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by Kurt Schultheis | City Editor

City discusses future of garage Even though a 2010 agreement requires the city build a 300-space parking garage at the State Street lot, some city commissioners are questioning if that is the best move currently.

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Sarasota city commissioners are starting to question whether the well-known movie phrase, “If you build it, they will come,” will ring true if a State Street parking garage is built in the next two years.

But downtown Sarasota devel-

oper John Simon told the Sarasota Observer he still wants the garage built by 2014, as promised per an agreement.

An agreement the city reached with Pineapple Square in 2010, when it acquired the

43,700-square-foot lot, requires the city to build at least a 300-space parking garage on the site within four years.

The city’s parking master plan in 2005 also identified the State Street lot as a priority designation

for a garage. The site is currently home to a 139-parking space lot.

“They (commissioners) made a commitment and, quite frankly,

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Team Sue’s Cruise, of Sarasota, recently raised more than $7,000 for multiple sclerosis during the recent Bike MS: The Citrus Tour 2012. The team spent two days, April 21 and April 22, riding to and from Bok Tower Gardens, in Lake Wales, and Caribe Royale Resort, in Orlando.

The money goes toward the Mid Florida Chapter of the National MS Society’s overall fundraising goal of $966,000.

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+ Temple Beth Sholom goes green Beekeepers, farmers and gardeners recently joined Temple Beth Sholom students for their Living Green event.

Kindergarten students performed an original play before viewing the documentary, “The Vanishing of the Bees,” and discussing chemical use in America.

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RAIN OR SHINE Rachel S. O’Hara

The Sarasota Teens With A Dream team continued to run their Relay for Life laps even during a downpour Saturday, April 28, at Sarasota High School. For the story and more photos, see pages 6B and 7B.

FLYING HIGH

by Kurt Schultheis | City Editor

Airport lands in the black Sarasota-Bradenton International Airport is flying high with a promise to be debt free in 2014. However, it is also waving goodbye to a popular carrier.

Sarasota-Bradenton International Airport President Fred Piccolo told both the Sarasota and Manatee commissions Tuesday “the sky is far from falling” at Sarasota-Bradenton International Airport.

In February, AirTran, which is

now owned by Southwest Airlines, announced it would halt service to the airport, which in turn upset surprised airport officials.

But Piccolo said the decision, although disruptive, is far from a deathblow to the airport.

Piccolo informed commissioners at the joint county meeting that the airport, which acts as an independent airport authority employing roughly 125

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Sarasota-Bradenton International Airport had a surplus of $1 million SEE AIRPORT / PAGE 2A in the past fiscal year.

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GARAGE / FROM PAGE 1A the city already has the funds set aside to build the garage,” Simon said.

Commissioners Terry Turner and Shannon Snyder have recently pointed to a 10% average usage rate in the Palm Avenue parking garage as a reason they believe the city doesn’t need another parking garage.

“That’s not a valid argument,” said Simon, who said that cities bigger than Sarasota also have empty garages during the week and out of season.

“If you go to any regional parking area, 10% of the parking spaces are used,” Simon said. “But come Christmastime and during special events, those spaces get filled.”

Simon said the city needs to build the garage and think ahead.

“When downtown is busy and the theaters are running, those structures will fill up and so will the State Street garage,” Simon said.

Simon compares Sarasota’s parking garages to the garage at International Plaza in Tampa, which sees light usage traffic most of the week but is bustling on the weekends and during the holiday shopping season.

Commissioners, meanwhile, have postponed until next year a request for proposals from contractors interested in building the garage.

“The sooner the garage comes online, the sooner we incur operating costs,” said Turner, who also expressed concern with the retail components of the project.

Like the Palm Avenue parking garage, the first floor of the State Street garage will include a retail component.

“If we went without retail, we could get something done more cheaply,” Turner said. “I think this is a Cadillac when something a little less extensive might be necessary.”

If the garage process eventually moves forward, it will involve a series of public hearings to gauge what kind of retail the public would like to see on the site. Site plans and designs would also be created during this phase, while allowing potential tenants for the retail space to come forward

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We need to plan for the continued uptick in pedestrian traffic and build the garage.

Sarasota developer John Simon with what they would like to place in the first floor of the garage.

“At the end of this phase, we hope to come up with a guaranteed maximum price for the cost of garage that the commission must agree upon before moving forward,” said senior city planner Steve Stancel.

Turner’s lack of support for the garage now does not mean he doesn’t support the future project.

“I believe in the State Street garage, but it’s a question of timing,” Turner said. “It’s just not needed right now.”

Turner suggested during a recent workshop about downtown projects that the garage be built at a price tag closer to $5 million, instead of using all $6 million that’s set aside for the project.

Not everyone is against building the parking garage now, though.

“I believe in the garage and think we need to move forward with it,” said Mayor Suzanne Atwell.

Simon, meanwhile, points to the future development of Pineapple Square as a reason to build the garage.

Although the Pineapple Square development has slowed due to a downturn in the economy, Simon says the first phase of the project is almost complete with tenants such as Brooks Brothers, Pastry Art and Eileen Fischer across the street. In June, Reasons Shoes is moving from St. Armands Circle to Main Street. Also, J.McLaughlin is bringing its ninth Florida location to downtown Sarasota in June.

“What once was vacant is now filling up,” Simon said. “We need to plan for the continued uptick in pedestrian traffic and build the garage.”

AIRPORT / FROM PAGE 1A people with zero funding from taxpayers, has $28 million in reserves, $100 million in fixed assets and is on schedule to pay off all of its remaining $9 million debt in 2014.

“From a financial standpoint, the airport is in very good shape,” Piccolo said. “We are set to become one of the only airports in this country to be totally debt free.”

Last year, Piccolo said, the airport raked in a surplus of more than $1 million.

Said Piccolo: “We have invested more than $100 million in the airport over the last 10 years without borrowing a dime.”

A study by the Florida Department of Transportation, Piccolo said, revealed that the airport has close to a $1 billion-a-year economic impact for the region “without taking a penny out of taxpayers’ pockets.”

Manatee County Commissioner Joe McClash said he was “thrilled” with the airport’s ability to pay off its remaining debt within a couple of years.

Piccolo also noted that although Continental Airlines is gone and AirTran is leaving later this year, they are still obligated to pay the airport for remaining years of service at the airport they chose not to fulfill.

“Continental pays us $700,000 a year not to be here, and Southwest (AirTran) will pay us $500,000 not to be here,” Piccolo said.

But Piccolo said he won’t dwell on the departure of carriers, noting that United Airlines will initiate daily service between Sarasota and Chicago O’Hare International Airport effective Nov. 4.

Piccolo also said the airport would announce next week another carrier that will offer service from SRQ to La Guardia International Airport.

“We are also hopeful United will add a second Chicago flight this winter and will add service to Newark, as well,” Piccolo said.

Piccolo said travelers aren’t saving money by taking flights that are an average of $30 cheaper out of Tampa International Airport.

Piccolo said he understands the price difference and that most flights out of Sarasota require one stop.

“But connections take no more than an hour,” Piccolo said. “And if you go to Tampa, you spend an hour on the road each way, plus you spend the gas money to get there and back.”

“We realize we can’t meet your needs all the time,” he said. “But we’re close and convenient like a 7-Eleven, and the community must check us out and try to use us as much as possible.”

McClash said he’s saved hundreds of dollars by flying out of the local airport.

“Flights are starting to become cheaper, parking is better and cheaper and I’m saving gas money,” McClash said.

Piccolo, meanwhile, couldn’t resist a jab at Southwest Airlines for their abrupt decision to cancel service, earlier this year. He urged everyone to support the carriers that use the local airport, even if they choose to fly out of Tampa instead.

“Am I asking you not to use Southwest and AirTran?” Piccolo said.

“You’re damn right I am.”

If local flyers boycott the airline, Piccolo said, it could force the company to bring its service back to the airport.

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NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH

by Sean Roth | Gulf Coast Business Review

Libby’s owner to acquire buildings Friday, May 4, is a big day for Stephen Seidensticker. The owner of Libby’s Cafe + Bar and his real-estate business partner, Lemuel Sharp III, are scheduled to acquire the Hillview restaurant’s building, Morton’s Plaza, Southside Deli, a 4,089-square-feet of retail building and a vacant lot in a foreclosure auction from the Griffin family.

The investors, who are operating as L&S Partners LLC, own the mortgage note on the property, which has grown to $11.15 million through penalties and interest. Seidensticker and Sharp purchased the debt from Wells Fargo Bank NA last year for $6.4 million.

The partners will effectively bid the total mortgage amount and can only be outbid if another would-be buyer offered more than $11.15 million. In the case that they are outbid, the proceeds would go to L&S Partners LLC up to the debit amount and then to the Griffin family.

“I actually hope we do get outbid,” Seidensticker said.

“Lem and I just felt it made sense. We are very familiar with the properties and tenants. Of course, this would also solidify (Libby’s) position over there. It’s a premier property in a great neighborhood.

We plan to be here for a long while and to be great neighbors.”

The five parcels have been under a legal cloud since 2010.

Wells Fargo filed a foreclosure suit against Carla and William Griffin, personally, and several real-estate entities Dec. 27, 2010, for non-payment on a mortgage and a swap transaction. Wells Fargo was also seeking damages and payment of properties taxes for

Stephen Seidensticker and his business partner, Lemuel Sharp, are buying four Hillview buildings out of foreclosure.

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by Kurt Schultheis | City Editor

Counties want to create trained workforce Sarasota and Manatee County officials say they need to get students trained in local high-paying jobs.

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L&S Partners LLC owns the mortgage note on the 23,948-square -foot Morton’s Plaza at 1924 S. Osprey Ave. 2008 and 2009.

In November, Joe Hembree, of Hembree & Associates Inc., was appointed receiver to manage the rental business.

During the foreclosure process in December, L&S Partners filed an emergency motion for contempt against William Griffin and John Ford Griffin. In the complaint, L&S Partners alleged the Griffins completed an unapproved withdrawal and a bank wire in November ($153,165.32 and $8,408.65, respectively) and transferred a bank signatory

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card to William Griffin. Ultimately, those accusations of contempt were dropped, according to Seidensticker.

The partners don’t plan to pursue the Griffins for any deficiencies after the auction.

Currently, all of the buildings are fully leased. The current tenants in the property include: Morton’s Gourmet Market, Libby’s, Marmalade Salon & Boutique, Riley Interior Design, The Paper Tree, RHA Boutique, Jewelry by Giorgio and LCM Capital Advisors.

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• 1924 S. Osprey Ave., the 23,948-square-foot Morton’s Plaza • 1907 S. Osprey Ave., the 10,205-square-foot Libby’s Cafe + Bar • 1931 S. Osprey Ave., 4,089-square-foot retail building housing the Paper Tree • 1825 Hillview St., the 2,613-square-foot Southside Deli • 1821 Hyde Park St., 8,198-square-foot lot Total building square footage: 40,855

by Kurt Schultheis | City Editor

Developers want an end to interchange Two years after the County Commission voted down an interchange concept, the plan is still on the table. The commission has urged faster staff response.

When Pulte Homes submitted preliminary plans for a new housing community near the Central Sarasota Parkway interchange a few months ago, the homebuilder was shocked to discover an interchange concept that the County Commission voted down two years ago still existed.

“A petition is going forward by a developer in a tough economy and somehow this interchange is still in the way,” County Commissioner Joe Barbetta said at the regular commission meeting Tuesday, April 24. “We made a policy by this board to eliminate it and yet staff still feels, apparently, there’s a need for it.”

The county agreed not to construct the interchange in May 2010, and a contract with the Florida Department of Transportation for the project was voided in favor of an interchange further south, at State Road 681.

Barbetta was upset to learn from county attorney Steve

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DeMarsh that the reason the interchange is still on the table is because a Comprehensive Plan amendment is needed to remove it.

“We asked for that comp plan amendment change two years ago,” Barbetta said. “Now we have a large developer with a legitimate proposal that could walk away from a good project because of it, which could cause us some huge liability exposure.”

Commissioner Jon Thaxton urged staff to move forward quickly.

“The message that needs to be sent is we need comp plan amendments before this board so we can make a policy decision and move on,” Thaxton said.

The interchange issue arose again in March, when more than 30 Palmer Ranch residents were informed at a Palmer Ranch Communities Coalition meeting that the interchange wasn’t dead after all.

At the meeting, Palmer

Ranch Holdings LLC representatives informed residents that plans for two new single-family home communities and a new town center planned for the area would be scrapped if the Sarasota County Commission agreed to reconsider the interchange.

Palmer Ranch Holdings is under contract with Taylor Morrison to purchase approximately 100 acres off Central Sarasota Parkway behind The Glenridge on Palmer Ranch community, near where the property dead ends on the east side of Honore Avenue.

Taylor Morrison has plans to build approximately 260 homes there, which will include a clubhouse with amenities for residents. That project is 18 months away from breaking ground.

Another contract with DiVosta Homes, a division of Pulte Homes, was announced for a 350 single-family home community that’s right in the vicinity of the proposed inter-

change.

When the interchange at Central Sarasota Parkway shifted two miles south to State Road 681 more than two years ago, Palmer Ranch Holdings LLC Vice President Justin Powell said that Palmer Ranch Holdings made plans for housing developments on the land where the interchange would have been built.

Next to the housing developments, Palmer Ranch Holdings has plans for a 100,000-square-foot community town center concept that would include an anchor tenant such as a Publix or Whole Foods supermarket.

Pulte Homes has agreed to pay for the county’s costs to remove the interchange designation from the county’s comp plan, and the commission will discuss the interchange’s removal with county staff at its May 9 meeting.

“It appears we’re headed in the right direction,” Powell said.

County officials say local graduates are overlooking high-paying industrial and manufacturing jobs in both Sarasota and Manatee counties.

At a joint commission workshop between the two county commissions Tuesday in Bradenton, commissioners said it’s time their governments start working with their respective school districts to keep students in the area by informing them of lucrative, post highschool career opportunities.

“An ongoing problem in both counties is the lack of a trained local workforce,” said Sarasota County Commissioner Joe Barbetta.

The comment initiated a half-hour debate that led to both commissions agreeing to work with their school districts to get student grades up and make sure their pending graduates are touring local manufacturing plants, such as Bradenton-based Pierce Manufacturing, which makes fire trucks for departments all over the country.

Manatee County Commissioner and former high school teacher Michael Gallen said the problem is a lot of local kids don’t know there are manufacturing jobs here that pay a good wage. For instance, Bradenton-based Tropicana Products Inc. has assembly-line jobs available that pay an $80,000 annual wage, according to Manatee County Commissioner Joe McClash.

“A lot of kids think their only options are universities or the military,” Gallen said. “They need to know there are other options out there.”

Manatee County Commissioner Carol Whitmore agreed.

“We all want our kids to go to college, but that’s just not the way it is anymore,” Whitmore said. “We need to get our school boards together to help push schools into getting kids into facilities to see what it’s like because some of these jobs make more money than doctors and lawyers do.”

Economic Development Corporation officials told both commissions they are working to get schools communicating with workplace providers.

“The perception of manufacturing isn’t what it used to be,” said Manatee Economic Development Corporation Director Sharon Hillstrom. “It’s now clean, high-tech and high-paying.”

McClash said the problem is neither county has a plan to keep students in the area.

“We don’t have a qualified workforce,” McClash said. “From an economic standpoint, as a region, we need to request an educational strategic plan to have a good workforce and create skill sets for these kids.”

Mark Huey, president of the Sarasota Economic Development Corporation, said both counties have “the regional assets (companies) to collaborate and keep students here locally.”

Both commissions have plans to hold future meetings with their school boards to discuss the issue further.

Whitmore said it’s just a matter of helping local students make sure they know there are other career options.

Also at the joint workshop, the commissions continued to support the creation of a rowing regatta and aquatics center at Nathan Benderson Park and made plans to work together to use the same vendor to replace aging public safety radio networks to reduce costs and improve emergency communication.

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+ Institute for the Ages names Esselman CEO On Thursday, April 26, the Institute for the Ages named Tom Esselman, a former Hallmark Cards executive, as its first CEO. “I am thrilled and honored to be joining The Institute for the Ages and becoming a part of an amazing community,” said Esselman, in a statement. “Sarasota County is home to a broad, diverse and passionate mix of individuals, groups and organizations that can serve as catalysts for positive aging throughout the world.” Previously, Esselman served as Hallmark’s director of New Concept Development and Greetings Innovation, for which he oversaw the creation of new products and partnerships.

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+ City staff investigates St. Armands benches City staff presented the St. Armands Landowners’ Merchants and Residents (LMAR) with data Thursday, April 26, showing the location of all of the Circle’s benches in an effort to pinpoint which benches need repair and/or replacement.

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Monday, May 7, Sarasota County Administration Center, Third Floor Think Tank Room, 1660 Ringling Blvd., Sarasota.  Sarasota City Commission Regular Meeting — 2:30 and 6 p.m. Monday, May 7, City Hall, Commission Chamber, 1565 First St., Sarasota.  St. Armands Business Improvement District Board of Directors Meeting — 8:30 a.m.

Tuesday, May 8, City Hall, Room 109, 1565 First St., Sarasota.  City Planning Board Regular Meeting — 6 p.m. Wednesday, May 9, City Hall, Commission Chamber, 1565 First St., Sarasota.

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There are a total of 65 benches within or just outside the Circle, which includes 35 two-seat benches, 26 three-seat benches and four regular benches.

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By Kurt Schultheis | City Editor

Streetscape funding takes shape on Main Street The Downtown Improvement District Board of Directors hopes to use an internal city loan to help pay for a Main Street streetscape project.

At a workshop last month, commissioners tentatively agreed to a list of six downtown projects including a Main Street streetscape project that will transform Main Street from Gulfstream Avenue to Osprey Avenue.

Construction improvements to Main Street could start as early as this summer if the Sarasota City Commission officially approves the list at a special meeting planned later this month.

On Tuesday, April 24, the commission reached a consensus to

Downtown Makeover The following projects will be financed through tax-increment financing (TIF) dollars if approved by the Sarasota City Commission later this month: • $224,000 for a North Palm Avenue streetscape project (The DID will pay $10,000 additional dollars for this project) • $1.3 million for a First Street enhancement project from Pineapple Avenue to U.S. 41

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tentatively move forward with plans to help the DID pay for its $1.9 million Main Street project through a $1.5 million internal loan that is repayable to the city at a rate of 3.5% over a 15-year term.

The DID has already approved the $1.9 million Main Street project and is willing to pay for almost half of the project with its own dollars.

City Finance Director Chris Lyons called the internal loan “a win-win.”

“It would be a win-win because the city gets money on the interest rates,” Lyons said. “In essence, we’re setting aside money out of our investments we normally would earn 1% on and get a 3.5% rate of return instead.”

DID Operations Manager John Moran said if the loan is approved by commissioners later this month, work could begin this summer on the project. That work would include Main Street improvements, mostly traffic calming bulb-outs, from the Five Points roundabout to Orange Avenue. A North Palm Avenue streetscape project could also begin this summer.

Then, in summer 2013, the largest renovation and construction of Main Street would begin. Plans call for bricking the sidewalks, creating additional bulb-outs and adding parallel

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by Kurt Schultheis | City Editor

Coastal Behavioral loses CEO, some of its funding

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by Nick Friedman | Community Editor

Coastal Behavioral Healthcare Inc. lost its CEO and access to what was previously exclusive state funding for its services.

Sarasota-based Coastal Behavioral Healthcare Inc. President and CEO Dr. Jerry W. Thompson resigned Thursday, April 26. The news came the day before the organization’s potential loss of up to 30% of an approximately $14 million state-funding contract was discovered.

Thompson left “to pursue other professional interests,” according to an April 26 press release.

The next day, an “intent to negotiate” process for 20% to 30% of a contract that used to be exclusive for Coastal Behavioral Healthcare appeared on the Central Florida Behavioral Health Network Inc. Coastal Behavioral Board Chairman Jack Donoghue, who is leading the organization in an interim role as it searches for a new CEO, said the loss of some of its funding has no correlation with a search for a new CEO. Coastal Behavioral, an organization with 200 employees serving more than 6,000 individuals in Sarasota, DeSoto, Charlotte and Lee counties each year, was alerted to the state’s decision beforehand.

“The Department of Community Affairs, which is the

source of the contract, is embarking on an understandable and perhaps necessary strategy for improving the use of those precious dollars used to provide services in the state of Florida,” Donoghue said.

Coastal Behavioral, Donoghue said, is the first Florida organization to suffer from what will be many other intent-tonegotiation processes for state funding.

The only problem, Donoghue said, is the state’s decision now opens up any Florida organization to bid for the funding (including Coastal Behavioral), as long as it intends to provide services to the Sarasota County area.

“We will, of course, bid on these services and feel we have the local resources, clinical services and overall quality to be able to be very successful,” Donoghue said. “I would love to think a local provider that has 41 years of experience in this community would be a provider of choice for the state to consider.”

Donoghue, meanwhile, said Coastal Behavioral has “numerous other revenue sources and contracts” but did call the contract in question “a significant one” for the organization.

Any state organization must apply for the formerly exclusive Coastal Behavioral funds by Wednesday, May 16; negotiations will begin June 4, and the new contract will be awarded in July.

Manatee Glens President and CEO Mary Ruiz said it’s important to note Coastal Behavioral Healthcare is still open for business as usual and will apply for the same funds it recently lost to the bidding process. In the meantime, other local organizations are expected to bid on the funding that’s no longer exclusive to Coastal Behavioral.

But the state’s decision on such short notice to change how it allocated dollars, Ruiz said, creates ripple effects around the region and statewide.

“My concern for Sarasota is this process is going through all the right steps in an incredibly short period of time,” Ruiz said. “We are worried about the impact to our consumers and our sister counties.

“Coastal is still accepting patients and servicing people as it always has. If the state makes any changes in July, it’s their responsibility to make sure that access to care continues in Sarasota County.”

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APRIL 23 DENT IN THE WALLET 1:30 p.m. — 3500 block of South Tamiami Trail. Civil Disturbance. A woman told police she paid a man $600 after he approached her in a parking lot with the offer to fix her car. She said the man didn’t fix the dents correctly, and he won’t return her phone calls now. Police advised she would have to take up the matter in court.

MARCO? POLO? 1:44 p.m. — 3500 block of South Tamiami Trail. Suspicious Circumstance.

Two women who were caught trying to steal Polo shirts in a department store were trespassed from the mall.

SECOND TIME’S A CHARM 4:30 p.m. — 2100 block of Sixth Street. Civil Disturbance. A woman told police her landlord changed her locks because she was $1,500 behind on her rent.

The landlord came to the scene and denied changing the locks.

The woman tried her keys again and discovered they worked this time.

April 24 Trespassing trouble 6:42 a.m. — 1600 block of Main Street. Trespassing. A homeless person was told to stay off church property.

BAGGED THE EVIDENCE? 8:41 p.m. — 4000 block of South Tamiami Trail. Suspicious Circumstance.

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Wrong pedal 9:15 a.m. — Intersection of State Road 798 and Bird Key Drive. Vehicle Crash.

Two cars were driving eastbound on State Road 789 when the light turned red at Bird Key Drive. A woman driving a Mercedes Benz sport utility vehicle crashed into the back of a Dodge pickup truck when the driver of the truck hit the brakes to stop at the light. The woman said she accelerated instead of braking.

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APRIL 23 DOES IT RESONATE WITH YOU? 1:02 p.m. — 700 block of Central Avenue. Criminal Mischief. Someone painted the phrase “RESN8� on the back of a business.

ABANDONMENT ISSUE 11:08 a.m. — 100 block of Golden Gate Point. Abandoned Autos. A parking-enforcement officer ran the tag of a car on

APRIL 25 HOLY GROUND 6:35 a.m. — 1200 block of Central Avenue. Trespassing. A homeless man was given one more warning and told not to fall asleep on church property in the future.

Beggar begs off 8:09 a.m. — 1800 block of South Tamiami Trail. Family Dispute. A gas station clerk told police she’s upset with a woman who frequents the gas station to beg for money. The woman left when she saw the clerk pick up the phone to report her behavior.

MUSICAL CHAIRS 9:18 a.m. — 1700 block of Morrill Street. Civil Disturbance. A motel employee reported a man took the plastic patio furniture set from the motel room he was renting and took it across the street to the new place he started renting.

A longstanding dispute about the plastic pieces has been ongoing for months, and police advised the two men might have to resolve the matter in court.

10:25 p.m. — 1300 block of Fruitville Road. Suspicious Circumstance. A man found sleeping on the porch of someone’s home was trespassed from the property.

Golden Gate Point, and it came back as an abandoned vehicle. Police made arrangements for the car to be towed.

FOREIGN CURRENCY 3:30 p.m. — 1800 block of Ringling Boulevard. Suspicious Circumstance. A man told police his bank notified him there was an attempt made to transfer $64,000 from his account to an account in Malaysia. The bank didn’t honor the request and sent the request to its fraud department.

NOT VERY NEIGHBORLY 6:33 p.m. — 1600 block of Fifth Street.

Dispute. A woman reported trash and a bottle rocket she found in her backyard.

Roommates at a nearby apartment are suspected of dumping the trash there.

CUJO SIGHTING? 10:36 a.m. — 1400 block of 18th Street. Animal Nuisance. A woman told police that almost every day, a dog shows up in her yard and growls at her before running away. She’s afraid the dog might hurt someone. She promised to call back when she saw the dog in the area.

Mall madness 1:56 p.m. — 3500 block of South Tamiami Trail. Suspicious Person. A mall security guard said a customer was walking up and down the main walkway of a store while yelling. The security guard said the woman was crying and appeared to be drunk. Security kept her occupied until police arrived. Her parents came to pick her up.

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“If we are to build a better world, we must remember that the guiding principle is this — a policy of freedom for the individual is the only truly progressive policy.”

Friedrich Hayek “Road to Serfdom,” 1944

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What we need: A leader

One of the pleasures of winter in Sarasota is how this region manages to attract extraordinary speakers and experts.

The Ringling College Library Town Hall Series is always rich with compelling speakers. Among them this year: former first lady Laura Bush, Army Gen. Stanley McChrystal; and “Freakonomics” author Steven Levitt.

But over the past three weeks, Sarasota’s Argus Foundation, the business organization that focuses on improving the communication between the private and public sectors, has hosted two guests whose separate topics and messages coincidentally pointed in the same direction.

One of those guests was part-time Longboat Key resident, Dr. Phil Kotler, the world-renowned professor at Northwestern University, textbook author and expert on marketing. If you’ve ever studied marketing, no doubt you have read at least one of Dr. Kotler’s books.

The other Argus speaker was Kentucky Lt. Gov. Jerry Abramson, whom we featured on the front page of last week’s edition.

Before being elected lieutenant governor, Abramson spent nearly 15 years as mayor of Louisville.

Kotler’s presentation focused on the subject of one of his textbooks: “place marketing,” specifically what Greater Sarasota can do to market itself better, to draw more visitors and businesses and create a worldwide brand identity.

Kotler handed out a treasure trove of specific suggestions. For one, he says, “You need to decide what you want to be when you grow up … Sarasota needs a strategic plan. It needs to develop a unique tagline” that encompasses what Sarasota has to offer, which he says is “excellent weather and natural beauty with high-quality arts and culture. No other city can make that claim.”

And he made this important point: “All sectors (of the community) must work together if you want to have something really great.”

Lt. Gov. Abramson, a few days later, told how the city of Louisville shook its complex as a second-tier city and took steps to become an equal, if not move ahead of nearby rivals Nashville and Cincinnati. Its main step: It consolidated its county and city governments into one — and united the community behind that concept.

There was no need to have two of every

service and department in local government. There was no need for two economic development agencies and multiple chambers of commerce.

Today, Jefferson County and Louisville are one.

One of the key questions that arose after Kotler and Abramson’s presentations was the obvious one: How? Kotler was asked: How do you make it happen? How does a community decide what its brand is?

Abramson was asked: How did consolidation happen?

Their responses were the same: You need a leader.

Kotler suggested a strong, elected mayor.

In Louisville and Jefferson County, each already had strong elected mayors.The two mayors, Abramson said, were committed to the consolidation and led the charge.

The more you watch what unfolds at City Hall and at the County Administration building, the more the evidence mounts for a new form of local government here.

Crucial to Sarasota’s future — city and county — is an elected CEO mayor who can be held accountable and, most important, who can lead the community forward.

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Bullies on the block — lawsuits Too many lawyers curdle the culture and frighten the populace.

But Sarasota Police Chief Mikel Hollaway isn’t frightened. He’s going to do what he believes is right and legal, and the heck with the lawyers.

We need more of that.

The ACLU — chock full of lawyers — has filed a lawsuit about the city’s trespass program, and city officials are running scared. The city’s trespass program allows property owners to give police the authority to shoo people off their property with warnings and, ultimately, arrests.

It’s a popular program ROD with merchants and THOMSON property owners downtown, because between the homeless and Occupy ne’er-do-wells, they have a problem.

But the ACLU’s lifeblood is the publicity gained through lawsuits and threatening lawsuits. Don’t think so? Does the so-called civil rights organization ever file a lawsuit without notifying every media outlet within range?

The ACLU threatened a class-action lawsuit (one news story) and two days later filed the lawsuit (a second “news” story), claiming to represent 6,500 claimants. Of course, those are all unnamed and largely fanciful claimants in the grievance-fevered minds of the ACLU. The organization’s lawyers say they went

through police records and found an average of 2,100 trespass warnings the past four years, with a fifth of those to people with multiple warnings. So, these were not people arrested, just given a warning to leave private property — something most everyone would appreciate police doing on their own property.

In the real world, there are only four actual, non-fictional claimants.

The ACLU’s bullying tactics prompted an immediate 60-day suspension of the program by Sarasota City Attorney Robert Fournier. (Did anyone else know the hired city attorney could just suspend city rules at will?)

Now the program may indeed have a flaw. It does not appear to allow for those charged with trespass to contest the charges. Even a speeding ticket can be contested.

But that is easily fixed, if true, and hardly requires a class-action lawsuit. Chief Hollaway says he will continue enforcing the program once fixed. But it’s likely the ACLU will still find problems with it because it has an agenda, and it is not the good of the homeless or the property owners.

Exhibit two of lawyer culture-curdling is the State College of Florida Board of Trustees’ decision to grant tenure to 11 instructors.

State rules require that colleges must grant tenure to instructors who have received three satisfactory evaluations during a five-year period — a ridiculously low standard for giving essentially lifetime job guarantees.

The trustees initially wanted to re-exam-

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ine the whole tenure situation, because the Florida Board of Education is set to take it up. But the state action would come after the instructors’ contracts expired, and the trustees’ lawyer said that while they may not be breaking a law, “there is exposure to a lawsuit.”

The trustees caved.

So the threat of lawyer bullying pushed officials into making a decision based on the fear of a lawsuit.

We see this at every intersection of our lives.

Medical costs are driven skyward in part by the constancy of lawsuits. Ask physicians what they pay for malpractice insurance — insurance to cover the cost of lawsuits and the threat of lawsuits — and it will blow your socks off.

Businesses large and small are regularly making decisions based on the threat of litigation, or to limit their potential liability.

Some innovations never get tried, and are therefore lost, because the lawyer-lawsuit bully is always lurking around the corner.

In all of these cases, it’s not just the potential of losing a lawsuit, it is the cost of defending against every lawsuit, including the frivolous ones. Lawyers on both sides typically win financially, regardless of who wins in the courtroom.

The Legislature keeps putting off tort reform, perhaps because it just doesn’t pack the requisite political punch. But it is time to defang the lawyer-lawsuit bullies. If only most of our legislators weren’t lawyers.

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

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by Dean Kalahar | Contributing Columnist

The class-warfare attack on the ‘rich’ is really an argument against free markets, wealth creation and life-saving economic growth. “poor” is like comparing Warren Buffett to a homeless person. This is not statistical reality. In short, the vast swath of Americans earn between $25,000 and $75,000 a year. Instead of being a nation of “rich” and “poor,” we are a nation of income equity and mobility.

Sarasota County is no different. The average adjusted income per household is $55,157.

So, why do we see opulence here in Sarasota? Because the so-called “rich” spent the better part of a lifetime working hard at building a business or career, saving and investing for a rainy day, paying off a home and planning for their future. They live off their investment income and Social Security, and along the way, they certainly have paid their “fair share.”

Many Sarasotans may live well now, but what is unseen are the years of scrimping and saving that went toward the ability for Sarasota seniors to live out their retirement years with some degree of comfort.

Indeed, if anyone is to analyze incomes, he must factor in experience, time and age. Young people have fewer skills and earn less; older people have more skills and earn more. Incomes increase over time.

The “haves” and “have-nots” are not different people, just people at different stages of their lives. The top 20% retire, while the bottom 20% increase their human capital and move up, while younger

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Remember the old saw, “The man who has two bosses has none?” Well, the officials of Sarasota County supposedly have five bosses and do pretty much as they please (at least until their behavior reaches the level of a publicly-known firing offense). Think county taxes are too high?

Don’t ask us, say the commissioners, better talk to the sheriff or the School Board. Think some county department is inefficient or misguided?

Don’t ask us, say the commissioners, better talk to the (unelected) county administrator.

I was particularly struck by the article’s note that the city/county consolidation in Louisville was strongly opposed by sitting officials but favored by former ones. Gee, how unusual that the active politicians were more interested in protecting their turf than in good representative government! So, what if Sarasota voters favor more efficient government and term limits — let’s hear it for career politicians!

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Truth is, the “poor” in America are far richer in real economic terms than the rich in many places around the globe.

Defining poverty and affluence is difficult when the bottom 20% in America has a higher standard of living than the top 20% in many other countries.

Income and class mobility is also a dominant feature in America. An absolute majority of people in the bottom 20% move into the top 20% in fewer than 20 years. Treasury Department studies show incomes in the bottom 20% grow at a much faster rate than in the top 20%, while the top 1% actually move down in income and bracket over time.

The economy is not a zero-sum game in which the benefit of one comes at the cost to another. The class-warfare attack on the “rich” is really an argument against free markets, wealth creation and life-saving economic growth. Polarizing citizens based on highly subjective emotional terms such as “rich” and “poor” is counterproductive at best and immoral at worst.

Free-market entrepreneurial capitalism allowed for the success of Apple’s Steve Jobs. Attacking the “rich” to pay their “fair share” through forced income redistribution will mean fewer Apples, jobs and prosperity.

Dean Kalahar, a 40-year Sarasota resident, is an economics teacher at Sarasota High School and author of “Practical Economics.”

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Class warfare and income redistribution rhetoric has always been fashionable among protesters and politicians who play the old game of divide and conquer, telling us the greedy “rich” need to “pay their fair share.”

This would be tedious if it did not have serious implications for tearing communities apart, including our own. Let’s take a look.

According to IRS data, there are 1.38 million Americans in the top 1% earning at least $343,927 a year. This is a generous living Kalahar but hardly the cash flow to purchase a corporate jet and luxury yacht.

There are 138,000 Americans in the top 1% earning more than $2 million a year.

They more truly represent the vision we have of “rich,” but only equal 0.04% of the population.

Going even further, we can say “rich” and attach images of Oprah Winfrey and Bill Gates, two of the 5,309 people who make more than $10 million a year. But comparing 0.004% of the population to the 330 million other Americans to define the economic fabric of our nation is statistically meaningless.

What do Americans earn?

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“Celebrating Queen” performed by the Bohemian Rhapsody Orchestra rocked the auditorium Thursday, April 26, at the Riverview Performing Arts Center.

The Bohemian Rhapsody Orchestra held a two-hour concert that featured a variety of Queen hits, including “Another One Bites The Dust,” “Fat Bottomed Girls,” “Killer Queen,” “You’re My Best Friend,” “Somebody To Love” and deep album cuts such as “Death On Two Legs,” and “The March Of The Black Queen.”

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â&#x20AC;&#x153;We put together a good set, we worked really hard, and the combo took second place, so that was good,â&#x20AC;? he says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This was one of the first years in a while where we had all new people, so Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m really proud about that. Overall, it was a really enjoyable experience.â&#x20AC;?

Cowan previously played piano, but he started getting serious about playing the drums about two years ago. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I had a drum set that I would play on, but I wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t very dedicated,â&#x20AC;? he says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know much about playing, so coming in through the school was a really good learning experience.â&#x20AC;?

Cowan says Music Department Chairman Ned Rosenblatt put together a program with a good mix of genres to showcase the studentsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; full range. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We tried to mix up our styles,â&#x20AC;? he says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We played some Latin style, some samba, swing and some funk stuff, which really shows our diversity.â&#x20AC;?

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The event, the largest of its kind in the United States, allows big bands, combos and vocal jazz ensembles from high schools across the country to compete in front of a panel of Berklee faculty for audition and scholarship opportunities.

This year, the Booker High School Jazz Combo took second place, and senior bassist, Brent Layman, earned the Outstanding Musicianship award. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was a really good experience,â&#x20AC;? Layman says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;With everything we did to get ready, we had a really good program. One of the biggest things was just preparing and learning how to properly rehearse.â&#x20AC;?

Layman has been to the festival for the past three years and says the experience was comparable to years past. After graduation, Layman is considering attending FCTIâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Fire Science Academy, but he plans to continue playing music around town.

Junior Ronan Cowan, who played drums in the jazz combo, also enjoyed his time in Beantown.

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This year’s regatta featured rowers from 40 schools throughout the state.

The Sarasota Scullers placed 10th with 230 points.

Left: Sarasota Crew won the regatta in convincing fashion.

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Sarasota Scullers’ Women’s Freshmen 4+ team won gold. From left: Sasha Grujin, Raven Spells, Cheyenne Adams and Julia Santos (not pictured is coxswain Lara King).

Rowers from Sarasota Crew and Sarasota Scullers joined hundreds of other athletes from throughout the state during the FSRA Sweep Championships Saturday, April 28, and Sunday, April 29, at Nathan Benderson Park.

Forty club and scholastic teams from all across the state of Florida participated in the two-day regatta. Sarasota Crew came in first place as the Overall Youth Team with 574 points — almost 100 points more than the second place team and rival, Winter Park High School.

The Sarasota Scullers also placed, coming in 10th with 230 points.

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Sarasota Crew bested its closest competitor — Winter Park — by nearly 100 points.

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JULIETTE BEER Juliette Beer has been in the event-planning business for more than 40 years. Her artistic talent, as well as her efforts to build relationships with clients, has earned her a national client base.

Juliette Beer considers herself one of the oldest event planners in the business. With more than 40 years of experience under her belt and a word-of-mouth client list that spans the country, she’s put her unique touch on more than a few weddings and bar mitzvahs. Despite her impres-

sive track record, Beer says she didn’t always have the opportunity to put her creativity to use.

Beer attended New York University, where she trained to be a medical technician. When she moved to Miami in 1971, she took her first step toward event planning when she and a few

friends started working in the gift-basket industry.

“That got my creative juices flowing,” Beer says. “It was a rediscovery for me. I didn’t know I was a creative person before that. I look back on some of the things I did as a kid, and I realize it’s just a part of who I am.”

Without any formal training, Beer says she learned the ins and outs of event planning by trial and error. Soon, she had built a loyal following in Miami before she moved to Sarasota six years ago. Her efforts to maintain relationships with her clients, as well as her ability to personally create many of the decorations and centerpieces used in the events, helped set her apart in Miami and continue to do so in Sarasota.

“I try to really cater to the customer’s taste,” Beer says. “I want to give them something creative and original, so I try not to repeat myself. It can be hard, but I like that a lot. It keeps me young.”

Beer’s line of work doesn’t offer the most regular schedule, and she sometimes finds herself working 15-hour days for events that range from weddings and bar mitzvahs to elaborate quinceañeras and volunteer jobs for nonprofit organizations such as Girls Inc. Despite the hectic and sometimes demanding nature of her job, Beer says she gets a lot of satisfaction from her work, especially the relationships she builds with her clients.

“I like knowing I’ve made people happy, and they tell me time and time again,” Beer says.

“I have friends that tell me they can’t believe I’m still doing this, but the older I get, the more I realize how much satisfaction I get out of it.”

— Nick Friedman

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Hands-on experience is the best way to learn a job, but it doesn’t come without some lessons learned the hard way. Beer remembers an order she received while working in the giftbasket business in Miami.

Xerox wanted an order of 500 balloons with the company’s name on them, but without enough time to have them made, Beer and her associates quickly went to work, blowing up 500 balloons and using permanent markers to label the balloons themselves.

Upon arriving, the doorman stopped Beer to inform her that the company’s name was not, in fact spelled, “Zerox.”

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EZRA ROBINSON STATS Ezra Robinson, 18, finished up his third sports season, track and field, last weekend during the state meet in Jacksonville. Robinson played football, basketball and track and field throughout his time at Booker High School and will be heading to Michigan State this summer with full-ride football scholarship. The Sarasota native is excited play cornerback for the Spartans and one day hopes to turn professional.

Andrew Tucker Age: 16 Grade/School: Sophomore, Suncoast Polytechnical Institute Position: Shortstop and right field Number: 6 What do you enjoy most about baseball?

Getting exercise and, of course, winning.

Why did you decide to start playing baseball?

I was a big fan of Derek Jeter, so I started playing baseball when I was really young.

Who is your favorite baseball player?

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Energetic

When did you start participating in track and field?

In ninth grade. I did it because I like to stay busy, and when basketball was over, I had nothing to do. I tried out my freshman year and did pretty well and stuck with it, and it kept me busy and conditioned for football.

Do you have a favorite event?

I go back and forth between the high jump and the triple jump. I’m really good at jumping. I’ve been dunking since I was in the eighth grade.

What will you miss most about track and field here at Booker?

I’m going to miss the coaches. I love how they push me and we have fun and laugh a lot. Coach Sheldon is like my brother, and he was my DB coach in football, too. Coach Billy Ray always tries to make people laugh, and he runs with us on the track and says, “Don’t let an old man beat you!” Coach Crane is just a silly dude and likes to talk about old movies nobody has ever seen. And Coach Johnson was with me for football, too, last year. Coach Larry was here my freshman year, and he yelled and really pushed you hard. But last and not least is Coach Lorenzo. I love that man like a father. Even when I do bad or mess up on the high jump, he is the dude that pats me on the back and tells me everything will be alright.

When did you realize that you wanted to pursue football after high school?

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Breanna Browning, Ezra Robinson and Cherlinda Polynice all will graduate this year.

After my 10th-grade year. I never thought of myself as that great of a player. I’m just an average player who works hard. I got people talking to me and colleges were calling me and sending me mail, and I was looking and thinking, “Whoa! I’m not even that good!” But I kept getting things from college coaches, so I thought football is going to pay for my education.

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What is the best sports advice?

You have to push yourself past your limits in every sport.

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Whom do you admire in the sports world?

Deion Sanders and Nnamdi Asomugha. Nnamdi doesn’t get thrown to a lot, and he reminds me that when I am not getting thrown to, it is out of respect, and I don’t get down about it. Sanders, because he is just an amazing player. He took the cornerback position to the next level.

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When do you head off to Michigan State?

I’m trying to leave as soon as possible, but my mom and auntie want me to stay as long as possible. I’ll probably leave somewhere around early- to mid-June.

Are you ready for the cold of Michigan?

I like the cold more than I like the heat. I know that sounds kind of weird, but I’m excited. I’ve never seen snow.

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Federal National Mortgage Association sold the Unit 207 condominium at 888 Blvd. of the Arts to Ronald and Carole Wolfson, of Sarasota, for $305,000. Built in 1982, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,288 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $500,000 in 2006.

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Dennis Hartig, of Guttenberg, Iowa, sold his Unit B-1 condominium at 5350 Montclair Place to Caren Van Slyke, trustee, of Oak Park, Ill., for $290,000. Built in 1985, it has two bedrooms, two-and-one-half baths and 1,360 square feet of living area.

It previously sold for $142,500 in 1997.

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Debra Pitell-Hauge and Lester Hauge Jr., of Bradenton, sold their home at 444 Poincianna Drive to Patrick and Christina Cunningham, of Sarasota, for $265,000. Built in 1950, it has three bedrooms, one bath and 2,102 square feet of living area.

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John and Norma Thomas, of St. Charles, Mo., sold their Unit 302 condominium at 750 N. Tamiami Trail to Thomas Greaney, of Hoboken, N.J., for $207,700. Built in 2001, it has two bedrooms, one bath and 1,065 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $215,000 in 2002.

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Theodore and Denise Drabik sold their home at 7812 Uliva Way to Milton Sheridan and Margaret Sheridan, trustees, of N. Potomac, Md., for $400,000. Built in 2005, it has three bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 2,201 square feet of living area. It pre-

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Caroline Cruickshank, Alexander Cruickshank Jr. and Anne McPhail sold their Unit 1101 condominium at 1233 N. Gulfstream Ave. to Monty and Cheryl Scher, of Highland Park, Ill., for $1.3 million. Built in 2001, it has four bedrooms, three-and-one-half baths and 3,780 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $1.5 million in 2001.

Harbor View on Golden Gate Point Condominium Association Inc. sold the Unit 601 condominium at 650 Golden Gate Point to John and Carole Witterschein, of Sarasota, for $860,000. Built in 1962, it has three bedrooms, three-and-one-half baths and 2,791 square feet of living area.

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A condominium in Savoy on Palm tops all transactions in this week’s real estate.

Meirion Jones and Candice Steckler, Osprey, sold their Unit 901 condominium at 401 S. Palm Ave. to George and Ludmilla Malmberg, of Sarasota, for $1,895,000.

Built in 2006, it has three bedrooms, threeand-one-half baths and 3,172 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $1,814,600 in 2006.

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John-Erich and Sandra Mantius, of Lakewood Ranch, sold their home at 7944 Bergamo Ave. to Mark and Alison Strauss, of Marlboro, N.J., for $217,500. Built in 2004, it has three bedrooms, two-and-one-half baths and 1,672 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $244,900 in 2004.

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A condominium in Savoy on Palm, which has three bedrooms, three-andone-half baths and 3,172, sold for $1,895,000. and Lynn Slevin, of Novi, Mich., for $293,000. Built in 2000, it has three bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 2,205 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $285,000 in 2003.

Barbara Tragar, of Maricopa, Ariz., sold her home at 546 Meadow Sweet Circle to Conrad and Karen Olfier, of Jackson, Mich., for $220,000. Built in 2000, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 2,105 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $192,500 in 2000.

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Raymond Spitale, of Sarasota, sold his home at 8069 Via Fiore to Andres Talero and Taline Kazandjian,, of Tarzana, Calif., for $305,000. Built in 1991, it has three bedrooms, twoand-one-half baths, a pool and 2,254 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $575,000 in 2005.

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Dolores White sold the home at 1332 Thornapple Drive to John and Lorie Smyth, of Ontario, Canada, for $290,000. Built in 2003, it has three bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 2,167 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $395,000 in 2007.

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Edson Stevens sold the home at 7216 Antigua Place to Simon Staehli for $260,000. Built in 1972, it has two bedrooms, two-and-one-half baths and 1,554 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $150,000 in 2011.

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Larry and Lisa Sablosky, of Hamilton, Ind., sold their home at 8950 Olde Hickory Ave. to Carl Erxleben, of Sarasota, for $279,000. Built in 1996, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 2,192 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $225,000 in 1996.

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Anthony and Faith Nichols, of Ellenton, sold their home at 233 Keel Way to John and Gina Bacorn, of Marietta, Ga., for $281,000. Built in 1978, it has two bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 1,421 square feet of living area.

Peter and Dona Everson, of N. Bradford, Conn., sold their Unit 159 condominium at 1503 Clower Creek Drive to James Burt, of Sarasota, for $285,000. Built in 1979, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,216 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $285,000 in 2001.

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Aurora Loan Services LLC sold the home at 452 S. Creek Drive to E*Trade Bank for $390,000. E*Trade Bank then sold the home to Lysle Trenton Veach Jr., of Osprey, for $390,000. Built in 1990, it has three bedrooms, threeand-one-half baths, a pool and 3,312 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $326,100 in 2011.

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70 One way to decrease 15 Wise men from the the workforce East 73 What anglers want 19 Sainted Norwegian that campers don’t king 74 Woolgatherers 20 Cheech’s last name 76 “As you ___, so shall 21 Brigham Young you reap” University city 77 Pre-owned 22 Describing the Sinai 78 Japanese soup Peninsula 79 “Drop this,” 23 Deadlines’ kin editorially 25 Made from a 80 “... here on Gilligan’s common grain ___” 26 ___ it like it is 81 You may have a spot 27 Invention of new of it words 82 Authoritative 28 Drone pronouncement monotonously 30 Drug derived from a 84 Book-lined rooms 85 Contemptuous poppy plant expression 32 Scouting unit 86 Helicopter inventor 34 Top-notch steak Igor sauce?

88 Turn topsy-turvy 35 Where Kurdish is 90 Holders of pirate spoken treasures 36 Savoy Opera 91 Some party snacks soprano Owen, and 92 Radio dial others 93 Waldorf or Caesar 39 T-shirt size 95 Come forth into 41 Old Polaroid output view 45 Commando 98 Maestro’s platform excursions 100 Great city of old 46 Sugar plant Greece 47 Mexico’s national 104 Azerbaijan’s capital flower 49 “___ Day Will Come” 105 “Mary Tyler Moore” spin-off 50 Adolescent’s 107 It is often stolen outbreak 109 Adieus 51 Bop on the head 52 100 Cambodian sen 110 La Scala location 111 Wide-eyed gaze 53 Silence the tube 112 “Pants on fire” 54 19th Greek letter person 55 Landlord’s 113 Accessory for a Miss entitlement America contestant 59 Join in wedlock 114 Bicycle-wheel 60 End results component 62 Nonclergy group 115 Well-knit tales?

63 Gnatlike flies 116 Makes a gaffe 64 Gutter sites 65 Wind-___ (carried

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14 Disney World transport 15 Morning prayers 16 ___ code (part of a telephone number) 17 Coated with gold leaf 18 Word with “gossip” or “chatter” 24 Roman household deities 29 Dress (with “up” or “out”) 31 “___ Don’t Preach” (Madonna hit) 33 Some housewarming gifts 35 Arm of the sea 36 Lyric poetry Muse 37 Former Portuguese territory in China 38 Quick-cooking meat entree 40 Egyptian cross with a loop 41 Like Rudolph’s nose 42 Flipped-over devices filled with sand 43 Bizarre 44 Cards above deuces 46 Dairy Queen offerings 48 Craggy ridge 51 Up-and-___ (rising star) 53 Palindromic form of address 55 Chess actions

56 Andrew ___ Webber 57 More maneuverable at sea 58 “Lather, ___, repeat” 59 Legendary ruler of Crete 61 Called like a crow 63 Bishop’s headgear (var.)

65 Mississippi delta feature 66 Coal, wood and gas 67 Adjoins 68 Certain JapaneseAmerican 69 Rash, as a decision 70 Changes, as the Constitution 71 “Apartment available” 72 Big pitchers for water 74 Clark and Tracy 75 Arabian Peninsula seaport 78 Calls a spade a diamond, e.g.

80 Not fit for consumption 82 Pharmacist’s sale 83 Ordinary or common 84 Composer of “La Mer” 85 Pottery fragment 87 Fast forward movement 89 Side dish for roast pig 90 Sci-fi look-alikes 92 Eastman trademark 94 ___ squash 95 Fades or declines 96 Yucatan dweller 97 ___ out a living (barely scrapes by) 98 Type of shirt or pony 99 “I never ___ man I didn’t like” 101 Brand for hair removal 102 Bygone Russian autocrat 103 Bath towel word 106 Word repeated before “hooray” 108 Passenger vehicle

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

Homes For Rent 2 BEDROOM, 2 BATH, 2CG, Partially furnished, Fenced backyard, Small pet ok. Non-smoking, Yearly lease, $1100/mo.

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

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

Annual 941-320-6000.

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Sweeping Gulf Views... Right on Lido Beach Exquisitely remodeled tenth floor beach front residence. You will immediatly notice the attention to detail paid in the wonderfully designed kitchen, featuring glass paneled doors, upgraded cabinets and a decorative back splash. Newer flooring, plantation shutters and the extensive use of crown molding give this residence a modern feel. $675,000 Call Jenna to arrange a showing 941-343-7953

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7233 Pine needle SieSta Key $569,900

2BR/2BA condo just over the south bridge.

Open plan, one month rentals, 12x per year make this a great investment! $269,000

SIESTA ISLES - Located on the Island of Contento The best of the BEACH and BOATING, on 175 feet of waterfront on the Grand Canal’s deep boating water, less than 2 miles to Siesta Key Beach, the #1 rated beach in the country.

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Former Lennar model home, c. 3100 SF with 4 BR, hobby room, office and 3 car garage. Lots of upgrades. Screened pool with lovely view of greenbelt, pond and preserve.

Barbara Gahry, GRI, SFR

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 $960,000

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3bd/3ba,The Barcelona floor plan; 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

Call GRI, Anita Boakes ABR, TRC, CIPS 941.376.1348

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Call Stephen P. Stevens at 941.349.6636 Stevens & Salt, Inc. Realtor

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WE WILL SELL YOUR HOUSE OR ERA WILL BUY IT® 941-346-7454

WATERSIDE REALTY SIESTA KEY SINGLE FAMILY HOMES SOLD Plymouth St. Siesta Beach $355,000 South View Drive Siesta Cove $435,000 Calle Del Otono Sarasota Beach $455,000 Sandy Hook Rd. Sandy Hook $850,000 SIESTA KEY CONDOMINIUMS SOLD 6610 Midnight Pas Rd. #7 Ebbtide $120,000 6066 Midnight Pass Rd #28 Casa Mar $150,000 6157 Midnight Pass Rd #E12 Bay Oaks $220,000 4660 Ocean Blvd. #P1 Sea Village $400,000 1175 Coquille Street #301 Coquille $400,000 6326 Midnight Pass Rd #505 El Presidente $410,000 5880 Midnight Pass Rd #205 Casarino $470,000 5855 Midnight Pass Rd #207 Harbor Towers Y& C $517,500 6300 Midnight Pass Rd #901 Crystal Sands 2 $548,900 5300 Ocean Blvd. #604 Terrace East $699,000 SIESTA KEY SINGLE FAMILY HOMES & CONDOMINIUMS PENDING SALES 5830 Midnight Pass Rd. #51 Jamaica Royale Unit I $239,000

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www.ERAwatersiderealty.net SIESTA KEY AND SARASOTA AREA HOME & CONDO SALES LAST WEEK* 6370 5911 5830 5770 5880 6312 6300 5300 2828 1823 2700 4811 2315 2567 7636 1720

Midnight Pass Rd. #822 Midnight Cove Bayside Midnight Pass Rd. #205 Boca Siesta Midnight Pass Rd. #86 Jamaica Royale Unit II Midnight Pass Rd. #604 Gulf and Bay Club PH3 Midnight Pass Rd. #405 Casarina Midnight Pass Rd. #102S Crescent Arms Midnight Pass Rd. #411 Crystal Sands II Ocean Blvd. #903 Terrace East SARASOTA AREA SINGLE FAMILY HOMES SOLD Olympic Street Sarasota Venice Co. Coleen Street North Vamo 1 Nassau Street Bahama Heights Camphor Ave. Madison Park Riverwood Pines Dr. Riverwood Pines Constitution Blvd.

Phillippi Gardens 6 Cove Terrace Southpointe Shores SARASOTA AREA CONDOMINIUMS SOLD Morrill Street #6 Morrill Enclave

$249,900 $325,000 $394,900 $490,000 $570,000 $625,000 $659,000 $699,000 $49,000 $51,000 $89,500 $115,000 $175,000 $237,500 $277,000 $38,000

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Clark Road #265 Sienna $80,000 Terry Lane #0 Gulf Gate MNR Unit3 $101,900 Michele Dr. #A4 Island $132,000 Benjamin Franklin Dr. #31 Lido Towers $195,000 Boathouse Circle #HA125 Pelican Cove IX $228,000 Montclair Pl #B-1 Island $290,000 Fruiteville Rd. #B Encore $295,000 Golden Gate Pointe #63 Harbor House West $440,000 Ritz Carlton Drive #1106 Ritz carlton Residences $682,500 Main Street #1206 1350 Main Residential $757,000 Ben Franklin Drive #112 St. Armands Towers North $775,000 SARASOTA AREA CONDOMINIUMS PENDING SALES Bayhouse Point Dr #GL Pelican Cove XIV $149,900 Pelican Cove Rd Pelican Cove XIII $159,650 John Ringling Blvd. #21 Sarasota Harbor $229,000 Benjiman Franklin Dr Lido Beach Club $369,900 South Palm Ave #34 Sarabande $749,000 South Orange Ave. #PHC Hudson Crossing $1,500,000

Based on information compiled from the Mid-Florida Regional Multiple Listing Service, Inc. for the period of 4/24/2012 thru 4/30/2012.

This information may or may not include all listed, expired, withdrawn, pending or sold properties of one or more members of the Mid Florida Regional Multiple Listing Service.

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“Clyde Burnett has that alluring quality that many outsider artists have,” says artist Virginia Hoffman of Burnett, above. “His work has a very masterful painterly quality. And he’s got quite a vocabulary with his images.”

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Clyde Burnett would rather toy with your imagination than brighten up your living room.

The 83-year-old painter explains why after all these years he’s still suffering for his art.

Clyde Burnett is still at it.

He’s still exorcising his demons in layers of dark-oil paint. Still giving his figures cold, pale skin and their shadows ample room to loom.

Still challenging his strict funda-

mentalist upbringing with ironic portunity to become a lawyer. references to Adam and Eve. Still “I was looking for answers,” he says painting odd, reoccurring images of his decision to study art. of armadillos and mannequins. Still He didn’t find any. grateful, despite years of financial Instead, he found something bethardship, that he passed up the op- ter: a sense of adventure.

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“I experienced rewards beyond anything I ever imagined intellectually and creatively,” Burnett says. “To me, art has never been about grinding out landscapes (with the objective) to sell. If it were, I wouldn’t do it. It’s a discovery, an adventurous way of living.”

At 83, the artist is still an adventurer; although, lately his traveling is limited to the eight miles he drives every day to work at the John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, where for 14 years he’s worked as a security guard.

Once a rugged outdoorsman, he used to spend his weekends hunting, fishing and hiking, until diabetes, arthritis and a heart attack hampered his physical relationship with nature.

“Renoir had rheumatoid arthritis so bad he had to have his brushes tied with gauze to his hand,” Burnett says. “I’ve got my setbacks, but I’m not that bad.”

For years, the artist has logged his most satisfying adventures in a makeshift studio — a crammed, dimly lit laundry room in the back of a small house off Bee Ridge Road, the confines of which would make most people claustrophobic.

“Sorry about the heat,” Burnett says in a slow Southern drawl. “The A/C is on the fritz.”

This is where Burnett spends his time away from work: sitting at an easel, surrounded by old jelly jars, photographs, art posters, stacks of unframed canvases, a Panasonic radio, a flyswatter, feather duster, yellowed greeting cards from his late wife, Betty, and mannequins — plenty of mannequins.

“I use the mannequins to represent people,” he says over the rattle of his washing machine. “They’re nice standins.”

Whether Burnett is trying to make a statement by painting dummies in place of people, he won’t say.

He’s a man of few carefully chosen words, who offers little analysis of his work, save describing it as, “not the kind of thing people purchase to decorate

IF YOU GO “Southern Gothic: Paintings by Clyde Burnett” is up now through July 30, at the New Deal Gallery at the Federal Building. The artist will speak at a reception from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Friday, May 4, at the gallery space, located at 111 S. Orange Ave. in downtown Sarasota. For more information, email Virginia Hoffman at virginia.hoffman@sarasotagov.com. above their couch.”

Perhaps his reticence stems from the fact that he spent so many years writing art criticism for newspapers.

A graduate of the University of Georgia, Burnett moved in 1953 to Sarasota to work as a display manger for Sears, Roebuck and Co. Three years later, he joined the Sarasota Herald-Tribune, first as an ad salesman, then as an art critic.

He held the post for eight years, leaving in 1969 to work as the arts editor at the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, where he remained until his retirement in 1990.

“I can truthfully say that I spent my life in art-related occupations,” Burnett says.

“I was able to support my family all those years in a field I loved.”

Upon retiring from the Atlanta Journal, he returned to Sarasota to focus on his own art in a town he remembered as being ripe with young bohemians and highprofile artists such as Hilton Leech, Frank Rampolla and Syd Solomon, whose work he describes as “exploratory.”

He hit his stride in the early 1990s, when he joined ARTarget, an avant-garde artist group that served as an underground exhibition platform for emerging alternative artists whose work was too edgy for many Sarasota galleries.

The organization introduced him to a network of like-minded contemporary artists, with whom he still shares a kinship. It helped him land solo shows and

earned him a label he seems to have happily embraced: Southern gothic surrealist.

“Clyde has always been an artist’s artist,” says former ARTarget member Virginia Hoffman. “So many artists have an encyclopedia of rhetoric they attach to their art. Clyde’s rhetoric exists within his paintings. He allows the viewers to go into the work and make a home for themselves.”

Hoffman’s affection for Burnett is one of the reasons why she choose the artist to kick off the city of Sarasota’s first oneman show in the New Deal Gallery at the Federal Building.

Hoffman, a volunteer public-art coordinator, launched the program in October after serving eight years on the city’s public-art committee. The city-run art series, which features work by area-based artists, has already showcased two exhibitions in the historic downtown landmark.

Burnett is visibly touched by the gesture.

“The greatest compliment to me is that half of the paintings I ever sold went to other artists,” he says.

Hoffman says Burnett is underrated.

Other artists say he’s misunderstood.

Years ago, at an art center in Georgia, a man walked up to Burnett and exclaimed that he’d never seen anything like Burnett’s work before. When Burnett thanked him for the praise, the man explained that the remark was not a compliment.

“Not everybody thinks my stuff is wonderful,” Burnett says.

To most viewers, a Burnett painting looks like a scene plucked from a medieval wonderland, an alternate universe in which Manet’s “Olympia” receives a sixpack of beer in lieu of a bouquet of flowers.

Staring at his canvases for too long can make you feel like you’ve just stepped inside Alice’s looking glass.

“He tells a story with his images,” Hoffman says. “There’s allegory within. That’s what always fascinated me. It’s not obvious to the casual viewer.”

WHAT’S WITH ALL THE ARMADILLOS? Clyde Burnett loves a good metaphor, so it comes as no surprise that his favorite animal is the thickskinned armadillo.

The critter often pops up in his work and his studio, which is filled with armadillo knickknacks.

“My wife collected owls and I collected armadillos,” Burnett says. “It’s kind of like my totem. It’s a survivor animal.”

And, like Burnett, it’s soft and fuzzy under its tough exterior.

For this reason, Burnett’s work often appeals to the same crowd that adores Salvador Dali, though the artist himself is not a fan of the famous surrealist. He says he’s more of a Max Ernst guy.

“If painting means anything, it’s that you have to deal with things,” Burnett says. “You can’t just look at a painting of a rose and accept that it’s a rose. You’ve got to stand there and say, ‘There’s something about this rose that makes it quite different than just a rose. What is it? The petals?

The thorns?’”

For a minute he considers answering his own hypothetical question, while running a rough hand through his gray brush cut.

“Art should be mind-enhancing,” he says. “Even if it makes you uncomfortable.”

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+ Wallenda continues his media hot streak Apparently I love seeing local people get national press.

Nik Wallenda, however …

This media darling — I mean daredevil — is all over the place. Did anyone catch his recent segment on HBO’s “Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel?”

In March, “Real Sports” correspondent and longtime Sports Illustrated reporter Frank Deford interviewed the 33-year-old adrenaline junkie at his home off Lockwood Ridge in Sarasota.

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+ Sigrid Olsen mugs for Oprah Magazine Dear Sigrid Olsen, thank you for putting my angst about turning 30 into perspective.

The downtown Sarasota artist and merchant, whom I interviewed last spring for the cover of this section, appears this month in the pages of Oprah’s O magazine looking radiant, at ease and fabulous at 58.

In a feature titled “Better Than Ever: Meet 4 Women Who Discovered Youth After 30,” Olsen explained how she went from sporting jeans and ponchos to designer duds and Frédéric Fekkai blowouts when her clothing line took off in the 1980s.

Olsen’s transformation from a cabin-dwelling, textile-weaving hippie to a high-powered fashion designer has been recorded countless times in publications from The Wall Street Journal, to The Boston Globe, to The New York Times.

Just the same, in 2008, newspapers and magazines celebrated Olsen’s resiliency when she weathered breast cancer and the closing of her business by returning to her artsy roots.

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with footballs in an attempt to throw off his balance.

Last week, the seventhgeneration circus performer was once again interviewed by an out-of-town reporter: Ed Drantch, from WIVB News 4 in Buffalo, N.Y., where Wallenda has become a celebrity since officials approved his proposal to cross Niagara Falls this summer on a wire.

Further proving that Wallenda’s high-wire shenanigans are a ratings boost for news stations: Drantch and his Buffalo news crew traveled from New York to Sarasota to speak to Wallenda last week at the Ringling Museum.

I wonder if they were able to expense a Segway tour of downtown Sarasota while they were here?

HOT TICKETS ‘Moonlight and Magnolias’: The Golden Apple Dinner Theatre’s new non-profit, PLATO (Professional Learning and Theatrical Organization), kicks off its inaugural show, “Moonlight and Magnolias,” at 6 p.m. Thursday, May 17, with hors d’oeuvres, a Southern-style dinner and a cash bar.

Written by Ron Hutchinson, the show follows the travails of Hollywood producer David O. Selznick, as he takes “Gone With the Wind” from book to screen. Directed by Carole Kleinberg, the show runs through July 1 on the Golden Apple stage. For tickets, call 366-5454 or visit thegoldenapple.com.

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Olsen opened her Sigrid Olsen art gallery and ISLA beach house in Burns Square.)

Really, it should come as no surprise that Oprah’s motivational mag chose to feature the entrepreneur.

In a spread that includes the youngest member of Sister Sledge, the wife of a bankrupted Wall Street trader and a once blue-haired “goth kid,” Olsen’s story is undoubtedly the most inspiring … and one of the many reasons why I’m beginning to feel OK about this next phase of my life.

Artist Clyde Burnett, the subject of this week’s Diversion’s cover story, admittedly struggled to find a market for his “gothic surrealist” art.

He never imagined he’d find his market … in a supermarket.

In 2004, when Whole Foods opened its downtown Sarasota location, it purchased one of Burnett’s apple paintings to hang in the produce department.

“It was so unusual for a food store to buy anything like that,” says Burnett. “Once in a while I tell people about it and they’re kind of amazed. If you look around the store you’ll see plenty of artwork by other artists. It’s not just decorative art, either. It’s interesting stuff.”

Sarasota artist Pamela Sumner curated Whole Foods’ collection of original Florida art, which, according to the store’s website, is estimated to be worth about $130,000.

So, the next time you’re picking up granola and organic almond butter, look up. You never know whose work you’ll see.

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Clyde Burnett often paints apples in an ironic nod to Adam and Eve.

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Literary Device Amanda Cayo is swimming in scripts.

Scripts that need to be read, scripts that haven’t been read, scripts that beg to be re-read and scripts that should never be read again ­­­­— not that Cayo would ever say this.

As Florida Studio Theatre’s literary manager, she’s too polite and too cheerfully constructive to totally dismiss a play without saying at least one positive thing about it.

“Even the stinkers deserve nice feedback,” Cayo says.

Given the number of plays currently piled on her desk, it’s hard to believe most of the work she receives is stored in a massive digital library on her Kindle.

“Sometimes I’ll print out a hard copy with teeny tiny font just because I like having the physical script in my hand,” Cayo says.

She can get it dirty; mark it up and dog-ear pages. As convenient as the Kindle is, the technology zaps the romance out of reading through a two-act play.

A 25-year-old graduate of the University of Texas at Austin, Cayo joined the FST staff three years ago as a literary intern. She quickly moved up the ranks to literary manager and now oversees a staff of four interns who work out of a small library in FST’s administration department.

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IF YOU GO The Richard and Betty Burdick Play Reading Series begins at 7 p.m. Monday, May 7, with a reading of Dana Lynn Formby’s “American Beauty Shop” and continues with John Walch’s “In the Book Of” at 2 p.m. Saturday, May 12 and ends with Matt Schatz’s “The Tallest Building in the World” at 7 p.m. Monday, May 21, in the Keating Theatre at Florida Studio Theatre. For more information, call 3669000 or visit floridastudiotheatre.org.

The space is packed from floor to ceiling with books, spiralbound scripts, clipboards and folders. The top shelves are so high the only way to reach them is with a ladder.

For a playwright, the collection is a feast.

For Cayo and her crew, who read 300 to 400 scripts a year, the materials are familiar and lived-in.

Often they arrive after a show has received rave reviews by theater critics in other cities.

“We read all the newspapers,” Cayo says. “And then it becomes a matter of, OK, how can we find the playwright? Who’s the agent?

Will it be right for our audience?”

Cayo is especially concerned with the audience.

Unlike most theatergoers who sit in their seats engrossed with

And you thought you had a lot of paperwork to sort through.

Try sitting at Amanda Cayo’s desk. The Florida Studio Theatre literary manager reads hundreds of scripts a year.

the show, Cayo is so preoccupied with watching the audience that she sometimes misses things in a play.

“I want to know what’s landing and what isn’t landing,” she says.

“You can tell right away by looking at people’s faces.”

She’s perceptive and she’s got good instincts. She knows the FST audience skews older and that its members come from cities all over the country. She knows they can handle some edgy material, some salty language and some whimsy.

“The term I use a lot is ‘universal,’” Cayo says. “We try to find plays that can reach all people from all walks of life. I try to be mindful of inside jokes and literary references. I want the guy waiting tables down the street to relate to the story as well.”

Right now Cayo is focused on the Richard and Betty Burdick Play Reading Series, which kicks off Monday, May 7, in FST’s Keating Theatre.

The series, which is part of FST’s “Sarasota Festival of New Plays,” is one of her favorite projects of the year.

Why? Because it strips down a production to its bare bones.

No set, no costumes and no music; simply actors reading from a script on stage.

“You’re feeling the emotions and following the story,” she says.

“It’s a much more raw experience.”

This year the program will present three new plays by contemporary American playwrights.

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“I’m young for a literary manager,” Amanda Cayo says. “I haven’t read everything in the canon. I think that gives me an advantage, in a way. It puts me in the same position as most of the audience.”

Each piece is in varying stages of development from draft to post-premiere, which means the plays are still malleable and the audience’s opinion is still golden.

The playwright talkbacks are Cayo’s favorite segment. Rather than sneak glances at the audience to see whether they like what they’re hearing, she’s able to pro-

vide an opportunity for them to interact with the author.

“Sometimes, as a literary manager, you can feel weird giving a playwright feedback because you’re not sure if you’ve just got a different artistic vision,” Cayo says. “If the audience collectively feels a kink, then you know it’s not just you.”

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Graziano demonstrated the five >> Sarasota Ballet: stages of grief through five couTheatre of Dreams ples. Of the five, Logan Learned helped Honea contain her anger Wow. What a season. The by restraining her arms behind 2011-2012 season for the her back and promenading her Sarasota Ballet seems to be its off-balance in a half-circle before best yet. And it’s quite fitting taking her airborne in a grande for Director Iain Webb’s fifth plié in seconde position. Ricardo anniversary at the helm. From George Balanchine’s “Diamonds” Rhodes supported Christine Peixoto in a gorgeous pas de to Twyla Tharp’s “Nine Sinatra deux, during which Peixoto’s Songs” and everything in depression morphs into a sense between, the Sarasota Ballet dancers danced their way through of numbness, with Rhodes seema near-perfect season and closed ingly able to mold her pliant body. it with a bang with the final Bertoni’s choreographic show of the season: “Theatre of debut, “Hip 2 Be Square,” was Dreams,” featuring the choreographic talents of its own dancers an outstanding modern piece.

Inspired by a cubist painting by — Ricki Bertoni, Jamie Carter, Ernesto Barreto and combined Ricardo Graziano, Kate Honea with electronic music by Justice and Octavio Martin. & Deadmau5, Bertoni costumed All five dancers proved their his female dancers in colorful talents extend beyond dancing hoodies, gym shorts and athletic ability with their display of choreography — some of whom cho- knee-high tube socks; his male reographed for the first time and dancers wore the same in fullon black. The dancers moved others for their second.

Graziano started out the season around the stage with springing with his first choreographic work, movements and circling arm “Shostakovich Suite,” a neoclas- movements that created cubic patterns. An all-male dance sical, tutu ballet, and ended showcased Learned’s turning and the season with “Symphony of jumping abilities. In the finale, Sorrows,” a contemporary piece Nicole Padilla was lifted in a set to music by Henryk Górecki.

The two ballets couldn’t be more complete full-circle before the entire cast finished in a cubist different, but both were incredibly beautiful in their own rights, formation. It was quite a show.

Honea’s “Headlines” was pure showcasing Graziano’s diverse joy to watch and elicited giggles choreographic skills.

“Symphony of Sorrows,” was a and cheers from both the audience and the dancers. A jazzy, dark, deep, emotionally charged piece with stark sets, a dark cur- theatrical piece, set to various

musicians from the ’50s and ’60s, it showcased the different relationship woes of women — all interwoven with a newspaper theme. Obviously tailored for Sarasota, the flashing headlines on the screen displayed humorous, local themes — real-estate flipping, ponzi schemes and “Single in Sarasota.”

Sara Sardelli was a sassy, single girl “Looking For a Man” with Carter, Rhodes and Mummé, who easily tossed around the sprightly Sardelli in lifts, grande sissonne ouverte and chassé sauté. Peixoto was absolutely adorable as the woman standing by her man in “I’m Gonna Stay.” Peixoto perfectly pouted as she hung on tight to Graziano’s legs as he dragged her off stage. Duclos and Learned were hilarious in “Too Many Secrets,” in which Duclos chastises the cheating Learned with ballonné kicks to the groin and slaps to the face in soutenu.

Honea’s choreography was clever and reflective of her dancing style.

Also on the program was Carter’s “Holiday Overture” set to Elliott Carter’s “Holiday Overture.” It was a Balanchineinspired neoclassical piece that featured Abigail Henniger and her incredible extensions.

Martin also got to refine “On the Outside,” which he choreographed two years ago and set to Argentine tango music by Astor Piazzolla and Mikael Jöback.

Emily Dixon was beautiful and sensual as the lead and wowed audiences as she climbed a human mountain of men.

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Koehler is one of those rare singers who has it all: control, beauty of voice, clear diction and enunciation, >> The Artist Series and a stage presence that zaps you Concerts of Sarasota: to life. She seems to be able to do anything musical and, although her Hope Koehler, soprano program was a bit more monochroEvery once in a while, we hear a matic than we’d have liked, she cersinger (violinist, pianist, you name tainly proved herself in every way. it) who is so good, so magnetic, so Opening with four songs from Lee talented, we wonder why the perHoiby’s cycle, “Songs for Leontyne,” former hasn’t had a major career Koehler’s voice, which is reminisand become a household name. cent of Leontyne Price in her heyTake Hope Koehler. day, took us on a poetic The first time we journey that ended heard this amazing with “The Serpent,” a soprano, she was a solosssnazzy, ssserpentine ist with the American romp-of-a-sssong, that’s Spiritual Ensemble become one of the comwhen they performed poser’s bessst known. at the Sarasota Opera James Douglass, House a couple of Koehler’s pianist, was seasons ago. We’ve folat his best in the Hoiby lowed her career since and, later, Gershwin’s then and found that “My Man’s Gone Now.” she teaches voice at Courtesy photo West Virginia University Soprano Hope Koehler But, although he was able to negotiate the (lucky students!) and written pages in the appears with a variety four folk songs by John of American orchestras and opera Jacob Niles, some Broadway duets companies. (done with Koehler’s husband) and It was our good fortune that a group of spirituals set by Robert Lee Dougherty Ross picked up Morris in a gospel style, his métier on Koehler’s enormous talent and is classical and he seemed over his brought her recently to Sarasota to head in the jazzier, more popular appear in the Soiree Series. As you remember, this is the chamber part pieces.

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Once upon a time Saturday, April 28, at the Girl Scouts Conference Center, a roomful of mini pirates conspired. But, instead of stealing the loot while wielding swords made from balloons, they raised funds for Safe Place and Rape Crisis Center at the “Princess and Pirates Ball.”

Petite princesses donning sparkly tiaras and beautiful gowns joined the pirates in the “fun raising.” And parents of the pirates and princesses also dusted off their tiaras and best pirate

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+ Roxie steals the show at bachelorette party It’s an old showbiz adage: Never perform with kids or dogs. Jamie Day and Katherine Alexandra learned it the hard way when Roxie-the-pug stole their show Tuesday, April 24. They were performing at the bachelorette party that Kim Githler and Margaret Wise threw for Yara Shoemaker at Kim’s house. It turns out that the dog dances, so when the music started, Roxie danced. The party theme was “Yara’s Knight in Venice,” because that’s where Dr. David Shoemaker proposed to her. The ladies feasted on insalata Syriana, and a secondi piatti of chateaubriand and Maine lobster stuffed with shiitake mushrooms. Mollie Nelson led a round of trivia on famous romantic movie moments. Partiers included Yara’s mom, Radia Daoud; sister-in-law, Brittany Duve al Mehrz; and friends Nancy Blackburn, Sharon Black Floyd, Chris Currie, Deb Knowles, Alex Quarles, Katherine

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When Debra Jacobs, Linda Desmarais, Kim Githler and Betty Schoenbaum were honored at the Community Video Archives Hall of Fame Luncheon April 23, they dished up some fun facts about their younger days. In high school, Debra played matchmaker for students who didn’t have a date to senior prom.

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the Sarasota Opera. In addition to Edwards, speakers included friends and colleagues from Peterson’s UPS days, John Iskrant and Charlie Young, and Sarasotans Margaret Wise, Bob Johnson, William Harrison, Larry Thompson, Mike Ash and Joyce Tate. Janice Peterson Radder spoke on behalf of the family, and the inimitable Lee Peterson gracefully accepted condolences from friend after friend. Marlene Hauck, managing director of the Petersons’ Sunshine from Darkness organization, who organized the memorial, estimated attendance at about 275. And we will all miss him!

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ENGAGEMENTS + WEDDINGS

The Newlyweds: Dr. David and Yara Shoemaker Dr. David Shoemaker and Yara Michaels wed in December in Tampa, in keeping with what David described as his bride’s Syrian tradition — marry in private, celebrate in public. But their Friday, April 27 celebration at Cà d’Zan was simply “Yara and David,” and it was a spectacular homage to their love for each other and for family and friends. The intent was to surprise and delight their 250 guests with one treat after another.

“Everyone here believes in love,” said David, “and as you experience the magic of this place, we hope you will consider it as your call to love more.”

Read more about it in Black Tie & Tales on page 10 and see more photos at YourObserver.com.

— Molly Schechter

The Venice Symphony, led by Music Director Kenneth Bauermeister, played during dinner and fireworks — the musical medley included Herold’s ‘”Zampa” overture and Shostakovich’s “Festive Overture.”

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Above: The couple danced together in the middle of the dance floor, spotlighted against a sunset sky.

Surprise! “America’s Got Talent” star Jackie Evancho sang, ending with the party’s signature song, “All I Ask of You.”

Guests sat down to dinner on a picture-perfect night.

Yara Shoemaker designed almost everything for the wedding, from invitations to centerpieces (with help from her mom, Radia Daoud) to party favors and more — all in a navy-blue-and-white color scheme.

David Shoemaker said, “Jackie’s last song will be our first dance.”

The lyrics were at every place setting in white script on a navy blue fabric scroll.

Submit your story: Send your engagement and wedding announcements to Black Tie Editor Loren Mayo at lmayo@yourobserver.com.

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