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OUR TOWN + Accident victim looking for witnesses Lakewood Ranch resident Kim Earley is looking for anyone who saw the traffic crash at 12:30 p.m. March 17, at the intersection of Lakewood Ranch Boulevard and Clubhouse Drive.

According to Earley, her 20-year-old son was heading west from Clubhouse Drive in a Honda Insight when a driver heading south on Lakewood Ranch Boulevard ran the stop sign and crashed into him.

One of the witnesses obtained Earley’s address and drove to her home to bring her to the scene.

Unfortunately, those witnesses did not leave their phone number, and others dispersed before Earley could get any contact information.

If you saw the accident or can provide any additional information, please call the Earley family, 730-3931.

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GOVERNMENT

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Town Hall to hire clerk

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Inter-District Authority board supervisors will hire a full-time records clerk, a move expected to save about $10,000 for record-management services at Town Hall.

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+ Interfaith effort feeds hungry families East County teenagers at Temple Emanu-El are among the participants in an innovative interfaith effort to aid hungry children.

In cooperation with St. Martha School, Temple Emanu-El Religious School students gather every other week to prepare backpacks filled with nutritious, kidfriendly foods. The backpacks are distributed on Friday afternoons by All Faiths Food Bank to local children whose families would otherwise go hungry during the weekend.

Among the East County residents active in this program are Temple Emanu-El’s Social Action Committee leaders Dorothy Quint and Emily Tennenbaum, Director of Religious Education Sabrina Silverberg, Administrative Assistant Jodie Meyers, and more than a dozen students.

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East County residents Neldon Jackson and Carol Claeys-Hagerman say their beekeeping hobby is even more rewarding than the honey it produces.

MANATEE COUNTY — The buzzword around Neldon Jackson’s house is bees.

Honeybees, to be precise.

Jackson, a resident on Country Creek, is what many would call a backyard beekeeper. He got his first hive about two years ago and now tends up to six hives at any given time.

“We go out and we play with our bees — our girls,” Jackson said, laughing, as he traded looks with his friend Carol Claeys-Hagerman, who lives a few streets away in the Mill Creek community.

Both Jackson and Claeys-Hagerman are members of the Suncoast Beekeepers Association, a local

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Neldon Jackson and Carol Claeys-Hagerman both said they became interested in beekeeping as a way to improve the health of their home gardens, among other reasons.

LAKEWOOD RANCH — Lakewood Ranch Town Hall officials again are working to improve the district’s processes and efficiencies.

Supervisors on the InterDistrict Authority Board on March 15 agreed to move forward with the hiring of a full-time clerk to oversee record-keeping activities for Lakewood Ranch’s residentcontrolled Community Development Districts.

Once hired, the new clerk will replace the need for services currently provided

by Severn Trent at a cost of about $64,000 annually.

Bringing the role in house is expected to save the districts about $10,000 total and also to streamline the record-keeping process.

“I think it is the next logical evolution of the organization,” Town Hall Executive Director Eva Rey said. “This agency, this community — we’re still in our infancy. It’s one of those things we have to do to mature.”

Rey said the new clerk will take minutes for all meetings of CDDs 1, 2, 4 and 5 and the Inter-District Authority Board. One supervisor from each board has been taking minutes for agenda review workshops, but that function also will be delegated to the new clerk.

Overall, the change will

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Lakewood widens main artery Lakewood Ranch developer Schroeder-Manatee Ranch is working to widen Lakewood Ranch Boulevard from two to four lanes between Portal Crossing and Rangeland Parkway.

LAKEWOOD RANCH — Schroeder-Manatee Ranch is well under way with required improvements to Lakewood Ranch Boulevard between State Road 70 and State Road 64.

The developer is widening the roadway to four lanes from Portal Crossing, just south of S.R. 64 south to Rangeland Parkway, just north of S.R. 70, to comply with a development agreement with the county for its northwest sector and Lakewood Centre developments of regional impact.

The agreement was formalized in September 2010 and the improvement was designed and

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permitted in late 2010 and 2011, SMR’s Vice President of Planning Todd Pokrywa said.

“This agreement gave us concurrency for the first phases of both (those) DRIs,” Pokrywa said, noting new developments such as LECOM’s School of Dental Medicine, Esplanade and Central Park all are part of those DRIs. Improvements generally include the paving of the two inside lanes between Portal Crossing and Rangeland Parkway and upgrades to the traffic signal at the entrance to Lost Creek Apartments, Pokrywa said.

The segment between Portal

Crossing and 44th Avenue, as well as the portion between Rangeland and Malachite, should be substantially finished before the start of the 2012/2013 school year, with the entire project substantially complete during the fall of 2012. The section between Portal Crossing and 44th will provide access from the north to Gullett Elementary School via four-lane Lakewood Ranch Boulevard, while the second segment from Rangeland to Malachite will provide access from the south to Lakewood Ranch High School via a four-lane roadway.

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tween Malachite and 44th is scheduled to be substantially complete during October 2012.

“We’re scheduling it so we have as little impact on the schools as possible,” Pokrywa said. “There’s always going to be a lane in each direction open during construction.”

Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine Bradenton also has road improvements underway, as it adds turn lanes into the parking lot of its new School of Dental Medicine.

Contractor Willis A. Smith is expected to be completed with the project in mid-July, just in time for the college’s first dental students to start classes July 23, LECOM Bradenton spokesperson Michael Polin said.

Contact Pam Eubanks at peubanks@yourobserver.com.

By Pam Eubanks | News Editor

LOCKS … WITH LOVE Lakewood Ranch Town Hall employees Marie Thompson and Tara Wagner donated their hair to Locks of Love March 16, in honor of loved ones lost to cancer.

LAKEWOOD RANCH — Marie Thompson was still nervous when she sat down in stylist Mary Taylor’s chair at Che Bella Salon & Spa March 16.

Although she was eager to donate her hair again to Locks of Love, a non-profit that makes hairpieces for children with long-term hair loss, Thompson, 34, still had some reservations about further shortening her hip-length golden hair. Her donation a year ago of about 40 inches was the first time she’d ever had her hair cut professionally and only the second time it had been cut in her whole life.

“It doesn’t seem like a lot, but it is for me,” Thompson said, as Taylor began preparing for the cut. “This will be about 60 inches, in total.”

Joining Thompson for this year’s hair-cutting adventure was her friend and co-worker at Lakewood Ranch Town Hall, Tara Wagner, who was just a chair away.

Photos by Pam Eubanks “I’ve wanted to do this several Marie Thompson and Tara Wagner were thrilled their hair donations would benefit others. times before,” said Wagner, moments after stylist Bradley Peters snipped her hair to a length above her shoulders. “I did it for a cause — for friends and family that I’ve lost (to cancer) and even acquaintances.

“It feels good,” she said of giving to Locks of Love. “It was fun having the long hair, but it was a lot of work. I hope (my hair donation) makes a difference for somebody.”

Wagner said she had wanted to donate her hair for more than two years, but for various rea- Stylist Mary Taylor made the initial cuts on Marie Stylist Bradley Peters, right, made the first cut on sons was not able to do so. Af- Thompson’s hair.

Tara Wagner’s hair. ter Thompson donated in late 2010, Wagner told her she’d do- Taylor at Che Bella Salon & Spa daughter of a high school friend put her hair in two small ponynate, too, if Thompson were to for her first real haircut. Her — to leukemia in October 2008. tails and began cutting. give to Locks of Love again. only other haircut had been With friends and family sur“I’m happy,” Thompson said.

Thompson said she had performed by her father when rounding her, Thompson closed “It feels good (to have it short planned to keep her hair short- Thompson was 10 years old, be- her eyes, tears welling up in her and to donate it).” er, but let it grow out when she cause she’d refused to care for it eyes, as scissors snipped away Next year, Thompson may saw how quickly it was growing. properly. about 40 inches of her golden even try a shorter, more stylish “I wasn’t going to cut off four After wanting to donate her locks. cut. inches and waste it,” she said. hair for several years, ThompAlthough Thompson again “I’m getting more adventurThompson had hair so long son had finally decided to was nervous this year with her ous,” she said. it touched the floor until Sep- make the donation after losing donation of about 20 inches, Contact Pam Eubanks at peutember 2010, when she visited a friend — Kandra Crissen, the she didn’t even flinch as Taylor banks@yourobserver.com.

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Stoneybrook owners add new lawyers in CDD suit Stoneybrook Investors has about 30 days to file an amended complaint against Heritage Harbour CDD. HERITAGE HARBOUR — Stoneybrook Investors, owner of the Stoneybrook Golf Club, has enlisted the services of a special counsel to handle the entity’s lawsuit against the Heritage Harbour South Community Development District.

Heritage Harbour and Stoneybrook attorneys last week agreed to enter into an order granting Heritage Harbour South’s motion to dismiss and to give Stoneybrook Investors another 30 days to file an amended complaint against the district.

“The new attorneys that are involved in this (case) needed more time to prepare a response to the motion to dismiss that the (defendants) had filed,” Stoneybrook’s attorney David Wilcox said, noting Allen Bobo, of the law firm Lutz, Bobo & Telfair, will be handling the case for Stoneybrook Investors moving forward. “We expect to re-file within two weeks.”

Stoneybrook in late December filed a lawsuit against the CDD that alleged the golf course is not subject to special assessments imposed by the CDD, challenged the legality of assessments imposed for stormwater management services and asserted the golf course offers benefits to the district’s stormwater system and thus should be reimbursed for those derived benefits. The entity also sued the district for damages totaling $3.8 million for benefits derived over the last eight years and $40,000 monthly going forward.

Heritage Harbour South filed in January a motion to dismiss Stoneybrook’s request for declaratory judgment, and other counts noted in the suit. On March 15, a judge had been slated to Heritage Harbour South’s motion, which asserted Stoneybrook had not stated a cause of action that warranted its request of the court for declaratory judgment, among other arguments. The hearing, however, was canceled because of the new agreement.

The CDD maintains the new assessment methodology it adopted in the fall of 2011 for its stormwater management system is both fair and appropriate. Stoneybrook Investors, however, believes it is being unfairly targeted, as stormwater assessments for the golfcourse property are expected increase by about 500%, or $35,000 annually, under the new methodology. Lighthouse Cove at Heritage Harbour, the association for homeowners in the Lighthouse Cove community, also is challenging the new assessment methodology. It also believes assessments are not fairly being apportioned.

A judge on March 7 granted the CDD’s motion to dismiss two of three counts of the Lighthouse Cove complaint, narrowing the scope of future proceedings. The portion of the lawsuit seeking declaratory judgment on the matter will move forward.

Contact Pam Eubanks at peubanks@yourobserver.com.

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+ Manatee deputies locate elderly man Manatee County Sheriff’s Office authorities located an elderly man who wandered from his home in GreyHawk Landing March 11.

The 83-year-old man, who had been missing for several hours, suffers from dementia.

He was transported to Manatee Memorial Hospital to be treated for facial and body lacerations, a Sheriff’s Office report states. He stated he sustained the injuries after falling several times.

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Guests can watch as a massive mobile unit shreds documents, paperclips and all.

Donation is $5 per box, for a box the size of a banker’s box or a copy paper-sized box.

Larger boxes cost more. There is no limit on the number of boxes guests can bring.

Members of the Eco Rotary hope the event will help keep waste out of the landfill.

Proceeds from the event will be used by the Rotary Club to support its local projects.

+ Man shoots himself accidentally A gunshot heard at Tuscany Apartments resulted in minor injuries to the weapon’s owner.

A Manatee County Sheriff’s Office report states on March 13, 24-year-old Gregory Peebles was cleaning his loaded AR15 when it accidentally discharged one round that went through

the kitchen cabinets and appeared to have embedded into the floor of the apartment.

The surrounding apartments were checked for person with injuries, and none was found.

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The Giving Partner, an online tool sharing information about local charitable organizations and their programs, is hosting a 36-hour Giving Challenge from 6 a.m. March 27, through 6 p.m. March 28.

The online event will provide East County residents and others a chance to learn about causes in the area. Matching funds and special grants to non-profits will be available to encourage giving.

The Boys & Girls Clubs of Manatee County is one of hundreds of non-profits participating. There will be $334,000 available in 1:1 matching funds, with an additional $167,000 in grants awarded to non-profits.

For more information, visit www.thegivingpartner.org.

In March Madness spirit, ESPN college basketball analyst and Sarasota native Dick Vitale is launching a nationwide T-shirt design contest.

“I’m looking for the greatest Dickie V designs,” Vitale said.

“The winners receive cash prizes. Now that’s awesome, baby.”

Vitale is looking for fresh, colorful designs to use for his online store. Designs should be lively and energetic and represent Vitale’s outgoing personality.

Fans can submit entries through March 31.

Contest details are available on Vitale’s Facebook page under the “Design a Dickie V

+ Giving Partner hosts ‘giving challenge’

Meetings &agendas Manatee County School Board Regular Meeting — 5:45 p.m.

Monday, March 26, at 215 Manatee Ave. W., Bradenton. 

Manatee County Board of County Commissioners Regular Meeting — 9 a.m. Tuesday, March 27, Manatee County Administrative Building’s first-floor commission chambers, 1112 Manatee Ave. W., Bradenton.

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Manatee County Board of County Commissioners Land-Use Meeting — 9 a.m. Thursday, April 5, Manatee County Administrative Building’s first-floor commission chambers, 1112 Manatee Ave. W., Bradenton.

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The Rotary Club of East Manatee is partnering with ShredQuick, a local document shredding company, to host the group’s spring Shred-AThon, which will be held from 3-5 p.m. April 12, at We Fix Computers, 8519 S.R. 70 E.,

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By Pam Eubanks | News Editor

Association president challenges former property manager Cypress Strand resident Charlie Lowe said Progressive Community Management acted in “gross misconduct.” Bill Sutton, Progressive CEO, says his company acted professionally, ethically and legally.

In the spring, an auditor’s report completed by Sarasota CPA Tom Menchinger found something unusual in the association’s financial statements — forms indicating that PCM may be using the association’s line of credit, using the CDs as collateral. The documents also indicated, the two Cypress Strand CDs were added to 36 other association reserve accounts, which Morgan Stanley titled “Reserved Client Consolidation.” The consolidation of these CDs was under the control of PCM and had a value of more than $2.4 million.

Menchiner said he found “irregularities” during the audit but declined further comment.

Sutton said PCM always acted under the direction of Cypress Strand’s board of directors and the board always was in control of their assets.

“The Smith Barney product was approved at a board meeting,” Sutton said. “At no time did we do anything out of the norm. They approved everything.”

Sutton said PCM has had a longstanding line of credit, and he did not know how the CPA interpreted financial data.

“We used the line of credit appropriately and legally, and at no time were their funds lost or in jeopardy,” Sutton said.

Sutton, whose company manages about 170 associations in Manatee and Sarasota counties, however, said it has been his company’s cornerstone to follow federal guidelines and demonstrate high standards and ethics.

“We have never been a subject of any licensing complaint at any time,” Sutton said, noting the PCM has been in business for more than a decade. “This is a first for us. We’re very confident and comfortable we have complied with all the state and local laws and conducted ourselves appropriately.”

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Lowe joined the Cypress Strand Board of Directors in April 2010, and in September, the board voted to invest about $200,000 in reserves in two certificate of deposits with Morgan Stanley Smith Barney.

With three board members seeking to improve efficiency, the board in November 2010 voted to re-bid all its contracts, including its contract with PCM. In total, the new contracts saved the association more than $35,000 annually.

Former Cypress Strand President Bill West resigned from his post around that time, and Lowe stepped into his new role.

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If the DBPR’s legal counsel finds evidence Sutton improperly used Cypress Strand’s assets, penalties would be imposed, because the department is an administrative agency that can take action against professional licenses, Frady said.

“The attorney will review the information from the investigation in the file to determine if there is evidence to support violation of Florida Statutes,” Frady said. “If there is probable cause, discipline against the CAM’s license such as fines, suspension or revocation could occur.”

Frady could not estimate when the department’s Office of General Council would render a decision.

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In a response submitted to the state, Sutton’s attorney Marielle Westerman wrote Cypress Strand’s application to the Smith Barney product showed the association intended for Cypress Strand to transfer money into the product and that the entity did not choose to opt out of participating in the line of credit.

In the DPBR’s investigative report, investigator Gene Kelley wrote that in a telephone interview, Westerman further explained the Smith Barney product allowed all product participants, including PCM, to use a line of credit up to 30% of the value of the product and many associations, like PCM, borrowed money. All associations, including PCM, repaid the money, as well.

Sutton also noted that PCM shut down the participation in the program for all its participating associations and closed a line of credit when it began receiving complaints about it in the fall.

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TARA — Cypress Strand resident Charlie Lowe simply can’t let the issue die.

Although it’s been months since Lowe, president of the Cypress Strand Condominium Association, first became suspicious the company previously managing his association may be unlawfully using the association’s assets, the notion now is being heard by the Department of Business and Professional Regulation.

With the department’s formal investigation complete, the complaint lodged against William Sutton, chief executive officer of Progressive Community Management, now is being reviewed by the DBPR’s Office of General Counsel.

“I’m just trying to do my little part,” Lowe said of why he filed the complaint. “This country needs to get back to accountability and morality.”

Lowe is alleging Sutton and his firm used two certificates of deposit owned by Cypress Strand to create a line of credit in PCM’s name and to withdraw funds by that line of credit for private purposes. Lowe said this was done concurrently with 36 other associLBK managed 2010 - by J PCM, allowing ations it to withdraw $1.4 million against roughly $2.4 million in reserves.

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Rabbi Mendy Bukiet described Chabad of Bradenton and Lakewood Ranch’s new permanent location as a “miniature holy land.”

Lakewood Ranch Chabad moves into permanent home Chabad of Bradenton and Lakewood Ranch celebrated the grand opening of its permanent home March 18.

LAKEWOOD RANCH — For families of Chabad of Bradenton and Lakewood Ranch, there truly is no place like home.

After changing locations six times in just seven years, Chabad held a grand opening March 18 for its new 5-acre campus off Lorraine Road.

“Now it’s home; now it’s ours,” Rabbi Mendy Bukiet said. “Anything we want, we can do, because it’s our home now. We don’t have to be worried about what the future holds.”

The new property includes a renovated 2,600-square-foot house with worship, classroom and office space, as well as a kosher kitchen, a storage shed, parking and plenty of land on which to grow or host events.

“This property ultimately suited our needs,” Bukiet said. “This place is perfect for us. The land is good. The area is good for the future. The opportunity is great.

“There’s so much, I could talk about it for hours,” he said, smiling. “It really is to be able to give everybody from the community — all dimensions — to partake and enjoy the aspects of Judaism. We’re looking forward to using every inch of space.”

Formed in 2004 by Bukiet and his wife, Chanie, Chabad of Bradenton and Lakewood Ranch already offers adult and youth Jewish education classes, holiday enrichment programs and services to families through counseling, hospital and prison visitations and more.

Bukiet and an advisory team began looking for a permanent facility about two years ago.

The former residential property Chabad purchased in January 2011 proved to be the perfect fit.

Permitting and renovations proved both challenging and time-consuming,

HOME SWEET HOME Chabad has had several East County homes over the last several years including at the Bukiet’s home, Braden River Middle School, the Bank of America building, First Priority Bank and in Lane I Plaza.

The new facility is located at 5712 Lorraine Road in Lakewood Ranch. but the process has been rewarding, Bukiet said.

“It was a fun experience,” Bukiet said.

“It took 10 months to put this dream together.”

The Bukiets still have even bigger dreams for a full-scale Jewish community center in mind, and ultimately hope to have space for weddings and bar and bat mitzvahs, a Jewish library and a center for children’s after-school programs.

“The vision is to have anything a Jewish person might want to have,” Bukiet said.

“From birth to death, it should be here.”

But for now, the Bukiets are thrilled to have the first part of their dream fulfilled and grateful for the community support shown to Chabad along the way.

“A lot of people helped us to make this happen,” Mendy Bukiet said. “Chanie and I could not have done this alone.

“It’s very exciting,” he said. “We’re hoping the community will enjoy (our new home) and really take advantage of us being here permanently. It’s more looking ahead already.”

Chabad began holding services in its new facility earlier this month.

For information on Chabad, visit www. chabadofbradenton.com.

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Information. While assisting the Florida Highway Patrol with a traffic crash at Carlton Road and State Road 70, the complainant drove up and contacted EMS, reporting her 1-year-old son was in a bedroom watching TV when she heard a crash. Her son started to cry, and when the complainant went to check on him, she discovered the child had pulled the small 19-inch TV off of a small TV stand.

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The child was then flown to All Children’s Hospital. At the time of the report, deputies were unable to visit the scene of the incident. After speaking with the complainant, it was clear the incident was accidental.

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Snake incident shocks Walmart shopper So, here is one of the most Unfortunately, speaking with interesting quotes I’ve ever Walmart’s management did little received in more than 12 years to assuage her concerns. The of reporting: “I’m going to get a reptile-toting customer identigoat from my friend and march fied the snake as a service anithat goat right through the front mal, and, as per guidelines outdoor of Walmart.” lined by the Americans That statement, by with Disabilities Act, East County resident there is little Walmart Trish Chandler, was could have done in this made while I interviewed situation. her following an equally Furthermore, shocking email she wrote Walmart’s own guideto the paper. Her sublines are well defined: ject line: “HORROR AT “Walmart welcomes WALMART ON SR 64.” customers with service MICHAEL Yes, in all caps. animals. People greeters ENG Chandler is an avid are the Walmart assoWalmart customer, but ciates responsible for an incident on March 10 determining if an animal has her rethinking her shopping is a service animal. Most of the routine. As she placed her items time, people with disabilities on the counter that day, she who use service animals may noticed a customer with a snake be easily identified without any wrapped around his arm. need for questioning. If you can “I looked over, and that guy tell by looking, you should not had a rattler,” she told me. “I make the customer feel unwelthought, ‘I must be dreaming.’ come by asking questions. If you “I am deathly afraid of snakes are unsure whether an animal … and I came undone,” Chanmeets the definition of a service dler said. “My breathing became animal, one people greeter and, irregular, and I flipped out.” where necessary, a member of

store management may ask the customer only one question: Is this a service animal required because of a disability?

“If the customer says ‘yes’ or otherwise explains that the animal is required because of a disability, you should welcome the person and service animal into the store. Do not ask any further questions about the customer or his or her service animal. You may not ask a customer questions about his or her disability.

You may not ask a customer to show a license, certification or a special ID card as proof of their animal’s training. You must permit service animals to accompany customers with disabilities to all areas of our stores normally used by other customers.”

“There’s nothing you could do, I could do or the president of the United States could do,” State Road 64 Walmart Store Manager Jim Jackson told me. “The snake was in control at all times, and it wasn’t a rattler. It probably was a python of some kind.”

Which brings us back to the goat.

Following her ill-fated trip, Chandler called the store and spoke with a member of the management team.

So, it’s my understanding that if someone comes into the store with a panther, a tiger, an elephant a skunk — whatever it is — Walmart does not question (the customer) or make (him or her) show legitimate paperwork.

Nope.

And now, Chandler wants to test that policy herself with a “service goat” on a rope.

“I am totally distraught over this experience,” she says. “What if I had walked up on that snake near the produce or some other section? I would have probably had a heart attack and died right there on the spot.”

So, this story begs the question: How do you feel about regulations (or lack thereof) governing the use of service animals.

Is it too loose? What would you have done if you saw a snake at your big-box retailer of choice?

Or a goat? Please email your responses to meng@yourobserver. com.

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New policies needed for board transparency Manatee County School Board are exempted from the general Chairman Harry Kinnan called Sunshine law requirements by s. the School Board to meet in 286.011(8). executive session concerning “Dark Executive Sessions” are collective bargaining March more vulnerable to abuse and 19. Two board members, Julie post-meeting contention than Aranibar and Karen Carpenter, “Shade Executive Sessions,” expressed reluctance to because no record of the attend such sessions, and proceedings is required they share with others a to be made and thus concern that the School no independent record Board’s past practices in available to later settle similar executive sessions disputes as to what actumay have made them ally transpired during the parties to non-compliexecutive session. Absent ance with our Sunshine an independent record, laws. neither the School Board Concern for nonnor the public can corDAVE compliance arises from roborate that the “Dark MINER the limited nature of the Executive Session” was Sunshine law Collecconducted (or not contive Bargaining exemption (F.S. ducted) in accordance with law.

447.605(1)) which provides that The importance of this is that only “discussions ... relative to if the “Dark Executive Session” collective bargaining” and only is not conducted in accordance those between “the chief execuwith law — for instance, if the tive officer (superintendent) . . . session wandered away from or his or her representative, and just discussing collective barthe legislative body (the school gaining — the session loses its board) ... shall be closed and exemption from meeting outside exempt from the provisions of s. the Sunshine, and those board 286.011.” members are violating the law “Collective Bargaining Execuand subject to criminal penaltive Sessions” are sometimes ties. (This may have been the called “dark sessions,” because case with a Feb. 27 session, when they are held outside the “Sunapparently, the board members shine” and, unlike “Shade Sespresent discussed and made desions” concerning litigation, no cisions regarding non-collective record or transcript of the meetbargaining employees.) ing is required. “Shade Sessions” Collective Bargaining

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(“Dark”) Executive Sessions are also significantly different form Litigation (“Shade”) Executive Sessions because the “Shade” — unlike the “Dark” — exemption law requires prior public notice be given of the names of those attending the session. Having this prior notice allows board members and the public to object if someone not authorized by statute has been invited to attend and further allows board members to decline attendance if their objection is not obliged.

This is important because if an unauthorized person attends an executive session, the session loses its exemption from meeting outside the Sunshine, and those board members again are violating the law and subject to criminal penalties.

(This may have been the case with a March 14 executive session, when board members unexpectedly found an insurance consultant present at the meeting.)

Our community and state would be well served if our Legislature aligned F.S. 447.605(1) with F.S. 286.011(8), so compliance with litigation and collective bargaining exemptions would be the same. However, until the Legislature makes those changes, our School Board, beginning now, can improve district operations by

implementing the following two protocols as its practice and eventually adopt them as formal policies: (1) At least three days before any Collective Bargaining Executive Session, notify all board members and the public of the names of invitees to the Executive Session.

(2) Audio or video record all Collective Bargaining Executive Sessions with all persons in attendance announcing their names. While the Collective Bargaining Sunshine exemption (F.S. 447.605(1)) does not allow for a court reporter to be present, this does not preclude the School Board from recording the session provided the recorder is operated by a person authorized to attend the session. Upon completion of the Collective Bargaining, a transcript of the executive session should be made and placed on the district’s website as the board is now doing with transcripts of executive sessions regarding litigation.

These protocols for Collective Bargaining Executive Sessions provide protections from abuse for both School Board members and the public.

Dave “Watchdog” Miner is a Bradenton attorney and member of the First Amendment Foundation Sunshine Brigade.

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THURSDAY, MARCH 22, 2012

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By Pam Eubanks | News Editor

Officer recommends dismissal Hearing officer Hamilton ‘Chip’ Rice recommended Lakewood Ranch CDDs 1, 4 and 5 dismiss a bid protest submitted by their former landscape contractor.

LAKEWOOD RANCH — After weeks of deliberation, a hearing officer has sided with Lakewood Ranch Community Development Districts 1, 4 and 5 in their process for hiring a new landscaping contractor.

Garden Leaders, the districts’ previous landscape contractor, had filed a bid protest Dec. 8, 2011, after supervisors voted to award new landscaping contracts to Down to Earth Inc. in November. As per the districts’ operating procedures, a formal hearing on the issue was held Jan. 24.

In a recommended order issued March 13, hearing officer Hamilton “Chip” Rice recommended CDDs 1, 4 and 5 enter an order denying and dismissing Garden Leaders’ bid protest.

“The evaluation process may arguably have contained some irregularities or inconsistencies so that reasonable persons could differ as to the proper score that should have been awarded on a specific question; however, the inconsistencies and irregularities in the scoring process were not so extensive as to subvert the purpose of

“It means a lot,” he said of Rice’s recommended order.

“The hearing officer took testimony from witnesses who were under oath and the hearing officer is able to judge the credibility of the witnesses.

“The law says that if you have an independent person taking testimony and facts the parties are going to be bound by those facts later on, if there’s a second proceeding,” he said. “(Rice’s order) is hugely important and will control and influence everything that happens, should Garden Leaders continue to fight this fight.”

Garden Leaders filed a lawsuit alleging the CDDs violated Sunshine open meetings laws during their bid review and vendor selection process last fall. Supervisors from all three boards agreed to re-do the bidding process in exchange for dismissal of the lawsuit in September.

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Peace Presbyterian chose to collect underwear and diapers for this year’s Lenten Challenge after learning that between 30 and 60 children walk through the Community Coalition on Homelessness’ doors every month.

“We might not see them, but the need is out there,” Camthire said. “Sometimes, they can only give out three to six diapers to a mom, and that doesn’t go far.”

In addition to collecting underwear and diapers, the church also is collecting monetary donations to buy rice and beans for migrant workers and their families through the Beth-El Mission.

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Both sides of the dispute had until this week, after the East County Observer went to press, to file any challenges to Rice’s ruling. Supervisors would take those exceptions into consideration when they make their final determination on the matter.

CDD supervisors now have 90 days to act on the recommended order.

Hunter Carroll, special counsel for CDDs 4 and 5, said Rice’s ruling did not surprise him.

“In my view, Garden Leaders did not present evidence to support their claims and therefore the process was fair and appropriate,” Carroll said. “Here, I’m very confident the hearing officer’s recommended order is fully supported by the testimony and exhibits that were (introduced at the hearing).”

Furthermore, Carroll said Rice’s judgment would be important moving forward, especially if Garden Leaders pursues further legal action.

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Jackson’s son, Hunter, did a science experiment for school in which he fed the bees colored water to see if it would affect the color of the honey the bees produced.“We got pink honey,” Hunter said.

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As the duo suited up in their white, hooded beekeeping jackets, they headed toward Jackson’s backyard, where several hives border the back of his property.

Although Claeys-Hagerman used Velcro bands to tighten her pant legs around her ankles, neither put on full gear or gloves. This particular hive, Jackson said, is quite gentle.

“Every hive is different,” Jackson said. “I’ve got hives that are so calm you can go (in without any gear). Some get very aggressive.”

As Jackson lifted a portion of the hive — a box so filled with bees and honey it weighed about 50 pounds — from the others, he groaned under the weight. Then, as he pulled out a slat, he excit-

BEEKEEPERS ASSOCIATION Kevin Lausen, president of the Suncoast Beekeepers Association said it costs about $300 in equipment to start a hive, and the association works with new and seasoned beekeepers through a mentoring system to ensure beekeepers are successful.

The association meets at 7 p.m., the third Thursday of every month, at Northern Trust, 6320 Venture Drive, No. 100, in Lakewood Ranch. edly pointed to honeycomb filled with honey.

“I love (my bees’) honey,” Claeys-Hagerman said. “I eat it every day. (The honey from our bees) tastes so much better. Each

season, it tastes different, too.”

On the remainder of the hive, dozens of furry heads began to emerge through the slats, and Jackson explained it’s a warning sign the bees are getting nervous.

Jackson quickly used smoker to puff a small cloud of smoke their way, and immediately the bees retreated into the hive.

“It’s like a reset button,” he said.

Jackson and Claeys-Hagerman, who are friends from church, have been interested in bees for many years, but their interest in beekeeping, in particular, was sparked after visiting a meeting of Tampa Bay Beekeepers Association about two years ago. It wasn’t long until both had invested in their beekeeping gear and other equipment and were tending to their first hive to promote honeybees and improve the health of their own backyard gardens.

“I must have spent an hour out there every night,” Jackson said of watching his first hive. “It was absolutely fascinating. The different color of pollen on their legs — that was cool. Orange, white, even purple.”

Jackson’s fascination, however soon progressed from the worker bees collecting pollen to their honey production. Inside his hive, a queen bee was laying more than a 1,000 eggs each day, and thousands of worker bees busily buzzed in and out of the hive with pollen and worked to produce honey.

“It’s essential to understand the cycles (of the bees) to determine the health of your hive,” he said, noting each hive has more than a thousand female worker bees, and just a dozen, or so, male bees, called drones, and only one queen bee, who is responsible for laying eggs and determining the gender of each baby bee.

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out her life without dying.

Additionally, aggressive honeybee hives can be tamed by re-queening the hive with a more docile European-bred queen bee. As soon as the new queen starts laying eggs, the hive’s genetics begin to change.

In 2011, hive losses hovered around 30% overall.

Pollinators, such as honeybees, are responsible for about 30% of the country’s food supply.

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“You can go in your backyard and you can make blue-ribbon honey,” Suncoast Beekeepers Association President Kevin Lausen said.

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A queen bee mates at one time in her life with up to 12 male bees, called drones. She has her own eggs and seed for her whole life and can lay between 1,000 and 1,500 eggs daily during the spring season — a regiment she keeps up for about five years.

BEE ANATOMY

All worker bees flying around collecting pollen from flowers are female bees. They have a barb on their stinger and die if they sting you. Male bees have no stinger at all, because they are in the hive solely to mate with the queen. Only the queen bee has no barb on her stinger, so she can sting multiple times through-

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Colored ant killers, particularly ones that come in orange or yellow, can cause the death of an entire bee colony. Worker bees often mistake the pesticide for pollen and carry it back to their hives.

Plenty of eggs mean a healthy queen. Minimal to no eggs means the queen has died and a beekeeper must act quickly to either re-queen the hive or hope the hive feeds a special baby bee, or larvae, plenty of what’s called “royal jelly” so that it grows into the new queen and saves the hive from dying, Jackson said. Eggs hatch in about three days.

“They’re like little baby chickens — all fuzzy,” Jackson said.

Claeys-Hagerman agreed: “It’s fun to watch them come out.”

Jackson and Claeys-Hagerman both said they enjoy tending to honeybee hives in their own

backyards and love the idea of helping not only their gardens but also local agriculture in general.

“I like the entire idea of knowing my bees are pollinating my garden and my neighbors and (about) a three mile radius,” Jackson said. “I do everything organic.”

Claeys-Hagerman agreed.

“The fact we are contributing to the production of our food supply by having these bees in our yards is incredibly satisfying,” Claeys-Hagerman said. “That’s why I’d love to have more.”

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CLERK/PAGE 1A improve consistency between board minutes and agendas, allow for last-minute changes to agendas, allow the production of minutes as meetings are taking place and improve the accuracy of minutes and agendas, Rey said.

The clerk also eventually will be responsible for converting the districts’ public records to an electronic document storage format so staff and the public can access documents more immediately, rather than having documents stored off site.

“It’ll be a more responsive process,” Rey said. “(Anything) records related will be funneled through the clerk.”

IDA Chairman Tom Green agreed.

“Some of the things we feel are

shortcomings (with our current record keeper) are timing,” Green said. “It means it’s more difficult to put in any last-minute changes. Second, they really don’t know the district well. It’ll be much more efficient to have an onsite person doing the transcripts.”

Additionally, IDA supervisors approved the re-classification of its information technology specialist position from part-time to full-time.

Rey said the district’s IT specialist Art Sugerman, who was hired in December, has been working to identify improvements to Town Hall’s systems, among other issues.

“We’re really in a technology catch-up time right now,” Rey said. “He has a list of things we’re prioritizing and improving.”

Contact Pam Eubanks at peubanks@yourobserver.com.

In other business: ALL DISTRICTS

• Engineer Mike Kennedy said Manatee County will resurface portions of University Parkway in Lakewood Ranch starting March 26.

• Supervisors formalized an existing public records policy regarding e-mails.

CDD 1

• Supervisors voted to renew their contract with Diamond Investigations & Security for roaming security patrols in Summerfield and Riverwalk. The new contract will be effective through March 31, 2014. The current scope of work and hourly rate will remain the same.

• Operations Director Ryan Heise said Lakewood Ranch’s

irrigation utility, Braden River Utilities, has notified the district it will install a new well and pump in the Summerfield Lake area. “BRU says they are filling a donut hole that exists in District 1,” Heise said.

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• In CDD 2, Heise notified supervisors the community’s annuals will be replaced over the next several weeks.

• CDD 2 and 5 supervisors will discuss increasing age restrictions for driving golf carts within the community at an upcoming joint agenda review meeting.

• In CDD 5, Supervisor Tom Bishop reported the Country Club/ Edgewater Village Association’s landscape committee is asking for

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• At the request of Dog Park members, supervisors agreed to replace a dead oak tree at the Dog Park and to dedicate the new tree to Lakewood Ranch resident and Dog Park member Ina Gross, who was found murdered in her home Jan. 9.

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By Jen Blanco | Associate Editor

Rage kick way into elite tournament The Braden River Soccer Club U13 boys premier team will be competing in the Dr. Pepper Dallas Cup.

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Ricky Yanez spent time focusing on his footwork.

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March Madness lives up to name For the first time in years, I didn’t enter my bracket in any type of NCAA Tournament pool.

Sadly, it’s probably for the best.

After all, when you lose an Elite Eight and Final Four team on the same day, it doesn’t bode well for the future.

I was feeling great after the opening day of JEN the second BLANCO round and wishing I had entered our office pool. But that all changed when a pair of No. 15 seeds came out of nowhere to derail my bracket and giving me a whole new appreciation for the term bracket buster.

Luckily, I was not in our Sarasota office when No. 15 seed Norfolk State upset No. 2 Missouri. I can only imagine the reaction that was felt across our newsroom (one highly stocked with Mizzou alumni) when the Tigers lost.

That was just the beginning of my bracket’s downward spiral. Did I mention No. 2 seed Duke lost to No. 15 seed Lehigh?

On the bright side, Ohio State, my alma mater, won, and six of my Elite Eight and three of my four Final Four teams remain.

Don’t get me wrong: I’m all for upsets and Cinderella stories. They are what make March Madness so excit-

SEE COMMENT / PAGE 16A

LAKEWOOD RANCH — Twelve-year-old Kyle Wray is reminded of one of sports’ most valuable lessons every time he pulls on his jersey.

It’s one he learned from his coaches when he began playing competitive soccer two years ago, and it’s one that he’s reminded of every time he touches a soccer ball.

The lesson is simple: You can’t win the game on your own.

Now, the Braden River Soc-

cer Club U13 boys premier team captain and midfielder is hoping he and his teammates take that message to heart as they prepare to compete in the prestigious Dr. Pepper Dallas Cup April 1-8.

The Rage was one of 24 teams in their age bracket selected from across the world to participate in the tournament.

“I was excited, because I know that’s a good tournament,” Wray said. “We’ve been progressing and getting better, and finally

we’ve gotten to the next stage.

We’ve definitely gotten better and are more confident now.”

Teammate Jake Welch agreed.

“I was very excited, and I’m thrilled to be entered into it,” said Welch, who plays center midfield for the Rage. “It’s a once in a lifetime opportunity.”

The Rage will open group play competition versus California’s FC Golden State April 1. The team also is scheduled to play Mexico’s Tigres April 2 and FC Dallas April

4. Additional games April 5-8 will be determined after group play.

“We want to be known as a team that comes to play and controls the game,” coach Kai Haaskivi said. “They’re finding the joy of the game and enjoying the way we play. For us to be successful, we need everyone to contribute.

That’s part of our success. They’re consistently good, because they really rely on each other.”

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Lakewood Ranch High seniors Quillan Toler, Huntyre Elling, Amber Ozment, Dana Hutchins and Cristiana Burns are determined to leave a lasting legacy for the underclassmen to follow.

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The Lakewood Ranch High softball team has relied on the leadership of its five seniors: Cristiana Burns, Huntyre Elling, Dana Hutchins, Amber Ozment and Quillan Toler.

LAKEWOOD RANCH — Lakewood Ranch High seniors Dana Hutchins and Quillan Toler remember the first time they walked out of the dugout in a Lady Mustangs uniform as if it were yesterday.

The two have been replaying

the moment they first stepped onto the field; the moment the final out was made; and every moment in between for the past four years.

“I just thought it was so exciting and intense,” Hutchins said.

“I was really excited,” Toler

said. “I was nervous, but the seniors were so supportive. They just told me, ‘Don’t be nervous.’

Now, as a senior, I try to calm down the younger ones (when they are) on edge.”

But it’s not simply who they were playing — Braden River.

Or who won the game — Lakewood Ranch — that has been cemented in the back of their minds. In the midst of the thrill and excitement, Toler and Hutchins learned the value of leadership and the responsibility that comes from putting on a Lakewood uniform day in and day out.

The two players learned from the best — their senior counterparts. Now, four years later, Toler, Hutchins and fellow seniors Huntyre Elling, Amber Ozment and Cristiana Burns are carrying the torch for Lakewood, following in the footsteps of those who came before them.

“As a freshman, I learned a lot,” Toler said. “As an underclassman, I always looked up to the upperclassmen. I just try and remember when I was a freshman and how I saw them and

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THURSDAY, MARCH 22, 2012

By Jen Blanco | Associate Editor

East County teams impressive in Sarasota Classic

Braden River junior Alec Neuzil looks on as his teammates take the field.

The Braden River and Lakewood Ranch High baseball teams spent spring break competing against some of the top teams in the state during the annual Sarasota Baseball Classic March 12-15.

The Pirates went 2-2 in the Premier Division, while The Mustangs went 2-2 in the Elite Division.

Braden River opened its tournament with a 4-1 victory over Benjamin March 12. The Pirates then fell to North Port (7-6) and Miami Palmetto (8-7) before bouncing back to defeat Berkley Prep (4-3).

Across town, Lakewood opened u its tournament with an 8-3 victory over Montverde Academy March 12. The Mustangs then fell to tournament champion Barron Collier (14-2) and Sarasota (6-2) before shutting out Miami Sunset 7-0 March 15.

Lakewood’s Zack Larson was named the Elite Division’s best hitter.

The Lakewood Ranch High baseball team went 2-2 in the Elite Division of the Sarasota Baseball Classic March 12-15.

Braden River senior outfielder Kelly Machuca enjoyed playing in his final Sarasota Baseball Classic.

Lakewood Ranch shortstop Seth McGarry slides safely into second base during the Mustangs game against Sarasota March 14.

Left: Lakewood Ranch senior Mike Lolli heads for third base.

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What did you think when you scored three goals?

I (thought) it wasn’t true, because I usually just scored one goal (in a season).

How long have you been playing soccer?

Since I was 4 years old. It looked like a fun thing to do.

What do you enjoy the most about soccer?

That we have games and that people can come and watch us.

Do you do any other sports or activities?

I do tennis, drama and art.

Do you know what you want to be when you grow up?

A nurse. It seems like a good thing to help people.

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Cinderella. My favorite color is blue, and her favorite color is blue.

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“Biscuit” books. I can read them by myself.

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ing. However, I’ll be the first to admit that I never would’ve guessed three Ohio schools, one of which is a No. 13 seed, no less, would be heading to the Sweet Sixteen.

Ohio State, yes, I saw that one coming. I picked them to reach the Final Four. And it was a toss-up for me to pick between No. 3 Florida State and No. 6 Cincinnati. But never in my wildest dreams would I have imagined Ohio University would be headed to the Sweet Sixteen.

I grew up a stone’s throw from two MAC universities; and I can really only remember one time when the conference had a true Cinderella story. That was back in 2002, when Kent State reached the Elite Eight.

So now, the question is how far with this year’s Cinderella story go? The Bobcats haven’t reached the Elite Eight since 1964, but a win over No. 1 seed North Carolina could change that.

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now for us how you want the upperclassmen to see you.”

“I’m trying to be more of a leader and set an example for the underclassmen,” Hutchins said. “It’s a privilege to play (here).”

All five seniors took slightly different paths to get to where they are today, but it’s their confidence, desire and ability to lead that has propelled the Lady Mustangs to an 8-2 regular season record, not including this past weekend’s Bartow Invitational.

“I’m incredibly lucky to have five girls who have not only stepped up as leaders but also are amazing role models,” coach Tony Cummins said. “They’re carrying the torch of what Lakewood Ranch softball is all about.”

Ozment remembers standing outside the fence watching the Lady Mustangs play for the first time and imaging the day when she would be old enough to take the field to play high school softball.

“It doesn’t seem real,” Ozment said of playing her final season at Lakewood. “(Lakewood) has such a long history of (elite) players,” Ozment said. “I feel like it’s up to us to keep it going.”

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Similar to Toler, Hutchins and Ozment, Elling felt added pressure to prove she was capable of competing at the varsity level every time she stepped onto the mound.

“I was young and everyone knew I was put on varsity as a freshman,” she said. “I felt like they wanted me to not necessarily look up to them, but prove myself and prove that I should be on varsity.”

Now, with only three weeks remaining in the regular season, the girls are focused on helping lead the Lady Mustangs to another district championship and a spot in the regional tournament.

And even though the girls are in the midst of their senior season and have all reached a decision on their futures, they refuse to take anything for granted.

“I still feel like I have to prove myself,” Burns said. “Last year, I got out there, and nobody knew who I was. I got thrown right into the season.”

“I want to work hard,” Toler said. “In the back of my mind, I still feel like I have to earn my spot. We practice and work hard every day that we’re out here. It’s our life.”

But no matter how many games they ultimately win this season, the seniors’ main focus always has been to create a lasting legacy for their teammates — one that’s focused on commitment, passion and leadership.

“Play with your heart,” Hutchins said.

“Play like it’s your last game, because eventually it will be,” Elling said.

“Remember the reason why you started playing in the first place,” Ozment said.

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basketball By Jen Blanco | Associate Editor

The Next Level Hoops seventh-grade girls team opened its season by capturing the Suncoast Xplosion Shootout March 9 to 11, in Sarasota.

The Next Level Hoops eighth-grade girls came from behind to win the Suncoast Xplosion Shootout at the buzzer.

Next Level squads win tournament Both the Next Level Hoops seventh- and eighth-grade girls travel basketball teams won the Suncoast Xplosion Shootout March 9 to 11, in Sarasota.

SARASOTA — There’s rarely a day that goes by that 12-year-old Audra Leipold doesn’t have a basketball in her hands.

Whether it’s calling plays from the top of the key, dribbling to the lane or shooting from behind the arc, the Team Next point guard and shooting guard enjoys the thrill and excitement that comes from being on the court.

The Nolan Middle School sixthgrader practically grew up on the basketball court. Leipold started playing recreational basketball six years ago, and she hasn’t stopped dribbling the ball since.

“I like it, because it’s a fastpaced game, and you can get the ball a lot,” Leipold said. “I love the

game, and playing with my teammates makes it even better.”

Looking to gain a competitive edge, Leipold, who has aspirations of playing high school basketball, recently joined the Next Level Hoops seventh-grade girls travel basketball team. It didn’t take long for Leipold and her teammates to gel. The team went undefeated to win the Suncoast Xplosion Shootout March 9 to 11, in Sarasota.

“I was very excited, because it was the first time we played together as a seventh-grade team,” Leipold said. “We have some new girls this year on the seventhgrade team. We worked hard and had been practicing many of the

plays together with coach Tina (Hadley). We were practicing several days leading up to the tournament.

“Coach Tina helps direct us and pulls the strengths out of all the players,” she said. “I always want to go to practice, and I’m excited the travel season is just beginning.”

The seventh-grade travel team wasn’t the only team to enjoy success in its opening tournament. Next Level’s eighth-grade travel team also went undefeated to capture its first tournament championship of the travel ball season.

“I think the girls were successful because they are starting to

understand that effort and intensity can overcome a lot of shortcomings,” coach Tina Hadley said. “The eighth-grade team has grown in the area of overcoming adversity, and they understand that they have to compete every game.”

Eighth-grade assistant coach Gabriella Diaz-Granados, who wrapped up her final season on the court at Lakewood earlier this year, agreed.

“I think we were successful because the team has very good chemistry and no matter what, the girls don’t give up,” Diaz-Granados said. “The girls came back from being down and fought to win at the buzzer by a layup.”

Hadley, who also coaches Lakewood Ranch High’s girls basketball team, started Next Level Hoops four years ago after receiving numerous requests for information about travel teams for girls. She officially formed her corporation last year; however, Next Level Hoops isn’t associated with Lakewood Ranch.

Initially, the organization was strictly for girls; but, Hadley has since expanded, opening opportunities for boys as well.

Although Hadley is pleased with her team’s early season success, her main focus is preparing her players to compete at the high school level.

“For the remainder of the basketball season my expectation is for them to become students of the game and learn to play a more disciplined basketball game,” Hadley said.

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Todd, a retiree in the Lakewood Ranch area, had struggled with snoring, chronic daytime fatigue, irritability, and often felt in a fog when he would wake from a full night’s sleep.

“My fatigue got so bad that it seemed like every time I sat in a chair I fell asleep,” says Todd, “It was really affecting my life and I knew I needed to do something about it.”

“I tried to wear the CPAP for a couple years,” says Todd, “but continued having problems with it. I would find it across the room when I woke up in the morning. I couldn’t sleep well with it, and it was never comfortable.”

Dr. Michael Childers (Left) fits Todd (Right) with an oral appliance for the treatment of Snoring and Sleep Apnea.

After discussing his symptoms with his physician an overnight sleep test was prescribed to determine if Todd had Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA). The results of the sleep test revealed that Todd stopped breathing an average of 86 times per hour confirming that he had severe sleep apnea.

completely block the airway which restricts the flow of oxygen. Breathing pauses can last from 10 seconds to a minute or longer. A person with severe sleep apnea may have hundreds of breathing pauses per night.

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Todd’s physician recommended he use Continuous Positive Airway

At a visit to his dentist, Dr. Michael Childers, Todd mentioned his struggle with using the CPAP. Dr. Childers explained to Todd another option called Oral Appliance Therapy for treating snoring and sleep apnea.

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SOCCER/PAGE 13A In addition to playing their own games, the players also are looking forward to the opportunity to see some of the top teams in the world compete, including Manchester United.

“I’m just looking forward to having fun and playing other teams from all around the world, especially Mexico,” Welch said.

“It’ll be fun to see the way that they play.”

“Not only will they have the opportunity to play some of the best teams internationally and nationally, but they’ll also get to see them,” Haaskivi said. “You can learn as much from watching as you can from playing.”

Braden River, ranked 11th in the state in its division according to gotsoccer.com, learned it had been chosen to participate in the Dallas Cup in January after winning the 2012 Disney President’s Day Tournament.

“The team’s very technical, and I think they play a very attacking brand if soccer,” Haaskivi said. “They’re offensive-minded,

which allows them to take chances and be creative in games.

“I’m proud of what they’ve accomplished,” Haaskivi said. “Anyone who comes to see us play will see that we are a soccer team that plays soccer, and we are well on our way.”

And although the team may be smaller in both size and stature compared to the teams it has played, the Rage remains confident in its ability to compete with the nation’s elite. The team has practiced two to four times a week in preparation for its upcoming tournament.

“I expect everyone to play well,” Welch said. “We’ve been training really hard all year long, and we deserve to go there.”

“I hope we do (well),” Wray said. “We just have to play the best we can and pass the ball. You can’t win the game on your own.”

For more information on the Dr. Pepper Dallas Cup, including tournament schedules and results, visit www.dallascup.com.

Contact Jen Blanco at jblanco@yourobserver.com.

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Hector Galindo received the Best Playing Pony award for his pony Lyla’s performance in the fifth chukker.

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MIRACLE IN THE MAKING Aspiring Miracle League baseball players suited up and hit the field for the Miracle League of Manasota’s Opening Day March 17.

The league’s four teams opened the season with a first pitch ceremony and a pair of baseball games on the new Miracle League Field.

Ten-year-old Seth Morano couldn’t contain his excitement after getting a hit.

Camden Holland, 16, enjoyed every minute of the game.

Three-year-old Faheem Randall-Ali couldn’t wait to take the field.

Natalie Jackson drove in the Pirates’ first run of the game.

Left: Five-year-old Trent Hermann loved playing catch in the outfield.

Tim Rogers made sure to keep his eye on the ball.

Six-year-old Emma Howey raced down the first base line.

Eleven-year-old Santiago Huertas beamed with pride after scoring a run for the Orioles.

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Palm-Aire parties for St. Paddy’s Day More than 500 guests packed PalmAire Country Club for a special St. Patrick’s Day Feast March 14.

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Alisha and Robert Herrington came out with their children, Kaela, 3, and Ben, 20 months.

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Primrose School at Lakewood Ranch Town Center owners Sharon and Brad Frank and their children, Ally, 6, Ava, 8, and Alec, 11, were a part of the scavenger hunt.

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Bubble Couture For her latest iconcept concept, Sarasota hairstylist Stephanie Peters sought inspiration from her teenage daughter and materials from well-packaged boxes.

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Stephanie Peters hadn’t even thought about this metaphor when she chose to design a tutu/ collar combo out of bubble wrap for her 14-year-old daughter, Raven, to model at this year’s iconcept fashion show at Art Center Sarasota.

She just thought bubble wrap might be a cool material with which to work. It’s clear. It flares out like tulle. And, as everyone knows, it’s fun to pop.

It’s also expensive.

Luckily, a friend who works at Tervis Tumbler gathered up piles of the stuff from empty boxes in the company’s Osprey showroom. When the wrap arrived in an oversized package on Peters’ doorstep, she tore into it like a kid on Christmas.

“It pretty much filled my whole living room,” Peters says. “Let’s just say Tervis is my sponsor.”

The garment is surprisingly ethereal and incandescent. From a distance you wouldn’t even realize it’s made from bubble wrap.

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A hairstylist at Salon Salon on Pineapple Avenue, Peters has participated in iconcept since the runway show began three years ago. In addition to designing costume pieces for the show, she’s also styled the models’ hair.

Her last three creations were designed for her friend and fellow hairstylist, Briana Martin, a red-haired wisp of a woman with whom Peters co-founded a line of feathered hair accessories called Sparrow.

Last year, Martin walked the catwalk in a papier-mâché dress tagged by professional graffiti artists. The year before that, she modeled a skirt made from cheesecloth.

For the Art Center’s first show, she strutted in a slinky dress cut from blue satin and adorned with lace and dove feathers.

“This year I decided to showcase Raven,” says Peters, a 35-year-old single mother and Laurel Park resident.

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but it jammed pretty quickly, so she hand-stitched the bubble wrap to an elastic waistband.

To offset the transparent, wraparound collar, she designed a strapless top, which she’ll eventually collage with photographs of popular Sarasota hangouts or, as Peters calls them, “pointes of interest.”

“I never thought about the idea that I’m protecting her with bubble wrap,” Peters says of the symbolism behind her choice of medium. “I suppose it’s very subliminal. Freud could have some fun analyzing it.”

While other mothers of teenage girls frantically search for common ground amid hormonal outbursts and miscommunications, Peters and her brunette mini-me appear to be in simpatico.

Maybe it’s because they’re talking about something about which they’re equally excited.

Or, maybe it’s because they’re sitting side-by-side in a Key West-style bungalow, listening to a New Age radio station, drinking coffee and nibbling on thick loaves of banana bread like two

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When Lisa Berger announced last fall that she was leaving her post as development director at Art Center Sarasota, local artists wondered if iconcept, which Berger founded in 2009, would end in her absence.

Even Berger, who has a piece in this year’s show, was worried that someone might not take over her reins, until photographer and freelance art director Cat Pennenga stepped up to the plate — err runway.

Under Pennenga’s leadership, the Art Center has added a post-show dessert and coffee hour in the renovated sculpture garden, collaborated with

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Or maybe it’s because they finish each other’s sentences; or, at least on this particular morning they do.

“I’ve designed all her Halloween costumes since she was a baby,” Peters says. “There was the spider witch with the glow-in-the-dark web, the fairy with the wood sprite bodice, the Ice Queen from Narnia, the monarch butterfly, the mermaid with the pretty hair extensions … ” “That you made me cover up with a shawl,” her daughter interjects.

“It was a little too sexy,” Peters says, pulling up a photo of the costume on her phone. “I didn’t realize how much of her midriff would be showing when I made it.”

In 14 years, she says she’s only purchased her daughter one costume from a store. It was a vampire suit, and she bought it at her daughter’s insistence.

“It made me so sad,” Peters says. “It was made out of polyester and 20 other girls wore it. I was like, ‘Raven! Why would you want to look like everyone else when you can be an original?’” new food and entertainment companies (Ringling Picnic food trucks, Urban Spiral Dance Company and DJ Q of Static Grooves) and extended the length of the catwalk.

“It’s been fun getting a bird’s-eye view of the event,” says Pennenga, who worked backstage at the 2010 and 2011 shows. “We’ve added new artists, a new dance group and we’ve got a surprise planned for the end of the fashion show.”

The red carpet kick-off starts at 7 p.m. March 30, at Art Center Sarasota.

General admission is $40. VIP tickets are $75. All proceeds benefit the Art Center. For more information, call 3652032 or visit artsarasota.org.

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Five-year-old Christine Tagle eagerly watched the ponies.

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Polo enthusiasts enjoyed an exciting afternoon at the MGA Insurance USPA Final March 18, at the Sarasota Polo Club.

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Lakewood Ranch showcases area artists East County residents enjoyed an afternoon of the fine arts during the 12th annual Art at the Ranch March 17, on Lakewood Ranch Main Street.

The event, which benefits ArtCenter Manatee, showcased dozens of local, national and international artists in a variety of art mediums, including painting, pottery, sculpting, jewelrymaking and more.

Michigan resident Sandy Hebert stopped by the festival during her visit this weekend.

Bradenton resident Clara Ricker did a demonstration on forms, textures and rivets and patinating with a heat gun.

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Hope throws colorful Ranch gala Supporters of HOPE Family Services enjoyed a colorful night of fun and fundraising during the organization’s Black and White (& a Touch of Green) Dinner and Auction March 17, at The Polo Grill and Bar’s Fête Ballroom.

HOPE’s primary purpose is to provide services to survivors of domestic violence and help them stay safe, gain strength and evaluate their options.

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Tara women step into springtime Women of the Tara community enjoyed an afternoon of fun and fashion during the “Stepping into Spring with Irene’s” fashion show event March 9, at the

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thursDAY, March 22 Charity Bartending Night — takes place from 6 to 9 p.m. March 22, at The Polo Grill and Bar, 10670 Boardwalk Loop. Celebrity bartenders will be raising money for MD Anderson Cancer Center. 782-0899.

Creative Business Connection: Lakewood Ranch Breakfast Chapter — meets at 7:30 a.m. Thursdays, at Serving Spoon, 8215 Lakewood Ranch Blvd. 907-3010.

Manatee Economic Development Corporation’s 24th annual Hob Nob Bar-B-Que — takes place from 5:30 to 9 p.m. March 22, at the Sarasota Polo Club, 8201 Polo Club Lane.

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BEST BET Black Diamond Burlesque — The ‘Stunning Eye Candy for Sophisticated Voyeurs’ will be making its way back to Lakewood Ranch at 6:30 p.m.

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friday, March 23 Florida Blood Services Bloodmobile — will be accepting blood donations from noon to 6 p.m. March 23, at Walmart, 8320 Lockwood Ridge Road. 746-7195.

Lauren Mitchell Band — 9 p.m. to midnight March 23, at The Polo Grill and Bar, 10670 Boardwalk Loop, Lakewood Ranch Main Street. 7820899.

There’s No Place Like Home — This benefit for the Humane Society of Manatee County will take place at 6:30 p.m. March 23, at Mixon Fruit Farms, 2525 27th St. E. Tickets are $85 per person or $150 per couple.

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Cash Mob Manatee — This Manatee Chamber of Commerce takes place from 3 to 5 p.m. March 24, at Main Street Bazaar, 8111 Lakewood Main Street, No. J101. 748-3411.

SUNDAY, March 25 Florida Blood Services Bloodmobile — will be accepting blood donations from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. March 25, at Beautiful Savior Lutheran Church, 7461 Prospect Road; and 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. March 25, at Crowder Bros. Ace Hardware, 2401 Lakewood Ranch Blvd. 746-7195.

Florida Blood Services Bloodmobile — will be accepting blood donations from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. March 24, at Prospect Riding Center, 34250 S.R. 70; and 12:30 to 4 p.m. March 24, at Sam’s Club, 5300 30th St. E. 746-7195.

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Nathan Maciejowski, of Morgan Stanley, with Dee Zulauf, of Envizage PR & Property Management

Robin Wild, of Troyer’s Dutch Heritage, with Jamie Aymerich, of Living on the Suncoast

Terri Ayers and Marie Avery, of RE/Max Alliance Group, with Vicki Vega, of the Sarasota Chamber of Commerce Right: Matthew Higgins and Micki Kann checked in guests.

Ranch alliance meets for luncheon Members of the Lakewood Ranch Business Alliance learned about strategic thinking for their businesses during a special Alliance membership luncheon March 14, at The Polo Grill and Bar. Mark Thompson, of Partner Decision Process International, served as the keynote speaker.

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square feet of living area. It previously sold for $388,900 in February.

Deutsche Bank, trustee, sold the home at 6824 Bay Hill Drive to Congregation Shevet Ha’Chim Inc. for $237,000. Built in 2000, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 1,817 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $202,500 in 2000.

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Rebecca Hamilton-Miller, Lakewood Ranch, sold her home at 6805 225th St. E. to Anthony Cameratta, Bradenton, for $225,000. Built in 1996, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 1,588 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $217,500 in 2001.

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Diana Kelley, of Cape Girardeau, Mo., sold her home at 6165 Palomino Circle to Keith and Krystine Schiding, University Park, for $345,000. Built in 2004, it has four bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 2,540 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $358,600 in 2004.

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Ridge Holdings Group LLC sold the home at 9935 Cherry Hills Ave. Circle to Scott and Stacey Gadeken, Bradenton, for $340,000. Built in 1995, it has four bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 2,620 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $223,500 in 2011.

Paul and Diana Werner, Sun City Center, sold their home at 10155 Glenmore Ave. to R. Michael and Janet Schraer, Bradenton, for $289,000. Built in 2002, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 2,197 square feet of living area.

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Nita Kasan, trustee, Bradenton, sold the home at 270 Petrel Trail to Randall and Christina Kruger, Lakewood Ranch, for $299,000. Built in 2005, it has six bedrooms, four baths and 3,929 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $730,000 in 2005.

D.R. Horton Inc. sold the home at 111 Caladium Court to Maria Santos, Bradenton, for $200,000. Built in 2011, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 1,916 square feet of living area.

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William and Elizabeth Armstrong, Palmetto, sold their home at 6714 71st St. E. to Curtis and Jeanne Diedrick, of Knoxville, Tenn., for $237,100. Built in 2004, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 2,079 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $289,000 in 2004.

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Henry and Jennifer Dearing, Bradenton, sold their home at 8214 Indigo Ridge Terrace to Megan Batty, Sarasota, for $231,500. Built in 2005, it has three bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 2,073 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $405,000 in 2006.

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Richard and Sharon Barnett, Bradenton, sold their home at 11821 Winding Woods Way to Daniel Carter and Ryan Horney, Lakewood Ranch, for $220,000.

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BUILDING PERMITS 6465 Shoal Creek St. Circle 15209 Linn Park Terrace 12305 Thornhill Court 7145 Fairway Bend Circle 2215 64th St. Court E. 8333 Sailing Loop 7010 Remington Court 12514 Rockrose Glen 7118 Treymore Court 11868 Hollyhock Drive 7512 52nd Terrace E. 8325 Cypress Lake Drive 6902 249th St. E. 13616 11th Terrace E.

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Karen Markland, Bradenton, sold her home at 8627 54th Ave. Circle E. to Francis and Cynthia Simons, Bradenton, for $250,000. Built in 1999, it has two bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 1,617 square feet of living area.

Karl and Lynn Almquist, of Bakersfield, Calif., sold their home at 1102 136th St. E. to Kenneth and Patricia Sisson, Bra-

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Julius and Sandra Dengler, Bradenton, sold their home at 907 136th St. E. to David and Catherine Maughan, Bradenton, for $225,400. Built in 1988, it has three bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 1,496 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $158,000 in 1998.

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Items Under $200 For Sale

Garage/Moving/Estate Sales

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1969 COLUMBIA Roadster Ladies Bike 26 in 1 speed an investment at $95. 941-746-7280.

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

CREEKWOOD/ RS70 EAST - 2 homes for rent.

Backyard privacy, overlooking lake and preserve, 2BR/2BA, $1300/mo. and 3BR/2BA, $1325/mo.

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Paying up to $30,000 for Vehicles. Call AJ now at 813-335-3794 for a Free Quote or 813-531-4298.

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.

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PALM TREE Floor Lamps, rattan shades, 62"high, like new, $140/pair. 941-907-7743.

PATIO TABLE and 4 Chairs. Green frames, glass, chair slings worn, $150. 941-752-3014.

TREADMILL SPACESAVER, Ideal for smaller space, $150. 941-351-1040.

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

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

Garage/Moving/Estate Sales ESTATE SALE ** SATURDAY** MARCH 24TH - 9:30 - 2P.M. 6679 Oakbrooke Circle, Bradenton 34202 Painted Bombay chest, queen bed set, Florida Style: dining room table, chairs and china cabinet, dinette. Basset rattan sofa and loveseat, rattan coffee and end table, sofa bed, twin bed, maple dresser and chest, La-Z-Boy recliners, leather sofa and chair, lamps, some patio, kitchenware, linens, bike, china, glass and bric-a-brac.

SALE CONDUCTED BY PALMA SOLA SALES **Numbers given out at 8a.m.

ESTATE SALE 9a.m.-3p.m. - FRIDAY, MARCH 23 1640 BAY HARBOR LN., SARASOTA 34231 SET OF STERLING BUTTER CUP, OTHER SILVER, LEATHER SOFA, LEATHER TOP COFFEE TABLE, LARGE DINING ROOM TABLE & CHAIRS, BUFFET, KING BEDROOM SET, SMALL DINING SET, WATERFORD STEMWARE, 6 CHANDELIERS, 7 MIRRORS, BOSE MUSIC SYSTEM, STEREO, LOTS OF DVDs, LCD TELEVISION, LEATHER ARM CHAIRS, SOFA TABLE, BOSCH WASHER/DRYER, REFRIGERATOR, AUSTRALIAN SADDLE, DRESSAGE SADDLE, CHERRYWOOD DESK, BOOKCASE, & MATCHING COMPUTER SECTION, 2 SETS OF PORCH FURNITURE, SCHMIDT BEER BOTTLES, FISHING POLES, PLASTIC CABINETS AND SHELVING, GAMES, YARD TOOLS, LADY'S CLOTHES, LOTS OF OTHER DECORATIVE ACCESSORIES, LINENS, HOLIDAY DECORATIONS, KITCHENWARE. ****NOTE****There will be other additions from an estate now in storage.

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SALE BY JULIE MCCLURE #S BETWEEN 7 AND 7:15 AM. GATED CUL-DE-SAC. IF YOU ARRIVE BEFORE 7 AM, PLEASE WAIT ON HOLLYWOOD BLVD. EVERYTHING PRICED. FULL STAFFING SO NO LONG LINES TO GET IN OR PAY. CASH OR CHECK

ESTATE SALE: Monday, 26th - 9a.m.-2p.m., 6709 Carlyle Lane, Sarasota (Palm Aire). Full house of furniture.

FRENCH FLEA Market Day at Towles Court Art Colony: art, antiques, collectibles, textiles, art supplies, frames, and furnishings at bargain prices.

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

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

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Schools/Instruction PRIVATE PIANO INSTRUCTION in your home. All ages. 20 years experience. Bachelor Music Piano. 1st Lesson Discount. 941-776-7381.

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

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Condos/Apts. For Rent WATERLEFE GOLF & River Club. (Close to Lakewood Ranch). Luxury 4 bed home with private pool overlooking river. Annual Rental $3250.00 per month. Phone 941 356 5610.

WANTED LUXURY ANNUAL RENTALS For Qualified Waiting Clients Contact - Sarasota Luxury Rentals 941-356-5610 email: info@sarasotaluxuryrentals.com

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Bradenton/Lakewood Ranch 941.552.4200 Sarasota/Siesta Key 941.552.4200 Longboat/St. Armands 941.552.4200 Heritage Oaks 941.926.8844 IMG Academies 941.752.2682

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BASS RODS 5’-6” Graphite. LN Quantum spinning reel, $30. Ambassadeur collapsible Flippin’ stick, $35. 941-907-4188.

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PALM AIRE CONDOS: 1 & 2 bedrooms, furnished, great views, upgraded, utilities included. $1000-$1300/mo. 941-351-1741.

PALM AIRE. Fabulously furnished 2BR/2BA condo. Screened lanai, golf views, W/D, community pool, carport. Available April 1st through 2013 Season. $1400-$2500. Inquire: Eileen, 732-740-9398.

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CAREGIVER/COMPANION: 20 years nursing experience. Will care for you in your home. With excellent references upon request. 941-773-7836.

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

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

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2. Eat plenty of raw pears, guavas, figs and apples and you will live to a ripe old age!

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MOBILE PET GROOMING all natural, organic approach. We do hand stripping.

Dogs $35.00 and up; Cats $49.00 Pet Services www.furrytails4grooming.com 941-224-8655.

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$235,000 Club Villas $1,900,000 Club Villas II-2000 sq.ft.-Panoramic golf course view. 1 acre directly on Gulf, 100ft of beachfront.

A3956418 Pam Baker 544-7943 A379491

Longboat Key Owner/agent 586-4052

Oyster Bay Landings Waterfront HOMESITES from $1.2M, Non waterfront fr. $600K. Small gated enclave.

A3937874 Rita Ferrell Lasky 780-3579

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