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by Kurt Schultheis | City Editor

JFlo Hair Salon and Spa owner claims discrimination Sarasota fined JFlo’s Hair Salon Spa and Boutique owner Florys Johnson $415 for improper signage.

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Cat Depot honored its volunteers Saturday, April 21, with a Volunteer Appreciation Night party at its 17th Street location. The staff at Cat Depot cooked veggie burgers and served as waiters and bartenders to thank the volunteers for their countless hours of dedication to the animals. Volunteers mingled and enjoyed music by Sunset Bridge Band. The gratuitous evening ended with the awarding of door and raffle prizes.

If you are interested in volunteering, or would like more information, call Cat Depot at 366-2404 or go to catdepot.org.

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Susan Ford, President of Sarasota British Club, presents check to Sharon Leber, founder of Hope in a Backpack.

+ Rummage sale supports charity Members of the Sarasota British Club held a Jumble/ Rummage Sale at the Sarasota Center of Light Church to help raise money for the charity Hope in a Backpack. The charity provides food and aid to disadvantaged children throughout Sarasota to help in this difficult economic climate.

The club was inspired to raise money after viewing a segment on “60 Minutes,” titled “The Hungry Children of Sarasota.” The Jumble/ Rummage Sale brought in more than $1200, all of which was given to Hope in a Backpack.

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Kentucky Lt. Gov. Jerry Abramson visited the Sarasota Observer and Pelican Press office Monday to discuss how the city of Louisville and Jefferson County consolidated in 2000.

Merger Mayor Kentucky Lt. Gov. Jerry Abramson said combining city and county governments spurred private job growth.

“Metropolitanism is where this country is,” says Kentucky Lt. Gov. Jerry Abramson. When it comes to attracting and adding new jobs, Abramson says, cities, counties and state governments are 19th century organizations trying to solve 21stcentury problems.

Abramson spent four days in Sarasota this week, a guest of the Sarasota-based Argus Foundation. He visited with business owners and executives and municipal and county elected officials from Sarasota to North Port and spoke about how Jefferson County and Louisville, Ky. — the city for which he served as its elected mayor 15 years — consolidated into one entity in 2000.

The consolidation saved taxpayers millions of dollars and made local government more efficient, but, more important, Abramson said, it brought a metropolitan area of 750,000 together to move in one direction rather than have city and county governments fighting at cross purposes. And it created an atmosphere where political leaders began thinking and acting for regional economic growth, rather than for parochial interests.

Abramson spoke Wednesday morning at an Argussponsored breakfast at the Sarasota Yacht Club before roughly 70 people. He told them about a consolidation process that first surfaced in 1947 and had three failed

voter referenda before voters finally approved consolidation.

On Tuesday, he visited the Sarasota and Pelican Press office and explained how Louisville and Jefferson County came together and the benefits that followed.

“In the past, our city and county blamed decisions made on each other,” Abramson said. “Now there’s more accountability and residents know and have more faith in their elected officials.”

By combining the city and county governments to create a new metro government, Louisville instantly became one of the nation’s top 20 cities. The city’s population bal-

JFlo’s Hair Salon Spa and Boutique owner Florys Johnson believes the city is unfairly targeting her business because it can’t pin a tree trimming snafu on her or her salon employees.

In November, city staff and Johnson were surprised to discover that an oak tree that sits in front of her salon in the 1400 block of Main Street had been improperly cut over the weekend without city permission. The incident occurred just days after Johnson urged the city to trim the tree because it was overgrown and blocking her new sign.

Johnson had just moved to the Main Street location from Palm Avenue.

At the end of 2011, Johnson said city staff and police officers were entering her salon every other day or so to question her on the matter.

“They were accusing us because we asked for the tree to be trimmed back,” Johnson said. “We didn’t hire anyone to do it. If we would have, we would have hired someone to do it more professionally.”

The fiasco prompted the city to pay for a proper trimming of the tree to prolong its life after the hack job. Weeks later, the city moved Public Works Department funds around to pay for the trimming of the rest of the Main Street trees because merchants

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In the past, our city and county blamed decisions made on each other. Now there’s more accountability and residents know and have more faith in their elected officials.

— Kentucky Lt. Gov. Jerry Abramson

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City code enforcement recently levied a $415 fine against JFlo’s Hair Salon Spa and Boutique for improper signage in its second-story windows.

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ABRAMSON / FROM PAGE 1A looned from 256,000 residents to 694,000 residents and realized taxpayer savings of $700,000 immediately and $9.61 million overall once all consolidations were complete (see sidebar on YourObserver.com).

A 20% reduction in government employees also resulted from the consolidation — although Abramson also noted it resulted in 100 new police officers put on the streets.

Consolidation didn’t come easily.

Louisville voters first rejected the idea in 1947. A half-century later, the idea boiled up again, urged on

by Louisville’s business community and frustrations over seeing Indianapolis and Nashville, each two hours away, attracting more jobs.

But voters rejected consolidation again in 1982, by 2,000 votes. Thinking they were close, the consolidation advocates brought back the idea in 1983. But that year, the idea lost by 6,000 votes.

In 1985, newly elected Mayor Abramson and County Executive Harvey Sloane (an elected official position in Kentucky) decided on an interium course. They created a new compact that was adopted for 12 years and acted as the catalyst for eventual consolidation in 2000.

That compact agreed to the following: • To cease a long-suffering debate between city and county officials over a 1.25% earnings tax on business payrolls. All new earnings taxes after 1986 were pooled and divided between the city and the county according to an agreed-upon formula.

This meant that even if the city landed a new business downtown, the county would benefit from the business tax — and vice versa.

“From that day forward no one bickered over where a business went because it helped everyone no mat-

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ter where it went,” Abramson said.

• The city agreed to cease all annexation attempts for the life of the compact.

• Eight city-county agencies were reassigned to city or county government for policy direction and funding.

All the while, Abramson and Sloane worked together on crafting a new approach at consolidation.

The consolidation was hashed out through a series of 26 one-on-one meetings and then numerous public meetings with elected officials.

During the compact, the city and county still each had a CEO, separate boards of directors and two agendas for a community just seeking one agenda.

Working with business leaders, who pooled together a $1 million consolidation campaign in 1998, a simpler proposal for merger was proposed. Voters approved it by a 54%-46% margin.

But the consolidation was a tough sell to members of city and county councilmen, who strongly opposed the effort. In contrast, all of the city’s previous mayors and county executives supported the effort.

The consolidation that won approval called for the executive and legislative branches of Louisville and Jefferson County to be merged.

It stated no taxes would be raised or lowered. Also, the area’s 94 suburban cities and 21 suburban fire districts would be left intact, although some chose to consolidate later on.

The consolidation also guaranteed five of the 26 seats on the newly formed Louisville Metro Council to African-American representatives.

“It’s worked out exceptionally well for our citizens,” Abramson said.

“Councilmen are reflective of what

their citizens want.”

Previously, Abramson said, city and county boards and departments weren’t working as well as they should because there were two executives and two legislative branches that often had conflicting ideas of fiscal and policy direction.

Abramson said there were no union negotiation problems involving the merger because all employees were brought into another union.

“We discovered we are better together than we are fighting each other,” Abramson said.

Abramson said the driving force behind Louisville’s consolidation effort was the business community.

“Now we have one regional chamber of commerce and regional economic development effort that works together for the good of the entire region,” Abramson said. “We realize what we did wrong in the past and how we want to be moving forward.”

Sarasota City Commissioner Shannon Snyder, who heard Abramson talk about the consolidation at a special city workshop with his fellow commissioners Tuesday, said Abramson’s visit was interesting and important to hear.

While Abramson noted Louisville didn’t merge because of a financial crisis, Snyder pointed out he thinks that’s going to be the case in Sarasota.

“I think our financial position is so desperate, it’s not a matter of if and when we merge with the county, but when and how,” Snyder said. “Everyone in Sarasota has to grasp the seriousness of our situation, go to neutral corners, take a deep breath and figure out how to make this happen.”

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FINE / FROM PAGE 1A were upset the trees hadn’t been cut in a while due to budget constraints.

Now, pictures and advertising in her secondstory glass windowpanes prompted city staff to levy a $415 code enforcement fine against her. Johnson believes it’s payback for the improper tree trimming she says she was not responsible for. She also believes she’s been discriminated against because other Main Street stores operate with similar signage and decorations without being issued fines.

When Johnson decided to put a new sign on her store last month, she worked with city staff on the new location of the sign. The problem with the first location was that the signage would cover seven glass pane windows that no one knew were there because they had been covered up by paint years ago. A secondary sign location was agreed upon.

In the meantime, Johnson had the paint scraped off the windows that now sit below her sign and she had placed artwork, some advertising and some pictures of hairstyles in the windows.

A city code enforcement officer promptly cited her for erecting signage without a permit earlier this month.

She also violated a city code that prohibits signs from covering more than 20% of any pane of glass.

Johnson appealed the $415 fine, but lost. Johnson, who has spent $40,000 renovating her hair salon space, now says she doesn’t feel welcome in downtown Sarasota.

“They’re picking on me,” Johnson said. “That’s the bottom line.”

The goal of the code, according to city staff, is to create a more uniform and open window look and to create an interaction between pedestrians and the inside of the shops.

Johnson, though, said other shop windows up and down Main Street violate the 20% windowpane rule. The code department cited some shops she randomly mentioned, Johnson said, but has left many other shops alone.

Johnson also says the rule shouldn’t apply in this case because the window panes are on a secondfloor crawl space and window shoppers can’t peer inside there anyway without a ladder.

Neighborhood and Development Services Director Tim Litchet said the city is just following codes and ordinances and will investigate all code complaints, explaining the city doesn’t have the resources to walk downtown just to look for code violations.

Johnson and JFlo communications representative Tere Greenwald, thinks they are being unfairly targeted.

“It’s clearly discrimination,” Greenwald said.

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by Kurt Schultheis and Mark Gordon | Observer Staff

Palm Avenue site has new plan Hotel talks A new partnership between two local entrepreneurs creates optimism around a downtown property. A new restaurant could be open by late fall. begin again One of the most prominent commercial real estate properties in downtown Sarasota is primed to become a highend restaurant and special event venue.

The property, on the ground floor of the city’s new Palm Avenue parking garage, is a partnership between two well-known local entrepreneurs: Jesse Biter, who sold a $16 million auto sales software firm in 2010, and Steve Seidensticker, who co-owns Libby’s, a restaurant in the Southside Village neighborhood.

The new eatery has yet to be named, but Seidensticker says it will be a restaurant and bar concept, and have a 400seat venue for private functions. Several local officials have lamented the loss of a high-end event location since the University Club, atop the Bank of America building on Main Street, shut down in 2009.

“We thought with the closing of the University Club there was no place for downtown events,” Seidensticker said. “It will bring a tremendous amount of life to the area.”

It’s a goal Biter has longed to accomplish for several years in Sarasota, his adopted hometown. A Pennsylvania native, Biter has started several businesses since he sold his company, HomeNet. The ventures include Dealers United, a nationwide network of auto dealers that have combined buying power with vendors, and an expansion of the Hub, a startup business incubator.

Biter bought the Palm Avenue space, 11,000 square

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The committee that formed to recommend a hotel project to the commission for a downtown hotel site is negotiating again with two potential developers.

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Steve Seidensticker, co-owner of Libby’s, a restaurant in the Southside Village neighborhood, is excited to start a new restaurant on Palm Avenue. feet, from Sarasota last year for $1.6 million. He recruited regional and national chains — sophisticated offerings in sync with the art galleries that line Palm Avenue. Biter also sought out a “wow” factor tenant, a lively place that’s open past 9 or 10 p.m.

But several potential deals, for restaurants and boutiques, fell through, says Biter. Then, earlier this year, Steve Horn, a commercial real estate agent with Ian Black Real Estate in Sarasota, introduced Biter to Seidensticker.

The pair shared a desire to redefine the block on Palm Avenue. So much so that Biter gave up full ownership of the property. He will still maintain oversight and financing, but Seidensticker will handle the logistics of build-out, staffing and other day-to-day functions.

“More than anything, I want this property to be successful,” Biter said. “I’m willing to sacrifice my ownership to do that.”

Seidensticker, meanwhile, says he will form a design and

concept team with his business partner, Joseph Greco, and his two sons, Joe and Patrick Seidensticker. The Seidensticker sons currently work at Libby’s.

Seidensticker says he and his sons have intended to expand for some time, and they initially looked in east Manatee County for a location. But their passion remains downtown. They hope to open the restaurant by November.

“It won’t be a Libby’s,” said Seidensticker. “It’s a completely new concept.”

by Kurt Schultheis | City Editor

Osprey lift station delays continue Tunneling problems with a Hudson Bayou lift station and its underground connections mean road closures and detours will continue into 2013.

A $9.5 million lift-station project timeline is off schedule because of digging issues under Hudson Bayou.

The problems will push back the start of the lift station’s operation until July of this year or later. The lift station was supposed to begin accepting sewage no later than June.

A lift station is placed at a point in a sewer system where water needs to be pumped, or lifted, to a higher elevation, so that gravity can be used to bring that water to a treatment plant.

The Hudson Bayou project, which will leave city residents with detours into 2013, is the largest lift-station project the city has ever undertaken and one of the largest projects of its kind ever permitted in the state of Florida. The project began in May 2011.

In November, a drill got stuck while digging for future pipe placement because of a miscalculation error at the lift station project in Lukewood

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Park, which is located where U.S. 41 and U.S. 301 intersect.

Mary Ellen Maurer, project engineer for the Osprey Avenue/Lukewood utility project said tunneling issues for underground pipes continue to delay the project.

“There have been several failed tunneling attempts,” said Maurer, who said alternative piping methods are also being considered for the project.

“Going under the bayou has been a hurdle, and, for each day the section is not complete, we lose a day off our timeline.”

That timeline originally had the project complete by November, but Maurer said road closures and detours would most likely continue into 2013.

“I don’t think a November completion date is realistically attainable any longer,” Maurer said.

Osprey Avenue will be closed to traffic from Mound Street (U.S. 41) to Ringling Boulevard starting Monday, April 30, as the contractor installs a force main connection between Brother Geenan Way and Mound Street. The detour route for the road closure, which is scheduled for two months, is U.S. 301 for southbound traffic and Orange Avenue for northbound traffic.

Then, in June, Osprey Avenue will be closed from Lincoln Avenue to Alta Vista Street before it’s reopened in October.

Meanwhile, foundations have already been poured and construction is mostly

complete on four buildings and a well that make up the lift station.

The lift station is a long time coming.

In 2005, about 570,000 gallons of raw sewage leaked out of Lift Station 7 onto Pomelo Avenue and into Hudson Bayou.

A subsequent investigation discovered the city did not inform residents that a 500,000-gallon spill from the same lift station occurred just a year earlier.

The investigation paved the way for the capital-improvement project, which is creating a new lift station with a higher capacity and odor control capability that sits further away from the water.

According to the city, it will be a state-of-the-art lift station, with a back-up diesel system in case of power outages and odor control.

“We are doing everything we can to speed up the process and get it done as soon as

It’s time for city staff to make a decision and select one of two developers vying to build a downtown hotel.

Last month, both Floridays Development Co. and Jebco Ventures Inc. told commissioners they were willing to change some aspects of their proposals that gave the commission pause and buy the land that sits directly next to the Palm Avenue parking garage on North Palm Avenue at Cocoanut Avenue. The companies’ willingness to make those modifications gave commissioners the confidence to direct city staff to begin negotiations anew with both developers.

City Purchasing Manager Mary Tucker made it clear at a hotel committee meeting, Tuesday, April 17, that it’s time to move forward swiftly and make a recommendation to the commission in the coming weeks.

“We need to work out the details and get this finished,” Tucker said.

“It’s time to work out the bigger details.”

Jebco Ventures Inc., which is working with partner McKibbon Group to bring a 175-room chain hotel to Palm, has agreed to buy the hotel site for $1.5 million and is looking for an agreement to utilize 200 parking spaces in the next-door garage. The hotel will most likely be an Embassy Suites.

Floridays Development Co., which is seeking to build a 180-room independent boutique hotel on the site, has also agreed to pay for the site and abandon plans to finance the project through a credit-tenant lease (CTL) that would have relied on the city’s credit rating to get a loan.

The purchase price for the property, however, can’t be negotiated, officially, with either party until the city performs an updated appraisal of the property.

Floridays officials have made it known they will pay the appraisal price for the property. The site last appraised at $3.4 million.

Senior city planner Steve Stancel said that appraisal, which could be complete in the next week or so, “is critical to further negotiations.”

The committee has also asked both developers to provide updated information on their financing structures, because interest rates have changed since the last time negotiations were discussed.

The amount of money each developer is seeking from the city to make off-site improvements, such as utility upgrades, Stancel said, will be crucial when selecting its developer.

A parking-garage agreement that’s flexible and advantageous to the city is also critical. Stancel said it’s not city staff’s intent to define which spaces in the garage belong to the future hotel.

“The hotel coming online might trigger future changes in policy for the garage moving forward,” Stancel said.

“The other key to me,” Stancel said, “is economic impact and the value the project has to the community.”

The committee will hold future discussions with both hotel groups before making a decision and crafting an agreement to be reviewed by the Community Redevelopment Agency and its advisory board. The agreement will ultimately make its way to the commission for a final review.

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Sarasota City Auditor and Clerk Pamela Nadalini has drafted a proposed anti-fraud policy for City Hall employees that would allow her department to search employee desks, storage areas, computers and employee equipment.

The policy, which she drafted in the wake of an Information Technology computer investigation scandal that led to former City Manager Bob Bartolotta’s resignation, could violate the rights of employees, according to city attorney Bob Fournier. The draft states employee property in city buildings can be seized without the consent of city employees.

The Sarasota City Commission must approve the proposed policy, which Nadalini wants to put on a future commission agenda for discussion.

 Citizen Tax Oversight Committee — 3 p.m. Thursday, April 26, Sarasota County Administration Center, Fourth Floor Office of Financial Planning Conference Room, 1660 Ringling Blvd., Sarasota.  Alta Vista Neighborhood Association Meeting — 7 p.m.

Thursday, April 26, Concordia Lutheran Church, 2185 Wood 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 City Commission Special Meeting — 3 p.m. Friday, May 4, City Hall, Commission Chamber, 1565 First St., Sarasota.

+ ACLU suing city over trespass warnings The American Civil Liberties Union announced it planned to file a classaction lawsuit Wednesday against the city of Sarasota and its police department for what it perceives as the violation of more than 6,500 people over the past four years who received trespass warnings for being on city sidewalks.

The ACLU said it has examined four years worth of data that led to the filing of the lawsuit. City attorney Bob Fournier is suspending the city’s trespass-enforcement program for 60 days pending a review of city trespassing practices.

+ Chamber president to receive award

Steve Queior, president and

CEO of the Greater Sarasota Chamber of Commerce, will receive the 2012 Communication and Leadership Award from the District 47 Toastmasters Clubs at a luncheon May 5. The luncheon, part of the three-day District 47 International Toastmasters Spring Conference, “Circus, Circus,” will be held at the Hyatt Regency Sarasota. The Communication & Leadership Award is given annually by District 47 Toastmasters and Toastmasters International to a non-member who exhibits leadership qualities.

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Saks Fifth Avenue vacating Southgate

880,000-square-foot Mall at University Town Center, on which the partners expect to start construction later this year. A fourth department store should be announced at a later date.

In total, the two-story, $315 Macy’s, and the building of the million shopping center will inMall at (University Town Cen- clude about 115 stores, more ter) was a good opportunity for a than half of which will be new to new store,” he said. “We have no the market. Saks will occupy an plans to close any Macy’s store 80,000-square-foot space, while anywhere in the country.”

Macy’s and Dillard’s will occupy Dillard’s officials expressed 160,000- and 180,000-squareexcitement about coming to the foot spaces, respectively. mall.

“We’re extremely excited to “We are very excited about partner with Taubman and to Taubman’s vision for the Mall be moving forward and recomat University Town Center,” Dil- mencing this project and finally lard’s spokesperson Julie Bull bringing it to fruition,” said Mark said. “We have enjoyed a very Chait, Benderson’s executive distrong presence in Sarasota since rector of leasing. “I think the 1992. We have been in operation entire area has felt it is a much in Florida since 1989. We know needed multi-use project that Floridians and we love serving will tremendously enhance the them. I think this underscores landscape of this area. our commitment to the area.”

“We think the quality of our When asked if the opening of anchor tenants speaks highly to the new location would result in both the need for a upscale fashclosures of other Dillard’s loca- ion mall in the greater Sarasota tions in Sarasota, Bull replied: market as well as the quality of “The company has made no an- the University Parkway corridor nouncements about future clos- location,” he said. ings in the area. Our focus today The mall is slated to open in is on the opening of the store at the fall of 2014.

University Town Center.”

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The anchor will move into a larger space at the new Mall at University Town Center in East Sarasota.

With the announcement Tuesday that Saks Fifth Avenue will be an anchor tenant at the new Mall at University Town Center in East Sarasota, the pending closure of its Westfield Southgate Mall Saks location in 2014 creates more questions and concerns for the Sarasota mall.

“We are moving the other store to this store,” Saks spokesperson Kathleen Ruiz confirmed, noting the new anchor space will more than double the store’s size. “We are excited about really expanding our store. This will allow us to showcase an increased assortment of designer offerings and deliver even more special services and amenities to our loyal Sarasota customers.”

The move and the loss of Saks was rumored for months but still sent shockwaves throughout a Sarasota community that now is worried about the future of the mall and its surrounding area.

At least one Sarasota developer thinks the mall might not be able to recover from the pending loss of a major anchor store.

Downtown developer John Simon, who has helped lure several mall anchor tenants to malls, told the Sarasota Observer there currently are only six major mall anchor tenants —Saks Fifth Avenue, Dillard’s, Macy’s, Nieman Marcus, Nordstrom and Belk.

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The Mall at University Town Center will feature 115 stories, of which more than half will be new to the market. losing an anchor, and if I’m a Westfield Southgate official, I’m very concerned.”

Westfield officials told the Sarasota Observer they won’t speak about current or potential tenants but noted the mall has submitted plans for a major renovation. However, Westfield officials do not have a construction timeline for the renovation project.

“We are continually looking for ways to expand our properties,” said Catharine Dickey, Westfield executive vice president of corporate communications.

Dickey said she can’t disclose which stores or comment on any discussions that might be occurring with possible future tenants

to replace the loss of Saks Fifth Avenue.

Macy’s also announced a new location at the East Sarasota mall, but the department store has no plans to close its Westfield Southgate location, which is good news for the mall. Jim Sluzewski, senior vice president of corporate communications and external affairs for Macy’s, said the opening of its store at the Mall at University Town Center would not impact stores it operates in the area, including at the Southgate and Sarasota Square malls in Sarasota and DeSoto Square MallPatient: in BradenJoe ton.

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Sarasota High receives $50,000 tech boost The donation will be used to buy Texas Instruments’ TI-Nspire wireless graphing calculators for five Sarasota classrooms.

Philanthropists Dr. Malouf and Therese Abraham, along with the Gulf Coast Community Foundation, presented a $50,000 donation to Sarasota High School Wednesday, April 25.

The donation, part of the Gulf Coast Community Foundation’s STEMsmart initiative, will equip five classrooms with Texas Instruments’ TI-Nspire wireless graphing calculators, with the goal of further engaging students in learning.

The Abrahams, who hail from Texas, focus most of their work on historic and artistic preservation in their home state, but they were looking for a way to make a difference in Sarasota, where they reside for four months out of the year.

Gulf Coast Community Foundation representative Veronica Brady said this donation embodies the foundation’s mission of working with donors to give back to the local community.

These new wireless, handheld devices allow students to link the device with both the classroom’s interactive white board and textbooks, which will provide teachers with instant feedback on student compre-

hension. Students can complete problems directly on the device, and teachers can pull up the results anonymously to make sure everyone is on the same page.

“Teachers can immediately see if the students are getting the concepts,” said Chris Pfahler, director of community investment for the Gulf Coast Community Foundation. “It forces everyone to be engaged, and the kids love the technology — it’s native to them.”

Brady expects the devices to make learning more fun and exciting for the students.

“We hope that this gift will inspire other donors to help bring this technology to other Sarasota high schools,” she added.

Sarasota High School principal Jeff Hradek is excited for the impact that this donation will have on the school.

“We’re always looking for any way to help engage students in active learning,” he said. “This gift from the Abrahams and the Gulf Coast Community Foundation does just that. These kids already come in ahead of the technological curve, but this will help take them to the next level.”

In Other Action The Sarasota County Commission also made the following decisions at its Tuesday, April 24, regular meeting in Sarasota: • Approved a $280,968.16 contract with Williams Testing LLC for the construction of the Siesta Key Sanitary Sewer Rehabilitation Project.

• Approved a contract/grant agreement with Longboat Library Inc. for a one-time contribution of $20,000 that will only be dispersed as the library submits expenditure receipts.

• Approved contracts of $401,050 and $662,500 annually for mosquito control aerial larvicide spraying.

• Approved a lease agreement with the city of Sarasota to lease 3,394 square feet of office space located at 2050 Adams Lane for the Sarasota County Law Library in the amount of $10 per year for a term of five years.

• Delayed a decision on the final design and construction of a new 911 Emergency Operations Center on countyowned property at 1301 Cattlemen Road until the commission can vet final concerns at a May meeting.

• Discussed its 2012 major improvement project priorities, state and federal transportation project priorities and an infrastructure surtax program that will be further discussed and approved this summer during budget meetings.

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By Kurt Schultheis | City Editor

Sarasota joins unpaid Medicaid bills lawsuit The county commission will join a lawsuit against a new law that mandates counties to pick up 85% of the tab for disputed Medicaid charges.

The Sarasota County Commission opted to join a lawsuit with 30 other Florida counties in an attempt to recoup some of its unpaid Medicaid bill costs.

The decision comes just two weeks after the Manatee County Commission agreed to have its attorney look into whether or not it should join the lawsuit.

Sarasota and Manatee counties have a choice: Accept a new bill signed into law by Gov. Rick Scott or pay $10.5 million in unpaid combined Medicaid costs; $6.1 million for Sarasota County and $4.4 million for Manatee County.

With many counties facing large budget cuts to offset another year of anticipated ad valorem revenue reductions, counties are choosing to join the lawsuit to fight the state on a law that now requires the state to pick up 85% of the tab for disputed Medicaid charges.

In Sarasota County alone, 28% of its Medicaid debt in the 2010-11 fiscal year was disputed because of inaccuracies.

Sarasota County Attorney Steve DeMarsh recommended to commissioners at its regu-

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The state has more than $325 million in unpaid Medicaid bills that state officials attribute to computer errors and patient fraud.

The new law has counties responsible for collecting their money and several counties are annoyed and frustrated by it.

The problem is this: Many Medicaid service providers send bills to the wrong address or use fake dates to stall or get out of paying the bills altogether. That leaves the county stuck with thousands of dollars in unpaid Medicaid costs.

To make matters worse, a new state computer system installed in 2008 has been blamed for causing undisputed bills to rise to exorbitant numbers. The unpaid tabs are also frustrating elected officials because unless the debt is paid for and wiped clean, it will affect county credit ratings.

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Downtown events being scrutinized The city of Sarasota is deciding whether it should tighten permit standards for downtown events that could force some events off Main Street. The city will meet May 4. also a member of the committee, said the city just needs a clearer policy that might dictate where some events should go.

“Some events are wonderful, but some aren’t good for all merchants,” Harshman said. “Twenty-five years ago, this city begged for events downtown. Now they all do extremely well and we need to discuss which ones are good for downtown.”

The main problem, according to Harshman and Deputy City Manager Marlon Brown, is a saturation of events on Main Street, even though there are several other underutilized sites downtown, such as Payne Park.

“Everyone wants to be on Main Street and that’s the problem,” Brown said.

“We have to identify other areas to hold events.”

Not everyone in the downtown area thinks the number of Main Street events is a problem.

At a Downtown Improvement District regular meeting earlier this month, Chairman Ernie Ritz expressed frustration with the committee.

“It seems like it’s the committee’s intent to stop closing Main Street and funneling events to other communities,” Ritz said.

Ritz, meanwhile, pointed out that permit holders who want to hold an event on Main Street need a supermajority of merchants (66%) to sign off on the event.

“Generally, more than 90% of the merchants sign off on events that close Main Street,” Ritz said. “This whole issue should be handed over to a group of merchants because I’m afraid this committee is

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Noisy events, such as Thunder by the Bay, are being questioned. Area residents complain about noise and some merchants say the event doesn’t bring them any business. messing with the livelihood of the merchants who want the events.”

Art to Walk On owner Eileen Hampshire said it’s a complex issue for all downtown merchants, not just those who have shops on Main Street.

“The trick, in my view, is to find the right number of events during season that doesn’t upset some merchants who get annoyed that Main Street is closed so much during the 16 weeks they count on to survive the rest of the entire year,” Hampshire said.

This week, the committee reached consensus that parades and run/walk events are positive, while downtown art and craft shows should not include food vendors, which would give Main Street restaurants a chance to cater to the crowds.

Brown also said he will inform commis-

sioners that the cost of a permit should also include a person/city staff member to monitor the event, making sure the permit holders don’t start taking over parking spaces and areas of downtown that aren’t specified in their permit. It was also suggested the city offer premium prices for permits on Main Street.

Parking Manager Mark Lyons said the city or the permit monitoring person must do a better job of getting people into the parking garage or other parking lots that many event patrons aren’t aware exist.

“The main issue the commission must decide is whether or not the city should set parameters that might dictate whether or not some permit holders can either modify their event to make it fit city standards or if changes force them out altogether,” Brown said.

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Downtown Sarasota merchants and city officials are discussing ways to host downtown events that won’t compete with the stores sitting along Main Street.

An events committee has met twice over the last two weeks to discuss a variety of concepts that will be vetted before the Sarasota City Commission at a special meeting May 4.

One suggestion on the table is not allowing food vendors to be a part of an arts and crafts permit. This would prevent the food vendors from competing with downtown restaurants that could otherwise serve festival patrons.

Downtown Sarasota Alliance Events Chairman Tony Souza said there needs to be more control over 96 events that are held in the city each year. Out of those 96 events, at least 42 of them are held on Main Street.

“The biggest complaint we have from store owners is we are closing Main Street too much during season for events,” Souza said. “This is a good opportunity to discuss what events work for some merchants and what events don’t work for others.”

Souza said a lot of events don’t necessarily contribute to downtown or events downtown.

“A lot of events bring in food vendors and put tents in front of restaurants,” Souza said. “We need a concrete event policy that makes sure the events we hold are contributing to the economic vitality of downtown.”

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Hudgins for city manager An important name was absent — inadvertently, the consultant tells us — from the list of 104 candidates for Sarasota city manager: Sarasota banker Jody Hudgins.

Forget the 104 names on the list that consultant Colin Baenziger & Associates submitted to the city. City commissioners should not waste the time and money to conduct the same-old, same-old beauty contest that will bring us the same-old, same-old results.

All of us have watched this show countless times, and the results rarely change.

It goes like this: The commission settles — yes, “settles” — for an outsider. He/she knows nothing about the community, its politics, culture or people. So for the next year or two the dog-sniffing proceeds, with all of the community’s disparate groups —

neighborhood associations; city employees and their unions; the multitude of business groups; county and regional politicos; notfor-profits; the media and others — checking out the new guy and he likewise.

Honeymoon happiness soon ends, and by year three, inevitably, there is an unexpected flare-up. Then another. Perhaps another. Grumbling begins, first publicly among city commissioners. The whining and rolling eyebrows spread. By year five, he’s gone … Not much has changed.

And the process begins anew. Argh.

Why go through this?

This time it can be a lot different.

For starters, unlike the 104 candidates on the list, Hudgins is a Sarasotan. He knows everything and more that you get to know when you are involved — and we mean

involved — for more than 20 years as a community bank president, church leader, volunteer and father.

Hudgins currently is executive vice president of First National Bank of PA in Sarasota and its senior executive in Florida.

He is past chairman of the Sarasota County Planning Commission and Sarasota Housing Authority. He is on the board of the Community Housing Trust of Sarasota. He is a trustee at Plymouth Harbor.

Talk to Hudgins about what the city of Sarasota needs, and in no time you will conclude: He gets it. He sees the bigger picture of where the city needs to go, and he has the leadership skills and temperament to be the catalyst.

Call off the beauty contest. The right man for the job is already here.

MY VIEW by Richard Dorfman

‘Play Ball’ … and then some!

There is so much that is wonderful about Sarasota that is reflected when you visit Ed Smith Stadium for an Orioles game.

The spring-training season ended recently, and I can honestly say I had a smile on my face each time I went there. (As a season ticket holder, I was there 12 times and enjoyed every minute.)

Putting aside what transpired on-field (unfortunately our “Boids” have been pretty dismal for about 15 years), the feeling of stepping into a 1950s-style time-warp, experiencing the joy of Dorfman seeing the contrast of green grass and red clay, hearing the crack of the bat, the hawking of beer and peanuts and the kibitzing with your pals about the teams are pretty darn wonderful.

When I attended the first game of the season, I knew no one around me. By season’s end, I had new friends. Behind me were Gene and Angie, who used to run a bar in Baltimore. Gene knows more about the team than the Sporting News. Next to me is Richard, a retired chicken farmer from southern Ohio and about the nicest guy with whom you would ever want to share a beer. Joe, the usher who works our section, is married to Brenda, who went to a rival high school of mine in Northern New Jersey. We all became great friends.

I met a lot of Red Sox fans (I always wore my Yankees jersey when the Sox came to town), and Tigers and Phillies fans as well.

Sometimes during these matchups, it was difficult to tell which was the home team.

But through it all, we experienced nothing but the greatest of gentility, some goodnatured ribbing and the shared experience of spring baseball at “the old ballyard,” along with the camaraderie that came with it.

Lots of kids came with grandma and grandpa, and those kids have memories they will treasure and maybe a baseball grandpa

caught to put on their shelf. I rarely heard any cursing in the stands. There was an understood agreement that we were here for the fun, and you respected everyone’s space.

The seniors, the kids and all in between were of like minds.

I did see lots of topless bodies, because it was hot in the sun. But they weren’t the kind of topless yahoos you may see at other games — drunk, crude and disorderly. Nope, these were just folks topping up their Florida tan before heading north, perhaps.

Now, not to give away any secrets, but I saw quite a few of our elected officials at games, including Sarasota County Commissioner Joe Barbetta, Congressman Vern Buchanan, Sherriff Tom Knight and Sarasota Mayor Suzanne Atwell, who, by the way, can become quite vocal in her support of our team!

From a business perspective, for the 2012 Spring Training Season, the Orioles attracted 106,398 fans over their 15 homes dates, the second-largest spring attendance in their 50year history. This included eight sellouts and their single-largest game attendance of 8,686 against my beloved Yankees!

Season-ticket subscriptions grew by more than 40% this season. The Orioles also contributed to our communities off the field with numerous charitable initiatives, including financial support for the new Miracle League Field at Longwood Park for special-needs kids and adults.

Now, there is also a quantifiable upside for our city and county from all of this. Virginia Haley, president of the Sarasota Convention and Visitors Bureau, and Jason Puckett, who leads sports initiatives for the SCVB, say the Orioles and the marketing programs built around them helped boost visits here from the mid-Atlantic region by 44% from 2009 to 2010 and 6.9% from 2010 to 2011. In 2011, more than 115,506 fans attended a game and probably spent a few bucks on meals, hotels and entertainment.

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had we not attracted the Orioles here. By the way, of the approximately $606 million direct, visitor spending on tourism in 2011, about $62 million of that can be attributed to sports and sports tourism. In addition, the total economic impact from sports-related tourism totaled more than $117 million.

(The city of Sarasota’s total annual budget is about $165 million!)

Keep in mind all of the other sports drawn here: Everything from beach volleyball to masters swimming (we are hosting the Pan American Masters Swimming Championship in 2013) to lawn bowling, power boat races and trap-and-skeet shooting are among the 60 events supported by the Sarasota Sports Commission annually. And the best may be yet to come with the Nathan Benderson Park rowing facility.

Projections are showing that rowing-park visitors will exceed 1.4 million and spend more than $209 million annually, generating more than $12.5 million in sales tax. This says nothing of the “shop window” effect that will be created for Sarasota by the international telecasts of the park’s many world-class events.

This all spells benefits accruing to Greater Sarasota when tax revenue is declining and cutbacks are the order of the day for our local governments. Pretty good from a one-time burrow pit to a gem.

We are blessed in Sarasota with some of the finest beaches and arts-oriented programs and facilities that can be found anywhere in the land. I’m not even going to qualify that statement by adding “for a city or county our size,” because we rival or exceed so many larger and more populous metroplexes in these areas.

We can now add “Sports Destination” to our résumé of attributes that make Sarasota about the best place on the planet to make home or come visit.

Richard Dorfman is a former District 1 Sarasota City Commission candidate. He says it is likely he will run again.

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U.S. Rep. Vern Buchanan visits Sarasota Kiwanians The Sarasota Kiwanis Club had a special guest attend its most recent meeting, Friday, April 20, at the Golden Apple Dinner Theatre.

U.S. Rep. Vern Buchanan visited Sarasota and spoke to the Kiwanis Club members to give them some insight into his work in Washington, D.C., and answered questions from the Kiwanians about a variety of governmental issues at both the state and national levels.

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Claim unfounded 3:50 p.m. — 50 block of North Lemon Avenue. Suspicious Circumstance. A man told police he doesn’t know why someone reported that he was having a dispute in his apartment.

Loitering litterer 8:20 a.m. — 1400 block of Main Street. Suspicious Person.

A city employee told police that after sidewalks had been cleaned, a homeless man kept throwing cigarette butts on it. The man swore at her when she asked him to stop. Police tried to locate the man to no avail because he violated the city’s littering code.

HoSPITAl happenings 9:53 p.m. — 1700 block of South Tamiami Trail. Trespassing. A hospital security guard told police a man had caused a disturbance in an emergency room. He was issued a trespass warning.

April 15 Police need concrete evidence 4 p.m. — 1500 block of North Osprey Avenue. Criminal Mischief. Someone used chunks of concrete to knock out the back of an air-conditioning van’s window and attempted to break other windows.

Police believe a homeless person they were having problems with in the area caused the damage.

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After co-founding Forty Carrots, Executive Director Betsy Kane-Hartnett retires.

“I have no doubt that Forty Carrots will continue to grow and innovate under her leadership,” said Kane-Hartnett.

Andrews holds a master’s degree in social work with advanced certifications in parenting and early-childhood developForty Carrots Executive Director Betsy ment. She has 17 years of experience in soKane-Hartnett feels she has accomplished cial work, where much of her efforts were everything she hoped to, and she’s ready to devoted to child-abuse prevention.

Andrews said she looks forward to aphand over the reins.

“My decision to retire now is intrinsi- plying her skills to her new position.

“I’m really excited for the cally linked to my confidence in opportunity to work with an the agency,” said Kane-Hartnett. agency that strengthens fami“I would shout from any mounlies,” said Andrews. “It’s an taintop that we have an excepamazing concept to have partional staff that’s ready to take on enting and education in the the task. The only missing piece same place as preschool servicwas who would sit in my office.” es, so you get to see the family In 1993, Kane-Hartnett and full circle. People might come Diane Weiss co-founded Forty in for parenting services and Carrots Family Center. Their viend up enrolling their children sion was to combine early-childin the preschool program, or hood and parenting education Andrews vice-versa.” to strengthen the relationship Kane-Hartnett will remain involved with between developing children and their the nonprofit as a board member after her families.

With financial help from the Janet and retirement, and she and Andrews will work Stanley Kane Foundation, the family cen- together for the month of May to ensure ter was able to find a home on Tuttle Av- a smooth transition when Andrews fully enue, where the nonprofit grew to include takes over May 31.

“I’m excited to work with her,” said Anparenting education, a parenting center, a community outreach program and a na- drews. “She’s one of the founders of agency, and it’s her vision. As soon as I met her, tionally accredited preschool.

After Kane-Hartnett announced her we just clicked, so it’s nice to have a friend retirement last August, Forty Carrots em- to work with hand in hand on this.”

Kane-Hartnett said she’ll miss workployed a consulting team to conduct a regional search for its new executive direc- ing with her staff and interacting with the children but that the non-profit is in good tor.

After months of interviews, Cheryl An- hands with Andrews. “[Andrews] will lead with her heart, but drews, vice president of Manatee Children’s Services and noted family advocate, she also has a very keen business mind, was named the new executive director and said Kane-Hartnett. “I have no doubt that the spirit of Forty Carrots will live on.” will begin work Monday, April 30.

claimed they had vandalized the walls before they turned in their keys. The woman suspected that their other roommate caused the damage, but couldn’t prove it. The damage included a knife stuck in a wall, three holes in one bedroom wall and a screen door that was torn off its hinges. Police had no evidence to investigate any further.

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Merchandise questioned 10:38 a.m. — 1900 block of Main Street. Suspicious Circumstance. A store employee told police a customer came into the store and claimed a bicycle for sale belonged to him. The bicycle wasn’t listed by police as being stolen and the store employee was urged to call police if the man came back.

Polo problem 12:02 p.m. — 3500 block of South Tamiami Trail. Shoplifting. A department store security guard reported that a man was caught stealing a large amount of Polo shirts before fleeing the store. Fourteen shirts, valued at $989.91, were stolen.

Major damage reported 10 p.m. — 1700 block of Eighth Street.

Criminal Mischief. A woman told police that she and her boyfriend moved out of their apartment before they got evicted.

Her landlord, however, called her and

Tax return troubles 1 p.m. — 4200 block of Central Sarasota Parkway. Suspicious Circumstance. A man reported that someone had already filed a federal tax return under his Social Security number.

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Having served 26 years as a principal in the Sarasota County School District, Ashton Elementary Principal Bill Muth is a recognizable face around town. But even after this many years, Muth says he wasn’t always sure he was destined to work in the education field.

Born in Virginia to a military family, Muth moved all over the country before settling in California, where he attended both middle school and high school.

It was here that his high-school guidance counselor first sparked his interest in the profession. Knowing his involvement in sports left him without much time for a job, the counselor suggested he work as a teacher’s aide at a nearby elementary school, where he could commit a few hours each day.

“It sounded good to me,” Muth says. “I was able to make a little money, and I enjoyed the kids. I forgot about it until the teacher wrote a nice letter saying that I had a nice rapport with the kids.”

After high school, Muth served in Vietnam as a paratrooper for the United States Army and found himself at a crossroads — he could pursue a career as a military officer, or in education. After much deliberation, he chose to attend college on the G.I. Bill and major in elementary education.

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YMCA makes splash at Healthy Kids Day Hundreds of families came Friday, April 20, to the Evalyn Sadlier Jones Branch of the Sarasota YMCA to celebrate Healthy Kids Day. The nationwide YMCA event promotes the coming of summer as well as the importance of being healthy.

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Temple Sinai takes trip back to the 1950s Temple Sinai members donned poodle skirts and danced the night away during the temple’s sock hop fundraiser April 21.

The evening included dinner, dance contests, a best-outfit contest and plenty of dancing. There was even a raffle for the crowning of the “Queen of the Hop,” which was won by Diane Hart. The guests danced to the sweet sounds played by DJ Raoul Weinstein, who brought his 1950s setup from Greenville, S.C., to Sarasota for the event.

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Craig Pittman in Sarasota — takes place at 2 p.m. Thursday, April 26, at the Selby Public Library, 1331 First St. Tampa Bay Times journalist Craig Pittman will present his new book, “The Scent of Scandal: Greed, Betrayal,” and the “World’s Most Beautiful Orchid,” which features Selby Gardens. Free. Call 365-7900.

Youth Summer Job Fair — takes place from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. Thursday, April 26, at the Selby Public Library, 1331 First St. Community Youth Development, Boys & Girls Clubs of Sarasota County, Girl Scouts of Gulfcoast Florida Inc. and Suncoast Work Force present this opportunity for high school teens to find a summer job.

Free. Call 922-5126.

Community Schools Partnership for the Arts Award — takes place at 4:45 p.m. Thursday, April 26, at Selby Gardens, 811 S. Palm Ave. Joanna Fox, creative writing teacher in the visual and performing arts magnet at Booker Middle School, will receive the Cindy Balistreri Distinguished Arts Educator Award for leadership in arts education at the spring meeting of the Community Schools Partnership for the Arts. Free. Call 365-5118.

Dining for Women Potluck — takes place at 6 p.m.

Thursday, April 26, at Church of the Redeemer, 222 South Palm Ave. Dining for Women collects money to fund international programs for women living in extreme poverty. This month’s potluck will collect money for Afghan Friends Network in Afghanistan, which provides support for education programs in Ghazni Province. Members are encouraged to donate what they would spend on a meal. Call 400-5242.

Bohemian Rhapsody Orchestra — takes place at 7 p.m. Thursday, April 26, at Riverview High School, 1 Ram Way. The Bohemian Rhapsody Orchestra will perform “Celebrating Queen,” a tribute to the 1970s rock band Queen. The Riverview High School Choir will join in the finale. Cost is $25. Call 922-5370.

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Lincoln Day Dinner with John Bolton — takes place at 6 p.m. Friday, April 27, at the Sarasota Municipal Auditorium, 801 N. Tamiami Trail. The Republican Party of Sarasota County presents its 2012 Lincoln Day Dinner, featuring former U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. John Bolton. Cost is $125; $250 for VIP reception. Call 954-4165.

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Sunday, April 29, at Selby Botanical Gardens, 811 S. Palm Ave. The Venturas will perform a diverse range of music including pop, rock, R&B and country. Free. Call 366-5731.

Passport to Pinot — takes place from 2 to 4:30 p.m. Sunday, April 29, at Morton’s Market, 1924 S. Osprey Ave. Enjoy a relaxing afternoon tasting Pinot Noirs from around the world. Cost is $25 in advance, and $30 on the day of the event. Call 955-9856.

100 Voices at Temple Emanu-El — takes place at 2 p.m. Sunday, April 29, at Temple Emanu-El, 151 McIntosh Road. 100 Voices: A Journey Home, is a compelling musical documentary chronicling the history of Jewish culture in Poland through the personal reflections and musical selections of a group of cantors and acclaimed composer Charles Fox. Call 371-2788.

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More than 500 students displayed their artistic talents in Five Points Park Saturday, April 21, as part of YouthArts Fest.

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Sean McAdams, 18, is enjoying his senior year pitching for the Cardinal Mooney Cougars. McAdams has played baseball since he was 4 years old, however, he played basketball his freshman and sophomore year and was the quarterback this year for the football team. Although he is unsure of what his plans for the fall will be, he is leaning toward attending Seminole State College on a baseball scholarship and majoring in criminal justice.

How long have you been playing baseball?

I’ve played pretty much all my life. It’s really the only sport I played seriously.

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I am the pitcher. I like having control of the game. You can go as fast or slow as you want and you set the tempo for the game. If you start off throwing well, your teammates follow at the bat.

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How long have you been playing for Cardinal Mooney?

All four years.

Age: 14 Grade/School: Eighth Haile Middle School Position: Third base, first base and catcher Number: 11 What do you enjoy most about baseball?

Just getting away from school, and it gives me something to think about.

Why did you decide to start playing baseball?

My parents always encouraged me to play sports as a kid.

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

Fantastic

What are your strengths?

I played football for the first time this year and was quarterback, and it really helped me with my leadership on the field. I don’t like losing, so I am a competitor.

What game are you looking most forward to this season?

I’m looking forward to district championships against ODA. They are our biggest rival.

played them. We played them once, and they beat us, and then we had a bad taste in our mouths about it and beat them at their home field, and we gave them their first loss for the season.

If you could play for any professional team, which one would you play for and why?

The Chicago Cubs, because I have been a Cubs fan my entire life.

Is there a player you admire?

Justin Verlander. He plays for the Detroit Tigers. I’d like to be like him. He is probably the best pitcher in the league and has control over the entire game and is able to go the full distance almost every game, and I like that. He is a big force on the mound. Every time he is pitching, the Tigers have a very good chance of winning.

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Right now, my fastball.

I throw it really hard.

Later on in my career, I am going to have to get something other than the fastball. My changeup is pretty good, too.

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Beating ODA the second time we

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By Adam Hughes | Research Editor

Cherokee Lodge home tops sales at $5.35 million The following residential real estate transactions took place between April 9 and 13.

A home in Cherokee Lodge tops all transactions in this week’s real estate.

Thomas Kruse and Cynthia Kruse, trustees, Sarasota, sold the home at 1520 S. Lodge Drive to Kenneth and Linda Slavin, Sarasota, for $5.35 million. Built in 2000, it has six bedrooms, six-and-one-half baths, a pool and 7,726 square feet of living area.

SARASOTA McClellan Park

Julia Allen, of Ridgewood, N.J., sold the home at 2200 Mietaw Drive to Jonathan Yunis, Sarasota, for $900,000. Built in 1998, it has four bedrooms, four-andone-half baths, a pool and 3,055 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $575,000 in 2003.

Golden Bay

Frank Schiller, trustee, Sarasota, sold the Unit 42 condominium at 166 Golden Gate Point to Richard Passman and Jane Passman, trustees, Sarasota, for $725,000.

Built in 2002, it has three bedrooms, three baths and 2,130 square feet of living area.

It previously sold for $780,000 in 2003.

San Remo Estates

John Levitt, Sarasota, sold his home at 3615 Tangier Terrace to Michael and Robin Mazzone, of Park City, Utah, for $425,000.

Built in 1956, it has three bedrooms, three baths and 1,956 square feet of living area.

It previously sold for $375,000 in 2009.

Indian Beach Court

Marc Weinberg and Ruth Folit, Sarasota, sold their home at 650 Indian Beach Lane

Nick Friedman

This home at 2200 Mietaw Drive in McClellan Park sold for $900,000.

to Emmons Development of Sarasota LLC for $400,000. Built in 1956, it has three bedrooms, three baths and 2,904 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $127,000 in 1984.

Le Chateau

Nora Duggy, trustee, of Berrien, Mich., sold the Unit 33 condominium at 37 Sunset Drive to Paul and Deborah Tschirhart, of Old Tappan, N.J., for $400,000. Built in 1971, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,066 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $495,000 in 2008.

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Cody Dolly, Sarasota, sold his home at 2159 Hawthorne St. to Curtis and Paula Abney, Sarasota, for $347,500. Built in 2008, it has three bedrooms, two-andone-half baths and 2,861 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $322,000 in 2009.

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Leland Brown, of Great Falls, Va., and Jan Moberg, of Harrisburg, Pa., sold their Unit 1208 condominium at 800 N. Tamiami Trail to Garry England and Joan Leufkens, trustees, of Ontario, Canada, for $330,000. Built in 2007, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,484 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $619,000 in 2007.

Sidney and Emily Heilbraun sold their home at 2764 Valencia Drive to Park Chambers Jr., Sarasota, for $265,000. Built in 1957, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 1,652 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $200,000 in 2010.

Forest Lakes Country Club Estates

Barbara Wigren, trustee, of Providence, R.I., sold the home at 2147 Brookhaven Drive to Michael Gutowski, Sarasota, for $210,000. Built in 1966, it has three bedrooms, two-and-one-half baths, a pool and 2,397 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $174,500 in 1994.

Sunset Towers

Nicholas and Mary Toomer, Sarasota, sold their Unit 103 condominium at 11 Sunset Drive to Sarah Ravis-Bergman, Sarasota, for $329,000. Built in 1980, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,380 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $249,900 in 2009.

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Ferdinand and Jamie Becker, Sarasota, sold their home at 1636 Caribbean Drive to Joanne Reiss, trustee, of Naperville, Ill., for $1.2 million. Built in 1957, it has three bedrooms, two-and-one half baths, a pool and 3,185 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $1.25 million in 2009.

Karl and Anne Maggard, Sarasota, sold their Unit 404 condominium at 5420 Eagles Point Circle to Stephen and Deborah Wilson, Sarasota, for $322,000. Built in 1993, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,330 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $347,500 in 2003.

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Robin Pearl, trustee, Ellen Pollen and Jayne Pearl sold the home at 400 E. Mac Ewen Drive to Vector Holdings LLC for $525,000. Built in 1999, it has four bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 3,037 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $550,000 in 2009.

Linda Ridge, Estero, sold her Unit 807 condominium at 888 Blvd. of the Arts to Kathleen Shanahan and Shirley Shanahan, Tampa, for $290,000. Built in 1982, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,288 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $287,000 in 2001.

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Kenneth Kleinschmidt, personal representative, Janet Kleinschmidt, Thomas Kleinschmidt, Carol Kleinschmidt and Calvin Kleinschmidt, Indianapolis, sold the Unit 22 condominium at 1358 Landings Drive to Peter and Janet Scharff, Sarasota, for $280,000. Built in 1981, it has three bedrooms, two-and-one half baths and 1,912 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $185,000 in 1999.

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Edwin and Donna Neff, Sarasota, sold their home at 8507 Park Shore Lane to Vladislav and Sophia Tarasov, Sarasota, for $445,000. Built in 1997, it has three bedrooms, two-and-one half baths and 2,494 square feet of living area.

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COREY'S LANDING VILLA 3 BR/3BA- 2,480 sq. ft. Golf Course and Lake View with Southern Exposure, Har-Tru Tennis Courts and Heated Community Pool -Beach Club. Offered Furnished @ $529,999 Barbara Shapiro, Broker/Owner, Sarasota Style Realty, Inc. 941-388-2135.

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

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

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

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Available Now!! $1,275/mo. Siesta Key Realty, 941-349-8900.

CNA/PRIVATE DUTY: 6 to 24 hours, all personal care, shopping, cooking, cleaning, doctor appts.

Reasonable rates. Excellent references. Call Judy, 941-539-7779.

EXPERIENCED CAREGIVER available P/T-F/T. Private care for loved ones. Excellent background and references. 941-735-7769.

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SIESTA KEY: Grand Canal: 222 Island Circle.

Walk to public beach/ Village, private pool, dock, 4/3/2, excellent in/out. Built to code. $899,900.

MLS#T2512069. 941-475-9263.

IF YOU are looking to place your loved one into a facility, we have 2 rooms available for new residents to our beautiful, soon to open, family-style assisted living facility for 6. Please call Elizabeth 941-350-7907.

THE LAKES. Immaculate 4BR/3BA, 3000 sq.ft. home, spectacular lake view, near downtown.

Renovated baths and kitchen, open concept family room, fireplace, new roof, new A/C. Private sale. $569,000. 941-377-3920 or 941-377-5920.

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

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78735 78735

TAX RETURNS (941) (941) 556-9090 556-9090

Pressure Pressure Cleaning Cleaning

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38314 38314

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A CLEANING EVEN YOUR MOTHER-IN-LAW A CLEANING EVEN YOUR MOTHER-IN-LAW WILL APPROVE! Every time, guaranteed! Lic./Ins. WILL APPROVE! Every time, guaranteed! Lic./Ins. Bonded. Pamela, 941-320-0023.

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Excellent References. Free Estimates. Reliable.

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Lic./ Ins. 941-400-3342.

CLEANING: 15 years experience. Licensed and CLEANING: 15 years experience. Licensed and Insured. References available. 941-223-0411.

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CARLO DATTILO PAINTING. Licensed & insured.

CARLO DATTILO PAINTING. Licensed & insured.

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RICK STEAKLEY PAINTING. Interior/Exterior.

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30+/years experience. References available.

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81019 81019

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79735 79735

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SOUND INVESTMENT PROPERTIES, 35/yrs.

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24 Years Exp. Lic./Ins. Residential/Commercial.

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RESIDENTIAL/ COMMERCIAL/ Resorts/ RESIDENTIAL/ COMMERCIAL/ Resorts/ Schools/ Churches/ House Checks.

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Adult Adult Care Care Services Services

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Senior Real Estate Specialist, Realtor® FIVE-STAR: Best in Client Satisfaction for last 5 years

jangillett@michaelsaunders.com

941-809-2429

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OPEN HOUSE- SUNDAY 1-4 7255 Villa dâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Este at Prestancia

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Luxury Prestancia Townhome

3bd/3ba High Ceilings, light & bright; large attr Master Suite w/2 walk ins, 3rd bd suite upstairs, woodburning fireplace; kitchen w/breakfast area; Newer roof & Skylights; Magnificent Golf course & Lake views; Enclosed Lanai & Open Patio $365,000

Sandy and Jerry Strom RealtorsÂŽ

Call GRI, Anita Boakes ABR, TRC, CIPS 941.376.1348

Siesta Key Bay Front

3 BR/3.1BA sits on tropical setting.

Hardwood floors, newer kitchen and each bathroom has its own updated full bath. New 3 zone A/C in 2011, private gas-heated pool and refurbished deck.

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Midnight Cove II

Desirable first floor 2BR/1.1 BA unit with boat dock, turnkey furnished, New A/C, kitchen appliances and water heater.

MLS#A3954787 Offered at $349,000.

Casarina

End Unit Reduced $200,000 3BR/3.1BA has full Gulf views of #1 beach in the USA. This unit has many upgrades, updated kitchen and baths, walk-in closets and large utility room.

MLS#A3948580 Offered at $1,350,000

Sandy: 941.650.8297 Jerry: 941.650.8294

Coldwell Banker Residential Real Estate Owned and Operated by NRT,LLC

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SIESTA KEY SINGLE FAMILY HOMES SOLD Oxford Dr. Siestas Bayside $559,000 Mangrove Place South Cocoanut Bayou $848,500 Idlewild Way Siesta isles Unit 5 $990,000 Freeling Dr. Bay Island Shores Unit 2 $1,525,000 SIESTA KEY SINGLE FAMILY HOMES PENDING SALES 10 Lands End Ln Lands End $565,000 SIESTA KEY CONDOMINIUMS SOLD 6706 Sarasea Circle #7 Sara Sea $230,000 6154 Midnight Pass Rd #A5 Casa Blanca Villas $261,000 5912 Midnight Pass Rd #C20 Sarasota Surf & Racquett $287,000 8630 Midnight Pass Rd #405A Bat Tree Club $320,000 6396 Midnight Pass Rd #921 Midnight Cove Bayside $365,900 8900 Blind Pass Rd #A306 Fishermans Cove Add $372,679 9397 Midnight Pass Rd #907 Pointe On Midnight Pass $675,000 1100 Seagrove Ln #CH1 Seagrove $1,539,000 SIESTA KEY SINGLE FAMILY HOMES & CONDOMINIUMS PENDING SALES

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THURSDAY, APRIL 26, 2012

Surprising Bay Views on Siesta Key...

OPEN HOUSE , SUNDAY April 29, 1-4 PM 6618 Peach Tree Creek, In Tara off SR70

OPENto 4 SUN-195 12 all Whiteche Pla

Beautiful Tara Home... Enjoy the Country Club life in this 3 bedroom plus den home, that has been recently updated inside and out, and you will love it! Light and bright, open floorplan with 3 sets of sliders leading out to a solar heated pool, and lake views beyond. Freshly painted, high ceilings, double crown molding, and 21” tile on the diagonal in the main rooms. Kitchen features granite counters, SS appliances, eat in area, plus breakfast bar.

Both baths also upgraded with granite. Move in, and enjoy the Mandatory Class A membership which allows you to live the Florida lifestyle...Golf (free, only pay cart fee), Tennis, Fitness, and On-Site Restaurant. $269,000

Home in estate with den and art studio/guest house providing possible 3-4 bedrooms on a large lot on a cul-de-sac at end of private road. 227’ frontage on newly dredged canal. Dock & Boat House in sheltered anchorage, 100 yards to ICW in Little Sarasota Bay with no bridges. Easy walk to #1 Beach in USA! Broker/Owner PRICE REDUCED TO $998,000

Call Stacy Liljeberg at 941-544-6103 Voted 5-Star Best in Client Satisfaction for 6 consecutive years

Call Stephen P. Stevens at 941.349.6636

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Pamela J Hagan

Voted Sarasota Magazine’s “Best in Client Satisfaction” SEVEN Consecutive Years

Surf & Racquet Club

941.400.6682 PamHaganSells@gmail.com

HIDDEN BAY...

PRICE REDUCED

Jenn LaGasse-Flanders

941.232-0788

We are anxious to talk to you about selling your property!

OPEN HOUSE This Tuesday-Wednesday-Thursday

St. Armands Bayfront Boater’s Paradise!

Solymar - Endless water views from two terraces and a striking lagoon styled pool with waterfall. Rare opportunity to own a 4 bedroom, 3,892 square foot pool house estate.

Offered turnkey furnished for $2,995,000

Spectacular 5BR/4.5BA, 5,400 sq. ft. St. Armands Bayfront residence with panoramic views of the city and sunset.

This home features extraordinary custom features throughout.

Offered for $3,895,000

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7th floor updated 2BR/2BA unit in popular beachfront condo directly on the #1 Beach in the US! Great year round rental program, beach, tennis, BBQ, fitness center. $549,900 MLS A3942862

Stevens & Salt, Inc. Realtor

Full Intracoastal views from this elegant 5th floor condo in Osprey! 2beds/2 baths + a den.Shows like a model and loaded with designer upgrades throughout. 2 car garage with storage Is included! Complex is pet friendly. Pools, tennis, fitness center are just some of the amenities in this gated community.

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Three beautiful Maintenance Free homes located in the prestigious communities of Prestancia TPC and The Oaks Preserve.

Both neighborhoods have two 18 hole golf courses and are conveniently situated for all Sarasota has to offer from the arts, theatre, water activities, the number 1 Beach in the U.S.A., Siesta Key, and so much more!

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151’ of Direct Gulf Frontage. This oneof-a-kind estate size parcel is simply amazing. Home site is fully permitted.

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Siesta Key

3,099,000

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7270 Alicante Dr. #3 at Prestancia Reduced to $359,000

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DIRECT GULF FRONT! Villa Di Lancia, Desirable “Walk Down” residences. 3BR/3BA and 2,455 SF w/Gulf Views. Built 1996.

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East Royal Flamingo Drive. Walk to Clubhouse, Marina & Tennis.

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7742 Club Lane - at Prestancia

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Judie Berger

Trust

THE REALTOR WITH PROVEN RESULTS

UNDER CONTRACT

1229 Point Crisp Road - $3,200,000

Brand New Siesta Key bay front home on magical 1 acre lot with dock, lift and infinity pool

7220 Proctor Road - $1,199,000

5300 sq. ft. estate on 2.5 acres, built in 2007, 15 minutes to Siesta Key

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5415 Azure Way - $1,500,000

701 Treasure Boat Way - $1,500,000

Elegant Siesta Key Mediterranean home on the Grand Canal, built in 2004 with over 3300 sf

Siesta pool home 2 blks to beach on the Grand Canal, rebuilt in 2006

sold

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524 N. Spoonbill Drive - $1,150,000

1240 Northport Drive - $950,000

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618 Owl Way - $850,000 5300 Ocean Boulevard #903 - $699,000 1771 Ringling Boulevard #1001 - $500,000 7154 Wainscott Court - $499,000

5911 Midnight Pass Road #201 - $369,000

1245 Sea Plume Way - $1,150,000 1919 Grove Street - $745,000 757 Tropical Circle - $730,000 5044 Faberge Place - $315,000 9393 Midnight Pass Road #401 - $300,000

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Rachel S. O’Hara

Ricki Bertoni, Octavio Martin, Kate Honea, Jamie Carter and Ricardo Graziano create their own ballets for the 2011 to 2012 season closer “Theatre of Dreams.”

Dancing a New Role Five Sarasota Ballet dancers try out new positions, as choreographers.

Three men are walking with unfolded Observers under their noses while they are taking in the day’s headlines.

They turn the page in sync, when a little blonde wearing red twirls in front of them. They do a few double and triple pirouettes then leap away after her.

Leave it to Kate Honea, whose entire family works in the newspaper industry, to choreograph “Headlines,” a ballet that is black, white and red all over.

She is one of five Sarasota Ballet company dancers, along with Ricki Bertoni, Octavio Martin, Ricardo Graziano and

Jamie Carter, who have taken direction all season. For the final program, “Theatre of Dreams,” these five dancers have been able to play a different role by choreographing a piece of their own, a tradition that Sarasota Ballet Artistic Director Iain Webb began two years prior.

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Theatre of Dreams When: 8 p.m. April 27; 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. April 28; 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. April 29 Where: FSU Center for the Performing Arts, 5555 N. Tamiami Trail Sarasota Cost: $25 to $85 Info: Call the Box Office 359-0099, Ext. 101 “I’m very pleased that Iain gives us this opportunity to do this Theatre of Dreams production,” Honea says.

Honea is the only female choreographer, and her ballet’s ’60s-era, Mad-Men-style narrative keeps in toe with leading ladies – by following headlines a Sarasota female might encounter: a single female looks for a man, a woman stands by her man regardless of his criminal behavior, and a woman confronts a three-timing lover.

“I’m trying to give back to the community that I love, and that has inspired me,” she says.

It’s jazzy, fun and puts a Broadway style spin on classical ballet.

It’s a crowd-pleaser, much like her previous ballet, “Percolator.”

“I love to dance knowing that everyone is having a good time,” Honea explains. She hopes to leave the audience smiling.

Honea, Graziano, Octavio and Carter have all previously choreographed.

“I hope they keep giving me this opportunity so I can explore more of the world that is this creation,” Martin, who has been in the company for six years, says. This time around he hopes to “clean up and

polish all those details he wasn’t 100% happy with,” he says, but the audience can still expect some passionate tango.

Six couples will perform his Latin-inspired “On the Outside.”

Artist Marthann Masterson’s warm-colored painting featuring a group of chairs on one side, and an isolated chair on the other, inspired him.

“It brings a feeling of love, but at the same time of loneliness,” he says of the powerful piece: “I would like to bring it to life.”

Ricki Bertoni’s “Hip to Be Square,” was also inspired by artwork — Miami artist Ernesto Barreto. It is Bertoni’s first time choreographing.

“I found a lot of inspiration from things that had nothing to do with dance,” he says. He drew inspiration from sports; his piece is athletic, energetic and bold and is accompanied by modern electronic music.

Like the other choreographers, he didn’t find it challenging to direct his peers: “I knew what everyone’s strong points are and how they move, and I could use (these) to my advantage,” he says.

Ricardo Graziano drew inspiration for his all-female contemporary ballet, “Symphony of Sorrows,” from music, and spent a sleepless night trying to find the prefect song.

“It’s about a woman who lost her son,” he says. It’s depressing, but beautiful and hopeful.

The choreographer says the process has been great, but challenging. “I love seeing my ideas come to life!” he says.

Jamie Carter’s “Holiday Overture” was also inspired by music.

To prepare, he listened to his mu-

Sara Sardelli is lifted into the air by Jamie Carter during “Headlines.”

Dancers practice for Jamie Carter’s “Holiday Overture.” sic three times a day. The song is from a CD he bought eight years ago because the composer, Elliot Carter, had the same last name. It celebrates the liberation of Paris in World War II. These dancers not only choreo-

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graph and direct their peers, but they also have a hand in the lights, music and set. Carter went as far as hand-making garrison-style military hats for his dancers to wear. These pieces have occupied a lot of their time and energy.

As uniform as these dancers have to be at times, their individual dances couldn’t be more different.

Bertoni puts it best: “The diversity of this program is (incredible).”

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+ One-man Truman play shoots from the lip You gotta love a play with a title that tells it like it is.

“Give ’Em Hell, Harry,” a one-man show about President Harry S. Truman, is stirring up such excitement in South Florida that the Harry S. Truman Library and Museum in Independence, Mo., has gotten wind of the production and requested to bring it to the president’s hometown.

Lucky for Sarasota, the show’s creators, Venice actor Jack Paul Rabito and Port Charlotte director/producer Larry McGee, will present the two-act play at 2 p.m. May 6,

at the Cook Theatre at the FSU enter for the Performing Arts.

You’ll probably never meet more ardent Truman fans than Rabito and McGee, who named their Whistlestop Productions after Truman’s 1948 whistle stop train campaign.

The men spent months rehearsing the drama, which chronicles the life and politics of the folksy 33rd president, in McGee’s garage before taking it on the road. Let’s just say the buck stops with Rabito and McGee. For tickets, call 359-0099, Ext. 101.

I’ve interviewed a lot jumped at the opportuof people for this newsnity to play Claudius. paper, including Yoko “Theater is my first Ono and Jared from love,” Delgado says.

Subway. Yes, I know, “It’s the most immethe cornerstones of our diate process for an society. actor. There’s nothing Yet it was Emilio like it.”

Delgado, an actor Yeah, but there’s also whose name might not nothing like “Sesame sound familiar, but Street.” whose face should, for “For an actor to have some of you, conjure a day job for 42 years up warm and fuzzy is pretty good,” Delgado Courtesy photo childhood memories. says. “It’s been a beauEmilio Delgado For 41 years, tiful project.”

Delgado has played Of course, this lovable Fix-It Shop owner Luis on quote wasn’t enough for me. I “Sesame Street.” I grew up watchneeded more. I needed to know if ing him rub elbows with Big Bird. I the Cookie Monster had cavities or even remember the episode in which if Oscar The Grouch was actually he and Maria got married. (It was so cheerful or if Kermit the Frog was a romantic. Elmo was the ring bearer.) diva. (For these answers and more I So you can imagine my delight suggest you check out my Q&A on when I learned he was performing YourObserver.com.) in “Hamlet, Prince of Cuba” at the Delgado will host a free bilingual Asolo Repertory Theatre.

Early Stages program for children The 71-year-old actor, who’s still ages six and under, at 10 a.m. a member of the “Sesame Street” Saturday, April 28, in the Asolo Rep cast, got his start in theater.

Rehearsal Hall at the FSU Center for When I spoke to him last week the Performing Arts. Enter through about his return to the stage in the stage door at the back of the Michael Donald Edwards’ Cubanbuilding. For more information, call flavored “Hamlet,” he said he 351-8000 or visit asolorep.org.

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When was the last time you saw a film and helped save an endangered species?

In the new film, “Chimpanzee,” Disney has partnered with the Jane Goodall Institute and is donating 20 cents for every ticket sold opening week. Aside from that noble gesture, you will have seen one of the most beautiful and touching films ever made about animals.

Filmed entirely in the wild (Ivory Coast) over the course of four years, “Chimpanzee” lets us get up close and primately personal with chimps. And there’s a story. It’s centered around an adorable newborn named Oscar whose sweet interactions with his mother are precious to behold. But as we begin to see so much of ourselves in these intelligent creatures, there’s evil lurking in the jungle.

A rival pack of chimps that covets Oscar’s territory because of its food source, viciously attacks Oscar’s band.

Freddie, the alpha male leader of Oscar’s group, scores a military-like coup and the invading chimps retreat. Sadly, one of the fatalities incurred in the raid is Oscar’s mother. It’s a “Bambi” moment but, thankfully, implied and not visual.

When directors Alastair Fothergill and Mark Linfield were uncertain of Oscar’s fate, they decided that the film was over.

The two were actually planning to call Disney and say, “Guys, we haven’t got a movie.” And, then, the most amazing sequence of events took place. In an unprecedented move, Freddie adopts Oscar who, in all likelihood, would have perished. This act of kindness defied all previous known characteristics of the alpha male chimpanzee, startling experts as well as the film crew.

‘Salmon Fishing In The Yemen’ Genre: British, Drama / Romance Cast: Ewan McGregor, Emily Blunt, Kristin Scott Thomas, Amr Waked, Tom Mison Director: Lasse Hallstrom Rating: PG-13 Comment: A creative love triangle story but a bit tedious at times. Emily Blunt is captivating as usual. Enjoy the salmon!

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Aside from a sometimes annoying and corny narration by Tim Allen, “Chimpanzee” is a masterful piece of filmmaking. The jaw-dropping cinematography (Martyn Colbeck) is artistically astounding.

Spiders weaving fluorescent webs, raindrops plopping onto delicate mushrooms and brilliant sunrises are images so exquisitely shot it’s breathtaking to witness.

A grandiose, sweeping score (Nicholas Hooper) is peppered with fun tunes, such as “That Man” and “Rize” which enhance the delightful playfulness of the young chimps. I actually found that the narration was unnecessary.

The enormous undertaking by the filmmakers is evident in every shot. Be sure to stay as the credits roll when they comment on their trials, tribulations and immense joys while making “Chimpanzee.” We also learn that poaching, habitat destruction and fragmentation have reduced the Chimpanzee population by 80% since 1960.

And that is exactly why everyone should see this thoroughly entertaining and educational documentary. chimpanzees stand to benefit by the “increased awareness of their plight.” So do something important for all of the baby Oscars and see “Chimpanzee.”

— Pam Nadon

‘The Kid With A Bike’ Genre: French (subtitled), Drama Cast: Cecile De France, Thomas Doret, Jeremie Renier, Fabrizo Rongione, Egon Di Mateo Director: Jean-Pierre Dardenne Rating: NR Comment: A painful but masterfully performed story of a motherless boy abandoned by his father.

‘Mirror Mirror’ Genre: Fantasy Cast: Julia Roberts, Lily Collins, Armie Hammer, Nathan Lane, Jordan Prentice, Mark Povineli Director: Tarsem Singh Rating: PG-13 Comments: Kind of a dark Snow White spinoff. Nathan is a show stealer. Julia is still the fairest of them all.

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Variety may be the spice of life but sometimes it’s also what flavors a concert.

When La Musica programmed works by Michael Haydn, Faure and Bruckner, the colors of different periods and styles must have looked great on paper. What rose from the pot, however, was a little different.

Haydn, the brother of the more famous Franz Josef, put together a divertimento for three instruments rarely heard together: violin, cello and double bass. Those were probably the only available players at the time, and keeping in mind that a divertimento is a diversion (possibly for a high tea or an intimate soiree), this is a pleasant piece that’s more background music than concert hall showstopper. But Laura Zarina and Julie Albers played its pretty melodies with clarity, while Dee Moses provided the simple figured bass with stylistic crispness.

The closing work, Bruckner’s String Quintet in F, performed by violinists Federico Agostini, Laura Zarina, Daniel Avshalomov and Bruno Giuranna and cellist Eric Kim, is probably one of the most boring, disjointed works I’ve heard in a while. Bruckner, in his attempt to be innovative, stuck the players and listeners with bland predictability, from banal modulations to some lovely themes that fizzled like duds at a Fourth of July fireworks show in the fog. There was little these fine musicians could do to make this Germanic piece of fragmented heaviness come to life but, like people making the most of a losing proposition, they did their best.

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Kuznetsova has a large voice that never goes beyond beautiful, yet manages to incorporate hues and colors that clearly delineate the music. Even more fascinating was this setting of a cycle usually heard with voice and piano. Adding strings was the composer’s afterthought and, although he wasn’t sure they were necessary, we felt they added a texture that made the songs even more tangible.

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Under the Sea: Triton’s Castle The nautical theme throughout Terri Young’s Siesta Key home stems from her love of the water, diving and underwater photography. Although many of her treasures were brought locally, most were collected during her travels throughout Florida and to the Caribbean, Mexico and Honduras.

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A Rosey Disposition Ron Mallory’s love for roses started in the late 1940s when victory gardens were all the rage. His mother and grandmother instilled his love for this thorny beauty in him at an early age. His grandmother would have him take care of the roses in the victory garden when she wasn’t planting vegetables and his mother would have him help her with the propagation of roses. Mallory has grown roses for more than 50 years and even created his own hybrids including his current favorite, Anne Paul.

Prior to retirement in 2007, Mallory served as the curator of the Mable Ringling Rose Garden at the John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art for 20 years. “My favorite part was sharing it with others,” recalls Mallory, “I would give the history of the garden and how it came to be and even give history on individual roses.”

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For her role in this month’s Fuzión Dance Artists/Jazz Juvenocracy collaboration, performer Caitlin McMullen is using her strengths as a modern dancer to help call the shots off stage.

Caitlin McMullen was Sarasota six years ago to never the ballerina type. study at New College of As a child, she had a Florida that she discovlot of energy and a strong ered a world of opporbuild. When her friends tunities beyond ballet began shuffling off to and ballroom: modern pointe class, McMullen dance. enrolled in gymnastics.

At New College, she At six, she started trainstudied under Leymis ing. At nine, she started Bolaños Wilmott, the cocompeting. By 14, she founder and artistic diwas ready to move on to rector of Fuzión Dance something else.

Artists, who exposed “I had to make a deciMcMullen to some of sion,” McMullen says. “I her flowing African inwas a point where if I confluences. tinued with gymnastics it The experience was was going to be my whole liberating.

McMullen life, and I was getting too thrived off the spontatall.” neity and looseness of She’s five-foot-seven Wilmott’s choreography.

–– giant by gymnast stanFrom there she studdards. ied experimental moveSo she dabbled in swing ment under New Coldancing, an outlet that lege theater and dance suited her natural athletiinstructor Margaret cism and acrobatic trainEginton, who currently ing, and enrolled in ballserves as an associate room dance lessons with professor and head of Heidi Kurpiela a male friend, who at first movement and dance at seemed genuinely inter- “I think some of the most interesting performances the FSU/Asolo Conserested in being her partner. are the ones that cause people to think about what vatory for Actor TrainHis true intentions were they saw for a long period of time,” says Caitlin ing. revealed halfway through McMullen, an apprentice with Fuzión Dance Artists.

Under Eginton’s tuthe studio’s eight-month telage, McMullen percourse. He had a crush on McMul- self-discipline, she’s just not com- formed in several contemporary len. fortable with the kind of restraint abstract theater projects in conThe 24-year-old Tallahassee that’s required of ballerinas. junction with New Music New native has always had a captivat“When I thought of dance, I al- College, an extension of the coling stage presence, though as she ways thought of ballet,” McMullen lege’s music program that serves often admits, her formal dance says. “It didn’t appeal to me. The as a platform for new avant-garde training is limited. movements and the culture sur- compositional and performance A student of tai chi and yoga, rounding it just seemed too rigid.” pieces. she understands the merits of In 2010, McMullen, who for It wasn’t until she moved to

six years has manned an organic produce stand at the Sarasota Farmers Market, graduated with a bachelor’s degree in interdisciplinary performance. Now an apprentice with Fuzión, she danced in last season’s Butoh performance at the Ringling International Arts Festival.

She says it was among one of her strangest and most arresting performances yet.

“People were mesmerized by it because it was so out of the ordinary,” McMullen says. “The movements were so slow and exaggerated and we were so aloof. A lot of people had really intense personal experiences with that performance.”

Her latest project –– “Ritmo Caliente: Hot Rhythm and Dance from Another Land” –– is a bit more accessible. A joint collaboration with Sarasota-based student jazz ensemble Jazz Juvenocracy, the program is a mix of Afro-Cuban, Latin, African and gypsy music and dancing.

Choreographed by Wilmott, the piece, which debuted earlier this month, runs through April 28, at the Glenridge Performing Arts Center.

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McMullen was especially nervous on opening night, more nervous than usual.

Although she had understudied one of the roles, her job required a different kind of concentration: backstage concentration. Tasked with calling light cues and sharing stage management responsibilities with GPAC Manager Ben Turoff, McMullen was afraid she’d miss a beat.

She had never called a show before, much less a two-hour show in front of a packed house.

“It was exciting and stressful,” McMullen says. “I was anxiety-ridden. Thankfully, I knew the piece and had been to all the rehearsals.”

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by Molly Schechter | Food Editor

Guest Food Editor: Chris Cogan There are as many ways to make chili as there are cooks who prepare it. Chili con carne is basically meat slowly simmered in a chili-spiced liquid. Conventionally, the meat is beef, pork or poultry alone or in combination, ground or shredded; more exotically it can be venison or wild boar. And while Texans insist that chili can never be made with beans, it frequently is –– again with one or several kinds. (The penultimate would be Anne Rosenzweig’s Arcadian Eight-Bean Chili with dried kidney, white, pink, black, red, pinto, cranberry and navy beans.) There are even some surprisingly successful chili mixes, such as Carroll Shelby’s Original Texas Chili Kit. An unquestioned star in this mammoth galaxy is Chris Cogan’s “Military Mess Hall Chili,” one of the dishes featured at the recent “Men Who Cook” fundraiser for the Asolo Rep. Chris’ isn’t the easiest recipe in the genre; you need to know your way around the supermarket to find all the ingredients and it takes a couple of hours of watchful prep and cooking. The result is well worth it, enormously tasty, strong and subtle at the same time. As with most braises, the chili is better after it sits in the refrigerator for a day or two.

Chris Cogan was born in Louisville, Ky., perhaps accounting for the unusual inclusion of okra in his chili. One of nine children, he learned to cook in quantity, ergo the recipe’s military name. With an entrepreneurial bent inherited from his parents, he founded his first company at age 18 and after moving to Florida in 1984, he spent a couple of decades as a bachelor build-

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Chris was recruited to Men Who Cook by the event’s founder, Beverly Bartner. She and her husband, Bob, hosted the Cogans at their table and accoutered it with camo shirts and hats and on-message gifts — Nerf guns for the gents and high-end water pistols for the ladies.

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Cogan’s ‘Military Mess Hall’ Chili Serves 4-6

Ingredients: • 1 pork tenderloin (total 1 to 1.5 pounds) • 2 boneless skinless chicken breasts • 3/4 to 1 pound ground chuck • 1/2 can chili beans (with juice) • 1/2 can great northern beans (drained) • 1/2 can navy beans (drained) • 1 large can whole peeled tomatoes (with juice) • 1/2 bottle of pilsner beer • 1/2 large sweet onion • 3 peppers (one red, one green, one yellow) • 5 to 10 pickled okra spears • 5 to 10 large green Spanish pimento-stuffed olives • 2 tablespoons ground chili powder • 1/2 tablespoon paprika • 1 1/2 tablespoons salt • 2 tablespoons ground cumin • 1/2 tablespoon dried, ground oregano • 1 1/2 tablespoons corn masa flour • 1/2 teaspoon ground cayenne pepper • Olive oil • Stubbs or similar chicken or pork marinade sauce

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teaspoon of cayenne pepper to pot, leaving balance of each for later upon tasting.

Trim both ends from the pickled okra spears and slice spears into 1/4 inch thin slices and add to pot.

Finely chop olives and add to pot.

Gently pour bottle of beer down a spoon into pot to avoid foaming.

Cut whole tomatoes into halves or thirds and add to pot. Heat may need to be dialed up slightly momentarily but be careful not to boil, reduce heat when simmer is re-established.

At this point the pot should have been simmering for about two hours, allow to simmer for another 30 minutes then, add the beans and allow to simmer for another 30 minutes.

Add the remainder of the cumin and cayenne pepper (to taste) along with 1to 1 ½ Tablespoons of corn masa flour to desired thickness and taste.

Allow all ingredients to simmer together for 30 minutes (a total of at least 3 hours), then turn off heat and allow to cool.

Best if reheated and served the next day or at least after a few hours of resting. Additional masa corn flour may be added upon reheating, depending on desired thickness and taste.

Directions: Start with an 8-quart pot (with lid) and at least one large skillet.

Lightly cover bottom of pot and skillet with olive oil.

Dice the onion and peppers and add to pot on low to medium heat. When onion begins to turn translucent, add ground chuck and stir/ chop regularly until meat is browned.

Reduce heat to simmer.

Add salt to pot.

Cut tenderloin in half then slice it long-ways into quarters such that you have four long strips.

Add 1/4 cup of marinade sauce to olive oil in skillet, turn on medium heat and add tenderloin strips, brown until medium, remove to cutting board.

Cut chicken breasts lengthways into ½ inch wide strips and repeat directions in step #6 until chicken is cooked.

Shred/chop chicken and pork and add to pot with browned ground chuck, onions and peppers.

Stir pot regularly and begin using lid, keeping heat at simmer to low.

Add ground chili powder, oregano and paprika to pot.

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By Loren Mayo | Black Tie Editor From the elaborate fabric archways and shady palm trees to cigarette girls and the Latin music of Big Night Out, guests attending Children First’s “Meet Me at the Tropicana” must have thought they had been transported to back to Cuba, circa the 1950s.

The sold-out event with 300 people in attendance took place Saturday, April 21, at Michael’s On East.

At one point during the evening, CoChairwoman Gerri Aaron presented a $10,000 challenge to the guests. The challenge was met with a $10,000 donation from Kristine and Steve White, with an additional $15,000 donation from other generous guests.

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+ Never say never to Eva

by Loren Mayo and Molly Schechter | Observer Staff

+ Big reunion, big success Bob and Dottie Garner had lots of company last weekend. Fifty-four members of the Baer-Loewenstein family, from Philadelphia, New York, London, Atlanta, Aspen, Boulder, Charleston, Courtesy photo Columbus, Memphis, St. Louis, Oliver Baer, Elisa Baer and two of their Kansas City, Pittsburgh, and cousins: Cameron Louie and Rob Wyant Washington, D.C. convened at the Ritz-Carlton. The youngest attendee was under two and the oldest was 91. Their agenda included a Saturday morning meeting at which each branch of the family had six minutes to give an update — not a lot of time to cover the years since the last reunion. Bob and Dottie’s grandson, Rob Wyant, kidded his grandpa about outdoing him on kayaking expeditions and talked about how “cool” his grandma is for using for using technologies including Facebook and iPad.

In the Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe’s new production of “Blackbird, The Story of Josephine Baker,” the lyric is “Never say never to Josie.” It applies equally well to Eva Slane, a loyal supporter of WBTT since its inception. She first saw the show in 2003 at Stages, a Chicago workshop program for musicals in development. Sherman Yellen wrote the book and the lyrics; the late Wally Harper was the composer. Slane immediately commenced a campaign to get WBTT to do it but it was a largecast show and really beyond their reach. Sherman Yellen has since rethought it and reduced it to a cast of five. Slane pitched it to WBTT chief Nate Jacobs again last year. She also mentioned it to Howard Millman and according to Slane, “All Howard needed to know is that the same person who wrote “The Rothschilds” did this show.”

Yellen was in town for the week leading up to the April 20 opening, along with Allan Gruet, his business partner, and Harper’s long-time partner and musical heir. Director Harry Bryce was in the audience for the first performance, in a full house that also included Gerri Aaron and Marvin Albert,

Ron and Rita Greenbaum, WBTT Board President Julie Leach and her husband, Brock, Jane Johnson, Debra and Walton Beecham, Kay Delaney and Murray Bring, Scott and Candy Greer, Scott Anderson, Judy Cuppy, Mark and Janet Hammer and Millman. Slane considers the show “my baby,” and she is clearly off to a healthy start; the run was extended before it opened.

+ Big sisters get superstar recognition for volunteer efforts

+ Tidbits Be on the watch for new jewelry … Chatting it up and buying beads at the Gem and Jewelry Show in the Municipal Auditorium April 21: Betty Schoenbaum, her niece, Susan Cruikshank, a professional jewelry artist, and Claire Levin, a long-time hobbyist … Such a natural … Scott George, who has raised literally millions for diverse AIDS charities, has joined the board of Community AIDS Network … He will be missed … Marty Fine, a larger-thanlife figure in our community as a board member and supporter of the Perlman Music Program Suncoast and other nonprofits, died April 10. BT extends our sympathies to Mickey Fine and his entire family … A busman’s holiday? …

Was that not Michael and Teri Klauber attending the Asolo Rep’s recent “Men Who Cook?” They were guests of participant Dr. Brad Lerner and his wife, Melissa. Wonder which dish Michael most enjoyed? Probably Lerner’s “On Call of the Wild” Bobotie, which doc discovered on a trip to Africa with — you guessed it — Michael Klauber and the Connoisseur Club …

Molly Schechter

Allan Gruet, Eva Slane and Sherman Yellen

Loren Mayo

Nancy Schwartz, Audrey Leihser and Rachel O’Hara

The Observer’s Nancy Schwartz, Audrey Leihser and Rachel O'Hara received shout outs at the Big Brothers Big Sisters Suncoast “Déjà Vu” event Friday, April 20. The three Observerites have volunteered their time to the organization by each taking on a “little sister.”

O’Hara became involved with Big Brothers Big Sisters during college.

“I found it to be a rewarding experience and got back into it when I moved to Sarasota,” O’Hara said. “Myniea is 8 years old and has been my little sister since December. We have a lot of fun going bowling and watching Circus Sarasota, but our favorite thing to do is go to Yogurtology. This is a way to help a younger generation see all sorts of different things and get involved in opportunities that they may not have had the chance to participate in.”

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Event Chairs Ron Masseo and Barbara Najmy

Lakewood Ranch Community Fund Gala Friday, April 20 | The Polo Grill and Bar’s Fête Ballroom Bob and Billie Delaney

Bob and Sharon Hillstrom

Arthur and Lynn Guilford

Jill Plotkin, Julie Katchen and Barb Davey

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