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by Nolan Peterson | News Editor

Shelter showdown continues The Sarasota County Commission accuses some city of Sarasota commissioners of deliberately stalling the selection of a site for a downtown homeless shelter.

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+ Spooky signing Casey Key resident and best-selling author Stephen King signed books at downtown Sarasota’s Bookstore1 Sunday. King signed copies of his most recent novel, “Doctor Sleep,” for 400 fans. The book, which was released in September, is the highly anticipated sequel to King’s 1977 classic “The Shining.”

The city and county have been playing a cat-and-mouse game over the selection of a downtown homeless shelter’s location since a national homelessness expert recommended such a facility in November.

When Sarasota County Director of Homeless Services Wayne

Applebee began his report before the County Commission Tuesday on the status of the county’s homeless initiative, he initially had a lot of good news to report.

Applebee outlined the steps county staff has taken to implement recommendations proposed in November by homeless-

ness expert Dr. Richard Marbut, who was commissioned by the county and the city of Sarasota to study the area’s homeless population.

According to Applebee, plans are moving forward on Marbut’s recommendations, including the creation of two family emergen-

cy crisis shelters.

But when Applebee got to the part of his report about the city of Sarasota’s search for the site of a downtown homeless shelter, his enthusiasm faded.

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+ Win tickets to Florida Winefest The Observer is giving lucky readers the chance to win two tickets to this year’s Florida Winefest and Auction events, which take place April 10 through April 13, at the Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall. To enter, search the pages of the paper each week for the next three weeks to find the Observer wine bottle, then enter the page number on which you found it at YourObserver. com/WherestheWine. For more information about the festival, visit floridawinefest. org. Good luck!

+ Three’s company Sarasota and Longboat Key residents Debbie Haspel, Jules Rose and Matt Walsh have been elected the community leaders of the American Jewish Committee’s Regional Board of Directors. The new board members have been deeply involved in the community and showcase their commitment to AJC’s mission of enhancing the well-being of the Jewish people and Israel, as well as advancing human rights and democracy around the world.

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Lido residents stay out of sand fray Lido Key residents say they will focus on taking an even-keeled approach to a proposed beach renourishment project that’s drawing heat from Siesta Key organizations.

The Lido Key Residents Association is responding to opposition to a proposed beach renourishment project by focusing on the long view.

Several Siesta Key organizations and residents have de-

clared their opposition to the project, which would renourish Lido Beach with sand from Big Pass, citing fear that Siesta Beach could be negatively affected. The plan, which the city proposed and the U.S Army Corps of En-

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers responds to dredge backlash / PAGE 5A gineers is spearheading, is yet to be submitted for state approval

and is years from potentially beginning, but groups have already begun to stake out their positions on the topic.

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Barbetta ultimately threatened to pull county funding for the shelter if the city last section of my report,” Applebee con- continues to dodge its selection of a site ceded to commissioners, segueing into a for the facility.

“I’m really getting fed up with this whole contentious discussion that highlighted an ongoing spat between county and city situation,” Barbetta said. “The city thinks commissioners about where such a facil- they have this under control, and I’m tired of being beat up trying to help. We’re just ity should be located.

County commissioners, drawing on running into a brick wall with the city ...

Marbut’s recommendations, are pushing it’s just a horrible situation.”

Other county commisfor a “come as you are” sioners echoed Barbetta’s homeless shelter to be built in downtown Sara“There is a clear path frustration. unfortunate that sota and offered the city by the administration the“It’s conversation about a $500,000 for the project.

Some Sarasota city in the city to sabotage community problem has turned toxic,” Commiscommissioners and adthis process.” sioner Christine Robinministrators — notably — County Commissioner son said. “We’re heading Commissioners Susan Joe Barbetta down an ugly road.”

Chapman and Suzanne County commissioners Atwell and Vice Mayor Willie Shaw, as well as many downtown Carolyn Mason and Nora Patterson, howresidents and business owners — are ever, argued the City Commission’s oppolargely against such a move. They claim sition to the downtown homeless shelter the presence of a homeless shelter down- was not unanimous, and there was still town would likely attract more homeless room left for a compromise.

“We shouldn’t categorize this as the will to the area, diminish property values and of the city,” Patterson said. increase crime.

City Commissioner Paul Caragiulo ac“To think that out of all places in this county, 65 that were vetted, only three knowledged the split in opinion at Moncould be found and they happened to be day’s City Commission meeting.

“It is my understanding that the adminin North Sarasota,” Shaw said at a Sarasota City Commission meeting Monday. istration is fundamentally against having “That’s ridiculous to think that that wasn’t a shelter within the city limits,” Caragiulo preconceived … by powers that be … your said, “and I think that needs to be put on intent was to put it in North Sarasota in the record … there’s a sense that there’s a certain undermining going on.” the beginning.”

City commissioners said the originalOn Tuesday, county commissioners accused some Sarasota city commissioners ly proposed downtown Sarasota site at and administrators — Chapman was the 1330 N. Osprey Ave. was unavailable unonly one identified by name — of inten- til at least June 2015 because the parcel tionally stalling the selection of a site for was needed as a staging area for a nearby the downtown homeless shelter to ulti- deep-injection well construction project. mately block the project from being built. According to Applebee’s memorandum, “There is a clear path by the administra- city staff reported exploring other city tion in the city to sabotage this process,” properties to serve as the staging area but County Commissioner Joe Barbetta said. claimed no other options were available.

County staff, however, subsequently “It’s becoming a political football, and it’s just not proper. I think they’re insult- recommended the city contact UPS about ing Dr. Marbut ... and they’re insulting the using its property at 1530 N. Osprey Ave. as a possible alternate staging area for the public.”

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FIRSTHAND ACCOUNT As the City Commission remains divided on the subject of building a “Come as You Are” homeless shelter within the city, opponents are using the account of a Sarasota Police Department lieutenant as ammunition in the fight against the shelter.

At the March 3 City Commission meeting, Vice Mayor Willie Shaw invited Lt. Kevin Stiff to share his observations from visiting similar homeless shelters in San Antonio, Phoenix, Los Angeles and San Diego.

Most of his observations came from the Robert Marbut-designed Haven for Hope in San Antonio. Stiff said he informally polled 17 nearby business owners and residents, none of whom said the center has had a positive impact on the community.

Shelter opponents, such as Shaw and Commissioner Susan Chapman, have argued a homeless facility would be a burden on the city and serve as a magnet for regional transients. At Haven for Hope deep-injection well project.

Deputy Sarasota City Manager Marlon Brown “indicated that the city would explore this option,” Applebee wrote in his report.

Applebee, however, eventually sidestepped the city of Sarasota to make a request directly to UPS on behalf of Sarasota County for use of its site for either staging equipment for the city’s injection well project or potentially as a permanent location for the proposed downtown shelter.

Applebee said Tuesday that the UPS property was not for sale, ruling it out as a possible alternate location for the shelter.

The site could still be a possibility for the staging area, however, potentially freeing up the 1330 Osprey Ave. location for the shelter before 2015.

Applebee and Marbut also identified

and Central Arizona Shelter Services in Phoenix, Stiff reported a similar phenomenon.

“The manager (in Phoenix) feels the population is growing,” Stiff said. “They feel they’ve become a regional drop-off center.”

Stiff noted that he had no stance on whether the shelter should be built, and he also included recommendations for how to avoid the missteps of other facilities. In Phoenix, for example, the shelter manager said the group failed to properly communicate with the surrounding neighborhood; Stiff recommended holding regular community meetings in the area where the shelter is built to get feedback from residents.

Ultimately, Stiff said, the SPD will stand behind whatever the city decides is best.

“The police department is prepared to make whichever plan a success for the city,” Stiff said.

— David Conway two other downtown locations that would be suitable for a shelter — 1011 and 1502 N. Lime Ave. Applebee said he is continuing to research the viability of those sites.

During Tuesday’s County Commission meeting, Barbetta questioned Applebee about whether the proposed sites for the downtown shelter had failed their environmental assessments.

“There’s been no failure at this point,” Applebee said.

“On the record, last night Susan Chapman said that both sites had failed the environmental report,” Barbetta replied, referring to Monday’s City Commission meeting.

At that meeting, referring to the proposed homeless shelter sites, Chapman said: “With regard to the sites — if the sites keep flunking environmental tests, I don’t know what we’re going to do.”

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City attorney warns against St. Armands event ban The commission discussed extending its moratorium on St. Armands events, but the city attorney said that could cause legal action because it targets a specific event.

St. Armands Circle residents asked the Sarasota City Commission to consider extending a ban on special events on the Circle at a meeting Monday, but the city attorney cautioned commissioners about the legality of — and the motive behind — lengthening that moratorium.

Mayor Shannon Snyder said he wanted to consider extending a moratorium on events at St. Armands Circle Park through the end of the month after speaking with people on the Circle. Snyder said the extra traffic created by special events was a public safety concern. He questioned whether the benefits of an event in a busy area — specifically, the St. Armands Fine Art Festival, scheduled for April 26 and 27 — outweighed the negatives.

“If there’s a fire out there, an ambulance needs to get out to Longboat Key. There could be a problem,” Snyder said.

The moratorium was originally approved for Feb. 1 through April 20 of this year. The City Commission passed it after landowners, merchants and residents expressed concerns regarding nearby special events. Circle stakeholders said that the events cause added traffic congestion and compete with local businesses during the busiest part of the year.

A group of St. Armands residents attended Monday’s commission meeting, with St. Armands Residents Association Vice President Ed Rosenblum speaking in favor of the moratorium on their behalf.

Rosenblum said the city, in approving the original events ban, incorrectly identified the peak tourist season; the Florida Department of Transportation lists April 28 as the end of the peak traffic season.

Rosenblum agreed with Snyder regarding the potential safety issues.

“Your primary duty as a governing body is the public health, safety, welfare and morals, not commercial interests,” Rosenblum said. “On any scale where you place commercial interests against that primary duty, there’s no contest.”

Rosenblum pointed to a recent parking study conducted on St. Armands Circle during a similar art festival in November, during which 100% of the Circle’s parking spaces were occupied.

City Attorney Robert Fournier strongly opposed the idea of extending the moratorium this year. He said he believed people on the Circle were specifically targeting next month’s art festival because they asked the city to deny the permit for the event last summer. When the festival was ultimately approved, members of the St. Armands Landowners, Merchants and

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Residents, landowners and merchants near St. Armands Circle have voiced their opposition to an art festival scheduled to be held in the park at the end of April.

Residents group complained the city was forcing an unwanted event on them.

In the past, Rosenblum said the Landowners, Merchants and Residents group was allowed to approve or deny events held at St. Armands Circle Park. Fournier said permit applications were sent to the LMR for feedback, but nothing in the city’s code grants any power to the LMR — and doing so would potentially be an illegal delegation of governmental power to a private entity.

Fournier said he recommended the event be allowed because at least two similar art festivals have been held each of the past three years at the park, and traffic congestion is not listed as a reason to deny a special-events permit. He told commissioners there was reason to believe this request was specifically designed to prevent the St. Armands Fine Art Festival from taking place.

“I just think it’s a very bad idea, from a legal standpoint, for you to entertain extending this moratorium period where this one event is the specific target,” Fournier said.

Although multiple commissioners expressed some interest in extending the moratorium, the commission took no action at Monday’s meeting. Snyder maintained his position that an emergency

near St. Armands Circle would cause problems for the city.

“I wasn’t targeting one person,” Snyder said. “I’m worried about whether someone out there having a serious accident — which we know for a fact occurs — and how much personal liability are we going to take for that one?”

Fournier said the city would not have any liability in the situation Snyder described. For next year, the city’s specialevents ordinance could be revised to add new restrictions. Fournier acknowledged that the residents had valid concerns, but it was too late to do anything this year.

“We’ve all been out there during peak tourist season,” Fournier said. “The wishes of the LMR were very much taken into account when the moratorium was done.”

The attorney’s office is currently rewriting the city’s ordinance regarding special events. Fournier said he hoped to have something to the commission by May. Rosenblum said he was disappointed in the city attorney’s comments and said the residents were not specifically targeting any one event.

“The issue tonight is not about our special-events privileges,” Rosenblum said.

“The issue tonight has to do with public health, safety and welfare.”

NEWSBRIEFS + New lights installed at Five Points Park Last June, the Downtown Improvement District turned off the tree lights at Selby Five Points Park due to rising maintenance costs. On Friday, a new system made its debut.

The new lights were installed in 18 of the park’s 26 trees, illuminating the perimeter of the park. The Sarasota Downtown Merchants Association spearheaded the project after installing the same stringed white lighting system along the 1300, 1400 and 1500 blocks of Main Street.

The project was funded by the Downtown Improvement District, which paid for a portion of the $81,000 lighting system installed in 2011. After maintenance costs and issues escalated, the DID voted to turn off the lights and search for a new system last summer.

A request for proposals produced a winning submission of a color-change LED system that would cost up to $136,000, but the DID balked at the price. The merchants group approached the DID in January to request funding for the white lights, to which the DID ultimately agreed. The cost of installing and maintaining the new system over the next year is $36,380.

+ Indiana football player nearly drowns on Siesta Indiana University football player Isaac Griffith is in critical condition after a current pulled him past the swim buoy Monday at Siesta Key public beach.

According to a report from the Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office, Griffith went swimming around 6 p.m., after drinking alcoGriffith hol with Nick Stoner and Ty Smith, fellow Indiana football players, and Mitch McCune in their hotel room. Griffith, 19, appeared distressed after floating 15 yards past the buoy, after which McCune brought him to shore and performed CPR. Griffith’s breath was short and spo-

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BRIEFS / FROM PAGE 3A radic, and he was unconscious before emergency personnel transported him to Sarasota Memorial Hospital. Griffith is currently in a medically induced coma, according to his father, Shannon Griffith’s Twitter feed.

The National Weather Service had predicted severe thunderstorms throughout the day Monday, which included warnings about the risk for riptides and damaging wind gusts.

+ Nightclub owner plans lawsuit against residents Ambrish Piare, owner of the nightclub Ivory Lounge, says he’s filing a lawsuit in response to mounting grievances from nearby condominium residents.

Last week, the Plaza at Five Points Condominium Association and five individual condo residents received a letter, which notified them that Piare intended to bring legal action against them. The letter, written by attorney Andrea Mogensen, says Piare intends to make a number of claims against the condo residents, including slander, defamation and tortious

interference with a business relationship.

Piare said he decided to file the lawsuit because he now believes the residents care about getting the nightclub shut down, not about getting it to operate within the confines of the city’s noise ordinance.

“I don’t feel responsible whatsoever for us getting to this point,” Piare said. I have tried for two years to fix a problem that doesn’t exist. I have been fighting ghosts.”

Ron Rayevich, president of the Plaza at Five Points Condo Association, declined to comment on possible litigation.

+ Correction The business of birth story on page 2 of the March 13 Health Matters special section incorrectly stated the level of Manatee Memorial Hospital’s neonatal intensive care unit.

Manatee Memorial Hospital has a fully functioning Level II neonatal intensive care unit, staffed by neonatologists, which provides care to infants in Manatee County.

Manatee Memorial Hospital has received a certificate of need to develop a Level III neonatal intensive care unit.

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Sarasota’s Potter Park and Marie Selby Botanical Gardens have been selected for Macy’s “Heart Your Park” fundraiser program. The national program, which is part of Macy’s “Secret Garden” spring campaign, aims to raise not only money, but also awareness of local parks around the country.

Marie Selby Botanical Gardens More than 550 parks nationwide have been selected by Macy’s, in partnership with the National Recreation and Park Association, for the program.

Through Monday, March 31, Macy’s customers can donate $1 or more at the register to Selby Gardens and Potter Park.

At the end of the month, Macy’s will match the total customer donations, dollar for dollar, up to $250,000 in total.

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Another Broken Egg eatery Committee searches for street sculptures ready to hatch on Siesta A longtime Siesta Key breakfast hotspot is set to reopen March 31 under new management — and a slightly different name.

Another Broken Egg Cafe, part of a Louisiana-based chain comprising 33 restaurants, is set to reopen on the former site of The Broken Egg Cafe at 140 Avenida Messina in the Siesta Village. Despite the similar names, the two restaurants are not affiliated.

The Broken Egg Cafe originally had locations on Siesta Key, Clark Road and Lakewood Ranch. The Siesta Key location, opened in 1984, was the franchise’s standard bearer and a favorite dining spot for Siesta residents as well as famed basketball coach and commentator Dick Vitale (a Lakewood Ranch resident), who later frequented the Lakewood Ranch location when it opened in 2010.

Bob Kirscher, the Sarasotabased chain’s owner, sold the Siesta Key and Lakewood Ranch locations in November to Double R Restaurant Group, which operates the Another Broken Egg franchise. Kirscher sold his Clark Road restaurant to that location’s manager, Dawn Hair. Hair now operates the restaurant, located at 4031 Clark Road, under its original name. The restaurant’s website, however, includes a disclaimer: “Not affiliated with Another Broken Egg.” Stuart Ottinger, chief operating officer for Double R Restaurant

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Group, said the new restaurant will pay homage to the original Broken Egg. “Obviously it’s been a big part of the community for many years,” Ottinger said. “It’s still the Siesta Beach feel, but we took it up a notch.”

Ottinger added that, although the menu will change, The Broken Egg’s cheesy hashbrowns — a local favorite — will still be on the menu.

“They were famous for the potatoes, and that’s something we'll incorporate,” Ottinger said.

“We’re in this location for the long haul.”

Another Broken Egg Café is part of a chain of 33 restaurants across the southeast United States, California and Indiana. Ron Green founded the first restaurant in the chain in 1996 in Old Mandeville, La. In addition to the Siesta Key location, Another Broken Egg Café will also be opening April 7 at the former Broken Egg location in Lakewood Ranch.

Ottinger said the Siesta Key restaurant will likely hire about 30 employees from Sarasota County.

The Siesta Key location will hold a series of fundraising events to benefit local nonprofits in the run up to its official March 31 opening. Fundraising events will also be held at the Lakewood Ranch location prior to its opening.

Both locations have been closed since November for renovations, which matched the appearance of the new locations to the rest of the chain.

“We totally gutted and renovated the whole restaurant,” Ottinger said, referring to the Siesta Key location.

Asked if he had reached out to Vitale, and if the basketball legend would continue to frequent the restaurants, Ottinger said: “We'll continue to sell Dick Vitale memorabilia; we will have a table waiting for him daily and welcome him back at our restaurant. We hope he becomes a part of our family again.”

The Public Art Committee is tasked with making recommendations on artwork for the city’s forthcoming roundabout centers.

As the city prepares for the installation of new roundabouts, Sarasota’s Public Art Committee is beginning a search for artwork to be featured in those roundabout centers.

The committee held a special meeting Tuesday night to officially kick off the process of finding the art, which they will ultimately recommend to the City Commission for approval.

The project includes at least six roundabouts slated for construction in the heart of the city.

Committee Chairwoman Trulee Jamison said the group was looking for high-quality, largescale, freestanding original art to stand in the center of the roundabouts.

“The challenge is to move as quickly as is possible with a complex agenda and to ensure we’re doing it in the best way we can,” Jamison said.

The group is looking to bring in an expert for assistance in the search process. Although the committee wants to encourage participation, the nature of the project — outdoor sculptures that fit within the roundabout centers — places inherent restrictions on the search process.

Board member Tim Jaeger said a project manager was essential for finishing the project

in the best way.

“There’s a lot of language that needs to be put into this that’s very, very clear, formulating what it is we're looking for,” Jaeger said.

The group agreed to look for someone with experience curating a similar arts project. Before its next meeting, the committee members will do background research on potential project managers and reach out to cities that have also placed artwork in roundabout centers for more information.

The group briefly broached the subject of funding; $150,000 is available in the city’s Public Art Fund, but it was unclear whether that money could be used to hire a consultant. The group talked about eventually looking for larger community buy-in and participation.

With the earliest roundabouts scheduled for completion in 2015, the committee has time to discuss finer details. For now, the committee is focused on creating a thorough process that produces outstanding results.

“We want the best for our community — we don't want to miss an opportunity like this to have the best of the best,” Jaeger said. “It sounds very simple in its nature, but it’s extraordinary.”

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Bowing to a chorus of noise complaints from neighborhoods adjacent to Bob’s Boathouse restaurant, the Sarasota County Commission Wednesday approved amending the county’s noise ordinance to make it more restrictive.

The commission’s decision followed a procession of impassioned pleas from residents of neighborhoods adjacent to Bob’s Boathouse — 21 residents in all offered public testimony in support of tightening the county noise laws.

All affected residents at Wednesday’s public hearing wore blue as a sign of “unity and cohesiveness” in their effort.

Residents were primarily concerned by diminished property values and negative effects on their quality of life. Many who spoke also claimed adverse psychological and health effects from Bob’s Boathouse noise, including insomnia, dizziness, depression and headaches.

“This is unprecedented,” Commissioner Charles Hines said, referring to the volume of residents wishing to offer public testimony in support of the amendment.

The commission decided to change the noise ordinance in two ways. One addresses noise levels measured from the noise-generating property, while the other addresses the level of noise at receiving properties.

For sound levels measured at the generating property, the county lowered the limit by five decibels across all zoning categories.

In addition, the new law lowers that decibel limit by an additional five decibels between 10 p.m. and 7 a.m., a one-hour earlier shift from the previous ordinance, which lowered the limit at 11 p.m.

After discussion Wednesday, the commission also included a limit on noise as mea-

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sured by receiving properties.

Under the original ordinance change, the noise limits at the generating site and the receiving site were the same. River Forest Civic Association President Jim McWhorter pushed to further lower the sound limit at receiving properties to 60 decibels, which is in line with the standards of most Florida counties that measure at the receiving property, he said.

“The main reason we're recommending the 60-decibel limit is that is what it takes to limit the penetration of the walls,” McWhorter said “That’s what all the other counties use.”

County staff verified McWhorter’s claim.

Commissioners voted 3-1 to amend the ordinance; County Commissioner Joe Barbetta cast the one dissenting vote. Commissioner Carolyn Mason was not present.

Barbetta expressed sympathy for the neighborhoods affected by noise from Bob’s Boathouse, but had concerns about the enforcement of the new ordinance and the lack of input from area restaurant and bar owners in drafting the new sound rules.

“I think there are going to be huge unintended consequences of what we’re doing,” Barbetta said. “I don’t think this is a solution — I can’t support it.”

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The Sarasota Parks, Recreation and En- has offered insight on how to potentially vironmental Protection board is looking to aid the funding of maintenance. the public for a way to maintain and upCarolyn Brown, county manager of grade city parks without a budget increase. parks and recreation, said Friends of SaraThe board held a special meeting Feb. sota County Parks has been an invaluable 20 regarding the potential outsourcing of resource. In addition to raising funds for payment for parks and recreation ameni- various projects, the group has also volunties, at which point the group teered to maintain or provide decided to reach out to the services within the parks. community for assistance. Two “I don’t think “I cannot say enough good representatives from the parks things about them, because we should board spoke at this month’s Cothey are just totally awesome,” be having a alition of City Neighborhood AsBrown said. sociations meeting to drum up Brown said the decision to bake sale to community support for parks return most of the city parks fund our park came as county revenues were maintenance. maintenance significantly decreasing. The Before 2011, Sarasota County provided financial support for county still funds “regional when we’re all of the city’s parks. The county parks” within the city, such as entered a new interlocal agree- paying (taxes) Arlington Park and Lido Beach. twice.” ment with the city in 2011, which “We were looking to define included returning fiscal stew- — Cathy Antunes, what regional park meant — ardship of almost all of the parks Golden Gate Point those areas that basically serve back to the city. Todd Kucharski, the greater population, not the resident the city’s public works general little pocket parks that might manager, said the city has been just serve a small group of peostruggling with park upkeep ever since. ple in a surrounding community,” Brown “Turf maintenance has gone from being said. cared for to, now, we just mow it,” KucharThe county stepping away from fundski said. “If it’s green, it’s green.” ing city parks upset several representatives Carl Shoffstall, a member of the Parks, at this month’s CCNA meeting. Cathy AnRecreation and Environmental Protec- tunes, a resident of Golden Gate Point, said tion board, said the group was looking at city residents were county taxpayers, too, community-based options, such as form- and the conversation should begin there. ing a conservancy. Shoffstall said Friends “I don’t think we should be having a bake of Sarasota County Parks has been in com- sale to fund our park maintenance when munication with the city parks board and we’re paying (taxes) twice,” Antunes said.

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New Pass Longboat Pass

Everybody has erosion issues.

Anna Maria Island is finishing up a $12 million renourishment project. Longboat Key is wrestling with how to stabilize severe erosion on the north end of the Key, where the Gulf of Mexico is wiping away what little stands between the gulf and residential structures. And, of course, the residents and hotels on Lido Key are awaiting the renourishment of that important beach.

Most everyone along the coasts recognizes that if you’re going to keep all of the residences, hotels and businesses hugging the beachfront, that’s going to require constant maintenance.

And that logically leads to the next choices: How much sand is required; the sources of the sand; and how much it will cost to place the new sand.

Most everyone also knows the most economical sand is that which is nearest to its final destination.

And that’s why the sand in places like Longboat Pass, New Pass and Big Pass is so coveted for renourishment. That’s why the Longboat Key Town Commission is eyeing the buildup of sand in New Pass to renourish some of Longboat Key’s beaches. And that is why the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and city of Sarasota are eyeing the sand in Big Pass to renourish Lido Key. All of which begs the questions: Whose sand is it? And is the owner entitled to claim it and move it?

Look at the photo above of New Pass, which separates Longboat Key and Lido Key. The tons and tons of sand accumulating in the pass came primarily from Longboat Key. Longboat Key taxpayers paid a princely sum (with a little help from tourist taxes) to move that sand from one location in the Gulf of Mexico to Longboat’s beaches.

But Longboat taxpayers did

not purchase the sand. They only purchased the services of the dredger to transport it. The sand, it turns out, belongs to the state of Florida (or the taxpayers of Florida).

It’s the state’s sand, and the state is the authority that gives towns and cities permission to use and move the sand.

Now look at the tons and tons of sand in Big Pass separating south Lido Key and Siesta Key. That sand washed south from Longboat Key and primarily from Lido Key. Federal taxpayers (at 60%) and Sarasota city and county tourist taxes paid to move that sand originally to Lido Key. Now let’s go one more step.

Congress has designated all three of the above passes as navigational passes for boats, and as such it has directed the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to maintain navigational throughways in those passes.

So whose responsibilities and interests take precedence: those of the Army Corps’? The taxpayers who want their properties protected with beach renourishment; or the Siesta Key residents who say dredging Big Pass will hurt their properties?

Answer: You would think the greatest number with the greatest risk.

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+ ‘Medical’ marijuana

Here is a future scene in Florida based on “The Weekend Interview” in the March 15 Wall Street Journal. Associate Editorial Features Editor Bari Weiss interviewed Justin Hartfield, a marijuana entrepreneur in California. Here’s an excerpt: “The people I met who are involved in the California weed inustry emphasized marijuana’s healthful benefits. A young couple passing around their homegrown weed asked: ‘Will you be medicating with us?’ (I wouldn’t be.)

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with a medical-marijuana card was actually sick. It took me $150 and under an hour to get a card from a physician in Venice, even after admitting I was just in town for a visit. (My malady?

Stressful deadlines.)

“Though Mr. Hartfield naturally falls into the same tropes, using ‘marijuana’ and ‘medicine’ interchangeably, when I challenge him on it, he admits that the system is a ‘farce’” …

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presidential nomination. Bank on it.

Here’s the evidence: This month, Florida’s former governor is campaigning for shoo-in Republican governors in New Mexico and Nevada.

He’s speaking in Las Vegas to leaders of the Republican Jewish Coalition, an influential group backed by casino magnate Sheldon Adelson. And then he’ll co-host an education conference in Texas, where Hillary Clinton is also expected to speak. That’s a lot of face time.

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Dear Editor: “A citizen called?” How many citizens have been run over at this intersection when you could turn on red?

I live on Siesta and have for the past 15 years. I sat and watched the bridge try to open for water traffic, but couldn’t because the traffic was solid across the bridge.

More time wasted sitting in my car on the way to an appointment!

Who were the blind people who made this decision on a “citizen phone call?” Maybe that citizen was a guest on Siesta?

Get real, we who live here and support our merchants all year long, expect and deserve better judgment than this one.

Now send the police to write tickets, that will be the kicker — especially after a 45-minute wait from U.S. 41 to Midnight Pass Road.

Dee Clark Sarasota

+ Who’s minding the store?

Dear Editor: How soon we forget. The budget for the Siesta Key Beach Renovation Project was originally approved by the County Commission for approximately $15 million. That budget grew unchecked by staff to its current $21.5 million level with even more items suggested by staff that were not included in the

original program approved by the County Commission. This budget is characterized by excessive internal staff costs and estimates of construction costs so outrageously high that it even attracted the scrutiny and objections of the commission. Nevertheless, this budget was approved. Now guess what — the project is coming in “under budget” so now staff proposes using the “extra” funds to add all those goodies that staff, not commission, proposed during its reluctant prior approval. So what happen to the idea of simply spending less money at Siesta Key Beach if “savings” presented themselves so that other projects touted by the commission to lure the taxpayers into approving the surtax program could also be done? It would be interesting to review which of those projects were abandoned because of the amount of funds extracted for Siesta Key Beach.

Taxpayers always want to know who’s minding the store. Well, in this case it is not county staff and is certainly not the County Commission.

Stuart H. Barger Sarasota

Despite having $500 million to run the Sarasota County public schools, the school board is asking voters to continue funding a $45 million-a-year, one-mill property tax. The election is Tuesday, March 25, with early voting underway now.

We should all support highquality education for the good of our children and the future competitiveness of our country. But our public-school students already enjoy a high budget per student, and the generous pay and benefits of their teachers are already more than those of their private-sector counterparts.

Despite this, the school board and union representatives threaten dire classroom cutbacks, but say little about reducing expenses

+ Schools have enough Dear Editor: Sadly, the citizens of Sarasota are, once again, being hornswoggled by the Sarasota County School Board and teachers’ unions.

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The teachers’ unions are the T-Rexes of government-employees unions. Most public-school teachers and other government employees are forced to belong to unions, and a portion of their dues is earmarked for political contributions, over which they have no choice or control.

These coerced political contributions are then used by the union bosses to buy politicians, who then support policies favoring the unions, not the students. Example: Better education is one of the best ways to help promising young students out of poverty; poor families

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Sarasotans have seen the values of homes decline about 30% in recent years, while our property taxes have not. Nor have the budgets or employment rolls of the various parts of our local government.

Let’s be clear: The teachers’ unions have huge influence over the school board. Our property taxes and special assessments are now about a $1 billion annually, with more than half earmarked for public schools. That’s for a population of only about 375,000 citizens. That’s almost $14,000 per student per year.

Enough should be enough.

What’s more, let’s forget the substance of the argument and focus instead on the election process. Instead of holding this referendum at a regular November election time, the school board conducts this election in the spring when turnout typically is lower than in November elections. Four years ago, less than 18% of voters approved the tax.

The school board will say that everyone can vote, but if the school board believes in democracy, it should be encouraging voting by observing the conventional November schedule. While the school board will say the $45 million is well spent, the real issue is how the entire $500 million is being spent.

What can be done about this? One, voters can reject renewing the tax. Then, replace the school board with members who care about students, not unions; and hold these election when the turnout is greatest.

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Dear Editor: The loss of our science and technology center is a serious one. We need these kinds of places.

Over the past 15-plus years, it offered countless exhibits and programs and touched hundreds of thousands of people.

G.WIZ was a statement by our community that science mattered and was valued.

Science plays a critical role in our practical lives: It cures illness, helps us survive would-be fatal accidents; brought climate control, television and our beloved Internet.

Science centers and museums operate on a unique process in our brains. They change the way people perceive and understand phenomena by leveraging the affective (emotional) domain of learning, a powerful mechanism

for motivation and appreciation.

Science centers are petri dishes for budding engineers or doctors, where young minds, not just children, make sense of the world. They create opportunities to tinker, experiment and build. The G.WIZ Fab Lab was a fine example of this and was a direct statement and reminder that Americans still want and need to build things.

When the call comes, please support the next science and tech center through your time, money or influence. With no shortage of some of the finest cultural institutions in the area, Sarasota had only one place like G.WIZ, and I believe it can and must support a science center.

Our future and our competitiveness depend on it.

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The Army Corps sounds off on dredge backlash U.S. Army Corps of Engineers representatives say their intentions have been unfairly represented in the debate swirling around a proposed project to mine Big Pass for Lido Beach sand.

As Siesta Key and an area boating groups ratchet up their opposition to a proposed U.S. Army Corps of Engineers project to dredge Big Pass, representatives of the Corps dispute claims that they have overlooked the project’s potentially harmful consequences in a push to move it forward. They are also urging opponents to reserve judgment until all the data have been presented.

Representatives of the Army Corps were spurred to respond to their critics after they were publicly chastised for not attending a March 6 Tiger Bay debate, which pitted representatives of the city of Sarasota, who defended the $22.7 million project, against environmental activists and engineers who opposed it.

“The Corps has left the city standing at the altar,” said Jono Miller, an environmental activist who represented opposition to the dredge at the debate.

The Army Corps intended to send representatives to the debate, but pulled out five days beforehand. Army Corps representatives cited personal reasons and an incomplete environmental impact study, due in April, as their reasons for not attending the debate.

In a March 12 interview, one week after the debate, Army Corps of Engineers Project Manager Milan Mora — the project lead for the Big Pass dredge — pushed back against the notion that the Corps had abandoned the city to defend the project.

“The modeling will not be done until late April, so there's nothing new to talk about,” Mora said. “How can you oppose a project when the data is not even out for review?”

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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers plans to renourish 1.6 miles of Lido Beach. multiple Siesta Key business and neighborhood associations, including the Siesta Key Association, the Siesta Key Village Association and the Siesta Key Chamber of Commerce. The Sarasota Boaters’ Coalition also voted to officially oppose the dredge.

Opposition to the Army Corps’ plans is based on worries that a shrunken shoal would be less able to insulate Siesta beaches from storm surge during a hurricane or tropical storm. There are also worries that the dredge might inadvertently seal the pass off from boat traffic.

Mora claimed such concerns were not based on data, only rumors, adding that initial studies indicate the proposed dredge will not have any adverse effects on Siesta Key beaches or the navigability of Big Pass.

Mora said he was hesitant to publicly respond to criticisms about the dredge because he did not want to give the impression that the Army Corps was advocating for the project.

“This project is for the city of Sarasota;

they are our sponsor,” Mora said. “People don't understand that we are just presenting the facts. We're not trying to force anything down anyone’s throat.”

Mora also pushed back against calls for an independent review of the Army’s plans, claiming independent consultants had already reviewed a 2005 Beach Inlet Management Plan (BIMP) that analyzed the current project’s components and guided the Army’s proposal.

In a joint meeting between the city of Sarasota and the County Commission last year, Rob Patten, the Sarasota County environmental services director at the time of the 2005 BIMP, publicly stated that Mora’s comments were inaccurate. Patten said the 2005 study was an evaluation of possible strategies to manage sand from area inlets and was never intended to be a specific project plan.

“It is disingenuous and misleading to suggest that the specific groin and dredging plan now being proposed has been vetted by the public and other professionals,”

Patten later wrote in an email to Sarasota County commissioners.

Army Corps spokeswoman Susan Jackson denied the notion that the Corps was misleading the public or shielding its plans from further scrutiny.

“I understand the county or the city will peer-review this. Also the state will have to chime in, too,” Jackson said. “It’s not like we're forcing anything on anyone. We're here to present the facts.”

Mora argued some concerns about the potential environmental impact of the project were overblown. According to the Army Corps' plans, the proposed dredge would remove 1 million cubic yards of sand from the Big Pass Shoal, which is estimated to contain more than 30 million cubic yards of sand.

The size of the shoal is not a natural phenomenon, Mora also said, but likely the accumulated product of sand drifting off of Lido Beach, which has been renourished multiple times since the 1970s.

Mora did concede that some uncertainty remains in the project's environmental impacts, but the Army Corps was willing to adjust the scope of the project if data ultimately suggest it might harm the pass or nearby beaches. Mora cautioned against totally revamping the project, however, claiming such a move would set back the timeline for renourishing Lido Beach by 10 to 15 years.

“If there’s something here that they don't like about the project, we’ll go back and make the changes,” Mora said. “If there are chinks in our armor, we will address those accordingly.”

The Army Corps said it will publicly release its final environmental impact study sometime in April. The project will go before the Sarasota County Commission in May.

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a way to publicize facts that supported the renourishment last month, but Assistant City Manager Marlon Brown told board member John Kirker to wait for the Army Corps of Engineers to finish a report on the projected impact of the project, currently expected in April.

At that point, Kirker said, the city will begin to advocate more strongly for the project. Kirker agreed that it was best to let the city take the lead on publicizing the renourishment plan.

“This is not the Lido Residents Association’s project,” Kirker said. “We’re going to benefit from working with the city.”

At a meeting Saturday, some Lido residents feared they were falling behind in the realm of public opinion. Mollie Thibodeau pointed to a front-page story in the Sarasota Observer about Siesta Key residents bringing a piano out to Big Pass and playing “Let it Be” to discourage dredging. Thibodeau said if people on Lido weren’t more proactive, the effects could be devastating.

“We have another song that we might need to sing: ‘Nearer, My God to Thee,’” Thibodeau said. “I believe we’re in a Titanic situation here — we are sinking.”

Lido Key Residents Association Secretary Mary Moss said members of the group were diligently working behind the scenes to communicate with commissioners and other involved parties about the proposed project.

Thibodeau said she wasn’t trying to criticize the board’s work, but she wanted to make sure Lido residents were aware of what Siesta Key people were doing.

“Those folks are being proactive in a big way,” Thibodeau said. “This is just something to get people to go, ‘Oh!’” Kirker said the residents association had been looking at a more proactive approach, meeting with a publicist who works with the Ritz-Carlton to discuss an awareness campaign. Kirker admitted it was hard to stay silent regarding a topic

The Sarasota School Board voted Tuesday to approve by a 4-0 vote a 15-year extension to the charter certification for the Imagine School at Palmer Ranch.

On the eve of a trip to Tallahassee for a state school board meeting, the Sarasota County School Board reluctantly, but unanimously, approved a 15-year extension to a Palmer Ranch charter school's certification.

Despite reservations about the finances and test scores of the Imagine School at Palmer Ranch, the school board voted 4-0 at a board meeting Tuesday (board member Dr. Carol Todd was absent) to renew the charter school’s certification for 15 years.

The school’s charter certification was set to expire June 30, which required the district to renew its charter approval. The school opened in August 2009 under a five-year charter certification; the school board began reviewing the school’s renewal application at work sessions beginning Feb. 18. The district is required by state law to give a charter school 90 days’ notice if its charter is not being renewed.

Despite the board’s unanimous approval of the charter extension, several board members expressed reservations. They cited the Imagine School’s $132,520 deficit last year, which drove it to borrow money from its parent company, Imagine Schools out of Arlington, Va., and the more than two-thirds of the school’s third-graders scoring the lowest 1 or 2 on the math FCAT. “While I have reservations about a 15-year extension,” board member Shir-

ALSO DISCUSSED AT TUESDAY’S MEETING • The board approved a move to advertise for changes to the rules governing public speakers at school board meetings. The more stringent regulations on public speakers would include banning the use of CDs and DVDs during testimonies given during public forums.

• The School Board praised the Legislature’s decision to strike down a proposal to move high school start times statewide to 8 a.m. Board member Caroline Zucker said it would have been a “financial mess” to start district high schools at 8 a.m. due to school transportation conflicts. ley Brown said, “they are entitled to this with the understanding that we will be watching to see if steps are taken to correct the issues we brought up this morning.”

Several board members also expressed reservations about the duration of the charter extension, emphasizing they would be keeping a close watch on the school’s performance, and that its charter renewal was not a reprieve from district scrutiny.

“I have a hard time with this one,” board member Caroline Zucker said.

“I'm begrudgingly going to support this.”

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Two Sarasota County leaders were in attendance at Saturday’s Lido Key Residents Association meeting, and though they agreed Lido Beach needs to be renourished, they also attempted to stay out of the crossfire from Siesta Key. Virginia Haley, president of Visit Sarasota County, was the featured speaker at the meeting. Haley said there was no question that Lido Beach needed assistance, but she didn’t want it to potentially come at the expense of Siesta Beach.

“I have two beaches that I love and adore that have to be healthy for tourism,” Haley said. “Like my children, I’m not going to pick favorites.”

Haley suggested that the county bring in Stephen Leatherman as a consultant to evaluate the proposed project. Leatherman is better known as Dr. Beach, the expert who ranked Siesta Beach the No. 1 beach in the country in 2011.

Sarasota County Commissioner Nora Patterson agreed with Haley, but sought a different consultant to judge the potential effects of taking sand from Big Pass.

Patterson said the county has previously worked with coastal geologist Richard Davis, and that his input would be valued.

“I’m on your side, but I’m a careful person,” Patterson told the Lido residents.

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In the meantime, association Vice President Debbie Comer encouraged Lido residents to put Siesta stakeholders at ease.

She said that many people have a strong reaction to hearing the word “dredge” and are unaware of facts surrounding the proposal, including that it would use about 3% of the sand in Big Pass.

“We just want a tiny bit of our sand returned,” Comer said. “Let’s make it a friendly discussion so that everybody wins.”

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SANDRA FRANK An attorney by profession, All Faiths Food Bank CEO Sandra Frank says she discovered long ago where her true passion lay.

“I knew probably 20 years ago,” she says. “I went into a law firm, and within a few years, I discovered that it wasn’t motivating for me. I’m absolutely passionate about children, so since then, I’ve spent a career making sure kids are well-fed and cherished — as they should be.”

Frank worked in various positions in the nonprofit sector before arriving at All Faiths two years ago, where she says she quickly learned the importance of the organization.

Founded 25 years ago as a way for several faith-based organizations to combine their efforts, All Faiths is now considered the main fooddistribution hub in Sarasota and DeSoto counties, serving 41,000 people per year with approximately 7 million pounds of food.

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One of the nonprofit organization’s biggest challenges lies in meeting the growing demand for food, and it has recently undergone several expansions to keep pace.

Another concern is the seasonal nature of its donations.

According to Frank, both food and financial donations taper off when spring and summer arrive. In Sarasota County, where 50% of children qualify for free or reduced lunch at school, this issue is especially alarming as school — and its provided meals — end for the summer.

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Sandra Frank has spent the majority of her career in the nonprofit sector. She became CEO of All Faiths Food Bank two years ago.

Starting April 1, All Faiths will launch its Summer Hunger campaign, designed to counteract this trend. It will collect food and financial donations, and Frank says one of the easiest ways to contribute is for seasonal residents to empty their shelves and donate extra food before heading back north.

“I know that I grew up in very fortunate circumstances,” says Frank. “I’m very blessed, and I know it. You can’t help but see the suffering and hunger and shortages that surround us, so it’s important for all of us to do whatever we can to make sure everyone is well-fed and to make sure that children survive and thrive.”

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ISLAND TIME. Cregg and Deven Johnson brought their Observer along on a recent vacation to Vieques, which is an island off the coast of Puerto Rico.

The couple visited El Fortin Conde de Mirasol, a military fort the Spanish built in 1845.

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Envey enjoyed a stay at the Ras Nungwi Beach Resort, which is located off the coast of Tanzania.

FRENCH TWIST. Matt and Diana Buchanan took a break from honeymooning in Bora Bora to catch up on their Sarasota Observer news. The couple spent three weeks vacationing in Australia, New Zealand and French Polynesia.

GRACE PERIOD. Patrick Bossman, second from left, takes a break with fellow attendees at a database workshop, in Montpellier, France.

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+ Achin’ for bacon Members of the Founders Club welcomed the return of spring with its sixth annual pig roast Saturday, March 8. The evening was full of food, drinks, live music and camaraderie.

Attendees say the smell of roasting meat filled the evening air all the way to the golf course’s 18th hole.

+ Luck of the Irish Guests and employees of the RitzCarlton, Sarasota reportedly spotted a leprechaun early Monday morning. The leprechaun, who is rumored to be General Manager and Irishman Damien O’Riordan, left Ritz employees green bagels and donuts to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day. O’Riordan says he hoped the visit gave the ladies and gentlemen of the Ritz “a little giggle.”

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Dispute/Fight. A woman said that she and her neighbor had a verbal argument after her neighbor called animal services on her cat. The neighbor told officers that the cat came into her yard and “does its business,” which she does not like. Officers advised the woman to keep her animals from entering her neighbor’s property.

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PARENTAL CONTROL 7:30 p.m. — 2500 block of 10th Street.

Dispute/Fight. A man reported that a group of children shot his child with an airsoft gun in the parking lot of their apartment complex. The man said this was an ongoing issue with the children, who he believes do not live in the apartment complex. Officers told the man to speak with management and try to figure out the names of the children’s parents so the issue could be addressed.

MARCH 15 TRAFFIC JAM 1:22 a.m. — 1900 block of Ringling

POWER PLAY 10 p.m. — 2300 block of Ringling Boulevard. Suspicion General/ Unknown. An employee at a business reported that someone switched the building’s power off two times in the previous two days, and she suspected a transient was responsible. The incident occurred at the same time both days. The building’s security footage was too grainy to identify the person, but the officer said patrol officers would monitor the building for loiterers in the future.

Boulevard. Traffic Hazard. A man called to complain that a dark van was sitting in the thoroughfare. A nearby nightclub owned the van, and the man said he had gotten in a verbal dispute with the staff at the club a week earlier. The man said the nightclub was “getting out of control.” A staff member moved the van after the officer requested it be moved.

SPECIAL DELIVERY 3:32 a.m. — 1000 block of Villagio Circle. Suspicious Person. A woman reported that a man tried to kick her door in. When an officer arrived on the scene, a man who stated he was delivering newspapers approached him. The man said he threw a paper at the wrong apartment by mistake, and when he went to retrieve the paper, the woman began to yell through the door at him. The officer explained the situation to the woman, who insisted that the man tried to kick in her door.

MARCH 17 DIRTY LAUNDRY 5:45 a.m. — 200 block of Bahia Vista Street. Dispute/Fight. An officer was dispatched in response to a verbal dispute at a laundromat. An employee at the laundromat said that a woman refused to leave the business when asked. The woman left without incident after officers arrived.

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MARK YOUR CALENDAR SMA Fundraising Golf Tournament — takes place at 7 a.m. Sunday, April 27, at Heritage Oaks Golf and Country Club, 4800 Chase Oaks Drive.

Sarasota Military Academy’s Raiders, which won the Florida Gulf Coast All Star State Championship this year, is raising money for their state championship rings. The tournament will benefit the Raiders and wrestling teams. Registration is available for single golfers, foursomes and those only interested in attending the luncheon. For more information, call 6514952.

AdFest Suncoast AdBites Luncheon — runs from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Florida Studio Theatre, 1265 First St. Kinnexion CEO Jane Barr will share secrets and tips at this luncheon, titled “Energy Leadership: Leading with Ease and Integrity.” Admission is $25 for members; $35 for nonmembers and $15 for students. Seating is limited. For information and to register, call 927-7589.

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Junior League Home Tours — run from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday and Saturday.

Tour four homes in the Southside Village and Bird Key neighborhoods. The homes will be decorated in a different theme so visitors can enjoy the architectural design as well as take home some tips and tricks on how to entertain in various styles. A launch party will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday at the Tile Market, 1962 Main St. Tickets for the launch party are $45; tickets for the tours are $20. For information and to purchase tickets, visit JLSarasota.org.

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Sarasota Folk Festival — runs from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.

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SATURDAY, MARCH 22

Pineapple Antique Show — runs from 5 to 8 p.m. Friday; 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Sunday. The 38th annul Pineapple Antique Show includes more than 35 antique dealers and benefits local charities. On Friday, a preview party will be held with entertainment and hors d’oeuvres. Admission is $15 for all three days or $6 at the door. For information, visit pineappleantiqueshow.com.

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MOMENTS OF THE WEEK

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Former Riverview High and Sarasota Sharks swimmer Taylor Katz was one of 14 University of Florida women’s swimmers to qualify for the NCAA Championships March 20 to March 22.

PUSHING FORWARD

Shawna Sims, one of the Sarasota Crew’s most decorated rowers, will row for the University of Virginia next year.

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Sarasota Crew senior rower Shawna Sims overcame a career-threatening injury her sophomore season to earn national and international accolades.

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The Sarasota Christian girls basketball team finished third in Class 2A in the FABC/ Source Hoops Girls Basketball state rankings.

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The Cardinal Mooney boys lacrosse team posted doubledigit wins over St. Stephen’s and The Out-of-Door Academy March 12 and March 15, respectively.

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Josh Bonynge hit a home run and a triple to lead the Cardinal Mooney baseball team to a 4-1 victory over St. Pete Catholic March 12.

SARASOTA — Shawna Sims had to let her body do the talking.

Her health and her future as an elite rower depended on it.

The Sarasota Crew rower suffered a blood clot, which began in her left leg, traveled up her hip and ultimately resulted in a pulmonary embolism.

She didn’t think much of her injury, at first.

“I thought, ‘This isn’t a big deal,’” Sims says.

Sims spent nearly three weeks in the hospital, during which time doctors placed a stent in her hip.

At that point, doctors told her she might not be able to row again because her rowing motion could weaken the stent in her hip.

At that point, the Venice High senior and Sarasota resident was forced to take a step back and reevaluate the situation.

“I didn’t believe them,” Sims says.

“I knew I was going to do whatever it took to row again. I just had to listen to my body and get over it, and once I was healthy enough, I dove right in.”

Sims spent eight months of her sophomore year recovering from her injury and regaining her strength and cardiovascular fitness to be able to compete.

Sims returned to the water in spring 2012, and she hasn’t looked back since, having won multiple state championships while also competing in both the USRowing Youth National Championships and the World Rowing Junior Championships.

Most recently, Sims won the women’s single and varsity 8+ races at the Sarasota Invitational Feb. 22 and the varsity 8+ and the varsity 4+ races at the OARS Youth Invitational March 8.

Sims, who will row for the University of Virginia next year, will return to the water March 22 in a triple dual meet with Winter Park, Tampa Plant and the Bolles School, at Nathan Benderson Park.

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Shawna Sims, right, celebrates with her Team USA teammates after winning the silver medal in the 4x at the World Rowing Junior Championships in August.

“I don’t like sitting on the sidelines,” Sims says. “In a competitive sport like this, if you miss one practice you feel like you’re taking a step back. But I think maybe I progressed more knowing how hard it was to get better in the sport.

“If it weren’t for my hip, I don’t know if I would’ve reach the level that I’m at now,” Sims says. “It forced me to take a step back and refocus.”

True calling

Sims began rowing when she was in seventh grade, after watching her older sister, Shannon, delve into the sport. Sims joined the Sarasota Scullers, where she rowed for two years before moving over to the Sarasota Crew at the end of her freshman year.

“It was confusing at first learning the different strokes and what everything meant,” Sims says. “It’s interesting, though, because it takes a competitive side.”

During her freshman year, Sims moved from the freshman 8+ boat to the varsity 8+ boat in which she helped the Scullers win a gold medal at the 2011 FSRA State Championship.

Sims went on to win gold medals

in the women’s lightweight 4+ at the 2011 Southeast Youth Championship and the 2011 USRowing Youth National Championships.

Sims realized she had found her calling.

“I thought, ‘Hey, maybe I have a future in this,’” Sims says.

Sims prioritizes her time between the varsity 8+ and singles races. Although she admits the varsity 8+ race is where her true passion lies.

“We all have to come together to make it go faster,” Sims says. “It’s a very powerful race. This is definitely a team-driven sport, and the (varsity) 8+ is very motivating.”

As a junior, Sims helped the Crew’s varsity 8+ boat win its B final at the national championships, posting the nation’s third-fastest time in 6 minutes, 47.98 seconds.

Following the national championships, Sims attended the USA selection camp where she was chosen to represent Team USA in the World Rowing Junior Championships in August in Lithuania. Sims won a silver medal in the 4x, crossing the finish line in 6:35.33 to finish second behind Italy (6:34.44).

The race was named Race of the Year after Team USA moved up

from sixth place to second place in the race’s final 500 meters.

“It was an amazing experience,” Sims says. “Everyone was extremely motivated, and we all connected so well both on and off the water.

We knew if we connected together we could pull it out and we did. It was an amazing race.”

Sims is no longer eligible for the World Rowing Junior Championships, but she has aspirations of trying to earn a spot on Team USA’s U23 team and furthering her goal of being an international rower.

Following her senior season, Sims will prepare to take her talents to Virginia. Sims signed with the Cavaliers in November. Sims decided she wanted to row in college last year after watching her sister go on to row at Duke University.

Now, Sims is eager to learn from a new group of girls and a program that is on the rise, having won team national championships in 2010 and 2012.

“I’m looking forward to more competition and be able to learn from the upperclassmen,” Sims says. “They have more experience and have more time (invested), so just to see where they’ve been and to learn from new coaches and teammates in a new environment.”

But first, Sims is looking to close out another successful season with the Crew — one she hopes will end with another national championship.

“We’re such a family and we have such a different subculture here,” Sims says. “I knew I was home when I went to be with the Sarasota Crew.

“I’ve learned so much; and I hope I’m remembered not only for my focus but my self motivation and helping other people be motivated and reach their full potential.”

Contact Jen Blanco at jblanco@ yourobserver.com.

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WEEKLYROUNDUP OUT-OF-DOOR ACADEMY VS. CARDINAL MOONEY LACROSSE

Kimmy Comito scored seven goals and added four assists to lead The Out-ofDoor Academy girls lacrosse team to a 16-3 victory over district rival Cardinal Mooney March 11.

Adelaide Mahler had two goals and two assists.

Tess Siciliano, Taylor Albano and Abby Lagasse each had two goals. Lexi Meyers also had a goal.

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REAGAN GRIFFITH Cardinal Mooney High sophomore Reagan Griffith scored eight goals and notched two assists to lead the boys lacrosse team to a 20-5 victory over St. Stephen’s in district action March 11.

The Cougars attackman followed up his performance with four goals and an assist

in the Cougars’ 18-7 district victory over rival The Out-of-Door Academy March 15.

Griffith, who has been playing lacrosse for the past seven years, has 37 goals and six assists on the season and has helped lead Cardinal Mooney to a 5-2 (3-0) record.

I liked lacrosse from day one. It was something new and different. I never played a sport like it before.

That first season was kind of hard, but after that it started to come more naturally to me and I practiced a lot during the offseason.

It may not seem like it, but it’s not just me doing everything. It’s the team passing the ball around and having good ball movement. I’m just finishing it off. I’m just there for looks.

Right now my main goal is to try and get colleges to look at me. I’ve always wanted to play for Syracuse. I’ve just always liked the school. It’s a good school.

Above: ODA seventh-grader Adelaide Mahler finished with two goals and two assists.

Left: Cardinal Mooney sophomore Farrah Nelson prepares to pass the ball to an open teammate.

Starting as a freshman in high school has been my fondest moment so far. We had a lot of good competition on the team, and it felt good to be the best.

I started out at midfield before my coach decided to switch me to attack. I (definitely) like attack though, because I’m better at offense than defense. The hardest part about lacrosse is when you’re playing a really good team and they try to shut down a specific player. That’s happened to me a couple of times this season. It’s frustrating, but I just try to get the ball to my teammates and get them to score.

Over the summer, I play West Florida Lacrosse. The competition is a lot more difficult because we travel to different states. It’s given me a lot of good looks at other kids and their playing styles up North.

ODA seventh-grader Lexi Meyers scored a goal for the Lady Thunder in the first half.

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+ SCS beats Booker in five innings The Sarasota Christian softball team improved to 4-1 with a 12-2 victory over Booker in five innings March 15.

Cheyenne Miller pitched three innings, allowing one hit while striking out four.

Devyn Mulligan pitched the final two innings for the Lady Blazers, allowing one hit while striking out two.

Alyssa Miller went 2-for-3 with three RBIs to lead the way for Sarasota Christian at the plate.

McKenzie Clark went 2-for2 with two RBIs. Miller went 2-for-3 with two RBIs. Audra King went 1-for-3 with two RBIs. Kayte Sepper hit a double to lead the way for Booker.

+ Riverview Rams run wild at meet The Riverview High boys and girls track teams both posted impressive finishes at the 5th annual USF/George Steinbrenner Invitational March 15.

The boys team scored 28 points to finish sixth in the 45-team field while the girls team finished 19th.

Individuals placing in the top 10 include: Richie James (second, 200-meter dash; eighth, triple jump; 10th, long jump) Blake Riley (third, 3,200) Bryce Vokus (sixth, 1,600) Peter Larson (eighth, discus) Tony Mascolino (eighth, discus)

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+ Sarasota Sailors remain unbeaten Sam Carillo went 3-for4 with two RBIs to lead the Sarasota High baseball team to an 11-1 victory over Braden River in Class 7A-District 10 action March 14.

Mason Dancer went 2-for-2 with two RBIs. Pitcher Evan Mendoza allowed one run on two hits and a walk while striking out three in four innings of work.

Connor Steinfeld and Billy Sadlo

+ Sarasota Military Academy The Sarasota Military Academy wrestling team held its end-of-the-season banquet March 6 following its first year of postseason eligibility.

Junior Connor Steinfeld received the Most Valuable Wrestler award, which is awarded to the wrestler who scores the most team points. Steinfeld also received a Captain Award and the Dan Gable Award, which is in recognition of outstanding dedication to the pursuit of excellence.

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+ ODA baseball sweeps Mooney The Out-of-Door Academy baseball team completed a regular-season sweep of rival Cardinal Mooney with a 5-2 victory in Class 3A-District 10 action March 15.

Austin Hoppe pitched a complete game, allowing three hits while striking out five.

Parke Phillips hit a double and scored a run in the first inning. Jake Romine added a two-run double in the fifth inning.

Cardinal Mooney pitcher Josh Bonynge struck out eight and walked two.

Christian Maglich had an RBI single for the Cougars in the second inning.

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Junior Xavier Miller received the Colonel Saputo award, which is awarded to the wrestler who never gives up and continues to work hard.

Finally, Logan Gow received a Captain Award for his dedication and leadership.

In its first year of postseason eligibility, SMA sent eight wrestlers to the regional tournament and two to the state tournament.

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(No. 3), Janum Trivedi (No. 4) and Jon Eichenbaum (No. 5) all earned singles victories for the Thunder. Garcia and Jones then teamed up for a victory in No. 1 doubles.

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Connie and Rooney Mereness cheer on the participants.

Theresia Griffin crosses the Ringling Bridge.

Luis Guilamo and Luis Adarve celebrate crossing the finish line neck and neck.

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Runners from around the country hit the pavement early Sunday, March 16, for the ninth annual Sarasota Half Marathon. More than 4,500 runners took off from the Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall and followed the course over the Ringling Bridge and along North Tamiami Trail, while cheering supporters lined the streets.

Defending champion Evan DeHart came in first place, while Sara Petrick defended her title as fastest woman for the second year in a row. “It feels really good,� said DeHart after the race.

Left: Stephanie Fung celebrates with Evan DeHart.

Right: Jennifer Pelham and Kira Chamberlain

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Jessical Repologle, Ashley Niewiadomski and Ashley Campbell celebrate runners and the earlymorning start.

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Riverview Kiltie Band marches in historic parade UNIFORM LOOK

Senior Ashley Gilbert plays the tuba.

The Kiltie Band’s uniform reflects Sarasota’s Scottish heritage. The MacDonald dress is a bright maroon and white with blue and other colors. The Scottish Highland uniforms take about five to 10 minutes to put on.

“At first, it takes forever,” says tuba player Becca Stanco of the 12-piece uniform, “but now it’s almost second nature.”

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The Riverview High School Kiltie Band performed in the New York City St. Patrick’s Day Parade Monday.

The Kiltie Band, which includes a color guard, bagpipers, a drumline, Highland dancers and a wind ensemble, marched 1.5 miles along Fifth Avenue to St. Patrick’s Cathedral on 79th Street.

The New York City St. Patrick’s Day Parade has taken place since

1762 and is the oldest and largest parade in the U.S. celebrating the holiday.

Kiltie Band Director Mark Spreen said the parents, students and members of staff involved were excited and well prepared.

“These kids have spent hundreds of hours preparing, practicing over and over again to ensure a perfect performance,” Spreen said.

ent title in the band: the thicker the cords, the higher the ranking. A triple braid represents a section leader, while a single braid symbolizes a lieutenant.

All Riverview seniors wear a blue cord. was chosen for the band’s battle jacket, which has eight buttons.

E. BELT: The belt and breastplate are used to secure the kilt. They can be adorned with pins earned from academic achievement.

F. KILT: Students wear a traditional wool kilt.

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As drum major, J.D. Karman has co-conducted and led the Kiltie Band since November. He says that, as a senior, it feels like it is his time to lead the band.

Before he was drum major, Karman played the alto saxophone. Karman said that although he and his band mates were ready for the parade, they were slightly anxious. “It’s only Fifth Avenue,” he said.

Senior Chris Collins has been on the drumline since he was in middle school and was excited for the parade and to visit New York for the first time.

“Playing all together is always fun,” says the second bass line drummer.

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Sam Snead’s invites all to celebrate their Irish roots

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Sam Snead’s held its seventh annual St. Patrick’s Day party Saturday. The party was held outside the Southside Village restaurant on Hillview Street.

Brian Sullivan, co-owner of Sam Snead’s, says he enjoys hosting the party because it lets everyone celebrate their Irish roots.

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Right: Reagan, Devin, Pam and Brian Sullivan celebrate together.

Sue Sica, Dave Little, Jack Morlock, Dean Ducker, Morris Stones and Yvonne Bonne dress for the occasion.

Colleen Putnam enjoys her balloon flower.

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Carol Pettengill doesn’t know what attracts people to the harmonica, but, like so many of her students, she can’t stop playing.

“They just showed up and have never left,” she says of her harmonica students.

Pettengill has Neighborhood: played the harIndian Beach/ monica since she Sapphire Shores was a child and is the founder and Your neighbor since: 2012 instructor of Senior Friendship Centers’ harmonica band, Second Wind.

Pettengill moved in 2010 to Sarasota from Cambridge, Mass., where she lived with her partner, Liz Bergmann, after retiring from an administrative position in San Diego.

Soon after their move, Pettengill began teaching members of her church, the Center for Spiritual Awareness, to play the harmonica. Although she had played the harmonica for most of her life, this was Pettengill’s first time instructing others on how to play the instrument.

In 2011, Pettengill approached the

Sarasota County Technical Institute about teaching a harmonica class. She expected four or five students, however, the class became the most popular one offered. With a waiting list of 24 students, Pettengill had to teach three classes of 14 students a week for two semesters.

“People light up when they play,” she says.

Pettengill enjoys playing melodic songs by ear, which means she can play almost any song on her favorite harmonica, a Hohner diatonic.

When she performed at the Sun Circle Art Festival last week, her playlist included “Come Sail Away” by Styx and Beethoven’s “Ode to Joy.” When she’s not teaching, Pettengill works on her book of songs for harmonica players, which she hopes to finish before next year.

Pettengill believes the harmonica’s popularity stems, in part, from its simplicity.

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Anjou Burkmier dresses for spring.

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Cook-off spices up families’ weekend Hundreds of barbecue-lovers flocked to Phillippi Estate Park for the annual Firefighters Rib Cook-Off Saturday.

Families enjoyed live music, cold drinks and plenty of hot ribs slathered in a variety of sauces.

Proceeds from the event benefit the Sarasota Firefighters Benevolent Fund.

Tegan Hoffman bites into a rib.

Photos by Harriet Sokmensuer

Above: Payton Snyder, Hayden Taylor, Julia Jekonski and Ethan Snyder hang out behind Station 1 of downtown Sarasota’s booth.

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Forbes, who joined C12 in 2008, has built several businesses over the years, including Transamerica Lubricants and FARO Bearings and Paneolio in Sarasota.

Forbes also leads the Men of Redeemer group and has served on Redeemer’s Evangelism Committee.

He is currently responsible for recruiting ushers for holiday services and volunteers with Caritas, which provides emergency assistance to those in need.

Originally from Portland, Ore., Forbes moved in 1997 to Sarasota.

+ Salvation Army Advisory Board installs new officers + PrimeLending adds Dr. Richard Rehmeyer was installed downtown location as the chairman of the Salvation Army Advisory Board.

Executive Committee member Neil Scott moved to vice chairman, and Dale Woodling moved to secretary. New committee member Paul Sutton is now the treasurer.

In addition, four new advisory board members were approved for a threeyear term: Dr. Bill Brian, Chief of Police Bernadette DiPino, Col. Stephen Moyer and Michelle Burke-Phillips.

In addition to meeting basic human needs for families and individuals by providing emergency and intermediate shelter, food, clothing, counseling, training and health care, the Salvation Army also provides prevention programs and emergency disaster services.

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Annual gala celebrates cultural diversity

Nani Maloney, Randy Avon and Lucy Rosenbluth traveled from around the country to celebrate Linda Rosenbluth.

The Sister Cities Association of Sarasota held its fourth annual One World Gala Sunday at Michael’s On East. The event honored Linda Rosenbluth, former president of the Sister Cities Association of Sarasota, and Embracing Our Differences, an outdoor juried art exhibit that celebrates diversity, for their involvement with the association and the community.

Members and guests celebrated the association’s 51st anniversary with a dinner program including pianist Giulia Vazzoler from Sarasota sister city, Treviso, Italy.

Photos by Harriet Sokmensuer

Troy and Elke Scott, Craig Hullinger, Sister Cities Association of Sarasota President Beth Rulye-Hullinger and Treasurer Werner Knoop and his wife, Briana

Irene Leung, Sister Cities Association of Sarasota’s vice city director of Xiamen, China, with Clement and Patricia Tan

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By Adam Hughes | Research Editor

Condominium in La Bellasara sells for $4.25 million The following residential real estate transactions took place between March 3 and March 7.

A condominium in La Bellasara tops all transactions in this week’s real estate.

Daniel Long III, trustee, sold the Unit PH9B condominium at 464 Golden Gate Point to C.L. Bonci, trustee, of Sarasota, for $4.25 million. Built in 2006, it has four bedrooms, four baths, one half-bath and 5,469 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $4.63 million in 2012.

1982, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,729 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $675,000 in 2013.

The Residences

Gisele Domian, of Lakewood Ranch, sold her Unit 1106 condominium at 1111 Ritz-Carlton Drive to Ellen Levine, of Springfield, Ohio, for $734,500. Built in 2001, it has one bedroom, one bath, one half-bath and 1,408 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $682,500 in 2012.

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Charles and Cindy Shelter, of Sarasota, sold their Unit 601 condominium at 258 Golden Gate Point to George Mitchell and Herbert West, of Sarasota, for $1,625,000.

Built in 2004, it has three bedrooms, three baths, one half-bath and 3,031 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $1,595,000 in 2010.

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Glenn Duffy, trustee, of Sarasota, sold the home at 1719 Shoreland Drive to Jerry and Denise Wilterding, of Sarasota, for $685,000. Built in 1968, it has three bedrooms, three baths, one half-bath and 2,568 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $225,000 in 2011.

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Unit PH9B at 464 Golden Gate Point has four bedrooms, four baths, one half-bath and 5,469 square feet of living area. It sold for $4.25 million.

Jacqueline Russell, Caroline Daher, Danielle Gladding, John Desrosiers, Jeanne Hill and David Desrosiers, of Sarasota, sold their Unit 73 condominium at 340 S. Palm Ave. to John and Priscilla Schlegel, of Sarasota, for $1.35 million.

Built in 1998, it has two bedrooms, three baths and 2,437 square feet of living area.

Ave. to Scott Middleton, of Sarasota, for $995,000. Built in 1925, it has three bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 2,331 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $885,000 in 2003. There is a second building with one, bedroom, one bath and 567 square feet of living area.

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Jeannette Watling-Mills sold her home at 1407 Tangier Way to Steven and Meg Wittmer, of Sarasota, for $1.25 million. Built in 1957, it has four bedrooms, four baths, a pool and 2,751 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $92,000 in 1977.

Morton Terrace

Bryan and Anita Beebe, of Bozeman, Mont., sold their home at 1539 Orange

Steven and Mary Paschall, of Sarasota, sold their Unit E-411 condominium at 100 Central Ave. to Robert and Cheryl Pecorella, of Tenafly, N.J., for $959,000. Built in 2005, it has two bedrooms, two baths, one halfbath and 2,173 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $901,000 in 2007.

Johnson Estates

Beatriz Orive sold her home at 1630 Ke-

nilworth St. to Matthew and Carroll Eckert, of Ponte Vedra, for $810,000. Built in 1971, it has three bedrooms, two baths, one half-bath, a pool and 2,085 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $525,000 in 2009.

Condominium on the Bay

Nicholas Salerno, of Bradenton, sold his Unit 1 condominium at 902 Blvd. of the Arts to Paul Yoder, of Sarasota, for $760,000. Built in 1982, it has three bedrooms, two baths, one half-bath and 2,037 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $367,500 in 1985.

Andre Clavel, of Nice, France, sold his Unit 805 condominium at 888 Blvd. of the Arts to Elliot Cohen and Arlene Grossman, of Woodmere, N.Y., for $580,000. Built in

Sarasota Bay Club

Sarasota Bay Club LLC sold the Unit 620 condominium at 1299 N. Tamiami Trail to Frank and Rita Shewer, of Sarasota, for $600,000. Built in 2003, it has two bedrooms, two baths, one half-bath and 1,849 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $725,000 in 2010.

Sarasota Bay Club LLC sold the Unit 808 condominium at 1301 N. Tamiami Trail to Ernest and Mary Schulz, of Sarasota, for $548,000. Built in 2000, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,546 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $575,000 in 2006.

Town of Sarasota

L. Tyson and Nancy Betty, of Gainesville, sold their home at 200 Cocoanut Ave. to Michael and Deborah Bangser, of Sarasota, for $585,000. Built in 2000, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,494 square

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Bayfront Point on Longboat Key 669 Halyard Lane MLS# A3991643 $2,875,000

Source: Sarasota County; city of Sarasota

Brand New Coastal Design feet of living area. It previously sold for $350,000 in 2000.

Poinsettia Park

Bas and Jennifer Verhagen, of Osprey, sold their home at 1928 Rose St. to Carlos and Jane Fidalgo, of Sarasota, for $560,000. Built in 1952, it has three bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 1,836 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $294,000 in 2009.

Palm Place

F. Douglas and Veronica Day, of Sarasota, sold their Unit 106 condominium at 755 S. Palm Ave. to Jerome and Judith Infantino, of Rochester, N.Y., for $540,000.

Built in 1983, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,421 square feet of living area.

It previously sold for $112,000 in 1996.

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1754 Sandalwood Drive MLS# A3993343 $2,249,000

Seibert Modern on Deep Water 3985 Roberts Point Road MLS# A39987178 $1,890,000

Jonathan Abrams 5100 Ocean Blvd. • Siesta Key 6157 Midnight Pass Rd # B-32 #A3992772 $396,900 Marlene & George Marshall

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6740 41St Street E Cir #A3990226 $335,000 Bernadette Caswell

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Mid Longboat 383.5502 • South Longboat 383.7591 • St. Armands 388.4447 • Main Street 951.6660 Palmer Ranch 966.8000 • Siesta Key 349.3444 • Venice 485.5421 • Englewood 473.7750

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4300 Higel Ave #A3951718 $10,975,000 Karen Melk

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Sunset Towers

James Raybon sold his Unit 101 condominium at 11 Sunset Drive to Tracey McLeod, of Brookline, Mass., for $435,000. Built in 1980, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,559 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $235,000 in 2013.

Cedar Cove Estates

Frederick Nowicki and Nora Nowicki, of Sarasota, sold the home at 1972 Baywood Terrace to John and Margaret LaForge, of Sarasota, for $412,000. Built in 1977, it has three bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 2,196 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $359,000 in 2003.

Regency House

Steven and Lori Bradley, of Sarasota, sold their Unit 706 condominium at 435 S. Gulfstream Ave. to Wallace Schroeder, of Weehawken, N.J., for $385,000. Built in 1972, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,304 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $187,500 in 1999.

Huntington Pointe

Nick and Barbara Caras, of Lakewood Ranch, sold their home at 4197 Hearthstone Drive to John and Fay Lawton, of Bristol, Va., for $350,000. Built in 1991, it has three bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 2,095 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $211,000 in 2000.

J Wood Holdings LLC sold the home at 4098 Hearthstone Drive to Milan Prochazka and Petra Adamcova, of Sarasota, for $334,000. Built in 1992, it has four bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 2,416 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $237,000 in 2011.

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baths, one half-bath and 2,040 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $185,400 in 1981.

Renaissance

CP Stamford Properties LLC sold the Unit 1004 condominium at 750 N. Tamiami Trail to Anne Hoerning, of Breezy Point, N.Y., for $290,000. Built in 2001, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,180 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $245,000 in 2012.

Sapphire Heights

Zoe Feldman, of Washington, D.C., sold her home at 5012 Eastchester Drive to Nickolas Dwyer, of Sarasota, for $270,000. Built in 1940, it has two bedrooms, one bath and 1,555 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $205,000 in 2003.

Landings South

Robert Silverman, trustee, of Sarasota, sold the Unit 102 condominium at 5257 Heron Way to Joan Penzell, of Sarasota, for $269,000. Built in 1986, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,588 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $207,000 in 2010.

Gulf Gate

Michael and Mary Flaherty, of Cranston, R.I., sold their home at 3151 Regatta Circle to Sharon and Bernard Stein, of Spencerport, N.Y., for $250,000. Built in 1970, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,828 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $180,000 in 2011.

Colonial Terrace

Zane Zynda, of Sarasota, sold his home at 2846 New England St. to Laura Arterburn, of Sarasota, for $240,000. Built in 1979, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 1,832 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $200,000 in 2004.

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Perrone and Associates Inc. sold the home at 3993 Roberts Point Road to Jaime and Lisa Castro, of Sarasota, for $1.85 million. Built in 1995, it has five bedrooms, four baths, one half-bath, a pool and 4,151 square feet of living area.

It previously sold for $1.45 million in 2013.

John and Caryl Sweeney, of Osprey, sold their home at 8407 Midnight Pass Road to Andrew and Jayne Appleyard, of Halifax, England, for $1.65 million. Built in 1986, it has three bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 2,873 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $630,000 in 1997.

Dolphin Bay

Frank Sellinger, of Brissago, Switzerland, sold his Unit 38 condominium at 1492 Landings Lake Drive to Stephen and Karen Golden, of Sarasota, for $307,000.

Built in 1981, it has three bedrooms, two

Village Green Club Estates

Miron and Kazimiera Bucik, of Sarasota, sold their home at 3531 Pembrook Drive to Frantisek Huska, of Sarasota, for

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Built in 1979, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,361 square feet of living area.

It previously sold for $701,000 in 2004.

Island Reef

Michael Braun, of Ossining, N.Y., sold the Unit C-502 condominium at 8776 Midnight Pass Road to Julie and Daniel Murphy, of Paris, Ill., for $485,000. Built in 1975, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,338 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $780,000 in 2006.

H. Jeffrey and Barbara Weyeneth, of Sarasota, sold their Unit 405-H condominium at 8779 Midnight Pass Road to William Brady and Geraldine Devlin, of Sarasota, for $435,000. Built in 1980, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,303 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $380,000 in 2003.

Siesta Harbor

Norman Rau, of Sarasota, sold the Unit 401 condominium at 1350 N. Portofino Drive to Jerry Crawford and Carolyn Crawford, trustees, of Severna Park, Md., for $395,000. Built in 1969, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 991 square feet of living area.

Thomas Donlon Jr., trustee, of Chicago, sold the Unit 301 condominium at 1240 Dolphin Bay Way to Kelly McNett, of St. Louis, for $770,000. Built in 1998, it has three bedrooms, three baths and 2,200 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $370,000 in 1998.

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Thyrza Jacocks, trustee, of Sarasota, sold the Unit 406 condominium at 20 Whispering Sands Drive to Thomas and Eva Johnson, of Beverly, Mass., for $650,000. Built in 1973, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,282 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $764,000 in 2012.

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$235,000. Built in 1970, it has three bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 1,699 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $135,000 in 1999.

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. sold the home at 3365 Spring Mill Circle to Michael and Eunika Yates, of Sarasota, for $203,000. Built in 1972, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 1,752 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $394,500 in 2006.

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Rita Sinaiko, of Sarasota, sold her Unit 608 condominium at 5780 Midnight Pass

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Steven Bramley, of Sarasota, sold his home at 6530 Sabal Drive to 6530 Sabal LLC for $320,000. Built in 1955, it has three bedrooms, two baths, one half-bath and 1,909 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $675,000 in 2005.

Beatrice Kapreilian, trustee, of Sarasota, sold the Unit 303 condominium at 901 Beach Road to Margot Bartler, trustee, of Sarasota, for $275,000. Built in 1972, it has one bedroom, one bath and 697 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $399,000 in 2004.

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Upgraded 2BR/2BA condo. Turnkey furnished. All new kitchen, bathrooms, cabinets, flooring, & sliders. Move right in or rent monthly. Steps to the beach. Elevator.

Washer/dryer in unit. Extra storage space. Underground parking. MLS#3985928

SIESTA HARBOR - DIRECT BAY VIEW $439,000

Spectacular views of the Bay & Intercoastal Waterway.

2BR/2BA end unit condo with upgrades galore - new kitchen, bathrooms, flooring, windows, sliders, furniture, crown molding, etc. Comes turnkey furnished. Boat slips available. Deeded beach access. Move right in or rent monthly! MLS#3992542

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Villas at Bellagio Harbor Village - Developer’s Penthouse - $1,100,000

Step out of your private elevator into your own luxurious lobby and an exquisite waterfront penthouse with wide views of Little Sarasota Bay and Casey Key and beyond. This spacious open floor plan offers a gourmet kitchen with an island and top-of-the-line appliances, wood cabinetry and lush granite countertops. 5 bedrooms, (3 ensuite), a covered balcony with dramatic views of the bay and sunsets. Deep water docking is available, a full service marina, and a state-of-the-art fitness center. MLS#A3991473

PELICAN COVE

Your answer to a beautiful resort lifestyle in a 75 acres/gated community of botanical setting on Little Sarasota Bay, that offers sailboat, canoe, kayaking & fishing 6 pools, 4 tennis courts, a private harbor and numerous clubs and activities. Pelican Cove continues to be recognized and win national awards for its landscaping and its superior management.

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Rarely avaiaible 2 bedroom, 2 bath waterfront unit with partial views of the Bay and Intracoastal. Private docks and free dockage with no fixed bridges to the Gulf.

Cathedral ceilings in the living room, creating and open and spacious feel. Enclosed lanai off the Master Bedroom.

MLS#3984475 $299,000

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OK, not a Condo, but, check it out, this is the hottest subdivision in Sarasota! The location doesn’t get any better, just minutes to Siesta Key and Downtown... and.... it is located in the best school district in Sarasota! This home is in MOVE-IN-CONDITION. 3 bedrooms and 2 baths and 1,740 sq. ft. MLS#A3992674 $499,800 ps. Did I mention French doors open up to the pool?

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6 En-suite Bedrooms plus office, 7.5 baths, 5,646 SF  2 Roof top decks with panoramic views of the Bay and Downtown Sarasota Spectacular Bay views from almost every room!  Built in 2006 this home is made to entertain!

Bayfront pool & spa, big boat dockage and lift Facing south with views down the bay MLS A3989646 $3,630,000

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Community pool and private walkway  to beach.

15’ x 20’ bonus room!

MLS A3983728

Open kitchen with breakfast bar.

1 of 3 freestanding condos that make up Siesta Beach House.

Gulf Views! $1,999,000

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MLS#A3993238 $599,850 Lush tropical landscaping,abeautiful brick paver driveway, wood deck walkway and beautiful double door entrance beckons you to your very own beach getaway. This 3BR/2BA home features a huge, beautifully appointed great room,and has been completely and lovingly remodeled inside and out, with modern touches incorporated with re-claimed antique wood accents throughout. The open floor plan and large southern facing clerestory windows immerse you in natural light with no walls and a soaring cathedral ceiling. Step through the rear double French doors and into paradise onto the huge deck. New cabinets, granite countertops, mosaic backsplash, stainless steel appliances and 20” porcelain tile throughout.

9086 Midnight Pass Rd. MLS#A3986568 New Price - $358,700 Overlooking Turtle Beach Inlet Walk to Beach & Dining Boat Dock & Kayak Storage 2 BR and 2 BA

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4712 Ocean Blvd. MLS#A3991231 New Price - $759,900 Full Views of Gulf of Mexico Large TWO Car Garage Walk to Village (3 min.)

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An Island Paradise on Heron Lagoon VISTA HERMOSA The Siesta Key lifestyle can be yours in this third floor 2br/2ba condo just steps away from the white sands of beautiful Siesta Beach. Vista Hermosa is an active community with a great clubhouse and beautiful pool plus gas grills for picnics and BBQ. MLS#A3988604 $199,900

RARE OPPORTUINITY for NEW ORANGE GROVE PARK CONSTRUCTION on PALM ISLAND Experience tranquility and the Florida lifestyle at Spacious waterfront property just its’ finest in this large 4br/2½ba pool home. Open .03 mi from Siesta Beach, minutes floor plan w/ large combination living and dining to the ICW by boat, and a short walk room, large kitchenw/ breakfast bar. Sliding doors to to Siesta Key Village! TURNKEY!! screened pool area. Large separate family room.

MLS#A3993648 $1,199,000 MLS#A3994078 $279,000 3919 ROBERTS POINT ROAD, SIESTA KEY PRIME SIESTA LOT... 900 feet from the word’s most beautiful beaches.

Stroll to the beach and enjoy postcard perfect glorious sunsets only steps from your newly built custom dream home. Why settle for someone else’s vision and spend thousands of dollars on remodeling costs when you could tear down the existing structure and build your perfect dream home for LESS! MLS#A3984374 $365,000

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Family and Friends Home at 8440 Midnight Pass (Down Lily Pond Road (driveway...)

· Spacious and charming 3/2 home with wood burning fireplace · Detached 1BR apartment with balcony and water view · Total privacy on enchanted porch with western view sunsets · Large separate deck w/ morning sun · Dock situated on 100 feet of magical Heron Lagoon · Bamboo galore, heron, and mullet jumping · Priced under appraisal at $825,000

Kathleen Ucci 941.302.2344 Each office is independently owned and operated.

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267 Benjamin Franklin Drive, Sarasota

Custom coastal contemporary style home with soaring ceilings, rich custom wood finishes and impeccable attention to detail. 5 Bedrooms, 4 Full Bathrooms, 1 Half Bathroom, 4500 sq. ft., 2 car garage, heated saltwater pool, oversized elevator and full views of the Gulf of Mexico. $3,195,000 MLS# A393989

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Luxurious waterfront home rests perfectly amid the sun-drenched prestige of Lido Shores. 4 Bedrooms, 4 Full Bathrooms, 1 Half Bathroom, 3500 + sq. ft., 3 car garage, private heated saltwater pool, 97 ft. of water frontage on New Pass, custom boat dock and deeded beach access. $3,990,000 MLS# A3993944

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Her market knowledge of Sarasota and especially Siesta key are unparalleled.

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449 Canal Road – $1,295,000

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Waterfront Key West-style townhome, 3 beds/3 baths, Boat dock, private pool and lanai. Great investment property.

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Siesta Key Grand Canal waterfront pool home, 4 beds/3 baths Remodeled in 2003. 2 docks, 10,000 lb lift, 150’ of seawall.

Located in Palm Island, a Key West-style Siesta Key waterfront home offers 4 beds/3.5baths, hardwood floors, pool and boat dock.

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Judie is among Siesta Key’s very special treasures.”

Megan and Chris Powers Siesta Key and Rye, NY 5303 Cape Leyte Drive – $925,000

5450 Shadow Lawn Drive – $795,000

Remodeled Siesta Key waterfront home near the beach on the Grand Canal. Coastal-inspired interior with 3 beds/2 baths.

Siesta Isles meticulously maintained waterfront canal home, 4 beds/3 baths, large lanai and pool, 1.5 blocks to Siesta Beach.

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Luxurious Country Club Estate home with lake and preserve views. 4 beds/5.5 baths, Equity golf membership included.

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No stairs to climb as you enter this unit. Lots of potential with this two bedroom, one bath condo. First floor view of the Gulf. Perfect for an Investment Property, Second Home, or a Vacation Getaway. Seaplace Assoc. Longboat Key Condo MLS#: A3990198

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Longboat Key Canal Front Villa Fully Furnished, Move-in ready 3BD, 2BA, Split Plan Attached Carport, Separate Inside Utility Room Windward Bay Offers: 2 Pools, 2 Tennis Courts, Fitness Ctr. 2 Marinas with available Boat Docks MLS#: A3978884

Florida living at its finest! This 2 bedroom/2 bath condo looks out over the gorgeous beach. This unit offers many updates/upgrades. Whether you are looking for a primary home, second home or a great investment opportunity, you have found it here! MLS# A3989534

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Based Income Property – 5 Units Spectacular Ocean views from every apartment - corner lot! Great opportunity to live in one unit and make money renting the other units This is a must see for any experienced or new investor! Current Tenants have expressed a desire to remain MLS#: A3988421

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the one you’ve been search for! Located within the Villages At Pinetree Spruce Pine Enclave, Move-in ready 4BD, 3.5BA Home features over $109,000 in upgrades since 2010 Salt water pool with energy efficient heat pump MLS#: A3988637

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Seaplace Assoc. Longboat Key Condo (G6 Building) Many Updates, Move-in ready 2BD, 2BA Offered Turnkey Furnished, Seaplace Offers 2 Pools, 1 Kiddie Pool, 2 Hot Tubs, 3 Tennis Courts, and more! MLS#: A3987966

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“People just sit there waiting for those outfits to come out,” says Lisa Berger about Iconcept attendees. “They don’t know what those artists are going to come up with every year.”

LISA BERGER ‘MAKES IT WORK’ Art Center Sarasota Executive Director Lisa Berger encourages dressing in rags.

Anything nontraditional or recycled goes in Art Center Sarasota’s Iconcept fashion show.

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“I wanted to get more involved as a volunteer to help them raise money and promote the center,” Lisa Berger says.

t’s three weeks before Art Center Sarasota’s annual Iconcept fashion show, and Executive Director Lisa Berger is hunkered down in her office.

Outside her office, Art Center staff works to hang its new exhibit. Artists come in to pick up some of their pieces. In front of Berger’s door, a staff member paints pedestals white. Visitors come in and interrupt Berger with questions.

It’s as if today is Berger’s personal obstacle course. In addition to her daily routine, she is the woman behind Iconcept, the fundraiser for the Art Center featuring local artists’ fashion designs made of nontraditional or recycled materials. The show takes place Saturday, March 28, at the Sarasota Municipal Auditorium.

Instead of leather, cotton and linen, the artists create detailed appliqué from wire hangers, two-pieced suits from newspapers and bridal gowns out of bras. Berger conceptualized and founded the show, which is in its sixth year.

The funds raised benefit the

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// ARTS&ENTERTAINMENT Art Center’s youth arts education program. Last year’s funds of more than $30,000 allowed it to hire a full-time education director.

Sitting in her cluttered office, Berger works to finalize the details of the event. The following day, she’ll coordinate a six-hour photo shoot featuring all 23 artists, 27 designs and models at Barbara Banks’ photography studio. She has at least 10 phone calls to return, and she still has to find time to finish her own dress for the show.

This is all in addition to her normal job running an art gallery and public art center. Her desk is buried under stacks of papers.

She has circles under her eyes.

Her cell phone and a Tervis tumbler of coffee with an orange lid are practically glued to her hands.

She admits she hasn’t slept much.

Adding to the hoops she must jump through before the final show, she’s run out of Purex laundry detergent bottles while making her mermaid-inspired, underthe-sea couture dress for Iconcept.

She’s already dug through all of her neighbors’ trash.

“They all use Tide!” she says.

Tide is the wrong color.

Even though it’s the last thing she has time for, she’s still excited to show a visitor the newest exhibition being hung. She takes the visitor behind the temporary wall to the gallery where “Confluence: Israel” is halfway set up.

As she walks past the pieces, she narrates the half-finished exhibit with a calm, collected excitement. “Check out the detail

Sumaya Ayad in Sharon White’s design.

Zara Barrie models the top half of “BRAdal Gown.”

Artist Ray Peper’s accessories

of this embroidery,” she says as she stands in front of one piece.

Pointing to a blank wall, she reveals a place where a 3D Hebrew alphabet will go. That is, after she picks up the artist, Ohad Zlotnick, from the airport Sunday.

The Arts Center is more than a job for Berger — it’s her passion.

Berger studied art prior to earning a fashion degree from the Fashion Institute of Technology.

Berger worked a fashion designer in New York City, where she became the director of design at a high-end fashion wear company, Ellesse. In the ’80s and ’90s it was like the Gucci of activewear. Berger attended tennis tournaments in the Far East and in Europe.

Celebrities such as O.J. Simpson, President Gerald Ford, Regis Philbin and Clint Eastwood heralded her designs. She then worked as a designer for Wilson’s Tennis until 1999. The following

decade, Berger focused on volunteer work. And that’s when Berger’s relationship with Art Center Sarasota started.

Around 2007, Berger was taking classes at Ringling College of Art and Design and Sarasota County Technical Institute when she heard there was a life-drawing class Saturday mornings at Art Center Sarasota.

She got to know the regulars and volunteers and decided to join the board in 2008. The Arts Center did not have an annual fundraiser back then.

Berger thought a fashion program (using non-traditional items) with wearable art from local artists would help promote the artists and attract more attention to the center. The first few years, she did not design anything. Planning and executing the program was enough work.

But she missed fashion design,

and eventually put together some unique designs.

She likes the process because she does not have to sew when she makes her designs. Sewing was the only C she got in fashion school.

Yet the non-traditional garments come with their own problems. One year, Berger wove together plastic bags to make a Chanel-inspired suit. It eventually looked like something CoCo Chanel herself would send down the runway. Berger spent months weaving the skirt and jacket together. Then, they completely unraveled a week before the show.

She had to construct a new outfit in a week. It still wowed the audience.

That’s the goal, she says, adding that this year’s designs won’t disappoint to shock and surprise. “(I tell the designers to) go for the wow factor,” she says.

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nowHERE Gallery Performance: Todd Reynolds 6:30 p.m. at The Ringling Tickets $10. Call 359-5700.

‘Dirty Rotten Scoundrels’ 7:30 p.m. at The Players Theatre Runs through March 30.

Tickets $25 to $30. Call 365-2494.

Great Escapes Series: ‘Come Fly with Me.’ Sarasota Orchestra. 7:30 p.m. at Holley Hall. Runs through Saturday. Tickets $29 to $49. Call 953-3434.

‘Man of La Mancha’ Manatee Players. 7:30 p.m. at Manatee Performing Arts Center. Runs through April 6. Tickets $27 to $37.

Call 748-5875.

‘Mama Won’t Fly’ 8 p.m. at The Island Players Runs through April 6.

Tickets $20. Call 778-5755.

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Saturday and Sunday. Tickets $15.

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nowHERE Genre Creates Ghetto: The Artist and The Curator The Ringling. 6:30 p.m. at Mildred Sainer Pavilion. Tickets $5. Call 3607399.

‘Faces of Change: Growing America’ 7:30 p.m. at Asolo Repertory Theatre. Runs through Saturday.

Free, call to reserve. 351-8000.

‘The Barber of Seville’ by Gioachino Rossini. Sarasota Opera. 8 p.m. at Sarasota Opera House. Tickets $19 to $120. Call 328-1300.

Vince Gill with special guest Amy Grant. 8 p.m. at Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall. Call 9533368.

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SIZE AND MEDIUM: 38 inches by 48 images. Mixed mediums with layered epoxy resin. the frog I saw yesterday sitting on the lit globe of my outside light as I am by the distant memories of a gray hut I once saw in China or a blue mosaic tile I saw 30 years ago when I lived in Israel. My biggest influences come from the many cultures I’ve deeply experienced,

nowHERE Genre Creates Ghetto: Curating in a Post-Genre World The Ringling. 6:30 p.m. at Mildred Sainer Pavilion.

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School of Russian Ballet swims under the sea The School Of Russian Ballet is quiet. The orchestral recording of “The Little Mermaid” plays over the studio’s speakers. Handsome Cuban dancer David Martinez Corso lifts his American female counterpart Lauren Henry to her feet as if her legs are asleep and just beginning to work. This is the scene where Ariel (Henry) first encounters Prince Eric (Corso) for the first time since getting legs.

This is not the only first. It’s the first time the Ukrainian ballet “The Little Mermaid” will be performed in the United States.

Vadim Fedotova originally choreographed it for the Kiev Ballet.

It follows the traditional Hans Christian Andersen story.

This is why Darya Fedotova, former soloist with Sarasota Ballet, has permission to present the ballet at her School of Russian Ballet — she’s the choreographer’s daughter. Although, her dancers are much younger.

“This ballet is for professional dancers and for a professional company,” Fedotova says.

“And, our students are doing really well,” Sergiy Mykhaylov says.

Fedotova and her husband, Sergiy Mykhaylov, are co-owners and co-artistic directors of the School of Russian Ballet. They are also both former professional ballet dancers. Every year

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Lauren Henry, 18, and professional dancer David Martinez Corso they present three productions, and the spring performance always features a guest artist. The school has more than 100 other students, but only the nearly 80 students, ages 7 and up, will participate in this performance.

This year the 26-year-old guest artist is a former member of the

Cuban National Ballet, David Martinez Corso. He is commuting from Orlando, where he has been studying with Fedotova’s parents at their Russian Ballet School.

Since leaving Cuba, he’s been making guest appearances until he finds a permanent position.

He does not speak much English

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but, fortunately, the French terminology of dance is universal.

“It works out pretty well,” says Henry. “We make it work.”

Henry is 18 years old. She’s studying business administration at USF Sarasota-Manatee but has been a long-time student of Mykhaylov’s. She’s been a part

of the school since the couple opened it in 2010, but has trained under Mykhaylov for much longer.

Maybe it’s why she keeps securing the lead roles. Henry danced the title in “Cinderella” and “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs” and has played Clara and the Sugar Plum Fairy in “The Nutcracker.”

Mykhaylov and Fedotova made all the sets and costumes.

“It’s crazy — too much work,” Mykhaylov says. “Our garage is like (full of crafts and chaos).”

Fedotova says it’s a beautiful show. She says when the Ukrainian ballet performs it, even the little children in the audience pay attention for the full duration — they love it.

“Everyone loves ‘The Little Mermaid,’” Fedotova says.

Other exciting news The School of Russian Ballet is moving to the building next door just in time for its Summer Intensive program, which takes place July 7 through Aug. 1. The new space is almost 14,000 square feet larger, with two studios. One of the studios will have a large divider and can be split into two.

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Jeffery Cornwell’s students dig deep to illustrate coexistence

“Dad” by Nicole Pelletier

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“I really believe in coexistence,” Jeffery Cornwell says. “I really do believe in that message: working together with people no matter how different they are.”

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enth-grader Nicole Pelletier took a photo of her father’s burn scars. An accident on his job as an electrician in the Navy left 99% of his body covered in burns. It’s hard for some people to get past his appearance when they first

see him.

To the side of the photo, she wrote words: “Look deep, the ability to love has many faces.”

It’s an image of coexistence.

Acceptance is an idea Pelletier and the other students in Jeffery Cornwell’s 10th-grade Booker High School art class understand.

It’s in part because Cornwell participates in Embracing Our Dif-

ferences, an exhibit celebrating diversity and coexistence.

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Cornwell has participated in the program nearly every year since its inception in 2004. Every year he has submitted his students’ artwork, at least one gets accepted into the exhibit.

Cornwell uses the exhibit as an in-class, three-week-long assignment. He takes one week to teach the material by showing them documentaries, poetry slams and old advertisements. It’s an art lesson in conceptualizing ideas.

But, it’s also a life lesson. Cornwell tries to teach them what coexistence means.

“Some of the first things you get from them when you say ‘coexistence’ are race or economics,” he says. “Then you have to dive deeper, ‘What are some other ones?’”

Cornwell has his students observe where they see coexistence or its opposite. By the end of the week, they bring in videos, books and magazines to offer examples.

He hopes they tap in and make it personal. Pelletier is a great example.

“I’ve only seen that once or twice,” he says. “That someone really dug deep to something that was really personal.”

But, even if they don’t get personal, he thinks Embracing Our Differences leaves an impression. What he thinks really counts is when his students see one of their peers expressing how coexistence has affected them on a billboard.

“This is the age of kids that really make a difference because they are trying to figure themselves out,” he says.

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For centuries, there were no conductors — not as we know them today, anyway. There were musicians who stood in front of an ensemble with a huge, rod-like staff, pounding it on the ground in time to the music.

Jean-Baptiste Lully, the famous 17th century French composer, died that way. In a moment of over-enthusiasm, he stabbed himself in the foot with his counting stick, gangrene set in and, a couple of months later, he was dead.

The world-renowned Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, a chamber orchestra founded almost 60 years ago by Sir Neville Marriner, is known as one of the finest “conductorless” orchestras in the world. Marriner, along with the esteemed violinist Iona Brown, usually led the group from the first chair (concertmaster’s seat), with a simple nod of the head, raise of the chin, full-body breath or signal with the bow.

A few years ago, Joshua Bell, the violin virtuoso, was named music director of the ASMF and, since that time, the ensemble and Bell have taken the group to an even higher superstar status among world-class chamber orchestras. Bell, something of a rock star in appearance and demeanor, is as much a showman as he is a violinist. His exaggerated gestures, while playing or leading, are both distracting and comical and, we’re sorry to say, he’s become a caricature of himself.

The Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, on the other hand, plays better than ever, in spite of the machinations Bell brings, either in front of them or from the piano bench he uses when he plays first chair.

Last week at the Van Wezel, ASMF brought a program of varied works, starting with the E major Violin Concerto by Bach, a work for strings. Bell led and soloed at such a brisk tempo any other ensemble would have fallen apart. Not so with the ASMF, whose members

seem able to play at any speed with musicality and intelligence. Bell, for all his spastic maneuverings, plays like a god and, if you stop looking and simply listen, all is right with the world.

The ensemble’s interpretation of the Beethoven Symphony No. 1 was one of the cleanest, freshest I’ve heard. But, Bell — this time seated as concertmaster and leader — was terribly distracting, and his cavorting almost ruined a great musical performance.

Looking at him, one would never know his ensemble was playing with such incredible finesse because his awkward movements were crude, rough and disturbing. But the players were so engrossed and absorbed in making music, the results were mesmerizingly beautiful, even with Bell’s distracting mannerisms.

This is not to say Bell is not a great player.

His performance in Saint-Saens’ “Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso” was nothing short of brilliant. He and the ASMF had wonderful elasticity of phrasing.

Best of all was their reading of Schubert’s D minor String Quartet (arranged by Mahler for string orchestra), “Death and the Maiden.”

Here, Bell’s histrionics took a backseat to the music, and the results were spectacular.

I’m not usually fond of orchestral arrangements of chamber works. Mendelssohn’s famous Octet is, for me, much better when played by eight individuals than an entire string orchestra. In the same way, Mahler’s arrangement of “Death and the Maiden,” makes the music thicker and more dense. But Bell and the academy had a transparency of playing that was precise, sheer and extremely beautiful in sound and intention. The second movement, based on Schubert’s famous song, “Death and the Maiden,” was played with such translucency, it was like coming out of a forest and finding sunlight.

The Academy of St. Martin in the Fields is a magnificent ensemble. Everything it touched last week turned to gold. Bell is still a rock star, and there’s no doubting his musicality or musical intentions. But his eccentricities are starting to overshadow his virtuosity, and it would be a shame if he were to allow that to continue.

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The conceit? At the dawn of World War II, Freud invites Lewis to his office in London.

Therapy isn’t the goal; intellectual debate worthy of “Firing Line” is. Lewis advocates for God’s existence. Freud takes the opposing position.

Lewis, the famed Christian apologist, has three main arguments. 1. Conscience itself: The universal awareness of a moral law implies a transcendent moral lawgiver. We wouldn’t know a crooked line without the idea of a straight line. It’s a crooked world.

Where did our idea of goodness come from? 2. The human need for God: As the thirst for water implies water’s existence, the thirst for God implies the existence of its object. 3. Joy: As a child, the sight of a miniature garden in a biscuit tin gave Lewis an out-of-this-world experience of joy. It’s the “joy unspeakable” of the Bible, but also (as Lewis said explicitly) the joy of the romantic poets. Ironically, it’s the “freud” in Friedrich Schiller’s “Ode to Joy.” To, Freud, the materialist atheist, this was all wishful thinking. Desire is all, and all desire is sexual. Our deepest self is a lawless ball of libido (personified forever for science fiction fans as The Monster from the Id from “Forbidden Planet”). To disguise and control this monster, discontented civilization has created social and family structures, moral codes, religions (C.S. Lewis’ brand included) and other defense mechanisms. Repression is necessary, yes. But let us face facts. The ugliness of the truth is no argument against it. Unicorns and God may be pretty, but that also is no argument for their existence. The psychological basis for Lewis’ belief system is painfully obvious.

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It’s an obsessive, sometimes tedious and completely compelling piece of filmmaking.

The esteemed Dutch artist was known for his brilliant use of light and shadow. Jenison believes that Vermeer’s paintings seem almost photographic in quality. But, seeing as he created his work in the 17th century, 150 years prior to the invention of the camera, how could this be?

Jenison became interested in “Vermeer’s Camera,” a book written by professor Philip Steadman in 2001. Its premise was that Vermeer traced images via a lens onto a canvas (“camera obscura”). Jenison takes it upon himself to test the presumption that Vermeer may have been using technology to paint his masterpieces.

In his quest to replicate a Vermeer painting, Jenison leaves no stone unturned. He builds a copy of the artist’s studio (in a Texas warehouse) to reconstruct the room in which he

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He even erects a tower outside his window to mimic the church steeple outside of Vermeer’s studio. Because, bottom line, it’s all about the lighting.

To his advantage, Jenison is an old friend of Penn Jillette (of the magic team Penn & Teller), and Raymond Teller opts to direct.

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“Tim’s Vermeer” is part detective story, part history lesson and just plain enlightening.

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“Tim’s Vermeer” asks the questions: Can art and technology meet? Was Vermeer cheating?

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CLASSROOM CRITIC The mission of Sarasota Film Festival’s education department is to inspire, educate and entertain students by promoting creativity, collaboration and community involvement.

Classroom Critic is a program for middle school students, in which

they learn to appreciate the art of film and analyze it critically. As part of the program, students screen youthFEST shorts and are taught how to write a film review based on SFF curriculum. Below, we feature four of the students’ reviews.

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Emmeline is different, the man was still nice to her, unlike many other people that would have been mean to her.

Every lesson goes back to the golden rule — treat others the way you want to be treated — and if you follow that rule, you will be very successful in life.

it’s about somebody who doesn’t fit in. The film has great cinematography and has won multiple prizes.

The film introduced Emmeline as a girl who doesn’t fit in anywhere, literally anywhere. The film’s climax is where she finds someone. The movie tells people who don’t fit in that you can still fit in.

The actors portrayed the roles excellently. They added everything to the film. The writer tells the story of a girl who finds life difficult.

Overall, the film is brilliant! The audience will love it. I highly recommend this. I rate the movie 10 out of 10 stars!

‘Emmeline’ Maxwell Ruschau

7th grade, The Out-ofDoor Academy Emmeline is the sweetly comic, absurd fabulation of a girl who isn't cute like everyone else.

Emmeline is a fantastic, happy, and sometimes sad short film. This film is creative and innovative. The director did a great job. Even though there was minimal narrative between the characters, the narrator did a fantastic job and the story was told very well. The characters were perfect for the role they were playing, and they were also dressed to match the character. Also, the cinematography and editing were very good. The sound effects and music were good, as well as the camera placements.

One thing that is great about this film is that there are no spoilers and it keeps people excited for what is going to happen next, unlike some other short films that make me fall asleep! Personally, “Emmeline” is a must-see, and not just because of how good of a film it is. “Emmeline” also gives a great life lesson, which is to always be nice and treat others like a normal person, even if they are a little different. Even though

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7th grade, Booker Middle School The film “Emmeline” was very good. I liked the movie because it was timeless and a bit funny. Also,

‘Cap or Kippah’ Eli Koplin | 7th grade,

Goldie Feldman Academy

The film “Cap or Kippah” is an inspiring documentary, directed

by Susanne Engels, that tells an outstanding story about a young boy (Bram) who feels that he is different since he is a Jew. Bram and his mother are the only practicing Jews out of 3,000 people in his village in Amsterdam, Netherlands.

The movie's mood was never really set throughout the film. At some times the mood would be sad because of what his schoolmates say about Jews.

For example, in the beginning there are chants that say "Gas the Jews." Then at other times it would be in an upbeat mood because he is at an AFC Ajax game (one of Holland's soccer teams). The plot of the film isn't really the most original idea for a movie because many other people have made articles or documentaries on addressing the topic of religion. Overall, I definitely enjoyed the movie and recommend this movie to people over the age of 12. For the film you really need to be mature because the focus of the movie is very intense.

Jenny Marcus 7th grade, Goldie Feldman Academy The film “Cap or Kippah” directed by Susanne Engels, is a documentary about a young boy named Bram who is Jewish and does not want to get bullied for his religion. He lives in the Netherlands and the film is set in the modern day. When I first saw this documentary, I was surprised to see that people were getting

bullied because of who they were. I liked this film because it has lots of detail and tells about the difficulties of his life. I think this should be shown worldwide because anyone of a different religion should not get treated this way.

The film started out with people chanting horrible things about Jews and then they bring up a boy named Bram who is a Jew. Bram had not gotten bullied in this film, but talks about different things like how he wants no one finding out about him being Jewish except when he goes to class for his religion with other people. Throughout the film, he is happy and some parts when he hears people saying horrible things about Jews he gets all emotional and it makes you upset to think how this could happen to you or anyone who is a Jew or any religion.

The film had more than enough detail and you could also understand him even though he spoke a different language. I had not liked how the screen was blurry at some points, but when I went back I realized they meant to make it blurry because it goes into the film. This film should be recommended for teens because they will understand more than younger kids. I would overall rate this four out of five stars.

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SHOWPIECE AQUARIUMS IN SARASOTA For some Sarasota residents, living near the water isn’t enough — we talked to a few homeowners who have taken their love of the water (and what lives underneath) inside the home.

The Klaubers’ Peaceful Shrine Peace in the kitchen was what Terri Klauber wanted when designing her downtown penthouse apartment seven years ago.

“I wanted to bring some calmness into the kitchen,” says Klauber, whose life with husband Michael Klauber, co-owner of Michael’s On East, obviously involves cooking.

Home aquariums are known for adding a sense of relaxation to a space while also acting as a stunning feature to the design of the home.

“It was really me saying, ‘Let’s have a place where we can just be,’” she says.

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“I love catching people just standing in front of it, looking at it,” says Klauber. “It’s cool to see them get lost in the moment.”

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“You can see all of these at the bottom of the sea, but I like them in my kitchen,” says Terri Klauber.

The Klaubers’ fish family From left: E.T., the puffer fish, is Terri’s favorite.

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Chris Jessen, previously a custom aquarium designer, specialized in live coral, and still does, but now just for his personal aquarium.

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A couple of weeks ago, we were about to enter The Serving Spoon when we saw a note on the door announcing that Craig had “earned his angel wings” a few days earlier. The restaurant was, of course, open and, although Craig and his aura of optimism and joyfulness were conspicuously absent, his sons and their loyal wait

staff were carrying on with a sense of purpose and determination, just as Craig would have wanted.

The funeral, at Church of the Redeemer, took place a few days later. We weren’t able to attend because we were booked to attend (and perform) at a music function. But, as we were entering the building where our event was to take place, we heard the bells of Redeemer chiming in tribute to Craig. It was a strange but heartwarming feeling because we knew, somehow, Craig was there, smiling, watching over everyone and telling us everything was going to be fine.

It’s not often you find a neighborhood restaurant whose owners become like family. Craig, his beautiful and gentle wife, Natasha, and their five children have given us

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Elhajoui set us up in the room to the side of the front door, and it couldn’t have been a more auspicious way to set the scene for the rarely performed opera we were going to hear a couple of hours later.

Bravos were being voiced at MoZaic, as well as the Opera House.

un, relaxed restaurants that open for breakfast and lunch are a dime a dozen in Sarasota.

But eateries that serve food starting in the early morning and continue through dinner are not that easy to find. The Honey Tree Café, located at 8315 Lockwood Ridge Road, reminds me of a combination of a New Jersey diner and a Manhattan coffee shop. It offers an enormous array of food, from eggs and waffles, to hot and cold sandwiches, salads and entrees such as steak, meatloaf and stir-fries.

We’ve gone there primarily for lunch and, seeing that its specialty sandwiches and wraps came in the form of pitas and gyros, we assumed the owners were Greek. Not so.

The Quni family came to Sarasota

from Kosovo, by way of Michigan.

They’ve been around for almost 50 years and, as File Quni (pronounced as if it were short for Phyllis, which it’s not), says, “We thought it was temporary, but we stayed.”

Good thing, too, because File, her husband, Zef, and their four children — three boys and one girl — turn out some pretty fancy food in a setting that’s as informal and relaxed as you can get. Even their menu speaks for them: “Welcome to the Honey Tree Café,” it says. “We take pride in our food and preparing it the way you like. We are family owned and operated. So, sit back, relax and let us do the cooking and serve you as family.

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— and so many others — a home away from home. We’ve returned several times since Craig’s passing but, every time, his spirit has been there. We wish his family the love and peace they continue to give all of us. soft side. Many restaurants refuse to serve them softer than a hard ball.

But, at the Honey Tree, they do our bidding without an argument or even that look that says, “Are you crazy?”

I’m partial to their albacore tuna pita because, when asked, they serve it in a fluffy gyro wrap with diced tomatoes, shredded lettuce and a hint of what tastes like pickle relish mixed in with the tuna salad, making it just a little more interesting than your runof-the-stream tuna. We had a smoked turkey club pita the other day with bacon, cheese, lettuce, diced tomatoes and just enough mayo to make it juicy, rather than dry. We asked that they press the pita when they grilled it and, voila, they did it. Just right.

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The courtyard of The Out-of-Door Academy’s Uihlein Campus was sparkling with lights and cocktail tables for the annual Banyan Bash Saturday, March 15. Vendors of the finest cuisine in Sarasota lined the perimeter for guests to enjoy food and drinks while mingling among other parents and friends of the school and listening to live music by Clint Wiley’s None Other band.

During the event, a music video was shown, in which ODA students imitated Pharrell Williams’ “Happy,” portraying their excitement and enjoyment of attending The Out-ofDoor Academy. The video was actually a sequel to another “Happy” video done in March to promote the event. The video received such great feedback, they decided to do another.

Something new for usual event protocol: instead of speaking at the event, Co-Chairwomen Jamie Becker and Donna Koffman and heads of

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the organization gave their thanks and announcements via a nicely put together video, which was presented on a large projection screen. “We really went into the event thinking, how can we do things differently? Innovation is our theme, we put innovation in everything that we do and the video was one of the new ideas for this year,” says ODA Director of Communications Shannon Drosky.

More than $120,000 was raised during the paddle raise specifically for technology advancements. Valerie Leatherwood, president of ODA’s parent association, won the live auction for the St. Berdoodle puppy, bringing home a surprise new friend for her daughter Dylan.

The annual event raised more than $350,000 for the school.

“For the event only being a cocktail party, we broke records for everything. We are really proud and thankful for all of the parents and their support,” says Drosky.

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But she considers herself an educator and some of her best advice had little to do with sex. Examples: “Be an askable parent;” “Let bad stuff go; you’ll never forget it but don’t let it own you;” “A lesson taught with humor is a lesson retained.”

She had the audience of 400-plus men and women eating out of her hand and promised “Anybody who gives money to the Women’s Resource Center is going to have great sex for the rest of your life.” Betty Schoenbaum, who volunteered to help with an “ask,” made a similar promise, citing a University of Pittsburgh study that says that one of the benefits of giving … is better sex.

Kudos to everybody’s favorite technical director Brent Greeno who, with event chair Kathy Coffey, raised $16,300 in the WRC’s first-ever live auction. And, congrats to Executive Director Valerie Goddard for guiding her first Renaissance Luncheon to such success.

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hose Girls Inc. girls sure are creative. For this year’s Celebration Luncheon, the raffle items include things in which the girls have been involved in the process, learning along the way. One of the items to be auctioned at the April 3 luncheon is a custom pendant designed by Montserrat Alverez (after winning a design contest headed up by Carats Fine Jewelry and Watches owner Greg Twarowski). The one-of-a-kind, angular square-shaped pendant (valued at $4,650) includes a three-carat tri-color tourmaline as the center stone. Radiating from the center to the corners are diamond beads weighing a total of .36 carats. The 14

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Bittersweet and beautiful … Melvy Lewis’s invitation was straightforward and to the point: “For taking such good care of me since Milford has been gone … a big thank you from Melvy.” And big it was … a March 9 dinner in the Water Club party room with 68 guests and a nine-piece band led by Simone Vitale, imported from the

carat rose gold pendant comes with a 18-inch strand of freshwater pearls.

The second item up for bid is a custom dress by local designer Camilyn Beth. Several girls helped design a 23-piece collection. With your top bid, you get to choose one of the dresses to be created specifically for you. The piece you bid on will even feature a message from the girls on the label, so it’s a true one-of-a-kind.

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Lewis’s hometown of Detroit. Phil Mancini did the dinner but Melvy personalized it with her own, homemade Mandelbrot … Home again …

Dottie Garner is home from SMH after a bout with a nasty flu and Dorothy Jacobson is home from the Inn at the Sarasota Bay Club where she rehabbed from a fall. You can’t keep a good woman down! … Same time next year … The report from

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lanned Parenthood of Southwest and Central Florida had plenty of goals for its annual dinner this year: to honor president Barbara Zdravecky for her remarkably effective 20 years; to raise at least $50,000 to earn a promised match and exceed a million-dollar objective for the “BAZ (Barbara A. Zdravecky) Fund for the Future;” and to revitalize and reposition its annual dinner, this year being the 48th.

The March 13 party did all of the above, and then some.

Relocated from the Municipal Auditorium to a tent on the USF Sarasota-Manatee campus, attendance was at least 10% over the usual 500, $67,000 was raised for the fund and a good time was

the Sarasota Garden Club is that its first garden tour March 15 was a smash hit with more than 800 tickets sold … A moment to be treasured …

Anne Virag, AJC (American Jewish Committee) regional president, was part of a leadership delegation that had a private audience with Pope Francis at the Vatican on Feb. 13.

AJC Executive Director David Harris and President Stanley Bergman

had by all.

Co-Chairs Rich and Clare Segall and their merry band with Planned Parenthood Vice President Jan Chester and staff put on a great party decorated with life-size photo cutouts of the honoree. They even managed to surprise her with a flash mob of more than 100 people on stage and in the audience moving to “It’s a Woman’s World.” Zdravecky acknowledged that she is unaccustomed to being surprised and got a good laugh by sharing that her guests included “My aesthetician, my chiropractor, my hair stylist, my massage therapist and my psychiatrist.”

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ays after the conclusion of New York Fashion Week, Fresh Salon Spa Boutique (1819 Main St., Suite 118) owner Ashley Guttridge and boutique Manager Eduardo Anaya headed to the big apple for the Coterie Market, a high-end women’s contemporary clothing market, which took place after what most fashionistas would consider the most important week of February.

The duo spent three days buying at market and then hit a few showrooms in the city. Buying is fast-paced.

“Back to back appointments every day,” says Anaya about the trip, during which four to five months’ worth of clothes are bought.

“You’re looking at pieces that haven’t been mass produced yet,” says Guttridge.

“Sometimes what you’re seeing is fresh off the runway.”

With some of the higher-end brands, buyers sit in an office (much like Guttridge’s office at Fresh) and clothes are brought out to them.

“It’s nice after buying for a few days, being able to sit and have people just bring you options,” says Guttridge.

When buying, there is a lot more than the obvious questions — “what looks good” or “what seems to be trending” — that play into buying the perfect pieces. Guttridge’s biggest challenge when buying for Fresh is finding options that cater to a wide variety of people.

“Because we are a salon and spa and boutique, we reach a larger demographic. It’s really about focusing on buying those versatile pieces that span different age groups,” says Guttridge.

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So what can you expect to be wearing in the fall?

Lots of layering can be seen in the upcoming fall trends, along with styles resembling 90s grunge with a feminine edge.

“There are a lot of extremely feminine pieces — higher waists, longer hemlines, florals,” says Guttridge. “Lots of blues, different shades of blues, lots of prints, lots of vegan leather,” says Anaya.

Styles always tend to go a little more formal in the fall, so with the more feminine pieces, there will be lots of sequins and more bling.

What can you plan on keeping in your closet?

Crop tops paired with high-waisted bottoms — “There’s only going to be more of it,” says Guttridge.

This style is gravitates toward a more conservative look however, with more “coverage” — looser crop tops paired with more feminine and conservative bottoms.

What item is Fresh owner/buyer Ashley Guttridge going to keep for herself?

The high-waisted, Marolli tea-length skirt covered in rosettes, paired with a blush colored crop top (top right).

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What is going to be a hot seller?

The Jamison “Fringe” Cardigan, left — perfect for a “Florida fall,” adding layers to any outfit and versatile in that it can be dressed up or down for any occasion.

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by Heather Merriman | Black Tie Assistant Editor

DR. LAUREY STRYKER Walking through Marie Selby Botanical Gardens, the interview location of Dr. Laurey Stryker’s choice, the Selby board member (as well as founder of Stryker Consulting and former CEO of USF Sarasota-Manatee, among other things) discusses her lifelong passion for education and her enthusiasm for hiking.

I TAUGHT political science — it was the 1960s, so it was a very big topic at the time because of civil rights and the politics around the Vietnam War. A lot of students were interested in politics then.

After that, I went on the public side and became the officer of the state for the next 20 years of my life. I went from teaching it, to doing it. Getting women elected early on was my main interest. I was active in politics to get more women appointed and elected.

ANOTHER THING I got in-

volved in early on was girl sports — when FSU was first trying to develop girl sports in the 1970s, I began advocating funding. It was a real passion of mine. There were lots of women donors — FSU was founded as a women’s school, so that was a great way to tap in to women donors. It was tremendous.

THEN AGAIN IN THE 1980S, I began advocating for fast pitch

I STICK WITH MY PASSIONS

for a long time, but really it comes back to the educational opportunities — the scholarships and lifelong benefits that come along with those causes.

What I see with women who have experience and involvement with sports, they have a certain confidence and an appreciation and understanding for teamwork.

I’VE ALWAYS LOOKED FOR CONNECTIONS. I’m a person

who thinks ahead about what I’m interested in, and also the serendipity — whatever comes along that is a match for my passion, which is really for kids and young people and innovation and education.

MY PASSION WITH SELBY is really about education — educating the next generation about the earth’s stewards. When I retired — well, I really didn’t retire — so, when I left USF in 2007, this was the only board I joined.

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The dedication to education and the goal of building the rainforest was one I wanted to be involved in. Creating places is as important as people and programs, it’s something I enjoy doing. Building that campus was that for me, and The Children’s Rainforest Garden is another place that I’ve had the privilege to be a part of.

saying the entire time. To me, it’s not the destination it’s the journey.

It’s incredible, the places you see all over the world, along with the camaraderie you get with the people you’re with. And we always have a shopping day and a spa day — so it’s hiking, with a purpose.

I AM AN AVID HIKER. I’m in a hiking group, we call ourselves The Ya Ya’s; it’s a group of about 10 to 12 of women, depending on the year. We started hiking around 13 years ago — we hike one year in the states and one year outside the country. This is an in the states year. We are going to the Utah area, which will be great.

It’s really not something I would ever do by myself and my husband’s not a hiker. “Where are we going?” is what he’d be

MY HUSBAND Charlie and I

like to travel. He’s a history professor, so we love traveling and learning about different cultures and people. We try to get a more in depth experience with every place that we go by connecting with people that are into the deeper history, as opposed to traveling as a tourist.

And we both work out — I love yoga, my thing is yoga. It’s very centering. I have to do something every day, whether it’s biking, walking, yoga, or swimming

— that’s my mantra.

I THINK THE ONE THING that

I’d say I’ve done that will have the longest shelf life, would be the [USF Sarasota-Manatee] campus. I think that when you look back and then you look at the 5,000 students now, it’s exciting to know what that means in regards to the future. It really is the long term, building that campus — it’s what I would call my legacy project.

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I GRADUATED with my master’s in political science. I was hired as a charter faculty for Hillsborough Community College when I was 22 years old. My husband was totally shocked that they hired me fresh out of college.

softball in Florida. At that time the State Athletic Association was not supporting fast pitch softball for girls. Our kids were losing out on scholarships because of this, so I began to support it — eventually a bill passed to allow it. As it turns out, both of my granddaughters are very strong soft pitch softball players. To watch them benefit from something that happened so long ago, it’s wonderful.

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MY ENTIRE LIFE has really been about education. I’ve been a professional educator for 40 years.

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