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by Pam Eubanks | Senior Editor

Residents oppose extra height Lakewood Ranch’s developer seeks changes to its University Lakes project, including a height increase for proposed structures on Lakewood Ranch Main Street.

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+ Vitale accepts donation Lakewood Ranch resident and ESPN Hall-of-Famer Dick Vitale on Sept. 9 received a $85,000 donation for the fight against cancer from Craig and JoEllen Mettille, of 380 Cos. Vitale will combine this donation to the funds he will raise for his pediatric cancer research grant May 15 at the 10th annual Dick Vitale Gala.

Each year, Vitale shoots to raise at least $1 million for The V Foundation for Cancer Research.

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WATERCREST — As Connie McKenzie overlooks Lake Uihlein and Lakewood Ranch Main Street from the patio of her Watercrest condominium, she pulls out a colorful pamphlet of what she thought would be developed on the three-acre parcel behind Lakewood Ranch Cinemas.

The brochure, produced by Homes by Towne, developer of Watercrest, depicts four five-lev-

el buildings with a facade much like the four-level structures in her 19-building neighborhood.

McKenzie, the first homeowner in Watercrest, attended a focus group for that project, then called The Waterfront at Main Street. The developer had even installed four elevator shafts on the property in preparation for construction.

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zie says, opening the brochure, which shows 56 units, each between 3,125 and 3,532 square feet. “This is what we knew about.”

But those plans could be changing.

Lakewood Ranch developer Schroeder-Manatee Ranch has requested changes to its University Lakes Development of Regional Impact that would al-

low construction of up to seven stories on the Lakewood Ranch Main Street parcel, dubbed Parcel 21.

The request includes no number of units and no maximum height. Such details would come later, after DRI modifications are granted and the site developer submits a formal site plan to

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Tower irks Panther Ridge homeowners Panther Ridge residents take issue with a 200-foot cell tower project that was approved administratively and erected without notifying 74 homeowners who can see the tower.

PANTHER RIDGE — Ervin and Georgia Von Behren spent the morning of Aug. 20 on their screened-in pool patio drinking coffee and listening to the birds on their 10-acre Panther Ridge property like they always do.

“But that morning became different real fast when we heard a bulldozer rumbling instead of the birds,” Ervin Von Behren said.

The Von Behrens thought nothing of it, until they heard the same noise about 70 feet away from their pool patio the following morning.

“By the time I got up and walked over there, I noticed a road had been punched in off of State Road 70 and a construction company told me they were putting up a cell tower just 70-feet away from my house,” Ervin Von Behren said.

The first thing Ervin Von Behren did was pick up the phone and call The Forest of Panther Ridge Homeowner Association president, Bruce Behrens.

“He didn’t know anything about it,” Ervin Von Behren said.

“None of us got any notice.”

After the Von Behrens and neighbor Sharon Kasper did some research, they discovered that a 200-foot monopole was being erected near the Von Behrens’ property line that abuts a more than 40-acre agriculturally zoned parcel of land owned by

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A 200-foot cellular tower stands behind Ervin and Georgia Von Behren’s 10-acre Panther Ridge property at 200110 71st Ave. E. Derry Zoller.

Then, the Von Behrens reached out to District 5 Commissioner Vanessa Baugh and Manatee County building officials.

They didn’t like the response.

“There’s no way we could stop it,” Ervin Von Behren said. “The

county didn’t have to notify us because it was approved through a permit that doesn’t require the county to notify neighbors.”

Manatee County Planner Miles Gentry confirmed Ervin Von Behren’s statement.

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ing permit and land development approval for the Spire Panther Ridge telecommunication tower and found them correct,” Gentry stated in an email to Ervin Von Behren. “No mistakes.”

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Cops Corner............9 Crossword.............28

Neighborhood.......19 Real Estate...........24

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Residents in Watercrest and other surrounding communities are concerned.

They say a seven-level building is not compatible with buildings on Lakewood Ranch Main Street and that an increase in height will result in more residential units and, consequently, more traffic congestion on Lakewood Ranch Boulevard.

“To say the least, a potential tower of seven stories anywhere in Lakewood Ranch is a total debacle,” wrote Ian Bacon, a resident of Edgewater and a board member for the Country Club/Edgewater Village Association, in a note to Manatee County commissioners. “We bought into a planned community with low-rise buildings, both residential and commercial. Lakewood Ranch is not an urban city.”

Watercrest resident Mike Mahon doesn’t disapprove of growth, but he does object to this proposal.

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“If you look at this town center area, it’s very low profile stuff,” he said. “Realty has overtaken a plan they (made) 10 years ago. We have a lovely suburban center.

SMR did a fantastic job on this place.”

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wood Ranch Boulevard from Watercrest.

“We’re just careful,” she said.

Resident Kathleen Grant agrees.

“The traffic congestion at Market Street already is a problem,” Grant said. “It’s like adding the proverbial straw on the camel’s back. There have been a lot of changes in the area since the original approval.

Circumstances have changed.”

She, like other Watercrest residents, advocates the Manatee County Board of County commissioners either deny the change, or at least defer it when they vote on the item Oct. 2 so the county and residents can monitor traffic impacts once the Mall at University Town Center and The Venue apartments open in the coming months.

“These units directly impact Lakewood Ranch Boulevard. It does make a difference,” Grant said. “At what point do you say this is too much?”

McKenzie agreed: “I think the feeling is, it’s been eight, nine, 10 years, but we should wait and see until we know the impacts of this huge apartment complex we didn’t know about and the mall.”

SMR’s attorney, Caleb Grimes, however, says SMR already has planned for such changes.

The site in question, he said, was originally approved for a 10-story hotel/motel or office building, or five stories of residential. The requested change makes sense and is in line with other approvals and the vision for the property. Traffic impacts to Lakewood Ranch Boulevard and the surrounding road network also were accounted for when SMR analyzed traffic impacts for the overall DRI, which includes nearly 4,000 residential units and more than 818,000 square feet of commercial space, among other entitlements.

“This area of University Lakes has always been planned for this type of use,” Grimes told the Manatee County Planning Commission, which had a 3-3 vote on whether to recommend to commissioners approval of the request. “The idea was that in this part of University Lakes, this is where we would have our more urban-type activity and urban-type center.

BY THE NUMBERS To date, the following projects have been completed, are under construction or have received some level of detailed site plan approval within the University Lakes DRI: • • • • • • • • •

1,475 single-family units 88 single-family attached units 1,285 multifamily units 483,530 square feet of regional commercial 120 hospital beds 52,764 square feet of neighborhood commercial 799,941 square feet of office 18,603 square feet of industrial 215 hotel rooms

Remaining entitlements include: • 1,092 residential units (27% of total) • 193,976 square feet regional commercial (28% of total) • 30 hospital beds (20% of total) • 88,534 square feet of neighborhood commercial (63% of total) • 405 hotel rooms (65% of total) • No industrial entitlements remaining

Grimes also noted the request does not include an increase in units for University Lakes, although SMR may move units from one portion of its University Lakes project to another.

Manatee County Planner Shelly Hamilton, who is handling the project, said SMR’s original DRI request included 120 units on the Lakewood Ranch Main Street parcel, including lofts already built above a section of Main Street.

She said a developer plans to construct 93 units on the parcel in question, although no plans have been submitted to the county for review.

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transportation by Pam Eubanks | Senior Editor

Traffic worries residents As growth occurs in Lakewood Ranch and the surrounding area, residents worry Lakewood Ranch Boulevard cannot handle traffic increases.

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For example, count data from a station within a quarter mile of I-75, east on University Parkway, reports daily traffic counts of 34,256 vehicles in 2013, compared with 32,537 vehicles in 2008.

“There’s going to be more traffic on the entire network,” Maholtz said of growth in the area. “All the roads are going to be impacted by the opening of the mall. To what degree is too early to tell. Everybody’s concerned and I understand that. But it’s there and it’s coming on board and I guess you can make an argument it wasn’t planned for very well, but some people would argue the other way.”

Maholtz said the MPO’s 2035 long-range transportation plan, which includes projected traffic for local road networks, included projections for the mall, as it was designed at that time. It also accounted for traffic from the Fort Hamer Bridge.

Using census numbers and other data from 2009 and 2010, the MPO estimated that, by 2035, Lakewood Ranch Boulevard would carry 30,201 vehicles daily and remain a four-lane road from State Road 70 to State Road 64 once the mall and the bridge open.

Capacity for that stretch of road, Maholtz said, is 33,000 vehicles daily.

From State Road 70 to Clubhouse Drive, projected volume in 2035 increases to 35,000 vehicles daily on the six-lane section of Lakewood Ranch Boulevard. Capacity for that stretch of road is 55,300 vehicles.

From Clubhouse Drive to the Braden River, the roadway drops from six to four lanes and projected volume in 2035 increases to 35,000 vehicles, compared with the 36,700-vehicle capacity.

And from Braden River to University Parkway, the projected vehicle volume in 2035 is about 35,300 cars daily, compared with a vehicle capacity of 36,700 vehicles.

The MPO is starting work on its updated long-range transportation plan now and will complete it in December 2015, Maholtz said.

The updated plan will include any changes in development in the area.

Swiatek said he plans to organize a meeting between CDD representatives, members of the various Lakewood Ranch safety meetings and the Manatee County Sheriff’s Office to discuss safety on Lakewood Ranch Boulevard.

“I think that’s going to alleviate some of the concerns people have,” he said.

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LAKEWOOD RANCH — As a resident of the Summerfield community in Lakewood Ranch, June Stroup drives on Lakewood Ranch Boulevard every day.

And each day, her concerns grow stronger.

A 16-year supervisor on the Lakewood Ranch Community Development District 1 board, Stroup has seen traffic increase over the years, and she worries the June Stroup roadway won’t be able to adequately handle future traffic, particularly after the Oct. 16 opening of the Mall at University Town Center to the south and the future construction of the Fort Hamer Bridge to the north.

Many Lakewood Ranch communities, including those in Summerfield and Riverwalk, farther north, and Watercrest, farther south, open directly onto Lakewood Ranch Boulevard without any traffic signals or stop signs.

“These projects are going to create more traffic,” Stroup said. “We need to find solutions that will create safer alternatives.”

At the prompting of CDD 1 supervisors during their August board meeting, the Summerfield/Riverwalk Village Association Safety Committee emailed a questionnaire to residents to gather their feelings on community safety.

Committee Chairman Bob Swiatek said of the 29 responses received, most people felt safe in Lakewood Ranch, but worried about traffic on Lakewood Ranch Boulevard.

“There are so many unknown factors,” Swiatek said. “As it grows, it’s going to add more traffic.

There is nothing on the west side of I-75 that goes the distance.

Lakewood Ranch Boulevard is the only north-south road that goes for any length of time. You can just figure that at some point, the traffic on that road is going to be a lot greater.”

Mike Maholtz, transportation planner for the Sarasota-Manatee Metropolitan Planning Organization, said Lakewood Ranch Boulevard currently sees average traffic counts of about 11,300 vehicles per day from State Road 64 south to State Road 70 and about 13,300 vehicles daily from about S.R. 70 south to University Parkway, based on Florida Department of Transportation data stations along the roadway.

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CDD boards approve new transponders New transponders are $50, but they aren’t required to be used until old units break.

This graphic shares the Sarasota-Manatee Metropolitan Planning Organizations 2035 traffic projections compared with roadway capacity for sections of Lakewood Ranch Boulevard and current traffic numbers.

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LAKEWOOD RANCH — Gate access just got a bit more sophisticated for residents residing in Lakewood Ranch Golf and Country Club.

At the Sept. 18 community development district meetings, Lakewood Ranch CDDs 2, 5 and 6 approved the Inter-District Authority Board’s implementation of a phased-in, high-tech transponder replacement for residents living behind those gates.

The new transponders are actually stickers that are about the size of a credit card.

The stickers, which are similar to Florida Department of Transportation’s SunPass stickers used for drivers who want to prepay for tolls on Florida highways, can be placed on car windshields or bumpers. The transponder testing area that sits in TRANSPONDER front of Lakewood POLICY Ranch Town Hall • All new tranwill ensure that sponders cost sticker placements $50. have adequate readability when • When old tranresidents access sponders break the gates. or require The upgrade, new batteries, Lakewood Ranch residents will officials say, creates be required to upgrade to the a more efficient new sticker system. transponders.

Lakewood Ranch Town Hall Execu• Transponder tive Director Eva replacements Rey said the new used to cost transponders will $20, but when reduce staff time residents need because the old new sticker transponders are transponders battery-operated for new vehicles, the cost units that required will be $50. battery replacements and the re• Transponders placement of parts. are installed “The new tranat Lakewood sponders can’t be Ranch Town refurbished or reisHall and sued,” Rey said. require vehicle The new tranregistration, sponders cost $50 photo identiand replacements fication and will also cost $50. proof of residency.

Residents will only need to purchase replacements if they get a new vehicle and need a new transponder affixed to a vehicle.

The old transponders do not need to be replaced, though, and residents aren’t required to upgrade to the new stickers until their old transponders no longer work.

The IDA will be in charge of the new transponder inventory.

District 5 Treasurer Alan Silverglat, though, pointed out that the resolution ceded control of the transponder policy to the IDA, as well.

“The IDA could change the policy, and I think we should retain control of the policy on the district level,” Silverglat said.

While Rey pointed out that CDDs 2, 5 and 6 make up the majority of the IDA and the IDA’s purpose is to manage policies, CDD boards 5 and 6 voted to approve the new transponder policy, but eliminate a sentence that says the IDA “has the delegated authority to establish rules for transponder and/or remote distribution, installation and usage as well as related costs.”

“I don’t have trouble with the IDA managing it, but I have trouble with them being able to change it,” Silverglat said.

The CDD 2 board, which approved the transponder policy, including the language that involves the IDA establishing transponder regulations, plans to make the policy align with the one set by the CDD 5 and 6 boards in October.

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Lakewood Ranch supervisors are starting a conversation about purchasing the Summerfield Information Center.

Lakewood Ranch Community Development District 1 supervisors will host a public meeting at 7 p.m. Nov. 3, at Lakewood Ranch Town Hall, to obtain public input on the information center and potential uses for the property, if the building’s owner, Schroeder-Manatee Ranch, decides to sell it in the future.

The information center currently is not for sale.

The Summerfield Information Center, at 6310 Lakewood Ranch Blvd., Lakewood Ranch, currently houses Lakewood Ranch Community Activities Corp. offices, and representatives of SMR, who provide information on the community from that location.

+ PDQ opens for business The area’s newest drive-thru restaurant at the northwest corner of Lena Road and State Road 70, just east of Interstate 75, is open for business.

Patrons will have the options to dine in, carry out or use the drive-thru. PDQ also offers catering services. It opened a restaurant in September on Tamiami Trail, in Sarasota.

The company has 19 locations in Florida.

+ Baugh can’t discuss the seven-story plan District 5 Manatee County Commissioner Vanessa Baugh is making the rounds, meeting with residents and urging them to provide her input on any and all issues. Except one.

At a Sept. 17 Palm-Aire Country Club meeting, she warned residents there’s one issue she cannot discuss when she hosts a Town Hall meeting at 6:30 p.m.

Oct. 1, at Lakewood Ranch Town Hall, 8175 Lakewood Ranch Blvd., Lakewood Ranch: changes to the University Lakes Development of Regional Impact.

Lakewood Ranch developer SchroederManatee Ranch has requested changes to its University Lakes DRI that would allow construction of up to seven stories on the Lakewood Ranch Main Street parcel (see page 1).

The Manatee County Board of County Commissioners will address the agenda item at its Oct. 2 meeting.

But because the agenda item is a quasijudicial matter, Baugh can listen to resident concerns, but she cannot respond to residents before the matter is heard.

Said Baugh: “I know you want my input on it, but you’ll have to wait until Oct. 2.”

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marketing by Pam Eubanks | Senior Editor

Center of attention: Mall at UTC Mall at University Town Center officials are using the buzz the mall has generated in print and online stories to launch a large-scale media campaign before the mall opens its doors Oct. 16.

BIO Kim Dominguez Position: Director of marketing and sponsorship for The Mall at UTC Resident of: River Club Bio: Dominguez has more than 20 years of marketing and sales experience and previously worked for Turner Broadcasting and Planet Studio, both in Atlanta, and Ally & Gargano, in New York City.

In those roles, she worked with brands such as Coca Cola, PBS, TNT Latin America, the Atlanta Braves, CNN, the Atlanta Hawks, and others.

Most recently, she worked as marketing director for Cox Target Media, an arm of the Atlantabased Cox Media Group.

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Kim Dominguez, marketing and sponsorship director for The Mall at University Town Center, said tourism is a large part of the mall’s marketing strategy. She is working on packages with hotels and also with sports facilities in the area, she said. ter of attention.”

And, individuals and groups already have submitted about 100 entries for a photo contest for which groups spell “UTC.” Entries can be submitted through the end of the month (see sidebar, right).

“It’s getting people to partici-

pate and understand our brand and be part of the excitement,” Dominguez said.

The mall also will host a Sneak Peek Charity Preview Oct. 15 to benefit 10 area charities, including All Faiths Food Bank, Mote Marine Laboratory, Nate’s Honor Animal Rescue and others. Taub-

PHOTO FUN Shoppers can show off their enthusiasm for the opening of the Mall at University Town Center by entering a photo contest.

To enter, form or create the letters “UTC,” take a photo and submit it through the “Show off Your UTC” contest on the mall’s Facebook page.

Entries will be reviewed Oct. 1 through Oct. 9, and fans of the Mall at UTC will vote on their favorite photos from Oct. 10 to Oct. 19.

Winners receive shopping sprees, dining vouchers and other prizes.

Mall at UTC officials staged photographs with local groups, including the Lakewood Ranch cheerleading squad and the Waterlefe Golf and River Club, among others, for publicity shots to generate ideas for the contest. man, which co-owns the mall with Benderson Development, is underwriting the $250,000 to host the event.

Dominguez said it’s part of the mall’s overall strategy to build excitement, while also telling the public the mall wants to be benefit the community.

“Because I live here, I can see the impact,” Rodriguez said. “I have been waiting for this mall, too. It’s a masterful organization of talent and vision and planning.

“It’s been our goal to surprise and delight,” she said. “That’s been our mantra within the company.”

Contact Pam Eubanks at peubanks@yourobserver.com.

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com or themallatutc.com, hasn’t officially launched. (A modified version will run until the mall opens.)

Since this time last year, the mall has been written about in media more than 500 times. It’s also been mentioned 100 times per week since August in other stories that don’t focus directly on the mall, Dominguez said.

“I’ll be sitting down (at dinner) and I hear it at every table,” Dominguez said. “We are the cen-

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EAST COUNTY — Everywhere Kim Dominguez goes, she’s the talk of the town.

Or rather, where she works is.

Dominguez, a River Club resident, is leading the charge for marketing the new Mall at University Town Center, a high-end regional mall slated to open Oct. 16 at the southeast corner of University Parkway and Cattlemen Road.

Mall officials said they would announce mall tenants in the months and weeks leading up to the mall’s opening, but so far only a handful have officially been announced: anchor tenants Saks Fifth Avenue, Macy’s and Dillard’s and major restaurants Brio Tuscan Grille, The Cheesecake Factory, The Capital Grille, Kona Grill and Seasons 52.

“We’re utilizing all our assets to build upon the anticipation,” Dominguez said, adding that the mall is about to launch a large-scale media campaign. “We want people to really embrace the brand and UTC. We want our brand to have as much exposure as possible. It’s really our goal to engage our customers.”

So far, the strategy appears to be working.

The mall’s Facebook page has secured more than 19,000 likes since the page launched Sept. 1.

More than 7,000 people subscribe to the mall’s email list, even though the mall’s official website, themallatuniversitytowncenter.

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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 2014

by Pam Eubanks | Senior Editor

East County churches prepare for growth The Diocese of Venice and The Tabernacle church both have begun work to expand facilities in the East County area.

EAST COUNTY — The Rev. Dwain Kitchens walks along a sidewalk on the campus at The Tabernacle church, and points to a canopy of trees.

This week, many of those trees will come down to make room for something bigger: a 1,000-seat sanctuary and children’s center.

“Our vision is to impact our region,” Kitchens said, noting The Tabernacle’s location across from University Park on University Parkway makes it unique.

“We just want to make a difference.”

The structure, composed of three buildings under one roof, will connect to the Tabernacle’s Family Life Center, a gym that now doubles as the sanctuary.

“The sanctuary we’re building will be very intimate; it’s fan shaped,” Kitchens said. “From the pulpit to the last seat is only

55 feet.”

Although the inside of the building will have a contemporary look and feel, with a cafe, large foyer and large screens for videos, the outside of the building will have a more traditional church appearance with red brick siding and a 65-foot steeple.

But as Kitchens and the Tabernacle team prepare for the Sept. 28 groundbreaking ceremony for the project, they aren’t the only ones bracing for expansion.

The Diocese of Venice purchased 63 acres of grazing land at the northeast corner of Lorraine Road and The Masters Avenue Aug. 27 for $3.5 million.

Ben Nguyen, director of communications for the Diocese of Venice, said the diocese made the purchase because of the continued growth in the greater

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Announcements of the church expansions come on the heels of Harvest United Methodist Church’s announcement to expand its congregational reach. Co-pastors Steve Price and Catherine Fluck Price announced Harvest acquired the former Christ United Methodist Church building at 5512 St. W., Bradenton, Sept. 1, in an effort to reach people in the community.

The location will hold its first service fall 2015, after renovations are completed.

Work on the expanded Tabernacle campus, meanwhile, will occur as funds allow. The $1 million first-phase of the project only includes the infrastructure and base for the facility. Construction will take about four months. Phase 2, which will cost about $4 million, will add the walls and roof.

Kitchens said he hopes that once construction starts, funds to finish the project will come in as needed, so there is no delay.

“We feel like it’s a step of faith,” Kitchens said.

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For the second year in a row, the property tax base climbed, this year from $24.9 billion to $25.9 billion.

Seven years and counting.

For the seventh year in a row, the Manatee County Board of County Commissioners approved an overall millage rate of 6.4326 mills — the same millage rate the county has used since 2008 — when it approved the 2015 fiscal year budget Sept.

18. The new budget begins Oct. 1.

One mill is equal to $1 for every $1,000 of assessed valuation. Commissioners set the overall tax rate at $7.04 for every $1,000 in taxable value for a property in unincorporated Manatee County.

For East County residents, a property owner with a homesteaded property valued at $150,000 in unincorporated Manatee County will pay $1,036.54 in property taxes.

Property owners, though, may see an increase in their county tax bills because home values have increased an average of 7.48% countywide, including new construction.

For the second year in a row, the county’s property tax base began to rebound, this year from $24.9 billion to more than $25.9 billion.

HOW DOES THE BUDGET AFFECT HOMEOWNERS? For East County residents, a property owner with a homesteaded property valued at $150,000 in unincorporated Manatee County will pay $1,036.54 in property taxes.

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Support for armed security Security guards can’t protect elementary school children against major threats unless guns are placed in their holsters.

Don’t bother trying to recall my editorial from last week’s East County Observer. It was pulled from the issue. It was filled with praise for the Manatee County School Board for looking out for the safety of my children by having the courage to bring armed security officers into our elementary schools.

With the last-minute decision to, at least temporarily, send those Blanco security officers into our schools with empty holsters last week, the editorial, much like the pistols themselves, had to be pulled at the final hour.

This is now, I can assure you, a decidedly different editorial. This is now an editorial written not by a grateful parent, but by a concerned one, whose frustration with the politics of this issue are growing exponentially. Forgive me if I seem impatient waiting

for the board to finally put tangible security measures between my children and possible harm’s way; they were so close, and I’ve been waiting since the morning of December 14, 2012, the day I first heard the words, “Sandy Hook Elementary.”

Let me say, for the record, that if Superintendent Rick Mills’ decision to send the security officers into the schools sans firearms was truly a decision to wait for a legal opinion from the Office of the Attorney General of Florida, and not a reaction to political pressure, then I can tolerate the delay. If we look at the fact that Hillsborough County currently has county employees working armed security in public schools and that in Pinellas County there’s armed private security working in at least one private school, I feel confident that Manatee’s plan

will stand the legal test.

Hopefully, when the legal opinion is returned from Attorney General Pam Bondi’s office, we can implement the program as it was originally approved, because putting unarmed security in our schools is a waste of resources and only serves to make us feel like we’re doing something to protect our children. Putting full-time armed security officers in our elementary schools is the right decision. It is, I can assure you, the only decision that has the ability to stop the kind of threats that keep parents like me knotted-up inside from the moment we drop our kids off at school, until the moment we pick them up.

There are those that would consider this a political fight; people who would suck this issue into the larger, and arguably futile, gun control debate. I’m not here to debate guns. I’m here to advocate for the safety of my children.

There was a suggestion during this process that security officers in our schools would be a lesser option. If we do this right,

I’m of the opinion that nothing could be further from the truth.

A working relationship between sworn law enforcement officers and well-screened and trained security officers creates a higher level of safety for our kids than either of them alone.

We don’t need security officers to be sworn. We’re not asking them to conduct criminal investigations, swear arrest affidavits, collect evidence or perform any of the other duties required of a sworn deputy. We’re asking them to be a deterrent to crime, particularly violent crime, in our schools.

We’re also asking them to be willing to put themselves between our children and a crazed gunman. It’s hard for me to put into words just how much respect I have for anyone, sworn or non-sworn, who is willing to do that for my family.

Brian Blanco is a Greenbrook resident, the husband of East County Sports Editor Jen Blanco and the father of 4-year-old Brendan. The Blancos are expecting their second son in December.

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Barbara enjoyed reconnecting with one of her friends who lives in Germany, whom she had not seen in more than 20 years.

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Gentry said a permit for the tower doesn’t require neighbor notification on agriculturally zoned land that’s more than 40 acres in size.

But the Von Behrens think the codes need to be reviewed to allow residents to provide input in a public hearing.

“The property this is being built on is surrounded on three sides by residential homes, and all but four of the 78 lots in here have a view of this tower now,” Ervin Von Behren said. “The county permitting system needs to go to one more desk, called common sense.”

Baugh told the East County Observer she agrees with Ervin Von Behren’s assessment.

“Perhaps we can add a requirement so they have to send out notices to homes in the area, regardless of what our administrative process says,” Baugh said. “I don’t think that’s a big request and one we should be able to honor in the future, but it doesn’t help these particular neighbors and I feel terrible about that.”

The tower, meanwhile, is almost 95% complete.

“All that’s left to be placed on the top is the ugliest part that’s able to handle the cellular carriers,” Ervin Von Behren said.

The Von Behrens point out that there are already several cell towers erected in the area and don’t understand why more need to be installed. The closest monopole tower is a mile to the west, which includes both AT&T and Verizon Wireless as carriers on that tower.

Sean Campbell, owner of WinterPark-based Spire Development, said his company placed a tower there “because there’s a need for it.”

SEPT. 12 PHONE PROBLEMS 12:05 a.m. — 16900 block of State Road 70 East. Suspicious Circumstance.

A father told police his teenage son was upset his phone wasn’t working and threw it on the ground when he discovered his father wouldn’t pay for a replacement.

SEPT. 17 ALLIGATOR MYSTERY 10:51 a.m. — 35600 block of State Road 62. Suspicious Circumstance. A man told police he observed a blood trail on a metal dock from the water to the top of an access embankment parking area. Police observed belly and claw marks and surmised that two alligators were killed and dragged to a vehicle. Police advised it’s alligator hunting season, but it’s illegal to hunt alligators on county-owned property.

SEPT. 18 CHECK CASHING BREAKDOWN 2:22 p.m. — 8400 block of Lockwood Ridge Road. Forgery. A man attempted to cash a check for $398.02 at a check-cashing store but the check had multiple red flags. The man fled before police arrived.

TREE TROUBLE 8:15 p.m. — 6100 block of 33rd Street East. Suspicious Circumstance. A woman

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SEPT. 15 SHAKY SCHEME BACKFIRES 6:52 p.m. — 8300 block of Lockwood Ridge Road. Theft. A woman working the register at a retail store allowed her son to enter the line with four items. The fourth item, a 55-inch flat screen high definition television, was conveniently not scanned and not paid for. The woman was fired and placed under arrest for grand theft. reported her neighbor cut down four of her trees that evening, which were located on her front yard inside a fence. She said when she returned home, the remnants of the trees were in a trailer in her neighbor’s yard. She told police she was not on speaking terms with her neighbor and was provided with citizen dispute settlement paperwork.

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Specifically, Campbell said the tower was built for AT&T to become the initial tower tenant, with space for three more cellular carriers. The tower will improve AT&T’s weak service in that area to the east for a few miles, Campbell said.

“There’s a need for more towers in a growing part of State Road 70 like that, not less,” Campbell said. “If I move the tower, another neighbor complains.”

Campbell said the tower was placed — with the approval of the owner who receives a monthly lease payment through a 25-year lease — on the only “workable part of a property that’s covered with wetlands.”

Georgia Von Behren said she’s disappointed with the entire situation. The Von Behrens built their dream retirement home on the property 10 years ago and now feel like the property has been tainted by the tower’s presence.

“For us, on this issue, we found out you really can’t fight City Hall,” Georgia Von Behren said.

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From 3 to 7 p.m. Sept. 27, the Sarasota Polo Club, 8201 Polo Club Lane, will host the beer festival. Tickets cost $65 for VIP level and $35 for early general admission.

General admission at the gate is $45.

Admission prices include two 16-ounce draft beers and five carnival game tokens.

The VIP option includes the same perks as general admission, along with a preparty at the Polo Club pavilion. The party will feature tastings of beers that won’t be available at the festival, along with a custom pint glass and a T-shirt by the event’s sponsor — Brewed Life.

This year, there also is a new option: a $10 admission fee for attendees who don’t want to sample beer.

“We’re trying to really make this event for everyone, even if you’re not a craft beer enthusiast,” said Green, noting 80 craft beers will be available for sampling.

“It’s going to be more diverse with the games and carnival.”

This year, the festival will feature myriad first-time happenings, including beer pong, corn hole and a range of other carnival-style games. Other outdoor activities include a 70-foot obstacle course, blowup horse race and tricycle race.

Nine local restaurants will participate in a Best Dish Competition, as well. The audience will taste-test the results of the competition, which is included in admission.

Green said demand for the event required a larger venue. The number of people who attended the event jumped from 700 in 2010 to 2,500 in 2013.

Green credits the event’s popularity with the growing number of local breweries, such as Bradenton-based Darwin Brewing Co. and Motorworks Brewing.

As a craft beer enthusiast who enjoys a bold and unique taste, Green hopes the range of beers offered steal the show, along with the event’s musical entertainment — rock ‘n’ roll band Pitbull Toddler.

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Hintze Bros. Aerial Services EAST COUNTY — Nineteenyear-olds Michael Shae and Ryan Hintze like to think of themselves as big-picture movers and shakers.

The Braden River High School graduates, along with Hintze’s brother, Derrick, specialize in aerial photography and cinematography.

Using their DJI Phantom drone and a GoPro camera, they take sky-high shots of local attractions, such as Lakewood Ranch Main Street and The Mall at University Town Center. They also hope to broaden their reach nationwide and globally.

The trio started their own aerial photography and cinematography company — Hintze Bros.

Aerial Services — this month.

“There’s nothing like this company in this area,” Ryan Hintze said. “The idea to do this just developed itself.”

Their target audience is diverse.

HINTZE BROS. AERIAL SERVICES Owner: Michael Shae and Ryan and Derrick Hintze Services: Aerial photography and cinematography, or slideshows of overtop views of structures Website: hintzebros.com/services/aerial-services/

They say they have something for everyone from a real estate agent who wants to show clients a 360-degree view of the inside and outside of a house to a college student deciding whether a campus is a good fit.

The duo also offers dramatic, film-style shots played as a slideshow, with or without music.

Derrick and Ryan Hintze — who each hold technology program certifications — edit the photos using Adobe products, such as Photoshop.

Prices for services range from $250 for still shots up to $1,000 for more sophisticated slideshows and in-depth looks inside and above properties.

Derrick and Ryan Hintze created the Hintze Bros. concept and developed aerial services as a department under the company’s umbrella.

Shae discussed the idea to sell aerial still shots after he visited Hawaii earlier this year. When he came back to East County in March, he told his high school friend, Ryan Hintze, about a company that sold aerial photos.

“I had a friend who was trying to sell real estate on 700 acres in Hawaii,” Shae said. “She could’ve shown people different views of her property that they could view online.”

Shae and the Hintze brothers hope to further develop their brand, and perhaps change the company’s name from Aerial Services, after they review regu-

Dr. Brad Masuga, flanked by employees Tiffany Stripling, left, and Joy Slivka, right.

ABOUT THE OWNER The 19-year-old owners both graduated from Braden River High School in 2013 and grew up in New England. Michael Shae was born in Boston and Ryan and Derrick Hintze were born in Rhode Island. They share a love of working with technology and have grown up using computers in school. lations set by the Federal Aviation Administration.

Because of the use of drones, the FAA will set regulations by the end of the year. To date, drones may not be flown within five miles of Tampa International Airport or within 2.5 miles of the Sarasota-Bradenton International Airport.

The drone must also fly lower than 400 feet.

As they wait for the FAA’s regulations, the group focuses on its more immediate obstacle.

“People ask us all the time how

old we are when they find out we’re business owners,” Ryan Hintze said. “But we grew up using computers; we’re breaking their stereotypes.”

Although the small business hasn’t secured any paid business yet, its founders plan to join the Lakewood Ranch Business Alliance within the next month.

They also secured a booth at Lakewood Ranch Community Activities Corp.’s Boo Fest Oct. 24 on Lakewood Ranch Main Street.

They hope to become an integral part of the community by one day creating images to be displayed at the welcome center and at community events.

“We really want to keep our focus on Lakewood Ranch,” Michael Shae said. “We both went to school here, and we know the area and its amenities. We can show off those aspects of the community.”

—Amanda Sebastiano

A Michigan native, Dr. Brad Masuga has had his eyes on warmer winters since he graduated from Ferris State University in 2007.

Masuga and his wife, Ashley, decided to move to Sarasota in 2008 for Masuga to begin practicing optometry. He decided to open his own business, InFocus Family Eyecare, in June on Lakewood Ranch Main Street.

Masuga celebrated the East County store’s opening Aug. 7.

InFocus offers comprehensive exams, urgent eye care and equipment that can detect early signs of glaucoma and macular degeneration.

Masuga opened a vision practice on Main Street because of its unique layout.

“Lakewood Ranch is a beautiful area with much to offer,” Masuga said. “Main Street is filled with small business owners and offers unique stores. It feels good to support local businesses; we wanted to be a part of this growing area.”

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Hot air balloons to color East County skyline The Florida Balloon Festival in East County will showcase ideas gathered from other balloon festivals nationwide.

Amanda Sebastiano

Brian Wiggins teamed up with certified commercial balloon pilot Bill Whidden to bring 10 hot air balloons to East County for the festival.

EAST COUNTY — Even though it was 10 years ago, Brian Wiggins still remembers his first time riding in a “hot air giant.”

Wiggins coasted more than 1,000 feet over Albuquerque, N.M., during a hot air balloon festival similar to the one he organized for East County this year.

“It was a great experience, flying high like that,” Wiggins said.

“There’s nothing like it.”

The Florida Balloon Festival will take place Oct. 3 through Oct. 5, at Premier Sports Campus, 5895 Post Blvd.

(The event is unrelated to Florida Winefest & Auction’s Florida Wine and Balloon Festival, which was held in April 2013 at the Premier Sports Campus.)

Certified commercial balloon pilot Bill Whidden will operate the 10 multi-colored hot air balloons, which can each seat up

to four individuals at once.

Admission costs vary, and proceeds benefit Food Bank of Manatee and the Humane Society of Manatee County.

The event will feature music and entertainment by the Del Couch Music Education Foundation and the Sarasota International Dance Festival, along with games for children and other activities throughout the weekend.

The Food Bank will serve dinner under a tent Friday night before the main event — the Balloon Glow.

“At sunset, the balloons will be tethered to the ground and filled with cold air,” Wiggins said. “At the same time, balloon pilots will ignite their burners — hot blasts of air that make the balloon rise — the balloons’ colors have a glow against the dark sky.”

The balloons will also appear to sway to music, as balloon op-

erators take turns igniting their burners. One of the songs the balloons will move to comes from the film “2001: A Space Odyssey.”

A Wild Wild East Barbecue will feature country music and a cookout Oct. 4. Suncoast Food Trucks will also be on-site with a range of food options for patrons.

Attendees are encouraged to bring lawn chairs and blankets for more comfortable outdoor seating.

Each day, participants will have a chance to ride in one of the hot air balloons.

Flights typically last between 45 minutes to an hour. The balloons descend naturally, by the release of air, Wiggins explained.

A chase car follows the balloons to ensure occupants and the pilot land safely.

“I hope this festival will be an amazing experience,” Wiggins said.

Contact Amanda Sebastiano at amandas@yourobserver. com.

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Coffee Club — runs from 7:45 to 9 a.m. at Webster University, 8043 Cooper Creek Blvd., University Park. The Manatee Chamber of Commerce invites its members and guests to enjoy breakfast, updates on chamber activities, programs and events and network. Cost is free for members or $10 for nonmembers. For information, contact Jen Bartolone at 748-4842, Ext. 122, or visit ManateeChamber.com.

FRIDAY, SEPT. 26

Lakewood Ranch Men’s Club Golf Tournament — starts at 8:30 a.m. with a shotgun start.

Registration for the scramble-style tournament starts at 7 a.m. Play is limited to 80 golfers.

Cost is $70 and includes prizes, lunch and more.

Proceeds will benefit the Manatee Habitat for Humanity Veteran Build program. To sign up or for more information, contact Syd Sawyer at cksiimm@hotmail.com.

Truman’s Tapped-Out 5K — starts with registration at 5:30 p.m. at Truman’s Tap & Grill’s outdoor patio area, 11161 State Road 70 E., Suite 100, Lakewood Ranch. The run starts at 6 p.m.

Entry costs $20 for ages 16 and older or $10 for 15 and younger. Proceeds benefit the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. For more information, contact Allison Levy at allison@j2ITservices.com.

SATURDAY, SEPT. 27

Farmers Market on Main — runs from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Lakewood Ranch Main Street. Come shop for fresh fruits and vegetables, wild-caught seafood, local honey, flowers, craft items and more. For more information, visit lakewoodranch. com.

Live a Life of Health and Wellness — runs from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Lakewood Ranch Medical Center, 8330 Lakewood Ranch Blvd., Lakewood Ranch. The expo will include more than 50 health-related exhibitors, as well as a kids area. Screenings and other services also will be offered. For more information, visit lwrcac.com.

Brides Against Breast Cancer Charity Wedding Gown Sale and Bridal Show — runs from 1 to 6 p.m. at Westfield Southgate, 3501 S. Tamiami Trail, Sarasota. General admission costs $5 for brides and a guest. Event benefits Brides Against

UPCOMING Replay Outreach Golf Tournament What: Cost is $125 per golfer and includes golf, cart, buffet lunch, prizes and more. Guests who wish to purchase lunch only can pay $25.

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MOMENTS OF THE WEEK

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The Cardinal Mooney football team improved to 4-0 with a 14-0 victory over Avon Park Sept. 19.

Photos by Jen Blanco

Running back Carlos Crawford carries the ball for Braden River late in the fourth quarter.

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Maddie McNally had 11 kills and 11 digs to lead the Cardinal Mooney volleyball team to a 3-2 victory over Tampa Catholic Sept. 16.

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The Lakewood Ranch High volleyball team defeated North Port 3-0 Sept. 17 to remain unbeaten in district play.

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The Miracle League of Manasota received a $10,000 donation from the Baltimore Orioles Sept. 14 in honor of the Hall of Fame career of Derek Jeter, who will retire at the end of the season.

WILL TO WIN LAKEWOOD RANCH — The Braden River High football team is sailing through uncharted waters.

The Pirates are on a new course — one that not a single player on the team’s 41-man roster has experienced before.

And, yet, while it’s completely unfamiliar territory, it’s a path the players are more than willing to accept.

For the first time in program history, Braden River is 4-0.

Through the first four games of the season, the Pirates have outscored their opponents 139-44. But perhaps their biggest feat came Sept. 20 when the Pirates beat rival Lakewood Ranch 21-6 in the Class 7A-District 10 opener for both teams.

It was the first time Braden River had beaten Lakewood Ranch since 2009.

“It’s a proud moment,” coach Curt Bradley says. “To start the district season off with a win is huge.

This is the first time we’ve done that. It’s a huge jumpstart.”

The Mustangs had won four straight, including a back-andforth 41-32 thriller last season, heading into last Friday’s district contest. Lakewood’s 17 seniors had never lost to Braden River, while every player on the Pirates’ roster was in middle school the last time Braden River walked away with a victory.

But if there’s anything Braden River has learned over the past three seasons, it’s that nothing is to be expected. After all, this is a new season, and in a lot of ways a new team. The Pirates are no longer caught up in the frustrations and

The Braden River High football team captured its first victory over rival Lakewood Ranch since 2009 with a 21-6 victory.

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“Shout out to (Curt Bradley) for leading our Pirates to accomplish great things.”

“That was honestly the best high school football game (that) I ever went to.”

“Nobody compares to our student section.”

“The game ball tonight goes out to Section E. Best fans in the county!”

Braden River quarterback Jacob Huesman looks back to the sideline for the play. disappointment of two years ago.

Instead, Braden River is seeking to start a new tradition of prominence.

Heading into their district rivalry game, the Pirates were determined to erase their past mistakes, while the Mustangs, whose lone loss of the season entering the contest came in double overtime, had their sight set on five straight.

Unfortunately the only thing the two teams didn’t account for was a persistent rain that continued throughout the duration of the game.

With half of the stadium clad in black and the other half decked out

in white, the Pirates and Mustangs sloshed their way through their district opener.

Both teams were forced to adjust their game plans; they turned to their ground games instead of relying on the arms of their quarterbacks.

Braden River took a 14-0 lead in the first half on a 5-yard touchdown run by Raymond Thomas and a 1-yard touchdown plunge by Carlos Crawford with a half-second to play in the half.

The Pirates extended their lead midway through the third quarter on Thomas’ 3-yard carry.

With the rain lightening ever so

“Shout out to Jacob Huesman who played a great game despite the adversity.”

“So glad to be a part of a rivalry like Lakewood Ranch and Braden River.” slightly in the second half, Lakewood got on the scoreboard when quarterback Chad Rex connected with Trevor Losada for a 20-yard score. The Mustangs recovered the ensuing onside kick but were unable to extend the drive.

Behind a strong effort by the Pirates’ offensive line, Braden River held onto the ball for more than nine minutes in the fourth quarter to preserve the victory.

“That was tremendous,” Bradley said. “The offensive line took the

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by Jen Blanco | Sports Editor

Changing Course Former Braden River High boys basketball coach Matt Nesser will cheer on his team from the sidelines this year as the school’s athletic director.

BRADEN RIVER — Matt on, Nesser had aspirations Nesser has been a staple in of being an NBA coach, but the Braden River High gymover time that dream began nasium. to fade, and Nesser began Over the past 10 years, toying with the idea of beNesser developed a team of coming an athletic director. inexperienced freshmen and When Bowling announced sophomore basketball players his retirement, Nesser decidinto a district championship ed to apply for the position. contender while watching Braden River held interviews nine of his players go on to for the position, which was play collegiate basketball. open to candidates nationBut, for the first time in a wide, Sept. 12. decade, Nesser won’t be call“We chose to hire Matt ing out plays and standing Nesser because of his years alongside his players on the of experience with coaching, bench; instead, he will be his familiarity with the Pirate cheering his players on from Family and his proven abilthe other side of the court. ity to work with student athNesser stepped down from Courtesy photo letes, parents and coaches,” his coaching position after Matt Nesser says his main job is to Braden River Principal Jenbeing named Braden River’s support the coaches. nifer Gilray says. “It is not easy new athletic director Sept. 16. to replace Coach Bowling, but “It was time for me to make a Matt worked closely with him change,” Nesser said. “The op- the school opened in 2005. and considers him a mentor.” portunity was there, and they After being named the Pi“I can’t be Coach Bowling,” have confidence in me to do Nesser says. “The expectations rates’ new athletic director, the job. are high, and now it’s about Nesser began searching for his “I have a lot to learn in the what I can provide. I’m look- coaching replacement, as well position, but the administra- ing forward to the challenge. as finding a boys soccer coach tion has been nice to work It’s tough to follow a national and girls tennis coach. with. It’s certainly an easier champion.”

“I feel my main job is to suptransition knowing you don’t Nesser, who is also a guid- port the coaches and help them have to start fresh.” ance counselor at Braden River, any way that I can,” Nesser says.

Nesser replaces Bob Bowl- has been at the school since its “We’re not going to reinvent the ing, who retired Aug. 29 after 41 inception. wheel, but rather build on that. years in high school athletics.

Nesser coached college bas- I love the coaching staff here.”

Bowling had been the athletic ketball at various levels before Contact Jen Blanco at director at Braden River since coming to Braden River. Early jblanco@yourobserver.com.

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The number of points the Cardinal Mooney JV football team scored in its victory over Lemon Bay Sept. 18.

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The combined number of kills and digs Lakewood Ranch’s Kahlee York recorded in the Lady Mustangs 3-0 district victory over Sarasota Sept. 18.

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The distance in yards of ODA sophomore running back Najee Rhodes’ touchdown run against Shorecrest Prep Sept. 19

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The gym held its grand-opening celebration Sept. 20.

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+ Cougars D comes up big with four turnovers The Cardinal Mooney High defense forced four turnovers, including three interceptions, to propel the Cougars to a 44-7 victory over Lake Placid Sept. 13.

+ Mustangs break par in win, shoot a143 The Lakewood Ranch High boys golf team broke par for the first time this season, shooting a combined 143 Sept. 16, at the Lakewood Ranch Golf and Country Club’s King’s Dunes course.

The Mustangs defeated Charlotte (163), Palmetto (200), Southeast (223) and Bayshore (which didn’t post a score due to having only one player).

Junior Kelly Sun shot a 2-under par 34 to earn match medalist honors. Sophomores Billy Herten and Louie DelFabro both shot 36. Freshman Mike Wijas added a 37.

GAME TO + ODA swimmers make

SEPT. 26 AND SEPT. 27 Manatee County Volleyball Tournament (begins at 4 p.m. Sept.

26, at Braden River)

The Out-of-Door Academy boys and girls swim teams continued their winning streak, as both teams posted victories over Northside Christian Sept. 16.

ODA won a combined 15 of 22 events. Charles Hayes won the 100-yard butterfly and the 100 backstroke. Sarsen Whatmore also was a double winner, capturing the 200 and 500 freestyles.

Matthew Leonard won the 100 breaststroke.

On the girls side, Kate Patrice won the 200 individual medley.

Joie Eckhard won the 200 and

+ East Manatee Bulldogs post wins Four East Manatee Bulldog football teams posted wins versus the South Tampa Titans Sept. 20.

The Mitey Mite squad shutout the Titans 28-0. Kevin Everhart scored a 55-yard touchdown. Tavon Derisma scored on punt returns of 43 and 21 yards. Issac Ashley had a 34-yard touchdown and Lucas Caraher had an interception.

The PeeWee team blanked South Tampa 28-0. Markel McWhite, Corbin Blackstone, Robby Goecker and Cameron Heald all had touchdowns for East Manatee.

Dionte McFarland scored a pair of touchdowns to lead the East Manatee Junior Midget squad to a 34-6 victory.

The Junior PeeWee team posted a 38-0 victory while the Unlimited squad fell to the Pinellas Park Rebels 26-14.

On Sept. 18, the East Manatee Bulldog cheerleaders went to Lakewood Ranch High to cheer alongside the Mustangs cheerleaders during the school’s JV football game.

500 freestyles. Imola Csendes won the 50 freestyle before teaming up with Eckhard, Patrice and Quinn Birmingham for a firstplace finish in the 200 freestyle relay. Csendes, Eckhard, Patrice and Amber Bond won the 400 freestyle relay.

Sixty teams from across the state braved a muddy course during the North Port XC Invitational Saturday.

Lakewood Ranch finished seventh in the elite boys division while Cardinal Mooney was 18th and Braden River was 26th.

ODA finished 22nd in the boys invitational.

Cardinal Mooney’s Cal Davidson Turner finished 11th in 16 minutes, 34.70 seconds to lead the way for East County runners. Lakewood freshman Kyle Wray was 31st (17:23.60), followed by teammates John Rivera (36th, 17:30.40), George Dabbiero (42nd, 17:37.70) and Read Corley (44th, 17:48.00).

On the girls side, Lakewood finished 12th in the elite girls division followed

by Braden River (24th) and Cardinal Mooney (25th).

ODA finished 14th in the girls invitational.

Ande McDonald finished 33rd in 20:40.30 to lead the way for Lakewood.

Teammate Sarah Fazio was 38th in 20:51.20.

Courtesy photos by Tom Hubbard

Cardinal Mooney senior Cal Davidson Turner finished 11th overall in 16 minutes, 34.70 seconds.

Right: ODA’s Carling Landeche leads a pack of runners toward the finish line.

Braden River junior Jesse Charbonneau tries to hold off a pair of runners down the stretch.

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game over. The backs held onto the football and did a great job of running. What more can you ask for?”

As the final seconds slowly ticked off the clock, the Pirates thrust their helmets in the air and jumped up to congratulate one another.

“This win really meant a lot to both my teammates and I, and it really made all of the hard work we put in the offseason seem worth it,” senior offensive lineman Evan Pulawski said.

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the start of the fourth quarter, before quickly forcing them down — a silent signal eluding to the end of the Mustangs’ reign over the Pirates.

At least for this season.

But with district games against Sarasota, Palmetto and North Port still remaining for both Braden River and Lakewood, the district race is far from over.

Braden River and Lakewood both return to nondistrict action Friday night.

The Pirates will travel to Booker, where they will seek to avenge last season’s loss to the Tornadoes, while the Mustangs will host Charlotte in their homecoming game.

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The race cars Pat Ringley makes are modeled after real race cars, such as the one pictured here. iature versions of the cars he watched at the local racetrack.

Ringley never used a ruler for door measurements or scales to determine how large he should make the tires in comparison to the rest of the vehicle; he built the paper cars by sight.

Over the years, he has perfected his technique and puts more emphasis on making the Passing time Growing up in Indiana in the cars look realistic. For example, neighborhood of an IndyCar he now wraps the outside of his series driver, Ringley spent his tires in a black foam material.

Ringley estimates he has summer afternoons watching trailers load his neighbor’s race made thousands of paper race cars throughout car for an upcomhis life and has ing event. countRingley says “I spent a lot of lonely spent less hours on he didn’t have days inside when the the cars; some many friends can take more growing up. neighborhood kids than 12 hours One day, his mother suggest- didn’t want to play with to craft. has gifted ed he make his me, when my mother theHecars to race own fun. said, ‘Why don’t you car drivers, “She told me, ‘Just make make something out of such as Mario Andretti and something paper?’ And I did.”

Paul Newman, out of paper,’” and has preRingley says. “I — Pat Ringley sented the palooked out the per vehicles at window and saw my neighbor’s race car and just area car shows, such as the Constarted making these little cars. cours d’Elegance car show in St. And, ever since, building paper Petersburg earlier this year.

He never sold a car until earrace cars has been the only conlier this year, when he received stant in my life.”

Using Elmer’s carpenter glue and sometimes up to 70 sheets SEE PAPER / PAGE 21 of paper, Ringley created min-

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Pat Ringley, a cabinet maker and artist, works on a miniature race car made of paper at a desk in his East County home. Ringley has hundreds of his cars on display throughout his house.

Pat Ringley uses his lifetime love of IndyCar racing to create vehicles of his own — miniature paper race cars.

EAST COUNTY — Pat Ringley carefully places a palm-sized paper race car on the wooden dining room table in his East County home.

Across the room at his workstation — a desk covered in matted paintbrushes and small glass jars each half-full of paint — wait multiple cars in the making. The pieces of paper vary in their level of development, from the first-stage rectangle drawing to the fully painted Corvette in need of a logo on its hood.

“I sit at that desk

over there, where I don’t get any interference from the outside world, while I’m working on my little cars,” Ringley says.

After 55 years of sketching, cutting, painting and gluing the seemingly weightless miniature cars, Ringley will receive recognition on an international

level. Ringley will attend the 2014 Canadian Motorsport Hall of Fame 20th Anniversary induction ceremonies Sept. 27, in Toronto, as an awards presenter.

Ringley will be interviewed on stage with blown-up images of his paper race cars hanging behind him.

He will also hand a paper race car to the inductees as they walk across the stage to receive their awards.

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Ringley’s presence at the event commemorates what started in 1959 as a hobby in the bedroom of a lonely 12-year-old boy.

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Gators tee off to support school B.D. Gullett Elementary students and their families headed to local golf courses this month to raise money for the school.

Children played the greens during Spirit Night Sept. 11, at The Fish Hole miniature golf in Lakewood Ranch, while their parents played the course and enjoyed dinner Sept. 20, at University Park Country Club.

Right: Patrick Brisley, Dave Baker, Rod Miller and Joe Brisley play on the same team during the University Park tournament.

Left: Randy Hodo and Chris Murnen prepare for the shotgun start.

Emma Watson, Zachariah Kersey and Isabella and Lola Scott can’t resist a photo with Chompy during the Spirit Night mini-golf fundraiser.

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PAPER / FROM PAGE 19 $75 for one. Ringley still can’t believe the attention he has received for his “little paper cars” and that individuals are willing to pay money for them.

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By Adam Hughes | Research Editor

The Concession home sells for $4.3 million The following residential real estate transactions took place between Sept. 8 and Sept. 12.

A home in the Concession tops all transactions in this week’s real estate. Tappan Real Estate Investors I LLC sold the home at 19208 Ganton Ave. to Church Bay Trust Co. Ltd. and Horst Finkbeiner II, trustee, of Bradenton, for $4.3 million. Built in 2008, it has five bedrooms, six baths, two half-baths, a pool and 11,078 square feet of living area.

Ranch, for $432,000. Built in 2003, it has two bedrooms, two-and-a-half baths, a pool and 2,173 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $401,000 in February.

Watercrest

James and Catherine Gingerich, of Valparaiso, Ind., sold their Unit 304 condominium at 6330 Watercrest Way to Barbara Burke and Leslie Herzog, of Woburn, Mass., for $425,000. Built in 2005, it has three bedrooms, three baths and 2,134 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $395,000 in 2008.

Greenbrook Village

William and Christina Schlotthauer, of Lakewood Ranch, sold their home at 6714 Ladyfish Trail to Todd and Amy Jendro, of Bradenton, for $675,000. Built in 2006, it has four bedrooms, four baths, a pool and 3,817 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $708,800 in 2006.

Pierre Garon and Nathalie Houde sold their home at 13466 Purple Finch Circle to Philip and Constance Impink, of Sinking Spring, Pa., for $440,000. Built in 2002, it has four bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 2,365 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $475,000 in 2007.

Michael and Stephanie Glismann, of Lakewood Ranch, sold their home at 14219 Nighthawk Terrace to John Stube and Jerry Stube, trustees, of Bradenton, for $370,000. Built in 2003, it has four bedrooms, two baths and 2,381 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $265,700 in 2003.

River Club North

Joshua and Laura Colkmire, of Bradenton, sold their home at 6518 Spyglass Lane to Stacey and Michael Gilham, of Bradenton, for $465,000. Built in 1994, it has five bedrooms, two-and-a-half baths, a pool and 3,046 square feet of living area.

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Joshua and Jaimi Lowe sold their home at 441 Petrel Trail to Mark and Lindsey Evans, of Bradenton, for $445,000. Built in 2006, it has four bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 3,206 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $594,100 in 2006.

Robert and Vanna Kelley sold their home at 347 Snapdragon Loop to James Devriendt II, of Bradenton, for $422,500.

Built in 2006, it has four bedrooms, four baths, a pool and 3,139 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $389,000 in 2013.

Jeff and Kim Herba, of Palmetto, sold their home at 12443 Natureview Circle to Thomas Brown and Katarzyna Kniaz-

Brown, of Bradenton, for $376,000. Built in 2005, it has four bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 2,643 square feet of living area.

It previously sold for $375,000 in 2007.

Treymore at the Villages of Palm-Aire

Mission Property Partners LLC sold the home at 7131 Treymore Court to Anthony and Ann Ricciardi, of Ramsey, N.J., for $440,000. Built in 2003, it has three bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 2,735 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $336,000 in 2013.

Country Club Village at Lakewood Ranch

Edd and Rebecca Dean, of Sky Valley, Ga., sold their home at 7150 Sandhills Place to Michael Hayes, of Lakewood

Gordon and Leslie Decou, of Myakka City, sold their home at 9911 Oak Run Drive to Keith and Stacia Walker, of Bradenton, for $390,500. Built in 1981, it has three bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 2,400 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $167,000 in 1990.

Charleston Pointe at University Place

Felipa Rogers, of Sarasota, sold her home at 8306 Planters Knoll Terrace to Stephanie Farrell, of University Park, for $365,000. Built in 2005, it has four bedrooms, three baths and 2,498 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $325,500 in 2013.

Summerfield Village

Alexander and Donna Fogel, of Bradenton, sold their home at 12918 Nightshade Place to Karen Wicklund, of Bradenton, for $316,000. Built in 1999, it has three bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 2,004 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $232,000 in 2012.

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Carlyle at the Villages of Palm-Aire

James and Dayana Wengerd, of Bradenton, sold their home at 5135 Creekside Trail to Marsha Wilchfort, of Sarasota, for $310,000. Built in 2001, it has four bedrooms, two baths and 2,130 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $240,000 in 2009.

Savannah Preserve at University Place

Larry and Phyllis Correll, of Bradenton, sold their Unit 7916 condominium at 7916 St. Simons St. to Charles and Vida Gavin, of Brewster, Mass., for $294,000. Built in 2007, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,557 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $268,000 in 2009.

Gareth and Andrea Wood sold their Unit 8017 condominium at 8017 Tybee Court to Heather Yates, of University Park, for $290,000. Built in 2007, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,557 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $291,500 in 2008.

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Riverwalk Village

Alfred and Mary Sosnoski, of Doylestown, Pa., sold their home at 7320 Loblolly Bay Trail to Susanne and Dallas Loughmiller, of Lakewood Ranch, for $285,000. Built in 2000, it has three bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 2,054 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $217,000 in 2002.

Annette Hoskins, of Parrish, sold her home at 9503 64th Ave. E. to Timothy and Aileen Murphy, of Bradenton, for $282,000. Built in 1983, it has three bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 1,661 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $149,500 in 1996.

Arbor Lakes

Heinz Vaterlaus, of Harbor Springs, Mich., sold his home at 6908 Stetson St. Circle to Jeffrey and Sheryl Laco, of Sarasota, for $275,000. Built in 1993, it has three bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 2,755 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $210,000 in 1996.

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5601 Bentgrass Drive #M5901085 $150,000 Debbie Vogler

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8254 Miramar Way #M5901541 $3,600 Kendra Vogel

6302 Riverview Boulevard #A4104701 $2,100,000 Jennifer Putnam & Kim Ogilvie

7215 River Hammock Drive #A4104694 $226,900 Catherine Lamphier

1400 1st Avenue W #M5901489 $139,900 Stephen Strong

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6718 Virginia Xing #A3949161 $3,000 Lisa Shope

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Aaron and Brandi Urban, of Bradenton, sold their home at 7909 257th St. E. to Joan Adamo, of Myakka City, for $255,000.

Built in 2004, it has three bedrooms, three baths and 2,512 square feet of living area.

Gearey Enterprises LLC sold the home at 9613 Turning Leaf Terrace to Bruce and Robin Gearey, of Smithfield, Va., and Bobby and Suzan Ketron, of Abingdon, Va., for $252,500. Built in 2000, it has two bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 1,481 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $385,000 in 2005.

16009 Clearlake Ave #A3986419 $1,299,000 Barbara Najmy

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7509 Greystone Street #M5901893 $1,149,000 Deborah Angelo O’Mara

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13309 Lost Key Pl #A3997843 $999,000 Mary Pat Pihl

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3510 54th Drive W #102 #A4102641 $998,000 Adam Cuffaro

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14614 Secret Harbor Pl #M5846615 $879,000 Deborah Angelo O’Mara

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7030 Vilamoura Place #A4101937 $868,000 Mary Hellhake

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14722 Leopard Creek Place #A4103587 $710,000 Susanne Cosgrove-Lee

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5624 Title Row Dr #M5838120 $649,900 Laura Tracy Clekis

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403 Hillcrest Drive #M5901593 $499,000 Kathy Valente

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3506 22nd Avenue W #M5902097 $235,000 Barbara Wong

13506 Matanzas Place #A4104711 $1,890,000 Klaus Lang

6306 Yellowtop Drive #A4104570 $209,900 Laurie Jarema

1439 57th Street W #M5902110 $112,000 Debbie Capobianco

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Fannie Mae sold the home at 9082 Willowbrook Circle to Tiffany Smith, of Bradenton, for $292,000. Built in 2006, it has four bedrooms, three-and-a-half baths and 2,624 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $459,900 in 2006.

Michael Blake, of Bradenton, sold his home at 11716 Cullen Park Terrace to Suzanne Green, of Bradenton, for $290,000.

Built in 2011, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,863 square feet of living area.

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baths, a pool and 2,002 square feet of living area. It sold for $159,700 in 1994.

67th St. E. to Alex Androus, of Bradenton, for $250,000. Built in 2008, it has three bedrooms, three baths and 2,238 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $242,200 in 2008.

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Joyce Lamore, trustee, sold the home at 4904 79th Ave. Plaza E. to Ronald Meyer and Chelsea Thomas, of Sarasota, for $222,000. Built in 1987, it has three bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 1,723 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $115,000 in 1987.

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U.S. Bank National Association, trustee, sold a home at 6833 Corral Circle to Mission Property Partners LLC for $203,700.

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John and Rita Scott, of Yarmouth, Mass., sold their home at 3317 Little Country Road to Larry Ratts and Karen Patterson, of Parrish, for $481,000. Built in 1998, it has three bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 2,751 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $680,000 in 2006.

Jeffrey and Caroline Paprocki sold their home at 3108 Woodland Fern Drive to Anthony and Vicky Davis, of Parrish, for $245,000. Built in 2001, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 2,045 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $225,000 in 2013.

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Halfacre Construction founder remembered in East County Construction executive Bill Halfacre was more than ready back in the 1970s when he heard a few Sarasota officials wanted to impose a building moratorium.

Halfacre, worried the misguided political move would crush not only his business but also overall growth, bought a truck full of silver dollars from a U.S. Mint facility in Utah. Halfacre and his friend, Gil Waters, a Sarasota developer and entrepreneur, then led a movement to pay every construction worker in town in silver dollars.

Jack Cox, who now runs Lakewood Ranch-based Halfacre Construction, says, “Bill wanted to show the impact of construction in the community.”

The plan worked. Managers from stores such as Publix flooded the county with calls about silver dollars that weighed down cash registers.

The officials, at least temporar- Halfacre ily, backed off the moratorium.

Halfacre, active in the construction and development community for 40 years, died Sept. 10. He was 88.

“As successful as he was, he had very little ego,” Cox says. “He always wanted to remain in the background.”

Halfacre was born in Dayton, Ohio. He moved in 1968 to the Sarasota area, first to work for well-known homebuilder Arthur Rutenberg. Halfacre read about Rutenberg in a trade magazine and sent the executive a letter asking for a job. Rutenberg thought Halfacre’s penmanship was so great that he must have the same kind of pride in all of his work, recalls Cox. Halfacre got the job.

Two years later, Halfacre founded his own construction firm, a business that

grew quickly, as did with his adopted hometown. The firm built homes, apartment complexes, shopping plazas and government buildings. Halfacre also became a prominent pro-business voice in the construction community. He was president of the Gulf Coast Builders Exchange in 1974 and active in several other organizations.

Halfacre sold his firm to Jack Cox’s father, John, in 1984. John Cox, and later his son, led the company through more growth spurts, including the early 2000s building boom.

The firm is now a regional leader in commercial construction, with $25 million in 2013 sales.

John Cox and Halfacre worked together on multiple projects, and Jack Cox says the fact that neither argued over stipulations of the sale of the business is a testament to their integrity. Says Cox: “Most things don’t work out that clean.”

Halfacre Construction built the Teleflex, Palm Printing, Halfacre Construction headquarters and Kids Supergym buildings in Lakewoood Ranch and more than 1 million square feet at Port Manatee, among other projects.

Halfacre, says Cox, continued to come into the office through late August. He worked on drawings for projects, chatted with employees, then ate lunch and read the Wall Street Journal.

“He was such a good guy,” says Cox. “He had an amazing love for art and would always be working on a painting, watercolor, rendering or blueprints. He was a mentor, father figure and an amazing architect.”

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Battle Against Breast Cancer As area residents welcome the fall, they also ready themselves for a battle against breast cancer.

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month.

The American Cancer Society estimated there would be 232,340 new cases of invasive breast cancer (cancer that spreads from the point of origin and grows into the surrounding breast tissue) and another 64,640 cases of in situ breast cancer (breast

cancer in which abnormal cells line the breast ducts but do not grow beyond the layer where they originated) in 2013.

Each year, about 39,400 women die from the disease. It is most common in women ages 50 and older.

Lucy Fox and Connie Keen are breast cancer survivors who will participate in upcoming events to raise support for the fight against the disease. Here are their stories.

Keen doesn’t let cancer slow her down A longtime world traveler and adventurous-type, Connie Keen used her positive attitude and information from experts to fight breast cancer.

BY AMANDA SEBASTIANO

Growing up, Connie Keen knew she wanted to travel.

Keen was born in the United States and traveled to Greece with her parents when she was a child.

She saw tourists with backpacks traveling around Greece.

“I thought, ‘Maybe I’ll do that, backpack around countries someday,’” says Keen, an East County resident.

When she was 34 years old, she traveled around Europe for 40 days by herself.

But the woman who felt she was born to travel stopped in her tracks in March 2008, when she discovered a small hard bump on the side of her right breast.

Her diagnosis: breast cancer.

Keen switched into survival mode yet found ways to stay

active. She participates in local events, such as the Dragon Boat Festival (see sidebar), and also attends a women’s group at her church, St. Barbara’s Greek Orthodox Church.

“When you go through a traumatic experience, your whole life changes,” Keen says. “It’s like an out-of-body experience. You lose your hair, your eyebrows and even your eyelashes; you’re hairless from top to bottom. When you look in the mirror, you’re a different person. But you move past it, because there’s no going back.”

She believes that by keeping a positive attitude, researching information on breast cancer through the American Cancer Society and other local resources, as well as listening to their doctors, women can win the

fight against breast cancer.

She has been cancer-free since she had her breast removed about five years ago.

And as she lets her shoulderlength, curly dark hair continue to grow, Keen has gained confidence and laughs as much as she can, she says.

She also works to get back to her adventurous ways and looks forward to her life’s next chapter.

She doesn’t want her disease to inhibit her decision-making any more.

“I’m one of those people who always moves on,” Keen says. “I don’t want my disease to define me. Breast cancer was just something I experienced in life.

I’m not letting it run the rest of my life.”

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ACS employee becomes a patient About one year ago, Lucy Fox went from helping others battle breast cancer to fighting it herself. Today, she further advocates for the cause.

BY AMANDA SEBASTIANO

As an administrative assistant for the local American Cancer Society branch, Sarasota resident Lucy Fox made a career of assisting cancer patients.

Then, she became one.

She received her breast cancer diagnosis following her annual mammogram in September 2013.

“I was hearing the news for the first time over the phone,” Fox says. “I spent about 20 minutes pacing the floor and not knowing what to do.”

Fox tapped into her knowledge from working for the American Cancer Society for 14 years. She said the resources made available

to her gave her confidence and provided mental support.

“One out of eight women will get breast cancer in their lifetime,” Fox says. “I thought about my sister and my niece, my friends and my cousins, and I was glad it was me instead of them. Maybe I saved them in some way.”

Fox had a lumpectomy — a procedure that removes the cancerous mass — Oct. 24. But her fight still wasn’t over. She needed chemotherapy and radiation treatments to help prevent the cancer cells from returning.

She lost her hair. And she scheduled her once-a-week chemotherapy sessions on

Wednesdays, so the nausea and other side effects could manifest over the weekend.

“I couldn’t miss work; I needed something to focus on,” Fox says.

The treatments raised her survival rate from 86% to about 98% — odds for which she is thankful.

Today, she is free of cancer and will participate in this year’s Making Strides Walk Against Breast Cancer event (see sidebar). She looks forward to her official cancerfree anniversary — 2018.

She sports a pixie cut as her hair continues to grow back — a reminder that she’s still here to tell her story, she says.

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HOW TO GET INVOLVED Sarasota and Manatee County residents will join in the fight against breast cancer during two fundraising events for the cause.

Next month, the American Cancer Society will host its annual Making Strides Against Breast Cancer walk, while the International Breast Cancer Paddlers’ Commission will host the Dragon Boat Festival.

Both events raise money and awareness for the fight against breast cancer.

The 3.1-mile Making Strides walk starts at 9 a.m. Oct. 18, at the Sarasota Polo Club, 8201 Polo Club Lane, Sarasota. Registration

starts at 7:30 a.m. Participants are encouraged to raise money for the cause prior to the event.

Last year, more than 8,000 people participated. Organizers hope to have a similar turnout this year as they attempt to break the Guinness Book of World Records’ largest human breast cancer ribbon. Seven thousand participants will be needed to accomplish the task after the walk.

Proceeds from the event benefit the ACS and go toward research. Already, more than 130 teams are signed up to participate and have raised

Dragon Boat Festival about $67,000.

The fourth annual Dragon Boat Festival follows from Oct. 24 to Oct. 26. Pre-festival events, including a pre-festival camp and team practice sessions, run from Oct. 20 to Oct. 23.

The festival will open with a ceremony from 5 to 6 p.m. Oct. 24, at Nathan Benderson Park, 5851 Nathan Benderson Circle, Sarasota, and races will run from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Oct. 25 to Oct. 26.

A Pink Paddlers Party will be held from 7 to 10 p.m. Oct. 25, at Lakewood Ranch Main Street, as well.

When: Times and events vary from Oct. 24 through Oct. 26 Where: Races take place at Nathan Benderson Park, 5851 Nathan Benderson Circle, Sarasota; Pink Paddlers’ Party will be held Oct. 25, on Lakewood Ranch Main Street Parking: Free Cost: Free Info: sarasotabcs2014festival.org

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Health expo celebrates hospital milestone Lakewood Ranch Medical Center celebrates its 10-year anniversary with more booths, screenings at expo.

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EAST COUNTY — Director of Lakewood Ranch Community Activities Corp.

Lori Basilone strives to show that her organization isn’t just a group of event planners; it’s also a community-support booster that generates awareness for services local organizations offer.

This weekend, Community Activities will shine a light on one of the East County community’s “greatest assets” — Lakewood Ranch Medical Center.

“It’s great. We (Lakewood Ranch residents) don’t have to travel down I-75 to get medical attention,” Basilone said.

“We’re fortunate to have the medical center here, and we want people to know about it and all the options it offers to this community.”

From 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sept. 27, the hospital will celebrate its 10-year anniversary by again hosting the Lakewood Ranch Community Activity Corp.’s Embrace a Life of Health and Wellness Expo at the hospital, 8330 Lakewood Ranch Blvd., Lakewood Ranch.

The expo stresses the importance of mental and physical health by offering screenings and information on the human body, medical services, diseases and other wellness topics.

The Health and Wellness Expo will offer hearing and vision screenings, body-fat measurements, breast cancer checks, chair and “stress-busting” massages, as well as other services. More than 50 booths will be on-site. Admission is free.

PNC Bank will again offer children ages 5 and under a space to dress up in garb that depicts what they want to be when they grow up, as well as face painting, coloring

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Booths will feature vision, hearing and other checkups for attendees. Visit lwrcac.com for more information.

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activities and a free checkup from Doc McStuffins for stuffed animals that children bring to the event.

The expo will feature more activities at the bank’s Grow Up Great Mobile Learning Adventure to help introduce health topics to younger attendees, as well.

“We’ve definitely tried to expand on the children’s zone this year to help attract more families,” Basilone said. “More than 50% of the attendees are families, so we’re putting an emphasis on educating children.

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FOR CHILDREN PNC Bank Grow Up Great Mobile Learning Adventure will feature a dressup booth and coloring station for children ages 5 and under.

Radio Disney will also provide a free health checkup from Doc McStuffins for stuffed animals children bring to the booth. Free face painting and other activities will also be available.

age is important.”

To Basilone, one of the most gratifying aspects of the expo is introducing new and longstanding doctors, health issues and wellness best practices to attendees who didn’t know the information or the professionals before the event.

She also hopes to ramp up community interest in exhibitors, such as new event sponsor Dr. Charles Dube, of Advanced Healthcare Clinic.

Dube moved to the East County area about five years ago from Canada.

His practice offers acupuncture point injection and bioelectromagnetic therapies, among other types of practices he hopes will provide an alternative to prescription drugs.

Basilone hopes the Lakewood Ranchbased doctor can show attendees a side to pain management, vision loss and other medical issues with which they may be unfamiliar.

“This is the other side of the scope,” Basilone said. “He is the other side of medicine.”

This year, Basilone expects to draw in a larger crowd than in previous years. She hopes more than 1,500 individuals will attend.

The expo will feature about 15 additional booths and will expand to

include 12 outdoor booths in front of the hospital’s north entrance.

Event organizers shied away from placing multiple booths outside of the venue in the past because of weather concerns. If inclement weather occurs, Basilone has arranged for meeting rooms to house the exhibits.

This month marks not only the 10th anniversary of the Lakewood Ranch Medical Center, but the 10th anniversary of the expo, as well.

The expo was designed to introduce the hospital to the East County community, as well as to show the public the importance of maintaining a healthy lifestyle.

“The hospital is proud and excited to celebrate a decade of service to the Sarasota and Manatee communities and what a wonderful opportunity (to do that) by offering a wide variety of health and wellness resources available locally,” Lisa Kirkland, director of marketing for Lakewood Ranch Medical Center, said. “We’re glad to partner with the Lakewood Ranch Community Activities Corp.”

For more information on the Health & Wellness Expo, visit lwrcac.com.

Contact Amanda Sebastiano at amandas@yourobserver.com.

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In honor of National Yoga Month, sunset yoga instructor strikes a pose.

BY PAM EUBANKS If Palm-Aire resident Betsy Anderson had her way, everyone would do yoga.

The practice, she says, not only builds strength in the body but also in the mind and spirit.

“Yoga is just wonderful; it can benefit anybody and everybody,” she says. “I adore it. It’s made a huge impact on me. It’s the whole mind, body, spirit. It’s great for emotional balance.”

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Traditional workouts, Anderson says, have a “no pain, no gain,” mantra. But yoga practices the opposite.

“It’s honoring where you’re at and working on that,” she says, adding moves can be modified to accommodate skill levels and injuries. “In all your poses, you engage your core. It helps keep your back safe.”

Anderson says the practice also teaches you to “be present,” aligning your whole body so it’s filled with your natural energy. Focusing on the present allows participants to reduce stress and worry.

“Breathing is the most important thing,” Anderson says.

“Yoga is a breath practice — that’s the foundation. It keeps you present.”

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+ Medical center turns 10

Lakewood Ranch Medical celebrated its 10th anniversary Sept. 1.

“Lakewood Ranch Medical Center is proud and honored to have provided advance medical technology and compassionate care to the people of Manatee and Sarasota counties for the past decade,” said Richard Fletcher, the hospital’s CEO. “Our awardwinning hospital has a team of highly dedicated professionals who work together with a common mission to continually enhance patient care.”

Since it opened, the 124,306-squarefoot, 120-bed hospital has grown to have a network for more than 400 physicians and allied health professionals, 120 volunteers and 477 employees in 54 departments.

More than 7,600 babies have been born at the facility, as well.

+ Manatee Memorial earns diagnostic recognition

Manatee Memorial Hospital recently became the first hospital in Florida to be designated a Diagnostic Imaging Center of Excellence (DICOE) by the American College of Radiology.

The DICOE program is an achievement that recognizes best-quality imaging practices and diagnostic care. This includes a comprehensive assessment of the entire medical imaging enterprise, including structure and outcomes. The DICOE designation recognizes excellence at multiple levels, including the professional staff, the technology and the policies and procedures the organization follows and superior patient care.

To receive the distinction, facilities must be accredited by the ACR in all modalities they provide and in which the ACR offers an accreditation program. Another requirement is to participate in the Dose Index Registry® and General Radiology Improvement Database, as well as Image Wisely® and Image Gently®.

“Our imaging services team and the radiologists have done an outstanding job and we congratulate them,” said Nicole Dollison, chief operating officer at Manatee Memorial Hospital. “We are proud to be the first in Florida to receive this designation.”

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of Radiology is one of the largest and most influential medical associations in the United States. The ACR devotes its resources to making imaging and radiation therapy safe, effective and accessible to those who need it. Its 36,000 members include radiologists, radiation oncologists, medical physicists, interventional radiologists and nuclear medicine physicians.

+ Manatee Memorial combats lung cancer diagnosis

Manatee Memorial Hospital, sister to Lakewood Ranch Medical Center, has initiated the Lung Institute to combat statistics that only 16 of every 100 people diagnosed with lung cancer will live five years past diagnosis.

“By the time symptoms of lung cancer develop, the disease is usually too far gone,” says Dr. Ronald Smith, a thoracic surgeon at Manatee Memorial.

People who are at risk for lung cancer can make an appointment for a low-dose radiation CT scan.

After a radiologist reads the scan, the results are disseminated to the patient’s primary-care physician, as well as a group of Lung Institute specialists that includes medical oncologists, surgical oncologists, radiation oncologists, pathologists and radiologists.

“Together, the team will determine the best course of action for people who enroll in the clinic,” says Smith.

The National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN), the American College of Chest Physicians, the American Society of Clinical Oncology and the American Cancer Society have recommended screening for high-risk individuals ages 55 to 74 who have smoked a pack or more of cigarettes a day for 30 years or more and who are still smoking or who quit less than 15 years ago. The NCCN also recommends screening for individuals 50 and older who have smoked a pack a day or more of cigarettes for 20 years or longer and have one additional risk factor for lung cancer.

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Heartwood Retreat Center celebrated National Yoga Month with a fundraising yoga festival Sept. 13, at the center, in East County. More than 400 people attended.

Festivities included eight ongoing yoga classes in a variety of styles and levels, special-interest workshops, sutra lectures, a kids’ yoga zone, a yoga art gallery, yoga art activities, music, dance performances and more than 30 healthy lifestyle and food venders.

Proceeds from the event — $2,700 — benefited All Faiths Food Bank, in Sarasota.

+ Rural Health Services honors volunteer The Manatee County Rural Health Services organization will honor Ed Dick with the Sen. Edgar H. Price Jr. Lifetime Achievement Award during this year’s signature fundraising event Oct. 2, at the Bradenton Area Convention Center.

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YourObserver.com 9 Instructor Bethany Laney leads students in barre exercises during a Friday morning baby-wearing ballet class.

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For Bethany Laney, leaving her newborn son, Asher, at home wasn’t an option when she was ready to go back to work teaching part-time at the School of Russian Ballet.

At the time, Asher was about 3 months old and still breastfed every two-and-a-half hours.

And Laney, a stay-at-home mom, also wasn’t ready to hand him over to another caretaker.

What happened next seemed the natural thing to do.

“I would wear him to class,” Laney says, noting she would secure him in a carrier on her chest when he was younger. Now that he’s 11 months old she wears him on her back most days. “You can do basically anything baby-wearing.”

Laney, 25, went back to work instructing her students, ages 5 to 12. Their parents were understanding.

As some of the mothers watched, they saw a fun opportunity to exercise.

“I had some moms ask if I could do a class for baby-wearers,” Laney says.

So, last month, Laney began teaching a babywearing ballet class for adults. Lessons are modified — no jumping, fast spins or other moves that could be unsafe for mother and child.

“Your center definitely shifts when you have a Above: Tessa Mason baby on you,” Laney says. “Your balance is tricky, practices ballet while wearing her 7-month-old, but it’s doable. This is a really unique workout for women.”

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One food three ways Want fresher beets? Select beets with the greens attached; beets receive water from the greens.

If you’re looking for something new to add to your menu this fall, try beets.

The root vegetable can be prepared in dozens of ways, including raw in salads, roasted, broiled, steamed, grilled and baked. You can even use beet greens in smoothies or cook them as a side dish.

“Beets are a delicious and often overlooked fall vegetable that offers tremendous health benefits and adds versatility to your menu,” says Pam Mathis, a dietician and licensed wellness coach in Lakewood Ranch. “An ancient vegetable, beet greens were originally the only part of the plant that was eaten. However, now we know that the root itself and its juice offer wonderful flavors and nutrition, as well.”

Beets are a good source of vitamin C, fiber, potassium for muscle and nerve function, magnesium for smooth muscle contraction, manganese for liver, kidney and pancreas function and folate, which promotes cardiac health.

They also contain nitrates, which help lower blood pressure by dilating blood vessels and improving blood flow, Mathis says.

Beets are a higher carbohydrate vegetable, so Mathis says you should consume them in moderation. Individuals prone to kidney stones should avoid beets, too, because they are a good source of oxalates, which can cause kidney stones in predisposed individuals.

— Pam Mathis, MEd, RDN, LD, CWC, CLT is a dietitian and licensed wellness coach in Lakewood Ranch, and she can be reached at 907-3757.

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The phytonutrient betanin is responsible for red beets’ color. Betanin has been shown to protect cells, proteins and enzymes from oxidative stress. It is known to lower levels of inflammatory markers such as C-reactive protein, interleukin-6 and TNF-alpha. This antioxidant helps protect the liver, especially the accumulation of fatty deposits from alcohol abuse, protein deficiency or diabetes. Its antioxidant properties also prevent cancers, including stomach, pancreas, colon, breast and prostate cancers.

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Look for firm, unwrinkled beets. Once you are home, remove the beet greens, leaving about an inch of stem on the beet. Beets can be kept in the refrigerator for up to three weeks, but the greens should be eaten in three to four days.

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YourObserver.com 11 ROASTED-BEET HUMMUS Recipe courtesy of “Cooking Light” INGREDIENTS

DIRECTIONS

1. Preheat oven to 450 degrees.

2. Leave root and 1-inch stem on beet; scrub with a brush.

3. Wrap beet in foil. Place on a rimmed baking sheet. Bake for 35 minutes. Add walnuts and garlic to pan. Bake 7 minutes, or until nuts are toasted.

4. Cool for 10 minutes. Trim off beet root; rub off skin. Cut beet into quarters.

5. Place garlic in a food processor; process until finely chopped. Add beet and process until finely chopped.

6. Add walnuts, lemon rind and remaining ingredients. Process until smooth.

1 small red beet 1/4 cup coarsely chopped walnuts 4 garlic cloves, halved 1 teaspoon grated lemon rind 1/4 cup water 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice 2 tablespoons walnut oil 3/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt 1 (15-ounce) can chickpeas (garbanzo beans), rinsed and drained

APPLE-STRAWBERRY-BEET GREENS SMOOTHIE Recipe by Tracy Russell INGREDIENTS 1 large apple, cored 1 medium banana, peeled 1 cup whole strawberries 2 cups beet greens, chopped 4-6 ounces of water

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Combine ingredients in blender. Process until smooth.

BEET AND GOAT CHEESE ARUGULA SALAD Recipe courtesy of Giada De Laurentiis, “Everyday Italian” INGREDIENTS

1/4 cup balsamic vinegar 3 tablespoons shallots, thinly sliced 1 tablespoon honey 1/3 cup extra-virgin olive oil Salt and freshly ground black pepper 6 medium beets, cooked and quartered 6 cups fresh arugula 1/2 cup walnuts, toasted, coarsely chopped 1/4 cup dried cranberries or dried cherries 1/2 avocado, cubed 3 ounces soft fresh goat cheese, crumbled

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A cup of beets provides 4 grams of fiber, 2 grams of protein, no fat or cholesterol, 13% of the recommended daily intake for manganese, 11% of the RDI for vitamin C and a whopping 37% of folate. Just one serving provides more iron than spinach at 2 grams per cup. Beets are also a good source of oxalates, which can cause oxalate stones in the kidneys in predisposed individuals. So, if you are prone to kidney stones, better skip the beets.

DIRECTIONS: 1. Line a baking sheet with foil. Preheat the oven to 450 degrees.

2. Whisk the vinegar, shallots and honey in a medium bowl to blend. Gradually whisk in the oil. Season the vinaigrette with salt and pepper, to taste.

3. Toss the beets in a small bowl with enough dressing to coat.

4. Place the beets on the prepared baking sheet and roast until the beets are slightly caramelized, stirring occasionally, about 12 minutes. Set aside and cool.

5. Toss the arugula, walnuts and cranberries in a large bowl with enough vinaigrette to coat.

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Caregiver Connection — runs from 9:30 to 11 a.m. every second Wednesday of the month, at Sarasota Memorial Hospital Institute for Advanced Medicine, 5880 Rand Blvd., Sarasota.

Caregiver Connection focuses on the mental health of caretakers by providing local resources and support available to caregivers.

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A portion of each day’s sales benefits Sarasota Memorial Hospital’s women’s cancer programs and the hospital’s Healthcare Foundation. Call 917-1286 for more information.

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Total Joint Replacement Classes — runs from 9 to 11 a.m. Mondays and Wednesdays, on the second floor waiting area of Sarasota Memorial Hospital, 1700 S. Tamiami Trail, Sarasota. The class is a pre-operative education class that provides an overview of the total joint replacement process and includes information on anesthesia, preoperation testing, recommendations on managing other health problems before surgery and advice on setting up for home recovery. Call 917-7356. 

Childbirth and Parenting Classes — times and dates vary for the classes designed for families before, during and after child birth. Visit smh.com, lakewoodranchmedicalcenter.com or manateememorial.com for more information.

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Making Strides Against Breast Cancer Walk — registration opens at 7:30 a.m. and the walk begins at 9 a.m. Oct. 18, at the Sarasota Polo Club, 8201 Polo Club Lane, Lakewood Ranch. Making Strides is an opportunity to honor breast cancer survivors, raise awareness about reducing the risk of the disease and raise money to help the American Cancer Society provide research, support and access to mammograms for women who need them.

Participants will also be asked to help join in ACS’ plan to create the largest live breast cancer aware-

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+ Events Flip-Flop Walk for Autism Awareness — starts at 8 a.m. Sept. 27, at J.D. Hamel Park, 2 Marina Plaza, Sarasota and continues over the John Ringling Causeway.

The walk is designed to promote autism awareness. Call Colleen Buccieri at (813) 240-3044 for more information on the Flip-Flop Walk and Face Autism — the local nonprofit organization hosting the event. 

Medicare Counseling — runs from 1:30 to 5 p.m. Wednesdays, at Sarasota Memorial Hospital's Institute for Advanced Medicine, 5880 Rand Blvd., Sarasota. Sarasota Memorial and Serving Health Insurance Needs of Elders (SHINE) are providing a place to get free consultations, which compare Medicare plans and prescription coverage to fit the participants’ needs. The class will be held at the same time every Friday.

Call 1-800-963-5337 and ask for a SHINE counselor.

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Physician Lecture Series — runs from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays Oct. 2 through Oct. 16, in the auditorium at Sarasota Memorial Hospital, 1700 S. Tamiami Trail, Sarasota.

Do you suffer from chronic joint issues or cervical spine pain? Sarasota Memorial’s orthopedic specialists will offer insight on the latest treatment options in various areas of their expertise. A brief question-and-answer session will follow each presentation. Lecture topics include the latest technologies for total hip and knee replacements and how

to deal with hip and knee arthritis. Call 917-7777.

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ness ribbon. Participants will walk the 3.1-mile course for the cause.

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International Breast Cancer Paddlers’ Commission Participatory Dragon Boat Festival — race times and registration hours vary Oct. 20 through Oct. 26, at Nathan Benderson Park, 5851 Nathan Benderson Circle, Sarasota. The parade runs from 6:30 to 7 p.m. with a Pink Paddlers Party from 7 to 10 p.m.

Oct. 25, on Lakewood Ranch Main Street. More than 3,000 paddlers and breast cancer survivors and supporters will converge for the paddling event. Visit sarasotabcs2014festival.org for registration details and a schedule of events.

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begins at 6:30 a.m.; Boo Dash kids’ races begin at 7:45 a.m.; and the 5K timed run begins at 8:30 a.m. Oct. 25, at Lakewood Ranch Main Street.

The event is a family-oriented race with a costume contest and awards to follow. Award categories include best couple, best hero and best villain. Proceeds benefit Parent Project Muscular Dystrophy. Online registration ends at 11:59 p.m. Oct. 22.

Admission is $25 for adults or $10 for children 11 and younger. Call the Lakewood Ranch Running Club at 753-8125 for more information.

Gulf Coast Cyclefest — registration begins at 6:30 a.m.; rides start at 7:30, 8, 8:30 and 9 a.m. Nov. 2, at Lakewood Ranch Main Street. Breakfast and are lunch provided. The event marks the 40th anniversary of the Sarasota-Manatee Bicycle Club and Gulf Coast Cyclefest. Participants will enjoy a full day of cycling and may choose 20-, 35-, 63- or 100-mile distance rides. The event is not a race and is designed for cyclists of all abilities. Cost is $40. Call the Sarasota-Manatee Bicycle Club at 232-5678 for more information. 

Fourteenth Annual Community Caregiving Forum — 8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Nov. 8, in the first floor auditorium at Sarasota Memorial Hospital, 1700 S. Tamiami Trail, Sarasota. This program is appropriate for caregivers of all types and professionals in allied fields. Sarasota County Aging Network will provide a lunch that is included for all pre-registered attendees. Preregistration is required and is available through Nov. 3. Call 556-3268 to reserve a seat and lunch. 

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Belly dancing improves circulation, complexion and reflexes. It also helps combat fatigue by boosting energy levels, which could also lead to stress relief. Visit blakemedicalcenter.com for more information. 

Breast Cancer Exercise Class — runs from noon to 1 p.m. Mondays, in the Cancer Resource Room, Suite 3400, of Blake Medical Center, 2010 59th St. W., Bradenton. Learn techniques to improve breast health, prevent and minimize risk of lymphedema, increase range of motion and increase strength. Call Marsha Shuford at 798-2141. 

Healthy Hearts — runs from 11 a.m. to noon Tuesdays and Thursdays, at HealthFit, 5880 Rand Blvd., Sarasota. The program features individualized workouts to promote balance, cardio health and stability.

HealthFit also offers customized fitness activities, such as aquatic exercises, indoor cycling, dancing and yoga, for individuals with Parkinson’s disease, multiple sclerosis and progressive neurological disorders. Call 917-7000 or visit smhfit.com for more information. 

Yoga for Cancer Patients — runs from 10 to 11:30 a.m. Mondays, in the Cancer Resource Room, Suite 3400, of Blake Medical Center, 2010 59th St. W., Bradenton. The class will promote circulation and will teach participants how to exercise muscles and joints. Call Ann Silverman at 465-15990 for more information. 

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Visit aga-bradenton-sarasota.org.

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 Run for Tidewell Hospice 5K — starts at 7 a.m. Nov. 8, at the Tidewell Administration Office, 5995 Rand Blvd., Sarasota. The 5K event starts and finishes at the Tidewell Administration Office in Sarasota. The out-and-back course will take participants through a flat, shaded neighborhood. Enjoy the post-race celebration with age-group awards, food, music and family activities. Call 713-8935 for more information or to register.

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Cancer patients, their families and friends are invited. Call 798-6262.

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Lakewood Ranch Running Club members hit the pavement in hopes of earning 500-mile and 1,000-mile club status.

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Jennifer Tullio makes running look easy.

Although she’s now a veteran runner who has completed 10 marathons, she’ll be the first person to tell you anyone can run.

“I didn’t exercise in high school or college; I hated sweating,” she says, laughing. “I wanted to prove to myself I could do it. My mom helped me train for my first half marathon.”

That was in 1996. She joined the Lakewood Ranch Running Club, of which she now serves as president, in 2006 after moving to the area.

Tullio turned her goal of getting fit into a way for raising money for Parent Project Muscular Dystrophy, a nonprofit dedicated to combating Duchenne’s muscular dystrophy, a genetic disorder that results in the progressive muscle control weakness. Her son, Grayson, suffers from the disease.

Tullio’s passion for running is one she hopes others will embrace.

“It’s about people getting out and being healthy,” Tullio says. “Our motto is: No runner left behind.”

The Lakewood Ranch Running Club started its 1,000-mile club in 2009 to encourage members to run 1,000 miles a year — or 19.2 a week. This year, it launched the 500-mile club — which averages out to about 10 miles per week — to make the goal more attainable for new runners.

Tullio says the designation gives club members a goal toward which to work. Plus, if they are successful, they participate in an end-of-year social and awards ceremony and receive a new T-shirt.

“The 1,000-mile club isn’t about pace; it’s about miles,” Tullio says.

Member Joni Reid, who oversees the program, adds: “It’s a good goal for people to have; it keeps you consistent and it’s fun.

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Since Lakewood Ranch Running Club 500mile and 1,000-mile club members started tracking their mileage in January, they’ve completed 24,983 miles — enough to run the circumference of the Earth (24,860 miles).

We post (a) spreadsheet (of mileage) each month.”

Since January, the club’s 29 member 500mile and 1,000-mile club members have run more than 24,983 miles.

Runner Monika Oberer hesitated joining the Lakewood Ranch Running club because she didn’t think she was fast enough. But, she joined one-and-a-half years ago at the encouragement of a friend.

“I realized there’s fast people, but there’s also people who aren’t as fast or people who aren’t in training who will run with you,” says Oberer. “It’s whatever pace you want to run. I was really slow in the beginning and I grew.”

One runner, Annie Thornhill, even runs with her dog, Marley, who already has jogged more than 400 miles since January.

Tullio just wants to get people involved in the club and be consistent in their commitment to a healthy lifestyle.

“Anybody can run,” she says. “It doesn’t matter your shape or size.”

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Becky Hardy has always eaten healthfully, but 24 years ago, while pregnant with her oldest son, Brandon, Hardy learned she was hypoglycemic — a medical condition caused by low blood sugar. Hardy didn’t know anything about hypoglycemia at the time, but since then, she’s discovered what she can and can’t eat and has been able to control the condition through diet and exercise and without the use of medication.

“It’s been an evolving process,” Hardy says. “I’m constantly tweaking the diet, which can be hit or miss with other people.”

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“I hate cardio,” Hardy says. “I know it’s one of those evils that I need to do, though.”

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Hardy didn’t start working out on a regular basis until April 2013 after going to the gym with her sons, Brandon, a former baseball player, and Garrett, a former football player. She began watching their form and picking their brains for various exercise routines. Before long, Hardy was spending every day in the gym.

“I got a lot of help from them,” Hardy says of her boys. “Eventually, it became like an addiction. It’s a lifestyle.”

enemy. As women, we think there’s this magic weight number, but really it’s what you’re comfortable with when you are satisfied with your body. That’s what’s really important.”

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For the first eight months of her workout regimen, Hardy didn’t drop a single pound. It wasn’t until December that the numbers on the scale began to diminish.

At that point, rather than focusing on a solid number, Hardy turned her attention to what she could control — muscle definition. She began training and defining her muscles, using clothes and accessories as indicators for her success.

“I always tell people to stay off of the scale,” Hardy says. “It’s your own worst

HER REGIMEN: Works out for about 1.5 hours seven days a week at the Lakewood Ranch YMCA where she dedicates each day to a specific muscle group, including legs, back, shoulders, chest, biceps and triceps.

DIET: Hardy’s typical diet consists of sautéed vegetables, chicken or fish, fruit, salad and a protein shake.

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Every day is dedicated to a different muscle. Hardy enjoys back exercises the most because she recently started seeing definition there.

Mentally, Hardy gets the most excited about her leg workouts and the results that come with them, however, they are the most grueling.

Although Hardy could spend hours lifting weights, she isn’t one to routinely hit the treadmill or elliptical.

Hardy prepares all of her meals for the week in advance. She usually spends one day a week preparing meals unless all three of her boys are home, then she prepares meals every few days.

In doing so, Hardy has trained her boys to prepare their own meals and live a healthy lifestyle, as well.

“I feel like it fuels so much,” Hardy says. “It kills me that so many people resort to a fast food lifestyle. I figure we are all going to die from something, but I don’t want it to be from something I caused, like food or diet.”

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Hardy has learned to live without sugar. Instead, she turns to other foods, such as apples, to fill the void.

Hardy’s major food weaknesses are biscuits and French fries.

“I’ll have biscuits or french fries for one meal, and then I get it out of my system for a while.”

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Unlike two-dimensional images of the breast, the 3-D mammogram allows breast tissue to be examined one layer at a time, detecting very small cancers. A 3-D imaging exam is very similar to a traditional mammogram, and takes approximately the same amount of time.

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