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OUR TOWN + Poyners mark 20th in Hawaii Jonathan Poyner, the county’s coordinator of events on Siesta Key Public Beach, and his wife, Christine, marked their 20th wedding anniversary Dec. 28 with a big trip — to Hawaii.

Although Hawaii long has been known as a honeymoon spot, the Poyners felt it would be the perfect place to celebrate.

After all, even though the Siesta beach holds the No. 1 title on Dr. Beach’s list, Hawaii has had its share of beaches making headlines through the years.

“Great memory. Hawaii was fantastic,” Jonathan said in an email, but so far, he hasn’t offered any specifics on how those Pacific shores compare with our Gulf of Mexico shoreline on Siesta.

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By Nick Friedman | Community Editor

Chen remembered as selfless Friends of the Siesta runner killed Saturday say she was always thinking of other people.

Donna Chen was just the sort of person who would have been so touched by the story of a dog lost in tragic circumstances, rescued by a kayaker, that she readily would have forwarded it on to friends.

Instead, Chen’s friends this week were focused on that rescue story because the dog, a Hungarian Vizsla named Barney, was with

the 53-year-old Siesta resident when she was struck and killed by a drunk driver Jan. 7.

A video recorded by the kayaker, showing the scared dog paddling toward him in the bay and his pulling it aboard, has been seen by countless Sarasota residents in the wake of the Saturday afternoon incident on Midnight Pass Road, when a Nissan Altima

driven by 22-year-old Blake Talman hit the 53-year-old Chen from behind as she and Barney were running on the sidewalk along Midnight Pass Road.

“It’s just like Donna to somehow make the story of Barney and his rescue bigger than her own,” said Chen’s close friend, Susan Asselstine. “That’s just how she was. Even in this tragedy, she’s managed to put others before her.”

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Donna and Wellington Chen enjoy a happy moment.

+ Matthes clear on where loyalty lies

Siesta Key Village Association President Russell Matthes was in a jovial mood early on the morning of Jan. 3 as he convened the organization’s monthly meeting at the Daiquiri Deck Raw Bar. Before getting down to business, Matthes made it clear he’s a Gator fan by pointing out that Florida beat Ohio State the previous night.

Appropriately enough, the Gators won the Gator Bowl by a score of 24-17. Well, technically, it was the Taxslayer.com Gator Bowl, but we’re purists when it comes to college football.

Tell us your news As of this issue, the Pelican Press will be following the format of its sister publications in The Observer Group by providing this space for all sorts of community news.

If you have a tidbit you think would be interesting to pass along, please call Rachel Hackney at 3663468, Ext. 357, or email rhackney@yourobserver. com.

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Sarasota County Commissioners Joe Barbetta, Nora Patterson, Christine Robinson Carolyn Mason and Jon Thaxton Wednesday morning surprised Interim County Administrator Terry Lewis (third from left) with special recognition for his service over the past six months. For details, see Page 10A.

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By Rachel Brown Hackney | Managing Editor

FDOT questions timing of city project A Florida Department of Transportation engineer fears a city sewer project could hamper the start of renovations on the north Siesta bridge.

A Florida Department of Transportation manager has questioned why the city of Sarasota wants to proceed with a sewer project that could hamper the start of renovations on the north Siesta bridge.

During the Jan. 5 meeting of the Siesta Key Association, Dave McAnaney, senior project manager for city consultant Stantec, said plans call for the replacement of

a sewer main line on the north end of the Key to be completed

by June 1. The cast-iron pipeline is about 40 years old, McAnaney explained.

However, Albert Rosenstein, FDOT engineering manager who is heading up the bridge project, asked McAnaney, “Why can’t you start the project in November, when we’re out of there, because (FDOT) has gone through a lot of

hoops to make sure our project is as painless as possible for folks out here (on the Key)?”

McAnaney replied that the city had to obtain approximately a dozen permits involving four or five agencies. The contract the city is expected to award to a Miami contractor will have a 180-day term, he added. If the contract is signed Feb. 1, McAnaney said, it would expire Nov. 1, necessitating

the application for permit extensions.

Glenn Marzluf, general manager for the city’s Public Works Department, explained that the city would be replacing numerous sewer lines to guard against leaks.

“This is just one part of that much larger project and this is one of our key parts,” Marzluf said.

“If there’s any likelihood at all of the project not being complete and cleared by the time your proj-

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Siesta project first in city’s sewer replacement plans The city of Sarasota’s Public Works Department has embarked upon a project to replace all its aging sewer pipelines that run under local bodies of water and over the tops of bridges, to prevent the possibility of spills. The infrastructure scheduled for replacement is on Bay Island; Lido, Bird and Coon keys; and St. Armands.

The first project, estimated at $224,000, involves the laying of an 8-inch sewer force main under the bay by the north Siesta bridge. It has been planned to replace a cast-iron pipeline that is about 40 years old. The new pipeline, which will stretch 1,580 feet, will be inserted about 20 feet below the bay bottom through a process called “directional drilling,” according to Dave McAnaney, senior project manager of Stantec in Sarasota.

All of the work is expected to take place well off Siesta Drive, McAnancy said, though some section of the sidewalk might be closed to pedestrians while the project is way.

The work is expected to take about five weeks once it begins, with a completion date of June 1 to be specified for the contractor.

The City Commission is scheduled to award the bid for the work Jan. 17 to Intercounty Engineering Inc. of Miami, the low bidder on the project, McAnaney said.

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BRIDGE/PAGE 1A ect is going to begin,” Marzluf told Rosenstein, “we’ll push it (back).”

Rosenstein reminded Marzluf and the approximately 30 other people present that a bridge renovation project involving Anna Maria Island several years ago was supposed to take a few weeks, and it dragged out for more than three months, because the Alabama contractor ran into unexpected equipment problems.

“You can say you want ’em out of there (by June 1), but what if they’re not?” Rosenstein asked, adding, “I’m just trying to play devil’s advocate here … There’s a lot of traffic that goes over that bridge.”

If another contractor got in the way of the FDOT work, Rosenstein said, delays would increase the cost, which has been projected at $3.49 million. “That’s what I want to avoid more than anything.”

McAnaney responded, “Once the contractor has his materials delivered and is set up, he really shouldn’t be in anybody’s way.

Still, we want him out of there before your work starts.”

If problems arise, Rosenstein said, “DOT is the one that gets the calls … and we’re the ones making the adjustments.”

McAnaney also told the audience the sewer line contractor was expected to use FDOT right of way on the south side of the bridge, to stage his work. However, McAnaney said that while that would be the logical process, he could not be sure that would be the contractor’s choice of sites.

That raised another problem, Sarasota County Commissioner Nora Patterson said. The Palmer Point Park project’s use of the FDOT right of way on the north side of the bridge was supposed

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An aerial view shows the location on the south side of the Siesta north bridge that engineers say they expect a contractor to use for staging purposes during a sewer project this spring. to start Nov. 1, she said, but “because of some dickering back and forth with the contractor” over changes in plans, it had not.

The county already had secured a permit for use of FDOT’s right of way on the north side of the bridge for offloading dredge material from barges the contractor plans send up the Intracoastal Waterway to that site, Patterson told the group. The county is restoring part of Palmer Point, which was created by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ dredging of the ICW in the 1960s.

If the city’s contractor, Intercounty Engineering Inc., decided to use that northern FDOT bridge

right of way as well, Patterson added, “it might be a problem … You probably don’t want both things going on simultaneously on the same side, because there’s not a huge amount of land there.”

“I agree,” said Paul Semenac, the county’s manager for the Palmer Point Park project.

Marzluf insisted the contractor would have to use FDOT right of way on the south side of the bridge, but McAnaney told the audience, “The contractor will select and negotiate his staging area. We have no way to dictate that.”

SKA board member Bob Waechter said it was fortuitous that McAnaney, Marzluf, Rosenstein

and Semenac all were attending the meeting to discuss potential problems, though it would have been better if they had met earlier. Still, Waechter said, “I don’t see any insurmountable obstacles.”

Rosenstein replied that he had spoken by phone with the city project representatives. “It’s just that we’re getting closer and closer to our June date.”

SKA President Catherine Luckner asked all the project managers to provide a summary of their plans for the organization, once all the questions about timelines had been answered. The SKA then would provide that on its website and its Facebook page, she said.

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Commissioner asks for help with crosswalk visibility The County Sarasota Commission Jan. 10 asked staff to investigate the possibility of improved lighting along Ocean Boulevard in the Village.

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Sarasota County officials plan to unveil the No. 1 beach sign for Siesta Key during a Jan. 18 ceremony near the beach pavilion.

Beach sign going up County officials will gather at 10 a.m. Jan. 18, to dedicate a sign proclaiming Siesta Beach as No. 1 in the country — five months after it won that ranking.

More than five months after the idea was broached publicly during a Siesta Key Village Association meeting, the No. 1 beach in the country finally will get its No. 1 beach sign.

During a ceremony at 10 a.m. Jan. 18, all five Sarasota County commissioners are expected to be present by the pavilion on the public beach for the unveiling of the two-sided sign, Teresa Mast, who is in charge of community outreach in the county’s Neighborhood Services Department said last week.

“And I am so thankful we are coming to the end (of the process),” Mast said.

The details for the ceremony had not been finalized, she said, but the commissioners will be joined by members of a Siesta stakeholders group, which had worked with county officials on the sign.

“I don’t know if there’s any pomp and circumstance (planned),” Sarasota County Parks and Recreation General Manager Carolyn Brown said, but she felt sure someone would make comments.

The Sarasota Convention and Visitors Bureau is covering the cost of the sign, which was estimated at $1,300.

Kate Harrison, a designer in the county’s Communications Department, completed the images for the 4-foot-by-8-foot sign at the end of December, she said. Although the county commissioners Dec. 14 unanimously approved the general concepts for both sides, they asked Rob Lewis, executive director of the Planning and Development Services Department, to see that the final versions included a few tweaks.

Commissioner Joe Barbetta had said the “#1” and “B” in “Beach” were too close together on the side with the sunset scene; Commissioner Jon Thaxton suggested staff work on more separation between the smaller signs and the background sign, designed to create an overall 3D effect. Thaxton said he wanted people to be able to put their hands around the smaller signs, for photos.

Lewis sent an email to the commissioners Dec. 19, saying the space between the “#1” and the word “Beach” had been increased. Additionally, he said, Harrison had increased the size of the words, “Sarasota Florida” on the sunset side.

Barbetta responded Dec. 20: “I thought it was finalized and ready to go, and approved by the (stakeholders) committee

The second side of the sign features a postcard-like design. as is, along with our board, with the minor modification we discussed at last week’s meeting. Time is of the essence.”

Commissioner Nora Patterson responded Dec. 21, saying she was afraid that with the “1” more prominent, “now the ‘#’ is not very apparent, so if you don’t see it at first, you might wonder what the 1 meant.”

However, she concluded, “I think we should leave all else alone and move ahead on it, and frankly, I am not sure we should touch the ‘#’ either, unless it occurred to others.”

Thaxton sent an email to Lewis about three hours later Dec. 21 to say, “Obviously, we are micromanaging.”

Commissioner Christine Robinson, who took over as board chairwoman this week, received an email Dec. 30 from a Sarasota resident who had sent a letter to the editor to an unnamed publication. Although the letter had not been printed, Robinson pointed out, in forwarding it to Interim County Administrator Terry Lewis, Rob Lewis and Deputy County Administrator Bill Little that the writer “makes some good points.”

The letter, from Carole Nikla said, “Elation set in when we won the #1 Beach Award last May. The increased awareness could only benefit us, and the possibilities of added exposure as #1 Beach would

give us a competitive advantage over other destinations. The (SCVB) went into action immediately and added this information to all of our tourism and marketing efforts.

But do we have any indication around town to show new visitors that Sarasota is home to the Best Beach in the nation?

What a missed opportunity.”

Nikla added that the county should have made sure signs went up “all around town” right away. She wrote, “Unfortunately, the county commissioners did not feel compelled to fast-track any signage and have (asked for) the making of one billboardtype sign to be placed in the bushes at Siesta Beach, which is still, I think, in ‘development and code compliance mode’ at this time.”

When Mark Smith, a member of the Siesta Key Village Association first suggested Aug. 2 that “No. 1 Beach” banners should go up on the Key, Donna Thompson, the county’s assistant zoning administrator, cautioned that only certain signs would comply with the county’s zoning code.

That discussion led to the creation of the stakeholders group that hashed out the designs presented to the County Commission Dec. 14.

Lewis said last week he felt the new sign at the beach “will be a great community asset.”

Sarasota County Commissioner Nora Patterson kept a promise Tuesday that she had made Jan. 5 to the Siesta Key Association board: She made a motion, seconded by Commissioner Jon Thaxton, to ask staff to look into ways to improve the lighting for Village crosswalks.

The motion passed unanimously.

During the board’s regular meeting in Venice, Patterson raised the matter during commissioner comments, pointing out that the Village crosswalks are “very poorly lit by the existing streetlights.”

Perhaps the installation of LED lights would be a solution, Patterson suggested.

During the Siesta Key Association meeting Jan. 5, Vice President Peter van Roekens had reprised a discussion he had initiated two days earlier, during the regular meeting of the Siesta Key Village Association. “It’s a very dangerous situation at night, particularly when you’re driving. People step out between cars” on Ocean Boulevard,” he said.

Because Ocean Boulevard is not a state road, Patterson responded: “I’m not sure where the dollars come from (for lighting).” However, she speculated that funds for the streetlights probably had come from the state, perhaps through the Sarasota/Manatee Metropolitan Planning Organization, which handles transportation-related issues for both counties.

Regarding any new lighting, Patterson said, “I don’t really know how that would work. It might end up being something the assessment district might have to pick up,” she added, referring to the special taxing district that generates income to pay for the Village upkeep.

When residents of a particular neighborhood want streetlights, she continued, they form small assessment districts to cover the cost. “The county does not pick up (the cost of) lighting every area,” she said, “(but) Ocean Boulevard’s a little special.”

The Key for years has contributed about a third of the county’s tourist tax revenue.

Van Roekens told her that Russell Matthes, the SKVA president, was in favor of action to improve the visibility of the crosswalks. Van Roekens added that during the Jan. 3 SKVA meeting, Matthes had referenced past accidents, especially involving people crossing Ocean Boulevard between the Daiquiri Deck and Gilligan’s.

“Well, it’s kind of a good area to get lit, anyway,” Patterson said, drawing laughter. “Let me rephrase that,” she said after the laughter died down. “It’s a good area to have adequate lighting.”

During the SKVA meeting, members discussed the fact that some parts of the street are darker than others. Since The Pita Shack closed in December, and its neighbor, Jo-To Japanese Steakhouse, has dim outside lighting, that part of Ocean Boulevard is especially dark at night, Wendell Jacobson of Beach Bazaar pointed out.

Glenn Cappetta, owner of Sun Ride Pedicab, had suggested reflective painting as a less expensive alternative than new lights for the crosswalks, an idea other SKVA members supported.

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+ Radar signs, new speed-limit signs up Five radar signs were set up Dec. 22 in various locations on Siesta Key, Chris Hauber, a traffic engineering and operations specialist, has reported, though one was turned off this week after a report over driver confusion.

That sign will be put in another spot, Hauber said.

County staff also has been negotiating with the Florida Department of Transportation to place a sixth sign on Midnight Pass road near Commonwealth Drive, Hauber said. That sign had not gone up as of late last week.

Hauber programmed the signs Dec. 28. Like similar signs on Orange Avenue, they flash the speed of an oncoming vehicle. One sign is located on Higel Avenue just south of Givens Street; two are on Beach Road — one near the tennis courts and the other at the

parking lot exit on the opposite end of the park; and the fifth is located on Midnight Pass Road, just south of the Stickney Point Road intersection.

A sign erected on Ocean Boulevard by Pass Key Road, facing northbound traffic, had made drivers think they could speed up to 35 mph while they still were in the 20 mph Village zone, Hauber said. Deputies had asked that that sign be relocated.

County staff had promised last fall that the signs would go up in conjunction with the posting of a reduced speed limit on Beach Road between the Ocean Boulevard and Midnight Pass Road intersections. However, according to Walt Olson, vice president of the Siesta Key Condominium Council, the new, 30 mph speed limit signs did not go up until after he contacted the Traffic/Mobility Office staff Jan. 3.

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family health issues.

“As we approach our 25th anniversary, we are all enthusiastic about the selection of Susan Scott as executive director,” Bryant said in a news release.

“The board is committed to the vision of expanding the Education Susan Scott Foundation’s presence and growing the impact our programs and financial support have on the school children of Sarasota County.”

Scott resigned in late July from her position as director of communications for Sarasota County. She was deputy county administrator from 2003 to 2011, overseeing financial planning, human resources and technology. Former County Administrator Jim Ley had demoted her in early 2011 to the communications post.

Commission last fall to lower the speed limit, to make it easier for pedestrians to cross Beach Road, especially during high-traffic times.

The solar-powered units collect data about vehicle speed, Hauber said. County staff will be able to download that data if it is requested by the Sheriff’s Office, for example, in an effort to increase effectiveness of island patrols.

+ Scott named to lead Education Foundation The Education Foundation of Sarasota County Jan. 5 announced the appointment of Susan Scott as the nonprofit’s new executive director, following a special meeting of the organization’s board of directors.

Scott started work Jan. 9.

Board Chairman Mike Bryant headed the search, following Cindy Kaiser’s departure at the end of October to deal with

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Interim County Administrator Terry Lewis said the action was not related to the Procurement Department scandal, which had claimed 10 other county employees at the time.

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Meetings kick off planning, funding of new library Sarasota County library staff and Friends of Gulf Gate Library have begun planning to create a well-appointed, new facility. (the new library) will be in the middle (of the property).”

Staff members have been poring over professional journals, Kalajian said, undertaking a lot of research regarding library designs that will meet changing public demands and technological innovations. They’ve also been taking advantage of webinars and workshops. “We’re all just kind of soaking ourselves (in information), so we can take what we know has been the very best (of practices) and build on the current success (of the library) and make it better,” she added.

“The library is the hub of the community,” Deanie Erb, president of the Friends of Gulf Gate Library, told the Pelican Press.

People don’t just come in to borrow books and DVDs, Erb pointed out, but they also come for Chess Club and French Club meetings, for example and programs on topics of national and international relevance.

The first week of January, Erb conducted a “One Book, One Community” meeting, focused on “The Hunger Games” — the popular young-adult book that community members chose for the second year of the countywide program. Thirty-six people attended that session, Erb said.

According to county statistics, the Gulf Gate Library had the highest circulation of all county libraries in 2010. Patrons long have hoped for a new facility, as Sara-

sota County Commissioner Nora Patterson has pointed out during commission meetings.

“We are entering the place where there will be public meetings,” Kalajian said, “to gather ideas from library users, neighbors and the public at large.”

Kalajian was not certain when the first public meeting would be scheduled, she added. However, she pointed out, “We’re at the front of our season, when a lot of folks are here.” The snowbirds should be as involved in the process as year-round users, she said.

One idea staff has discussed, Kalajian said, is putting up a display in Gulf Gate Library, where people could record their ideas — “(a) brainstorming (exercise) as you walk through (the building) kind of thing.”

She added, “People are very anxious to tell us what services they want us to emphasize, and we’ll go from there.”

Kalajian said staff is well aware of the need to keep in mind that technological advances will continue to have an impact on library users. For example, she said, county libraries have become the first places many older Sarasota residents turn to learn how to use the electronic book readers on the market.

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The county’s library department staff has been thinking about this “for a very long time,” Sarabeth Kalajian, general manager of the county’s libraries, said last week.

Those meetings follow a Sarasota County Commission vote Dec. 6, allowing staff to proceed with design, bidding and construction services on the site of the existing facility, 7112 Curtiss Ave., Sarasota. The new Gulf Gate Library is expected to encompass 22,000 square feet in two floors. A county memo noted the design will provide for drive-through book and media drop-off areas, automated materials check-in and sorting, larger meeting rooms, adequate parking and landscaping buffers.

The $740,000 contract for that stage of the work went to Harvard Jolly Inc., which already had been working with county staff on the planning. “That (contract signing) really signals the beginning of the project that has the most impact on the community,” Kalajian said.

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CHEN/PAGE 1A Asselstine and Chen became friends when their sons were in the same preschool class. “When your kids are friends, you’re friends,” said Asselstine. “The two (boys) are practically inseparable. They go to school together, play soccer, lacrosse and football together. Sometimes, we even called them the ‘Chennelstines’ — it’s like our families are combined.”

Friends and family members who spoke with the Pelican Press called Chen a devoted mother of three, a caring wife

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and a great friend and sister.

Born and reared in Boston with five brothers and sisters, Chen finished school in Tampa and worked as a registered nurse at Venice Memorial Hospital. At a young age, she began to demonstrate a desire to do things for others.

“Even as a kid, she brought our parents breakfast in bed every day for 10 years,” said her sister, Cheryl Elsbree. “She always put everyone else before herself. She had such a lovely spirit.”

Elsbree described Chen as “an amazing sister.” She added, “We were like best friends growing

up. We did everything together — we had matching cars in high school, got married at almost the same time and even had kids at almost the same time. She’ll really be missed.”

Chen met her husband, Wellington Chen, now a semi-retired physician, while the two were working in the Venice emergency room together. The couple had been married 26 years, raising three children on Siesta Key: William, 20, Tiffany, 18 and Andrew 15.

Wellington Chen said he admired Donna’s caring nature toward her family. He urges others

Drunk driver has long record On three separate occasions Jan. 7, Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office deputies had conversations with a 22-yearold Bradenton resident before he struck and killed Siesta Key resident Donna Chen, 53, according to the Sheriff’s Office.

But the last time the deputies saw Blake C. Talman and his passenger in the crash, 24-year-old David J. Talman Brewer of Sarasota, the two men were walking to the beach, Community Affairs Manager Wendy Rose told the Pelican Press this week.

Deputies ran a check for warrants on Talman, Brewer and their companion, Michael E. Blakey, 26, of North Port, after the first encounter, Rose said, but the check turned up nothing. It was not until this week, she said, that the department

learned Talman had a record of six felony arrests and 23 misdemeanors, while Brewer had a record of four felony arrests and 11 misdemeanors.

According to a check of Sarasota County Clerk of Court records, Talman last was convicted in April 2011 of driving while his license was suspended.

Still, Rose said, “It’s legal to drink on the beach. It’s legal to have alcohol on the beach.”

Because neither Talman nor Brewer displayed rude behavior or were disorderly, Rose said, deputies had no grounds to arrest them. They did arrest Blakey about 12:30 p.m. on a charge of Disorderly Intoxication, because he was being rude, she said.

The Florida Highway Patrol said Chen was killed about 1:10 p.m., after she was struck by

the 2000 Nissan Altima driven

by Talman as he was fleeing from another accident on Midnight Pass Road.

As of midday Wednesday, Talman remained in the Sarasota County Jail under total bond of $118,000 in connection with Chen’s death and the earlier traffic incident. He also has been charged in connection with a collision that occurred after he struck Chen.

Talman is scheduled for arraignment Jan. 26 in the first traffic case, while his arraignment has been set for Feb. 3 in the other cases.

The first report deputies received about Talman, Brewer and Blakey came from a lifeguard, Rose said. The lifeguard reported that the three men were bothering two teenage girls. When the deputies approached the men, Rose said, Talman “acted as the peacemaker, apologizing for his

to appreciate their mothers.

“I don’t think we celebrate moms enough,” he said. “I think I’m a good father, but I don’t know if I’ll ever be able to replace her.”

Donna Chen enjoyed nature and being outdoors. She was an avid gardener and loved to exercise. She was on the dance team in high school, she liked to snow ski, and she regularly took her two dogs for runs near Siesta Key Beach.

She especially enjoyed reading and sharing stories of dogs doing amazing things, her loved ones said. friends’ behavior, trying to shake the hands of the deputies …”

Talman added that the concession manager had allowed the three to plug in their boom box and play music at the concession, Rose said.

When the deputies ran the warrant checks and found nothing, Rose said, the deputies told the three men to move along.

The three said they were going to the Village, she added.

A short time later, Rose said, Warren LaBonte, the concession co-owner, told deputies Blakey was back. When the deputies approached Blakey, she said, he “was mouthing off,” and he began walking to the beach parking lot. One deputy followed him, Rose said, and took him into custody.

According to Deputy Jason Strom’s report, “Blakey was drinking from a plastic whiskey bottle at the pavilion, cursing and causing a disturbance while families and small children stood in line to purchase food from the concession.” The

“Barney’s story is one she would’ve read and sent to all of us,” said Elsbree. “Of course, Donna’s story has to have a happy ending. Something positive will come out of this for the community.”

Visitation for Donna Chen is scheduled for Friday, Jan. 13, from 5 to 7 p.m. at Toale Brothers Funeral Homes. Her funeral will be conducted Saturday, Jan. 14, at 11 a.m. at the Church of the Palms, 3224 Bee Ridge Road.

Chen’s family is asking that, in lieu of flowers, people make donations in her name to M.A.D.D. and The Humane Society. report adds that LaBonte had told the deputy “Blakey was disrupting his business and scaring customers away.”

After Blakey’s arrest, Rose said, Talman and Brewer approached the deputies and asked if they could just take their friend with them. When they were told they could not, she said, “they asked about bail and were told it would take two or three hours to process (Blakey).”

Rose added that Blakey told Talman and Brewer repeatedly, “Don’t tell them where my truck is.” Then Talman and Brewer headed off in the direction of the Village, Rose said.

A short while later, she said, the deputies learned Talman and Brewer were sitting with a group of motorcyclists in the picnic area.

Again, she said, the deputies told the pair to move on.

The deputies watched them walk toward the beach, she said.

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The County Commission Wednesday agreed to an in-depth review over the next two months of plans for an Energy Economic Zone Pilot Program.

An economic zone that would attract clean-energy companies to Sarasota County continued to garner support from the Sarasota County Commission Wednesday, despite some concerns raised about program eligibility requirements.

The Energy Economic Zone Pilot Program, which would encompass 685 acres on two separate county parcels, cannot proceed without changes to the county’s comprehensive growth plan. The commission must approve those changes by the end of March.

County staff is drafting an ordinance that would be advertised in February. Then, the proposed ordinance would be presented for comment during a public hearing. It would have to be adopted by March 31, staff said.

In 2009, Sarasota County was picked to engage in one of two pilot programs in the state involving the development of an Energy Economic Zone to help create jobs in new, energy-related businesses.

Both the city of Miami and two sites in Sarasota County — the 7,000-acre Central County Landfill and 1,000 acres along State Road 681, east of U.S. 41, which once was considered a location for a Jackson Laboratories biomedical village — were selected for the program.

Commissioners and residents, however, have raised concerns about the eligibility criteria, saying they plan to scrutinize the ordinance next month.

County staff members said two community meetings already had been held, during which they received comments about how the zone would impact local revenue sources.

Cathy Antunes, speaking as a representative of the Sarasota County Council of Neighborhood Associations Inc., said the CONA board “has serious concerns with the zone’s impact on expansion and boundaries.”

“We would also request the county perform a quantitative analysis to decide the impact of the EEZ boundaries,” Antunes said. “There are many unanswered questions.”

County staff explained that financial incentives, which are capped at up to $300,000 per year for qualified businesses, would be coming solely in the form of state tax credits.

Commissioner Nora Patterson called Antunes’ point “a misunderstanding on the county’s intent.”

Commissioner Joe Barbetta agreed.

“It’s not a local funding source,” Barbetta said. “There’s a tremendous amount of misinformation out there. In reality, this is an

EEZ Pilot Program Requirements Applicants interested in a new Energy Economic Zone Pilot Program will be rated by a scoring system focused on the following components: • Number of new, fulltime permanent green jobs created • Average wage of employees • Commitment to local procurement • Clean technology versus Green Business facets • Number of transportation strategies/ fleet emissions in place • Land-use qualifications • Solid waster reduction/recycling plan in place • Number of water management /conservation strategies in place economic development tool that we were chosen by the state to participate in. The true goal is economic development, job creation and reducing property taxes.”

Patterson also pointed out the zone does not allow residential development to receive tax breaks.

“We are considering advertising an ordinance that would lay out eligible businesses and tax breaks participants could receive,” Patterson said. “Part of this is promoting mixed-use development, but it’s not for building residences.”

Commissioners, though, showed some concern about a staff suggestion that the zone would target companies with up as few as 30 employees. Commissioners indicated they would approve stricter requirements next month.

“I understand the logic and sympathize with small companies, but the intent of this was to encourage a synergy everywhere,” Patterson said.

Patterson also questioned whether the county should strengthen a requirement that companies using existing buildings show they are performing at least 5% above Florida energy code requirements at the time they submit applications.

In July, Sarasota County residents also voiced worries that the newly created zone would create too much development adjacent to, and exacerbate flooding problems at, Oscar Scherer State Park.

Commissioners, however, changed the requirements to make sure the guidelines would prevent new development from contributing to any flooding of nearby land.

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FDOT responds to residents with a new crossing option When a new mailing went he expects them to be posted out Dec. 23 to all condominium the following week at www. residents on Midnight Pass Road siestakeypedislands.com. between the Beach Road and Residents also are welcome to Stickney Point Road intersecgo to that website, to cast their tions, it contained votes, Bollas said. a sixth option for The sixth option was improved pedestrian a direct result of public safety. comments, including Just as residents had those from the Dec. 6 requested, that option meeting on the Key to is for crosswalks with discuss the original proflashing beacons on posal for 10 pedestrian either side of the road, islands. which pedestrians Walt Olson, vice presiwould activate in dent of the Siesta Key RACHEL Condominium Council, preparation for crossing. No paddle signs told me Monday he felt BROWN would be placed in the HACKNEY the letter the Sarasota centers of those crossCounty Commission walks, also as residents had sent to FDOT last had requested. month also had prompted the Everyone who received the inclusion of that sixth option. flyer will have the opportunity Siesta Key Village Associathrough mid-January to mark tion President Russell Matthes their preference on a form they showed his members the new can return to FDOT, Brian Bolflyer during their Jan. 3 meetlas, planning and environmental ing, surprising even Peter van manager for Parsons BrinckerRoekens, vice president of the hoff, an FDOT consultant, told Siesta Key Association, who had me last week. He added that lobbied on the SKA’s behalf for a the results will be tallied Jan. 20; crosswalk option.

“At least they’re getting the input,” Matthes said of the FDOT representatives, adding “I would like to see the four crosswalks as well.”

During the Jan. 5 SKA meeting, Helen Clifford, both an SKA and Condo Council board member, also mentioned the sixth option. She asked for a new vote of support from the SKA for that option, along with the lowering of the speed limit on that portion of the road from 35 mph to 30 mph. The SKA board approved her motion unanimously.

Clifford reiterated the main objection to the crosswalks with the paddle signs: They would prevent residents from using the center lane to make left-hand turns into traffic, which does get very thick on that part of the Key during season. Clifford was one of the first to point out to me how difficult it would be for condo residents to maneuver into traffic without using that middle lane.

Olson said Monday he would continue to lobby for the low-

ered speed limit as well as for six crosswalks.

As presented during the Dec. 6 meeting, and on the flyer, FDOT proposes the crosswalks at Palm Bay Club, Peppertree Bay, Excelsior and Siesta Royale/Midnight Cove. However, Olson maintains that crosswalks also should be located at Gulf & Bay Club/Gulf & Bay Club Bayside, as well as at Siesta Harbour/Crescent Arms.

He would love to see FDOT representatives perform another survey of pedestrian crossings during season, to provide much better data for determining where the crosswalks should go, but Bollas has said FDOT has no plans right now for another study. Olson pointed out that the day FDOT did its survey, in November, the condo complexes along the affected stretch of road had about 30% occupancy.

Moreover, Olson said, the wind was blowing out of the northwest at 25 mph to 30 mph.

“You can imagine there wasn’t exactly a big attendance at the beach that day,” he said wryly.

Although Olson still hopes to make some headway himself with FDOT officials, he’s considering asking help once again of Sarasota County Commissioner Nora Patterson, who lives on the Key. “So the fighting isn’t over till it’s over,” Olson said.

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Haste on beach improvements plan could lead to loss of events Sarasota County commisthe side closest to the Gulf & Bay sioners believe they have made Club condos, southeast of the the right choice in calling for current parking lot. expediting the improvements That area was used as a at Siesta Key Public Beach. ballpark until the opening of Originally planned for Glebe Park. Now it is 12 years, the beach utilized primarily by improvement project event organizers for could be completed trucks and equipment within14 to 16 months, and as the site of special commissioners say, to event parking, for which reduce the impact on tickets are sold. One our community. But, as organization, the Siesta in every case of rushing Key Chamber of Coma project, there are a merce, largely depends few things that can be on the sale of VIP tickets, overlooked. which guarantee parkLOURDES ing spots for sponsors, Siesta Key Public RAMIREZ to pay for the July Fourth Beach attracts residents and visitors for fireworks. Because of the a variety of reasons, expected construction including its many activities, at the site, the loss of the parking such as the July Fourth firearea could jeopardize the fireworks, the Crystal Classic Master works this summer.

Sandsculpting Competition and The overflow parking area the numerous volleyball touris well used during season, naments. The expedited beach especially in February and park construction plan could March, when beach activities have an unintended, negative are scheduled practically every impact on the events, because weekend. Large trucks used almost all of them use a grassy, by event organizers to bring in overflow parking area located on equipment take up a lot of space.

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Having this special parking area, which is paid for by event organizers, keeps those vehicles away from the public parking lot.

No one wants to see a section of our public parking area used by anyone other than visitors and residents.

Unfortunately, this grassy parking area will be included in the first phase of beach renovations starting in June. It will be closed to create a new stormwater retention pond. Construction must begin soon for the county to keep a grant of almost $1 million from the Southwest Florida Water Management District.

After construction begins, event organizers will have to park their vehicles, including trucks, in the public parking area. Some organizers, such as the Siesta Key Chamber, will be forced to find other sources of funding for events. It is possible some events could be cancelled if parking concerns are not addressed.

This situation could have been prevented if Sarasota County staff had continued dialogue

with community stakeholders throughout the process of creating the latest version of the beach park improvement plan.

Community leaders were involved in initial discussions, and they reviewed the preliminary plans in 2009.

However, in March 2011, county staff unveiled a completely different plan and allowed only four days between their presentation to the public and a Sarasota County Commission public hearing on the proposal. Community residents raised several concerns, including questioning the need for an event stage (which was later changed to a multi-use center) and the location of bus stops.

If there is a lesson to be learned, it is that county officials should invite the involvement of community members early in a discussion and keep them engaged every step of the way. As it stands now, we may lose a few events that add to our enjoyment of the Siesta Key Public Beach. The stakeholders hope a solution to the parking dilemma will found soon and that other major problems will not surface while the plan is being rushed.

Lourdes Ramirez is the new president of the Sarasota County Council of Neighborhood Associations (CONA).

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Main Street plans scaled back The Downtown Improvement District is awaiting the Sarasota City Commission’s response to a $4.6 million Main Street makeover.

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ing a nearby jewelry store and hair salon —say they don’t believe their elderly clientele will continue to patronize their businesses once parallel parking is implemented.

What the DID will present to the Sarasota City Commission for its review next month is a project that will cost approximately $4.6 million and take six to eight months to complete.

The DID board is willing to provide approximately $1.52 million, or about 40% of the project’s cost, within Main Street DID boundaries.

Kauffmann told the DID board he would prefer submitting the full scope of the project to the commission, noting the city and the DID could agree to prioritize the project in segments, starting at

Bayfront Drive and working west to U.S. 301.

“I don’t think it’s fair for the city to not put some money toward the DID district here,” Kauffmann said. “We shouldn’t be the ultimate payers here.”

While the rest of the DID board members agreed, they indicated they realized the city never would agree to pick up the cost of the whole project, because Chief Planner Steve Stancel had warned earlier that the city didn’t have sufficient funds for it.

Although Stancel noted the city has approximately $2.9 million it can use from its Community Redevelopment Agency revitalization fund, he explained there’s no way the city will use all of those dollars on Main Street.

• Retain angled parking • Enhance landscaping with additional, modified bulbouts • Add new LED lighting from the bayfront to Orange Avenue and modify lighting as needed elsewhere.

• Repair, replace or clean sidewalks as needed • Create brick crosswalks and place limited brick accents on sidewalks • Enhance gateways at both ends of the project included brick streets and parallel parking.

The original goal was to brick the area from Bayfront Drive to Orange Avenue, to delineate the historic district.

Merchants, though, said historic streetlamps, enhanced lighting and trimmed trees would go a long way toward enhancing that district.

It would have cost the DID $2.9 million alone to perform the brick work in the historic district, convert angled parking to parallel parking and refurbish utilities under the road from Bayfront Drive to the Five Points roundabout. That scope of work was estimated to take nine months to complete.

Lotus clothing store boutique owner Wendy Getchell summed up her feelings about the brick concept last week: “If I wanted to run a shop in Disney World, I’d be in Disney World.”

She added, “This is Sarasota and it’s doing pretty well as it is today.”

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Now comes the hard part: getting the city to pay for more than three-quarters of a $4.6 million project.

The City Commission is expected to review the project recommendation during one of its regular meetings in February.

DID board member Dr. Mark Kauffmann made the motion Jan. 10 to approve a Main Street streetscape project that calls for improvements along four segments of Main Street from Bayfront Drive to U.S. 301.

Those improvements include enhanced landscaping, irrigation and bulbouts; new streetlights; and enhanced crosswalks with brick accents.

The only modification to Main Street the DID recommends is a change to parallel parking on the north side of that street, but just from Bayfront Drive to the Five Points roundabout. The move would permit wider sidewalks in an area where some restaurant owners support it.

However, that proposal has drawn fire from store merchants on the street, including Ron Soto of Soto’s Optical. Owners and manager of other stores — includ-

“The money has to be spread out around the city,” Stancel said.

“It’s not as simple as asking (the commissioners) to kick in $2.9 million.”

Stancel suggested the DID board consider submitting a project recommendation that included the work from Bayfront Drive to the Five Points roundabout ($1.3 million), with enhanced pedestrian lighting and landscape bulbouts for the rest of Main Street.

“Then you (resolve) immediate lighting and landscaping concerns, and the rest of the project can come later,” Stancel said.

But the DID board chose instead to submit Kauffmann’s recommendation and see how the commission responds.

“We can always come back and come up with a different project,” said DID Chair Ernie Ritz.

The DID could leverage $150,000 of the funds it receives through a special tax on property owners, to create a $2 million capital improvement project whose cost it could pay back over 20 years.

No matter what the City Commission approves, the merchants’ feedback was successful in persuading the DID to pull back from its original, $14 million plan for a brick street and sidewalk project. The merchants had made it known that that plan would have created serious disruptions — and loss of revenue — for their businesses.

During a special meeting last week, more than 50 merchants came prepared to make their concerns known, and at least half of them stepped to the podium to tell city officials they wanted nothing to do with a project that

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The Jan. 11 meeting was scheduled to be Lewis’ last one, with new County Administrator Randall Reid arriving Jan. 23.

Just after the start of the meeting, the board members called Lewis to the front of the room. New Chairwoman Christine Robinson said they had an honorary degree to present to him, in recognition of his “outstanding performance and dedication,” after taking over the administrative reins in June, following the resignation of County Administrator Jim Ley in the aftermath of the Procurement Department scandal.

Robinson drew laughter, however, when she pointed out that the degree was in “interim-ology,” referring to previous interim positions Lewis had handled in the county before the commission hired him.

Fueling more laughter, Robinson said Lewis had great fondness for many county employees, but his favorites were the sentinel chickens used by the Health Department to alert officials if mosquitoes in the area were carrying encephalitis. Robinson said the commission was renaming the birds “the honorary Terry Lewis Sentinel Chicken Flock.”

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Then, each board member took a turn at the mic.

Commissioner Jon Thaxton referred to Lewis as “this brilliant person behind the scenes, just getting things done.”

“You came and stepped up to the plate when we really needed a confidencebuilder, both with the public and our staff,” Commissioner Nora Patterson said.

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A Florida Department of Transportation panorama shows the scope of improvements planned on U.S. 41 between Bee Ridge Road and Siesta Drive.

FDOT project to install median on U.S. 41 by Southgate Mall A Florida Department of Transportation project under way includes the installation of a concrete median in the middle of U.S. 41 in front of Westfield Southgate Mall.

Although lane closures aren’t expected until spring, the Florida Department of Transportation began initial work this week on a project that will include the installation of a concrete median down the center of U.S. 41 between Bee Ridge Road and Siesta Drive.

The project also calls for longer turn lanes for traffic trying to access Bee Ridge Road and Siesta Drive. All of the work will be done in the existing right of way.

Construction has been scheduled between 9 p.m. and 6 a.m. on the 0.4-mile stretch, said Scott Guthrie, project adminis-

trator for FDOT. Starting in April, the two inside, southbound lanes of U.S. 41 will be closed at night, with traffic funneled into the single outside lane, he said.

Once that work is complete, he added, the contractor will move to the northbound lanes and repeat the process.

“It’s a safety job,” Cindy Clemmons, public information officer for FDOT, explained during an open house Jan. 10, at Southside Baptist Church, located at 2035 Magnolia St., near the project area.

The use of the roadway’s center lane for drivers trying to make

left-hand turns from both directions has led to “a lot of crashes,” Clemmons explained. That situation also has led to “stacking,” she said, referring to cars backed up behind the turning vehicles.

“Then you also have a lot of people doing mid-block crossings,” she added.

Putting in the concrete median, Clemmons said, will give pedestrians, “to some degree, a small place of respite” as they try to cross the road.

The median will be 3 feet wide and about 8 inches above the road, according to Henri Belrose of the Wantman Group in Tampa. Wantman worked with the contractor, Conen and Graham, to develop the design/ build project. Belrose said the design was completed late last summer.

The project also calls for new

pedestrian crosswalk safety features at Bee Ridge Road, Clemmons said During early discussions about the project several months ago, merchants at Westfield Southgate Mall expressed concerns that drivers attempting to reach the mall would be impeded by the new median, said Brian Bollas, planning and environment manager for Parsons Brinckerhoff, an FDOT consultant. In response to those concerns, Bollas said, the designers had added a break in the median to allow southbound traffic to turn left into the mall parking lot.

No break in the median has been planned for northbound traffic, Bollas said.

“Where we could, we made tweaks (in the design),” Clemmons said.

Sam Davidson, marketing director for Westfield Southgate, attended the open house Tuesday evening, but he declined to comment.

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“We’ll see how it goes, how traffic is,” once the median is complete, he said. “We were shocked,” he added, to learn that the preliminary work was getting under way that night.

Clemmons said FDOT had held a public hearing on the project several months ago.

However, Sarasota County Commissioner Nora Patterson told members of the Siesta Key Association that she had been unaware of the plans until Jan. 5.

FDOT Engineering Manager Albert Rosenstein said during the Jan. 5 SKA meeting that the U.S. 41 project had been scheduled so it would be completed before renovations start June 5 on the north Siesta bridge. City of Sarasota officials knew about the project, he added.

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By Kurt Schultheis | City Editor ager Sandra Coleman on leave Jan. 6, after it was revealed emails had been deleted and the email system had been used to spy on employees and look into the exempt audit investigation.

Nadalini did not return a phone call or email request for comment.

Fournier said he hopes city officials discover whether the email searches allegedly performed were warranted.

“At the very least, we need to talk about general IT protocol going forward,” Fournier said.

The commission unanimously agreed with another motion Jan. 6, to allow The Sylint Group to continue and expand its investigation after Jorgenson offered numerous revelations, including the following: • The city’s email server has corrupt files that may have been caused by someone having the ability to delete emails from the server.

• Both Bartolotta and Brown’s computers contained default files on their computers that held emails used to monitor other employees, including Nadalini.

• Additionally, they had performed random email searches that might have included exempt information that shouldn’t have been accessible to them or IT Department employees.

Bartolotta has support to stay put The Sarasota City Commission voted unanimously Friday to continue a forensics investigation and refer findings to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement.

Mayor Suzanne Atwell, Vice Mayor Terry Turner and Commissioner Willie Shaw have no intention of supporting either the firing or the suspension of City Manager Bob Bartolotta and Deputy City Manager Marlon Brown in the wake of forensics investigation findings revealed last week, which allege potential criminal and civil wrongdoing at City Hall.

Those three commissioners said they would prefer to make a decision on both men’s fates after two law-enforcement agencies complete investigations of the computer case. The investigation reports are expected within six to nine months.

During a Jan. 6 special meeting at City Hall, John Jorgenson, president of the Sarasota-based The Sylint Group, reported on his firm’s examination of computer files handled by Bartolotta and Brown. Sylint was hired by City Auditor and Clerk Pamela Nadalini to investigate a complaint from a city resident that Bartolotta and Brown had “scrubbed” their computers of data.

The findings, which were revealed verbally, said Bartolotta had deleted more than 11,000 emails, and the company still couldn’t recover roughly 100 of those emails.

Both Bartolotta and Brown also were alleged to have been reviewing emails that were part of an ongoing audit investigation, to which they should have not had access.

Further, it was alleged they had been performing numerous email searches to monitor employees they believed might have been conspiring against them, including Nadalini.

Commissioner Shannon Snyder made a motion Jan. 6 to fire Bartolotta, but he had support only from Commissioner Paul Caragiulo.

Instead, the commission voted unanimously to refer the findings to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement and the Federal Bureau of Investigation, at the request of City Attorney Bob Fournier.

Fournier told the Sarasota Observer Tuesday night the findings were referred to both agencies Friday. The FBI and FDLE have yet to assign those cases to investigators, he said, and no details would be released until the investigations were complete.

Fournier said he believed it was possible that city officials, including the commissioners, might not be able to review the agencies’ reports until the end of 2012.

Fournier also confirmed Bartolotta and Brown had turned over thumb drives with information stored on them. Brown’s old hard drive, meanwhile, is still unaccounted for, as indicated by Jorgenson Jan. 6. Fournier said the Sarasota City Police Department was not in possession of the item, as alleged by another media outlet last week.

“I had concerns about data breaches and I think the commission did the right thing,” Fournier said. “A suspension or firing is up to the commission and I can’t comment on that.”

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City investigates cheaper ball-field cleanup remedy The city of Sarasota is open to a clean-up remedy for Ed Smith Stadium that’s cheaper to perform and less invasive. dent Richard Spruill.

Spruill has a longstanding reputation in North Carolina for his expertise in groundwater matters. He is an associate professor at East Carolina University in Greenville, N.C. The city of Sarasota is continuing to investigate how to move forward, but City Manager Bob Bartolotta said information he has seen so far shows the in-situ method might work and that it would cost about $250,000.

“The method appears to be quicker, less invasive and much cheaper than the pump-andtreat method,” Bartolotta said.

If the city used the in-situ method, Bartolotta said, the cleanup fund would have approximately $200,000 left over, which would allow Sarasota County to proceed with removing any contaminated soil near the field’s surface. That, in turn, could help the Orioles in their quest to re-sod the field and improve its drainage system.

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Mathes stressed the importance of ensuring the facility is multifaceted, to allow yearlong use, which will mean a regular flow of revenue.

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“The water is completely unaffected by outside elements,” said Mathes.

“We’ll have the most fair conditions possible. You just can’t replicate that.”

Mathes was a last-minute stand-in for Paul Blackketter, project manager of Benderson Development, who was in Tallahassee Monday to negotiate with legislators for state funding of the facility.

Using $20 million in county funds, Benderson is working to extend the south lake to the 2,000-meter, standard length for major rowing events. Blackketter in October assured the County Commission Benderson would raise the other $20 million needed to complete the facility — possibly through a com-

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Blackketter told the County Commission in 2012 that his international travel to see other facilities also had helped shape the project.

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Nearby hotels will provide guests with walking access to the lake.

On-site training facilities, dragonboat races, triathlons, kayak races and other events will provide income outside the six-week rowing season, he said. Already, teams from Harvard, Georgetown and Northeastern universities, among others, have expressed interest in using the lake for training; their visits would contribute to the local economy, Mathes said.

Benderson officials are looking forward to the first national rowing competition at the facility in the spring of 2014, he added.

Mathes also discussed the progress of the Cattlemen Road extension, which is scheduled for completion in December. He pointed out that it will remove traffic from neighborhood roads.

The meeting Monday evening, which drew about 30 members, was the first presided over by the newly elected president, Lourdes Ramirez of Siesta Key.

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Taylor Morrison won a county variance to design one primary access road for a Palmer Ranch development it is planning.

The Sarasota County Commission Wednesday approved a request by Taylor Morrison of Florida Inc. to construct 267 single-family lots on Palmer Ranch Parkway, even though the development will have only one fully functional road when it opens.

County land-development regulations require any residential development with more than 100 units to be accessible with two or more fully functional roads.

Taylor Morrison, which is in contract talks to purchase more than 238 acres of property owned by Palmer Ranch, had requested a variance to build the homes on the site, which is located at the northeastern terminus of Palmer Ranch, east of Honore Avenue.

A secondary access road, which could provide emergency ingress and egress only, would connect to the intersection of Clark Road and Catamaran Drive.

Sarasota County Public Works Executive Director James K. Harriott asked the commissioners for guidance on the issue, adding that other developers had brought up similar situations.

The problem, Harriott said, is that developers are hesitant to move forward with their projects if they have qualms about meeting county guidelines.

“A justification for a change in the process is it would allow us to tell landowners what they can build, and (we can) approve such a variance at the staff level,” Harriott said. “Many don’t want to come into planning development process until they know the number of units they can get with the number of

accesses they can initially provide.”

Although Commissioner Nora Patterson expressed concern that a variance such as the one requested might lead to congestion — and residents’ headaches — if neighboring parcels were developed soon at the Palmer Ranch site, Harriott promised another access point would be completed.

“In the future, the second access point needs to become fully functional and it will be,” Harriott said. “You need two fully functional, paved, public-access points, unless the county and the fire marshal approve a variance.”

Since 2005, the county has approved seven variances similar to the one discussed Wednesday.

According to a memo provided to the commission, staff believed the following points justified the change in policy: • Advance approval of a variance would provide developers certainty during the planning, due diligence process • Staff approval of a variance would assure developers they would not have to endure lengthy and costly rezoning or site development processes for projects that might not gain approval • The process would help landowners in their marketing of parcels • Within the urban service boundary, development is more difficult, and additional infill may need some access consideration.

The commission unanimously approved both the variance request and a planning policy change that will allow staff to approve future, similar variances.

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

Sanctus Pax: a Wednesday evening prayer service, 6:15 to 6:45 p.m.

Public concert series: 5 p.m. Jan. 22, free performance by Ring Sarasota, a handbell ensemble that utilizes five octaves of handbells and four octaves of choir chimes.

“Sounds of the Soul”: 6 p.m. Feb. 3, an outdoor gathering under the trees, with liturgy based on “Giving Thanks.”

A new non-denominational church has begun holding weekly services in an office on Siesta Key. Called Life in the Son, the church is holding its services at 7 p.m.

Thursdays at Amazing Life Chiropractic, 5039 Ocean Blvd.

“Everyone is welcome, regardless of where they are in their journey of faith,” says a flyer being distributed by the Rev. Michael Broy.

Those coming to services can expect “a Christ-centered atmosphere of grace and healing; relevant practical teachings from the Bible; contemporary, celebrative praise and intimate worship; a place where structure surrenders to Spirit; and (a place) where creativity and the arts are expressions of worship,” the flyer adds.

Broy told the Pelican Press he has many years of ministerial experience, ranging from youth and children’s programs to music to helping found a church in Clemson, S.C. He is a graduate of the Rhema Bible training center in Broken Arrow, Okla.

“I am not associated with a denomination,” he said, “but I am associated with a ministerial group called United New Testament Church International.”

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Ronnie, Debbie and Emily Galetti

Bob Fowler’s motorcycle sidecar included a skeleton he referred to as “the plaintiff.”

All Revved Up The 14th annual Thunder by the Bay Motorcycle Festival took place Jan. 6 to Jan. 8 in downtown Sarasota.

The annual event included a kick-off

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party, a poker run, plenty of live entertainment and a bike show.

The money raised at the event goes toward the Suncoast Charities for Children.

Marianne and Dan Blazowich rode through downtown Sarasota with their seven Malteses.

Dennis Leasure with his dog, Dixie Roo, enjoyed this year’s event.

Ernie Antonelli made his way around Thunder by the Bay with his HarleyDavidson walker.

This Flintstones-themed bike was a hit among bikers and spectators at this year’s Thunder by the Bay.

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County officials quickly handle a zoning violation Thanks to quick action from time, the County Attorney’s Ofthe Sarasota County Sheriff’s fice issued a ruling pointing out Office and Sarasota County staff, that all property from the mean a serious zoning violation was high-water line down to the Gulf halted near Point of Rocks durof Mexico is public property; ing the New Year’s celebration, anything above that line is private Siesta Key Association President property.

Catherine Luckner told members As in that case, the County Atduring their Jan. 5 regutorney’s Office become lar meeting. involved in this dispute.

An SKA member had People visiting the emailed Luckner, she Key and residents down said, while someone else for the holidays had had called the Sheriff’s expressed fear, Luckner Office, after seeing two said, that they would be property owners trying harassed if they tried to to construct a concrete walk around the properwall on top of a seaty while the sign was up. wall, “blocking people The matter of the confrom being able to walk RACHEL crete wall “was handled around the point.” very well, very quickly, BROWN Matt Osterhoudt, HACKNEY on many people’s days manager of the county’s off,” Luckner said. “It Natural Resources was a very serious violaDepartment, went to investigate, tion.”

Luckner said, and made sure the Osterhoudt reported Monday wall was removed. that because the wall had been Luckner provided me a copy of removed, he considered the matan email Osterhoudt sent her Jan. ter closed.

3. It said the concrete wall was constructed between 7120 and New members wanted 7128 Point of Rocks Circle.

The SKA will hold its annual “No county authorization was meeting from 8 to 11 a.m. March obtained for the wall, and it is in10, in the Community Center at consistent with the provisions of St. Boniface Episcopal Church, the Coastal Setback Ordinance,” 5615 Midnight Pass Road. he wrote.

Coffee and juice will be availSomeone also placed a sign at able at the outset, Luckner said, the site, indicating that the area for people who arrive early to down to the water was all private socialize; breakfast will be served property, Luckner told the 20 at 9 a.m. audience members.

Guest speakers will be SaraRegular Pelican readers will sota County Commissioner Nora recall that a similar private-propPatterson and John McCarthy, erty dispute arose last year on the interim executive director of the north end of Beach Road. At that Community Services Depart-

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South Key residents were alarmed over the New Year’s holiday when they saw residents building a concrete wall on top of a seawall at Point of Rocks Circle. The wall was removed after county staff intervened. ment.

Luckner said McCarthy would tell the attendees the back story about how Siesta Key Public Beach won its No. 1 ranking from Dr. Stephen P. Leatherman, aka Dr. Beach, of Florida International University.

When I interviewed McCarthy for our “Delve into 12” edition, McCarthy gave me a few hints about that tale. His presentation should be quite entertaining.

The SKA members also voted Jan. 5, as they did in 2011, to offer two free breakfast tickets per household for its members.

However, members must let the organization know if they plan to attend, because the board will have to have a headcount for the caterers. People may visit the SKA’s website, www.siestakeyassociation.com, to sign up for the breakfast.

Board member Deet Jonker, who is in charge of membership services, said every property

owner on the Key should have received a membership packet from the SKA. He made a special pitch last week to get more condo owners to join, including those who are snowbirds.

“The more (of those) we have as members,” he said, “the more clout, pardon me, Commissioner, we have with the county,” he said, nodding at Commissioner Nora Patterson, who was in the audience — drawing some chuckles.

Every year, the SKA seemed to lose about 400 members, Jonker added, “but we always seem to gain (that number) back.”

He did not have an exact total of members as of Jan. 5, he said.

Siesta Key Condominium Council board member Helen Clifford, who also is on the SKA board, suggested Jonker or another SKA board member attend the council’s meeting Jan. 17, at Siesta Key Chapel, to make that point. She added that everyone on the SKA board was welcome

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Unlike the Turkey Trot pub crawl Thanksgiving week, the second Santa Stumble in the Village, held Dec. 26, produced no serous problems, according to Siesta Key Association President Russell Matthes and Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office Deputy Chris McGregor.

Nonetheless, Matthes said, it was well attended.

New Year’s Eve was busier than usual in the Village, Matthes said, likely because the Sarasota pineapple drop was canceled.

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The council will meet in the church’s Fellowship Hall, on the far right end of the chapel’s campus.

That session will include the presentation of awards to the winners of the council’s holiday lighting contest.

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Mary Ann Pelley When Mary Ann Pelley and her husband, Dick, moved in 1995 to Siesta Key, she thought she would spend the rest of her days going to the beach and enjoying the outdoors.

“When I married my husband, he said I would never have to work again,” she says. “In fact, he didn’t even want me to work.”

But when the economy took a dive in 2002, Pelley knew she had to figure out a way to contribute to their income.

“Once I knew I’d have to go back to work, I dreaded it and I thought, ‘What am I going to do?’” Pelley recalls.

Pelley started looking for work and got a job as the breakfast hostess and was later promoted to administrative assistant at the original Broken Egg. She enjoyed her work, and getting up early was not a problem for her — in fact, it was preferable. Unfortunately, the Broken Egg started having troubles financially in 2007.

Clayton Thompson, owner of Clayton’s Siesta Grille, offered the employees of the Broken Egg positions at his restaurant. Thompson was going to open his doors for the breakfast-and-lunch

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crowd and needed talented and experienced staff to run the new day shift. Pelley, along with many other workers from the Broken Egg, took Thompson up on his offer and began working at Clayton’s in December 2007.

The decision is one Pelley is glad she made.

“Clayton is an angel to work for,” Pelley says. “He wants this to be the best place possible.”

Pelley started off at Clayton’s working only five days a week but soon added a sixth day, which she considers “a blessing.” Pelley started doing more than just greeting and answering the phone.

She began bussing, cleaning tables and making sure the customers had everything they needed.

“You have to be observant,” she says.

“Sometimes, it is hard for the girls (waitresses) to get to everyone right away.”

One of the best parts of the job for Pelley is getting to know the customers. She loves seeing familiar faces and welcoming back the seasonal residents, and she also has learned many of the regulars’ orders and where they prefer to sit. Pelley also loves to dress up for different holidays.

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But Pelley says the best compliment is when people come into the restaurant and ask where she is or tell her she is the reason they keep coming back to Clayton’s.

“It makes me feel so good,” says Pelley, with tears in her eyes.

Although Pelley is always touched by those compliments, she insists that it is not all about her. In fact, she denies it.

“We are a team here; I just love them (co-workers),” she says. “They bring tears to my eyes because they are all so much fun to work with.”

Pelley loves to brag about her coworkers and claims that “each one is nicer than the other.”

With nine years in the restaurant business, Pelley finds she rarely has a bad day or a reason to complain. Going to work is a treat, not a task.

“When I get up to go to work in the morning my hubby, Dick, says, ‘Do you have to go to work?’ and I say, ‘No, I get to go to work,’” she says. “I lucked into this business and can’t even envision doing anything else.”

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St. Boniface Episcopal Church Thrift Shop Sale — Through Jan. 14, 6622 Superior Ave., Gulf Gate. Hours: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. weekdays; 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday. Proceeds from the thrift shop fund community outreach efforts. For more information, call 921-4069.

18th Annual Siesta Key Craft Festival — 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Feb. 4 and Feb. 5, along Ocean Boulevard in the Village. Visit www.artfestival.com.

Free Exercise Classes — take place at 9 a.m. Thursdays, at Siesta Key Physical Therapy, 5147 Ocean Blvd. Space is limited. To register, call 870-5811.

Yoga on Siesta Key Beach — takes place from 10 to 11:30 a.m. Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday. Free. Email avanandamaui@yahoo.com YES — meets at 11:30 a.m.

Tuesdays, at Clayton’s Siesta Grille, 1256 Old Stickney Point Road. Young Entrepreneurs of Sarasota share success strategies. Cost: $12 at the door, including lunch. Visit www. yes941.com.

Siesta Key Kiwanis Club — meets from noon to 1 p.m.

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BEST BET 20th Dollhouse Miniatures Festival — 5 to 8 p.m. Jan. 14, show plus sale with refreshments and dealers’ reception; 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Jan. 15. Located at The Ramada Waterfront, 7150 N. Tamiami Trail, Sarasota. Club members to exhibit pieces from private collections, including teddy bears, paintings and sculpture. Admission: Jan. 14, $18; Jan. 15: adults, $7; children 10 and under, $3; after 2 p.m., admission free. For more information, call Molly Crawford, 3713193 or visit www.mollycromwell.com.

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Alcoholics Anonymous — meets at 8 a.m. Monday through Friday. The Siesta Key Men’s Group meets at Siesta Beach Shelter, south side of beach; open to all. Call 951-6810.

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Lipizzan Pre-Season Training Sessions — take place at 3 p.m. Thursdays and Fridays and 10 a.m. Saturdays through early May. Herrmann’s Lipizzan stallions perform Airs Above the Ground at the Myakka City ranch. Visit www.hlipizzans.com or call Gabriella Herrmann, 3221501.

Poetry Open Mic — takes place at 6 p.m. Jan. 16, Bookstore1Sarasota, 1359 Main St., Sarasota. Participants are welcome to bring their own poetry to read aloud or be part of the audience. Call 365-7900 or visit www.bookstore1sarasota.com.

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The Pelican Press and its sister news- Investigative Reporting for their article his “Read All About It Harbor Towers Yacht papers in The Observer Group have on the FBI’s investigation into former and Racquetthe Clubarea’s homeless. J Joan Ruch, Sarasota,that sold it her column was “ey won 28 awards in the Florida Press Sarasota County School District employGeraldine Elliott, Sarasota, sold Unit 532 condominium at 5855 important message.� ees involved in the purchase of the class2010 Better Weekly her Cocoanut Bayou home at 271 Association’s Midnight Pass Road to Leon and Rachel room ActivBoards.

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Paula Hasnain,Editor of Laurel, Md., Brown Wendy Shusko, Sarasota, for $1.1 for $290,000.

Built in 1976, it has in t Mansell won third place in the same place for an editorial The awards were presented Friday in St. million. Built in 1953, it has four two bedrooms, two baths and Defense category and categor y for stories about a former bedrooms, four baths, a pool and Petersburg during the annual FPA/Florida 1,165 square feet of living area.

4,264 square feet of living area. Society of News Editors annual meeting. editorials for urgi school district employee who had Itcreatpreviouslyeral sold for $135,000 in It previously sold for $625,000 in 1992.

Gov. Rick Scott was the featured speaker for ed what her colleagues called a “hostile Commission to fire C 1990. in the wake work environment,� including lodging This week’s residential real- the luncheon during the meeting.

Gulf and BayBartolotta Club estate transactions on Siesta of Police The Pelican and the Observers all were allegations of misconduct against them Brenda Lazin and LynnChief Lazin Peter Key took place between Dec. 26 Thompson sold their Unit 210 sca that district officials determined to be police department Rachel S. O’Hara and Dec. 30. Of this week’s seven competing in the largest circulation catcondominium at 5780 Midnight This Cocoanut Bayou home, which has four bedrooms, four baths, a pool and 4,264 square feet of living Editor and CEO Ma egory in the contest. The FPA reported unfounded. sales, one topped $1 million.

Pass Road to Alyssia Lazin Kapic sold for $1.1 million. and Paul Kapic Malcolm placeand in the Editorials Mansell won another third-place a area, record-breaking number of entries this Sunrise Cove forPelican $230,000.also w The award for his reporting on the Lazin, effortSarasota, it allowed Islandthanks House to the fact that James Byard and Guaranty year, arez-Solar, trustees, sold the Our House at the Beach Built in 1979, it has two bedKatherine submission Blanchard, Venice, Simon Kraaipoel and Marleen editorial page ma Bank and Trust Co. sold the Unit electronic to prevent the district’s of entries for the by Unit 8 condominium at local 6150 parents rooms, twoitsbaths and 1,361 and time.

Ellen Blanchard, trustee, Midnight Pass Road continued Versteeg sold their Unit 525 condominium at 9011 Mid- first to Andy Kraaipoel square feetcomments of living area.

It “Dev said, use of a high school textbook night Pass Road to Leland and Su- Nokomis, sold the Unit 26 con- and Diane Theophylactou, of C-118 condominium at 1153 Lake previously sold for $327,500 in the parents said wasMcLaughtoo positive in to diversity of opinion Countyat 6150 government Stanfor that Midnight Pass reporter House Circle to Colleen sanne Reineke, of Nankin, Ohio, dominium Ontario, Canada, $340,000.

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Continuous stagnation Capital goods purchases by businesses continue to improve. That’s good. Orders for consumer goods, however, remain flat.

That’s bad because consumer spending represents about 65% of our GDP. Like the government, consumers are deeply in debt. Many consumers have reached their credit limits, and because they are already having difficulty paying interest and principal on loans, consumer purchases are not growing.

Unlike the government, GEORGE however, which continRAUCH ues to increase its spending, consumers cannot manufacture money with a printing press and use it as legal tender to settle its obligations without going to jail.

Businesses have cash. Because of their large cash position, businesses are replacing outdated machinery and opting to purchase additional labor-saving devices rather than hire more people. Unemployment remains at 9%. To return people to work and keep up with population growth, 275,000 jobs a month for five years would need to be created. That’s never happened before, and it’s a mathematically impossible demand in an economy structured like ours: too much debt, too much government and too little manufacturing.

The poverty rate 50 years ago, in 1962, was 14.7%, and welfare payments represented 5% of GDP. The poverty rate today is 15.2%, virtually the same, and welfare payments now approximate 16% of our GDP (AIER Economic Bulletin). What’s wrong with this picture? The cost and size of government to administer this is overwhelm-

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The banking crisis in the 1930s started in Europe. The collapse of European banks eventually caused the collapse of American banks, which fostered the Great Depression. European banks had been loaned money by American banks, and those loans could not be repaid. The default on the loans in Europe led to a default of their loans to our banks in America, and 10,000 U.S. banks failed.

Unfortunately, we are looking at a similar situation today. The European banks and European governments are in serious financial turmoil. Many of them are completely broke and held up only by Germany. We learned in December, when Congress forced the Fed to audit its books for the first time in history, that 70% of the meltdown crisis money loaned more than two years ago was secretly loaned to European banks. That’s what happened in 1930 to the failing European banks that borrowed money from U.S. banks to support World War I. European countries tried to print their way out of the obligations created by World War I loans, which created massive inflation in Europe. There is no difference in the structure of the debt today, but there has been a difference in how the debt was created. Eighty-two years ago debt was created as a result of war. Today, it is a result of welfare.

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2. Knowing this, and “not wanting America to have an unfair trade advantage over Europe,” the Fed will “recommend” printing more money to bail out our own federal government. Such an action will increase inflation in this country and increase the cost of American manufactured goods.

3. The new “reason” for the Fed to print more money in this country will provide the opportunity for our politicians to continue the pattern of large deficit spending over the next few years. By attempting to bail us out of this crisis, they will be creating a future crisis, again as a result of a crushing debt overload.

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There are no bargains on the table in which to invest. Cash pays nothing. Yields on stocks are historically low. Gold and silver are attractive, but it’s inadvisable to have more than 5% to 10% of one’s assets invested in gold and silver. Cash works because with cash, one can find bargains when they become available. AAA-rated stocks that pay more than a 3% yield and sell for under 14 times earnings are about as safe of an investment as one can make in this environment in either the stock or bond markets.

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MAN'S SUIT: for Italian black, Benz. size 42R. CAR COVER SLKDesigner 230 Mercedes Like Paid $1200. $200. In Palmer Ranch. new. $75 cash. Sell 941-383-1353.

941-312-5430.

CHRISTMAS TREE: 10 ft. Blu-Spruce, Pre-lit, PREMIUM FUTON: Steel arms, Retail $500.

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COMPUTER: 2.5GHZ Dell Dimension 4550 with ROYAL DOULTON Retired Jugs, newly loaded Windows XP, Large $100. Character 941-756-6728.

Yachtman, Robinhood #1, Gardener $65/ea.

Items Under $200 For #2, Sale END TABLES Asian Octagon, wood carvings on 941-349-6274. glass tops, insideChairs storage. $75, both $130.

2sides, LARGE Comfortable & Glass top table, SPEAKERS: 4 Polkaudio, 941-320-5790 Ideal for FloridaONE Room,pair $75.Atrium 941-377-2255.

All-Weather Indoor/Outdoor, New, Paid $199.

GOLF CLUBS: Left hand. (Haig Ultra persimmon AREA excellent condition, Ivory, $60.

Sell for RUG, $125. 5x8, 941-966-0618 woods 1.3.4.5. Good condition. $100.00.

941-400-0681.

TIRE AND Rim: Chevy Bridgestone, heavy duty, 941-351-4923.

CAR for SLK 230 Brand Mercedes Like radial COVER size, LT245/75R16. new.Benz. $90/obo.

LAPTOP WORK cart: $25.00. HP Printer Deskjet new. $75 cash.

941-383-1353.

941-726-3144, 941-600-4177.

D4360, $25.00. Call Shirley, 941-351-4055.

CHRISTMAS 10 room ft. Blu-Spruce, Pre-lit, TV CABINET:TREE: solid oak, for storage and for LOUNGE CHAIR: over-sized, leather, puttyRetail 2 Years old, 941-341-9718. $75. all Leave message, VHS or$500.

DVD player. $200. colored in good condition. $75.00. 941-377-5687.

941-379-3085.

TWIN BED set, brown wicker. Complete with MAN'S SUIT: Italian Designer black, 4550 size 42R. COMPUTER: 2.5GHZ Dell Dimension with spreads and night stand, $180.

941-377-5872.

Paid loaded $1200.Windows Sell $200.

In Palmer Ranch. newly XP, $100.

941-756-6728.

WARDROBE 941-312-5430.BONANZA for 8 petite. Never and END Asiancash Octagon, wood carvings on gentlyTABLES worn. $200 only. 941-379-0442. sides, glassFUTON: tops, inside $75, both $130.

PREMIUM Steelstorage. frame, Rosewood arms, WHITE Port-a-crib, $30.

941-320-5790 4 throw CRIB, pillows,mattress, 52x72x7,$100. extremely comfortable.

Traverse rods, bike, $50. All excellent shape. $180.

941-349-9639.

GOLF CLUBS: Left hand. (Haig Ultra persimmon 941-918-0737.

ROYAL DOULTON Retired Large Character Jugs, woods 1.3.4.5. Good condition. $100.00.

Yachtman, Robinhood #1, Gardener #2, $65/ea.

941-351-4923.

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LOUNGE CHAIR: over-sized, all leather, puttySell $125.

941-966-0618 colored in good condition. $75.00. 941-377-5687.

TIRE AND Rim: Chevy Bridgestone, heavy duty, Autos ForBrand Sale MAN'S SUIT: Italian Designer black, 42R. radial size, LT245/75R16. new.size $90/obo.

Paid $1200.

Sell $200.

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Series Van. Good 941-312-5430.

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CD FUTON: player.

4.6L V8. $8,700.

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BED set, brown wicker. Complete with $180.

Autos Wanted spreads and night stand, $180. 941-377-5872.

ROYAL DOULTON Retired Large Character Jugs, WARDROBE BONANZA 8 petite.

Never AUTOS WANTED! Let me take the hassle outand of Yachtman, Robinhood #1,for Gardener #2, $65/ea. gently worn. $200 cashoffered only. 941-379-0442. selling your car.

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SPEAKERS: pair $100.

AtriumPort-a-crib, 4 Polkaudio, Traverse rods, bike, $50. AllNew, excellent All-Weather Indoor/Outdoor, Paid shape. $199.

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Sell forBoat $125. 941-966-0618 LBK MOORINGS: 45' boat slip for rent 45 foot TIRE AND Rim: Chevy Bridgestone, heavy duty, O-03 for rent; Appliances $450/mth plus electric. Call radial size, LT245/75R16.

Brand new. $90/obo.

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Christy Neff

Judie Berger Trust

ABR, GRI, RSPS, SRES Realtor®

941.914.0896

christneff@michaelsuanders.com www.SiestaKeyChris.com

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761 Siesta Key Circle

No bridges - deep water sailboat slip, plus dock & lift on .78 tropical acres, 4 beds, den, 2.5 baths $999,000

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“You don’t get into this field thinking about what kind of skin you’ll have,” Jane Hoffman says of her sensitive personality. “You get into it because you like playing music.”

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Jane Hoffman has played the flute at weddings, dinners, galas and major pop concerts. As she prepares for her next performance, the musician explains how she’s managed to gig for her supper for so long.

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hen Jane Hoffman was tooting “Mary had a Little Lamb” on a wooden recorder in elementary school, she had no idea the instrument would lead to a long career as a flautist.

Even when she was a flute major at College of the Redwoods, in Eureka, Calif., Hoffman never imagined she’d be at it for this long.

“It’s perseverance,” Hoffman says of the two decades she has spent

teaching and playing the instrument she calls “an extension of herself.” “I stuck with it, somehow.

There have been bumps for sure, but the little successes along the way have fed my inspiration.”

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She’s attached to the slim pipe with the silver keys. In her lifetime, she’s only owned a few.

“There have been four major flutes,” she says. “When you get one, it becomes one-of-a-kind. It becomes part of you.”

She brings a small mug of coffee to her face and takes a long, hot sip. Preoccupied by a cat that keeps scratching to come in the back door, Hoffman, a Southgate resident, trails off in thought as she rises to her pet’s rescue.

“Each instrument has its own intonation,” she adds. “Each one is really personal.”

Listening to her talk about her old flutes is a little like listening to a woman talk about past loves, a comparison the mild-mannered musician isn’t apt to make herself.

A native of Seattle, Hoffman moved in 1997 to Sarasota. Since then she’s become a ubiquitous flautist-for-hire, playing weddings, concert halls, private dinners and big conventions.

“I teach and I gig,” she says plainly. A former faculty member at Humboldt State University in California, Hoffman currently teaches at Booker Middle School,

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The concert is free and open to the public. For more information, call 351-7467 or visit sarasotaconcertassociation.org.

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“I figured at this point I’d just be teaching,” says Jane Hoffman, pictured here as a college student in the 1970s. “I never imagined I’d still be playing.”

Riverview High School, State College of Florida Manatee-Sarasota and Chabad of Sarasota’s preschool.

For eight years she ran the Hecht School of Music out of the Flanzer Jewish Community Center until the center closed its doors in 2007.

She’s performed with the Sarasota Opera, the Sarasota Concert Band and the Craig Turley Orchestras, an Orlando-based show orchestra that provides classical musicians for popular contemporary music concerts.

Hoffman’s affiliation with Craig Turley has led to gigs playing for

Olivia Newton-John, Anne Murray and Brian Wilson.

“It doesn’t matter to me what I’m playing,” she says. “I like it all.

Of course, to say I’ve played for a Beach Boy is exciting, because I grew up listening to their music.”

She also grew up listening to Lawrence Welk, whose image is framed like a family photo above the couch in her living room.

“My sister drew that picture in college,” she says, dismissing the notion that she was a fan of the corky television bandleader. “We watched a lot of Lawrence Welk, or maybe it was that our parents watched a lot of Lawrence Welk.

I think we more or less made fun of it.”

It makes sense, then, that Hoffman didn’t gravitate toward the clarinet, a staple instrument on Welk’s variety show.

For five years she’s performed with Trio Voilà, a musical group comprised of guitarist Thomas Koch and Sarasota Orchestra violist Laura Jensen-Jennings.

The group, which will perform Jan 18, in a Munchtime Musicales concert presented by the Sarasota Concert Association, engages in community outreach programs, in addition to performing local concerts.

Paging through a stack of sheet music, Hoffman unearths a three-movement composition called “Transition Man” by composer Günter Moll.

“We love this piece,” she says.

“It’s wild.”

She offers no explanation for its wildness, except to say that it’s challenging and, therefore, a thrill to play. At a time when many musicians might settle into a comfort zone, Hoffman refuses to stop learning.

“She spreads herself out musically,” says guitarist Rick Peterson, with whom Hoffman has played for more than 10 years. “I think we all strive to be musical chameleons, but Jane does it really well. She’s a wonderful classical flautist and jazz flautist. You don’t often find those two qualities in one person. In that regard, she’s a rarity.”

No one realizes this more than Hoffman. Her resume is a lesson in stick-to-itiveness.

For a flautist who has never sat with the Sarasota Orchestra, Hoffman has stayed remarkably busy.

“You have to be entrepreneur-

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The National Flute Association is the largest organization for flautists in the world. Each year the NFA meets in a different city.

This summer the organization, which has more than 6,000 members, is meeting in Las Vegas at Cesar’s Palace. The convention’s program book has more than 300 pages!

ial,” she says.

“Music is very competitive. But life is competitive, right?”

In addition to a master’s degree from California State University, Northridge, Hoffman holds a Doctor of Musical Arts degree from Stony Brook University in New York.

“You spend 12 years in med school and you’re pretty well guaranteed a secure life,” she says. “You pick the arts and, well … there’s no guarantee. You have to have a lot of patience.”

She rises to retrieve an album she recorded 10 years ago with a former Sarasota harpist.

A 12-track collection of Spanish, Americana, jazz, Native American and Israeli numbers, the album, “A Journey,” features a photograph of Hoffman wading through a river in Zion National Park in Utah.

“I need to record another one,” she says wistfully.

And what will this one be called?

“I don’t know,” she says. “Determination?”

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Art Center renovation: Architecture students at USF Tampa were responsible for renovating portions of Art Center Sarasota.

+ Construction crews bode well for art scene If renovation and expansion projects are any indication of economic growth, then the state of the arts in Sarasota is strong.

In the same week that Art Center Sarasota completed a $50,000 renovation of its reception area and front galleries, Florida Studio Theatre broke ground on the new Gompertz Theatre on First Street and Cocoanut Avenue.

The Art Center makeover was paid for by a grant from the

William G. and Marie Selby Foundation and executed by grad students in the University of South Florida Tampa’s architecture department and Design/Build program.

Using parts machined by G.WIZ’s Fab Lab, the students designed and built a new reception desk and foyer enclosure, giving the 85-year-old art center a fresh look complete with a “recognition wall” to display the names of major contributors.

Just when you think everything has been done before and “collaboration” is merely a buzzword arts organizations throw around, a fabulous and groundbreaking new show opens in Sarasota and knocks everyone for a loop.

“Cirque des Voix,” I’m talking about you.

The intoxicating collaboration between Key Chorale and Circus Sarasota is expected to generate major buzz (and ticket sales) this week.

An unusual blend of circus programming and choral music, “Cirque des Voix” managed to sneak under my radar last year.

It wasn’t until I asked local arts leaders which shows they were anticipating most this season that I realized “Cirque des Voix” was at the top of that list.

The innovative performance features the 100-voice Key Chorale, a 20-piece orchestra and a dazzling array of trapeze artists, tightrope walkers, contortionists, fire-breathers and clowns working in tandem under the

+ The Woman’s Exchange offers grants to student artists Since its inception in 1962, the Woman’s Exchange has doled out more than $7 million in support of the arts.

In keeping with this tradition,

the nonprofit consignment store awards grants and scholarships each year to Sarasota and Manatee County residents pursuing careers in the arts.

Last summer, it awarded $200,000 in grants and scholarships to arts organizations and students.

Proving philanthropy is on the

Circus Sarasota Big Top. The brainchild of Key Chorale Artistic Director Joseph Caulkins and Circus Sarasota founder Pedro Reis, “Cirque des Voix” is back with a new lineup of artists, including aerialist Annaliese Nock, the teenage daughter of Sarasota clown Bello Nock, and Tino Wallenda of the Flying Wallendas.

“It’s one of the strangest things I’ve ever done,” Caulkins says of the marriage. “What’s fun is knowing we have a totally blank canvas on which to create.

Setting a circus to live music has been done before, but adding a 100-voice chorus is something entirely new. The effect is dramatic.”

You don’t say. It’s not everyday someone breathes fire to the tune of “Carmina Burana.”

Performances are scheduled for 7:30 p.m. Jan. 13, 2 p.m. Jan. 14 and 4 p.m. Jan. 15 at the Circus Sarasota Big Top. For tickets, call 355-9805 or visit circussarasota.org.

Annaliese Nock will perform her snow globe act for the first time in Sarasota.

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upswing, the organization is planning to add $50,000 to its coffers for the 2012-2013 grant cycle.

Applications are being accepted now through Jan. 31. To obtain one, visit womansexchange.com or call 955-7859.

HOT TICKETS Jazz violinist Aaron Weinstein: It seems jazz violinist Aaron Weinstein can do no wrong.

Regarded as a whiz kid among up-and-coming jazz violinists, Weinstein’s playing has been heralded by The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal and Downbeat magazine.

He was 19 the first Aaron time he played for Weinstein the Jazz Club of Sarasota. He’s now 26. The New York-based musician will play at 7:30 p.m. Jan. 20, at the Beatrice Friedman Symphony Center. For tickets, call 366-1552.

Business of the Arts Forum: Hosted by the Sarasota County Civic League, this Jan. 17 luncheon will include a panel discussion on how to draw younger patronage to local arts and cultural events.

On the panel: Christine Jennings (The Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe), Dwight Currie (John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art), Larry Thompson (Ringling College of Art and Design), Mark Famiglio (Sarasota Film Festival), Joe McKenna (Sarasota Orchestra) and Michael Bush (Sarasota Ballet). In an effort to corner the youth market, I was asked to moderate the panel. Join me at 11:30 a.m. upstairs at Marina Jack.

Registration is $22 for non-members and includes lunch. For more information, call 925-2970 or visit sarasotacivicleague.org.

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Players Theatre announces Broadway season The Players Theatre announced its 2012-2013 season to 40 of its most loyal sponsors, Saturday, Jan. 7, at the home of Betty and David Frostad, on Siesta Key. Jeffery Kin, artistic director for the Players Theatre, and Bob Trisolini entertained the group with their stylized performance of “Annie Get Your Gun’s” “Anything You Can Do, I Can Do Better.” After the performance, the seven shows in this year’s Broadway season were announced. The shows for the 2012-2013 season include: “App l a u s e,” “Nunsense,” “Annie,” “Violet,” “9 to 5,” “Harvey” and “Side Show.”

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Art Center Sarasota presents two new exhibits Jan. 19 to March 10. “Artists Who Made Sarasota Famous” and “The Story of the Sarasota Art Association 1926 — 1966” will be held in Gallery 1 and Gallery 2, respectively. The exhibit includes photographs, memorabilia and work by more than 40 artists who came on the scene at the start of the Sarasota Art Association, including Syd Solomon, Eric von Schmidt, Ben Stahl, John Armstrong, Jerry Farnsworth, Judy Axe, Beth Arthur, Robert Chase, George Fox and Martha and William Hartman. An opening reception will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. Jan. 19, at Art Center Sarasota. For more information, call 365-2032 or visit artsarasota.org.

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In the 1940s, painter Marty Hartman helped establish the former Sarasota Art Association. The 89-year-old is among a bevy of pioneering artists whose work is on display this month at Art Center Sarasota.

Martha Hartman is an expert storyteller with a memory that stretches back to Sarasota’s early bohemian days; a time when the town was populated by circus performers and cavorting artists.

“The townspeople regarded us as a bunch of freaks,” Hartman laughs. “We loved every second of it.”

At 89, the painter — a North Sarasota resident who still works out of her back lanai and goes by “Marty” — is as animated today as she was back then.

She can recall the costumes she wore and with whom she socialized at the roaring Beaux Arts Balls, the annual fundraising soiree that was hosted every year by the Sarasota Art Association, an organization that in its infancy was the only arts organization in town.

“It was the social event of the year,” she says of the dazzling parties that took place first at the Mira Mar Auditorium and later the Sarasota Times building.

“There was no ballet or opera then. We had The Players and the circus.”

Like many longtime Sarasotans, Hartman witnessed the city’s transformation from an offbeat arts community to a slick arts mecca. Except, in her time she was more than just a witness — she was a pioneer.

In 1946, when she was 23 years old, Hartman cashed in her war bonds, left her hometown of Winter Park and moved to Sarasota to enroll in what was then called the Ringling School of Art. As impressive as the college is today, it was equally impressive then.

Hartman’s classmates ­­— Judy Axe, George Kaiser and Syd Solomon, to name a few — were to become some of the area’s most high-profile artists.

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“I’ve done my share of abstract art,” Marty Hartman says. “I’ve won prizes for my mixed-media work, but I never claimed to be any ‘ism.’ I just did my own thing.”

Within a year of arriving at Ringling, she would meet her husband, the late artist William Hartman, a handsome G.I. who was 15 years her junior.

Her girlfriends would balk at the love affair. Axe would tell her she was throwing away her chance to make it as an artist in New York.

Little did they know, Hartman would thrive in Sarasota.

Not long after getting married, the couple opened a gallery in downtown Sarasota. The Seventh Street Gallery, which would later be renamed to the Hartman Gallery and Studio, was a hot spot in town for a rotating cast of established artists.

It was the first art gallery in town and

the headquarters for the Florida Artist Group, as well as a school for burgeoning artists.

In 1953, the gallery was responsible for launching The Petticoat Painters, the oldest continuously exhibiting women’s art group in the United States. Hartman is still a member of the organization.

“After all these years I still call them ‘my girls,’” Hartman says of the 20-member group that has become one of her greatest claims to fame. “I scold them sometimes. I want them to be better and original. I want it so you can walk in a room and in a sea of paintings say, ‘That’s by Donna. That’s by Sue. That’s by Marty Hartman.’”

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Perlman Music Program: Celebration Concert Something magical happened Saturday at the Sarasota Opera House when an ensemble of talented teens gathered on stage under the direction of their mentor, Itzhak Perlman, to demonstrate what great string playing sounds like.

This year marks the eighth annual winter residency of the Perlman Music Program in Sarasota.

Of course, credit must go first to the Perlmans: to Toby, whose dream has been to help young musicians, and to Itzhak, who personifies great musicianship and charismatic, caring leadership and mentoring.

One of the highlights of Perlman’s playing has always been his ability to sing through his virtuosity. With the PMP, he’s instilling his musicianship and love of music in the talented young students with whom he works. He’s turning technophiles into musicians with a sense of style, history and understanding.

It’s fun to watch and inspirational to hear. For example, every year all the students (including the Perlmans and some of the other teachers) rehearse and then perform choral works conducted by Patrick Romano. Vocal music? You betcha! These instrumentalists are learning to breathe with the music, phrase, articulate and blend; important things for musicians whose instruments are outside their bod-

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John le Carre’s best-selling Cold War novel (1974) finally makes it to the big screen (PBS aired a miniseries in 1979).

Set in 1970s England, the film starts out with a huge bang. A covert operation in Hungary has gone terribly wrong. The mission was set into action by Control (John Hurt), who believed that there was a mole at the highest level in the Secret Intelligence Service. He resigns after the fiasco, and retired operative George Smiley (Gary Oldman) is re-recruited to investigate the Courtesy photo validity of Control’s suspicions.

Gary Oldman stars in “Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy.” The list of suspects has been narrowed down to four men with code names from a nursery rhyme: “Tinker,” witnessing impeccable performances more Percy Alleline (Toby Jones); “Tailor,” than compensates for the diversions.

Bill Haydon (Colin Firth); “Soldier,” Roy Spoiler alert: There is one monumenBland (Ciaran Hinds); and “Poorman,” tal casting catastrophe in “Tinker, Tailor, Toby Esterhase (David Dencik). Spy, of Soldier, Spy.” Now, don’t get me wrong. course, equals mole. And, coming in from Colin Firth (“The King’s Speech”) is beyond the cold eliminates Smiley from suspiperfect in the film. But one should never cion. Intelligence leaks, betrayals, torture cast an actor of his caliber (Oscar winner) and secretive gay relationships are soon whose character’s screen time is practically unearthed, proving that “nothing is genuine nil until the end. It’s inevitable he’s going anymore.” No one can be trusted. to show up and have an immense impact.

Alfredson (“Let the Right One In”) ingeIt’s just too suspicious and, might I add, niously employs the dropping of subtle obvious that Firth’s absence was a dead clues, one of which involves a single bead giveaway. of sweat plopping onto a table from a wait— Pam Nadon er’s brow. You know, instinctively, all hell is

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As the film opens, we are treated to a close-up of Hurt’s craggy face and reminded of the consummate actor he is. He simply graces the screen with his presence.

Oldman is, finally, once again center stage, demonstrating he can own a film even among some of the greatest British film actors out there today. And, although following the plot, at times, can be confusing,

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ies. They’re also, as in the case of an a cappella piece by Brahms, learning to pronounce a foreign language, something that will help them as their careers take them to different parts of the world. And, their rhythmic precision in an Orff-like piece by Gyorgy Orban showed that tricky vocal music can be easy for an instrumentalist (or maybe I’m just jealous!).

Hearing them take these lessons in musicianship and use them as they’re meant to — with their fiddles, cellos and basses — is the best of all possible worlds. Their performance of Grieg’s “Holberg Suite” was crystal clear, lush and stylish. The Gavotte, especially, had a lightness and lucidity that’s rarely heard on the best recordings or performances by major ensembles.

The finale of Bartok’s “Divertimento for Strings” had just the right bite to bring out the gypsy in them. And the swirling last movement of Tchaikovsky’s “Souvenir de Florence,” heard in its orchestral setting (it works here — much better than the orchestral arrangement of the Mendelssohn Octet), had all the clarity of chamber music in a richer texture.

Solos were carved into many of the pieces, spotlighting the prowess of individuals and making us play “Name the Player” — something much like “Name that Tune,” only here, we tried to discern, in three or four notes, who was playing what while bows flashed and fingers flew.

The Perlman Music Program is more than an asset to Sarasota. It’s a gem, and we’re blessed to it here. I couldn’t help thinking that some of the world’s great orchestras would kill to have string sections like this.

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Ten berry easy ways to use strawberries Every visit to the produce department should begin by asking the most senior manager you can find: “What’s good?” Last week, Dale Rodgers, produce manager at the Publix on Long-

boat Key, answered emphatically: “Strawberries! They are coming from only 70 miles away. They are tasty, and they are cheap!” The Florida strawberry season has two peaks: the one

everybody knows about in March and an earlier one in late December/early January. Why wait? Use these 10 ideas as a variety of ways to devour these tasty, ruby red fruits.

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Strawberries with raspberry sauce. Use small berries whole; halve or quarter larger ones. Remove hulls. Arrange in a champagne coupe or stemmed sherbet glass. Puree a package of frozen raspberries and pour over strawberries.

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French toast with strawberry topping. Wash, hull and slice berries.

Combine with a little sugar or honey and a squeeze of citrus juice if desired and serve atop French toast.

2.

Strawberries in red wine. Stem berries and dry. Layer whole berries in a glass bowl, sifting sugar over each layer. Let macerate two to three hours at room temperature; add a half bottle of good red wine and toss carefully with hands. Add more sugar to taste, fresh lime juice (about 1/2 lime per pint of berries) and, if you have it, a bit of pulp from a vanilla bean.

3.

Summer-in-winter salad. Combine sliced strawberries, thinly sliced red onions and torn romaine. Add a handful of slivered almonds. Make a dressing of mayonnaise thinned with raspberry vinegar; add poppy seeds (optional).

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Berry Boss berries grown in Dover, can be found at Publix ($2.50 per pound for the week of Jan. 2). cake with sliced strawberries (optionally combined with little sugar). Add a scoop of ice cream and top with more sliced berries and whipped cream or topping.

5.

Mary Frances’ strawberry stacked cake. Bake a yellow cake mix in a 9-inch-by-13-inch pan. When cool, cut into two layers lengthwise, then halve crosswise so you have four equal rectangles.

Build this in layers on the plate from which you will serve; top each piece with sliced, sugared berries. Let the cake soak up

the berry juice and top with whipped cream to serve.

6.

Strawberry soup. For four to six servings, combine a quart of fresh orange juice with two cups of plain, low-fat yogurt and two cups of buttermilk or sour cream. Whisk together with a tablespoon of honey, two tablespoons of lemon or lime juice and a dash of cinnamon. Chill. To serve, divide one-and-a-half pints fresh berries between bowls. Pour soup over and garnish with fresh mint.

7.

Strawberries and brown sugar. The crystalline form of brown sugar makes this a different experience than the more conventional confectioner’s sugar. For each serving, center a small plate with a mound of light brown sugar. Wash berries and pat dry; leave hulls on. Arrange berries around sugar and serve.

8.

Strawberry sorbet.

Combine two cups sugar and two cups water in a saucepan over medium heat and cook until sugar is completely dissolved, stirring

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Spinach salad with strawberries and strawberry vinaigrette. Combine four ounces baby spinach leaves with four tablespoons Craisins, 1/4 cup toasted walnuts, chopped and 1/2 cup strawberries thinly sliced. For dressing, combine 1/2 cup sliced berries, two tablespoons of champagne vinegar, one tablespoon of sugar and a pinch of salt in blender or food processor and puree.

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‘Cirque des Voix’

Key Chorale and Circus Sarasota 7:30 p.m. Under the Big Top, Tuttle Ave. and 12th Street Tickets $18 to $48. Call 355-9805.

Musical Morning featuring the Sarasota Brass Quintet Sarasota Orchestra Association 10 a.m. at Jewish Federation of Sarasota and Manatee Counties Tickets $10. Call 907-8882.

Venice Symphony Pops Concert

8 p.m. at Church of the Nazarene, Venice Tickets $20 to $28. Call 412-4725.

‘Alura and Nestor Take a Trip’: Artist, Author and Playwright Pat Kaufman Reads from Her New Novel

‘God of Carnage’

Asolo Repertory Theatre 8 p.m. at Mertz Theatre Runs through April 6.

Tickets $28 to $74. Call 351-8000.

2 p.m. at Selby Public Library Free. Call 922-7274.

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5 to 8 p.m. at The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art Tickets $5 to $10. Call 359-5700.

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In Conversation with Johan Kobborg

7 p.m. at the Historic Asolo Theater Tickets $25. Call 359-0099, Ext. 101.

3 and 6 p.m. at Englewood United Methodist Church Tickets $10. Call 474-5588.

8 p.m. at the Players Theatre Runs through Jan. 22.

Tickets $12 to $25. Call 365-2494.

Sarasota Orchestra 7:30 p.m. at Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall Tickets $25 to $69. Call 953-3434.

Music Faculty Recital: Thomas Koch

Dynamic Duo Concert

‘Dear World’

Eternally Tango: Great Escapes

Venice Symphony Pops Concert

friday, JAN. 13 Jazz at Two featuring Nate Najar, Mark Neuenschwander and Steve Bucholtz

State College of Florida ManateeSarasota 8 p.m. at Neel Performing Arts Center Tickets $4 to $8. Call 752-5252.

Jazz Club of Sarasota 2 p.m. at Unitarian Universalist Church of Sarasota Tickets $5 to $12. Call 366-1552.

Eternally Tango: Great Escapes

8 p.m. at Church of the Nazarene, Venice Tickets $20 to $28. Call 412-4725.

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8 p.m. at Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall Tickets $10 to $35. Call 953-3368.

6:30 p.m. at Golden Apple Dinner Theatre Tickets $5. Call 366-5454.

‘Next to Normal’ at Florida Studio Theatre runs through Jan. 14. Call 366-9000.

‘Love, Sung in the Key of Aretha’ at the Westcoast Black Theatre runs through Jan. 16. Call 366-1505.

‘Almost, Maine’ at Venice Theatre runs through Jan. 22. Call 4881115.

‘Dear World’ at the Players Theatre runs through Jan. 22. Call 3652494.

‘The Diversity of Play: Folk Toys, Dolls & Games from Around the World’ at the South Florida Museum runs through Jan. 22. Call 7464131.

‘Lobby Hero’ at Cook Theatre runs through Jan. 22. Call 351-8000.

‘Smokey Joe’s Café’ at Venice Theatre runs through Jan. 29. Call 488-1115.

4 and 8 p.m. at Church of the Nazarene, Venice Tickets $20 to $28. Call 412-4725.

‘Breaking Up Is Hard to Do’ at Golden Apple Dinner Theatre runs through Feb. 5. Call 366-5454.

Eternally Tango: Great Escapes

‘The Last Romance’ at Florida Studio Theatre runs through Feb. 12. Call 366-9000.

Sarasota Orchestra 8 p.m. at Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall Tickets $25 to $69. Call 953-3434.

Sarasota Orchestra 5:30 p.m. at Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall Tickets $25 to $69. Call 953-3434.

Venice Symphony Pops Concert

Key Chorale and Circus Sarasota 2 p.m. Under the Big Top, Tuttle Avenue and 12th Street Tickets $18 to $48. Call 355-9805.

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Whoopi Goldberg

‘Once in a Lifetime’ at Mertz Theatre runs through Feb. 29. Call 351-8000.

8 p.m. at Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall Tickets $30 to $100. Call 953-3368.

‘Shake, Rattle, and Roll!’ at Florida Studio Theatre runs through March 25. Call 366-9000.

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‘God of Carnage’ at Mertz Theatre runs through April 6. Call 3518000.

Sunday at Neel Series: The Letterman State College of Florida Manatee-

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Key Chorale and Circus Sarasota 4 p.m. Under the Big Top, Tuttle Ave. and 12th Street Tickets $18 to $48. Call 355-9805.

First United Methodist Church Concert Series featuring Jazz Trio

4 and 5:30 p.m. at First United Methodist Church Free. Call 955-0935.

Golden Dragon Acrobats

7 p.m. at Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall Tickets $10 to $35. Call 953-3368.

Back Home Again, A Tribute to John Denver 8 p.m. at Venice Theatre Tickets $30. Call 488-1115.

MONDAY, JAN. 16 Celebrate the Arts honoring Howard Tibbals Fine Arts Society of Sarasota 10 a.m. at Sarasota Yacht Club Tickets $50 to $75. Call 330-0680.

Back Home Again, A Tribute to John Denver 3 and 8 p.m. at Venice Theatre Tickets $30. Call 488-1115.

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Monday Night Movies at the Ringling ‘Mrs. Miniver’

7 p.m. at Historic Asolo Theater Tickets $7. Call 360-7399.

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Sarasota Opera Guild 7:15 p.m. at Unity Church 3023 Proctor Road Tickets $10. Call 366-1638.

TUESDAY, JAN. 17 Longboat Key Historical Society Lectures: Bill Shaver, President of the Fossil Club of Lee County

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Butterfly beauties The passion vine

Photos by Rachel S. O’Hara

A monarch feeds off of a red penta in the Hayneses’ butterfly garden.

A monarch chrysalis is attached to a leaf on a cardboard plant at the Hayneses’ home.

When Bob and Olivia Haynes moved 14 years ago from Reston, Va., to Sarasota, the couple missed seeing the many song birds that they had grown accustomed to spotting in their yard.

Soon, the Hayneses realized the beauty of butterflies and wanted to attract as many as possible to their own butterfly garden. The two made a trip to Marie Selby Botanical Gardens and wrote down the names of all the plants in its butterfly garden; the couple also joined the Sarasota Garden Club and its Butterfly Club.

Today, the couple’s backyard is filled with pipe vine, passion vine, lantana, porter weed and salvia. Their attention to detail has paid off, and the couple now enjoys the company of zebra long wings, monarchs, sulfurs and many other varieties of butterflies throughout the year.

Although the butterfly orchid does not attract butterflies, it’s a fitting addition to the garden.

The yellow orchid vine is popular with the sulfur butterflies, and the seeds look like little butterflies.

A newborn butterfly dries its wings while staying close to its chrysalis The Hayneses have a small wooden sign hanging from one of their trees that reads on a bamboo plant.

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Olivia Haynes enjoys creating stained glass, butterfly lawn ornaments and putting them throughout her yard.

One of the many blooming billbergias in the Hayneses’ butterfly garden.

Bob Haynes found this statue and said he couldn't pass it up. The Hayneses refer to the statue as “Butterfly Girl.”

The dwarf powder puff plant is popular with butterflies due to its bright color.

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The home at 1212 Westway Drive in Lido Shores has undergone a dramatic transformation in the last two years, thanks to a variety of creative minds throughout Sarasota. The Sarasota Architectural Foundation held a tour of the home Tuesday for both members and nonmembers of SAF. The two-year-long transformation of Scott and Christine Key’s home was taken on by TOTeMs’ Jerry Sparkman and Arif Abdulla; John Wheeler Landscape; and interior designer Karen Brown. Mike Adams, of Third Coast Construction, was the general contractor.

“The design is based around a new landscape courtyard that connects both sides of the property to introduce a contemporary aesthetic, create space for vertical circulation and strengthen the home to current hurricane code standards,” said TOTeMs principal-in-charge Jerry Sparkman.

The home, originally built in 1956, is referred to as “Strandhus,” which translates to “beach home” in Swedish. The home was redone using natural materials, wood paneling and stone flooring, as well with ceramics and recycled resins.

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THURSDAY, january 12, 2012

Pei Shan Lee and Paul Katz

Tim Mauthe, Ilana Jones, Caitlin Lynch and Natalie Alper-Leroux Itzhak Perlman, Arthur Guilford, Toby Perlman and Elizabeth Power

Perlman Paradise

Co-Chairwoman Debbi Haspel

Itzhak Perlman saved the best for last — and oh, how it was worth the wait.

The eighth annual Perlman and Pearls Gala, a scrumptious evening with Itzhak and Toby Perlman and students and faculty of the Perlman Music Program/Suncoast, took place Saturday, Jan. 7, at Michael’s On East. Barbara Brizdle and Debbie Haspel co-chaired the sparkling affair, which followed the Celebration Concert at the Sarasota Opera House.

Women and men in gowns and suits were glued to their seats right down to the final moments of the night, when Perlman and PMP faculty members and fellows Eddie Davis, Patrick Romano, Tim Mauthe and Alec Galambos took the stage and sang their hearts out — a cappella-style — to Billy Joel’s “The Longest Time” and Sam Cooke’s “Cupid.” The sensational, entertaining and talented fivesome tickled PMP devotees to the point of sidesplitting laughter. In case you missed it, make sure to check out the video on YourObserver.com.

By Loren Mayo | Black Tie Editor

Suzanne Weitz, John Arbuckle and Ina Gross

Larry Schoenberg and Co-Chairwoman Barbara Brizdle

Photos by Loren Mayo

Morgan Finkelstein and Sharna Rozin

Chris Rolle and Lee Ramsey

Ina Schnell, Dr. Arthur Ancowitz and Bill Berman

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Sheila and Jules Rose with Lynn and Arthur Guilford and Fran Lambert

Barbara Long and Jennifer Meyer

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Anny Chen and Juan-Salvador Carrasco

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National Council of Jewish Women, Sarasota-Manatee Section’s 30th annual Women in Power Luncheon 11:30 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 18, at Michael’s On East; Ticket $65; Call 342-1855.

Strong women. Motivational stories. Sweet centerpieces.

The Women in Power Luncheon honors four women — Margaret Callihan, chairman, president and CEO of SunTrust Bank; Betsy Callihan Kane-Hartnett, co-founder and executive director of Forty Carrots Family Center; Eva T. Slane, retired theatrical agent and philanthropist; and Anne Weintraub, attorney and founding member of Band Weintraub law firm — whose accomplishments mirror the organization’s focus on social justice by improving the lives of women, children and families. Co-Chairwomen Nina Japhe and Janet Stollman invite you to attend and hear the motivational stories of how these women have added to the richness of the Sarasota and Manatee communities. Hand-crafted centerpiece vessels by artist Lynnie Siegel will be available for purchase at the Slane luncheon to support community service projects.

by Loren Mayo | Black Tie Editor

+ First week on the job

I just can’t say enough about how lovely it was to walk into my first Black Tie events as official Black Tie editor and have people not only recognize me and take a few minutes to introduce me to the who’s who of Sarasota, but a few folks actually bent down to check out my heels. Molly Schechter and her Black Tie and Tales Loren Mayo column have Event Co-Chairs Paul done me and Carina Bowman proud.

My first adventure on the town began with the YMCA Foundation’s “Sensations from the Sea” VIP Dinner Jan. 5, at the Longboat Key Club Islandside, where I met Paul Bowman, chairman of the YMCA Foundation’s Board of Trustees).

When I told him of my plan to make friends during my new gig, he told me he had nothing to say about the people, but he knew quite a bit about the beach. “The beach?” I asked. “There’s sand there,” he answered. “You’re looking for dirt, aren’t you?”

+ So in love

Don and Marilyn Fisher met at 17 and 15 years of age, respectively. She was out on the dance floor zooming around when he spotted her.

He leaned over to his buddies and said, “I’m going to marry that girl.”

Knowing full well that he had two left feet, he made her promise to save the last dance for him.

Sixty-one years later, the couple is still happily hitched — and dancing. The couple was out on the social circuit Jan. 5, at the YMCA Foundation’s “Sensations From the Sea VIP Dinner.

She bosses him around, and he’s quite comfortable letting her.

“She’s bossed me around since the first day,” Don Fisher says. “She commands it.”

Loren Mayo

Don and Marilyn Fisher

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+ Oh, what a night!

+ Tidbits

Four women named Molly …

Molly Klauber, Molly Schechter, Molly Demeulenaere and Molly Turner went on a crusade to find Sarasota’s tastiest macaroni and cheese at the Gulf Coast Cheese Festival’s newest event, Molly’s Mac ’n’ Cheese S’Mac Down. The event was held Friday, Jan. 6, in the Fête Ballroom at The Polo Grill and Bar and benefits G.WIZ — The Science Museum … At last, at last … Yara Michaels and Dr. David Shoemaker have gotten hitched! The couple had planned to marry this spring but found they just couldn’t wait.

With her mother coming to Sarasota from New York City to visit for the holidays, Michaels wanted to meet her with a band on her finger. The couple sneaked Dec. 23 to Tampa and tied the knot. But wait, there’s more … they hope to plan a post-

Kane-Hartnett

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Judges Molly Klauber, Molly Schechter, Molly Demeulenaere and Molly Turner wedding ceremony to celebrate their love in the coming months. ... Corrections ... From the Dec. 22 issue: The photo from the SPARCCLE for the Holidays event was misidentified as Patti Good. The photo was of Katie Stiegelmeyer. Sandy Cohen was misidentified in the “Le Grand Cabaret” event in the Jewish Family and Children’s Service’s annual gala.

For their sake (and ours), we’ll call them Sue and Steve.

Sue, Steve, and what’s rumored to be about 300 other people attended the Perlman & Pearls Gala Saturday. BT wound up sitting in between Sue and Steve, who became fast friends over dinner. Sue lives in South Sarasota. Steve just returned to Sarasota from a dive boat stationed in Tahiti.By dessert, Sue and Steve, who had heard it was also Bea Friedman’s birthday, jokingly plotted to crash her birthday party via motorcycle.

“You look like Elvira in that top, so you can ride on my motorcycle,” Steve told Sue about her new blouse with its fabulous popped collar.

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CAMERA READY Town Hall Platinum Dinner Featuring Tina Brown Ringling College Library Association Jan. 7 | Ritz-Carlton, Sarasota

Matt and Margaret Callihan, Laura Nelson and Ron Gelbman

Rachel Weiner and Kathleen Weiner Above: Ed and Patsy Garno with Mary Ann and John Meyer Photos by Loren Mayo

Right: Stanley Kane sports a jaunty look, pairing tennis shoes with his blazer.

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