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by Kurt Schultheis | City Editor

Merchants denounce Main Street project Downtown business owners believe now is not the time for a Main Street streetscape project that will tear up the street and sidewalks.

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Mimi Edlin held a joint birthday party for four people with the same birthday, Nov. 17, and one with a birthday a few days earlier, Nov. 12, Friday, Nov. 18, at her home at the Sarasota Bay Club.

Edlin began this tradition seven years ago as a birthday party for her partner, Alfred Ginewsky, who also shared a Nov. 17 birthday. Ginewsky died last December.

Once Edlin and Ginewsky realized they had so many friends with the same birthday, they decided to make it a joint celebration. Edlin kept the tradition up this year and even invited a lastminute guest, an employee at the Sarasota Bay Club, Grant Jones, who also shares a Nov. 17 birthday.

Merchants sound off on project.

“If they do this, they will take half of my parking away. All I ask is that the city doesn’t ram this down our throats.”

— Ron Soto, owner of Soto’s Optical “People are just getting used to the parking meters, so all we ask is they leave us alone for awhile.” — Dan O'Connor, owner of Irish Pub “This type of construction headache keeps customers away from downtown until the mess is over,” — Tom Friend, owner of Friend’s Jewelers Kurt Schultheis

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+ Girl Scouts get photo lesson Girl Scout Troop 803 stopped by the Sarasota Observer office, Monday, Nov. 21, to talk with staff photographer Rachel O’Hara about photojournalism. The girls viewed a presentation about the history of photojournalism and learned about famous photojournalists such as Margaret Bourke-White, Robert Capa and William Albert Allard. The girls will be doing their own photo stories in order to earn their digital photography badge, one of the newest Girl Scout badges. Pictured are Madeleine Hanewich, Piper Ledwitch, Maggie Cool, Sara Kelley, Briella Longhitano, Maya Radzilowski and Brooke Mantone.

Many Main Street merchants said they are still recovering from the construction of the Five Points roundabout and the installation of parking meters and hope the city will delay the Main Street streetscape project.

Merchants who own businesses in the historic district of Main Street are denouncing a Main Street streetscape project that they believe will hurt their businesses.

Ron Soto, owner of Soto’s Optical at 1383 Main St., has started a petition against the project and said he has the support of more than 70% of the businesses in the historic district, which comprises Main Street from Orange Avenue to Palm Avenue.

Public workshops have been held since April 2010 to formulate a project that involves a Main Street renovation that stretches from Bayfront Drive

to U.S. 301 and will highlight the street’s historic district.

Wider sidewalks and a smaller street with parallel parking have been proposed as ways to promote more pedestrian activity downtown. The historic district of Main Street will likely be replaced with a brick street.

Parking is being reduced, particularly in the historic district, to make way for wider sidewalks. City officials said the argument can be made that the Palm Avenue parking garage and future State Street parking garage will make up for the reduction in 48 spaces from Bayfront Park to Orange Avenue.

But Soto and other business owners said the State Street garage needs to be built before the city considers such a project.

Soto, whose store has been in his family since 1949, said he remembers when the city installed parallel parking on the street in the 1970s.

“We did that years and years ago, and we got rid of it because it hindered traffic too long,” Soto said.

Soto said he has about 18 parking spaces in front of his store.

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“First they put in parking meters and now they want to tear up the street?

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— Liz Avis, manager of Barnacle Bill's "We don’t need this.

There’s a lot that can be done to save money and help the existing businesses.” — Wendy Getchell, owner of Lotus “The roundabout construction decimated our business, so imagine what tearing up the whole street will do,” — Jim Sullivan, owner of Patrick's

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This conceptual draft of a brick-lined Main Street in the historic district was presented at a public meeting held Nov. 14. ern owner Jim Sullivan called the brick paving of Main Street and the parallel parking concept “completely disastrous.”

“The roundabout construction decimated our business, so imagine what tearing up the whole street will do,” Sullivan said.

Chris Tomasso, chief marketing officer for First Watch Restaurants Inc., said the plan was frustrating.

“Many downtown businesses, including First Watch, are just now beginning to return to normalcy as a result of the disruption and loss of business due to

last year’s roundabout project,” Tomasso said. “This impact is on top of the parking meter issue, which only compounds our frustrations.”

DID Chairman Ernie Ritz,, meanwhile, expressed some frustration with the merchants ‘concern.

“We started going down this road in April 2010 and have had numerous public workshops with hundreds of people allowed to provide their input,” Ritz said.

“The construction aspect is a legitimate concern, and we will try to minimize that as much as possible, but sometimes it’s the price

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Chief planner Steve Stancel said the city “has gone out of its way” over the last 18 months to alert merchants to the project.

“The merchants’ fears are real, and they need to be addressed and can be addressed,” said Stancel, who said the project must be done in phases and a concept must be developed so as not to disrupt Main Street all at once.

DID Operations Manager John Moran stressed that input from the merchants is still welcome and that more meetings will be held to discuss the project.

“Equally as important as the implementation of the construction is to make sure the merchants’ concerns are met,” Moran said. “This project is going to be figured out in a way that doesn’t put the merchants out of business.”

The DID will meet in early December to review project concepts that will be forwarded to the City Commission by the end of the year once a price for the project is finalized.

All merchants and the public are encouraged to send their input to Moran at john.moran@ sarasotagov.com and attend future public meetings to provide their input.

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take half of my parking away,” Soto said. “All I ask is that the city doesn’t ram this down our throats.”

Soto also questions why the sidewalks need to be widened.

“I sit here every day and the sidewalks aren’t packed with people who need more room to walk,” Soto said.

Dan O’Connor, owner of the newly opened Irish Pub at 1359 Main St., agreed.

“I have 16 outdoor dining seats outside right now,” O’Connor said. “If they widen the sidewalk, I could maybe get four more seats. Big deal.”

O’Connor’s main issue with the project is being a new business downtown.

“When it comes down to it, I can’t afford to risk anything as far as not being able to get foot traffic down this way,” O’Connor said. “People are just getting used to the parking meters, so all we ask is they leave us alone for a while.”

Tom Friend, owner of Friend’s Jewelers, 1387 Main St., for 35 years, called the project “pretty sad.”

“This probably won’t kill us, but it will come close and it will destroy businesses just trying to

make ends meet,” Friend said.

When the Five Points roundabout was constructed, Friend said the construction “really hurt” his business.

“This type of construction headache keeps customers away from downtown until the mess is over,” Friend said.

Friend doesn’t deny the project would be beautiful upon completion.

“But businesses are still trying to recover from the downturn in the economy,” Friend said. “I would put it on the backburner for a while. Just leave us alone for at least a couple of years.”

Liz Avis, manager of Barnacle Bill’s at 1526 Main St., said the project “will absolutely kill us.”

“First they put in parking meters and now they want to tear up the street?” Avis said. “It’s so unbelievable, it’s almost comical.”

Lotus fashion boutique owner and former Downtown Sarasota Alliance Chairwoman Wendy Getchell said the project is too much, too soon.

“We need our trees trimmed, and we could install hanging plants and enhance our vegetation,” Getchell said. “We don’t need this. There’s a lot that can be done to save money and help the existing businesses.”

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by Kurt Schultheis | City Editor

Stitch Boutique dispute continues The former co-owners of Stitch Boutique on Main Street are embroiled in a civil lawsuit concerning the disappearance of the store’s merchandise in August and whether a new store with a similar name can operate across the street.

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Last week, someone broke a window at Original Stitch Boutique, which opened recently across the street from the location that housed Stitch Boutique until August.

Bohemian Bliss opened Nov. 9 in the location of the former Stitch Boutique, at 1463 Main St.

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Details have emerged in a civil lawsuit between former co-owners of Stitch Boutique. Each former owner blames the other for the loss of the store’s merchandise, and a dispute has ensued over a store with the same name operating across the street from the first store’s location.

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

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

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

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

Although Sizemore did not tell police he believed she took the merchandise, the report states he stepped outside with his attorney before discussing the matter further.

Since that August report, Campayno has filed a lawsuit against Sizemore and V&K Enterprises Inc., seeking damages from a judge and claiming that Sizemore failed to divulge he was months behind on the store’s rent and in debt before she agreed to buy out his former business partner’s 50%

share and subsequently loan the company $63,000.

In the Sept. 30 complaint, Campayno alleges the store was more than $6,000 behind in rent; clothing vendors were seeking thousands of dollars from Sizemore; and inventory she was led to believe was worth $70,000 was only worth $7,000.

Sizemore denies the allegations and has filed a counter suit seeking damages from Campayno.

Sizemore claims Campayno stole the store’s merchandise in August; used a company credit card to pay for merchandise sent to her home; and stole money from the company’s bank account. Sizemore also claims Campayno knew of the company’s debts before signing the contract and agreed to waive her right to a salary and benefits in order to pay down the company’s debts.

Sizemore also alleges in his countersuit Campayno damaged his reputation in the clothing industry to sabotage his business and opened a new boutique, called Bohemian Bliss, Nov. 9, which resides in the former Stitch Boutique location at 1463 Main St. Campayno, meanwhile, has filed a motion to disqualify Sizemore’s Sarasota attorney, Brandon Daniels, as counsel in the lawsuit. She claims Sizemore bartered $3,500 worth of store clothing for counsel payment to Daniels in a driving under the influence case regarding Sizemore. She also claims in the motion that Sizemore was responsible for the store’s Aug. 22 clothing theft. She claimed that Sizemore gave the clothing to Daniels.

Campayno’s disqualification motion claims that Daniels also

acted as the registered agent for a company behind a new store, called Original Stitch Boutique, which sits directly across the street from Campayno’s Bohemian Bliss.

The motion also claims Daniels can’t represent a client in a case in which he would likely be called to testify as a witness.

Jackie Daniels, wife of Daniels, contacted the Sarasota Observer Nov. 16 to report she’s the owner of Original Stitch Boutique and that someone smashed one of the windows about 2:30 a.m. that morning but didn’t take any merchandise.

Jackie Daniels said she is the sole owner of the store.

“All I can tell you is their partnership (Sizemore and Campayno’s) has dissolved and Vinnie (Sizemore) is a consultant for me,” Jackie Daniels said.

But when Sizemore was asked if he was an owner in the Original Stitch Boutique store, he said, “I don’t want to get into that now.

Now’s not the time.”

Sizemore declined further comment. Daniels said he could not comment on the lawsuit.

Campayno, who also declined to comment on the civil matter, alleges in her civil complaint that Sizemore was originally listed as a manager/owner of Original Stitch Boutique in registered company documents before he was removed and replaced as a manager with his sister’s name listed in his place. Campayno has also filed a motion to stop Sizemore from using the Stitch Boutique name.

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

“I’m moving forward and excited about my new store,” Campayno said.

by Kurt Schultheis | City Editor

City searches high and low for tree-trimming suspect A tree in the 1400 block of Main Street was trimmed a couple of weeks ago without the city of Sarasota’s permission.

An oak tree on Main Street that was trimmed without the city’s consent has created some downtown drama.

At a Downtown Improvement District meeting earlier this month, Chairman Ernie Ritz expressed concern about a tree in the 1400 block of Main Street that was cut back drastically.

“It looks terrible,” Ritz said.

“How was that allowed to happen?”

Chief planner Steve Stancel told Ritz the tree trimming wasn’t approved by the city, which currently only trims the trees on an as-needed basis because of budget cuts. Some merchants, though, have voiced concerns that the trees on Main are overgrown and need trimming to prolong their health.

JFlo Hair Salon owner Tere Greenwald, who recently moved her salon to Main Street from Palm Avenue, said she does not know who trimmed the tree,

which is located in front of her store.

“It blocked our signage and our entire building, but we didn’t do it, even though some of my employees complained about it,” Greenwald said. “We’re even here every Saturday, and it didn’t happen when we were working.”

Greenwald said she’s frustrated because city staff visits her salon almost every other day to question her on the matter.

“They are accusing us because some of my staff asked for the tree to be trimmed back,” Greenwald said. “We didn’t hire anyone to do it. If we would have, we would have hired someone to do it more professionally.”

Tim Litchet, director of Neighborhood and Development Services, said the tree trimming violates a city code that prohibits the injuring or defacing of trees, shrubs and flowers.

“Actions that can be taken in-

clude fines and both criminal and civil violations,” Litchet said. “But we can’t prove who did the damage right now.”

Public Works General Manager Todd Kucharski said the tree “was butchered” and there was nothing wrong with it in the first place.

“We make sure the trees are not touching buildings,” Kucharski said. “That tree had no issues.”

Greenwald, meanwhile, said she’s tired of being harassed.

“Show us the proof,” Greenwald said. “If you don’t have any, leave us alone and let us try to earn a living.”

Some Main Street merchants are frustrated with what they perceive as lax tree trimming and landscaping procedures by the city, yet the city and the Downtown Improvement District is willing to move forward with a Main Street improvement project that affects the entire

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A Main Street oak tree was chopped back a couple of weeks ago without the city’s permission. street and will likely cost millions of dollars.

Lotus fashion boutique owner and former Downtown Sarasota Alliance Chairwoman Wendy Getchell shared her frustrations last week.

“The city wants a new brick street and more construction,”

Getchell said. “We just would love to see the city clean and maintain our beautiful street as it exists today and clean up the trees and landscaping.”

Anyone who has any information about the illegal tree trimming is being asked to contact Litchet at 954-4147.

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+ Sarasota Bay deemed safe after sewer leak A health advisory warning for Sarasota Bay was lifted Nov. 19, just days after utility crews began repairing a sewer leak Nov. 16 at 34 S. Gulfstream Ave. The leak created a lake of contained sewer water that stretched from Ringling Boulevard to Main Street. It’s estimated that 40,000 gallons of sewer water entered the bay before utility workers were able to contain the leak onsite.

The bay has been deemed safe by the Sarasota County Health Department after days of water testing. The area where the leak occurred has been sanitized. The 20-inch forcemain where the leak occurred is scheduled to be replaced next year by the city as part of a large capital-improvement project to replace aging water and wastewater pipes.

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The schedule for collection will be as follows: Thursday garbage, recycling and yard-waste collection will occur one day later, Friday, Nov. 25. Regularly scheduled Friday garbage, recycling and yardwaste collection will occur 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 regarding trash collection, please call the city of Sarasota Solid Waste Division at 3657651. If you have questions regarding recycling, yard waste or bulk waste, please contact Waste Management at 497-8088.

 Board of Adjustment — 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 30, City Hall, Commission Chambers, 1565 First St., Sarasota.  Citizen Tax Oversight Committee — 2 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 1, City Hall, Commission Chambers, 1565 First St., Sarasota.  Alta Vista Neighborhood Association Meeting — 7 p.m.

Thursday, Dec. 1, Concordia Lutheran Church, 2185 Wood St., Sarasota.  Regular City Commission Meeting — 2:30 p.m. and 6 p.m. Monday, Dec. 5, City Hall, Commission Chambers, 1565 First St., Sarasota.

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by Kurt Schultheis | City Editor

Commissions spar over fees levied Commissions for the city of Sarasota and Sarasota County debated Tuesday at a joint meeting park impact fees and a perceived dual taxation issue for city residents.

The city of Sarasota and Sarasota Coun- taxpayers receives a benefit,” Lyons said. ty officials don’t agree on whether the “However, if we weren’t a city and the county is providing the proper level of county was here and we decided to incorservice for what city residents get charged porate, we would probably not pay for our in their tax bills. own police department.”

At a joint meeting between the SaraLyons noted that several municipalities sota City Commission and the Sarasota have similar questions about their level of County Commission Tuesday, commis- service, including Venice and North Port. sioners from both bodies debated a perLyons’ comments irked several county ceived dual taxation issue and whether commissioners. park impact fees should be levied for city “What you have to realize is, yeah, you residents. pay, but the bottom line is the county’s City Finance Director Chris Lyons told budget is made up of a lot of elements and both commissions Monday that he be- the property taxes we receive are less than lieves a recent county finance study is half of our general fund,” said Sarasota biased because it only shows the benefits County Commission Chairwoman Nora the city receives from the county and not Patterson. “If you’re going to examine fairthe other way around. ness, there’s a lot to examine.”

The topic was added to the agenda after County Commissioner Joe Barbetta had Vice Mayor Terry Turner suggested that more serious comments for city staff and the multipliers the county uses to decide commissioners. what it charges residents in all of its mu“You obviously thought there was value nicipalities need to be reviewed by the in having us (the county) here (within county and all its municipalities. city limits) when we contemplated leav“There’s an inequity that exists, be- ing years ago,” Barbetta said. “We have cause city taxpayers pick up the full ba- invested a lot of money here, and there sis of the county millage rate and don’t is recognition in what we do in the forms receive some of the services,” Lyons said. of the money our employees spend here, “The question of dual taxation is simply the parks, a downtown library and many charging property taxes and making sure other things.” those charged are receiving the proper Despite the criticism, the county decidbenefits.” ed to allow its finance staff to work with Lyons used the Sarasota County Sher- city finance staff to review calculations iff’s Department as an example, explain- to see if there’s any issue with what the ing that city residents pay for county road county charges city residents. patrol, yet the city has its own police paTurner told those in attendance the retrol services. view is all the city wants.

“We can go on and on about things at T:5” “You guys may be more than fair,” Turnthe county level and argue whether city er said, “but many of our constituents

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Commissioner Shannon Snyder doesn’t believe the county should levy park impact fees on parks for which the city pays a higher level of service, such as Payne Park. don’t feel that way, and we want to confirm their suspicions.”

County commissioners also opposed a proposal by City Commissioner Shannon Snyder to suspend county park impact fees for city residents, because the city has lost population in the last 10 years and the city spends more for its park services than the county is willing to provide.

Barbetta and Patterson said they had concerns about the proposal and wouldn’t support it.

“I would be concerned about the message you would be sending that you don’t think the city is going to grow,” Barbetta said.

The city still has the right, however, to request the county suspend or eliminate certain county impact fees.

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Also at its meeting, the two commissions decided to: • Work together to find funds for a $3 million Myrtle Street project that will install a sidewalk on the south side of the road and install a closed drainage system.

• Have staff from the city and the county get together to discuss the use of Sarasota County Fire Rescue assessments to address firefighter pension costs and figure out a way how to use a $2.5 million city fund of premium tax monies to pay for current pension costs.

• Work together to form an interlocal agreement for the Marion Anderson Place Brownfield on the edge of Newtown, east of U.S. 301, which is the site of an old dumping ground that potential developers could clean up and use in the future.

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I am thankful for the beautiful sunsets every night on our beaches.

Giving thanks Thanksgiving Day is one of the great American holidays, because it is the time when everyone of different backgrounds, political persuasions and faiths can focus on being thankful for what we have. Because what we have is a truly stunning amount.

Thanksgiving directs us to look beyond ourselves, at the blessings in our life — regardless of where you may believe they come from — and to express thanks for them. For the Christian and those of other faiths, that means being thankful to the creator. For all others, it is the healthiest of exercises: to give thanks.

Expressing thankfulness can trump the sourest of moods. And we live in a community where it only takes a pair of eyes to see a plethora of things for which to be thankful.

So this year, we are sharing a list of a few of the things that we are thankful for right here in Sarasota and Manatee counties. The following list is compiled from dozens of employees at the Observer Group, members of our community.

We expect our readers would second most of these.

I am thankful for the Florida sunshine, because nothing adjusts an attitude like a beautiful day.

I am thankful for the outspoken nature of our residents. It allows us to have a community dialogue — I’m grateful we are not an apathetic bunch.

I am thankful for the number of great ice cream shops in town.

I am thankful for ranch dressing at Gecko’s and parking that’s easy to find at Siesta Key on Saturday mornings at 8 a.m., which we know about, thanks to a son who is up with the sun.

I am thankful for the numerous non-profit organizations that provide for so many members of our community on a daily basis!

I am truly thankful for my wonderful husband, my mom, dad and my sister who have always been a great support. And my awesome friends who add a little craziness and a lot of comfort to my life.

I am thankful for good health.

I am thankful for commutes that are rarely longer than 20 minutes, even in Season.

I am thankful for the health and happiness of my family, and for my wife of 55 years.

I am most thankful for my family. Everything I’ve earned is because of them. I am also very thankful for my job and for my friends across the country.

I am so grateful to be back in Sarasota after a 13-year absence. I love the culture, the beauty and the easy pace of this community. It is wonderful to be back home.

I am thankful for Selby Gardens.

I am thankful for the view from my new condo, the health of my family and myself and my work that I can pay my bills.

I am thankful that I get to meet such interest-

ing, talented and kind people almost every day and be part of this community.

I am thankful for living in Sarasota, where my children have the opportunity to be involved in, and appreciate, outdoor activities in the water, the arts, sports and community.

I am thankful for how the Ringling Bridge looks at night, with the lights reflecting off the bay.

I am thankful for getting to have fresh air and my windows open 75% of the year.

I am thankful to be able to say that some of my closest friends are my co-workers.

I am thankful for a community that is invested in helping others.

I am thankful to be able to work with a local family-owned company that is committed to community!

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I am thankful for the diversity in culture, race and religion of our residents.

I am thankful for all the great events our region has to offer — and the great weather that helps us enjoy them!

I am thankful for the importance our community places on arts and culture, which enriches our cities.

I am thankful for the invention of Frontline to keep fleas off my dog.

I am thankful for the surplus of accomplished, fascinating retirees in our area, who bring a wealth of experience and generosity to our community.

I am thankful for not having any hurricanes the past few years (knock on wood!).

I am thankful for the sugary sand on Siesta that makes our No. 1 beach ranking much deserved.

I am thankful for how many days of sunshine we get each year!

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I am thankful for citrus trees and the awesome fresh juice I get each winter right from my backyard.

I am most thankful for having a son that still loves to hang out with his mommy, a family that loves and supports me and a life that is healthy and very fulfilling.

I am most thankful this Thanksgiving for the people who bless my life.

I am thankful for the really big, loud thunderstorms that are scary and secretly fun at the same time.

I am thankful for my two cats and little black dog that bring me so much joy.

I am thankful for the pleasure of working a great job with brilliant co-workers.

I am thankful for the sense of having several “families” that I can depend on, and who depend on me. This year I have much to be thankful for!

I have so many things to be grateful for, but my biggest blessing is being a mother to my son.

I am thankful for friends and neighbors who lovingly prepared meals for my family while we were caring for a dying loved one.

I am thankful for the Sarasota Farmers Market and the Ringling Bridge that has made Sarasota feel alive with people walking, running and biking every day of the week.

I am thankful to the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary for keeping our boating waters safe.

I am thankful for Sunday polo matches in season in Lakewood Ranch.

I am thankful for having an outstanding variety of unique, independently owned restaurants.

I am thankful for the breathtaking drive along the bayfront.

I am thankful for stone crab season.

I am thankful for Honor Animal Rescue and its wonderful volunteers, who provide loving care to dogs and cats until they are adopted into their forever homes.

I am thankful for all the interesting people I get to meet and photograph.

I am thankful for family and friends and an area where a 10-minute commute is considered way too long.

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+ Downtown pedestrian mall would be perfect attraction Dear Editor: Gil Waters and Brent Parker are out-ofthe-box thinking visionaries regarding the pedestrian downtown mall and a downtown connection to the bay. Citizens and visitors want a pleasant downtown experience that offers green park beauty and gathering areas with comfortable benches, water and bathroom facilities. This is an open invitation to linger much of the day and enjoy a meal while shopping.

Over and over, citizens choose quality of life as the reason they come to Sarasota. The pedestrian mall is the perfect winwin situation for downtown businesses and citizens — another pleasant place to spend money.

This was successfully accomplished in Denver and in Boulder, Colo., to mention only two. Crowded always, these walking malls are full of people spending money and enjoying themselves. Buskers and musicians entertain people. Outdoor restaurants and ice cream parlors add further reasons to remain downtown. Bicycle surreys pedaled by young men for tips can transport people who prefer not to walk.

Co-mingling in the mall makes for harmony among people.

Add beauty and entertainment value to the downtown and it will prosper. Let’s get this done. Green walking places downtown lead to green profits for our business owner and taxes for our city.

An aside is that the parking meters are very non-user-friendly and annoying.

Perhaps an understandable idea in these revenue deficit times, but a deterrent

by Kurt Schultheis | City Editor

City districts will be redrawn

+ Pedestrian bridge could be its own destination

A disparity between recent population numbers in the city’s three districts calls for the districts to be redrawn by April.

Dear Editor: The rendering of the proposed pedestrian bridge to the Sarasota waterfront lacked charm, looking rather like something joggers would like to get behind.

Certainly, with the beautiful views it will present, more can be done. We could have small rest areas, with benches, perhaps lemonade or gelato stands or other tiny shops, bits of landscaping, areas of shade (or a refuge from the rain). It should be a destination in its own right, something visitors won’t want to miss, not just a means to arrive at a destination.

Noralyn Marshall Longboat Key

For the first time since the city of Sarasota created its three City Commission election districts in 1985, those boundaries will be redrawn.

At Monday’s Sarasota City Commission regular meeting, city attorney Robert Fournier said that the districts need to be redrawn by April because of recent U.S. Census figures.

“As a result of the 2010 census, we have a situation where we are forced to redraw district boundary lines because our charter states the most-populated district and the least-populated district can’t have a wide gap of city residents between them,” Fournier said.

District 3, which contains the majority of Southeast Sarasota, now has 13% more residents than District 1, which contains the majority of the city’s northern residents.

A gap of more than 10% between districts, Fournier said, is unacceptable in a court of law because it violates the “one person, one vote” standard.

In a Nov. 10 memo to the commission, Fournier explained the concept.

“The concept of ‘one person, one vote’ means that representative districts should be roughly the same size in population, so that each voter’s vote will count roughly on equal terms in the selection of each district representative,” said Fournier in the memo.

Fournier points out, however, that the new district lines should not be drawn in such a way that would split the city’s African-American community.

“Drawing district lines in this man-

+ Expand Goodwill where it is now Dear Editor: The corner of Mecca Drive and North Tamiami Trail has experienced a longterm trend toward upgrading hospitality businesses. I feel this is beneficial in that the area is a visible gateway to Sarasota.

The North Trail redevelopment, including the new mini Walmart further south at Myrtle Avenue, is envisioned to serve area residents, specifically those living east of the trail who do not drive. It is known that Wal-Mart was encouraged to take over the Winn-Dixie store because it would continue to serve neighborhood residents.

Businesses on all four corners of this intersection serve this local resident market as opposed to the hospitality market. I see logic in the existing Goodwill store expanding at the current location rather than relocating and building new further north.

R. James Beam Sarasota

DISTRICT FIGURES New U.S. Census figures, based on the population in 2010, show: • District 1 contains 16,171 residents • District 2 contains 17,294 residents • District 3 contains 18,453 residents ner would very likely violate the Voting Rights Act as an action deliberately intended to dilute African-American voting strength,” wrote Fournier in his memo.

Fournier reiterated that statement again at Monday’s meeting to assuage District 1 Commissioner Willie Shaw’s concerns.

“That’s what I wanted to hear,” Shaw said.

The city’s charter mandates that the redistricting must take place within a year of the release of the population figures. So, even though the city has no district elections until 2015, the city will prepare new district lines for the commission to review in March.

Commissioner Shannon Snyder warned city staff to take into consideration the city’s future when preparing its new boundaries.

“We need to look 10 years out,” Snyder said. “Both District 1 and District 3 will gain more because there is land in both districts to be developed.”

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Three speakers Tuesday asked the Sarasota County Commission to abide by a judge’s ruling Nov. 21 that struck down the language of a proposed term limits charter amendment. Yet, none of the commissioners responded.

Following the public comments, Chairwoman Nora Patterson told the audience in the Think Tank at the County Administration Building that the commission and its guests, the members of the City Commission, would move on to the next item on their agenda, effectively letting the charter amendment matter die.

Senior Judge Jack Schoonover Nov. 21, declared “very deficient” the language the County Commission approved last week for the proposed county charter amendment. The judge agreed with Sarasota attorney Andrea Mogensen, who argued on behalf of 16 citizens who filed a lawsuit against the county, Sarasota County Supervisor of Elections Supervisor Kathy Dent and Frank and Dorothy Moore. The Moores had challenged the county in a 2004 lawsuit over term limits.

“I would not approve that under any circumstances,” Schoonover said of the ballot’s wording.

In his decision in a 12th Circuit Court emergency hearing on the citizens lawsuit, Schoonover also ruled that the 2005 decision in Moore v.

Sarasota County “should not be ignored,” leaving intact, for the time being, the unconstitutionality of Sarasota County Commission term limits.

Because the county already has indicated it also will argue the constitutionality of term limits, Mogensen said, it should just be a matter of time before a hearing can be set up on that part of the lawsuit.

Following the emergency hearing Monday, County Attorney Stephen DeMarsh said the County Commission could address the ballot language Tuesday, because the board would be meeting with the City Commission.

Dent said Monday afternoon that she would have to have any new ballot language by the end of office hours Tuesday, if the measure still were to go on the Jan. 31 ballot.

Ron Labasky, the attorney representing Dent in the lawsuit, told Schoonover that Nov. 22 was the deadline for a decision on the ballot language. The ballots are printed in the state of Washington, Labasky said, and they have to be shipped to Sarasota County.

“It’s not standard stock. You can’t go to Kinko’s and (print them),” he said.

After the hearing, Dent said that she is bound by law to test the ballots on the voting equipment and to ship them by Dec. 16 to military personnel overseas.

“The county was on notice we needed that amount of time,” she said, to get the ballots prepared.

Mogensen then had said any new ballot language “would be critical to deciding” what further action her clients might take. Coming up with language appropriate for the charter

amendment, she said, “is going to be extraordinarily difficult.”

Mogensen had cited legal precedents in arguing that ballot language has to be clear to voters. The language the County Commission approved last week included the sentence, “These term limits would be enforceable if a court’s ruling results in Sarasota County Commissioner term limits being found constitutional.”

Mogensen told the judge that voters would be confused, because they would not know when or if the term limits would be found constitutional in a future court case.

Because the proposed Jan. 31 ballot language links the action to a court decision on the constitutionality of term limits, Mogensen said, voters would have no way of knowing the result of their action.

“If the voters cannot tell what the actual, practical sweeping effect (of their action is),” she said, “then (the ballot language) should be stricken.”

Deputy Sarasota County Attorney Rick Elbrecht told Schoonover that the County Commission had felt the language about the constitutional issue was necessary.

“We just put in a provision … that it is dependent on a future decision.”

Otherwise, he said, “Voters may think (the amendment) is gong to take effect immediately.”

At the conclusion of the 50-minute hearing, Schoonover told the attorneys, “I appreciate the good faith and professionalism of everyone involved.”

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Council’s guidelines clarified for arts grants applications By unanimous vote Nov. 17, the Sarasota County Tourist Development Council approved changes in its grants policy guidelines, part of which were designed to eliminate any confusion over eligibility of applicants for funding.

The changes will come before the Sarasota County Commission for final approval.

The changes, Jim Shirley, executive director of the Arts and Cultural Alliance, presented to the TDC included several opportunities for organizations to correct any deficiencies in their applications before grant decisions were recommended to the County Commission.

“We wanted to make sure that everybody feels that they’re getting an even shot, by guidelines, and there are no discrepancies there,” he said.

“The big issue that has come to all our attention is the tax returns,” County Commission Chairwoman Nora Patterson, who also chairs the TDC, told Shirley. “Are your dates reasonable?”

“We think they are,” Shirley said. “There should not be any issues with the tax return under normal circumstances.”

All applications are due by 5 p.m. Feb. 24.

When Patterson then asked whether that date allowed organizations ample time to get their tax returns, Shirley told her that most nonprofit organizations have fiscal years that end either in July or September.

Shirley said an organization must have been registered as a Florida nonprofit for a full year before submitting an application.

However, he said, it does not have to have 501(c)(3) status from the Internal Revenue Service for a full year before applying.

“There has been confusion about this point,” he told the council.

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had been in effect for a number of years.

When the Chalk Festival applied for a grant this year, the Arts and Cultural Alliance had to deny the application, because the festival had not been registered as a Florida nonprofit for a full year at the time.

After his staff reviews the submitted applications, Shirley told the TDC, he and the Grants Policy Committee chairman will review the list of ineligible applicants and convene the committee to ensure that the guidelines have been applied properly in regard to any applications that had been rejected for inadequacy.

“We want to do everything possible to make sure things are done transparently,” Shirley said.

Any organization that does not receive a recommendation for a grant will have one further opportunity to gain funding, Shirley said. The deadline for requesting reconsideration will be May 16. The only criteria for a Reconsideration Committee to judge the validity of those requests, he said, will be if the Grants Policy Committee did not adhere to guidelines, Arts and Cultural Alliance Staff or the committee made a data error or a conflict-of-interest situation had occurred.

Shirley also pointed out a change in the guidelines that says an exception in the grants application process will be made for public/private direct support organizations, which have to provide an accounting of arts-related expenses from their general operating budgets.

“We added this to clarify procedures for organizations such as the Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall and the Ringling Museum,” he said. “These folks are not 501(c)(3) s (but deserve equal opportunity to apply for funding).”

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Silver warning bells 5:45 p.m. — 1400 block of Main Street.

Suspicious Circumstance. A bartender told police she found two silver-colored items in a Ziploc baggie and turned them over to police. She was fearful “it was one of those date rape drugs.” Police took the bag to the lab to be analyzed.

Nov. 10 A little too friendly 10:30 a.m. — 1500 block of First Street.

Suspicious Person. A woman told police she dropped her son off at the bus station, and she watched as a male passenger put his arm around her son’s shoulders when he took a seat on the bus. Her son told her the man almost sat on top of him and kept following him when he changed seats.

5:07 p.m. — 800 block of South Palm Avenue. Dispute. A woman told police a man drove by and called her a derogatory name while he drove past. She believes the comment was made because she was going the speed limit and he wanted her to go faster.

Appearing act 9:15 p.m. — 1800 block of Morrill Street. Suspicious Circumstance. A man said someone placed a knife in his toolbox that didn’t belong to him. The knife was clean and appeared to be sitting in the toolbox for a long time. The man said he believes the same suspect placed a bowling ball in a cardboard box inside his closet. Police don’t believe he’s the victim of a crime.

Nov. 11

What a pill 2:53 p.m. — 3800 block of South Tamiami Trail. Dispute. A pharmacist told police that two men and a woman caused a commotion at a pharmacy after their prescriptions were not filled. They demanded a corporate telephone number.

Police were called after the woman stood outside the store and told the corporate office she was going to stop people from entering the store. She was gone prior to police arrival.

Late-night stroll 4:05 a.m. — Intersection of Ixora Avenue and Indian Beach Drive. Found Animal.

Police found a golden retriever wandering the streets and couldn’t locate its owner.

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Thankful Thoughts The Sarasota Observer caught up with kindergartners at Julie Rohr Academy and Gulf Gate Elementary to ask some Thanksgiving trivia questions and to find out for what they’re most thankful.

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If you were a Pilgrim, what would your name be?

Jamie, but I’d rather be an Indian because I was an Indian for Halloween. My name would be Ryan.

If you were a Pilgrim, what would your name be?

Julia.

What did they eat at the first Thanksgiving?

Turkey and corn.

What’s your favorite Thanksgiving food?

Corn on the cob.

Why is Thanksgiving celebrated?

To say thanks to the Indians.

What are you thankful for?

The Indians.

Claire Opal-Levine, 5 1/2

Gulf Gate Elementary If you were a Pilgrim, what would your name be?

Spencer.

What did they eat at the first Thanksgiving?

Turkey.

What’s your favorite Thanksgiving food?

Turkey and bread. And ice cream.

Why is Thanksgiving celebrated?

It’s very special. They wanted to talk and eat and get to know each other better.

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If you were a Pilgrim, what would your name be?

John Jones.

If you were a Pilgrim, what would your name be?

Squanto.

If you were a Pilgrim, what would your name be?

I’d rather be a bird. If I have to be a Pilgrim, Mr. Katutchka.

When was the first Thanksgiving?

When the Pilgrims came in 6000.

When was the first Thanksgiving?

390 years ago.

When was the first Thanksgiving?

In 300.

What did they eat on the first Thanksgiving?

Pumpkin pie.

What are you thankful for?

I’m thankful for my pets. I have two dogs and two cats: Scary, Tiger, Sasha and Jetta — she’s yellow.

What’s your favorite Thanksgiving food?

Mussels.

What are you thankful for?

My monkey. He’s just a stuffed animal. I sleep with him.

What’s your favorite Thanksgiving food?

Mashed potatoes.

What are you thankful for?

I’m thankful for my dogs.

What are you thankful for?

My world that I live in.

Isabel Naomi Sprouse, 5

Julie Rohr Academy If you were a Pilgrim, what would your name be?

I’d rather be an Indian — Snowflake.

What did they eat at the first Thanksgiving?

Turkey and deer.

What did they do on the first Thanksgiving?

They ate turkey, ribs and pumpkin pie. Then they played hide and seek.

Why is Thanksgiving celebrated?

Cause the Pilgrims came to America and ate turkey.

What’s your favorite Thanksgiving food?

Pumpkin pie. I help my mom make it.

What are you thankful for?

My dog, Jaeger.

What are you thankful for?

My mommy and daddy.

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Nice Pilgrim.

If you were a Pilgrim, what would your name be?

Bella.

What did they eat at the first Thanksgiving?

Turkey and mashed pumpkins and fish and clams.

What did they eat at the first Thanksgiving?

Turkey.

Why is Thanksgiving celebrated?

Cause it’s November.

What’s your favorite Thanksgiving food?

Fish.

What’s your favorite Thanksgiving food?

Chicken.

Why is Thanksgiving celebrated?

We give thanks to everybody.

What are you thankful for?

My mom and dad and my cat, Norman.

What are you thankful for?

I’m thankful for my mommy.

Caroline Leahy, 5 Julie Rohr Academy

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I’d be an Indian and my name would be Fish Bones.

What did they do on the first Thanksgiving?

They went to school and then they had corn, fish, apples and grapes.

How will you celebrate Thanksgiving?

Eat turkey. Trey carves the turkey.

What are you thankful for?

My friends at Julie Rohr and my cousin, my parents, my brothers and my sisters.

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Nine years ago, O’Brien launched a special project in which her students decorate the dining room of the Salvation Army for Thanksgiving. Students also spearhead a donation drive for personal items, gently worn clothing, linens, toys and games for the children and families at the facility.

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Founders Garden Club hosts floral presentation Members and guests of the Founders Garden Club of Sarasota gathered for a luncheon, floral presentation and hands-on workshop Monday, Nov. 14, at Sarasota Yacht Club.

All FAiths Needs help...

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California-based floral designer Natasha Lisitsa conducted a demonstration of her artistry at the event, which began with a reception and raffle of floral prizes.

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gets a canned food donation from Ms. Lucarelli and her daughter for the All Faiths Food Bank.

We received a notice last week

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that the All Faiths Food Bank was in desperate need of canned goods. It seems their supply of food from their spring drive is all gone. According to them this hasn’t happened in many years.

The food usually will last until their holiday food drives which will replenish their supply. We were told their shelves were bare.

Effective immediately The Surfin’ Plumbers will be collecting canned food on every service call they make. We will be giving $2 off the repair bill for every canned food collected up to $20. We will be collecting the canned goods from the plumbers and then delivering the collection to one of the drop sites All Faiths has. We will be

offering this through Christmas so that we may help as much as possible even through the holiday season. If someone would like to give and does not have a need for a plumber, The Surfin’ Plumbers will even come to your house and pick up your canned goods and give you a coupon for the same discount others are receiving for future plumbing needs. All you have to do is call. The Surfin’ Plumbers can be reached at 941-348-2000.

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The merchants of Siesta Village invite the whole family to come to the Holiday Parade, Open House and Santa’s Village Saturday, Nov. 26, 2011

From 6-9 p.m.

The parade will arrive in the Village around 6 p.m. with Santa arriving at Siesta Center about 6:15 p.m.

Free trolley rides

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Holiday Open House • Live Entertainment • Face Painting • Kids’ Games • Decorated Shops • Gift Bags from Beach Bazaar for the first 250 kids who visit Santa Free trolley rides from the public beach to the Village.

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+ Gurley and Associates law firm earns top ranking Sarasota law firm Gurley and Associates has been selected for inclusion in the 2012 edition of The Best Lawyers in America. The firm, which specializes in practice areas of construction law, surety law, commercial litigation and local and governmental law, achieved a first-tier ranking for the Tampa area in the categories of construction law and litigation-construction.

Best Lawyers in America collaborated with U.S. News and World Report to rank attorneys nationwide, based on a peer review survey comprising about 4 million confidential evaluations by top attorneys in the country.

Gurley and Associates’ founding member David Gurley has more than 25 years of experience as legal counsel on many of Florida’s major development projects. The firm also holds the Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory’s highest attainable rating for legal services and ethics.

+ Suncoast Communities Blood Bank receives grant

nick figlow, Proprietor

The Gulf Coast Community Foundation has awarded Suncoast Communities Blood Bank $50,000 toward the purchase of a new bloodmobile.

With the blood bank’s recent expansion south (it now serves the Englewood Community Hospital and Fawcett Memorial in Port Charlotte), the new bloodmobile enables SCBB to add 200 annual blood drives to meet the increased need, which converts to approximately 3,000 additional pints of blood annually.

Each donation can save up to three lives, and with the blood collection from the new bloodmobile, the organization can serve up to 9,000 more patients in area hospitals.

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+ Salon Central celebrates grand opening Salon Central held a red carpet fashion

show at its grand opening and ribbon cutting ceremony Nov. 10, at 419 Central Ave., in the Rosemary District. Guests checked out the latest colors, trends and fashion while sampling wine and hors d’oeuvres.

Salon Central of Sarasota owner Hope Poole has more than 25 years of experience and offers services such as hair, skin and nail care and tanning.

+ Mullet’s Aluminum Products awarded with excellence For the fifth consecutive year in a row, Mullet’s Aluminum Products Inc. received the prestigious Aluminum Association of Florida’s 2011 Award of Excellence in three categories at the organization’s annual Aluminum, Hurricane and Home Improvement trade show and conference Nov. 11 and Nov. 12, at the Mystic Dunes Resort, in Celebration.

The three awards were for fabricated products and scopes of work — the perforated aluminum sails and truss system that surrounds the exterior of the facility; the panel railing system located in the primary foyer and in the exit stairways; and the canopies, walkway covers and carports completed by Mullet’s Aluminum at the new Palm Avenue parking garage.

In October, the garage also received an Award of Merit in the transportation category in ENR Magazine Southeast’s annual Best Projects of 2011.

+ ABWA All Achievers chapter recognizes its members The All Achievers Chapter of the American Business Women’s Association presented its president, Lori Denny, with two awards at its meeting Nov. 10.

Denny, president of LEDS Computer and Network Solutions, received both the Woman of the Year Award and the Citizenship Award.

The All Achievers also presented its Achiever of the Month Award to one of its newest members, Missy Bontrager.

+ Coldwell Banker raises $6,000 for charity

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Coldwell Banker Residential Real Estate CARES, the charitable arm of Coldwell Banker Residential Real Estate, distributed nearly $6,000 to 14 different non-profit charities in Sarasota and Manatee counties Nov. 9, at Art Center Sarasota.

Sales associates in the company’s downtown office nominated the charities that were chosen — most are organizations with which they are personally involved. The office’s CARES Courtesy photo committee voted on how to distribute the funds, which were raised through the company’s annual raffle.

The following organizations were selected as recipients: All Faiths Food Bank, Art Center Sarasota, Boys and Girls Club of Sarasota, Cat Depot, Child Protection Center, Education Foundation, Forty Carrots, Greater SAR Junior Golf, Habitat for Humanity, Mental Health Community Center, SPARCC, United Cerebral Palsy, the Warren Foundation and Young Life.

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It wasn’t Christmas.

Actually, it wasn’t even Thanksgiving. But a group of Clear Channel employees wearing elf outfits and matching red-and-white striped socks and red Converse sneakers were rocking out together at the Greater Sarasota Chamber of Commerce’s latest After Hours event.

The Sarasota, Manatee and Venice chambers of commerce held their largest Business After Hours networking event of the year Wednesday, Nov. 16, at the Sarasota Bradenton International Convention Center.

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real estate | transactions

By Adam Hughes | Research Editor

Casey Cove home sells for $600,000 John and Cheryl Caramanian, Nokomis, sold their home at 925 Casey Cove Drive to Janice Wade and Joseph Ross, Nokomis, for $600,000.

Built in 1961, it has three bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 2,300 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $400,000 in 1993.

This week’s residential real-estate transactions were recorded Nov. 7 to Nov. 11, at the Sarasota County Courthouse. Of this week’s 11 sales, two were recorded in Nokomis, including the top sale, six were recorded in Sarasota and three were in Osprey.

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1,323 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $395,000 in 2007.

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Hal Roback, of Ontario, Canada, sold his Unit H2 condominium at 14021 Bellagio Way to Glenn Taggart, Osprey, for $300,000. Built in 2006, it has three bedrooms, two-and-a-half baths and 2,004 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $727,800 in 2006.

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Joseph and Gina Mascio, Sarasota, sold their home at 1718 Cherry Lane to Arthur and Anne-Marie Tardif, Sarasota, for $551,100. Built in 2007, it has four bedrooms, three-and-ahalf baths and 2,872 square feet of living area.

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Karen Davis, trustee, Venice, sold the Unit 24 condominium at 37 Sunset Drive to James Arcara, Sarasota, for $525,000. Built in 1971, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 1,514 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $750,000 in 2007.

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Clifford and Katherine Nierenberg, Sarasota, sold their Unit 912 condominium at 800 N. Tamiami Trail to Rene Vandenooren and Karri Senyk, Sarasota, for $235,000. Built in 2007, it has two bedrooms, two baths and

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Jack and Joanne Sims, of Wheaton, Ill., sold their home at 2557 Marblehead Drive to Christopher Kibbey and Scott Reetz, Sarasota,

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Catherine Meffert, trustee, Sarasota, sold the home at 9105 Willowbrook Drive to Samoil and Galina Kolodka, of Brooklyn, N.Y., for $215,000. Built in 2001, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,903 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $59,500 in 2001.

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Martin and Tracy Doyle, Osprey, sold their home at 678 Capistrano Drive to Tom Lauwagie and Agnes Grondin, Nokomis, for $450,000.

Built in 2000, it has four bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 3,047 square feet of living area.

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Brian and Keri Kuhn, Sarasota, sold their home at 1732 Siesta Drive to Richard and Danna Lewis, Sarasota, for $243,000. Built in 1951, it has one bedroom, one bath and 768 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $70,300 in 1996.

Mary Head, trustee, Sarasota, sold the home at 1887 Morris St. to Brian and Keri Kuhn, Sarasota, for $400,000. Built in 1970, it has four bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 1,758 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $11,700 in 1975.

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The home at 1718 Cherry Lane has four bedrooms, three-and-a-half baths and 2,872 square feet of living area. It sold for $551,100.

Alexander and Rosellen Amoriello and Carl and Mary Anderson, of Pound Ridge, N.Y., sold their Unit 402 condominium at 3603 N. Point Road to Malcolm Greeno and Tibor Racz, Osprey, for $262,500. Built in 2007, it has three bedrooms, three baths and 2,545 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $585,000 in 2007.

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These are the largest city of Sarasota and Sarasota County building permits issued

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Alteration

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Thomas Stone

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Alteration

Robert Godown

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Alteration

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$50,000

Thomas Touhill, trustee

$40,000

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$38,000

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$16,129

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Monica DeVold submitted this sunset photo, taken on north Siesta Key.

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Karenia brevis, the red tide organism, was not detected onshore or offshore Sarasota County, Friday, Nov. 18, according to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Research Institute.

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Last weeks Cryptograms 1. Our fine, garrulous school board has decided to cut debate from the high school program. It was a simple matter. There was no argument.

2. What strange things can happen when you mix biology and magic classes! An example: the magic teacher found himself chanting, “Abracadaver, abracadaver...”

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CAR TOP Carrier: Thule Mountaineer. 100 pound carrying capacity. New $395.99. Sell $150 firm.

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ZIP CODE ADDRESS SUBDIVISION SOLD PRICE LONGBOAT KEY SINGLE FAMILY HOME SALES 34228 3029 GULF OF MEXICO DR LONGBOAT $1,290,000 34242 $315,000 SARASOTA SINGLE FAMILY HOME SALES 34242 $320,000 34231 7795 NIXON AVE PINEHURST PARK $82,000 34242 $380,000 34231 5661 NEW YORK AVE SUN HAVEN $85,000 34242 $300,000 34231 1836 GLENGARY ST SOUTH HIGHLAND $50,000 34242 $235,000 34231 2283 PINE VIEW CIR GULF GATE PINES $117,500 34231 6450 HOLLYWOOD BLVD PINE SHORES $755,000 34228 $493,000 34231 1622 KENILWORTH ST JOHNSON $380,000 34228 $450,000 34231 5370 MATTHEW CT FOREST OAKS $205,000 34228 $2,250,000 34231 2233 FLORINDA ST RIDGEWOOD $173,250 34231 5913 RICHARD PL STICKNEY POINT PARK $89,000 34231 $73,000 34231 7313 STARFISH DR CORAL COVE $216,500 34231 $212,000 34231 5630 NUTMEG AVE SUNNYSIDE LAKE $90,000 34231 $125,000 34231 5610 NUTMEG AVE SUNNYSIDE LAKE $90,000 34231 $252,500 34231 5033 LORDS AVE RENICK $105,000 34233 $120,000 34233 4819 HUNTLEIGH DR BENEVA PINES $270,000 34233 5523 OAK GROVE CT THREE OAKS $300,000 34236 $440,000 34233 4427 EMERALD RIDGE DR SOUTH GATE RIDGE $105,000 34236 $1,400,000 34233 5200 ECHO LN MOCKINGBIRD PLACE $162,000 34236 $135,500 34233 4544 TOPAZ CT EMERALD GARDENS $200,001 34236 $710,000 DOWNTOWN SARASOTA SINGLE FAMILY HOME SALES 34236 677 N OWL DR BIRD KEY $1,625,000 34238 $175,000 34236 1360 15TH ST VALENCIA TERRACE $25,000 34238 $65,000 PALMER RANCH SINGLE FAMILY HOME SALES 34238 $180,000 34238 5245 FAR OAK CIR TURTLE ROCK $390,000 34238 $217,500 34238 8006 BOBCAT CIR VILLAS AT DEER CREEK $179,900 Based on information compiled from the Mid-Florida Regional Multiple Listing Service, Inc. This information may or may not include all listed, expired, withdrawn, pending or sold properties of one or more members of the Mid Florida Regional Multiple Listing Service.

SIESTA KEY CONDO SALES 6415 MIDNIGHT PASS RD # 305 ANCHORAGE 8911 MIDNIGHT PASS RD # 210 SUNRISE COVE 6150 MIDNIGHT PASS RD # 17 ISLAND HOUSE 9084 MIDNIGHT PASS RD # 14 MOORINGS 5830 MIDNIGHT PASS RD # 27 JAMAICA ROYALE LONGBOAT KEY CONDO SALES 4325 GULF OF MEXICO DR # 507 TIFFANY PLAZA 2326 HARBOUR OAKS DR HARBOUR OAKS 2399 GULF OF MEXICO DR # 3B1 VIZCAYA SARASOTA CONDO SALES 5800 HOLLYWOOD BLVD # 315 BAYWOOD COLONY 1724 STARLING DR # 202 LANDINGS SOUTH 1622 CLOWER CREEK DR # GR120 PELICAN COVE 1601 PELICAN POINT DR # HA109 PELICAN COVE 4375 MADEIRA CT # 3214 CASA DEL SOL DOWNTOWN SARASOTA CONDO SALES 750 Tamiami Trl # 1617 Renaissance 50 CENTRAL AVE # 17PHD PLAZA AT FIVE POINTS 115 TYLER DR # 203 LIDO ROYALE 505 S ORANGE AVE # 1402 KANAYA PALMER RANCH CONDO SALES 7553 FAIRWAY WOODS DR # 402 FAIRWAY WOODS 5122 NORTHRIDGE RD # 102 SERENADE 4634 MIRADA WAY # 21 VILLA MIRADA 3681 SQUARE WEST LN ALMER SQUARE

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

Price Reduced $339,000 MLS#A3926145

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www.judyarreola.com GRI,GRS,LTG,Broker Associate

judyarreola@michaelsaunders.com

941.349.3444

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

INVESTOR ALERT! 4 INCOME PRODUCING RENTALS Directly across from Siesta Beach!

Build a 2-Story Duplex on Beach Road Property with unobstructed full Southwestern Gulf View!

Earn up to $72,000 in Seasonal Rent, or $55,000 minimum annual rent. $949,000 MLS#A3950158

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consider all serious offers. The best of both worlds! Golf course views of the 7th fairway with private lush landscaping. Downstairs unit in excellent condition with beautiful, enclosed lanai. Great golf course views from the major rooms. A full golf equity membership is deeded with the property. $235,000

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Siesta Key’s Premier Condominium Community

THURSDAY, november 24, 2011

Selling the Best of Sarasota...

Sandy and Jerry Strom Siesta Key Bay Front

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

Units for Sale - All Furnished: B-309 2B/2B - Water Views ....$799,000 D-309 2B/2B - Water Views ....$750,000

941-349-3000

Seasonal Rentals Available One Month Minimum

Midnight Cove II

Key West style home on Little Chinaberry model in bldg 9 Sarasota Bay. 4BR/5BA renovated overlooks boat lagoon and ICW. and restored home with 90’ boat 2BR/2BA unit on top floor dock, boat house and docking is in immaculate condition for 2 additional vessels. and has never been rented.

MLS#A3949794 Offered at $1,899,000 MLS# A3948551 Offered at $ 460,000

Walk to Siesta Key Beaches...

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

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

3BR/3.1BA has full Gulf views of #1 beach in the USA. This end unit has many upgrades, updated kitchen and baths, walk-in closets and large utility room.

MLS# A3948580 Offered at $1,690,600

Lakefront Home+Guest House on 5 Acres!

C. Dudley Carson, Broker Gulf & Bay Club Realty,LLC

Call Susan Keal at 941.320.1689 or Lee Byron at 941.350.5542

5730 Midnight Pass Road, Sarasota, FL

Nearly 7,000 sq. ft. of custom-built living space in main home, 5/5, 4-car garage, living room views of sundeck, lagoon pool & waterfall spa.

3/2 Guest house w/2nd pool. $1,125,000 Sarasota.com/RealEstate

Two beautiful Maintenance Free homes located in the prestigious communities of Prestancia TPC and The Oaks Preserve.

Both neighborhoo=ds have two 18 hole golf courses and are conveniently situated for all 7270 Alicante Dr. #3 at Prestancia Sarasota has to offer from the arts, theatre, water activities, the number 1 Beach in the U.S.A., Siesta Key, and so much more!

CALL JANE REES

CIPS, SFR, AWHD, Broker -Associate

941.586.3970 or 941.308.6555

941.928.6797 1.800.237.9403

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Michael James, GRI

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ABR, CIPS, GRI, TRC

My Priority is your satisfaction!

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941.376.1348 anita@anitaboakes.com

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941.320.5558 (Cell) 941.349-4411 (Office)

Full-time Realtor specializing in waterfront, mainland, condos, homes, short sales and foreclosures irenejurnack@floridamoves.com

Brian Dunn

Stacy Liljeberg

Helene Hyland

www.BrianDunnREALTOR.com New Construction & Remodeling Specialist Licensed Contractor CRC047939

941.544.6103

Coldwell Banker Residential Real Estate, Inc

stacyliljeberg@michaelsaunders.com Voted Five Star Best in Client Satisfaction For Six Consecutive Years

Geoff Rossman

S. Dudley Carson, Broker

Siesta Key Condo Specialist

941.544.3232 www.SiestaKeyTropicalCondos.com

Need Help?

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Coldwell Banker on the Key

941.586.9766

Delightful Condo with Gulf Views!

Enjoy this condo located directly across from the Siesta Key Public Beach... #1 Beach in the U.S. Nicely updated with 18” diagonal tile floors throughout, newer SS appliances, kitchen has been opened up and a breakfast bar added. New windows in 2007, and AC in 2011. Condo is being sold furnished, and is in a Pottery Barn style for a relaxing, comfortable feeling. Pleasant views of the community pool and grounds, with the beautiful beach and water views beyond.

MLS# A3950809 $395,000

Call Stacy Liljeberg at 941-544-6103

MichaelJames@michaelsaunders.com

941.650.0482

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Iva Fadley Dane PA,TRC Cell: 941.350.8001 Office: 941.955.1500

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GRI, CRB, REO, SFR

941.374.2245

Offices at 5140 Ocean Blvd. & 5700 Midnight Pass Rd., Siesta Key dudleycarson@remax.net

Alliance Group

Bernadette Caswell

Broker -Associate CLHMS, ePro, SRES, SFR, GREEN

941.320.8265

bernadettecaswell@michaelsaunders.com www.SRQHomesForSale.com

Margo MacKenzie PA Matching People & Properties Worldwide Cell: 941.350.2349 Wagner Realty

Margo@MargoMackenzie.com www.FloridaSunshineLiving.com

Joyce Naeglele PA 941.586.7959 941.349.3444

joycenaegele@michaelsaunders.com

Anne-Marie Tardif

Sales Associate

Owned And Operated By NRT Incorporated

941.349.4411 (Office) 941.685.2274 (Cell)

helenehyland@comcast.net www.SheSellsSiestaKeySarasota.com

Charlie Swanson Realtor®

Sunset Realty

Sun Up To Sun Down Service 941.539.8136 charlz83@msn.com

Mary Nimptsch, REALTOR® International Team Leader

(941) 284-0099

Email: Mary@RoseBay.com www.TheSarasotaRealEstateAgent.com

Realtor®

941.350.3077 941.349.3444 annemarietardif@michaelsaunders.com

For Experience, Integrity and Patience, Call:

941.924.9000 Virginia M. Hansel,Realtor® Coldwell Banker - Siesta Key Residential Real Estate, Inc

Owned And Operated By NRT Incorporated

Marianne LeBar

Realtor®,PA, AHWD, CIPS, PMN. SFR, TRC

“Raising the Bar in Real Estate Services” 941.650.0337 Direct

www.SarasotaBestHomes.com

Coldwell Banker Residential Real Estate, Inc Owned And Operated By NRT Incorporated

Siesta Key Specialists 941.544.3299 RobertRuizrr@aol.com

941.400.4186

SheriLasley@aol.com Visit our web site at www.SiestaKeyNow.com

Team Dunn

Lin and Maurice 941.809.2154 941.238-8119

lindunn@michaelsaunders.com Mauricemenager@michaelsaunders.com

Juergen Stahl

Gabriele Charity

Building Bridges...between European and U.S. Buyers and Sellers

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Juergen@RealtyinSarasota.com www.RealtyinSarasota.com CHARITY & WEISS

Gabi@RealtyinSarasota.com www.RealtyinSarasota.com CHARITY & WEISS

941.928.4847 International Realty LLC

941.685.6649 International Realty LLC

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SIX Consecutive Years

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941.479.3880 Judie Berger, PA, ABR, GRI

1229 Point Crisp Road

New Siesta Key bay front home on magical 1 acre lot offering 5 bedrooms/ 4 baths. Dock, lift & infinity pool $3,200,000

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5415 Azure Way

Siesta pool home 2 blks to beach on Grand Canal, 3 bedrooms, 2.5 baths + den, rebuilt in 2006 $1,500,000

Siesta Key - #1 Beach in U.S.A. New Listing

6703 Midnight Pass Rd. #103 Phenominal Water views from this updated 2 bedroom/2 bath ground floor unit in pet friendly Seawinds.

Only one block to Crescent Beach!

Great rental Income!

MLS#3952079 $180,000

Phenominal Water Views...

New Listing WEST OF THE TRAIL NEIGHBORHOOD

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Direct Bayfront Estate Siesta Key

1503 Clower Creek Dr. #HA259 Updated 2BR/2BA condo with water views from almost every room, PLUS fabulous sunsets! $399,800 minutes to 2BR/2BA onMLS#3952079 1/3 acre on mainland, Siesta Beach, shopping & dining. $180,000

7220 Proctor Road

5300 sq. ft. estate on 2.5 acres, built in 2007, 5 bedrooms, 4 baths, 15 minutes to Siesta Key $1,350,000

524 N. Spoonbill Drive

SELLEr - SIESTA ISLES HOMES FOR THE PAST 10 YEARS

Bird Key deep sailboat water, 70â&#x20AC;&#x2122; dock & lift, 3100+ sq ft, high ceilings, 3 bedrooms/3 baths & bonus room $1,195,000

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Siesta Key, 650â&#x20AC;&#x2122; to the bay, deep water, no bridge. Updated 3 bed/3.5 bath pool home, vaulted ceilings $950,000

Fabulous Water Views....

1.2 acres of lushly landscaped property on direct Bayfront in the prestigious Sanderling Club. Bordered by a canal plus offering a long dock out into the Bay for boaters.

Spacious family home with 4545 sq. ft.

MLS#A3950313 Listed for $1,995,000

874 Placid Lake Drive NEW PRICE - $299,000

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5440 Azure Way

5053 Sandy Shore Avenue

5584 Shadow Lawn Drive

Betsy de Manio, RealtorÂŽ Coldwell Banker Residential Real Estate 5145 Ocean Blvd., Sarasota, FL

office: 941-349-2922 cell: 941-914-5540

betsy@betsydemanio.com 2BR/2BA on 1/3 acre on mainland, minutes to Siesta Beach, shopping & dining. $165,000

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1603 Bayhouse Point Dr. #BA212. BR/2BA 2nd Floor end unit with fabulous views of Little Sarasota Bay and ICW MLS#3951185 $264,000

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1505 Hillview Dr #A3950331 Tom Cail & Jason Grande

$2,499,000

Sarasota 941-349-3444 941-780-2245

7165 Manasota Key Rd #D5785246 Maryann Casey

$723,000

Englewood 941-473-7750 941-468-3741

1240 Dolphin Bay Way # 202 #A3951846 $690,000 Harvey & Ethel Lovelace

Siesta Key 941-349-3444 941-586-7390

8807 Wild Dunes Dr #A3939670 Kathleen Carbone P.A.

$675,500

Sarasota 941-966-8000 941-228-8429

4712 Ocean Blvd # W5 #A3951817 $674,900 Kristina Talkie & Judy Arreola

Siesta Key 941-349-3444 941-266-8658

5760 Midnight Pass Rd # 201 #A3945060 $625,000 Stephanie Kitsemble

Siesta Key 941-349-3444 941-313-0874

6757 Taeda Dr #A3951579 Janis Collier

$525,000

Sarasota 941-951-6660 941-313-1212

800 Benjamin Franklin Dr # 305 #A3951105 $485,000 Christine Del Monte

Sarasota 941-349-3444 941-266-6733

50 Longbow Trl #A3950597 Kathleen Griffin

Osprey 941-966-8000 941-302-3979

$450,000

4300 Higel Ave Siesta Key Karen Melk 305-458-0066

#A3951718

1255 Westway Dr Sarasota Linda Dickinson 941-350-3304

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221 Bocilla Dr #D5785150 Kevin Mackin

$445,000

Placida 941-473-7750 941-769-0198

7421 S Serenoa Dr #A3951753 Linda Driggs

$424,900

Sarasota 941-951-6660 941-374-2920

8941 Misty Creek Dr #A3950734 Bernadette Caswell

$410,000

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125 Bayhead Ln #A3943493 $399,000 Betty Mullinnix & Steve Abbe

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“I change my work constantly, and I don’t follow any trends,” says Joan Michlin. “I try to create things that are timeless, like wearable sculptures.”

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Goldsmith Joan Michlin started designing jewelry when she was 16 years old. The artist’s latest collection launches next week at the 19th annual American Craft Show Sarasota.

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oan Michlin’s wrist feels naked.

Under normal circumstances, the jewelry designer and goldsmith would be wearing a link bracelet. It would be

tight and colorful because tight bracelets, as Michlin likes to point out, help slim your arms.

But she purposely left home less accessorized than usual knowing

she would be modeling pieces from her new collection — a mix of art jewelry titled, “Garland,” which Michlin crafted out of blackened silver, gold and pearls.

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“Everything I create, I take from the world around me,” Michlin says. “I carry a sketchbook in my purse. If I’m inspired, I start drawing. When it’s time to work, I pull out all these little drawings from the different corners of my world.”

She produces 50 to 100 new designs each year. A sketchpad is the only way she can keep them straight.

“This one,” Michlin says, fiddling with the pearls on her “Garland” necklace, “came out of left field.”

Actually, it came out of her backyard.

A South Sarasota resident, Michlin says she’s spent a lot of time lately gazing at the live oak behind her home. It was only a matter of time before its twisted branches crept into her work.

Maybe that’s why she and her husband, Skip Ennis, chose to meet under a canopy of banyans at Marie Selby Botanical Gardens.

“You’re catching me in one of my black moments,” Michlin says referring to her dark dress and jacket. “Down here, I’m really into major color. When we moved to Sarasota from New York, I was blacked-out so to speak. I went color crazy.”

For 29 years Michlin and Ennis ran a jewelry store in New York City’s SoHo neighborhood before relocating the business in 2001 to St. Armands Circle.

In 2008, they ended their retail run to spend more time with their 14-year-old daughter, Samantha, an eighth-grader at Pine View student.

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Joan Michlin’s “Garland” bracelet and necklace is made from blackened silver, gold and pearls. craft shows and festivals all over the country.

In three days he’ll head to New York for the American Craft Show NYC at the Jacob Javits Center, one of 25 shows Ennis travels to each year.

The couple has been feverishly working on finalizing designs and sprucing up displays in preparation for the trip.

When Ennis returns, he’ll set up a similar booth at the Sarasota-Bradenton International Convention Center for the 19th annual American Craft Show Sarasota.

The three-day juried show, which features work by more than 90 of the country’s top craft artists, is where many local collectors now go to browse the designer’s work.

“I definitely have a faithful following,” says Michlin, whose New York jewelry gallery was one of the earliest retail establishments in SoHo before the neighborhood became a commercial hotspot.

IF YOU GO The 19th annual American Craft Show runs Dec. 2 to Dec. 4, at the SarasotaBradenton International Convention Center. The show features works in ceramics, decorative fiber, glass, jewelry, leather, metal, paper, clothing and woodworks. For more information, call 355-9161 or visit sarasotacraftshow.com.

For more on Michlin, visit joanmichlin.com.

Her database of clients, which hovers around 31,000 names, includes its share of celebrities, from Madonna to Steve Winwood to Susan Sarandon.

Michlin remembers the first time actor Christopher Lloyd walked into her New York store.

She had no idea who he was until a customer mumbled, “‘Back to

the Future.’”

“To tell you the truth, I got started in this industry because there was nothing out there that I would wear,” Michlin says. “I would go to every jewelry store on the planet and come home empty-handed.”

Michlin grew up in Michigan, the daughter of a jewelry addict.

Her mother used to wear dozens of necklaces and bracelets at once, layering the strands on top of the other. She even wore a toe ring before toe rings were en vogue.

“I was in jewelry stores before I could walk,” Michlin says. “The best thing that could have happened to my mother was that I became a jewelry maker. She had a lifetime supply.”

When Michlin turned 16 years old, her mother gave her a clunky gold ring with an opal in the center. It was her first piece of gold jewelry; an oversized bauble many teenage girls would have fawned over.

But Michlin wasn’t most girls.

One day she wore the ring to school and melted it down in art class.

“For a long time it was a standing joke between me and my mother,” Michlin says. “She was always afraid to give me jewelry because she thought I would melt it down.”

As destructive as it may have seemed, the melted ring was a sign of things to come. That summer Michlin exhibited at her first craft show — The Ann Arbor Art Fair.

A goldsmith revered for her angular lines and modern, sculptural details, Michlin has produced roughly 350 limited-edition earrings, bracelets, rings, necklaces

DID YOU KNOW? Joan Michlin was one of the first jewelry designers to copyright her work.

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Michlin’s daughter designed her first brooch when she was 3 years old. The design is priced at $1,299.

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Michlin was asked to sell her work on QVC but turned down the opportunity because she didn’t want to design mass-market jewelry.

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When Michlin was a teenager, she started a jewelry-making workshop at her summer camp in upstate Michigan.

The program is still flourishing with the artist’s original equipment.

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and brooches.

Like a lot of artists, she goes through phases.

There was the lace phase, marked by intense periods of patterning sheet metal after antique lace. There was the origami phase, which resulted in folding sheets of gold around precious gemstones.

There was also the cosmos phase, the mimosa phase and the sunshine phase.

And, of course, the pasta phase.

“About 12 years ago, we got into making pasta,” Ennis says. “If you look at what Joan created then, you’ll see a penne noodle with a pearl going through the middle.”

Michlin laughs, pinching her earlobes with her shimmering gold fingernails.

“Picture fusilli and rotini earrings,” she says. “Hey, it’s like they say: Everything is art.”

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+ ‘Beauty Blueprint’ soars on Amazon It’s been an exciting month for first-time author Michelle Phillips.

The local radio host’s “The Beauty Blueprint,” which was published earlier this fall, has spent five weeks on Amazon’s bestseller list for beauty and selfesteem releases in the United States and Canada.

Phillips, whom Diversions profiled in October, has already been booked for two “I Can Do It!” events next year. (The conference is a mecca for self-help devotees and Oprah-approved gurus such as Dr. Wayne Dyer and Marianne Williamson.)

+ FST prepares for a $5.6 million makeover Well, look who’s cashing in on its record-breaking ticket streak.

Florida Studio Theatre, which last season posted all-time highs for subscription sales, has kicked off a multi-year, capital-improvement campaign to renovate and expand its 6,000-square-foot Gompertz Theatre.

In addition to the makeover, FST will add two new theater spaces to the Gompertz, which

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Author Michelle Phillips Earlier this month, Phillips appeared on “Martha Stewart Living” on Sirius/XM radio and filmed an infomercial in Los Angeles that is set to air nationally in January.

The author will be signing copies of her book Dec. 3 at BooksA-Million in Sarasota. is located at the corner of First Street and Cocoanut Avenue.

The organization’s current programming draws 160,000 people each year to the theater.

The $5.6 million project, which will break ground in January, is expected to bring 40,000 more people to the campus and allow the theater to increase its subscription numbers in its mainstage and Cabaret series.

The construction campaign is the largest in FST’s 37-year history. It’s slated to be finished in 2015.

Whoever said comic strips were just for reading with your morning cereal never saw Winsor McCay’s “Little Nemo in Slumberland.”

The strip, which ran in newspapers in the early 1900s, chronicled the surreal nighttime dreams of a little boy named Nemo.

Four years ago, the Sarasota Opera announced plans to present an operatic version of the comic strip by Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Ned Rorem.

When Rorem stepped down from the commission before it was finished, the work was turned over to composer Daron Aric Hagen.

Last week, the opera once again made headlines when it announced that the Sarasota Youth Opera would premiere the piece in November 2012, as part of the fall opera season.

Co-produced by the University of Kentucky Opera Theater, “Nemo” will use high-tech digital scenery projections to bring the fantasy to life.

Hmm … what’s next? “Tosca in 3D?”

“Little Nemo in Slumberland” inspired author Maurice Sendak.

HOT TICKETS Dave Koz & Friends at the Van Wezel: Think it’s too early to get into the holiday spirit? Dave Koz doesn’t. The Grammynominated smooth-jazz saxophonist will perform songs from his just-released, “Ultimate Christmas Collection,” at 8 p.m. Nov. 26, at the Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall. Look for special guest appearances by trumpeter Rick Braun, South African singer/guitarist Jonathan Butler and Dutch saxophonist Candy Dulfer. For tickets, call 953-3368 or visit vanwezel.org.

+ Teen actress vies for spot on TV’s ‘Glee’ I can’t be the only arts writer in town who thinks Trina Rizzo and the TV show, “Glee,” are a match made in musical-theater heaven.

The Holmes Beach teen has performed on stage at community theaters since she was in elementary school. At 10, she played Annie at The Players Theatre, followed by “The King and I” at The Manatee Players; “Twelfth Night” at Rizzo the Island Players; and “Big” at the Golden Apple Dinner Theatre.

She’s crooned the national anthem at McKechnie Field alongside her sister, Holly, who is also an actress and last year played Young Bonnie in the Asolo

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Six-time Grammy nominee Dave Koz Repertory Theatre’s “Bonnie & Clyde.”

Rizzo, 18, has since graduated to more grown-up roles. Last season she earned rave reviews for her performance as a comingof-age teenage girl in “The Fantasticks” and a bratty pageant contestant in “Hairspray.”

Understandably, she’s now vying for a spot on the Oxygen network’s “The Glee Project,” a reality series that serves as an audition for a role on the TV show “Glee.”

In her audition video, Rizzo pitches the role of a “recycle-crazy environmentalist” and sings a beautiful cover of Jason Mraz’s “I’m Yours.”

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>> Sarasota Orchestra: Masterworks Concert There’s a lot more to making music than perfection.

In fact, in many ways, a great performance is a lot like a beautiful person: someone who’s dressed impeccably and makes a magnificent impression until you get to know her and realize her beauty doesn’t go very deep.

That’s a little like what happened at the Sarasota Orchestra’s recent Masterworks Concert at the Van Wezel, which was conducted by Michael Stern, current music director of the Kansas City Symphony and the son of the great violinist, Isaac Stern. The concert featured cellist Julian Schwarz, the 20-year-old son of conductor Gerard Schwarz.

The program, Brahms’ “Academic Festival Overture,” Saint-Saëns’ A minor Cello Concerto and Tchaikovsky’s Fourth Symphony, although not terribly innovative, was certainly appealing because each of these works is well-known and beloved.

Then, there’s the Sarasota Orchestra, which keeps sounding better and better.

So, what went wrong?

Stern is an accomplished conductor. His beat is a bit hard to follow at times, but he has strong ideas about what he wants and seems able to convey his message to the musicians. He worked extremely hard.

In fact, he worked so hard, he didn’t allow the instrumentalists to soar, and, as a result, the Brahms and Saint-Saëns sounded perfunctory and metronomic, lacking both breadth and breath.

Was it bad playing? By no means. The brass and woodwinds outdid themselves. But the “Academic Festival Overture,” a rousing, fun-filled fantasy that includes an exuberance not often associated with the more serious side of Brahms, became, well, academic.

And the cello concerto, a virtuosic work that’s brilliant and passionate, lacked the tension and color one’s accustomed to hearing in this piece.

It would be good to hear Schwarz under different circumstances, because, although there was inherently nothing wrong about what he did in either his technical prowess or interpretation, the work was given such

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The Sarasota Orchestra’s recent Masterworks Concert featured cellist Julian Schwarz, 20-year-old son of conductor Gerard Schwarz. a mechanical and dutiful performance, it was hard to know just how deep his talent runs.

Then came the Tchaikovsky. Again, Stern pumped and prodded, pushed and pulled, while the orchestra plodded along until the beginning of the third movement. Suddenly, Stern let go and allowed them to play, and we were at a different a concert.

It must be said that Stern, conducting without a score in the Brahms and Tchaikovsky, obviously cares about connecting with his musicians. But he’d been trying too hard. Where the performance had been sterile and detached, it was now vivid and convincing.

Stern hardly moved. His hands relaxed, and he seemed to lead with his eyes, making the kind of connection a conductor can make when he has a good band in front of him and the confidence to give it its head.

That kind of charisma and excitement continued through the rest of the Tchaikovsky and showed how, when we get out of our own way, we can really fly.

Adding to this suddenly monumental performance was, in the last chair, last stand of the cello section, Schwarz, who obviously wanted to play some more.

We’ve seen this happen before, proving the music comes first, not the notoriety or fame of being in the spotlight. And what a lovely tribute to his colleagues in the Sarasota Orchestra.

— June LeBell

his soul mate and secretary, Helen Gandy (Naomi Watts), who kept and destroyed his secrets. Hoover’s forte was making enemies.

In a climate when communism was considered a disease and racism was commonplace, homosexuality was beyond reprehensible. Hoover’s mother (Judi Dench) commented to him at an early age that she would rather he be dead than gay. So, when his chaste relationship with his longtime partner, bureau deputy Clyde Tolson (Armie Hammer), never went beyond the closet, we gain insight into Hoover’s immense inner turmoil.

Eastwood knows how to pull his audience into places they’ve never been. Once they’ve arrived, it’s an overwhelming experience. He’s masterful at getting into his characters’ souls, exposing their flaws as well as their triumphs. And he always makes the journey as astounding to watch as it is to hear. No one scores better than Eastwood.

I never really got onto the DiCaprio bandwagon until I witnessed his outstanding performance in “The Departed.”

This is an actor who has evolved into one of the best performers in film history. Martin Scorsese saw it, Eastwood saw it, and you’ll see it in “J. Edgar” — the performance of a lifetime.

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If there’s only one reason to see Clint Eastwood’s new film, “J. Edgar,” it’s to be totally blown away by Leonardo DiCaprio’s performance in the title role. But there are many more to behold in this insightful biopic about one of the most famous/infamous characters in American history.

For nearly five decades, J. Edgar Hoover was considered by some to be the most powerful man in the world. Afflicted by paranoia and an intense need to be recognized as heroic, Hoover never reconciled with his inner self. His mother fueled a hidden sense of shame, which tortured his psyche until the day he died.

Eastwood examines the reasons behind Hoover’s obsession to be in control. Illegal wiretappings, blackmailing and megalomanical thinking often marred his accomplishments. It was Hoover who insisted that the U.S. needed an armed police force and a centralized database for fingerprinting. He actually was the force behind modern forensics. These bold ideas were instrumental in bringing down Bruno Hauptmann in the kidnapping of Charles Lindbergh’s baby in 1934.

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Dinner Theatre are probably “I wasn’t sure what I wantwell acquainted with J. Paul ed to do with my life,” Wargo “Cheerful Little Wargo. says. “I always knew I wanted Earful,” a musiThe easygoing box office to be a working actor, but I cal homage to manager has been fielding didn’t want to end up in muHollywood comquestions from ticket buyers sical theater. It’s hard work, poser and lyricist and wayward downtown peand it’s time-consuming.”

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And did he mention it’s now through Nov. His desk sits precariously loud?

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He came to the theater in 1994 to audiThe melodies (“We’re in the Money”) tion for a production of “Brigadoon.” The aren’t exactly calming. show was scheduled to open at the com“I would rather hear music and singing pany’s Venice location — back when the than have it be quiet,” he says. “It keeps Golden Apple still operated a theater in your spirits up. When you’re here alone Venice. and the theater is dark, it can make for a Wargo was 26 at the time, baby-faced long day.” and fresh out of college. He was living in A TV buff, Wargo grew up in Maine and Orlando and working at Universal Stu- dreamed of becoming a sitcom star. He dios, where he ran the amusement park’s idolized the casts of “Laverne & Shirley,” E.T. Adventure ride.

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Although “Brigadoon” wasn’t the right Around the same time that he moved to fit, Wargo was offered the lead in “You’re Sarasota with a theater degree, “Friends” a Good Man, Charlie Brown,” a role he premiered on NBC. reprised in 2000 when the theater took a The only problem was Wargo didn’t touring production of the musical to Sin- want to move to Los Angeles, so he moved gapore. to Florida, where he appeared in a TV Contrary to what he may think, the movie starring Lauren Bacall and an epi43-year-old actor is one yellow shirt away sode of “Thunder in Paradise,” a shortfrom passing as the Peanuts character. lived action-adventure show starring “I was always cast in younger roles,” Hulk Hogan.

Wargo sighs. “Now I feel like I’m looking His efforts to dodge musical theater 43 and definitely not getting the roles I proved futile, when Wargo landed a part used to.” in “A Chorus Line” alongside then upGolden Apple founders Bob and Rober- and-coming performer Wayne Brady at ta Turoff offered him a job in the theater’s The Mark Two Dinner Theatre in Orlando. box office after his first Charlie Brown run “I’m happy with what I’m doing now,” came to an end.

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>> ‘Diamonds’ and ‘The Two Pigeons’ Surely the Sarasota and Clearwater audiences would agree that there could not have been a program so expertly combined with George Balanchine’s neoclassical masterpiece, “Diamonds,” and Sir Frederick Ashton’s heartwarming story ballet, “The Two Pigeons.” And, the fabulous dancers performing both pieces were the icing on the cake. It was simply delicious.

The Sarasota audience was treated to both casts of “Diamonds” — featuring Sarasota Ballet and Suzanne Farrell Ballet principals and soloists — and two casts of Sarasota Ballet dancers in “The Two Pigeons.” All the dancers’ performances were brilliant, with each cast conveying its own uniqueness with technical and performance-quality fortes.

“Diamonds” sparkled, of course, from the moment the curtain went up.

Just the sight of the 12 corps de ballet ballerinas in their glittering costumes exuded gasps of delight from the audience. The corps, which was a mixture of both Sarasota Ballet and Suzanne Farrell Ballet dancers, adeptly performed Balanchine’s intricate choreography that called for different sequences in “rounds,” like in a song, while going in and out of diagonals and star-shaped formations.

The excitement intensified when soloists Victoria Hulland and Kate Honea (dancing alongside Suzanne Farrell Ballet soloists Violeta Angelova and Elisabeth Holowchuk) entered the stage dancing in perfect unison as mirror

the previous time she danced the Young Girl. Hulland danced with naïveté, anger, loss and a determined attitude. But what stood out most was her comedic ability.

Hulland wowed with her knack for knowing when it was time for an exaggerated expression.

Sara Sardelli, who also danced the role of the Young Girl, was incredibly mischievous and free spirited in the role, which she danced with technical ease.

Sardelli’s partner was Logan Learned as the Young Man; the duo is a perfect pair.

Their chemistry wasn’t as dramatic as Hulland and her partner, Octavio Martin, but almost more tender and truer to that of young love.

Learned, as always, wowed the audience with his precise turning combinations and split jumps that surpassed 180 degrees.

The gypsy scene in the two pigeons is a fabulous spectacle. The sheer number of dancers on stage jumping, kicking and turning with high energy was superb. With that many dancers, you run the risk of the choreography and lines looking sloppy. Not so in this show. The cast maintained lines, formations and musicality with ease.

The real high point of the gypsy scene, however, was truly the Lead Gypsy Girl Honea. Her shimmies shook up the stage as she used her sex appeal to allure the Young Man away from the Young Girl.

Honea owned the stage with her presence. Mizuki Fujimoto, who also performed the role in the matinee, danced the role nicely with a subtle touch.

Finally, they must get a mention: The real, live, two, white pigeons absolutely steal the show at the end. It truly is sweet when they fly on stage to be together again, just as the Young Girl and the Young Man are reunited.

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THEATER >> The Golden Apple: ‘Cheerful Little Earful’ Opening night was a little lacking in octane and light on memorization for The Golden Apple’s “Cheerful Little Earful,” but, overall, the musical lived up to its “cheerful” billing, and the audience got an earful of songs from Harry Warren’s IF You Go vast repertoire.

What: “Cheerful Little Warren is the Earful” “famous composer you’ve never heard When: Runs through of.” If you’re 100 Nov. 27 years old, you will Where: The Golden recognize almost every Apple Dinner Theater, one of the numbers 25 N. Pineapple compiled by the Ave., Sarasota Golden Apple for this Info: For ticket inforambitious production. mation, call 366Robert Ennis Turoff 5454 or visit theand wrote directed goldenapple.com. the book, which calls for a photo of Warren, placed center stage, and Warren’s voice-over between scenes — a literal “talking head.” It’s an amusing concept that works rather well. For example, you’ll learn that “Jeepers Creepers (Where’d you get those Peepers?)” was originally sung to a horse in a film starring Ronald Reagan.

The talented cast does a fine job of performing the diverse numbers, including the choreography

by Eric Berkel, which runs from vaudeville-style tap to Latin samba.

Versatile Golden Apple favorite Berry Ayers smoothly pulls off every character, and Steve Dawson shows off his comedic skills with the help of a giant mustache in “My Gondola” and a chef’s hat in “That’s Amore.”

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images — almost making it hard to tell them apart — with quick footwork, bourrées and pas de chats while weaving in and out of the corps de ballet.

Danielle Brown and Ricardo Graziano were a class act in the extensive adagio pas de deux. Brown’s theatrics deeply intensified the beautiful choreography, however she had this critic gasping in fear during moments of incredibly difficult choreography. But her partner, Graziano, did his job in saving the day.

Brown’s Suzanne Farrell Ballet counterpart, Heather Ogden, who is with the National Ballet of Canada, displayed a stronger and more stable performance in this role, as well as a more mature port de bras and presence that is surely one that comes with experience.

Graziano yet again confirmed all the recent accolades he has received, with not only his proficient partnering, but also with an amazing manéges that included grande jetés and jetés that included a fouetté into an attitude en l’air. He also executed perfect pirouettes à la seconde that ended with a round of applause as he finished them on one knee.

The final coda that included every dancer in the ballet was a sight to behold. There’s something exciting about having more than 30 dancers on stage at once. The dancers’ precision and regard of lines and formation made the conclusion of the ballet glimmer with the clarity called for by Balanchine’s choreography.

“The Two Pigeons” was equally exciting. The story will always strike chords with audience members. But the cast truly brings the story home.

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‘It’s A Wonderful Life’ 8 p.m. at Players Theatre Runs through Dec. 11. | Tickets $25. | Call 365-2494.

Saturday, NOV. 26 Dave Koz and Friends Christmas Tour 2011 8 p.m. at Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall | Tickets $30 to $65. | Call 953-3368.

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‘Winter Blunderland’ 8:30 p.m. at Florida Studio Theatre | Tickets $12. | Call 366-9000.

‘Radio Gals’ at Venice Theatre runs through Nov. 27. Call 488-1115.

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‘Cheerful Little Earful’ at The Golden Apple Dinner Theatre runs through Nov. 27. Call 366-5454.

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Plants and flowers Calvin Boehme is working on are lined up in rows on the side of his vegetable garden.

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The “orange tree” has a dozen potted orange impatiens that hang from the trunk and branches in the front yard of the Boehmes’ home.

Calvin and Jane Boehme grew up only one greenhouse away from one another in New Jersey, and both are fourth-generation florists. The couple married 55 years ago and opened their own floral shop, America’s Florist, in Bound Brook, N.J. At one point, the shop was the No. 1 florist shop in the country and is still being run by their children and grandchildren.

Now retired, the Boehmes have been year-round Longboat residents for the last five years and continue to be involved in gardening. Jane Boehme is a member of the Longboat Key Garden Club, and both Jane and Calvin Boehme help maintain the butterfly garden on Longboat Key. The Boehmes’ home is tucked away on Neptune Avenue and is surrounded by brightly colored impatiens and includes an extensive vegetable garden, a rooftop garden and a shaded, jungle-like area with banyan trees, tradescantia and other wild plants.

Calvin Boehme is a big fan of impatiens. He met Claude Hope, the man who discovered impatiens in the 1940s in Costa Rica.

“They used to be called ‘busy Lizzie’ because the seeds explode into the air and go all over,” says Calvin Boehme.

The term was used for the larger impatiens that Hope later dwarfed into the kind of impatiens that are planted in pots and in people’s yards.

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A variety of plants and flowers, mostly impatiens and wave petunias, hang down from the rooftop garden above the garage at the Boehmes’ home.

Tradescantia, also known as “wandering Jew.” A red pepper hangs ready to pick in the vegetable garden.

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RECIPE

Scott George’s ‘Mystery Pasta’

(aka Linguine with Beet Pesto) Start to finish: 50 minutes; Servings: 6

3 large beets 5 cloves garlic (less if you don’t like it) 1 1/4 cup Parmigiano-Reggiano in small cubes

1/4 cup pignoli 1/2 cup extra virgin olive oil Pinch of salt 1 pound linguine Fresh basil for garnish

Prep

Prep everything in advance, and you can make the sauce in the time it takes for the pasta to cook. Scrub beets and peel with a vegetable peeler. Cut into small cubes. Cover with cold water, bring to boil and cook uncovered 25 to 30 minutes until tender. Drain.

Beets can be prepared ahead; refrigerate if holding more than a couple of hours. Peel garlic.

Simple ingredients yield a rich, tasty dish.

Cooking the pasta

While beets are cooking, fill a large pot with water and bring to a boil. Salt lightly and add a splash of olive oil, if desired, to keep the pasta from sticking. Add pasta, and stir to separate strands.

Linguine will take approximately 10 to 12 minutes to cook to al dente. Drain.

The sauce

Put the garlic in the bowl of a food processor and pulse until finely chopped.

Add the cheese and pulse until finely ground. Add beets and olive oil and process to form an almost-smooth puree. Add pignoli and a pinch of Kosher salt and process until well combined.

Serve the room-temperature pesto on hot pasta, garnished with sprigs of fresh basil.

Pretty pasta fools foodies The recipe that Scott George is sharing with Edibles is as colorful as his life — and the wild print trousers for which he is famous for wearing. It is his own creation, inspired by a dish he ate in 1991 in Italy.

George’s livelihood then was managing opera singers. He had traveled to Florence, Italy, for an opening night. After the opera, the singers took him to a tiny hole-in-the-wall restaurant to eat this pasta and challenged him to identify its main ingredient. He could not.

It turned out to be beets. On returning to New York, George searched cookbook after cookbook for a recipe. He could not find one and finally created his own, which he is sharing here for the first time. He estimates that he has served the dish to about 60 people. Only two could identify the key ingredient.

George grew up in New York City in a Russian family and was christened at the Greek Orthodox cathedral there. He has been cooking since a young age.

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Local Red Cross Mad Hatter Holiday Tea 2 to 5 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 6, at the home of Margaret and Bill Wise Tickets $100; Reservations: 379-9300, Ext. 255

by Molly Schechter | Black Tie Editor

Molly Schechter

Centenarian Ursula Pearson with her niece, Carolyn Setlow

+ She doesn’t look a day over …

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Mr. and Mrs. Clinton Kerr Whittany Gibson

+ The divas take the stage at ‘Burlesque’ Guests come equipped with $1 bills to stuff into the costumes of the female impersonators who annually strut their stuff in the “Divas After Dark” show organized by Ron Carter and Jim Neal, aka “M,” and benefiting Community AIDS Network’s Emergency Fund. The divas were their usual spectacular selves at this year’s “Burlesque,” as you can see in photos at www.

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+ Worth the trip A beautiful young Australian who works in coastal management and her fiancé, who is in the Australian Navy, flew here to wed Nov. 4, on the beach at the Longboat Key Hilton Beachfront Resort. They are Clinton Kerr and Karen Pickering, daughter of Mary Ann Pickering, of Sarasota, and Timothy R. Pickering, of Missouri, and granddaughter of Florence Illch, of Longboat Key. At the last minute (of course), their nuptials were blessed by a spectacular sunset.

Ursula Pearson celebrated her 100th birthday Nov. 12, and she, herself, planned and hosted parties for family and friends for five consecutive days. Highlights: a Friday dinner for family and friends featuring concert pianist Matthew Harrison and a Monday lunch for her Smith College alumni group with a fashion show by Designing Women Boutique, for which Ursula volunteers. President and founder Jean Weidner, one of the models, says: “Elegant, erudite, motivated, caring and 100. What a package!”

Ursula has also volunteered for the Jewish Federation of SarasotaManatee, Asolo Rep, Sarasota Orchestra and Jewish Family & Children’s Services. Friend Lois Lesser, who held a party for Ursula at Sands Point, where she lived for 37 years, says, “She is fun to be with and so interested in everything.” Ursula attributes her longevity to keeping socially and intellectually active.

“I just can’t believe it,” she says. “I have always been fortunate, and I feel lucky.”

So do we, Ursula, so do we.

Happy birthday!

Perfect for holiday shopping: This benefit for the Red Cross with kiosks from favorites, including Nikki Sedacca jewelry, newcomers such as Tilly & Pinch handbags and many more. Local celebrities will be serving high tea, and there will be hat judging, an area reserved for gentlemen (but crashed by the ladies at the inaugural event last spring) and much more. Tea Chairwoman Diane McNeel stresses that proceeds benefit Red Cross activity here in Sarasota. Margaret Wise is the holiday hostess; Ping Faulhaber is the honorary chairwoman.

+ Tidbits

Moonshine … The moon wasn’t quite full for Snooty’s Gala benefiting the South Florida Museum and held there Nov. 5.

But the weather was cooperative, and the 440 guests got to enjoy the promise of the event titled, “Under the Courtyard Moon.”

Co-Chairwomen were Helen King and Jeannie Kirkpatrick ... Eat Here … On a Tuesday night at Sean Murphy’s newest venture on Main Street, Graci McGillicuddy was celebrating her 70th with hubby, Dennis, and John and Elaine Meshad, while two tables away, Michael and Terri Klauber were din-

ing with Dr. Brad and Melissa Lerner. Out on the terrace were Mickey and Marty Fine with family, and Betty Mennell was just leaving … Ronson makes the news … Only Harold Ronson could go for a walk in New York City, bump into a WABC-TV crew covering the traffic mess created by a weekend closure of the Queensboro Bridge, chat up the reporter and end up on the ABC station’s 6 p.m. news …

Counting our many, many blessings … Happy Thanksgiving!

And happy birthday to daughterin-law, Kelly Atkins, at the top of the list of all for which BT is thankful.

Friday, December 2nd 2011 at 7 pm in the Glenridge Auditorium 7333 Scotland Way, Sarasota

The Kossuth Club Presents:

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LISZT FESTIVAL Celebrating the 200th Anniversary of Franz Liszt’s birth

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Doug Christy, Erin Barker, Kelly Dowd, Stacy Alexander and Jason Allen

Pinstripes and Penguins Friday, Nov. 18 | Mote Marine Aquarium

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CONCERT OVERVIEW Thursday – December 1 – 7:30 p.m.

Church of the Redeember 222 South Palm Avenue – Sarasota (General seating – $25) “Franz Liszt – The Sacred and Profane” Ann Stephenson-Moe, organ Michael Edward Stuart, organ Sunday – December 4 – 7:30 p.m.

Historic Asolo Theater at the Ringling Museum of Art 5201 Bay Shore Road – Sarasota (Reserved seating – $35, $40) “Nature, Love and the Devil” Dmitri Vorobiev, piano Xiao-Feng Wu, piano Catherine Martin, mezzo-soprano

Sierra Dickerson and Sydney Koffman with Percy Penguin

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St. Armands Key Lutheran Church 40 N. Adams - St. Armands Key (General seating – $40)

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“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 Tuesday – December 6 – 7:30 p.m.

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

Patrick and Kaci Carroll with Billy Lyon and Sharon Knatz

“Rhapsody” Dmitri Vorobiev, piano Xiao-Feng Wu, piano Catherine Martin, mezzo-soprano

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Danae Deshazer and Will Kittinger

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AJC Civic AcHievement Award Dinner Thursday, Nov. 17 | Michael’s On East

Bill and Margaret Wise

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Co-chairs Carol Ann Kalish and Phil Delaney with Honorary Chairwoman Bea Friedman, middle

Honoree Gwen MacKenzie and her husband, Doug

Anne Weintraub and Alex Quarles

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Birthday girls Ruth Frank, Ursula Pearson and Sue Jacobson

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Sarasota Opera Guild ‘The Fabulous ’50s’

In the Pink

Brita Otteson and Carl Hurst

Friday, Nov. 17 | Sarasota Opera House

Thursday, Nov. 10 New Gate Montessori School

Above: Beth Knopik with Rosemary Angeleri Photos by Whittany Gibson

Left: Jeanne Marlow, Lisa Franchette and Caryn Young

Mary Lou Loughlin and Bob Ploussard

Co-Chairwomen Bonnie Femec and Rhoda Walk with Sarasota Opera Guild President Mary Cook

Photos by Loren Mayo

Kimberly Edelbacher and Kegan Hodge

Frank and Carol Vonallman

Rebecca Johnson, Cheryl Allen, Mikayla Saepoff and Elke Edelsbacher

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