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WORLD TRAVEL Christian group journeys to Israel to see Biblical sites.

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OUR TOWN + Leftovers a sweet treat for troops Have extra Halloween candy? You don’t have to eat it.

Creekwood Dental, located at 5210 Creekwood Blvd., Bradenton, is buying back candy at $1 per pound through Nov. 14.

The sweet treats will be sent to troops oversees.

Your guide to the 2013 Sarasota Chalk Festival.

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FARM FOREVER

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by Josh Siegel | Staff Writer

Legacy

+ Where’s Waldo?

In Lakewood Ranch A Lakewood Ranch Golf and Country Club resident took a new spin on his name Oct. 31, when he sported familiar attire to work at Easter Seals in Sarasota and to his weekly Lakewood Ranch Rotary Club meeting.

Waldo — or Ladd Waldo, specifically — came dressed in red “Where’s Waldo” stripes and black-framed glasses.

+ ELKS raise $5,000 for charity Members of the Lakewood Ranch-Sarasota ELKS organization took a swing for charity Oct. 26, as the group hosted a golf tournament at River Club. More than 100 golfers turned out for the event, which raised more than $5,000 for local charities.

For more information about the ELKS, call 727-2855.

Mixon’s Fruit Farms endured struggles — and a change in strategy — to make it to its 75th season. economy had become sluggish.

And the couple had just assumed the family business, which Dean’s grandparents, Willie and Rosa, started

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+ Last chance to sip and savor Only a few days remain to buy tickets for the Lakewood Ranch Rotary’s annual Suncoast Food and Wine Fest, from 1 to 4 p.m.

Nov. 9, at the Sarasota Polo Club, 8201 Polo Club Lane, Sarasota. Purchase tickets online at suncoastfoodandwinefest.com.

Miss Manatee Softball players head to state championships.

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AT A GLANCE: Mixon’s sells 21 varieties of citrus.

In the best of times, in 1992, Mixon’s sold 250,000 packages of citrus gift boxes; Now, it sells 30,000 per year.

At its prime, in the height of the season in December, Mixon had more than 120 employees. Now, it has about 65 employees during peak season.

Clockwise from top: Willie Mixon worked in the grove until two days before he died in 1967.

Willie and Rosa Mixon’s home was located on the corner of 26th Avenue and 27th Street, where the store now is located.

Dean and Bill Mixon and Rick Permuy, Janet Mixon’s son, have orange smiles.

EAST COUNTY — In 2006, a piece of paper held the fate of Dean and Janet Mixon’s family legacy.

Disease threatened Mixon’s Fruit Farm’s crops. Dean’s father, Bill, needed time to care for his ailing wife. The

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The Mixon Fruit Farm’s retail store in 1945

Two years ago, when the Pittsburgh Pirates were training at McKechnie Field, the team went through 12 gallons of orange juice per week.

The average price of shipping a bushel of oranges to New York when Mixon began its mail order business was $3.95.

The average price of shipping bushel of oranges to New York today is $85.

from old to new

by Pam Eubanks | Managing Editor

New director builds on roots Longtime board member Susannah Cripe takes the helm at nonprofit Foundation for Dreams.

EAST COUNTY — Susannah Cripe has gone from old to new.

Cripe, who worked at Easter Seals, an organization that assists individuals with disabilities and their families, for more than 16 years, started Nov. 4 as the new executive director for Foundation for Dreams.

Foundation for Dreams is a nonprofit dedicated to providing a safe camp experience for children with special needs or chronic/terminal illnesses.

“It was a natural fit,” said Cripe, who has served on the board of directors for Foundation for Dreams for 12 years. “(Former director) Jodi (Frankie) did a great job.

There’s a great staff here, great caregivers. It was a nice step into this role.”

When Frankie announced to the board she was moving to Mississippi to be closer to family, Cripe quickly realized the role was one she would love to assume. Since her first time camping there more than a decade ago, the camp and its mission had grown even closer to her heart. Plus, she relishes any opportunity to be outdoors.

“I would probably move here if I could,” she says under her breath, before letting out a light chuckle.

Plus, she was ready for a new challenge.

“I feel like I hit my max on the program (I oversee at Easter Seals),” said Cripe, who has spent the last 13 years as project director for Easter Seal’s Project Rainbow Chil-

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Economic leaders forecast special destiny A panel of Sarasota-Manatee economic leaders who spoke at a Manatee-Sarasota BIA Sales and Marketing Council event, dubbed ‘Market Makers,’ say the region must market itself as a global force.

EAST COUNTY — Sharon Hillstrom moved here in1990 because her husband changed jobs.

“It took me five years to say, ‘I guess we’re staying here,’” said Hillstrom, now charged with marketing the area as president and CEO of the Bradenton Area Economic Corp. “I slowly began realizing what we have here. And others are, too.”

Mark Huey, tasked with the same job for Manatee County’s neighbor as president and CEO of the Economic Development Corp. of Sarasota County, likens his time here to a blind date that went well.

“At first I thought, ‘Aren’t those the folks who don’t want to grow?’” Huey said of his initial impression, when he left Tampa in June 2011. “Now, there’s a lot of excitement about what a special community this is.”

Hillstrom and Huey were part an economic panel at a Manatee-Sarasota BIA Sales and Marketing Council event — dubbed “Market Makers” — Oct. 30 at the Lakewood Ranch Country Club.

Panelists described the region as ripe for economic growth and national and international business development.

It’s a new concept for many, and, as Taubman Centers and Benderson Development work to unveil the $315 million Mall at

University Town Center in 2014, and with Nathan Benderson Park hosting the World Rowing Championships in 2017, it’s one that’s gaining more traction.

Corporations want to come here, Hillstrom said, pointing to growth in the manufacturing sector, with Pennsylvania-based Air Products and Chemicals’ 250,000-square-foot facility being built across the street from Port Manatee.

Huey said Sarasota County is in talks with four international corporations seeking to operate here. He even points to a new 1 million-square-foot Amazon distribution center in Ruskin as a job-creator for area workers.

But Sarasota-Manatee likely won’t be an economic landmark if some changes don’t occur, leaders say.

The economic leaders, joined

by Mark Chait, director of leasing for Benderson Development, and Donald O’Shea, the president of New College of Florida, say better education and marketing and less government bureaucracy will help the grand plan come to fruition.

“We have a pretty special destiny here,” Huey said. “If we work hard, we can make it the community of choice, where Sarasota is one of those places that can compete globally.”

Getting there will first require persuading people already here to stay.

O’Shea says the area needs to market itself as a college town, given the presence of State College of Florida Manatee-Sarasota, University of South Florida Sarasota-Manatee, Ringling College of Art and Design, research facilities at Roskamp Institute and Mote Marine Aquarium and postgraduate studies at the Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine.

“What’s really surprising is you’ve got this cross-section of American higher education here, and no one thinks of this area as a college community,” O’Shea said.

“You hear about the great college communities in the nation, you hear Ann Arbor, Austin, Berkeley, but Sarasota-Bradenton? It’s on no one’s radar screen.”

Even if young people are educated here, they must know they can quickly find work locally.

Hillstrom said the Bradenton Area EDC is working with colleges on internship programs with local companies.

Chait says government can make its approval process more business-friendly.

“It still takes too long (to get projects approved),” Chait said.

“The carrying costs of holding land are overwhelming. And then there’s the Sarasota 2050 plan,

Dennis Blazey, of Lee Wetherington; Christine Spelman, of Coldwell Banker; and Peter Mason and Doug Whitehill, of Lee Wetherington

Robin DiSabatino, Manatee County commissioner, with Gail Shane, of Neal Communities

Donald O’Shea with his former calculus student, Deborah Thomas, of Neal Communities

telling a developer they must have a development a certain way in a certain place. You can’t do that. The economic process determines where places go.”

The panel also worried about supplying affordable housing for workers, especially for those taking the 2,000-plus jobs to be created from the Mall at UTC. Lakewood Ranch has tried to address that with two planned

apartment projects — The Venue at Lakewood Ranch, across from Main Street, and Creekside Apartments, the second phase to Lost Creek.

It’s just another part of the story Sarasota-Manatee has to share.

“We have a bit of everything,” Hillstrom said. “It’s here. And we have to let people know it’s here.”

Contact Josh Siegel at jsiegel@yourobserver.com.

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by Josh Siegel | Staff Writer

Raised a Dominican, committed to the U.S.

Edward Valdez emigrated from the Dominican Republic at age 14 and enlisted in the U.S. Marines by 21. Now the veteran, 41, tries to regain footing in the civilian world.

LAKEWOOD RANCH — Edward Valdez could recite the slogan from the television commercials, but at boot camp two years after enlisting as a U.S. Marine, he could not understand commands.

“I moved slow,” Valdez said. “I would watch people and follow.”

At the beginning, his parents, natives of Los Mina, in the Dominican Republic, could not understand why Valdez was even there.

Now, a little more than a year after retiring from a 20-year career in the Marines, Valdez, a Lakewood Ranch resident, and his parents, understand.

“I truly, truly have the utmost love and admiration for this nation,” Valdez said.

Josh Siegel When Veterans Day comes Nov. 11, Valdez will stand in front of his When he’s not studying psychology or ushering at church, Edward daughter’s class at The Tabernacle Valdez, a veteran who lives in the Lost Creek Apartments in Lakewood Christian School and tell his story. Ranch, helps make cutting tools for a friend.

He is not the stereotypical face counterparts. of the American veteran. His face high school.

“I just wanted to get out of New For one, Valdez serves as an ushis young, his body is lean and able.

Valdez has an accent and unmis- York,” Valdez said. “It was some- er at Faith Life Church in Sarasota, thing to do. I wanted to explore.” where he met McKane. He also attakable Brooklyn swagger.

Boot camp started in February tends classes at University South He attained the rank of master sergeant, but he never served in 1992. No one judged Valdez when Florida Sarasota-Manatee to obcombat. Instead, he did whatever he couldn’t comprehend the com- tain a degree in psychology.

Valdez and his wife, Jade, whom his commanders asked of him: mands; other enlistees had the cooked meals, screened new Ma- same problem. They just followed he met in between tours, found Lakewood Ranch while looking for rines, handled insurance contracts the ones who knew.

Valdez said he enjoyed his time a church in Tampa, where Jade’s and helped keep peace in Bosnia in the military and the people he family lives. and Somalia.

Valdez said his transition has But, as he tries to regain footing met. But now he faces a new chalbeen smooth because his service in the civilian world, Valdez’s story lenge: building a life as a civilian.

After having every moment gave him a work ethic he uses tois one of a American veteran.

Valdez left Los Mina, where he scheduled and dictated in the mili- day.

“I have tools available to me,” was born and raised, to join his tary, Valdez said it can be difficult parents in Brooklyn at 14 years old. for veterans to adapt to the less- Valdez said. “If I don’t feel right, I go to the VA (U.S. Department of Life in America wasn’t idyllic, structured world outside it.

Some veterans withdraw when Veterans Affairs). I am constantly but the family made it home. His mother made strings for guitars in confronted with the differences of encountering people.”

And that’s what Valdez works a Brooklyn factory, and his father, a civilian life. Valdez embraces them.

“Veterans tend to be reclusive,” hardest at: building new relationformer business owner in the DoValdez said. “People immediately ships and friendships, whether minican, worked odd jobs.

Valdez recalls the day in high want to know what happened, who that’s at church, school or through school when an older classmate did you kill, what is your story? And membership in veterans groups came back to town during a break it brings back that memory you such as the Veterans of Foreign from the Marines. At the time, Val- want to escape. So they step back.” Wars (VFW), Wounded Warriors As Valdez, 41, shares his story and American Legion. dez had only seen the Marines’ Valdez, an American citizen, said commercials and had thought lit- from the industrial office of DieMond Tool Grinding, where Pe- he respects the history of the U.S. tle about serving his new country.

“But seeing him left an image in ter McKane, the company’s owner military, and is proud to represent my head that didn’t go away,” Val- and friend from church, tutors him the United States. on how to sharpen tools, he admits “I was born and raised a Dodez said.

Valdez enlisted in the Marines he is different — more talkative minican and came up on that culin 1991, one year after graduating and comfortable than many of his ture,” Valdez said. “I made a com-

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Lakewood Ranch assistant principal begins new job This week, Tom Zellars left the place he called home for 12 years for Southeast High School, where he was reassigned.

LAKEWOOD RANCH — Tom Zellars once was superintendent of the school district from which he graduated high school, so he knows and values continuity.

But Zellar, who has held various education positions, from teacher of economics to assistant principal, principal and superintendent, can also handle change.

Zellars began his new job as assistant principal at Southeast High School Nov. 4, with just a weekend separating his last day in the same role at Lakewood Ranch High School.

Manatee County School District officials told Zellars of his reassignment Oct. 30, two days before his final day at Lakewood Ranch, Nov. 1.

“I was told this is my new responsibility and I will assume my new responsibility and do it well,” Zellars said.

Steve Valley, school district spokesman, said the reassignment was part of a multi-administrator move intended to better serve impacted schools and students.

“After a careful review of administrator skill sets and administrative team compositions, Mr. Zellars was selected from Lakewood Ranch High School to fill a position left vacant by the leave (of an administrator at Southeast),” Valley said.

On his final day, Zellars went on the morning school news broadcast and told the students he loved them.

“You have made me feel whole in times of sadness and sorrow; you have provided me joy and happiness through your sharing and caring,” Zellars told them.

The next night, near his bedtime at 11 p.m., Zellars kept a promise to the Lakewood Ranch Marching Band and watched them perform in the Music in Motion competition.

On his first day at Southeast, Zellars participated in an orientation, during which he

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Tom Zellars served as an assistant principal at Lakewood Ranch High since 2002. learned about his new job, and he often stopped to say hello to some of 1,300 new faces.

“A first day is a first day,” Zellars said. “It’s almost too soon to talk about it. You help everyone be comfortable, and you hope to get comfortable yourself. It’s a new school for me.”

An administrator known for his empathy, Zellars will handle “tardiness and time outs.”

“I hope my legacy was that I value the education system, I value students and I value close relationships,” said Zellars, noting he is most proud of helping Lakewood organize its Parent Teacher Organization and leading an ‘A’ school. “I had a fantastic time at Lakewood Ranch, and it’s hard to explain how involved you can be with the school. You can’t help but make more friends and work well with people.”

In Manatee, Zellars has served as assistant principal of Braden River Middle School, principal of Johnson Middle School, and most recently as assistant principal at Lakewood for 12 years.

Contact Josh Siegel at jsiegel@yourobserver.com.

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EAST COUNTY — Manatee County administrators hope revisions to the county’s Land Development Code will make Manatee County an easier place to do business.

The first phase of revisions to the Manatee County LDC — a document written in 1989 — have been posted to the county’s website for public comment.

Manatee County Planning Division Manager Bob Schmitt says these changes are largely superficial.

They change verbage and organization and make the LDC document easier to navigate and implement.

But, taken together with second-phase changes — revisions that will be presented at a later date to incorporate the county’s “How Will We Grow” plan — the new code will set a path to a modern-day Manatee County.

“The first-phase changes put the LDC in 21st century terms,” Schmitt said. “It still talks about service stations, instead of what we know as gas stations. In one place, the code will say one thing, and, in another, it will say just the opposite. And the way the code is written today, a lot of things people want to know are buried in rules and regulations.”

Schmitt said in the past, changes to the LDC have been piecemeal rather than aggressively restructured.

For nearly a year, Manatee County has worked with a contractor, Littlejohn Engineering Associates, to make the changes.

One significant change, meant to quicken the site-approval process, eliminates a rule that required developers to submit a

site plan for a building they wish to assume if the structure has been vacant for more than one year.

The second-phase changes must wait for amendments to the county’s comprehensive plan that would come with the How Will We Grow plan.

“The changes that we’ve made already involve things we can address without having to amend the comprehensive plan,” said Schmitt, a Lakewood Ranch resident.

“It is not earth-shattering stuff. It won’t change the big picture in East County at all.”

The first-phase revisions set the table for more wholesale changes, which will address concerns from county staff that the LDC in its current form deters redevelopment and discourages economic development.

“When it’s over, we will have a modernday land development plan,” Schmitt said.

“There is a lot of character in Manatee County. Just because Lakewood Ranch looks a certain way and is successful doesn’t mean another area wants to be Lakewood Ranch. Each different place can be what they want to be.”

The public can comment on the first changes to the LDC until Dec. 23.

Comments should be directed to Schmitt at robert.schmitt@mymanatee.org.

Schmitt says all changes will then be reviewed at public workshops before the Board of County Commissioners votes on them.

Contact Josh Siegel at jsiegel@yourobserver.com.

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Area residents travel to Israel

DAY 1 — Depart the United States.

The Rev. Phil Derstine, of Christian Retreat, and a group of 23 others head to Israel to discover their Christian roots.

DAY 3 — Visit Joppa, Caesarea, Megiddo and Nazareth.

DAY 4 — Visit Galilee; participate in a worship service onboard a boat.

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The Rev. Phil Derstine reads from the Bible during a sermon onboard a boat on the Sea of Galilee.

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Bill and Joanne Curphey and Phil Derstine show their destination on a map. there’s another piece of history that intrigues Derstine and Curphey, who first began visiting Israel in 1970 — olive trees.

The green thick-trunked tree also dates back centuries, and, Derstine believes, was the tree that Biblical figures saw during ancient times.

Derstine hopes to take his new group to see the olive trees and the Dead Sea. “People ask if we’re scared to go, but I feel more safe and secure there than anywhere else in the world,” Curphey said. “We don’t

sense danger when we’re there.”

Mandatory military enrollment and service of both Israeli men and women after graduating high school, gas-mask training for children and other safety precautions locals undertake comfort the siblings.

However, even though the brother and sister feel comfortable with their surroundings, the group steers clear of certain highrisk areas and sticks to the same agenda each time; they even use the same bus driver most years.

Typically, Derstine and Curphey

prefer to visit Israel during the spring. This time, however, they thought traveling in the fall would be a nice change.

As the pastor prepared to embark on his next journey to a country he and his family have visited many times, he looked forward to sharing experiences with new friends, while keeping his father in mind.

The sightseeing isn’t what the religious leader hopes the rookies in the group will remember most, however.

“Putting a picture to the Bible stories makes it come alive so much more,” Derstine said. “It gives it so much more meaning to actually see those places.”

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DAY 5 — Tour the Golan Heights and visit local residents.

DAY 6 — Tour Masada, Qumran and Jericho, and swim in the Dead Sea. DAY 7 — Visit Bethlehem and Jerusalem.

DAY 8 — Visit Jerusalem and the Old City, with a trip to the Western Wall.

DAY 9 — Tour Jerusalem again, with a stop at Israel’s Holocaust Memorial.

DAY 10 — Return to the United States

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EAST COUNTY — The Rev. Phil Derstine, of Christian Retreat, has traveled 18 times to the Middle East.

But this trip, for which he left Nov. 2, is different. Derstine boarded a plane to Israel for the first time without his father.

His father, Gerald, has traveled to Israel 55 times. Of those times, 17 were with his son.

After turning 85 recently, however, the elder Derstine decided it is time to retire from the layovers and long flights.

Phil Derstine will still have family by his side, however, because his wife, Janette, sister, Joanne Curphey, and her husband, Bill, made the 10-hour journey last weekend with him.

The foursome met the rest of their group — most of whom are first-time travelers to Israel — in New York. In the past, the group has consisted of repeat visitors who had traveled to Israel before.

The 10-day excursion, ending Nov. 12, takes the visitors from “coast to coast,” as they visit mountains in the north one day and witness the dryness of the desert later in the week.

Among the stops on the tour is the Wailing, or Western, Wall.

Derstine received prayers on pieces of paper from parishioners for the group to slide in between the crevices of the centuries-old monument.

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Manatee County schools provide healthier options for students through homegrown fruits and veggies.

EAST COUNTY — As 8-year-old Noe Flores looked at the mysterious yellow fruit in the display case, he needed some persuading.

He looked up at B.D. Gullett Elementary School Principal Kathy Hayes.

“That’s squash,” Hayes assured Flores. “It’s good for you, and it tastes really good.”

Taking her word for it, he placed it on his tray.

Last week, the Manatee County Amanda Sebastiano School District kicked off Fresh from Florida Fridays — its way of in- B.D. Gullett Principal Kathy Hayes, right, tries to corporating local produce into area persuade second-graders Thomas Garcia, 7, and Noe Flores, 8, to try squash. schools.

Each week, the cafeteria staff at local schools will introduce a different fruit or tion for Fresh Fridays.

To help inform students, B.D. Gullett vegetable for the children to try; the hope is that they will learn to eat healthier at home. Elementary posted signage Nov. 1 that in“Kids have never tried a lot of this stuff troduced the squash and displayed the upand maybe would never have,” said Joey coming Florida treats.

Haile Middle School took a different apTerMaat, Gullett’s cafeteria manager.

The squash earned mixed reviews from proach to intriguing students with more the second-graders. Although there were nutritious lunch items.

Cafeteria Manager Erika Maloney and only a few takers at first, Hayes helped perher team created a harvest table to liven up suade students to try it.

The program, which parallels the US- the lunchroom on Friday afternoons. BasDA’s national Farm to School Program, is kets filled with that week’s produce line the incorporated in schools in various states. table — a technique Maloney believes has Manatee County doesn’t fully participate in increased the number of students reaching the USDA program, but it’s making an ef- for an apple, for example, when they may fort with the once-a-week program. Fresh not have in the past.

Giving the children products they like, produce is offered at lunch the other days of the week, but it’s brought in from other and that are good for them, are high on Maareas, Manatee County Schools Nutrition loney’s and TerMaat’s lists.

“Our goal is to get them to always try Specialist Skye Grundy said.

Grundy and other county staffers re- something new,” TerMaat said. “We’ll put searched which fresh foods are grown in tomatoes out and they’ll say, ‘Oh, yes. Tomatoes.’ They remember.”

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The apparel retailer, which targets young adults and teens, sells clothing and apparel items.

American Eagle joins anchors Macy’s, Saks Fifth Avenue and Dillard’s, which already have committed to the underconstruction shopping center at University Parkway and Interstate 75. The mall is set to open in October.

American Eagle has thousands of stores and outlet stores across the country, including at Westfield’s Sarasota Square Mall and the Ellenton Premium Outlets.

“American Eagle Outfitters is one of the most popular and most requested apparel brands for young adults,” said Karen MacDonald, director of communications at Taubman Centers, which is developing the mall with Benderson Development.

Restaurants confirmed for the mall include Seasons 52, Fresh Grill and Wine Bar, and Brio Tuscan Grille, an Italian restaurant.

Taubman has said 50% of the 100-plus tenants will be unique to the area.

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ings besides oysters, including new menu items such as king crabs, snow crabs and lobster.

The menu still features favorites such as charbroiled oysters, fried green tomato crab cakes, po’ boys, shrimp and grits and gumbo.

The restaurant will be open for lunch and dinner, from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Monday through Thursday, and is open until 11 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays. Sunday hours are from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m.

The Sarasota location opened in January 2012.

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in 1939. The couple had already sold 250 acres of the farm, and the developer wanted more — the last 100 acres.

With the land, the developer would bulldoze the Mixon legacy.

The Mixons had 30 days to decide.

“Everyone tired of the diseases and the regulations and the effort of trying to keep it going,” Janet Mixon said. “We thought maybe we could afford to retire. Or maybe Dean would become an electrician or plumber.

I would go back to teaching. But we prayed about it and decided to survive. If we hadn’t, we would be one of those family farms that were gone.”

Mixon Fruit Farms, an East County orange grove and stand known for more than just oranges, is celebrating its 75th season this month.

EARLY DAYS

When, in 1939, Willie and Rosa Mixon bought a 20-acre grove in Manatee County, they had the vision to make it a retail operation. Rosa Mixon and her six children loaded up a Ford truck with oranges and sold them to guests at the Dixie Grande Hotel in Bradenton.

Willie and Rosa Mixon started a fruit stand on the corner of 26th Avenue and 27th Street — dirt roads at the time. Customers rang a bell to call the family out of the grove.

Willie, who made his money working at Manatee Hammock Fruit Co., quit in 1941, when he decided to focus entirely on his own farm.

His son, Bill, bought a section of grove for himself in high school. He worked land for family and neighbors and eventually used earnings from his crops to pay for materials to build his own home. He and his childhood sweetheart, Mary, moved into the house shortly after the two were married in July 1949.

By the 1970s, the groves grew to their peak of 350 acres. The Mixons built a processing plant on the farm.

The Mixons demolished the original retail store and built a new one.

By the 1980s, it sold ice cream and fudge.

And, in the best of times, in 1992, Mixon’s sold 250,000 packages of citrus gift boxes compared to about 30,000 annually today. At the time, the mail-order business, which Bill Mixon’s late wife, Mary, developed, represented the majority of the farm’s revenue.

Dean Mixon, known for carrying his black laptop case everywhere, even to church, does the accounting for the farm himself.

“When I fill out an insurance form and it asks when I began employment here, I list my date of birth,” Dean Mixon said.

The farm flourished and then faltered. To survive, change became inevitable.

After the U.S. began importing citrus in 1994, citrus canker infected the

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1910 Willie Mixon and his wife, Rosa, move to Manatee County

1939- Willie and Rosa Mixon buy a 20-acre grove in Manatee County

1945- Original

Mixon store is torn down and a new facility is built in its place

1949- Bill Mixon, Josh Siegel

Janet and Dean Mixon have diversified the family farm since they took over, even hosting weddings inside a gazebo surrounded by colorful flowers. groves, causing brown lesions on the leaves, stems and fruit of the citrus trees. Leaves and fruit dropped prematurely. Citrus greening, a bacterial disease that attacks a tree’s vascular system and reduces production, became an ongoing challenge, as well.

Nearby farms — partners from whom the Mixons would buy jelly, lemon and other goods — closed.

“The only way we could survive was to make this a destination,” Janet Mixon said. “We wanted this to be a place where people can make memories. The rest of the family didn’t want to do anything different. But Dean and I like to try new things.”

Dean Mixon is a computer wizard who originally majored in math at what is now known as the University of Central Florida. Janet Mixon, who has her doctorate in education, is the “people person” — the voice of the farm who convinced the family, and the public, that tram tours through groves of oranges would be a popular venture.

Bringing an outsider perspective, Janet Mixon started festivals and tram tours at the farm. The Orange Blossom Festival started in 2008, and the Harvest Festival began in 2009.

She and Dean Mixon worked to make their groves a venue for concerts, weddings and other special occasions, installing a gazebo surrounded by colorful flowers, a koi pond, a banquet space and other amenities for patrons to use.

FUTURE OUTLOOK

Bill Mixon, now 85, watches the change from his 5-year-old white house on the property. He lives here now, in the house with the looparound driveway he built for his late wife.

Initially, he had resisted the transformation and growth of Mixon’s — when the signs said to stop investing — but, as the farm lives on, he trusts the “younger ones” to carry it forward.

He continues to work the land, planting trees in the groves.

ROMANTIC REUNION Dean and Janet Mixon met in kindergarten and graduated high school together, but never were close friends.

“He was afraid of me,” Janet Mixon said. “We went to high school together. He was the smarty guy. I was the crazy cheerleader. He was captain of the marching band.”

He went to UCF, changed his major to botany, took some citrus courses on the side and returned to the farm he hasn’t left since.

He married Wendy.

Janet Mixon became a teacher and lived in Charleston, S.C. She married Gerald.

The couple then were reunited by grief. In the early 2000s, Wendy and Gerald both became terminally ill. Dean and Janet Mixon connected and began exchanging prayer requests through email.

Wendy died in 2001. Gerald died in 2003. Dean and Janet Mixon later married.

“Our former classmates thought, ‘It can’t possibly be,’” Janet Mixon said. “But we’ve been married 10 years, so it’s been pretty good.”

“The soil is in him,” Janet Mixon said. “He is happiest when he’s out there on a tractor. He outworks everybody.”

Bill Mixon sticks to what he loves and leaves the evolution of the farm to his children.

“When you’re 85 years old, you don’t have much to worry about in the future,” Bill Mixon said. “I’m happy about the future.”

Dean and Janet agree.

“A family business is tough a thing to keep up,” Dean Mixon said. “We survived, and we won’t stop trying new things.”

the son of Willie and Rosa, and father of Dean, moves into a house on the property with his late wife, Mary; They live in the home 58 years.

1959- The store is rebuilt again

1970s- Mixon’s grows to its peak of 350 acres 1972- Processing plant is built

1979- Dean

Mixon, Willie and Rosa’s grandson, is named “Young Farmer of the Year,” by the Farm Bureau

1986- Ice cream is sold inside the store

1989- Fudge is

sold inside the store

2006- Dean and

Janet Mixon take over the family business; they remodel the store again to give it the modern look it has today

2006- Dean and

Janet Mixon sell 250 acres

2006- Tram tours begin

2008- Orange

Blossom Festival begins

2008- Bill Mixon

moves into his home on the farm

2009- Harvest Festival begins

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Braden River High’s Nina Ruiztagle kept rhythm on the timpini drums.

The Lakewood Ranch High School Marching Band hosted schools from throughout the region Nov. 2, during the school’s annual Music in Motion marching band competition.

Braden River High School finished second, after competing against HB Plant, Booker, Fort Meade and Lemon Bay high schools, among others.

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Susannah Cripe, Foundation for Dreams’ new executive director, joined the organization’s board of directors 12 years ago to better familiarize herself with the organization and its mission.

“I didn’t want to refer families to a program I wasn’t comfortable with,” said Cripe, who worked for Easter Seals, another nonprofit that helps families of children and adults with disabilities.

Cripe camped on site with the children right away, “That’s when I fell in love,” she said. “I never got to camp as a kid. I was so excited. That was a huge draw.”

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Foundation for Dreams’ new executive director Susannah Cripe said the organization can use help with “sprucing up” its campus. Anyone interested in lending a hand should contact Cripe at 746-5659.

Foundations for Dreams is located at Camp Flying Eagle, at 16110 Dream Oaks Place, Bradenton.

DREAMS / PAGE 1A dren’s Respite program, which provides free home- and community-based respite care for caregivers of individuals with disabilities. “That’s why this was such a good fit. At Easter Seals, I did in-home respite care. I can still have those kids come out here.

“I felt I could come here (and make a difference). I want to have the whole country be able to come,” she said. “I have big goals.”

Those goals are ones the Foundation for Dreams board has discussed for years, but also ones Cripe has taken to heart, she said.

First, she wants to host children from all over the nation and world, as well as from the Sarasota/Bradenton area, at the camp, so they can experience camp in a safe environment while their caretakers receive a break from the day-to-day stresses of caring for a child with special needs. She hopes to expand the program so camps are offered every weekend, rather than just during the summer time, and to offer camp programs for specialneeds adults. Currently, Foundation for Dreams’ summer camp program, Dream Oaks Camp, only serves children ages 7 to 17.

Second, she wants to build a multipurpose building for the foundation.

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Susannah Cripe started Nov. 4 as the new executive director of Foundation for Dreams. She said she loves working with clients in hands-on roles. “I want to be right in the middle of the action,” Cripe says. tion of Camp Flying Eagle; although it has its own office and cabins, it shares main facilities, including a swimming pool and dining hall, with the Boy Scout camp. But, those facilities are not always ideal for specialneeds children, she said. The new building would be air conditioned, have its own kitchen

and have a stage, sensory rooms and other features. Cripe hasn’t priced the concept, but expects the structure, programming and staffing would cost anywhere between $2 million and $4 million.

Cripe has spent the last month unofficially working in her new role, taking nights and weekends to tend to her new duties. It’s

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OCT. 27 TWO-TIMED 10:46 a.m. — 1000 Tropical Drive. Vehicle Burglary. A deputy responded to two vehicle burglaries. Unknown person(s) entered the first vehicle through the front door, which is broken and does not lock. Once inside, the person(s) stole $3 in change. The second vehicle had its passenger-side windows rolled down.

Once inside, the person(s) took a drawstring backpack with $371 cash inside it.

Other items from the backpack were left inside the vehicle. The person(s) fled the scene.

OCT. 27 ABANDONMENT ISSUES 7:19 p.m. — 27th Street E./36th Avenue E. Abandoned Autos. A deputy responded to a reckless driving call. Upon arrival, the deputy saw an abandoned vehicle stopped in the middle of an intersection.

The deputy could not locate the driver of the vehicle. The vehicle was deemed a hazard and towed.

OCT. 29 SHOP ’TIL YOU’RE DROPPED 5:43 p.m. — 8300 block of Lockwood Ridge Road. False ID. A woman had already been told she was not welcome at a department store. She shopped there, anyway. A deputy responded to the store. The woman lied about her identity, but the deputy discovered her real name. She had a warrant out of Sarasota County and was arrested.

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enue. Driving with No License. A deputy stopped a vehicle at Whitfield Avenue and Lockwood Ridge Road for having only one functioning brake light. The driver did not have a driver’s license. He did provide vehicle information and insurance. He was arrested.

OCT. 30 SELECTIVE THIEVERY 6:15 p.m. — 2900 block of 53rd Avenue E. Theft. A department store staff member witnessed a woman select cosmetic items from a shelf and conceal them in her handbag.

Items inside the handbag, which she kept in her cart, included a hairbrush and deodorant.

She then paid for some of the items, but kept others in the handbag. She also didn’t pay for a bag of candy. She exited the store and was arrested.

Stolen items were valued at $62.12.

8:12 p.m. — 100 block of Greyhawk Boulevard. Abandoned Autos. A vehicle was found parked outside the gate of a residential community and partially blocking the right-turn lane. The vehicle’s owner could not be located. Lighting was poor, and, because the vehicle was found at a time of heavy traffic, it was towed.

The deputy attempted to contact the registered owner and even drove to the person’s address. The residence was empty, and the phone call was unsuccessful.

Circle E. Information Only. A deputy responded to a report of a person in pain and needing help. The person was said to be in a hotel room close to a highway. The deputy checked all area hotels and found no one in pain.

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The first Gigi’s Cupcakes opened Feb. 21, 2008, in Nashville with help from a $100,000 loan.

Now, the brand is franchised.

Greene, the McGaharans’ daughter, was introduced to Gigi’s while she worked in fundraising for North Carolina State. She soon raved about the cupcakes to her parents.

Jodi McGaharan flew up to visit her daughter — but she really came to taste the cupcakes.

“I thought, ‘They can’t be as good as mine; I’ve been making cupcakes for 30 years,’” Jodi McGaharan said. “I was wrong.”

Jodi McGaharan, who always wanted to own a business, knew immediately she would be more than a customer.

The family contacted Butler and sold her on the growing East County market and how the The Shoppes at UTC’s demographics — plenty of women with children eating at restaurants and shopping — screamed for cupcakes.

“Now we are having the most fun we’ve had in our lives,” Kevin McGaharan said.

The family works long hours.

Jodi McGaharan is the chief executive officer, and Kevin McGaharan is the chief financial officer.

Greene uses her marketing skills.

They have 10 employees working either as bakers, frosters or cashiers. Each worker will be crosstrained and swirl-certified.

And, after a month in, Kevin McGaharan has learned how to eat a Gigi’s cupcake — a creation so large and pretty you almost would rather preserve it than eat it.

“There is a correct way to eat a gourmet cupcake,” Kevin McGahran said. “You stick in it in a bowl and spoon it. People will learn.”

Gigi’s Cupcakes EAST COUNTY — To make a national brand feel like the store next door, Gigi Butler sends her employees to Nashville and teaches them how to swirl frosting — the orientation for the business.

A new hire at one of Gigi’s Cupcakes stores — which are individually owned — doesn’t need to know much about cupcakes.

The owners of Gigi’s 92nd store, which is located in the East County at The Shoppes at UTC on Cooper Creek Boulevard, worked in the medical field; Kevin McGaharan owned a rehabilitation practice, while his wife, Jodi, was a nurse.

For 30 years, Jodi McGaharan has made cupcakes for her children, including daughter, Blair Greene. The desserts tasted good, but they didn’t tantalize the taste buds with creative flavors, such as midnight magic, pumpkin white chocolate and banana cream pie, like they do now.

“These cupcakes are what every homemaker tries to achieve but doesn’t,” Jodi McGaharan said.

“We get the recipe book. We get the swirl lessons and, soon, we’re making Gigi’s Cupcakes.”

The McGaharans’ Gigi’s Cupcakes’ location opened Sept. 22.

The store looks the same as any Gigi’s — pink walls, pink lights and its slogan prominently written on the wall: “Swirls above the rest.”

But the McGaharans have freedom to set their own prices and use their own managerial style.

ABOUT THE OWNERS: NATIONAL Before founding a cupcake business, Gigi Butler cleaned houses to help launch her dreams of singing professionally. Butler stopped singing when she turned 30 to focus on cupcakes. Now, Gigi’s Cupcakes is a franchise with nearly 100 stores.

GIGI’S CUPCAKES Local owners: Kevin and Jodi McGaharan and their daughter, Blaire Greene Opened: Sept. 22 Hours: 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.

Monday through Saturday; 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday

LOCAL OWNERS Kevin and Jodi McGaharan and their daughter, Blaire Greene, became owners of the Gigi’s Cupcakes in The Shoppes at UTC with little baked-goods experience. The McGaharans worked in the medical field, and Greene was a fundraiser. But one taste of a Gigi’s cupcake in North Carolina inspired them to open a store, and, now, they work 12-hour days running a franchise.

Butler also encourages them to know the market and then to own it by opening more locations.

For the store’s grand opening Oct. 19, Butler dropped by — as she does to every new store — to check on things.

Before the store opened, the McGaharans and Greene trained

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for two weeks in Nashville, where Butler lives and where Gigi’s launched.

“They have to have business experience, and at least some baking experience helps,” Butler said.

“But we really look for passion.

Are the cupcakes baked with love?

The McGaharans have a goodness about them. They are wonderful.”

The McGaharans knew nothing

Local owners Kevin and Jodi McGaharan and their daughter, Blaire Greene, united with Gigi Butler, in apron, the founder of Gigi’s Cupcakes, for the East County store’s grand opening Oct. 19. about the Gigi’s brand before becoming a part of it.

Raised on a farm in California, Butler wanted to tour the United States singing country music, not promoting cupcakes.

At 15, she started a cleaning company to save money to travel and because she wanted to work for her herself. Soon, she cleaned during the day and sang at night.

In 1994, she sold Gigi’s Cleaning Company; she had $500 after she paid her bills.

When she turned 30, she quit the music industry.

In 2007, her brother, Steve, stood in line for two hours at a famous cupcake shop in New York.

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THURSDAY, NOV. 14 East Manatee Republican Club Luncheon — starts at 11:30 a.m. at the Peridia Golf and Country Club, 4950 Peridia Blvd. E., Bradenton. The guest speaker will be Alex English, from the Tampa Bay Area Regional Transportation Authority. A Q&A will follow.

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Ryan Walker won the 50and 100-yard freestyle at the Class 3A-District 8 meet Nov. 2. He became the first Braden River High swimmer to win two district titles.

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football by Jen Blanco | Sports Editor

District Champs SARASOTA — The Cardinal Mooney High football team knew what it was up against — a feat that hadn’t been accomplished in seven years.

The last time it happened, the players on the Cougars varsity roster were still in elementary school.

But it hadn’t been for a lack of trying.

Over the past couple of years, Cardinal Mooney had been hampered by injuries and missed opportunities.

Well before the season began, the Cougars gathered to make sure everyone clearly understood: Their goal was to win the district title.

With only two district games on its schedule, Cardinal Mooney set out to take each game as it came.

Cardinal Mooney opened its district season with a 62-0 victory over rival ODA Oct. 18. With the win, the Cougars secured a berth in the postseason for the first time since 2008.

But the Cougars weren’t done yet. There was still one district game to go. One game left to determine whether the Cougars would play their first playoff game at home or if they would be on the road as the district runner-up.

On Nov. 1, the Cougars traveled to Fort Myers for their fi-

The Cardinal Mooney High football team captured its first district title since 2006 with a 35-10 victory over Fort Myers Bishop Verot Nov. 1.

nal district game of the season against Bishop Verot. The winner would clinch the Class 3A-District 10 title.

Trailing 3-0, Cardinal Mooney scored 21 unanswered points to take a 21-3 lead into the fourth quarter. Bishop Verot opened the fourth quarter with a double pass for a touchdown to pull within 21-10. At that point, it was still anyone’s game.

It wasn’t until Cardinal Mooney responded with a pair of touchdowns later in the fourth quarter and the final minute Courtesy photo wound down, that the Cougars Cardinal Mooney freshman Vince Sellers could finally celebrate their ac- scored a 5-yard touchdown and had an interception in the Cougars 35-10 victory SEE MOONEY / PAGE 19A over Fort Myers Bishop Verot Nov. 1.

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Cardinal Mooney senior Grace Casagrande crossed the finish line in 18 minutes, 19.53 seconds to finish second at the Class 1A-Region 3 cross-country meet Nov. 2.

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The Out-ofDoor Academy and Lakewood Ranch High volleyball teams both won their opening matches to advance to the regional semifinals Nov. 5.

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The Miss Manatee Softball 8U All-Star team has posted a 24-2 record and won all five of its USSSA tournaments since it formed during the summer.

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Madison Jean and Sydney Panzarrino both captured individual district titles to lead the Lakewood Ranch High girls swim team to a thirdplace finish at the Class 3A-District 8 meet Nov. 2.

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The Braden River girls soccer team defeated Cardinal Mooney 3-2 Nov. 1.

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ALL-STARS The Miss Manatee Softball 8U All-Star team will compete in the Florida South State Championships Nov. 9 and Nov. 10.

LAKEWOOD RANCH — At first glance, it may just look like a group of little girls singing a favorite childhood playground nursery rhyme.

But for the 13 girls on the Miss Manatee Softball 8U All-Star team, it means a whole lot more.

It’s a symbol of tradition.

It’s a sign of superstition.

And it’s a celebration of months of hard work and dedication.

Following their first tournament victory at the beginning of September, the girls huddled together in the outfield for a rousing rendition of “Ring Around the Rosie” with the tournament’s most valuable player, chosen by the players, standing proudly in the middle of the circle.

Since then, the girls have repeated the process following each of their tournament victories this season.

Now the Miss Manatee 8U All-Stars are hoping the next time they sing the nursery rhyme they’ll be celebrating a state championship.

The Miss Manatee 8U All-Stars will compete in the Florida South State Championship Nov. 9 and Nov. 10, in Clearwater.

A state championship would only further cement how far the girls have come in a short time.

“I would feel like a million bucks,” 8-year-old pitcher Kelsey Vogel says.

“It would show that all of our hard work paid off.”

The Miss Manatee 8U All-Star team came together following the end of the 2013 Miss Manatee Softball spring rec ball season. Following the season, the various rec teams chose players to be on an All-Star team.

The All-Star team decided to stick together and form a travel team. The Miss Manatee Softball 8U All-Stars began practicing during the summer

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BY THE NUMBERS .900 — The team’s win-

ning percentage through 26 games this season.

241 — The number of runs the Miss Manatee 8U AllStar team has scored.

5 — The number of tournaments the team has won so far this season.

13 — The number of players on the Miss Manatee Softball 8U All-Star team.

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SIDELINES NOV. 9 Class 3A-Region 3 meet (1 p.m. at North Shore Pool in St. Petersburg)

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The current Tampa Bay Storm quarterback offers one-on-one personal training sessions for players wanting to improve their speed, power, agility, quickness and knowledge of the game, among other areas.

Peterson individually trains all skill positions, ages 10 and up, on Saturdays and Sundays.

Small group sessions also are available. Weekend sessions typically include skill work and speed and agility training, as well as beach workouts, field work and yoga sessions.

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The Mustangs finished five points ahead of second-place Seminole Osceola. Braden River finished fourth.

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stroke), Eric Erlenmeyer (100 backstroke) and Luke Hanner (100 butterfly) all won individual district titles for Lakewood.

The Mustangs’ 200 medley relay of Erlenmeyer, Cho, Daniel Erlenmeyer and Jonathan Chaires also finished first.

Daniel Erlenmeyer finished second in the 500 freestyle, and Lakewood’s 200 freestyle relay team of Cho, Kevin Berkenbush, Chaires and Hanner also finished second.

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The scramble-style tournament benefited the Taylor Emmons Scholarship Fund and Project Light.

Several Lightning players, coaches and managers, including Martin St. Louis, Steven Stamkos and Steve Yzerman, and former players Dave Andreychuk, Brian Bradley and Phil Esposito, were on hand for the event.

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The number of straight sets The Out-of-Door Academy volleyball team won to beat Calvary Christian 3-1 in the Class 3A-Region 3 quarterfinals Oct. 29.

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The place the Lake-wood Ranch High girls cross-country team finished at the Class 3A-Region 3 meet to earn a berth in the state meet.

The number of seniors, including Owens, who are on this year’s Lakewood Ranch High volleyball team.

The number of digs Owens had in the Mustangs’ 3-0 Class 7A-Region 3 victory over Seminole Oct. 29.

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The Braden River High soccer team wore special pink jerseys and used a pink soccer ball in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month during its game versus Lakewood Ranch.

First-place winners of the The Tampa Bay Lightning’s inaugural charity golf tournament to benefit the Taylor Emmons Scholarship Fund and Project Light: Charlie Lafoe, Dave Andreychuk and Mike Albano.

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ODA senior Lauren Maxey goes up for a kill in the first set in the Class 3A-Region 3 quarterfinals Oct. 29 against Calvary Christian.

The ODA volleyball team celebrates after defeating Calvary Christian 3-1 in the Class 3A-Region 3 quarterfinals.

Lakewood Ranch running back Justin Fischer carries the ball in the second half of the Class 7A-District 10 game Nov. 1 against the Sarasota Sailors. The Sailors won 41-14.

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Timmy Berg played tennis for Cardinal Mooney for four years before moving on to Bates College in Lewiston, Maine.

RETURN Cardinal Mooney High alum and Bates College senior Timmy Berg will compete in the 2013 Dick Vitale Lakewood Ranch Intercollegiate Clay Court Classic for the first time.

LAKEWOOD RANCH — The 2013 Dick Vitale Lakewood Ranch Intercollegiate Clay Court Classic hits close to home for Timmy Berg.

And it’s not because the Cardinal Mooney High alum and Bates College senior grew up minutes away from the tennis courts at the Lakewood Ranch Athletic Center, where the tournament will be held.

Berg has a personal connection to The V Foundation for Cancer Research and its mission to find a cure for cancer.

Berg was diagnosed with Rhabdomyosarcoma, a type of cancer in which the cancer cells are believed to arise from skeletal muscle progenitors, when he was in the eighth grade.

Prior to his diagnosis, Berg noticed his color vision was a little off balance, so his parents made him an appointment with his eye doctor. Shortly thereafter, Berg learned of the cancer behind his left eye.

“It was frustrating,” Berg says. “It was scary (at first).”

Berg soon began treatment for his cancer and relied on his family

for support.

Over the course of his treatment, Berg, who has been an avid tennis player since he was about 9 years old, still managed to get out on the court on occasion.

Now, nearly 10 years later, Berg is cancer free and preparing to return home to Lakewood Ranch from his college in Lewiston, Maine, to compete in the Dick Vitale Lakewood Ranch Intercollegiate Clay Court Classic for the first time.

“It means more in the sense that we’ve been involved with The V Foundation as a family,” Berg says.

“It’s cool to be able to play in one of the events hosted by them. They do a great job of fundraising and for cancer research in general. It’s cool to be a part of it. It’s a great organization.”

The annual tournament will be held Nov. 8 to Nov. 10, at the Lakewood Ranch Athletic Center. Admission to the tournament is free.

This year’s tournament features 18 men’s and women’s teams from across the country, including Florida, Duke, Notre Dame,

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the defending national champion University of Virginia men’s team and the University of Memphis women’s team, which won the event the last two years.

“I’m looking forward to the competition,” Berg says. “We’re Division III, and we’re going to be playing against Division I teams.

So it’ll be fun to see how we match up.”

Berg will compete in both men’s singles and doubles tournaments, but he admits he doesn’t have a preference on the court.

“I just take it day by day and go with whatever is feeling good,” he says.

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The tournament will continue throughout the day Nov. 9; finalround matches are scheduled for Nov. 10.

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Following the Dick Vitale Lakewood Ranch Intercollegiate Clay Court Classic, Berg will return to Bates College, where he will prepare for the second half of his senior season.

As a sophomore, Berg was named First Team All-NESCAC in singles after moving up from the No. 3 spot to No. 1 singles, in which he posted an impressive 16-9 record.

“I’d really like to get to nationals,” Berg says. “I’ve never gone, so hopefully this will be the year.”

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SOFTBALL / PAGE 15A and competed in their first tournament over Labor Day weekend, which they won.

“I was so surprised we won and so happy,” 8-year-old catcher Caitlin Flitcraft says.

“We were hitting the ball and doing really well in the field. That’s when I knew we were a good team.”

Since then, the team has posted a 24-2 record and has won all five of its USSSA tournaments.

Most recently, the team went 5-1 to win the Sarasota Spookfest Oct. 19 and Oct. 20, at the Miss Sarasota Softball Complex.

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MOONEY / PAGE 15A complishment — a 35-10 victory and a district championship.

“It’s been our goal since day one,” junior left guard Kevin Barker says. “All spring this is what we looked forward to, so it feels good to get one big accomplishment down.

We still have a lot to look forward to, but this is definitely the start of something.”

“It obviously feels good, but it’s more important for the kids,” says coach Josh Smithers, who won his first district title since taking over in 2007. “It’s not just for the guys in 2013, but for the guys who were here the last couple of years and got us closer to getting over the hump. These kids deserve it. They work hard, but it makes you feel bad for those other guys.”

Running back Demardre Patterson carried the ball 36 times for 257 yards and three touchdowns. Quarterback Reese Vita and running back Vince Sellers each added a rushing touchdown. Alex Sobczak had a pair of interceptions, and Sellers had an interception — all three of which resulted in touchdowns for the Cougars.

“The satisfaction of seeing my family succeed is what drives me,” Barker says.

Cardinal Mooney will close out its regular season at Booker Nov. 8 against a Class 5A Tornadoes team that is preparing to

chine pitch USSSA rankings.

“They’re awesome,” coach Todd Lee says. “These 13 girls are unbelievable. They all contribute something amazing to this team. The chemistry they have and some of the plays they make out on the field are out of this world. They play way above their age.”

Following the state championship, the Miss Manatee 8U All-Stars will play in local tournaments before taking a break for the holidays.

Eventually, the team has aspirations of competing in the USSSA National Tournament.

“We are a very good team,” Flitcraft says.

“We are very special.” make its own playoff berth for the first time since 2007.

The Cougars are hoping to use the opportunity of going up against one of the area’s premier running backs — Marlon Mack — as a way to prepare for the rushing attack they’ll face in the first round of the playoffs.

“Marlon Mack is, in my opinion, the best running back in the area,” Smithers says.

“Everyone knows about Manatee and IMG (Academy) and their offensive lines, but I don’t think Booker gets that respect. He’s scary.”

Cardinal Mooney will begin its playoff run Nov. 15 versus St. Pete Catholic in the Class 3A-Region 3 semifinals. The winner will advance to regional finals to face the winner of the other semifinal between Bishop Verot and Clearwater Central Catholic.

The Cougars beat St. Pete Catholic 1412 earlier this season on the road, but the players know that anything is possible in the playoffs. A win during the regular season doesn’t automatically mean a win in the postseason. Cardinal Mooney simply plans to focus on the task at hand.

“I think we have a state-worthy team,” Barker says. “On the field, it’s 11 guys versus 11 guys; and our 11 guys are so bonded that I think we can make it to states.”

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Sprouts’ Aleigha Quiroz, 3, came as a minion from the film “Despicable Me.”

Lisa Brooks’ and Craig Jordan’s class at Sprouts Child Development Center gathered for a group photo.

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Children at East County churches and their preschool programs donned their best costumes and filled bags with candy last week during trunk-or-treating events.

Sprouts Child Development Center at Harvest United Methodist Church, Little Ranchers at Lakewood Ranch Baptist and Faith United Church of Christ all hosted events Wednesday, Oct. 30 and Thursday, Oct. 31.

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Rosedale home tops week’s sales at $545,000 sold her home at 4207 38th Ave. E. to Sage and Sunda Kamiya, of Bradenton, for $426,000. Built in 2004, it has three bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 2,493 square feet of living area.

The following residential real estate transactions took place between Oct. 21 and Oct. 25.

A home in Rosedale tops all transactions in this week’s real estate. Stephen and Joan Shuster sold their home at 5219 88th St. E. to Bruce McCaffrey, of Bradenton, for $545,000. Built in 1997, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 2,604 square feet of living area.

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Suncastle Properties LLC sold the home at 10808 Bullrush Terrace to James and Georgia Osuch, of Lakewood Ranch, for $415,000. Built in 2000, it has three bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 2,691 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $570,000 in 2006.

Heritage Harbour

Michael and Stephanie Lord, of Rolling Meadows, Ill., sold their home at 7805 Heritage Grand Place to Victor and Robin Lindenmeyer, of Bradenton, for $530,000.

Built in 2012, it has six bedrooms, four baths, a pool and 3,930 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $505,000 in 2012.

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George and Danuta Schloemer, of Palmetto, sold their home at 4621 Swordfish Drive to Douglas Steiner, of Bradenton, for $530,000. Built in 1997, it has four bedrooms, three-and-a-half baths, a pool and 2,931 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $462,000 in 2010.

William and Jean Lentz, of Bradenton, sold their home at 4743 Spinnaker Drive to Gregory and Diane Brune, of Lakewood Ranch, for $407,500. Built in 1997, it has three bedrooms, two-and-a-half baths, a pool and 2,089 square feet of living area.

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This Rosedale home, which has three bedrooms, two baths and 2,604 square feet of living area, sold for $545,000.

Bradenton, sold their home at 7742 Camden Harbour Drive to Savitaben and Ranchhodbhai Lakha, of Atlanta, for $460,000.

Built in 2004, it has four bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 2,996 square feet of living area.

It previously sold for $615,000 in 2005.

Anthony Iannacone and Barbara Palmer sold their home at 8834 Brookfield Terrace to Douglas and Martha Nooney, of Bradenton, for $360,000. Built in 2006, it has four bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 2,989 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $330,000 in 2010.

Paul and Dawn Landerville sold their home at 8717 Monterey Bay Loop to Lorant and Margaret Fazekas, of Bradenton, for $223,000.

Built in 2006, it has two bedrooms,

two baths and 1,951 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $200,000 in 2009.

Tito and Cynthia Cesa, of Ontario, Canada, sold their home at 243 Fairway Isles Lane to Michael and Sherry Chartier, of Ridgecrest, Calif., for $215,000. Built in 2006, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,870 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $261,900 in 2006.

Jason Schmidt sold his home at 8215 Haven Harbour Way to Beazer Pre-Owned Homes LLC for $210,000. Built in 2004, it has three bedrooms, two-and-a-half baths and 2,077 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $219,900 in 2008.

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Russell and Elisabeth Pygott, of University Park, sold their home at 7705 Charleston St. to Charles and Christine Byrne, of Sarasota, for $408,500. Built in 2004, it has three bedrooms, two-and-a-half baths, a pool and 2,498 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $325,000 in 2009.

Charleston Pointe at University Place

William and Anita Pope, of University Place, sold their home at 8108 Planters Knoll Terrace to Francis and Constance Shaffery, of Elizabethtown, Ky., for $395,000. Built in 2003, it has four bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 2,548 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $355,000 in 2003.

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the home at 11409 Belvedere Terrace to Cesar Medeiros and Teresa Medeiros, of Bradenton, for $366,100. Built in 2013, it has three bedrooms, two-and-a-half baths, a pool and 2,202 square feet of living area.

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Federal National Mortgage Association sold the home at 353 Blackbird Court to Joseph Wietecha III, of Bradenton, for $362,500. Built in 2006, it has four bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 2,736 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $493,700 in 2006.

E. Donald and Mary-Jean Gessner, of Parrish, sold their home at 12389 Lavender Loop to Amy McKenna, of Bradenton, for $269,900. Built in 2004, it has four bedrooms, three baths and 2,233 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $193,700 in 2011.

Country Club Village at Lakewood Ranch

Albert Broady and Sydney Novell, of San Diego, sold their home at 7711 Latrobe Court to Duncan and Vanessa Smith, of Lakewood Ranch, for $345,000.

Built in 1999, it has three bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 1,888 square feet of living area.

It previously sold for $265,000 in 2011.

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Karen McKinney, of Bayville, N.Y., and Patricia Warren, of East Norwich, N.Y., trustees, sold the home at 11704 Clubhouse Drive

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7114 41st Ln E #A3986780 $259,900 Theresa Meyers

8105 Warwick Gardens Ln #A3983625 $1,195,000 Nancy Phillips

Sarasota 941-907-9595 941-780-5214

1515 White Breeze Cv #M5841357 $259,900 Jonnie Dwyer

Bradenton 941-907-9595 941-812-6283

University Park 941-907-9595 941-400-6078

5512 Whitehead St #M5838877 $259,000 Charlene Griffith

Braden River 941-907-9595 941-400-5081

8264 Villa Grande Ct #M5840432 $247,000 Antaeus Balevre

Sarasota 941-907-9595 941-400-1055

3139 57th Avenue Cir E #A3986391 $225,000 Diane Fogo Harter

Braden River 941-907-9595 941-445-2431

7517 23rd Avenue Dr W #M5841358 $219,900 Kimberly Roehl

Bradenton 941-748-6300 941-447-9988

10623 58th St E #M5839499 $209,995 Leah Secondo

Parrish 941-748-6300 941-545-4430

7111 15th Ave NW #M5837998 $199,000 Kathy Valente

Bradenton 941-748-6300 941-685-6767

6006 35th Ave W #M5841296 $189,900 Debbie Capobianco

Bradenton 941-748-6300 941-704-2394

9614 Sea Turtle Ter # 102 #M5841113 $182,500 Mary Fiorini

Bradenton 941-907-9595 941-526-6755

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TOP BUILDING PERMITS

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These are the largest East County building permits issued by Manatee County for the week of Oct. 21 through Oct. 25, in order of dollar amounts.

Address

Permit

Applicant

Amount

13601 Second Ave. N.E. 7439 Fairlinks Court 10909 Bluestem Circle 9981 Laurel Valley Ave. Circle 9922 Laurel Valley Ave. Circle 4211 Second Ave. N.E. 4950 Clubview Court E. 5114 Estates Circle 4907 Palm Aire Drive 8913 Brookfield Terrace 4411 Shark Drive 7917 Conservatory Circle 12118 Whistling Way 6715 Firestone Place 6312 98th St. E. 2504 64th St. Circle E. 7246 Greystone St. 7519 Haddington Cove 9807 Discovery Terrace 6159 Aviary Court

Pool Re-roof Mechanical Re-roof Re-roof Concrete Re-roof Re-roof Re-roof Pool Cage Re-roof Re-roof Re-roof Mechanical Re-roof Mechanical Pool Cage Pool Cage Mechanical Doors

Herbert Skuba Jr. Raymond Granito Sean Smith Patricia Greene Zhi Zhang Peter McClash Patrick Mitchell John Rozzano John Dovi Jr. Ronald Yasurek Jr. Raymond Jansen Carol Gooding Patrick Gepfert Larry Steinhart David Deaubler Darrell Turner Matthew Nelsno Daniel Moehle Barbara Brand Phillip Funderburg

$27,400 $20,050 $19,578 $16,995 $16,225 $16,000 $15,570 $15,380 $15,000 $14,570 $14,300 $12,900 $11,996 $11,718 $10,800 $10,594 $10,500 $10,500 $9,600 $9,450

6302 Riverview Blvd #A3963330 $2,499,900 Victoria Stultz

Bradenton 941-966-8000 941-387-5676

Source: Manatee County

4527 4th Avenue Dr E #A3958641 $2,500 Laurie Rastovski

5629 Garden Lakes Dr #M5841291 $149,000 Judy Browning

2502 11th Ave W #M5839590 $119,000 Dana Preston

Bradenton 941-748-6300 941-345-9080

8309 Grand Estuary # 305 #M5838300 $2,000 Laurie Rastovski

2011 21st St W #M5836753 Lynne Callahan

$875,000

Palmetto 941-748-6300 941-720-3278

9620 18th Avenue Cir NW #M5837420 $850,000 Debbie Vogler

Bradenton 941-748-6300 941-705-3328

5011 64th Dr W #A3984990 $630,000 Adam Cuffaro

Bradenton 941-752-2683 941-812-0791

11723 Darsey Rd #M5841282 $625,000 Joe Foster

Parrish 941-907-9595 941-812-7634

7515 Rio Bella Place #A3984226 $575,000 W Edward Tarr

University Park 941-907-9595 941-266-3322

101 66th St # 3 #A3978672 Kevin Carroll

$540,000

Holmes Beach 941-748-6300 941-465-8843

7648 Calle Facil # 7648 #A3984504 $525,000 Howie Drourr

Sarasota 941-907-9595 941-812-6476

11106 Winding Stream Way #M5841052 $500,000 Mary Fiorini

Bradenton 941-907-9595 941-526-6755

2007 21st St W #M5832159 Lynne Callahan

$450,000

Palmetto 941-748-6300 941-720-3278

14725 2nd Avenue Cir NE #M5840749 $439,000 Cheryl Roberts

Bradenton 941-748-6300 941-266-1450

Waterlefe Golf and River Club

Scott and Jane Cristian, of Dumfries, Va., sold their home at 9464 Portside Terrace to Donald and Wallice Jackson, of Forks Township, Pa., for $290,000. Built in 2002, it has two bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 2,061 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $315,000 in 2008.

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Braden River 941-907-9595 941-730-3183

Bradenton 941-748-6300 941-705-5510

2013 21st St W #M5836766 $125,000 Lynne Callahan

3840 Ironwood Ln # 106H #M5838197 $85,900 Debbie Vogler

Palmetto 941-748-6300 941-720-3278

Bradenton 941-748-6300 941-705-3328

Bradenton 941-748-6300 941-345-9080

3536 Richwood Link # 41 #M5840405 $1,400 Laurie Rastovski

Sarasota 941-748-6300 941-345-9080

7017 Lennox Pl #M5839580 Daniel Desoto

2415 Landings Cir #A3969899 $3,995,000 Kim & Michael Ogilvie

$469,900

University Park 941-907-9595 941-567-8006

927 80th St NW #M5840252 $440,000 Chris Yavalar

Bradenton 941-748-6300 941-565-0527

Bradenton 941-951-6660 941-376-1717

Bradenton 941.748.6300 • Lakewood Ranch 941.907.9595 • IMG Academy 941.752.2683

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704 67th Avenue Ter W #M5840086 $124,900 Laura Tracy Clekis

Bradenton 941-748-6300 941-266-1450

Bank of America sold the home at 5912 13th Ave. E. to Charles McConahay, of Bradenton, for $325,100. Built in 1973, it has four bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 2,151 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $132,500 in 1984.

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3703 Sun Eagle Ln # 31A #M5840222 $165,000 Cheryl Roberts

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to Thomas and Noreen Higdon, of Bradenton, for $345,000. Built in 1999, it has four bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 2,442 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $419,000 in 2005.

Michael and Carol Carney, of Tampa, sold their home at 6215 Blueflower Court to Faith Peterson, of Lakewood Ranch, for $249,900. Built in 2000, it has three bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 1,732 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $167,900 in 2000.

Maria Velez, of Lakewood Ranch, sold her home at 6242 White Clover Circle to Brian and Tina Bolding, of Channel Islands, United Kingdom, for $200,000. Built in 1998, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 1,560 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $128,900 in 2000.

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Elizabeth Whiting, trustee, of Bradenton, sold the home at 10114 Glenmore Ave. to Billy and Mary Davis, of Portalnd, Ind., for $283,000. Built in 1998, it has two bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 1,927 square feet of living area.

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Vernon and Linda Frazier, of Bradenton, sold their home at 8724 52nd Drive E. to Hugh and Judith Fischer, of Bradenton, for $280,000. Built in 1995, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,828 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $260,000 in 2012.

Mark Bolton, of Chesterfield, Mo., sold his home at 8705 52nd Drive E. to Linda Frazier, of Bradenton, for $265,000. Built in 1995, it has two bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 1,521 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $210,000 in 2010.

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Barbara Parker, trustee, of Sarasota, sold the home at 6611 Peach Tree Creek Road to Roger Hess and Barbara Ehrgott, of St. Augustine, for $275,000. Built in 1996, it has three bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 2,109 square feet of living area.

It previously sold for $302,500 in 2002.

Creekwood

David and Jessica Adkins, of Lancaster, N.Y., sold their home at 7302 50th Terrace E. to Richard and Nancy Mathis, of Bradenton, for $265,000. Built in 1994, it has three bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 2,209 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $225,000 in 2009.

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Elcy Wesh and Raymond Semexant, of Bradenton, sold their home at 2015 145th St. E. to Heather Jenkins, of Bradenton, for $264,000. Built in 2005, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 2,280 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $297,200 in 2005.

Country Oaks

Christopher and Lisa Clark, of Sarasota, sold their home at 4911 79th Ave. Plaza E. to Elizabeth Dussault, of Sarasota, for $257,500. Built in 1987, it has three bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 2,092 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $174,900 in 2001.

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David and Lois Sullivan, of Nashville,

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Ind., sold their home at 7104 Coachlight St. to Earle and Judith Pride, of Sarasota, for $245,000. Built in 1997, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 2,198 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $220,000 in 2008.

Chaparral

J.B. Martin IV, trustee, of Virginia Beach, Va., sold the home at 6039 Anvil Ave. to AP Anvil LLC for $230,000. Built in 1998, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 1,789 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $260,000 in 2008.

Silverlake

Nga Thu Tran sold the home at 4911 60th Drive E. to Aneddail Torres-Ayala and Eddie Perez-Ruberte, of Bradenton, for $228,000. Built in 2006, it has four bedrooms, two-and-a-half baths and 2,369 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $161,000 in 2010.

Greenbrook Village

Eric and DeeAnn Sayban, of Lakewood Ranch, sold their home at 6438 Blue Grosbeak Circle to Terry Wilkerson, of Metamora, Ill., for $225,000. Built in 2003, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 1,771 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $163,000 in 2011.

NORTH MANATEE Burnt Tree

John Ruppal and Claudine Ruppal, of Bradenton, sold their home at 12225 Britt Road to Matthew and Leslie Meyers, of Parrish, for $275,000. Built in 2006, it has three bedrooms, two-and-a-half baths, a pool and 2,080 square feet of living area.

Chelsea Oaks

Andrew and Kari Reddish, of Estero, sold their home at 12328 30th St. E. to Michael and Karen Euga, of Parrish, for $240,000. Built in 2006, it has four bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 2,206 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $346,500 in 2006.

River Wilderness

Richard and Carol Salomone, trustees, sold the home at 3108 Woodland Fern Drive to Jeffrey and Caroline Paprocki, of Parrish, for $225,000. Built in 2001, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 2,045 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $350,000 in 2007.

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POLO 2.0

Mary Ann Ewing, Lana Turner, Kimberly Leckie and Judith Turrentine

by Josh Siegel | Staff Writer

Sarah Conrardy, Teri Rettman and Rubin Long

Dave and Rosita Haas enjoyed the pork and shrimp appetizer.

Britt Buttren, Ali St. Paul, Linda Page and Jane Hamlin came out for the celebration.

Polo Grill unveils relaunch The Polo Grill and Bar celebrated its new look and menu Friday, Nov. 1, at its 2.0 Grand Relaunch Party.

The event at the Lakewood Ranch Main Streetbased restaurant featured appetizers, wine, new menu samplings, live entertainment, dancing, raffles a n d giveaways.

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John and Lisa Barnott with Cyndi and Todd Pokrywa Left: Suzanne Crandall and Lisa O’Leary often eat lunch at Polo Grill.

Gary and Lucia Graham often drive from Bradenton to come to Polo Grill.

Diana and Ed Hirschhorn said the revamped Polo Grill looks “great.”

Highly advanced robotic surgery in Manatee County I would like to thank Dr. Rekkas for the masterful work he performed in removing my enlarged spleen. While initially I was not inclined to have robotic surgery, Dr. Rekkas’ consultation changed my mind and I’m glad I did.

My recovery was amazingly fast and the scars are negligible. I’m a true believer in technology and an advocate for daVinci Robotic Surgery.

photo caption:

Robert Rempert with Stelios Rekkas, MD, General, Robotic and Bariatric Surgeon

Robert Rempert Robotic Splenectomy Patient

For an appointment with Dr. Rekkas, please call 941-254-4957.

5317 4th Avenue Circle East | Bradenton, FL 34208 Physicians are on the medical staff of Manatee Memorial Hospital, but, with limited exceptions, are independent practitioners who are not employees or agents of Manatee Memorial Hospital.

The hospital shall not be liable for actions or treatments provided by physicians.

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The first robotic splenectomy (spleen removal) in Manatee County was performed by Stelios Rekkas, MD, at Manatee Memorial Hospital.

Dr. Rekkas is certified in minimally invasive robotic surgery with 3-D optics using the da Vinci® Surgical System, which promotes less scarring, less pain, faster healing and a lower risk of infection.

Dr. Rekkas brings a wealth of experience in surgical medicine to our community.

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OBSERVER WEATHER

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TEMPERATURES

Record Temperatures High

Low

High

Low

Tuesday, Oct. 29

86

64

90 (1965)

40 (1944)

Wednesday, Oct. 30

87

67

91 (2009)

45 (1952)

Thursday, Oct. 31

86

66

90 (1959)

47 (1953)

Friday, Nov. 1

85

69

91 (1971)

40 (1993)

Saturday, Nov. 2

80

67

92 (1971)

40 (1993)

Sunday, Nov. 3

78

62

89 (1995)

41 (1963)

Monday, Nov. 4

83

59

90 (1992)

36 (1966)

AVERAGE GULF WATER TEMPERATURE: 74 RAINFALL

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Thursday, Nov. 7

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Friday, Nov. 8

6:46a

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Saturday, Nov. 9

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5:42p

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0.00

Sunday, Nov. 10

6:47a

5:42p

Monday, Nov. 4

0.00

Monday, Nov. 11

6:48a

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51.35 in. 43.69 in.

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1 Gumbo pods 6 “Lucky Jim” writer Kingsley 10 Door busters 14 Coat feature 19 A Judd 20 “Peyton Place” actress Wood 21 Opposite of under 22 Dark black hardwood 23 Serving as a medium, in a way 25 Heavy Middle Ages wear 27 Made oneself deeply loved 28 Recipient of transferred property 30 Basilica feature 31 Burns slightly 33 “At Seventeen” singer Janis 34 Dump truck’s cargo 36 Diplomat’s specialty 39 Mailed a letter 40 Scapegoat’s burden 42 Religious splinter groups 46 Sucker for houseplants?

48 Took in, as a movie 50 Like slander, as opposed to libel 52 Short trip 53 Pot cover 56 Data entry person 60 Certain Himalayan denizen 62 “To ___ is human ...”

63 Twosome 65 Big name in lawn care products 66 Overwhelm with noise 67 Quick looks 70 Like a good guard dog 72 Collection of lions 73 Skip town

75 Some heads of state 139 Scandinavian native 78 Sheepshank, e.g.

79 Supreme Court DOWN duds 1 “Measure twice, cut 81 Brook fish ___” 2 “Blazing Saddles” 82 Dog in serious need actress Madeline of a bath 3 Rocky ___ ice cream 84 Mimosa family tree 4 Relating to memory 86 Its atomic number loss is 5 5 Mount that Moses 88 Prefix for “space” or climbed “dynamic” 6 Assert sans proof 89 Cotillion attendee, 7 Unmarried young women for short 8 “Holiday ___” (1942 92 Potpourri bag film) 93 Some musical 9 Tale of grand shows proportions 95 Lumber processor 10 Like some profiling 97 Moose, in Europe 11 Greek goddess of 98 Warm, on a hunt wisdom 100 Nothing at all 12 Mournful murmur 102 Catch, oater-style 13 Extravagant pitcher?

14 Meadow 103 “Jurassic Park” 15 Use an emery board mosquito preserver on 105 Grind one’s teeth in 16 Ceremonial frustration splendor 109 Bird’s home 17 “Dukes of Hazzard” 112 Enjoy some gum spinoff series 113 Carnegie or Evans 18 Greek instrument 115 Gold purity 24 Coastal shore flyers 26 Keanu’s role in “The measures (Abbr.)

Matrix” 116 Hundredth of a 29 Ad conclusion? ruble 32 “Now!” in a hospital 118 Navy’s counterpart 35 In the arms of 121 Fictional adventurer Morpheus Jones 36 England’s national 124 Relieve art gallery 128 Milky quartz 37 Impressionist 130 Certain space 38 Refunds for credit card holders shuttle 41 Big mobile phone 132 Nikola who maker developed 43 Buffet heater alternating current 44 Holy city?

133 “Spumante” lead-in 45 Harpsichord cousin 134 Pitch the horsehide 47 Bubbly beverage 135 Half-man/half-goat 49 Ida. neighbor creatures 51 “Roger ___ Me” (1992 documentary) 136 Sarah Vaughan 54 In ___ (on the same nickname page) 137 Any second now 55 America’s Cup racer 138 Means justification, 57 Annually elected some say Roman magistrate

58 “Come on, ___ be fun!”

59 Mantelpiece, essentially 61 Garment with a hood 64 City near Detroit 68 Parasitic creature 69 Be nosy 71 Targets of Paul Bunyan’s ax 73 “George of the Jungle” star Brendan 74 Story setting, e.g.

76 Remedy 77 Author Paretsky 80 Yellowish-brown 83 Knock down pins in an alley 85 Gobbled down or gobbled up 87 Mezzo-soprano Merriman 90 “What ___ can I say?”

91 Exhale forcefully 94 Ruin 96 Double-breasted woolen coat 99 To-do lists 101 Spotted wildcat 104 Tennyson’s “___ of the King” 106 In the same ballpark as 107 Not go anywhere 108 TV shoppers’ channel 110 Stone chips 111 Succumb to an interrogator 114 Speak an untruth 117 Heads of staffs?

118 Stops stalling 119 Cassowarylike creature 120 M, to Einstein 122 “I can only ___ much” 123 Soreness 125 Chills and fever fit 126 Cultivate, as a garden 127 Irish language 129 Small island 131 Attila, notably

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Health/Fitness/Beauty

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CHAMBERLAIN WIRELESS Keypad. Allows access to garage without remote control or key, $19. 941-358-5270.

ADOPTION: CARING and understanding Teacher and Physician Assistant promise unconditional love and education to child. Expenses paid. Sandy and Clint, 1-800-968-9851. www.sandyclintadopt.com.

FL Bar #0474835.

DUFFEL BAG: Saratoga Racetrack collectible, unused, $20. 941-224-1253.

GRILL: HAMILTON Beach HealthSmart, used once, $20. 941-758-6259.

KEYBOARD IN very good shape. Roland KR100 Digital, $165.00. 941-735-8088 can email photos.

Merchandise Wanted CASH FOR Old Military Items. Swords, uniforms, insignia & old guns. Call 941-416-3280.

SENIOR LOOKING to purchase precious metals, time pieces, coins, jewelry and antiques. Please call Marc, 941-321-0707.

Personals

Storage STORAGE FACILITY Boat/ RV/ Trailer. Secure facility, low monthly rentals, Clark Rd area.

941-809-3660, 941-809-3662.

LOVE SEAT: leather, light beige, excellent condition, $175. 941-753-8447.

Business Opportunities

MATTRESS PAD: King-sized magnetic, cover king-sized bed. Excellent for arthritis, fibromyalgia $200. 941-751-5154.

JAN PRO CLEANING FRANCHISE: $950 Down Required, Financing Available for growth, Includes customers. Earn up to $10,000 Month+.

Call 941-907-8141.

ROPE BED: 1890's, walnut, $125.00. Antique iron bottle capper, $20.00. Bench Grinder, $35.00.

(941)907-4188 .

SHIP PRINTS, (3) 12x15 framed, dated 1959, $150. OBO. 941-753-1993.

Autos For Sale 2008 TOYOTA Solara Convertible, 75K, clean. $14,980. 2004 Ford Focus, clean, good shape. $3,900/obo. 941-536-5739.

TURNKEY PACK and SHIP business.

$69,900. For information, call Genie Barlan, Horizon Realty 941-296-5055.

Help Wanted DRIVERS: $5,000 Sign-On Bonus! Great Pay! Consistent Freight, Great Miles on this Regional Account. Werner Enterprises: 1-855-517-2507.

Autos Wanted

OFFICE CLEANERS needed evenings. Beautiful facilities in Bradenton/ Lakewood Ranch area.

Starting rate, $9. 440-552-6506.

WE BUY CARS. TOP $$ PAID FOR YOUR VEHICLES. Call Hawley Motors, 941-923-3421.

Homes For Rent

Boats ChitwoodCharters.com Cruise or Fish Hyatt Sarasota Docks 32’/53’ Yachts - 2hrs./2 months 941-383-5232

LUXOR MHP $450/mo-1 bed/bath mobile homes.

55+ community. No Pets.

5811 14th St. W. Bradenton.

Sarasota Real Estate Assoc., Inc. Greg Nowak 941-809-6034

Open House

Furnishings SECTIONAL SOFA: Thomasville brand, ivory, like new. Moving sale. $2230 new. Sacrifice for $300 o/b/o. Denny, 941-780-8789.

Garage/Moving/Estate Sales ANNUAL CREEKWOOD Community Wide Yard Sale. Saturday, November 9th, 8a.m.-2p.m. SR70.

ESTATE SALE Saturday, November 9 - 8:45a.m.-2p.m.

6736 Deering Cir. - Sarasota Deerfield off Porter Rd. Opposite The Paddocks E. Oak dining set, bow front china cabinet, 136 dolls, sofa table, sofa/love seat, full bed, dinette, 3 curio cabinets, Fenton milk glass, nice accessories, electric typewriter, sofa bed, lamps, end tables, coffee table, patio chairs, lots of holiday decorations, linens, full kitchen.

Sale by Julie McClure Pix: estatesales.net

Real Estate Wanted

Landscaping & Lawn Service

WANTED LUXURY ANNUAL RENTALS

DE LA ROSA LAWN CARE - Family owned and operated. Now accepting new clients. Free estimates. No yard too big or too small. Serving Bradenton, Lakewood Ranch and Sarasota. Tony De La Rosa, owner and operator 813-900-4056.

Licensed and Insured.

For Qualified Waiting Clients Contact - Sarasota Luxury Rentals 941-225-1356 email: info@sarasotaluxuryrentals.com Personalized attention with professional honest advice.

25 Years Experience - References available

Adult Care Services

Air Conditioning

YOUR PERSONAL BOOKKEEPER, LLC Gail Sunray, Owner

GULFSIDE A/C & Heating, LLC. SALES & SERVICE, FREE ESTIMATES! 10 MINUTE RESPONSE. Visa/MC/Disc. Lic. #CAC1816929 941-962-6863.

SHIP YOUR CAR, TRUCK OR SUV anywhere in the United States. Great rates, fast quotes. Call Hawley Motors, 941-923-3421.

Personal & Business Bookkeeping Accounting/ Taxes I come to your home or office.

4 Bill Paying & Account Reconciliation 4 Organizing Personal and Business Files 4 Budgets & Financial Reports 4 Federal and State Tax Returns

Cleaning

BONDED & INSURED Over 25 yrs. experience

30 YEARS experience. We take pride in pleasing customers. Homes, schools, churches, resorts, offices. 941-756-4570.

BLUE FISH CLEANING INC. 941-705-3812. Insured, Bonded. Affordable reliable home cleaning, introductory offer $60 3 hours.

BRAZILIAN CLEANING Service by Maria.

Residential/ Commercial. Meticulous Cleaning.

Excellent References. Free Estimates. Reliable.

Lic./ Ins. 941-400-3342.

ND SPARKLE. We are a family business experienced in both home and office cleaning great rates. Call for a quote. 941-330-4466. Email: norgrasi@hotmail.com

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Call for free and honest estimates.

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CARLO DATTILO PAINTING. Licensed & insured.

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