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Sewer project slated to begin City of Sarasota representatives say they are awaiting a permit to begin work on a sewer force-main line that will be installed about 20 feet underwater by the north Siesta bridge.

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+ Get to the beach in time to park …

Margot Sermet, a longtime Siesta resident, called recently to emphasize just how busy the Siesta Public Beach has been so far this season — and March’s traffic count is expected to be even higher.

It’s practically a Siesta tradition to ignore the signs county staff put out by Beach Road, saying the parking-lot spaces are full.

Nonetheless, Sermet said, tourists and residents who ignore those signs are apt to lose their patience, as they fruitlessly circle the lot.

And if people think their cars won’t get towed from illegal parking spaces, she said, they are wrong. When Sermet called, she already had seen 10 cars towed away that morning.

If you want to be assured of a spot at the beach, she advised, get there by 9 a.m.

Two representatives of the city of Sarasota say they are close to having in hand the final permit they need to begin work on a sewer force-main project on the north end of Siesta Key, with the work scheduled to be completed before bridge renovations begin June 5.

Senior Project Manager Dave McAnaney, of the city’s consulting firm Stantec, said he resubmitted the permit application to the Florida Department of Transportation’s Sarasota staff March 6.

“As far as I know, there’re no problems,” he said March 12.

The permit would allow the sewer project contractor to use the FDOT right of way on the south side of the north Siesta bridge.

However, Cindy Clemmons, a spokeswoman for FDOT, wrote in an email to the Pelican Press

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Sgt. Scott Osborne of the Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office fielded a question during the March 1 Siesta Key Association meeting about overflow beach parking at St. Boniface Episcopal Church, within easy walking distance of the Siesta Public Beach.

If deputies see vehicles desperately circling the beach lot, he said, they give the drivers directions to St. Boniface, just east of the intersection of Beach Road and Midnight Pass Road.

The church asks for a $5 donation to use its spaces on weekdays, said Carolyn Walker, who is in charge of membership for the parish.

However, she pointed out, members of the church’s youth group generally collect the donations on Saturdays and Sundays, and they ask for $10. The money goes into a fund for their mission trips, Walker said.

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March 12 that the last information she had received indicated FDOT staff still was awaiting a 2012 permit application.

The previous applications, which were submitted in 2010

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continuing debate

By Rachel Brown Hackney | Managing Editor

Sarasota County Commission hears more pleas for alcohol ban

Commissioners agreed to seek more roadway safety measures.

The older sister of a Siesta Key runner who was killed in early January by an allegedly drunken driver joined four other family members and a former Sarasota County commissioner March 14, in asking the current County

Commission to ban alcoholic beverages on the beaches.

“If the commissioners had thought differently 20 years ago,” Dinise McPhail said during the public-comment portion of the meeting, “I would not be

standing here now.”

David Mills, of Sarasota, who stepped down from the commission in 2006, told the board that the issue had come up in

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The day after 53-year-old Donna Chen was killed in a traffic incident on Midnight Pass Road, residents left flowers and a cross as a memorial to her.

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ALCOHOL/PAGE 1A 1991, but the commission, at that time, had declined to impose a ban.

Because of the structure of the county ordinance on beach activities, Mills added, it would be easy for the current commissioners to amend it.

During the commission’s March 13 regular meeting in Venice, Commissioner Nora Patterson, who lives on Siesta Key, won support from her fellow board members for making a formal request that the Florida Department of Transportation lower the speed limit on Midnight Pass Road from the Beach Road intersection through the curve where Chen was struck and killed Jan. 7.

FDOT warning signs on the curve have a posted 30 mph speed limit and flashing lights.

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quest, the commission will ask FDOT to put raised reflectors on the edge of the road in that curve, to alert drivers who veer out of their lane.

The commission Tuesday also agreed to ask the Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office for suggestions in how the county should handle the consumption of alcoholic beverages on the beaches. Finally, the commission agreed to install surveillance cameras as part of the planned redesign of the concession at the Siesta Public Beach.

In the meantime, Roy McPhail told the Pelican Press members of the family and supporters have gathered almost 3,000 signatures on petitions seeking a ban of alcoholic beverages on all county beaches.

“We’re getting there,” he said, “one step at a time.”

Part of the petition drive is on

Siesta Beach concession sales report In response to a question from Sarasota County Commissioner Carolyn Mason, Carolyn Brown, general manager of Sarasota County Parks and Recreation, sent a memo Feb. 22 to County Administrator Randall Reid regarding alcoholic-beverage sales at the Siesta Key Public Beach concession.

Mason had asked whether the county received proceeds from those sales. Brown responded the website, www.change.org, he said. After going to the website, type in “Donna Chen” to view the online petition.

As of mid-morning March 14, 754 people had signed petitions on that website to show support

that the county’s agreement with the concession “indicates the food, beverage and retail items that may be included for sale. The list does include beer and wine; however, compensation (to the county) is based on a base monthly payment with an additional percentage of overall sales.”

The base compensation, Brown added, is $34,100 per month. of an alcohol ban.

McPhail said he and his family appreciated Mills’ help in their endeavor. “We’re trying to pull it away from being a family tragedy,” he said.

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Additional compensation is figured as follows: • 2.001% of gross annual sales up to and including $1 million • 3.5% of gross annual sales exceeding $1 million, up to and including $2 million; and 5% of gross annual sales exceeding $2 million during any concession year following the completion of all new, planned facilities in the concession area.

Christine Robinson told Mills and the McPhails after their comments March 14, “Thank you for participating in the public process.”

City Editor Kurt Schultheis contributed to this story.

COUNTY residents address alcohol on the beach In the aftermath of the Jan. 7 death of runner Donna Chen on Siesta Key, in an incident involving an allegedly drunken driver, numerous people have sent emails to Sarasota County Commission Chairwoman Christine Robinson to voice their views on alcohol consumption on public beaches.

A sampling of emails follows: March 9, from a Sarasota resident: “I understand you are looking at a request to ban alcohol on the beach because of a driver hitting someone after drinking on Siesta Beach.

This was a tragic accident that

could have been prevented if the driver would have obeyed the laws already on the books … There are many law-abiding citizens who enjoy a glass of wine while watching the sunset or just taking a relaxing stroll on the beach. These people should not be punished.”

March 9, from a Sarasota resident: “I have been a practicing emergency-room physician now for 31 years, the last 10 of which have been here in Sarasota …

No one can deny the immeasurable pain this loss has had on the Chen family, but while their desire to do something to give

some meaning to this tragedy is certainly understandable, I think that the solution they propose is based on emotion rather than logic … The problem here was not drinking on Siesta Key beach, any more than there is a problem drinking alcohol at home, in restaurants, in bars, at Tropicana Field (in St. Petersburg) or at Raymond James Stadium (in Tampa) … The societal problem here is drinking alcohol to the point of being intoxicated and then irresponsibly getting behind the wheel of a motor vehicle … ” March 8, from a Sarasota

resident: “Please do not ban alcohol on Sarasota beaches. My family and I love the beaches here … There is nothing better than a glass of wine or a beer with friends and family on the beach at sunset. We have the No. 1 beach in the (United States).

Please don’t take away our right to enjoy a drink while enjoying it.”

March 8, from an Osprey resident: “I think the idea of banning alcohol on Siesta Beach is not only a bad idea, it is also discriminatory based on your economic status. A ban on drinking at the public

beach would restrict drinking to those who own property on the beach or have a boat, or restrict drinking on the beach to buying drinks at a beachfront bar.”

Feb. 29, from a Sarasota resident: “I disagree with those who suggest that consuming alcohol on the beach is a protected right. I’m not against alcohol in general, as I drink wine and beer in moderation myself regularly … Most people do not drink at the beach, and those who do should accept the rights of those who don’t (and who want) to be in a sober environment.”

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ready for revelers By Rachel Brown Hackney | Managing Editor

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Village crosswalks to shed light on pedestrian safety The Sarasota County Commission Tuesday unanimously approved the installation of bollards with lights at all the Siesta Village crosswalks, to improve pedestrian safety.

Revelers enjoy a past St. Patrick’s Day gathering at the Irish Rover in Gulf Gate. The pub closed in August 2011.

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St. Patrick’s day parties expected in Siesta Village Because the pub that hosted a community-wide St. Patrick’s Day celebration in Gulf Gate closed in August, more revelers are expected in Siesta Village this year.

Since the closing in August of the Irish Rover pub in Gulf Gate, Village bars are expecting more revelers on St. Patrick’s Day, Catherine Luckner, president of the Siesta Key Association, told her members this month.

Reporting on behalf of Russell Matthes, president of the Siesta Key Village Association, Luckner said the bars were hiring extra security, “and they are gong to be serving things in plastic only, no bottles.”

Kevin Cooper, executive director of the Siesta Key Chamber of Commerce, added that no official event was planned in the Village. However, he said, “I think there’s an expectation that, much

like when the pineapple drop didn’t happen downtown (on New Year’s Eve), those crowds that would normally centralize (in Gulf Gate) will disperse to other parts of the county” for St. Patrick’s Day. Village restaurants and bars reported far more customers than usual on New Year’s Eve, attributing the crowd to the fact that downtown Sarasota did not host its traditional festivities that night.

“It’s not us driving it,” Cooper said of Village business people, regarding St. Patrick’s Day plans. “I think the event is only anticipating a higher level of traffic than we would normally

see on that day.”

Moreover, he said, the bars’ decision to serve alcoholic beverages in plastic was an attempt to keep customers from leaving glass on lawns, for example, or sidewalks.

“So there isn’t a scheduled pub crawl?” SKA board member Michael Shay asked, referring to the collaboration of the bars for special holiday events, such as the Turkey Trot before Thanksgiving.

Cooper and Siesta Key Chamber President Mark Smith, who also was attending the SKA meeting, said that, to their knowledge, no pub crawl was planned in the Village for St. Patrick’s Day.

Spring break-ers crowd the Key “Spring break is upon us,” Sgt. Scott Osborne, leader of the Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office Community Policing Station in Siesta Village, told members of the Siesta Key Association March 1.

During the Siesta Key Village Association meeting March 6, Osborne emphasized that point, saying, “The dynamics of the beach have changed again.”

Instead of a preponderance of families, as he and his fellow officers had been seeing for weeks, Osborne said, “It’s just all young people” at the beach.

Still, he added, “So far, so good,” adding that few problems had been reported. “But we’re concentrating on the beach,” he said.

The week of the SKA meeting, Osborne said, numerous students from the University of

Michigan and Michigan State were visiting the area. This week is expected to be the busiest on the Key, he said, with the Sarasota County and Manatee County public schools closed for spring break.

Siesta Key Chamber of Commerce President Mark Smith joked to his fellow attendees at the March 6 SKVA meeting, “Get your groceries this week, because next week, you’ll be homebound.”

Osborne added that sheriff’s deputies over recent years had written an average of 100 tickets for underage drinking during the college spring break tourist season on the Key. He told the SKA members that the department would have an extra 30 to 40 officers working on the island during the spring-break period, to help with patrols.

Among the additional per-

sonnel will be the officers of the mounted patrol, he said, and the Sheriff’s Office’s K-9 Unit.

Osborne also pointed out that the Sheriff’s Office has recorded an increase in burglaries of vehicles during spring break each year.

People who come to the beach leave purses, cell phones and other items in their vehicles, “and now it’s iPads,” he said, because they do not want to have to take the items onto the beach. “(Thieves) seem to be targeting (iPads),” Osborne added.

People will break windows or tamper with locks, he said, to gain access to vehicles.

Deputies advise visitors and residents alike to lock items out of sight, if they do not want to haul them to the beach.

With a unanimous vote Tuesday, the Sarasota County Commission approved the installation of bollards with lights at each end of every crosswalk in Siesta Village, to improve pedestrian safety.

Referring to the poor visibility of people in the crosswalks, Commissioner Nora Patterson, who lives on the Key, told her fellow board members, “The current situation’s an accident waiting to happen.”

Siesta Key Association Vice President Peter van Roekens was delighted with the board’s vote, because he had broached the topic in January during a Siesta Key Village Association meeting.

“Wonderful, wonderful!” he told the Pelican Press. “What a great piece of news that is.”

Agreeing with Patterson, van Roekens added, “It is just an accident waiting to happen.”

SKVA member Mark Smith noted during the organization’s March 6 meeting that the headlights of oncoming vehicles could blind drivers as they proceed down Ocean Boulevard and through the Village, even at the posted 20 mph speed. That situation, Smith said, makes it difficult for people to see pedestrians in crosswalks that are not well illuminated by surrounding light.

The only catch regarding the bollard installation may be the cost, Tom Maroney, general manager of business operations for the Public Works Department, said in an interview after the commission vote. A Feb. 21 memo to the commission, prepared by Public Works Department staff, said the estimated cost of the bollards was $9,350, not including the construction costs.

Furthermore, Maroney pointed out, the memo did not address the installation of bollards at each of the 11 crosswalks. It had considered bollards only in three specific locations where SKA and SKVA members had pointed to particularly poor lighting.

“We’ll get somebody out (to the Village) to work up an estimate on construction,” Maroney said, adding that he also probably would talk with SKA and SKVA representatives and, perhaps Patterson, about the higher cost.

Nonetheless, Maroney said, “For now, we’re moving forward, talking about 11 (crosswalks).”

He declined to estimate a timetable for construction.

“It could take a little time,” he said. “Obviously, (the project has) to be designed.”

Patterson brought up the crosswalk issue during the commission’s regular meeting in Venice Tuesday, just as she had promised SKA members dur-

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The Sarasota County Commission has approved the installation of bollards with lighting at all the crosswalks in Siesta Village. Bollards are used at other county crosswalks, including these in the Pinecraft area of Bahia Vista Street.

ing their March 1 session. She noted the staff recommendation in the Feb. 21 memo was for restriping the crosswalks with a reflective thermoplastic material and installing four delineators, or paddles, in the three locations where SKVA and SKA members had reported the most difficulty for drivers in spotting pedestrians.

The memo said the thermoplastic striping had been in place for four years “and is in need of replacement.” The restriping was estimated at $6,200, which could be handled as a routine maintenance expense, the staff memo said.

The delineators, or paddles, would cost about $500, according to the memo; they also could be purchased and installed with existing county operations and maintenance funds. The paddles, which are lightweight signs covered in diamond-grade reflective material, fold over at the base if hit accidentally by a vehicle, the memo noted.

“The paddles are clearly the cheaper alternative (to the bollards),” Patterson said, “but I think the bollards would be far more attractive. The area has been so nicely improved.”

The county paid for a major beautification project in the Village that began in summer 2008 and concluded in spring 2009.

“The paddles are those PVC things … that look good for about an hour, then look bad for the rest of their lives,” Commissioner Jon Thaxton said, concurring with Patterson on the bollard proposal.

Thaxton seconded her motion for the restriping and bollards.

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+ Youth may register for free Orioles clinic The Orioles and OriolesREACH will conduct a free baseball skills clinic for pre-registered Sarasota youth at 2 p.m.

Saturday, April 7, on the main field at Ed Smith Stadium.

The clinic is open to youth ages 8-14 who reside in Sarasota County, according to an Orioles news release.

Any young person interested in participating must complete an application form available at Ed Smith Stadium or at www.orioles.com/sarasota. (Click on “Community Calendar.”) A person may print and mail the completed form to Ed Smith Stadium, Attn: April 7 Clinic, 2700 12th St., Sarasota, Fla., 34237.

Fifty boys and girls will be selected randomly from the applications to receive instruction in throwing, hitting, fielding and base running. Orioles minor league players and instructors will conduct the clinic.

The deadline for registration is Tuesday, March 20. Those randomly chosen will be notified by Saturday, March 24.

This clinic is the final one of four the

Orioles have planned for Sarasota-area youth during the 2012 spring training season.

+ Second public meeting set for Gulf Gate Library Sarasota County library staff and representatives from the Harvard Jolly architectural firm will hold a second open house March 29 on plans for the new Gulf Gate Library.

The event will be conducted from 4:30 to 7 p.m. at St. Andrew United Church of Christ, 6908 Beneva Road.

Sarasota County Libraries General Manager Sarabeth Kalajian said those attending the open house will be able to see schematics for the interior of the new library, as well as a site proposal for the building.

The new library will be constructed on the site of the current facility, 7112 Curtiss Ave., Sarasota.

“It’s getting to the exciting place,” Kalajian said of the project.

Attendees will be able to see proposed designs for both the ground floor and the second floor, she added.

For more information, call 861-5000.

+ Background-check fingerprint process changed The Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office has automated the processing of fingerprint-based criminal history requests through the Florida Department of Law Enforcement.

Residents who need background checks for employment applications, volunteer screenings and other processes will use the new computer-based “livescan” technology installed at the same locations where the fingerprint service traditionally has been offered: the Sarasota County Jail, 2020 Main St., Sarasota, and the South County Jail at the Venice Police Department, 1350 E. Ridgewood Ave., Venice.

The FDLE and FBI will not accept inked fingerprint hardcopy cards as of April 1, the news release notes.

The process has changed slightly, so the public should be aware of the following, according to a news release: Each applicant must have an ORI (Originating Agency number) or CRI (Controlling Agency number) from the company requesting the criminal history.

The requesting agency must reg-

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March 19, Sarasota County Public Schools offices, brown awning building, 1960 Landings Blvd., Sarasota.

Sarasota County School Board — March 20: 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., workshop, 1980/1960 Landings Blvd., Sarasota; 3 p.m., regular meeting, 1980 Landings Blvd., Sarasota.

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THURSDAY, MARCH 15, 2012

in the beginning …

By Rachel Brown Hackney | Managing Editor

Siesta Key has long tradition of putting county on the map In a 15-minute history lesson, a county official traced the Key from its first recognition, on Spanish maps in the 1500s, to its No. 1 beach status.

Well before Dr. Stephen P. Leatherman named Siesta Key’s beach No. 1 in the nation, “This magical island has helped to put Sarasota on the map,” John F. McCarthy, interim executive director of community services for Sarasota County, told the approximately 150 people attending the Siesta Key Association’s annual meeting March 10.

The earliest maps of the area, drawn by Spanish explorers, McCarthy said, show Big Pass, at the northern end of the Key, with the name “Boca Sarasota.”

In the 1700s, the most prominent landmark on mariners’ maps of the Southwest Florida coast was labeled “Rocky Point,” which, McCarthy noted, referred to “our very own Point of Rocks.”

He also had found a historical reference, he said, to “the crescent of sand in between (the pass and Rocky Point).” One mariner had written that, from a ship in the Gulf of Mexico, the sand looked “like the dunes on a desert — a brilliant glow off of the shoreline.”

The earliest known name for the Key, McCarthy said, was Clam Island. Maps drawn in the 1800s LBK - 2010 - K calling the alternated between island Sarasota Key and Big Sarasota Key, he said.

Then, in 1907, three early de-

SKA officers recognized approximately 150 people present, “is write a check for this breakfast.”

SKA board member Helen Clifford is taking over Tripp’s duties, while board member Beverly Arias is the new secretary.

Board member Bob Waechter told the audience that Luckner had been re-elected president, and Peter van Roekens had been re-elected vice president of the organization.

The other directors for 2012 are Ron Flynn, Deet Jonker, Michael Shay and Joe Volpe.

Siesta Key Association President Catherine Luckner presented plaques to two of her board members Saturday, as they stepped down from their positions.

During the SKA’s annual breakfast meeting in the St. Boniface Episcopal Church Community Center, Luckner thanked Bob Tripp for serving as the organization’s treasurer and Joyce Kouba for serving as secretary, both for seven years. Kouba will stay on the board of directors.

“The last thing I’m going to do (as treasurer),” Tripp told the

velopers — including Harry Higel, for whom Higel Avenue is named — platted a subdivision on the northern end of the island and called it “Siesta, a place to rest and relax.”

McCarthy added, “That was the first residential subdivision on a barrier island anywhere in this area … Slowly, people began using that name, Siesta, to describe the entire island.”

In the 1920s, developers began promoting what is now the Siesta Public Beach as the main beach, McCarthy said. That led prominent Sarasota families to begin

building beach houses on the shores of the Gulf, he said, though no one made those houses their permanent residences, given worries about potential damage from storms.

Around 1955, a Sarasota resident named George Olmstead, who had collected 900 samples of sand from all over the world, proclaimed Siesta’s sand even whiter than the white sands of New Mexico, McCarthy said.

With that as the background, he continued, a Travel Channel visit to Siesta Key several years ago marked the final climb of the

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The Travel Channel named Siesta the No. 2 beach in Florida, thanks to that quartz sand. No. 1, he said, was Miami Beach, for its nightlife.

Subsequently, McCarthy said, the Siesta Public Beach won a certificate in 2003 that put it on the list of the nation’s healthy beaches. That helped earn it a spot on Leatherman’s Top 40 beach list for the world, McCarthy said.

In 2007, Siesta earned the No. 10 spot on Leatherman’s annual list for the United States, McCarthy said. “We had nowhere else to go but up,” he added, drawing laughter from the audience.

In 2008, Siesta made it to No. 3.

Then, in 2009, it was No. 2.

“The next year, drum roll, we’re No. 2 again,” McCarthy said, drawing more laughter. “We’re holding ground.”

In the meantime, McCarthy said, various county government departments and the Sarasota Audubon chapter began working on a number of initiatives, including banning smoking on the public beach and enlisting volunteers to protect the endangered snowy plovers that nest on the beach each spring and summer.

“And then, finally, Memorial Day (weekend) last year,” McCarthy said, “Dr. Beach comes down and says, ‘Bam! This is it. You’re No. 1.’”

He added, “It took everybody in this room” to make that ranking possible.

“It’s just totally awesome!”

Leatherman honored for environmental contributions During their annual meeting March 10, members of the Siesta Key Association recognized Dr. Stephen P. Leatherman, aka Dr. Beach, director of Florida International University’s Laboratory for Coastal Research, for his long record of working to protect the environment and endangered species.

Not only has he become known for his research on beaches, SKA President Catherine Luckner pointed out, but he also has dealt with water-supply issues relative to hurricane damage and species protection.

For example, she said, he had worked with Alabama officials to protect the Alabama beach mice, which are critical to the health of beach vegetation in areas of that state.

“He cares about even the little things,” Luckner added.

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more fiscal woes

room to roam By Kurt Schultheis | City Editor

By Rachel Brown Hackney | Managing Editor

County budget could take More county parks unanticipated $10-million hit to permit dogs The commission agreed with a recommendation to open up more of its county parks to dogs.

A judge’s ruling and legislative action last week could have a negative impact of more than $10 million on Sarasota County’s 2013 fiscal-year budget. ized as “incredibly unfair, but (which) will be quite devastating to our budget,” was the Legislature’s move to make it impossible for counties to avoid paying Medicaid bills that they could prove to be unsubstantiated.

Patterson explained that each Florida county has been responsible for Medicaid bills for any person who has provided a home address in that specific county. However, if county staff were able to prove the person had provided a false address, such as a sidewalk or the county jail, she said, the county did not have to pay the bill.

“And now we have to pay about a $5 million check,” she said, “and, again, a recurring bill that will be ever increasing … ” She added, “I am outraged about this.”

Counties will be able to appeal that legislative action to a state board, Patterson said. Still, if the counties lose, she said, they will be paying 100% of what state officials say they must pay in Medicaid bills, regardless of whether counties can prove that some claims are invalid.

A third factor that could have a significant bearing on future county budgets, she said, relates to a referendum the Legislature has approved for the November ballot: Voters will have the opportunity to decide whether to lower the ad-valorem property tax cap on nonhomestead property from a maximum increase of 10% a year to 5%.

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polls,” Patterson added, pointing out that the county had lost 40% of its tax base since the recession hit, and another 4% decrease has been forecast for the 2013 fiscal-year budget.

Nonetheless, Patterson said, the No. 1 beach designation for Siesta Key, bestowed in May 2011 by Dr. Stephen P. Leatherman, “almost seemed to signal a change in attitude” and, at the same time, the beginning of an economic rebound for the county.

In past years, Patterson said, Sarasota County reaped a number of national honors. Then, when the Great Recession hit, the community began to struggle. The No. 1 beach recognition, she pointed out, has been followed recently by Sarasota’s being named the top springbreak destination for families by www.livability.com and the best place to retire by www.topretirements.com.

Patterson also pointed out that the county’s unemployment rate had declined from a level above 13% at the height of the Great Recession to its current rate below 10%. “I never thought I would celebrate an unemployment rate in the area of as high as 9.8%,” she said, adding, “It’s great to see it go down, (but) it is still unacceptable.”

The County Commission was doing the best it could, she said, to try to improve employment opportunities in the county.

“We are seeing that most county residents support (economic) incentives to try to diversify our economy,” she added.

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“The leash law is violated tremendously around the county,” Thaxton said.

“Dogs are off the leash as soon as they are out of sight,” he added, “and it’s a large minority of dog owners who are starting to do it.”

Chairwoman Christine Robinson also requested county staff to consider a future dog-friendly park for Englewood residents.

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A judge’s ruling last week and an unexpected move by the Florida Legislature, before it adjourned March 9, could prove extra challenges to the county financial outlook, Sarasota County Commissioner Nora Patterson told about 150 members of the Siesta Key Association during their annual meeting March 10.

First, she pointed out, the judicial ruling had overturned the Legislature’s move in 2011, at the urging of Gov. Rick Scott, to require all government employees to pay 3% of their salaries into the Florida Retirement System.

“That gave (the county budget) a bit of a break last year,” she said, noting that employee contributions to pension plans were “not a novel idea.”

Patterson told the audience, “My guess is most of you in the room contributed 100% to your retirement (plans).”

An appeal of the judge’s ruling was expected, she said. In the meantime, it would mean “probably a $5 million to maybe a $6 million hit to the county budget, not once, but every single year,” she said, along with a refund to employees for their pension payments to the state.

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Dogs will be welcome at more Sarasota County parks, thanks to County Commission action Tuesday.

During their regular meeting in Venice, the commissioners agreed to a county staff recommendation regarding additional areas in parks that can be designated dog-friendly, meaning dogs will be welcome. However, the canines must be leashed at all times.

“We are seeing a continued trend of people seeking to enjoy parks with their dogs,” said Kim Heuberger of the county’s Parks, Recreation and Natural Resources department.

Heuberger added that county staff would monitor the approved parks regularly, to make sure the changes proceed smoothly and to determine whether any adjustments would be necessary.

The new dog-friendly areas supplement four all-access dog parks the county has been offering: the 17th Street Paw Park in Sarasota, Woodmere Park in Venice, Lakeview Park in Sarasota and Brohard Beach in Venice.

The paw parks allow owners to let dogs off their leashes, to run.

While the commissioners approved the staff suggestions, they did voice reservations over the plan not to provide pet-waste bags at the facilities. Baggies are provided only along The Legacy Trail, at Red Bug Slough Preserve and the county’s paw parks.

“If we’re not going to provide baggies, we need to have something that explains about the penalties for not cleaning up,” said Commissioner Nora Patterson, who noted the county ordinance stipulates that people pick up after their pets.

Commissioner Jon Thaxton also urged the erection of in-

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The County Commission awarded Stantec Consulting Services Inc. of Sarasota a $265,950 contract April 13, 2010, for preliminary design and permitting work for the Siesta Key Master Pump Station and Force Main Project, which has been planned to pipe sewage from Siesta Key to a regional treatment facility.

The commission then approved a $673,804 contract with Stantec Jan. 25, 2011, for the firm to undertake the final design, permitting, bidding and construction management services for the project.

After residents in Ashton Lakes and Lockwood Ridge Road neighborhoods protested the path of the sewer force main line through their community, Public Works staff last December presented the County Commission an alternative tiein route and metering assembly location in Red Bug Slough.

The park borders Lockwood Ridge Road.

A staff memo suggested that alternative location if the cost of the change did not exceed $50,000. The $36,442 Stantec contract amendment, which was included on the commission’s March 13 agenda, called for the firm to communicate and coordinate the proposed change in plans with residents of the Lockwood Ridge/Ashton Road neighborhoods and people living near the Red Bug Slough Preserve.

Additionally, the contract amendment calls for Stantec to perform geotechnical services.

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Siesta sewer project discussion delayed The Sarasota County Commission has postponed discussion of the next step in its Siesta Key sewage project until the morning of March 28, at the County Administration Center.

Because of what a Sarasota County Public Works manager characterized as a “game-changing letter from the state,” and the project’s bearing on north county neighborhoods, the Sarasota County Commission agreed March 13 to delay a discussion of a contract amendment regarding the Siesta Key Master Pump Station and Sewer Force Main Project.

The commissioners voted unanimously to take up the matter the morning of March 28. Specifically, they will be evaluating the feasibility of using Red Bug Slough Park as an alternative location for the project’s wastewater-flow metering station. Public Works staff originally had proposed the station be placed on a lot the county had purchased at the southeast corner of the Ashton Road/Lockwood Ridge Road intersection.

However, residents of the affected neighborhoods have complained about the project, even though all the sewer lines will be underground.

Greg Rouse, capital services engineering manager in the Public Works Department, pointed out March 13 that the county had received a letter from the Florida Department of Environmental Protection, dated Feb. 17, regarding a preliminary review of the county’s proposal to locate the sewer cutoff and diversion facility on the Red Bug Slough property.

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A map shows the tentative route of Siesta Key sewer force main pipeline, through the Ashton Lakes neighborhood on the mainland. environmental administrator for FDEP, wrote, “There appears to be a viable alternative location for this facility. It is our understanding that the county purchased a lot to the south of Red Bug Slough … to construct the meter assembly. Therefore, it appears that the proposal to locate the facility on the Red Bug Slough does not meet our rule requirement … which states that no reasonable alternative exists.”

While Gelhardt added that the county could continue to pursue the matter and that it could “provide an official request and supporting information … at this point in time with the information available, staff would recom-

mend denial of this request.”

Rouse told the commissioners the Florida Communities Trust also had raised concerns about the project.

A March 2 memo from Theresa A. Connor, the county’s director of environmental utilities, to County Administrator Randall Reid, pointed out that the county had purchased the Red Bug Slough site with funds from a Florida Communities Trust grant, which was administered through FDEP. The sewer project has been necessitated by the deterioration of the Siesta Key Utilities Authority plant on the island. In 2010, county staff worked out an agreement with FDEP to allow the plant to

continue operating until 2013.

In a Dec. 15 email to a Sarasota County resident, Commissioner Nora Patterson responded to criticism that has been voiced by Ashton Lakes residents. The sewer project was necessary, she said, “because the (SKUA) plant is in such poor condition and piping the sewage to a newer and fully functioning plant on the mainland is about $10 million cheaper than a redo of the existing plant.”

Moving the metering assembly, she added, “would only cure a potential visual impact, which would not be large since a bit of fencing and landscaping would conceal the metering assembly entirely, regardless of where it is located.”

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Time for this editor to step down from Pelican post It was fitting, I thought, that to learn how to navigate the isthe Siesta Key Association’s an- land better, it also gave me an nual meeting March 10 was excellent sense of why the Key the last event on the Key that becomes so dear to its residents.

I would cover for the Pelican Of course, I also learned to live Press. For five years, the SKA with the annoyances those resimonthly meetings have been dents must endure, including my primary source of news the traffic tie-ups in season. about issues of interest to island I recall vividly having lunch residents. with my closest Yet, that number, five, friend at the time, in must have a special siga restaurant on Ocean nificance for me. Just Boulevard, on a as I left the Washington balmy late-winter day Daily News in Washin 2007. I told her my ington, N.C., after five husband and I already years as executive ediwere house hunting, tor, I am signing off this and I sure wouldn’t week after five years of miss the traffic when working full-time for we moved to the the Pelican Press. mainland.

RACHEL During the past Funny, how stateBROWN years, when I’ve covments like that one HACKNEY can come back to bite ered events on Siesta, people often have us. I think it was just asked me whether I live on the a couple of weeks later when Key. I had that privilege for 14 Anne Johnson, long-time edimonths, when my husband and tor of the Pelican Press, called I rented a lovely house on Ave- me at home one evening to ask nida del Norte, right on a con- if I would be interested in workvergence of canals. The view ing full-time for the paper. Of was so pretty, we often found course I would! people parking in front of the I had been working regularly dock that came with the house, for the Pelican since Februjust so they could look out over ary 2006, covering the Sarasota the water.

County School Board. Taking Living on Siesta for that peri- on a news beat after five years od of time enabled me not only as an executive editor had been

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Good news needs a champion of thinking that helps suspend Something of an encouraging nature happens every day. Many a foregone conclusion, opening of you know that, because you’re up the possibility of a different outcome. This type of thinking participating in such an undergives rise to new ways to solve taking. problems.

Good News ChamA complaint serves as pions are everywhere, a call to action. When a and I’m pretty sure person with a positive you know them. They mindset hears a comshow up at work every plaint, that person finds day, planning to feel himself working to adbetter than they did dress the situation in a when they arose that way that will make lives morning. Getting to better. their jobs gives them a On Siesta Key, many pretty good chance of of the community’s improving their days, CATHERINE Good News Champions they understand.

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They also walk at the Their efforts gained crack of dawn, never momentum after they minding the kinks acted on complaints to create a they’re working out with every positive outcome. step.

In early 2011, Siesta Key AssoGood News Champions might ciation board members’ connot enjoy every part of their day, versations with Sarasota County but they usually go to bed lookstaff raised awareness about the ing forward to the next one. You fact that radar signs are one of could call this a mindset, a way

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the farthest thing from my mind when my husband and I moved to Sarasota in the summer of 2005. However, Anne had been kind enough to let me start freelancing as a features writer for the Pelican in late 2005, when I started getting the itch to write again. I figured covering the School Board would be a good opportunity to get to know more people and to understand better how local government functioned in a major Florida metropolitan area.

The beat proved as helpful as I had anticipated. In fact, I kept it until Anne and I traded places in May 2008, when she was ready to step into semi-retirement.

By the time I became editor of the Pelican Press, I was well acquainted not only with the School Board but also with Sarasota County and the city of Sarasota government, as well as the Key and its people. It was a special privilege to work with Jack Gurney and Bob Ardren, then Stan Zimmerman and Rick Barry, to keep up with all the county and city issues.

In fact, I have been fortunate to have many wonderful colleagues during my tenure at the Pelican Press, both before and after The Observer Group bought the Pelican in June 2011.

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the most effective ways to encourage drivers to travel at safe speeds. Before the year was out, the county had purchased not only six radar signs for Siesta Key but also signs for many other areas of Sarasota.

This past year, residents of Siesta Key also asked Florida Department of Transportation engineering staff to consider their concerns related to the rehabilitation of the north Siesta bridge.

We SKA members shared not only concerns but also very creative ideas for this project, with an eye on ways to improve traffic flow, safety, impacts on business revenue and work and school schedules as the bridge work proceeds. Additionally, we asked for FDOT engineers’ help and expertise. Since last May, FDOT staff has negotiated a contract encompassing our desired work schedule: keeping the bridge open and allowing the renova-

As long-time Pelican readers know, the change in ownership last summer provided me the opportunity to follow news on the Key more intensively than I had been able to in the previous years. Through that work, I also have come to know numerous Key residents far better than I could have envisioned that day in March 2007 when Anne Johnson called to offer me that fulltime job.

It’s never easy to say goodbye to people on a beat. In fact, I have had a difficult time making myself do that over the past couple of weeks. Thankfully, because my husband and I have no plans to leave this community, I look forward to being able to stay in touch with many of you.

The Pelican will remain in excellent hands with The Observer Group. The paper that John Davidson started more than 40 years ago as the voice of the Siesta community will continue to focus on the news and events that are so important to everyone who calls the Key home.

As of the March 22 issue, Nick Friedman, whom many Siesta residents already have met, will be taking on my responsibilities with the Pelican. Don’t hesitate to call him (366-3468, Ext. 330), or email him (nfriedman@yourobserver.com) with your news, just as you have been calling and emailing me these past years.

I feel sure that if Nick hasn’t already fallen in love with Siesta Key, it will be just a matter of time.

tions to proceed only at night.

In fact, many organizations and neighbors partnered with county staff and FDOT to make this bridge work compatible with our needs. We didn’t stay at the complaint stage; instead, we got busy.

Our stewardship of the bridge project, partnering with each other and advocating for our neighbors, has continued with other issues. Benefits of the collaboration appeared when FDOT announced plans last year for the pedestrian islands on Midnight Pass Road.

As community members, we sought consensus on how best to make that road safer for pedestrians, and we again asked for FDOT’s expertise. Once more, the engineers responded.

We’re well on the way to seeing the design of the preferred crosswalk option get under way in May. We have more stories yet to be written, thanks to Good News Champions.

Catherine Luckner is president of the Siesta Key Association.

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+ Registration under way for Children’s Easter Party The Siesta Key Village Association has opened registration for its annual Children’s Easter Party, scheduled from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, April 7.

The event will include an Easter egg hunt at Beach Access 5 for youngsters ages 1 to 6. All eggs will contain prizes donated

by Village merchants. Children should bring their own baskets for collecting the eggs.

Among the other activities will be games

+ Kaplan promoted at Tervis Tumbler Tervis, the insulated drink ware manufacturer in Venice, has announced the promotion of Richard Kaplan, of Siesta Key, to president and chief brand officer. Over the past four years, Kaplan has played a significant role in helping the company grow, according to a news release. As chief sales and marketing officer, he led the sales force, the direct-to-consumer channel (Tervis-owned stores and tervis.com), the licensing and the marketing and

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product development teams. In his new position, he’ll continue to lead those areas while also playing a more substantial role in driving Tervis’ strategic direction, the news release says. With his extensive sales background, Kaplan expanded Tervis’ reach from a regional to a national level, the press release adds. His efforts took distribution to an alltime company high — more than 5,000 retailers nationwide carry Tervis drink ware. The company’s products also are sold at Tervis retail stores (11 locations and growing) and the newly redesigned tervis.com

website, which experienced a 30% jump in sales over the past year. “The Tervis ownership team has been extremely supportive in priming Tervis for this tremendous growth spurt,� says Kaplan. “They encourage employees to be creative and think outside the box at every level of the company.�

Prior to joining Tervis, Kaplan worked with a variety of high-profile consumer companies, including Levi Strauss & Co., where he was employed for 20 years, JNCO Jeans Company, J&J Apparel, and Siesta Sol LLC.

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Dear Editor: Jeffrey Weisman’s March 8 guest column, titled, “Speeds shouldn’t be based on seasonal factors,� was to the point and so true. The speed limit should not be changed or based on seasonal factors.

Also, a drunk hitting and killing someone could occur at any time of the year, within any speed limit. Those of us who live on the Key all year should not be challenged by lower speed limits, as many of us work, volunteer and have daily tasks to perform off the Key. It hardly makes sense to change or lower the speed limit for the tourists, when we almost never are able to go the speed limit in December, January, February and March.

One should consider one’s speed in relation to the density of people and structures.

The Florida Department of Transportation must have spent considerable time and effort in setting the current speed limits on the Key. Residents of our condominium complex discussed the speed limit and other pertinent matters at our last board meeting. Had I had Mr. Weisman’s column then, I would have shared it with them, as his thoughts were our general consensus.

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Free trolley service will be provided from Siesta Public Beach to the Village that day, beginning at 8:30 a.m.

Registration forms are available online at www.siestakeyvillage.org. The fee is $10 per child. Families may mail their completed forms to the Siesta Key Village Association, Suite C, 5111 Ocean Blvd., Sarasota, FL, 34242, or drop them off at the Siesta Key Chamber of Commerce, 5118 Ocean Blvd.; Beach Bazaar, 5211 Ocean Blvd.; The UPS Store, 221 Beach Road; or SunTrust Bank, 5035 Ocean Blvd.

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The Florida Department of Transportation remains on schedule to begin renovations on the north Siesta Key bridge June 5, an FDOT public information officer has reported.

Another open house on the project will be held from 4 to 7 p.m. May 22, at Siesta Key Chapel, 4615 Gleason Ave., to provide an update to residents, Jennifer Stafford said.

The contractor held a preconstruction meeting last month, she said, but she anticipated it would be another week or so before any project details could be released to the public.

FDOT also has announced cost estimates for the construction of six pedestrian crosswalks on Midnight Pass Road, between the Beach Road and Stickney Point Road intersections.

Brian Bollas, planning and environmental manager with Parsons Brinckerhoff, of Tampa, an FDOT consultant, said Monday that the total cost of the design, from inception to the development of the option chosen by a majority of condominium residents along the affected portion of road, was $35,000. The construction cost has been estimated at $156,000, with a 45-day timeline anticipated for the work, once it is under way.

The construction figure includes the use of reflective paint and the addition of flashing beacon signage, to alert oncoming traffic to pedestrians in the crosswalks, Bollas said.

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Because the contractor hired by the city of Sarasota “(wants) to get to work April 1,” she added, “we anticipate they will have everything submitted to our permit office shortly. We’ll expedite the review for timely execution.”

When told of Clemmons’ email, McAnaney said, “Apparently, there’s still a disconnect.” Nonetheless, he said, “I don’t expect any problems.”

The contractor, Intercounty Engineering of Pompano Beach, is on schedule to start as early as April 1, McAnaney confirmed.

The earliest the project would be completed, according to Intercounty’s schedule, he said, was April 30.

Glenn Marzluf, general manager of the city of Sarasota’s Utilities Division, said the latest the work would be completed would be May 20, according to the schedule he had provided FDOT. During a Jan. 5 Siesta Key Association presentation, Albert Rosenstein, the FDOT engineering manager who is heading up the north Siesta bridge project, voiced worries about the timing of the sewer line installation. When a reporter told McAnaney Monday that the contractor’s planned completion date seemed designed to make sure his employees were out of the way before FDOT’s contractor went to work, McAnaney replied, “That’s the idea.”

“Mr. Rosenstein’s just a little concerned that we can deliver what we have said we can deliver,” in terms of the project schedule, Marzluf said. “We’ll get it done.”

At worst, Marzluf added, if the sewer-project contractor ran into problems, he could ask the work-

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A contractor this spring plans to install a new 8-inch sewer force main under the north Siesta Bridge, to replace 40-year-old city of Sarasota infrastructure. ers to pack up all their materials and vacate the area while the bridge renovations were under way. It was not necessary, Marzluf said, for the sewer project to be finished before the bridge work was completed.

Still, he said, “Something really drastic would have to happen,” to prevent the work from being finished on time.

During the January SKA meeting, Rosenstein pointed out, “(FDOT) has gone through a lot of hoops to make sure our (bridge) project is as painless as possible for folks out here (on the Key).”

When he asked Marzluf and

McAnaney why the sewer work had to be undertaken this spring, McAnaney replied that the city had had to obtain about a dozen permits for the work, involving four or five agencies. The contract the city expected to award Intercounty Engineering would expire Nov. 1, he added during the discussion. If the work were not completed by then, he said, the city would have to apply for permit extensions.

McAnaney said the $224,000 Siesta project involves the replacement of a 40-year-old, cast-iron sewer force-main line. It is the first of several city projects designed to

replace sewer infrastructure under bodies of water or along the tops of bridges, Marzluf explained to the SKA audience in January.

The initiative was designed to guard against sewer leaks in local waterways, he added.

Rosenstein also raised concerns during the Jan. 5 SKA meeting about where the contractor would stage the work, in relation to the bridge.

McAnaney said Monday that the contractor would use the south side of the Siesta bridge for his operations. The contractor would be drilling from west to east, he added.

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Sarasota School District puts off decisions suggested by analysis After reviewing the results of MGT of America’s analysis of district expenses, the Sarasota County School Board elected to delay following the consultant group’s major suggestions.

The Sarasota County School Board members agreed during a workshop Tuesday that they found none of the cost-cutting recommendations from consulting firm MGT America to be appealing, as they prepare to tackle their 2013 fiscal year budget in earnest.

“I know what you heard is two hours of us telling you why we can’t do any of this,” said board Chairman Frank Kovach at the end of the meeting. “But the reality is that we’re going to have to do some of it.”

The consulting firm commended the district in its report, released March 2, calling it one of the best-managed districts it has evaluated. Sarasota earned 73 commendations, compared to an average of 50, MGT representatives said. Most notable among the commendations were those for excellence in planning and the high level of support the district has from the community.

Area residents who felt the district would benefit from an outside survey of its fiscal practices had hired the consulting firm through the Gulf Coast Community Foundation, based in Venice. The firm began its district analysis last November.

The School Board Tuesday focused on 16 of the 73 measures for improvement that MGT had proposed, which it said would lead to significant savings over five years.

Those changes included the development of an internal audit function, the elimination of 86 portable classrooms a year, the elimination of 12.5 specialty elementary school positions, to be absorbed by other teachers, a 10% reduction

in classes with fewer than 15 students and the elimination of 10% of non-classroom teachers.

It also recommended that the district perform a comprehensive salary review, noting that Sarasota’s salaries are high by national standards.

Scott Ferguson, a spokesman for the district, told the Sarasota Observer Wednesday that the estimated average salary for a district teacher this fiscal year is $54,700.

That figure does reflect the two unpaid furlough days the School Board built into the calendar this year to reduce expenses, he said.

Although the district can take pride in the fact that it is efficient and well managed, board members agreed that that also meant no low-impact cuts were left to be made.

“It’s a good and bad thing,” added Kovach of the results. “There isn’t any low-hanging fruit. Any cuts we make are going to have a negative impact, but last time I checked, we have $4 million to cut for the 2012-2013 year.”

Superintendent Lori White concurred.

“These cuts are going to have an impact on educational services at the classroom level,” said White. “It’s disappointing. That’s what we’ve been trying to avoid.”

The board members all agreed that they wanted to do everything possible to maintain promises they had made to teachers regarding salaries. They added that the proposal for cutting music and art teachers was out of the question.

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stayed in her home three consecutive nights, starting Feb. 13. Her son broke up with his girlfriend Feb. 16, she said. The 40-year-old girlfriend immediately packed her belongings and left, the mother reported, adding that the girlfriend never had a key to the residence.

The woman locked her doors and left her home about 11 a.m. Feb. 20, she said. At 6:30 p.m. that day, the woman’s sister entered the home and found a threatening handwritten note, signed by the ex-girlfriend. The note said the ex-girlfriend planned to harm another woman and blame it on her ex-boyfriend’s mother. The sister left the note on a counter, then exited the residence and called the mother at work. The sister added that she had seen no signs of forced entry. The son had met his mother at work the same day, the report said, so the mother could give him her house keys. When he returned his mother’s keys, the report says, his mother was unable to talk with him about the note.

The mother said she was not sure where her son was living, and he did not have a phone. When the

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8:03 a.m. — 5200 block of Ocean Boulevard. Stolen Vehicle Recovered. A deputy looking for a vehicle that had been reported stolen found it parked in the rear lot of a Village bar, off Calle Menorca. It was not in a designated parking space, she reported; instead, it had been left alongside the fenced-in garbage bins. The deputy reported that she tried three times to contact the 45-year-old male owner at the number he had provided, but she got only his voice mail each time.

She dusted the vehicle for fingerprints, but she added in her report that she suspected the owner had forgotten he had left the vehicle at the spot where she had found it.

The deputy noted that she could see numerous valuables inside the vehicle, and it was locked.

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11:08 p.m. — 5400 block of Avenida del Mare. Burglary. A 58-year-old mother reported that her son and his girlfriend had

mother returned home that evening, she noticed panels from the bathroom window had been removed and placed on the ground outside. Someone had opened her jewelry box in her bedroom and looked through her closet, she added, and her digital camera was missing. She said she did not find the note the ex-girlfriend had left and suspected her son had taken it with him.

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Noon — 8000 block of Midnight Pass Road. Lost/ Found Property. A 67-yearold man who had visited Turtle Beach Park reported that he believed he had left his red fanny pack on top of his vehicle when he was preparing to leave, and he had driven

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9:08 p.m. — 4700 block of Ocean Boulevard. Driving Under the Influence. A deputy headed north on Ocean Boulevard saw a vehicle pull into the center turn lane to pass another vehicle that was making a turn ahead of it.

That area is a no-passing zone, the deputy reported. After the deputy stopped the passing vehicle, she detected an odor of alcohol coming from its interior. The 25-yearold woman driver denied having had any alcohol, then changed her story and said she had had one drink. The deputy called a second deputy to conduct a sobriety test on the driver. When the second deputy arrived, he reported that the woman driver was visibly upset, sitting in her vehicle and talking on her cell phone. He

added that she had an obvious odor of alcohol on her person.

When she spoke with him, he said, she slurred her speech. She was upset, she said, because she had received a speeding citation earlier in the day. In response to questions from the deputy, the woman said she had had only one daiquiri at a Village bar and that she had felt she was able to drive. She had thought it was all right to pass the other vehicle, she added, because it was turning off the street. The woman had difficulty performing the sobriety exercises the deputy asked her to do, so the deputy took her to the jail. There, the woman submitted to two breath tests. She blew a .153 on the first test and a .143 on

away without retrieving it. The fanny pack contained not only his cell phone and wallet but also his concealed firearm. He went back to check the area after he realized what had happened, he reported, but he was unable to locate the missing gun. the second one. The legal limit for driving in Florida is .08.

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1:42 a.m. — 5200 block of Ocean Boulevard. Disturbance.

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Temple to host Holocaust boxcar The German boxcar was used to transport victims of the Holocaust to concentration and death camps.

A stark reminder of the atrocities that occurred during the Holocaust will be in Sarasota this week.

Temple Beth Sholom will host a German boxcar used to transport victims to concentration and death camps March 16 through 22. The campus will hold an opening reception at 1 p.m. March 16, at the temple, 1050 S. Tuttle Ave. Linda Schwartz, the religious studies teacher at Temple Beth Sholom, was contacted back in August 2011 by Orna Nissan,

director of Holocaust Education and Israel Programs from the Sarasota Manatee Jewish Federation. Nissan was calling to see if Schwartz and Temple Beth Sholom campus would be interested in hosting the Holocaust railway boxcar from the Holocaust Museum and Education Center of Southwest Florida.

“I told Orna that I would love to have this historical artifact on the Temple Beth Sholom campus to educate our students, students from neigh-

borhood schools and the community,” she said. “By teaching the history and lessons of the Holocaust, we can explore the dangers of remaining silent, apathetic and indifferent in the face of others’ oppression.”

The museum received the 10-ton boxcar from Europe in 2007. Since then, it has undergone restoration and now is used as a mobile educational tool to teach the community about the Holocaust.

Since put into use in 2008, the boxcar has traveled to more than 60 locations in six different counties and has been viewed by more than 45,000 people.

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Sarasota County’s 76th fair to feature family-style fun This year’s fair will feature a variety of food, fun and entertainment.

It’s that time of year again. Beginning Friday, the aromas of funnel cakes and barbecue and the sounds of carnival rides, bluegrass music and a plethora of performers will fill the air in Sarasota.

The Sarasota County Fair opens its gates at 2 p.m. Friday, March 16, to mark its 76th anniversary.

This 10-day event features carnival rides, games, live entertainment, crafts, horticulture, a science fair, livestock and an auction.

In addition to providing Sarasota with a fun family-friendly outing, the annual county fair also provides an opportunity for aspiring rancheros to check out local farmers’ livestock and produce.

This year, the Cracker Land stage is back outdoors, and daily, live bluegrass bands will be sure to keep guests tapping their feet.

Other entertainment includes 4H exhibits and competitions, whipcracking contests and more.

Fan favorites, such as Rosaire’s Racing Pigs, Galaxy Girl, magician Ron Diamond and the Frisco Tiger Show all will be available to astound and entertain guests throughout this year’s fair.

The proceeds from the fair go toward promoting the 4H and the FFA.

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As always, the fair will feature plenty of rides and attractions.

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Pelican Cove showcases area artists Dixon Bergman’s “Totem Heads I” photo was one of the many pieces on display.

More than 100 artists who participated in this year’s Pelican Cove Art Show celebrated with a pre-show opening reception March 9.

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St. Michael the Archangel Church members celebrate St. Patty’s Day To mark St. Patrick’s Day, members of St. Michael the Archangel Catholic Church enjoyed a meal with traditional Irish dishes as well as singing and dancing Saturday, March 10.

The Rev. Dave Cottingham played beloved tunes on the bagpipes, and guests relished a visit from members of the Drake School of Irish Dance, who showed off their fancy footwork.

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St. Boniface Episcopal Church 5615 Midnight Pass Road; 349-5616; www.bonifacechurch.org Sunday morning worship services: 7:45, 9 and 11:15 a.m.

Church School: 9 a.m., for ages 3 to 12; adult classes, 10:15 a.m.

Wednesday: Evening Prayer, 5:30 p.m.

Tuesdays and Thursdays: 10 a.m. worship service Labyrinth and Courtyard Chapel open 24 hours a day.

Pine Shores Presbyterian Church 6135 Beechwood Ave.; 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.

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

Siesta Key Chapel (Presbyterian) 4615 Gleason Ave.; 349-1166; www.siestakeychapel.org Sunday worship services: 8:45 and 11 a.m.

Sunday School: 11 a.m.

Adult Bible Study: 10 a.m.

20th annual School of Christian Living: Every Wednesday through March 28, with three classes — “Generous Justice,” “A Closer Look at the Lord’s Prayer” and “Following Jesus: The First 300 Years.” Dinner begins at 5 p.m. each of those evenings. Classes take place from 6 to 7 p.m. Cost per meal: $9, although the church may waive the fee for those on limited budgets. For more details, visit www. seistakeychapel.org, email siestakeychapel@comcast.net or call 349-1166.

Special guests March 18: Dr. Christopher Cortman and Dr. Harold Shinitzky, psychologists and authors, are returning to the church to participate in both worship services, at 8:45 and 11 a.m. Together, they have more than 50,000 hours of counseling experience. For more information about them, visit their websites: SRQShrink. com and drshinitzky.com.

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Sunday: 7:30, 8:45 and 10:30 a.m. and 6 p.m.

Daily Mass (Monday through Saturday): 8 a.m.

Confessions: Saturdays, 8:30 to 9 a.m. and 2 to 2:30 p.m.

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poet Lee Slonimsky. Following Slonimsky’s reading, participants will be welcome to read their own poetry aloud or to listen, as part of the audience.

For more information, visit www.bookstore1sarasota.com or call 365-7900.

THURSDAY, MARCH 15 Chamber After Hours Business Card Exchange — takes place from 5:30 to 7 p.m. at Holiday Inn Express & Suites-Sarasota I-75, 5730 Gantt Road. Cost: $5 for members and $10 for guests. RSVP by noon March 14 to 349-3800 or email info@siestakeychamber.com.

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PUBLIC EVENTS Friday, March 16 Sarasota Piano Quartet Concert — takes place at 7:30 p.m. at Pine Shores Presbyterian Church, 6135 Beechwood Ave., Sarasota. The quartet is one of four resident ensembles of the Sarasota Orchestra. Free.

For more information, call the church office at 922-1597.

MONDAY, MARCH 19 ‘Idiosyncratic Ladies’ — takes place from 3:30 to 5 p.m. in the Ringling Museum of Art’s Johnson-Blalock Education Center (rooms 1003-1004), 5401 Bay Shore Road, Sarasota, presented by New College of Florida in collaboration with the Ringling Museum.

Program to focus on artists Imogen Cunningham and Florine Stettheimer. No reservations required. For more information, call 487-4888 or visit ncf.edu/events.

‘Landlord Tenant Disputes’ — takes place from 6 to 7:30 p.m. at Selby Public Library, 1331 First St., Sarasota, as part of the Law at the Library

DON’T MISS ‘Survival of the American Lion’ This event takes place at 2 p.m., March 16, in the Gulf Gate Library meeting room, 7112 Curtiss Ave., Sarasota. Program to provide information about Florida’s panthers; it will be presented by Myakka River State Park.

For more information, call 861-1110.

series. Among the speakers will be local attorneys and representatives from the Sarasota County Clerk of Court’s Office, the Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office and the Citizen Dispute Settlement Program. Advance registration is not required, but early arrival is recommended, to ensure seating. For more information, call 861-5000.

Poetry Open Mic — takes place at 6 p.m. at Bookstore1Sarasota, 1359 Main St., Sarasota, with guest

Meet the Translator — takes place at 6 p.m. at Bookstore1Sarasota, 1359 Main St., Sarasota, with guest David Raeburn, a professor at Oxford University and a translator of such classics as Ovid’s “Metamorphoses” and four tragedies of Sophocles. For more information, visit www. bookstore1sarasota.com or call 365-7900.

NOVA Republican Club Meeting — takes place from 6:30 to 8 p.m. at the Nokomis Community Center, 234 Nippino Trail, Nokomis, with guest speaker Johnny Jackson of Sarasota, a conservative radio personality. His topic will be “Class Warfare and the 2012 Elections.” Free. For more information, call club Vice President Frank Patti at 408-7423 or email franklill@ verizon.net.

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 21 Meet the Author — takes place at 2 p.m. in Geldbart Auditorium at Selby Public Library, 1331 First St., featuring Mary Jane Clark, author

of 12 best-selling novels. For more information, visit www. bookstore1sarasota.com or call 365-7900.

Siesta Key Physical Therapy, 5147 Ocean Blvd. Space limited. For details and to register, call 870-5811.

Hearing Loss Association of Sarasota Meeting — takes place from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. at the North Sarasota Library, 2801 Newtown Blvd., Sarasota. Guest speaker will be Mark Johnson, president of the Sertoma Club of Greater Sarasota. Refreshments will be served after the program. For more information, email Ed Ogiba at ed@groupefo.com or call 966-8999.

Yoga on Siesta Key Beach — takes place from 9 to 10:30 a.m. Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday. Free. For more information, email avanandamaui@yahoo.com

ONGOING EVENTS — SIESTA Senior Beach Walks — take place from 8 to 9:30 a.m.

March 21 and 28. Participants meet at the Siesta Public Beach pavilion. Cost: one-time registration fee of $1. For more information, call Jonathan Poyner at 915-1184 or Ann Marie Persico at 650-1615.

Beach University — takes place from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m.

March 21 and 28 at the Siesta Public Beach pavilion. Free.

Program focuses on beach ecology. For more information, call Jonathan Poyner at 915-1184 or Ann Marie Persico at 6501615.

Free Exercise Classes — take place at 9 a.m. every Thursday,

YES — takes place at 11:30 a.m. every Tuesday, Young Entrepreneurs of Sarasota share success strategies at Clayton’s Siesta Grille, 1256 Old Stickney Point Road. Cost: $12 at the door, including lunch.

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Coffee Club — takes place at 9 a.m. every Wednesday at The Local Bean, 5138 Ocean Blvd., in Davidson’s Plaza.

Participants discuss current events and the economy. Coffee is free. Event is hosted by CJ Bannister of Edward Jones in Siesta Village. To RSVP, call 346-0560.

Siesta Key Kiwanis Club — takes place from noon to 1 p.m. every Wednesday at Café Baci, 4001 S. Tamiami Trail.

Guests welcome. Cost: $15.

For more information, call 9230272.

Alcoholics Anonymous — takes place at 8 a.m. Monday through Friday, Siesta Key Men’s Group meets at Siesta Beach Shelter, south side of beach; open to all. Call 9516810.

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Bluegrass fans and newcomers stomped their feet to the tunes of Benny Kimsey’s Bluegrass Picnic March 10, at the Turtle Beach pavilion.

This is the second picnic since Kimsey brought the popular concert back last fall. Attendees enjoyed food and music by the Skeeterland Bluegrass Band, Sycamore Shade, Siesta Key Boys and the Tonga Street Bluegrass Band.

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She entertained the crowd by talking about the history behind Pysankas, answering questions and doing a small demonstration on how the process is done.

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It started with harmless experimentation. It’s not uncommon for teenagers to experiment with alcohol, and Eddie Beiler was no different. He was a normal, happy Riverview High School student — he earned good grades, he was popular, he loved art and photography and he drank socially at parties on the weekends. It was nothing extreme, just a teenager wanting to have fun, but by his senior year, Beiler couldn’t count more than a day of sobriety.

His partying progressed from drinking for fun to a life-consuming prescription-drug addiction. In his junior year of high school, a friend had some prescription painkillers from a wisdom-tooth surgery, and he and Beiler decided to try them.

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Today, Beiler has been clean for more than a year, and he’s ready to use his experience help others. He hopes one day to go into counseling, possibly for people struggling with addiction.

Last weekend, Beiler hosted a fundraiser to help jumpstart his newest adventure. In July, as a part of the Adventures in Missions World Race, Beiler will leave for a mission trip that will take him to 11 countries in 11 months. He will travel to Cam-

In October 2010, Eddie realized just how bad things had gotten. One of his sisters was getting married, and he had a big hand in organizing the wedding and rehearsal dinner.

“I basically planned the whole thing,” Beiler says. “We had a lot of family and friends down, and I can’t even remember any of it.

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Beiler will join a group of 60 people, who will hit the streets and bars in these countries to look for children in need and take them to medical teams and safe houses. Many of the children who have been victims of sex trafficking are addicted to drugs, and Beiler especially looks forward to working with them.

“I just can’t wait to show these kids love and see the light come back into their eyes,” he said.

The 12-Step Program is rooted in Christianity, and like many before him, Beiler discovered religion while in rehab, and he started going to church regularly while living in the halfway house.

“As cliché as it sounds, I can chase after my dreams now,” said Beiler. “I’ve always wanted to travel the world and take photos, so one of my sponsors told me to check out the World Race mission. Now, I can do that while helping other people.”

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Beiler’s mom quickly realized the health risks involved with opiate withdrawals, including seizures, and Beiler went to detoxification and rehab in West Palm Beach. Because he had such a large amount of drugs in his system, he endured 11 days of detox, a procedure that typically lasts five to seven days. After that, Beiler spent a little more than five months in rehab and six months in a halfway home.

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to travel,” he says. “I had quit competing, but I had kept up skating, so I decided to go audition.”

In 1972, Thomas signed a contract with Ice Follies and began performing in the male ensemble. His figure-skating skills and height also made him the perfect partner for the principal female ice skaters. That

opportunity changed his life forever.

“I met her when I was 22 in 1973, and I was 23 by the time she would speak to me,” Thomas says of Judy, his wife and former Ice Follies performer. “(I was) 29 by the we got married in 1979.”

The two traveled around the United States, Mexico and

Canada, performing with the Ice Follies for a majority of the 1970s. While Thomas enjoyed performing challenging, comic and kid friendly numbers on the ice, he began to become more interested in what went on behind the scenes. He had occasionally helped the crew out for extra cash and also realized those jobs had much more

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In 1978, he transitioned to become stage manager for one of the three shows on the road.

“I didn’t expect opportunity to happen so quickly,” he says “I didn’t want to quit performing, but I couldn’t pass it up.”

In 1979 Kenneth and Irvin Feld bought Ice Follies, and two years later, the Felds launched the first Disney on Ice show.

By 1985, Thomas was promoted from stage manager of the North American tours to company manager and financial controller of the shows worldwide. Judy also took off her skates and became a performance director.

In 1992, Thomas had the opportunity to settle down in Sarasota and, later, on Siesta Key. Thomas left Feld in 2004 to do independent consulting.

Since then, he has worked with many entertainment groups, including Immersion Edutainment, which produced “Walking With Dinosaurs: The Live Experience,” AEG, AMCI and ESFM Entertainment.

These days, Thomas enjoys activities such as kayaking or windsurfing, also still consults work for those wishing to create new entertainment ventures.

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When Dave Thomas was 12 years old, his aunt offered him a pair of skates and asked him to take figure-skating lessons for a year.

Little did he know that what began as a sweet deal for a free pair of skates would turn into a lifelong love.

After skating professionally for seven years as part of the Ice Follies, the Sarasota resident spent 25 years with Feld Entertainment, the company that launched Walt Disney’s World on Ice. Growing up in Canada, Thomas began skating with his sister, Wendy, in amateur events and competitions. He admits he endured some gentle ribbing from his hockey buddies.

“There was a little bit of harassment on account of it (figure skating), but we would go and play hockey and I’d outskate them,” Thomas says, laughing.

Thomas was majoring in computer science and math at Waterloo University when he found out that the Icecapades and Ice Follies were both holding auditions in Toronto.

“I was finding it (college) dry and thought maybe I’d like

This Siesta Key resident spent most of his career with Feld Entertainment, which produces Disney on Ice shows.

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Glebe Park will be a pretty busy place during the next few months, as Suncoast Sports Club launched its spring soccer and NFL flag football programs.

The soccer teams began their 2012 campaigns March 10; and the NFL flag football teams will kick off March 24.

Steve Weeks, the founder of Suncoast Sports Club, said he is excited for yet another season at Glebe Park. Since 1998, Weeks has been the man behind getting the sports club organized and creating a fun and sports loving environment for both the kids and the parents.

“We are non-competitive,” he says. “It is all about learning how to play a sport and not about winning or getting cut or having feelings hurt. Everyone plays for at least 50% of each game.”

This year, there are 300 soccer participants ranging from 3 to 13 years old.

The flag football program will welcome 180 participants ranging in age from 5 to 13.

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Clemens Reiss first began playing lawn bowling more than a decade ago and is currently serving as the president of the Sarasota Lawn Bowling Club. Reiss and his wife, Carole, have been coming to Sarasota since 2001 and stay here from September through May and then spend the rest of the year in Chautauqua, N.Y. Here’s an inside look at this week’s Athlete of the Week.

Do you have a position or specific spot on the team when you play?

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You get some exercise, but it is not overly strenuous, and you get to be outside in normally great weather. On warm days we get a nice breeze off of the bay. Also the friendships.

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Sandy Hook home tops sales at $4.45 million The following residential real estate transactions took place between Feb. 27 and March 2.

A home in Sandy Hook tops all transactions in this week’s real estate. Gene and Debra Garro, Sarasota, sold their home at 10 Sandy Hook Road to Results Inc. for $4.45 million. Built in 2005, it has five bedrooms, five-and-two-half baths, a pool and 7,002 square feet of living area.

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Kenneth and Phyllis Wyman, of Angola, N.Y., sold their Unit C207 condominium at 8776 Midnight Pass Road to Calvin and Cheryl Morrell, of Tewksbury, Mass., for $370,000. Built in 1975, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,338 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $395,000 in 2003.

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Todd and Joy Smith, Sarasota, sold their home at 8334 Sanderling Road to Keith Monda, trustee, Sarasota, for $2,196,000. Built

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Roger and Diane Delagrange, Sarasota, sold their Unit W-54 condominium at 1308 Old Stickney Point Road to Reuben and Clarice Liechty, of Jamestown, N.D., for $879,000. Built in 2002, it has two bedrooms, two-and-ahalf baths and 2,512 square feet of

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Ann Davis, Sarasota, sold her Unit 13 condominium at 6154 Midnight Pass Road to William and Debra Greer, Sarasota, for $320,000. Built in 1966, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,064 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $425,000 in 2009.

Dan and Marilyn Spinazola, of Hinsdale, Ill., sold their Unit 6 condominium at 6154 Midnight Pass Road to James Matheson, of Leavenworth, Kan., for $295,000. Built in 1966, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,190 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $365,000 in 2008.

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Built in 1985, it has five bedrooms, four-and-a-half baths, a pool and 6,456 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $1.7 million in 1999.

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2 BARRISTER type bookcases. 4 shelves, glass doors, dark walnut. 69"x30"x12 1/2". $125/ea.

941-922-5220.

ESTATE AUCTION ART & ANTIQUES SUNDAY, MARCH 18TH @ 1PM Inspection Sunday Day of Sale 11am-1pm The sale will be held at our Auction Gallery located on the Southwest corner of 301N & University Parkway.

Quality Estate Auction Featuring: Victorian and Custom Furniture, Antique Clocks, Art, Pottery, Collectible Glass & China, Sterling Silver, Jewelry, Oriental Rugs, & More!

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FRIDAY & Saturday, 16th & 17th, starting 8:30, 3624 La Paloma Ave. off Siesta Dr. before Higel.

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PHONE FACILITATOR & other office skills, 20 hours. Good people, phone and computer skills required. Hours: 9AM-2:30PM. 941-359-4296.

BOOKCASE: MAPLE-LIKE, W32"xH46"xD12".

Good condition, 5 shelves, 3 adjustable. $75.00.

941-918-1329.

CRYSTAL GOBLETS: Fostoria Diadem, 12 water, $75.00. Brisker: keeps crackers, chips, etc. crisp. $10. 941-922-6468.

DIGITAL CAMERAS: Kodak, 9.2 mega pix w/ case, $35. Easyshare, $20. HOMEDICS massager, chair w/remote, $40. 924-2431.

ETAGERE, CORNER Unit, 4 glass shelves, distressed brown scroll metal framework, $50.

Call 941-383-5346.

FLOWER POT: blue, H16", Diameter 22", $50.

Chaise patio lounge, $60. Silk ficus tree, $30.

941-927-4905.

FOLDING WHEEL chair: Medline, like new.

Sacrifice $135.00. 966-6111 after 4p.m.

FUTON: IN Osprey, top of the line, used very little. $60.00. Call Stan 574-528-1212.

GLASS TABLE top 84"x42" oval. Even great for dining. $75. OBO. 388-7765.

HIGH TOP 36' glass table 2 chairs. Sony 36' XBR Trinitron with base. $100/ea. 941-730-3075.

Estate Sale 9a.m.-3p.m. - Saturday, March 17 4429 Atwood Cay Cir. Park only on Wilkinson. Avoid fire hydrant.

Shirvans, Chinese, & 12 other Caucasian & Persian rugs, jewelry, Quezel bowl, 2 guitars, tambourines, spinet piano, keyboard; mahogany sideboard, dining set, 4 poster bed, dressing table, chest & dresser; damask table linens, king bedding, king bed set, chaise, 2 media centers, B & H bookends, Bassett buffet, books, bookcases, steins, tea cart, Chinese export Canton & Rose Medallion, Eli Terry shelf clock, cut glass, lamp bases, decoys, nest of tables, tilt top table, 6' tables, furs, luggage, wicker settee & chairs, coffee & end table set, brass wood box, lady’s clothes, records, linens & kitchen.

OUR BOOKS 1/2 Price BEE RIDGE BOOKS 4104 Bee Ridge Road Bee Ridge Plaza Trade-In your Paperbacks 941-377-8998

General Merchandise HOT TUB: seats 5 with lounger, 24 jets, 5HP. Never used. $1695. 941-462-0633.

NEW WOOD WINE Rack, vertical or horizontal set-up, 42 bottles, $100. Igloo Wine Refrigerator, Stainless, outdoor use, 25 bottles, $100.

Upgraded Craft-made Bath Vanity, 62”L, includes Oval under-mount Sink, Granite Countertop Grade C, Satin nickel pulls, 1 yr. old, 8-drawer, $1,200.

Pendant Stained Glass Chain Light, $100. (2) Hand Painted glass Sconces, coordinates with Light, $100. 6-12’ Glass end Drapery Rod, $25.

Boston Sound Bar & Wireless Woofer, $125.

Emerson Carrera Upgraded Ceiling Fan with Light Kit & Blades, assembled, matches Bath Vanity, $250. 941-907-0444.

Health/Fitness/Beauty MASTER THE ART of Permanent Makeup for eyebrows, eyeliner and lip color. 561-886-7863.

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ROYAL DOULTON Retired Bunnykin Figures: Easter Greetings, Father, Flamingo Dancer, Sailor, $25/ea. 941-349-6274.

SCHWINN EXERCYCLE: 941-349 1444.

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THOMAS KINKADE’S Christmas Village with Lights. 5 different houses, $40/ea. 941-379-8356.

WOOD TABLE with leaves and 4 chairs $50. 4 piece bedroom set $75. 941-323-7208 Osprey.

Antiques/Collectibles ALWAYS BUYING: Fine antique 18th & 19th Century Furniture, Art and Collectibles. Call Ren Selby, 941-822-9092.

Autos For Sale 1999 MERCEDES SL500, 2 Seat Convertible, Separate Hard Top. Only 34,806 Miles! White/Grey Leather, $15,000. 941-383-6417.

Autos Wanted AUTOS WANTED! Let me take the hassle out of selling your car. Cash offered today! Call Mike, 941-713-2277.

Sale by Julie McClure Quality Sales. All items priced.

Adequate staffing no long lines. www.estatesales.net

HUGE 3 DAY ESTATE SALE March 16, 17 & 18 Numbers out at 8a.m.

Doors open 9a.m.-4p.m.

1610 Meadowood St., Sarasota, FL 34231 (Toy collector’s dream) Toy collection - over 10,000 toys including: Lionel trains, die cast vintage cars, Monopoly collectibles, Betty Boop, cast iron banks, PeeWee Herman collectibles, model cars.

Over 300 vintage cameras, art deco lamps, art deco furniture, Koken barber chair, Victorian furniture, clocks, Bakelite tube radios, old telephones, pine furniture, patio sets, wicker furniture, Barbie dolls (50 - new in box), 3 1920’s Texeco gas pumps, lots of Texaco collectibles, vintage peddle cars, Erector sets, leather furniture, gas chandeliers, Studebaker/ Packard Corporation stock certificates, 1930’s Coca Cola vending machine and lots of Coca Cola collectibles, garage tools, generator, bikes, cement yard statues, pottery, kitchen items, lots of bric-a-brac, 2001 Club Car golf cart, Tiffany & Co. items, pair of Mountain bikes, new electric cigar Humidor, 50 bottle wine cooler, extensive wine collection, board game collection, sterling, king size bed (mattress/ box springs, area rugs, original water colors.

Consignments ALWAYS BUYING: Fine antique 18th & 19th Century Furniture, Art and Collectibles. Call Ren Selby, 941-822-9092.

Estate Sale conducted by Antiques & Chatchkes for more info: 941-356-3318

Furnishings

Garage/Moving/Estate Sales **********TWO ESTATE SALES THIS WEEK*********

BY NANCY DUNN LLC 941-925-1993 FRI. 9AM-2PM 3110 Traverse Ave., Northport (no numbers at this sale) SAT. 9AM-2PM 7912 Royal Queensland Way (St. George) Lakewood Ranch Both Sales are Top Quality and all my Customers are Special!!

Please Information & Pictures: www.estatesalesbynancydunn.com ALWAYS BUYING: Fine antique 18th & 19th Century Furniture, Art and Collectibles. Call Ren Selby, 941-822-9092.

JEFFERSON CENTER 930 N. Tamiami Tr., Sarasota, FL 34236

941-953-9585 800-955-8771 TDD/TTY Rentals from $427-$588

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Condos For Sale

BY OWNER: Siesta Key #1 Beach, Siesta Dunes Condominium, Gulfside, 2BR/2BA, 2nd Flr. Condo with upgrades. Covered Parking w/ Storage, Saltwater Pool, Hot Tub, Tennis Court, BBQ’s, Beach Deck, Outstanding on-site rental program. Together with a 2003 White Mustang, Auto, V6 Convertible, 53K Miles, Mint condition. Package: $429,900.

941-349-1643 for appt.

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FINE ARTS China, Service for 4, $75. (8) small Dessert Dishes, $25. Everything, $100.

941-377-5201.

Affordable Senior Housing

WHISPERING SANDS: 2BR/2BA Gulfside 55+, 1,575 sq/ft., 2nd flr. Turn-key furnished. Lanai 36’x8’, Steps to Elevator, Laundry, Pool, Clubhouse & Gym. Recent New Heat/AC/Updated Kitchen, Reduced by owner $315,000 firm.

199 Whispering Sands Dr. #205, 941-346-0514.

MARCO FUTON: Brand new, brown color, never used. Must sell. $200.00 O.B.O. 941-400-9099.

ROCKER: WOOD/ wicker, cushions included. $15.

Reader’s Digest condensed books, mysteries, $7.

941-346-1731.

Condos/Apts. For Rent SMALL STUDIO for yearly rental on Siesta Key. (on Water) $800/mo. + $200/utilities & laundry privilege. References required. 941-349-2460 or 941-685-9940.

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HUGE MULTIPLE Family Yard Sale: Saturday, March 17th, 8a.m.-3p.m. 665 & 673 Clear Creek Dr. & corner house 652 Rivendell Blvd. Woodlands at Rivendell. 41 to Old Venice Rd., turn on Rivendell Blvd. Glasstop table, plants, collectibles/ antiques, old vinyl records, tools, costume jewelry, pressure washer, tow hitch, much more! Rain or shine.

FAMILY ESTATE SALE Friday & Saturday, 8AM-2PM. 4301 Groveland (off Wilkinson) Contents of Home: Leather Sofa, Coffee, End & Sofa Table, New King & Queen Bed Sets, Sleeper Loveseat, Dining Set, China, Glass, Holiday Decor, Newer Refrigerator, Stackable Washer & Dryer, Baldwin Electric Piano, Shed full of Tools, Lawn Equipment, New Toro Mower, Loads More, Even the Shed!

Bird Bath, Statues, Wood Swing.

LOST PERSIAN CAT (has microchip) in South Siesta Key. Orange with white chest and paws.

Big Reward. Please call 941-346-2818.

3 BED 3 bath Home, 900 feet from Siesta Beach access. $2900.00 month. 1st, last, and security.

Annual 941-320-6000.

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$425mo-1 bed/bath mobile homes.

55+ community. No Pets.

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

SENIOR LOOKING to purchase precious metals, time pieces, coins, jewelry and antiques. Please call Marc, 941-321-0707.

Pets FREE GREAT Cat to a good home. Includes $100 Petsmart Gift Certificate for Food. Cat Condo & All Supplies. All shots up to date. Call 941-809-6760.

Events ANNUAL MCA ART SALE: Saturday & Sunday March 17th & 18th, 10a.m.-4p.m. Meadows Community Center, 2004 Longmeadow at 17th St. Oils, Pastels, Fabric Art, etc. Free admission.

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OSPREY: 2 Bedroom 2 Bath, Partially furnished, Fenced backyard, Small pet ok. Lawn mowing included, Non-smoking. Yearly lease $1200/mo.

508-564-1720 Email: RAMJAM72006@aol.com SARASOTA RANCH CLUB: 3BR/4BA, Brand New! Turnkey Furnished, 5,000 sq/ft., 4/5CG, Theater Room, 10 Acres, Call for more details! $2,950/mo. Call 941-928-1542.

WEST OF TRAIL. Grove St. - 2479 sq.ft., bright, open, newer upscale home, 3BR/2BA. Many builtins, walk to Southside Elementary, shops & restaurants, 5 min. to Siesta Key. $2900/mo. Call 941-926-2915.

SELL IT! 955-4888

STORAGE FACILITY Boat/ RV/ Trailer. Secure facility, low monthly rentals, Clark Rd area.

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Mfg. Company - Nets $215,758 Price $550,000 Distributor - Nets $120,000 Price $250,000 Retail Wholesale - Nets $210,000 Price $400,000 + inventory

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RESEARCH COORDINATOR for busy clinical research site wanted for Bradenton office.

Commitment to quality, attention to detail and patient care essential. RN degree required.

Competitive salary and benefits. Fax resumes to (941) 756-8839 or e-mail to: ccollins@meridienresearch.net

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2. An entrepreneur bought a number of small coffee and beer companies. When questioned about this, he said he was determined to get lots of liquid assets.

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SAILBOAT WATER STEAL $499,000.

On Siesta would be $1-$2 Million dollars.

1.1 private acres, 3BR/3BA, deep water dock, pool, 450sq.ft. separate workshop, lake, close to beach. Horizon Realty, 941-302-1081 or 941-966-9876.

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Mobile Homes MOBIL MOBILEHOME HOMEfor forsale sale inin Osprey Osprey FL FL 1BR/1BA 1BR/1BA Florida Florida room room and and carport carport $3900.00 $3900.00 or or obo. obo. also also Yamaha Yamaha golf golf cart cart new new batteries. batteries. $1495.00 $1495.00 Stan Stan 574-528-1212.

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Out-Of-State Rentals BREVARD, NC Cool Mountaintop House with View. 2BR/3BA, Pet Friendly. No Smoking, $2,000/mo. Owner: 941-383-6844.

LOG CABINS for rent on a 700 acre lake in Minocqua, Wisconsin. Each housekeeping cabin rents weekly or monthly. Also, comes with a fishing boat. More information, call 941-918-8569 or E-mail: pbmelbs@comcast.net

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“When I get an idea in my head, I just keep researching it until I find what I need,” Nancy Markle says. For this still life, she wrangled some fruit at the grocery store.

Creative Reboot Think a computer whiz can’t be artistic? Think again. Former IBM programmer Nancy Markle is creating art the old master way: by studying, researching and making the subject personal.

Jazz music is blasting from Nancy Markle’s downtown Sarasota condominium. The music is so loud that it can be heard from the elevator that opens to her unit.

It seems kind of early to be listening

to music this loud — 10 a.m. Markle, however, doesn’t seem to notice.

She’s spent most of her life in business suits and skirts navigating the quiet IT departments of Fortune 100 companies. If she wants to spend her

Tuesday mornings listening to loud jazz inside her waterfront condo, so be it.

Barefoot and dressed in a black tracksuit, she shuffles around her kitchen fixing coffee and tea.

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“Cream and sugar?” Marat the top of her class and, at kle asks politely over the roar 21, took a job at IBM, where of saxophones and trumpets. she worked in the early field She grew up in Georgia, of computer programming, but she doesn’t have, as she teaching mulish governdescribes it, “a little Southern ment officials and military accent like a Georgia peach.” generals how to use the techA familiar face on the Saranology. sota social circuit, Markle is “I was a snot-nosed kid to the former CIO of the Amerthem,” she says. “On top of icas at Arthur Andersen and that, I was female. I learned a longtime board member of quickly how to carry my the Asolo Repertory Theatre. own.”

She’s also an extraordinary By the mid-1990s, Markle painter, whose work has takwas the mother of two grown en a backseat to, of all things, daughters, the CIO of Home a career in computing.

Savings Bank and ranked in Heidi Kurpiela “I promised myself I would McGraw-Hill’s list of the Top retire early so I could do art,” “I don’t like doing portraits of people I 100 Women in Computing.

Markle says. “Then I flunked don’t know,” Nancy Markle says of the “I had to give up someretirement.” composite. “It feels like an exercise, like thing,” she says. “Art was it. I Up until last year, she when I’m done with it, I just want to toss knew one day I’d come back spent her retirement work- it out.” to it.” ing as an IT consultant, adHer father would be vising executives on matters that daughter — former Victoria’s Se- proud. She’s taken the opposite would make most artists cringe: cret model, Jill Goodacre, whom path of a starving artist. innovative technologies, strategic most people know as the wife of Her most recent commission planning, project management singer Harry Connick Jr. — a silhouette of a Porsche 911 and systems development.

It’s an obvious conversation Turbo, which Markle painted in She gave it up to focus on paint- piece in a waterfront condomin- actual automotive paint ­— took ing. ium filled with a mix of abstract more than a year to complete.

“I think I’m happier and more and representational work, some Painted across five canvases relaxed now,” she says of the de- of which Markle created herself and pieced together using staincision. “I’m more appreciative of years ago when she was a com- less steel bolts, Markle spent life.” puter science student at Pennsyl- months tracking down the exact The first thing you notice upon vania State University. paint codes for each one of the entering Markle’s tastefully funky She had a natural aptitude for Porsches parked in her patron’s pad is a life-size bronze sculpture art even as a child, but, at the in- garage. of a woman resting on a stone. It sistence of her father, she did not Unsure of how the paint would catches most first-time visitors off pursue a career in it. respond to the canvas, she visited guard, a reaction that secretly de“He always said I could take all body shops and sought the advice lights Markle. the art classes I wanted, as long of automotive painters and man“She’s my security system,” she as I majored in something that ufacturers from Sarasota to Fort says of the figure. would make me financially inde- Myers.

Sculpted by artist Glenna Goo- pendent,” Markle says. “So, I went Armed with a white face mask, dacre, Markle purchased the off to school to be a pharmacist. I she asked for special permission piece 12 years ago after falling in found out I liked math, but I didn’t to paint on the weekends in her love with it at Galleria Silecchia. It like blowing things up.” condominium’s ventilated trash was modeled after the sculptor’s She stuck with math, graduated room, where she layered the

canvas with acrylic paint before spraying it with the Porsche colors.

When the work was finally finished, she hosted a “coming out” cocktail party for it and invited the new owner and a small gathering of friends.

She says the project has rekindled her interest in making more multimedia art.

“I always believe before you do something you should research what other people have done before you,” Markle says. “That way, you’re building on something rather than trying to reinvent the wheel.”

Analytical, meticulous and prone to study, Markle sometimes spends months researching a subject before approaching a canvas.

Some artists work impulsively, but Markle works deliberately.

Under the tutelage of esteemed oil painter David Leffel, who teaches a five-day workshop every year at the Longboat Key Center for the Arts, a Division of Ringling College of Art and Design, Markle’s still-life portraits have evolved into rich, velvety paintings based on techniques devel-

oped by the old masters.

“He has completely changed the way I paint,” Markle says of Leffel. “I learned it takes layers and layers to get luminosity.”

Those who know Markle know her jump from technologist to artist isn’t a total transformation.

A painting she created decades ago of her daughters, Jillana and Sharon, as toddlers hangs above her bed. An impressionistic composite of both girls’ faces, the work is rendered in pale shades of blue, purple, pink and green.

“People have said that I should create a stock of paintings,” Markle says. “I would rather paint something that’s based on something that’s important to people.”

Does that mean she’s averse to painting instinctively?

“Let’s just say I don’t believe in happy accidents,” Markle says.

“I believe in making happy accidents happen.”

“I started collecting sculptures when I moved to California and I saw the results of an earthquake,” Nancy Markle says. “I realized if you need something that’s unbreakable.”

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+ Riverview Kilties roll out the green carpet Band geeks are in for a rare treat this month.

Japan’s famous Green Band will roll into town next week for a joint performance with Riverview High School’s Kiltie Band.

The Green Band formed in 1998 with a mission to promote environmental awareness by performing overseas concerts in conjunction with pitching in on eco-conscious volunteer projects.

The band, which recruits its members from Japanese high schools, has notched countless Rose Bowl Parades over the years.

Fifty-eight visiting “green” musicians will kick off their Sarasota stay March 25, with a beach party on Siesta Key. Each member of the band has already been paired up with a Kiltie host family.

In addition to performing, the Kilties and the Greens will visit Myakka State Park and participate in a tree-planting ceremony at Riverview High School.

The bands will perform a free concert at 7 p.m. March 27, at the Riverview Performing Arts Center. Donations will be accepted for victims of last year’s Japanese earthquake.

Japan’s Green Band frequently performs at Disneyland.

How many leg puns can one writer work into a blurb about “A Chorus Line?”

Well, here’s a start: Last month The Players Theatre got a leg-up on its competition when it opened “A Chorus Line” Feb. 16 to a sold-out crowd.

For two weeks, the musical played to a packed house, setting the new record for the highest-grossing show the theater has ever produced. (The previous record went to the 2007 production of “Miss Saigon.”)

To the “Chorus” cast and crew, I say congratulations. Way to kick butt.

“A Chorus Line” wrapped March 4, at The Players Theatre.

+ Sarasota pole dancer slides into first place This news didn’t surprise me: Pole dancer Nicole Landkas placed first this month in the amateur division at the Florida Pole Fitness Championship in Orlando.

A fifth-generation aerialist, Landkas is a vertical tour de force. Anyone who’s ever seen her perform can tell you her moves on a pole are equal parts physical and sensual.

Watching her in action can be both mesmerizing and terrifying.

With Gumby-like flexibility and Herculean strength, she effortlessly swings, contorts and hangs from the pole as if the apparatus were an extension of her body.

A teacher at Sarasota’s Apple Jelly Studios, Landkas, who grew up performing on the silks, ropes, Lyra and swinging trapeze, is one of the most flexible dames on the Gulf Coast.

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If you think pole dancing is only relegated to strip clubs, you’re sadly misinformed.

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‘Vanessa’: Before “Cougar Town” there was Samuel Barber’s “Vanessa.” The three-act opera about an aging aristocrat and her delusional crush on the son of her former lover has all the frothy drama of a modern-day soap opera. The production continues Sarasota Opera’s American Classics Series and runs through March 24. For tickets, call 3668450, Ext. 1 or visit sarasotaopera.org.

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Tricky Business If Nathan Coe Marsh looks familiar, you’ve either dined recently at the Melting Pot or sat front and center at a Black Diamond Burlesque show.

Fondue. Strip teases. Coe Marsh’s act knows no bounds.

A Tampa native, he’s been performing magic in Sarasota for six years. His most recent gig — performing sleight-of-hand tricks on Sunday nights at The Melting Pot in downtown Sarasota ­­­­— is a return to his roots.

The 29-year-old magician honed his close-up act in 2006 doing a similar bit at the Golden Apple Dinner Theatre.

It was his first steady gig out of college. For six months, he worked six nights a week at the dinner theater, moving from table to table with a deck of cards.

It wasn’t easy. Even in a dinnertheater atmosphere, people were apprehensive to give up their personal space to a roving magician.

So, Coe Marsh focused on sharpening his magic and customizing his approach.

“It’s a completely different experience for the guest,” he says of close-up magic. “You have to establish credibility very quickly. So often when you see magic it’s on a TV screen, or you’re in Vegas a mile away from a dimly lit stage. When you see it right here and right now, it has an immediacy like nothing else in our culture.”

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“When you’re confronted by an experience where you feel like there’s no explanation for it, you suddenly open up to the impossibilities that are around you,” says magician Nathan Coe Marsh. eral-arts college in Annapolis, Md. His friends and family seemed to think he’d pursue a law degree or follow in the footsteps of his professor parents and become an academic.

Even Coe Marsh wasn’t sure where his life was headed, until one summer during college he got a job teaching magic at a youth camp in the Pocono Mountains.

“The first night I did a show for the campers, I experienced the high that comes from a live performance,” he says. “It was unlike any other feeling. When there’s a connection with a room full of strangers it’s like you’re dancing together. It’s like an unspoken thread flows between you

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However, his fascination with magic began well before that.

When he was 10 years old, a friend

of his parents pulled out a dollar bill, crumpled it up and opened his fist.

The bill seemed to float in midair.

Coe Marsh had never seen anything so unbelievable. He grabbed the dollar bill and folded it over and over trying to make sense of the trick.

“I went nuts,” he says. “It was a really defining experience for me.”

On a quest to float his own dollar bill, he went to the library and signed out all the magic books on which he could get his hands.

It was a hobby he couldn’t shake.

In college, he sought the mentorship of a magician in Baltimore, who ran a magic shop and performed nights at after-dinner shows around the city.

Says Coe Marsh, “The guy was a treasure trove of information.”

He taught the young magician how to build his stage show, which is now Coe Marsh’s main attraction; he spends most of his time traveling the country playing to corporate crowds at five-star resorts and business conferences.

Fooling buttoned-up CEOs might seem like a stodgy undertaking, but, for Coe Marsh, it’s the perfect challenge. He loves an audience that appeals to both his Type A and Type B sensibilities.

“Great magic has this contrast where, rationally, you know it’s not real, but, emotionally, it’s so compelling it forces you to go to the place where there’s no pat script,” Coe Marsh says. “It’s a social lubricant. People’s masks fall away in the face of it.”

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Lenny Bruce “He was so outside of the mold.

He created something that was completely unlike anything that was being done by any other performer from Bob Hope on.”

Roy Benson “He was a comedy magician who flourished in the early 1950s and 1960s. He was decades ahead of his time. A lot of magic scholars feel he was the first standup comedian.”

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Written in the 1920s, the play was considered outrageous in its frank admission of premarital sex on the part of two high-society housewives, who unwittingly shared the same lover. The plot hinges on the imminent arrival of suave, debonnaire Frenchman-in-question, Maurice Dudos, mustache and all, charmingly, if all too briefly, played by David Breitbarth.

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We’ve seen movies about Jews who hid from the Nazis in the woods (“Defiance”), attics (“The Diary of Anne Frank”), even latrines (“Schindler’s List”). But I was never aware of the fact that Courtesy photo Jews hid in the sewers.

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When you emerge from the theater, you will Celebrated Polish director Agnieszka breathe a sigh of relief, having escaped the Holland (“Europa, Europa”) chooses not to make her film about good vs. evil. All of her dark confines, and have hope for the human characters are flawed in one way or another. race.

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PREPARATION: 1. In a deep sauté pan, sauté the bacon pieces until crisp. Remove the bits, drain on paper towel and reserve.

2. Sauté the onions in the bacon drippings until tender.

3. Add the clam juice, water, carrots, potatoes, salt, pepper and tomatoes. Bring to a boil and simmer, covered, 15 minutes, or until the vegetables are almost tender.

4. Add the rosemary, thyme, celery and fish. Simmer, covered, about 10 minutes or until the fish flakes (or shell fish, if using, is done).

5. Add the half and half, cream or milk and bring to a simmer while stirring. Do not allow to boil.

6. Sprinkle with reserved bacon bits and serve.

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Julia Hyman likes preparing simple foods for herself and her husband, Dick. sculptures are large, and they’re made of marble and alabaster, with occasional forays into wood, so her days are spent surrounded by saws, drills and lots of dust.

“My sculpture work is so absorbing and physical that I never think of food,” she says. “Of course, when I carved fruits and vegetables out of marble and alabaster for a solo show, that was different.”

The Hymans are busy people.

But they do manage to enjoy their meals, even though their work schedules are fairly different.

“Dick sleeps late and I work early in the morning,” Hyman says.

“We almost always have brunch

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or lunch together, sometimes walking into downtown Venice, where there are many restaurants.

“At dinner, Dick does not cook, but he does help either with setting the table or pouring beverages. Generally, I prepare simple food when it is just the two of us, steaming or sautéing fish, a veggie and salad.

“Here in Florida, we eat out a lot, often with friends in good, convenient restaurants near the various performance halls like the Opera House, Van Wezel and Asolo. Some of my favorites in Sarasota are Selva Grille, Derek’s and Mediterraneo,” she says.

Then, there’s the travel that

comes with being married to a pianist-arranger-composer who’s performing all over the world.

With that whirlwind of beautiful, romantic but, often, hectic places, what would Hyman think of as the perfect setting for a great meal?

“One memorable evening was on Manasota Key Beach in Englewood,” Hyman says. “We were invited to the Hermitage, and we sat at a table for eight on the sand near the water’s edge, surrounded by torches, a gentle breeze, no bugs, good wine, good food

and interesting people. It had a dreamlike feeling for both of us.”

The Hymans have been almost everywhere on land and sea, but Hyman’s choice for an idyllic setting is right here at home on one of the most magnificent stretches of beach anywhere. But, there’s something else, even more important that makes the perfect dinner for the Hymans: people.

“I would have to say that it’s the company that accompanies the meal that makes it special,” Hyman says.

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“I loathe liverwurst,” she says.

“I once played hooky from school with two girlfriends and all we had for lunch was a liverwurst sandwich. Needless to say, I was sick with worry about being found out and had a terrible stomach upset.”

There are also some foods she and Dick don’t share. For instance, she tends to stay away from pasta, bread and potatoes, but Dick does include them. They also don’t share beef or lamb because she likes hers rare and he prefers his well done.

“It’s a bit like the lyric from ‘Let’s Call the Whole Thing Off,’” she says. “You know, ‘You say potato and I say po-tah-toe … ’” But, they both agree, “We don’t feel music should be used as a background, even though Dick professionally made many Muzak recordings. We do our listening with guests in Dick’s studio.”

Ah, those old Muzak sounds.

Elevator music, we used to call it.

Little did we know that some of the greatest musicians of the time were part of that company, from Dick Hyman to the illustrious opera commentator, George Jellinek.

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by Loren Mayo and Molly Schechter | Observer Staff which has been hosted by the Greenbaums for a remarkable 13 consecutive years. The new + Fitness queen stops season launches a five-year in Sarasota project exploring “The American Hannah Curlee remembers being Character” and will kick off with on TV in front of 93 million people the musical, “1776.” It seemed in the most unsupportive sports bra uniquely appropriate that Marty she could ever have imagined. She Samowitz was among the hadn't been on a date in 15 years, guests, with his wife Paulette, and the last time she remembered after his having recently been wearing a dress was 12 years prior. honored by the Kiwanis Club of While in town last week, Hannah, Longboat Key as the oldest livMolly Schechter one of the top two finishers on sea- ing Marine survivor of Iwo Jima.

Actor David Breitbarth son 11 of “The Biggest Loser” TV There was also a non-combat and hostess Rita series — runner-up to “the Biggest injury: actor David Breitbarth Greenbaum Loser,” her sister, Olivia Ward — is on a cane nursing a torn calf Sally Schule wih a puppy gave the women attending the Go muscle incurred while performing in “God of Carnage.” The Red for Women Luncheon an inspir- understudy who went on for him was third-year conserva+ What happens ing talk about her life. “The best tory student Jake Staley, whose regular gig this season is the at Saks … day (of my life) was not when my ensemble in “Yentl.” According to Bill Sandy, “Staley did Stays at Saks — sometimes. sister came to me and said ,‘I think such a good job that somebody in the audience asked, ‘Which General Manager Sally Schule we should go on ‘The Biggest Loser one was the understudy?’” The party was scheduled for 5:30 proudly informed every guest ... I wanted to punch her.’” If not to 7:30 p.m., but, according to Greenbaum, the last guests and canine present at ARC’s for competing on the show, Hannah didn’t leave until 10:30 p.m. … yet another aspect of “The Dog’s Night Out event Friday probably wouldn't have learned that American Character?” that Saks had just gotten a at 32 years old, she was at a 70% new installation. risk of suffering from a heart attack + A few extra pounds “This is brand new carpet,” by age 40. During the final taping, said Sally, surrounded by pair Olivia beat Hannah by 1.9 pounds Kyla Weiner and her mother, after pair of Jimmy Choos and for $250,000.

Judith Yaeger, dressed their furry Valentinos. “And we’re letting friends, Jacob and Ezra, in matching your dogs run all over it.” razzle-dazzle collars for ARC’s “Dog’s Not even one hour later, Night Out.” When Judith first adoptthere was a little “oops” incied Ezra, he was all fur and bones. dent that left one dog owner Thankfully, Judith has managed to clutching his pup to his chest. fatten him up, but that meant 10 A cocktail napkin was quickly costume changes for Dog’s Night spread out on the floor. At Out because nothing seemed to fit! least, for the pup’s sake, it The collars were a last resort, but Photos by Loren Mayo happened on the tile.

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