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OUR TOWN + Pine View grad secure rank Alexander H. Hays, a 2004 graduate of Pine View School and 2008 graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md., has been promoted to the rank of lieutenant in the U.S. Navy. Lt. Hays is currently serving on the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise as an electrical division officer and nuclear power propulsion plant watch officer and currently is deployed to the Persian Gulf. Hays grew up on Siesta Key and is the son of Dr. Richard Hays and Dr. Joni Steinberg, who both reside in Sarasota.

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SKVA will up its marketing during bridge construction.

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lawn wranglers By Alex Mahadevan | News Editor

County releases Village maintenance request The search for a contractor to take on maintenance of Siesta Key Village started when Sarasota County released a request for proposal through the newly implemented eProcure website.

Merchants in Siesta Key Village may soon get a whiff of fresh cut grass as Sarasota County accelerates the search for a contractor to undertake Village maintenance.

Nearly nine months after JWM Management let its contract ex-

pire and refused to bid on renewal, Sarasota County has submitted a new request for proposal for a one-year agreement with a firm to oversee Village upkeep.

The solicitation went out Friday, June 1, on the county’s new

electronic procurement system, eProcure, and 14 firms have already downloaded required documentation regarding contractbidding procedure. (See sidebar.)

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As many as 14 firm representatives will meet at the Siesta Key Village gazebo June 21, for a walkthrough and informational session about Village maintenance.

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+ Cinderella on the loose on Siesta Key Jennifer Moore happened to be walking through Siesta Key Village with a friend when they came across a lone white pump last week on Siesta Key. She wrote the Pelican Press wondering, “Is Cinderella is looking for this sassy white pump?” Maybe Prince Charming will come across this shoe and find true love? If so, we hope to hear about it.

+ Poker face The Siesta Key Chamber of Commerce will be partnering with the Sarasota Kennel Club to host the 2012 Siesta Key Chamber of Commerce Poker Tournament Thursday, June 7, at the kennel club. The proceeds will directly benefit the Siesta Key Chamber of Commerce and its efforts to host the Fourth of July Community Fireworks Celebration on Siesta Key Beach. Call 349-3800.

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By Alex Mahadevan | News Editor Rachel S. O’Hara

Joe Thraen started building the three-wheeled, cartoonish creation “Tweety Bird” in 1990. Determined to build it by hand with legal parts, it was more than a decade before it was ready for flight.

Siesta Key’s ‘mane man’ closes shop Joe Thraen will close Siesta Key’s Classic Shapes in Hair June 9. The 71-year-old salon owner will ride off into the sunset on his Tweety Bird motorcycle, leaving behind 30 years of memories.

After Joe Thraen sweeps up locks of hair from the floors of Classic Shapes in Hair for the last time, Siesta Key will lose another “old curmudgeon” — as he refers to himself.

The 71-year-old salon owner can no longer afford rent at his salon’s South Siesta location and

he says he is tired of listening to gripes about prices. But the community that has come to know the avid biker, occasional Santa Claus and deadpan jokester since he started at the salon in 1983 bids adieu to a warm and hardworking entrepreneur — hardly in line with his self-deprecating

self summary.

Rising rents and dwindling customers are not the only reasons for retirement, which will happen after a noon haircut appointment June 9 before a block party celebrating Thraen spills into the streets near Crescent Market. Like anyone approaching

the three-quarter century mark, Thraen’s health has overtaken his priorities, namely haircutting.

In 2009 Thraen went into the hospital with a sore knee. He left nearly two years later after trouncing pancreatic cancer and

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THRAEN / FROM 1A surviving a quadruple bypass.

He’s now a few pounds lighter without his gallbladder or spleen and half of his pancreas.

He had a fondness for hamburgers; one reason he and his ex-wife used to visit the area, and a factor in his decision to move here in 1983, was a burger joint on Old Stickney Point Road — where a bridge used to connect Siesta Key with the mainland.

“You can’t eat a burger outside in November in Iowa,” he says of his home state. He also frequented the Hob Nob Drive-In, which was a roadside root beer stand in the 1960s.

Burgers may have contributed to his coronary quandary, but he was never a drinker.

“The damned water here must have given me cancer,” he jokes.

Poking fun at solemn subjects makes his repeated statement, “I’ve always been a serious man,” sound painfully tongue-in-cheek.

After a few minutes chatting with Thraen, who commands effortless deadpan delivery accented with unsuspected soft chuckles, he seems almost cartoonish.

Hairdressers Sandi and Kim, who Thraen says like only to be identified by their first names “like Madonna,” interject with “oh, please” or make a request for one of his stories while conducting their afternoon appointments. Both women have been working at Thraen’s salon on Midnight Pass Road since 1995 and 1999, respectively.

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There were several factors, some more frightening than others, which contributed to Thraen’s aspirations to become a salon owner. He nearly died

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when a tractor tipped onto him when he was young, precluding any thoughts of becoming a farmer.

And at his uncles’ LaVern and Ambrose Thraen’s barbershop in Carroll, Iowa, a young Thraen got a glimpse of the — surprisingly — alluring life of a barber. He recalls a shoe shiner who worked out of the shop, who had tips on racehorses.

“I always knew when (LaVern) was going down to the track because he’d have a big stogie in his mouth,” Thraen says.

Thraen would joke that he used the shoe shiner’s tips to play the horses while Ambrose Thraen flirted with a woman who did accounting for the salon. Quite an appealing sight for a kid who often told his father he would never settle down like “he was supposed to.”

Years later, when Thraen’s exwife wanted to start a salon, he decided to go to hair school and join her. As a man, it was accepted that he would probably become a barber. But Thraen’s upbringing on the family farm made him gifted at performing myriad tasks, something a salon owner must do, he says.

Thraen has watched the world of hair fashion radically evolve and made enough friends to shame the most popular Facebook celebrity. His salon is decorated with hundreds of pictures of clients, clients’ children and his own family.

Despite insisting he’s not a people person, Thraen falls somber when he mentions an aspect of being a barber he will not miss after retirement. Each season brings news of a regular customer’s passing.

“That’s something that really gets to you,” Thraen says.

But, whatever disappointment the season possibly brought, Thraen was ready to be jolly. With his white-gray beard he makes the ideal Santa Claus with a curly white wig and Saint Nick getup.

Monica and George Galfre at Silver City Sarasota, a retail jewelry store on Siesta Key, say they were taken by Thraen’s sense of humor. They recall a time when the couple was trying to quell their son’s bad behavior during the Christmas season.

“Joe must have heard his temper tantrum through the walls and came over and knocked on the window and gave him a stern look,” Monica Galfre recalls. Their son behaved well for the rest of the day; that’s how convincing his Santa is.

But his Santa duds will be boxed up for a while, though. When he shuts down the salon, Thraen and his common-law wife, Janis, plan to travel the country in the couple’s RV. They plan to hit up a Friday the 13th bike rally and the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally.

A way with the ladies

Theresa, Margaret and Betsy Ross, sisters from New York who are in their 80s and 90s, have been devoted patrons at Thraen’s salon for more than a decade and claim to be the first passengers in “Tweety Bird.”

The aptly named motorcycle sits on three wheels with a body painted yellow placed over the vehicle’s mechanical innards, which Thraen built with legal parts. It took him nearly a decade to complete “Tweety Bird,” and he slapped two beaming eyes and a beak on the front of the vehicle to complete the cartoonish transformation.

The charming Thraen, in 2002, took Theresa and Margaret Ross

to Turtle Beach in the avian automobile, taking pictures along the way.

“He made a scrap book with poems,” Theresa Ross recalls.

Although never a professional photographer, Thraen used his talents behind the lens to do “one of the nicest things.” When Betsy Ross was celebrating her 90th birthday, her sisters were unable to join her in upstate New York for the celebration. Thraen, despite his health problems at the time, took photographs of the two and sent large proofs to their family before the birthday party, “so it would be just like they were there.”

“Only Joe would think of doing something like that,” Theresa Ross says.

The Ross sisters were heartbroken when they found out about Thraen’s retirement through a letter from the salon.

“This is it, I know Joe’s going to retire,” Theresa Ross remembers telling Margaret after bringing in the mail.

The next time the women went to Classic Designs, they ribbed Thraen, telling him they would never speak to him again. But shrouded in the humor that was always present at the salon, the Rosses were devastated.

“He always had room (on the schedule) for the three of us,” she says. “It was like an assembly line.

“We would walk in and you couldn’t see him behind his desk,” Theresa Ross says; many of the knick-knacks he collected from clients over the last 30 years wound up piled at the salon entrance. But the one-time cement mixer would manage to make his presence known. “He would pop out and start talking in that Iowa accent of his,” she says. “You couldn’t understand a word he

Political joker Among the myriad eclectic photographs adorning Joe Thraen’s office is one of Barack Obama wearing goofy glasses. Another depicts former President George W. Bush waving with a smirk and above text that reads: “Miss me yet?”

Thraen isn’t shy about his political leaning; he claims he’s closing Classic Shapes in Hair “because of Obama.”

And when Bush was elected president in 1999, he posted on the door of the salon an autographed photo of the former Texas governor and his wife — which prompted one devout Democrat to cancel her appointment.

But, chatting with most regulars reveals that Thraen is a light-hearted jokester regarding his political beliefs.

“Joe gives clients a hard time and they give it right back,” says hairdresser Sandi.

When he found out a member of the Clinton family moved near regular Betsy Ross’ Chappaqua, N.Y., residence he often teased her about the new neighbors’ lawn. was saying.”

Before Thraen takes his final hair appointment and embarks on a road trip to visit family scattered across the U.S., he offered to give the Ross sisters a final ride in “Tweety Bird.”

“He has a wonderful sense of humor,” Theresa Ross says, remarking she is reticent about rounding up the Ross girls at their age for one last cruise. “That’s just like Joe. He’s a free-spirit and the kindest man we ever met.”

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Members of the Class of 2012 were admitted to over 300 different colleges and universities throughout the United States. A sampling of those schools is as follows:

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fixture that collects and recycles rainwater.

A lighting demonstration, which van Roekens expects to happen at the end of June at the crosswalk between Daiquiri Deck Raw Bar and Gilligan’s Island Bar & Grill, may be a small step toward a project that has been discussed since last fall but could help identify benefits stretching beyond pedestrian safety.

At the SKVA meeting June 5, worries about losing business because of the north bridge construction that started the same day was a prominent topic. The organization started a marketing campaign to counter diminishing business, and adding LED lights to crosswalks could add a new angle to that effort, Hall said.

There is no date set for the demonstration, said Sarasota County Traffic Operations and Engineering Manager Ryan Montague, who has not heard from a third vendor the county contacted for the demonstration. And the showcase will be open to anyone interested.

“This isn’t a private party,” said Mark Smith, an architect who has been a board member of several Siesta organizations. His comment was met with laughter from meeting attendees and a request for him to bring the drinks.

Crosswalks could provide marketing opportunity As Stephen ‘Dr. Beach’ Leatherman crowns a new beach No. 1 in 2012, LED crosswalk lighting could give Siesta Key Village a progressive marketing edge.

Green is the new gold standard for businesses. Like moths to a flame, environmentally conscious consumers tend to be drawn to firms that boast green products or processes.

Now Sarasota County has a chance to give some green marketing girth to Siesta Key Village by using lower-energey LED lights to make crosswalks safer.

The Sarasota County Commission, March 13, approved the installation of waist-high lights, called bollards, at 11 crosswalks in the Village. However, the cost estimate commissioners approved did not include installation, dimming the chances for the project to move forward.

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But the light is not gone just yet, because the county has plans to gather three LED light manufacturers for a product demonstration to get an accurate estimate for budget talks this summer, Siesta Key Association Vice President Peter van Roekens explained at the June meeting of the Siesta Key Village Association.

“That will give (the county) enough material so they can write the specs and know what the total costs are,” he said.

Beacon Products Inc., a lighting fixture manufacturer headquartered in Bradenton, and Sarasota-based EvoLucia Lighting have expressed interest in the project.

The latter firm is a subsidiary of

Sunovia Energy Technologies, which supplied LED lighting fixtures for the Ringling Bridge.

“Today LED lighting makes financial sense,” said Craig Hall, vice president of business development and investor relations and co-founder of Sunovia. “It’s a marketing opportunity as well.”

Hall is referring to the ability to brand Siesta Key Village as “green.” “We can say to tourists, ‘Listen, we’re not just the No. 1 beach — we’re progressive (environmentally), too,’” he said.

Thirty miles north of Siesta Key on Anna Maria Island, Pine Avenue has been dubbed “the Greenest Little Main Street” with several

LIGHTING 1. Turtle-friendly amber LED bulb 2. Architectural junction box 3. LED engine assembly 4. Wire conduit 5. Architectural junction 6. LED driver 7. Input power: 100-277 VAC Wattage: 4 or 6 watts Efficacy: Up to 70 lumens per watt Life expectancy: More than 70,000 watts

restaurants and buildings installing green technology, said Ed Chiles, a developer with the Chiles Restaurant Group who owns several Anna Maria restaurants.

“We’re (using green features) on our projects and we hope others will follow suit,” he said.

The Village Café has certainly followed Chiles’ lead. The Anna Maria Island eatery, owned by the Mike and Lizzie Thrasher, has a

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County Commission approves direct water main connector The Sarasota County Commission unanimously approved $1.13 million in funding for a new connection between Siesta and Casey keys.

Merchants market Village as bridge work begins

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The Siesta Key Village Association has launched radio, print and billboard advertisements in anticipation of lane closures on the Siesta Key north bridge.

Parking cones, barricades and orange-vested workers are starting to materialize on the Siesta Key north bridge. The bridge rehabilitation project, expected to last from the June 5 start date until Oct. 16, is officially under way.

And the Siesta Key Village Association is launching a marketing counter-attack to buoy Village business during construction.

The bridge project necessitates FDOT to close lanes on the bridge but never the entire bridge. However, at the SKVA monthly meeting Tuesday, June 5, organization President Russell Matthes outlined print, radio and a billboard advertisement aimed at attracting reticent mainlanders.

“It will affect us at some level,” Matthes said. “Every time there’s construction (on Siesta Key) it affects (Village merchants.) Even if there’s one barricade, people get weird,” he said.

Lane closures, which will take place between 9 p.m. and 7 a.m., are expected to start Monday, June 11, according to a spokeswoman for FDOT. There will be no closures from June 19, through July 8, and from Aug. 31, until Sept. 3, because of the Fourth of July and Labor Day weekend.

Project coordinators will meet weekly to discuss progress of the bridge rehabilitation project, said

the FDOT spokeswoman.

SKVA will spend $21,400 in total for the advertising campaign, which the organization has been discussing for several years in anticipation of the bridge project.

According to Matthes, a billboard on Bee Ridge Road near the intersection with McIntosh Road has been paid for already, but the radio advertisements, which will run on two local stations, are expected to cost approximately $10,000.

The billboard will stand for six months, outlasting the forecasted construction timeline. It features the SKVA logo and the line: “Siesta Key Village … a perfect time to visit.”

The radio spots feature a woman’s voice, bouncing over a laidback jam, driven by guitar and steel drums, saying: “Siesta Key Village … a perfect time to visit.

With the No. 1 beach, great shops, delicious casual to gourmet restaurants, wonderful accommodations, and entertainment for everyone. Siesta Key Village … a perfect time to visit.”

Print advertisements feature a slight variation of the billboard design.

“We wanted to keep everything consistent,” Matthes said.

As discussed during the last SKVA meeting Tuesday, May 1,

each type of merchant gets equal attention in the campaign.

The organization has $51,950 in its two bank accounts and still has funds owed from the Siesta Fiesta, which was held in April, and two craft shows SKVA runs in the Village.

The marketing push led to some suggestions for funding future advertising efforts at the meeting. Cheryl Gaddie, SKVA board member and member of the membership committee, suggested opening a marketing fund for donations, or re-examining membership dues, which are $50 annually.

Rami Nehme, co-owner of Blasé Café, emphasized the importance of events, noting those are the real income drivers.

“Ten or 20 bucks from each member is going to create almost $900,” he said of Gaddie’s suggestions. “When you look at a campaign for $21,000, I think $900 will sound a little bit small.”

Radio advertisements will run during the summer, a season that Matthes notes can bring locals from the mainland who avoid the Village during tourist season.

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The first leak in the water main connecting Siesta Key and Casey Key was discovered in 1996. Since then, the problem has become a regular occurrence that the Sarasota County Commission hopes to plug after approving $1.13 million of funding for a new connection.

Commissioners at the Wednesday, June 5, regular meeting unanimously approved the spending for the Siesta Key and Casey Key Water Main Interconnect Construction contract, which will mean a new pipeline between the barrier islands that is made of more efficient materials, said Sarasota County Public Works environmental-design manager Greg Rouse, in a phone interview with the Pelican Press.

“The new connector is made of non-metallic materials,” he said.

“The lifespan of the new connector will be longer (than the previous one.)”

The original water main pipeline was built by the Siesta Key Utility Authority in the early 1970s and transferred to Sarasota County in 2006. Technology at the time meant piping had to be on a waterway, so it could not be constructed on a direct pathway between the islands, Rouse explained. The roundabout path meant more piping, which meant a higher probability for leaks.

The technique Coral Springsbased Arrow Directional Boring Inc., the contractor that beat out three other bidders for the project, will use to put the connector underground is more technically advanced than what was used for the previous pipeline, said Commissioner Jon Thaxton. The

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The water main connection between Siesta Key and Casey Key was constructed with metallic materials and had to take an inefficient path because of technology in the early 1970s.

boring method will minimize aboveground effects by drilling horizontally underground, which also allows for a 2,700-foot-long direct connection.

The process is expected to take about five months and will run from the Pointe condominiums on Siesta Key to join the Casey Key connection, which is adjacent to property owned by author Stephen King, Rouse said.

Commissioner Nora Patterson said that most questions about the project have come from Casey Key residents worried about traffic. Now that funding is approved, Arrow can set its construction schedule. Rouse told commissioners the county plans to meet with resident organizations once the schedule is finalized to inform the public of traffic delays on the north end of Casey Key, which he anticipates are inevitable. Other methods, including emails and flyers, will be considered as well.

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+ Thaxton to face Dent this fall Sarasota County Commissioner Jon Thaxton will run for Sarasota County Supervisor of Elections in the fall election, according to a spokeswoman from the elections office.

He will face current Supervisor of Elections Kathy Dent, who faced criticism following commission approval of reprecincting at a May 22 commission meeting.

Thaxton raised more than $31,000 campaigning for the District 5 County Commission seat, as of April 9. Dent had raised $619.10 in her campaign for reelection before April 2.

Thaxton made the decision to run for Supervisor of Elections more than three weeks after the Florida Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of term limits in a May 10 ruling that cut the Osprey native’s bid for a fourth term in the commission.

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The Siesta Key Chamber of Commerce is hosting a poker tournament Thursday, June 7, at the Sarasota Kennel Club to raise funds for the Fourth of July Siesta Key fireworks show.

Kevin Cooper, executive director of the Siesta Chamber, has allotted space for 200 people. Because the event is being held for the first time, the turnout is difficult to predict, he said.

The Siesta Key Chamber, which shoulders the entire cost of the fireworks show, has raised 20% of the roughly $34,000 needed to pay for the Fourth of July celebration.

The pre-registration reception will

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Meetings &agendas  Siesta Key Association monthly meeting — 4:30 p.m.

Thursday, June 7, St. Boniface Episcopal Church, Room F, 5615 Midnight Pass Rd., Siesta Key  CONA: Sarasota County Commission candidate forum — 7 p.m. Monday, June 11, Sarasota Garden Club, 1131 Boulevard of the Arts, Sarasota  Sarasota County Commission budget workshop — 9 a.m.

Tuesday, June 12, Administration Building, Think Tank, third floor, 1660 Ringling Blvd., Sarasota  Sarasota County Commission budget workshop — 9 a.m. Wednesday, June 13, Administration Building, Think Tank, third floor, 1660 Ringling Blvd., Sarasota  Coastal Advisory Committee special meeting — 4 p.m.

Tuesday, June 12, Administration Building, commission chambers, 1660 Ringling Blvd., Sarasota

begin at 6 p.m., and the tournament will start at 7 p.m. The initial buy-in is $60 with the option of adding $5 and participants can buy-in again within the first hour of the tournament for $60. Attendees will get complimentary soft pretzels and soft drinks during pre-registration and a dinner buffet during the tournament.

The top six players receive payouts, and the overall winner will receive $2,000 if the event sells out.

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Extension granted for new emergency operations center The plans for a new emergency operations center in Sarasota County will move forward with a $1 million grant from the federal government.

When a Category 3 hurricane bears down on Sarasota County, emergency workers scramble to gather laptops and supplies from the sixth floor of the Administration Center and head to an unlikely place: an elementary school.

Miles of wires and cables are pulled down from the ceiling tiles in building six at Wilkinson Elementary School to plug members of various agencies into the county’s telecommunications to prepare for the storm. The threeday process is necessary because the current emergency operations center is only built to withstand winds up 110 miles per hour and storm surge from Category 2 storms.

Now a new building that would make that protocol obsolete is a step closer to being erected after the county received an extension for a $1 million grant through April 30, 2013.

The location, on Porter Road east of Interstate-75, met the criteria the county sought, said Sarasota Chief LBK County 2010 -Emergency J Ed McCrane. It will sit across the street from the county data cen-

ter, which is near public transit routes and has two entrances to the interstate within close proximity. Most importantly, McCrane explained, is that it falls outside of areas threatened by the storm surge of hurricanes.

“If (the county) didn’t settle on that location, we would have likely lost the grant,” McCrane said.

“And if we picked another site, we definitely would have lost the grant.”

“We’re happy to get the grant back because it’s a good chunk of funding,” said Fire Chief Mike Tobias, who is also the interim director of the Sarasota County Emergency Services.

Bob Stuckey, general manager of public safety communications and the enterprise call center, is the project manager for the new emergency operations center. He said the progress is a relief.

“The frequency and tendency of hurricanes in Florida has definitely increased,” Stuckey said. To qualify for the grant, the county must build the site to withstand winds of up to 200 miles per hour.

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Sarasota County settled on a location for the new emergency operations center on Porter Road east of Interstate-75, bucking any doubt about getting a $1 million grant extension. evated,” Stuckey said. “When Hurricane Charley (in 2004) hit Charlotte, that really woke people up.”

As general manager of the county’s 911 call-center operations, Stuckey wants to ensure the safety of his operators during a disaster.

“My heart and soul is to make sure 911 will survive a major hurricane event,” he said.

“If we hadn’t gotten the extension, it would be a little more money that taxpayers have to pay,” McCrane said. Savings come from the building, itself, because the current emergency operations center is built to withstand 110 mph wind speeds and is located in a Category 3 storm-surge zone.

This requires Sarasota County to pay for the $7,000 annual upkeep of two generators set up at Wilkinson Elementary and the Terrace Building downtown in case emergency operations and 911 call centers must be moved.

résumé Fleischman Garcia is one of the architecture firms designing the new emergency operations building for Sarasota County. Based in Tampa, the firm specializes in public projects including five fire stations.

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The call center moves to the Terrace Building, which regularly houses the office of the Sarasota County Supervisor of Elections.

The process of the relocation is costly, as well as dangerous. The preparation begins if Sarasota County falls within the three-day error cone meteorologists use to

estimate a hurricane’s path. Then, 12 hours before expected landfall, all of the necessary employees do final communication checks from their temporary operations centers. “That’ll be the most exciting part about the new building,” McCrane said. “We don’t have to relocate.”

The project is progressing at a quicker pace then it has before the extension was granted, McCrane explained. Sarasota County Public Works has already done the programming for the spatial needs of each agency with architects: Winter Park-based Architects Design Group Inc. and Tampa-based Fleischman Garcia. (See sidebar.)

“A bid will go out in the next several weeks for a construction manager the (the architects) will partner with,” McCrane said.

“Hopefully we get a lot of good bids,” he said. “That’ll be the next big step.”

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A computer engineer with the bulk of his experience in robotics, Madden seeks to import the fast-growing, mobile-phone marketing field to the world of used cars. “It’s a not a traditional techie area to sell a techie product,” says Madden. “But we see this as a tool to sell more vehicles.”

Madden, 30, will rely on that theory to grow CogPower Automotive Solutions into a niche player in the billion-dollar usedcar industry. His method is through QR codes, an advanced version of the ubiquitous UPC barcodes placed on thousands of products. QR stands for quick response. It is a two-dimensional matrix of lines and patterns that direct users to Web pages with information.

While the technology is used today on a multitude of products, from magazines ads to beer, it was actually first used in the auto industry, going back to the early 1990s. “It was slow to take off,” says Madden, but “QR codes are becoming increasingly

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Madden hopes to quickly ride that popularity to a scalable business. A Sarasota native, Madden launched CogPower Automotive earlier this year. It’s a division of CogPower, a Web development firm Madden founded in 2011, after his career centered mostly on startup robotic engineering firms in California.

CogPower Automotive is where Madden projects the most growth. In fact, he says if CogPower Automotive meets its goal to penetrate even 1% of the nationwide market — 200 used-car dealerships — it will reach $1.5 million in sales.

The company will charge fees to dealers for each QR code it sets up and then maintains. “I expect to start seeing strong traction,� by the third and fourth quarter, Madden says.

Madden intends to reach out quickly to dealers because he thinks full-service marketing firms will soon catch on to the trend. “We’re not a comprehensive marketing solution,� says Madden. “We don’t want to be that kind of company.�

Madden, instead, wants to keep the process simple. A dealer who signs up for the service will get a batch of QR codes. Each code matches a specific car on the lot. The dealer sticks the code to the car, usually in the front windshield.

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Jacob Madden, with CogPower Automotive in Sarasota, wants to bring QR code marketing technology to the used-car business. has the car’s pertinent data, from prices and pictures to a Carfax report. Madden’s firm handles the software side of the QR code. The firm maintains the code based on data it receives from the dealer.

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father, Jeff Madden, is an Internet sales manager with Wilde Jaguar, which gave the firm a head start.

Madden, however, is confident the company can expand out of Sarasota soon. He recently hired two independent salespeople to reach out to dealers. He also generated

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FCAT hurts children, community In May we learned that fewer on things that will be tested and than half of Florida fourth- and test-taking skills instead of on 10th-graders received passing teaching a broad range of skills, scores on this year’s FCAT writing critical thinking, real world expetest. It was a dramatic drop from riences, and subjects other than 2011 scores. The Department of those tested. This year’s writing Education responded by “reca- tests results prove that. Had the librating” the grading system to students received a solid founraise the passing grade so that dation in writing and grammar more children passed, explain- instead of what was expected ing that the low scores on the test based on resulted from inadlast year’s scoring, the equate communication results might have difto the schools of a new, fered. And, because all tougher grading system children in the same this year. Better commugrade take the same nication, it said, would test, the need for flexhave allowed teachers ibility in teaching chilto better prepare for the dren with different test. talents, interests and The “fix,” simply redeneeds is forgotten. They fining the result, is a tacit SUE don’t reward our chiladmission that the test JACOBSON dren for their uniquescore is more important ness, their intellectual than the factors behind curiosity or their efforts it. Fixing the scores solves noth- to figure things out and question ing to address the revelation that the simple answers. Nor do they students failed to acquire basic reward the teachers who tailor literacy and grammar skills. Nor their lessons to the individual does it address the real problems talents and needs of each child. with the FCAT, whether in writ- Teachers who do strive to provide ing, math or science. The many a well-rounded education with criticisms of the FCAT come attention on each child’s indidown to one big problem, and vidual needs, and the parents of that is the overreliance by our students who benefit from such state’s educational system on the an education, complain that the test scores. FCAT scores deter- tests don’t test what the children mine how much funding schools really learn. receive, whether a child advancThe state’s dependence on test es to the next grade, and, soon, scores in funding decisions can teacher compensation. lead educators to make decisions The pressure on teachers to based on raising test scores inproduce high scores leads to stead of on considerations of stu“teaching to the test” — focusing dent welfare. A study in 2006 by

economist David Figlio from the University of Florida reported that lower FCAT scoring students were more likely to be suspended for longer periods around test times than their higher scoring peers, presumably to prevent those lower-scoring students from being present to take the test and bring down the school’s scores.

The pressure on children to achieve high test scores creates tremendous stress on them. Before tests, they lose sleep, skip school and become ill. This stress is particularly intense in students with strong academic records, for whom the fear of failure looms large. It has been noted that there is a relationship between a student’s low FCAT scores and a higher likelihood that that child will drop out of school.

This hurts our communities as well. Reports of low FCAT scores can make a community unattractive to people thinking of moving to a new area. Low scores also make a community unattractive to teachers considering moving in, when they know that their compensation will depend on the scores.

On the other side of the coin, supporters of the FCAT say that the tests are good preparation for the adult world, where assessments abound. They also say that standardized tests hold teachers and schools to high standards of education. They provide the “metrics” that CEOs and politicians love, measurable

outcomes against objective criteria and benchmarks.

True enough. Standards are great; uniformity not so much.

The problem isn’t with the existence of standardized tests, which can be useful tools. As a tool it’s one thing. It just should not be the only thing. The problem is the reliance on the scores as the primary determinant of vital decisions affecting schools, children, teachers, and our communities.

On May 30, the School Board of Broward County unanimously adopted a resolution asking the state to develop a system using multiple forms of assessment, which reflect a broad range of student learning, and to de-emphasize the FCAT. It found that the FCAT is an unreliable measure of learning and teaching, and that overreliance on it does more harm than good. The Palm Beach County School Board has adopted a similar resolution.

This issue is expected to be a topic of discussion at the Florida School Boards Association meeting in Tampa next week. If more local school boards and the association get on board, perhaps the state government will listen, and revise the system; and, through the public attention it has brought to the issue, the FCAT writing scores fiasco will have had a hand in solving the real problem after all.

Sue Jacobson is a Sarasota lawyer and regional president of the American Jewish Committee.

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Clearing the decks Do little annoyances in your daily life bother you? They do me.

Here are a few:

People driving and using cell phones

machine in cars.

‘Did you find what you were looking for?’

We all know the cashiers at grocery stores mean well. But what I’ve never seen a person is a shopper to do at the texting while driving. But checkout counter when every other car has someasked that question? Isn’t one on a cell phone. The it too late? “No, I didn’t law hasn’t stopped these find the jarred pickles. offenders. They always Stop the line. Go to aisle seem to have a distracted 4. Midway down, left look in their eyes, as if not side, bottom shelf, green really driving. Scary – for label.” us, for them, too.

Those who missed Recently, I saw a fellow something, who couldn’t JEFFREY find their item, should driving a stick-shift car, WEISMAN smoking a cigar, talking get a second chance. Pay on his cell phone, eating a for what you got. Push sandwich and occasionally your cart to a safe place. drinking from a can of soda.

Go with one of those service peoI poke fun; yet, these distracted ple standing in front to the aisle and discourteous people repre- of your item. And then return and sent a driving menace. God for- pay at the service desk. bid vehicle manufacturers put fax Another way Publix can deliver.

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Publix considers the shopper.

No one wants to find a hair in their food. However, Publix mesh hairnets look unattractive, albeit serving a sanitary purpose.

What about something more fashionable? Publix, one of the best supermarket chains in America, has thought of everything else. Why not a white cap or a Publix green beret or a paper ersatz-sailor hat? It will do the same as the hairnet and look so much more stylish and appealing.

Bus stop schedules

Those of us not driving a car rely on the bus. But when is it coming? Few, if any, bus stops have a schedule posted on the pole or a map of where it’s going.

People must stand out in the hot sun or the occasional rain waiting for the errant bus.

Wouldn’t you think a modern county like Sarasota would offer: 1. buses that keep to a schedule and 2. posted schedules and maps on the poles? Ridership will increase. Mr. SCAT, how about it?

Thanks.

What happened to the Village Laundry? The Donut Shop doesn’t take up too much space.

The sounds of the washers and dryers won’t hamper sales of donuts. What other business can occupy such a space and offer such a convenience? And how about that fabulous antique sign?

A classic.

Don’t waste the sign. Perhaps a mainland laundry can create a drop-off/delivery service. Drop off your laundry between 4 and 6 p.m. today. Pick it up at the same time tomorrow. Keep Siesta Key clean!

Fresh bread

Remember the days when a loaf of fresh bread cost $1? Siesta Key demographics suggest you probably do.

Today, quality fresh bread costs $5 or more. Artisanal, craft, designer breads taste swell. But their high prices discourage frequent consumption. Reduced volume means higher cost. If fancy baker-

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ies asked more reasonable prices, then a loaf of seven-grain, wholewheat-sunflower-seed-semolinarye would become a best seller.

Consider the Ooh La La French bakery in Gulf Gate. She sells the best baguettes in Sarasota for $2.25. The bakery sells out every day. Oh, if only the Key had a similar bakery treasure?

Parking

Do you park in the center of the lines? Most of us do. But some people miss the mark. They park too close to the line; sometimes their car extends over the line.

Oops. One can’t help but bang the offender’s door. Oh well, with our economic challenges, we can ensure that auto body shops have extra business.

Privacy

Do you patronize the contract postal office in the Davidson Drug store?

One walks down the card aisle and waits at the end until the current patron leaves the window.

It’s courteous to extend privacy; the person behind you will do the same.

Occasionally a non-thinking patron will stand right behind you. Forget privacy. If you lean your head back you might hit his/ her nose.

Do you mind? Stand near the cards. Offer some privacy. Such courtesy will extend to you.

Curmudgeon

Well, that’s it for now. Do not think me cantankerous. These are just some occasional fretful moments. Tell me yours. Together we will save the world, or at least Siesta Key.

Jeffrey Weisman owned an advertising and marketing agency in New York City. In Sarasota, he creates fine-art photography and serves on the board of directors of Art Center Sarasota.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR + Let’s pick up the trash

Dear Editor: My husband and I have been visiting Siesta Key over the past 20 years. For the past several years we visit for the month of May and hope to purchase a full-time home here.

However, our experiences this year concern us greatly. Walking the beach, I pick up debris and trash, as well as shells. This year I have collected more broken glass than shells. These fragments were often in a position to inflict a serious injury to a child’s small foot.

At first, I just threw the pieces away, but as I realized there was a trend, I began to save them.

Trash and cigarette butts! Often it feels like we’re walking in an ashtray with so many discarded cigarettes. Despite the “no smok-

ing” policy, beachgoers puff away.

Last night we decided to walk from Beach Access 2 to the drum circle. As usual, I began to collect plastic bottles, toys, clothing and other debris. I had to stop twice to unload in the sparsely placed trashcans. In total, by the time I reached the public beach, I had collected three armloads of assorted trash! And the worst offense — dirty diapers left on the beach! It is a total disregard for the health of other beachgoers or the beautiful Gulf that should not be treated as a cesspool.

We need enforcement and education of youngsters in school, scouts, and churches — perhaps a public campaign to protect the greatest asset of Sarasota County!

Thanks also to the other volunteers who I’ve seen collecting.

Linda Kelly, Monkton, Maryland

MAINTENANCE / FROM 1A The county, in proposals on eProcure, specifies what type of work is expected and some guidelines for time frames on material delivery or maintenance. The solicitation package for Siesta Key Village maintenance is 82 pages long. Of the 16 active proposals on the county’s procurement website, the shortest contract request is 17 pages in length and the longest is the 466page request for a proposal for a chiller plant at Phillippi Estate Central Park.

The Village maintenance request indicates that the Siesta Key Village Maintenance Corp. will oversee the work performed by the winning bidder. The Village organization, headed by Siesta architect Mark Smith, has been performing maintenance of the commercial district following the expiration of JWM’s contract.

Smith, at the Siesta Key Village Association monthly meeting Tuesday, June 5, said SKVMC has not been reimbursed the nearly $2,000 owed by the county for maintenance costs, and the pressure washing promised by the county earlier this year has not been performed.

“Knowing that the county does everything in the right and proper manner, there are no worries,” he sarcastically said.

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Fourteen firms have downloaded the 82-page document explaining the Siesta Key Village maintenance contract as of June 6.

• Central Florida Landscaping, Inc., Tampa • Cone Landscape & Design Inc., Sarasota • Desormier Consulting Inc., Sarasota • FASTSIGNS, Sarasota • Boro Building & Property Maintenance, Sarasota • JLC Hauling Inc., Myakka City • Mako Web Sales LLC, Sarasota • Natural Designs Landscaping Inc., Sarasota or Lutz • Rick Richards Inc., Sarasota • Storm Tech Inc., Sarasota • The Sand Raker LLC, Sarasota • Walkers Service Inc., Sarasota • Wilhelm Brothers Inc., Sarasota • Wicks Lawn Care, Sarasota

The contract requires weekly weeding, monthly inspections of the sprinkler systems, repair and replacement of decorative

Sarasota County launched eProcure, an online system for firms interested in bidding on government contracts, May 21.

Interested vendors have to register through scgov.net, a process for which they will need to enter their federal tax identification number and electronically attach a W-9 smaller than 298 megabytes. During the registration process, vendors can check the types of contracts they are concerned with and receive email notifications when contracts are added to the system.

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items such as lamps and signs, and clean up of litter and graffiti. The document also includes annual pressure washing and up to $3,000 worth of maintenance work not specified in the proposal that could be added by SKVMC. However, as of the SKVA meeting, Smith had not seen the document. (See sidebar.)

Mike Wilhelm, owner of Wilhelm Brothers Inc., downloaded the documents the morning they were released and plans to read them over to determine if his commercial landscaping firm could handle the work. A similar request for proposal was put out for the downtown improvement two years ago, but Wilhelm Brothers did not have the scope to take it on at that time, he explained.

“It’s a fairly wide-ranging contract in terms of scope,” Wilhelm said of the RFP for Village maintenance. “It’s fairly intensive.”

There will be a mandatory prebid meeting of interested vendors at 9 a.m. Thursday, June 21, at the Village gazebo and bids are due by 2:30 p.m. Thursday, July 11. The county will award the contract to the lowest bidder, following regular protocol for government-outsourced work.

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A Bittersweet Announcement Classics Shapes in Hair on Siesta Key is closing its doors on June 10, 2012. The time has come for Joseph to celebrate his 50 year career as hairdresser and successful business owner. After surviving a long illness, a well deserved retirement is waiting.

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contract seem pleased with the new system.

“I wouldn’t have known about (the maintenance contract) if the county hadn’t sent me a notification,” said John Reed, project manager for Tampa-based Central Florida Landscaping. A 38-page manual on the procurement website outlines the procedures and guidelines.

However, the website has proved troublesome for nonvendors looking for information about upcoming public works projects. Mark Smith, head of the Siesta Key Village Maintenance Corp., oversaw

village maintenance while the county prepared a request for proposal for a new contractor — which took nearly nine months.

He expected to receive a draft of the proposal and the final document when the county released it on June 1, but he saw neither. James Scheidel is the county contact for the solicitation documents, who could not be reached by the Siesta Key architect. “Apparently I was ‘Schiedeled’, because I didn’t get anything from him either,” Smith said June 5, at the Siesta Key Village Association monthly meeting.

“Much like a mushroom, I’ve been kept in the dark,” he joked.

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Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Medical Benefits Settlement Providing Benefits to Clean-Up Workers and Certain Gulf Coast Residents If you have a medical claim related to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, you could get benefits from a class action settlement with BP Exploration & Production Inc. and BP America Production Company (“BP”).

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The Medical Class includes (1) clean-up workers and (2) certain people who resided in specific geographic areas in coastal and wetlands areas along the Gulf Coast during specific periods in 2010. The website DeepwaterHorizonSettlements. com has detailed descriptions and maps to help you determine whether a geographic location may be included in one of these zones. Additionally, you can call 1-866-992-6174 or e-mail info@ DeepwaterHorizonMedicalSettlement.com to find out if a geographic location is included.

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The benefits of the Medical Benefits Settlement include: (1) payments to qualifying people for certain acute (short-term) and chronic (ongoing) medical conditions occurring after exposure to oil or chemical dispersants; (2) provision of periodic medical examinations to qualifying people; and (3) creation of a Gulf Region Health Outreach Program, consisting of projects to strengthen the healthcare system. Benefits (1) and (2) will be provided only after the Court grants final approval and any appeals are resolved.

hoW to get Benefits from the medical Benefits settlement You need to submit a Claim Form to request benefits. You can get a copy of the Claim Form

by visiting the website or by calling 1-866-9926174. Claims can be submitted by mail. If you have questions about how to file your claim, you should call the toll-free number for assistance.

The deadline for filing a Claim Form is one year after the Medical Benefits Settlement becomes effective (that is, after the Court grants “final approval” and any appeals are resolved). The exact date of the claim filing deadline will be posted on the website. It is highly recommended that Medical Class Members complete and submit their claim forms promptly. Please read the Economic and Property Damages Settlement notice because you may also be eligible for a payment from that settlement.

your other oPtions If you do not want to be legally bound by the Medical Benefits Settlement, you must Opt Out or exclude yourself by October 1, 2012 or you won’t be able to sue BP over certain medical claims. If you stay in the Medical Benefits Settlement, you may object to it by August 31, 2012. The Detailed Notice explains how to exclude yourself or object.

The Court will hold a hearing on November 8, 2012 to consider whether to approve the Medical Benefits Settlement. You or your own lawyer may ask to appear and speak at the hearing at your own cost. Class Counsel will ask the Court to consider an award of fees, costs, and expenses of 6% of the value of the benefits actually provided under the Medical Benefits Settlement Agreement.

Class Counsel fees, costs, and expenses under the Medical Benefits Settlement Agreement and the Economic and Property Damages Settlement Agreement jointly cannot exceed $600 million.

Class members’ payments will not be reduced if the Court approves the payment of Class Counsel fees, costs, and expenses because BP will separately pay these attorney fees, costs, and expenses.

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Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Economic and Property Damages Settlement Providing Money to Individuals and Businesses

Who is included in the economic & ProPerty damages settlement?

The Economic and Property Damages (“E&PD”) Settlement Class includes people, businesses, and other entities in the states of Louisiana, Alabama and Mississippi, and certain counties in Texas and Florida, that were harmed by the oil spill.

The website DeepwaterHorizonSettlements.com has detailed descriptions and maps to help you determine whether a geographic location may be included in the E&PD Settlement. Additionally, you can call 1-866-992-6174 or e-mail questions@ DeepwaterHorizonEconomicSettlement.com to find out if a geographic location is included.

What does the economic & ProPerty damages settlement Provide?

The E&PD Settlement makes payments for the following types of claims: (1) Seafood Compensation, (2) Economic Damage, (3) Loss of Subsistence, (4) Vessel Physical Damage, (5) Vessels of Opportunity Charter Payment, (6) Coastal Real Property Damage, (7) Wetlands Real Property Damage, and (8) Real Property Sales Damage. There is no limit on the total dollar amount of the E&PD Settlement; all qualified claims will be paid.

hoW to get Benefits from the economic & ProPerty damages settlement You need to submit a Claim Form to request a payment. You can get a copy of the various Claim Forms by visiting the website or by calling 1-866-9926174. Claims can be submitted online or by mail. If you have questions about how to file your claim, you should call the toll-free number for assistance.

The deadline to submit most E&PD claims will be April 22, 2014 or six months after the E&PD Settlement becomes effective (that is, after the Court grants “final approval” and any appeals are resolved), whichever is later. There will be an earlier deadline to submit E&PD Seafood Compensation claims. The earlier deadline to submit Seafood Compensation claims will be 30 days after final approval of the Settlement by the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana (regardless of appeals).

Actual claim filing deadlines will be posted on the website as they become available. Valid claims will be paid as they are approved, beginning shortly after the Court-Supervised Settlement Program commences. It is highly recommended that E&PD Settlement Class Members complete and submit their claim forms promptly. Please read the Medical Benefits Settlement notice because you may also be eligible for benefits from that settlement.

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The Court will hold a hearing on November 8, 2012 to consider whether to approve the E&PD Settlement. You or your own lawyer may ask to appear and speak at the hearing at your own cost. The Court will also consider Class Counsel fees, costs, and expenses including an interim payment of $75 million and additional awards equal to 6% of class claims and benefits paid. Class Counsel fees, costs and expenses under the Economic and Property Damages Settlement Agreement and the Medical Benefits Settlement Agreement jointly cannot exceed $600 million. Class members’ payments will not be reduced if the Court approves the payment of Class Counsel fees, costs, and expenses because BP will separately pay these attorney fees, costs, and expenses.

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Petty Theft. A woman reported that when she went swimming at Siesta Key Beach, an unknown suspect took her purse. The bag was on her towel and contained the woman’s identification and Social Security card.

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10:16 p.m. — 100 block of Avenida Meniccia. Battery. Two friends got into a physical altercation following a misunderstanding.

A woman punched her male friend repeatedly in the nose, and he pushed her out of the house. Both refused to press charges after police arrived.

CINCO DE CITATION

2:14 p.m. — 900 block of Beach Road.

Open Container. A man was cited for having an open container of alcohol near Siesta Key Beach. Police spotted him walking from the beach parking lot toward the main beach access with an open can of Corona.

CLOSE CALL

11:56 p.m. — corner of Higel Avenue and Ocean Boulevard. Driving Under the Influence. Police observed a man beeping his vehicle’s horn while running a stop sign and traveling in the wrong lane. After nearly hitting oncoming traffic, an officer pulled over the car. An officer had to catch the man when he nearly fell out his car, into traffic. He was arrested and found to have a blood-alcohol level that was double the legal limit.

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5 p.m. — 900 block of Beach Road. Burglary. Two backpacks were stolen from a vehicle in the Siesta Key Beach parking lot. Prescription drugs and glasses were taken, along with the vehicle owner’s Social Security card.

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1:54 a.m. — 5200 block of Ocean Boulevard. Battery. A woman’s ex-boyfriend approached her and her new partner at a Siesta Key Village bar. A security guard asked the ex to leave, noting that things were not going well. The former flame punched the woman’s new beau while leaving the bar, knocking the victim out.

The suspect was not apprehended.

LESSON LEARNED?

2:15 a.m. — corner of Siesta Drive and Osprey Avenue. Driving Under the Influence. Police arrested a man after he was observed weaving his vehicle through lanes after leaving Siesta Key. He told officers he drank six beers over a four-hour period with a roommate at a Siesta Key Village bar, but claimed he left without her. He then admitted he was recently arrested for driving under the influence and asked an officer to let him go. While counting to 10 during a field sobriety test he counted “seven” twice. This was the man’s third arrest for DUI in the last decade.

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11:40 a.m. — 8900 block of Midnight Pass Road. Battery. The driver of a white Buick struck a woman’s legs twice while she was attempting to save a beach parking spot for her husband. The driver rolled down his window and asked what she was going to do. She replied that she would call the police. The woman did not sustain injuries, and the driver was not found.

bar, a man lingered in a nearby parking lot. A bar employee noticed he was leaning on several vehicles and called police.

He witnessed the man relieve himself in the middle of the parking lot after being verbally abusive. Police arrested him, fearing for bar patrons’ safety.

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12:20 a.m. — 5200 block of Calle Menorca. Disorderly Intoxication. After being ejected from a Siesta Key Village

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himself singing musical theater, classical, operetta and opera pieces. He learned to trust the ears and opinions of his teachers.

“I highly doubt that many American kids start out thinking, ‘I want to be an opera singer,’ but it sort of found me,” he says.

When Lubas’ wife, Amy, got accepted to Vanderbilt Owen Graduate School, the two moved to Nashville, Tenn., and he landed a two-year contract with the Nashville Opera. Lubas’ Nashville experience gave him the push he needed to try out for graduate music programs, and, so, when he landed a scholarship to the New England Conservatory, he and his wife headed back up north.

During his time at NEC, Lubas had the fortune of studying under John Moriarty, one of the most knowledgeable, American-born opera professionals in the business.

Lubas also started getting three- to eight-week singing gigs all around the country.

He graduated from NEC with a master’s in opera and a master’s in vocal performance.

Lubas continued to sing around the country following his graduation while his wife worked in Boston. But when his two children, Jacob and

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Alex, were born, Lubas realized that being on the road wasn’t going to work. Lubas started to perform locally and began his teaching career, as well.

In 2004, the family moved to Siesta Key to be closer to both sets of grandparents, who had homes in Naples and South Venice.

Through a variety of events, Lubas began working with Bob True, former middle-school headmaster

and English teacher at The Out-of-Door Academy. True was a big fan of operettas and wanted the upper school to put on some impressive shows. Lubas was the perfect man to help.

In 2007 Lubas became the director of theater arts at ODA. During his time there he gave input into the new arts building when the school was building a theater. Lubas left ODA in 2010 to start his own business, Lubas Voice

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“We are all born to sing, just like we were born to speak, because our voices are such a large part of our personalities,” he says. “Many people change and manipulate their natural voice to what they want their self-image to be.

My job is to help that person find what I believe is already in there and maybe what that person is just having trouble finding or seeing.”

Lubas discovered his own voice as a child in Wethersfield, Conn.

“My mom and I loved folk music, and we would sing along to Simon and Garfunkel and Crosby, Stills and Nash,” says Lubas.

During his pursuit of a psychology degree from the University of Connecticut, he realized there was something he liked more.

“I liked the time from 3 to 5 p.m. everyday when I was singing in one of two choirs I was in at school, so I auditioned for the school of music,” he says.

Though a career as a folk singer would have been ideal, Lubas continuously found

Classically trained opera singer Mark Lubas has not only performed in a variety of operas throughout the U.S., he’s also spent more than 20 years helping others find their own voice.

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Cancer survivors celebrate National Cancer Survivors Day Cancer survivors, along with their friends and family, celebrated the 25th annual National Cancer Survivors Day Sunday, June 5, at Michael’s On East. The theme for this year’s event was “Celebrate the Music of Life.” There was no charge for the event, which included food, goody bags and door prizes. Attendees also enjoyed a photo booth and entertainment by Jimi Gee’s All Star Band.

Irene Herman, Patricia Curry and Tomi Arnold try on a variety of different hats before heading into the photo booth.

John Gerhardt, chaplain for Sarasota Memorial Health Care System and master of ceremonies, presented an award to Carol and Bill Fletcher, the husband-and-wife musical duo known as Sparrow.

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A walk through time The Sarasota City Commission will vote Monday, June 18, on whether to approve a permanent exhibit to be displayed in the Sarasota City Commission Chambers.

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f given the go-ahead, Clifford Smith would probably take his current project — a compilation of historic photographs of Sarasota dating back to the late 1800s — and open exhibits all around town.

He might turn the hundreds of photographs he’s spent the past five years collecting into a coffee table book — or four. But, for now, he’s selected his favorites from the Sarasota County History Center for a display, which he’s hoping will become a museum-quality exhibit called, “Walk Through Time.”

The exhibit would feature 30 black-and-white images highlighting Sarasota from 1887 to 1960 to be housed in the Sarasota City Commission Chambers.

“At this point, it is an idea,” says Smith, the city’s senior planner. “As you walk forward, you’ll be going through time — threequarters of a century — and it’s bringing you from the very beginning of Sarasota history as an entity all the way through to 1960.

There’s a lot of main infrastructure in place: bridges to islands, highways to city. When you look at the last image, it gives you a view of the whole bayfront and city.”

Historic preservation is just one of Smith’s many fortes. If you walk through the hallways surround-

Photos courtesy of the Sarasota County History Center

Fire Chief Henry Behrens stands atop the new Armstrong LaFrance fire truck in 1912 on South Pineapple Avenue. Behind the truck is the Sarasota Bank, today the Floribbean Restaurant. Sitting next to Behrens is the city of Sarasota’s first mayor, A.B. Edwards. The fire engine cost almost $9,000, could pump 750 gallons of water per minute and could shoot a stream of water 120 feet high. It could hit 60 miles per hour on the community’s few paved streets. ing his office in the City Hall Annex, you’ll find that the walls are lined with old Sarasota photographs — his idea.

“I did it a couple years ago and found that a lot of times when people have questions about a property, if I go to the historic image, I can see what’s changed because I have documentation in the photographs telling me what was there at one point,” Smith says. “Visitors from other juris-

dictions say they wish they had that depth of history where they are.”

Wanting to increase community awareness of the city’s cultural history outside of his workplace, Smith thought the exhibit would be a perfect fit. He worked with local historian Jeff LaHurd and Sherry Svekis, chairwoman of the city of Sarasota’s Historic Preservation Board, and presented the project via PowerPoint to the

board May 8.

The board made a motion to support the project, proposing a budget of $10,000. Board member Greg Hall recommended Smith go before the Downtown Improvement District and request a buy-in partnership for the project. Smith asked for $250, but was pleasantly surprised when DID board member Mark Kauffmann told him, “Nobody asks for that. Let’s support the project

with $1,000.”

Smith will go before the City Commission Monday, June 18, for its approval.

“The Commission Chambers is the most high profile room for the city of Sarasota,” Smith says.

“Where we are today is from decisions made by commissioners throughout time, and the decisions made will continue to affect what will become our history tomorrow.”

The 30 photos selected for the exhibit are all in digital format. If approved, the files will be sent out to have any imperfections fixed.

Once that work is completed, the photos will be printed on 16-inchby-20-inch archival quality paper, double matted and framed with anti-glare glass. Brass tags containing information about the image will be inserted into each frame. The centerpiece, which will be placed in the middle of the exhibit (around the 1920s), will include the original plan for the town of Sarasota from 1886 and a panoramic view of the downtown area from Sept. 15, 1926.

“The final image is from 1960 of the historic city of Sarasota,” Smith says. “The more you look, the more you say, ‘Wow.’ It’s very recognizable to anyone here today as Sarasota. There’s so much of that historic fabric that remains.”

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Three-bedroom Siesta Cove home sells for $975,000 The following residential real-estate transactions took place between May 21 and May 25. A home in Siesta Cove tops all transactions in this week’s real estate. William and Carolyn Firth, Sarasota, sold their home at 5318 Siesta Cove Drive to Eric and Anne Clayton, Sarasota, for $975,000. Built in 1977, it has three bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 3,396 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $726,000 in 1999.

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Louis and Jenny Bowman, Sarasota, sold their home at 5073 Higel Ave. to Joseph Bajorek and Terrie-Anne Bajorek, of Ashland, Ky., for $840,000. Built in 1958, it has three bedrooms, three-and-a-half baths, a pool and 2,920 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $650,000 in 2008.

Island House

A. Bruce Waugh, Sarasota, sold the Unit 17-S condominium at 6146 Midnight Pass Road to Richard Koenig, of Allenwood, N.J., for $790,000. Built in 1967, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,376 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $1,472,500 in 2005.

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Timothy and Sandra Cahill sold their Unit 707 condominium at 5790 Midnight Pass Road to Stearns Bank for $700,000.

Built in 1979, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,335 square feet of living area.

It previously sold for $237,000 in 1989.

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Benjamin and Deborah McLeod, of Redmond, Wash., sold their Unit 702 condominium at 5920 Midnight Pass Road to Roderick and Jacqueline Leyden, of Nashotah, Wis., for $595,000. Built in

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1971, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,352 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $99,500 in 1996.

Palm Bay Club of Sarasota

Betty Burkard, trustee, Sarasota, sold the Unit G-22 condominium at 5966 Midnight Pass Road to R&R Holdings LLC for $510,000. Built in 1970, it has one bedroom, two baths and 720 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $24,400 in 1971.

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Green Parrot Properties LLC sold the Unit C condominium at 650 Calle del Otono to Sandcastles & Sand Dollars LLC for $450,000. Built in 2000, it has three bedrooms, two-and-a-half baths and 1,691 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $750,000 in 2005.

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Julie Forbes has had a love of being out on the water since she was an infant. As a child, she accompanied her parents while they raced their sailboat on the Long Island Sound. When she moved to Sarasota, at age 14, she became an instructor for the Youth Sailing Program (YSP) at the Sarasota Sailing Squadron. For the last 20 years she has been living on Siesta Key and takes advantage of being close the water as often as possible.

Daniel Prewett Age: 16 Grade/School: 10th grade at Sarasota Military Academy Position: Third base and outfield Number: 7 What do you enjoy most about baseball?

The teamwork that it requires to win.

Why did you decide to start playing baseball?

My dad started me down in tee ball and I played my way up.

Who is your favorite baseball player? I don’t watch baseball.

If you could describe The Observer baseball team in one word what would it be? Spectacular.

When did you start being competitive about sailing?

About 10 or 12 years ago when I joined the Luffing Lassies. A friend of mine and I took the incoming sailing course by the Luffing Lassies just for laughs. It was a oneweek, five-day course. We used Optimist Prams — the same ones I used when I taught at YSP. But I had always had to sail backwards, so it was a whole new experience having to sail them facing forward in a competitive manner. After that course, I joined the Lassies right away.

How did you get into sailing?

I guess it started with my parents. Both my parents sailed, and they raced together. My mother had this little chair, “the dum-dum seat” she called it, underneath the deck of the boat, and they would leave me there while they raced when I was really little. I sailed on the Long Island Sound for years.

When I moved to Sarasota, I needed a summer job, so I applied at YSP and I got the job and I taught for four or five summers out here.

How many women are involved in the Luffing Lassies?

What is it that keeps you involved in sailing?

Where do you start? The incredible venue that the Sarasota Sailing Squadron offers, the vista, the people I sail with, the rush of racing, that adrenaline rush of starting and finishing — even if don’t do well; the ability to know you will learn something brand new every time you go out. It’s just great.

There are close to 100 Luffing Lassies.

What are your sailing strengths?

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Who do you look up to when it comes to sailing?

I’d have to say the one person I always looked up to in the sailing world was my father, John. I miss him a lot. He was a great sailor and a whole lot of fun.

What is your weakness when it comes to sailing?

The weak spot for me would definitely be stamina. Especially on a long, long day.

What is one of the best things about sailing?

Waking up in the morning on the boat to the sunrise somewhere far, far away from land.

That is pretty amazing.

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81 Area by a dorm 20 Algerian port 83 Inn crowd’s beverage 21 Discourteous 84 Roman two-by-four?

22 Choice bit of 85 After-bath powders seafood 88 Achieve a personal 24 Utmost extent best 26 “Ten Most Wanted” 89 Arabian Peninsula agcy. country 27 Sunburn-relieving 90 Dusk, poetically plants 91 A cappella leader’s 28 Calendar units gadget 30 Plymouth Colony 93 Police officer, to a leader Standish CBer 31 NHL trophy: ___ 95 Call to mind Cup 97 Contents of Santa’s 33 Soldier in gray mail 34 Partner of “roly” 98 One-third of IX 35 “Offside” official 99 Heiden on ice 36 Truth ___ (interrogation drug) 100 Eats greedily (with “down”) 37 Pyromaniac 101 Free of iniquity 40 Grad student’s 105 “Clean” energy creation 107 Longtime role for 43 It might follow a 46-Across wrap 108 They represent 45 Italian “a” trillions 46 “Cheers” actress 109 ___ Aviv Perlman 111 Mock serenade to a 47 Kind of whale newly married 49 “Babe” enclosures couple 50 Cereal for regular 113 Donna Summer hit guys?

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59 “Just as I suspected!”

60 Abbr. on a headstone 61 “Heidi” peak 62 Social factions 64 “All Things Considered” broadcaster 66 Easily annoyed 68 “By Jove!”

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106 Akron locale 107 “The Godfather” boss 108 “Bye-bye,” to a Brit 110 “Acid” used in some trips 112 Abbreviation on a TV remote 114 67.5 deg. on the compass 115 Alumna bio word

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SIESTA KEY AND SARASOTA AREA SIESTA KEY SINGLE FAMILY HOMES AND CONDOS SOLD Midnight Pass Rd $275,000 Casa Blanca Villas Beach Rd #308 $305,000 La Siesta Hourglass Way $315,000 Whispering Sands E. Peppertree $375,000 Peppertree Bay Midnight Pass Rd $380,000 Jamaica Royale Unit II Midnight Pass Rd $400,000 Point on Midnight Pass Big Pass Lane $425,000 Ralph Twitchell, S. Siesta Key Midnight Pass Rd $500,000 Sarasota Surf & Racquet Whispering Sands Dr $509,000 Whispering Sands Sec 6 Midnight Pass Rd $535,000 Casarina Beach Rd # 601 $550,000 Tivoli By The Sea Freling Drive $550,000 Bay Island Shores Unit 2 Heron Lagoon $650,000 Heron Lagoon Lodges Azure Way $1,175,000 Siesta Isles Unit 6 Sand Dollar Lane $1,600,000 Banyan Club Point Crisp Rd $2,850,000 Point Crisp Midnight Pass Rd $275,000 Casa Blanca Villas SIESTA KEY SINGLE FAMILY HOMES AND CONDOS PENDING Midnight Pass Rd $599,000 Gulf and Bay Club Tropical Circle $3,750,000 Siesta Beach LIDO, BIRD KEY SINGLE FAMILY HOMES AND CONDOS SOLD John Ringling Blvd $255,000 Sarasota Harbor Arthur Dr. $484,000 St. Armands Div. J Ringling Ben Franklin Dr. $1,150,000 Orchid Beach Club S. Owl Dr. $540,000 Bird Key N. Owl Dr. $1,200,000 Bird Key S. SpoonbillDr $2,370,000 Bird Key

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Based on information compiled from the Mid-Florida Regional Multiple Listing Service, Inc. for the period of 5/29/2012 thru 6/04/2012.

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.

$1,250,000 $999,000 $500,000 $1,250,000 $999,000 $500,000 3 bedrooms, 3 baths and$500,000 2462 SF with 2 bedrooms plus den, 2 baths 1802 $999,000 $1,250,000 $1,250,000 $1,250,000 $999,000 $999,000 $500,000 $500,000 $1,250,000 $999,000 $500,000 Spectacular Bay views SF with Lakefront views

Bayou Sound Bayou Sound Bayou Bayou Bayou Sound Sound Sound Bayou Sound $1,250,000 $1,250,000 $1,250,000 $1,250,000 $1,250,000 $1,250,000

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5700 MIDNIGHT PASS ROAD, Siesta Key Beach, Sarasota, FL 34242 941.556.5656 309 JOHN RINGLING BLVD., St. Armands Circle, Sarasota, FL 342369 41.556.7000

QueensHarbor Harbor Queens Queens Queens Queens Harbor Harbor Harbor Queens Harbor $975,000 $975,000 $975,000 $975,000 $975,000 $975,000

direct beach views in largest 2 bedroom with 1560 Staghorn in Deercorner Creek unit$469,000 1211 Gulfwith of Mexico $769,000

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2 bedrooms, 2 bathssq. andfeet, 1827 SF spacious enjoy with full Gulf views

sunrises and sunsets in newly upgraded Longboat Key Towers. ........................................... $880,000

762 Siesta Dr. — Siesta Key SOLD Bayfront PENDING SOLD home, 4800 PENDING PENDING PENDING PENDING SOLD SOLD SOLD PENDING SOLD sq. feet, including attached guest house.

Wonderful water Sabal QueensHarbor Harbor SabalCove Cove Queens Sabal Sabal Cove Cove Cove Queens Queens Queens Harbor Harbor Harbor views in Sabal this Boater’s dream house with pool overlooking Sabal Cove Queens Harbor $1,194,000 $975,000 $1,194,000 $975,000 $1,194,000 $1,194,000 $1,194,000 $975,000 $975,000 $975,000 $ $1,194,000 $975,000 deep water dock and lifts ........................... 2.2 million 524 Hornblower Lane —

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maintained 3 Br/2.5 ba. home with upgrades In lovely Country Club Shores. Large screened lanai and pool with Southern view. Wonderful home inside and out.$750,000

14021 Bellagio Way, #312 — 3br, 2.5ba.

2300 sq. ft. 45 Ft. deep water protected dock. .... $699,000

Gorgeous LBK — Bay Front home, every amenity & lg. deep water dock. Private listing. Call. .. $3.2 million 1212 Benjamin Franklin — 12th fl. Condo,

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800 N. Tamiami Trail #404 — 1070 sq. ft. turnkey furnished, great rental history Alinari ... $280,000

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LEGENDS BAY Like-new turnkey furnished executive home on lake in gated community adjacent to the exceptional IMG Academies. 4 bedroom suites plus office, two-story living room, large eat-in kitchen with 2-sided fireplace, family room, game/media room, outdoor entertainment area, 2 wet bars, top of the line appliances, wine room, heated pool and spa, 3 car garage and much more. $1,625,000

LIDO SHORES New West Indies style estate home, 6,000+/- sq ft, 5 bedrooms, dual master suites, separate guest quarters, 80â&#x20AC;&#x2122; water frontage on New Pass. 47â&#x20AC;&#x2122; pool w/ grotto, multi vessel dock with lift, adjoining lot available. Deeded beach access. $6,500,000

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Judie Berger SOLD

1229 Point Crisp Road - $2,850,000

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530 Yardarm Lane - $1,150,000

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

550 Commonwealth Place - $749,000

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1257 S Portofino Drive #208 - $264,900

ALSO sold in 2012 1245 Sea Plume Way - $1,150,000 1240 Northport Drive - $935,000 618 Owl Way - $800,000 1919 Grove Street - $745,000 757 Tropical Circle - $730,000 5044 Faberge Place - $315,000 9393 Midnight Pass Road #401 - $300,000

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2145 Alameda Ave #A3955676 $3,150,000 Nora Johnson & Denise Mattmuller

Sarasota 941-951-6660 941-809-1700

550 Dove Pointe Pt #A3954446 Karen Landis

Osprey 941-966-8000 941-400-6049

525 S Shore Dr #A3960690 Susan Noah

$849,000

Osprey 941-966-8000 941-468-9286

340 S Palm Ave # 14 #A3960105 Dana Westmark

$695,000

Sarasota 941-951-6660 941-356-5091

5760 Midnight Pass Rd # 203 #A3946474 $675,000 Susanne Cosgrove-Lee

Siesta Key 941-349-3444 941-400-9068

2350 Fiesta Dr #A3952290 Melba Jimenez PA

$599,000

Sarasota 941-951-6660 941-356-3970

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“I was always of the mindset that you do what you love while you can,” says Matt Coombs. “You’ve only got so many days. How do you want to spend them?”

Uncharted Territory Matt Coombs isn’t afraid of the unknown. In fact, it defines most of his art. The Ringling College student discusses his love of mysterious spaces while he gears up for his first show at the Longboat Key Center for the Arts.

Matt Coombs is sitting outside the new Beau Monde Collection on State Street, smoking a cigarette with his knees tucked under

his chin and aviator sunglasses Coombs looks like he could alshielding his eyes. The combina- ready pass for a jaded New York tion of nicotine, nonchalant pos- artist, except that he’s neither jadture and shades is deceiving. ed nor living in New York.

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At 24, he’s ambitious, inquisitive, business savvy and so passionate about making art that he has little time to do anything else, including play his guitar — his favorite pursuit outside of art.

“Painting is my hobby, my job and my playtime,” Coombs says.

“What makes me a good artist is that I’m never done finding new ways to say something a little more effectively.”

Now in his third year as a finearts student at Ringling College of Art and Design, Coombs’ name might sound familiar to local contemporary art collectors.

In addition to serving as the exhibition manager for Zig-Zag magazine, an underground art zine founded by his friends and fellow Ringling classmates, Brent Lindstrom and Van Jazmin, Coombs has shown his work at a variety of established and upand-coming galleries, including

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the Englewood Art Center, the Historical Society of Sarasota County, Clothesline Gallery in downtown Sarasota and Cayuga Community College near his small hometown in upstate New York.

For a student artist, he’s had a lot of visibility. This, says Coombs, is not a fluke.

“I have a good group of friends who are equally committed to pursuing things now as opposed to later,” Coombs says. “It’s an important part of the learning process, to establish yourself now while you’re still in school.

A lot of people wait for their turn and that’s kind of a pitfall.

The more shows you have under your belt, the more credibility you’ll have down the road.”

For his next step toward credibility, Coombs will showcase his work alongside Ringling grads Mark Humphrey and Dustin Juengel this summer at the Longboat Key Center for the Arts, a Division of Ringling College of Art and Design.

When that show, which opens June 26, comes down in the fall, Coombs will spend the first semester of his senior year at an artist residency hosted by the School of Visual Arts in New York City.

“It’s a huge deal,” he says. “My goal is to end up in New York, so the fact that I’ll be there my senior year means I can begin to integrate and network before I even graduate.”

For now, he’s happy to network in Sarasota, where currently his work can be seen lining the walls of Beau Monde, where Coombs’ oil paintings bring a sort of snap, crackle, pop to the white sunlit

COOMBS’ KINDRED SPIRITS Gerhard Richter “He was able to do every type of image-making without losing his original idea.”

Neo Rauch “He came out of the New Leipzig School in Europe. His paintings are very elusive.

They deal with buildings, architecture and space.”

Dana Schutz “She’s a top-notch colorist.”

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“I have the ability to lock myself in a studio for long hours and shut the world out,” says Matt Coombs. In addition to painting, Coombs also creates digital collages and dabbles in video editing. gallery space.

Like a lot of his recent work, his “Life on Mars,” which hangs in the store’s front gallery, is a dizzying arrangement of space and design.

Rendered in bright oil paint and bold brush marks, at first glance the scene looks like someone’s outdoor patio. But from what angle? From inside the house? From outside the house?

And where’s the floor? And is that an astronaut in the background?

“Mars is one of those spaces that exists in the public imagination,” Coombs says, curling up cross-legged on the floor beneath the painting. “It exists, but we can’t go to it. My work is about exploring unknowable

spaces and scenarios, places that are matters of secrecy. I originally wanted to paint space women adjusting to a new world and then I realized you can’t see gender in a space suit, so it didn’t matter whether they were women.”

Trying to make sense of Coombs’ work is like trying to make sense of the movie “Inception.” The beauty lies in the irrationality of the landscape, which is exactly the point he hopes to convey.

“I read a lot,” he says. “Some of the concepts are pretty esoteric.

I hope that doesn’t make me sound pretentious. I’m interested in the big questions, ya know?

Like, why am I here? Why are we

all here?”

He rises from the floor to turn down the music pumping through the gallery.

“I hope you don’t mind,” he says, dialing the stereo down several notches. “I can’t think with that music on.”

He resumes his post below “Mars” and explains that most of his friends back home are on completely different career paths. One friend is a journalist in the Army. Another friend installs lightening rods for a living.

A couple guys went to school for business.

None of them is surprised by Coombs’ commitment to painting. At 16, he was selling giclée prints to students and teachers.

By his senior year he was exhibiting work at art festivals.

“What inspires me is learning about the world,” Coombs says. “I’m forever exploring our different systems. The cluttered cities and structures ... these are just additive systems that become deranged over time. It’s like painting. To add something or change something you have to add more paint. You can’t just scrape away the whole thing and start over.”

And, then, of course there’s New York City, a “system” that will undoubtedly inject further chaos into Coombs’ work once he begins working next fall from a studio in Brooklyn.

“It’s not that intimidating,” he says of New York. “I walked the Manhattan Bridge at dawn with my friend, Walter, and we were the only two people on it.

In a city of 8.3 million people, I might just be individual enough to have a chance.”

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The couple hatched a plan to form a production company back when they were freshmen at Howard University. Now that Little they’ve had a few years to hone their act on stages all over Sarasota, including the Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe, Florida Studio Theatre and the Asolo Repertory Theatre, they’re ready to tackle their loftiest project to date: Little Big League Productions.

The duo will host a fundraiser this month for the non-profit arm of their company.

The event, which is scheduled for 8 Cunningham p.m. June 29, at the WBTT Theater, will feature work by visiting dancers, actors and fine artists, as well as a snippet from Little’s new oneman show, “Bare” — an autobiographical companion piece to Cunningham’s tender one-woman play, “Naked.”

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Charlize Theron plays Ravenna, the monstrous stepmother who murders her husband on their wedding bed and imprisons his young daughter, Snow White (Kristen Stewart). When Snow White escapes years later, Ravenna enlists (threatens) a drunken widower, the huntsman (Chris Hemsworth), to capture her in hopes of eating her heart.

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But, it's Snow White who does the capturing when the huntsman finds her in the Dark Forest and she steals his heart. Upon escaping, the two encounter eight dwarves and a childhood friend, Prince William (Sam Clafin), who all pledge their allegiance in taking down the evil queen. And the rest is fairy-tale history.

First-time feature director Rupert Sanders (known for innovative TV commercials) was insistent about creating “a great world based on a great story.” And that he does in this magnificent piece of filmmaking. He creates dark, hallucinogenic realms as well as magical fairylands through CGI and genius art direction.

A super-slick trick that Sanders employs is imposing the faces of such actors as Ian McShane, Bob Hoskins, Ray Winstone and Toby Jones on to small bodies to create the dwarves. These are not your whistle-whileyou-work blokes but, rather, nasty harddrinking thieves. One even gets killed along the way, reducing them to the original seven.

This is definitely not your typical bedtime story.

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If there is a message one can glean from “Snow White and the Huntsman,” it's a universal and timeless one. Obsession about one's physical appearance can have dire consequences. But, if I'm not mistaken, Sanders was more concerned with the medium in making this wonderful film.

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KITCHEN CLASSICS By June LeBell

Robert Levin, artistic director of the Sarasota Music Festival, is probably one of the busiest musicians you know. From Boston to Sarasota, Berlin to Vienna and Australia to Utah, this peripatetic pianist barely has time to catch up with his own feet — no less set them down in front of the stove.

Yet, like most performers, he finds time to cook creatively and eat enthusiastically before and after concerts.

“In the years before I became the artistic director of SMF, I had some time to savor the many fine restaurants in the (Sarasota) area,” he says. “A favorite then was Yoshino in Burns Court, and I was heartbroken when it closed. I sampled offerings from Euphemia Haye and Café L’Europe, Carmichael’s, Michael’s On East, Mediterraneo and the Bijou Café, with an occasional jaunt to Phillippi Creek, Capt. Brian’s or Patrick’s.

But, my schedule is so demanding that I rarely have time to do the wonderful Sarasota dining scene the justice it deserves.”

Still, Levin feels that “no festival visit seems complete without a 1905 salad at Columbia.”

Levin, and his wife, the pianist Ya-Fei Chuang, manage to eat really well wherever they are.

“In Boston, Ya-Fei and I love Clio — one of the most imaginative cuisines around,” Levin says. “And its sister, Uni, has magnificent sashimi, and O-ya, in the Leather District … pricey, but unforgettable.”

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Robert Levin finds time to cook creatively and enthusiastically before and after concerts. assures us that his favorite cuisines are “American, Chinese, French, Italian and Japanese. In alphabetical order.”

Then, there’s also Austro-Hungarian.

“Both Ya-Fei and I look forward to our annual master classes in Salzburg (Austria) to savor traditional delicacies,” he says. “I have a small cookbook of recipes from Mozart’s time.”

Levin has a particular affinity for Mozart and has delved into that composer’s life and work with such passion that he’s even completed some of the music Mozart left unfinished, including the C minor Mass and the beloved “Requiem.”

Levin and his wife “share the pleasure” of cooking when they’re home, but ask Levin to expound on favorite restaurants and, like

his pre-concert lectures, he speaks volumes. In fact, his restaurant run-down is like a musical travelogue.

“We enjoy L’Espalier from time to time (important birthdays), but our favorite restaurant in the Freiburg area during our time there was Hirschen, in Sulzburg,” he says. “The Swabian chef, Hans Paul Steiner, and his French wife, the sommelier Claude Steiner, ran an exquisite establishment of warmth and supreme culinary imagination. They have retired, and their daughter and son-in-law have taken over. And, of course, almost anywhere in Italy are culinary experiences of a lifetime, such as the Enoteca Pinchiorri, in Florence.

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Modern-day existence puts such dishes out of the reach of most of us. We simply lack the time to prepare them. Restaurants keep these traditions alive.”

Yes, Virginia, musicians love dining as much as children love Santa Claus. And, when you speak with someone like Levin about eating, you hear as much enthusiasm for the dishes as you hear when he dishes about music. But, again, like many professional performers, Levin is specific about what music accompanies his din-

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“Never classical music, which demands concentration,” he stresses. “If any music is on, it is likely to be early to swing-era jazz.

But, even there, I hesitate because the inspired solos of individual players deserve the same attention and wonderment as classical music.”

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It had energy and bite. But, as soon as he switched to English, some of the bitterness left him, and he became just another good baritone singing Weill. Even in the Lieder-like “Dirge for Two Veterans,” the 1947 setting of the famous Whitman poem, there was a lack of oomph that, had it been present, would have sent McFerrin over the top.

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Holt was able to strut his pianistic talents in a solo of “Speak Low,” and the more intricate underscorings of “My Ship” and “Westwind.” And Ross tied it all together with an engaging narrative, compiled by Steve Smith specifically for the event.

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The Artist Series Concerts of Sarasota, ever innovatively trying to bring us great music performed well, took a leap into the world of Kurt Weill — the German composer who wrote operas, musicals and American Lieder — this week at the Historic Asolo with a quartet of talented performers: soprano Stella Zambalis, baritone David McFerrin, pianist Joseph Holt and narrator/host (and artistic director of the series) Lee Dougherty Ross.

From “Threepenny Opera” and “One Touch of Venus” to “Street Scene” and “Lost in the Stars,” Weill gave the world a bitter, beautiful, sardonic, truthful look at life through the eyes of a disaffected, alienated musician who turned from his German homeland and put his angst into his songs. His wife, the legendary and formidable Lotte Lenya, became the Jenny in all his operas and songs, performing them with a growly gnarl-of-a-voice that brought chills to listeners as they sat enthralled.

One close friend said, “That voice, Lenya — it’s one octave below laryngitis.”

Others have approached Weill from operatic backgrounds. Teresa Stratas, the great actress/soprano, released two spinetingling recordings of Weill’s songs, and another great (but lesser known) soprano, Angelina Reaux, has a two-disc set of such honesty and beauty, it still sets my heart pounding.

Although it was wonderful hearing many of the Weill greats, and although Zambalis and McFerrin showed great vocal appeal, they missed the mark because of their approaches to this music.

McFerrin has a pleasing stage presence and a well-produced voice, but he was strongest in his first entrance, singing the

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