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SMART, Pinnacle create program for students.

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COMMUNITY

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Mixon Fruit Farms celebrates Orange Blossom Festival.

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Shuffleboard enthusiast targets Lakewood Ranch.

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traffic tremors by Josh Siegel | Staff Writer

OUR TOWN

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by Josh Siegel | Staff Writer

+ Tick Tock Tick, tock! It’s time to turn forward your clock.

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Lakewood Ranch Little League says its colorful, sturdy advertising signs at Lakewood Ranch Park give it precious revenue, but they violate code.

+ Good vibrations The Tabernacle Christian School middle school student Lauren Medred, an East County resident, earned top vocal honors, taking first place in vocal solo female category of the Florida League of Christian School’s Festival of the Academics and Arts Feb. 28 and March 1 at Southeastern University in Lakeland.

Tabernacle students took home 59 top-three finishes.

Braden River High School’s TSA team took first place for the third consecutive year.

+ Tech takeover Manatee County schools dominated a state technology competition with five of six top-three finishes earned by Manatee County schools during the 35th annual Technology Student Association State Competition late February.

Of those wins, four were by East County schools.

Braden River, Southeast and Lakewood Ranch high schools took first, second and third, respectively.

Braden River earned 25 topthree finishes.

Nolan Middle School captured first in the middle school division, while Johnson Middle placed third.

Manatee County students took home 109 of 222 possible trophies.

The Legacy Boulevard gatehouse is the main entry and exit point into Lakewood Ranch Golf and Country Club.

Structural problems lead to gate repairs Lakewood Ranch Town Hall will close inbound lanes of the Legacy Boulevard gatehouse, leading into the Lakewood Ranch Golf and Country Club, for a week.

LAKEWOOD RANCH — Residents and guests of the Lakewood Ranch Golf and Country Club soon will face traffic delays as Lakewood Rach Town Hall makes repairs to community’s main gatehouse.

Lakewood Ranch Town Hall staff believes structural deficiencies of the Legacy Boulevard gatehouse have led to significant

water damage and rotting that could affect the building’s stability. Officials consider the changes significant and say they almost have to completely rebuild the structure.

Repairs likely will begin in midto late March, lasting for three to four weeks, and will impact traffic. No construction dates have yet been set.

Lakewood Ranch Town Hall staff Paul Chetlain and Ryan Heise say additional shoring installed a month ago helps keep the gatehouse stable.

“The gatehouse is structurally not safe,” said Paul Chetlain, maintenance manager for Lakewood Ranch Town Hall. “Certain areas are 50% or more rotted away. Any structural issue with a public building needs to be immediately addressed.”

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The floor on the second story of the gatehouse shows discoloration caused by leaking water.

Manatee stays firm on sign ordinance Manatee County says Lakewood Ranch Little League must conform advertising signs to code.

LAKEWOOD RANCH — When Troy Branham became president of Lakewood Ranch Little League this season, he took the same stance as his predecessor on an issue that has proven bigger than baseball: advertising signs.

Branham, just like David Dees, sees the bright, sturdy — and noncompliant — signs that hang from the fences along the walkway at Lakewood Ranch Park as the only way to pay the bills.

“We need business advertising to sustain ourselves,” Branham said. “If not, we can retract the league because we can’t survive.”

But Manatee County’s Youth/Adult League Manual says advertising signs must be made of vinyl, and in a private meeting Feb. 20, almost two years after a dispute over the signs began, county officials told Branham that Lakewood Ranch Little League’s advertising signs must comply with policy.

Ed Hunzeker, Manatee County administrator, and Charlie Hunsicker, director of the county’s Parks and Natural Resources Department, instructed Branham to meet

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Saint Stephen’s College Acceptances DUKE UNIVERSITY UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA TUFTS UNIVERSITY BROWN UNIVERSITY UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY CORNELL UNIVERSITY DARTMOUTH COLLEGE GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY HARVARD UNIVERSITY WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA PRINCETON UNIVERSITY RHODE ISLAND SCHOOL OF DESIGN SMITH COLLEGE TULANE UNIVERSITY MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY WILLIAMS COLLEGE YALE UNIVERSITY B O S TO N C O L L E G E

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Nonprofits saddle efforts

The Sarasota Community Foundation’s Giving Challenge spurred SMART and Beyond the Spectrum to create programming.

EAST COUNTY — The hours volunteers spent working with Iza Ramsey paid off, as the 9-year-old leaned over on her saddle to throw multicolored rings onto a nearby post last week.

Ramsey, sitting on the back of her new 1,000-pound friend, PJ, smiled at Beyond the Spectrum volunteer Helena Sponseller, who congratulated her for the progress she had made.

Just three hours before, Ramsey appeared stiff and timid on the mechanical horse she had to feel comfortable on before sitting on PJ. Volunteers from nonprofit organizations Sarasota Manatee Association for Riding Therapy and Beyond the Spectrum work together from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., each Friday to achieve one goal — to help students with disabilities learn basic mobility and other functions that will help them in the future.

“Each activity we’ll do with the kids has the potential to teach them different things,” SMART’s volunteer Executive Director Gail Clifton said.

“Then, there’s that feel-good part.”

The organizations, which both specialize in helping children who require extra attention physically and mentally, came together Jan. 29, after raising funding for the program through the Community Foundation of Sarasota County’s annual Giving Challenge.

With the foundation’s goal of marrying nonprofit organizations to provide services for those in need, the East County-based school, which specializes in educating children with autism, and the therapeutic riding program for individuals with mental and physical disabilities, seemed like a perfect match.

Occupational therapist and consultant for Beyond the Spectrum Kristen Bohan worked with the school’s founder, Catherine Peabody, to approach SMART with the idea of a partnership.

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Nine-year-old Iza Ramsey works to improve her flexibility Feb. 28, during an exercise at the Sarasota Manatee Association for Riding Therapy’s arena.

NEWS BRIEFS + Manatee County hosts land-code workshops The Manatee County Board of County Commissioners and the Manatee County Planning Commission will host half-day workshops March 4 to March 7 to discuss proposed changes to the county’s Land Development Code.

Workshops will be open to the public and will be held at 1:30 p.m. at the Bradenton Area Convention Center, 1 Haben Blvd., Palmetto.

During the workshops, county staff members and a project consultant will describe each of the proposed changes, which they say are largely superficial.

The changes are the first of a two-phase revision of the Manatee County LDC — a document written in 1989.

+ School district projects positive fund balance

Alex Trejo works with SMART’s volunteer Executive Director Gail Clifton to throw a ball into a basket during his early-morning training. to work together in the past, but needed the funds to pay for the program. It costs $25 per student per hour for the SMART program, Clifton said.

Through the Giving Challenge, Beyond the Spectrum raised about $14,000, while SMART contributed about $4,000 to the partnership.

Since Jan. 29, and for the next six weeks, students travel to SMART’s East County ranch, where volunteers from the organizations provide hands-on activities designed to improve the students’ strength and instill an “I can” attitude in the participants.

To Bohan, the importance is taking the children outside the classroom, to set down the

worksheets and pick up the horses’ reigns.

“They (students) can use the hand strength they learn through the activities here to perform tasks such as carrying plates to the dinner table, and other everyday activities they may not have been able to do before,” Bohan said. “Many of the kids have balance issues, and riding horses will help them learn to shift their weight.”

Upon arriving at the 23-acre property on County Road 675, which consists of three barns, two riding arenas and a therapy center, students must first feel comfortable with the idea of being near a horse.

Clifton guides each child

through the process of successfully riding a horse, while accompanied by other volunteers. The group uses an equisizer, or model horse with springs underneath, to simulate a real horseback riding experience. They then teach students terms for getting horses to walk and to stop.

Once students feel ready, they make their way to the arena. There, volunteers wait to lead horses around the arena while the children ride.

After enough laps to make the children feel comfortable, the volunteers work with them to throw rings, balls and other objects at obstacles numbered throughout the arena.

Students also learn to fill and carry buckets with water for the horses to drink.

As the students progress in the program and the partnership passes its halfway mark, Bohan hopes for a year-round agreement between the two parties. But, for now, Bohan and Clifton focus on achieving the school’s mission of physical and emotional health for its students.

“There’s something magical that happens between a child with disabilities and a horse,” Clifton said. “The horse is the real therapist there.”

Contact Amanda Sebastiano at amandas@yourobserver. com.

At the Manatee County School Board meeting Feb. 25, district finance staff members announced they project the district will have an $8.1 million surplus in the fund balance by June 30.

At the same time last year, the district had a $7.5 million deficit in its fund balance, also known as reserves.

The increase represents a more than $15 million turnaround in one year.

The projected surplus does not take into account two State Auditor General’s Office reports, produced in December, which revealed the district could spend more than $9 million to recover from major financial errors incurred in the past.

Superintendent Rick Mills is negotiating with the Florida Department of Education to reduce the fines, so the district can preserve its positive fund balance.

+ Correction In the Feb. 27 issue of the East County Observer, the pentathlon story on page 1A incorrectly listed the year for the competition in its subhead. The World Modern Pentathlon Cup will take place in 2014.

MEETINGS AGENDAS

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 Manatee County Board of County Commissioners Land-Use Meeting — 9 a.m. March 6, at 1112 Manatee Ave. W., Bradenton  Manatee County Board of County Commissioners Meeting — 9 a.m.

March 11, at 1112 Manatee Ave. W., Bradenton  Manatee County School Board Workshop — 3 p.m. March 11, at 215 Manatee Ave. W., Bradenton

Manatee County School Board Meeting — 5:45 p.m. March 11, at 215 Manatee Ave. W., Bradenton

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TARA — At the Tuesday board meeting continued from the week before, Tara Community Development District board members authorized staff to negotiate a contract with a new landscaping company. The scope of work will cut costs by $30,000 annually and cover more ground.

Board members chose Bradenton-based West Bay Landscape Inc. as its preferred contractor after two-week evaluation process.

Florida Lawnpros Inc., a Sarasota-based company, has performed the work for the Tara CDD for at least 10 years.

“The board believed we were paying too much for landscaping,” said John Schmidt, board chairman. “Our finances are in fine shape, but if you can cut costs by $30,000, you do it.”

West Bay’s bid calls for the CDD to pay $140,060 for landscaping the first year.

The CDD’s current contract with Florida Lawnpros is for $171,799 per year, excluding work such as planting annual and perennial flowers and layering mulch.

West Bay’s proposal includes extra services, such as applying fertilizer.

The board selected West Bay after each board member individually evaluated eight companies that made bids. Board members applied scores to various aspects of the bids, such as the experience and qualifications of the vendor, references, manpower and cost.

West Bay, which did not have a representative at the meeting, earned the highest combined score.

Contact Josh Siegel at jsiegel@yourobserver.com.

BOARD DISCUSSES COSTS FOR LAKE MAINTENANCE

Tara Community Development District supervisors will consider assuming responsibility for all of the community’s ponds and lakes, including those at The Tara Preserve Golf Club.

Of the $15,000 in pond bank repairs recommended by district engineer Rick Schappacher, $7,600 are golf course owned.

Supervisors agreed to talk with the golf course about sharing the cost of repairs.

The board delayed approving fixes to any of the pond banks until its March 25 meeting, after Schappacher, Matthew Huber, district manager, and Chairman John Schmidt approach the golf course about sharing costs.

IN OTHER BUSINESS:

• Chairman John Schmidt expressed concern about a lack of storage space in the Tara Community Center and proposed building a small expansion to the community center that would provide storage space.

He received a $63,396 proposal from a contractor to do so.

The board agreed to look into purchasing a temporary, portable storage unit until a permanent storage solution is found.

• The board approved spending up to $4,500 to repaint the inside of the Tara Community Center.

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by Amanda Sebastiano | Staff Writer

Nolan Middle School students hold mock trial

Nolan’s gifted civics students act as Supreme Court justices as they decide constitutionality of a recent case.

CASE SPECIFICS The case: The United States v. North Carolina Arguments: Prosecution — The act’s requirement for voter identification is unconstitutional because of the cost of obtaining driver’s licenses and other identifiers. Defense — The act would provide voter security by ensuring individuals at the polls are who they say.

Verdict: After deliberation, both classes ruled in favor of the United States.

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Students in Jaimi Lowe’s fourth-period gifted civics class at Nolan Middle considered both sides to the United States v. North Carolina case. Riley Stewart, Brandon Plimley, Ryan Katchen, Caroline Cestaro, Nick Folk, Julia Drymon and Bryce Larkin served as the Supreme Court justices. tive, it would reduce the number of early voting days from 17 to 10, while eliminating same-day voter registration during the early voting period.

The act, which North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory signed in August, is expected to take effect later this year. It requires individuals who vote to possess certain types of identification, all of which cost money to obtain.

“I learned a lot about the court process, and the judges’ political views,” student Ryan Katchen said of the experience.

Each student played a role in the three-day event.

Three students acted as the defense, and three others served

on the prosecution team. Seven other students sat adjacent to the judges’ table and acted as the media by taking notes and asking follow-up questions post-trial.

Nine mock justices commanded the room. Each contributed questions to the group’s Google Docs spreadsheet, which justices used during the hearing.

Lowe, who served as the grand marshal for the proceedings, held a “Quiet” sign and only spoke occasionally to help the justices phrase questions to the defense and prosecution.

Individuals against the act equated the fees for identification cards to a poll tax, which the 24th Amendment to the U.S. Constitu-

tion made unconstitutional. The group said North Carolina created the idea to disenfranchise demographics of voters who can’t afford to purchase photo-bearing identifiers.

Advocates cited voter fraud as a motive for creating the legislation.

Lowe assisted 12-year-old Bryce Larkin, a justice who stumbled over asking how the act was unconstitutional. She focused on teaching her students the importance of respecting roles within the judicial system.

“Do you have any proof that people are actually denied the right to vote?,” Larkin asked.

Students took two-minute breaks to research answers to

questions for which they didn’t have information.

Both classes agreed with the United States that the bill was unconstitutional. The third-period class ended with a 7-2 vote, and the fourth-period group finished with a 5-3 vote, with one justice absent. Despite being in New York on a family trip, Justice Antonin Scalia, played by Ryan Katchen, watched the reading of the verdict via FaceTime Feb. 27.

“The kids were very well prepared throughout the process, I thought,” Lowe said. “They really embodied their judges and took time to research, before and during the trial, to see the case through that justice’s political leanings, rather than their own.”

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EAST COUNTY — With black gowns zipped over their clothes, seven 12- and 13-year-old Nolan Middle students tried to keep serious faces as they walked into the school’s media center last week.

They smiled at their classmates, who waited for the mock trial of the United States v. North Carolina case to begin Feb. 25.

Trading gavels for tablets and Washington, D.C.’s white-pillared Supreme Court building for an East County library, select students in Jaimi Lowe’s thirdand fourth-period gifted civics classes each represented a different justice of the highest court in the country, with corresponding placards to prove it.

Lowe hopes the students take away more than just spending three weeks in the library.

“This has been a great review of application of the material we’ve covered in class so far,” Lowe said.

“It brings real world views into the classroom and to life; it makes it relevant to them. I hope they take this with them, and it makes them more eager to participate with democracy in their adult lives.

“Often times, young people don’t see how politics are relevant to them,” she said. “But, it is. It affects their lives every day.”

After months of studying voting history and corresponding legislation, Lowe assigned her students the task of deciding the constitutionality of the Voter Information Verification Act. Should the legislation remain ac-

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Engineers define Lake Manatee Dam repairs County officials expect necessary repairs to start

by April and to cost more than $3 million.

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downstream from the dam’s location on Waterline Road.

The report said a four- or five-day rainfall could compromise parts of the dam, risking its collapse and heightening the urgency to complete the repairs before the rainy season begins.

Engineers confirmed the issue is more related to the natural aging of the 48-yearold dam than any specific cause.

MacLeod said construction methods used today are much different than 50 years ago.

“We followed what were standard operating procedures at the time,” MacLeod said. “In fact, the engineers said we were one of the first to use soil and cement in construction of a dam.

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EAST COUNTY — Engineers consulted to determine potential repairs to the Lake Manatee Dam reaffirmed what Manatee County staff already knew: any fix can be completed prior to the rainy season.

In a Feb. 28 memo to the Manatee County Board of County Commissioners, Mike Gore, county utilities director, said engineers will make a final recommendation on repairs to the dam late this week, after the East County Observer went to press.

“We are confident that this matter is well under control and mobilization and work will have commenced by April, and the most crucial measures completed by June 1,” Gore wrote to commissioners.

An annual inspection conducted by a private consultant determined the core of the dam, which provides drinking water to more than 300,000 residents in Manatee and Sarasota counties, may be compromised due to erosion.

During a review of notes from the inspection of the dam, Bruce MacLeod, superintendent of Manatee County’s Lake Manatee Water Treatment Plant, noticed the report revealed irregularities near the dam’s spillway gate.

The report indicated there are spaces in a few areas in the dam’s clay core, which stops water from leaking downstream.

If the core becomes compromised, it could prevent the structure from regulating the amount of water that flows through the dam with the worst-case scenario resulting in the flooding of 18 homes located

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Engineers are considering a jet grouting technique, among other options, to fix the eroded dam. The process uses pipes to inject grout into holes.

For a dam of this service length, ours is probably in the shape it should be in. Technology is quite a bit better now. We are confident this fix may extend the life of the dam beyond 50 years.

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and uses pipes to inject grout into holes.

“But additional methods exist that may be more conducive and economical to our specific situation,” Gore wrote.

MacLeod said the county is already talking with a construction company about the nature and cost of potential fixes.

MacLeod has said costs could be in the $3 million to $6 million range.

After staff receives the engineers’ final recommendation on fixes, it must approve them.

The Board of County Commissioners would then have to approve the repairs.

Officials hope to start any necessary repairs by April.

Contact Josh Siegel at jsiegel@yourobserver.com.

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probably in the shape it should be in,” he said. “Technology is quite a bit better now.

We are confident this fix may extend the life of the dam beyond 50 years.”

During the last few weeks, engineers have conducted coring techniques — accessing the core of the dam by drilling into different areas of the core and lowering cameras into the holes, to capture pictures of the soil below the surface.

The photographs will reveal whether the soil protecting the core on the upstream side of the dam is loose — and how large of a fix is required.

In the memo to the board, Gore, suggested several repair methods are being considered, including jet grouting — a process that uses “jets” of water to cut away earth

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School celebrates Dr. Seuss In honor of the birthday of Theodor Seuss Geisel, better known as Dr. Seuss, students and faculty at Kiddie Academy of Lakewood Ranch sported construction paper hats and T-shirts with Seuss signature symbols, such as “The Cat in the Hat,” for their Dr. Seuss Party March 3. For lunch, the children feasted on green eggs and ham.

Children also listened to their teachers read var-

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Four-year-olds Zoe Coppock and Elise Kudelko wear Seuss hats.

Five-yearold Hunter Handley picks “The Cat in the Hat Comes Back” as his favorite Dr. Seuss story.

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Lakewood Ranch Little League has experimented with advertisements printed on mesh material, which follow county code.

SIGNS / PAGE 1A with the little league’s board members to come up with a timeline to remove the signs and bring them to code.

“We want them to meet the standards every one else complies with,” Hunzeker said. “How come other leagues are surviving and thriving while following the rules, but Lakewood Ranch can’t?”

The two sides meet again March 19, at which time Branham will either agree to comply or challenge the county’s position.

Although he hasn’t decided to do so yet, Branham can try to save the signs by requesting a proposal to change the Parks and Natural Resources Department’s Youth/Adult League Manual, written in 2003.

The board of county commissioners, which took testimony about the league’s concerns in February 2013, would then have to review the policy and debate whether it’s valid.

“I told the county we would try to find a workable solution,” Branham said. “Unfortunately, this is not a compromise at all. The policy needs to be changed. It’s an old document. Costs continue to rise, and we have found a revenue source that works for us.”

The county says its policy is meant to protect players and county property.

It has said Lakewood Ranch Little League’s signs violate

county requirements on several levels — from material to placement to installation requirements.

The department’s Youth/Adult League Manual says: “All (advertising) signs must be made of vinyl and have vents for air flow.

Signs may not face outward toward a street or parking area.”

By the end of last year’s meeting with commissioners, little league officials agreed to adjust how signs hang, eliminating the 1.5-inch bolts the league had been using.

But the ads, paid for by businesses such as Subway and Dick’s Sporting Goods, stayed in the same place, and continued to be printed on harder, non-vinyl material.

Hunzeker assumed the issue in February 2013 and has allowed the signs to stay since then.

The games have gone on too, with the little league season beginning three weeks ago.

Branham says the league has made adjustments to find other sources of revenue.

Although baseball games continue to happen on weeknights, when they require lighting, and as a result, expenses rise, the little league held its opening day (for minors and T-ball players) from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on a Saturday.

“It was an all around great day,” Branham said. “(Weekend day games) are something to look at.

But on Saturdays, it’s difficult for our coaches to field teams given how many kids play other sports.”

County officials have also suggested the league host tournaments to raise funds — and the league has.

But, Branham says, as a nonprofit organization, Lakewood Ranch Little League cannot simply charge other users for playing on public fields.

The league is limited to making money on concessions, he says.

“And we don’t really have the manpower to host regular tournaments,” Branham said.

Branham has also partnered with one company, Gator Air Conditioning, on advertisements printed on the mesh material that lines the outfield fences.

He isn’t sold on the stability of ink-printed signs, which follow county code.

“It’s too early to tell about the product life,” Branham said. “We don’t want to lose sponsors because we have an inferior product.”

Branham did not respond to inquiries regarding little league finances for 2013.

The league operated at a $10,758 loss in 2012, with lightings costs ($32,524) being its largest expense.

Advertising signs earned the league $11,358 in revenue in 2012.

While financial concerns linger, the league continues to fund park improvements.

A $5,000 grant from the Bradenton Marauders and some $4,000 in county money helped fund improvements to the park’s batting cages last summer.

Branham said the project cost $16,000.

The league will also spend money to add safety netting above its concession area with the help of another $5,000 Bradenton Marauders grant.

“People want to play at our ballpark,” Branham said.

Hunzeker views the park’s perks in a different way.

“The league claims they have financial challenges,” Hunzeker said. “OK, prove it. We haven’t seen numbers that support financial distress. And even if they did, Lakewood Ranch must follow the rules.”

Contact Josh Siegel at jsiegel@ yourobserver.com.

TIMELINE MAY 2012 — Marcus Francis, parks and recreation supervisor, visits Lakewood Ranch Park and notices the signs.

JUNE 7, 2012 — Francis sends an email to all of the county’s little leagues reminding them to remove all signs and banners by June 22, marking the end of the spring season.

DECEMBER 2012 — David Dees, former Lakewood Ranch Little League president, meets with Cindy Turner, former parks and recreation director, at the league’s fields.

DEC. 21, 2012 — After investigating the sign policies of other counties and the rules of McKechnie Field, the Pittsburgh Pirates spring training facility in Bradenton, Turner finds the policies to be similar and writes a letter to Dees ordering the removal of the league’s signs by Jan. 11.

DEC. 27, 2012 — Francis sends a similar email to all of the leagues, telling them to remove

by Jan. 11 signs that don’t pass code, at which point the county would remove them.

JANUARY 2013 — Commissioner Vanessa Baugh visits the fields, at the league’s request. The issue is referred to the county attorney’s Risk Management Division for review.

FEB. 5, 2013 — A letter Turner wrote to Dees confirms findings from the county attorney, who found the signs in violation of county rules, and orders the signs’ removal by Feb. 15.

FEB. 6, 2013 — Francis makes the same request to all of the leagues in an email.

FEB. 12, 2013 — Commissioners hear testimony from the little league. Hunzeker says he will have a final say on the signs.

FEB. 20, 2014 — Branham, new little league president, meets with Hunzeker and county staff, who tell him the signs must comply with county policy.

MARCH 19, 2014 — Branham will come back to Hunzeker with a timeline to comply with policy — or make a proposal to contest the policy.

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Shuffler seeks East County players The Rev. John Brown wants to build a covered shuffleboard court in Lakewood Ranch.

EAST COUNTY — The Rev. John Brown may be retired, but he doesn’t leave much time for anything but his lifelong hobby — shuffleboard.

“I’m only available for shuffleboard six-and-a-half days a week, because I go to church on Sundays,” the 77-year-old says, smiling. “It doesn’t mean I always play that much, but I have before.”

Brown, who has played shuffleboard since he was 10 years old and had lifelong dreams to retire and play shuffleboard in Florida with his uncle, hopes to share his passion for the sport with residents of Lakewood Ranch and the East County community.

“I want to see Lakewood Ranch have its own shuffleboard club,” Brown said.

As the chairman of the Southwest Coast District of the Florida Shuffleboard Association, Brown also believes Lakewood Ranch is the perfect place for a 32-court covered shuffleboard facility, which could host local and regional tournaments.

He said the association already has money pledged toward the project, which he expects will cost

BY THE NUMBERS 7 — Number of districts in the Florida Shuffleboard Association 2 — The number of feet between adjacent shuffleboard courts 32 — Number of courts The Rev. John Brown hopes to have in a new covered shuffleboard facility 1943 — The year The Rev. John Brown began playing shuffleboard up to $1 million.

Such a covered facility, he added, would provide shuffleboard players shade from the sun, and consequently help prevent the formation of skin cancers, as well as a venue at which to play during rain events. A committee seeks potential locations for the facility, but, Brown says, it is taking its time to ensure it finds the perfect location.

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Lakewood Ranch’s Summerfield Park offers two shuffleboard courts for play to the public, but they are no longer in pristine condition. Brown says they can be fixed, but he hopes to create a larger venue at which the public can play shuffleboard.

Brown said he will help facilitate the formation of a Lakewood Ranch-based shuffleboard club and also invites residents to play with him to learn the game.

“The Southwest Coast District would welcome a new club at Lakewood Ranch,” Brown said.

“We know people from around the world. (Participants) will meet new friends and enjoy themselves thoroughly. My desire is to hear from shufflers out here.”

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FRIDAY, MARCH 7 Suncoast Quilt Expo — runs from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. March 7 and 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. March 8 at the Bradenton Area Convention Center, 1 Haben Blvd., Palmetto. The show is a juried quilt show that accepts quilts from throughout the United States. Daily programs include vendors, raffles, demonstrations and quilt sales. Entry costs $7. For more information, visit manateepatchworkers.org.

Music on Main — runs from 6 to 9 p.m. on Lakewood Ranch Main Street. SoulRCoaster will play a variety of classic rock, disco and country music with proceeds from the event benefiting the Wobbly Feet Foundation. Leashed pets are welcome, but no coolers are allowed. For more information, visit lakewoodranch.com.

SATURDAY, MARCH 8 Habitat ReStore Grand Opening — runs from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Habitat for Humanity’s third ReStore location, 5505 Manatee Ave. W., Bradenton. The event also will include door prizes. For more information, visit

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DON’T MISS The Meadows Community Association Celebration of Fine Arts — runs from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. March 8 and March 9 at the MCA building, 2004 Longmeadow Drive, Sarasota.

Professional and amateur artists in The Meadows will showcase their artwork, including oil and acrylic paintings, note cards, mosaics and more.

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Hearing Expo — runs from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Manatee Technical Institute, 6305 State Road 70, Bradenton.

More than 50 vendors will be on-site for this education event hosted by the Hearing Loss Association. The expo also features 14 seminars on hearing-related topics.

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Paws in Motion Walk-a-thon Fundraiser — runs from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the

Bradenton River Walk, on Riverfront Drive, in Bradenton. All registered walkers receive a pass for the doggie fun zone, a timed, lure-motivated obstacle course for dogs. The “top dog run-off” will be held at 1 p.m. at the Bradenton River Walk Pavilion. Proceeds benefit the Humane Society of Manatee County. For more information, visit humanemanatee.org.

Sidewalk Astronomy — runs from 6:30 to 10 p.m. on Lakewood Ranch Main Street, 8114 Lakewood Main Street.

The Local Group of Deep Sky Observers welcomes the public to look at the moon, the planet Jupiter and other sights through their telescopes. The event is free to the public. For more information, visit lgdso. com.

MONDAY, MARCH 10 Lakewood Ranch Garden Club — meets at 9:30 a.m.

at Lakewood Ranch Town Hall, 8175 Lakewood Ranch Blvd., Lakewood Ranch. The meeting will cover “Learning to Use Garden Tools.” Besty Lieberman, executive manager of Tomboy Tools, will share simple tool applications in the garden, as well as project ideas and effective techniques to give women confidence to tackle basic projects. For more information, call Linda Washburn at 359-2308, or email arthurassociates@juno. com.

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 12 Lakewood Ranch Business Alliance Membership Luncheon — runs from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Lakewood Ranch Golf and Country Club, 7650 Legacy Blvd., Lakewood Ranch.

Octavio Ortiz, general manager at The Mall at University Town Center, will speak. Cost is $25 for members and $35 for nonmembers. Register online at lwrba.org or call 757-1664.

THURSDAY, MARCH 13 East Manatee Republican Club — meets at 11:30 a.m. at the Peridia Golf and County Club, 4950 Peridia Blvd., Bradenton.

Supervisor of Elections Michael Bennett will be the guest speaker. Attendees also will discuss the proposed takeover of the news media by the federal government.

Lunch costs $16.

Photography Seminars with George Lepp — runs from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. March 8 and 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

March 9 at the Manatee Performing Arts Center, 502 Third Ave. W., Bradenton. Johnson PhotoImaging, in conjunction with Canon USA, is presenting the classes. Saturday’s event, “True Confessions of a Wild Bird Photography,” is free. The all-day Sunday event, “Innovative Techniques for Outdoor Photographers,” costs $89 at the door; price includes a buffet lunch. For information or reservations, call 896-9921.

Lunch with the Rabbi — starts at noon March 11 at Lakewood Ranch Town Hall, 8175 Lakewood Ranch Blvd., Lakewood Ranch. Enjoy an afternoon of socializing and discussion on topics of Jewish interest and current events with Temple Emanu-El’s Rabbi Brenner Glickman.

Attendees should bring a brown-bag lunch. Dessert will be provided. For more information, email elaineglickman@comcast.net.

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Lakewood Ranch CERT FEMA Disaster Preparedness Course — runs from 7 to 9 p.m. at Lakewood Ranch Town Hall, 8175 Lakewood Ranch Blvd., Lakewood Ranch.

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Development Districts 2 and 5 will pay about $31,000 for the repairs. Because the cost is un-budgeted, money will come from reserves.

While they wait for the permitting process with Manatee County to finish, Town Hall staff members are creating a traffic plan for when repairs to the two-story gatehouse occur.

When repairs begin, both the guest and resident inbound lanes will be closed for a week, during daytime hours.

Noticeable exterior work will occur over two weeks, but the resident inbound lane will remain open for one of those weeks. The guest lane will remain closed for both.

At nighttime, all lanes will remain open.

The Legacy Boulevard gatehouse is manned 24/7.

“We ask that residents try to avoid the Legacy gatehouse during the week when both inbound lanes are closed,” Town Hall Operations Director Ryan Heise said. “Safety is paramount.”

Drivers should pursue alternative entrances into the country club — transponder-only GATEHOUSE access points at TRAFFIC COUNTS The Masters Av• Data from April 11, 2013 to enue and Players April 25, 2013, specific to the Drive and the gateinbound guest lane house at Balmoral Woods and LakeLEGACY BOULEVARD wood Ranch bouTotal: 7,380 entrances levards.

Average: 534 entrances per day An engineer will Peak hour: 8 a.m. = 686 total recommend speentrances cific repairs to the Slowest hour: 10 p.m. = 112 contractor, but, total entrances generally, repairs will involve replacBALMORAL WOODS BOULEVARD ing two sets of supTotal: 4,792 entrances porting beams at Average: 340 entrances per day the gatehouse, as Peak hour: 8 a.m. = 497 well as installing entrances new wall framing Slowest hour: 10 p.m. = 11 and roof material entrances to the second floor.

A decorative railing on the outside of the gatehouse will also be replaced.

Chetlain and other staff believe that railing, which is attached to the overhang of the roof, was installed improperly, allowing water to leak behind the exterior walls.

The second floor windows will also be realigned.

Ryan Heise, Town Hall operations director, said the gatehouse was built in 1994.

Today, a yellow strip of caution tape welcomes visitors into the unused and empty space.

Staff has ripped up part of the carpet, exposing wood.

Chetlain first noticed signs of water leaks on the roof a year and a half ago, during normal inspections.

Shortly after, Prism Contractors Inc., the same contractor that will make the current repairs, fixed the roof.

Within the past month, Chetlain found fresh water intrusion and discoloration along the interior drywall of the second floor.

That’s when, with the help of Prism, he determined the problem was structural in nature.

“We took the drywall and flooring off and we were shocked at what we found,” Chetlain said. “There’s been damage since the beginning of the building. It just wasn’t a good design. We constantly cocked and regulated the flashing (metal caps that attach to the decorative railing) over the years.”

About a month ago, staff added additional shoring — wooden panels connected to the second-floor overhang — for structural support. The guest inbound lane was closed for a week during that time.

Heise says when the entirety of the work is completed, the gatehouse will look the same aesthetically.

Town Hall will email country club residents and neighborhood chairmen once a traffic plan is determined.

There will also be signage within the country club and along University Parkway and notice on Town Hall’s website, lakewoodranchgov.org/IDA-ops.php.

Chetlain hopes the costs will amount to nothing more than a temporary nuisance.

“It’s serious,” Chetlain said. “We’re fortunate we caught it when we did. When it’s over, it will be like nothing happened.”

Contact Josh Siegel at jsiegel@yourobserver.com.

Event participants exercise for a cause

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Attendees of Walk MS fundraiser sported orange accessories, T-shirts and medallions as they walked and jogged around Lakewood Ranch Main Street March 1 to show support for their loved ones affected by multiple sclerosis.

Individuals who participated in the one- or threemile walk could do so for free, but most offered a $25 donation. Proceeds from the event benefited the National MS Society.

Ashlyn Berdux, 6, takes home a medal.

Connie Jones and Bob Welborn walk as a father-daughter team.

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TERRY REDMAN When Terry Redman, president of Friends of Sarasota County Parks, thinks about the all-volunteer, nonprofit organization to which he devotes his time, he is reminded of a story he once heard about famed football coach Alonzo Stagg.

According to the story, a neighbor informed Stagg that the group of kids playing football on his lawn would prevent his grass from ever growing.

Staggs simply replied that he wasn’t trying to grow grass — he was trying to grow kids.

“That’s the same way Friends of Sarasota County Parks looks at the projects we work on,” says Redman.

“We’re not just building a facility. We’re building a place for mothers with their strollers, for people to jog and have a healthier life — to ride bikes safely. We’re giving people access to facilities that they might not normally have, and we’re giving them the ability to participate right here in Sarasota County.”

As its name implies, Friends of Sarasota County Parks was founded in 2002 with the mission of working alongside Sarasota County Parks and Recreation employees to pro-

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Foot & Ankle: Common Problems & Treatments

Thursday, March 20 / 5:30 – 6:30 p.m.

LWRMC Conference Room 1 Presented by Daniel J. Howard, DPM, Sarasota Orthopedic Associates Light refreshments served.

Call 941.708.8100 to reserve your place.

Preventing Golf Injuries: Golf Exercise for Optimal Performance Tuesday, March 25 / Last lecture of a 3-part series Two sessions offered: 9:30 – 10:30 a.m. (FULL) / 11 a.m. – Noon (OPEN) MMH Auditorium (off the Tower Main Entrance)

Presented by Monica Reid, MSPT, The Rehabilitation and Sports Medicine Center, a GOLO Master Golf Specialist, TPI (Titleist Performance Institute) and Certified Golf Fitness Instructor

Light refreshments served.

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Are You at Risk for Lung Cancer?

Find out about the multi-disciplinary Lung Institute at Manatee Memorial Tuesday, March 25 / 2 – 3 p.m.

MMH Auditorium (off the Tower Main Entrance) Presented by Ronald D. Smith, Jr., MD, Riverview Cardiac Surgery Light refreshments served.

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New Devices to Keep Your Heart in Rhythm Tuesday, March 25 / 4 – 5 p.m.

MMH Auditorium (off the Tower Main Entrance) Presented by Joseph Pace, MD, The Heart and Vascular Center of Bradenton Light refreshments served.

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Rotator Cuff Problems and Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Tuesday, March 25 / 6 – 7 p.m.

MMH Auditorium (off the Tower Main Entrance) Presented by Sajeev Nair, MD International Center for Advanced Spine & Orthopedic Surgery Light refreshments served.

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Surgical Options for Weight Loss Monthly lectures / Thursday, March 27 / 6 – 7 p.m.

MMH Executive Boardroom Presented by Stelios Rekkas, MD, Manatee Surgical Alliance Call 941.708.8100 to reserve your place.

Childbirth and Parenting Classes

Lakewood Ranch Medical Center and Manatee Memorial Hospital offer classes for expectant moms and dads.

View class schedules at: lakewoodranchmedicalcenter.com and manateememorial.com Lakewood Ranch Medical Center’s classes are held in the hospital’s Women and Children’s Center classroom.

Call 941.782.2229 for information and registration.

Manatee Memorial Hospital’s classes are held at MOMM’s Place, 250 Second Street East, Suite 3F (next to the hospital).

Call 941.745.6925 for information and registration.

HOPE Stroke Support Group for Stroke Survivors and Caregivers

Thursday, March 13 / 4 – 6 p.m.

Bradenton Country Club 4646 Ninth Ave. W., Bradenton This support group is in partnership with Florida Home Health and MMH. Dinner is provided.

Please call 941.773.4628 to reserve your place.

Kidney Disease Education

Thursday, March 13 / 5 – 6 p.m.

LWRMC Conference Room 1 Open to those with kidney disease.

Contact: Heather Fitzgerald, RN, DaVita Dialysis Please call 941.359.0676 for information.

Women Living with Cancer Support Group Second and fourth Thursday of each month March 13, 27 / 6 p.m.

MMH MOMM’s Place, Suite 3F (next door to the hospital) This meeting is open to any woman who has experienced any type of cancer.

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Monday, March 17 / 6 p.m.

MMH Medical Office Building Lobby (next door to the hospital) If you’ve had weight-loss surgery, join us at a meeting that will keep you informed and on the road to success.

Please call 941.746.5111 ext. 57756 for information.

Heart Failure Patient Support Group at LWRMC Third Friday of each month March 21 / 11:45 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.

LWRMC Conference Room 1 Come and meet your cardiologist and the Cardiovascular Services team at LWRMC. Lunch is provided.

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Mondays: April 7, 14, 21, 28 / 2 – 4 p.m.

MMH Classroom A (off the Tower Lobby) Facilitated by Susan Schussler, RD, CDE Nutrition & Diabetes Education for You, LLC Cost: $25 for workbook This 4-week class will cover healthy eating, being active, monitoring diabetes medications and reducing risk of complications.

Classes are limited to 25.

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YOUNG&HUNGRY Fawley|Bryant, where annual revenues will likely double this year to at least $6 million, clawed its way back from the architecture industry-crushing recession. A youthful spirit anchors the rebound.

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Projects Lakewood Ranchbased architecture firm Fawley|Bryant has worked on over the last decade include: • Schroeder-Manatee Ranch corporate headquarters: East Manatee County building, a 33,000-square-foot complex, was constructed in 2006. It’s the first commercial building in Florida certified under the Florida Green Building Council Green Commercial Building Designation Standard.

• Manatee County Judicial Center: Downtown Bradenton project, a ninestory, 300,000-square-foot building, including a parking garage designed to look like an office.

• Lake Erie College of Medicine School of Dental Medicine: Project, in 2012, was a 130,000-square-foot addition to the fast-growing medical school.

• Manatee Technical Institute: Project is 209,000-square-foot postsecondary adult, career and

• Student residence and multi-use complex at IMG Academy: Dorm, which opened last year, is 105,000 square feet.

Complex includes a spa and athletic fields.

Projects under construction the firm is working on include: • Goodwill Manasota corporate campus: A 69,605-square-foot project in Bradenton.

• Darwin Brewery: A 6,400-square-foot brewery and event center just north of downtown Bradenton.

• IMG Academy Field House: A 40,000-square-foot project scheduled for completion later this year.

• Country clubs: Projects include remodels and expansions at Tara Golf & Country Club in east Manatee County; Sarasota National Golf Course in Venice; and Tampa Bay Golf and Country Club in northeast Pasco County.

Rick Fawley and Mike Bryant are the wise greybeards of the architecture firm they founded 20 years ago, but they leave the office when they want the young’uns to really learn something.

That happens every Friday.

Fawley and Bryant, principals behind Lakewood Ranch-based Fawley|Bryant, have lunch catered that day. Then they take off so the staff of 18, including seven employees who joined the firm in the last year, can connect with each other. The employees talk about work, current projects and personal lives.

“The irony of the firm growing older is the staff has really never been younger,” says Bryant. “I think the staff is the best it’s ever been.”

Fawley|Bryant, with a second office in downtown Bradenton, will need to pluck all it can from that spunk. That’s because the firm expects 2014 will be the year it officially dropkicks the recession.

In addition to integrating new hires and likely adding a few more, Fawley|Bryant executives project annual revenues will double in 2014, from around $2.9 million in 2013 to at least $6 million. That would even be a 33% increase from the firm’s boom-time peak in 2006, when it had $4.5 million

in sales. The payroll is also nearly back to pre-recession levels at the firm, which provides planning, architecture, interior design and sustainability strategy services.

“We knew coming out of the recession there would be opportunities,” Bryant says. “There has been four or five years of pent-up demand.”

That demand has stretched to other parts of the Gulf Coast and nationwide. Billings at U.S. architecture firms rose in January over December, for instance, according to the American Institute of Architects’ Architecture Billings Index. The January index, the first month-over-month increase since last September, was 50.4, up from 48.6. The index’s midpoint between a projected increase or decrease in future projects is 50.

On a more local basis, Doug Whitney, president of WBRC Architects Engineers, with offices in Portland and Bangor, Maine, in addition to Lakewood Ranch, projects a robust 2014. Whitney says 2013 was mostly flat over 2012. But he expects gross revenues for the firm’s Florida business to increase 20% in 2014.

Whitney says health care, especially senior living communities, and retail, with a focus on discount stores, is behind most of WBRC’s predicted growth. Recent

clients include Lakewood Ranch Commercial Realty and Beall’s Outlets stores in 17 states.

Says Whitney: “In the last three or four years everything is driven by value.”

Another firm with an increase in work is Sarasota-based Hoyt Architects, founded in 1993 by Gary Hoyt. Hoyt brought on a partner last year, Chris Gallagher, formerly with Sarasota-based Jonathan Parks Architect, to target more downtown Sarasota commercial projects.

Several other architecture firms in the region, of course, either didn’t survive the recession or have yet to return to glory days.

One notable fatality: Once-prominent Sarasota-based architecture and planning firm ADP Group went from 44 employees and a new downtown headquarters in 2007 to out of business by 2009.

‘Turn heads’

Even with the industry rebound, two components of the survival strategy at Fawley|Bryant are straight-up business basics that go deeper than pent-up demand.

One element was to cut costs, from small, such as paper for the copy machine, to big, such as rewriting insurance polices. Bryant says the firm cut expenses 60% in the rough years. “We went

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through everything,” he says. “We did everything we could.”

The second element was to maintain a diverse mix of public and private clients, so it didn’t over-rely on one sector. A chunk of the clients, such as IMG Academy in Bradenton and McKechnie Field, spring training home of the Pittsburgh Pirates, are in the Sarasota-Manatee region. Others go from Tampa to Naples.

“We don’t particularly specialize,” says Bryant, “but with 20 years’ experience, I don’t know there’s a project we couldn’t do.”

The diversification also allows the firm to spread its expertise to a variety of clients. That inspires employees to reach for new ideas and go after projects Fawley says “turn heads.”

Proficiency in multiple areas even gives the firm a financing edge.

“It’s a changing world out there,” says Fawley. “You have to be mindful of banks and who will lend money for a project.”

Another element of the Fawley|Bryant turnaround leans more counterintuitive. The firm spent more than $250,000 to overhaul its software in 2007 and 2008, from AutoCAD to an electronic drawing system called Building Information Modeling. The move was risky given the timing and firm-wide effort to cut costs. But the payback was bigtime, in that BIM software redefined how Fawley|Bryant works internally and how it interacts with clients. Now it can show off projects through hightech programs on iPads and smartphones.

Stay focused

While diversification is the firm’s mantra, one area in particular has been big of late: the sports and fitness industry. In addition to IMG and the Pirates, other sports-themed projects include an Olympic-rated BMX Track for Sarasota County; planning for a new Rowing Aquatic Center at

USF Sarasota-Manatee; and a facilities assessment of Ed Smith Stadium in Sarasota.

Longtime Fawley|Bryant manager Steve Padgett was promoted to vice president and named a firm principal in 2012, in part to lead the sports surge. Fawley|Bryant itself, much like the sports projects it targets, essentially stems from competition.

Fawley and Bryant founded the firm in 1994 after each ran his own small architecture business. They crafted their plan over drinks one night at Lost Kangaroo, a downtown Bradenton bar.

That plan, initially, was to grow locally and then expand statewide.

Bryant, a Bradenton native, and Fawley, who moved to Bradenton in 1983 from Vermont, could see a building industry boom was forthcoming. But competition and breaking into new markets, such as Jacksonville and Fort Lauderdale, proved time-consuming and costly. So the partners re-focused on the Gulf Coast in the late 1990s.

The firm now plans to stay focused on Gulf Coast projects, even during the current growth period, executives say. An aspect Fawley appreciates about the firm’s resurgence, past the work, is the hires are more tactical now, to fit the firm’s growth strategy. It wasn’t that way in the boom.

“I called it the silly season,” Fawley says. “They weren’t strategic hires.

They were just warm bodies” to cover all the work.

New hires range from the youngsters to more experienced architects like Judd Heap, president of the American Institute of Architects’ Gulf Coast chapter. The mix gives Fawley and Bryant confidence in Fawley|Bryant’s long-term stability.

“The youthful enthusiasm in the office has elevated the energy level of everyone like a breath of fresh air,” says Fawley, “challenging all of us to the ‘what-if’ possibilities.”

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Rick Fawley, standing, co-founded Lakewood Ranch-based Fawley|Bryant in 1994 with Mike Bryant, left. Steve Padgett, right, was named a principal at the firm in 2012.

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The Lakewood Ranch High girls track team scored 250 points to win the Charlotte Quad Meet Feb. 28 at Charlotte High.

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Josh Bonynge struck out nine to lead the Cardinal Mooney baseball team to an 8-1 district victory against Bradenton Christian Feb. 27.

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The Lakewood Ranch High baseball team scored two runs in the bottom of the sixth inning to defeat Manatee 3-2 Feb. 28.

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by Jen Blanco | Sports Editor

SWINGING SMILES

Sisters Sarah Davis and Allison Davis, both 17, began taking tennis lessons seven years ago under coach Joan Bellissimo.

Riverview High junior Allison Davis started the Manasota BUDS tennis program at Lakewood Ranch High last May. LAKEWOOD RANCH — With his Wilson tennis racket hovering slightly above his head, 7-year-old Jared Stancil waits silently.

A smile spreads across his face as he looks at his partner, Riverview High junior Emma Traynor, standing just across the net.

Traynor tosses the ball gently back to Jared, and with a quick flick of his wrist, Jared sends the ball back over the net — much to the delight of Traynor and 9-year-old Hannah Paul, who has been practicing moving her feet alongside Jared with every volley.

Down the court, Sarah Davis, 17, and Justin Bear, 16, known to their teammates as “Thunder” and “Lightning,” take turns practicing their forehand and backhand techniques with coach Joan Bellissimo.

Musical vibrations from limbo and hula-hoop contests happening up on court one reverberate through the morning air.

It’s the final day of the Manasota

BUDS (Bringing Up Down Syndrome) Tennis program’s winter session, and the Lakewood Ranch High tennis courts are bursting with youthful energy.

And for the five participants in attendance, the eventfulness of the day has only just begun.

“Tennis is my life,” Davis says. “I love being here with my friends and being a part of this tennis program. (Being out on the court) makes me feel happy and more athletic.”

Bear agrees.

“I like seeing my friends,” says Bear, who attends Pinnacle Academy. “It makes me happy.”

Eye-opening experience

Davis began taking tennis lessons with her triplet sister Allison seven years ago under Bellissimo.

But, unlike her sister’s lessons, Sarah Davis’ lessons were geared more toward moving around than

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Seven-year-old Jared Stancil works on his volleys.

the sport of tennis itself.

With each lesson, Sarah Davis, who has Down syndrome, worked on balance, cognitive skills and throwing and catching, among other skills, in addition to learning how to

Justin Bear, 16, also plays on the Special Olympics of Manatee County’s tennis team. play tennis.

“With Sarah, it’s about growth and progression,” Bellissimo says.

“It’s more about investing in Sarah and not so much about tennis.”

Allison Davis, who plays tennis for Riverview High, would occasionally come and assist Bellissimo during her sister’s lessons.

But last May, when Allison Davis brought Traynor to watch one of Sarah Davis’ lessons, she saw the pure joy on her sister’s face when she hit

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the ball over the net.

“Everything was an achievement,” Allison Davis says. “The enthusiasm was so contagious, and I just thought, ‘What if we can provide that to other kids with Down syndrome?’”

Inspired by her sister, Allison Davis and Traynor decided they wanted to provide that same tennis experience to all students with Down syndrome in the community, at no cost.

The teammates created BUDS Tennis, under the Manasota BUDS organization, last May. After a few trial sessions, BUDS Tennis held an eight-week fall session, which ran from October to December, and an eight-week winter session, which began in early January and ended March 1.

“It’s been really eye-opening for me,” Allison Davis says. “Wow. These kids get so excited about something that I normally would be angry about how I did. Now I just try to bring that (attitude) with me every day to practice.”

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didn’t know how many points I had,” says Alana, who practices on her home course at Palm-Aire Country Club. “My dad never told me, so I was surprised to finally get it. It’s awesome. I (feel) so proud for winning it.”

This is the second time Alana has won the crystal trophy; she won it when she was 6 years old, as well.

In addition to playing on the Little Linksters Tour, Alana began competing on the U.S. Kids Golf Tampa and Orlando local tours in August. Alana has competed in eight events so far in the 7-yearold girls division. She won four events and finished second in the other four.

During that span, Alana recorded seven straight rounds in the 30s, finishing with 17 birdies and her first eagle on a par 4.

“I like playing in tournaments because they’re fun and you get to play with other people,” Alana says. “I like U.S. Kids the best because you get to play with girls and make more friends and stuff.

It makes you more used to it.”

Now, Alana hopes to use her tournament experience to her advantage as she prepares to compete for Tabernacle’s middle school golf team.

Alana made the eight-person boys and girls team two weeks ago.

Alana practiced occasionally with the team last year, playing in one match as a first-grader, but this is her first official year on the team. Alana practices three days a week with the team, which is made up of sixth- through eighth -graders, at Waterlefe Golf & River Club. Alana will begin competing for Tabernacle this month, likely as the team’s No. 2 golfer.

“It means a lot to be on the

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Eight-year-old Alana Kutt was named the Little Linksters Tour Player of the Year Feb. 16 for the 7- to 8-year-old division, having accumulated the most points in 12 events over the course of 2013.

PLAYER OF THE YEAR Eight-year-old Alana Kutt recently made The Tabernacle Christian School middle school golf team as a second grader.

PALM-AIRE — Alana Kutt is not fazed by the competition.

The Tabernacle Christian School second-grader has spent the last year playing against some of the top male and female players in the state — the vast majority of who are older than she is by almost a year.

But that has not stopped Alana, who turned 8 years old in November, from stepping onto the green and matching them stroke for stroke.

In fact, more often than not this season Alana found herself seated atop the leaderboard.

And, Feb. 16, Alana was named

the Little Linksters Tour 2013 Player of the Year for the girls and boys 7- to 8-year-old division.

Alana was awarded the crystal trophy, which is given to the player with the most acumulative points in 12 events over the course of the year.

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Matt and Alana Kutt celebrate one of Alana’s U.S. Kids Golf first-places finishes. Matt Kutt served as Alana’s caddy.

team,” Alana says. “All of the girls care for me whenever I hit a bad shot or something. They are all really nice.”

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Seven champion level 4 LWR gymnasts have moved up at least two levels in the last three months.

LAKEWOOD RANCH — Nineyear-old Taylor Folkers sits in the corner of the gymnastics floor, bobbing her head to music.

In a matter of seconds, the Gene Witt Elementary fourthgrader springs to action and bounds across the floor for her first tumbling pass. She completes the roundoff back handspring back tuck before showing off her dance moves as the “I Dream of Jeannie” theme song plays through the sound system.

After completing her second tumbling pass, Taylor turns and smiles at her Lakewood Ranch Gymnastics coach, Laura Parraga, before running off to complete another set of warmup drills.

The state champion gymnast is in the middle of preparing for the USAG Level 6 state meet March 22 in Clearwater.

Taylor won the state title as a Level 4 gymnast on floor exercise, her favorite apparatus, in December.

Following the Level 4 state meet, Taylor, along with five of her teammates, received the necessary scores to move up and compete at either XCEL or Level 6. Rian Hanson, 9, advanced to Level 7.

“It’s a huge jump,” Parraga says. “It’s a testament to their work ethic, ability and talent.”

Along with a higher skill set comes the opportunity for the

girls to perform their own individual floor routines.

“It’s just awesome because you get to move to the rhythm of the music and do what you feel,” Taylor says. “I like shaking my booty and doing head bumps.”

Taylor, who won floor exercise and finished second in the all-around, will defend her title.

Rian, who posted a personal best 9.9 on her way to a gold medal on high bars, along with state titles on floor and the all-around, will compete in the Level 7 state meet March 28.

“It’s a higher level, so you get a better title,” Rian says. “It’s new and harder, so to win it would be amazing. My parents would be so proud of me, and I would be so proud of myself.”

It’ll be the girls’ second state competition in three months.

As Level 4 gymnasts, Taylor and Rian, along with teammates Morgan Denofa, Kacy Bua, Sienna Pezzella, Kelsey McLeod, Leah Crowley and Brittney Grice, captured the team state championship for the small division. The team posted a 116.025 — its highest score to date — to cap off an undefeated compulsory season.

“I was very surprised because we usually only get 114,” Taylor says. “That’s always been our best. So, to get a 116 was amazing.”

Every girl on the Level 4 team

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The Lakewood Ranch Gymnastics Level 4 team posted its highest score of 116.025 at the USAG state meet in December. won at least one individual state title, in addition to the team title.

“We knew they were going to be pretty good, but we didn’t realize how great,” says Parraga, who coaches the girls with her husband, David. “They went into the state meet and just rocked it. They’re great dancers

and performers, and that’s what sets them apart.”

Since moving up at least two levels, the girls, who are ranked No. 5 in the nation, have increased their training to five days a week. They hope the change will earn them another state title.

“We have high hopes for these kids,” Parraga says. “They’re a joy to coach, and they have come a long way in a short amount of time. We want them to continue that drive, but also to enjoy the journey.”

Contact Jen Blanco at jblanco@ yourobserver.com.

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+ Silver Hawks 12U win championship The Silver Hawks 12U travel baseball team won the GSA Border Wars III tournament Feb. 22 and Feb. 23 in Tampa.

The Silver Hawks defeated Toxic Baseball 9-7 in the championship game to win the tournament title.

Myles Kaitz hit a grand slam in the top of the sixth inning with two outs to give the Silver Hawks the lead. Kaitz then shut down the Toxic in the bottom of the sixth inning to earn the victory on the mound.

The Silver Hawks followed up their victory by winning the 12U division of the Suncoast Gold Glove Championship March 1

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and March 2. The Silver Hawks scored 56 runs in three games en route to a 20-7 victory in the championship game.

+ McKechnie Field named finalist McKechnie Field in Bradenton has been named one of 20 finalists in the Best Spring Training Facility category in the 2014 10 Best/USA Today Readers’ Choice Awards.

Fans of the ballpark, which is home to the Pittsburgh Pirates, can cast their votes at 10best. com/awards/travel/best-springtraining-facility/.

Voting ends at noon March 24. Fans can vote once per day, per category.

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+ PAL to celebrate silver anniversary The Police Athletic League of Manatee County will celebrate its 25th anniversary with the PAL Golf Classic April 22 at The Concession Golf Course.

Registration for the fourperson scramble will begin at 8 a.m. followed by a shotgun start at 10:30 a.m.

Cost is $500 per person and includes an 18-hole round of golf, gift bag, continental breakfast, lunch and a reception with a buffet and drinks, as well as live and silent auctions.

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+ Braden River Baseball

The Braden River High baseball team defeated Booker 11-5 Feb. 27.

Derrick Cozzette went 2-for-3 with a double and three runs scored to lead the way for the Pirates at the plate. Daren Ortiz went 2-for-3 with a double, two RBIs and two runs scored.

Matt Parrill went 2-for-4 with a triple, an RBI and two runs scored. Brock Younce pitched four and one-third innings to earn the win for Braden River on the mound.

Proceeds benefit the children’s athletic and academic programs at Manatee PAL, which include football, cheerleading, basketball and boxing.

The winning foursome will receive a trophy plus a $150 gift certificate per player from The Concession Pro Shop.

To register, sponsor a hole or donate an item to the silent auction, email Manatee PAL at office@Manateepal.org with Golf as the subject line, call 747-1118 or visit Manateepal. org.

The number of field events Falco won at the Charlotte Quad Meet Feb. 28 at Charlotte High.

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STATS 13 The combined number of events the Lakewood Ranch High boys and girls track teams won at the Charlotte Quad Meet Feb. 28 at Charlotte High.

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The number of games the Lakewood Ranch High junior varsity baseball team has lost this season after beating Riverview 4-3 Feb. 24.

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The number of hits Gage Schrantz, Taylor Garris and Bucky Bonynge each had in the Cardinal Mooney baseball team’s 4-3 victory against Palmetto Feb. 25.

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The number of runs the Braden River High softball team scored in its victory against North Port Feb. 27.

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The number of runs Jackie Schoff drove in to lead the Lakewood Ranch High softball team to a 9-3 victory against North Port Feb. 25.

The number of individual events Falco has won in two meets this season.

Falco posted in the triple jump to 36 feet, 5 inches Thefinishdistance more than 2 feet ahead of the competition.

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BUDS / PAGE 18A friends while building friendships and strengthening other skills, such as handeye coordination and balance.

Each session begins with a warm-up lap and partner sessions. The players then rotate between three stations. Bellissimo works on forehand and backhand swings on one court. Traynor takes the middle court, where she works on volleys. And the final court, or the fun court, is reserved for games such as limbo, hula-hoop and the balance beam, where the white lines of the court act as the balance beam and the blue serves as the lava.

“We try to get a smile out of it,” Allison Davis says. “We like to see their achievements, smiles and celebration. They just get excited hitting the ball over the net. It’s really refreshing to see their love for the sport of tennis.

“I just want them to learn to love what you do,” Allison Davis says. “No matter what the circumstances, you can achieve anything. It’s about the little things. We get so caught up in the big picture that we forget the little achievements and the little things that make us happy and have a good time.”

At the conclusion of each session, the players line up for a victory lap before receiving medals and certificates for the day.

“I’m so proud of my sister for doing this for me,” says Sarah Davis, who attends Pinnacle Academy. “She’s always looking out for me. I love my sister. She’s the most wonderful and sweetest girl I’ve ever met.”

Following the session, Allison Davis sends out an email to all the BUDS Tennis families recapping the day’s events. And the final week proved to be no different — Allison Davis praised each player for his or her efforts, including those of 12-year-old Ella Quaid, who broke the volley record with 50 volleys in a row, and Hannah, who outlasted everyone in the hula-hoop competition.

“They do such a good job keeping the

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St. Stephen’s Episcopal School presented the finals of the U.S. Polo Association’s National Inter-Circuit Cup March 2. The Villages beat Wildcat 11-8.

The Villages tops Wildcat team The Villages defeated Wildcat 11-8 in the finals of the U.S. Polo Association’s National Inter-Circuit Cup presented by St. Stephen’s Episcopal School March 2 at the Sarasota Polo Club.

Steve Krueger scored four goals in the third chukker as The Villages took an 8-1 lead at halftime. Wildcat scored seven

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goals in the second half, but was unable to hold off The Villages down the stretch.

Krueger and Francisco Bilbao each scored four goals to lead the way for The Villages. Brent Mirikitani added three goals.

Joseph Stuart scored five goals to lead the way for Wildcat.

Bilbao was named the Most Valuable Professional. Krueger received the Best Playing Pony award for his horse Sweet N Low’s performance in the third chukker.

Teams return to action at 1 p.m. March 9 in the Ferrari of Tampa Bay Cup, which will feature a Ferrari parade at halftime.

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Nine-year-old Hannah Paul can’t stop moving her feet.

kids excited about tennis,” parent Jeff Bear says. “It’s not all about tennis because they are all at different levels. They want the kids to experience the excitement of the little accomplishments. And if they can enjoy this part of tennis then maybe they’ll want to learn tennis more and go out and hit with their parents.”

The BUDS Tennis program will resume again in the fall, and Allison Davis hopes to expand the program throughout the Bradenton/Sarasota area. Until then, Allison Davis, Traynor and Bellissimo will offer private, semiprivate and group lessons to BUDS families.

“It’s just so different,” Allison Davis says.

“We want to try to bring it into the tennis community. The tennis community is huge. The thing people are missing is the love for the sport. They play to win … It’s refreshing to see the love flourish because you don’t see that in every day tennis.”

For more information, contact Allison Davis at budstennis@yahoo.com, or visit facebook.com/budstennisclinic.

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Cana Mims, 3, plays on the tires.

Mixon Fruit Farms celebrated oranges coming into season March 1 and March 2 during its seventh annual Orange Blossom Festival.

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Taylor Anderson, 4, goes on a ride.

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Asian women celebrate culture Members of the Lakewood Ranch Asian Women’s Club celebrated their heritage March 1 during the group’s Orchid Ball event at The Lake Club Grande Clubhouse.

Guests enjoyed food and drink, socializing, a silent auction and folk dancing demonstrations.

The event benefited The Food Bank of Manatee, Philippines Typhoon Haiyan victims and a student at State College of Florida.

Ruben Arias, 90, attends with his daughter, Beverly Arias.

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Caring and Ramon Santos attend with their daughter, Cori Hvideberg, center.

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Runners lace up for education

East County children Lilly Lynch, Sophia Colombo and Morgan Earp rest after the race.

Tonya Rodriguez, a teacher at Haile, completes her first 10K.

Supporters of education in Manatee County laced up their tennis shoes March 2 and headed to Lakewood Ranch Main Street for the fifth annual Take Stock in Children 10K/5K/ Fun Run. Participants wound their way through Lakewood Ranch, before returning to Main Street for refreshments, socializing and visiting sponsor booths.

Above: Jordyn and Kate Collis run for Haile Middle School.

Left: Take Stock scholarship recipient Sofia Gallegos poses with her mentor, Laura Roberts.

Barrington Ridge residents Shelbi and Tom Ericsson run with their children, Hunter and Harper, and Shelbi’s sister, Stephanie Weaver, who is visiting from out of state.

Jake Nolin, Nathan Inverso, Janie Inverso and Kerry and Hunter Walsh all run for Rowlett Elementary School.

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Waterlefe showcases artistic talent The Waterlefe Artist Guild Annual Group Show and Sale March 1 showcased the community’s talents. The event, held at the Waterlefe Golf & River Club, also featured a raffle, with proceeds donated to the art-enrichment program of a to-be-named area school.

Rosalynn Kiefer makes jewelry out of semiprecious stones.

Sue Kerr crafted this sculpture.

Patsy Hall shows off her photography.

Hanno Buning with watercolor artists Pauline Dickson and Sam Paddison

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Right: Bonnie Schar makes handmade jewelry out of crystals and gemstones.

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Freedom Elementary families play games Families at Freedom Elementary School gathered Feb. 28 for a family social night. Attendees enjoyed popcorn and ice cream and games such as bingo.

Haile Middle School’s Olivia Perez puts a heart tattoo on Kaelyn Poole, 3.

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There are brilliant composers and lyricists — Cole Porter was both. And what brilliance he had. His songs ran the gamut from streetwise to sophisticated to bawdy to romantic to cynical to tear-jerking to laugh-out-loud funny. (And they occasionally offered the full spectrum of emotion in a single song.) Porter could touch your heart and dazzle your mind with verbal pyrotechnics. He was that good.

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Porter’s songs have not aged at all, as “Too Darn Hot” proves. It’s the current revue at Florida Studio Theatre — a reprise of a 2004 review, created by Richard Hopkins, Rebecca Hopkins and Jim Prosser. I enjoyed it the first time. The second time around, the show is as fresh as ever.

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Prosser does his light-fingered magic on the piano. Ruthie Stephens, Stephen Hope, Gayle Samuels and Derrick Cobey are the singer/actors.

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Porter was a worldly wise (and occasionally wicked) sophisticate. Hope embodies this with his snarky, urbane comic persona. He gets in a funny line in “Let’s Do It (Let’s Fall in Love)” — which he describes as a “musical Kama Sutra on Noah’s ark.”

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Porter was an equal fan of word play and musical high wire acts. Cobey stands out here, particularly in “I’m Throwing a Ball Tonight.” The tune is full of key changes and tough-to-hit half notes. Cobey hits them with power and finesse.

Porter did not just create songs: He created characters. Every Porter song is either in his voice or the voice of a fully realized human being. The mercurial Samuels is a fine singer, and she melts into her characters with subtle shifts, not just of voice, but body language and attitude. Brilliant.

To be fair, granted the revue’s structure, teasing the brilliant performances apart is a tad artificial. Director Hopkins and Musical Director Jeffrey Campos create a shifting musical kaleidoscope. Quartet becomes duo becomes solo act, as the singer/actors constantly change places.

The effect is like being invited to the party of the century — and that’s no accident.

Porter was famous (or infamous) for his scandalous parties with the upper crust.

The lyricist/composer bit the wealthy hands that fed him, and did not stop feeding on tidbits of gossip and phrase he worked into his songs. He dithered between social climbing and sarcasm, sophistication and coarse jokes. His multilayered attitude toward the wealthy does not easily fit in today’s one-note politics, which, perhaps, is why his work is still so entertaining.

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OPERA // SARASOTA OPERA’S ‘THE FLYING DUTCHMAN’

Wagner’s “Der Fliegende Hollander,” (“The Flying Dutchman”), is a larger-than-life, opera that symbolizes a mythic, “Brigadoon”-like tale and romantic notion that only the love of a faithful woman can save a seafarer from a life worse than many deaths. It’s the saga of a hunky sea captain who’s doomed to sail the seas on a ghost ship that reveals itself only one day every seven years, so the Dutchman at the helm may search for the love of a woman who will remain true to him for eternity.

We meet him as his ship materializes on a rocky Norwegian coast — an apparition in red that glows with a spectral, supernatural aura. It’s the first act of “Dutchman,” and Wagner creates a 40-minute bass duet that spews glorious music at us like sea foam flying from crashing waves.

Act one of “The Flying Dutchman” is more of a scene-setter than action-thriller. The Norwegian sailor, Daland, sung with a strong, robust voice by bass Harold Wilson, has dreams of bounty that will make him rich beyond measure. And, when he meets a stranger (the Dutchman, himself, played with stentorian grandeur and pathos by bass Kevin Short) from the mysterious blood-red ship, hears his story and sees the abundant riches he’s gathered from his centuries at sea, he decides to give him his daughter in marriage to fulfill the Dutchman’s dream of a beautiful, faithful wife.

In the second act, we meet Senta (embodied fully by the

Sarasota Opera presents Wagner’s “The Flying Dutchman.” incredible soprano Dara Hobbs), the long-suffering, dreamy young girl who’s at home, yearning for the Dutchman whose portrait looms over their home like an phantom waiting to pounce to life. She’s surrounded by her women friends who spin spinning wheels to please their men with gifts when they finally return from their seafaring adventures.

She’s pledged to Erik, a hunter (sung by the dramatic tenor, Michael Robert Hendrick), but has eyes only for the Dutchman.

The story weaves a spell that captures the listener and carries us into a land we know cannot exist but wraps us so cleverly in its spectral cloak, we’re carried into the cold, dark seas and woven into its very fabric.

What takes us there is the singing. This is a cast of such

compelling, powerful singers, it’s impossible not to be drawn into their persuasive story.

Top among them is Michael Robert Hendrick, the tenor who played such a convincing Lennie last season in Sarasota Opera’s production of “Of Mice and Men.” There, his powerful acting and vocal prowess made us believers. As Erik in this Wagnerian epic, his formidable dramatic tenor takes over, making him a confused, passionate, despairing lover, deserving but spurned.

Dara Hobbs, who began with Sarasota Opera some 11 years ago as an apprentice artist, has since gone to Europe, where she’s immersed herself in the large Wagnerian and Straussian roles, such as Isolde and Ariadne, in major houses from Leipzig, Germany, to Bayreuth, Germany.

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Sounding like a young Birgit Nilsson, she has a ringing, dramatic soprano voice of polished steel that’s positively thrilling. The more she sings (and Senta sings a lot), the more power she has, cutting over the excellent orchestra like a laser, never pushing and always leaving us with the impression that there’s more. Hobbs is also a superbly believable actress and, when she throws herself, backward, into the waiting waves to save the soul of her Dutchman, she does it with the same passion and controlled abandon she uses in her singing.

Wilson as Daland, Senta’s father, is making his Sarasota Opera debut with a ringing bass voice that, with care, could take him into the dramatic heft needed for Wagner. Short, the stalwart bass debuted here in 1991 as

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When he opens his mouth, his large, cutting basso dominates the stage. As they say in commercials, Short is the Dutchman.

None of this could happen without the musical leadership of Conductor David Neely and the impressive Sarasota Opera Orchestra. There may be a lot of music being made on the stage, but Wagner has made sure the instrumental action in the pit is just as formidable and important.

From the well-known overture to the final sweeping music lines at the end of this epic, Neely and the orchestra become another important character in the show.

Tom Diamond, the director who brought it all together on stage, was not only making his Sarasota Opera debut, he was also directing his first Wagner opera. He did it with the light touch needed for such a substantial piece of musical theater. This is an opera that can seem static, especially in the first act. But Diamond seems to have worked with his excellent cast to make each performer a believable, threedimensional individual, making for an electrifying performance.

David P. Gordon’s brilliant scenic design, especially the phantom ship hovering over the stage, punches home the gripping force of the story. And Ken Yunker’s lighting is pure stage-craft, taking us from storm-whipped seas into a Vermeer-like interior of a seafarer’s home and, finally, that transfixing moment when the ghosts of the ship come alive. All together, they make this a thrilling, chilling, captivating opera.

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The firm named Rob Campbell chief strategy officer in February. Campbell’s business claim to fame is twofold. In the early 1980s he was a product market manager at Apple, where he worked directly for Steve Jobs. He was also a marketing director at Microsoft in the late 1980s, when he worked with Bill Gates. There’s also this nugget: Campbell co-founded a firm in 1983, Forethought, which developed the programs PowerPoint and FileMaker.

Now Campbell will help Datum grow into new markets, and, eventually, get outside private equity funding. Datum, with clients that include breakfast-brunchlunch chain First Watch, doubled sales in each of the past few years, says CEO Tom Frost. The 2014 first quarter has been the 11-year-old firm’s best first quarter ever, Frost adds, and it could grow sales up to 40% this year.

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It was a mentor-mentee relationship that connected Frost and Campbell. The pair met through CEO roundtable sessions sponsored by GrowFl through the Economic Development Corp. of Sarasota County. They had lunch together a few times, when Frost peppered Campbell with questions. Frost then floated “a trial balloon” about a Datum job Campbell’s way late last year.

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Satterfield & Pontikes, No. 148 in Engineering News-Record’s 2013 list of the top contractors in the U.S. by revenues, has opened an office in Lakewood Ranch. The firm has offices in Dallas, New Orleans and San Antonio, and is on a select preferred-builder list for Wal-Mart in Texas.

The company, with a national client list that includes Delta Airlines at JFK Airport, has also been lauded in its home state for its utilization of new technology in the construction Campbell industry.

Craig Campbell, a familiar face to many in Sarasota-Bradenton construction circles, heads up the local Satterfield & Pontikes office. Campbell spent more than a decade in executive roles in the area, where he worked for DooleyMack in Sarasota and later Palmetto-based Zirkelbach Construction. Satterfield & Pontikes recruited Campbell to Houston in late 2012.

But the firm’s plans changed quickly, when Wal-Mart executives asked it to bid for work in the Sunshine State. Wal-Mart requires contractors to have an office within 500 miles of a jobsite. So Campbell’s move to Houston became a short stint.

Although Wal-Mart was the impetus, Campbell says the goal is to make Satterfield & Pontikes a player in the Southeast, a firm that can compete with giants such as Beck and Skanska. He envisions a split in which 30% of the division’s work is for Wal-Mart, while 70% goes toward other clients, especially in retail and health care.

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“If Wal-Mart hadn’t spoken to us about expansion, I’d still be in Houston,” Campbell says. “That said, this is a regional office.”

Campbell is already back in the networking game, with organizations such as the Gulf Coast Builders Exchange in Sarasota-Bradenton and the Associated Builders and Contractors Gulf Coast chapter in Tampa. He’s close to signing a few deals for work, one in Pinellas County and another in Manatee County. He projects a busy summer for the firm.

“I really believe in the decision to open this office,” says Campbell. “There are a lot of positive indicators out there.”

— Mark Gordon

+ Berkshire Hathaway acquires real estate company Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Florida Realty has expanded its reach in the Sarasota area by acquiring Cristello & Co. Real Estate.

The transaction, which adds sales professionals and team members to the statewide company, represents Berkshire’s ongoing growth strategy. It follows the recent acquisitions of Elite Preferred Realty in the Sarasota and Lakewood Ranch areas in November, and of Main Street Realty International, in Orlando, in December.

“Cristello & Co. Real Estate is well respected throughout Sarasota and is known particularly for its exceptional leadership, prime location and more than 30 years of experience in the Sarasota markets,” said Rei Mesa, president and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Florida Realty. “The firm’s stellar reputation and loyal client base speaks for the skill and service of this fine team Jessie and Gail Cristello will continue at the office as top-producing sales professionals.”

Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Florida Realty, formerly Prudential Florida Realty, serves 17 counties with 41 offices and more than 1,500 agents.

The full-service brokerage, founded in 1999, is a wholly owned subsidiary of WCI Communities Inc. It ranks 36th industry-wide for sales volume, according to RISMedia.

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Country Club Village home sells for $550,000 The following residential real estate transactions took place between Feb. 17 and Feb. 21.

A home in Country Club Village at Lakewood Ranch tops all transactions in this week’s real estate. John and Joan Brown, of Woodbury, Conn., sold their home at 7204 Orchid Island Place to Kathy Lewis and William Thomas, trustees, of Lakewood Ranch, for $550,000. Built in 2004, it has three bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 2,768 square feet of living area.

Kenwood Park

Duncan and Mary Kiely, of Sarasota, sold their home at 8206 Abingdon Court to Nadine Drysdale, trustee, of Alberta, Canada, for $517,500. Built in 2012, it has three bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 2,276 square feet of living area.

Greenbrook Village

Michael and Mandi Davis sold their home at 14242 Sundial Place to Anthony Kob, of Lakewood Ranch, for $485,000. Built in 2006, it has three bedrooms, three-anda-half baths, a pool and 3,062 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $300,000 in 2011.

Tiffany Liashek sold the home at 6453 Indigo Bunting Place to George and Susan Benton, of Lakewood Ranch, for $460,000.

Built in 2004, it has four bedrooms, four baths, a pool and 3,076 square feet of living area.

It previously sold for $422,500 in 2010.

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This Country Club Village at Lakewood Ranch home, which has three bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 2,768 square feet of living area, sold for $550,000. sold their home at 6419 Royal Tern Circle to Michael Kelly, of Smithfield, R.I., for $308,000.

Built in 2004, it has four bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 1,922 square feet of living area.

It previously sold for $200,000 in 2010.

Virginia Water

J.R. and V. Ann Cassie, of Ontario, Canada, sold their home at 6734 Virginia Crossing to Pierre Vautravers, of University Park, for $404,000. Built in 1994, it has three bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 2,247 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $370,000 in 2008.

The Moorings at Edgewater

Emily McClelland, of Pittsburgh, sold her Unit 101 condominium at 6503 Moorings Point Circle to John Waggett and Janet Waggett, trustees, of Lakewood Ranch, for $400,000. Built in 2004, it has two bedrooms, two-and-a-half baths and 1,983 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $385,000 in 2010.

Arbor Lakes

Raymond and Ruth Agnew, trustees, of Sarasota, sold the home at 7006 Coachlight St. to Charles Winston and Laura Ward, of East Ellijay, Ga., for

$392,500. Built in 1998, it has three bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 2,358 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $334,000 in 2003.

Beacon Cove at River Place

Stone River Gliders LLC sold the home at 6719 70th Court E. to George and Stephanie Hare, of Bradenton, for $390,000. Built in 2002, it has five bedrooms, four baths, a pool and 3,400 square feet of living area.

GreyHawk Landing

Wayne and Donna Blaser, of Leesburg, Va., sold their home at 12708 Daisy Place to Jorge and

Rhonda Montero, of Wichita, Kansas, for $389,500. Built in 2006, it has three bedrooms, twoand-a-half baths, a pool and 3,020 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $349,900 in 2008.

Chris Iacobelli, of Bradenton, and John Iacobelli, of Strongville, Ohio, sold their home at 12314 Aster Ave. to Kevin and Brenda Hart, of Bradenton, for $291,500. Built in 2004, it has four bedrooms, three baths and 2,294 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $270,000 in 2013.

Frank and Judy Sherako sold their home at 12235 Lavender Loop to Bradley and Natalie Johnson, of Bradenton, for $230,000. Built in 2005, it has three bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 2,312 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $226,000 in 2011.

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William and Diane Kmack, of Bradenton, sold their home at 6548 Tailfeather Way to Ricardo and Maria Nolasco, of Lorton, Va., for $316,500. Built in 2005, it has three bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 2,177 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $369,900 in 2006.

Country Club East at Lakewood Ranch

Russ and Kayo Stewart, of Westchester, N.Y., sold their home at 7278 Belleisle Glen to William Postiy and Jo-Ann

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Lakewood Ranch 941-748-6300 941-705-5704

10506 Riverbank Ter #M5841733 $1,150,000 Robyn Drourr

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Anna Maria Island 941-748-6300 941-465-8843

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Bradenton 941-748-6300 941-920-3583

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Central Park Lifestyles LLC sold the home at 11512 Griffith Park Terrace to Donna Tran, of Bradenton, for $303,900.

Built in 2013, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 2,148 square feet of living area.

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John and Susan Campbell, of Bradenton, sold their home at 8636 54th Ave. Circle E. to Gerald Zenner and Jean Voigt-Zenner, of Wausau, Wis., for $239,000. Built in 2001, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,636 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $215,000 in 2011.

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Postiy, of Lakewood Ranch, for $310,000.

Built in 2011, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,754 square feet of living area.

It previously sold for $254,000 in 2011.

Provident National Property Group LLC sold the home at 4721 Silvermoss Drive to William and Katherine McComb, of Sarasota, for $299,000. Built in 2013, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 1,932 square feet of living area.

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Argyrios and Linda Roussos, of Bradenton, sold their home at 310 36th St. N.E. to Richard and Jodi Linkenhoker, of Bradenton, for $216,000. Built in 2001, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 1,974 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $340,000 in 2006.

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Leroy and Katherine Quade, of Ellenton, sold their home at 6405 Fox Grape Lane to William and Linda Sullivan, of Lakewood Ranch, for $295,000. Built in 1999, it has three bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 2,455 square feet of living area.

It previously sold for $199,100 in 1999.

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Anne Morton and James Richardson, of Ellenton, sold their home at 5509 Lake Paddock Circle to Elizabeth Brennan and Bryan Demmier, of Parrish, for $397,000.

Built in 2007, it has four bedrooms, three baths and 3,404 square feet of living area.

It previously sold for $300,000 in 2010.

Geoffrey and Marika Hare, of Ontario, Canada, sold their home at 6946 Mystic Lane to Patricia Patterson, of Sarasota, for $279,500. Built in 1999, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,795 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $280,000 in 2008.

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Gary and Paulene Metzger sold their home at 3715 162nd Ave. E. to Tanya and Joseph Cox, of Parrish, for $290,000. Built in 2006, it has four bedrooms, three baths and 2,499 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $408,000 in 2007.

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TEMPERATURES

Record Temperatures High

Low

High

Low

Tuesday, Feb. 25

75

61

87 (1922)

28 (1989)

Wednesday, Feb. 26

76

57

87 (1962)

27 (1967)

Thursday, Feb. 27

68

53

86 (1927)

31 (1974)

Friday, Feb. 28

67

50

88 (1997)

31 (1935)

Saturday, March 1

77

47

87 (1997)

35 (1986)

Sunday, March 2

79

55

88 (1997)

30 (1941)

Monday, March 3

77

56

87 (1963)

30 (1980)

AVERAGE GULF WATER TEMPERATURE: 69 SUNRISE / SUNSET

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Thursday, Feb. 27

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Friday, Feb. 28

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Friday, March 7

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Saturday, March 8

6:48a

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Sunday, March 9

7:39a

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Monday, March 3

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Monday, March 10

7:38a

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Tuesday, March 11

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Wednesday, March 12 7:36a

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36 Wives of a sultan, collectively 37 Ages on end 39 Hamlet was one 41 Bitter brews 42 Major Ukraine port 44 “Are we there ___?”

46 Banish 49 ___ Andreas fault 50 Prefix meaning “new” 53 Sofa accessories 59 Commerce imbalance 62 Trampled (on) 63 Coin-___ (vending machines) 64 Sturgeon eggs 65 Heads off at the pass 67 At ___ (disagreeing) 69 Consort of Zeus 70 One way to watch sports

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Added flavor to an ear City not far from Butte Painting unit Group of eight Bind again Picnic spoiler All in your mind Stab Pieces of armor Lawn ball game State with a pennant-shape flag Sign up for more issues Author’s “writer” Air-traffic control device Place to play basketball “___ port in a storm” Paving block Canadian National Leaguer no more Cherub Choked Apple seed Golfing champ Ernie English noble Fiber-___ Took a bus In a curious way Cookie for some twisters Like secondhand clothing Neptune’s realm Palm fruit Holiday brink Buddhist shrine Intrudes by oozing “Wassup?”

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107 Hobbling gait 108 Fancy little sewing cases 111 Sesame Street denizen 112 More down-toearth 114 Piece of timber 118 Motor vehicles 119 In ___ (actual) 121 Dallas Cowboys emblem 124 Noticed 125 “... ___ he drove out of sight” 126 Cell “messenger,” briefly 127 Drunkard

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Thursday, March 6, 2014

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941-907-8167.

Good Things Things To Eat Good Eat CLAIRE’S PRODUCE & PLANTS Local Fruits/Veggies Honey, Eggs & More Tuesday - Friday 12-6 Saturday 10-6, Sunday 12-4 7275 N. Lockwood Ridge Rd.

Personals *ADOPTION*: Loving TV Sports Editor & Pharmacist, Music, Nurturing Family Values awaits 1st baby. Expenses paid. 1-800-552-0045 FLBar 42311 *Lyn & Bob*.

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GRILL: HAMILTON Beach HealthSmart. Online cost $60. Like new $20. 941-758-6259.

PRAYER TO The Blessed Mother. O most beautiful flower of St. Carmel, fruitful is the splendor of heaven. Blessed Mother of the Son of God, Immaculate Virgin, assist me in this necessity. O star of the sea help me, and show herein you are my Mother. O Holy Mary Mother of God, Queen of Heaven and earth, I humbly beseech thee from the bottom of my heart. Succor me in the necessity.

There are none that can withstand your power. O show me herein you are Mother. (Say the following three times:) O Mary, conceived without sin, pray for us who have recourse to thee, O Holy Mary, I place this cause in your hands. Sweet Mother I place this cause in your hands. Thank You for your mercy to me and mine. Amen. This prayer has never been known to fail. It must be said for three days and after three days your request will be granted and the prayer must be published. Thank you. OTA.

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CRAFTSMAN ELECTRIC lawn mower: 12AMPS with mulch bag or side discharge, excellent condition, $75. 941-755-5359.

CURIO/DISPLAY CABINET: Phillip Reinisch Lighted oak, 4/glass shelves, 79"hx14 1/2"dx 48 1/2w. $150, LWR. 850-320-7905.

DUFFEL BAG: Collectible, unused Saratoga, NY Racetrack. $20. 941-224-1244.

FISH BUOYS: 3 large rope and glass, old. $90 for all .941-758-4997 FUTON: GREAT condition, $75.00 LWR. Call 941-224-2356.

MAGNETIC EXERCISE Bike: Stamina Fusion 4545, new in box, $200. 941-896-8072.

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SOFA: SOLID beige and loveseat with throw cushions. Excellent condition, $150.00. (941)405-8265.

STIHL 350 Concrete/Cement saw, gas, $195.

941-721-7392.

TV STAND: Bell’O, brushed nickel/glass, 21.5X41.5, 3 level, new, $75. 941-355-7524.

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

Boat Slips Slips For Rent/Sale Boat Rent/Sale LBK MOORINGS: 73ft. Boat Slip $165,000. Easy in and out, unobstructed bay view, water, cable, wireless included. Owner Financing. Other slips available 45ft. to 194ft, from $1,274 per ft.

Bettie R. Perry, Broker/Owner. Associated Realty LBK. 941-961-0372

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

Furnishings Furnishings BRAND NEW Serta Queen Pillowtop Mattress Set. Willing to sacrifice for $150. Need to sell quickly!

(941)387-4810.

General Merchandise Garage/Moving/Estate Sales AVIATION, RETIRED Pilot: Selling lots of aviation gear. GPS, headsets, intercoms, and other miscellaneous gear. Reasonable prices. 941-739-5933.

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

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

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

STORAGE FACILITY: Boats, RV’s, Trailers. Secure, lighted facility. Low rentals. Whitfield area.

941-920-1377.

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Call 941-907-8141.

MAKE YOUR PHONE RING

Business Opportunities Opportunities Business OUR GROUP is looking to acquire individual investment advisor and RIA practices in the Sarasota & Tampa areas.

-Flexible transition schedule for retiring advisors -All inquiries in strictest confidence -All size practices considered Send all inquires to Floridabroker7@aol.com or call 941-251-4178.

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

Homes For Rent Homes Rent 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

Homes For Sale Homes Sale ENJOY THE FUN!!

St. Armands Best home is 4,757 sq.ft., Very open & spacious, southside pool.

Convenient to Lido Beach & Opera.

Asking $1,800,000 Glenn Callaghan, LLC Re/Max Alliance 941-928-9020

Adult Care Services Adult Services IN-HOME ASSISTED LIVING. Why leave the safety, beauty and comfort of your own home to receive professional, affordable and compassionate care? You don’t need to! ElderCare Services provides complete customized care perfectly tailored to suit your needs and lifestyle. Services include, but not limited to, homemaking, transportation, running errands, meal prep., medication supervision, 24/7 medical staffing, and more.

Please call 377-4465 for more info. or visit us on the web @ eldercaresarasota.com. Licensed, bonded and insured. Lic.#30211372 PROFESSIONAL GUARDIAN: Case Manager, Health Care Surrogate, Power of Attorney, Personal Representative, Trustee, Advocate and Companion for Elderly and Developmentally Disabled. Bonded, Patient and Compassionate. Call SueAnn Sanders, National Certified Guardian, Notary. 941-915-3797.

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

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

Cleaning

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

WANTED LUXURY ANNUAL RENTALS

BLUE FISH CLEANING INC. 941-705-3812.

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

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Lic./ Ins. 941-400-3342.

CLEANING SERVICE by Asian. Residential, Commercial, Office. Very Reliable, Trustworthy, Reasonable Price. Estimates. 941-780-3816, 941-755-6590.

EXECUTIVE HOUSEKEEPER. Need Alice (Brady Bunch)? Errands, shopping, cooking, pets, housekeeping/ sitting. Call Miss Robin, 813-957-1742.

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

Computer Services Computer Services COMPUTER TECHNICAL Support. H/W & S/W problems solved. Virus/Malware removal; data recovery; Networking/ Internet Issues; Upgrades; A+, Network+ Cert. Tech. Navy trained electronics tech veteran. 941-225-0046.

FRUSTRATED WITH YOUR COMPUTER, IPAD, Kindle, or smartphone? Call Dave--The Patient Trainer—for in-home help with any of your devices.

Training, troubleshooting, and help shopping for the right product. 941-404-5585.

Home Improvement/ Remodeling Improvement/Remodeling FRED’S HOME IMPROVEMENT AND REPAIR. Painting, tile, kitchen backsplash, windows, drywall, fans, just ask! 941-744-7473.

This week’s Crossword answers

Auctions LARGE ESTATE AUCTION: March 8th at 1p.m.

5912 93rd St. Cir. E. (Fox Hollow Lane), Bradenton.

1993 pickup truck, fishing boat, riding mower (almost new), antiques, 5, 10, 25, 50 cent and dollar silver coins, jewelry, collectibles, art, kids and cook books, yard decor & tools, furniture inside & out, grill, old plow, 3 wheel bike, dishes, cookware, glassware, old Maytag washer (works), refrigerator, Howdy Doody doll, antique high chair, Hossier cabinet, rolltop desk, old toys, lots of box lots and much more! All Florida Realty & Auction Co. #AB923 #AU1333. 941-746-5355. For better pictures: www.afraac.com - Terms: 13% buyers premium.

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2. A gardener was irritated with his new seedlings.

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DO YOU NEED A PERSONAL ASSISTANT? Transportation, Personal Errands/Shopping, Doctor Appts, Housesitting, Social EventsTheater, Dinner etc. Light meal preparation/ housekeeping. Call Ms. Schwabe 941-932-2732.

“K-9 BOOT CAMP”. Professional in-kennel pet obedience program. 40 Acre facility. 35 years proven results. Lakewood Ranch area. Von Asgard K-9 Center, Inc. Boarding - Training - Sales.

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YOUR PERSONAL BOOKKEEPER, LLC Gail Sunray, Owner

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FREE ESTIMATES. 941-373-5110.

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Licensed and Insured.

ALL TYPES OF MASONRY Specializing in concrete driveways, pavers, decorative concrete, stone work, patios.

Call for free and honest estimates.

941-525-2435

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955.4888

CARLO DATTILO PAINTING. Licensed & insured.

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941-744-1020. 35+ years experience.

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