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Dhakeria Cunningham Thousands flock to annual soars in WBTT’s Siesta Fiesta. ‘Blackbird.’

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Eight options to address Sarasota’s pension crisis.

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by Nick Friedman | Community Editor

Commission to consider changes to enforcement As complaints about noise in the Village continue, residents and businesses look for more consistent enforcement.

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+ SKA enjoys shirt sales at Siesta Fiesta

Complaints of excessive noise in the Siesta Key Village aren’t a new issue, but a possible change in the enforcement of noise ordinances could be coming.

According to Sarasota Commissioner Nora Patterson, there has been an increase in the amount of noise complaints in the Village, which had previously

been peaceful for quite some time.

In a few weeks, commissioners will receive the results of a report examining the way other com-

munities handle live entertainment and permits.

Furthermore, it also will consider suggestions from Siesta Key Association board members, who want to increase the number of code enforcement officers

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Siesta Key Association members spent time manning a booth at Siesta Fiesta this weekend, where the group enjoyed a steady sale of collectible Siesta Fiesta T-shirts to benefit the Siesta Key Village Association.

This year’s T-shirts are the first to commemorate Siesta Key Beach’s No. 1 beach status, and SKA board member Peter van Roekins reported that sales were brisk both days and several sizes sold out.

+ ODA student competes at states The Out-of-Door Academy’s Matteo Romano made it to the top 10 at the statelevel competition of the 24th annual National Geographic Bee March 30, at Jacksonville University.

Matteo bested 90 other students to make it to the championship round.

+ New Balance laces up for benefit New Balance’s Sarasota and University Park stores are hoping to provide up to 5,000 pairs of “Made in America” footwear to activeduty military personnel.

Both stores will donate a pair of shoes for every $10 in-store donation and purchase made by a customer.

In partnership with New Balance Corporation, shoes will be collected and sent to the USO, which will distribute the shoes to the troops.

“We’re proud to be part of this important initiative to support our active duty members,” said Molly Jackson, co-owner of New Balance Sarasota and University Park.

New Balance Sarasota is located at 1872 Stickney Point Road. For more, call 921-3696.

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Award-winning string quintet Sybarite5 performed for the students at The Out-of-Door Academy, Wednesday, April 18. The group featured violinist Sarah Whitney, violinist Sami Merdinian, bassist Louis Levitt, cellist Laura Metcalf and violinist Angela Pickett. Levitt is originally from Sarasota and attended ODA.

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By Nick Friedman | News Editor

SKVA will be reimbursed for upkeep Sarasota County commissioners voted last week to pay $2,832.50 to the Siesta Key Village Association.

The Siesta Key Village Association will receive a nearly $3,000 reimbursement from Sarasota County for expenses it has incurred while maintaining the upkeep of the Village since August.

The Sarasota County commis-

sion approved the reimbursement at its meeting April 11, following testimony by Mark Smith, a board member of the Siesta Key Village Maintenance Corporation, the entity that has maintained the Village since the contract with JWM Manage-

ment expired in August.

Smith said the money the SKVA received from the county since then was for the exact amount of the vendor’s invoices, which left some additional expenses to be paid by SKVA. He presented paperwork detailing a

variety of expenses — including bank fees, attorney fees, State of Florida Annual Corporation Report fees, accounting fees and IRS tax preparation fees.

Commissioners voted to pay $2,832.50 to the SKVA. Furthermore, Commissioner Nora Patterson also made a motion to authorize ordinance changes that

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would allow future invoices to be submitted directly to the county and payments to be reimbursed to thirdparty vendors, which was unanimously approved by the board.

The Maintenance Corp. formed in 2008. With a vendor, JWM Management, the entity oversaw maintenance and upkeep in the Village until the contract with JWM expired.

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NOISE / FROM 1A working on the Key. “We want people to be able to have a good time,” SKA President Catherine Luckner said. “We just want them to have a good time in a predictable way, so that people can get to sleep.”

Patterson said she would be willing to consider the idea of having additional code enforcement officers periodically monitor the area, but budget restraints likely would not allow for dedicated officers, and she wouldn’t be willing to take the Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office out of the equation.

Luckner said it also is difficult to consistently enforce the noise ordinances, because several Village bars have been grandfathered in under older rules and have special exceptions. With limited resources available to monitor the noise and the added confusion of the special exceptions, SKA board members said adding officers would be an easier solution than amending the ordinance.

Norman Amort, manager of Tropical Breeze Resort, which has some units in close proximity to the Village, agreed that sound always will remain a concern in the Village.

However, he believes the issue has stabilized in recent years.

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Village, and it appears this will remain the case for the near future.

A request for proposals from a vendor to take over these duties has been anticipated since the end of the contract. However, to date, no new vendor has been finalized.

“It’s been in procurement for a while now,” said Tom Maroney, general manager of business operations in the Sarasota County Public Works Department. “I hope it happens sooner than later. The county is responsible for procuring the con-

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tract, and then, the Siesta Key Village Maintenance Corp. will take charge of contract and make sure it is followed.”

Maroney said once a vendor is hired, it would be that vendor’s decision whether to subcontract out different aspects of the work. However, Smith said that first vendor would be the primary point of contact.

“It would be nice to just have one phone number to call,” Smith said.

“It would make all of our lives easier.”

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Everybody’s got a right here. We want the restaurants and businesses to be able to thrive, but we also want the residents to be able to sleep, because they have rights, too.

Nora Patterson, Sarasota County Commissioner

“It hasn’t been much different than the last few years,” Amort said. “I haven’t had anybody call me to complain. The only things I’ve been hearing are some people making their way from the Village back to residential areas who might be a little loud or rowdy, but that’s not uncommon near spring break.”

Sarasota County Code Enforcement Officer John Lally said the Village’s especially busy season is likely a contributing factor, because more people naturally will create more noise. As far as the number of complaints, Lally hasn’t experienced more complaints than normal and reported that there have only been a few violations.

Ryan Schmidt, general manager of the Siesta Key Oyster Bar, said although deputies have responded to noise complaints at the establishment recently, the bar’s meter readings have been within the legal decibel range.

“We do everything we can to stay in compliance,” Schmidt said. “(The

Key) gets to a point where we’re at a peak. Last weekend was a peak — there was a lot going on, but we had our typical volume of music and were legally permitted for a charity event in our parking lot.”

Schmidt said the bar continues to receive complaints, but he isn’t sure what else can be done, because deputies have determined their decibel readings to be in compliance with sound ordinances, and the bar stops live music at the proper time.

“It’s the sign of a vibrant, thriving economy,” Schmidt said. “But we do everything we can to make sure we’re following the rules.”

Patterson said when the county receives the results of the report, staff will offer advice and estimated costs before commissioners make any decisions.

“Everybody’s got a right here,” Patterson said. “We want the restaurants and businesses to be able to thrive, but we also want the residents to be able to sleep, because they have rights, too.”

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GOVERNMENT WATCH

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by Rod Thomson | Editor-at-Large

City pensions: Local debt crisis

The city of Sarasota’s pension crisis has been a long time coming. City officials, however, may not have the luxury of a long time to solve it.

Nor do they have any options that will not be costly to taxpayers.

With a debt load threatening to crash down on the city’s ability to operate, Commissioner Shannon Snyder said the city would be bankrupt in eight years.

Here’s why: The city of Sarasota — in other words, “taxpayers” — has between $272 million and $402 million in unfunded retirement obligations for police, firefighters and general employees. That means for all of the retirement pensions it has promised former and current employees, the city doesn’t have and will need that much money to cover its obligations.

For context, the city’s entire general fund budget is expected to be about $58 million next year. About one in every five dollars the city spends in the general fund goes to pay for retirees. And while the retirement situation continues to worsen, the City Commission, past and present, has been slow to face this deficit and slower yet to act.

Until now.

Commissioners have spoken publicly of drastic actions that must be enacted to stem the growth of the city’s retirement expenses. Ultimately, the commissioners must decide. Under Florida’s right-towork laws, after appeals and exhausting special magistrate rulings in contract disputes, elected bodies have the authority to impose a contract on public employees, even if those employees are represented by unions. It’s just politically difficult.

Before understanding the details of the retirement-fund problems, it helps to have context about the city’s entire debt load, including the city’s non-retirement debt.

Sarasota has about $144.3 million in outstanding debt for things such as road improvements, the new police department headquarters, Ed Smith Stadium renovations, water-and-sewer projects and so on.

Those are the normal types of debts for a municipality and are not out of line. Indeed, the city’s debt-rating, is Aa2, considered strong. What’s more, there are dedicated funding sources for a large chunk — at least $40 million — of that debt, and overall that debt load is shrinking.

So the normal bond debt the city has issued is not the problem. The time bomb is in the city pension plans, which have become unaffordable.

Retirement bomb

Here’s how the city pension system works: In retirement, police officers receive 75% of the average of their highest three years of salary paid during their final 10 years of employment with the city. They also receive a 3.2% cost-of-living increase in pension payments each year. (The rate of inflation the past 20 years has averaged 2.5%.)

An independent actuary takes several assumptions based on averages, such as normal length of employment, wage increases over that time, percent that employees contribute to the retirement fund (6% right now), retirement age, life expectancy, net returns on investment and so on and determines how much money that is required to fund all of the employees during their entire retirement.

From there, the actuary walks back the total promised amount, minus the employee contributions, and determines how much money the city needs to contribute to the plan each year to make it sustainable. Lately the city has been paying 25% of the cost, but that will increase to 28% next year. So for 2012-13, nearly $12 million out of a $58 million general fund budget will go to retirees. That’s nearly 21%.

One of the reasons city taxpayers must contribute 25% to 28% of the annual funds needed for the pensions can be attributed

With up to $400 million in city pension plans unfunded, the city is heading toward a financial crisis. Taxpayers will pay. It’s just a matter of when.

The city of Sarasota’s debt

About 74% of Sarasota’ entire debt load comes from its retirement plans. The remaining 25% covers all the rest of the city’s debts.

Retirement obligations

Obligation Old method** OPEB* $129 million Firefighter pension $55 million Police pension $47 million Other pensions $40 million Total $272 million

New method** $129 million $89 million $103 million $81 million $402 million

* “Other Post Employment Benefits” ** The old method used an expected rate of return of 7.75% to 8%. The new method uses 6% to 7%.

Other debt obligations

(As of Oct. 1, 2011)

Police HQ building* Golden Gate streets TIF debt 2002 Water/Sewer bonds 2004 Water/Sewer bonds 2005 Water/Sewer bonds 2009 Capital bonds** Ed Smith Stadium bonds 2010 Water/Sewer bonds 2010 Water/Sewer bonds 2011 Water/Sewer bonds 1993 Fed revolving loan Lemon/Main improvements 2003 Revenue bonds*** 2005 Revenue bonds 2011 Glen Oaks assessment Total debt obligations

$40.5 $3.4 $2.8 $0.3 $1.8 $6.1 $19.2 $8.3 $8.9 $25.3 $21.1 $0.4 $0.6 $2.2 $2.4 $0.2 $144.3

million million million million million million million million million million million million million million million million million

* Has dedicated millage funding of .4298 mills ** Paid for Payne Park improvements, R.L. Taylor Community Complex and the Palm Avenue parking garage *** Portions of Second Street parking garage

Retirement fund return on investment The key issue in determining the city’s retirement debt is how well its retirement fund performs. This chart shows in the past 10 years that it has been far below expectations, meaning the city’s unfunded retirement debt is getting larger, exposing taxpayers to the difference.

Estimated

Return Rate Actual Rate 2002 8.50% -1.00% 2003 8.50% 5.30% 2004 8.50% 4.60% 2005 8.50% 4.90% 2006 8.50% 8.90% 2007 8.50% 13.00% 2008 8.50% 6.50% 2009 8.50% 4.30% 2010 8.50% 3.10% 2011 8.30% 1.00% 10-year average 8.48% 5.01%

Pension fund contributions The city is spending 20% of its general budget funds on annual pension contributions.

Pension fund

Police pension contributions G.E. pension contributions Fire pension contributions Total city contributions General Fund spending

City contribution

$6,737,331 2,098,693 2,865,199 $11,701,223 $58,285,000

Source: City of Sarasota

to what has become a sensitive issue: the net annual return on investment that actuaries have assigned to the pension system’s investment funds. The industry standard has been about 8% to 8.5%. That is what a conservatively invested retirement fund is expected to earn each year over time.

But the city’s actual return has averaged closer to 5% for the past 10 years. Last year, it was at 1%.

That is why some commissioners think that assuming 8% is sharply underestimating the real looming costs. They are pushing for an assumed rate of investment return of 6% to see the obligations more realistically — more responsibly, they say.

But that two-percentage-point change turns a huge hole into a chasm. Under the assumed 8% return, the city’s unfunded retirement obligations are about $272 million. But with a 6% return, the unfunded obligation rises to $402 million. That’s because the payout costs remain the same, but the fund grows slower.

The reasons for the decline in fund returns the past decade are twofold. First, the stock investments have taken a 10-year hit.

The dot-com bubble burst at the turn of the century, and then the stock market lost half of its value in the 2008 meltdown.

But the retirement fund also has a lot invested in fixed-income instruments that have a guaranteed rate of return. Those have been hurt by U.S. monetary policy.

As the economy collapsed, the Federal Re-

Read the Sarasota city commissioners’ and mayor’s comments regarding pensions / PAGE 10A

serve Bank kept interest rates low with the hope of spurring borrowing and spending.

But those low interest rates became reflected in what the city earned on its fixedincome investments.

The result is the city is required to pitch in much more to make the fund sustainable each year — 28% of the annual total.

And that has ramifications for the entire city budget and for city operations as a whole. If interest rates and the funds’ rate of return stay low, the city’s contribution will keep increasing, squeezing out more of the rest of the budget. This is not a far-out scenario. It is already happening.

It becomes so dire that one commissioner publicly has raised the issue of getting rid of the police department. While that sounds extreme, and there does not appear to be political support for such a move now, the options are stark.

Eight painful options

There are at least eight alternatives.

Seven are difficult, with varying degrees of effectiveness. The eighth is relatively easy and probably ineffective as a long-term solution.

1. Keep cutting. Personnel costs make up 80% of the city budget, and the city has already cut 24% of its employee base since the recession began. That is obvious in city departments, where one can walk down a hallway of mostly empty cubicles.

It becomes clear that the city’s pensions are part of the reason services are being cut and employees are being laid off — along with the decline in property values. As property values recover, the massive retirement obligations will be a bigger driver for

layoffs. And cutting city services and employees is an increasingly difficult political proposition.

2. Raise taxes. This is a non-starter.

There is no political support for raising taxes on a community struggling to get out of a recession with high unemployment and a crummy real estate market. It is technically an option, but one that also could exacerbate the economic challenges. Higher taxes typically slow economic growth and stunt property values, factors that would put increasing pressures on the city’s tax revenues.

3. Borrow the difference. The city could borrow a lump sum to cover the unfunded obligations for all three pensions. There are serious defects with this solution.

First, the borrowed money would still need to be invested, and that would run into some of the same issues as with the retirement fund. The city actually could lose principal on the borrowed money but still have to pay back the whole thing.

Another factor: The city probably cannot qualify for a loan even at the lowest amount.

Although the city’s debt rating ticked up to Aa2 for general obligation bonds in 2011, the city does not have the bonding capacity to borrow $300 million to $400 million.

“I know it’s not there,” said Chris Lyons, the city’s finance director.

4. Close the retirement funds. Closing the fund and putting everyone in a 401(k)-style retirement plan would mean borrowing the money for the unfunded pension liabilities, running into the same pitfalls as option three.

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The study considers all aspects of organizational performance, including patient care, efficiency and financial stability. The annual benchmark study evaluates 10 measures of hospital performance.

Sarasota Memorial, named to the list for the second time, was one of just 15 independent hospitals to make the top 100 list and one of only 12 across the nation to earn Thomson’s Everest Award, which is awarded to hospitals exhibiting top current organization-wide performance as well as the fastest longterm performance improvement.

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Each year, more than 3,000 law enforcement officers carry the torch on a 1,500-mile relay through more than 60 Florida counties.

Beginning at 9 a.m., members of the Sheriff’s Office will carry the torch north along U.S. 41 in Sarasota, beginning at Beneva Road and continuing past Stickney Point and Proctor roads. The torch will be handed off to the Sarasota Police Department at Paradise Plaza just past Bee Ridge Road.

Anyone interested in contributing to the Special Olympics should contact the local office at 412-0402.

Meetings &agendas  Sarasota County Commission Regular Meeting — 9 a.m.

Tuesday, April 24, Sarasota County Administration Center, Commission Chamber, 1660 Ringling Blvd., Sarasota  Sarasota City Commission Workshop — 2 p.m. Tuesday, April 24, City Hall, Commission Chamber, 1565 First St., Sarasota  Joint Sarasota County Commission and Manatee County Commission Meeting — 9 a.m.

Tuesday, May 1, Manatee Public Safety Center, 2101 47th Terrace E., Bradenton  Sarasota County Commission Budget Workshop — 9 a.m.

Monday, May 7, Sarasota County Administration Center, Third Floor Think Tank Room, 1660 Ringling Blvd., Sarasota  Sarasota County Commission Regular Meeting — 9 a.m.

Wednesday, May 9, Sarasota County Administration Center, Commission Chamber, 1660 Ringling Blvd., Sarasota

+ Correction In response to parking issues on North Shell Road, Sarasota County Commissioner Nora Patterson suggested that clearing brush at the end of the road may be one option to create more parking at Beach Access No. 1.

A story in the Feb. 12 issue of the Pelican Press incorrectly stated that Patterson had suggested cutting back mangrove trees.

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Sarasota district must do more with less Sarasota County School District officials expect the district’s budget to be about 55% of what it was during the 2007-08 school year.

Sarasota County School Board members were told by its staff at a workshop Tuesday that property-tax collections county-wide, which are the district’s primary funding source, are estimated to be $41.5 billion in 2012-13, a 35.6% decrease in overall dollars when compared to the $64.7 billion the county collected in 2007-08.

For the district, that drop means revenues the district can use to fund projects in 2012-13 are about half of what they were just five years ago. The district is faced with a capital revenue reduction of 55% in fiscal year 2012-13. Total district revenues most likely will fall from $165.3 million in 2007-08 to $75.4 million in 2012-13.

School Board Deputy Chief Financial Officer Al Weidner said the figures won’t be finalized until July, but the workshop pro-

vided an overview of the financial environment.

“We’re not getting as much to run the school district as we did last year,” said Superintendent Lori White.

“Our economy has been hit very hard,” Ken Marsh, director of long-range planning for the district, told school board members Tuesday. “We have higher unemployment rates than at the state and national levels, which is in contrast with the past.”

Despite the figures, staff told school board members they have learned to be creative with the dollars they have. That includes approving a $26.5 million Sarasota High School campus renovation project this summer that will be funded through a combination of anticipated savings at the Sarasota County Technical Center and the rebuild of Venice High School. The Sara-

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We received the following letter on Tax Day from the owner of a local business: Dear Editor: It comes as no coincidence that today I will be signing my tax return and thus feel compelled to write this letter to you.

As I read the total income received, I see that I am included as a target of those “take over Wall Street” protesters and the Obama administration as a “One Percenter.”

The president has been on quite a campaign lately promoting his so-called “Buffett rule” and virtually attacking the 1% of Americans who allegedly are not paying their fair share.

One problem I have is what has been glossed over by the mainstream media, and of course, the Obama administration as well. My company is a subchapter “S” corporation, which means my personal income — which is well below $1 million — is combined with the company’s net income for the year.

This past year, because of the great work of my company’s employees, we made a profit of $1.5 million. President Barack Obama would now like for me to pay the combined personal and company income at more than 30%.

It should also be noted, however, that we also face several state-tax obligations because we do business in nine other states, which would bring the total tax higher.

Another important point that cannot be forgotten is that because of federal withholding, my personal income already has been taxed at a rate greater than the 20% tax rate Obama has recently disclosed he paid. But because of my employees’ fine work ethic and success, I now must pay an additional 25% to 30% on top of what I already have paid!

I am at a loss as to how I can expect to be able to give back to my employees more benefits and bonuses, health care improvements and try to find ways to invest in growth to employ more people if the administration has its way.

I will have very little left over to handle the day-to-day fiscal obligations, including the cost of the significant governmental regulations in place.

Yes, I am a One Percenter. But please let me know Mr. Obama how this is working out for me!

Sincerely, One Percenter Dear Mr. One Percenter: But alas, as Barack Obama sees it, your concerns of having to pay more than 50% of what your labors earned (i.e., your income, your property) to “the state” are misplaced. As noted in his speech last week to the roomful of his allies, America’s daily newspaper editors, we “as a country” cannot succeed if you do well and others struggle.

As the president told the editors (see box): “Everyone” must get “a fair shot” and “everyone” must do “their (sic) fair share.”

Surely you note, however, that Mr. Obama is never specific on what he means by “fair shot” and “fair share.” He cleverly and connivingly avoids explicit definitions.

But you know full well if you read his words

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“… In the face of all these challenges, we’re going to have to answer a central question as a nation.

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“And everyone does their (sic) fair share. And everyone plays by the same rules. This is not just another run-ofthe-mill political debate. I’ve said it’s the defining issue of our time, and I believe it. That’s why I ran in 2008.

It’s what my presidency has been about. It’s why I’m running again.” …

Barack Obama April 13 speech to American Society of Newspaper Editors

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and listen, there is little ambiguity. “Fair” means “the state” will decide what is yours and what unearned benefits must be given — by the force of a gun, mind you — to others deemed deserving by him and “the state.”

In Obama’s speech to editors, he said in one breath: “I believe deeply that the free market is the greatest force for economic progress in human history.” And yet, he didn’t really mean that, because he followed that statement one sentence later by saying what he really believes: “… through government we should do together what we cannot do as well for ourselves.”

Through government. Through “the state.” Through the force of law, the force of a gun. Through central planning in Washington. Through collectivism, communism and socialism, the state will decide what is “fair” and “just” and how your private property will be conficscated and distributed to others.

THE CASTAWAY by Jorge Blanco

As you have found out, in Mr. Obama’s beliefs, you and all Americans acting in your day-to-day self-interests apparently are not morally driven or capable of taking care of those in need — in spite of the historical record to the contrary (i.e. Americans are the most charitable and generous people in the world).

To be sure, in Mr. Obama’s beliefs, you One Percenters are not paying your “fair share” — even though, as the table shows, Americans who earn $343,927 or more a year pay 37% of all federal income taxes.

Altogether, there are 1.4 million Americans in the Internal Revenue Service’s top 1% of earners. Because of your company’s earnings, you are among these. And even though you and your fellow One Percenters comprise only 0.6% of all Americans of tax-paying age, and even though all of you combined paid a whopping $318 billion in income taxes, Mr. Obama says that is not enough.

What makes more sense, Mr. Obama asked in another speech last week: To extend existing tax rates — or, as he derisively said, give another tax break to “the rich,” or raise taxes on you and “invest in” schools, teachers, more police officers and alternative energy sources?

Once again, he couched the choice in his conniving cleverness — as if there is a direct connection between your specific tax rates and the government services that pull at the heart strings of invincibly ignorant American voters. Unless we tax you more, he infers, there won’t be enough teachers, schools and cops. In his vision, government spending is untouchable and its growth should be unstoppable.

This is scary for Americans — Obama’s vision of what it required to “succeed as a country.” As you see, Mr. One Percenter, his is a vision that shows disdain for you, the efforts and fruits of your labor, your ingenuity and success.

While you believe in the self-evident truths that all Americans are created equal and endowed by their Creator with the unalienable rights of Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness, unfortunately our incumbent president does not.

We cannot let him have a second term.

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RARE IS THE FACT TO BACK WHAT HE SAYS OBAMA’S ASNE SPEECH: “They keep telling us that if we just … let businesses pollute more and treat workers and consumers with impunity, that somehow we’d all be better off. We’re told that when the wealthy become even wealthier and corporations are allowed to maximize their profits by whatever means necessary, it’s good for America …”

Who are “they”? When and where did anyone say any of that? Obama gave no citations.

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The Tyson-Trayvon solution: morals The stories of a pair of 17-year-old black men tells us that we are badly off track in dealing with racial issues.

One is Shawn Tyson, convicted three weeks ago of murdering two British tourists last year who had wandered into his Newtown neighborhood in the early morning hours.

The second is Trayvon Martin, who was killed by a Hispanic man in Sanford for apparently looking suspicious. In neither case are we sure of the motives.

ROD Both are tragedies.

THOMSON But hardly alone. In fact, they are not drops in the murder tsunami in this country, in which blacks are the primary victims and the primary perpetrators.

In Chicago on St. Patrick’s Day, 10 blacks were killed — one a 6-year-old girl sitting on her porch. But there was no outrage.

Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton did not take their traveling grievance circus to town.

It seems safe to say that if Trayvon Martin would have looked like one of my sons, President Barack Obama never would have noticed the crime, let alone insert himself into it.

The obvious lesson seems to be that interracial crime is a more grievous act than intraracial crime — even when intent and racism is not clear. But that is nonsense, the antithesis of what Martin Luther King Jr. dreamt of on the Washington Mall.

Indeed, it is more dangerous than nonsense. It is keeping race relations from improving. It is feeding the racial tensions that linger much longer than they should because there are those whose power and wealth feed off it. Jackson, Sharpton, the NAACP, etc. would need to get actual jobs if race relations settled into a calm peacefulness that would be good for everyone. So they stoke them. I hate to sound so morbid about people’s intentions, but it is hard to read it any other way.

Read Thomas Sowell, senior fellow at the Hoover Institute in Stanford, Calif., who is also black: “Playing with racial polarization is playing with fire,” Sowell wrote recently.

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“Race hustlers who hype paranoia and belligerence are doing no favor to minority youngsters. There is no way to know how many of these youngsters’ confrontations with the police or others in authority have been needlessly aggravated by the steady drumbeat of racial hype they have been bombarded with by race hustlers.”

The New Black Panthers, who offered a dead-or-alive bounty for Trayvon’s shooter and who shockingly are protected by Attorney General Eric Holder, plus the Jacksons and Sharptons, seem to want to return to Jim Crow, but just flip whose in charge. So a case of a white (sort of) killing an unarmed black is ratcheted up to a national fever, with charges that it is “open season” on whites killing blacks.

But that is 100% wrong.

The danger to black males is from other black males, according to FBI stats. Young blacks are seven times more likely to die of homicide than young whites and Hispanics. And young blacks kill at 10 times the rate of young whites and Hispanics. There are about two-and-a-half times as many white and Hispanic victims of black killers as there were black victims of white and Hispanic killers.

But the problem is not really racial anymore, or largely not. And this is where some people will flip out.

It is moral.

More than 73% of black children are born out of wedlock. The black family is on life support. The black churches are not vibrant like they used to be. The black father raising his children with the mother of all of them is an endangered species and almost nowhere to be found in the Newtowns of our country.

Yet the stats are roughly the same for poor white women, who have children out of wedlock at about 70% and whose sons commit violent crimes at much higher rates than sons born to married couples.

Want to save young black men from getting killed or becoming killers? Tell them and their girlfriends not to have sex until married and to get back in church. Education, jobs, stability, obeying laws, moving up in the world.

It’s all there waiting.

Rod Thomson can be reached at rthomson@yourobserver.com.

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The Sarasota City Commission is willing to work with G.WIZ officials on a lease extension because the vacant bayfront parcel it owns can’t be sold to a private party.

G.WIZ will stay put

The city cannot sell either its vacant bayfront parcel or the G.WIZ Science Museum property. The mere proposal caused a rift between city and museum officials.

The Sarasota City Commission will move forward with G.WIZ Science Museum lease negotiations after city staff examines the museum’s audited financials and ensures G.WIZ is in compliance with the city’s grant policy.

In the meantime, the commission will work to repair the damage museum officials say came with previous commissioner comments regarding a possible relocation of the museum.

The decision, made at Monday’s regular commission meeting, came after city officials learned G.WIZ could not be moved to another city parcel, as suggested by Commissioner Shannon Snyder. Both a city-owned parcel at 1000 Blvd. of the Arts and the neighboring G.WIZ parcel can never be sold to a private entity, according to submerged lease mandates and other requirements that are tied to both parcels.

City attorney Bob Fournier confirmed Monday the land cannot be sold.

G.WIZ Executive Director Molly Demeulenaere and museum board members told commissioners the comments made regarding G.WIZ upset museum officials and the community that supports the museum. Demeulenaere asked the city to consider a 17-year lease extension to 2037 to assuage future concerns and undo damage done by the comments.

Former Sarasota city commissioner Ken Shelin, a member of the G.WIZ advisory board, encouraged commissioners not to make such comments at future regular meetings .

“Schedule workshops and do brainstorming so comments at this table during

regular meetings aren’t misinterpreted,” Shelin said. “Move ahead with diligence for a lease renewal, so this museum can go to donors and say this is a valuable community asset that’s here to stay.”

While commissioners agreed the museum was an asset, they were not comfortable with approving a lease extension until 2037. The current lease allows the museum to stay on the property for another eight years, and Commissioner Paul Caragiulo and others agreed to review future lease extensions at the proper time once the museum’s audited financials are reviewed.

Commissioners, meanwhile, expressed frustration with how the public perceived the past discussion.

“Perhaps it wasn’t the right time to discuss this, but when is it the right time?” asked Caragiulo, reiterating the commissioners must follow Government in the Sunshine laws that prohibit them from discussing such matters outside of meetings.

Vice Mayor Terry Turner said the city was never looking to evict the museum.

“It was implied we would explore opportunities with G.WIZ if they were willing to do so,” Turner said. “As it turns out, the city can’t sell the property or adjoining property for private purposes. It’s this commission’s intention to help you thrive.”

Mayor Suzanne Atwell said it is time to drop the matter.

“We all understand what happened here and how it negatively affected the museum,” Atwell said. “We will move forward now.”

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But there also are financial pitfalls to that plan. First, in the police contract is a section stating that if the department is merged with another department, the city pension board must still administer the plan and the merger could not diminish the retirement benefits. So it is not clear how much the city could save. It is also unknown if the county and sheriff would be open to a merger.

6. Declare bankruptcy. If the city declared bankruptcy, it could nullify its contracts and restructure the retirement in an affordable way. That has the drawback of a severe public relations black eye. Further, it is not clear it accomplishes more than the City Commission already has the authority — if not the will — to accomplish by imposing a new contract.

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8. Delay further. Probably the most likely option is delay the tough decisions by gently tweaking the retirement plans at the edges and keeping an 8% assumed rate of return. The problem is that the Police Benevolent Association and the Teamsters Union are not of a mind to bend much on retirement benefits.

Sharply changing employee-retirement plans will require a majority of city commissioners voting to impose a contract with affordable provisions. It’s not clear that majority exists.

Sarasota’s mayor and commissioners discuss the pension problem.

Mayor Suzanne Atwell: “This problem developed slowly over the years as commissions enacted future benefits which did not require immediate funding. … The current commission has addressed the issue, made some changes and will probably consider further changes during our upcoming budget deliberations. One of the major concerns is the assumed rate of return on funded liabilities.”

Commissioner Paul Caraguilo: “The math is very important, but … I want to offer a benefit package that allows us to retain and recruit people. It’s not just about retirees, but about down the road. It’s all too much.

I’d be in favor of imposition of a contract as along as its not absurd. It’s about judgment, not about fear. It can’t be about fear.”

Commissioner Shannon Snyder: “We may not be able to survive through the end of decade. The issue is completely understated. We can start to turn law enforcement over to the sheriff now in an orderly fashion or in five years in a panic.”

Commissioner Terry Turner: “It is not just a pension cost crisis. It is a health care cost crisis, too. By any reasonable estimate, the current labor contract costs exceed the tax payer's ability to pay. It is, therefore, essential that the city negotiate labor contracts whose terms are fair both to the employee and to the taxpayer.”

Commissioner Willie Shaw did not return a call for comment as of press time.

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Tucked behind Lelu Coffee and Gilligan’s Island Bar & Grill on Siesta Key is a small surf and skate shop called Califlorida.

To most, the shop is one of dozens of businesses offering a slice of Siesta fun. But for owner Blake Parsons, it is the culmination of a lifelong love of surfing and skating combined with an entrepreneurial spirit that dates back to his teen years.

Growing up, Parsons spent a lot of time skateboarding and longboarding with his friends in the suburbs of Chicago.

Parsons learned to surf through trips out west visiting friends in Hawaii and California.

“I got up on the first wave,” he says. “It just came naturally.”

While many of his friends moved migrated west, Parsons found California to be too far.

Instead, he rolled to Siesta Key in 2000 and has been running his shop since 2009.

“I hated the cold,” he says. “(Florida) is the best of all worlds — the water is warmer and cleaner, and the people here are more laid-back.”

Califlorida isn’t Parsons’ first foray into the business world. When he was just 17 years old, Parsons launched a high-end cabinetry and fur-

niture company named Blake Custom Building. His time woodworking eventually led to making skateboards. Today, he makes about 45 boards a week — mostly skateboards and longboards with the occasional surfboard.

In addition to the boards, for more than a decade, Parsons also has been creating his own T-shirts, shorts, dresses, board shorts and bathing suits. He began sponsoring skateboarders and surfers through the Califlorida brand by sending up-and-coming surfers and skaters his merchandise to wear at competitions.

Some of his better-known clients include surfer Maggie Dorries and skater Justin Arroyo.

Parsons says all of the designs are his own, and his textiles are manufactured in the United States, specifically in the Carolinas and Georgia.

His products can be found in his store as well as in may other surf and skate shops throughout the world. But with this success comes hard, timeconsuming work.

“I take one day off a year — and that’s Christmas,” he says.

“I start every morning at 5 a.m. building boards for a few hours,

and then, I open up the shop and work there. When I close up the shop, I go right back at it until I pass out.”

Parsons also is the man behind the two longboard races on Siesta Key — Devil’s Run, which happens around Halloween, and Longboarda Cruisa Palooza, which takes place in the spring.

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“I don’t think about it as work,” he says. “I absolutely love it, and every day is a new day. I’ve always been a workaholic. I’ve never used an alarm in my life. I just get up and go to it.”

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

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

Noah Beck Memorial Golf Tourney: May 5, at Heritage Oaks Country Club. Tournament begins with a 1 p.m. shotgun start.

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April 20, at Potter Park in Palmer Ranch, 8301 Potter Park Drive.

Sarasota County Parks and Recreation, Palmer Ranch Parks Committee, Friends of Palmer Ranch Parks and the Sarasota YMCA present this concert with live music by Second Wind Dixieland Band. Free. Call 861-5000.

Siesta Key Chamber of Commerce Business Card Exchange — takes place from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Thursday, April 19, at Buffalo Wild Wings, 4067 Clark Road. Siesta Key Chamber of Commerce members are invited to mingle and exchange business cards.

Cost is $5 for members and $10 for nonmembers. Call 349-3800.

NewGate School Opera — takes place at 6:30 p.m. Friday, April 20, at the Glenridge Performing Arts Center, 7333 Scotland Way. Elementary students present their 12th annual opera, The Song of Hiawatha, a poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Cost is $10 for adults and $5 for students.

Call 922-4949.

 FRIDAY APRIL 20 Healthy Kids Day — takes place from 5 to 8 p.m. April 20, at the YMCA at Potter Park, 8301 Potter Park Drive. This event will promote awareness for healthy meals, exercise and behavior to local children and their parents. Free.

Call 922-9622.

SATURDAY APRIL 21 Sarasota Coastal Conservation Association Photo All-Release Challenge — takes place at 7 a.m. Saturday, April 21, at the Potter Building at the Sarasota County Fairgrounds, 3000 Ringling Blvd. The tournament features a catch-photorelease format for snook, redfish and trout, and anglers will use identical lures and flies.

The tournament raises money for the CCA’s conservation projects. Cost is $85

Israel Independence Day — takes place at 7:30 p.m. Friday, April 20, at the Congregation for Humanistic Judaism, 3023 Proctor Road.

A brief Shabbat Service celebrating Israel Independence Day will be followed by a presentation by Sarasota actress Susan Jones Mannino. Free. Call 378-8284.

Music on the Ranch — takes place at noon Friday,

per angler, and $30 for anglers 12 and younger. Must register at 6 p.m.

Friday, April 20. Call 922-3675.

Walk Through the Bible — takes place from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, April 21 at St. Wilfred Episcopal Church, 3773 Wilkinson Road. Meet characters from the Bible up-close and in person, and learn the entire Old Testament in just a few hours. Ages 13 and older. Cost is $25. Includes lunch. Call 924-7436.

SUNDAY APRIL 22 Siesta Key Farmers Market — takes place from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sunday, April 22, in the Siesta Key Village, 5124 Ocean Blvd. The Siesta Key Farmers Market offers delicious spring greens, herbs and a variety of produce. Shoppers can also find a vast assortment of local, organic products and a Taste Of The Village with area restaurants serving farm-fresh items from their menus. Free.

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Veteran’s Appreciation Fair — takes place from 10:30 a.m. to noon Saturday, April 21, at Sarasota Military Academy, 801 N. Orange Ave. Congressman Vern Buchanan hosts this fair to honor veterans and military men and women in Florida’s 13th District. Free. Call 951-6643.

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Asher Boyett, 3, reluctantly shared his Pop Craft popsicle with his mom, Kate.

Denny Knight showed Jody and Walter Wiley some bright and fun fabrics inside his booth at Siesta Fiesta.

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The outdoor fair took over Siesta Village, hosting hundreds of arts-andcraft merchants, food stands and musicians. Fiesta-goers strolled the streets browsing the art booths, chatting with vendors, and purchasing arts and crafts.

The festival also provided a chance for people to support Siesta Key mainstay stores and restaurants.

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Nancy Deeb and Rich Henry bought a seagull statue.

Fun hats were on display at Kathryn Page’s booth.

James Stanford, of 720 Glassworks, talked to Cindy Cady about a piece of his glasswork.

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10-year-old Tobi Dydra, and her brother, Cooper, 3, showed off the photos from the Steve Vaughn Panoramic Photography booth.

Chad Ruis worked on a piece of artwork during Siesta Fiesta.

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ODA community rallies for ACS Students at The Out-of-Door Academy took their fight against cancer to the field April 13, as the Upper School hosted its annual Relay for Life.

The 2012 event featured a variety of teams walking the track while raising money for the American Cancer Society.

Erin Luhrsen, 10, tried to win the fish toss game.

From left: Jenna Bloch, Katie Lang, Meg Phillips, Colette Winkler, Megan Jones, Kimmy Comito, Sarah Karp, Lisa Hoffman and Elizabeth Kar-Hauser

Katherine Berg and Sam Kimmel sold hugs and massages with Team Sam Kimmel.

Cancer survivors walked the first lap.

Gia Ciaccio walked with Jennifer and Sophie Macleod.

Right: Abby Harriman, Stephanie Muench and Chris Glaser were ready to hit the track for this year’s Relay for Life.

Solo Matelau, 13, performed the national anthem.

Kate Douglas, Sarah Nimptsch and Kendall Sompolski were proud members of Team Mouse Trap: Trapping Cancer.

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The Sarasota Open is under way, providing another year of matches from top tennis players. The Sarasota Open is the premier ATP/USTA men’s professional tennis event on the West Coast of Florida, and this year, the Open added the WTA/USTA women’s invitational tournament, which features 16 female players, including Dasha Sharapova, Maria Sharapova’s cousin.

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GABBY HALULA Gabby Halula, 18, is a senior at Sarasota High School and one of the captains of Sarasota Crew. She is a member of the undefeated Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Varsity Eight and also was selected to participate in the U.S. Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Rowing Junior Selection Camp this summer in Connecticut. Halula will be racing with her team at the District Championships April 21, in Tampa, where she hopes her team will continue its dominance.

Max Fulton Age: 14 Grade/School: Eighth grade, Sarasota Middle School Position: Third base, left field and pitcher Number: 9 What do you enjoy most about baseball?

I think hitting probably, because it is the most action-packed and the hardest challenge.

Why did you decide to start playing baseball?

Because I couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t play tackle football.

Who is your favorite baseball player?

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

Baller

How long have you been rowing?

I started in the eighth grade. I was originally on the Sarasota Scullers, but my step-dad started being a coach for Sarasota Crew, so I switched.

What is it like being a captain?

As a captain, you have to have leadership skills and be able to help with the younger rowers and teach them and mentor them and try to keep control of the team â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and keep everybody happy. I enjoy being looked up to and helping the younger rowers with an issue or if

many years. For us to go and race them made us very excited, stressed and nervous. Then, we defeated them and beat their course record on their home course.

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What was the best race for you this season?

I have two. I would have to say our race this past weekend, the Florida Sprint League Championship, and our Winter Park Dual. The Winter Park Dual was first race of the season head-tohead against a big state team. Winter Park is a very fast team and has had the state title for many,

Do you plan to row in college?

I will be rowing for the University of Washington in Seattle on a rowing scholarship. When I visited them, they were a very fun and well-rounded team.

It was really beautiful out there, and the coach was super nice and very welcoming.

What are your plans for college outside of rowing?

I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know what I am majoring in yet, but I want to go into vet sciences and maybe marine biology. I am interning right now at Cat Depot as a veterinary assistant.

What will you miss most about Sarasota Crew?

The people I have met and all the experiences we have had together. I truly have a second family.

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Sandy Hook home sells for $2.7M The following residential real-estate transactions took place between April 2 and 6.

A home in Sandy Hook tops all transactions in this week’s real estate. Kim and Olga Nielsen, of Tarzana, Calif., sold their home at 2 Sandy Hook Road to William and Georgia Weisberg, of Chagrin Falls, Ohio, for $2.7 million. Built in 2005, it has five bedrooms, five baths, three halfbaths, a pool and 6,484 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $5.9 million in 2006.

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Richard Hoefer, of Sarasota, and Katherine Boyd, of Sunbury, Ohio, sold their Unit 506 condominium at 19 Whispering Sands Drive to Patricia Verhoeven-Provost and Richard Provost, of Lakewood Ranch, for $665,000. Built in 1973, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,282 square feet of living area.

Roy Scheutzow, trustee, of Hartville, Ohio, sold the Unit 1202 condominium at 19 Whispering Sands Drive to WWS LLC for $640,000. Built in 1973, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,282 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $185,000 in 1994.

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This Roberts Point home, which has three bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 3,773 square feet of living area, sold for $854,000. dominium at 19 Whispering Sands Drive to Raffaela Pera, of Ontario, Canada, for $540,000. Built in 1973, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,282 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $320,000 in 2000.

Road to Janet Murphy, trustee, of Toronto, Canada, for $550,000. Built in 1979, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,361 square feet of living area.

It previously sold for $1 million in 2005.

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Beth and Robert Baylor, of Lawrenceburg, Ind., sold their Unit 307B condominium at 8735 Midnight Pass Road to Charles Johnson, of Sarasota, for $650,000. Built in 1980, it has two bedrooms, three baths and 1,769 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $650,000 in 2004.

Donald and Mary Mather, Sarasota, sold their home at 129 Avenida Veneccia to JAE Siesta LLC for $550,000. Built in 1973, it has four bedrooms, four baths and 2,120 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $375,000 in 2009.

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Judy Riegsecker sold her Unit 203 condominium at 5780 Midnight Pass

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MULTI-TALENTED COUPLE is available for live in MULTI-TALENTED COUPLE is available for live in position with senior, executive or professional. position with senior, executive or professional.

We can share duties (15-20 hrs each per wk) or We can dutiesdelicious (15-20 hrs per meals. wk) or work full share time. Cook andeach healthy work full time. Cook delicious and healthy meals.

10 yrs experience working for senior couple, 60 yr MULTI-TALENTED COUPLE issenior available for live in 10 yrs experience working for couple, 60for yr old single male executive with gated estate position with senior, executive or professional. old single male executive with gated estateand for sale, and Dr. & Wife.

Strong computer We share (15-20 hrs each per wk)and or sale,can and Dr. duties & Former Wife.

Strong computer business skills. corporate executives. work full time.

Cook delicious and healthy meals. business skills.

Former corporate executives.

Husband loves technology, is couple, an excellent 10 yrs experience working forand senior 60 yr Husband loves technology, and is an excellent problem-solver.

Cook, Housekeeper, Driver, old single male executive with gated estate for problem-solver.

Cook, Housekeeper, Driver, Personal Assistant, Companion, House Manager, sale, andAssistant, Dr. & Wife.

Strong House computer and Personal Companion, Manager, Handyman, Gardener.

Available executives. to travel. business skills.

Former corporate Handyman, Gardener.

Available to travel.

Husband plays tennis.

Wife has experience with Husband loves technology, and is an excellent Husband plays tennis.

Wife has experience with business writing, events, wardrobe, house problem-solver.

Cook, Housekeeper, Driver, business writing, events, organization projects. $20 wardrobe, Hr.House live Manager, in house rate.

Personal Assistant, Companion, organization projects. $20 Hr. live in rate.

941.330.5882.

Handyman, 941.330.5882. Gardener. Available to travel.

Husband plays tennis. Wife has experience with Condos/Apts.

Rent house business writing, events, For wardrobe, Condos/Apts. organization projects. $20For Hr. Rent live in rate.

SARASOTA BAYFRONT CONDO: 2BR/2BA 941.330.5882.

SARASOTA BAYFRONT CONDO: Beautifully updated 4th floor, 1,248 sq/ft.2BR/2BA including Condos For1,248 Sale Beautifully updated 4th views. floor, sq/ft. including Lanai w/Bay & Park Pool, $1,550/mo.

Lanai w/Bay & Park views. $1,550/mo.

Condos/Apts.

For Rent COZY COVE: Large 2BR/2BA atPool, Turtle Beach with Annual, including Water & Cable.

First/Last/Sec. Annual, including Cable. Comes First/Last/Sec. water andWater boat& slips. newly Call for views appt.

941-966-7042.

SARASOTA BAYFRONT CONDO: 2BR/2BA Call for appt.

941-966-7042. furnished and ready tofloor, go………$329,000.

Call Beautifully updated 4th 1,248 sq/ft. including SERENDADE PALMER RANCH: 1BR/1BA, pool, Siesta Beach Realty @ 941-993-5722.

SERENDADE PALMER RANCH: 1BR/1BA, pool, Lanai w/Bay & Park views.

Pool, $1,550/mo. exercise room, tennis court.

Non-smoking. exercise room, tennis &court.

Non-smoking.

Annual, including Water Cable.

First/Last/Sec. First, & security. pet okay. $825/mo.

PALMlastAIRE Villa: Small 3BR/2BA 2,150 sq/ft.

First,forlast & security.

Small pet okay. $825/mo.

Call appt.

941-966-7042.

941-822-3172.

Maintenance free, reserved. Quality updates, open 941-822-3172. daily, $199,900.

941-355-4345.

SERENDADE PALMER RANCH: pool, SIESTA KEY Villa: 2BR/2BA, 18001BR/1BA, sq/ft. Monthly, SIESTA KEY Villa: 2BR/2BA, 1800 sq/ft. Monthly, exercise room, court.

Non-smoking.

New kitchen, Musttennis see!! Pool & Beach access.

New kitchen, Must see!!

Pool Beach$825/mo. access.

First, last & security.

Small pet& okay.

941-586-8186.

941-586-8186.

941-822-3172.

Homes For Rent

Affordable Affordable Senior Senior Housing Housing

2 BEDROOM, 2 BATH, 2CG,1800 Partially SIESTA KEY Villa: 2BR/2BA, sq/ft.furnished, Monthly, Fenced backyard, pet ok.

Non-smoking, New kitchen, Must Small see!! Pool & Beach access.

Yearly lease, $1100/mo.

941-586-8186.

941-586-5834, 508-564-1720.

JEFFERSON CENTER JEFFERSON CENTER 930 N. Tamiami Tr., Affordable Senior Housing

3 BED 3 bath Home, 900 feet from 930 N. Tamiami Tr.,Siesta Beach Sarasota, 34236 access. $2900.00 month.FL 1st, last, and security.

Sarasota, FL 34236 Annual 941-320-6000.

JEFFERSON CENTER 941-953-9585 941-953-9585 Utilities & Cable Included Greg Nowak 941-809-6034

Rentals from $427-$588 SIESTA KEY BEACH HOME FOR RENT

PALM AIRE Help Villa: Wanted 3BR/2BA 2,150 sq/ft.

Homes ForQuality Rentupdates, open Maintenance free, reserved.

MEETING MANAGER Homes For Rent daily, $199,900.

2 BEDROOM, 2941-355-4345.

BATH, 2CG, Partially furnished, This fulltime position is an excellent opportunity 2 BEDROOM, 2 BATH, 2CG, Partially furnished, Fenced backyard, Small pet ok. of Non-smoking, for a professional with 3-5 years association Fencedlease, backyard, Small pet ok. Non-smoking, Yearly $1100/mo. meeting management experience. This is a Yearly lease, Homes $1100/mo.

Rentwill have a 941-586-5834, 508-564-1720. growth position.

Ideal For candidate 941-586-5834, 508-564-1720. strong attention detail,2CG, have Partially the ability to think 2 BEDROOM, 2 to BATH, furnished, 3 BED 3backyard, bath 900 feet Siesta Beach creatively and Home, analytically, andfrom will Non-smoking, be flexible to Fenced Small pet ok.

3 bath Home, 900 feet from Beach 3assist BEDlease, access. month.

1st, last, Siesta and security. in$2900.00 the$1100/mo. successful implementation of all Yearly access. $2900.00 month.

1st, last, and security.

Annual 941-320-6000. association programs.

Above average skills in 941-586-5834, 508-564-1720.

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55+ community.

No Pets. will be supported.

Position isNo located 55+ 14th community.

Pets.in Sarasota, 5811 St. W. Bradenton.

FL. Please5811 submit cover letter identifying why 14th St. W. Bradenton.

Sarasota LUXOR Real Estate Assoc., Inc. you believe you Real are Estate the MHP right person Sarasota Assoc., Inc. for this Greg Nowak 941-809-6034 $450/mo-1 bed/bath mobile homes. salary position along your941-809-6034 resume, including Gregwith Nowak 55+ community.

No Pets. history. Only submissions with complete 5811 14th St. W. Bradenton. information will be considered.

Please submit all SIESTA KEY BEACH HOME FOR RENT SIESTA KEY BEACH FOR Sarasota Real Estate Assoc., Inc. materials to diane@narca.org and RENT "Meeting Big 3,200+ sq ft, 4 HOME bedrooms, 4put 1/2 baths, Big 3,200+ sqw/waterfall, ft, 4 bedrooms, 4Tray 1/2ceilings, baths, Greg Nowak 941-809-6034 Manger" in the subject line.

Submissions are Fireplace, Pool Pavers.

Fireplace, Pool Pavers.

TraySeparate ceilings, encouraged as w/waterfall, soon as possible.

Granite counters in Gourmet kitchen.

Granite room. counters in Gourmet kitchen. Separate Dining 4 good size bedrooms - 17x14, SIESTA KEY BEACH HOME FOR RENT Dining room.

4 good size bedrooms - 17x14, 21x15, 15x14, 13x12.

Screened lanai.

Big 3,200+ sq ft, 4 bedrooms, 4 1/2 baths, 21x15, 15x14, 13x12.

Screened lanai.

Washer/dryer room.

2 car garage.

Tile, wood and Fireplace, Pool w/waterfall, Pavers.

Tray ceilings, Washer/dryer room.

2 car garage.inTile, and carpet flooring.

Totally renovated '06.wood Like new.

Granite counters in Gourmet kitchen.

Separate carpet flooring.

Totally renovated in '06.

Like new.

Freshly painted.

Bike walk to beach and village.

Dining 4 Bike goodwalk size - village.

17x14, Freshlytoroom. painted. tobedrooms beach and Positions Wanted Close Out-of-Door Academy.

In town Owner.

21x15, 15x14, 13x12.

Screened lanai.

Close to Out-of-Door Academy.

In town Owner. $4,000/mo.

Call Mark 203 979-4774.

Washer/dryer room.

2 car Tile, wood and $4,000/mo. Call Mark 203garage.

979-4774. carpet flooring. Totally renovated in '06. Like new.

Freshly painted. Bike walk to beach and village.

HomesAcademy.

For Sale Close to Out-of-Door In town Owner.

Homes For Sale $4,000/mo. Call Mark 203 979-4774.

Homes For Sale

MULTI-TALENTED COUPLE is available for live in position with senior, executive or professional.

We can share duties (15-20 hrs each per wk) or work full time. Cook delicious and healthy meals.

10 yrs experience working for senior couple, 60 yr $549,000 NORTH RINGLING AREA, old single male NORTH executive with gated estate for $549,000 RINGLING WEST OF THE TRAIL AREA, sale, and Dr.WEST & Wife.

Strong computer and OF THE TRAIL business skills. Former corporate executives.

Flair, www.yourobserver.com uniqueness & personality like no other Husband loves technology, and islike anno excellent Flair, uniqueness & personality other home!

National Register of Historic Homes, $549,000 NORTH RINGLING AREA, problem-solver.

Cook, Housekeeper, Driver, home!

National Register of Historic Homes, 3BR/2.5BA w/ALL the conveniences of a new WEST OF THE TRAIL Personal Assistant, House of Manager, Homes For Sale 3BR/2.5BA w/ALL Companion, the conveniences a new home +separate 1BR/1BA guest cottage.

Handyman, Gardener.

Available to travel. home +separate 1BR/1BA guest cottage.

Reduced $50K! COREY'S LANDING Flair, uniqueness & VILLA personality like no other Husband plays tennis.

Wife has experience with Reduced $50K! Prudential Elite Realty Services 3home!

BR/3BA2,480 Register sq.events, ft. Golf Course Homes, andhouse Lake National of wardrobe, Historic business writing, Prudential Elite Realty Services Lasky 941.780.8514.

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Courts Heated Community Pool -Beach homeand +separate 1BR/1BA guest cottage.

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Club. Offered Furnished @ $529,999 Reduced $50K! BarbaraPrudential Shapiro, Broker/Owner, Sarasota Style Elite Realty Services Condos/Apts.

For Rent Realty, Inc. 941-388-2135.

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SARASOTA 2BR/2BA SIESTA KEY:BAYFRONT Grand Canal:CONDO: 222 Island Circle.

Beautifully updated 4th Village, floor, 1,248 sq/ft. including Walk to public beach/ private pool, dock, Lanai w/Bay & Park views.

Pool, $1,550/mo.

4/3/2, excellent in/out. Built to code. $899,900.

Annual, including941-475-9263.

Water & Cable. First/Last/Sec. MLS#T2512069.

Call for appt. 941-966-7042.

SERENDADE PALMER RANCH: Lots/Acreage For1BR/1BA, Sale pool, exercise room, tennis court. Non-smoking.

Sarasota Grave sights First, last &Memorial security. Park: Small TWO pet okay. $825/mo. together. Valued $3,800/ea. Priced $4,000 for 941-822-3172. both. Call 941-312-6677.

SIESTA KEY Villa: 2BR/2BA, 1800 sq/ft. Monthly, New kitchen, Must see!! Pool & Beach access.

Open House 941-586-8186.

16TH FAIRWAY MISTY CREEK COUNTRY CLUB. MISTYHome CREEK COUNTRY CLUB. 16TH FAIRWAY 11 Room Executive 4BR/3BA, Brazilian 11 Room Executive Home &4BR/3BA, Brazilian cherry cabinets kitchen baths. Stainless cherry cabinets & baths.

Stainless appliances, granite kitchen countertops, customer interior appliances, granite countertops, customer interior decorating, cherry hardwood floors.

Heated pool MISTY CREEKfloors.

COUNTRY CLUB. 16TH FAIRWAY decorating, cherry hardwood Heated pool & spa.

Huge lanai, 3 car garage. $629,000.

11 Room Executive Home 4BR/3BA, Brazilian & spa. Huge lanai, 3 car garage. $629,000.

941-780-2993. cherry cabinets kitchen & baths.

930 N. Tamiami Tr., Stainless 941-780-2993. appliances, granite countertops, customer interior Sarasota, FL 34236 decorating, cherry hardwood floors. Heated pool & spa. Huge lanai, 3 car garage. $629,000.

941-780-2993.

Affordable Senior Housing

Utilities Included Big 3,200+ sq ft, &4 Cable bedrooms, 4 1/2 baths, Fireplace, Pool w/waterfall, Pavers. Tray ceilings, Granite counters in Gourmet kitchen. Separate Dining room. 4 good size bedrooms - 17x14, 21x15, 15x14, 13x12. Screened lanai.

Washer/dryer room. 2 car garage. Tile, wood and carpet flooring. Totally renovated in '06. Like new.

Freshly painted. Bike walk to beach and village.

Close to Out-of-Door Academy. In town Owner. $4,000/mo. Call Mark 203 979-4774.

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

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930 N. Tamiami Tr., 800-955-8771 TDD/TTY LUXORFL MHP 800-955-8771 TDD/TTY Sarasota, 34236 $450/mo-1Rentals bed/bath mobile fromhomes.

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Condos For Sale Condos For Sale

COZY COVE: Large 2BR/2BA at Turtle Beach with COZY COVE: at Turtle Beach with water views Large and 2BR/2BA boat slips.

Comes newly water views slips. Comes newly furnished and and readyboat to go………$329,000.

Call furnished and ready@to941-993-5722. go………$329,000.

Call Siesta Beach Realty Condos For Sale Siesta Beach Realty @ 941-993-5722.

COZY COVE: Large 2BR/2BA at Turtle Beach with PALM SARASOTA AIRE Villa: 3BR/2BA 2,150 sq/ft.

THE OBSERVER/PE water and boat slips. Comes PALM views AIREfree, Villa: 3BR/2BA 2,150 newly sq/ft.

Maintenance reserved.

Quality updates, open furnished andfree, ready to go………$329,000.

Call Maintenance reserved.

Quality updates, open Thursday, April 19, 2012 daily, $199,900.

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Furnished @ $529,999Pool -Beach COREY'S LANDING VILLA Club. Offered Furnished @ $529,999 Barbara Shapiro, Broker/Owner, Sarasota 3 BR/3BA2,480 sq. ft. Golf Course and Style Lake Barbara Shapiro, Broker/Owner, Sarasota Style Realty, Inc. 941-388-2135.

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Courts and SIESTA KEY:Heated Grand Community Canal: 222 Pool Island-Beach Circle.

Club.toOffered @ $529,999 SIESTA KEY: Furnished Grand Village, Canal: 222 Island Walk public beach/ private pool, Circle. dock, Condos For Sale Barbara Shapiro, Broker/Owner, Sarasota Style Walk toexcellent public beach/ Village, pool, dock, 4/3/2, in/out.

Built toprivate code. $899,900.

COZY Large 2BR/2BA at Turtle with Realty,COVE: Inc. 941-388-2135.

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SIESTA KEY: Grand toCanal: 222 Island Circle. furnished and ready go………$329,000.

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Sarasota Memorial Park: TWO Grave sights MLS#T2512069.

941-475-9263.

PALM AIRE Villa: 3BR/2BA 2,150 sights sq/ft.

Sarasota Memorial Park: TWO Grave together.

Valued $3,800/ea.

Priced $4,000 for Maintenance free, reserved.

Quality updates, together. $3,800/ea.

Priced $4,000open for both.

CallValued 941-312-6677. daily, 941-355-4345.

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Sarasota Memorial TWO Grave sights OpenPark: House Open House together. Valued $3,800/ea.

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16TH FAIRWAY MISTY CREEK COUNTRY CLUB. 11 Room Executive Home 4BR/3BA, Brazilian cherry cabinets kitchen & baths. Stainless appliances, granite countertops, customer interior decorating, cherry hardwood floors. Heated pool & spa. Huge lanai, 3 car garage. $629,000.

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“Performing has always been my favorite outlet,” says Dhakeria Cunningham. “Whenever I couldn’t articulate how I felt about something, I would dance it out.”

Belle de jour

Actress Dhakeria Cunningham gets ready to shake up Sarasota in her biggest and most spirited role yet — Josephine Baker in the Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe’s ‘Blackbird.’

Dhakeria Cunningham is happy being a big fish in a little pond — for now.

At 25, she’s got a lot going for her in Sarasota.

There’s her engagement to college sweetheart Will Little, a graduate of the FSU/Asolo Conservatory for Ac-

tor Training, with whom Cunningham recently starred in the Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe’s production of “A Raisin in the Sun.” There’s her daughter, Zhaniya, a precocious 1-year-old who already exhibits her father’s dramatic flair

and her mother’s rhythm. There’s her starring role in this month’s WBTT play, “Blackbird: The Josephine Baker Story,” a rags-to-riches, flapper-era tale of jazz sensation Josephine Baker, with whom Cunningham has identified for years.

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And, then, there’s her 45-minute onewoman show, “Naked,” a poignant piece of performance art that grew out of a series of poems she penned about motherhood, love, heartbreak and everything in between.

A tale of self-discovery mixed with dance and spoken word, the one-woman play is the first theatrical production to come out of Little Big League LLC, the entertainment company Cunningham and Little conceived their freshman year at Howard University.

It premiered last fall at Home Resource and spawned a book of poetry and most recently a documentary, which the couple filmed this winter using money raised on Kickstarter.com, an online fundraising tool.

“The documentary focuses on the ‘Naked’ experience,” Cunningham says. “It’s about two young African-American entrepreneurs doing what they love to uplift and inspire people.”

In just two weeks on Kickstarter, the project raised $3,000, cementing the couple’s decision to remain in Sarasota, where they’ve received an outpouring of support from the community’s performing-arts industry.

“The next step is to get a home,” says Cunningham, a South Carolina native.

When she moved in 2008 to Sarasota, it was to support Little during his three years at the FSU/Asolo Conservatory.

She never expected to stay.

She got a job selling clothes at the mall, took esthetician classes at Florida College of Natural Health and watched Little on stage at the Asolo Rep. Not one to lay low at the beach, Cunningham says she was eager to “make a break” in Sarasota’s arts scene.

She got it when she gave birth to the couple’s daughter during Little’s final year.

“I remember Will saying to me, ‘OK. You followed me here. You had our baby.

Now it’s time to do your thing,’” Cunningham says. “I was like, ‘I don’t know what

The actress is aware of the comparisons.

As a theater student at Howard University in Washington, D.C., Cunningham had a habit of walking around campus dressed like an ingénue from the Harlem Renaissance: gaucho pants, pin curls, drop-waist dresses, devil-may-care attitude.

Other than having to take a crash course in speaking French, the actress is ripe for the role. All her life she’s been told she’s got a Josephine Baker air about her, a certain je ne sais quoi.

“I do feel a lot of pressure,” Cunningham says of the role. “This is my biggest show yet. People are expecting a lot from me. Most people only know the 1920sversion Josephine, the naked dancing girl in Paris. Not a lot of people know her frugal beginnings, which is where I come in. I have to tell her story as authentic and honest as possible.”

The stakes are also high for WBTT. The show’s Tony-nominated playwright, Sherman Yellen (“The Rothschilds”), will be in the audience on opening night, in addition to some of the show’s original Chicago producers.

According to the troupe’s website, all but three shows in the production’s fourweek run have sold out.

If Cunningham is nervous, it doesn’t show. Apparently, she and Baker also have this in common: fearlessness.

“Josephine Baker is one of my dream roles,” Cunningham says. “She used her talents to make a change. She would perform for crowds of soldiers during World War II, and she wouldn’t step off the stage till the crowd looked like salt and pepper.

That’s what she used to call it when the black and white soldiers mixed. She said they looked like salt and pepper. I love that analogy.”

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“Blackbird: The Story of Josephine Baker” runs now through May 13, at the Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe.

For tickets, call 366-1505 or visit wbttroupe.org.

I’m going to do! Look at me. I’m a fat little mama!’”

Not anymore.

Coming clean with her insecurities in a solo show proved cathartic for the actress.

“At first, I called the show ‘Nude,’” says Cunningham, who also performs with Fuzión Dance Artists. “But people told me ‘Naked’ made more sense. They’re right. I’m out there baring my soul, revealing myself. ‘Nude’ is limiting. ‘Naked’ is more open to interpretation.”

Interpretation is Cunningham’s strong suit. It’s what she’s been doing for months in preparation for her role in “Blackbird.”

Dressed in wide-legged jeans and a loose top, it’s easy to see why the actress was cast as Baker, who during her long and storied career as a performer in Paris, served as a muse for Ernest Hemingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Christian Dior and Picasso.

Small, animated and athletic, Cunningham not only looks like the loose-limbed dancer, she moves like her, too.

At a luncheon last month benefiting the Women’s Resource Center, Cunningham’s rendition of Baker’s signature “Banana Dance” loosened up a crowd of society doyennes gathered at the Ritz-Carlton, Sarasota.

The reaction was exactly what longtime WBTT board member Eva Slane had hoped for when she first started pushing the troupe to perform the play eight years ago.

“I try not to interfere with casting,” says Slane, who had seen Cunningham perform her one-woman show last year at Home Resource. “I was rooting for Dhakeria.”

Watch Dhakeria Cunningham’s promo video for “Naked.”

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Josephine Baker was a spy for the French resistance during World War II. Nazi guards were so taken with the charming song-and-dance star that they never gave her trouble when she slipped past enemy lines smuggling secrets written in invisible ink on her sheet music. For this service, Baker was awarded the French Legion of Honor.

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+ YouthArts Fest puts creativity on display If you’ve got antsy kids and nothing going on Saturday, I suggest you head to downtown Sarasota for the Arts and Cultural Alliance’s YouthArts Fest.

I’m taking my kid and he’s not even old enough to stand up and dance, much less appreciate the bounty of performances and hands-on arts and crafts activities planned for the day.

Better yet: It’s free and held in the heart of downtown Sarasota; and last year I enjoyed the best cherry snow cone of my life somewhere near the face-painting booth.

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+ McCurdy preps for ‘Today’ show close-up Although it seems Gid Pool isn’t sweating his interview this week with Jane Pauley (see Pool’s Backstage Pass feature on page 5), Les McCurdy is certainly getting anxious about one thing: housekeeping.

If your business were about to be broadcast to millions of “Today” show viewers, you’d pick up a feather duster and rearrange décor, too.

During my interview with Pool last Tuesday, McCurdy was shuffling Courtesy around his dark comedy Jane Pauley club, leading a small group of staffers through various changes, including the removal of old artwork hanging on either side of the stage.

I see nothing wrong with a little rearranging, so long as McCurdy doesn’t touch his collection of autographed headshots. Every time I walk into the club I’m blown away by how many famous comedian friends McCurdy has.

Anyhow, with Pool at the mic stand no one should even notice what’s on the walls.

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More than 20 local arts organizations are participating in the third annual arts showcase, which runs from 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. April 21, in Five Points Park.

The festivities kick off at the Sarasota Farmers Market with the Sarasota High School Drum Line. Also on the lineup: performances by Pine View School Jazz Band, Booker Middle and High School VPA, Florida Studio Theatre, Sailor Circus, West Coast Civic Ballet, Southside Elementary School Hula Dancers and The Players Kids.

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from North Port, Pool came through McCurdy’s Humor Institute program six years ago and since then has found himself the focus of a Wall Street Journal story and now a “Today” show segment.

On April 20, a film crew will take over the North Sarasota comedy club for an AARPsponsored spot called “Your Life Calling TODAY with Jane Pauley.”

The interview will air May 8, just in time to generate buzz for Pool’s stand-up gigs May 11 to May 13 and May 16 and May 17, at McCurdy’s.

Put your jazz hands together for “Ritmo Caliente: Hot Rhythm and Dance from Another Land,” the latest collaboration to come out of the genius pairing of Jazz Juvenocracy and Fuzión Dance Artists.

The last time the Jazz Juvies collaborated with Fuzión it was for last year’s The Miles Project Jazz Juvenocracy at The Players Theatre.

Choreographed by Good news, JJ groupFuzión founder Leymis ies and Fuzión fanatics: Bolaños Wilmott, the The dream team is back show, which features with a program conguitarist Rico Peterson sisting of Afro-Cuban, Latin, African and Gypsy and percussionist Gumbi Ortiz, is already under Manouche music and way at the Glenridge dance.

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The Sarasota Ballet School took center stage at last year’s YouthArts Fest.

For more information, call 365-5118 or visit sarasotaarts.org.

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You can catch what’s left of this sizzling project at 8 p.m. April 27 and April 28, at GPAC. For tickets, call 5525325 or visit gpactix. com.

Heffner & Hefner: Sarasota jazz crooner Katt Hefner and her organplaying brother, Stan “The Man” Heffner, have been performing around Sarasota and their native Pittsburgh, for years as the duo Heffner & Hefner.

Last year, the brothersister act even recorded an album, “Over & Under Blues.” This week they join saxophonist Butch Thomas and drummer Joe Renda in concert at 6 p.m. Thursday, April 19, at Prana Restaurant & Lounge, 1118 N. Washington Blvd. Tickets are $10. For reservations, call 343-2614.

‘So You Think You Can Compose’: Pine View grad Louis Levitt and his ensemble of hipster, Led Zeppelin-strumming musicians –– New York City-based string quintet Sybarite5 –– is back in Sarasota this week for a music residency.

“So You Think You Can Compose,” a program featuring the premiere of works by New College students, begins at 8 p.m. April 19, at Mildred Sainer Pavilion at New College. “Mozart Meets Radiohead,” a chamber rock project with Key Chorale, is scheduled for 4 and 7:30 p.m. April 22, at the Unitarian Universalist Church, 3975 Fruitville Road. For tickets, visit sybarite5.org.

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Student filmmakers premiere their works

Collin Mahar and Rebecca Giles

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by more than 5,000 students. Prior to the Sunday screenings, the producers of the winning films got to walk the red carpet. The film genres ranged from horror to comedy and covered topics from antibullying to graduation.

It was the first sold-out youthFEST showcase in four years.

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Comedic timing Gid Pool loves to use wild metaphors to get people to pay attention to his stories.

He’s done it innately for years, well before he stepped out of retirement and on stage at McCurdy’s Comedy Theatre and well before his stand-up comedy act grabbed national headlines.

“You know the duck pond at the county fair?” Pool asks. “I feel like one of those ducks. Like somebody reached into the pile and pulled me up.”

Twenty minutes later, there’s this metaphor: “You know when you’re a kid and you find out there’s no Santa Clause, but your parents don’t know you know yet? I feel like the kid searching his house up and down for the new bicycle he already knows he’s getting.”

Duck ponds. Bicycles. Santa Claus. County fairs.

No wonder Jane Pauley came to Sarasota this week to interview him.

A retired real-estate agent from North Port, Pool is enjoying quite the media hot streak these days, thanks to his second act as a stand-up comedian.

First, there was the lengthy feature published two years ago in The Wall Street Journal. Now, the “Today” show is set to feature Pool next month in the AARPsponsored slot, “Your Life Calling TODAY with Jane Pauley.”

Most stand-up comics wait decades for this kind of recognition.

Pool broke into the business at

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Retiree Gid Pool never expected to find his true calling at McCurdy’s Comedy Theatre, nor did he expect The Wall Street Journal or the ‘Today’ show to laugh at his jokes.

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“I feel like I just stood up on a surfboard and caught a wave,” Gid Pool says of his recent ascent to comedy stardom. “I’m enjoying the ride, that’s for sure.” age 61 and in just six years went from booking small gigs in dive bars to headlining private parties, fundraisers and conferences, including this year’s AARP National Convention in New Orleans.

He also teaches comedy classes for Celebrity Cruises, a standing engagement that allows him and his wife, a retired guidance counselor, to travel to exotic locales for free.

“I’ve been to Cozumel (Mexico) so many times, the taxi drivers are

like, ‘Hey Gid. What’s up?’” Pool says.

His meteoric rise is partly attributed to his age. Pool is a baby boomer comic playing to baby boomer crowds. His jokes are good, but his timing is impeccable.

Six years ago, when he signed up for comedy classes at McCurdy’s, he never thought the experience would lead to anything other than a sharper wit.

In fact, the only reason he

signed up for the six-week course was because his wife’s boss, the principal at North Port High School, had graduated from the program and invited Pool to watch his final routine.

Frustrated with the tanking real-estate market and looking for something to do, Pool signed up for the program.

He had no idea he’d become the poster child for second acts.

“At the end of the class I stood up on stage thinking I was as fun-

ny as Bill Cosby,” Pool says. “And then I saw the DVD.” He’s devoted a lot of time to honing his act since then.

A Kentucky native and Vietnam War veteran, Pool delivers his lines with the seasoned cynicism of a clever curmudgeon — a character he says he didn’t need to invent because it’s who he is.

In a Southern accent that always seems to walk a fine line between sweet and sarcastic, Pool’s material runs the typical comedy gamut: kids, wives, ex-wives, mother-in-laws, dogs, erectile dysfunction …

What isn’t typical is how much laughter his jokes generate. According to Pool, it’s a lot. He’s got the figures to prove it.

He records all his shows and then downloads them into a computer program that breaks down the length and frequency of each laugh track.

At last count, his 35-minute set produced 18 to 20 seconds of laughter per minute.

“Some people argue that these numbers aren’t relevant,” Pool says. “But the bottom line is you go to a comedy club to laugh. You buy a ticket to sit in a room and forget about life for a while.”

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Jack Canfora’s third play is a thought-provoking, witty and pertinent comedic drama that focuses on the emotional repercussions of 9/11 as represented by two of the event’s survivors. The comedic drama takes place in 2005 and is characterized by extremely deft dialogue, snappy repartee and a joke-laced sense of sad irony, as the characters reflect their disparate stages of getting on with their lives in the wake of great tragedy.

Under Associate Director Kate Alexander’s direction, the production is taut, emotionally involving and frequently punctuated by laughter. Some of the more blatant examples of jokes include, “It’s an oxymoron — like jumbo shrimp or Fox News,” and “Access Hollywood is the moral equivalent of sodomizing kittens.”

The story begins with its main character, Beth (Eleanor Handley), in a therapy session with her psychiatrist, Dr. Kim, ostensibly a 47-year-old Korean-American woman, but represented on stage and in Beth’s mind as her dead husband, Alec, who was killed

La Musica, the international chamber music festival that adorns Sarasota’s rich culture scene every spring, has taken residence in the Opera House. This year’s program runs the gamut from deeply satisfying to so-so.

The organization’s third program, held last Thursday evening, was musically and emotionally thrilling.

For reasons I do not understand, Sarasota chamber organizations have expressed fear of including vocal chamber music in their programs. The few times vocal works with string quartets or wind ensembles have made their way, with great trepidation, into programs, they’ve not been successful because the singer wasn’t up to snuff. That was not the case last Thursday when Dina Kuznetsova, a soprano with a stunningly beautiful voice and excellent musicianship, offered “Songs from the Diaspora,” by Roberto Sierra, with violinists Federico Agostini and Nokuthula Ngwenyana, violist Bruno Giuranna, cellist Eric Kim and pianist Derek Han, performing on his own Hamburg Steinway.

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Beth, who is half Irish Catholic and who’s father was born in Palestine, is dating Ethan (Michael Satow), but is unable to consummate the relationship due to her continued feeling of guilt over the sudden loss of her marriage.

The bulk of the action takes place at a Thanksgiving dinner in the New York suburb of Jericho, a real town as well as a biblical reference. Jericho is the home of Ethan’s Jewish mother, Rachel, played by Diane Ciesla, who effectively navigates the stereotype.

Other dinner guests include Josh, (Mark Light-Orr) Ethan’s brother, and Josh’s wife, Jessica (Rachel Moulton). Josh was in one of the towers on 9/11, but managed to escape.

He is wracked by guilt from the experience, which has caused him to become disenchanted with ordinary pleasures in life, as if he still can taste the ashes in his mouth. A confrontation occurs when Josh announces his intention to move to Israel, and we witness some fine ensemble acting.

— Paula Atwell their rich culture in 1492 from Spain. But, in reality, these are extremely vibrant settings of folk tales about the sea, the travels of royal families, evil mothers-in-law, crying children and beautiful young girls. Sierra, who was born in 1953, has put a 21st-century spin on the colors Joseph Canteloube used to paint in his gorgeous “Songs of the Auvergne,” and Kuznetsova poured her exquisite voice into the text making these richly embroidered songs come to life. She negotiated the Sephardic (Jewish, Spanish and Islamic) melismatic passages with dexterity.

There is something thrilling about the human voice when it’s combined with a small group of instruments that makes it a string and wind instrument with words floating on top. We can only hope that other chamber groups will follow La Musica’s lead and include the variety the vocal instrument can offer.

The program opened with a technically and emotionally satisfying reading by Agostini, Giuranna and the brilliant cellist Julia Albers of Beethoven’s G major String Trio. It concluded with Brahms’ emotionally packed early sextet (also in G) with violinists Agostini and Eri Noda, violists Giuranna and Ngwenyama, and cellists Albers and Kim playing this seemingly transcendent music like gods.

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by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, is one of his all-time classic ballets, which he originally choreographed for the School of American Ballet in 1934. Balanchine’s choreography is simple; it uses basic ballet movements and steps usually practiced in the classroom, which highlight the beauty of the dancers themselves.

The ballet begins with 17 ballerinas set on stage, their arms outstretched to the right, their hands flexed upward. As soon as Sara Sardelli joins the cast of women, they all slowly raise their arms over their heads and rest them across their foreheads. Then, with the music, their arms slowly circle down to preparatory position before they all swiftly move their feet to first position. The simplicity of the movements is stunning.

Leading the corps de ballet as part of the Waltz Couple, Sardelli showed depth to her dancing and stage presence. She seemed to dance bigger and with more raw emotion. Ever the present partner, Ricardo Graziano made Sardelli seem as though she were floating on air while waltzing with her as she performed pas de bourrée couru.

The entire corps de ballet danced with grace and agility and stunned the audience with sequences such as a piqué turn manèges, a canon-like sequence in which three girls pose in a vignette with one standing, one lunging behind and the other kneeling in front, before peeling off into a diagonal of piqué arabesques with their arms swimming back and forth.

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In the final elegy movement, Octavio Martin stunned the audience as he performed a tour de promenade of Danielle Brown, who remained strong and still in an arabesque en pointe by turning her only with one leg, while Sardelli hovered underneath. It was simply breathtaking.

The second piece of the production was resident choreographer Walsh’s “Bello,” which was set to five arias by George Frederick Handel. “Bello” is just another testament to Walsh’s supreme musicality. He has knack for creating choreography inspired by the different tones in the music and, thus, relaying those tones to movements. This musicality was further enhanced by the beautiful live music performed by a string quintet and countertenor Gerrod Pagenkopf.

The entire cast of “Bello” performed undulating movements of the body with infinite interpretive hand gestures with extraordinary skill. Standouts of the piece included Emily Dixon, who held her own during a difficult pas de deux with Martin that included big lifts. Juan Gil also was a standout in the third movement duet with Brown and Simon Mummé and Ryoko Sadoshima, who stunned in a sultry pas de deux that included an interesting lift during which Mummé suspended Sadoshima in the air by her shoulders with his feet.

Of course, Tharp’s “Nine Sinatra Songs,” set to the songs of “Ol’ Blue Eyes,” was the audience favorite of the evening. Seven pas de deux inspired by classic ballroom dancing comprise the ballet, along with an interlude and finale when all seven couples dance together to Sinatra’s “My Way.” Tharp’s choreography draws on the most important parts of ballroom technique from waltz, foxtrot, tango and cha-cha, but intertwines them with classic ballet technique.

Sara Scherer and Alvaro Madrigal were sublime in “Strangers in the Night” with sharp, staccato tango steps and partnered fan kicks.

Rita Duclos and Graziano were fabulous as the drunken, stumbling couple in “One For My Baby (and One More For The Road).” But, the usually expressive dancers held back a little too much in their piece.

Sardelli and Logan Learned were, as always, adorable in “Something Stupid.”

However, Learned is just too darned good to portray a novice dancer. Kristianne Kleine and Ricardo Rhodes were full of languid, long lines and extensions in “All the Way,” while Brown and Ricki Bertoni bickered back and forth with their dancing in “That’s Life” before shocking the audience in a surprise dive lift.

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Serves: 2; Start to finish: 30 to 40 minutes For music to listen to while making one of Dirk and Jennifer Meyer’s favorite weeknight dishes, listen to Frank Sinatra’s 1958 album, “Come Fly With Me,” featuring songs from “The Isle of Capri” to “April in Paris” and “It’s Nice to Go Trav’ling.”

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Dirk, who most likely has classical music thrumming through his head 24/7, likes background sound.

“Frank makes for a great soundtrack, as well as Amy Winehouse,” he says. “I like to have background noise to keep me company because I’m often left alone in the kitchen. Even background TV will do.”

Although Dirk is German and cooks quite a few dishes from his homeland— such as schnitzel and spaetzle — the couple loves all kinds of food. In fact, one of Dirk’s favorite local restaurants is Gateway to India. And their favorite way to celebrate after one of Dirk’s performances is to have a party.

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But they also do a lot of traveling — for food.

“We took a trip to New Orleans last February, basically to eat and relax,” says Jennifer. “We fell in love with John Besh’s restaurant, August. This past New Year’s Eve, we were in Amsterdam and had an amazing dinner at Roots — that was an experience. Everything is locally produced or sourced in the Netherlands. It was so fresh and delicious and the ambience was modern yet very romantic. It was perfect.”

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“Dirk is the real cook in the house,” Jennifer admits. “It’s not that I don’t know how to cook, but more that I don’t really enjoy it. It stresses me out. Dirk loves to do it, and he’s pretty darn good at it.”

The newlyweds both love food, and they do a lot of entertaining that involves both of their passions — food and music.

“It’s so much fun to plan a menu,” says Jennifer, “and I love to make fancy cocktails to greet our guests. Because most of our friends are musicians or work in the performing arts, we tend to eat late and stay up late.”

Like many others who are intimately involved with music, neither likes much music during dinner parties.

“It can’t be too loud, but we do enjoy having a little Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin or Ella Fitzgerald,” Dirk says.

Jennifer agrees but adds, “You have to be careful in your selections because it can affect the mood. I like more current music such as The Shins or Beirut, two of our favorite indie groups, but I have to have the clicker handy just in case a downer comes on.”

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What goes together almost as well as wine, women and shoes? Wine, women and hats!

A receiving line of gorgeously dressed women, including Ashley Grant, Jennifer Fox, Chairwoman Aimee Cogan — who donned a stunning gold-and-pink fascinator — Kelly Gettel and Sally Schule greeted each guest as they passed through the entrance to the 29th annual Piquenique sur la Baie Wednesday, April 11, at the New College bayfront.

Schule, who put together the Saks Fifth Avenue fashion show, which included a fabulous selection of sparkling evening gowns, may have opted out of the hat requirement, but she was such a sight standing on the runway in a striking deep purple dress that no one could really blame her.

This year’s hat contest winners were Kelly Gettel, Inna Snyder, Jacqueline Morton and Lauren Walsh.

In the past 29 years, the event, which benefits the New College Library Association, has raised more than $1.5 million.

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+ A feast of fun That’s the only way to describe Asolo Rep’s second “Men Who Cook” event, held Sunday, April 15, at the Longboat Key Club. Event planners take note: Engage your guests to enliven your event. Jeff Molly Schechter Sedacca, an event Jerry Feinstein participant, was at least 30 pounds lighter than he was in the headshot used for the party. His wife, Nikki, adorned their table with aprons outfitted with a custom logo and coordinated cheerleader pompoms, his mom, Marge, was there to lead the hooting and hollering. Aimee Cogan went all-out for her hubby, Chris, providing camo shirts for all, Nerf guns for the gents and fancy water pistols for the ladies, all on-message with his dish — military mess hall chili. The parade of chefs was a hoot: Jerry Feinstein marched in with two carrots (borrowed from the Key Club kitchen) held high. Asolo Producing Artistic Director Michael Donald Edwards was the first to “sell out” his dish.

He admitted to using a “ghost chef”; Morton’s Market prepared the American Character Salmon named in honor of the 2012-2013 season. Fleming’s Steakhouse Managing Partner Dean DeFebo really did cook his yummy chicken Marsala and even did his own prep.

There were three restaurateurs in the mix: DeFebo, Andrew Mayer of Roy’s and Steve Seidensticker of Libby’s. Not only did they cook, they donated items for the mini live auction. The moment that takes the cake comes from the auction (mostly home-made). Newlywed Yara Shoemaker says it took her three hours to create her gorgeous, oversized chocolate cake, but that it was worth it. Bob Bartner won it with a bid of $1,000.

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Three generations of Friedman ladies and a soon-toarrive fourth: Ariel Edson, Bea Friedman and Ilene Friedman

There were three generations of Friedman women and the imminent possibility of a fourth among the 92 guests at the Sunday, April 15 luncheon in honor of Bea Friedman’s 92nd birthday. The party was hosted at the home of daughter and son-in-law, Ilene Friedman and Greg Gregory, and had a tax-day theme, of course. The remarkable Friedman family is blessed to have friends dating back many decades. Pat Hase recalls that Bea was pregnant with Ilene at the Hases’ wedding 1949. Fred Nagel offered a reminiscence of Bea’s late husband, Allan: “Allan was ‘meat and potatoes’ — the exact opposite of pretentious.”

Other friends of long-duration included Libby and Howard Garnitz and Marilyn and Irv Naiditch. Maria Wirries, who calls Greg Gregory “grandpa,” much to his delight, entertained along with Nick Drivas, fellow freshman at Manatee School for the Arts. Maria’s voice teacher, Alan Corey, was on piano and Gary Reinstrom, on bagpipes, accompanied them.

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The date for the second Fashionable Gala, to be hosted by the Designing Daughters, Thursday, May 17, at Sarasota Yacht Club, is fast approaching.

The event, one of a series of events celebrating the 1oth anniversary of Designing Women Boutique, will be chaired by Natalie Chambers and Dana Soldati. The boutique is one of Sarasota’s premier non-profit consignment stores.

Guests can be sure to expect superlative style and fashion awards for best dressed and accessorized, with prizes and auction packages featuring lavish products and services from local vendors. The nautical-themed evening will be held poolside.

“We are thrilled to host a night of fun and fashion at such a beautiful venue,” says Dana Soldati, co-chairwoman of the event. “Designing Daughters is proud to involve the next generation of Sarasota philanthropists in our desire to give back to our community.”

Tickets are $85 and available for purchase at Designing Women Boutique and T. Georgiano’s.

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The Woman’s Exchange held its annual volunteer luncheon Monday, April 2, at Michael’s On East. This year’s theme was “Going West.” Some guests, such as Linda Ploger, Barbara Van Eycken and Dan Ploger, donned cowboy hats and handkerchiefs; others, Photo courtesy of Laurel Roberts such as Doreen Rouse, Audrey Sagers rode a stick horse. Pat PanetRaymond carried a lasso and wore a sheriff’s badge. Then, there was Audrey Sagers, winner of the Woman’s Exchange “Most Wanted” award for most years served as a volunteer — 35, to be exact.

The event celebrated the organization volunteers and its 50th anniversary. CEO Karen Koblenz announced that the Woman’s Exchange had surpassed its giving goal of $250,000 and would be awarding $325,000 this fiscal year to local arts and cultural organizations, as well as students pursuing higher education in the arts. The awards ceremony will take place in June.

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Robots made their way into the after party to entertain guests.

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THE PROPOSAL: Robert met Jill about three years ago, at Cha Cha Coconuts. When he saw Jill for the first time, he thought she was the most beautiful woman he’d ever seen. The following day, he put on a monkey suit, and with flowers and chocolates in his arms, skateboarded from Bird Key to Cha Cha Coconuts. In front of about 300 people, he banged on his chest and made monkey noises. Jill’s face turned red, but she agreed to a first date.

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THE WEDDING: The wedding will be held May 12, in the butterfly garden at the Sarasota Garden Club. The couple will honeymoon in Nicaragua.

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“The sisterhood of the traveling dress. It looks good on me, my mom, and my sister, Jaymie.

It’s a very flattering color. There needs to be more forest green.”

“I think fashion is about mixing and matching: taking tribal and wearing it with clean and modern; taking bohemian and making it chic with a Chanel bag. I hate when people say you can’t wear black and brown — that’s for people who don’t have style. I love the ’60s and ’70s and Edie Sedgwick, Twiggy and Mary-Kate Olsen. But then I have my English Rose side — prim with a sense of humor. I like to channel my inner Kate Middleton, but funk her up a bit. I’m not simple or delicate or anything like that.”

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