and new restaurant managers working in the Village, uncertainty over noise regulations has resulted in more resident complaints in recent weeks.

After months of relative quiet, noise complaints have been multiplying again in the Village.

Siesta Key Village Association President Russell Matthes brought up the matter during his group’s regular meeting this month. John Lally, the county’s code enforcement officer on the Key, discussed it in greater detail during Siesta Key Association’s Nov. 3 meeting.

One focus of the problem has been Blasé Café, located at 5251 Ocean Blvd.

An Oct. 22 email from Capt.

Paul Richard of the Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office to Peter van Roekens, a member of the SKA board, along with county officials, said officers had contacted Rahi Nahme at Blasé Café and reconfirmed his establishment is prohibited from hosting live music after 10 p.m. Richard added that because staff at the restaurant had been warned once within the past 90 days about noise past 10 p.m., another violation

would result in a citation.

Matthes said during the Nov. 1 SKVA meeting that he and Cheryl Gaddie, president of the Siesta Key Chamber of Commerce, had talked Oct. 31 with Nahme.

“Like anything else, there are two sides to every story,” Matthes said. “He was very defensive. “(However) once we had our conversation, he totally understood,” Matthes said. “He’s definitely responsive.”

Lally told the SKA board that Nahme had been unaware of the special exception process, which allows a Village establishment to have live music past 10 p.m. Blasé Café, Lally pointed out, does not have one of those exceptions.

“I had about a half-hour meeting with him,” Lally added, during which time he explained the appropriate part of the zoning code. “I wanted to make sure he fully understood the rules.”

A restaurant in the Village can apply four times a year for a temporary use permit that would al-

low it to have live music later in the night. Lally said as soon as he could find the time, he planned to meet with each restaurant and bar owner in the Village to remind them about the TUP provisions.

At one point, Lally continued, a Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office deputy who worked regularly in the Village had established a good rapport with managers and owners at most of the restaurants.

“He was one of my biggest helpers,” Lally said.

The deputy walked the Village regularly with a sound meter and talked with staff in establishments where the noise exceeded the code limits, Lally said.

“But he’s not out here (anymore), and we’ve had a constant string of new deputies,” he said.

Moreover, Lally said, the existing special exceptions for a few Village properties are written poorly.

“I’m trying to light some fires and get the special exceptions changed,” he said. “We’re trying

to get a noise level that’s enforceable for all noise.

“I want to get an established 75 decibels (as the upper limit on the noise level),” he said. “I think 75 is a good level to measure.”

Deputies would utilize decibel readers to monitor the noise levels. After being warned once, if a club owner still has not lowered the establishment’s volume after 15 minutes, the zoning code would allow the deputy to write a $250 citation, Lally said. If the music still remained above the 75-decibel level, he said, the deputy could return after another 15 minutes and write a $500 citation.

“He could keep doing that the rest of the night until they tone it down,” Lally said.

Lally added that Sgt. Scott Osborne, who leads the community policing station in the Village, had sent an email to all the Key deputies listing the necessary information regarding establishments with the special exceptions.

“Hopefully, we’ll get this under control,” Lally said.

Part of the reason the issue had arisen again, Lally said, was the fact that a number of the Village establishments had new managers.

still waiting By Rachel Brown Hackney | Managing Editor

Palmer Point Park restoration project remains stalled Negotiations with the contractor and a state office have prevented completion of the Palmer Point Park restoration effort.

County staff is continuing negotiations with the Florida Department of Environmental Protection over a permit it needs to change plans for removal of dredge material from Palmer Point Park on the north end of Casey Key. “We’re still working on it,” James K. Harriott Jr., executive director of the Public Works Department said Tuesday. “(The permit allication) shouldn’t be a problem. It’s just a waiting game.”

Additionally, because of other changes, staff is negotiating with the contractor, regarding the final payment for all the work, Harriott said.

Paul Semenac, project manager for the park restoration effort, told the Siesta Key Association board in October he hoped to begin the final part of the park work Nov. 1.

Because of complaints from residents of two different neighborhoods, county staff had talk-

ed with the contractor, Tampa Contracting Services Inc., about removing the dredge material by barge to the FDOT right of way on the mainland side of the north Siesta bridge. The only deadline of concern, Semenac said in October, was June 5, when FDOT plans to begin renovations of the bridge. The use of the FDOT right of way would have to be completed before then, Semenac said.

In early November, Semenac said he had obtained FDOT approval for use of the right of way.

The only delay at that time, he said, was the need to obtain the FDEP permit.

When the U.S. Army Corps

of Engineers created the Intracoastal Waterway in the 1960s, it dumped dredge material in the bay by the site where the park was created. The contractor for the restoration effort began burning invasive tree species in the park Aug. 1. However, the dredge material had to be removed from the site, Semenac had explained to the SKA, as one major goal of the project is to improve the quality of water in the bay.

Semenac said the barges would come up the Intracoastal Waterway to the FDOT site at the bridge. There, the material would be offloaded onto trucks. No flagmen would be used to help the trucks turn left from the area by

the bridge onto Siesta Drive, Semenac said.

Harriott said Tuesday he did not know when the contractor would begin the last phase of the project.

In a related matter Tuesday, the County Commission voted 4-1 to approve a change order for the Palmer Point Park restoration in the amount of $33,044.31.

A Nov. 15 memo Harriott sent to the commission said the existing Siesta Key/Casey Key water main connection is located at a shallow depth in the project area.

A partial relocation of the water main had to be completed, he added, before the restoration could be completed.

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+ Beach stormwater project + PALS training grant extension likely bolsters students County staff members last week won preliminary approval from representatives of the Southwest Florida Water Management District for the extension of a grant designed to cover about half the cost of the new Siesta Beach stormwater drainage project.

“It looks like (SWFWMD is) ready to extend the grant so we can have a more realistic construction date,” Project Manager Spencer Anderson said.

He was uncertain at this point, he said, whether the Sarasota County Commission would become involved in the process.

The $975,000 grant was set to expire March 31, 2012, but Anderson had reported it was unlikely the construction of the project could begin until January or possibly February.

Without a grant extension, he had said, the county risked losing the SWFWMD funding.

The 30-minute discussion Nov. 10 involved four Sarasota County staff members and seven officials from SWFWMD.

a middle-school reading program and a math skills-mastery program.

Community members interested in registering for PALS Partners in Education volunteer training or learning more about the training sessions and volunteer opportunities in schools may visit www.SarasotaCountySchools. net/departments/PALS, email PALSoffice@sarasota.k12.fl.us or call 927-9000, Ext. 31500.

Volunteer tutors from North Port to north Sarasota County say the training they received from PALS Partners in Education, the county school district’s volunteer office, helps make their time with students more rewarding.

Although a group of active volunteers works throughout the school district, the need remains great for more tutors to help at-risk and struggling students succeed, district staff say.

PALS has provided reading tutor training to volunteers in elementary schools for more than 15 years.

Volunteers participate in programs specifically designed by curriculum specialists to enable them to work one-on-one for 30 minutes with students in kindergarten through third grade.

PALS offers additional training to help volunteers feel better prepared to work with students from low-income homes and to help students improve their mastery of skills.

In addition to elementary reading tutors, PALS is seeking volunteers for

Meetings & agendas  Tourist Development Council — 4 p.m. Nov. 17, Commission Chambers, Administration Building, 1660 Ringling Blvd., Sarasota.  Public Facilities Finance Advisory Board — 1:30 p.m. Nov. 18, Second Floor A/B Conference Room, Administration Building, 1660 Ringling Blvd., Sarasota.

+ County to mark Honore improvements A ribbon-cutting ceremony to mark the completion of the two-year extension and improvement project for Honore Avenue, from Bee Ridge to Fruitville roads, will be held at 9 a.m.

Thursday, Nov. 17, at the intersection of Honore Avenue and Webber Street.

The exact location of the ceremony will be on the north side of Webber Street, east of Mapleloft Lane and west of the bridge.

The 2.7-mile project was designed to protect the character of the neighborhood while providing greater mobility for residents and visitors, county staff

 County Commission and City Commission Joint Meeting — 1:30 p.m. Nov. 22, Third Floor Think Tank, Administration Building, 1660 Ringling Blvd., Sarasota.

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Alachua County manager chosen for administrator Sarasota County officials hope to complete negotiations as early as next week with Randall Reid, after voting to hire him as administrator.

Having narrowed their choicBaker from the chambers of es to two — Randall H. Reid, commerce in York County, manager of Alachua County, S.C. and James Baker, manager of Commissioner ChrisYork County, S.C. — the county tine Robinson said she, too, commissioners Tuesday afterhad spoken with people in noon said they were swayed Gainesville and South Caroby Reid’s local government exlina. During Reid’s appearperience in Florida in voting ance before the board Tuesunanimously to begin contract day afternoon, Robinson did negotiations with him. question him about an arCounty Attorney Stephen ticle he had written that had DeMarsh said after the meetappeared in Florida League ing that he would expect to of Cities and National Assohave a contract ready for the ciation of Counties publicacommission to consider no tions. later than Dec. 8. However, he “I have had folks from big said he might be able to conbusinesses and self-propriclude negotiations with Reid etors a bit concerned about as early as the middle of next this,” Robinson said. week.

Rachel S. O’Hara She read a few sentences In the meantime, the com- Randall Reid addresses the audience from the article, which refermission instructed DeMarsh during a Nov. 14 meet-and-greet. enced businesses taking on and Interim County Admininitiatives only because of istrator Terry Lewis to let Baker After meeting individually with the commercial aspects of those know he was their second choice, the finalists Monday, County endeavors. in the event that they could not Commission Chairwoman Nora Reid told her he had received reach contract terms with Reid.

Patterson said she began calling a request to write the article to The other two finalists were people she knew in Gainesville. boost the morale of public emEdward Mitchell, administrator The president of the chamber ployees. of the city of West Palm Beach, of commerce there had nothing “The article starts out by sayand Fred Russell, administrator but good things to report about ing that all sectors of the comof the consolidated city/county Reid, she said. munity are important, including government of Augusta, Ga. Whenever the chamber need- the public sector … I stand by An Ohio native, Reid has been ed Alachua County officials to that,” he said. in his current position since act fast on an economic develBecause of the globalization of 1999. He told the County Com- opment project, Patterson said, business, Reid said, businesses mission Tuesday that he had ap- the chamber president told her are not as connected to their plied 14 years ago for the job they his organization always got co- communities as they were years LBK 2010 gave to Jim Ley, who resigned in operation from Reid. ago. late May in the wake of the proPatterson said she also had During the discussion before curement-department scandal. heard positive remarks about the board’s vote Tuesday, Rob-

inson said that in researching the finalists, she had talked with one person acquainted with Reid whose comment regarding the article was that Reid “happens to be very cerebral.”

Still, Robinson said, there was a nervousness in the local business community as a result of the dissemination of that article after Reid became a finalist for county administrator.

Commissioner Joe Barbetta said he had talked with a former long-time Sarasota County employee who works with Reid. As far as he could ascertain, Barbetta said Alachua County employees shared one view: “We hate to lose him.”

“Reid’s incredible experience in Florida and outstanding county (government) experience in the state,” Barbetta said, gave him an edge over the other finalists.

Commissioner Jon Thaxton said he was impressed with the credentials of both Reid and Baker. However, he, too, said he felt Reid’s experience with local government in Florida was a strong factor in Reid’s favor.

During approximately threeand-a-half hours of discussions Tuesday with the four finalists to replace Ley, the commissioners asked questions, ranging from how the candidates would improve the morale of Sarasota County employees to how they would improve the negative Jbusiness climate of the county, as attested to in a recent survey.

Asked about the morale issue, Reid replied that Lewis already

Reid’s résumé • 1976 graduate of Miami University in Ohio. In 1980, he received his master’s in public administration from the University of Dayton, in Dayton, Ohio.

• 1972 to 1976, intern with the city of Vandalia, Ohio, during which time he worked in all the city departments, “which taught me a lot about local government,” he told the Sarasota County Commission.

• 1976 to 1981, assistant manager of the city of Vandalia, Ohio • 1981 to 1987, city administrator of Green River, Wyo. • 1987 to 1994, manager and executive director of the Community Redevelopment Agency of the city of Titusville • 1994 to 1999, deputy/acting manager of Martin County • 1999 to the present, manager of Alachua County In his summary of his professional qualifications, Reid wrote that he had been a “fiscally conservative administrator of budgets up to $339 million, with 11 consecutive unqualified audits … ”

had begun the process of “both rectification and healing.”

“You need to be aware,” Reid added, “that I am someone who believes in the value of public service. I know I have to motivate. I have to give people confidence they can do their jobs.”

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A missed opportunity Has the city of Sarasota re-opened for business, as it appeared after the spring election? Hopefully, but …

With the election of city Commissioners Shannon Snyder and Paul Caragiulo, joining with Commissioner Terry Turner, there seemed to be a large swing toward an attitude of making the city inviting for new enterprises, businesses and jobs — a spur to the local economy — along with bringing stronger fiscal restraint to city decisions.

The overall body of votes is in the right direction for being job-friendly. But a 3-2 vote last week has cast a cloud.

During the summer, the City Commission agreed unanimously to move forward with a zoning-code change on the rules of construction to tilt decision-making toward job-creating enterprises. The current code requires the city to adopt “the more restrictive provision” when there is a conflict between two portions of the code, which is a thick and complicated document.

The one-line amendment, proposed by Caragiulo, would have changed the code so the city could apply the provision that is

most favorable to the property owner or applicant when there is a conflict. It basically shifted the bias from the neighbors of the property owner to the property owner — a reasonable shift even if it is not common.

But when it came to a vote, it went down with only Caragiulo and Mayor Suzanne Atwell voting in favor.

Snyder said his decision to vote against the amendment was a fear of litigation and the fact that proponents of the change had not given any examples of a major development that was held up or blocked because of a conflict in the code. Snyder’s young track record on trying to rein in city costs and in working for a better business environment has been strong. But we disagree on this vote.

Specific areas of litigation were not provided by those who had suggested that could be a problem. It was more of a generic concern. As Mayor Atwell pointed out, if the commission were not to act for fear of a general threat of litigation, the city would do almost nothing.

Perhaps the change was not needed, but

the risk was low and a great message to the job-creating community was missed.

On the other side of the ledger, the city is moving forward on possibly eliminating park impact fees. If that comes about — and it remains to be seen if that will actually happen — the commission should look at all impact fees in the city.

Impact fees are supposed to make growth pay its way — a problematic assumption in the first place in that growth tends to make up for the deficiencies of existing residents’ taxes. But in theory, the impact fees are to make sure that new residents pay their share of the “impact” they have on roads, libraries, parks, schools and so on by taxing new construction.

But Sarasota’s population grew by fewer than 1,000 people in the past 20 years, and lost population in the past 10 years. So there is really no justification for any impact fees of any sort in the city of Sarasota.

They are just a tax on construction that drives up the prices of houses, stores and offices, making everything more expensive for all residents, just as every tax does.

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Gov. Scott was right on high-speed rail Evidence is quickly piling up that Gov. Rick Scott’s controversial decision to reject federal money for high-speed rail from to Tampa to Orlando was right.

The above is a headline you will never read in your mainstream newspapers as they pursue every conceivable — and some inconceivable — negative story line while ignoring others to discredit a governor they do not like.

Scott was right to dump the high-speed rail plan, as ensuing events are making plain.

The feds promised — with tax dollars — to fund the capital costs of the 84-mile line of $2.4 billion. The state would have to pick up anything ROD over that, but that was the THOMSON estimated cost. Scott was skeptical, for good reason.

Plus, he realized that low ridership would mean the state would have to subsidize the line every year, taking money away from other transportation projects.

So in February he said, no thanks. You’d think he had ordered the death of all firstborns. The media, unions, Democrats and some Republicans were apoplectic that he had turned away federal stimulus money that would have created construction jobs and helped save the Earth just to appease tea-party extremists.

Here is how the St. Petersburg Times’ Tallahassee bureau reported it in the paper’s Feb. 17 news story: “Never mind that the federal government was willing to pay nearly all the cost

to build a high-speed rail line connecting Tampa to Orlando.

“Never mind that private companies were willing to cover any additional construction costs and operating losses.

“Florida Gov. Rick Scott on Wednesday rejected the federal government’s offer of $2.4 billion to build the line — prompting cheers from his tea-party base and harsh criticism from leading Florida Republicans and Democrats — squashing a project that has been decades in the making.”

But let’s look at the evidence since Scott’s crazy, thoughtless, job-killing, knee-jerk, tea-party-pleasing decision.

• Governors in Wisconsin, Ohio and New Jersey also rejected federal funds because they were looking at the same financial realities as Scott, not the pie-in-the-sky transit Utopia that consumes the media.

• California is heading for a high-speed train wreck with its Los Angeles-to-San Francisco route. It was originally set to cost $43 billion, and three years later, before construction has even started, the cost has risen to $67 billion. It now may reach $100 billion, with no additional funding seen.

There is general acknowledgment that ridership was overestimated (it always is). And lawsuits are flying everywhere. A recent poll found more than 62% of Californians now want the whole thing stopped.

• China has aggressively scaled back its ambitious high-speed rail plans, and Brazil has canceled plans for its Rio de JaneiroSao Paulo line.

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• Even the U.S. Department of Transportation has sharply revised its high-speed expectations downward, now longing for small, incremental, long-term changes and dropping the idea that 80% of Americans will have access.

• And finally, Congress has pulled the plug on funding. Not just Republicans, who in the House allocated nothing for highspeed rail. Even the Democrat-controlled Senate approved only a token $100 million (about 1/100th of recent allocations.)

The entire high-speed rail industry is in disrepute because no one believes either its cost or ridership estimates. California is the norm, not the exception.

The concept is just not American — geographically, that is. This is a continent-sized country, with huge distances between cities. That makes air travel the better transportation mode. France and Japan, the countries realizing even moderate success with high-speed transit, are small with cities close together. Even then, most of their lines are subsidized.

The reality, which was clear to Scott in February, is that high-speed rail will not work in Florida. If it can ever work anywhere in the reasonably near future, it is in the densely populated Northeast corridor.

A high-speed bullet train between Tampa and Orlando was always going to be a boondoggle, and may well not even have been built after wasting millions of dollars.

So while Gov. Scott appeared to be out of the mainstream, it turns out he was leading the way. The media, Democrats, unions, some Republicans and President Obama, who all piled on against him, were wrong.

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

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DID frustrated by pricey maintenance bids The Downtown Improvement District doesn’t want to spend hundreds of thousands of dollars annually to have enhanced maintenance in its downtown corridor.

The Downtown Improvement District is seeking bids for enhanced levels of services it expects downtown. The scope of work includes a landscape contractor service that: • Controls and monitors all aspects of the DID area’s landscaping • Patrols all landscape beds for debris • Fertilizes plants, trees and shrubs • Sprays for insects • Trims and prunes all trees and bushes • Edges plant beds and walking areas • Mows no fewer than 38 times per year • Keeps all areas free of weeds • Replaces annual flowers four times a year • Monitors and maintains the irrigation system regularly • Maintains DID lighting and twinkle lights • Pressure washes trash receptacles at least twice a year • Refills dog station bags • Sweeps and blows the sidewalks regularly • Hand waters all annual beds and pots • Mulches plant beds constantly to maintain a 2-inch layer of mulch • Cleans benches and planter walls • Maintains written records of all activities and provides bi-weekly reporting of work and invoices to the DID board

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The Downtown Improvement District is weighing the pros and cons of having an enhanced level of maintenance service along Main Street. or two to help with our landscaping needs?” Ritz asked.

Senior planner Steve Stancel said it “certainly makes sense for the city to be the supervisor of this.”

“But you need to determine a minimum maintenance list you can agree upon, before we can discuss whether Public Works can do it for what additional cost,” Stancel said.

Public Works Manager Doug Jeffcoat told the board at its Nov. 1 meeting he would work with the DID to formulate a plan.

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Jeffcoat told the board he was willing to attend a future workshop with city staff and the DID to discuss the possibility of his department performing more duties at an extra cost.

Ritz was happy to hear the possibilities.

“We certainly aren’t going to spend the kind of money it appears it would take to achieve our entire wish list,” Ritz said.

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DID Operations Manager John Moran told the board at its Tuesday, Nov. 15, meeting the DID should take time to review a list of services provided by city staff to see if the board can work with the Public Works Department to get a better level of service for a cheaper price.

“You could have a dedicated employee or employees in the Public Works Department who could be monitored and supervised by you,” Moran said.

“That’s another option available to you.”

DID Chairman Ernie Ritz said it was an idea to consider, adding the DID needs to consider drastically cutting its enhanced level of service list (see sidebar).

“We can find a cheaper sidewalk cleaner and maintain additional plants that we plant downtown,” Ritz said.

“Short of that, I’m not sure why we should do anything else.”

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When Mark Smith, a member of the Siesta Key Village Association, proposed the idea for the signs during the SKVA’s August meeting, Thompson said the county zoning code could prevent the installation of certain types of signs, such as banners, at the entries to the Key. “We certainly wouldn’t do anything larger than county code allows,” Lewis said.

Luckner said the beach sign, proposed at 4 feet by 8 feet, would be designed to allow people visiting Siesta to take photos adjacent to it.

In commissioners’ comments during their Nov. 8 regular meeting, Patterson noted the importance of having that photo op sign. She suggested a banner might be better than the proposed sign.

“We can look at that,” Lewis told her.

“I had a little bit of concern when I saw (the sign concept),” Patterson added, saying it appeared the county would be erecting a billboard at the beach.

Lewis reiterated commissioners’ input will steer the ultimate decision.

“I want them to be very much included in this (signage selection process),” he said. “Staff is not going to recommend one sign or the other. We will simply accept (the commissioners’) recommendation.”

Lewis had indicated the matter could come before the County Commission this week, but Interim County Administrator Terry Lewis said Tuesday the sign work still was under way. Lewis was not certain, he said, when the matter would be put on the agenda.

According to members of the stakehold-

ers group, some of the images proposed for the beach photo op sign appeared to be stock photos. Additionally, county staff has been working on the background of that sign, to provide a 3D effect. Some stakeholders felt one staff proposal for the background was too dark and that the beach did not look like Siesta’s beach.

Stakeholders told county staff the beach sand looked coarse, unlike Siesta’s fine, quartz sand.

A county graphic artist also has been working on variations of the sign using daytime and sunset images. Members of the stakeholders group have expressed additional concerns about the sunset photo the artist had chosen, saying it did not resemble a Siesta sunset.

Staff at the Sarasota Convention and Visitors Bureau also had prepared a postcard variation of the beach photo op sign, Rob Lewis said.

Virginia Haley, president of the SCVB, said last month that an artist who previously worked for the bureau had come up with that concept. She had added that a lack of coordination among county staff had stalled efforts to get that sign erected during the summer.

Regarding what he referred to as the logo sign, Lewis said the idea behind that concept was that it could be used at multiple venues and on promotional items such as hats and mugs. The county would leave such usage to the private sector, he added.

Earlier this fall, Lewis said he hoped artists in the community would submit proposals for the sign.

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Term limits amendment to appear on Jan. 31 ballot Although 15 of 17 speakers opposed the action, the County Commission Nov. 15 approved revised language for a term-limit charter amendment.

Because of concern about possible disruptions to the 2012 election, the Sarasota County Commission voted 4-1 Tuesday to proceed with a Jan. 31, 2012, special election on a proposed charter amendment that would limit the commissioners to three consecutive terms.

As he did when the amendment first was proposed, Commissioner Joe Barbetta opposed it.

Although 15 of the 17 people who appeared before the commission during a public hearing Tuesday opposed the action, Commissioner Christine Robinson said the board did not know whether the Florida Supreme Court would decide to hear a Broward County case on term limits. In August, the Fourth District Court of Appeal ruled in that case that commission term limits were constitutional.

After questioning County Attorney Stephen DeMarsh Tuesday, Robinson said, “I just don’t like the idea of putting us in this legal limbo.”

She added she had spoken with several candidates for the commission race next year.

“They want some certainty,” she said.

Commissioner Jon Thaxton is among the candidates planning to run in 2012; he will be seeking his fourth term.

“I had a great deal of difficulty convincing my wife I was going to run this time,” Thaxton said to about 35 residents in the audience. “My commitment to her was that I would not run for County Commission again if re-elected this time.”

Robinson also reminded the audience that, as an attorney, she had been involved in the recount of ballots cast in Florida during the 2000 presidential election.

“It’s not fun,” she said. “I don’t think that our county needs that right now.”

At the outset of the discussion Tuesday, DeMarsh presented the commissioners a revised version of the ballot question. That question is one focal point of a lawsuit filed Nov. 8 against the county regarding the term limits amendment. The revision removed language regarding the constitutionality of term limits, a move DeMarsh said he felt advisable in light of the lawsuit.

Robinson also suggested to fellow commissioners the ballot language be amended to make the term limits retroactive to 2005, when the county lost a legal challenge to the 1998 charter change that called for a limit of two consecutive terms. Additionally, she suggested the amendment keep the two-term limit imposed in 1998. No other commissioner supported those efforts.

“If the voters do wish to have term limits, then three terms is better than two,” Thaxton said, eliciting a ripple of laughter and sighs in the audience. “I recognize that it does sound self-serving.”

However, Thaxton cited comments by Jono Miller, director of the New College Environmental Studies Program and a former candidate for County Commission, who had said during the public hearing that commissioners’ expertise grows the longer they serve, and they are able to work more effectively for the county as members of regional and state organizations.

“And I’m concerned we’re going to lose that if we go to a two-term limit,” Miller said.

Miller also had noted that, based on the 1998 term-limits referendum, one would not expect voters to return commissioners to office for third or fourth terms “(However) they’ve consistently gone ahead and done that,” he said.

Commission Chairwoman Nora Patterson won 91,380 votes when she was re-elected to her fourth term in 2010, Miller said, a figure that represented 24% of the county population at the time.

In response to one comment during the public hearing, DeMarsh said Longboat Key Town Attorney David Persson, whom the County Commission hired last week to defend the county against the new lawsuit, would be arguing for the constitutionality of term limits, just as he did in the 2005 case.

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Several speakers complained the setting of the special election on the same date as Florida’s Republican Presidential Primary would limit turnout. The fate of the new charter amendment would be decided “primarily by voters of one political party,” said Pat Rounds, one of the 16 plaintiffs in the lawsuit filed last week by attorney Andrea Flynn Mogensen.

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by Kurt Schultheis | City Editor

Sarasota High master plan revealed The Sarasota County School Board Wednesday reviewed plans for Sarasota High School’s renovations that could be completed by the 2014-15 school year.

Construction officials Tuesday presented the Sarasota County School Board with a $24 million Sarasota High School concept plan for renovations the board has been anticipating for several years.

Board members voiced their approval of the design.

The plan, which still must be vetted through a public hearing process, calls for redesigning the front of the school to create an official entrance, replacing an open-air breezeway with glass panels, completely overhauling an outdated classroom building and renovating and consolidating the school’s gyms, science laboratories and cafeterias.

The classroom building, dubbed Building 4, is the focus of the project’s most extensive construction effort, because the structure has more than 500 students under its roof at any given time.

“We will renovate the space, create a center for science classrooms in the middle, create six additional classrooms and remove existing portables near a practice field,” said School Board Architect and Building Code Administrator Michael Foley.

Overall, the school has 3,100 student stations, or desks, for slightly more than 2,000 students.

“We have wasted space,” Foley said.

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Sarasota High also needs a more conventional entry area, Foley and other staff members explained, so students and parents know where the office is when they approach the school.

“People aren’t sure where to go right now,” Foley said.

The new campus will be designed to support 2,000 students, though it will be able to handle an additional 400, if needed. Portables could be used if extra enrollment became an issue, Foley said. Student counts for district schools have declined in recent

years because of the downturn in the economy, staff has explained in budget meetings.

Plans also call for the consolidation of the east and west cafeterias into one facility closer to the administrative and guidance counselor offices. A new media center is part of the design, which also calls for consolidation of two out-of-date gyms into a single new structure.

School officials noted that $8 million in capital funding already has been allocated for the school’s renovation. Savings from

other high school renovations means almost $14 million might be available, staff said.

The district has renovation projects under way at Booker and Venice high schools.

The School Board plans to review a traffic study for the Sarasota High project before holding a public workshop and making final decisions on the plans. The first phase of the project involves renovating Building 4, with the goal of completing that phase by the start of the 2013-14 school year. Renovations of the media

center, cafeterias, gyms and other areas will follow.

By the 2014-15 school year, the remodeling could be finished.

Superintendent of Schools Lori White said the project will make the school efficient and usable for the next 50 years and possibly beyond that. She added that the effort will preserve much of the school’s original architecture, especially at the school’s entrance.

“We won’t please everyone, but I think we have a strong project here,” White said.

Board members said they were happy with what they were presented Tuesday.

“A $20 million to $24 million project will bring Sarasota High to par with the ‘Taj Mahal’ Riverview High School and Venice and Booker high schools,” said school board member Carol Todd. “It has my vote.”

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VISIONARY PLAN Longtime Sarasota resident and activist Gil Waters, who helped bring what is now the Ringling Bridge to Sarasota, hopes to finally have a 50-year-old plan for downtown realized.

Waters and Sarasota architect Brent Parker are pitching a plan to Sarasota officials and downtown organizations that would make a portion of Main Street pedestrian-friendly and create a pedestrian overpass to Sarasota Bay. Waters said the plan is the final phase of a 1959 concept that originally proposed taking Main Street past U.S. 41 to the bayfront.

That downtown project, Waters said, is already more than 80% complete and included the formation of Ringling Boulevard, the rerouting of U.S. 41, the creation of the Van Wezel Performing Arts Center, the dredging of the marina and the fill of land that created the dirt where Marina Jack now sits.

“What didn’t get funded was a pedestrian Main Street and a connection to the bayfront,” Waters said. “We only have two projects left, and there’s a need for the identification and implementation of the walking street concept that promotes tourism and the merchants’ best interests.”

Waters hired Parker to create renderings that shows a bricked, pedestrian-only Main Street from Orange Avenue to Gulfstream Avenue and a pedestrian overpass

that sits 18 feet off the ground and allows pedestrians access to the bayfront.

Parker, however, said he knows a pedestrian-only Main Street might receive criticism. He said that concept could be implemented in sections to see if it works.

Downtown Improvement District Chairman Ernie Ritz also acknowledged a pedestrian-only Main Street would be a hard sell.

“Merchants are already complaining about the elimination of some of the parking as part of the Main Street streetscape project,” Ritz said. “I’m not sure that would work.”

Noting the city could add electronic metal posts (that could go up or down at any time) at Palm Avenue to block cars from entering, Parker said the city could try a pedestrian-only Main Street from Gulfstream Avenue to the Five Points roundabout to see how successful it is.

The posts would allow garbage trucks to access the street and also allow for pedicabs, trams and other forms of transportation along the street.

“This will work now because we have the parking around Main Street to accommodate a pedestrian-only street now,” said Parker, noting the Palm Avenue parking garage and future State Street parking garage as examples of other parking options.

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Gil Waters and Brent Parker are proposing a plan that would create a pedestrian-friendly Main Street and a pedestrian overpass to Sarasota Bay.

Renderings courtesy of Brent Parker, of Parker Walter Group

A pedestrian overpass that would provide access to the Sarasota bayfront from Main Street is part of the 1959 concept originally proposed. to create roadway loops outside of Main Street and to install signage alerting pedestrians to both parking options and where the Main Street pedestrian activity is.

“The second part of the project is how we connect to the bayfront,” Parker said.

Parker believes that can be achieved by building a pedestrian overpass, at a cost of approximately $2 million, that would follow the traffic pattern above a roundabout that will eventually be built at Main Street and U.S. 41.

“I think it becomes the gateway to downtown Sarasota and will be very popular among joggers,” Parker said.

Parker and Waters have presented their plan to Mayor Suzanne Atwell, City Manager Bob Bartolotta and groups such as the Downtown Improvement District.

“It’s being met with much enthusiasm,” Waters said.

Bartolotta said the plan needs to be vetted through the public process to see if it gains traction.

“It’s certainly creative and innovative,” Bartolotta said.

Waters, meanwhile, said he is simply trying to complete the last two elements of the 1959 project.

“Everything else is already in place,” Waters said.

Parker said that if you take what’s already been done as part

of the 1959 plan, it would translate into $400 million worth of projects in today’s dollars.

“All that’s left is a couple of million dollars for an overpass and a pedestrian Main Street that could take $4 million to create,” Parker said.

Waters, however, said the impact the completed project would have on Sarasota is immeasurable.

“We are talking about leveraging this as a geographical centerpiece and an educational program worldwide that tells of the cultural, physical, 12-month pedestrian plan that emphasizes the nature of this remarkable community going into the 21st century,” Waters said. “It would attract more international flights to our airport and sell Sarasota as a beautiful, pedestrian-friendly, world-class community.”

Waters, meanwhile, is in the process of forming a new organization called Sarasota Vision Inc. to help promote and fund the project. The group, Waters said, already has a $250,0000 anonymous donation in place once the project is approved.

Parker and Waters both live at Golden Gate Point and marvel at the number of walkers and runners on the Ringling Bridge each morning.

“This is another ‘Field of Dreams’ for Sarasota,” Parker said. “If you build it, they will come.”

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Construction continues at the lift station project in Luke Wood Park, located at the intersection of U.S. 41 and U.S. 301. have already been poured on three of the four buildings being erected and the walls have already been erected on a deep-well building.

“We are currently on schedule and expect to be complete in June 2012,” Maurer said.

As far as Osprey Avenue is concerned, the thoroughfare from Mound Street to Bahia Vista Street will remain closed through February.

Starting Nov. 28, Osprey Avenue will be closed for 60 days between Mound Street and Brother Geenan Way. That closure is necessary while crews install a water main as part of the project.

Then, in June, Osprey Avenue will be closed from Lincoln Avenue to Alta Vista Street before it’s re-opened in October 2012.

“It’s the largest underground lift station the city has ever undertaken and it’s one of the largest, if not the largest, un-

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In 2005, about 570,000 gallons of raw sewage leaked out of Lift Station 7 on Pomelo Avenue and into Hudson Bayou.

A subsequent investigation discovered the city did not inform residents that a 500,000-gallon spill from the same lift station occurred a year prior.

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On Nov. 8, an Orlandobased Rodriguez Concrete construction worker was injured and airlifted by a Bayflite helicopter to a St. Petersburg hospital after a portion of a concrete wall being erected at the site fell on him.

“They were sawing some plywood with steel frames, and as they were erecting them, a gust of wind or a last-second adjustment caused a piece of the concrete to topple over him,” said Mary Ellen Maurer, project engineer for the Osprey Avenue/Luke Wood utility project. “He suffered some fractures of the spine but has no internal injuries or head injuries and is expected to make a full recovery.”

And last month, a drill got stuck while digging for future pipe placement because of a miscalculation error at the lift station project in Luke Wood Park, which is located at the intersection of U.S. 41 and U.S. 301.

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had been at a restaurant. When the deputy then asked how much the man had had to drink, the man said he had drunk a couple of beers. The deputy asked the man to perform the standard sobriety exercises, but the man refused. After the deputy transported the man to the jail, the man also refused to take a breathalyzer test.

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2:08 p.m. — 500 block of Venice Lane. Fraudulent Use of Credit Card. A man reported that his credit card had been used by someone at a home supplies store in New Jersey. The first purchase on the card was for $2,010, with a credit for a $201 discount. The card also reportedly was used to purchase five “weather watches,� with a total cost of $299.50. The man reported that he had no idea who had used his card, but the credit card company supplied information about the suspect to the Sheriff’s Office.

8 p.m. — 5200 block of Ocean Boulevard. Suspicious Incident. The owner of a Village restaurant called the Sheriff’s Office to complain about a person who had been dining in the establishment. The owner said the man had acted strangely and had asked the server if he could speak with the owner. When the owner went to the man’s table, the man said he had a firearm, but he did not specify whether it was on his person or in his vehicle. The owner reported he, nonetheless, became uncomfortable. The man then told the owner he needed $600 for a hotel room. The owner referred him to a hotel down the street, adding he could not give the man money. The man then paid his bill and left. The owner wrote down the license plate number and description of the man’s vehicle, which he gave to a deputy. After the deputy ran the tag, he showed the owner the photo of the man to whom the vehicle was registered.

The owner confirmed that that was the man with whom he had spoken. The deputy learned that the man was on probation for the felony offense of carrying a concealed firearm. Because the man had not threatened the owner or displayed a firearm, the deputy felt no probable cause existed for a crime.

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Freedman said the nightclub designation was antiquated.

“This needs to be changed, and we have to ask for a nightclub variance in order to do that,” Freedman said.

Christian Herman, owner of State Street Cookery, who intends to open across the street from the home of the future State Street parking garage, agrees.

“Our main objective is just to be a restaurant that serves alcohol,” Herman said.

The planning board unanimously approved both requests without making any recommendations to change the nightclub classification at this time.

City senior planner Courtney Mendez, however, sympathized with Lynch and Herman.

“The zoning code does not adequately describe what’s being proposed,” Mendez said. “(Lynches Pub) operates as a restaurant all the time and just wants a couple of bottles behind the counter.”

Goodwill approved The Sarasota City Planning Board approved a Goodwill Superstore, 5150 N. Tamiami Trail, at its Nov. 9 regular meeting.

The planning board approved the 29,699-square-foot retail store by a 3-2 vote, despite concerns from some nearby residents who think the store doesn’t fit the character of the neighborhood they want revitalized.

But not everyone was against the project.

Gretchen Seerie, a 35-year resident of the neighborhood, praised the application and encouraged the developer to keep more of the existing neighborhood and have the building complement the structures already there.

The store will sit approximately 12 blocks away from the site of a new Walmart grocery store that has already received a building permit.

North Trail resident Robert Casella said he and other residents plan to appeal the decision with the Sarasota City Commission and are forming a group called Citizens for Reasonable North Trail Development.

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Longtime St. Armands Circle eatery Lynches Pub & Grub and a new downtown eatery, the State Street Cookery, had to ask for nightclub designations because they want to sell liquor to patrons.

City codes mandate that organizations that serve liquor and provide entertainment must be classified as a nightclub.

The designation frustrated both applicants Wednesday.

“We’ve been in business since 1986 and on the Circle since 2003 as an Irish pub,” said Lynches Pub & Grub owner Christine Lynch. “I get weird looks from customers who ask for a Scotch with their meal and are surprised an Irish pub doesn’t offer that choice.”

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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 Why? It’s simple: Money borrowed by February 2004 contained this quote by the government to give to welfare reDavid Walker, comptroller general of cipients is not a productive use of capithe U.S., who wrote in a New York Times tal because it is invested in nothing. editorial: “The federal debt, plus the gap Money borrowed and invested in inbetween the government, Social Security dustrial production, business buildings, and Medicare commitments and cars and equipment produces money set aside to pay for them, exa return on investment, which ceeds $400,000 per family of four.” government indebtedness canToday, eight years later, our governnot provide. Eventually, government cannot agree what we owe in ment borrowing overwhelms an total, let alone per family. All agree, economy, because interest payhowever, it is at least $800,000 per ments must be paid annually, family — and climbing. That is inand there is never a plan to pay excusable. back debt. Debt grows until govA June 2009 Market Watch article ernment must borrow money GEORGE indicated: “The continuation and just to pay interest on the debt.

RAUCH increased philosophy of governThis is our present situation, ment spending and money manuand our government is bankfacturing to solve a problem created rupt. For the last several years, the Fed/ thereby is unprecedented in economic federal government has borrowed all of history. The end game of this is unknown the savings in our economy. That was but cannot be positive because it’s all insufficient, so they simply printed the built upon debt.” We are beginning to several trillion dollars not available to now see the endgame results. pay the rest of the bills. This is the sole The volume of total debt in free-world reason for inflation in the U.S. economies is $195 trillion. The total valThere is a fine line between charity and ue of assets in those economies is $150 dependency in life. Dependency literally trillion, so the entire free-world economy breeds dependency, and that is our priis upside-down. Had all of this debt been mary struggle. We are dependent upon accumulated to build infrastructure, new the government for Social Security. We 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 redistribution of wealth to satisfy socialistic programs. As always, when governments control economies, debts become outsized and economies suffer.

are dependent on the government for medical care. We are dependent on the government for our mortgages. A sizable percentage of our population is dependent upon the government for a living because they haven’t learned anything but dependency. Many of our politicians cater to groups of dependent people with the sales pitch that government can solve their problems. In reality, the government cannot ever solve the problem — government only creates more problems. For 50 years we have used debt to fuel growth by increasing the money supply through government borrowing to spend on welfare and war. Growth fueled by anything other than savings is an invitation to disaster.

And that brings us to where we are today. The dollar is beginning to lose its reserve status; the U.S. is on the verge of sinking into a severe slump; there is likely to be a currency collapse, because 65% of the world’s monetary reserves are in dollars, and many other countries are not willing to accept dollars in settlement of debts. The battleground in the future will be the dollar and its reserve status. Without the dollar being the world’s reserve currency, there is no way government could indebt our country the way it has.

We should respect Thomas Jefferson’s quote: “We place the economy among the first and most important virtues and public debt as a great danger to be feared.

To preserve our independence, 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

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Growth fueled by anything other than savings is an invitation to disaster.

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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 long-term jobs. By taxing the “1%� out of everything, the government still has a massive fiscal shortfall and the U.S. economy would have little re-invested.

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%.�

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yielding a decent interest rate, are Arated 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 highgrade 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, just as there are in Japan. Japan’s indebtedness of the 1980s is an economic matter with which Japan still wrestles. The market has been depressed in Japan for 20 years, and the U.S. is headed down the same road, all because of government debt.

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.

George Rauch, Longboat Key, is chief executive officer of Bradenton-based General Propeller and a former Wall Street investment banker.

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“In Vino Veritas” Below: Second place winner, “Something Fishy”

The traffic snaking along Stickney Point Road, on down to Beach Road, was a testament Sunday to the popularity of the second Siesta Key Crystal Classic Master Sandsculpting Competition.

Once visitors arrived at the No. 1 beach in America, they lined up again to pay the $5 admission fee to get close-up looks at the 12 creations by internationally known master sandsculptors. Children and adults alike gazed at the intricate details — from the wide eyes of the schoolgirl the night before classes begin, in “Back to School Nightmare,” by John Gowdy and Brad Coll — to those big teeth on the big sea creature called “Something Fishy,” by Chris Guinto and Rusty Croft.

The winner of the top, $5,000 prize, as well as the Sculptors’ Choice and the People’s Choice awards was “Nightmares,” by Dan Belcher and Karen Fralich.

As one bystander put it while surveying that entry: “Awesome! The detail. The teeth on that horse — man!”

“Something Fishy” took second place, winning $4,000, and the Mote Marine award, worth $2,000. “Back to School Nightmare” won the third-place award of $3,000.

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Trophies for the winners stand in front of the group carving of the event logos.

First place winner, “Nightmares,” by Dan Belcher and Karen Fralich spokeswoman for Mote Marine, said Monday that she knew thousands of people had attended the event Nov. 10-14, but she was not certain when the final atten-

dance figure would be ready.

Proceeds will go to Mote’s sea turtle program.

Kevin Cooper, executive director of the Siesta Key Chamber of Commerce, said Sunday he believed this second edition of the event had surpassed the

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60,000 attendance figure for 2010.

“Today, it’s crazy,” he said of the crowd as he headed out to the beach with another golf-cart load of ice.

Siesta master sandsculptor Brian Wigelsworth, who came up with the idea of the Crystal Classic, said windy, cooler weath-

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Crystal Classic shines spotlight on No. 1 beach Anyone who missed the second Tatiana sent the Pelican Press a Crystal Classic Master Sandphoto in November 2007 of the sculpting Competition Nov. 10-14 same type of lizard. This one is 3 on the Key missed truly extraorfeet, 9 inches long — not the sort dinary art. The crowds were of creature one would hope to understandably big on Saturday spot on a daily walk. and Sunday, but it was easy to get It took David and Tatiana a close enough to the sculptures to short while, and several exchangappreciate the incredible amount es with experts, to confirm some of detail. facts about the tegu. As I confess that, as usual, David has done a horse lover, I was such an impeccable job especially excited to of his research, I feel it learn that “Nightmares” best to quote him: had taken top prize.

“Is Siesta Key becomThe manes on those ing the next Jurassic gigantic steeds were so Park? This 3-foot, 9-inch realistic, it was easy to golden tegu (Tupinambis imagine them blowing teguixin), photographed in the breeze off the last month on south Gulf of Mexico.

RACHEL Siesta Key, is the second People were mannerconfirmed sighting of a BROWN ly as they moved from tegu in four years.

HACKNEY golden sculpture to sculpture.

Many unconfirmed sightAnd I cannot begin to ings in recent months guess how many photographs have been reported as well. people took as keepsakes.

“One of the seven recognized Hats off to all the organizers species of tegus, the golden is who invested so much time in a large, ill-tempered native of making the event come alive Colombia’s Amazon Basin. Its again this year. What better way bite is seriously infectious as the to show off the No. 1 beach in result of the high bacteria load America than by transforming in its mouth. Its claws are razor that fantastic sand into mastersharp. Tegus are adept at burrowpieces? ing, swimming and tree climbing.

They do everything but fly.

“An opportunistic carnivore, No cute critter, this time the tegus is primarily an egg Tatiana Staats has done it predator. It will ravage the nests again, except the most recent subject in her camera’s viewfinder of sea turtles, native birds and gopher tortoises, as well as nests was not an adorable bobcat cub. of Florida alligators and crocoHer husband, David, emailed diles, for eggs and hatchlings. me a few weeks ago with as scary The tegu’s impact on sea turtle a photograph as I ever have seen. populations, says Mote Marine It showed a golden tegu on the herpetologist Tony Tucker, can Key. Readers may remember that

“‘If the animal is on your private property and is contained, Animal Services will come and pick it up. If the animal is on your private property and not contained, the use of a licensed wildlife trapper is recommended.’

“Tegus are not legally protected except by animal cruelty laws. In other words, trappers may put down tegus humanely but may not read aloud to them from the Congressional record.”

Help wanted Tatiana Staats

The latest Key critter Tatiana Staats has documented falls into the “most unwanted” category — a golden tegu, which is generally ill tempered, wildlife biologists report. be devastating. In 2008, a tegu destroyed an entire colony of yellow-crowned night heron nests on our Key. On the plus side, tegus will eat iguanas and their eggs.

“Tegu populations are already established in Florida. A breeding colony of the Argentine tegu (T. merianae) exists southeast of Tampa. Last year, wildlife biologist Dennis Giardina of the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission removed 13 tegus of various sizes from Everglades National Park, one of which is on exhibit at Miami’s MetroZoo. “FWC classifies all non-native species according to the degree of threat they pose to human life and the ecology. These classifications are under review. Tegus are proposed to be assigned to Regulatory Class III (high risk of environmental or social/political

impact), along with prairie dogs and monk parakeets. The FWC is making a special review of the tegu’s status in Florida. Its report is due by year’s end.

“At present, tegu ownership requires no licensing or special training. Tegus can be bought online. The FWC is considering recommending a $25 licensing fee and online training for prospective tegu owners. Few believe, however, that these nominal requirements will deter irresponsible owners from illegally releasing their tegus into the wild after the lizards have grown too big and too expensive to care for properly.

“What should you do if a tegu moves into your neighborhood? First, avoid contact with it. Second, report it by calling the Sarasota County Call Center at 861-5000.

Members of the Siesta Key Village Association’s events committee are seeking lots of help to produce a spectacular Light Up the Village event Nov. 26, the Saturday after Thanksgiving.

They asked me to point out a high school student who needs to fulfill community service requirements for graduation can get those credits by assisting the SKVA members in filling bags for the traditional luminarias and setting up Santa’s Village in Siesta Center, among other activities.

Anyone interested in helping out may just show up at 1 p.m.

Friday, Nov. 25, behind Siesta Center or at 12:30 p.m. Nov. 26, in the center’s parking lot. If a later time is better, the SKVA will need help at 4 p.m. Nov. 26, at Siesta Center and again at 5:15 p.m., to help light the luminarias.

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Wine Tasting — 6 to 8 p.m. Nov. 22, Crescent Beach Grocery, 1211 Old Stickney Point Road, with hors d’oeuvres. Event is a fundraiser for the Siesta Key Chamber of Commerce. Suggested donation: $5, at the door. For details, call 312-0472.

Pawpurr’s Ball — 6:30 p.m.

Nov. 19, Michael’s on East, 1212 S. East Ave., Sarasota, a fundraiser for Cat Depot, a nokill rescue, adoption and education center. Event will honor 16 veterinarians for dedication to homeless animals.

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Yoga on Siesta Key Beach — 8 to 9:30 a.m. Monday through Friday. Free. For more information, email avanandamaui@ yahoo.com YES — 11:30 a.m. every Tuesday, Young Entrepreneurs of Sarasota share success strategies at Clayton’s Siesta Grille, 1256 Old Stickney Point Road. Cost: $12 at the door, including lunch. Visit www. yes941.com.

visit www.bookstore1sarasota.com or call 365-7900. Also, 2 p.m. Nov. 20, Brendan Brazier, a professional Ironman triathlete, will sign copies of his book, “Thrive Foods,” during a free Stress & Nutrition Seminar at the Glenridge Performing Arts Center, 7333 Scotland Way, Sarasota.

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Alcoholics Anonymous — 8 a.m.

Monday through Friday, Siesta Key Men’s Group meets at Siesta Beach Shelter, south side of beach; open to all. Call 9516810.

Public Events Book Signings —5 p.m. Nov. 18, book signing by Tayari Jones, author of “Silver Sparrow,” at Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe offices, 1646 10th Way, Sarasota. For more information,

Document Shredding, Hearing Tests and Computer Disposal — 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Nov. 19, Osprey Executive Park, 460 S. Tamiami Trail, Osprey. Free.

Donations to be accepted during the event for Suncoast Communities Blood Bank and All Faiths Food Bank. For more information, call 313-9961.

Fifth Annual Reading Day at Children’s Garden and Art Center — 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Nov. 20, at 1670 Tenth Way, Sarasota, featuring stage performances, activity booths, face painting, balloon making and art, plus Humane Society “Reading Fur Fun” dogs. Each child participating will receive a free book. For more information, call 330-1711 or visit www.sarasotachildrensgarden.com.

Poetry Open Mic — 6 p.m. Nov. 21, Bookstore1Sarasota, 1359 Main St., Sarasota. Participants may bring their own poetry to read aloud or just be part of the audience. For more information, visit www.bookstore1sarasota.com or call 365-7900.

Program on Kennedy Assassination — 9:30 a.m. Nov. 22, State College of Florida, Manatee-Sarasota in Venice, 8000 S. Tamiami Trail, Venice, Building 800, Selby Room, featuring researcher Jack Rabito, a consultant to director Oliver Stone during the filming of “JFK.” Free.

For more information, call Michael Rogers, 408-1485, or email rogersm@scf.edu.

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A home in Siesta Beach tops all transactions in this week’s real estate. E. Russell and Christine James, Sarasota, sold their home at 4651 Higel Ave. to Richard and Wendy Kadel, Sarasota, for $950,000. Built in 2007, it has four bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 2,120 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $920,000 in January.

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Shelly Lindeman, trustee, sold the home at 3931 Roberts Point Road to Andrew and Jayne Appleyard, Halifax, United Kingdom, for $640,000. Built in 1990, it has five bedrooms, five baths, a pool and 4,234 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $440,000 in 1994.

Timothy and Cheryl Mullis, of Charlotte, N.C., sold their home at 3615 Higel Ave. to Sharon Carole, Sarasota, for $250,000. Built in 1951, it has one bedroom, two baths and 1,551 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $180,000 in 2010.

Krista Hasselbring, Sarasota, sold her home at 601 Lotus Lane to Steven Becker and Sherri Fowser, of Wilmington, Del., for $450,000. Built in 1970, it has three bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 2,024 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $875,000 in 2005.

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Carrie Caudill, Sarasota, sold the Unit A-203 condominium at 8900 Blind Pass Road to Edward Grimm, of Hilliard, Ohio, for $330,000. Built in 1969, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 969 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $750,000 in 2005.

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William Hurtgen and Carolyn King, trustees, of Hillsboro, Mo., sold the Unit C307 condominium at 8776 Midnight Pass Road to Raymond and Lynn Cherniske, of The Woodlands, Texas, for $295,000. Built in 1975, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,338 square feet of living area.

Correction: An item in the Nov. 10 real estate transactions article, regarding the sale of the Unit 64 condominium at The Terrace, 5400 Ocean Blvd., to Lucy Brightwell, of Louisville, Ky., should have said that Terry Lane LLC sold a half-interest in the condo.

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Wed., Nov. 9 Thurs., Nov. 10 Fri., Nov. 11 Sat., Nov. 12 Sun., Nov. 13 Mon., Nov. 14 Tues., Nov. 15

Record Temps.

High Low 88 (1942) 35 (1976) 88 (1942) 42 (1996) 87 (1960) 40 (1956) 88 (2002) 41 (1991) 92 (1972) 38 (1968) 89 (1964) 36 (1968) 88 (1957) 37 (1969)

Average Gulf water temperature: 70.9

Chris Gatti took this picture Nov. 4, at Point of Rocks on Siesta Key.

RED TIDE

Sunrise/sunset Thurs., Nov. 17 Fri., Nov. 18 Sat., Nov. 19 Sun., Nov. 20 Mon., Nov. 21 Tues., Nov. 22 Wed., Nov. 23

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Karenia brevis, the red tide organism, was not detected onshore or offshore Sarasota County, Friday, Nov. 10, according to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Research Institute.

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61st Hindu Ave. Terrace West 4711 Limit 1 ad per month, 15 words or less. Price 941-925-9654. s ,UNCH DAY VOUCHER AT YOUR CHOICE OF www.estatesalesbynancydunn.com figure, 5 bamboo sofas, Cypress coffee and 42 long. $40.00. 941-921-4229.

2008 ADLY Model 50CC Black Scooter, Must sell!

941-320-20089.

941-923-6050. transportation & companionship. Flexible hours must be included. No commercial advertising.

Off Bayshore Gardens Pky. sofa tables, large fish form urns, LOCAL RESTAURANTS

$550.

Call 349-7305 or 493-4648.

BATHTUB: claw foot, cast iron,adsmall availableF/T, P/T,OFFICE: Overnight, Weekends and Ad runs 2 ANTIQUE consecutive weeks.

Email to: Investment Opportunities (turns into El Conquistador) “Palm Court”, MERIT SHOWER Bench.

Grey bench, 16x26, with PSYCHOTHERAPY Per Hour or Per Day. 6 painted andAUCTION lacquered cabinets, pedestals, ESTATE ART & ANTIQUES size.

Needs remodeling. $175.

941-586-5672. s !DMISSION TO OF LOCAL ATTRACTIONS 3OME Live-In. Positions available in Sarasota/ classified@yourobserver.com at: back and arm, adjustable legs. or Like online new, $100.

Bradenton Downtown office share, lovely waiting room and PATENT FOR Hairbrush, Attachment for blow Thai and African figures, some life size, Events Bradenton/ Venice. To941-362-3186. work now fax resume to www.yourobserver.com/classifieds (941)266-4548 ATTRACTIONS MAY REQUIRE ADDITIONAL FEES BIKE RACK: Heavy duty, will fit on 2" trailer hitch Tables Stacked Hightable with China, Crystal, other office amenities. dryer for Sale or Lease.

Negotiable.

941-356-8849 travertine dining with chairs, SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 20TH @ 1PM GULF GATE FESTIVAL- Stop by for Family Fun 941-929-7438 or email: joanieck@comcast.net $60.00. 941-927-6002.

Costume Jewelry, Linens, Florals, Asian Items, ors #HECK IN 3UNDAY THROUGH 4HURSDAY FOR 941-780-8849.

ANTIQUE DINING TableLandscape, with 4 chairs.

Mahagony 6' high vases, onyx ORIGINAL PAINTING: 16”x20”.

By Inspection Sunday Dayframed of Sale plaques, 11am-1pm #HCS227965, HCS228619, HCS228620 FL Lic with Arts and Crafts, Yard Sales, Food, and much FL Reg Condos/Apts.

For Rent Silver and Collectibles, Quality Christmas Items, wood, $200.

Asian screens, Columbian reproduction ADDITIONAL LUNCH VOUCHER AND DINNER DISCOUNT International known Artist, Doug Oliver.for Valuable!

BOOKS (100): good variety (e-mail list of The sale will bePre held at our Auction Gallery #HHA299992670 more, Dec. 3rd, 9AM to 3PM. At 6908 Beneva Religion Clocks, 2 TV’s, Consolefigures, Table, 2large ClubAfrican Chairs, 5'located female and warrior Sac. $200.

941-362-7777.

930 N. Tamiami Tr., books), $100.

941-545-0480 or E-mail: LONGBOAT KEY MILLION DOLLAR CONDO on the Southwest corner of 301N & ANTIQUE ROCKING Chair, solid wood, $85. TV Road, onApril the24property St. Holiday Andrew.

Booth rental * Available to December of 21, 2011. weekends excluded.

2 LG. Lucite carved Showcases, Top Coffee figures, door,Marble easel, lamps; ST. JUDE O holy St. Jude, Apostle & Martyr, great jlynchslu@gmail.com Commercial Property For Rent ON THE BEACH. 2,410 sq/ft.

2 bedroom plus University Parkway.

27” Zenith, $25.

Desk, all wood, $35.

Sarasota, FL 34236 still available for $20.

For more information call Based on double occupancy. Tax, tip & resort fees extra.

PATIO SET: 40" round white table and four chairs.

Household and Tables, building materials: 2 pair of Table, Misc.

Lamps & Pictures, 3rd bedroom.

3Tamiami baths. Beautifully in Type virtue and rich in miracles, near kinsman of den/convertible 941-922-6859.

941-544-6306.

Quality Auction Featuring: of accommodation subject to availability.

Great Condition $125. Call 809-1859.

EXECUTIVE SUITES: South Trail, Gulf BROTHER FAX/COPIER/PHONE Model: Intellifax new, large powder coated iron Lexington Twin BR Set, Kitchen & gates, Garage, tennis, fitness center.

Outstanding JESUS CHRIST, available faithfulat different intercessor of all who furnished.

OF Abricks, SIESTA KEY HOME CONTENTS Bayside condominiums rates. much area.Pool, Full service conference room.

3 Room 4750e. condition! $200.

941-650-6889.

HOLIDAY BAZAAR: Crafts, and more! Gate small gate, paving storm BABY Excellent CRIB: $70. Zenith White with gold33,trim, Patio Furniture & aluminum Plants.

RECORD PLAYER: Automatic, 45, Gulf and sunrise views.

Enjoy quality of life. invoke your special patronage time of need.

To Suite available. One month free rent. Wireless ** An 18% gratuity will be added by lunch andin dinner vendors.

Victorian andstained Customglass Furniture, Art, Pottery, Saturday, Nov. 19, 9AM-2PM. Lake Village, shutters, windows, standard size.

Arched head boards.

Great shape.

78's, TOP includes radio, cassette player and recorder.

Numbered Tickets Out @ 8AM.new Available 4/15/12 and onward.

3 month min., CAR Carrier: Thule Mountaineer.

100 pound humbly beg to whom GOD has given such great ***Limited to one per customer. internet and utilities included. From $250/mo. Call Collectible Glass & China, Silver, Nokomis. bamboo poles, tower fans,Sterling dehumidifier, 941-925-9654. $50.

941-924-1008. avail. Special: 3 guest suites in bldg. www.estatesalesbynancydunn.com carrying capacity. New $395.99. Sell $150 firm.

Rentals from power to come to my assistance. Help me in my annual 941-923-6050.

Jewelry, Orientalbi-fold Rugs, doors, new impact windows, for occasional company. Photos. Owner941-587-0012.

BATHTUB: ANTIQUE claw foot, cast iron, small present and urgent petition.

In return I promise to FOR RESERVATIONS, REFRIGERATOR: WHIRLPOOL, White, Side by Linens,2Quilts, Gardenumbrellas, Tools, Investment Opportunities insulation, new canvas PSYCHOTHERAPY$427-$588 OFFICE: Per Hour or Per Day. ESTATE AUCTION ART & ANTIQUES size.

Needs remodeling. $175.

941-586-5672. make your name known and need to be invoked. 248-310-8308.

Side, Ice & Water, 21.7 Cube.

Excellent Condition.

CHRISTMAS VILLAGE: Porcelain. $175.00.

Washer/Dryer, Golfmobility Clubs, &cart More! wheelchair, electric (used office share, lovely waiting room and PATENT FOR 243-9076 Hairbrush, or Attachment for blow Downtown CALL (800) (239) 597-3144 Utilities & Cable Included KEY - MILLION DOLLAR CONDO Say Our Fathers, 3 HAIL MARYS & LONGBOAT $185.00, 941-809-3752 Assorted homes, churches holiday scenes.

13% Buyer’s Premium briefly), walker, kitchenware and linens.

BIKE RACK: Heavy duty, willand fit on 2" trailer hitch other office amenities.

941-362-3186. dryer for Sale or Lease.

Negotiable.

941-356-8849 9225 Gulfshore Drive North, Naples, 34108ST. ON THE BEACH. 2,410 sq/ft. 2 bedroom plus SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 20TH @ 1PM GLORIAS. Publication must be Florida promised.

Lit trees 941-927-6002. and figurines.White 941-356-6355.

3% Discount for Cash or Check $60.00. or 941-780-8849.

SEWING MACHINE: Overlock, Model 1800 Inspection Sunday Day of Sale 11am-1pm 3rd bedroom.

3 baths. Beautifully JUDE, PRAY FOR US ALL WHO INVOKE YOUR den/convertible www.vanderbiltbeachresort.com Homes ForFor Rent Elliott Bernstein Auctions AU3504 AB2545 Condos/Apts.

Rent with parts, instruction tape, Solid booklet.

Excellent DINING TABLE w/4 chairs, wood, $160.

BOOKS (100): good variety (e-mail for list of furnished. Pool, tennis, fitness center. Outstanding The sale will be held at our Auction Gallery AID. AMEN. This novena must be said on 9 SALE BY JULIE MCCLURE Gallery Phone: 941-351-3002 condition. $200.

941-922-7100.

Religion Coffee Table & 2 end tables, $40/.

941-323-2089.

ANNUAL RENTAL: 1851 Wharf Rd., books), $100. 941-545-0480 or E-mail: KEYviews.

- MILLION DOLLAR CONDO Gulf and sunrise Enjoy quality of3BR/2BA, life while located on the Southwest corner of 301N & consecutive days. Thank you St. Jude for LONGBOAT Pix:www.appraisals4u.biz Photos & more: www.auctionzip.com unfurnished, west of now Sarasota Sq. Mall.

Business Opportunities ST. JUDE O holy St. Jude, Apostle & Martyr, great ON jlynchslu@gmail.com THE BEACH. 2,410 sq/ft.

2 bedroom plus you are at it.

Available through 10/31/12.

TIRE & rim: Bridgestone V Steel R18 265, mountUniversity Parkway. answering my petition. -MGL Auctioneer ID#8290 newly large private 3rdrenovated, bedroom.

3 baths.

Beautifully in virtue and rich in miracles, near kinsman of den/convertible 31400/sq.ft., month min., annual avail. Special: 3deck, guest suites ed on Chevy truck rim. $75. 941-822-0431.

Quality Auction Featuring: BROTHER FAX/COPIER/PHONE Model: Intellifax EARLY DEADLINE NOTICE backyard. $1200/mo. +utilities.

Open House tennis, fitness center.

Outstanding in bldg. Pool, for occasional company.

Photos. faithful intercessor of all who furnished.

GOING OUT of Business Sale.KEY CRA Marketing, JESUS CHRIST, ABBEX, OF A SIESTA HOME INC Storage 4750e. condition! $200.1900's 941-650-6889.

TYPEWRITER: VINTAGE early Smith 1401 CONTENTS Sunday 11/20, 1p.m.-4p.m.

Questions - Call ForExcellent the issue of November 24,LC 2011 Gulf and sunrise views.

Enjoy quality of life.

Owner248-310-8308.

2nd Street.

Thurs., Fri., Sat. 10AM-3PM. invoke your special patronage in time of need.

To Victorian and Custom Furniture, Art, Pottery, 941-365-3833 Corona #8.Carrier: Good Thule condition, black. All100 keys and Cherry 631-790-7254.

STORAGE FACILITY Boat/ RV/ given Trailer.such Secure Available 4/15/12 and onward. 3 month min., CAR TOP Mountaineer. pound desk, File cabinets, Bookcase, Chairs, humbly beg to whom GOD has great Collectible Glass & China, Sterling Silver, LONGBOAT KEY CONDO FOR RENT. Penthouse bell work! $99.

Keith 780-4001.

ESTATE SALETables, Pharmacy facility, low monthly rentals, Nets Clark Rd area.

Wholesale Retail 2 locations 240,000 THE OBSERVER OFFICES WILLSell BE $150 CLOSED avail. Special: 3 guest suites in bldg. carrying capacity. New $395.99. firm. Floor mats, Folders, Copiers, power to come to my assistance. Help me in my annual 1,482 sq/ft.

2BR/2BA, Bay and Key GulfTwin views, Boat Jewelry, Oriental Rugs, ANNUAL RENTAL - Longboat Shores, Nov. 18 - 9a.m.-2p.m.

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

THANKSGIVING DAYrefrigerant.

NOVEMBER 24.great shelving, TV,Fri. for occasional company.

Photos.

OwnerPrice 400,000 +inventory 941-587-0012.

Refrigerator, 10 ft. Portable display.

WASHER, DRYER, stove, G.E., present and urgent petition.

In return I promise to Access, Pool, Tennis private Courts beach, and Fitness.

On Linens, Quilts, Garden Tools, 55+, newly decorated, 2B/1B, call Sat. Nov. 19 - 9a.m.-12p.m. condition, $200.VILLAGE: 941-955-2709, 941-266-7698. andThings Installation Company your name known and need be invoked. 248-310-8308. the water, across from beach. Call Jon at CHRISTMAS LIQUIDATION SALERiver 4,500 sq. ft.Dr. To Do to Tampa Washer/Dryer, GolfBeach Clubs, &home More!is being make Sales Karen (813) 377-6864.

14234 EARLY DEADLINE FOR Porcelain.

CLASSIFIED$175.00.

ADS 102,000. 3PriceHAIL 250,000 Fathers, MARYS & LONGBOAT 908-727-4275.KEY - MILLION DOLLAR CONDO Assorted homes, churches and holiday scenes.

TOP Premium QUALITY 13% Port Buyer’s Charlotte 33953 appliances, Say Our Nets XMASINTREE: LuxArt Silks 6'Hx56"W Snow Twig liquidated. Modern, THE SARASOTA/PELICAN PRESS THE BEACH. 2,410 sq/ft. 2 bedroom plus Publication mustFL.be promised.

Lit trees and figurines.

941-356-6355. furniture,3% electronics, New territories available Each can net ST. ON GULFSIDE MINI-VACATION Pine w/Lights, 2 yrs old. $100.

Discount forgym Cashequipment, or Check decor, GLORIAS. OBSERVERS WILL 941-365-9295.

BE ON SIESTA KEY Condo for Rent to Own. 1BR at Bay 3rd bedroom. 3 baths. Beautifully JUDE, PRAY FOR 80,000 US ALL WHO INVOKE YOUR den/convertible clothing, linens, garage/tools, lawn/garden, Eclectic waterfront home in old El Jobean IN NAPLES Elliott Bernstein Auctions AU3504 AB2545 100,000+ total investment FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 18TH @ 3P.M. Oaks, $800/mo. Call Mary 941-586-8186.

DINING TABLE w/4 chairs, Solid wood, $160. furnished.

Pool, tennis, fitness center. Outstanding kitchen/dishes, office equipment, lighting, and AID. AMEN. This novena must be said on 9 area on the east side of Myakka River near Wanted Gallery Phone: 941-351-3002 Coffee Table &Autos 2 end tables, $40/. 941-323-2089.

JUST $175WWW.ABBEXINC.COM PER PERSON *** SIESTA walk to and KEY sunrisecondo: views. 1BR, Enjoy furnished, quality of life while MORE -public ALL TO BE SOLD! 6504 Place, consecutive days. Thank you St. Jude for Gulf thePhotos fishing pier; From Westward I-75 take the & more: www.auctionzip.com beach, restaurants.

Pool, laundry, on Steve Alexander you are shopping, at it. Available now through 10/31/12.

AUTOS WANTED! meDiadem take thewater hasslegoblets out of University ParkExit - Friday/Saturday only 8-5: NO FOSTORIA LOW Let stem Sumpter Rd. to US 41.

Turn left (south) to answering my petition.

-MGL Auctioneer ID#8290 Your Mini-Vacation Includes: Jan.,Special: Feb., March andsuites April. monthfloor. min.,Available annual avail.

3 guest selling your Cash Call Mike, BIRDS!which will ends at 776 and turn 12/$80; Dep.car. glass pinkoffered etchedtoday! cake plate, $35. EARLY CAR WASH with Real Estate. 1 Touchless, 5 3ground Corneliaus EARLY DEADLINE NOTICE 586-744-5488. in bldg. for occasional company. Photos.

941-713-2277. s 'ULFSIDE ACCOMMODATIONS FOR NIGHTS

922-6468.

Self-Service Bays, 6 Vacuums, 39,000 sq/ft Lot. right.

Right after emergency flashing light, Storage SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 19th, 9a.m. start: For the issue of November 24, 2011 Owner- 248-310-8308.

US41, Asking $875,000. 941-525-0781. turn right onto Sturkey Road. s #ONTINENTAL "REAKFAST "UFFET FACILITY Boat/ RV/ Trailer. Secure SIESTA KEY: BEACH, WHISPERING SANDS FREEZER: Cu.Ft., White, $175. Blake Village Bazaar - Clubhouse, 400 Lake Dr., STORAGE Boat13.7 Slips ForUpright, Rent/Sale There will be signs.

Annual Rental.

OnCONDO the Lagoon, short walk to shopKEY FOR RENT. Penthouse s $INNER EVENING VOUCHER AT YOUR CHOICE THE OBSERVER GROUP SEASONED SARASOTA R/E Clark INVESTOR is LONGBOAT Nokomis.

ESTATE SALE facility, low monthly rentals, Rd area.

804-357-5135.

THE OBSERVER OFFICES WILL BE CLOSED BOATHOUSE ON Longboat Slip for sale. Garage Sale: ping &sq/ft. rests.2BR/2BA, 55+, turnkey furnished, 2BR/2BA, Bay and Gulf views, Boat for private funds – loans, joint ventures, 1,482 3rd E. - 9a.m.-4p.m. Free looking Fri.202 Nov. 18St. - 9a.m.-2p.m.

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

OF LOCAL RESTAURANTS

THANKSGIVING DAY NOVEMBER 24.

LP # 56733 4 Buddahs, Indian Goddess of Fertility MEN'Slevel, SUIT,can Evanaccommodate Picone wool, grey check, size items.

Third T-top.

Contact tiled, enclosed coveredand parking, more...

Pool, lanais Tennis(2)Courts Fitness.

On equity partners. Please call John at 941-724-5907. Access, Sat. Nov. Hindu 19 - 9a.m.-12p.m. s ,UNCH DAY VOUCHER AT YOUR CHOICE OF figure, 5 bamboo sofas,Beach Cypress 42 long. $40.00. 941-921-4229. sbrantley@verizon.net.

941-320-20089. the water, across from beach. Call Jon at Things To Do 14234 River Dr. coffee and EARLY DEADLINE FOR CLASSIFIED ADS sofa tables, large fish33953 form urns, LOCAL RESTAURANTS

908-727-4275.

Help Wanted Port Charlotte MERITINSHOWER Bench. Grey bench, 16x26, with THE SARASOTA/PELICAN PRESS & Found 6 painted andLost lacquered cabinets, pedestals, Furnishings s !DMISSION TO OF LOCAL ATTRACTIONS 3OME GULFSIDE MINI-VACATION back and arm, adjustable legs.BE Like OBSERVERS WILL ONnew, $100.

Thai and African figures, some lifeJobean size,area. GOOD LIFE CARE provides quality FT, PT, SIESTA KEY Condo for Rent to Own. 1BR at Bay FOUND: PIECE of jewelry Siesta Key Eclectic waterfront home in in old El IN NAPLES (941)266-4548 ATTRACTIONS MAY REQUIRE ADDITIONAL FEES FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 18TH @ 3P.M. MOVING SALE Patio table and 6 swivel chairs Must weekend, overnight and LIVE-IN non-medical Oaks, $800/mo. Call Mary 941-586-8186. travertine dining table with315-481-7871, chairs, description areahave on the east side to of claim.

Myakka River near s #HECK IN 3UNDAY THROUGH 4HURSDAY FOR JUST $175 PER *** $550, 2 patioPAINTING: bar stools $240, coffee table & 2 end companion carePERSON for Seniors.

If interested in a SIESTA KEY condo: 1BR, furnished, walk to 6' high vases, onyx framed plaques, ORIGINAL Landscape, 16”x20”.

By Leave message. the public fishing pier; From I-75 take the tables $850, LOW new queen bed 2 end tables, dressrewarding career as a caregiver, please email beach, shopping, restaurants. Pool, laundry, on Asian screens, ADDITIONAL LUNCH VOUCHER AND DINNER DISCOUNT International known Artist, Doug Oliver.

Valuable!

FOSTORIA stem Diadem water goblets Sumpter Rd. ExitPre to Columbian US 41. Turn reproduction left (south) to Includes: Available Jan., Feb.,Tr., March and April. er, two lamps $1900, new twin beds, end table, orYour faxMini-Vacation resume and/or qualifications (personal or ground floor.930 5' female and warrior African Sac. $200.

941-362-7777.

N. Tamiami 12/$80; Dep. glass pink etched cake plate, $35.

Corneliaus which will figures, ends at large 776 and turn * Available April 24 to December 21, 2011. Holiday weekends excluded. or 586-744-5488. dresser-white $1500. 941-961-4009. Pictures professional) to walz.diane@gmail.com figures, carved door, easel, lamps; s 'ULFSIDE ACCOMMODATIONS FOR NIGHTS

922-6468. right. Right after emergency flashing light, Sarasota, FL 34236 Based on double occupancy.

Tax, tip & resort fees extra.

PATIO SET: 40" round white table and four chairs. @Craigslist.

866-456-7959.

HCS#232400 Household materials: 2 pair of turn and rightbuilding onto Sturkey Road. s #ONTINENTAL "REAKFAST "UFFET SIESTA KEY: BEACH, WHISPERING SANDS Type of accommodation subject to availability.

Great Condition Call Upright, 809-1859.

FREEZER: 13.7$125.

Cu.Ft., White, $175. new, large powder coated iron gates, There will be signs.

Annual Rental. On the Lagoon, short walk to shopBayside condominiums available at different rates. s $INNER EVENING VOUCHER AT YOUR CHOICE 804-357-5135. small gate, paving bricks, aluminum storm RECORD PLAYER: Zenith Automatic, 33, 45, ping & rests. 55+, turnkey furnished, 2BR/2BA, ** An 18% gratuity will be added by lunch and dinner vendors.

OF LOCAL RESTAURANTS

shutters,Indian stained glass windows, 78's, includes radio,Picone cassette player and recorder.

4 Buddahs, Hindu Goddess of new Fertility MEN'S SUIT, Evan wool, grey check, size tiled, enclosed lanais (2) covered parking, more... ***Limited to one per customer. bamboo poles, tower fans, dehumidifier, $50.

941-924-1008. s ,UNCH DAY VOUCHER AT YOUR CHOICE OF figure, 5 bamboo sofas, Cypress coffee and 42 long. $40.00. 941-921-4229.

941-320-20089. Rentals from new impact windows, bi-fold doors, sofa tables, large fish form urns, LOCAL RESTAURANTS

FOR RESERVATIONS, REFRIGERATOR: WHIRLPOOL, White, Sidewith by $427-$588 MERIT SHOWER Bench.

Grey bench, 16x26, insulation, 2 new canvas umbrellas, 6 painted and lacquered cabinets, pedestals, s !DMISSION TO OF LOCAL ATTRACTIONS 3OME Side, Ice Water, 21.7 Cube.

Excellent Condition. back and&arm, adjustable legs.

Like new, $100. wheelchair, electric mobility cart (used CALL (800) 243-9076 or (239) 597-3144 Thai and African figures, some life size, Utilities & Cable Included $185.00, 941-809-3752 (941)266-4548 ATTRACTIONS MAY REQUIRE ADDITIONAL FEES briefly), walker, kitchenware and linens. travertine dining table with chairs, 9225 Gulfshore Drive North, Naples, Florida 34108 s #HECK IN 3UNDAY THROUGH 4HURSDAY FOR SEWING MACHINE: White Overlock,16”x20”.

Model 1800 6' high vases, onyx framed plaques, ORIGINAL PAINTING: Landscape, By www.vanderbiltbeachresort.com Homes For Rent with parts, instruction tape, booklet.

Asian screens, Pre Columbian reproduction ADDITIONAL LUNCH VOUCHER AND DINNER DISCOUNT International known Artist, Doug Oliver. Excellent Valuable!

SALE BY JULIE MCCLURE condition. $200.

941-922-7100.

ANNUAL RENTAL: 1851 WharfTr., Rd., 3BR/2BA, 5' female and warrior figures, large African Sac. $200. 941-362-7777.

930 N. Tamiami Pix:www.appraisals4u.biz * Available April 24 to December 21, 2011. Holiday weekends excluded. unfurnished, west of Sarasota Sq. Mall. figures, carved door, easel, lamps; Business Opportunities TIRE &SET: rim: Bridgestone V Steel Sarasota, FL 34236 Based on double occupancy. Tax, tip & resort fees extra.

PATIO 40" round white tableR18 and265, fourmountchairs.

1400/sq.ft., newly renovated, large deck, private Household and building materials: 2 pair of ed on Condition Chevy truck rim.Call $75.809-1859.

941-822-0431.

Type of accommodation subject to availability.

Great $125. backyard. $1200/mo. +utilities. Open House new, large coated GOING OUT of powder Business Sale. iron CRAgates, Marketing, ABBEX, INCrates.

Bayside condominiums available at different TYPEWRITER: VINTAGE early 1900's LC33, Smith Sunday 11/20, 1p.m.-4p.m. Questions - Call small gate, paving bricks, aluminum storm RECORD PLAYER: Zenith Automatic, 45, 1401 2nd Street.

Thurs., Fri., Sat. 10AM-3PM. ** An 18% gratuity will be added by lunch and dinner vendors.

941-365-3833 Corona #8. Good black. and All keys and Cherry 631-790-7254. shutters, glass windows, 78's, includes radio,condition, cassette player recorder. desk, stained File cabinets, Bookcase,new Chairs, ***Limited to one per customer. bell work! $99. Keith 780-4001. bamboo poles, tower fans,Tables, dehumidifier, Wholesale Retail 2 locations Nets 240,000 $50.

941-924-1008.

Floor mats, Folders, Copiers, Pharmacy Rentals from ANNUAL RENTAL - Longboat Key Twin Shores, newTV, impact windows, bi-fold doors, Price 400,000 +inventory Refrigerator, 10 ft.

Portable display.

WASHER, DRYER,WHIRLPOOL, stove, refrigerant.

G.E., great FOR RESERVATIONS, REFRIGERATOR: White, Side by shelving, $427-$588 55+, newly decorated, private beach, 2B/1B, call insulation, 2 new canvas umbrellas, condition, 941-266-7698.

Sales and Installation Company Tampa Side, Ice &$200.

Water,941-955-2709, 21.7 Cube. Excellent Condition. LIQUIDATION SALE 4,500 sq. ft. cart home is being Karen (813) 377-6864. wheelchair, electric mobility (used CALL (800) or (239) 597-3144 Utilities & Cable Included Nets 243-9076 102,000. Price 250,000 $185.00, 941-809-3752 TOP QUALITY briefly),Modern, walker, kitchenware and appliances, linens.

XMAS TREE: LuxArt Silks 6'Hx56"W Snow Twig liquidated.

9225 Gulfshore Drive North, Naples, Florida 34108 furniture, electronics, gym equipment, decor, This week’s crossword answers New territories available FL. Each can net Pine w/Lights, 2 yrs old. $100.

941-365-9295.

SEWING MACHINE: White Overlock, Model 1800 www.vanderbiltbeachresort.com Homes For Rent 100,000+ 80,000 total investment with parts, instruction tape, booklet. Excellent clothing, linens, garage/tools, lawn/garden, kitchen/dishes, equipment, lighting, and SALEoffice

BY JULIE MCCLURE Autos Wanted condition. $200.

941-922-7100.

WWW.ABBEXINC.COM ANNUAL RENTAL: 1851 Wharf Rd., 3BR/2BA, MORE - ALL TO BE SOLD! 6504 Westward Place, Pix:www.appraisals4u.biz unfurnished, west of Sarasota Sq. Mall.

Business Steve Opportunities Alexander AUTOS WANTED! Let me take the out of University Park - Friday/Saturday only 8-5: NO TIRE & rim: Bridgestone V Steel R18hassle 265, mount1400/sq.ft., newly renovated, large deck, private selling your car. offered today! Call Mike, EARLY BIRDS! ed on Chevy truckCash rim. $75.

941-822-0431.

CAR WASH with Real Estate. 1 Touchless, 5 backyard. $1200/mo. +utilities. Open House 941-713-2277.

GOING OUT of Business Sale. CRA Marketing, Self-Service Bays,ABBEX, 6 Vacuums, INC 39,000 sq/ft Lot. Sunday 11/20, 1p.m.-4p.m. Questions - Call TYPEWRITER: VINTAGE early 1900's LC Smith 1401 SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 19th, 9a.m. start: 2nd Street. Thurs., Fri., Sat. 10AM-3PM. US41, Asking $875,000. 941-525-0781.

941-365-3833 CoronaBoat #8. Good condition, black. All keys and Cherry Blake Village - Clubhouse, 400 Lake Dr., 631-790-7254.

Slips For Rent/Sale desk, Bazaar File cabinets, Bookcase, Chairs, THE OBSERVER GROUP SEASONED R/ENets INVESTOR bell work! $99. Keith 780-4001.

Nokomis.

Wholesale SARASOTA Retail 2 locations 240,000 is Floor mats, Folders, Copiers, Tables, Pharmacy BOATHOUSE ON Longboat Slip for sale. Garage Sale: 202 3rd St. E. - 9a.m.-4p.m. Free looking for private funds – loans, joint ventures, ANNUAL RENTAL - Longboat Key Twin Shores, LP # 56733 Price 400,000 +inventory shelving, TV, Refrigerator, 10 ft.

Portable display.

WASHER, stove, refrigerant.

G.E., great Third level,DRYER, can accommodate T-top.

Contact equity partners. Please call John at 941-724-5907. 55+, newly decorated, private beach, 2B/1B, call items. condition, $200. 941-955-2709, 941-266-7698.

Sales and Installation Company Tampa sbrantley@verizon.net.

LIQUIDATION SALE 4,500 sq. ft. home is being Karen (813) 377-6864.

NetsHelp 102,000.

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Blake Village Bazaar - Clubhouse, 400 Lake Dr., US41, Asking $875,000. 941-525-0781.

Boat Slips For Rent/Sale THE OBSERVER GROUP SEASONED SARASOTA R/E INVESTOR is Nokomis.

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ANNUAL RENTAL: Lakewood Ranch County Club. Beautiful, bright villa, 2BR/2BA +den or office. 2 Car garage, large screened lanai, on golf course. Updated and immaculate. $1700/mo.

Please call 941-349-1980 or 941-504-8818.

CASA DEL MAR BEACH RESORT

DOWNTOWN DUPLEX HOUSE: Annual lease.

Across from park, 1820 7th St., 2BR/1BA, $700/mo. +security. Non-smoking. No Pets.

941-586-5672 or 941-955-7693.

RENTALS 4 NIGHT MIN. GULF FRONT/ GULF VIEW

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Reservations: 941-383-5549 Visa/ MC Fax: 941-383-7925

$425mo-1 bed/bath mobile homes.

55+ community. No Pets.

5811 14th St. W. Bradenton.

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

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TOWNHOUSE: OUR house on the beach.

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

609-560-5098.

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Manufactured Homes PARK EAST CLUB (next to Sarasota Sq. Mall): 55+ Community, 2BR2BA, fully applianced home with shed and covered carport. Includes clubhouse and heated pool. Lot rent $516/mo. Asking $21,500. Call Elliot, 941-925-2925 or Cell 941-284-7917. Motivated Seller!

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EDLA’S CLEANING SERVICES: Residential Commercial, New Construction. Meticulous, deep cleaning top to bottom. We Guarantee. Affordable & Reliable. Excellent References. Free Estimates.

Licensed & Insured. 30% off first cleaning.

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TOWNHOUSE: OUR house on the beach.

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

609-560-5098.

BRAZILIAN CLEANING Service by Maria.

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Excellent References. Free Estimates. Reliable.

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ALTERNATIVE TO NURSING HOME Beautiful room and bath available in a private care home in Sarasota. Bed bound, Alzheimer’s & Hospice patients welcome. Excellent local references. 941-720-8840.

CAREGIVER: AMISH background. Excellent references. Please call Barbara 717-598-7451.

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HANDYMAN EXTRAORDINAIRE Reliable & Prompt. 25 Years Experience 5 Years in Bradenton Area. Flooring, Masonry, Doors, Carpentry and Water Damage ... etc. Call Scott at 941-536-1770. scottmwoolf1@gmail.com

CARING COMPANION. Mature, responsible lady, seeking position as a companion. Prepare meals, run errands, doctor visits. Hours are flexible.

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CNA/HHA. WE provide non-medical care, personal care, light housekeeping, transportation and companionship. 941-565-4262 or 941-447-0471.

HOME AIDE COMPANION. 6 years experience, CPR trained, bi-lingual, HHA, Certified. Excellent references. Clarita Douglas, 407-535-2569.

MOBILE HOME & RV REPAIRS AND RESTORATIONS. We also install hard rubber tile and wood planks. Looks and feels like the real thing but will never crack, shrink or buckle. Perfect for boats, mobile homes, RV’s, etc. Licensed. Insured.

Absolutely excellent references. Everything you need and more! Call and ask for R.J., 941-586-8996.

IN-HOME CARE/ COMPANIONSHIP/ HOMEMAKING available all hours; days, nights, weekends.

Call 377-4465 for more information or visit our website @ www.eldercaresarasota.com Lic. #30211372 Bonded & Insured.

PHYSICAL TRAINING for handicapped/ disabled/ elderly. Specializing in MS, Parkinson's, Polio, Stroke. Masters Degree Exercise Science, 926-3613.

Auto Transport RETIRED LONGBOAT KEY police officer & associate. Drive your car to the North and back.

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OSPREY: 3BR/2BA, 2000 sq.ft. furnished guest house on 2 acres, overlooking lake and golf course, in gated community. Close to beach, bike trail and shopping. Non-smoking. No pets. $2000/mo. 941-356-9531.

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A CLEANING EVEN YOUR MOTHER-IN-LAW WILL APPROVE! Every time, guaranteed! Lic./Ins. Bonded. Pamela, 941-320-0023. www.CleanTimeServices.com

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R.J. DAVIS WHOLESALE FLOORING, LLC. Tile Setter, Wood Floor Installer. Lic./Ins. 10 Years working in Lakewood Ranch custom homes.

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Painting/Wallpapering CARLO DATTILO PAINTING. Licensed & insured.

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“I love a large canvas,” Frank Galati says of his penchant for big Broadway productions. “I love coordinating large forces. You’d be surprised. It’s actually much more difficult to stage a two-person waltz than a 20-person battle scene.”

‘Fair’ play

Tony-Award winning Director Frank Galati explains why he moved to Sarasota, why he signed on to stage The Asolo Rep’s ‘My Fair Lady’ and why he’s happiest with his nose in a story.

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hen Frank Galati was a sophomore in high school, he wrote a play inspired by a strange old woman who lived in his neighborhood outside of Chicago.

The old woman loved to

tell stories from her past, and Galati, a dreamy bookworm, was the kind of kid who didn’t mind sitting still to listen.

Enchanted by the woman’s stories, Galati recorded the

ramblings in a notebook.

He took artistic liberties with certain details, making up characters and scenes where he saw fit, first crafting a monologue and later a full-blown script.

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At the urging of his drama teacher, he staged the play during his junior year at Glenbrook High School. It was called “Hallelujah to the Stars,” and it marked his directorial debut.

Had he not been given the opportunity to present the work, the 67-year-old director says he might not have pursued a career in theater.

“We put it on for the whole school,” Galati recalls. “It was absolutely thrilling for me.”

As the memory washes over him, Galati’s eyes widen under a pair of tinted glasses. A boyish grin spreads across his face, and the full white beard that for years has evoked the director’s likeness to Santa fans out in a kind, grandfatherly way.

“I was brought up in a culture that revered the text and the playwright,” Galati says. “I loved reading and talking about stories.

I learned early on how intricate and complicated they are.”

This is the place where Galati is most at home: storytelling.

It’s where he energizes actors and audiences, costume makers and lighting designers. It’s what brings him back to his roots, to his modest childhood in an Illinois suburb, where he once formed a small theater troupe with high school buddies and performed Christopher Fry’s “The Lady’s Not for Burning.”

It’s likely what earned him an Oscar nomination in 1988 for his screenplay adaptation of “The Accidental Tourist,” which he cowrote with Hollywood screenwriter Lawrence Kasdan (“The Bodyguard”). And it’s at the heart of the two Tony Awards he nabbed in 1990 for his adaptation and di-

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IF YOU GO “My Fair Lady” opens Nov. 18 and runs through Dec. 23, at the Asolo Repertory Theatre.

For tickets, call 351-8000 or visit asolorep.org.

Photo courtesy of Annamae Bafia

Andrea Prestinario, as Eliza Doolittle, and Jeff Parker, as Henry Higgins, in the Asolo Rep’s “My Fair Lady.” rection of John Steinbeck’s “The Grapes of Wrath.”

Seated in the front lobby at the Asolo Repertory Theatre, the loquacious director reflects on his reputation for staging epic literary adaptations. In the late 1990s, he directed Broadway’s “Ragtime,” which was based on an adaptation of E.L. Doctorow’s 1975 novel of the same name.

“For the longest time I saw my future as a college instructor,” Galati says. “My doctoral dissertation was on Vladimir Nabokov’s ‘Pale Fire.’ All of my main intellectual interests involved studying narratives. I was in story land for

a long time before I got involved in theater.”

Some might say he’s still in story land.

His latest project — directing the Asolo Rep’s season-opener, “My Fair Lady” — has reignited the director’s fascination with George Bernard Shaw, whose famous rags-to-riches play, “Pygmalion,” inspired the 1956 Lerner and Loewe musical.

“It’s perfectly crafted in every way,” Galati says of the production. “It’s timeless and universal in its themes. Sadly, Shaw’s critique of the social contract … the enormous gulf that separates the

rich and the poor still rings a bell today.”

Galati is a larger-than-life presence to have around the theater.

Lucky for the company he’s not leaving Sarasota when the show closes.

After retiring in 2006 from Northwestern University, where for nearly four decades he worked as a professor in the department of performance studies, Galati and longtime partner and fellow theater director Peter Amster bought a place in Miami.

They thought they’d work at the Coconut Grove Playhouse.

“But within six month of us moving, the Playhouse went belly-up,” says Galati, who’s still a member of the Steppenwolf Theatre Company in Chicago.

“Then Peter got hired to work on a few shows at the Asolo and we thought, ‘Wouldn’t it be great to work here?’”

The couple was so taken with Sarasota that they sold their Miami home at a loss and purchased a condo near downtown Sarasota.

When Asolo Rep Artistic Director Michael Donald Edwards got wind of this development, he jumped at the opportunity to employ Galati; he hired him to direct last season’s “12 Angry Men.” “He’s done a lot of amazing musical theater work,” Edwards says.

“When I asked him if he’d ever directed ‘My Fair Lady,’ he said,

‘You know what? No one has ever asked me.’”

Twenty-four hours after reading the script, Galati was on board.

“It’s obviously triumphant having him here,” Edwards says. “‘My Fair Lady’ has been on my to-do list for a long time, but I was never able to get the right director until now.”

The musical has a special place in Galati’s heart.

In 1958, he boarded a bus with his high school drama club to see a touring production of the show at Chicago’s Shubert Theatre.

It was the first time he had seen a professional musical.

“In those days, the music from the great Broadway shows was like pop music to us,” Galati says.

“The songs were broadcast on the radio. We all had the albums. It was a part of the culture, a part of the weather.”

He’s not the only one who feels this way.

Last week, when actors Andrea Prestinario (Eliza Doolittle) and Jeff Parker (Professor Henry Higgins) performed numbers from the show during the Asolo Rep’s Starry Night Dinner Series, the director was so busy studying what he calls the crowd’s “rapturous” reaction to the music, that he was almost unaffected by his own nostalgia.

“Stories about the human heart will always be relevant,” he says, humming a few bars from “Wouldn’t It Be Loverly.” “Eliza Doolittle has a dream and it’s one everyone understands. She doesn’t want diamonds or gold or to be an aristocrat. All she wants is someone’s head resting on her knee … warm and gentle as can be.”

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+ Sarasota dad nabs award for baby book Eric Piazza certainly knows how to one-up new dads.

When his son, Will, was born three years ago, Piazza decided to write a children’s book inspired by the one question everyone seemed to ask him after the baby was born: “How did your dogs react?”

Piazza and his wife, Meredith, who moved last January from Baton Rouge, La., to Sarasota, have two 80-pound dogs: Maddie, a black lab mix, and Max, a golden retriever.

The 10-year-old pooches were the couple’s first babies.

Although they responded well to the baby on his first day home, a mouse found its way into the Piazza home and scurried across the house in the middle of the night, sending Max and Maddie into a barking frenzy.

Says Piazza: “There was real commotion going on and my wife and I kind of looked at each other and thought, ‘Is this how it’s going to be every night?’”

Over time things got less chaotic, and one night, as Piazza, a software engineer by trade, was reading a book to Will before bed, he had an a-ha moment.

“I Wonder if the Baby Will Look Like Me,” a board book written

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Eric Piazza with his son, Will from the perspective of several household pets, was published one year later. Piazza even formed a small publishing company, Mudding Dog Publishing, to distribute the story.

He entered the book this fall in the Florida Publishers Association’s 2011 President’s Book Awards.

On Nov. 5, he took the silver medal in the competition’s Children’s Picture Book category at an awards ceremony at the Helmsley Sandcastle Hotel on Lido Beach.

Piazza, who now has a 2-month old daughter, Caroline, says he’s fielding a new question from family and friends.

They all want to know when Caroline’s book will be published.

+ Venice Theatre lures audiences with giveaway Struggling arts organization should take note of the clever marketing strategy being implemented this season at the Venice Theatre.

Last weekend, VT held auditions for the world premiere of “Stand

by Your Van,” a play about a group of people who participate in a competition to win a pick-up truck by standing for hours with their hands on the side of a vehicle.

Directed by English director Paul Bourne, the play will function much like an actual contest with six different endings depending on which character wins the competition.

And here’s the kicker: People who buy tickets to see the show, which runs April 3 through April 22, are immediately entered in a chance to win a 2012 Scion IQ from Cramer Toyota.

Sounds like a good time and an excellent opportunity to score a new set of wheels. I’ve already written the show in my planner.

The transmission is failing on my beat-up old Honda, and I’m now too embarrassed to valet park it at events.

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HOT TICKETS ‘In the Heights’ at the Van Wezel: This feel-good musical about a DominicanAmerican neighborhood in New York City was nominated for 13 Tony Awards in 2008. (It won four.) It was a finalist for the 2009 Courtesy photos Pulitzer Prize for Drama, and its cast recording won a Grammy Award for Best Musical Show Album. It makes its Sarasota premiere at 7 p.m. Nov. 27, at the Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall. For tickets, call 953-3368 or visit vanwezel.org.

+ Famous NYC mime will leave you mum The FSU Asolo Conservatory for Actor Training only has one fundraiser a year, and this year it’s headlined by Bill Bowers.

The New York City-based actor and mime will perform his autobiographical one-man show, “It Goes Without Saying,” at 7 p.m.

Dec. 9, at the Historic Asolo Theater.

A student of Marcel Marceau, the eccentric Bowers has performed throughout the United States, Canada and Europe. He’s appeared on Broadway as Zazu in Disney’s “The Lion King” and Leggett in “The Scarlet Pimpernel.”

His show — part mime and part monologue — includes funny and heartbreaking stories from Bowers’ Montana childhood and showbiz career. A collection of sketches, the work has been

Bill Bowers

compared to the self-deprecating anecdotal storytelling of David Sedaris.

Tickets are $75 and include a catered post-performance reception with the artist. For more information, call 351-8000 or visit asolorep.org/conservatory.

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Sculpture unveiling takes place ‘under azure skies’

Verina Baxter’s “Big Red Tumkin” could be viewed as a huge picture frame for the Sarasota bayfront at sunset.

Board member Bobbi Lorry and Charlotte Isaacs

Myrna Welch and Sarasota County Commission Chairwoman Nora Patterson

The town has watched in anticipation as assorted cranes and other heavy equipment have hoisted into place the 10 largescale sculptures that will adorn the Sarasota bayfront through May 15.

This is the sixth season for the biennial exhibition, which represents diverse viewpoints, materials, scale and color.

The exhibit, titled “Under Azure Skies,” was curated by sculptor John Henry and brought here from a previous showing in Lucerne, Switzerland.

Sarasota Mayor Suzanne Atwell officially cut the ribbon, opening the show at a champagne reception Friday, Nov. 11.

She thanked the Season of Sculpture organization for its massive — literally and figuratively — contribution to Sarasota. Also participating in the ceremony were Henry, Season of Sculpture Board Chairwoman Susan McLeod and Sarasota County Commission Chairwoman Nora Patterson.

Sarasota’s unique, 24/7 outdoor museum is now officially open.

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Mayor Suzanne Atwell cuts the ribbon, officially opening season six of Sarasota Season of Sculpture.

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The unsung ‘player’ Jolie Schroeder has spent the past 15 years working in an environment that’s a playground for Sarasota’s biggest extroverts — The Players Theatre.

An introvert, Schroeder says she can’t imagine working anywhere else.

Being surrounded by actors has helped her come out of her shell, even if she still dreads stepping on stage to take a bow at the end of the theater’s annual performingarts studio showcase.

“When I was a kid, my mom insisted I try an instrument,” Schroeder says. “So I picked the French horn. After five lessons the teacher said I couldn’t even blow right.

From that point on I stayed out of the spotlight.”

What’s interesting is that Schroeder doesn’t come across as bashful.

From her post in the box office, she engages in playful banter with Artistic Director Jeffery Kin, whom she calls a “huge plus” for the theater.

She keeps a Nerf gun by her desk that she inherited from the cast of “Big.” Every so often she aims it at her co-workers.

It’s a good way to get their attention.

“We’ve got the strongest team now that we’ve had in years,” Schroeder says. “I’ve been here for a long time, through a lot of different administrations, and I can’t imagine working for another theater. Maybe if I got fired or something.”

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Jolie Schroeder’s star-making performance in The Players box office and performing-arts studio has kept the organization singing for years.

Schroeder’s favorite Players Kids’ musicals

IF YOU GO The Players Kids will present a 20-minute performance featuring musical numbers from “Shrek the Musical” at 1 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 20, at the fifth annual Children’s Reading and Art Festival at the Sarasota Children’s Garden. For more information, visit sarasotachildrensgarden.com.

That doesn’t seem likely, considering Schroeder was promoted this fall to office manager.

She downplays the promotion, which she says was necessary so that Managing Director Michelle Bianchi Pingel could offload some of the smaller time-consuming office duties that were eating up her days — the things Schroeder was already beginning to do.

“Jolie is totally our unsung hero,” Kin says. “She’s the glue in the front of the house.”

When she’s not riddling her officemates with Nerf bullets, she’s copying scripts, mailing vouchers, stuffing packets, scheduling classes and hiring teachers for the performing-arts studio that she helped grow with Dance Director Steven Vincent.

In 1996, when the choreographer folded his youth dance program into the community theater, he took Schroeder along for the ride.

“We came as a package deal,”

‘Unhappily Ever After’ “Sleeping Beauty won’t wake up. Prince Charming ends up with Cinderella’s stepmother. It’s fairy tales gone wrong.”

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Disney’s ‘Aladdin Junior’ “The script is cutdown from the adult version of ‘Aladdin.’

It’s specifically written for children’s musical theater. The kids loved performing it.”

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The best number was ‘Sister Christian’ from ‘Rock of Ages,’ because the kids learned sign language.

They signed as they were singing. It was an incredible way to end the show.”

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“I think it’s a fear I’m always going to face,” Jolie Schroeder says of her stage fright. “Working with kids, encouraging them to face their fears has helped me overcome mine a little bit.” says Schroeder, who, in addition to managing the theater’s box office, oversees a studio program that consists of 10 teachers, 100 children and 50 senior citizens.

“Working with kids is the best part of the job. Giving them a boost in confidence and seeing their selfesteem flourish on stage, it’s literally enough to make you cry.”

Four years ago, she watched a timid home-schooled girl blossom into a scene-stealing soloist in “Seussical.” The girl even nailed the

show’s curtain speech.

And, then, there’s the case of her 26-year-old niece, whom Schroeder watched grow up on stage at The Players.

“She used to be afraid to go up to the deli counter,” Schroeder recalls. “I can’t even tell you how many shows she danced in here.

Now as an adult, she’s a social butterfly. It’s made me think that maybe I shouldn’t have fought my mom so hard on the French horn thing.”

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From tree to table: Kumquat and cranberry relish Some folks grew up with the cranberry sauce that comes out of a can — after you remove both ends of it, that is, and slide the gelatinous mass onto a plate. And a surprising number don’t know it in any other form. That’s a shame, because it is one of the most easily made and delicious condiments of the holiday season, requiring few ingredients and no special cooking skills.

The most basic recipe is on the package, and it’s this simple. Wash and pick over a 12-ounce bag of fresh cranberries. Combine a cup of sugar and a cup of water in a small saucepan and simmer gently until the sugar is dissolved.

Add cranberries, cook 10 minutes, let cool to room temperature, then chill.

If you want your cranberry sauce to look like jewelry, there’s a little more to it. You prick each cranberry with a cake tester or a toothpick so it doesn’t explode but stays whole when cooked. My mother thought I was crazy, but I did it that way for years until I realized … she was right.

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1/4- to 1/2-pound kumquats (10 to 20 kumquats) 12 ounces fresh cranberries (or unthawed frozen cranberries) 1 cup water 1 cup sugar Halve kumquats lengthwise and use the tip of your knife to carefully pick out any seeds. Rinse cranberries and pick over; remove and discard stems.

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Jim Herrington’s Longboat Key kumquat tree was overflowing recently with abundance. season here starts in December, gets serious in January and winds down in April. The fruit is sweetest after it has been exposed to some cool weather. Because of the sugar syrup, you can use it for this recipe as soon as it is no longer green.

The kumquats used here came from the tree of friend Jim Herrington, from Longboat Key. The fresh fruit will be in the stores this week, according to Dale Rodgers, produce manager of the Longboat Key Publix. Expect to pay about $3 for a pint.

Combine sugar and water in a saucepan and bring to a boil. Simmer and stir for about five minutes until the sugar is dissolved and the syrup is clear. Add kumquats and simmer for five minutes. Use a slotted spoon to transfer kumquats from syrup to a bowl or other container you can refrigerate.

Add cranberries to syrup and simmer for 10 minutes. Let both fruits cool completely.

Cranberry mixture and kumquats may be made as much as a week ahead.

Hold in separate airtight containers so the kumquats stay orange. Combine the fruits just before serving.

1. Kumquats to be cut in half lengthwise and seeded.

2. Cranberries to be rinsed and picked over.

3. A tasty, portable and make-ahead condiment for your holiday meal

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Max Klauber, Leanna Knopik, Jennifer Oakley, Neena Patel and Sanjana Krishnakumar — offspring of CSC supporters and volunteers for the evening Brent and Kristan Hamill, Ping and Fritz Faulhaber

How high the moon The Ritz-Carlton, Sarasota ballroom was transformed into an elegant, midnight blue-and-white moonscape for the Cancer Support Community’s 2011 Night of Hope Gala, “Over the Moon.” Cool temperatures foiled the plan for an al fresco cocktail hour in the courtyard but did not at all dim the warm feelings of the 425 guests for the highly regarded organization, which provides free services to cancer patients and their families.

The party featured music by the Carabasi Quartet during cocktails and dancing to the Sounds of Soul Survivors after dinner. There was also a creative reverse drawing with prizes ranging from a two-night stay for two at the Ritz-Carlton, to grand prize options of a $15,000 Westfield shopping spree or a Harley-Davidson Super Glide Custom.

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Larry Atlas and Andrea Feldman, program director of Cancer Support Center Honorary Chairs Art and Peggy Wood hoped to raise more than $400,000 to support the CSC mission, the key words of which were written in moonlight on the ballroom walls throughout the evening: hope, support, education, empowerment and strength.

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Woman plans, man laughs … The rumor is that Yara Michaels and Dr. David Shoemaker have rescheduled and relocated their upcoming nuptials from Thanksgiving in St. Barts to April in Sarasota … If the shoe fits … Brenda Michel, who owns The Met on St. Armands with husband Geoffrey won for “Best Classic Pump” at the recent Wine Women & Shoes luncheon … wearing shoes from Saks Fifth Avenue! … Fall and a young woman’s fancy turns to … boots! Susan Jones says, “I’m excited about the weather; I’ve got my first boots of the season on!!! Wahoo!!!” … Good year for Guardians … There were 230 guests at the Children’s Guardian Fund luncheon Nov. 9, up from 185 last year. Fund President Alan Quinby attributes the gain to “an active program of fundraising, awareness building, a new event and the creation of an advisory board.”

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Top dog … Deb Knowles is justifiably proud of her Chiquita, who won the Bay Road and Crossings Animal Hospitals’ Halloween photo contest, but she says, “When I broke the news to her, she was totally underwhelmed.”

Perhaps she anticipates that the prize is free shots or flea treatments … Liza Dootlittles all Chiquita … The dress specification was “black, white and gray,” and the ladies got the message and dressed for the Ascot Opening Race. It was, after all, the Starry Night Dinner celebrating the Asolo Rep’s upcoming production of “My Fair Lady,” which opens Nov. 18. Not unexpectedly, hostess Margaret Wise was glamorous in full mufti. And Katherine Harris and Marcia Jean Taub joined in the fun as well.

The evening was a weather-perfect sellout with 75 guests enjoying dinner on the waterfront terrace of the home of Stanley Kane and performances by co-stars Jeff Parker and Andrea Marcia Jean Taub and Prestinario.

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Jessica Puckett, Walter Dean, Marissa Murphy, Brittany Campbell, Laura Martin and Melissa Fritsch at the Saks Fifth Avenue and Nuovo Salon Anniversary Celebration Nov. 11.

Children’s Guardian Fund Annual Luncheon | Saks Fifth Avenue and Nuovo Salon Anniversary Celebration

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Historic Asolo Theater at the Ringling Museum of Art 5201 Bay Shore Road – Sarasota (Reserved seating – $35, $40)

Grace Alonso, of Saks New York, with Robert Roubideaux, of Saks Sarasota, at the Saks Fifth Avenue and Nuovo Salon anniversary

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St. Armands Key Lutheran Church 40 N. Adams - St. Armands Key (General seating – $40) “Wedding Fantasy” Dmitri Vorobiev, piano Xiao-Feng Wu, piano Rachel Assi, alto Bonnie Caplan, harp Michael Wittenburg, organ Gloria Musicae singers, under the direction of Joseph Holt

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Children’s Guardian Fund board member Nancy Parrish, honoree Judge Durand Adams and Children’s Guardian Fund President Alan Quinby at the Children’s Guardian Fund Annual Luncheon Nov. 9

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