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past winners By Nick Friedman | News Editor

+ Siesta kids show off artistic skills Children participating in the Siesta Key Village Association’s 12th annual Easter egg hunt took a break from the holiday search to color in Easter eggs for the Pelican Press’ Easter egg drawing contest. Featured here is the winning drawing from Maya, age 9. Go online to YourObserver.com to see the second- and third-place winners and the honorable mention drawing.

Science Fair judge Cathy Walsh with ODA student Brittany Wenger, who will represent Sarasota County.

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The aftereffect of No. 1

Sarasota County student scientists were honored with prizes and cash awards Wednesday, April 11, at the School Board Auditorium.

Superintendent Lori White, along with district leaders and donors, honored 32 students from third through 12th grade, who were overall winners in 16 categories of research this year. Two students will go on to represent Sarasota County next month at the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair in Pittsburgh.

For 21 years, Dr. Stephen Leatherman, coastal expert and director of Florida International University’s Laboratory for Coastal Research, has ranked America’s finest beaches in his annual Top 10 Beach List.

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For more than two decades, Dr. Stephen Leatherman has ranked America’s top beaches.

After the initial tourism boost, how do these top destination spots fare? ria of physical features into account when judging each beach, including sand color and softness, wave size, water color, wildlife, beach cleanliness and beach facilities offered.

After climbing the ranks from third place in 2008 and spending

the following two years in second place, in 2011, Leatherman finally named Siesta Beach the No. 1 Beach in America. Specifically mentioned in his evaluation were the nearly pure quartz crystal quality of the sand, the blue color of the water and the

safe, family-friendly swimming conditions.

The Key is certainly enjoying its elite status at the top of this prestigious list. It seems everything is seeing a boost: Traffic,

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By Nick Friedman | News Editor

Siesta residents look for parking solutions Beach Access No. 1, on North Shell Road, has become overcrowded, and some residents are looking for a more organized arrangement.

In the height of season, a mad dash to find beach parking are not uncommon. Everyone is eager to enjoy the scenic views offered on Siesta Key’s beaches, and parking spots at access

points quickly fill up. However, at Beach Access No. 1, the northernmost public access located on North Shell Road off Higel Avenue, some residents say the parking situation has gotten es-

pecially bad.

What makes parking so unique at Beach Access No. 1 is the fact that unlike most of the other access points, this one lies in a predominately residential area,

which includes several homes and the new Solymar subdivision.

North Shell Road is fairly short, with only a handful of homes between Higel and the Gulf, and the actual beach isn’t large. Every day, the road is quickly filled

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Once named No. 1, that beach is no longer eligible to appear on the list. This week, the Pelican Press takes a look at a few of the previous beaches that have been able to boast Leatherman’s No. 1 ranking.

St. Joseph Peninsula State Park No. 1 Beach in 2002

Caladesi Island State Park, Dunedin/Clearwater No 1. Beach in 2008

This three-mile long, 2,470-acre island, located on Florida’s Gulf Coast, remains one of the few undeveloped islands in the state. Like many of the No. 1 beaches, Caladesi Island spent several years in the top 10 before making it to the top.

Due to strict regulations, this beach is unique in that it’s only accessible by boat or ferry, and so it remains fairly untouched; it stands out among the highly developed surrounding Clearwater area.

“It’s a really unique setting,” said Pete Krulder, manager of Honeymoon Island State Park. “You don’t have the traffic and the commercialism that you see at other beaches. There’s a small café on the island, but that’s about it. It’s just a different environment.”

Krulder reports that the island saw a 25% increase in visitors in 2008 to more than 400,000 visitors that year — the most the beach has ever seen.

Despite the increase of people on the island, Krulder says there were no memorable negative impacts. He said the effects of the No. 1 ranking lasted for the next two years, before tourism numbers returned to normal.

Last year, the island saw 255,742 visitors.

“We still have the notoriety,” said Krulder. “It’s still a great advertising tool, and we get a lot of people who say they’re here because of the ranking.”

This 2,500-acre state park features 10 miles of white sand beaches, which stretch along the Florida Panhandle, framed by forests and some of the tallest beach dunes in the country.

Leatherman pointed to the beach’s white quartz-crystal sand and emerald-green water color in his rating, as well as the herons, egrets and dolphins that inhabit the area.

In 2002, when St. Joseph State Park was named the No. 1 Beach in America, the park saw a considerable increase in visitors says park manager Mark Knapke.

In 2001, the park recorded 152,179 visitors. In 2002, following the ranking, the park welcomed 173,747 visitors and saw similar numbers in 2003. The following two years’ visitor numbers were dampened by particularly bad storm seasons. Since then, the number of people visiting the park has leveled off. Last year, the park serviced 163,001 visitors.

Knapke says that the park’s exceptional fishing, deepwater harbor, wildlife and other activities, such as camping, boating and cycling, are what set it apart from most beaches.

Coopers Beach, Long Island, N.Y. No. 1 Beach in 2010

Coopers Beach, located in the upscale Southampton Village, stretches 500 feet along the Atlantic shoreline. Among other traits, Leatherman mentioned the grass-covered sand dunes and the historic mansions visible from the beach, including Calvin Klein’s home.

Unlike most of the beaches on Leatherman’s list, parking at Coopers Beach comes with a price tag — the Village of Southampton’s website lists the cost of a daily parking permit as $40.

Village administrator Steve Funsch believes the quality of the beach’s sand and water quality, as well as the available facilities and lifeguards, allowed Coopers Beach to take the No. 1 spot in 2010.

“We got a lot of phone calls from people out of town, as far away as South Carolina and Canada who had heard about the beach,” said Funsch. “It’s bittersweet. Once you get rated No. 1, you’re knocked out of the running.”

To get a look at how the ranking affected tourism, Funsch points to the daily visitation records from the time. In 2009, the beach saw 5,500 daily visitors, and in 2010, the year of its first-place ranking, the beach’s daily visitors number jumped to 8,963.

Funsch says that Cooper Beach tourism is predicated on weather, making it difficult to make comparisons. 2011 was a poor year for weather, he says, but the beach still saw 7,437 daily visitors.

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hoppy holidays By Nick Friedman | Community Editor

Key sees a hopping Easter weekend Easter weekend is a notoriously busy one on Siesta Key. Right on the heels of spring break, guests flood the island to spend the holiday weekend with family, and it’s typically one of the last busy weekends of the season.

Easter came two weeks earlier than it did last year, and as a result, businesses didn’t experience the lull that often falls between the end of spring break season and Easter.

Kay Kouvatsos, co-owner of local hotspot Village Café, says the

holiday weekend is always great for business, and that this year was no exception.

“The whole weekend was great,” she said. “We had a lot of large families coming in. We had a steady wave that kept coming all day long.”

Although the constant influx of people on the Key can become a little exhausting, Kouvatsos isn’t complaining.

“Last year, things calmed down for about two weeks after spring break,” she said. “We didn’t have

INSIDE See photos from last weekend’s Easter events on pages 2-4B. that this year. We have Siesta Fiesta coming up this weekend, so we’re going to keep being busy.”

Ryan Copenhaver, assistant manager at the Village souvenir shop, Siesta Tees, says Easter weekend is always busy at the

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seabirds By Nick Friedman | Community Editor

Birds of a Feather It seems vacationers aren’t the only ones fond of Siesta Key’s pristine beaches. Something about the area also makes it especially attractive to Siesta Key’s beloved snowy plovers, the tiny, white, endangered birds that call the No. 1 beach home. As the birds enter their breeding season, the Sarasota Audubon Society is once again ready to help protect them.

The organization has been monitoring birds on the beach in some form for approximately 25 years, and in the past three years, it has ramped up its monitoring programs, placing a special emphasis on protecting the area’s snowy plovers.

Jeanne Dubi, president of the Sarasota Audubon Society reported at the Siesta Key Association meeting, Thursday, April 5, that of the approximately 225 snowy plover nesting places on Florida’s Gulf Coast, 8% to 10% of those are actually in Sarasota county, and thus we have a great responsibility to protect them.

“We’d prefer it if they went to a quieter beach, but they’re following Dr. Beach as well,” joked Dubi. “I was surprised to learn that the amount of birds on the beach is one of the criteria considered by Dr. Beach. So that played a part in being ranked No. 1 — it’s one of the 50 things that makes Siesta Key so special.”

With the help of volunteers

and the assistance of the Siesta Key Association, the Siesta Key Chamber of Commerce, the Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office and other interested individuals, Dubi says the Audubon Society has seen considerable success in the past few years in getting the snowy plovers to the fledgling stage, which is when the chicks are able to fly on their own.

Volunteers monitor the beach each morning during the birds’ breeding season, which spans from March to August, keeping track of numbers and taping off areas where eggs are laid.

With Siesta Fiesta and the Fourth of July approaching, the increase of people in the area is something the organization is taking into consideration.

“We all have to live together,” said Dubi. “When there are tons of people on the beach, and fireworks and so on, we have to ramp up our volunteers and get more help protecting those birds.”

Because of the snowy plovers’ small size and white color, Dubi emphasized how easy it can be to overlook the birds as they begin to walk around the beach. Accordingly, volunteers are putting forth even more extensive efforts to protect the endangered birds.

“When the little chicks are hatched, we actually follow them around on the beach and trail them to make sure there aren’t any disturbances,” said Dubi.

SKVA President Russell Matthes says the popular event almost always sells out.

Churches on the Key also saw large turnouts for their various services offered throughout the weekend.

“We had a wonderful turnout,” said Betsie Danner, stewardship director at St. Boniface Episcopal Church. “We had a lot of our regular members come as well as some new faces. I would say it was almost double what we would have on a normal Sunday.”

The hustle and bustle on the Key will continue through this weekend’s always popular Siesta Fiesta, before the high season comes to an end.

By Nick Friedman | Community Editor

Annual Siesta Fiesta returns to the Village

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The Sarasota Audubon Society continues efforts to protect endangered snowy plovers.

store, especially in recent years.

“The No. 1 beach thing has definitely added to the madness,” said Copenhaver.

Families celebrating the holiday weekend on the Key had no shortage of Easter church services or Easter egg hunts.

The Siesta Key Village Association hosted its 12th annual Easter egg hunt, in which approximately 130 children explored Siesta Key Beach in search of hidden eggs, took photos with the Easter bunny and took tours of a fire truck.

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“So, that’s how intense the effort is.”

Although some people are resistant at first to the efforts to protect the birds, Dubi says they are usually quick to come around.

“Some people don’t care for the sections of the beach being roped off,” she said. “But when we take the time to talk to them and explain why, 99% of the time, they are perfectly OK with it.”

Retired wildlife biologist and regular Audobon volunteer, Dr. Allan Worms, estimates six to eight pairs of plovers are currently mating, and that hopefully more chicks would soon be on their way. He encourages anyone interested to head to Siesta Key Beach between 7:30 and 8 a.m. to assist in volunteering.

“We always need more volunteers,” Worms said. “And it’s fun — you get to learn a lot.”

At the meeting, the Siesta Key Association board members unanimously agreed to continue donating funds to the Audubon Society, increasing its donation to $1,000.

Dubi expressed her gratitude to all the volunteers and donors who help the organization continue its monitoring programs and other efforts to protect the birds on Siesta Key, which she estimated costs about $10,000 per year.

“I think it’s a credit to all of us in this community that we can support this kind of effort for these tiny little birds,” said Dubi. “Once you see one of these little things, you fall madly in love.”

This weekend, the Siesta Key Village will close its streets for one of the last — and most popular — events of the season.

More than 250 of the nation’s leading artists and crafters from 30 different states will flood the Village for the 34th annual Siesta Fiesta Arts Festival, which takes place from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, April 14 and Sunday, April 15.

The juried outdoor art showcase gives artists and crafters the opportunity to set up booths to display their unique work throughout Siesta Key Village.

Those who attend will be able to view, buy and talk with the artists about their work on both Saturday and Sunday.

“This is a fantastic way to explore the work of many different artists in one setting,” said festival promoter Howard Alan. “You have the opportunity to meet and connect with the artist before making a purchase, which makes the investment much more meaningful and personal.”

The event will also feature a green market, showcasing exotic plants and orchids, as well as body products and gourmet spices, jams and spreads.

A portion of the proceeds will benefit the Siesta Key Village Association, and the event is free and open to the public.

This year, Village visitors will also have the opportunity to raise money for a local man, who has been diagnosed with Hodgkin’s Lymphoma. The Siesta Key Oyster Bar will host a charity event Saturday and Sunday, called the Siesta Gladiator Charity Challenge, which will raise money to help 24-year-old David Rizzo.

The event will allow guests to pay for a chance to step into an

FESTIVAL FACTS • The festival is open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday in the Siesta Key Village • Ocean Boulevard will be closed to vehicle traffic from Canal Road to Beach Road.

• More than 250 artists and crafters will show off and sell a vast array of artistic media, including paintings, life-size sculptures, photography, ceramics, glass, wood, handmade jewelry, collage and mixed media.

• The Siesta Gladiator Charity Challenge will take place from noon to midnight at Siesta Key Oyster Bar and from noon to 5 p.m. Sunday. inflatable jousting ring challenging a Siesta Key Oyster Bar employee to a duel.

“We rented a gladiator jousting arena, and we’ll have employees up there in half-hour shifts throughout the weekend,” said SKOB General Manager Ryan Schmidt. “People can pay for a chance to beat up our employees.”

Schmidt says the event offers a fun way to raise money for a good cause.

“We try to support a charity each fall and spring,” said Schmidt. “David just found out he had Hodgkin’s a few months ago, and he’s having a difficult time. The medical bills are soaring, and the timing was just right for us to help.”

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grades 1 through 5 will enjoy three field trips per week and on-site activities.

Adventure Camp will be held June 11 through July 6 and July 9 through Aug. 3. Children entering grades 6 through 9 will enjoy challenging activities at Colonial Oaks Park in Sarasota and four field trips.

Therapeutic Camp for specialneeds children is again offered at Oak Park School and runs from June 11 through Aug. 3 in conjunction with the summer school schedule.

Volunteer opportunities are available for youths entering grade 10 or higher to fulfill service hours needed for school while assisting counselors and enjoying camp activities.

Financial assistance is available to qualifying Sarasota County residents.

All summer camp staff members are fully screened, including an FBI fingerprint and background check.

Register for camp programs at parksonline.scgov.net.

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The Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office responded to a report of a robbery at 1 a.m. Tuesday, April 10, on Siesta Key Beach. The victim reported that he was walking on the beach when he was confronted by the suspect, who threatened him with bodily harm and stole his iPod before fleeing.

Deputies located the man in the 6600 block of Midnight Pass Road, where the victim positively identified the suspect. Deputies arrested him without incident.

Anyone with information on this case should call the Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office Criminal Investigations Section at 8614900 or Crime Stoppers at 366TIPS(8477).

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The most read stories online last week were: 1. AF: MTV to hold Siesta Shore casting call (March 29) 2. Sheriff’s Office charges Sarasota resident with burglary (April 3) 3. Siesta Key’s No. 1 Beach sign restored after vandalism (April 2) 4. AF: Legoman Lands lands on Siesta (March 29) 5. Vandalized sign restored (April 5)

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Traditional Day Camp will occur June 11 through July 6 and July 9 through Aug. 3. Children entering

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Sarasota County modifies Siesta Beach Access buiding height regulations 12 project approved Commissioners Wednesday approved changes that make amendments to heights on barrier islands and along waterways. changes soon, we could review building heights at that time,” Lourdes said.

Sarasota attorney and Control Growth Now representative Dan Lobeck also urged the commission not to approve the changes.

“Do you want to be known for allowing unlimited building heights in Sarasota County?” Lobeck said. “Even though you have density limits, a developer could come in with a huge commercial office building and stick condominiums on top of it if you approve this.”

Thaxton worried that the amendments would allow commissioners to grant an even higher building height if a CAP is developed.

Thaxton urged commissioners to keep in building-height restrictions that are 250 feet past the waterfront setback line along the Intracoastal Waterway, so the commission could discuss the issue further, but he didn’t have enough support.

Motions made by Thaxton to institute maximum building height caps of 110 feet and 120 feet in a CAP to avoid approving even higher buildings if a supermajority vote were approved also failed.

Commissioner Joe Barbetta said the problem he had with approving such caps is the limit it puts on future developers seeking to build on large plots of land.

“What we would be saying is if there’s no residential around a CAP that’s a 50-acre commercial parcel, that developer can’t have anything higher than nine stories,” Barbetta said. “Developers might need 12-to-14 stories to make it work, and we would be automatically disallowing it.”

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The Sarasota County Commission ap- concerns Commissioner Nora Patterson, proved a $140,000 Siesta Key Beach Access who is also a Siesta Key resident. project Wednesday that some residents “We have residents concerned about the worry is a waste of taxpayer dollars. drainage of the beach and we’re spending The project, which involves modifying a lot of money in other areas to improve Beach Access 12 on the Key between two drainage and eliminate runoff in the Gulf,” condominium complexes, allows for a Patterson said. “Crushed shell is less povariance request to allow trucks to gain ac- rous than sand and that concerns me.” cess to the beach mainly in times of emerStaff said the shell will not create any gencies. drainage or runoff and the system being The resolution and variance petition installed will include filter fabrication on will allow for the construction and exca- both sides of the shell being put down. vation of some of the 25-foot narrow acA staff presentation showed the project cess point, which sits 300 feet to the south gives the county “the ability to effectively, of the intersection of Old Stickney Point efficiently and safely mange emergency Road and Midnight Pass Road. red algae and storm debris, which is imThe project will stabilize the soil in the portant to our economy in the area of area to allow for trucks to drive onto and Crescent Beach.” off the beach to clean up abnormally Sarasota County Council of Neighlarge amounts of seaweed and to handle borhood Association President Lourdes cases of red tide algae blooms quickly and Ramirez said the project, though, wasn’t cleanup after tropical storm or hurricane necessary. events. Vehicles could also utilize the ac“We already have a system in place cess for sea-turtle monitoring, shorebird for trucks coming off the public beach,” monitoring and marine life activity that Ramirez said. “It seems like more and could include abnormal fish kills that more tax dollars are being doled out for a come ashore.

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General, Cosmetic Implant Care for emergency purposes only. They also “I realize it has beenand several years since stressed the project must not alter the exwe had red algae and massive fish kills,” 941.922.9332 isting environment, which is already being Patterson said. “But when it happens, hampered to build up the area to be able people want it cleaned up and they want it Patient: Joeheavy trucks.

Treatment: Implants to handle cleaned up fast to get their paying customfor new patients of all ages *unless gum disease A 3,200-square-foot area of the Beach ers back on the beach. is present Access will be reinforced with fill and Bring thisThe in toproject your is expected to be complete crushed shell to handle the trucks, which byand Nov. 1. first visit receive:

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The Sarasota County Commission approved an ordinance by a 3-2 vote Wednesday to establish a maximum height and minimum setback on barrier islands, modify heights along the Intracoastal Waterway and cap maximum building heights allowed in Critical Area Plans (CAPs).

CAPs are general planning areas to look at particular areas. That process requires neighborhood input and a number of public hearings before a large-scale project can be approved.

Amendments to its zoning code include height amendments along the Intracoastal Waterway and the bays “in order to preserve the scenic character of the waterfront and the bays and ensure appropriate massing of buildings along these waterfront areas,” according to ordinance language.

The elimination of increased heights in residential multi-family zoning districts when it’s applied to mixed-use development was eliminated. A provision that would cap a maximum CAP height allowed at 85 feet was also approved.

Commissioners Nora Patterson and Jon Thaxton, though, were worried the changes were too lax, in part because special exceptions in the code allow the commission to go above the 85-foot cap to a maximum of 110 feet if a supermajority vote (four votes needed) is held.

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A beach access will be modified to allow trucks to gain access to the beach to perform emergency services only, such as red algae and hurricane cleanup efforts.

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By Kurt Schultheis | City Editor

Parking problem still lingers Some merchants and officials believe the paid parking program didn’t last long enough to gauge whether its removal is best for the city.

Easter weekend has come and gone, and the merchants who begged the Sarasota City Commission to eliminate the paid parking meter program got their wish when the program was canceled. The last month of the season brought the return of free parking to Sarasota.

But a month after the paid parking program was eliminated and two-hour parking was restored, some merchants and area officials aren’t sure if the decision made much difference on Main Street. In fact, some merchants say business has dropped since the parking-meter program was eliminated.

Jim Sullivan, owner of Patrick’s Restaurant and Tavern, said there was more parking to be had when the meter program was in place.

“Believe it or not, there were merchants on Main Street who liked the meters and benefited from them,” Sullivan said. “There was always a space where my customers could park for an hour and have lunch when the meters were in place.”

Those spaces, Sullivan and others said, are gone now and are once again taken by employees who take advantage of the free parking to be closer to their Main Street employers.

Sullivan said he thinks his own employees are hogging the spaces now, too.

“There are 50 restaurants on Main Street and they all come with employees coming to work,” Sullivan said. “I tell my employees not

to park there, but I don’t have time to monitor them because I’m running a business.”

Optometrist Ron Soto, owner of Soto’s Optical Boutique, said his business improved when the meters were in place and fell off when the program was discontinued.

“My customers are stuck driving around the block three times again and coming in frustrated because all they are trying to do is drop off a pair of glasses,” Soto said.

When the meters were in place, Soto said his customers had no trouble finding a space and even balked at parking in one of the few spaces he has behind his shop.

“They told me it was easier to plunk 50 cents for a spot, and they were happy they could actually park on Main Street again,” Soto said.

Now, Soto says it’s a daily occurrence watching waiters park their cars in front of his store before their shifts begin.

“What’s good for my business may not make my neighbors here happy,” Soto said. “But we took two steps forward and three steps back in the minds of many around here when the program was canceled prematurely.”

Soto, who recently joined a newly formed city parking advisory committee, said he thinks all the cityowned lots and parking garages should stay free, and it should cost motorists to park on Main Street.

James Derheim, the owner of

European Focus and the leader of a “Bag the Meters” rally in February that helped lead to the removal of the meters, admits that downtown merchants have an uphill battle ahead of them.

“We all are guilty of hogging the parking spaces, and it has to stop,” said Derheim, who plans to work with merchants to keep employees off Main Street next season.

In the meantime, what has changed, Derheim said, is the mindset of the downtown customer base.

“The one thing that immediately disappeared was the negativity and the upset customers complaining when they walked in the door,” Derheim said. “Now we’re back to asking customers how we can help them today instead of apologizing for the meters.”

City and county officials, though, say it’s impossible to gauge whether the removal of the paid parking system bolstered season sales or even was the right move in the long run.

City Parking Manager Park Lyons said he’s observed a packed Main Street since the paid program ended.

“We’ve had some complaints from merchants and individuals who complain they don’t have enough spaces out front now,” Lyons said. “It’s hard to keep everyone happy.”

With seasonal traffic leaving this week, Lyons said, it will be tough to compare the real effect of the de-

Siesta Beach Seasonal Impact Siesta Key Beach’s No. 1 beach ranking will have a lot to do with positive season numbers that will be revealed at the end of the month.

Sarasota Convention and Visitors Bureau President Virginia Haley can’t report officially on how this season was for Sarasota County until final numbers are revealed at the end of April.

But Haley said she believes it will most likely be the best season since 2008 because of Dr. Beach’s ranking.

“Being ranked No. 1 and having the money this year to advertise that we had the No. 1 beach created a huge regional impact,” Haley said.

Hotel occupancy rates countywide, Haley said, were so high that she and her staff spent countless hours this season calling hotels trying to help people cision to remove the meters until next season.

And the Palm Avenue parking garage, which was only hovering at a 17% usage rate when the paid program was in effect, is being used even less.

“There’s slightly less traffic in the garage now, and it’s only utilized more when the city holds large events,” Lyons said.

Virginia Haley, president of the Sarasota Convention and Visitors Bureau, said that although season numbers for March and April don’t come out until next month, she’s heard positive information about this being a great season — everywhere except downtown.

“The only area where I have heard some conflicting statements

find available rooms.

“We were calling hotels for people and just plain not finding rooms for them anywhere,” Haley said.

Haley said that when the Colony Beach & Tennis Resort on Longboat Key closed in 2010, many of those seasonal visitors left for Fort Myers Beach and Anna Maria Island.

“But when Siesta Key was ranked the No. 1 beach, data shows we got those visitors back again this year,” Haley said.

January and February tourist tax collection numbers, Haley said, were 17% ahead of the previous year, and Haley expects similar, if not better numbers, for March and April.

“We are hearing very, very strong reports from restaurants and other merchants that it was just a super season,” Haley said. was in downtown Sarasota,” Haley said. “Some raved and others said it was terrible because of the meters.”

Haley said the conflicting data concerned her “because everyone else in the county was so strong.”

“It led me to believe that everyone along Main Street needed to be polled to see how the meters were really affecting business,” Haley said.

Haley, in fact, was getting ready to poll every downtown merchant when the commission canceled the meter program. A poll wouldn’t work now, she said.

“We will never know how bad it was because, in my opinion, the meters weren’t in long enough to find out,” Haley said.

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Vehicle crash

11:05 a.m. — 200 block of Beach Road.

Vehicle Crash. A motorist driving a silver Honda and two mopeds were involved in an accident that reported no injuries and only minor damage.

Truck hits man

5:49 p.m. — 900 block of Beach Road.

Vehicle Crash. A pedestrian was walking southbound in a parking lot when a man backed his pickup truck out of a parking lot, hitting the pedestrian in the knee with his attached trailer hitch before stopping the truck. The pedestrian was transported to the hospital for knee and neck pain.

April 2

Pavilion problems

12:45 a.m. — 900 block of Beach Road.

Trespassing. A man reported people using drugs near the bathrooms of the Siesta Beach pavilion. Police noticed a man on the roof of the pavilion talking to some people on the ground. An officer jumped on a soda machine and told the man on the roof he was under arrest for trespassing on a structure after park hours. Upon arresting the man, his brother confronted officers and refused to step away, so he was also arrested. The brother was placed in a wrist lock all the way to the patrol car because he kept screaming and trying to pull away from the officer.

Indecent exposure

5:09 a.m. — 700 block of Birdsong Lane.

Impaired Person. A drunk woman wearing a skin-tight shirt and no pants tried to gain access to a woman’s house because she was certain it was her own residence.

Police asked the homeowner for a towel to cover up the woman and took her to the hospital after determining she was too drunk to remember where she lived.

APRIL 1: BRIGHT IDEA 5:42 p.m. — 5200 block of Ocean Boulevard. Fight. A group of juveniles was reportedly fighting over a pair of missing sunglasses.

The group had dispersed upon police arrival. It was discovered the issue had been resolved, and the sunglasses were returned to the rightful owner.

Patient escapes

6:30 p.m. — Intersection of Higel Avenue and Little Pond Lane. Suspicious Circumstance. A nurse said a patient ran out of a medical facility while she was evaluating him. Police found him on his way home and placed him into protective custody after he admitted making comments to the nurse about killing himself.

April 3

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2 p.m. — 1000 block of Siesta Drive.

Theft. A man told police that someone stole his driver’s license and tackle box that were sitting on the curb while he was fishing from the Siesta Bridge.

Family feud

3 p.m. — 400 block of Avenida Del Norte. Criminal Mischief. A man reported someone keyed his car overnight and caused $1,000 worth of damage. The man believes the friends and family members of a man in jail for two years blame him for the incarceration and are most likely responsible for the damage.

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Consider the rights of the early birds — please turn down the music I am a morning person, also “catch the worm,” which comes known as an early bird. I am in handy when we want to one of those people who loves go fishing. Second, it is also to get up early in the mornsaid that we become “healthy, ing to walk or run the beach. wealthy and wise” — or at least We believe the morning is the one out of the three. On the best part of the day, other hand, as my wife especially on Siesta Key will tell you, living Beach. with an early bird can There are a lot of early be very irritating if you birds on Siesta Key, but, are not one yourself. then, that should not be For most of us early a surprise. I am learning birds who need at from personal experileast seven hours of ence that the older we sleep, the evening get, the less sleep we usually comes to an need. With a concentraend by 11 p.m., if not tion of retired people sooner. We are rarely JOHN living on the Key, there GUDRITZ described as “party are a lot more of us who animals.” Although rise and shine before we don’t ask everyone the sun does. else around us to go to bed In addition to us older when we call it a night, we do folk, there are many younger ask the “night owls” for some families visiting our gorgeous consideration when it comes to beaches and that are also the amount of noise that they included in the early-bird club make after that hour. usually because of the sleepMy wife and I live in the Viling schedule of their youngest lage, a few blocks away from member. I see many of them the area where most of the loud early in the morning on the music is playing. Even from beach with their strollers or that distance we can easily and their older children diligently often hear the music after 10 looking for shells. p.m. and much later on the Being an early bird does weekends. We don’t complain come with some well-known about it because we know that advantages. First of all, we the decibel levels are probably

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR + Siesta Key needs streetlights

Dear Editor: My husband and I were on Siesta Key last Friday night to go to Miguel’s restaurant, located south of the Stickney Point Bridge. It was dark when we started to drive home. The lack of streetlights made this a frightening experience.

We experienced jaywalkers in dark clothes, bike riders going against traffic and weaving between lanes, families with little children running loose and a golf cart without lights on it.

You really needed to have eyes in the back of your head.

The season has been very busy with Siesta Key being named the No. 1 beach in the country along with the exceptionally warm winter we have

experienced. The road is narrow with bike lanes. This can’t be changed due to the size of the Key. Streetlights as well as crosswalk lighting, like they have in front of Morton’s Market, would be very helpful. Then, locals as well as visitors need to do their part to make it safe walking beside the narrow roadways.

I sometimes think our visitors are just overwhelmed with the beauty of the Key, and they forget the basic safety of crossing the street. Stop, look and listen.

Sandra Brookshire Venice

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within the legal limit. However, it is still annoying if we are trying to sleep with the windows open to enjoy the night air.

Last November I read about the increase in the number of noise complaints that the Sheriff’s Office was getting at night from people living around Ocean Boulevard in the Village.

The article suggested there were only a few drinking establishments in the Village responsible for the vast majority of the complaints and violations.

In one of the articles, it mentioned that an owner of one of these bars that had received a citation for excessive noise was said to be “especially frustrated about the complaints because Siesta Key provides about 35% of the county’s annual tourist development tax revenue.” She went on to say she thinks they should be getting more support from the county, including the neighbors, residents and other businesses. Her quote was, “We’re the No. 1 beach; why can’t we all just be happy?”

As a representative of the Siesta Key Village early birds, young and old, let me respond to her comment and question by saying it is much easier to be happy when everyone in the

family has had a good night’s sleep. There are many nights when sleeping isn’t easy to do unless we devise ways to shut out or drown out the noise.

Many of us who live in or near the Village remember a time before the late-night music began. Back then we could sleep with our windows open on cool nights. We were very happy!

The complaints about the noise coming from the Village after 11 p.m. will continue until more consideration is given to the rights of us early birds who live in close proximity to the Village. The current late-night noise ordinance in the Village should be reviewed to see if there is a fair solution for all of the people affected by it.

As a goodwill gesture, I would ask the various owners of these late-night bars to please turn down the music or better keep it indoors after 11 p.m. so we early birds can get a better night’s sleep. Then we can all be happy again.

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

have happened in relation to the millions of visitors to the beach. The accident with Mrs. Chen and the “alleged” drunk driver was a tragedy and I’m not playing that down any. But the driver of that vehicle could have just as easily gone to a bar on Siesta and ended up doing the same thing regardless if he did, in fact, drink at the beach or at a bar in the Village.

The St. Patrick’s Day happening with two people out of how many? Probably thousands of visitors to the beach that day.

Again, whether at the beach or in the Village, the same thing easily could have happened.

If people still want to get drunk and still foolishly decides to drive their vehicle, they will do it regardless of where they consume the alcohol.

If two people decide to go to the beach or bar and end up getting in a fight (which will sometimes happen), it doesn’t matter where it started, it will happen. Someone could go to the bars in the Village and drive the same path the driver in the Mrs. Chen happening did and end up doing the same exact

thing again.

It is not a beach alcohol ban that is needed, nor will it fix anything; 2.4 million beach visitors and a few mishaps show that it doesn’t matter where the beverages were consumed it could have happened anyway and there’s all this stink and shouting to ban alcohol at the beach?

It’s not going to change anything because there will still be irresponsible people driving intoxicated and people will just go to the bars first and wind up at the beach later if that’s what they want to do.

Sit back and look at the facts, and you’ll see how small of a problem it really is (again, not downplaying Mrs. Chen ... but that still could have happened if the guy came from the Village bars, too) ... 2.4 million visitors to the beach and 0.3% or less problems from alcohol ... there are far many more that responsibly enjoy a beverage on the beach and shouldn’t be punished for the actions of the few irresponsible people.

Robert French Siesta Key

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City wants to clean up abandoned properties The city’s Code Compliance Division can now start the foreclosure process on abandoned parcels to clear the property titles, dispose of the properties and get them back on the tax rolls.

City staff has deemed the following nine city parcels as abandoned properties they will seek to get back on the city’s tax rolls: • 3010 N. Gillespie Ave. • 1557 21st St. • 2700 N. Orange Ave. • 2303 Bahia Vista St. • 908 Gillespie Ave. • 2400 Pershing Ave. • 211 W. Cornelius Circle • 1726-1732 Eighth St. • 3035 Leon Ave. Rachel S. O’Hara

The city of Sarasota intends to get this abandoned parcel at 2303 Bahia Vista St. back on city tax rolls. neighbors are interested in the properties. If no interest is garnered, the city would clean the parcels and make plans to sell them.

Assistant city attorney Mike Connolly said the process of acquiring the properties is timeconsuming.

“The toughest part is trying to find heirs of deceased property owners that might be interested in the property,” Connolly said.

“Any and all avenues to reach heirs must be exhausted before we can acquire the property.”

City attorney Robert Fournier told the Pelican Press the city re-

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Commissioners unanimously approved the new staff recommendation. Commissioner Willie Shaw urged staff to make sure non-profits and those already qualified for affordable housing properties have first priority for the parcels.

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the property is deceased and no family member has taken control of the property or attempted to open an estate.

• The city is performing ongoing maintenance of the property.

Litchet proposes that if the city is successful in acquiring nine of the properties that meet one or all of the above criteria, the city will dispose of the properties by first offering them to non-profit companies in the area, with provisions they construct new homes or rehabilitate existing homes. If non-profit partners aren’t interested in the properties, staff plans to see if adjacent

been trying to acquire an abandoned property on his street for years — to no avail.

“It’s been impossible to work with the bank because they don’t care about the property,” Morris said. “I applaud the city’s efforts to help clean up the lots.”

Commissioner Shannon Snyder also praised the recommendation.

“The banks have written so many loans during the housing boom, they don’t even know where the paperwork to these properties is anymore,” Snyder said. “It’s a problem we will have in this city and across the county for years. This is a good policy to help clean up the mess the banks helped create.”

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City staff received approval last month from city commissioners to take a proactive approach when it comes to abandoned properties within city limits.

In short, the city’s Code Compliance Division can now start the foreclosure process on abandoned parcels to clear the property titles and get them back on the city’s tax rolls.

The move, commissioners and city staff say, will save the city money in the long run because the city is currently paying to keep the properties maintained via monthly lawn maintenance.

“These are properties we’re mowing regularly, and we have no idea who has abandoned the homes and the lots,” Litchet said.

Neighborhood and Development Services Director Tim Litchet told commissioners at an April 2 regular meeting that the move “is beneficial both to us and the taxpayers in the long run.”

Litchet proposed the city foreclose on lots that have one or more of the following characteristics: • The properties are vacant lots or have homes that are vacant.

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LAURA PROCTOR For more than 35 years, Laura Proctor has loved cooking and sharing her culinary skills with others. Today, Proctor runs a successful personal chef business called Epicurean Pursuits.

When Laura Proctor was 12 years old, she realized she possessed culinary talent and had a passion for cooking.

“My parents were away on vacation, and I wanted a pot roast on Sunday,” she says.

“I looked up the recipe and made this delicious pot roast.

My parents came home and they were shocked. I said, ‘This is so easy!’”

Proctor has been in the food industry for more than 35 years. She’s spent the last 15 running her own company, Epicurean Pursuits, on Siesta Key. Prior to running her own company, Proctor had many adventures in the culinary world, one of which included working as a chef on a private yacht, an opportunity she picked up while visiting a fried in Fort Lauderdale.

“For two years, I sailed all around the world,” she says.

“Down to South America, Bermuda and crossed the Atlantic, twice. I worked in the Mediterranean for the summer and then sailed back to the West Indies and worked the season there.”

Following that experience,

Proctor went back overseas, this time to live in Paris, France, and attend Le Cordon Bleu for 18 months. She learned a lot about cooking classic cuisine and classical cooking techniques.

“I loved Paris; it was amazing,” she says. “You worked hard all day with lessons in the morning and then cooking all day long. At the end of the day, we sat down at a big table and critiqued one another’s dishes. Then, we got to eat all the food and drink wine.

Being poor students, that was usually our only meal during the day. Some days we would just eat cream puffs.”

Upon returning to the United States, Proctor headed straight for the Sunshine State instead of her hometown of Charlevoix, Mich. She worked a variety of food-industry jobs before starting A Movable Feast, a deli and catering business located in the Gulf Gate area. During the two-year run of the business, Proctor met

her husband, John.

Proctor took time away from cooking while she raised her children — Josh, now 22, and Emily, now 21. Proctor made her return to the industry as a personal chef.

Proctor says the most rewarding part of the business is being a part of her clients’ lives and helping them make healthy decisions when creating a menu.

“I’ve had the opportunity to be a part of changing people’s health by providing the right meals and food that works for what their bodies need — even with restrictions,” she says. Through cuisine, Proctor has helped her client to lower their cholesterol and high blood pressure. She has helped them lose weight and has cooked gluten-free for those who have celiac disease.

“It’s fun and rewarding to be a part of someone’s life because food is such an integral part of your life,” Proctor says.

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On especially busy days, many drivers park illegally, partially or completely blocking residents’ driveways, and many are worried about a potential loss of access to emergency vehicles.

“Some days, I question whether or not an emergency vehicle would be able to make it down here or not,” said Chuck McGovern, a North Shell Road resident.

Another resident, Sharon Carole, expressed similar concerns.

“I have trouble getting in and out of my house, and I’m worried about emergency vehicles getting to us,” she said. “I’ve had some people park on our landscaping and break the sprinkler heads.”

Other residents have reported that the beach access’ isolated location has led to some users disregarding the rules of the beach.

Some residents report having seen smoking, dogs on the beach, trespassing on private property and some late-night partying and noise disturbances. The influx of people, combined with the lack of a public restroom, has also created its own problem.

However, McGovern says that much of the crude behavior that has been a problem in the past six to eight months seems to have dissipated.

“You have isolated incidents,” said McGovern. “Eighty percent of the people are considerate, and they don’t park in your driveway or stay out on the beach until 1 a.m. Other people aren’t as considerate, and it does create a problem.”

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Shell Road, located farther south on Higel Avenue, were connected in a horseshoe shape, with all land west of the loop considered public access, but that property has since become privately owned, and the county now maintains an 80-foot access at the end of North Shell Road, much of which is overgrown with mangroves and brush.

Some residents feel the solution to the problem lies in clearing the brush at the beach end of the access, and consolidating beach parking in that area. Others want to widen the road to move parking off of the street, and still others want to eliminate street parking altogether and only allow beachgoers to park in the five spaces along the beach.

McGovern says finding a solution is difficult. Although he wants to see

a safe, organized parking situation, he doesn’t want to prevent people from being able to use the access.

“I don’t know what the magic solution would be,” said McGovern. “But I’m torn. I’m not one of those people who thinks that I have mine, and nobody else should have theirs.”

Some of the residents recently brought their concerns to County Commissioner Nora Patterson.

“Right now, it’s a mess,” said Patterson. “People are parking all over, it’s hard to turn around, and it’s very unattractive. I think you could formalize some parking and maybe cut back some of the mangroves. It could be done attractively. I think if you had to choose between keeping the access and having it go away, nobody would choose to have it go away.”

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Thursday, April 12 11th Annual Hob Nob Sarasota Style — takes place from 5 to 9 p.m. at Phillippi Estate Park, 5500 S. Tamiami Trail. Enjoy live entertainment and all-you-caneat food. More than 20 Greater Sarasota Chamber of Commerce members will participate as grill teams. Cost is $35 for members and $50 for nonmembers. Call 955-8187.

Friday, April 13 Ringling Picnic Spring Fling — takes place from 5 to 10 p.m. at Ringling Picnic, Ringling Boulevard and Links Avenue. Join the Ringling Picnic for an evening of food and entertainment, including palm readers, music, hoop demos, raffles and beer and wine

by Evie’s Tavern. Free. Call 8094497.

Simply Sarasota Kitchen and Garden Festival Kickoff — takes place from 6 to 8 p.m. at G.WIZ, 1001 Blvd. of the Arts. Presented by the Junior League of Sarasota.

Event continues through Sunday, April 15 at various locations.

Kick-off party tickets are $25.

Tickets to the Kitchen Tour are $20. Call 953-5600 and visit jlsarasota.org.

Saturday, April 14 Walk to Defeat ALS — takes place from 8:30 to 10 a.m. at Payne Park. Friends, family and supporters of ALS patients are invited to participate in this two-mile walk, which raises funds for the fatal neurodegenerative disease, also known as Lou Gehrig’s Disease.

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Coalition of City Neighborhood Association Meeting — takes place at 9 a.m. at the Waldemere Fire Station, 2070 Waldemere St. Free.

What: The Siesta Key Village will be transformed into a colorful sidewalk fair this weekend with the 34th annual Siesta Fiesta. Artists in booths along Ocean Boulevard will be selling paintings, wood works, photographs, ceramics, handmade jewelry and more. A portion of the proceeds benefits the Siesta Key Association.

Big Truck Day — takes place from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Phillippi Estate Park, 5500 S. Tamiami Trail. This 16th annual event gives children of all ages the chance to explore various big trucks. Free.

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Frank Langella Book Signing — takes place from 11 a.m. to noon at Bookstore1Sarasota, 1359 Main St. Frank Langella, who is in town for the Sarasota Film Festival, was nominated for an Oscar and has won three Tony Awards. He will sign his new memoir, “Dropped Names: Famous Men and Women as I Knew Them.” Only books purchased from Bookstore1 will be signed. Free. Call 365-7900.

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Siesta Gladiator Challenge — takes place from noon to midnight Saturday, April 14, and from noon to 5 p.m. Sunday, April 15, at Siesta Key Oyster Bar, 5238 Ocean Blvd. Help raise money for David Rizzo, who is fighting Hodgkin’s Lymphoma. Donate money to compete against SKOB employees in an inflatable jousting match. Call 223-7242.

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Mote brought its traveling exhibit to this year’s Run for the Turtles.

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More than 1,000 runners and walkers laced up for Mote Marine Laboratory’s 26th Run for the Turtles April 7, on Siesta Public Beach.

The run, a joint effort between Mote, the Manasota Track Club and Sarasota County Parks and Recreation, helps to raise money to help support Mote’s Sea Turtle Conservation and Research Program study.

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Beach hosts Siesta Key’s largest hunt The Siesta Key Village Association hosted the 12th annual Easter Egg Hunt and Games, Saturday, April 7, at Beach Access 5.

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The event also included face painting, tours of the Siesta Key ambulance and fire truck tours, an opportunity to take a trolley ride and more.

Each child also received a stuffed animal and a goodie bag full of prizes.

Aleysa Lange, 4, showed off an egg she found on the beach.

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Isabella Sanchez, 4, Zack Sanchez, 7, and Portia Sanchez, 4, carefully planned their hunting route.

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Riverview senior Ashlee Linn, 19, is an all-star swimmer for the Rams’ swim team and the Sarasota Sharks. Linn recently won a gold medal in the 200 IM (individual medley) and was the runner-up in the 100 backstroke at the Spring 2012 YMCA Short Course National Championship Swim Meet at the Greensboro Aquatic Center in Greensboro, N.C. Linn has accepted a swimming scholarship to the University of Florida with plans to major in pre-veterinary medicine. Before starting college, Linn will be heading to Omaha, Neb., in June to compete in the Olympic Trials for the 2012 Summer Olympics.

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I love hitting.

Why did you decide to start playing baseball?

Because I liked watching the pros on TV. Who is your favorite baseball player?

Carl Crawford If you could describe The Observer baseball team in one word, what would it be?

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How long have you been swimming?

Since I was 5-and-a-half. I tried all the other sports — ballet, soccer, a little bit of basketball and even a little bit of Pee Wee football. My mom just one day threw me in the water, and I just joined a team in Indiana, Pa., and grew to love it.

When did you start on the Sharks?

When I was about 10 or 11.

How do you balance two teams at once?

Our Sharks coach, Steve Brown, gives us leeway when high school season comes around. We don’t have to go to so many club competitions. We start going to more club competitions when the high school season is over. He lets the high school swimming season come first during the season.

What is your best event?

It all depends. My first trial cut was 100 backstroke, but as I’ve grown older, I’ve become better at 200 backstroke and 200 IM and more sprint and freestyle events.

What is your best stroke?

Probably backstroke

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What event do you like to swim?

I like the 200 IM or any kind of IM. IM stands for individual medley, where you get to do all the strokes, so you just get that variety.

Is there someone you admire in the swimming world?

Probably Rowdy Gaines and Teresa Crippen. I’ve gotten books from Rowdy, and his poster hangs on my wall, and he has been a good leader throughout his career.

Teresa is a Florida Gator, and she

has this confidence and is always on top of things and someone I want to be.

What is the worst part about your sport?

The commitment, definitely. You know, when you want to go to the beach all day and relax, but you have to wake up at 4 a.m. instead and go to practice. Then during the summer, you have to sleep between practices so you have enough energy to do your second

If you could do another sport, what would it be?

I’m not good at any other sports, and I don’t want do a sport if I’m not good at it.

Do you like to watch swimming on TV? Yes. It’s so much better than golf.

No offense to the golfers.

What are your feelings about the 2012 summer Olympics?

It all depends on what happens at trials. Obviously, every swimmer has the same goal — to make the team. For trials, I am going in open, mentally, and not thinking too hard about making a team but swimming to my maximum potential. I’m not going be a sore loser if I don’t make it; there is always another chance. I’ll still be cheering people on, of course. I swim because I love it, not because my mom forces me or my parents think I will get a scholarship out of it — it just happened that way. I couldn’t imagine my life with out it.

But don’t get me wrong, there are days I don’t want to go.

What do you do in your spare time?

Sleep, lounge on the couch, eat.

Mostly sleep.

If you could listen to music while swimming, what would it be?

I have a range of taste I like — from country to dubstep and techno and then there is hip-hop.

The 200 IM is like a mid-sprint, so probably dubstep because it has a drop.

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real estate | transactions

By Adam Hughes | Research Editor

Siesta Beach House condo sells for $2.1 million

Elizabeth Bowlus, Sarasota, sold her home at 4839 Givens Court to Patrick and Kim Nettles, of Washington, D.C., for $1.55 million. Built in 1994, it has five bedrooms, four baths and one half-bath, a pool and 4,555 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $1,325,000 in 2003.

Windward Passage

Donna Rueli, trustee, of Hartford, Conn., sold the Unit E-6 condominium at 4708 Ocean Blvd. to Per and Barbara Holme, of Kolbotn, Norway, for $830,000. Built in 1981, it has three bedrooms, three baths and 2,277 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $981,500 in 2007.

Siesta’s Bayside

Philip and Lindsay Bucknell, Sarasota, sold their home at 757 Tropical

Siesta Town House

987 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $210,000 in 2000.

Sara Sands

Tony Maleki, Sarasota sold the home at 5016 Sandy Shore Ave. to S. James Goldman, of Sarasota, for $310,000. Built in 1968, it has two bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 1,506 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $975,000 in 2005.

Gulf and Bay Club

Ann Kingsbury sold the Unit 202 condominium at 4532 Ocean Blvd. to Harry and Diane Van Trees, of Standardsville, Va., for $410,000. Built in 1963, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,224 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $418,000 in 2003.

Malcolm Lazin, of Sarasota, sold his Unit 210 condominium at 5780 Midnight Pass Road to Alyssia and Paul Kapic, of Sarasota, for $250,000.

Built in 1979, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,361 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $327,500 in 1995.

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Siesta Harbor, Albacore House

Satina Inc. sold the Unit 603-B condominium at 8735 Midnight Pass Road to Mark and Chesla Purtilar, of Copley, Ohio, for $379,000. Built in 1980, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,357 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $400,000 in 2008.

Sarasota Beach

Richard Figliuzzi, Sarasota, sold the home at 615 Avenida Del Norte to Veronica Murphy, of Guilford, Conn., for $345,000. Built in 1962, it has two bedrooms, two baths and

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Philip and Dorothy Thomas, trustees, of Bangor, Maine, sold the Unit 41 condominium at 1257 S. Portofino Drive to Renato Giansanti and Adele Benham, of Sarasota, for $232,500. Built in 1968, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 991 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $124,000 in 1993.

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Circle to Corundum Holdings LLC for $730,000. Built in 1989, it has three bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 2,781 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $720,000 in 2000.

Sara Steiner, guardian, sold the home at 702 Birdsong Lane to Michael Wyatt, of McLean, Va., for $365,000. Built in 1974, it has five bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 2,627 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $187,500 in 1990.

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The following residential real estate transactions took place between March 26 and March 30.

A condominium in Siesta Beach House tops all transactions in this week’s real estate. Falcon Partners Ltd. sold the Unit 3 condominium at 508 Beach Road to Louis and Denise Colosimo, of Westport, Conn., for $2.1 million. Built in 1978, it has three bedrooms, three baths and 2,695 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $1.5 million in 2001.

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Mavai Chocolate, a company specializing in handcrafted gourmet chocolates, has opened in Sarasota at 4034 N. Washington Blvd. No. 3.

Mavai offers chocolate bars crafted from Swiss chocolate with toppings including freeze-dried nuts, crystallized flowers and edible flakes of 23-karat gold.

For more information, visit Mavai’s website at mavaichocolate.com or call 587-1374.

The Suncoast Center for Independent Living recently relocated to the Northeast Plaza shopping center at the intersection of Lockwood Ridge and 17th Street in Sarasota.

Suncoast Center is a non-profit organization that provides services to those with disabilities.

Hoveround Corp., a manufacturer of compact power chairs, has opened its new headquarters in Sarasota, at 6010 Cattleridge Drive.

The company, which was previously headquartered in Manatee County, has relocated to Sarasota and has brought 280 workers to its new location.

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Conquistadors from the Hernando De Soto Crewe’s Historical Society greeted customers during the celebration. The restaurant also hosted a raffle, with proceeds benefiting the historical society.

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Paul Malton has joined RE/MAX Alliance Group as a team member with Allen Conrad in the Siesta Key office.

Malton enters the real-estate profession after a 40-year executive career, serving as the vice president/CFO of Cadbury Schweppes and vice president of property management for Dr Pepper Snapple Group Inc. He also is active in the Sertoma Club.

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50 Enjoy a playground fixture 51 Attack from a hacker 52 Mad as ___ hen 53 Double-checking a grade, perhaps 55 “Rosemary’s Baby” writer Ira 56 Fashion model’s array 57 Most serpentine 58 All dried out 59 “Batman” sound effect 60 “___ a Wonderful Life” 61 Does a doggy trick

65 Apr. number cruncher 68 Animal’s lair 69 “Dennis the Menace” girl 70 Where Bears and Cubs play 72 “Bride or groom?” asker 75 Avian baby 77 Not very often 78 Bandmate of George, John and Ringo 79 Escargot 80 Pinnacles 81 French father 82 Easily defeated ones 84 Chicken in a pan 85 Golf or tennis 86 Put away, as fodder 87 Poorly lit 88 Make restitution 89 Barb-tailed fish 90 Award show attendees 96 Blacklist 97 Colorful marble 98 A nonmusician may have one 100 “Can you ___ little faster?”

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Excellent condition holds six. $8,995.00 Call for test drive 941 349-3246.

ESTATE AUCTION ART & ANTIQUES SUNDAY, APRIL 15TH @ 1PM Inspection Sunday Day of Sale 11am-1pm The sale will be held at our Auction Gallery located on the Southwest corner of 301N & University Parkway.

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

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BIRD CAGE: 64” tall, 26" wide, 20" deep, swing out feed bowls, $200.00. 941-356-5850.

COMPUTER MONITOR: Sharp LCD flat panel VGA & DVI inputs, $40. 941-756-6728.

COMPUTER TABLE & mesh chair: Chair has four adjustments. Table 30”x48”, $59. 941-966-2264.

DOUBLE DRESSER, mirror, chest, night table.

70 yrs. old, solid maple, $150.00. 941-924 6653.

ELECTRIC CHIPPER/SHREDDER, Haecksel Max, $125. Saltwater anchor w/100 ft. braided line, $40. 941-349-1255.

ENTERTAINMENT CENTER: oak, holds 32” flat screen TV, 67”hx35”wx20”d. Excellent condition. $200 o/b/o. 941-726-5203.

GERMAN STEINS: Vintage, ceramic, pewter.

10” Frobein Bier, $70. 9” Hopfen und Malz, $70.

941-922-5995.

MACHINE-COOKS ESSENTIALS, new $40.00, 941-355-8407.

MARCO FUTON: brown, brand new. Must sell. $185.00 O.B.O. Call 941-400-9099.

PAINTING: GOLD frame, Bird of Paradise, 16x20, $45.00. Round Side table, interior swivel, $75.00.

941-926-0778.

SINGER SEWING machine on cabinet, very good condition. $75. 941-966-0006.

WHIRLPOOL ELECTRIC stove with ceramic cooktop, over range microwave & dishwasher $200 for all. 941-923-1757.

WOOD TABLE w/4 chairs and fold down leaves.

Excellent condition. $100/obo. 941-323-7208

Appliances WASHER/DRYER Good $250/pair 941-349-1682.

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

Boat Slips For Rent/Sale SLIP ON Longboat Key. $11/ft Secure environment, scenic Buttonwood Hbr area.

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BY NANCY DUNN LLC 941-925-1993 SAT. & SUN. APRIL 14 & 15 9AM-2PM 2318 Sonoma Drive, Nokomis (From US41 Turn East on Laurel and North on Mission Valley and follow signs) Full House - 2 DR Sets, King and Queen Bedroom Sets, 2 Trundle Beds, Lots of Wicker, Livingroom Group, Full Kitchen & Garage For Pictures: www.estatesalesbynancydunn.com

ESTATE SALE 9a.m.-2p.m. - FRI., APR. 13 1590 EAST AVENUE N. 34237 At the Yarnell warehouse Plenty of parking.

Contents of a waterfront home in beautiful condition.

This is not a storage unit but a large area where items are fully displayed.

Large taupe and off-white sectional sofa in excellent condition, glass top (42X72) dining room table with bronze base and 6 upholstered chairs, large glass top coffee table with a contemporary metal base, Mason-Hamlin 6 foot grand piano in excellent condition, 9 X 12 pattern rug, very large custom rug made in shape of palm frons, very contemporary, several TV's (not slim lines), standing grill, off white triple dresser, queen sofa bed with matching side chair, 2 rattan side chairs, several etegeres, plexiglass shelves, many pictures, paintings, sculptures, king size mattress and box springs, another smaller sectional sofa, 2 Plexiglass chairs with contemporary seat cushions, a few pieces of Tropitone patio furniture, set of Lenox, 2 Highwayman paintings, dishes, accessories, set of gold flatware, glasses, wine glasses, kitchen items, pottery pots, large outdoor pots for plants, tablecloths, napkins, & other linens, fireplace set, many miscellaneous items.

Sale by Julie McClure.

All items priced.

No long lines and a large staff to help.

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RETIRED ARTIST SALE: Saturday and Sunday, 10a.m.-4p.m., 4847 Featherbed Lane, Siesta Key between ODA and Village. Framed original watercolors and prints, 50% OFF. 3M and Esterly mat cutters, 2 Ingento 36” paper cutters, 100’s sheets of mat board, blanks and pre-cut mats, wood and aluminum frames, watercolor paper and paint, custom display panels, 2004 box truck (40K miles).

SATURDAY, APRIL 14TH Doors open: 9AM-4PM 104 Monet Drive, Nokomis. Furniture, Lamps, Decorative items, Household items, etc.

HUGE DECORATOR ESTATE SALE FRIDAY, APRIL 13, SATURDAY 14 & SUNDAY 15 Numbers out at 8a.m.

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

Garage/Moving/Estate Sales ESTATE SALE 10a.m.-3p.m. - FRI., APR.13 611 MOURNING DOVE DR. BIRD KEY 34236 Beautiful furnishings: queen bed set in light colors, king bed, Tim Cottill bronzes, console, flat top desk, 6 Pompeii bar chairs, set of china for 22, armoire, modern lamps, console table, pair of curio cabinets, 9 X 12 oriental rug, double chaise, large mirrors, lamps, night stands, designer bed linens, upholstered chair, lamps, wrought iron settee, palm tree, refrigerator, potted plants, upright freezer, patio bar chairs, teak chaises, bronze turtle lady, kitchenade mixer, some kitchenware.

Please park only on one side of the road.

Do not block driveways. Everything priced.

Large staff. No long lines to get in.

Sale by Julie McClure.

Pictures:WWW.APPRAISALS4U.BIZ OR WW.ESTATESALES.NET AFTER WEDNESDAY FLEA MARKET. Sarasota Municipal Auditorium.

Saturday, April 14, 10a.m.-5p.m. & Sunday, April 15, 10a.m.-4p.m. For info: 954-4165.

General Merchandise BOWFLEX: VERY good condition, TC 3000. $400.

Call Jackie, 941-360-3582.

FOR SALE: Wine Collection, 90 bottles. Opus 1, 1983-1992. Mondavi Cabernet Sauvignon Reserve, 1983-1989. Chateau Lafite 1987.

941-954-4567.

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1968 Adams Lane (Sarasota, FL - Towles Art District) Large selection entryway mirrors, beach cottage furniture, chandeliers and other lighting fixtures, bar stools, sculptures, lots of art (over 100 pieces), china and curio cabinets, storefront mannequins, household items, kitchen items, many pieces of handpainted furniture, bed, futon, lady’s writing desk, mid-century furniture, 55” flat screen TV, antiques, massage table, jewelry display cases for storefronts, jewelry, bathroom items, bear claw bathtub, many Asian decoration pieces, over 30 lamps, linens, brand new gas grill, art easels, occasional tables, over ten sets of china dinnerware, outdoor patio furniture, over 50 occasional chairs, large selection of area rugs, wind chimes, lots of bric-a-brac.

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SIESTA KEY SINGLE FAMILY HOMES, PENDING SALES Dynamic custom designed 1233 Sea Plume Way Mangroves $469,000 throughout. Brazilian wood, 440 Avenido De Mayo Sarasota Beach $499,000 travertine & hickory floors.

7233 Pine Needle Rd Sanderling Club $559,900 Attached 2-car gar.+36x36’ 560 Commonwealth PL Bayside Waterside East $695,000 garage/barn. 2 motor home 5040 Commonwealth Dr. Siesta Beach $1,349,000 pads. 2 separate pastures, one has pond.Tranquility & beauty!

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MPR #202 Siesta Dunes Beach $425,000 Coquille St. #118 Coquille $445,000 MPR #308 Seashell $469,000 Beach Rd #A-501 Our House at the Beach P1 $475,000 Dockside PL #122 Harbour Towne $489,000 MPR #205 Casarina $499,000 Ocean Blvd #604 Terrace East $750,000 SARASOTA AREA SINGLE FAMILY HOMES SOLD 1255 Westway Dr Lido C $7,100,000 SARASOTA AREA CONDOMINIUMS SOLD 1268 11th St #2203 Broadway Promenade $145,000 170 Roosevelt Dr #14 Pelican Gardens $180,000 500 S Washington Dr #25B Kingston Arms $225,000 888 Blvd of the Arts #807 Condon on the Bay Tower1 $290,000 1001 Ben Franklin Dr. #505 Lido Key $293,000 350 S Polk Dr #308 Lido Shores $325,000 770 S Palm Ave #602 Embassy House $405,000 100 Central Ave #K-818 Onee Hundred Central $570,000 166 Golden Gate PT #42 Golden bay $725,000 1255 N Gulfstream Ave #1408 Bay Plaza $900,000 464 Golden gate Pt #PH9B LaBellasara $4,630,000 SARASOTA AREA CONDOMINIUMS PENDING SALES 988 Blvd of the Arts #1510 Condo on the Bay Tower II $399,800 800 Ben Franklin Dr #311 Lido Ambassador $599,000 1255 N Gulfstream Ave. #806 Bay Plaza $665,000 111 Ritz Carlton Dr #1106 Ritz Carlton residences $775,000

Based on information compiled from the Mid-Florida Regional Multiple Listing Service, Inc. for the period of 4/02/2012 thru 4/09/2012. This information may or may not include all listed, expired, withdrawn, pending or sold properties of one or more members of the Mid Florida Regional Multiple Listing Service.

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1529 Eastbrook Drive Judie Berger

$999,950 941.928.3424

3759 Beneva Oaks Boulevard $979,000 Carol Clark & Paul Clark 941.350.4500

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1374 Harbor Drive Peter Laughlin sothebysrealty.com/id/A3957197

941.356.8428 $5,867,000

145 Beach Road Judie Berger sothebysrealty.com/id/A3949416

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336 Morningside Drive Lisa Morris sothebysrealty.com/id/A3958459

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5415 Azure Way Judie Berger sothebysrealty.com/id/A3933012

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4070 founders Club Drive $1,575,000 Brian Wood 941.928.8408

50 Central Avenue, 12f Fernando Viteri

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1842 Morris Street Andy McDonald

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1188 North Tamiami Trail $895,000 Craig Cerreta 941.993.2502

9309 Swaying Branch Road $719,000 Brian Wood 941.928.8408

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7044 Hawks Harbor Circle $1,475,000 Brian Wood 941.928.8408

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COLOR THEORY

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by Heidi Kurpiela | A&E Editor

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“I don’t have too many creative blocks,” Anita Wexler says. “If a drawing isn’t working, I switch to a painting. If a painting isn’t working, I switch to a sculpture.

The idea is the hard part. You always want to be fresh and original.”

Over the Rainbow What better way to celebrate the spirit of ‘Embracing Our Differences’ than to step into the color-crazy world of artist Anita Wexler? The Laurel Park resident shares her fun and freaky influences.

Most of Anita Wexler’s childhood memories are clouded by one color: brown.

Earth tones. Neutral shades. Colors that match everything and offend no one.

Her parents had a brown sofa. White

walls. Wood floors. Her hometown — a Even her adolescent wardrobe was typical Midwestern community in the drab, try as she did to brighten it up. middle of Illinois — was also basked in In eighth grade she asked her mother brown, bordered by fields that grew hay, to take her shopping. Her girlfriend had corn and wheat. a red dress and she wanted one, too.

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The attempt was met with resistance. Wexler was encouraged to pick out a white dress, instead.

She was told red was too loud. It drew too much attention.

“I love my parents,” Wexler says. “They were just into natural tones, and all I wanted was to experiment with color.”

Clearly.

On this particular day, the artist is dressed in a turquoise halter-top, rhinestone-studded jeans and green sneakers with orange laces.

Like many people who rebel against their youth, Wexler has, in adulthood, made a color correction.

Her Laurel Park home is the domestic incarnation of a rainbow.

Psychedelic art, figurative paintings, contemporary furniture, hand-carved chests, scarves, jewelry boxes, glass bottles, candle sticks and found objects collide in a way that is at once disarming and disturbing.

Murals line nearly every wall.

Doors and ceilings are painted with tribal faces and surrealist landscapes. An Egyptian pharaoh stands guard at the kitchen table.

Alphabet letters and Elvis magnets clutter the refrigerator door.

Curious, creature-like sculptures that appear to have manifested in the recesses of Tim Burton’s mind make you feel like you’ve just crashed a party on another planet.

Even the outside of the house is covered in murals; the yard scattered with sculptures. It’s hard to believe Wexler, a mother of three who teaches art at Brookside Middle School, once lived in a pristine East County subdivision.

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When Wexler purchased her home in Laurel Park two years ago, she spent five months painting the doors, ceilings and walls with murals.

“If I ever put a second story on the house, it’ll be a pure space with virtually nothing in it,” she says. “It’ll be a retreat; a way to escape the chaotic downstairs.”

Wexler is at home among chaos.

A painter and sculptor, she has been a bright spot on Sarasota’s contemporary art scene since she left New York City for Florida nine years ago.

“I left kicking and screaming,” Wexler says of her New York departure. “But it’s worked out OK.” Locally, she’s exhibited at Art Center Sarasota, Marie Selby Botanical Gardens, Selby Gallery at Ringling College of Art and Design, Five Points Collective and the Federal Building in downtown Sarasota.

In addition to her most recent project — a collection of penand-ink drawings that inspired the e-book, “Face It,” by Tampa

poet Russil Tamsen — Wexler has a piece in this season’s “Embracing Our Differences” exhibit on the Sarasota bayfront.

A depiction of freedom and ethnicity, the image is of six arms (some light in color, some dark) bound together with rope. It’s the third time the artist has had a piece featured in the annual outdoor art exhibit.

“I love the idea of big, giant banners,” she says. “It’s accessible to everyone whether they want it or not. It’s like a museum for the people who don’t go to museums. It feels very New York to me, to have art sort of in your face.”

Despite the neon green sneakers and propensity to create wild art, Wexler’s personality is surprisingly subdued. Maybe it’s because she says everything she needs to say in paint or sculpture.

“I was originally going to write

my own book of poetry with art,” Wexler says. “Then I realized it would be way too revealing. I love to leave my work open to interpretation. I keep it vague and mysterious on purpose.”

Born to pragmatic parents with Cherokee roots, Wexler was different than her fair-skinned siblings. She was dark and artistic.

“They used to call me ‘papoose,’” Wexler giggles.

She spent her first three years out of high school serving in the U.S. Navy, a decision she admits was more of an exit strategy than a career move.

Her parents had wanted her to be a nurse or a secretary. Wexler had wanted to be an artist.

When her active duty was up, she headed to New York City to study graphic design at Parsons School of Design — The New School, where she discovered the work of 15th-century Dutch painter Hieronymus Bosch, whose bizarre characters and moral commentary run parallel to much of the allegories and motifs in Wexler’s work.

“I didn’t know about Bosch until I went to Parsons,” she says.

“The college was having a book sale at the end of the year, and I found this huge old book in German with these images inside — all the tortured, crazy-looking people! The creatures that looked like birds crossed with humans crossed with fish. I was like drooling. There was so much symbolism in one painting. It was like, ‘Wow, what’s going on in this guy’s head?’”

Some people might say the same thing about Wexler’s art.

Prolific and easily inspired, she is unapologetic in her approach.

DID YOU KNOW? One of Anita Wexler’s earliest assignments as a graphic designer in New York City was to physically track down famous dog photographer William Wegman.

The magazine she was working for wanted to feature one of Wegman’s iconic weimaraners on its cover.

After several unsuccessful attempts to reach the photographer, Wexler was asked to go to Wegman’s house in Manhattan and return with a final answer.

“I was all sweaty and nervous,” she recalls. “The weimaraners greeted me at the door.”

Impressed by Wexler’s chutzpah, Wegman let her inside and the two hit it off like old friends.

Although he failed to grant the magazine permission to use his image, he did stay in contact with Wexler. He even purchased one of her paintings for his personal art collection.

Though she’s drawn to using bright colors, she isn’t afraid to load her work with sexual, animalistic or morbid imagery.

“It’s fun sometimes to fool people with bright colors,” she says. “There’s a doctor in town who loves this one piece, but he’s always like, ‘Dang! Why did you have to put a skull in there? Can’t you put a flower in its place?’ I told him, ‘It’s bones. You’re a doctor. Deal with it.’”

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+ Rivolta tackles metaphysics in new novel When Piero Rivolta began penning fiction filled with romance and adventures on the high sea, no one seemed to bat an eye.

The 71-year-old Italian auto maker-turned-real-estate developer-turned-novelist is not only a sailor, he’s an unabashed flirt, so the topics hit close to home.

But a prophetic novel about what mysteries unfold when the Mayan calendar ends Dec. 21, 2012? Even for Rivolta this is uncharted territory.

Although his last three novels — “Sunset in Sarasota,” “The Castaway” and “Alex and the Color of the Wind” — plumbed the depths of self-discovery, love and healing, the themes running through his newest release are a lot more New Age-y.

“Journey Beyond 2012” chronicles the lives of three people as they prepare for what they presume to be the end of the world.

Rivolta’s Sarasota-based publishing company, New Chapter Publisher, released the 173page hardcover this month, kicking up a lot of buzz over what’s being referred to as a mystical and visionary plot.

Rivolta will host an official launch party for the novel April

About a year ago, I interviewed Stephanie Broche, Rocky Bentley and Midgeann Schotsch about their downtown art gallery/recording studio/retail business on U.S. 301.

Located just outside the boundaries of Towles Court, the friends’ Five Points Collective showcased the work of dozens of local contemporary artists, including this week’s Diversions cover girl, Anita Wexler.

When I sat down with the trio, they said they hoped their 1,100-square-foot space would turn into a hot spot for local musicians and artists. They had hoped their laidback rock ’n’ roll attitude and funky contemporary art tastes would catch on in Sarasota.

To help put them on the map, Bentley, the frontman for a local hiphop dance band, hosted a weekly Internet radio program, streaming live performances from the studio to fans online.

It was a valiant effort. And, like so many valiant efforts in Sarasota, this one has come to an end.

According to Bentley, Five Star Collective will close its doors at the end of this month.

“We’re not getting the support we need,” he says. “It’s time for me to focus on my purpose, and that’s to make music and not sell art or guitars.”

Good news is Schotsch’s bead store, Make It, has relocated to the

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Rocky Bentley, Stephanie Broche and Midgeann Schotsch Rosemary District.

Located in a 6,000-square-foot warehouse at 1143 Central Ave., the studio is part of a collaborative community art space championed by the Uprise Art Collective. It’s slated to open later this spring.

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13, at Ivory Lounge in downtown Sarasota, before embarking on a book tour that will take him from Miami to New York City to Milan.

The author says he was compelled to write about the 2012 prediction after overhearing so many Europeans talk about the date during his many sojourns overseas.

I’m looking forward to hearing Rivolta’s take on the apocalypse. I predict only the beautiful women will survive.

So, how does that expression go?

When one door closes, another one opens?

As Five Points Collective packs its inventory into boxes, Austin Kowal hangs his out to sell at his recently re-opened Clothesline boutique and 529 Gallery on South Pineapple Avenue.

Kowal, the 25-year-old son of Burns Square proprietress Denise Kowal, opened his newly expanded boutique/ gallery March 31 in one of his mother’s vacant storefronts in historic Herald Square.

A commercial screenprinter, Kowal’s T-shirts are popular among young hipsters, and his gallery space, headed up

by ZIGZAG art zine founders Van Jazmin and Brett Lindstrom, has become the must-exhibit locale for budding contemporary artists. (Note this summer’s solo shows for Ringling College students Matt Coombs and Walter Matthews.)

And, yes, even Anita Wexler has a

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Clothesline Tees re-opened March 31 with a gallery space for fresh art. piece at 529. (She’s everywhere!)

The gallery will turn its wall space over to USF senior Evan Lovejoy April 21 to May 12 for the solo show, “Hypnagogia.”

For more on Clothesline, go to its Facebook page. Everything you need to know about this rising class of cool kids is well documented in photos and status updates.

‘Cloud Nine’: Spring is in the air, and sexual liberation is on full display in the Cook Theatre.

Performed by the Asolo Conservatory for Actor Training, Caryl Churchill’s two-act play, “Cloud Nine,” is a genderbending free-for-all that opens with a cast of prudish, upper-crusty British colonialists in 19thcentury Africa and ends with a cast of freethinking hedonistic adults living life to the fullest (and the loosest) in 1980s London.

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Sarasota Ballet prepares to dance ‘its way’ The Sarasota Ballet will be performing three numbers in its upcoming show, “My Way,” April 13 and April 14, at the Sarasota Opera House. The dancers will be performing George Balanchine’s “Serenade,” Dominic Walsh’s “Bello” and Twyla Tharp’s “Nine Sinatra Songs.”

The cast of “Serenade” originally learned the piece in December, during a visit from Sandra Jennings.

During a rehearsal Monday, April 9, Margaret Barbieri, the rehearsal director for the piece, noted that although the company has learned new dances since December, the dancers had no problem falling back into step to dance this piece.

Performances will take place at 8 p.m. Friday, April 13, and 2 and 8 p.m. Saturday, April 14. For more information, visit http://www. sarasotaballet.org.

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The silent treatment Amanda DiMase was one step ahead of the trend when she shot her silent film on the campus of State College of Florida well before ‘The Artist’ won its Oscar. The short will screen next week at the Sarasota Film Festival.

It’s unlikely that you’re going to catch Amanda DiMase running to the movie theater with her girlfriends to watch the latest romantic comedy.

She’s not that girl.

She’s the girl who gushes about the quick cuts in Steven Spielberg’s obscure 1971 trucker-with-a-vengeance thriller, “Duel.”

She’s the girl who gets giddy talking about the film noir elements of Ridley Scott’s dystopian sci-fi classic, “Blade Runner,” and the use of stunning, disconcerting colors in Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining.”

She’s the girl who’d rather curl up on the couch with a bowl of popcorn and a John Carpenter flick than a box of tissues and a Julia Roberts fairy tale.

“I’m not in a hurry to run out and see ‘21 Jump Street,’” DiMase says, referencing the latest Hollywood reboot of a 1980s TV series.

“My friends told me it’s hilarious, but, to me, that’s not cinema. I’ll watch comedies to laugh, but most of the time it’s about: What’s the next blockbuster? How much money can be made? I think that’s why you see more independent filmmakers.”

Her guiltiest pleasure? Horror movies. And even those have become too “studio controlled” for DiMase’s liking.

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“There’s always that fear you won’t be the next Oscar-winning director,” says Amanda DiMase, a film student at State College of Florida, ManateeSarasota. “If I’m able to make independent films for the rest of my life and still support myself, I’ll be happy.” of Florida, Manatee-Sarasota, the 23-year-old cultivated her nongirly/film auteur tastes in a household full of boys. The youngest in a family of five, she grew up in Punta Gorda, watching “Edward Scissorhands” in the company of four older brothers.

When her black-and-white silent film “Just My Luck” was accepted into the Sarasota Film Festival, her brothers were among the first people to know.

IF YOU GO Amanda DiMase’s film, “Just My Luck” screens at 1:15 p.m.

Saturday, April 14, and at 1 p.m.

Wednesday, April 18, at Regal Hollywood 20.

“I found out the film got accepted in late February,” DiMase says of the six-minute short she filmed last semester on the SCF campus.

“I wasn’t supposed to say anything to anyone until March 20, which killed me. At midnight on March 19, I started calling my brothers. I wanted them to be proud of their little sister.”

DiMase, who works part-time in the festival’s education department, is the only SCF student to have a film in this year’s festival.

A student in the college’s film production program, she entered the project at the suggestion of one of her instructors. It was originally shot as an end-of-semester assignment.

At the time, DiMase, who directed and appeared in the short, hadn’t even seen or heard of “The Artist,” this year’s buzzed-about Academy Award-winning silent film. She just liked the idea of making a silent movie.

“I thought it would be unique,” she says. “I was definitely surprised by the timing of it.”

She thought her script — a comedy about a hapless college student on a mission to return a lost book — was perfect for the genre.

Her biggest challenge was cutting together the final product when her original editor fell through, an experience that served as an important lesson for the aspiring filmmaker.

DiMase, though she would love to direct feature films one day, says she sees herself as more of an editor.

“I don’t mind sitting in front of a computer for 12 hours,” she says. “There’s such a sense of pride when you see the final product.

When my editor fell through, I was like, ‘Just give me the footage and I’ll do it myself.’ It worked out for the best, because I was able to tell the story I wanted to tell.”

WHAT IS SFF@SCF? Amanda DiMase’s short film isn’t the only connection State College of Florida, Manatee-Sarasota has to the Sarasota Film Festival.

In an effort to broaden its Manatee County reach, the festival formed a partnership this year with SCF and its film program director Del Jacobs, a longtime faculty member.

In addition to hosting several screenings, (“I am a Good Person/I am a Bad Person,” “Otter 501,” “How I Became an Elephant” “Chasing Ice” and the “Your Sister’s Sister”) the campus will host a “Women In Film” panel discussion at 5:30 p.m. April 20, at the Neel Performing Arts Center.

“It’s an opportunity to get our students connected to filmmakers in our backyard,” Jacobs says. “We’ve always had a good relationship with the festival, so it’ll be nice to have it on our turf.”

Film tickets are $12 or $8 for students.

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Sarasota Film Festival selects dazzling picks With more than 200 films being shown at this year’s festival, there are many excellent flicks.

The Sarasota Film Festival is cutting edge. Last year’s attendee extraordinaire, actor Christopher Plummer, scored an Oscar for his elegant work in “Beginners,” which was SFF’s closingnight film. Catching a glimpse of the stars and filmmakers, and attending the events is always a huge rush, but, for me, it’s all about the films. This year’s lineup of more than 200 features, documentaries, shorts and kidfriendly films is downright dazzling. I was privileged to have been able to screen 10 selections, and if they’re any indication of the caliber of films scheduled for 2012, it’s going to be a colossal coup for this year’s Sarasota Film Festival.

 ‘ALPS’ Take a leap and try getting into a bizarre little gem about a group of people calling themselves “Alps,” people who stand in for deceased family members, hopefully, benefiting the bereft. One of the Alps goes rogue,

demonstrating that it’s difficult to know who you are while pretending to be someone else.

Heavy, yet also deadpan.

 ‘THE LONELIEST PLANET’ In the blink of an eye, a relationship can be altered forever.

While hiking in the exquisite Caucasus mountains of Georgia (Russia), two lovers and their guide embark upon a journey of self discovery. This slow-paced, beautiful film is mesmerizing to watch.

commentary on humanity.

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 ‘GOODBYE FIRST LOVE’ We never forget our first love.

This touching and turbulent film explores extreme highs and devastating lows of young love and loss. Fifteen-year-old Camille obsesses over being left by her boyfriend, Sullivan, a twit who’d rather travel. Four years later, Camille has finally moved on in her life. But has she really when Sullivan suddenly reappears?

In this subtle shocker, a seemingly mundane mother sacrifices her soul for the benefit of her children. Elena is married to an older wealthy man, who, after having a heart attack, informs her that the bulk of his estate will be entrusted to his daughter from a previous marriage. Her dreams of helping her impoverished family are dashed. Russia’s class distinction plays heavily in this well crafted character study rife with fantastic imagery.

 ‘OSLO, AUGUST 31st’ The film opens with a young man’s attempted suicide, which

 ‘MONSIEUR LAZHAR’ This bittersweet story of an Algerian refugee who takes over an elementary class (in Montreal) after their beloved teacher commits suicide is simply precious.

Mr. Lazhar is also a victim of a terrible personal tragedy, which he keeps to himself. Together, the children and their teacher heal in this perfectly cast, charming

mimics Virginia Woolf’s. He’s a non-recovering addict in rehab, half-heartedly trying to get it together. Sadly, he doesn’t have the strength to save himself from himself and his only lifeline is unable. Cinematically, the film is brilliantly composed, and, although melancholic, it superbly deals with a touchy subject matter.

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Are we mature enough to harness the power of nuclear energy? Not according to this frightening documentary, which maintains humans are incapable of the responsibly of splitting the atom. Firsthand accounts from cancer victims are gut-wrenching to watch. The fact that eliminating nuclear waste is next-toimpossible is mind-blowing. The most shocking revelation: The NRC (Nuclear Regulatory Commission) is basically run by lobbyists via Congress. A must-see.

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The average professional football player receives 1,000 to 1,500 hits per season.

This head trauma can result in causing ALS (aka Lou Gehrig’s disease), a fatal, debilitating, progressive brain disease. Former fullback Kevin Turner has it, and he’s asking, “Is the NFL bad for society?” At age 41, he’s bankrupt, divorced and dying.

Is it worth it? An immensely emotional exposé.

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Fact: 20% of female veterans have been sexually assaulted while serving in the military.

Fact: 80% never report the assaults.

Fact: A 2011 court ruled that rape is an “occupational hazard of military service.”

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Animated film highlights the power of friendship “Olga,” by Kai Pannen, is playing as part of Sarasota Film Festival’s Shorts 16: youthFEST Animated Shorts III at 12:15 p.m. Sunday, April 15, at Regal Hollywood 20.

The Film Festival’s Shorts 16 will include screenings of: “Bonifacio in Summertime,” by Pierre-Luc Granjon; “Cup of Tea,” by Fernanda Ribiero; “Fitting In,” by Taylor Annisette; “Floyd the Android,” by Jonathan Lyons; “Frogweather,”

by Pauline Kortmann; “Ginjas,” by Zepe and Humberto Santana; “Growing Up,” by Lucas Ridley; “Mechanical Musical Marvel,” by Chris Randall; “ Rumeurs,” by Frits Standaert; “Superdad and Pelé,” by Annette S. Helland; and “Tim & Ted,” by Fernanda Riberio.

Tickets to the screening are $12 for adults and free for children.

Connor Flaherty Seventh grade Pine View School Even the best people have the worst days. In “Olga,” a short film that is cute and full of meaning, Hilke Mayer and Kai Pannen portray a story about alienation, depression and how people who are depressed are not alone.

The film tells the story of an energetic, fun-loving pig named Olga, who normally loves to be around her friends and have fun, but every so often feels a little depressed and lonely. This depression is embodied by a gray howling in her stomach that causes Olga to act almost like a whole different pig. In the end, Olga sees her friend, Ben the dog, who notices something wrong with Olga. She tells him

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about the gray feeling, and she finds she is not alone. Ben, who has also had this gray feeling of depression, reminds Olga that everyone has those days. By the end of the film, Ben shows Olga the “cure,” which is a big hug. When Ben hugs Olga, the gray feeling turns red, and Olga turns back into her normal, fun-loving self.

The film is designed to be a children’s cartoon portraying real-world problems.

Children will love the animated characters, such as Olga the pig and Ben the dog. Although this is a good movie for children, it should be watched by older children who can read well, as the film is in German with English subtitles.

Overall, I think the eight-minute film was great for older children and adults. It portrays real-world problems like alienation and depression in a kid-friendly cartoon.

Micah Gallagher Eighth grade Sarasota School of Arts & Science The film that I watched was “Olga,” by Kai Pannen. Olga and Ben are the main characters. This short film was great! The message portrayed in this film is clear, and the illustrator did a fantastic job.

This film started with Olga out with her friends and having a great time, until this bad feeling in her stomach comes about.

When Olga wakes up the next morning, the bad feeling in her stomach is still there.

When she goes for a walk, she meets her friend Ben. Ben tells Olga about when he had that same bad feeling. While Ben and Olga were talking, Olga had noticed that the bad feeling went away.

The moral was: When you’re

down, go hang out with someone and talk about it, instead of being along and staying upset about it.

The personality fit the animals the directors chose to represent.

The best scene was when Ben helped Olga feel better by being there for her as a friend, having someone to talk to and showing how much he cared about what she had to say.

To have a friend, you have to be a friend.

The music played along to show the mood in the film. When Olga was having a good time, and when she was happy, the music was upbeat. But, when the feeling of being alone and sad came into the film, the music slowed down and had lower tones.

“Olga” was a great short film! My final opinion on the film was that it was wonderful. The illustrations were superb, and the moral behind it was something that everyone can relate to.

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“Red,” by John Logan, is a dynamically intense, thrillingly intellectual dramatization of the intersection between art and ego.

The play won six Tony Awards and numerous other critical acclamations. Logan is the author of a dozen plays, as well as numerous screenplays, including “Hugo,” “Sweeney Todd” and “Gladiator.”

A theatrically perfect biopic of famed abstract-expressionist beat generation painter, Mark Rothko, Asolo Repertory’s production, directed by Lou Jacob, is taut and riveting, a pas de deux of balance between meditation and explosive language before a backdrop of exploding color and light. Jacob’s direction elicits all the facets implicit in the written word, comedy as well as drama.

“The play centers on the tense polarities that exist between young and old, employer and employee, master and apprentice, mentor and mentee, father and son,” Jacob says.

“Rothko warns his assistant Ken, ‘Consider: I am not your rabbi, I am not your father, I am not your shrink, I am not your friend, I am not your teacher — I am your employer.’

Despite Rothko’s blunt disclaimer, he becomes all of these, and we come to understand the combustible energy that existed within Rothko’s studio.”

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It was a beautiful, breezy, sunny day at the tail-end of the Sarasota Orchestra’s season, and the last thing I wanted to do was spend it in a dark concert hall. We’d only recently heard a not very good performance of Beethoven’s Violin Concerto by a visiting orchestra, so the fact that all 42 minutes of it would take up the second half of this program certainly didn’t thrill me. Fortunately, the music and the performance made up for it all.

The conductor, Mei-Ann Chen, currently music director of the Memphis Symphony and the Chicago Sinfonietta, was teamed with James Ehnes, a violinist who resides in Bradenton but has established himself as a major international soloist. With the Sarasota Orchestra, they provided one of the most mesmerizing and cohesive performances of the Beethoven we’ve heard.

Starting with a well-planned, relaxed tempo, Chen brought out things in the orchestra that made total sense of this lengthy work. She and Ehnes seemed to have the same vision of the Beethoven and, in his cadenzas — which sounded spontaneous as well as intelligently thought out — Ehnes turned his solo instrument into a full orchestra, using the double stops with such ease and fluidity, we felt he was accompanying himself.

The program began with “Too Hot Toccata,” a fun, jazzy and accessible piece

by Aaron Jay Kernis. Bach, of course, was one of the most famous exponents of this form, which was used in the Baroque period to show off the particular performer’s acuity, while bringing out the instrument’s facility. Kernis, who is much beloved in the Midwest because he was composer-

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“Red,” by John Logan, is a theatrical biopic of the famed abstract-expressionist, Mark Rothko. pretty pictures.” Zeisler’s portrayal of the troubled painter contrives to be both overt and subtle.

J.D. Taylor, as apprentice/assistant Ken, displays a vulnerable, sensitive, initially naïve aspiring artist, who is eventually able to challenge, as well as appreciate, his mentor, who declares, finally, “This is the first time you’ve existed.”

The pair co-exists for two years in the monastic confines of a New York City studio, an inspiring set designed by James Kronzer to recreate Rothko’s actual Bowery District high-windowed garret circa 1958 to 1960.

Sound design and original music is provided by Jane Shaw. One stirring scene features a classical overture during which the two characters, with great aplomb, completely paint a large canvas in the symbolically significant color blood red.

— Paula Atwell

IF YOU GO

The Asolo Repertory Theatre’s “Red” runs through April 22, at the Historic Asolo Theater. Tickets are $40 to $55. Call 360-7399.

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Left: Violinist James Ehnes has established himself as a major international soloist.

Right: Conductor Mei-Ann Chen is the music director of the Memphis Symphony and the Chicago Sinfonietta. in-residence of the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra in the early 1990s, wrote this piece in honor of the principal players of that ensemble. And, with its ingenious riffs and agile syncopations, it showed off the individual and ensemble abilities in the Sarasota Orchestra sections. John Adams may have done it with a bit more subtlety in his “Short Ride in a Fast Machine,” but the effect was fun, and “Too Hot Toccata” was a great tribute to the abilities of the Sarasota players and their guest conductor.

Mozart’s Symphony No. 25, known as the “Little G Minor,” was another great testing ground for Sarasota and Chen.

Conducting this well-known score from memory, Chen elicited clean, clear articulation from all the sections, a spare but warm sound, lovely colors and great tonal contrasts. Best of all, she trusted these excellent musicians enough to avoid overconducting them, one of the greatest tributes a leader can pay an orchestra.

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Clean and simple — that’s the way homeowners Sharon and Donald Lerner, who moved in August from Deland to Sarasota, designed their kitchen. Envisioning art as the focal point of the room, they collected earthy elements that spoke to them — from artwork by Jamali to pieces they picked up during their travels to Miami and North Carolina.

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YOUR FAVORITES ‘TO GO’

IF YOU GO Carrabba’s 1940 Stickney Point Road 925-7407 2875 University Parkway 359-1050 Chutney’s 1944 Hillview St. 954-4444 Francesco’s 3664 Webber St. 929-7600 Il Panificio 1703 Main St. 366-5570 6630 Gateway Ave. 921-5570 Nancy’s Bar-B-Q 301 S. Pineapple Ave. 366-2271 Nellie’s Deli 15 S. Beneva Road 924-2705 SunniBunni 1916 Bay Road 554-8744 3410 Clark Road 923-0000 5202 Ocean Blvd.

349-5555 Tijuana Flats 1635 S. Tamiami Trail 330-0989 3404 Clark Road 925-0729 TooJay’s 3501 S. Tamiami Trail 362-3692 Valentino’s 4045 Clark Road 921-9600 Whole Foods 1451 First St. 955-8500 Yume Sushi 1537 Main St. 363-0604

To a New Yorker like me, moving to Sarasota presented a huge change on the “to-go” front. Dinner talk went from whatever you want to take out or order in to, “Where can I get good Chinese takeout in this town?”

The subject, of course, is ready-to-eat food, and our query went to individuals with a variety of lifestyles.

The question was, “Where do you go for ready-to-eat food for dinner?” Responses show there are plenty of options for those nights when one is home for dinner but cooking, for whatever reason, is not on the menu. Surprisingly, what’s missing includes Morton’s Gourmet Market, a personal favorite for the breadth of selection of entrées and sides. And, of course, Chinese!

I frequently order Nellie’s Deli for board meetings, so when I pick up lunch, I get a ready-made dinner like chicken and rice or meatloaf. The office knows when I’m not cooking, because they find my keys on my meal in the office refrigerator (reminder).

They also have gluten-free choices, a recent lifestyle change. I must add that my daughter and I would be lost without the help of SunniBunni’s smoothies on Bay Road — they give us energy when we get home late for dinner. They are the best and have great customer service! Her favorite is the Jackie Bunny.

Tamara Chapman, director of marketing, Boys and Girls Clubs, and her husband, Todd

It’s simple, I choose Chutney’s on Hillview.

Whether we are in the mood for vegan that day or not, something spicy, something with pizzazz or traditional, they’ve got it all. Owners Ash and Denise (Shukla) make it so easy that it is not uncommon that after a busy day I can call them and say, “Surprise us, order for me.” They always seem to know what we love, and it is always so fresh and delicious. My particular favorite is their stuffed cabbage with ground turkey, an order of hummus and a yummy fresh Greek salad. I think they may even have the best, fresh homemade soups in town.

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We like Il Panificio on Main Street and Valentino on Clark Road. Coming from New York and Connecticut, we haven’t found much that compares to that area. We would like to discover a good Chinese restaurant for takeout, but have not had much success. The pizza at IL Panificio is as close to New York and Connecticut as you can get. The chicken Francese at Valentino is great, but it is a long trip up Clark Road.

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Michael and I eat out a fair amount because we’re emptynesters, and we like variety, but when it comes to bringing something home, we’re pretty predictable. Nancy’s BBQ is our go-to comfort food supplier ... whether it’s brisket or pulled pork, we know we’ll get more than one meal out of their stick-toyour ribs entrées and delicious sides. At least once a month, we order a pizza from Francesco’s because we know it’s going to be toothsome and fresh. The hardest part is agreeing on the toppings, ‘cause Michael likes things hot!

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Best takeout meal is at Carrabba’s. I order a pan of lasagna that feeds about 12, so there are leftovers and order meatballs and extra pomodoro sauce. Don’t tell anyone though — they think I make it.

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If I’m not feeling well and can’t seem to pull it together to cook, I often will go to TooJay’s for their delicious matzo ball soup. Other favorites are: Whole Foods hot bar and salad bar or take out from Yume Sushi. Chris’ favorite place to eat anytime is Tijuana Flats!

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John Proctor, Carolyn Johnson, Laura Proctor, Rhee Generalovich, Christine Jennings and Nick Generalovich

A hush came over the crowd Tuesday, as Christine Jennings prepped the supporters of Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe for the “surprise” that was about to take over the stage at Michael's On East.

Like most hotshot celebrities, she said, this one was running fashionably late. Did he get his sequins in a bunch? Did his patent-leather dancing shoes need polishing? All of a sudden, a face peered through the hallway curtain, and Little Richard (Westcoast Black Theater Troupe Artistic Director Nate Jacobs) jumped onto the stage wearing enough glitter to light up the whole room. Arms aflailing and voice a-rising, he started belting out “Good Golly, Miss Molly.”

One notable moment of the “April Fools’” luncheon, cochaired by Carol Poteat-Buchanan and Gerri Aaron, was the crowning of Sarasota's beloved Mary Ann Robinson as “Queen for the Day.” Nate Jacobs, Tsadek Porter and Jnana Cooper serenaded her with “You Are Our Pride and Joy.”

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+ Bricks for bag ladies Susan Morin is into bags. So into bags, in fact, that at the Bag Ladies, Baubles and Bonnets Luncheon April 4, at Florida Studio Theatre, she got into one — hands, feet and all.

While shimmying herself down into a pretty blue floral patterned Vera Bradley duffle bag, Susan came across something noticeably colder and heavier than the material of the bag, and, grunting and groaning at the weight of it, pulled out a brick — the very first to be laid on the brick walkway to FST’s new Gompertz Theatre. As the ladies attending the luncheon began to up their bids on the brick, it was suggested that perhaps more than one woman could purchase a brick.

Gaele Barthold, Paula Morrissey, Carol Williams, Sheila Upshaw and Peggy Abt all purchased bricks for the walkway, with funds going directly toward the new theater.

The lively afternoon began with silent and live auctions of stunning jewelry, handbags and gats ranging in style and color, and all graciously donated by Sarasota salons, shops and patrons of FST. Following a delightful lunch prepared by Sarasota Bay Club’s Executive Chef, Mark Traugutt, was a laugh-out-loud presentation

by FST Improv.

THE COUPLE: Elizabeth Ellen Cosby, daughter of Pete and Mary Cosby, of Berlin, Md., and Ian Michael Eckert, son of Rick and Patty Eckert, of Sarasota.

BACKGROUND: Elizabeth attended McDaniel College, in Westminster, Md., and graduate from the School of Visual Arts in New York City. She is the member relations director at The Field Club. Ian attended Penn State, in State College, Pa., and graduate school at the University of Pennsylvania. He is the senior coordinator of collection and exhibition technologies at The Museum of Modern Art, in New York City, and works remotely from Sarasota.

INTERESTS: Elizabeth loves anything outdoors and in the sunshine — boating, kayaking, crabbing, bicycling, wakeboarding and carving seashells. Ian also enjoys outdoor activities, although wakeboarding has not panned out, because he dislikes anything life-threatening.

He enjoys cooking, brewing beer, making mix-tapes, reading and drawing. Painting, screen-printing and their separate Etsy shops — www. elizabethcosby.com and www. ianeckert.com — are common interests.

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Bag Ladies, Baubles and Bonnets Co-Chairwomen Nanci Rand, Susan Morin and Marie Kropp.

+ High tops + high heels = good times A new weekly social gathering inviting the entrepreneurial women of Sarasota to unwind with friends, (in their most fashionable shoes!) begins Wednesday, April 11, at Eat Here.

From 5 to 9 p.m. every Wednesday, High Heels and High Tops will be featured at the rooftop bar. Women can enjoy live entertainment, a free wine tasting, free pizza, $5 martinis, cocktails and house wine, plus a selection of $5 appetizers.

Women are also encouraged to enter the best shoe contest, for which first prize includes a $75 gift certificate to Eat Here. The second prize winner receives a $50 gift certificate from one of the area’s leading salons and boutiques.

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THE PROPOSAL: It was a perfect day at the beach, and Elizabeth and Ian had all of South Lido to themselves. They went out right after work to see the sunset, and little did she know, a diamond ring was packed in the pocket of one of the beach chairs. Ian was taking pictures of Elizabeth relaxing in her chair with the Pocketbooth app, which takes four photos like an old-time photo booth. He asked Liz if she would take a shot of him. For the first photo, he pointed to his eyes; for the second, he put his hands over his heart; for the third, he pointed at Elizabeth; and for the fourth, he got down on one knee and pulled out a ring. The best part — the couple has the moment captured forever in a filmstrip.

THE WEDDING: Saturday, June 23, at the Merry Sherwood Plantation in Berlin, Md.

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Wednesday, April 4 | The home of Piero and Rachele Rivolta

Piero Rivolta with Linda and Bill Kaska

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Starry Night Dinner Celebration

Monday, April 2 | Asolo Repertory Theatre Candy and Scott Greer

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Ana Lucic, Herb Jones and Adrienne Vittadini

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EVENTS/CAMERA READY Pique Nique Sur La Baie Benefiting: New College Foundation When: 11 a.m. Where: Crosley Mansion bayfront Chair: Amy Cogan Contact: Johnette Cappadona, 4874600 Price: $150

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Sarasota Film Festival More than 200 films will be shown at this annual film festival. Tickets prices range from $8 up to $1,000 for the Cinephile Express Pass. Call 366-6200 or visit sarasotafilmfestival.com for information.

12 THURSDAY – 15 FRIDAY Florida Winefest & Auction Events take place at various locations. Ticket prices range from $20 to $250. Visit floridawinefest.org for information.

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Cattle Barons’ Ball Hosted by: American Cancer Society Benefiting: American Cancer Society When: 6:30 p.m. Where: Michael’s On East Chair: Jim Wilson Contact: 3283760 Price: $250

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Men Who Cook Benefiting: Asolo Repertory Theatre When: 6 p.m. Where: The Longboat Key Club and Resort Chairs: Beverly Bartner, Molly Schechter and Margaret Wise Contact: Laura Wood, 351-9010, Ext. 4712 Price: $150

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Friends of the Sarasota Ballet Showcase Luncheon Hosted by: Friends of the Sarasota Ballet Benefiting: Sarasota Ballet When: 11:30 a.m. Where: Michael’s On East Chair: Richard Hurter Contact: Richard Hurter, 780-3311 Price: $35 www.sarasotaballet.org Bobby Bowden Banquet Hosted by: Gulf Coast Fellowship of Christian Athletes Benefiting: Gulf Coast Fellowship of Christian Athletes When: 6:30 p.m. Where: Polo Grill and Bar Chairs: Kevin Kaminski and Jason Golden Contact: Jason Golden or Angela Sabo, 539-6083 Price: $150

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Sunday, April 8 | Sarasota Polo Club

‘Déjà vu’ Benefiting: Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Suncoast When: 6 p.m. Where: Hyatt Regency Sarasota Contact: Sharlene Hillier, 488-4009 Price: $175 Lakewood Ranch Community Fund Gala Benefiting: Lakewood Ranch Community Fund Gala When: 7 p.m. Where: Fete Ballroom, Polo Grill Chairs: Barbara Najmy and Ron Masseo Contact: Joan McCaw, 556-5442 Price: $200 www.lwrfund.org

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2012 Children First Celebration Gala Benefiting: Children First When: 6:30 p.m. Where: Michael’s On East Contact: Angie Stringer, 953-3877, Ext. 124 Price: $200

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6th annual 65 Roses Golf Classic Benefiting: Cystic Fibrosis Foundation When: 1 p.m. Where: The Founders Club Contact: Pat Warbritton, 813374-9041 Price: $225

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Sarasota Orchestra Association Spring Luncheon Hosted by: Sarasota Orchestra Association Benefiting: Sarasota Orchestra When: 11 a.m. Where: Michael’s On East Contact: 685-0425 Price: $50 Celebration of Hope Benefiting: Cancer Support Community When: 6 p.m. Where: Michael’s On East Chairs: Dr. Larry Silverman and Molly and David Jackson Contact: Amy Paulishak, 921-5539 Price: $200

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Gems of Philanthropy Luncheon with Cara A. Harris Hosted by: Giving Matters When: 11:30 a.m. Where: Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall Chairs: Aundria Castleberry Contact: 921-5410 Price: $50 Paws on the Catwalk ‘Animal Magnetism’ Benefiting: Humane Society of Sarasota County When: 11:30 a.m.

Where: The Ritz-Carlton, Sarasota Chairs: Alex Miller and Chris Voelker Contact: Ginny Armington, 955-4131, Ext. 121 Price: $75

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