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pedestrian project

by Kurt Schultheis | City Editor

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

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+ Student council feeds the hungry Sarasota School of Arts and Sciences Student Council members Sophia Helme, Natasha Nieckoski, Amanda Lam, Jayna Shaffer, Mia Forschner and Ivy Bienaimer helped sort, organize and pack up food for SSAS families and the Mayors’ Feed the Hungry Program. The council also collected a total $1,300 for the program.

Col. Jerry Hearn, student Christopher Wenzel and Ross Alander

+ Veterans Day celebrated at USF The Veterans Committee at USF Sarasota-Manatee honored students, staff, faculty and community members who are veterans of the United States military with its second annual Veterans Day ceremony. Col. Jerry Hearn, who served two tours in Vietnam, addressed the audience as the ceremony’s keynote speaker and discussed Honor Flights, a project run by the Rotary District 6960 that will take 60 World War II veterans to Washington, D.C., to view the World War II memorial and other memorials. Honor Flights are taken at no cost and will begin in June 2012.

+ Church rings bell for Salvation Army The Sarasota First Church of the Nazarene will again help the Salvation Army in its annual fundraising campaign, which begins Nov. 25 and runs through Dec. 24, with volunteers ringing the bell in front of the Kmart on Fruitville Road.

Renderings courtesy of Brent Parker, of Parker Walter Group

Above and at right: A pedestrian overpass that would provide access to the Sarasota bayfront from Main Street is part of the 1959 concept originally proposed.

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, pedestrianonly 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

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VISION / FROM PAGE 1A 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.

The goal, Parker said, would be 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.

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“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, pedestrianfriendly, 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.”

creative control?

by Kurt Schultheis | City Editor

Public Art Committee wants to help shape new project Public Art Committee board member Trulee Jameson is upset that her board has no control over a concept being shaped for a $55,000 interactive public-art project the committee approved in August.

At its Nov. 9 quarterly meeting, Jameson made it known that although the board already approved a project for nine bronze sculptures to be placed along Main Street, she wants the committee to also have approval of the concept that goes along with the sculptures.

The art project, which would be owned by the city, could mimic a popular art project concept in downtown Greenville, S.C., called “Mice on Main,” which allows adults and children to walk the streets of downtown and find sculptures of mice in unique places.

Public-art coordinator Virginia Hoffman and senior planner Dr. Clifford Smith said this project, which is expected to take a year to formulate and complete, will have a Sarasota theme to it.

But that information, Jameson said, is not enough.

“As a committee, I think we should have approval or disapproval of the concepts being planned for the nine sculptures,” Jameson said. “We could be told the concept is anything.

It could be nine sculptures of sailors kissing nurses. We

should be approving this concept.”

Committee member George Haborak agreed.

“If we are moving ahead with a $55,000 project and whatever the steering committee comes up with we have to live with, I have a problem with that,” Haborak said. “We are giving them money, and we don’t even know what the concept is.”

Smith and Hoffman, however, disagreed.

Smith said that the project is further being developed by a steering committee that includes local business and organizations to come up with a Sarasota theme. Local art students are also being asked to offer suggestions and concepts for the project.

“Your purview was with the sculptures,” Smith said. “Your purview is not the story, illustrations or characters.”

Hoffman agreed, but told the committee it will still have a chance to review the concept once it’s finished.

“Rather than being too concerned about worrying if you are a part of this, you are a part of this because by the time we get to a call of artists, most of this will be worked out and there may be more for you to review,” said Hoffman, who said the sculptures are a small part of the project.

Jameson, however, said that’s

exactly where her concern lies.

“My concern is we are stuck no matter what fabulous concept and multiple layer is presented for this project,” Jameson said. “We are stuck with static bronze sculptures hidden somewhere on Main Street.”

The back-and-forth discussion continued for almost a half-hour and but was not resolved.

Hoffman, however, promised to keep the board apprised of the project.

“I am sure every partner wants the board’s input on the creative side of this,” Hoffman said.

After the meeting, Hoffman said that there’s still an opportunity for the committee to provide public input on the project.

“They can make a recommendation once this project is presented,” Hoffman said. “It will be presented to them.”

The discussion highlighted a growing concern among board members that their committee’s role is being diminished.

Earlier in the meeting, Haborak requested a future meeting with Sarasota city commissioners to discuss the city’s public art policy and the role of the committee moving forward.

The art committee will also hold a public workshop in December to vet its issues and the board’s role moving forward.

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

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

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“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.

• Provide a campus “front door” • Appropriately rehabilitate Building 4 • Replace and consolidate existing, old cafeterias • Provide covered outdoor dining • Replace and consolidate the existing old gymnasiums with a new facility that meets current high school standards • Address the need for a better parent pickup loop • Separate visitor, staff and student parking areas • Address campus access (security)

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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Lift station project on schedule A $9.5 million lift station project is on schedule to be completed in June. The construction project is the largest lift station project the city has undertaken.

The Hudson Bayou $9.5 million lift station project is on schedule, despite a micro-tunneling glitch and a construction accident that sent a construction worker to the hospital earlier this month.

On Nov. 8, an Orlando-based 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.

Maurer said the project, which began in May, is on schedule despite what she called “a minor glitch.”

“The micro-tunneling itself is behind schedule, but the lift station project is not,” said Maurer, who said the microtunneling had begun again cautiously around Hudson Bayou.

Meanwhile, foundations have already been poured on three of the four buildings being erected and the walls have already been erected on a deepwell 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, underground lift station the state has ever permitted,” Maurer said.

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.

The investigation paved the way for the capital improvement project, which is creating a new lift station with a higher capacity and odor-control capability that sits further away from the water.

According to the city, it will be a state-of-the-art facility, with a back-up diesel system in case of power outages.

The construction project, though, continues to impair travel throughout the area, including traffic on a primary north-south thoroughfares.

Timeline May 2011 — Construction begins September 2011— Forcemain construction begins; Osprey Avenue closure begins October 2011 — Micro-tunneling begins June 2012 — Lift station work is expected to be complete July 2012 — Portion of Osprey Avenue expected to re-open October 2012— Osprey Avenue completely re-opens

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A lift station is placed at a point in a sewer system where water needs to be pumped, or lifted, to a higher elevation, so gravity can be used to bring that water to a treatment plant.

Two restaurant owners who want to serve liquor in their eateries took offense to a new ‘nightclub designation’ city code mandates.

The Sarasota City Planning Board approved two requests for nightclub operations within city limits at its Nov. 9 regular meeting. The only problem? The operators of the businesses don’t want to be called “nightclubs.”

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.”

But Lynch and land-use consultant Joel Freedman took offense to the city’s designation of the pub as a nightclub.

“It is a dilemma because of the way the code is written,” Freedman said. “(Lynch) needs a license to sell liquor with other menu items but has no interest in running a nightclub.”

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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+ Main Street input received Residents and business owners gave their input Monday at City Hall on a Main Street streetscape project that calls for a more uniform look with bricked streets in the historic district.

Cards were distributed to the participants so that they could provide their input. The cards, and the chosen project, will be presented in December to the Downtown Improvement District board for its review.

The goal is for the city to finalize a design and cost for the future project before presenting it to the Sarasota City, Commission for its review by the end of the year.

DID Chairman Ernie Ritz said the goal of any future project will be to minimize project construction as much as possible so it doesn’t affect the business of the Main Street merchants.

+ Pines of Sarasota receives $1 million gift Pines of Sarasota announced a $1 million gift, its largest gift from an indi-

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Sarasota City Commission Regular Meeting — 2:30 p.m. and 6 p.m. Monday, Nov. 21, City Hall, Commission Chambers, 1565 First St., Sarasota.  Joint Sarasota City/County Commission Meeting — 1:30 p.m.

Tuesday, Nov. 22, Sarasota County Administration Center, Third Floor Think Tank Room, 1660 Ringling Blvd., Sarasota.  Board of Adjustment — 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 30, City Hall, Commission Chambers, 1565 First St., Sarasota.

+ Trash schedule changes for Thanksgiving holiday

The most read stories online last week were: 1. “BREAKING NEWS: Concrete wall falls on construction worker” (Nov. 8) 2. “PHOTO GALLERY: Chalk Festival” (Nov. 5) 3. “Multi-level Publix opens today” (Nov. 10) 4. “IN THE KITCHEN WITH: Nishit Patel” (Nov. 7) 5. “City denies construction zoning amendment” (Nov. 8)

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There will be no city trash collection Thanksgiving Day, Thursday, Nov. 24.

The schedule for collection will be as follows: Thursday: garbage, recycling and yard waste collection will occur one day later on Friday, Nov. 25. Regularly scheduled Friday garbage, recycling and yard-waste collection will occur on Saturday, Nov. 26.

City of Sarasota administration offices will be closed Thursday and Friday in observance of Thanksgiving. All offices will re-open Monday, Nov. 28.

For more information, please call the city of Sarasota Solid Waste Division at 365-7651. If you have questions regarding recycling, yard waste or bulk waste, please contact Waste

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+ Utilities crews contain sewer leak Utilities crews began repairing a 20-inch forcemain at 34 S. Gulfstream Ave. Wednesday after it began to leak at 2:30 a.m. City staff is not sure what caused the forcemain to break, spilling 40,000 gallons of sewer water into Sarasota Bay.

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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 Board of Directors has approximately $50,000 budgeted for downtown maintenance costs.

But the request the board of directors put forward for an enhanced level of service contract came back with two offers: one for $232,000 a year and one for $361,000.

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.”

Moran noted that the DID has $50,000 budgeted for maintenance costs that could be used for enhanced landscaping and more frequent trash pickups.

“What if we gave the city our $50,000 and they can utilize a city employee or two to help with our landscaping needs?” Ritz asked.

DID Enhanced Services 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.

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.

“Currently, we don’t perform the level of service you want,” Jeffcoat said. “For

instance, we don’t even prune palm trees anymore unless they are a danger.”

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 LBKof 2010 the kind money-it Jappears it would take to achieve our entire wish list,” Ritz said.

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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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by Kurt Schultheis | City Editor

City, Orioles discuss stadium dispute

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The city of Sarasota believes a drainage project requested by the Baltimore Orioles for Ed Smith Stadium doesn’t fall under the guidelines of an interlocal agreement.

+ Enforce Sarasota’s eight-year term limits

City officials and Baltimore Orioles officials are still in discussion about $1 million and for what it can be used at Ed Smith Stadium.

City Manager Bob Bartolotta said Tuesday’s discussion is likely the first of several discussions that need to be held about the issue and to prevent litigation.

The Baltimore Orioles made it known last week in emails from its attorneys that a big chunk of the $1 million set aside for field mitigation issues should be used to tear up an AstroTurf practice field that doesn’t drain properly, build a new drainage system underneath it and re-sod the site before the Orioles take the field this spring.

The city, meanwhile, points to an agreement that states the $1 million can only be used to clean and treat contaminated water under a landfill that sits more than 2 feet underground where Ed Smith Stadium currently sits.

“We had a frank discussion and outlined all of our issues,” Bartolotta said.

“Baltimore has promised to get us more information about exact costs for the drainage problem and how they believe it relates to the landfill mitigation funds.”

The city and Sarasota County entered into several interlocal agreements in 2009 and 2010, when the $30 million springtraining complex was approved. The parties outlined the transfer

Dear Editor: In 1998, Sarasota County voters approved by 68% an eight-year term limit for the County Commission. Currently, the Florida Supreme Court is reviewing the fourth DCA case, and it looks like it will be upheld. All other nine charter counties in the state are upholding the law, except Sarasota County. Now, the commission is proposing a new 12-year term limit with a new 12-year grandfathering period for the Florida primary Jan. 31. Polls show the eight-year limits are popular with the voters. The will of the people should prevail! I say we keep and enforce Sarasota’s voter-approved eight-year term limits! More time in public office only breeds powerful, greedy and corrupted politicians.

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+ Absolute power corrupts Dear Editor: As a fellow elected official and member of the Sarasota County’s Charter Review Board, I am shocked that the commissioners would even consider thwarting the will of the people and extending their terms in office by up to another 12 years with their new term limit proposal.

I guess the commissioners feel they are too important and, therefore, should not obey the current charter amendment that already sets in place an eight-year term limit. Also, sneaky rascals that they are, they want this new term-extending amendment to be placed on the ballot for a special election in January, knowing full well the turnout will be light and their chances of victory greater.

It seems, indeed, that absolute power corrupts absolutely.

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payers approved two years ago. That renovation came from hotel bed tax revenues.

Vice Mayor Terry Turner agrees with Bartolotta’s assessment of the conflict.

“They have a small maintenance problem on the field and rather than deal with the maintenance problem, they want to take on a big capital project that will require a lot of mediation,” Turner said. “If we were to do this, we would use up the remediation money we would use to clean up the wells underneath.”

The dispute has caught city officials by surprise. Bartolotta said the city was getting ready to use the money to pump the wells and treat the contaminated water and thought all parties were on the same page until he received the e-mails this month.

“We were looking forward to moving forward with the pumping process as soon as possible,” Bartolotta said.

If the city agrees to the Orioles’ request, Bartolotta argues there won’t be enough money left in the fund to treat the contaminated water that sits underneath the fields.

“If the water can’t be treated, the city will be stuck paying $50,000 a year to keep monitoring the site and make sure it wasn’t moving,” Bartolotta said.

“The goal was to pump out the water over a five-year period and be done with this.”

The Orioles, meanwhile, are hoping the city will agree to the new project and have it completed by the end of the year. The suggested cost is approximately $415,000.

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Baltimore Orioles representatives, however, sent emails to city staff last week, explaining they believe the money should be used to fund a stormwater improvement project they believe falls under the cleanup guidelines in the agreement.

Bartolotta, meanwhile, in an email he sent to commissioners Nov. 8, said the city “strongly objects to the use of the funds for that purpose.

“In our opinion, this use is not environmental mitigation but rather ordinary capital operation/maintenance or capital improvements, which should be the responsibility of the county/Orioles,” Bartolotta wrote.

“To expend these funds on installing stormwater drains and rebuilding practice fields would deplete the mitigation fund and, thus, leave no money for actual cleanup. This is not in keeping with the letter or spirit of the interlocal agreement.”

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Having narrowed their choices to two — Randall H. Reid, manager of Alachua County, and James Baker, manager of York County, S.C. — the county commissioners Tuesday afternoon said they were swayed by Reid’s local government experience in Florida in voting unanimously to begin contract negotiations with him.

County Attorney Stephen DeMarsh said after the meeting that he would expect to have a contract ready for the commission to consider no later than Dec. 8. However, he said he might be able to conclude negoReid tiations with Reid as early as the middle of next week.

In the meantime, the commission instructed DeMarsh and Interim County Administrator Terry Lewis to let Baker know he was their second choice, in the event that they could not reach contract terms with Reid.

The other two finalists were Edward Mitchell, administrator of the city of West Palm Beach, and Fred Russell, administrator of the consolidated city/county government of Augusta, Ga. An Ohio native, Reid has been in his current position since 1999. He told the County Commission Tuesday that he had applied 14 years ago for the job they gave to Jim Ley, who resigned in late May in the wake of the procurement-department scandal.

After meeting individually with the finalists Monday, County Commission Chairwoman Nora Patterson said she began calling people in Gainesville. The president of the chamber of commerce there reported good things about Reid, she said.

Whenever the chamber needed Alachua County officials to act fast on an economic development project, Patterson said, the chamber president told her his organization always got cooperation from Reid.

Patterson said she also had heard positive remarks about Baker from the chambers of commerce in York County, S.C. Commissioner Christine Robinson said she, too, had spoken with people in Gaines-

ville and South Carolina. During Reid’s appearance before the board Tuesday afternoon, Robinson did question him about an article he had written that had appeared in Florida League of Cities and National Association of Counties publications.

“I have had folks from big businesses and self-proprietors a bit concerned about this,” Robinson said.

She read a few sentences from the article, which referenced businesses taking on initiatives only because of the commercial aspects of those endeavors.

Reid told her he had received a request to write the article to boost the morale of public employees.

“The article starts out by saying that all sectors of the community are important, including the public sector … I stand by that,” he said.

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.

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

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5 p.m. — 2100 block of South Tamiami Trail. Criminal Mischief. A doctor’s office employee showed police where someone sprayed red paint graffiti on the side of the building.

3:30 p.m. — 4000 block of South Tamiami Trail. Dispute. A woman got upset when an electronics store employee asked for her driver’s license to complete her refund transaction. She demanded to speak to a manager and began filming the employees because she said they were laughing at her. The woman screamed at an employee to stop touching her, when he shielded his face from the camera on her phone. The store’s surveillance video shows that no employee touched her, and there was no evidence to move forward.

Oct. 31 Parking problems 4:50 p.m. — 900 block of Boulevard of the Arts. Illegal Parking. Police observed three mini-van taxicabs parked in a no-parking zone. They were sent on their way with a warning.

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10:52 p.m. — 1100 block of North Tuttle Avenue. Assist Other Agency. Police responded to a report of a possible structure fire at a restaurant. The Sarasota County Fire Department couldn’t locate any sign of a fire.

the shoplifter, and police made plans to track her down after her name was released.

Sugar rush 8 p.m. — 1800 block of Martin Luther King Jr. Way. Suspicious Person. A convenience store clerk said a woman paying for a pack of cigarettes became irate when the clerk confronted her about the Twix bar and can of 7UP she hid under her jacket. She placed the items on the counter and left the store. When police find her, she will be trespassed from the property.

Beer bust 9:18 p.m. — 1500 block of First Street. Trespassing. Police saw a man passed out in the City Hall parking lot next to a Gatorade bottle — full of beer. He awoke and was issued a ticket for possession of alcohol. He was trespassed from the property.

Face recognition 7:20 p.m. — 3900 block of South Tamiami Trail. Shoplifting. A woman fled a liquor store with a bottle of tequila and a bottle of vodka. A patron in the store recognized

Nov. 1 Sound of silence 6 a.m. — 3300 block of South Osprey Avenue. Noise Violation. An anonymous person reported loud music coming from an apartment. Upon arrival, no music was heard from the apartment, and the man inside denied he was playing loud music.

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Last year, if you saw Sarasota School of Arts and Sciences teacher Della Lowe pushing her pink cart from classroom to classroom all-day long, you may have wondered what could possibly have her scurrying about the campus.

Lowe teaches language arts and science. But the school building had run out of available classrooms, and that meant Lowe had to teach classes during other teachers’ planning periods.

Other staff members, such as Zachary Meek, who handles the school’s IT support, are also working out of odd spaces.

His office is just outside two restrooms, tucked into the corner next to the coffee pot. Last year, he shared the space with the Coke and snack machine, as well.

“We’re using the cafeteria as three separate classrooms,” says Principal Dr. Marilyn Highland. “Not only are two members of the team teaching classes in a nonpermanent space, but during one of the periods, they’re rolling carts to different classrooms to teach that class. The strain and morale when you have to do that … the building was supposed to be ready over summer.”

The current main school building, once a car dealership and plumbing warehouse, houses 17 classrooms and sliding walls that create three extra classrooms.

The school, which will be demolished after the move, has rented seven spaces in The Renaissance building for the past two years, plus a dance studio for the dance and martial arts classes.

Christine Johnson sails, camps, backpacks, reads and swims. She gravitates toward the bays and the beaches. And she believes that, like her 11-year-old daughter, Grace, and her 9-year-old son, Tom, all children should spend time outside learning how to identify plants and animals.

Johnson was recently named incoming president of The Conservation Foundation of the Gulf Coast, for which she will succeed Albert Joerger, who has served as president since 2003 and will continue his involvement on the board of trustees.

Johnson and her husband, Bill, returned to Sarasota 10 years ago from Denver without jobs or a house. The next thing she knew, Johnson had joined Johnson the fundraising committee for Girl Scouts of Gulfcoast Florida.

A fifth-generation Floridian, the Manatee County native managed a $70 million fundraising campaign as director of development for Ringling College of Art and Design, while also working on the capital campaign as director of development for Girl Scouts.

Johnson and Joerger were introduced through their in-laws. Over the years, many of their conversations focused on Johnson’s future, as well as the future of the Conservation Foundation.

“I was blown away,” said Johnson about her first visit to the foundation’s Casey Key property. “I thought, ‘It’s so beautiful.

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The new school building will house 34 classrooms and an IT room on each of its three floors.

The anticipated move-in date for the new building, located just north of the existing building, is Dec. 12.

The new building, which cost $5 million to construct, will house four classrooms on the first floor; 16 classrooms on the second, plus a technology classroom with a shop lab connected to it; and 14 classrooms on the third floor. Still to come is a gymnasium, projected to cost $1.5 million.

“This (current) building is old, and it’s starting to need repairs,” Highland says. “(This year) we increased our enrollment from 680 to 750 students, our maximum, and we absolutely needed more space to be able to house that many kids and classrooms. We are in our 15th year, and we’re sort of looking at this change like we’re getting the real and grown up version of the school. It’s looking really good.”

How will I get any work done?’”

Joerger told Johnson that when he was ready to step down, he wanted to make sure she applied as his replacement.

“People want to know what Albert Joerger’s doing,” Johnson said. “Now that Albert has gone onto the board, he will be focusing on the land-protection policy.”

Johnson says she’s looking forward to getting the word out to populations from Manatee County to Boca Grande about the ways individuals and organizations can preserve land.

Currently, the foundation is in the beginning stages of the permitting and planning of the 230-acre Pine Island Preserve at Matlacha Pass, in Boca Grande.

It will be converted into a public park for wildlife habitat protection, environmental education and recreation.

On Sunday, Nov. 20, the foundation will debut its Artist in Residence Program on Bay Preserve. The program opened this year to welcome visual, literary and performing artists whose work is inspired by the environment.

“It is an honor to follow in the footsteps of Albert Joerger, who has done so much in eight short years to protect the character, natural integrity and biodiversity of our region,” Johnson said. “I am excited to be leading an organization dedicated to protecting the Gulf Coast’s bays, beaches, barrier islands and watersheds — not just for wildlife but also for people.”

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An award-winning architecture firm shares its secrets. A big key, for any business: Creativity can come from anywhere.

Architecture wowed Jonathan Parks at an early age. So much so he took college art classes — for fun — in the sixth grade.

Parks parlayed his interest into a thriving architecture career, work that ultimately led him to Sarasota. That’s where he founded Jonathan Parks Architect, a business that has survived a tumultuous time in the industry, when many large firms have scaled back, and many small firms have shut down.

Parks’ firm, however, while not growing like it did in the boom, is still going. Parks says he hasn’t had to lay off any of his 12 employees during the downturn.

Moreover, JPA also recently won two coveted industry awards. It won the “Best New Low-Rise Development” award from Multi-Housing News for Citrus Square, a mixed-use project just north of Main Street in downtown Sarasota. And Engineering News Record Southeast recognized the firm in its Best Projects of 2011 Awards, for its work on the city of Sarasota’s Palm Avenue parking garage.

Parks and JPA Associate Chris Gallagher recently discussed the evolution of both projects with the Business Review. A key point, says Parks, is transferable to just about any business: Be open to creativity out of any employee, anytime. Says Parks: “You never know where a great idea will come from.”

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Jonathan Parks and Chris Gallagher, with Sarasotabased Jonathan Parks Architect, led the design process at Citrus Square. The 35,000-square-foot, three-story mixed-use project in downtown Sarasota was completed in 2010.

Location: Palm Avenue, downtown Sarasota, a block north of Main Street Built: 2010; garage opened in February Recognition: Award of Merit, Transportation, from Engineering News Record Southeast, Project details: The 280,000-squarefoot garage was a controversial project.

Some city leaders and residents complained about using prime downtown real estate for a garage. Former Sarasota Mayor Kelly Kirschner, who supported the $12 million project, also came under criticism when he said the city should build a “world-class” parking garage.

The final result is a six-story garage with 740 parking spots. It’s built in a curvy, free-form sculptural style. The contours of the exterior resemble sails.

A row of retail-store space is on the ground floor, and the top deck overlooks Sarasota Bay and downtown.

Creative process: The firm had never built a parking garage before this proj-

ect. So the first step, says JPA associate Chris Gallagher, was to study garages from every angle. “A lot of our concentration in the office was about retracing the steps of the user,” says Gallagher.

“We wanted to see what it would be like every step of the way.”

So Gallagher, Parks and other JPA employees walked up and down the floors of the existing parking garages in Sarasota. They looked for safety, ease of parking and comfort. “The sense of cleanliness was a big thing,” adds Parks.

Another element in the design process was to consider the garage a place where people go, not only cars. “What’s the human story behind it?” says Gallagher. “How can we make life more enjoyable and inspiring?”

The completed project was a product of those early visits to other garages.

For one, the garage has wide spaces between floors to utilize natural light.

The circular stairwells are also a source of pride for the architects, in that it combines fun with functional, says Parks.

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Recognition: Best New Development/Low Rise from Multi-Housing News Project details: The most unique aspect of the 35,000-square-foot, three-story mixed-use project could be the timing: It was unveiled in 2008, and it was built in 2009 and 2010, during a period where nearly no other mixed-use projects on the Gulf Coast were conceived.

The focus of the $8.5 million project was an old European-style building with street facades and authentic details.

French doors with balconies, cast stone moldings and retail shops with wooden storefronts are some of the highlights.

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At least 80% of the building’s condos have been sold, and the stores on the

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Creative process: Parks and Gallagher searched several Florida cities for an example of this type of project they could study. But they couldn’t find one that combined modern and historic the way they envisioned, says Gallagher.

So they forged ahead with the project.

A breakthrough came from Gallagher, when, at a staff meeting to discuss the project, he said the firm needed “to think like a raindrop.”

By that, Gallagher meant the “narrative” of the design process should be a building that protects against leaks, drops and other rain-based calamities.

For instance, that’s why the doors are set so far back from the walls, Gallagher says.

The raindrop soon became a rallying cry for the rest of the project. It was a part of nearly every angle of the design.

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COMMUNITYCALENDAR Life Cycle of Butterflies — takes place from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 17, at Sarasota Garden Club, 1131 Blvd. of the Arts. Includes photo presentation

by Beverly Bowen, a member of the Sarasota County Butterfly Club. Call 955-0875 or email: jbk.fla2@verizon.net.

Networking Social — takes place from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.

Thursday, Nov. 17, at Gold Coast Eagle Distributing, 7051 Wireless Court. Join the Sarasota Young Professionals Group as it hosts its monthly after-hours event. Complimentary beer and appetizers. Free for members; $10 for non-members. The group will also host a volunteer opportunity from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 20, at Girls Inc., 201 S. Tuttle Ave. Contact YPGVol@hotmail.com.

A Pinecraft Christmas — takes place from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday, Nov. 18, and Saturday, Nov. 19, at 3737 Bahia Vista St. Free outdoor event features local area artists. Call 350-0427.

Art Walk at Towles Court — takes place from 6 to 10 p.m. Friday, Nov. 18, at Towles Court Artist Colony, 1938 Adams Lane.

Explore art galleries and studios during event, which features live music. Call 374-1988.

Fifth Annual Children’s Reading and Art Festival — takes place at 10 a.m. Sunday, Nov. 20, at The Children’s Garden, 1670 Tenth Way, Sarasota.

Event is free and features special performances, music, book readings, local children’s book authors and artists.

Also includes face painting, balloon-making and Reading Fur Fun Dogs. Call 330-1711.

Event features a star comedian, to be announced.

Visit www.mccurdyscomedy.com or call 925-3869.

Cost is a $20 donation, which benefits Project 180.

Sarasota Medieval Fair — takes place from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 19, and Sunday, Nov. 20, at 3000 Ringling Blvd. This year’s theme is “Peasants’ Revolt.� Live the majesty and madness of knights, jesters, wenches, belly dancers and sword swingers, watch human combat chess tournaments and feast on turkey legs.

There are more than 75 shows daily. Call 888303-3247 or visit www.sarasotamedievalfair.com.

Thanksgiving Service — takes place at 7 p.m.

Wednesday, Nov. 23, at Faith Lutheran Church, 7750 Beneva Road. The Rev. Doug Zimmerman, of St. Wilfred, and the Rev. Steve Winemiller, of Faith Lutheran, will lead the joint Thanksgiving service, which will be followed by refreshments and fellowship. Call 9244664 or 924-7436.

Going to the Dogs — takes place at 11 a.m.

Saturday, Nov. 19, at the Discovery Center, 1618 Main St. Sarasota Delta Gamma alumnae will meet at the facility for a tour, followed by a catered lunch/meeting at Rivo on Ringling, 1771 Ringling Blvd. Cost is $18. Call 504-9458.

Operation Christmas Child — takes place through Monday, Nov. 21. Sarasota families are participating in a Christmas project by filling empty shoeboxes with school supplies, toys, hygiene items and notes of encouragement for needy kids overseas. Drop-off is at Cornerstone Baptist Church of Sarasota, 3308 17th St. Call 5875486 for information.

Fourth Annual Fun(d)raiser Laughter to Build Community, not Prisons — takes place from 7:30 to 10:30 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 20, at McCurdy’s Comedy Theatre, 3333 N. Tamiami Trail.

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Argus Foundation presents lifetime achievement awards The Argus Foundation held its 10th annual Lifetime Achievement Awards Dinner Thursday, Nov. 10, at the Sarasota Hyatt Regency.

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Temple enjoys traditional treats More than 125 members and guests of Temple Emanu-El gathered for the second annual Kugel and Knish Cook-Off Sunday, Nov. 6. Attendees socialized and mingled while sampling 35 of the homemade, quintessential Jewish treats and voted for their favorites. Also on hand was official “judge” Jeremy Adams, of Word of Mouth, who evaluated each entry before naming the “Best in Show.”

Taking top honors in the kugel category was the mother-daughter team Kala and Kendal Sheckler, who prepared a savory potato-and-vegetable kugel, as well as Sandra Ainbinder, whose sweet kugel was baked with noodles, milk, eggs and sugar.

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by The Observer Staff

George and Marian Hyde attended the special Veterans Day program at the Sarasota Senior Friendship Centers Friday, Nov. 11.

George Hyde was one of the bombardiers on the Enola Gay.

Photos by Loren Mayo, Molly Schechter and Norm Schimmel

Winn Taplin, Don Harvey, George Measer, Jim Martin and retired Gen. Bill Cooper at The Glenridge on Palmer Ranch’s fifth annual Veterans Day luncheon Friday, Nov. 11. Cooper — former chief of staff of the North American Air Defense Command and Aerospace Defense Command at Peterson Air Force Base, in Colorado — served as the master of ceremonies and chairman of the planning committee.

This year, Veterans Day fell on a truly unique day: 11/11/11, and there was no shortage of local patriotic celebrations to commemorate veterans’ services to our country.

To kick off the day, the Sarasota Patriotic Observance Committee held the city’s annual Veterans Day parade. After a parade down Main Street of local dignitaries, the Sarasota High School band, the Sarasota Military Academy and others, the parade participants and spectators gathered around the Five Points roundabout flagpole for the national anthem, Pledge of Allegiance and to listen to guest speaker, retired Col. Ben Knisely, United States Army.

In addition to the city’s parade, The Glenridge on Palmer Ranch held its fifth annual Veterans Day luncheon.

Retired Gen. Bill Cooper — former chief of staff of the North American Air Defense Command and Aerospace Defense Command at Peterson Air Force Base, in Colorado — served as the master of ceremonies and chairman of the planning committee.

More than 250 people attended a special Veterans Day program at the

Sarasota Senior Friendship Centers.

President and CEO Bob Carter recognized the two senior-most veterans in attendance: Ken Meixell, 98, U.S. Navy, and Theodore Oxman, 96, U.S. Army Air Force. The featured speaker was Dr. G. Kurt Piehler, director of Florida State University’s Institute on World War II and the Human Experience.

Stoneybrook Golf and Country Club hosted its eighth annual Armed Forces Cup between the Army, Navy, Air Force and Marine Corps. The Army won the trophy this year, and proceeds benefited the Sarasota VA Primary Care Clinic.

And, the day before Veterans Day, the United State Marine Corps members gathered at Marina Jack — 200 strong — to celebrate the 236th birthday of the Marine Corps. Each year, the youngest and oldest Marines are recognized. Ed Neiderlander was the oldest Marine, and Pfc. Sean Hubschmitt was the youngest Marine.

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Nancy Thompson and Sally Tibetts played in The Stoneybrook Golf and Country Club’s eighth annual Armed Forces Cup Friday, Nov. 11.

Spectators watch as parade participants gather around the Five Points flagpole to hear the national anthem, say the Pledge of Allegiance and to hear guest speaker, retired Col. Ben Knisely, United States Army, at the city’s annual Veterans Day parade.

Iwo Jima survivors Andy Speed and Thomas Eugene Gardner talk at the 236th birthday party of the United States Marine Corps luncheon Thursday, Nov. 10.

Walter Bladstrom, Gordon “Frog Man” Brooks, Gunnery Sgt. Frank Carranco and Tom Smith at the birthday luncheon of the United States Marine Corps luncheon Thursday, Nov. 10.

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TOURNAMENT OF CHAMPIONS

by Rachel S. O’Hara | Staff Photographer

Eighth annual Medieval Fair takes Sarasota back in time The eighth annual Sarasota Medieval Fair staged a peasants’ revolt last weekend at the Sarasota Fairgrounds. It continues this weekend. Thousands of people came out and participated in games and crafts and enjoyed watching jousting tournaments, musicians and even a human chess match.

Left: Peasant children Ciara Fortier and Jersey and Roady Blosser Right: Rain and Hunter Miller

Twins Makayla and Chloe Madison, 3, enjoyed dressing as princesses and meeting fairies.

Levi Landry, “Red,” and Lily Hufnagel, “Pink”, strike a pose.

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real estate | transactions

By Adam Hughes | Research Editor

Four-bedroom Granada home sells for $950,000 James Arcara, Sarasota, sold his home at 1661 Bonita Lane to Steven Dixon and Peggy Allen, Sarasota, for $950,000. Built in 2003, it has four bedrooms, three-and-ahalf baths, a pool and 3,330 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $1.1 million in 2008.

This week’s residential real-estate transactions were recorded between Oct. 31 and Nov. 4 at the Sarasota County Courthouse.

Of this week’s 26 sales, 13 were in Sarasota, seven were in Palmer Ranch, five were in Osprey and one was in Nokomis.

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Michael and Maria Dull, Sarasota, sold their home at 1727 N. Lake Shore Drive to Gregory Hanes and Meghan Connolly, Sarasota, for $475,000. Built in 1957, it has five bedrooms, four baths, a pool and 4,123 square feet of living area. It previ-

Jason and Laura Beaton, Sarasota, sold their home at 4165 Camino Real to Shawn Hanlon and Gretchen Sciarrino, Bradenton, for $355,000. Built in 1962, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 2,317 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $265,000 in 2009.

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Herbert and Linda Dickinson, Sarasota, sold their home at 1728 Arlington St. to James and Pamela Eatrides, Bradenton Beach, for $335,000. Built in 1940, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 910 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $130,000 in 1998.

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Vincent Buckwalter, Bradenton, sold his home at 920 Tennessee Lane to Natalie Firnhaber, Sarasota, for $290,000. Built in 1951, it has four bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 2,964 square feet of living area.

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Ray Moore, Sarasota, sold his home at 1042 Pomelo Ave. to Amanda Cattaneo, Sarasota, for $535,000. Built in 1945, it has three bedrooms, three baths and 2,192 square feet of living area.

Charles and Katrina Lee, West Palm Beach, sold their home at 1106 Pomelo Ave. to Mark and Michele Lipman, Osprey, for $260,000. Built in 1925, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,189 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $475,000 in 2007.

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Michael Walker sold the home at 1729 Loma Linda St. to Allan and Martha Horton, Sarasota, for $560,000. Built in 1949, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 1,552 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $500,000 in 2002.

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Frank Dewane, as bishop of the diocese of Venice, sold the Unit 29 condominium at 1499 Landings Lake Drive to Holger Dries for $269,000.

Built in 1981, it has three bedrooms, two-and-a-half baths and 1,912 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $138,400 in 1984.

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Christine Cain, Sarasota, sold her home at 4033 Lisbon Place to Jeffrey Timberlake and Samantha Musick, Sarasota, for $230,000. Built in 1973, it has four bedrooms, two-and-ahalf baths, a pool and 2,400 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $245,000 in 2004.

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Dorothy Donahue, of Highland Park, N.J., sold her home at 1982 Baywood Place to Angela Bodemann, Sarasota, for $200,000. Built in 1979, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 1,787 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $135,000 in 1991.

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Melvin and Jane Chen, Sarasota, sold their home at 3746 Prairie Dunes Drive to Finbar and Christa Doyle, Sarasota, for $455,000. Built in 1986, it has five bedrooms, four

Michael and Caroline O’Brien, Sarasota, sold their home at 7380 Featherstone Blvd. to Mark Hamel and Suzanne McLaughlin, Sarasota, for $282,500. Built in 1998, it has four bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 2,253 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $486,900 in 2007.

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Terrence Chubb and Sandra Essick, of Concord Township, Ohio, sold their home at 4005 Via Mirada to Joyce Rosenberg, Sarasota, for $239,000. Built in 1993, it has two bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 1,675 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $243,500 in 2003.

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Laura Braddock, Sarasota, sold her home at 5867 Helicon Place to Kenneth Killen, of Columbia, Md., for $235,000. Built in 2002, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,534 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $185,900 in 2002.

Nanette Levan, Sarasota, sold her home at 7795 Bergamo Ave. to Douglas and Gunhild Rush, of Princeton, N.J., for $228,500. Built in 2004, it has three bedrooms, three baths and 1,845 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $235,700 in 2004.

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Fannie Mae sold the home at 9519 Forest Hills Circle to Francis and Maureen Nolan, of Nova Scotia, Canada, for $255,000. Built in 1998, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,822 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $337,000 in 2003.

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Alvin and Judith Green sold their home at 5986 Roseto Place to Leonard and Patricia Kelly, Sarasota, for $315,000. Built in 2008, it has three bedrooms, three baths and 2,008 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $319,900 in 2008.

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Raymond Delaney and Stephen Delaney, Sarasota, sold their Unit 1427 condominium at 1064 N. Tamiami Trail to Robert Firth and Ruth Parr-Firth, Englewood, for $200,000. Built in 2007, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,084 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $290,800 in 2007.

Audra Kern, Sarasota, sold the home at 9504 Hawksmoor Lane to Eric Hunter, Sarasota, for $354,900.

Built in 1994, it has three bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 2,350 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $252,800 in 2000.

Spyrakis, Sarasota, sold their home at 4477 White Cedar Trail to HB Property Group Inc. for $223,000.

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Bernard is a junior and attends Sarasota Military Academy, however, he runs cross-country and track at Sarasota High School and is captain for both teams.

How did you get involved in running?

When I was younger, I tried a lot of sports and didn’t really like any of them.

I heard about cross-country while living in South Carolina. I tried it and really liked it a lot. It’s funny, though, because there are no runners in the family. My mom thought it was humorous when I came home and told her I wanted to do cross-country. She said, “You don’t run!”

But, it became my passion, and now she is my No. 1 fan.

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What are the differences between cross country and track?

It’s tough. The main difference I find is that the cross-country courses are so different, and every week we are running something different — it can have a serious impact on how you run and your time. With track, it tends to be a little bit more intense with the shorter races because any mistake you make can be more detrimental. With track you have everyone’s eyes on you the whole time, so there is more pressure. But with crosscountry, there are moments back in the woods where no one can see you and it’s quiet and you can think and clear your mind.

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Do you have a favorite event?

The mile is my favorite because it’s what I am best at. What I like about the mile is it’s just long enough to be a distance race but short enough to be the kind of race for where people in the stands are on their feet.

If you weren’t a runner, what sport would you want to do?

Swimming — absolutely swimming.

I’ve done a lot of swimming when I’ve been injured, so I’ve spent a lot of time

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What is the most important thing you’ve learned as a captain?

That sometimes you’ve got to keep the team in line and lead them to do the things they don’t want to do to achieve the goals they want to achieve. We are all dedicated, but at the same time, we are all high school boys, and we are crazy sometimes and lose focus.

What’s something most people don’t know about you?

The fact that my bedtime is the equivalent of a 7-year-old. After running, school, volunteering and working, I am usually in bed before 10 — 10 at the latest. Actually, last night I wasn’t feeling so great and I was in bed at 7:45.

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gets ready to bump the ball back over the net, while her family members and teammates, Diane Nieuwesteeg, left, and Colleen Kerim, right, stay close in case they need to assist, Tuesday, Nov. 15, at Siesta Key Beach.

The ladies, from Canada, were visiting for their ninth annual girls weekend.

Number of silver medals won by three Booker High sophomores at the FHSAA Class 1A Swimming Championships Friday, Nov. 11, at the YMCA Aquatic Center. The three students were Grace DiMeo, Liam McKane and Bethany Leap. Their times also earned each of them AllAmerican consideration.

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Place Out-of-Door sophomore Peter Runge finished in cross-country regional meet Thursday, Nov. 10. With a time of 16:58, he will advance to the state meet.

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Place Sarasota High’s Megan Dewitt finished in the girls regional cross-country meet for FHSAA Class 3A, Region 2, Saturday, Nov. 12, in Lecanto.

Dewitt had a time of 19:45.60. The Sarasota High boys cross-country team and Dewitt advanced to the state cross-country meet.

Place Cardinal Mooney’s Matt Christian earned in the 100yard backstroke Friday, Nov. 11 at the Class 1A FHSAA State Swim Meet. He also placed 10th in the 500-yard freestyle, 14th in the 100-yard backstroke and 19th in the 500yard freestyle.

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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.

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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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“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.

More than a decade ago, I discovered this combination of cranberries and kumquats, originally published in now defunct (and dearly missed!)

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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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