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By Nick Friedman | News Editor

County DUI incidents revealed Between September and March, Sarasota County averaged 10 DUI incidents per month.

After Siesta Key resident Donna Chen was killed by an allegedly drunken driver while jogging on Midnight Pass Road in early January, a debate has been sparked as to whether alcoholic beverages should be allowed on the beaches. Some members of the public are pushing for a

countywide ban. Chen’s brother, Roy McPhail, along with family members and supporters, including former Sarasota County Commissioner David Mills, has started gathering signatures on a petition to show support of the

Sarasota County DUI-related* Month September October November December January February March Total

Siesta Key All Zones 12 105 6 92 5 114 5 110 17 108 15 104 10 43 70 676

% on Siesta Key 11% 7% 4% 5% 16% 14% 23% 10%

* Charges between September 2011 and March 11, 2012

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+ More than 150 readers recognized More than 150 Sarasota County youngsters won tickets to see the Baltimore Orioles take on the Pittsburgh Pirates March 14, at Ed Smith Stadium in Sarasota.

They had participated in the Orioles Big League Reader program, sponsored for the second consecutive year by the Sarasota County libraries and the Baltimore Orioles. Children who read three or more books in the month of February received a free ticket to the game.

Steve Barosh, 10, who plays in the 10-and-under division of the Venice Little League, was selected to throw out the ceremonial first pitch.

The Sarasota County Commission issued a proclamation designating March 14 as Big League Reader Day.

EMERALD AFFAIR Pam Eubanks

Tammy and Richard Karp with Maureen and Dave Mason were among the guests who attended The Out-of-Door Academy’s Banyan Ball March 17 at the Upper School. This year’s theme was “The Emerald Isle.” For more photos, see page 18 in the Diversions section.

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By Nick Friedman | News Editor

Sheriff’s Office releases 2011 crime report + Young angler lands big catch Jared Whitt, 12, caught four large redfish while fishing with his grandfather, Ron Whitt, during incoming tide at Midnight Pass Flats on Saturday, March 10.

Jared caught the fish with shrimp and a popping cork.

Sarasota Sheriff Tom Knight reflects on the accomplishments of the last year and looks for focus areas in the months to come.

The Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office recently published its 2011 annual report for the county. In the report, Tom Knight, who is serving his fourth year as sheriff of Sarasota County, addressed

information regarding the year’s budget, significant achievements and the most pressing crime issues.

Although overall crime increased by a little more than

5% between 2010 and 2011, the report notes that crime remains relatively low in Sarasota, and that even a modest increase in the number of crimes can raise the percentage in a dispropor-

tionate way. The report went on to point out that overall crime is down 6% since 2008, and that DUI arrests in 2011 increased by nearly 6%, marking an increase for the second consecutive year.

According to the report, the biggest crime problems facing

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2011 Sarasota County Crime Report Offenses Murder and non-negligent manslaughter Forcible Rape Forcible Sodomy Forcible Fondling Robbery Aggravated Assault

2011

2010 % Change

7 40 10 15 167 448

3 36 10 20 141 415

133.33% 11.11% 0% -25% 18.44% 7.95%

Total Violent Crimes

687

625

9.92%

Burglary Larceny Motor Vehicle Theft

2,205 5.531 279

2,146 5.370 296

2.75% 3% -5.74%

Total Nonviolent Crimes Total Index Offenses

8,015 8,702

7,812 8,437

2.60% 3.14%

Negligent Manslaughter Kidnapping Arson Simple Assault Bribery Embezzlement Fraud

0 22 7 1,925 0 0 669

1 10 10 1,785 0 0 503

-100% 120% -30% 7.84% 0% 0% 33%

Total Part II Offenses 2,623 Total for Sarasota County 11,325

2,309 10,746

13.60% 5.39%

CRIME/PAGE 1A the county are prescriptiondrug abuse and burglary, which are intertwined, because car and home break-ins as well as stolen metals are used to fund pill addictions. The value of air conditioner thefts alone in 2011 totaled $1.3 million, and after including aluminum, copper, silver and other precious metals, Sarasota County saw $2 million in thefts in 2011.

In an effort to combat these problems, the Sheriff’s Office worked with county attorneys and area businesses to present

several new ordinances to the county commissioners. In June, two ordinances were passed that addressed zoning and regulatory requirements for pain-management clinics, and doctors have since requested 6,500 patient advisory reports before prescribing potent painkillers. Outreach and education efforts have resulted in residents turning in 1,438 pounds of prescription medication to Venice and Sarasota Sheriff’s Office dropboxes in 2011.

In an effort to fight property crimes, two ordinances were passed in December that require second-hand dealers and sec-

ondary metal recyclers to comply with stricter regulations, similar to those that apply to pawn shops.

The 2011 Sheriff’s Office budget was $87,653,386, which remains fairly consistent for the fifth year. The ratio of police officers to citizens falls a little below the Florida average. The report indicates that the number of law enforcement deputies per 1,000 citizens remains at 1.3, compared to an average of 1.42 for all 67 Florida counties.

Knight has made efforts to restructure the agency to increase efficiency and reduce personnel costs. The past three years have seen a 67% reduction in overtime costs. These, among other efficiencies, have allowed the agency to provide all employees with their annual step increase, and Knight was able to return $1.19 million to the Board of County Commissioners at the end of the fiscal year. This brings the total of funds returned over the last three years to $2.9 million.

The Sheriff’s Office was also able to donate thousands of dollars, raised in fundraisers and seized from criminals, to charitable organizations. Knight presented Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Sun Coast with a $15,000 check. The department also donated $2,500 to sponsor the Greatness Beyond Measure Teen Summit; $2,000 to the Florida Missing Children’s Day Foundation; and $1,500 to Do the Right Thing of Sarasota County.

As a result of Knight’s second annual Corporate SWAT Challenge, 17 teams from area businesses competed to raise $35,000 for the Florida Sheriff’s Youth Ranches.

NOT A SURE BET By Kurt Schultheis | City Editor

Casino gambling change not recommended The city’s Planning Board doesn’t feel it’s appropriate to roll the dice and bet that a future casino could be earmarked for Sarasota until the Legislature approves casinos statewide.

Last week, the planning board chose not to recommend plans to designate The Sarasota Kennel Club as the only potential site for a future casino.

Director of Neighborhood and Development Services David Smith told the board at its March 14 regular meeting the city was following the Sarasota City Commission’s direction by telling the gambling industry where a largescale casino in the city could be placed if one were proposed.

“We’re following proper growth management procedures by getting ahead of and preparing areas for casino gaming,” Smith said.

But the majority of the planning board disagreed, voting 3-2

DUI/PAGE 1A proposed ban.

To provide a better look at drunken driving incidents in the county, the Sarasota County Sheriff’s Department has provided an overview of all DUI-related charges in Sarasota County and in Siesta Key from September to March 11.

The provided numbers include all agencies and show the num-

vote not to recommend a zoning code amendment and a Comprehensive Plan amendment to the commissioners.

The Sarasota City Commission decided it was so concerned that the Legislature might open up casino gaming to non-Indian tribe Florida properties in the future, it directed staff in October to make the changes to disallow a gambling site on the bayfront or in the downtown core.

Since that time, bills drawn up that could have allowed for the issuance of three Las Vegasstyle casino gaming licenses in South Florida did not pass, but those, and other casino bills, are expected to reappear next spring in the Legislature.

Smith told the planning board staff it still had direction to make the changes, because commissioners felt it appropriate “to get ahead of the game and begin addressing casino regulations.”

ber of charges, as opposed to persons arrested, because one person may be charged with more than one DUI. On Siesta Key, the Sheriff’s Office report shows a low of five DUI incidents in both November and December, and a high of 17 in January. According to the results, between September and March, Siesta Key averaged 10 DUI-related incidents per month.

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access issues By Nick Friedman | Community Editor

Road deterioration threatens access Van Wezel Eroded asphalt along the northern portion of Beach Road concerns residents.

Residents and property owners on the north end of Beach Road near the Siesta Key Village have expressed concerns recently with the increasingly poor condition of the road, which some of the area’s residents rely on as their only access point.

Eroded to one lane of access, this northern portion of Beach Road is closed to the public to the south, between Avenida Messina and Columbus Boulevard. On the west side of the road, which runs directly along the beach, large portions of asphalt have broken off and fallen onto the beach, leaving approximately half of the original road intact.

Jean Furlong is the property manager for three beach homes on Beach Road, and at the very least, she’s hoping to bring some light to the issue, which she says has only gotten worse over the years. According to Furlong, the road, which was already in rough condition, has seen accelerated deterioration over the past year-and-a-half.

She reports that the beachfacing portion has begun to deteriorate to the point of crumbling onto the beach, and she’s worried about a potential loss of access for area residents, some of whose homes can only be reached via Beach Road.

“I’ve noticed such rapid deterioration,” said Furlong. “We don’t have any other options for emergency vehicles. I just don’t want to be in a position of wishing we had done something.”

Beach Road has been eroding for some time, but, so far, funds have not been available to revamp the area.

At the Sarasota County Commission meeting held Wednesday, March 14, repairs to Beach Road were listed as second on the county’s list of unfunded mobility projects.

Sarasota County executive director of public works, James Harriott Jr., addressed the safety concerns involved with the road’s condition during the meeting.

“Beach Road is washed out

BUDGET CUTS

by Kurt Schultheis | City Editor

discussions stalled Talks with the Van Wezel Foundation and the city are not a top priority.

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Large portions of the north end of Beach Road are eroding and falling onto the beach. Approximately half of the original road remains. and washing out on the beach side, just west of Siesta Village,” said Harriott. “Every time we get a heavy storm, it erodes even further. The asphalt is literally washing into the roadway.”

“If this washes any further, people are going to lose access to their homes,” added Commissioner Nora Patterson at the meeting.

Thai Tran, mobility program manager for Sarasota County, was unsure of an estimated cost for the repairs and reports that the project will remain a No. 2 priority unfunded mobility project until funding becomes available. Tran says he expects the issue to be presented to the commission again in the near future.

White prepares lean school budget A $1.6 million shortfall is expected for the Sarasota County School District.

Reserves and some controversial cuts will be needed to soften the blow again.

Sarasota County School Board Superintendent Lori White presented board members with $3.6 million in potential cuts for a 2012-13 school year budget that’s expected to include a $1.6 million shortfall and further strip the district of educational resources moving forward.

School board members praised White’s forward thinking and ability to produce a variety of cuts for them to consider before a budget is preliminarily set by April 4.

Out of the $3.6 million in potential cuts (see sidebar), $2.8 million of the cuts proposed don’t require teacher union negotiations. The board can also consider $827,966 in cuts that would require lengthy union negotiations.

Deputy Chief Financial Officer Al Wiedner told the School Board that an anticipated $14 million shortfall was drastically reduced when Gov. Rick Scott chose not to eliminate $1 billion in state education funding and the Legislature did not make the severe cuts that were anticipated.

But the school district still must dip into its reserves because it’s losing $8 million in federal stimulus dollars. To avoid drastic cuts, board members previously approved using some of its $14 million reserve fund.

Board member Frank Kovach, though, warned the board it couldn’t agree to keep dipping into reserve funds forever.

“We’re not going to be able to do that year after year,” Kovach said.

Funding for Sarasota County Schools is still drastically lower than it was in the 2007-08 school year, when student allocations reached $4,080 per student at its peak. This year’s student allocation cost hovers at $3,583 per student, which brings the county’s funding level back to the 2002-03 school level year.

The $1.6 million deficit, though, can’t be pegged official until the property appraiser’s office releases its tax roll and final certification July 1. School and department budgets can be officially set at that time.

The proposed cuts, if selected, do affect teacher aide pay and make big cuts to the district’s TRIAD Alternative School.

One proposal that would save the dis-

Recommended Budget Cuts for Fiscal Year 2012-13 Description Savings Amount Eliminate 25 portables.....................................................................................$36,000 Use of title funds to pay for six teacher...........................................................$422,520 Elimination of Financial Services Department position.......................................$49,475 Elimination of two social workers and one program specialist...........................$281,680 Changing Safety and Security Department position............................................$18,259 Modify an alternative education services contract............................................$565,600 Reduce school transportation funds................................................................$200,000 Eliminate certain Medicaid reimbursement funds..............................................$80,000 Reduce materials and supplies.......................................................................$225,000 Eliminate practice of increasing appropriations..................................................$90,000 Discontinue contract with energy education company......................................$641,194 Eliminate five secondary schools support staff positions..................................$203,230 Total cost savings........................................................................................$2,812,958

Budget Cuts for Fiscal Year 2012-13 that require union negotiation Description Savings Amount Reduce teacher aide days from 196 to 186 days per year...............................$750,140 Eliminate board paid leave time for union business...........................................$57,826 Eliminate Kids Under the Weather Program......................................................$20,000 Total cost savings...........................................................................................$827,966

trict $750,140 calls for cutting working days for teacher aides from 196 to 186 days, which would cut their pay by 5% and reduce teacher planning days. That option would have to be vetted in lengthy union negotiations, though.

The proposal to cut out $565,600 in TRIAD school funding would cut that school’s funding resources by a third.

TRIAD school gives students, who are close to expulsion because of violent acts on school grounds, one more chance to turn their scholastic careers around.

White, though, told the School Board that when the economy recovers, she would continue to create lean budgets while working to bring back more planning hours and more teachers.

“When things get better, every school will get more teachers,” White said. “But we’re not better yet.”

White explained she presented $3.6

million in cuts because the school system must continue its budget cutting even as the economy begins to recover.

“The more efficient we are, the better off we will be,” White said.

“There’s a culture change that’s occurred on how we review expenditures and I don’t see that changing now, even when things improve.”

School board member Jane Goodwin and others praised White’s variety of suggested cuts.

“This is our new normal,” Goodwin said. “By tightening our belts, we will be in better position to evaluate our school system and the new normal. We have showed our community we are good stewards and managing the future well.”

Chairwoman Caroline Zucker agreed.

“We have to continue to tighten our belts and come in lower than we anticipate every year,” Zucker said.

Now that the Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall isn’t losing money, the Sarasota City Commission is not keen on turning over its day-to-day operations to the Van Wezel Foundation.

In January, a brief update on exploratory discussions held between city staff and the Van Wezel Foundation turned into a tense discussion that left both sides perturbed.

After a news release was issued in December explaining that the city and the foundation were in discussions to determine if the Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall should continue to be a city-run department or not, Commissioner Paul Caragiulo requested the commission discuss the topic.

Former City Manager Bob Bartolotta explained that two years ago, the commission made it a priority of city staff to review Van Wezel operations options after the hall had a $1.2 million shortfall.

That prompted Bartolotta and city staff to begin discussions on the following future options: • Continue to operate the Van Wezel as a city department.

• Explore a private management contracts for operation similar to the Barbara B. Mann Performing Arts Hall, in Fort Myers, and the Mahaffey Theatre, in St. Petersburg. Under this alternative, a private company manages the operation with a management fee paid by the city.

• Create a new non-profit organization to manage both the day-to-day operations and the long-term fundraising.

• Consolidate the operation of the Van Wezel Hall with the Van Wezel Foundation under a long-term lease arrangement, whereby the non-profit entity would carry the authority and responsibility for governance, operations, all expenses and fundraising.

In December, Bartolotta explained that the hall just ended the last fiscal year with a $400,000 profit and asked commissioners if they wanted to continue discussions with the Van Wezel Foundation or not.

The comments surprised Van Wezel Foundation Chairman Mark Famiglio, who explained that the foundation had spent hundreds of hours and $40,000 analyzing the finances of the hall, making a determination the foundation would support any collaboration so the community could utilize the non-profit status of the foundation to promote and expand operations of the hall.

The foundation, which has been in existence for 20 years and provided $9 million toward the hall and its operations, has told city staff it could raise $15 million toward future operations if an agreement was reached to have more control over hall operations.

But two months later, discussions still appear to be stalled.

Deputy City Manager Marlon Brown said discussions with the foundation are ongoing and an item will be brought back for the commission to discuss at a future regular meeting.

“A status update will be presented to see if there’s an interest by commissioners to continue discussions,” Brown said.

Famiglio, though, isn’t hopeful an agreement will be reached.

“The current appetite of the commission is directed toward more immediate issues that are demanding their attention,” Famiglio said. “We’ve had continuing conversations and it appears that due to many factors, not the least of which is the transition in city management, we won’t get deep into the issue for many months.”

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+ City changes enforcement hours

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The Sarasota City Commission chose to stick with the two-hour parking program timeframe from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. at its Monday regular meeting and make those the uniform parking hours for all of the downtown parking enforcement spaces.

Those spaces that are currently designated from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. will be replaced with new signs over the course of the next couple of months.

It will cost the city $2,550 to modify existing signs and install 170 new signs.

A parking advisory committee to discuss ways to further enhance the parking program is also moving forward.

+ Sarasota launches transparency website

Both sites can be reached by going to www.scgov.net and clicking on the “Financial Transparency” link or the “Public information” link. The sites can also be visited directly at www. scgov.net/transparency and https://scinternet.scgov.net/email.

The public information site includes easy access to emails sent by county commissioners and links to public records requests.

Sunshine Week was launched in 2002 by the Florida Society of Newspaper Editors as Sunshine Sunday.

claim local preference upon registration, instead of completing stringent preference guidelines each time they submit a solicitation.

The new system will eliminate internal redundancies, improve reporting capabilities and substantially reduce Sarasota County’s environmental footprint by saving vendors the cost of preparing and printing submittal materials for solicitations that can be submitted electronically.

Free training sessions will be offered on various days from Thursday, March 22 through Thursday, May 24, at the Sarasota County Administration Center, 1660 Ringling Blvd., Sarasota. Each session lasts about one hour.

For more information about eProcure and to RSVP for one of the training sessions, contact the Sarasota County Call Center at 861-5000.

+ County procurement registration begins Registration for eProcure, Sarasota County’s new online procurement system, began last week. The eProcure system replaces the current online service with a free single website for Sarasota County solicitations, policies, procedures and forms.

Vendors who register with eProcure will be automatically notified when bids are issued that potentially match their qualifications. Vendors also may

Meetings agendas

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 Sarasota County Criminal Justice Commission — Noon Monday, March 26, County Administration Center, Third Floor Think Tank, 1660 Ringling Blvd., Sarasota.  Sarasota County Commissioner Regular Meeting — 9 a.m. Tuesday, March 27, County Administration Center, Commission Chambers, 1660 Ringling Blvd., Sarasota.  Sarasota County Commissioner Regular Meeting — 9 a.m. Wednesday, March 28, County Administration Center, Commission Chambers, 1660 Ringling Blvd., Sarasota.  Sarasota County Commission Workshop — 9 a.m. Thursday, March 29, County Administration Center, Third Floor Think Tank, 1660 Ringling Blvd., Sarasota.

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Sarasota County has launched two government accountability websites as part of Sunshine Week.

One of the two sites is oriented toward financial transparency, while the other is on public information.

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The second public meeting for the Gulf Gate Public Library will take place from 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday, March 29, at Gulf Gate Elementary School, 6500 S. Lockwood Ridge Road.

 Sarasota City Commission Regular Meeting — 2:30 and 6 p.m. Monday, April 2, City Hall, Commission Chambers, 1565 First St., Sarasota.

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By Kurt Schultheis | City Editor

Palm Avenue Hotel developers reveal their hands After the city’s legal counsel determined both proposals contain violations of a state constitution provision, both developers said they are willing to negotiate.

The chief executive officers allows the developer to use the for two Sarasota development city’s credit rating to attain lower companies vying to build a hotel interest rates to build the hotel. downtown showed commissionFournier said the premise of ers their hands Monday the lease itself violates night when they both the constitutional prosaid they were willing vision. to purchase the desFloridays CEO Anignated hotel site that gus Rogers told comsits directly next to the missioners Monday Palm Avenue parking night he’s willing to garage on North Palm purchase the property Avenue at Cocoanut for the appraised price Avenue. (the site has previousCity attorney Bob ly been appraised for Fournier previously Jim Bridges $3.4 million) if that’s told the Sarasota City what it takes to build Commission he was the hotel. concerned with the le“We are fully pregal implications involvpared to simply puring both proposals for chase the site at the the city-owned site. appraised value withIn particular, Fourniout changing the er said he had concern product type,” Rogwith a Florida constituers said. “I want to do tion provision that proanother noteworthy hibits a municipality project and look forfrom helping with lend- Angus Rogers ward to having that ing or using its taxing opportunity here.” power to aid any corporation, But, when Floridays attorney partnership or person.

Brenda Patten said the company Sarasota-based Floridays De- would be willing to further disvelopment Co., which wants to cuss the CTL structure with staff build a 180-room independent- and commissioners because no ly operated boutique hotel for subsidy was required by the city, the site, pitched a credit-tenant commissioners quickly ended lease (CTL) for the property, but any hope of the CTL being part LBKstaff 2010 - J city is concerned about the of the proposal. risk involved with a lease that “I think you said the letters

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‘CTL’ 10 times in eight sentences,” Commissioner Paul Caragiulo said. “Those are three letters I never want to hear again.”

Jebco Ventures Inc., which wants to build a 175-room Embassy Suites flagship hotel on the site, originally took the stance it could only finance the hotel if the city were willing to lease the land to the developer for 25 years through a 2% gross revenue stream in monthly payments.

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While commissioners noted that the property’s appraised value has been earmarked at $3.4 million, Bridges made it known he’s willing to negotiate further with the city.

“We are open to counter proposals and we are here to negotiate,” Bridges said. “We know we can make this project work and do something this city will be proud of.”

Caragiulo and others made it clear the commissioners were in no mood to consider any proposal that caused the city any liability.

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The Community Foundation of Sarasota, the Gulf Coast Community Foundation, the Manatee Community Foundation and The Patterson Foundation have all partnered with the goal of raising $1 million to benefit more than 100 local nonprofits in the animal welfare, arts, education, environment, health and human-services sectors.

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Wednesday, March 28, these four organizations will partner as part of The Giving Partner’s 36-Hour Giving Challenge, a new online initiative designed to allow philanthropists a unique way to make well-informed decisions when donating to local nonprofits.

“The Giving Partner provides better, more complete information about the nonprofits in our region and a more complete story about what their work is,” said Susie Bowie, director of The Giving Partner.

“There are so many nonprofits in Southwest Florida, and this is a way for everyone to get on board with the same platform, regardless of their operating budget.”

Throughout the 36 Hour Giving Challenge, The Patterson Foundation is offering a one-to-one match up to $334,000 for donations of up to $1,000, and the community foundations are working together to offer an additional $167,000 in prizes and grants.

As a part of the additional prizes offered, one donor will be chosen at random each hour to have $250 added to his or her donation, and during the final five hours of the event, $18,000 in special matches will be announced.

The unique nature of the online event presents opportunities for both the community foundations and the nonprofits.

“Any time we can leverage technology to

WHERE TO DONATE To view a complete list of the more than 100 nonprofits to which you can donate that have registered for The Giving Partner’s 36-Hour Giving Challenge, visit www.givingpartnerchallenge.org. help inform philanthropy, we’re interested,” said Greg Luberecki, director of marketing and communications for the Gulf Coast Community Foundation. “And exposure for The Giving Partner is only going to boost our local philanthropy.”

Rusty Chinnis, president of Sarasota Bay Watch, represents just one of the local nonprofits that will benefit from the fundraiser.

He looks forward to a new opportunity to raise money for environmental causes.

“It’s a good way for people who want to give to local causes to know that their money is being well spent,” said Chinnis.

“I think that’s really important, and we appreciate the opportunity.”

Noreen Delaney, development director of the Sarasota Ballet, agrees.

“It’s a great opportunity to maximize people’s contributions to the ballet and generate excitement among our donors,” said Delaney.

With more than 100 local nonprofits registered on The Giving Partner’s website, potential philanthropists will have no shortage of good causes to support.

“I hope people will have a new understanding of how rich our nonprofit community is,” said Bowie. “There are a lot of different mission focuses out there, so no matter what your passion is, you’ll be able to find something to donate to.”

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The city, meanwhile, will come back to the DID in three to six months for a more long-term plan for a uniform DID landscaping plan.

DID Chairman Ernie Ritz and the rest of the board agreed last month with a suggestion by Moran to take a comprehensive look with city staff at the town’s green space ordinance to create a uniform look for landscaped areas throughout downtown.

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DID Operations Manager John Moran told the DID Board of Directors at its Tuesday meeting that the DID has an opportunity “to build an enhanced level of service.”

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The DID has $60,000 set aside for enhanced maintenance and is at a crossroads now that two bids have come back for $232,000 and $151,000 to perform the extra work the DID wants.

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We know better, so let’s do better For the record, I am not one the context of living and growwho likes to be told by any gov- ing in a civilized society. ernmental authority that I must In my opinion, there has conform to “new rules” because been too much whining and of the consequences of the ir- not enough intelligent and responsible behavior of other grownup discourse about Donpeople. Why should na Chen’s family’s responsible people be proposal to ban the punished for the caredrinking of alcoholic less actions of a few? beverages on the SiAs an example, years esta Key beaches. ago I was upset when The three main the town in which we arguments for not were living instituted changing the law are a helmet law for chil1.) It would be fudren riding bicycles. My tile to try to enforce friends and I never wore the ban; 2.) The ban them when we were kids would do economic JOHN and not one of us ever GUDRITZ harm; and 3.) The ban suffered a concussion would impinge on our despite the many wipepersonal freedom to outs we had taken. To me, this enjoy ourselves in what is now seemed like an overreach of a legal activity. government.

The first two arguments seriWhen I expressed my dis- ously sound like whining to me pleasure of this intrusive law in this discussion. Consider the to my wife, her response was “futility” argument. If we based a quote from Dr. Maya Ange- the appropriateness of a law on lou, a renowned poet and au- the level of difficulty of ensurthor. “When you know better, ing that everyone obeyed the do better.” Although I was mo- law, we would have very few mentarily stunned from such laws. The fact is laws do have a grownup and profound re- power over most people’s besponse to what in comparison havior because most of us beamounted to my childish whin- lieve obeying the law is the right ing, I quickly appreciated the thing to do. wisdom in those few words in As far as the second argu-

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR + Money down which rathole?

Dear Editor: It’s budget time, and Sarasota County is in a bind — they need to know how to spend money they don’t seem to have.

One project on someone’s wish list is to replace the fire department’s communications system that “could become obsolete in just a few years” (could = might or might not).

Price? Estimated at $30 million. Of course, if they wait a few years before replacing the current system, the system they then get would be newer and thus less apt to need replacing shortly after that.

Another project in limbo is a $12.5 million Emergency Operations Center. The first floor of the current emergency operations center (yes, they already have one) could become flooded during a Category 3 hurricane. You might ask why someone (such as previous commissioners) would build an emergency operations center that could become flooded, but that is a question best not asked. Perhaps the first thing the commissioners’ staff should do is a four-hour walkthrough study to find out the important things on the first floor that could be moved to a higher floor. If three feet of water is outside any building during a hurricane, I doubt

ment is concerned, I seriously doubt Siesta Key would experience economic harm having one of the most beautiful beaches in the world. There is no precedent in any beachside community in Florida for that viewpoint.

Although public safety has been in the forefront of this debate, there is another extremely important issue that has yet to be seriously discussed.

I find it odd that few people have ever questioned the propriety of having an adult activity, such as the consumption of alcohol, take place smack dab in the middle of where children are playing. It has been my experience as both a spectator and participant that adults’ behavior has a tendency to become “inappropriate for child viewing” with such activity. Just consider the recent “drunken brawl” on Siesta Key Beach on St. Patrick’s Day, if you need proof of what I’m saying.

Although most people don’t drink enough at the beach to become impaired and unable to drive responsibly, many of them do imbibe enough to become loud, lewd and rude. In such cases, I usually find that my requests to them “to tone it

if someone is going to open the door, so $100,000 worth of waterproofing on the lowest 10 feet of the outside of the building might solve the problem (shhh! I know you could do it for less, but, please, a $100,000 is not as much, even if it’s only tax money, as $12.5 million).

The commission went on to state that money from a surtax dropped from $35 million a year in 2006 down to $27 million in 2011. Assuming they lost the full amount ($8 million) for each of the last five years, that would only be $40 million in lost revenue. Of course, when they were lobbying for the surtax they said it would bring in $50 million per year, which it never did, so one could say the shortfall might be $115 million.

So, because they did not have the $40 million to $115 million “they had to put off paying for more than $300 million worth of projects.” Somehow, for some reason, that does not compute — no matter which set of numbers is used.

On the face of it, it seems

down” rarely go over well. Their responses to my complaints usually revolve around suggestions of what I should do to myself or where I should go.

That is the primary reason that most public beaches and parks in Florida don’t allow alcoholic beverages to be consumed by adults. It is all about providing a safe and familyfriendly environment for children, as well as for adults who choose not to partake in that setting.

With that said, however, I am actually not in favor of a total ban of alcohol beverages on the beach. I prefer a compromised solution that would use location and time restrictions to reduce the amount of alcohol consumed, to better protect children from bad adult behavior, to better allow for the monitoring of those who are legally imbibing and to permit responsible adults to enjoy their glass of wine at sunset.

We do know better and here is our opportunity to do better.

John Gudritz is the co-owner of an investment management firm. He and his wife have been coming to the Key since the 1970s and have been seasonal residents since 2008.

that people who spend other peoples’ money like to continue spending other peoples’ money. Even if it makes no sense. Even if they don’t have it.

Even if it’s wasteful. And even if those other people (taxpayers) don’t like it.

Rodger Skidmore Siesta Key

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Public debt and our investments Investment decisions need to factor in several items, such as government debt and its economic effect.

Future investment decisions will need to take into account large amounts of government debt and the effect it has upon an economy. In the chart at right, we can observe the world’s most indebted country’s per capita. The total of these countries’ debts is more than $40 trillion. That is a tremendous amount of money upon which to pay interest every year, and there is no plan to pay back any of the money that is owed. Note that the U.S. GDP is about $14.5 trillion, and GEORGE our GDP is 30% of RAUCH world GDP of about $50 trillion.

David Hume (1711-1776) was one of the great thinkers of the Age of Enlightenment. His writings heavily influenced our Founding Fathers in writing the Constitution. A few things he wrote in “Of Public Credit” pertain to our current economic predicament: • “Abuse of the public treasury, either by welfare or military engagements, are certain and inevitable; poverty, impotence and subjugation to foreign powers.”

• “War is attended with every destructive circumstance; loss of men, increase of taxes, decay of commerce, dissipation (inflation) of money, and devastation of sea and land.”

• “The practice of government contracting debt will almost infallibly be abused, in every government. It would scarcely be more imprudent to give a prodigal son a credit in every banker’s shop in London, than to empower a statesman to indebt the country.”

Hume’s influence provided the impetuses for three clauses in the Constitution: All debts to be paid in gold and silver; Any war must be voted on by Congress; No increases in debt without the authorization of Congress.

Many clauses came out of Hume’s reasoning, but these apply specifically to the future value of our money, our current debt and its effect upon investments.

Those three constitutional provisions, having been followed, would have prohibited the creation of the Federal Reserve System. We would not have had inflation (the dollar’s purchasing power remained stable from the Currency Act of 1789 until the confiscation of gold by the government in 1932). We would not have been able to enter World War I without a federal reserve system to provide the money that would not be provided

by Congress. Without the U.S. entering World War I, it would have been just another European confrontation (we were only actively engaged in combat in Europe the last seven months of the war). Without World War I, there would have been no World War II, which was a continuation of World War I. Finally, we would not have the huge central government we have today.

What does this have to do with the stock and bond markets? Understanding how our system was set up to work, and seeing that it is not working, gives us an opportunity to “fix” things and move forward. In the process, we must be mindful of the effect the economy can have on our personal investments.

Because there has never been this volume of debt before in history, it’s not possible to compare our current economy to history and see a way out. To “fix” our economy, we would have to do away with the Federal Reserve System and have real “free market” banking, not manipulated interest rates like we have today that favor the government at the expense of savers. Most unnecessary government departments would need to be closed, saving hundreds of billions of dollars that’s wasted each year.

The 10th Amendment of the Constitution states that “all powers not herein provided for are left to the states, and local governments, respectively.” We need to privatize broken government programs such as Social Security, Medicare

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Country Amount USA................................... $48,000 Ireland............................... $40,000 Germany............................. $38,000 Belgium.............................. $38,000 United Kingdom.................. $36,000 France................................ $34,000 Japan................................. $34,000 Italy................................... $32,000 Greece................................ $28,000 Portugal.............................. $26,000 * Total public debt divided by total population (308 million).

and Medicaid, to name a few. We have to get out of everything our federal government is involved in, which is not provided for constitutionally.

Realistically, this is not going to happen. We have been talking about it for decades; politicians have promised us satisfaction for decades, and the opportunity to “right the ship” during this Congress has been lost. Interest rates are fixed by the Fed at a rate below inflation, just like Japan did 20 years ago. Japan has been mired in an economic mess for more than two decades. Because we have adapted the same solutions, it is likely we will end up the same way: stagnation.

Given the assumption that we are really not going to do anything politically, our next question is how to protect investments from increasing taxes, inflation and stagnant growth. We know that bonds do not pay anything, cash does not pay much, and inflation continues to run at least 3% to 5% annually.

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Gold and silver are always great hedges, but more than 5% to 10% in a portfolio is too much for most investors. Gold and silver, do, however, protect against inflation and the loss of the purchasing power of the dollar. Bonds, as noted above, are a bad investment because they don’t pay anything, coupled with the fact they are deteriorating in value with inflation. Cash is good if one wants to remain liquid and try to find good investments as they become available in terrible markets like this. The only stock investments that make sense are AAArated companies that pay more than 3% in dividends annually, with dividends increasing annually and cash flow significant enough to continue to pay the dividends and weather the storm of increasing taxes and inflation. There is too much risk in owning the vast majority of stocks and bonds available today.

There are two types of assets currently deteriorating in value: real assets (land, buildings and other hard assets), and paper assets such as stocks, bonds and cash.

The value of hard assets, particularly real estate, gold, silver and so forth, is that they are not replaceable. Real estate, and a few selected stocks, are likely to provide future economic growth. They are assets that have done well in Japan during the last 20 years of Japan’s economic stagnation. With continuing borrowing and inflation likely to produce some kind of future large currency re-evaluation, hard assets will maintain relative value.

The whole country needs income, and income is going down. What used to be “income” is now being used to pay interest on the country’s debt. There will not be a resolution to this deterioration of our private sector income until the public sector income stops going up.

And this is likely to be highlighted by the stock market continuing to trade in the same range it has for the last few years; up a little bit, down a little bit, but basically going nowhere.

Caveat emptor.

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5:39 p.m. — 5200 block of Ocean Boulevard. Disorderly Conduct. A deputy responding to a call from a Village convenience store found a 49-year-old man who appeared to be extremely intoxicated. Numerous witnesses told the deputy the man had been in the area for hours, causing a disturbance. A manager of a nearby Village restaurant reported that the man had asked all the girls in the restaurant to show him a certain part of their anatomy. The manager had asked the man to leave, but the man had refused. After the man finally left, the manager saw the man relieving himself at the side of the building.

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6:33 p.m. — 5200 block of Ocean Boulevard. Defrauding an Innkeeper. A security employee of a Village restaurant and bar called the Sheriff’s Office to report that he was following a 33-year-old man who reportedly had not paid his bill. When the deputy arrived on the scene, the suspect told the deputy he had been at the restaurant with two other people whom he did not know and that they had offered to pay the bill. When the deputy talked with the group’s waitress,

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SATURDAY, APRIL 7 Children’s Easter Egg Hunt — takes place from 9 a.m. to noon, sponsored by the Siesta Key Village Association. The event will include an Easter egg hunt at Beach Access 5 for youngsters ages 1 to 6; children should bring their own baskets.

Other featured activities will be games with prizes, face painting, a Sarasota County Fire Department truck and rescue unit to explore and officers from the Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office Mounted Patrol.

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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FRIDAY, MARCH 30 Fiji Islands Travelogue — takes place at 2 p.m. in the Gulf Gate Library meeting room, 7112 Curtiss Ave., Sarasota, hosted by Ken Erb. The slide-illustrated program will focus on the South Pacific nation of fewer than 1 million people. For more information, call 861-1110.

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Before moving to Siesta Key in 2000, she spent 15 years in her church’s bell choir in Michigan. Despite having earned veteran status as a bell ringer, Ulrich remains modest about her musical talents. “I should be better,� she jokes. “I took piano lessons when I was young, but I never considered myself a musician. I could read music, but I couldn’t sit down at a piano and play something.�

She started playing when her church in Michigan was looking for bell ringers to revive its bell choir. Some of her friends decided to join.

Always a music fan, Ulrich was up for trying something new.

Throughout the years, she has performed with choirs of various sizes. In Michigan, her group had as many as 13 bell ringers. The Siesta Key Bell Choir currently performs with six or seven regular members, and she’d love to see the membership

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“Fairy Godmother” Judy Alexander loved getting big hugs from the girls who came to choose their dresses at this year’s Cinderella Project.

Rachel Garrett, 18, and Sarah Garrett, 15, searched hard for their perfect dresses.

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undreds of girls felt just like princesses as they perused dresses, jewelry and shoes during the fourth Cinderella Project March 15 and 16, at Crocker Memorial Church.

Through the project, teens from Sarasota high schools and the Boys & Girls Clubs arrived by the busload to try on new and gently used formal dresses that had been donated to Every Child Inc., the organization that runs the Cinderella Project.

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Fifth-grader takes reins at The Out-of-Door Academy Sydney Hill, a fifthgrader at The Out-ofDoor Academy, took the helm of the Siesta Key school as chief operating officer March 13. She earned the promotion after her parents won the “Head for a Day” package at ODA’s 2011 Banyan Ball.

The package allowed Sydney to declare an “Emerald Dress Down Day” in honor of this year’s Banyan Ball theme (see Diversions for more photos). Additionally, Sydney threw an ice-cream party for her fellow fifth-graders; ate lunch with Head of School David Mahler in his office; made an allcall announcement on the intercom wishing the school a great day; and sent a message to all parents through the Head of School blog.

Sydney also shared an email with the rest of the

The Pelican Press asked Sydney Hill to answer a few questions about her day as chief operating officer. Here is what she had to say about her special day.

How did you get to be the chief operating officer for the day?

My parents bid on it at the Banyan Ball last year.

What were some of the things you got to do since you were in charge?

I got to send out an email to all faculty. I got a special lunch in Mr. Mahler’s office, and I had an ice-cream party for all the fifth-grade students. I also went into an important meeting with all of the heads of the school.

What was it like working side-by-side with your principal?

I thought it was really exciting talking to the head of the school and giving him all of my ideas.

What was your favorite part of the day?

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Psychologist duo educates, entertains at Siesta chapel Dr. Christopher Cortman, of Sarasota, and Dr. Harold Shinitzky, of Clearwater, spoke about forgiveness during their presentation.

Shinitzky not only educated the congregation but got quite a few laughs out of them, as well. For the doctors, it is all about educating and entertaining the audience at the same time.

The duo not only provides their education and entertainment during speaking engagements, but the two also host a half-hour weekly radio show called “Your Mind Matters,” produced by the Health and Wellness Channel, where they get to touch on a variety of topics that they come across in the world of psychology. Both doctors agree the show has been a fun project, and the two are in contract negotiations for a possible five-night-a-week television show on the new Health and Wellness Channel this spring.

Cortman and Shinitzky also are working on publishing a second book, “The Age of Anxiety: Protecting Yourself from the 21st Century Epidemic of Stress, Fear and Worry.”

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Following the success of their book, the duo began their public-speaking ventures. They spoke at Siesta Key Chapel last September. At the time, Cortman joked with the smaller congregation that they weren’t asked to speak during high season. The joke got back to Wiggins, who invited them back to speak last Sunday.

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Dr. Christopher Cortman, of Sarasota, and Dr. Harold Shinitzky, of Clearwater, authors of “Your Mind: An Owner’s Manual for a Better Life,” brought a unique insight — complete with a little levity — to the topic of forgiveness. The sermon combined passages from the Bible with evidence from modern psychological research to help the congregation understand the importance of forgiveness.

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Selby Botanical Gardens hosts Asian Cultural Festival Attendees enjoyed a trip to the Far East during the seventh annual Asian Cultural Festival March 17 and 18, at Marie Selby Botanical Gardens.

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Phillippi Estate Park hosts St. Paddy’s fun Guests at the seventh Irish Rover St. Patrick’s Day Celebration celebrated with plenty of Irish fun March 17, at Phillippi Estate Park. Attendees enjoying live music, dancing and more.

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Sarasota residents party for St. Paddy’s Shamrock’s fourth annual St. Patrick’s Day Block Party rocked the block from 9 a.m. until midnight March 17.

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Out-of-Door Academy junior Caroline Dailey, 17, recently was awarded with a wildcard entry into the 2012 Women’s USTA Pro Circuit Event March 25 through April 1, at The Oaks Club. This will be Dailey’s second time winning the wild card and competing in the event. Last year, Dailey lost a hard-fought match in the first round against Japan’s Erika Sema, ranked No. 91 in the world. Dailey won this year’s wild card spot after defeating 16-year-old Wendy Zhang, of Bradenton 6-2, 6-1.

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When did you start playing tennis?

I started playing tennis when I was 4, hitting the ball against my garage in my driveway, but I believe I had my first lesson at 6 and started to really play then.

The number of Cardinal Mooney football players who signed scholarships March 19. Ben Walsh will play for Johns Hopkins University; Jack Leibold with St. Ambrose (Iowa); and Mark Nordhausen will play for Berkshire Prep (Massachusetts).

What are your strengths?

My strength is definitely my all-court aggressive game. I am not one-dimensional. I play aggressive from the baseline and come to the net whenever possible.

Where do you practice?

I practice at the Lakewood Ranch Golf and Country Club at my coach Mike Wilson’s academy called Start to Finish. I just play for myself now, I don’t play for a club, and I am not playing for my school this year, because of conflicts with tournaments. I played for ODA the last three years.

What brand of racket do you use?

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How are you feeling about playing in the 2012 Women’s USTA Pro Circuit Event?

I am extremely excited to play in the Pro Circuit Event. It will be my second main draw match of a women’s event, the first being this tournament last year. I have played many qualifying events in between making me a lot more experienced this year, and I am ready to play, and I know what to expect now. I am a lot more confident going into it this year, and I am ready to win my first main draw match in the Pro Circuit.

How are you preparing yourself for this tournament?

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Crescent condo sells for $575,000 The following residential real estate transactions took place between March 5 and March 8.

A condominium in Crescent Siesta Key tops all transactions in this week’s real estate. Timothy Rose, Minneapolis, sold his Unit E306 condominium at 6512 Midnight Pass Road to Wensel Family Ltd. Partnership for $575,000. Built in 2006, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,650 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $760,000 in 2006.

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Dwight Rose and Ruth Beals, of Spartanburg, S.C., sold their Unit 1302-D condominium at 1302 Siesta Bayside Drive to Derek Burn and Debra Walsh, of Grand Rapids, Mich., for $324,900. Built in 1988, it has one bedroom, one bath and 959 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $420,000 in 2004.

Loren and Diana West, St. Augustine, sold their home at 627 Calle De Peru to Jerry Wilhelm and Jennifer Weil, of Traverse City, Mich., for $232,900. Built in 1952, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 1,234 square feet of living area.

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Built in 1963, it has one for $388,800. Built in 1975, bedroom, one bath and it has two bedrooms, two 728 square feet of living baths and 1,338 square feet of living Eybers Revocable Trust sold the Unit area. It previously sold for $275,000 area. It previously sold for $425,000 307 condominium at 9393 Midnight in 2002.

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

CORAL COVE COMMUNITY GARAGE SALE

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

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

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

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

941-346-1731.

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

TAILGATE GRILL: Coleman, used twice, $75.

Woman's 26" class act bicycle, like new, $75.

941-9231601.

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

WHEELCHAIR, LIKE new, $50/obo. Bumper Guard (Dodge Truck), $50/obo. Generator, $50/obo. Carpet Cleaner, $50/obo. 941-879-7884.

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.

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Maps & list of sale items available at entrance to Coral Cove at US 41 & Caribbean Dr. There is something for everyone including: Children’s items, cookbooks, baseball cards, furniture, kayak, camping equipment and more!

CULLING OUT! Artist moving. Many collectibles and others. Friday & Saturday, March 23 & 24.

1705 Wharf Rd. ESTATE AND Yard Sale: 1669 Arcadia Ave., 34232. Sat. & Sun. Olde furniture, artwork, tools, pocket toys. A little of everything.

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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ESTATE SALE 9a.m.-1p.m. - Saturday, March 24 720 47th St. 34234 Home of retired decorator: china cabinet, chandelier, demi-lune marble top table, chairs, coffee table, full bed, desk, tables, 2 recliners, patio set, swag lamps, 2 sets of dishes, table linens, ladders & kitchenware.

Sale by Julie McClure Pictures: www.estatesales.net FRENCH FLEA Market Day at Towles Court Art Colony: art, antiques, collectibles, textiles, art supplies, frames, and furnishings at bargain prices.

FRIDAY & Saturday, 8a.m.-2p.m., 6605 Colonia Dr., Sarasota 34231. Lots of items to choose from.

GARAGE SALE in Gulf Gate, March 24th & March 31st, 8AM-2PM. 6118 Camphor Ave. Found the right guy, making me sell everything! Collectibles, Antiques, Kitchen items, Furniture & more!

OUR BOOKS 1/2 Price BEE RIDGE BOOKS 4104 Bee Ridge Road Bee Ridge Plaza Trade-In your Paperbacks 941-377-8998 YARD SALE: 5220 Rancho Ave. (Tri-Par Estates) March 24th, 8AM-2PM. Vinyl Records, Books, Clothes, Lots of assorted items!

Pools/Spas CLEAN YOUR Own Pool? We Deliver Pool Chemicals! Kiss Pool Service, 941-724-0506.

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

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KING'S GATE CLUB FAIR Nokomis, Sat., Mar. 24 9am-3pm, 300-family Flea Market, Hot Food, Crafts. Rain date 3/25 12-5, E. Laurel Rd. to Kings Way. www.kgc.cc 484-6119 Service dogs only.

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COZY COVE: Large 2BR/2BA at Turtle Beach with water views and boat slips. Comes newly furnished and ready to go………$329,000. Call Siesta Beach Realty @ 941-993-5722.

SERENADE: PALMER Ranch, 1BR/1BR, 2nd floor, clubhouse, gated community. $875/mo.

First, last and security. 941-822-3172.

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.

Homes For Rent 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 SIESTA KEY: Great updated Old Florida Home on Heron Lagoon. New Kitchen with Granite Counter, Gourmet Gas Range, Screened Pool, Dock on Lagoon, Walkway over Lagoon to Private Beach with Cabana. Great for entertaining!!

2+Bedrooms, 2 1/2 Baths, Unfurnished, W/D, Annual Lease. $3,200/mo. MLS#83956841 Owner/Agent Call 941-809-6760.

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

BUBBLES ORGANIC DOG WASH $12. 2nd & 4th.

Sat. & Sun. 11am-4pm Clark Rd. & Mcintosh.

941-400-7343.

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

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.

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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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Annual 941-320-6000.

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BEACH FRONT SUNSET BEACH, LBK. 2BR/2BA. Pool, spa. No pets. 2-3 mo. rental. Available May-Dec., 2012. Jan-March 2013. 248-330-7675.

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Book now for next Season at discount rates. Lots of other properties also available. 941-441-7120 or 800-568-0806.

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Behind ivy covered walls, this charming 4BR/4BA direct bay front residence is waiting for a new owner. The home was completely renovated in 2002 with exquisite quality and attention to detail and is close to Southside Village, downtown and the beaches. Direct bay views from your patio with spectacular sunsets. A protected boat basin and a 10,000lb lift provide the ideal place for your boat.

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Located on the Gulf side w/ private access to #1 Siesta Harbor, an Adult Beach in the Country, community offers heated Siesta Beach.This 2 swimming pool, spa, bedroom 1 bath free sauna, billiard & exercise room with boat dockage standing villa is right next to the beach. The best available. Direct access location in the complex to the #1 Beach in the Aloha Kai boasts the Country Siesta Key Beach. This 2 bedroom largest heated swimming 2 bath 2nd floor end unit pool on Siesta On-Site overlooks the waterway. management and rental $399,000 Priced at $260,000 MLS A3952368 MLS A3951758

Outstanding home on the Prestancia Club Course fairway. Gourmet kitchen & all the bells and whistles, top-ofline appliances, vaulted ceilings, 3/4BRs, 2½BAs. Solar heated pool and extensive patio. 3000 sq ft remodel done to perfection and absolutely ready to move in. Value priced at $539,000 MLS A3954578

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Gated community in the heart of Siesta Key. 3rd floor unit is a 2 bedroom 2 bath with family room. Overlooking Sarasota Bay, spectacular sunrises, heated pool, tennis courts and garage parking. This 1900 sq ft condo is offered furnished and ready for new owners. $675,000 MLS A3953276

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6512 Midnight Pass Rd., 202 $2,199,000 Peg Davant 941.356.4552

1150 South Orange Avenue $1,595,000 Cindy Migone 941.812.7438

1798 Lincoln Park Circle Jo Rutstein & Joan Koplin

7423 Spinosa Court Greg Hudson

20 Whispering Sands Dr., 406 $782,000 Helena & Per Nordstrom 941.228.7356

7233 Midnight Pass Road $750,000 Cheryl Loeffler 941.302.9674

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$1,345,000 941.587.9156

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3638 San Remo Terrace Peg Davant sothebysrealty.com/id/A3955010

941.356.4552 $3,250,000

360 North Washington Drive Cheryl Loeffler sothebysrealty.com/id/A3957093

941.302.9674 $2,895,000

464 Golden Gate Point, 404 Arnie Dufort sothebysrealty.com/id/A3956425

941.224.8602 $2,250,000

4720 Stone Ridge Trail Greg Hudson sothebysrealty.com/id/A3953566

941.302.1485 $1,695,000

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615 North Owl Drive Joan Koplin

$1,190,000 941.315.3221

8400 big buck Lane Sara Boudarga

$995,000 941.321.6352

50 Central Avenue, 1602 $879,900 Dennis Girard 941.809.0041

5337 Siesta Court Greg Hudson

$689,000 941.302.1485

1772 North Drive Gigi Silverberg

$675,000 941.993.3695

1212 ben franklin Drive, 908 $575,000 Karin Stephan 941.504.4435

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PALMETTO 113 12th East Avenue Gary Janaczek

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LONGbOAT KEY 2525 Gulf of Mexico Dr., 13E $799,000 Thomas Perkins 941.773.7634 sothebysrealty.com/id/A3957383

ENGLEWOOD $3,630,000 941.350.0100

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748 N Manasota Key Road $2,999,999 Terry Herschberger 941.468.8439 sothebysrealty.com/id/N5773975

LAKEWOOD RANCH 15815 Clearlake Avenue Greg Hudson

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991 fish Hook Cove Pat & Peter Evans

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ANNA MARIA 785 North Shore Drive Terry Hayes

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NOKOMIS 4019 Casey Key Road Charlotte Hedge

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114 12th East Avenue Gary Janaczek

$859,000 941.685.0973

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uNIvERSITY PARK 8223 Regents Court Toi Estes

$679,000 941.896.2317

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PuNTA GORDA 2750 Ryan boulevard Terry Herschberger

$1,950,000 941.468.8439

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NOKOMIS bAYfRONT 105 Sunset Drive Brad Tritschler

$849,900 941.716.1042

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OSPREY 237 Harbor House Drive $659,000 Gary Janaczek 941.685.0973 sothebysrealty.com/id/A3954282

LONGbOAT KEY 415 L;Ambiance Dr., 415 Cheryl Loeffler

$1,690,000 941.302.9674

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PuNTA GORDA 253 Davinci Drive Terry Herschberger

$799,000 941.468.8439

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ENGLEWOOD 1721 Grande Park Drive Bob Linthicum

$569,900 941.228.9206

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“I got involved (in iconcept) the second I heard about it,” says Stephanie Peters, pictured here with daughter, Raven, outside their Laurel Park home. “It sounded like ‘Project Runway’ with an Alexander McQueen vibe.”

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

What’s the best way to protect precious cargo?

Roll it in bubble wrap, of course.

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-yearold 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.

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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.

“It has that ruffle-y feel,” Peters says. “I like the texture of it, the bumpiness.”

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 graf-

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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.

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Stephanie Peters fluffs her daughter’s tutu. “All my school projects have been big and overblown,” says Raven Peters. “My mom likes a good creative challenge.” fiti 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.

She chose a tutu because her daughter, an eighth-grader at

Sarasota School of Arts and Sciences, loves ballet.

However, turning a sheet of bubble wrap into a tutu was no small feat.

At first, Peters ran the skirt through her sewing machine, 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 even-

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 postshow dessert and coffee hour in the renovated sculpture garden,

collaborated with 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

tually 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 Weststyle bungalow, listening to a New Age radio station, drinking coffee and nibbling on thick loaves of banana bread like two barefoot bohemian bookends.

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 glownew 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 365-2032 or visit artsarasota.org.

the artists This year’s lineup includes Carl Abbott, Jenny Acheson, Iris Baranski-Daniels, Monica Bello, Lisa Berger, Sara Carney, Eric Cross, Patricia Gormley, Marcia Ente, Whitley Floyd, Sarah Ford, Larry Forgard, Ofra Friedman, Barbara Gerdeman, Zach Gilliland, Fayanne Hayes, Amanda Landesberg, Willow Livengood, Joseph Mastropaolo, Elizabeth Meyer, Christina Michiels, Andrea Mihalyffy, Ray Peper, Stephanie Peters Vicky Randall, Dale Rieke, Jane Smith, Pamela Sumner and Sharon White.

Sarasota actress and twotime iconcept model Jaszy McAllister will emcee the event.

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?’”

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+ Greenfield Prize draws art stars to Sarasota Can life get any better for Vijay Iyer?

The New York-based composer/pianist has a degree in physics and mathematics from Yale University, a Ph.D. in technology and the arts from the University of California, Berkeley, a 2010 Grammy nomination and a $30,000 prize from the Hermitage Artist Retreat, which he’ll retrieve at a dinner next month in Sarasota.

On top of fawning over Iyer, who will use the award to produce new material set to premiere during La Musica’s 2014 festival, the Hermitage’s annual Greenfield Prize Weekend will feature a talk by last year’s gifted winner, artist Sanford Biggers, as well as a panel discussion with Joe Melillo from the Brooklyn Academy of Music; designer Anne Patterson; and Robert Spano, conductor of the

This tidbit was too adorable to pass up.

During my interview this week with iconcept designer Stephanie Peters, I noticed a pair of autographed ballet slippers hanging in Peters’ daughter’s bedroom.

When I asked 14-year-old Raven Peters who had signed the pointe shoes, she replied, “a ballerina in Sarasota.”

As she said this, her mother whispered, “Her favorite ballerina in Sarasota — Kate Honea.”

Honea is a principal dancer with the Sarasota Ballet, and whether she knows it, a role model for young girls in bubble wrap tutus. (See this week’s Kate Honea’s Diversions cover story on signed slippers. pages 1 and 2.)

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Atlanta Symphony and artistic director of the Aspen Music Festival and School. Both events are free.

The festivities begin Friday, March 30, in the Ringling College Auditorium and culminate Sunday, April 1, with the Greenfield Prize Dinner at Michael’s On East. Tickets to the dinner are $150. For a complete list of events, call 475-2098 or visit hermitageartistretreat.org.

There’s been much ado this month about teen screen queens Selena Gomez and Vanessa Hudgens and the film they shot in Sarasota. (“Spring Breakers” has moved production to St. Pete. Phew.)

However, little has been said about this exciting film industry news: The Sarasota Film Festival has partnered with the NYU Tisch School of Arts, the alma mater of … oh, just about every fabulous actor, actress, director and producer working in Hollywood.

Dubbed NYU@SFF, the partnership will serve as

+ Sarasota Opera announces its 2012-2013 season A beloved Verdi, a rare Verdi, a Steinbeck classic, a comic strip fantasy …

Sarasota Opera announced its repertoire for next season, and it’s a mixed bag, for sure.

The season begins in October with Verdi’s “Rigoletto,” about a hunchbacked jester and his lovesick daughter, and continues into November with the world premiere of the Sarasota Youth Opera’s “Little

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Frank Langella a platform for NYU Tisch filmmakers to showcase their work, help curate a festival and interact with the community.

The inaugural program has 12 films scheduled to screen in Sarasota, including the festival’s opening- and closing-night films (“Robot & Frank”) and “Under African Skies”) and its center-

Nemo in Slumberland,” a high-tech flight of fancy that will use special digital scenery projections to bring a little boy’s nighttime dreams to life.

The 2013 winter opera festival kicks off with Puccini’s final opera, “Turandot,” followed by Georges Bizet’s “The Pearl Fishers” and the

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Speaking of “Robot & Frank,” the film will bring Frank Langella to Sarasota. Langella stars as an aging ex-jewel thief who bonds with his caretaker robot.

I wonder if Chic Silber, the Broadway specialeffects guru I interviewed last month, knows Langella will be in town.

Silber built the bats for Langella’s 1977 production of “Dracula.” He still has the webbed critters hanging in his Sarasota home. How cool would it be to reunite the actor with his fanged friends on the red carpet?

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Truth be told, I was never a big fan of the Rat Pack. I thought Frank Sinatra was a vainglorious male chauvinist, Dean Martin a boring slurry-voiced drunk, and Sammy Davis Jr. an overly sentimental toady. Of course, they were talented, and most of the songs they sang were beautiful, but they have been done to death and repackaged in trite covers. Consequently, I wasn’t looking forward to an evening of “Sammy, Tonight!” but, hallelujah! De’zhon Fields has shown me a sign, made me eat my words and happily wash them down with a dry martini.

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Let’s remember the beasts whose savage breasts have been soothed by music. And let’s picture the joy radiating from the faces of kids sitting side-by-side with members of >> Sarasota the Sarasota Orchestra at a Youth Orchestra recent concert. Possibly fewer The government may be cut- than five will become profesting back on arts education, sional musicians but what but arts groups in Sarasota are they gain in confidence, inteldoing everything they can to ligence, intellect and happiness preserve and enhance it. Take from their musical experience the Sarasota Orchestra, for will stay with them for the rest example. of their lives.

Kids from the third grade A few days before the through high school are Sarasota Orchestra and the involved with the Sarasota Sarasota Youth Philharmonic Orchestra’s Youth Philharmonic got together for their Sideas everything from players to By-Side concert in Neel listeners, but, no matter how Auditorium, we attended a they’re connected, they’re Maestro Society gathering in learning something important Holley Hall featuring conducfor their future — and they’re tor Andrew Lane as emcee. He having fun doing it. Hey, when introduced us to 15-year-old musicians say they “play” in an Natasha Snyder, a past winorchestra, that word has many ner of the Orchestra’s Youth meanings, and one of the best Concerto Competition, and is that they’re enjoying the way this lovely, lithe teenager, with they make their living. orchestra pianist Jonathan Exposure to great music Spivy, proceeded to play a — from inside an orchestra movement from Vivaldi’s “Four or chorus or from a seat in a Seasons” that was beautifully theater — enhances our lives. musical, dynamically colorful Let’s leave aside the studand spot on pitch. ies that have proven that kids Natasha has a dream of who listen to or play Mozart becoming a soloist and then (or Brahms or Mendelssohn) opening her own music acadeimprove their grades and are my. Will she make it? So much happier. Let’s forget the great goes into making a career as doctors, business people, a musician. But Natasha is lawyers, athletes and sciengetting the kind of mentoring tists who attend concerts, join that can, if the gods are with choruses and form their own her, lead her on the right path. chamber ensembles so they Meanwhile, she’s having a ball may play Schumann in what — and so are her listeners. little spare time they have.

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FILM >> ‘Rampart Woody Harrelson has come a long way from slinging drinks at “Cheers.” He even nabbed an Oscar nod for his stint as Larry Flynt in “The People vs. Larry Flynt” (one of two, the second was for “The Messenger”). In his new film, “Rampart,” expect the unexpected as Harrelson portrays the dirtiest cop since Harvey Keitel in “Bad Lieutenant.”

In his second collaboration with director Oren Moverman (“The Messenger”), Harrelson plays L.A. detective Dave Brown, aka “date rape Dave,” (a moniker he receives for supposedly murdering Courtesy photo a serial date rapist). Dave is the Woody Harrelson stars as evil cop Dave Brown in “Rampart.” personification of evil. He lives with two ex-wives (Cynthia Nixon moral compass was either misgame; you can’t get enough of and Anne Heche), sisters, mind placed long ago or it never existhim. you, and has sex with both of ed. We never know why Dave is so Harrelson’s performance as them. He also has sex with anymalevolent. It’s not important. the despicable detective is mesone he meets in a bar. So much Moverman co-scripted merizing and feral. His Ray-Ban for the family man.

“Rampart” with James Ellroy, and bespectacled face is fearsome to Daves sociopathic brutality is the result is magnificent. It’s so behold. caught on video as he viciously taut and tense that I found myself Coupled with a sardonic grin, beats a man who crashed into dreading what may be just around Dave exudes the type of evil that his cruiser. He seems to enjoy the corner during the entire film. makes those tiny hairs on your the negative publicity almost as “Rampart” is a thriller but not arm stand on end. “Rampart” much as the attack itself. But the the in-your-face type, so overly is rife with top-notch actors assistant D.A. (Sigourney Weaver) employed these days. The fear (Robin Wright, Ice Cube, Steve isn’t impressed. So much for his lurks just beneath the surface.

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Douglass Montrose-Graem plans to build an art museum in downtown Sarasota to house his collection of work by revered English artist J.M.W. Turner.

Right now, the walls of the Selby Gallery are home to dozens of lively black-and-white landscapes of 19th-century England.

“Genius Unfolding: Annotated Proofs by J.M.W. Turner” opened almost a month ago on the Ringling College of Art and Design campus.

In less than a week, the collection will come down.

It’ll get packed into crates and loaded into a storage facility in Sarasota, where it’ll sit until its owner — an 87-year-old Scottish-

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born art collector named Douglass Montrose-Graem — builds a downtown museum big enough to permanently exhibit it and the hundreds of other Turner works he’s collected over the years.

It sounds like an ambitious undertaking, but plans are already under way to make it happen.

For more than a year, the Sarasota art collector has been meeting to discuss the project with Chris Gallagher, a senior designer with Jonathan Parks Architect.

“It’ll be an extraordinary oppor-

tunity to have a Turner museum in Sarasota,” Montrose-Graem says.

“Beyond the fact that you’ll see Turner’s work, it’ll create a great sense of synergy among other arts organizations in town.”

Montrose-Graem doesn’t just want a little space to hang his prints. He wants a campus: 70,000-square-feet centered on a city block, a mixed-use development with the museum as its focal point, modeled after the great city squares in Europe.

He wants 10 galleries, each

themed for Turner’s distinctive subject matter; a theater; a restaurant; a museum store; and opportunities to share the space with local performing arts organizations.

Says Montrose-Graem: “Turner was an innovator and so am I.” A Turner fan since the late 1960s, Montrose-Graem’s collection rounds out at 1,500 works, most of which are prints, save for one oil sketch and an early watercolor painting.

So that you fully grasp the weight of his collection, you should know that the British artist’s “Modern Rome — Campo Vaccino,” an oil painting on canvas, sold for a record $45 million two years ago to the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles.

A Sarasota resident since 1998, Montrose-Graem is no stranger to running an art museum or, for that matter, a museum devoted to Turner. In 1973, he left his job as a Wall Street analyst to open his Turner Museum inside an old Victorian mansion in Denver.

“My friends said I was crazy to go to Denver,” Montrose-Graem says. “They said, ‘No one will have an interest in Turner. You’re going to go belly-up.’ At the time, the greatest cultural destination was Buffalo Bill’s grave.”

His Wall Street buddies were wrong. The museum was open for 22 years. It closed in 1999, and since then Montrose-Graem has dreamed of re-opening it in Sarasota.

“It was a calculated risk, but a very good one,” he says. “People traveled from all over the place to come to our museum.”

So, how exactly did a finance whiz develop a passion for collecting landscapes of 19th-century Europe?

IF YOU GO “Genius Unfolding: Annotated Proofs by J.M.W. Turner” is up now through March 28, at Selby Gallery at Ringling College of Art and Design. For more information, call 359-7563 or visit ringling.edu.

Montrose-Graem says it all stems from a show he saw in 1966 at The Museum of Modern Art: “Turner: Imagination and Reality.”

“I’m a poet at the core, so I have a lively imagination,” he says. “But I’m also a Scot, which means I’m practical. Turner spoke to both of these sides.”

Turner, whose work is often described as a precursor to impressionism, had an almost journalistic approach to capturing the vibrancy of his surroundings.

This, says Montrose-Graem, is what appealed to him most.

Much like the prints by Peter Paul Rubens that are currently on display at the John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, Turner’s black-and-white proofs were produced by printmakers working under the artist’s tutelage.

The engravings are so tiny and tightly detailed that patrons are given magnifying glasses to view the work. Montrose-Graem’s favorite print is especially busy.

Titled “Boulevard,” it illustrates a bustling street scene in Paris.

“I happen to like the French playboy sitting in front of a café,” the collector says, pointing to a miniscule drawing of a man sitting with his legs crossed and his gaze fixed on a pair of women.

“He’s just sitting there watching the girls go by. Who hasn’t done that before?”

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A taste and recipe trip down memory lane This story comes from a Senior Friendship Centers fundraiser March 13. The party was built around “You Bet Your Life,” the well-loved and well-remembered 1950s TV show starring the one-and-only Groucho Marx.

I planned the menu using old cookbooks from that decade.

Yes, I still have them.

In the process of doing the research, I discovered that menu after menu included an item rarely encountered these days and certainly not at fundraising parties, which typically feature elegant dishes appropriate for their formality and expense. But the Senior Friendship Centers party was billed as an informal, “madcap evening.” And when I found an interestinglooking recipe for an apricot mold in “Thoughts for Buffets” (Houghton

Mifflin Co., Boston, 1958), I included it on the menu, mostly as a lark.

Phil Mancini, of Michael’s On East, was the caterer, and after he finished laughing, his exact words were: “You must be kidding.” But ever the good sport, he copied the recipe from my battered (in both senses of the word) cookbook.

The apricot mold turned out to be much more than the intended humorous, period touch.

The guests loved it. It was pretty. It was tasty. It was certainly unexpected and different. Michael’s On East captain Tracey McCammack put it this way: “People were shocked that they

The apricot mold as prepared by Michael’s On East for Senior Friendship Centers’ “You Bet Your Life” Photo by Molly Schechter

were served an apricot Jell-o mold. The surprise came when they took the first bite ... it was a hit!” There were lots of positive comments and requests for the recipe, and a friend reported, “It was the talk of the ladies’ room.”

These things are never simple.

Typical of its period, the mold was in layers — a mixture of cream cheese and crushed pineapple sandwiched between apricot-enriched orange and lemon gelatin. It turns out that when the recipe was copied, all that went to the kitchen was the ingredients list, not the instructions. So the Michael’s On East’s chef put everything together in one mixture to delicious effect. To make the version photographed here, combine the apricot puree with the pineapple and cream cheese and fold thoroughly into jellylike gelatin.

Cooking and cookbooks, of course, have changed dramatically over the last halfcentury plus. In those days, there were few food stars (Fanny Farmer?) and many cookbooks didn’t have authors, much less famous ones. “Thoughts for Buffet” is anonymous, and even the foreword is signed only “The Authors.”

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PREPARATION: Cook apricots and sugar in the 1/4 cup water until soft; force through a sieve; cool. Dissolve gelatins in hot water; let cool until of jellylike consistence. Mix apricot mixture with gelatin, and pour half into a six-cup ring mold. Chill until set. Combine cream cheese and pineapple and spread over the gelatin. Pour remaining gelatin mixture on top. Chill until firm. Serve on a bed of greens with clusters of grapes as garnish.

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The Asolo Rep’s major annual fundraiser eschewed an Irish theme in favor of “Ragtime Revival” and drew a beautifully dressed crowd of 510 to the Ringling

by Loren Mayo and Molly Schechter | Observer Staff Museum Courtyard on St. Patrick’s Day. Although there + The secret word is ‘Senior Lois was hardly any Cohodas Friendship Centers’ green in sight, Everywhere you looked, there were miniature rubber several gentleduckies and Groucho Marx posters. men, including Two hundred guests packed into the Senior Peter Laughlin, Friendship Centers for the third annual Harry Leopold “Madcap Evening” March 13. Circus and Allen Sarasota star Chuck Sidlow played Hochfelder, Groucho Marx in an episode of his 1950s claimed to be TV show “You Bet Your Life.” In a bit wearing green of philanthropic onomatopoeia, two of the underwear but contestants were octogenarians. Event Chairman declined to Harold Ronson was partnered with violinist Margo Mary Jane and Stan Antrim show-and-tell.

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Lynn Kopman Décor Chairwoman Jewel Ash saw to every detail of was carrying a green Mary Francis bag, the room, personally placing a rubber ducky in each and Harold Libby was sporting a necklace and every wine glass. And nonagenarian Lois Cohodas of shamrocks. Saks Fifth Avenue General took the wardrobe prize wearing a form-fitting dress Manager Sally Schule staked her Irish herimade of beer can tabs that she acquired on a trip to tage on her maiden name of Cavanaugh and Key West. Bruce and India Lesser and their hosts, Matt on her green eyes, and Patricia Laughlin and Margaret Callihan, bought one of two dinners-forlaid claim to her saint’s day. Veronica Brady eight donated by Michael Klauber. Mr. Ronson and Jules had a green ribbon tied to her handbag, and and Sheila Rose bought one as well, raising a total of Teri Hansen dubbed her husband “Steve $17,000 and contributing to the event raising a record O’Wilberding” in honor of his green tie. Mary amount for the third consecutive year. See more photos Jane Antrim’s stunning pale-green velvet on page 16 and online at www.YourObserver.com slip dress evoked both the ragtime period and the “very Irish” heritage she shares with her husband, Stan. Buyers of the five + One season peaks, another plans items auctioned live by Michael Klauber plunked down another kind of green, topped About 50 guests gathered at the home of Phil King and Dennis

by Torontonians Paul and Lynn Damp, who Stover on a recent Saturday afternoon to kick-off the 15th annibought three nights in London with Asolo versary celebration for Equality Florida. Executive Director Nadine Producing Artistic Director Michael Donald Smith announced plans for a gala to be held Oct. 20, at the New Edwards for $18,000. After the auction, Rita College Campus. Equality Florida is the largest civil-rights orgaand Elenor Maxheim were among Greenbaum nization dedicated to securing full equality for Florida’s lesbian, the first on the dance floor hoofing to “All gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community.

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CAMERA READY 2012 RENAISSANCE LUNCHEON Monday, March 12 | The Ritz-Carlton, Sarasota

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CAMERA READY REAL, Heels and Wheels Thursday, March 15 | Suncoast Motorsports

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