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Mall at University Town Center takes shape.

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Legislature axes funds for I-75 fix To accelerate the start of improvements, FDOT may need to find other funding sources.

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+ Author visits East County school Students at Braden River Middle School learned about writing novels firsthand April 7, during a visit from novelist Lynda Mullaly Hunt.

Hunt’s novel, “One for the Murphy’s” was chosen as a Sunshine State Young Reader selection for sixth- through eighth-grade students.

The novel is the story of a young girl who lives with a foster family after she and her mother were physically attacked by her stepfather.

Five sixth-grade classes at Braden River read the novel as part of their shared reading time.

During the workshop, Hunt shared stories of her childhood, inspiring messages and advice for becoming a better writer.

Hunt is a former school teacher.

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Evan Lynch and Chris Miller, both 13, work on a robot for the Vex robotics competition this week.

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Deputy Alan Fifield with Wilma Nouri

+ Deputy visits women’s club Manatee County Sheriff’s Office Deputy Alan Fifield lent his expertise on identity theft and cyber security to women in the Lakewood Ranch Women’s Club April 10. During the group’s monthly meeting, Fifield shared about monitoring your credit card statements for evidence of fraud, shredding personal documents and other security measures.

Additionally, club members brought donations of sheets and towel sets for SOLVE Maternity Homes, one of three charities the group is sponsoring in 2014.

across the room.

And, if Conelias and his teammates make the right adjustments, control the robot well and explain the engineering behind it, they could bring home a world championship title.

Ten students from Nolan Middle School left Tuesday for Anaheim, Calif., where they compete this week in the 2014 VEX Robotics World Championship Middle School Division, which runs April 23 through April 25.

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by Amanda Sebastsiano | Staff Writer

This week, two teams from Nolan Middle School face off against 800 others in the 2014 VEX Robotics World Championship. hirteen-year-old Jordan Conelias makes building a robot look easy, as he quickly sifts through a bin of quarter-sized parts, snaps them into place and grabs a bucket of blue balls and begins to feed them to machine.

The robot pushes the balls upward on a long arm, ready to carry them to a new home.

In competition, the robot will have one minute to carry as many balls as it can and deposit them into a bucket

EAST COUNTY — Legislators have scrapped $100 million in funding for transportation projects from the state’s budget — a move that may make expediting improvements to the intersection of Interstate 75 and University Parkway more difficult.

At a conference committee meeting Tuesday, the Senate’s appropriations committee rejected language to redirect $100 million in general revenue to a transportation trust fund, Florida District 73 Rep. Greg Steube said.

“The budget isn’t done,” said Steube, who worked to unite of-

STUDENTS COMPETING: Yoshi Torralva Ben Varah Evan Lynch Chris Miller Griffin Hudson Cayla Dammann Tim Ackaway Travis Earp Serena Rojas Jordan Conelias

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Napiers face cruelty charges EAST COUNTY — For Manatee County Public Safety Director Ron Koper, the latest development in an East County animal cruelty case is welcome news.

Alan and Sheree Napier, owners of Napier’s Log Cabin Horse and Animal Rescue, were arrested and charged with 15 counts of aggravated animal cruelty April 17.

Alan Napier also faces a fraud charge.

The investigation is considered ongoing, because more charges may surface in the future, Manatee County Sheriff’s Office Public Information Officer Dave Bristow said.

The Sheriff’s Office raided the Napiers’ property Feb. 5, at which

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economic development by Josh Siegel | Staff Writer

Mall at UTC takes shape The evolution of anchor spaces and the installation of a major road signal progress.

NEWS BRIEFS + School district hires new finance director The Manatee County School District announced April 14 that it has hired Rebecca Roberts as its new finance director.

Roberts most recently served as the city of Baltimore’s chief accountant.

“We are grateful to have someone with Rebecca’s knowledge and experience joining our leadership team,” said Rick Mills, superintendent of the Manatee County School District. “She is a great addition and will strengthen our control of the district’s finances.”

Roberts replaces Tommy Crosby, who resigned in January to become the director of Alachua County’s Office of Management and Budget.

Roberts will report to the district’s chief financial officer, Michael Boyer.

+ Dick Vitale raises funds for cancer research

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This photo, taken April 3, shows the interior of the mall concourse from the second floor.

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Macy’s designed its store at the Mall at University Town Center to have its signature look. course will be “weather tight” by the end of May, meaning the windows and walls will be closed off from the weather.

Right now, when it rains, water enters the inside of the building.

Not that it matters to construction crews. They generally work rain or shine.

Meanwhile, John Eggert, Taubman’s development director for the Mall at UTC, said Saks has already enclosed its building. Macy’s and Dillard’s are pretty close to doing so, as well.

A handful of the mall’s restaurants have also begun work on their spaces.

Restaurants slated for the mall include The Cheesecake Factory, The Capital Grille, Kona Grill, Brio Tuscan Grille

and Seasons 52.

Each of the anchors, restaurants and inline tenants builds and designs its own store, inside and out, based on a shell space provided by Taubman.

Eggert says most inline tenants won’t begin building out their spaces until two to three months before the mall opens.

“You can bang out stores in 60 to 90 days,” Eggert said.

While each tenant designs spaces to its needs, the end result will appear seamless.

“We don’t dictate what the tenants do,” Eggert said. “We have very savvy store owners and developers, so there’s a certain trust there. Each store has its own identity, but the mall will be harmonious in its architectural style.”

The Mall at University Town Center will host a “Sneak Peek Charity Preview” Oct. 15, the night before the mall opens. Ten local charities will benefit from the event. The $100 admission ticket entitles guests to free valet parking, complimentary food, wines and beers, live entertainment and a chance to preview the stores. For information on how to order tickets, visit, http://themallatuniversitytowncenter.com/events.

A key element of the look and feel will be the skylight system that will form the ceiling of the mall’s concourse.

Crews have begun work on the system, which will bring in natural light and limit lighting costs, while allowing people looking up at the concourse ceiling to see the sky.

As the major work continues, the tell-tale signs that construction has finished won’t be obvious.

“You’ll see light poles popping up, landscaping and (have) other activity inside the mall you can’t see,” Eggert said.

Contact Josh Siegel at jsiegel@yourobserver.com.

After 8-year-old Lacey Holsworth lost her two-year battle with cancer April 5, TV personality and East County resident Dick Vitale will create a grant to raise funds for pediatric cancer research through the V Foundation for Cancer Research.

Vitale has pledged to raise $250,000 in honor of Holsworth and plans to present the check at the ninth annual Dick Vitale Gala May 16, at the Courtesy photo Ritz-Carlton, Heather and Matt HolsSarasota. worth, with Dick Vitale, Holsworth attended Vitale’s and their daughter, Lacey. gala last year with Adreian Payne, a Michigan State basketball player.

To make a donation, visit jimmyv.org/lacey.

The V Foundation awards direct, all-cash donations to cancer research and related programs.

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EAST COUNTY — Since mid-July, an orchestra of contractors has worked to turn a mess of mock-ups, metal beams and other materials into a high-end shopping destination.

What once looked like a skeleton is beginning to look like what the Mall at University Town Center will be.

The project is on track for its Oct. 16 opening. Macy’s — with its trademark red star logo and glass windows visible from University Parkway — and fellow anchors Saks Fifth Avenue and Dillard’s continue to build their own spaces.

Construction on a circular road that will connect access to the stores is nearly finished.

“There’s a lot going on and the opening is coming up fast,” said Octavio Ortiz, general manager of the Mall at UTC. “It’s very rewarding to see the mall come out of the ground to what it is today.”

Ortiz, an employee of Michigan-based Taubman Centers, which is co-developing the $315 million mall at the southeast corner of University Parkway and Cattlemen Road with Benderson Development, has worked out of a temporary trailer office on-site since September.

Because he just received a temporary certification of occupancy, Ortiz will be able to work out of his permanent office on the second floor of the mall — with a view of Interstate 75 and the travelers from Tampa to Naples who will come there — by May 1.

When he and his staff, including an already hired marketing and sponsorship director and facilities director, work from the office, they can park in a parking lot — not on gravel.

Crews are laying asphalt for the parking lot, which will have more than 4,000 parking spaces.

The circular road around the center — the main travel node for customers — has made it easier for contractors representing different stores and restaurants to build their spaces.

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The Lakewood Ranch Business Alliance Board of Directors held its first meeting April 16, in a conference room in its new office, located in the MGA Professional Center.

Alliance moves into new home A few days after the Lakewood Ranch Business Alliance moved into its office, its board has found a new executive director.

LAKEWOOD RANCH — With its move to a new permanent office last week, the Lakewood Ranch Business Alliance finally has a home from which it can foster growth.

And soon, it will have a leader to project the vision for expansion.

Less than a week after alliance board members held their first meeting April 16 inside their new headquarters, Alliance Chairwoman Annette Gueli announced the alliance has selected a new executive director.

A local candidate accepted the position Tuesay morning, but her name had not been released as of press time Tuesday.

“We are thrilled to have hired a local resident who comes to us with a wealth of experience,” Gueli said. “She will start in May, and we are excited to make an official announcement introducing her to the community in the coming days.”

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The new executive director will lead a nonprofit organization with 1,300 active members — growth that has required additional infrastructure to foster economic development.

Since its inception nearly 10 years ago, the alliance had operated out of Schroeder-Manatee Ranch’s headquarters on Covenant Way. “We’re experiencing tremendous growth and expect that trend to continue,” Gueli said. “The new office was specifically designed to give every edge available to take our organization, our members and our community to new heights.”

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by Amanda Sebastiano | Staff Writer

Peridia golf course receives makeover Peridia Golf and Country Club will close for renovations starting May 5.

BY THE NUMBERS 1 — The number of times the golf course has been renovated 18 — The number of holes on the golf course 1986 — The year Peridia Golf and Country Club opened 2002 — The year of the golf course’s last renovation 40,000 — The number of rounds played at the golf course per year Photos by Amanda Sebastiano

Deb D’Angelo and Millie Evans contribute to the 40,000 rounds of golf played on Peridia Golf and Country Club’s course each year. The course will soon be renovated after 12 years of use. grass blades with chemicals and let the grass rest under a tarp until the end of the month, at which time new grass will be planted.

The new grass will grow from July to September. Playing on it before it’s ready will cause damage to the course and cause delays, Brown said.

Brown also said the tee boxes, which golfers use to take the first shot on each hole, will be replaced and leveled by filling the new boxes with fresh sand.

Brown said he began notifying Peridia residents of the closure a few months ago in community newsletters and website postings.

The renovation benefits the golfers, he said, and isn’t meant as an inconvenience.

“This project will do two things,” Brown said. “It will increase play revenue and will decrease the players’ dissatisfaction with the greens.”

For more information on courses offering discounted rates for Peridia golfers, visit peridiagcc. net or call 758-2582.

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Although the course generates dollars for the community through golf fees, the more than four-month closure won’t have much of an effect on revenue, Brown said. The project’s summer timetable will prove the best time of year for construction because many Peridia residents will have returned to their out-of-state homes.

Nearly a decade of savings from quarterly community dues from Peridia residents will fund the project. Renovations start April 28 with the replacement of the 27-year-old pump house, which waters the grass and serves as the course’s irrigation system.

Once the course closes next month, maintenance crews will start resurfacing, or refurbishing, the greens — a task completed on an as-needed basis, Brown said.

Currently, the grass on the fairway, the green and the collar — a ring of grass around the putting green that sits in between the height of the green and fairway grasses — have been encroaching on each other. The overlap can cause inaccurate results, due to the way the ball rolls when it lands.

In June, maintenance crews will treat any stubborn overlapping

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EAST COUNTY — As Robert Brown zipped around the Peridia Golf and Country Club’s 18-hole golf course in his golf cart last week, he observed more than the golfers who eyed the distance to their next hole.

The general manager’s eyes combed over the green on which the golfers stood.

His view of discolored and inconsistent turf, which others may not notice, will soon be rectified.

The golf course, which hosts more than 40,000 rounds of play each year, will have its first makeover in 12 years. The $300,000 renovation project will run from May to September, with the full course closure effective May 5.

“We want to maintain the course at a higher level (aesthetically) to please a range of golfers,” Brown said.

The clubhouse and the community’s restaurant will remain open for dining and other activities.

The course opened in 1986, and has only received renovations once, in 2002, prior to this year.

Brown has made arrangements with seven other courses in the area to accommodate patrons with discounted rates during the construction period.

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government by Josh Siegel | Staff Writer

Ranch CDD 2 swears in new board supervisor Jerry Twiggs will fill the Lakewood Ranch Community Development District 2 seat vacated by Kathleen Grant, who resigned in March.

LAKEWOOD RANCH — Soon after he moved to Lakewood Ranch in 2008, Jerry Twiggs threw himself into the governance of his condominium community, Watercrest.

Six years later — seconds after being sworn in as the newest Lakewood Ranch Community Development District 2 supervisor — Twiggs sat at a dais and studied a thick three-ring binder and a 2015 budget-planning book.

Twiggs, 62, the chief operating officer of Peace River Electric Cooperative and, also, a lawyer, will fill the CDD 2 seat vacated by Kathleen Grant, who resigned in March.

“I love Lakewood Ranch,” said Twiggs, who interviewed with the CDD 2 board before being selected. “I always want to be involved in my community, and this is a chance to get more involved.”

That chance came when Grant, his friend, resigned. She served with Twiggs on the Watercrest Condo Association Board and recommended he apply for the open seat with the CDD. Since Twiggs began his work as CDD supervisor April 17, he has been learning more about his community.

At his first CDD meeting that day, his Southern drawl sounded

CDD WRAPUP CDD 1:

• Supervisor Phyllis Troy announced she will not run for re-election in November.

“You have been our faithful liaison with the county in working with them on various issues,” CDD 1 Chairwoman June Stroup told Troy.

• After the death of Lakewood Ranch resident Donald Mader, supervisors directed staff to study each of the intersections along Lakewood Ranch Boulevard for appropriate line of sight.

Mader, 83, died April 5, at Blake Medical Center, after being struck by a vehicle while riding his bicycle at the intersection of Parkside Place and Lakewood Ranch Boulevard.

“The community lost a wonderful person,” Stroup said of Mader.

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Jess Mears, the clerk to the CDD boards, swears in Jerry Twiggs, left. distinct among his fellow board members when Twiggs — an Alabama native — requested a map of CDD 2-owned property.

“I am in collection of information mode,” Twiggs said.

Twiggs is also in life-change mode.

To avoid a conflict of interest, Twiggs resigned from his post as president of the Watercrest Condo Association, a position he has held since 2009.

Twiggs also said he will retire from full-time work next year so he can focus on serving CDD 2.

His priorities as a board mem-

ber will develop over time.

“Right now, I’m concerned about traffic issues,” Twiggs said.

“I have no personal interest in this. All of us have a common interest to work together and make sure taxpayers get the most money for their buck.”

Although his CDD 2 seat expires in November, Twiggs wants to run for an additional four-year term.

“I wouldn’t have accepted this job if I didn’t think it was something that would be long term,” Twiggs said.

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• District Engineer Mike Kennedy conducted a drivethrough of CDD 2 roads and determined “most of the pavement is in really good condition.”

• Staff is looking into installing an Applications by Design, Inc. (ABDI) security system at the Edgewater gate.

CDD 5:

• A trial date for a lawsuit regarding installation of nowsunken storm drain inlets is set for Aug. 21.

“I want residents be aware there is ongoing discussions by all parties,” Supervisor

Thomas Bishop said. “This board will continue to have several closed sessions in an effort to minimize resident impact. We have spent lot of money, not only on litigation, but on repairs.”

• The board awarded a $101,380 contract for phase 5 inlet restoration work.

Repairs will begin in May.

CDD 6:

• The board appointed Supervisor Richard Williams as its chairman. Supervisor Bob Burstein resigned as chairman in March; he still serves on the board.

All:

• The boards initiated a request for qualifications for a new engineer. In March, Kennedy announced his resignation from his position effective at the end of the fiscal year.

• Town Hall’s landscape manager, Eddie Tanguay, who began his job in August 2013, resigned.

• The qualifying period to run for CDD seats in the November election is June 16 to June 20.

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• A study of Town Hall’s employee health insurance plan revealed the benefits package is lacking in some areas. The IDA will try to look for alternative health plans. Employees saw a 17% increase in their health insurance premiums for Blue Cross Blue Shield in 2014.

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CONSTRUCTION

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A project to widen a 2.5-mile section of State Road 64 from four to six lanes in the East County is nearly complete, after more than two years of construction.

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EAST COUNTY — After more than two years of slowed traffic into and outside the 7-Eleven gas station on State Road 64, Sharon Swigger welcomes the removal of orange traffic cones outside the station’s doors.

Swigger, store manager at the 7-Eleven, which is located in the heart of a project to widen S.R. 64 from four to six lanes from the Braden River to Interstate 75, hopes the change will increase the number of patrons visiting the store. A decrease in foot traffic coincided with the start of construction in 2012.

“We had a lot of construction workers coming in, which was good, but the sensors on the traffic lights were down,” Swigger said. “You could sit at a light for 15 minutes. Construction ruined our business for a while.”

Only minor details remain on the project, which had been slated to finish in fall 2013. Contractors must add permanent paint for striping of the roadways, as well as a final layer of asphalt.

Before deeming the $13.4 million project complete, officials from the Florida Department of Transportation, the agency that funded the project, and the project’s con-

tractor, Better Roads Inc., will walk along State Road 64 in May, to ensure the project meets the requirements on the “punch-list inspection,” said Robin Stublen, communications specialist for FDOT District 1.

The project includes the addition of two lanes, a bicycle lane and a sidewalk and the resurfacing and improvement of four intersections with S.R. 64 west of the Carlton Arms community to Interstate 75 — 43rd Street Boulevard East, 48th Street Court East, 57th Street East and 60th Street Court East.

Those intersections now have new traffic signals, turn areas, curbs, sidewalks, gutters and lighting.

Stublen said the improvements will ease congestion going to and from Interstate 75, shortening commute time and resulting in fewer accidents.

Swigger and fellow 7-Eleven employees vouch for the faster flow of traffic outside their doors and have noticed sale numbers returning to normal.

The FDOT chose to fund the project after reviewing traffic studies that reflected congestion in an area, Stublen said.

Contact Amanda Sebastiano at amandas@yourobserver.com.

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The proposed double diverging diamond design is projected to cost about $60 million.

FUNDING / PAGE 1A ficials from Sarasota and Manatee counties about traffic woes at University Parkway and Interstate 75 and coordinated a meeting between them and Florida Department of Transportation Secretary Ananth Prasad. “We’ll know (April 29) when (the budget lands) on my desk.

There’s still a chance it could be put back in.”

Prasad had planned to put $60 million of the $100 million toward constructing a double diverging diamond at the interchange of Interstate 75 and University Parkway.

By the end of March, FDOT engineers had completed 45% of the design for the project.

“This was something that was truly necessary and needed in east Manatee,” Manatee County District 5 Commissioner Vanessa Baugh said. “For us to be in this situation with the mall getting ready to open and the world rowing championships coming and FDOT willing to take care (of this project) for us — for this to not be in their budget is just unthinkable.”

Steube said the Legislature does not have line items for specific transportation improvement projects; instead, it has a list of improvements FDOT plans to construct, with a total amount budgeted.

He said he has spoken with Prasad and is confident the secretary plans to work to find funding elsewhere for the interchange, if the $100 million is not accepted into the budget. Other transportation projects have come in under budget, which may provide an alternative funding source. “(Prasad) is going to work hard to find money for this project,” Steube said. “I still think this is something that likely will be done.”

Sarasota and Manatee county officials traveled to Tallahassee March 6 to meet with Prasad about their concerns with the I-75/University interchange and pushed for the state to expedite improvements.

At that time, Prasad vowed to fast track funding and fast track the design and construction of the proposed interchange, if local officials supported improvements to the surrounding road network.

FDOT did not have any money earmarked for the project until 2021, but promised to try to find about $60 million to expedite the project.

FDOT spokesman Billy Hattaway said last month that FDOT expected to award the contract for the project in May, at which time contractors could begin mobilizing for construction.

He did not immediately return requests for comment.

+ Diverging diamond is a partial traffic solution Dear Editor, The recent agreement to adopt the diverging diamond solution addresses the problem of traffic on University Parkway being able to merge onto Interstate 75 without the restriction of waiting at stop lights to make left turns to access the Interstate — and that is a good thing.

However, it appears that the other part of this agreement removed the obligation for Sarasota and Manatee counties to require that the congestion caused by the traffic that travels in both directions on University Parkway is relieved — and that is a not a good thing.

As a result of this agreement, improvements planned for the Cattlemen/Cooper Creek intersection with University Parkway and the Market Street intersection with University Parkway have been put on hold. The left turn lanes at both of these intersections already have traffic backing up into the thru-lanes.

I have confirmation from Sarasota County that University Parkway between Honore Avenue and the I-75 interchange is currently operating at Level of Service D. If the Level of Service is already “D,” will University Parkway fall to the next level of “F” with the addition of destination traffic to the mall — traffic that isn’t just driving by and decides to stop at the mall, but traffic that leaves home with the mall as their destination?

How can Sarasota and Manatee counties allow the necessary improvements to the University Parkway corridor to be delayed while allowing the mall to open?

Glenda Auxier University Park

NAPIERS / PAGE 1A time deputies seized more than 300 dogs, cats, horses, goats and other animals. The animals have since been transferred to other rescue organizations for care and adoption.

Prior to their arrest, the Napiers posted on the website for their shelter that they would soon take in more animals, Koper said.

“This really came at a good time,” Koper said. “At least (the officers) made charges that will prevent him from going back in business right away.”

The grounds for the Napiers’ arrest came after months of undercover investigative work into tips that the rescue owners allegedly mistreated their animals.

The sheriff’s office started the investigation late last year and felt Pam Eubanks confident enough in the information it had gathered to make The Manatee County Sheriff’s Office charged Alan and Sheree Napier with 15 counts of aggravated animal cruelty, and charged Alan Napier an arrest.

Law enforcement arrested the with one count of fraud, April 17.

Napiers for 15 counts of aggrawill be ongoing as the courtvated animal cruelty for their alhearing process continues.

HOW TO HELP leged treatment of nine dogs, five “There’s going to start being Although area animal reshorses and one cat. quite a few hearings,” Bristow cues, such as Cat Depot and Veterinarian Dr. Edward Dunsaid. “It’s hard to say — well, it’s Nate’s Honor Animal Rescue, ham, Napier’s director of veteriimpossible to say — when the continue to adopt out cats and nary medicine, also was arrested actual trial will be. They’ve only dogs each week, area shelters, April 19 on one count of aggrabeen charged by us (the county) which took in animals when the vated animal cruelty, according so far; the state attorney’s office Napier’s Log Cabin Horse and to the Sheriff’s Office website. still has time to file the formal Animal Sanctuary was raided, Dunham allegedly failed to charges.” still need donations and volgive animals pain medication The Napiers appeared before unteers. For more information, and sedatives during surgery, KoJudge Charlie Roberts April 18 call Manatee County Animal per said, and just put the animals for their first court appearance, Services at 742-5933. under anesthesia. The animals at which they heard the charges could still feel pain, which offiagainst them. cials deemed as cruel behavior.

Sheree Napier’s $21,000 bond Alan Napier’s charge came in and to solicit for dollars, expired was paid last week. Alan Napier response to officers’ undercover in May 2013. remains in jail.

Authorities claimed the Napivisit to the rescue earlier this For now, the Napiers wait for year, during which a dog was ers accepted the officers’ money, their advisory hearing in May, purchased for $400, Bristow said. and possibly donations from during which the Napiers will enThe Napiers also solicited for other patrons, which led to the ter a plea of guilty or not guilty. donations to feed the animals, fraud (unlawful solicitation of The Napiers’ attorney, Michael funds) charge against Alan Napay the bills and other needs.

Perry, did not respond for comHowever, the Napiers’ non- pier, Bristow said. ments by press time Tuesday.

The investigation, which has profit certification, which alContact Amanda Sebastiano at lowed them to accept donations spanned more than six months, amandas@yourobserver.com.

IN HIS WORDS

Michael Fleck, a veterinarian who spayed and neutered Alan and Sheree Napiers’ dogs and cats for two years, couldn’t believe the news he heard last week.

The Napiers he remembers didn’t match the couple charged with 15 counts of aggravated animal cruelty and one count of fraud April 17, Fleck said.

He thought the animals who lived at the couple’s property — Napier’s Log Cabin Horse and Animal Sanctuary — seemed to be OK; he wouldn’t have put them under anesthesia to spay them had they appeared otherwise, he said.

“All the animals I saw that they brought to me seemed reasonably healthy,” Fleck said. “Most of the rescue dogs that come in aren’t in the best grooming shape, and some of them, of course, are not at the level of weight that they should be.”

He couldn’t comment on the state of the more than 300 dogs, cats, goats, pigs, horses and other animals confiscated from the State Road 64 premises Feb. 5, because the Napiers always came to his office when they needed his services.

Despite the charges, he still believes that the Napiers hearts are in the right place.

“I believe that all animal rescues are well intentioned,” Fleck said. “I love that intention that they have, to try to find owners for pets that may not be able to survive in life.”

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VEX IQ Challenge — Students build a robot using the VEX IQ robotics platform to solve an engineering challenge presented in the form of a game. Team members work together to compete in challenges that showcase their robot’s skills in driver-controlled and autonomous challenges. They also must complete a research project that outlines how a math topic of their choice applies to robotics.

VEX Robotics Competition — Students use the VEX Robotics Design System to build robots to score points in qualification and elimination matches and skills challenges. Students also submit notebooks on the design of their robots and are interviewed about their robot and the evolution of its design.

ROBOTS / PAGE 1A Nolan — the only school in Manatee County to compete in the competition — will send two teams.

“It’s going to be interesting,” said 13-year-old Chris Miller, as he worked on the school’s second robot nearby. “There are a lot of good robots.”

Technology Student Association adviser and technology teacher Maureen Hudson said the teams qualified for the world competition in February, and students have been adjusting their designs in preparation for the event. The world contest includes marketing, interviews,

research and other businesstype components not required at lower-level competition.

“We have really high hopes,” Hudson said. “It’s hard to tell when there are that many teams, but regardless of where they place, they couldn’t have worked any harder. The product they’ve produced is absolutely fantastic.

“Since our VEX program is such a new addition to our technology classes, I’m so proud of the kids and what they’ve been able to achieve in such a short period of time,” she said. “Last year was the first year (we offered VEX).”

Doug Wagner, director of Manatee’s Adult, Career and Techni-

cal Education Department, said Manatee students have earned a chance to compete in the world VEX competition for three consecutive years. Haile Middle School competed in 2012, placing eighth, and Bayshore competed in 2013.

“Our career and technical education programs are preparing our students for a global workforce,” Wagner said. “We are all cheering on the students from Nolan Middle in this real world competition.”

Haile and Braden River Middle schools qualified for this year’s competition, but did not send teams because of a lack of funding, Wagner said.

Wagner’s department has supplied Nolan with $2,500 in grants to offset some of the costs associated with competition. But, Hudson said total costs will be close to $10,000, including airfare, hotel stay and other expenses ($900 per student plus registration and other costs).

Nolan is seeking donations to cover those costs because it hopes to use other funds to send students to the Technology Student Association’s national competition in June, as well.

For more information on Nolan’s team or to contribute toward competition costs, contact Hudson at hudsonm@manateeschools.net.

Contact Pam Eubanks at peubanks@yourobserver.com.

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Jordan Conelias, 13, makes adjustments to his IQ robot in preparation for the VEX Robotics World Championship this week.

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Vicki Bartz, the director of communications for Tidewell Hospice, hopes families consider different philosophies when planning end-of-life care for a patient.

Tidewell Hospice has a chaplain and other religious leaders on staff, as well as social workers.

“I hope more people become receptive to hospice care,” said Bartz, noting the average length of stay for hospice is 11 days, although Medicare coverage lasts for more than six months. “It’s about body, mind and soul.”

Emmett said she expects Harvest to take part in National Healthcare Decisions Day next year.

“We’re here for members when they’re dealing with difficult illnesses,” Emmett said. “It’s always best to talk about these things ahead of time, not during the emotion of the event when the patient is often unable to tell us what they want.”

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LAKEWOOD RANCH — Andrew Spehr, a recipient of a heart transplant, is an indirect beneficiary of health care planning.

Spehr, who spoke at a special forum April 16 at Harvest United Methodist Church to promote National Healthcare Decisions Day, owes his life to an organ donor.

Seven years since he received a new heart, Spehr met his donor’s family for the first time earlier this year to express appreciation.

“I had no idea when the phone call would come in,” said Spehr, speaking on behalf of LifeLink, a nonprofit organ- and tissue-recovery organization for which he volunteers. “I can eat again and I can walk without running out of breath again because of someone’s willingness to partake in advance health care planning and become an organ donor.”

For the first time, at the behest of Dr. Cathy Emmett, Harvest’s event organizer and a member of its congregational-care team, the church participated in National Healthcare Decisions Day. About 15 people came to Harvest for the forum, which also featured a representative from Tidewell Hospice.

When people make difficult, long-term decisions, they often consult their church, making Harvest an ideal outlet to encourage early health care planning, Emmett said.

“Harvest has always been deeply concerned with the health and welfare of its members and neighbors,” Emmett said.

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APRIL 8 LOOSE MORALS 9:39 a.m. — 4600 block of 73rd Street E. Information Only. A man said someone entered his car and stole his loose change.

The man said he did not want to report it as a burglary. He just wanted an information report written.

APRIL 13 GROUP MENTALITY 11:53 a.m. — 6200 block of Lake Osprey Drive. Trespass Warning. A group of friends booked rooms at a hotel. They stayed in five different rooms on different floors. The hotel manager said all of the friends gave fake names, smoked in the rooms and alleged the rooms weren’t clean. At the same time, the patrons in all five rooms clogged their toilets so that hotel staff would clean the rooms. The hotel manager called the police. Each of the friends was issued a trespass warning. If they ever return to the hotel again, they will be arrested.

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APRIL 14 HEEL STEAL 6:20 p.m. — 8300 block of Lockwood Ridge Road. Theft. A woman selected three pairs of shoes inside a department store. She then attempted to exit the store without paying for the shoes, which were valued at $89.58. Department store staff stopped the woman. She tried to run away. The staff member maintained control of the woman.

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Wolves Head Pizza & Wings

ABOUT THE OWNER John Breiner grew up in the restaurant industry.

He owned two Ed’s Tavern restaurants — one family-owned establishment that dates back to the 1930s, in Charlotte, N.C., and another, which he opened on Lakewood Ranch Main Street in early 2009.

He sold the business in Lakewood Ranch in February.

Before owning restaurants, Breiner worked in construction for more than 20 years.

EAST COUNTY — At 3 p.m. on a Friday — typically a slow time for restaurants before the start of the dinner rush — various “regulars” sit at the bar at a new Lakewood Ranch restaurant owned by a familiar face.

John Breiner, former owner of Ed’s Tavern, already has a steady flow of weekly patrons who enjoy the “brew house-meetsAmericana” vibe of his newest venture, Wolves Head Pizza & Wings.

The red-walled restaurant, nestled in the corner of Lane Plaza Too on Lakewood Ranch Boulevard, offers 19 beers on tap and eventually will offer daily specials and host events.

Customers come for the salad, wings and the signature pizza made from restaurant General Manager Rob Hallam’s secret recipe.

Breiner purchased the property, formerly occupied by Ferraros Italian Cuisine, in February, and painted the walls, replaced the floors, added eight flatscreen televisions and extended the bar. The restaurant opened April 7.

Breiner said he has inherited patrons from both Ferraro’s and Ed’s Tavern’s already.

“The community has taken to us,” Breiner said, in

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Wolves Head General Manager Rob Hallam throws a pizza made from his secret recipe. a thick New Jersey accent.

“They know what we can do.”

Wolves Head’s bar is its

focal point, with a wall of televisions that broadcast a range of sporting events. It serves as a hub for patrons,

whether friends or strangers, to connect. “(It) is like the show ‘Cheers’ and I want to bring that here,” Breiner said.

“By having those TVs show sports, it brings together 21- and 81-year-olds, who share a common bond.”

Breiner said Wolves Head also showcases pieces of Breiner’s childhood and the principles on which he grew up.

A reminder from his uncle Ed sits tucked in the corner of Wolves Head. It’s a telephone booth he gave Breiner as a bar-warming present in 2004, when he opened his first Ed’s Tavern in Charlotte, N.C. Family photographs, an old Kodak camera and other keepsakes decorate the glass walls of the antique, greeting customers as they enter the restaurant.

As a child, Breiner spent his evenings and ate his dinners on booths at the original Ed’s Tavern in New Jersey, which, unknowingly to Breiner, shaped his career and love for the restaurant industry, he said.

Although Breiner’s experience at Ed’s launched his career as a restaurant owner, the father of two hopes the earlier closing hours of switching from a tavern to a restaurant with a bar will

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WOLVES HEAD PIZZA & WINGS Owner: John Breiner Hours: 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Sunday through Friday; and 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. Saturday; Location: 1837 Lakewood Ranch Blvd., Bradenton, in Lane Plaza Too. Services: Wolves Head sells pizza, pasta, salads and sandwiches. It also features 19 beers on tap.

Website: wolvesheadpizza.com. allow for more time with his children, Jason and Derrick.

“Bar years are like dog years,” Breiner said, laughing. “I’m 47, but I’m probably going on 147. You really have to love the restaurant and bar businesses to do this, and I do.”

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CAMERON GRECO At 8 a.m. on a non-school day, volunteering as a docent at a local art exhibit might not be the first place you’d expect to find a high school sophomore. But for Riverview High School student Cameron Greco, that’s right where he and his classmates feel at home.

The students are volunteering as docents for Embracing Our Differences, an annual outdoor art exhibit that celebrates diversity through dozens of selected art pieces. This year, 42 pieces were selected from 6,079 submissions from 52 countries and 42 states.

Each pieces is a 12-foot-by16-foot banner that relates to the theme of valued diversity.

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“It’s like planting a seed in the ground. When you teach children about diversity from a young age, and that it doesn’t matter what race or religion someone comes from, it will help eliminate those boundaries of discrimination ...” ments — it’s something that interests him.

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SATURDAY, APRIL 26 Shred Day — runs from 9 a.m. to noon at Grow Financial Credit Union, 11008 Arcade Place, and Lakewood Ranch Town Hall, 8175 Lakewood Ranch Blvd., Lakewood Ranch. Lakewood Ranch Town Hall and Grow Financial Credit Union offer a free shredding service to dispose of sensitive documents. The Grow Financial site is a drop-off-only site for off-site shredding; documents will be shredded onsite at Town Hall. Accu-Shred of Tampa will shred the documents. The service is for personal documents only. Participants should limit shredding to two boxes, each no larger than 24 inches by 12 inches. For information, call 907-0202, Ext. 247.

Social Media for Small Business — starts at 2 p.m. at the Braden River Branch Library, 4915 53rd Ave. E., Bradenton.

Pre-registration is required for this computer training program. For information, call 727-6079.

Moonlight Movie — starts at sunset at Greenbrook Adventure Park, 13010 Adventure Place, Lakewood Ranch.

Lakewood Ranch Community Activities will show “Frozen” on an inflatable screen.

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Masorti Kehillah Organizational Meeting — starts at 10 a.m. at The Windsor, 8220 Natures Way, Lakewood Ranch. A continental breakfast is included. For information, email kehillahoflakewoodranch@ gmail.com.

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volleyball by Jen Blanco | Sports Editor

MOMENTS OF THE WEEK

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The Out-of-Door Academy junior Tre Gregory cleared 14 feet, 6 inches to finish second in the pole vault at the Class 1A-Region 3 meet April 17 and earn a berth in the Class 1 track and field finals May 2.

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The Coastline Volleyball 15 Rox team went undefeated in 10 matches to win the 80-team Northeast Qualifier April 12 to April 14, in Philadelphia. It earned a berth in the USA Volleyball Girls’ Junior National Championships, in Minneapolis.

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The Braden River Middle School boys basketball team defeated Haile Middle School to win the district championship April 17.

4 Braden River runner Michael Braxton crossed the finish line in 51.13 seconds to win the 400-meter dash at the Class 3A-District 10 meet April 16, in Clearwater.

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The Out-ofDoor boys lacrosse team finished as the District 25 runnerup April 17.

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The Coastline Volleyball 18 Rox team won the 88-team 18 American division of the Big South National Qualifier April 4 through April 6, in Atlanta.

Big South Champs

The Coastline Volleyball 18 Rox team will compete in the 35th annual USA Volleyball Girls’ Junior National Championships this summer, in Minneapolis.

BRADENTON — It had been six years in the making — the fulfillment of a childhood goal that, up until this season, Lakewood Ranch High senior Ali Milbourn thought might not become a reality.

For the past five years, Milbourn’s aspirations of earning a national championship bid had been met with disappointment.

But, then, her team’s Cinderella story began to unfold.

The injuries that had plagued Milbourn and her Coastline Volleyball 18 Rox teammates began to heal. The team began to work together and gain confidence.

During the Big South National Qualifier April 4 through April 6, in Atlanta, Coastline went undefeated to win the 18 American division, after heading into the tournament seeded 44th out of 88 teams.

“The first two days they played well, but the last day they played was really something to watch,” coach Craig Wolfe says. “They were really disciplined in their assignments. You could just feel something special was happening that day.”

With the win, Coastline earned a bid to the 35th annual USA Volleyball Girls’ Junior National Championships June 28 through July 1, in

Minneapolis.

However, the true extent of their accomplishment still hasn’t fully sunken in for Milbourn and her teammates.

“I cried,” Milbourn says. “It still doesn’t seem real. It’s been a goal of mine for so long. I’m just so glad we did it, because I never thought I would achieve it.”

Wolfe says: “There are thousands of really good teams every year; and no matter how good they are, they don’t all qualify. It’s a huge deal. They may not understand how significant this is until years later.”

Coastline began preparing for its competitive season following the conclusion of the high school season in November.

The team got off to an uncharacteristically rough start. In the middle of dealing with injuries and team issues, the Coastline 18 Rox team lost to Coastline’s 14s, 15s and 17s teams in practice.

Wolfe had just joined the club, and the players were adjusting to his coaching style.

About two months ago, Wolfe finally began to see his players buy into the system.

Coastline played in an open tournament before traveling to the

Colorado Crossroads “I’m so proud of COASTLINE Junior National Qualihow they came tofier March 14 through gether as a team and VOLLEYBALL 18 March 16, in Denver, trusted the process,” ROX ROSTER where the team went Wolfe says. “After we Nicole Grant 2-1 the first day. It finwon, I remember Reanna Gregory ished 24th in the 18 looking up and thinkKelsea Guest USA division. ing, ‘Did this really Lauren Hochstetler Coastline followed just happen?’ They Madison Jaco up its trip to Denwere just phenomHolly Kabana ver with a fifth-place enal.”

Catherine Kleinkopf finish at the Disney Following the Ali Milbourn Volleyball Showcase Big South National McKenzie Smith March 28 through Qualifier, the team Kelly Stewart March 30. began preparing for Taylor Wallace Heading into the Big the 2014 Asics Florida South National QualiGirls’ Junior Regional fier, the girls believed they were Qualifier April 19 and April 20, in playing their best volleyball of the Orlando. Coastline went 3-2 in the season. regional tournament, which fea“The first two days we relaxed a tured the top teams from around little on our play and we didn’t have the area. any nervous energy,” says Kelsea “You have to be challenged,” Guest, a Braden River senior. “That Wolfe says. “I’m so proud of these gave us a lot of confidence.” guys for sticking together through Coastline won three games on a really tumultuous beginning and the first day and another three to be able to capture something games the second day to advance so many strive for and never get to the gold bracket. The team won the opportunity. They’ve done an its first three matches in the gold amazing job.” bracket to advance to the champiCoastline will spend the next onship match. two months practicing twice a After losing the first set 22-25, week and scrimmaging other local Coastline bounced back to win the teams in preparation for the Junior next two sets 25-22, 15-13.

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+ ODA crowns state tennis champs The Out-of-Door Academy’s Maria Ross and Mary Ann Rompf both captured state tennis titles at the Florida High School Athletic Association Class 1A championship.

Ross, who was the No. 1 seed in the individual state tournament, defeated Westminster Academy’s Courtney Meredith 6-2, 6-3 to win the individual singles title April 17. She became the first ODA tennis player since Caroline Dailey to win a singles state title.

Ross then teamed up with Rompf to win the doubles state championship. Ross and Rompf, who were the No. 1 seed, defeated Oxbridge Academy’s Rachel Bercovitch and Sophia Chavarria 6-2, 6-1.

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Ross defeated Ransom Everglades’ Allegra Hanlon 3-6, 6-1, 10-7 to win the overall singles title. She and Rompf then defeated Hanlon and Daniela Lopez 6-3, 3-6, 10-8 to win the overall doubles title.

+ Lady Thunder wins district crown The Out-of-Door Academy girls lacrosse team defeated St. Stephen’s 10-5 to win the District 16 championship April 17.

Lexi Myers scored three goals to lead the way for the Lady Thunder. Kimmy Comito added two goals and three assists.

Tess Siciliano had two goals.

Taylor Albano had two goals and two assists. Adelaide Mahler added a goal. Abby Banner recorded 11 saves.

+ Rosedale to hold junior golf program Rosedale Golf & Country Club will host a junior golf program beginning June 14.

The program, which will run for nine consecutive Saturdays, is open to all students ages 5 to 18. Sessions will be held at 9, 10 and 11 a.m. Each session is limited

to 16 students at a cost of $200 per child.

Additional junior programs include a 10 a.m. Wednesday golf clinic for $20 per session and a 10 a.m. Friday Play with the Pro program for $40 per session.

For more information and to register, call the Rosedale pro shop at 756-0004.

+ LECOM organizes annual golf tourney The Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine will hold its annual Student Scholarship Fund Golf Tournament May 28, at Stoneybrook Golf Club in Heritage Harbour.

Cost for the four-person scramble, which will tee off at 1 p.m., is $400 per foursome and includes green and cart fees, boxed lunch, buffet dinner and prizes and awards.

Tee signs also are available for $100. Sponsorships ranging from $600 to $1,000 also are available.

All proceeds will go toward scholarships for LECOM’s medical, dental and pharmacy students.

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+ Lakewood Ranch High Track and Field

The Lakewood Ranch High girls track team scored 177 points to win the Class 3A-District 10 meet April 16, in Clearwater.

The Lakewood boys team finished second with 87.50 points.

Lakewood crowned a combined nine individual and relay district champions. Junior Talia Falco was a triple winner, winning the 100meter hurdles (15.58 seconds), high jump (5 feet, 4 inches) and triple jump (36-06).

Other district champions include: • Brandon Luckett (100, 10.97) • Couper Braun (110 hurdles, 16.30) • Sophia Falco (long jump, 17-00) • Girls 4x100 relay • Girls 4x400 relay • Boys 4x800 relay

The place Shaw finished in the finals of the 100-meter hurdles at last year’s state championships.

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STATS 17 The number of goals The Out-of-Door Academy boys lacrosse team scored against Sarasota Military Academy April 15 to advance to the District 25 championship April 17.

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The number of Braden River High track and field athletes who qualified for the Class 3A-Region 3 meet, which was held April 23.

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The number of wins the Cardinal Mooney High baseball team posted this season after beating Braden River 6-2 in nondistrict action April 15.

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The number of hits former Braden River High and Current North Carolina State pitcher Courtney Mirabella allowed during the Wolfpack’s 8-0 victory against FAMU April 19.

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The combined distance of Shaw’s two hurdling events.

The number of events Shaw will compete in at the Class 1A track and field finals May 2, in Jacksonville, after finishing in the top four at the Class 1A-Region 3 meet April 17.

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POSTSEASON PROMISE

The Mustangs captured their fifth-consecutive district championship with a victory against Braden River.

The teams may face off again in regional play.

Braden River freshman Zaire Yancy races down the first base line after hitting an infield single in the second inning.

championship against rival Braden River, but it also ensured them another berth in the regional tournament.

“It’s a mentality — an idea that we express that we play the regular season to get ready for the postseason,” Lakewood coach Tony Cummins says.

With their seeding decided by a coin flip, Lakewood traveled to Braden River for the Class 7A-District 10 championship April 17.

It was the first time since 2011 the teams faced one another for the district crown.

Lakewood scored runs in both the second and third innings, which proved to be the difference as the Lady Mustangs held on to beat Braden River 2-1. With the win, Lakewood captured its fifth-consecutive district championship.

“It’s very exciting,” Lakewood second baseman Maddie Biggs

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Lakewood Ranch coach Tony Cummins congratulates his team following a scoreless inning. says. “We were really pumped for this game, and it showed. We knew that Braden River has a lot of good players and we just needed to stay focused the whole game. I think (our) focus really helped us win that game.”

“We have a far greater expectation than just district championships,” Cummins says. “We will go back to work. We will continue to build. We will continue to push for our next game.”

Lakewood played 15 one-run games during a regular season that featured several top-notch opponents. Those experiences helped prepare the Lady Mustangs to withstand the pressure associated with the postseason.

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Lakewood pitchers Amanda Rak and Logan Newton held the Lady Pirates to one run on eight hits and three walks.

Braden River, whose starting lineup features five freshmen and two sophomores, had its share of chances, but, after scoring a run on a bases-loaded walk in the bottom of the third inning, the Lady Pirates failed to scratch the tying run across the plate.

“The caliber of ball we’re playing is where we want to be,” Braden River coach Erin Spivey says. “As far as I’m concerned, we’re right where we need to be in

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Lakewood and Braden River both will advance to the regional quarterfinals April 24. Lakewood will be home against Clearwater Countryside, while Braden River will travel to Tarpon Springs East Lake.

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“I’ll gladly give up a district championship and go to the state tournament, so that’s what we’re going for,” Spivey says.

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It’s the time when championship hopes come alive.

Lakewood secured a spot in the postseason with a decisive 9-1 victory against Sarasota in the Class 7A-District 10 semifinals.

The win not only landed the Lady Mustangs a spot in the district

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Bongart fell to Ingrid Neel, who trains with Hall of Fame inductee Nick Bollettieri at IMG Academy, 6-3, 6-2. Seven of those lost points came in games during which Bongart was leading 30-0 or 40-15.

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Overall, how do you think you did?

I think I did well. It was a good learning experience. I played Ingrid Neel, and she’s a tough player. I’ve never played anyone with her style before. So it was a good experience to know what to do against that and what I still need to work on.

What makes Ingrid Neel such a tough player?

Normally, girls don’t come to the net as much as she does. Any chance she got, she would go to the net. Her volleys were amazing. She did really good defending up there and (leading) where my ball was going to go.

What’s the biggest thing you learned from playing in your first professional tennis tournament?

I’ve learned what I need to do to take the next step in my game. I need to be better in transition moving forward. I

I was definitely a little nervous, but, next time, I won’t be as nervous and those factors won’t bother me as much.

It’s kind of different having spectators there. It was cool.

What tournaments do you have planned for the summer?

I’m planning some college tournaments — ITA tournaments, which allow college and junior players to compete in the summer. I’ve also got Super Nationals this summer. I’m not sure what specifically I have next, but I know I have those for the future.

How did playing in the Sarasota Open prepare you for some of those college tournaments and eventually college tennis?

I guess it prepares me with how I need to improve. These girls on the professional (circuit) are kind of like how the college girls are and how they play.

It’s more serious. I need to be prepared for a higher level of play, I guess.

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Joey Ramsey brings his dog, Naomi.

The Rev. Brian Bagley-Bonner blesses Piper, a beagle/pug mix owned by Marge Hooie.

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Faith United Church of Christ held its first Blessing of the Animals event in nearly a decade.

M

arge Hooie bows her head and smiles as the Rev. Brian Bagley-Bonner waves his hand over her dog, Piper, a chubby beagle/pug mix, and begins a prayer of blessing.

Bagley-Bonner, pastor of Faith United Church of Christ, welcomed Piper and about a dozen other dogs and their families April 19, for the church’s first Blessing of the Animals event in nearly a decade.

“A lot of people don’t think animals go to heaven because they don’t have spirits, but I don’t believe that,” Hooie says later, while resting in the shade at a picnic table, with her nearly 9-year-old dog.

“I know God loves animals just as much as he loves us.”

Blessing of the Animals events traditionally fall on or around Oct. 4, in celebration of the Feast of St. Francis. But the church decided to hold it on Holy Saturday because that date already had passed.

“We decided to do it because a lot of people have very loving relationships with their pets and it’s important to show that,” BagleyBonner says.

Linda Anderson brought her two dachshunds, Bandit and Peanut Butter, who happily mingled with the other dogs, including her son’s, a husky named Naomi.

“I’ve always wanted them

Bailey sports bunny ears at the event.

blessed,” Anderson says. “It just seems right. I figured a little blessing couldn’t (be a bad thing).”

Attendee Diane Becher, who came with her friend and church member M.R. Lembright, brought their dog, Gracie. Becher says the 8-month-old pup shows her mischievous side by chewing up shoes, jumping on guests and exhibiting “uncontrolled licking.”

“I was hoping Pastor Brian could give an exorcism, but I don’t know if it worked yet,” Becher confesses, laughing. “She’s full of energy.”

Bagley-Bonner says he hopes to offer the event annually going forward — maybe even twice a year — to accommodate both yearround and seasonal church and community members.

Contact Pam Eubanks at peubanks@yourobserver.com.

AN EXCERPT FROM THE CEREMONY LED BY THE REV. BRIAN BAGLEY-BONNER: “We come today to celebrate and honor the beings that bless us with their presence and their love. They keep us as a human race from being alone. Truly, we find in them comfort, laughter, joy and acceptance. Humans have sometimes suggested that somehow our animal companions are less than us, even suggesting there is no room in heaven for them. But that is all foolish, human hubris. We have learned, as we have explored God’s amazing creation, that we are all from the same cosmic family tree. All beings on Earth, indeed in the whole cosmos, are made of the stuff of stars.”

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Lucy Preston rushes to find eggs hidden in the bushes.

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Dr. L.B. Wish with Sally and Rick Piccolo, former U.S. Congresswoman and Florida Secretary of State Katherine Harris and Dr. Peter A. Wish Left: Hospitality students Katey Witt, Brittany Figlow and Julieah Sinkler prepare lamb kebabs.

Stephanie Poxton, a USF Sarasota-Manatee hospitality management student who graduates in December, poses with the school’s mascot.

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Caulkins sheds light on Key Chorale’s ‘Luminosity’

Key Chorale occasionally commissions a new piece. What is a memorable piece that stands out?

We only do commissions every four or five years … The most memorable was for our 20th anniversary, “Three Days by the Sea,” composed by Gwyneth Walker … a few years back she wrote an orchestration for “Three Days by the Sea” that we will perform for our 30th anniversary (next season).

This year, Key Chorale commissioned the young Norwegian composer Ola Gjelio — why him?

In 2007, “Ubi Caritas,” his Latin-text piece, was performed at the Choral Directors Association … This is a sound I’d never really heard before then … Since then, I’ve followed his growth as a composer … We’ve performed a lot

Describe his music.

He manages to have kind of a cinematic nature about his music ... I love the fact that he always finds the way to add drama … Most of the pieces you hear of his, I think you’re overwhelmed with his ability to create beautiful sounds and harmonies that are just amazing.

Now tell me about the piece he commissioned — “The Lake Isle:” There are two parts to it. The first part has only been performed a handful of times … It takes text from William Butler Yeats that talks about this peaceful place you can go and how the poet is filled with solitude and peacefulness …

We were talking about different projects, and Ola said, “Maybe ‘The Lake Isle’ needs a sequel.”

So, taking ideas of part one, he explored and created a second part for Key Chorale.

For the text, he partnered with Charles Anthony Silvestri, a young American poet. Silvestri wrote an original poem, but takes Yeats’ idea of solitude and peacefulness.

The music complements part one so well, that I can’t imagine doing one without the other.

What has the choir’s response

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Clockwise from bottom left: Joseph Caulkins, Key Chorale and composer Ola Gjelio been to it so far? … Usually, you have to work with (a new song) and live with it before it starts to grab you. But, it immediately struck them, and it’s made the process of learning it so enjoyable.

We hear it’s about a personal utopia? Could you touch on this?

What I kind of told the choir as we have been preparing it is that all of us have that place, whether

it’s an actual place you go for peace or solitude or an imaginative place.

What’s your personal utopia?

What’s your happy spot?

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and the town that sits in a valley.

Any final words about the piece?

Ola has only used guitar in his compositions a couple of times, so he used Kristian Kvalvaag to help (consult). Both Kristian and Ola will be here for the weekend and they’ll be playing “The Lake Isle” for piano and guitar. Along the way in this concert, they will play a few improvisations.

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We’re a (fully auditioned) symphonic-size chorus (meaning we are 100 voices or more) plus a small core of 25 professionals who make up a chamber chorus. I think what also separates us from other groups is our commitment to collaboration. Every event or concert is in collaboration with someone else.

of his works throughout the last seven years … … When we were thinking about whom we might ask to commission, he was one of the first people I thought of. Every piece I had heard of his I loved.

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For Key Chorale’s upcoming concert, “Luminosity,” the group commissioned a new work. Artistic Director Joseph Caulkins sat down with The Observer to discuss the new piece. The following are edited excerpts of the conversation.

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uses a candle to burn places of the canvas, Tarbell layers the soot.

The longer he exposes the naked portions of canvas to smoke, the darker the area becomes. Sometimes the smoke sneaks onto portions of the canvas he’s been hiding, but he doesn’t mind. Tarbell finds beauty in trying to control the uncontrollable.

Tarbell is like the smoke; he has always done things his own way, even when others tried to make him think traditionally. For instance, in grade school he took group art lessons at the Cleveland Art Institute. The teachers directed the students to draw a cast of Rodin’s “The Thinker.”

“But I wanted to draw underwater fish scenes,” Tarbell says. “They’d say, ‘We’re doing this,’ and I’d say, ‘No! Check out this underwater bass eating a fish.’ I guess that bleeds into how I do what I want now.”

Tarbell was traditionally trained up to a graduate-degree level of painting, but he never used traditional methods or mediums. Before his painted work went up in smoke, he painted with varnish, typically used as a protective finish, that he’d enhance with color pigment.

He likes using methods or mediums that are hard to control because he says it always puts him in the place of being a learner. With paint, there were already masters that led the way in teaching generations how to manipulate it. With smoke, Tarbell figured it out. No one taught him.

“It’s fun to just gauge what’s going to happen,” he says. “… that constant figuring it out of, ‘How can I make this work?”

He sites a few inspirations for his selfcreated medium. The idea started forming when, on a visit to Italy, Tarbell learned about the accumulation of smoke on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. He also attempted creating a portrait of his friends who smoked and drank by using smoke from unfiltered Lucky Strikes that went horribly wrong. The smoke didn’t accumu-

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“It always puts me in the place of being the learner,” Rob Tarbell says. “Masters (of paint) know how to manipulate paint ... With smoke, it’s hard to manipulate because it’s conditional.” late. That’s when he decided to burn and make use of those membership cards fattening up his wallet nearly 10 years ago.

Since the early days, he’s had a few fiery incidents when the canvas has caught ablaze and burned up his art. He wears shorts — because he learned he could feel if something is on fire before he can necessarily see the fire — in addition to a gas mask with an air filtration unit to prevent

inhaling the toxic fumes.

Right now, he’s working in a tent set up at a warehouse studio space located near Booker High School. It’s temporary.

He and his wife, Anna VanGehr, moved to Sarasota from Charlottesville, Va., in June 2013 for her new job at The Ringling.

They’ll settle into a new home with a builton studio at the end of May. Since coming here, Tarbell hasn’t started

any new pieces. He’s instead focusing on finishing ones he started in Virginia. He made his Sarasota debut when Allyn Gallup Contemporary Art featured a couple of his pieces in its “Made in Sarasota” show.

Tarbell says Sarasota is probably the friendliest place he’s ever lived.

“They say it takes two years for a new place’s influence to have an effect,” he says.

“I imagine it will be in the use of light.”

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Four-bedroom home tops sales at $2.25M The following residential real estate transactions took place between April 7 and April 11. A home in Riverdale tops all transactions in this week’s real estate.

Gregory Taylor ad Mark Bowers, of Sarasota, sold their home at 3919 Hawk Island Drive to Mikael and Carol Newman, of Rochester, Minn., for $2.25 million. Built in 2005, it has four bedrooms, five baths, two half-baths, a pool and 5,787 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $2.75 million in 2008.

pool and 3,037 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $394,000 in 2009.

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Jane and James Rizzo, of Narberth, Pa., sold their home at 6706 Coyote Ridge Court to Albert Koch Jr. and Carolyn Koch, trustees, of Bradenton, for $475,000. Built in 2001, it has three bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 2,904 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $363,000 in 2002.

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This Country Club Village home, which has four bedrooms, and 5,787 square feet of living area, sold for $2.25 million.

Clinton and Susan Pierce, of Anna Maria, sold their home at 13211 Palmers Creek Terrace to Anna Seal, of Chapel Hill, N.C., for $1.63 million. Built in 2007, it has four bedrooms, five-and-a-half baths, a pool and 5,351 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $1.95 million in 2007.

Ernest and Mary Pihl, of Lakewood Ranch, sold their home at 7215 Desert Ridge Glen to Robert Heeren and Steven Kalt, trustees, of Bradenton, for $850,000. Built in 2005, it has three bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 3,237 square feet of living area.

A. Thomas Stoffels, trustee, and Jane Arnoldi, of Lakewood Ranch, sold the home at 13651 Legends Walk Terrace to Lawrence and Andrea Deitch, of Scarsale, N.Y., for $720,000. Built in 2004, it has three bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 2,980 square feet of living area.

Gerald and Pamela Stephens,

trustees, of Lakewood Ranch, sold the home at 7621 Portstewart Drive to Stephen and Diana Swets, of Westborough, Mass., for $510,000. Built in 2010, it has three bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 2,422 square feet of living area.

It previously sold for $464,000 in 2010.

Douglas Fainelli, trustee, of Lakewood Ranch, sold the home at 7176 Whitemarsh Circle to David Moore and Gerald Hauber, of Lakewood Ranch, for $390,000.

Built in 2002, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 2,356 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $335,000 in 2011.

Mary Hagen, of Burlington, Vt., sold her home at 6515 Oakland Hills Drive to Allyn Jones, of Branchville, N.J., for $315,000.

Built in 2000, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,826 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $300,000 in 2003.

Elaine Ziemer, trustee, of Schofield, Wis., sold the home at 7807 Heritage Classic Court to Vernon and Julie Mark, of Findlay, Ohio, for $312,500. Built in 1998, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 1,760 square feet of living area.

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Harvey Maclin, trustee, of Bradenton, sold the home at 8218 Regents Court to Neill Nichols, of Marietta, Ga., for $620,000. Built in 1992, it has four bedrooms, four-and-a-half baths, a pool and 3,307 square feet of living area.

It previously sold for $690,000 in 2006.

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Timothy and Jayne Healy, of Bradenton, sold their home at 4739 Starboard Drive to Charles and Julianne Ashley, of Palmetto, for $527,000. Built in 1998, it has four bedrooms, three baths, a

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Joann Sensabaugh, of Bradenton, sold the home at 4528 Swordfish Drive to John Thomas, of Bradenton, for $441,600. Built in 1997, it has three bedrooms, three baths and 2,459 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $735,000 in 2005.

Mariner Estates

Richard and Lisa Haney, of Bradenton, sold their home at 5115 Tidewater Preserve Blvd. to Marcus Pajak, of Fort Mitchell, Ky., for $425,000. Built in 2013, it has three bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 2,034 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $348,300 in 2013.

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Susan Hubell and Kevan Finch, of St. Pete Beach, sold their home at 8715 51st Terrace E. to Andrew and Nancy Kovalchik, of Bradenton, for $425,000. Built in 2001, it has two bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 2,101 square feet of living area. It previously sold for

$324,000 in 2012.

Andrew and Nancy Kovalchik, of Bradenton, sold their home at 8711 51st Terrace E. to D. Bradford and Donna Wicks, of Newfoundland, Canada, for $340,000. Built in 2001, it has two bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 1,979 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $267,000 in 2012.

Joseph Deery, of Norwell, Mass., sold his home at 8706 52nd Drive E. to Laura Larkin, of Bradenton, for $225,000. Built in 1995, it has two bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 1,521 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $193,000 in 1998.

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Hotel Homes Florida Vacation Rentals Inc. sold the home at 7514 Harleston Court to Craig and Claudia Pennington, of Key West, for $415,000. Built in 2005, it has four bedrooms, two-and-a-half baths, a pool and 2,498 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $310,000 in 2009.

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J. Jeffrey and Anita Cordes, of Bradenton, sold their home at 7602 Partridge St. Circle to Mark Brown and Virginia McCallum, of Bradenton, for $393,000. Built in 1997, it has three bedrooms, twoand-a-half baths, a pool and 2,449 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $285,000 in 1998.

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7619 Windy Hill Cove 14635 Castle Park Terrace 14618 Castle Park Terrace 7015 Quiet Creek Drive 12068 Longview Lake Circle 8226 Abingdon Court 12076 Longview Lake Circle 7119 Teal Creek Glen 6104 95th St. Circle E. 5908 32nd Ave. E. 12025 Thornhill Court 8412 Palm Lakes Court 13618 Fifth Ave. N.E. 4516 Shark Drive 4115 Caddie Drive 4408 Shark Drive 517 Country Meadows Way 11937 Whistling Way 4628 Glenbrooke Terrace 14711 Seventh Ave. E.

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Garard and Jane O’Reilly, of Bradenton, sold their home at 7435 Sea Island Lane to Carolyn Lorenc-Zimmer, trustee, of Bradenton, for $359,900. Built in 2004, it has three bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 2,116 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $270,000 in 2009.

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Scott Abraham, trustee, of Sarasota, sold the home at 387 Snapdragon Loop to Paula Petrisko, of Bradenton, for $355,000. Built

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9604 W Cortez Rd # 313 #A3994805 $209,900 Pam Sweeney

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4909 61st Avenue Dr W #M5845148 Laurie Rastovski

602 S Casey Key Rd #M5843957 $7,500,000 Dani Pearson

6401 Meadowlark Ln # 53A #M5843392 $229,000 Neddy Harkins

2765 Ringling Blvd #A3988531 $169,000 Thomas Cinquegrano

Ruth and Samual Tassel, of Bradenton, sold their Unit 202 condominium at 6330 Watercrest Way to Deirdre Bradley-Williams, of Canandaigua, N.Y., for $330,000.

Built in 2005, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 1,742 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $358,700 in 2005.

Bradenton $3,200 941-552-4200

3618 117th St W #M5845374 $1,700 Kendra Vogel

3715 Hawk Island Dr #M5845031 $1,890,000 Laura Tracy Clekis

Bradenton 941-748-6300 941-915-4167

6931 Winners Cir #A3989315 $1,800,000 Nancy Phillips

Lakewood Ranch 941-907-9595 941-400-6078

3608 54th Dr W # J101 #A3993538 $1,490,000 Adam Cuffaro

Bradenton 941-752-2683 941-812-0791

7718 Sloane Gardens Ct #A3982339 $1,220,000 Edward Haggerty

University Park 941-907-9595 941-685-6154

16025 Daysailor Trl #A3995573 $1,185,000 Robin Bowman

Lakewood Ranch 941-907-9595 941-779-5000

1130 Palma Sola Blvd #M5844058 $1,050,000 William Vanartsdalen

Bradenton 941-383-5502 941-348-9272

Carlyle at the Villages of Palm-Aire

Mark and Mary Jo Jadin, of Green Bay, Wis., sold their home at 6710 Carlyle Lane to John and Mary Davis, of Westhampton,

SEE TRANSACTIONS / PAGE 14B

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7814 49th Ave E #M5843761 $231,000 Jonnie Dwyer

Watercrest

9614 Sea Turtle Ter # 202 #M5844937 $210,000 Mary Fiorini

2607 Waterford Way # A #M5844139 $149,000 Dana Preston

Bradenton 941-907-9595 941-526-6755

Palmetto 941-748-6300 941-705-5510

Bradenton 941-552-4200 941-773-4372

3214 40th St W #M5845159 $1,525 Kendra Vogel

Bradenton 941-552-4200 941-773-4372

660 Marbury Ln #M5843337 $925,000 Jody Shinn

Longboat Key 941-748-6300 941-705-5704

518 72nd St #A3992560 Kevin Carroll

$897,000

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

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

Bradenton 941-748-6300 941-705-3328

5208 96th St E #A3995444 Kathy Lewis

$845,000

Bradenton 941-907-9595 941-228-1213

12301 Baypointe Ter #M5839375 $699,000 Kathy Valente

Cortez 941-748-6300 941-685-6767

14618 Secret Harbor Pl #M5845046 $689,000 Deborah Angelo O’Mara

Lakewood Ranch 941-907-9595 941-730-0777

Nokomis/North Venice 941-907-9595 941-725-2112

Bradenton 941.748.6300 • Lakewood Ranch 941.907.9595 • IMG Academy 941.752.2683

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in 2006, it has four bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 2,719 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $590,100 in 2006.

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6904 67th Terrace E. to Lesli Crawford and Jennifer Wilson, of Bradenton, for $367,000.

Built in 2002, it has four bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 2,451 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $251,800 in 2002.

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TRANSACTIONS / PAGE 13B N.J., for $325,000. Built in 2001, it has three bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 1,891 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $275,000 in 2009.

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Riverwalk Village

Gilbert and Lydia Rodriguez sold their home at 7335 Arrowhead Run to Randy and Patricia Campbell, of Bradenton, for $322,500. Built in 2001, it has four bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 2,352 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $257,200 in 2001.

Preserve at Panther Ridge

Bank of America sold the home at 2331 Red Robin Place to Gorilla Capital of Florida 190 LLC for $321,000. Built in 2004, it has five bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 3,594 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $386,100 in 2004.

Peridia

Deborah Knowles, of Sarasota, sold her home at 5028 Peridia Blvd. E. to Perry and Denise Jacobs, of Iron Mountain, Mich., for $308,000. Built in 1988, it has three bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 2,414 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $165,000 in 2013.

Water Oak

Richard and Rita Buccigrossi, of Parrish, sold their home at 6723 64th Place E. to Frederic and Susan Cox, of Bradenton, for $295,000. Built in 2003, it has three bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 2,013 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $332,900 in 2004.

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D.R. Horton Inc. sold the home at 15607 Lemon Fish Drive to John and Jody Schroeder, of Lakewood Ranch, for $290,000.

Built in 2013, it has four bedrooms, twoand-a-half baths and 2,387 square feet of living area.

Amber and David Brannon, of Lakewood Ranch, sold their home at 15692 Lemon

Fish Drive to Beazer Pre-Owned Homes II LLC for $250,000. Built in 2006, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 2,081 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $313,000 in 2007.

Heritage Harbour

Sherri Carroll and Michael Carroll, of Ontario, Canada, sold their home at 503 River Enclave Court to Gerard and Barbara Milligan, of Gilford, N.H., for $290,000. Built in 2010, it has two bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 1,840 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $250,000 in 2010.

Woodbrook

Provident National Property Group LLC sold the home at 4736 Silvermoss Drive to David and Lori Mason, of Sarasota, for $283,400. Built in 2013, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 1,782 square feet of living area.

River Sound

Lee and Carol Thaxton, of Bradenton, sold their home at 1448 Blue Horizon Circle to Dennis and Margo Varner, of Bradenton, for $282,000. Built in 2010, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 2,130 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $245,000 in 2010.

Bryan and Linsey Shuda, of Bradenton, sold their home at 1432 Blue Horizon Circle to Steven and Penny Gray, of Bradenton, for $264,500. Built in 2010, it has four bedrooms, two-and-a-half baths and 2,484 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $280,000 in 2012.

Coach Homes at River Strand

Patrick Sohy and Hilary Brock, of New Brunswick, Canada, sold their Unit 2702 condominium at 330 Winding Brook Lane to Brian and Sandra Collins, of Westford, Mass., for $275,000. Built in 2010, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 2,108 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $226,900 in 2011.

SEE TRANSACTIONS / PAGE 15B

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TRANSACTIONS / PAGE 14B

Lake Vista Residences

Lighthouse Pointe LLC sold the Unit D-404 condominium at 7702 Lake Vista Court to PENSCO Trust Co. Custodian FBO Michael P. Deneen, SEP, IRA for $275,000. Built in 2007, it has three bedrooms, two-and-a-half baths and 1,762 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $1,399,300 in 2008.

Braden Woods

Kenneth and Kristina Alflen sold their home at 9232 66th Ave. Drive E. to Victor Tirado and Jennifer Shacklett, of Bradenton, for $267,000. Built in 1987, it has three bedrooms, three baths and 2,372 square feet of living area. It sold for $539,000 in 2005.

Mill Creek

John and Tiffany Smith, of Port Charlotte, sold their home at 1130 133rd St. E. to Jason and Stephanie Clayton, of Bradenton, for $267,000. Built in 1995, it has three bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 2,102 square feet of living area. It sold for $250,000 in 2009.

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Nancy Hewett, trustee, sold the home at 8855 Stone Harbour Loop to James Cowie and Margo Cowie, trustees, of Ontario, Canada, for $250,000. Built in 2005, it has two bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 1,951 square feet of living area.

It sold for $360,000 in 2005.

Louise Chamberlain sold the Unit 19-A condominium at 943 River Basin Court to Geoffrey Mills, of Hamilton, N.J., for $250,000. Built in 2003, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 1,666 square feet of living area. It sold for $226,000 in 2011.

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Chris Tennant joined Fairway Funding Group, in Lakewood Ranch. Tennant specializes in residential mortgage loans, as well as reverse mortgages.

+ London Bay Homes constructs ‘Adalia’

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London Bay Homes’ new Adalia model is a maintenance-free villa in the Matera section of The Lake Club, in Lakewood Ranch.

The home, which is now under construction, will have three bedrooms and 2,800 square feet of living space once finished in May. The floor plan includes a den, a great room, a dining area and three full baths, for a total of 4,087 square feet, including a 459-square-foot outdoor living area and twocar garage.

For more information, visit LondonBay.com.

+ Neal ends strong in first quarter Neal Communities finished first-quarter home sales with a new sales record, selling 92 homes.

The total beat Neals alltime sales record from March 2013 by 11 sales.

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Willis Smith Construction promoted Robbie Gronbach to director of preconstruction. Gronbach has worked for the company for four years, successfully working on projects such as LECOM School of Dental Medicine and Bayside Community Church.

+ Pottery studio celebrates anniversary Arts A Blaze celebrated its five-year anniversary April 18 with special festivities at the store.

Owners Dan and Theresa Barion, with their son, Nick, assisted customers with making create-your-own pottery.

“I can’t believe we’ve been here five years,” Theresa Barion said.

“As we’ve grown, we’ve Lorelai Kelly, 4, paints. watched the children who have come in grow along with us. That’s exciting.”

The shop is located at 8111 Lakewood Main St., Unit 107, Lakewood Ranch.

“With the winter season starting later and lasting longer this year, we’ve seen a delay of visitors and potential homebuyers traveling to Florida,” said David Hunihan, director of sales for Neal Communities. “We expect the late, but strong, season to

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Donna Hartzler joined the RE/MAX Alliance Group as a sales associate in the University Park office, located at 8027 Cooper Creek Blvd., Sarasota. Hartzler has worked with RE/MAX for 10 years, previously serving as a broker-associate with RE/MAX Ocean Realty, in North Carolina.

John Briggs has joined SouthTech as a voice engineer.

TreeUmph! Adventure Course has added Jason Pitsas to its team as operations manager.

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continue on through May.” March sales occurred in 16 communities, spanning from Manatee to Lee counties.

In the East County, Neal’s Central Park community boasted nine home sales, while Fairfield had seven sales and Woodbrook had six.

Kristie O’Kon and Jen Raymer have joined the team at Grapevine Communications as client relations managers. Each will coordinate project development, communication and process management for select clients. Kristen Raynor will intern with the company.

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38 (1923)

Sunday, April 20

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FLOOR PROTECTORS: (2) clear for under desk chairs on carpet, $30 for both. 941-907-0295.

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CLAIRE’S PRODUCE & PLANTS Local Fruits/Veggies New Arrivals: Flowers, Orchids and Ferns Tuesday - Friday 12-6 7275 N. Lockwood Ridge Rd.

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MUSIC LESSONS. Keyboard, piano, violin and flute in your home. Retired music teacher.

TV STAND: Bell’o, 3 level, metal/glass, perfect condition, $65. 941-355-7524.

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WALL OVEN. White, Kenmore, $100. Parrish area.

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Garage/Moving/Estate Sales ESTATE SALE Friday, April 25 - 8:45a.m.-2p.m.

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ESTATE SALE Saturday, April 26th - 8:45a.m.-2p.m.

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OUTSIDE GOLF Services staff needed F/T for Lakewood Ranch Golf & Country Club. Must be willing to work weekends. Provide exceptional service to members and their guests while maintaining golf cars and bag drop area. Apply in person at SMR, 14400 Covenant Way, Bradenton, FL 34202 or send resume to human.resources@smrranch.com EOE. Drug Free.

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