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City seeks feedback on parks With parks in Sarasota subsisting on basic maintenance, city staff members hope to better gauge the needs of the public — and could consider alternate funding methods to meet those needs.

+ School of rock Fans cheered on their favorite bands Saturday at Rock for a Cause. Sarasota Young Professionals and S-One Holdings presented the event that featured a battle of the bands. Musical groups competed for a $1,500 prize and the chance to donate $3,500 to the Sarasota County school music program of their choice. The winners, Seven Years Past, donated the prize to Riverview High School.

For years, the city of Sarasota has struggled with maintaining an adequate level of service at its parks. If the public demand for it exists, the city may be willing to consider unorthodox methods of addressing the issue.

At a Coalition of City Neighborhood Associations meeting this month, city Public Works General Manager Todd Kucharski brought up one potential tool for support-

ing city-owned parks: the creation of a Parks and Recreation District.

The park district could function similarly to Sarasota County Schools or the Downtown Improvement District, imposing a tax on property owners within the city or adjacent to a specific park. That money would then be set aside specifically for reinvestment within city parks. A common phenomenon in northern

states, Kucharski said Boca Raton is one of the few nearby examples of a city with a park district.

It was just a hypothetical — an idea brought up at the end of a longer presentation. Still, Kucharski said he has gotten positive feedback to the idea from city residents for two reasons.

“One, so they understood specifically what their tax dollars were going toward,” Kucharski

Marla Doss, president and CEO of Community Haven, Florida District of Kiwanis International Gov. Chuck Gugliuzza and John Moore, President of Kiwanis Club of Sarasota

+ A budding partnership Local Kiwanis clubs joined forces to help break ground on a butterfly garden and new information center for Community Haven for Adults and Children with Disabilities.

More than 20 members of area Kiwanis clubs, including Sarasota, Longboat Key and Siesta Key, pitched in earlier this month to help with the improvements for the 32-acre campus. Community Haven President and CEO Marla Doss was pleased to have extra helping hands.

“Kiwanis truly demonstrates its mission of being a global organization of volunteers, dedicated to changing the world, one child and one community at a time,” Doss said.

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said. “And two, trying to set it up so we had a proactive approach to capital reinvestment in our parks.”

That proactive capital spending is something that’s been absent in the city of Sarasota since the economic downturn. With municipal budgets stretched thin, Sarasota County returned control of most

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Meredith Carroll, Abbi Geiger and Lilly Irelan brought their favorite stuffed animals for a sleepover Oct. 10, at Selby Public Library. More than 100 Girl Scouts registered for the event that allowed the scouts and parents to spend the night in the library. For more photos, see page 7B.

DOUBLE PARKED

by Jessica Salmond | Staff Writer

SKA pursues ordinance for municipal lot

After one vehicle was left in the parking lot for a month, the Siesta Key Association decided the lot needed heavier restrictions.

An commercial truck the owner claims was broken down was left in the Siesta Key municipal lot for a month — and nobody could legally do anything about it.

The owner of a large commercial vehicle first parked the vehicle in the right of way on Avenida De Mayo in August. Af-

ter being ticketed — no parking is allowed on that street — the owner moved the vehicle into the municipal lot, located at the corner of Avenida Madera and Calle Minorga, behind Siesta Market.

Another entrance is located on Avenida De Mayo.

There the van stayed from

mid-August to September, with the owner moving it from one spot to another every three days.

The 72-hour shuffle is the only restriction on the lot.

Michael Shay, president of the Siesta Key Association, said he

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There is currently a 72-hour limit on parking spaces in the lot.

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parks within the city limits to the city itself, introducing new expenses at an inopportune moment.

The county gradually drew down its support for city parks beginning in 2011, and it now offers financial support only for parks defined as “regional,” such as Arlington Park or Lido Beach.

As a result, the city hasn’t had the opportunity to do much maintenance at its parks lately other than mow the grass. Kucharski has grander aspirations for the city’s parks. He points to the work of Jerry Fogle, the manager of the Robert L. Taylor Community Complex, who is able to offer programs such as sports leagues and fitness classes to members of the recreation center.

For now, in the rest of the city’s parks, nothing of that nature is offered. The Sarasota Police Department occasionally hosts events, which include movies in Payne Park — the type of thing Kucharski believes the parks department should be organizing.

“Jerry’s got his stuff over there at the Robert L. Taylor Center, but there isn’t something that’s set up — and I don’t have the staffing — to create any kind of programming,” Kucharski said. “Whatever it is — summer camp, tai chi, theater in the park, those kinds of things — we don’t have the mechanism to do any of that.”

Kucharski said that in the late ‘80s and early ‘90s, a city parks and recreation department was able to offer that type of programming.

The City Commission allocated money in the 2014-15 budget for a city-funded program at Lido Beach, which he said could include swim lessons for kids or aquatic aerobics. Beyond that, however, the options are limited.

began receiving complaints about the vehicle from both residents and businesses in the area.

SKA decided to approach the county about creating an ordinance for the municipal lot.

“We shouldn’t have commercial vehicles parking over a certain size,” Shay said.

Other parking lots on Siesta do have restrictions. The public beach parking lots and beach access lots are closed from midnight to 6 a.m. and are restricted to beach patrons. Visitors are not supposed to park their car at the beach and go to the Village, said Sgt. Scott Osborne of Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office. A 2010 parking incident occurred when a van advertising the Solorzano Bros. Pizzeria was parked on Beach Road, in front of Siesta Key Beach. The van was parked legally, however some condo owners at Sunset Royale and Crescent Royale complained they could see the van from their units.

The parking spaces on Beach Road are 24-hour spots, and the pizzeria owners moved the van each day.

The van was vandalized three times.

The issue was resolved after county staff dug up a code that prohibited off-site advertising and advertising on public property, which prohibited Solorzano Bros. from placing the van in the parking area.

But the municipal lot is a different story.

“There are no rules that say how long you can park,” Os-

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The city is working to update its master plan for Payne Park, and hopes to engage with the public to help guide the management of all city parks.

Before it can begin a conversation about funding sources and programming, city staff needs to determine what residents want and expect from the parks in Sarasota. Kucharski said staff was interested in continuing to gauge the needs of the public, a process the city has already begun as it works toward developing updated master plans for Payne Park and Bobby Jones Golf Course.

“The staff knows what it takes to do parks and recreation,” Kucharski said. “What we don’t know is, what does the community want?

If we do know what they want, we can gear toward that and potentially identify what mechanism we need to do that.”

In the meantime, the city has to deal with the current budgetary realities — and with the interlocal agreement with the county that withdrew funding from most city parks. In effect until 2021, the agreement outlines the level of service standard the county must maintain in operating the regional parks, as well as the annual budget — $1.9 million — for that maintenance.

Kucharski said there are elements of the agreement that may

be worth revisiting now that the county and city are more familiar with it. The city is responsible for any capital repairs or replacements at regional parks that exceed $5,000, but the county is the sole recipient of revenue generated at those parks. Those in attendance at the CCNA meeting questioned the definition of “regional,” which leaves out Robert L. Taylor center and Payne Park.

Any decision to re-examine the interlocal agreement would need to come from the County Commission or City Commission. Carolyn Brown, the county’s parks director, said she hasn’t received any indication either side would be interested in revisiting the terms of the interlocal agreement.

“We work collaboratively and try to resolve issues together,” Brown said. “It’s a good relationship.”

Right now, Kucharski said, the future direction of the city’s parks is unknown — and it’s likely to stay that way until staff feels it has accurately determined the needs of the public.

“It really now comes down to a point that the community needs to tell us what they want,” Kucharski said.

borne said. “There’s nothing to restrict someone pulling in with an RV.” A vehicle could take up two or three spots and still be legally parked, he said.

There haven’t been many problems with people overusing the lot, Scott said. But, with season on the horizon, it could open up the lot for more incidents.

“It’s better to take care of it before it gets to be a bigger problem,” Scott said.

To get the proposed ordinance to the Sarasota County Commission, the Siesta Key Association must submit a letter explaining what restrictions it would like to see, and the Siesta Key Village Association must send a letter of accordance.

“I’m hoping it’s as simple as that,” Shay said.

Mark Smith, SKVA vice president, said in general the Village association is supporting the ordinance, but it has a few concerns, and the executive board continues to discuss the issue.

Smith said SKVA doesn’t want the parking lot to be abused and would like to see larger commercial vehicles kept out, but there has to be a balance.

“You don’t want someone to park and go have lunch, come back and get ticketed,” Smith said.

SKVA is also favoring the idea of not allowing overnight parking, but, at the same time, it doesn’t want people who have had too much to drink to try and drive home to avoid a ticket.

“It’s a work in progress,” he said.

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NEW START

by Jessica Salmond | Staff Writer

Siesta Center houses two new businesses After more than a year of empty spaces in the building, Siesta Key Sweet Shop and World of Women Boutique recently opened.

One offers a Wonka-esque world of sweets to choose from, the other fashion reminiscent of Europe. Both businesses are welcome new faces at the Siesta Center office complex.

Siesta Key Sweet Shop and World of Women Boutique are the first new businesses to open in the Siesta Center complex in more than a year.

Rosalind Hyman has managed the office building on Ocean Boulevard since 1975. She has seen myriad businesses come and go from the two-story building, from dry cleaning to real estate offices.

Hyman attributes the incoming businesses to the general upswing of the economy since the recession.

“The real estate market has definitely picked up on the Key, hence, the business market follows,” she said.

Siesta Key Sweet Shop opened in September. The owners, Liza and Bill Deaett, have lived in Sarasota for two years. After they first moved here from New Jersey, they wanted to do something together as a family business, Liza Deaett said. They have two children, Liam, 3, and Patti, 10 months.

“I’ve always been nuts about candy,” Liza Deaett said.

There are six ice cream or frozenyogurt places on the Key, Liza Deaett said, but no store dedicated just to candy.

Bill Deaett said customers are drawn to childhood favorites such as Zeno’s Worlds Most Famous Taffy, their signature item, and Gobstoppers, as well as some oddities such as chocolate-covered gummy worms and “Gator Poop” chocolate balls.

Bill Deaett said they wanted to get the, “Oh, I remember these when I was a kid,” reaction from visitors.

Along with some tourist-attractive options, such as chocolate and peanut butter seashells, the store also offers fine chocolates made from local chocolatiers and 60 bins of different bulk candies. The owners try to buy 85% of their products from local and state producers. They also provide vegan, gluten-free, peanutfree, no-sugar added and sugar-free options.

In the future, the store hopes to offer a special section for the more health-minded visitor of dried fruits, organic and natural chocolate and candied popcorns.

Next door, a women’s clothing boutique with an emphasis on European fashion opened Oct. 8. Owners Galina Koshkareva and her partner, Inna Bazilevych, were homesick for the fashions from their home country of Ukraine.

Koshkareva moved to the U.S. 19 years ago, and Bazilevych joined her five years ago. The two women decided to open a boutique that would bring new fashion ideas to Sarasota.

The couple first opened in a space on Fruitville Road, but they originally wanted to open the shop on St. Armands Circle. But, after waiting more than a year for a space to open up, they decided to try out Siesta Key. They only stock four or five of each item so that their customers will be able to dress uniquely, Koshkareva said.

“Clothes make you beautiful and different,” she said.

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TROUBLED WATER

by David Conway | News Editor

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The wooden pedestrian bridge, which spans over a pond, is part of a longer trail at Arlington Park.

City staff wants to bridge gap in aesthetics The construction of a pedestrian bridge at Arlington Park is on hold, as a conflict between the desires of residents and city staff has arisen.

Liza Deaett and her husband, Bill, own Siesta Key Sweet Shop with their two children, Liam, 3, and Patti, 10 months.

They had a soft opening Sept. 13.

Galina Koshkareva and her partner, Inna Bazilevych, opened World of Women Boutique in Siesta Center Oct. 8.

Michael Regulbuto, the owner of Salon Capelli, is excited to have new businesses as his neighbors.

“It feels wonderful,” he said.

A mortgage business left last year and a shipping business left about six years ago, leaving the first floor with vacancies, Regulbuto said. All the businesses in the center now have the same service and retail orientation, which will bring foot traffic, he said. He sends his customers over to the other shops and vice-

versa.

Regulbuto’s salon has been in the center since 1980. His advice to new business owners is to make sure to save back some of the money they make during season, when they get high volumes of customers, for the summer when business will be slower.

“During season you make a lot of money and you need to save some … so you can enjoy the slow season in the summer,” Regulbuto said.

Competing concerns about aesthetics and price have complicated the process of replacing a bridge at Arlington Park.

The Arlington Park pedestrian bridge has been a subject about which nearby residents have been concerned since at least last fall, Arlington Park Neighborhood Association President Rick Farmer said. The wooden structure is worn, forcing the county to place plywood atop it to keep it passable.

“We’ve been complaining and screaming about the bridge for a year,” Farmer said. “It’s gotten worse lately.”

Although Farmer was upset with the fact that the aging bridge is still in place, the city has been looking into the issue for nearly a year. The city brought in a consultant late last year to evaluate the structure. At the beginning of the year, that consultant determined the bridge was at the end of its lifespan, and provided a variety of options for the city to replace it.

Public Works General Manager Todd Kucharski acknowledged the project timeline has been extended longer than originally anticipated, attributing the delay to complications with the consultant.

Still, this summer, city staff was prepared to finally procure bids for a replacement bridge — until resident feedback put the project on hold.

An issue arose regarding the proposed replacement structure, an aluminum prefabricated bridge similar to those the city has built at the Robert L. Taylor Community Complex and the Alderman Geenan multiuse recreational trail. At the Oct. 6 City Commission meeting, Vice Mayor Susan Chapman summed up the opposing viewpoints on the topic. “(Residents are) concerned about the bridge at Arlington Park, that it’s not going to be consistent with the rustic nature,” Chapman said. “I did speak to staff, and they’re concerned about building something that lasts.”

City spokeswoman Jan Thornburg said the city proceeded with the aluminum bridge because construction and maintenance costs would be lower, with the bridge having a lifespan of 25 to 30 years. After hearing concern from residents, however, staff agreed to revisit its options.

Although Arlington Park is a regional park maintained by Sarasota County, the county’s budget for capital projects at the park is $5,000 per year. Any expenses above that $5,000 figure must be covered by the city, which is why cutting down on maintenance costs was a priority, Kucharski said.

He hopes to attend the Oct. 21 Arlington Park Neighborhood Association meeting to discuss the bridge — both to get more community input and to present his perspective on the project.

“I want to talk about this as a whole with the community and share with them the rationale of what we’ve gone to,” Kucharski said. “We’re supposed to be stewards of the taxpayer dollars — to make sure we’re getting the best we can out of a dollar.”

Farmer was firm on the subject, and questioned whether the project — which has a $100,000 budget — couldn’t be done to match the residents’ desire for a lower overall price.

Although Kucharski wants to communicate the staff perspective, he’s also flexible depending on the response he gets.

“We started getting more data collected in addition to what was originally recommended,” Kucharski said. “I’m going to have to have multiple options for the community to review and look at and then go from there.”

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NEWSBRIEFS + Work starts on downtown Taco Bus, bowling alley Construction started Monday on several Main Street storefronts to make way for two new additions to the area: Tampabased Mexican restaurant Taco Bus and the new location for Evie’s, which will feature a bowling alley.

“Besides having two awesome companies on Main Street, this will be two firsts for Main Street,” said entrepreneur Jesse Biter, who owns the property. It will be the first 24-hour venue on the street, as well as its first bowling alley.

Construction will close a portion of the sidewalk in front of 1560 Main St. for the next 30 days, and the project will be complete in less than seven months, Biter said.

The project is expected to cost roughly $1 million, according to city of Sarasota spokeswoman Jan Thornburg, and includes interior renovations and a rightof-way permit to build parking spaces.

Taco Bus and Evie’s are two of several business slated to open downtown in the coming months, joining World of Beer and Beer Box, the latter of which will open in the space Evie’s currently occupies on Ringling Boulevard.

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Those sad to see Sam Snead’s American Grill close its doors in June will soon be getting a mulligan.

Sam Snead’s, located at 1830 S. Osprey Ave., dons a banner promising the restaurant is set to reopen imminently under new ownership. That owner, Marianne Steinmetz, is bringing a new head chef to the restaurant: Steve Callander, who has served as the executive chef of the Tampa Bay-area restaurant The Lobster Pot for more than two

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decades.

Terry Hansen, the restaurant’s general manager, said not much else will have changed since Sam Snead’s closed its doors in the summer. Some of the staff will be new, but the menu will largely be the same.

“The only thing that’s going to change is we did a little remodeling,” Hansen said.

Sam Snead’s spokeswoman Ashley Steinmetz said 80% of the staff has been retained, and that the interior and exterior have remained consistent.

Although the grand opening date is still to be determined and the restaurant has kept the news mostly quiet, Hansen said the community response to the reopening has been overwhelmingly positive. A few messages of encouragement have been left on the Sam Snead’s Facebook page, and Hansen hasn’t failed to notice the support.

“This is a Sarasota institution,” Hansen said. “People are thrilled.”

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by David Conway | News Editor

New Glasser Schoenbaum director looks forward Kameron Partridge Hodgens, the new executive director of the Glasser Schoenbaum Human Services Center, joins the organization with an eye toward the future — and toward boosting the public’s awareness of the nonprofit institution.

From the first time she set foot in the Glasser Schoenbaum Human Services Center, Kameron Partridge Hodgens was impressed by her surroundings.

In 2010, Hodgens visited the Glasser Schoenbaum campus as part of the Greater Sarasota Chamber of Commerce’s Leadership Sarasota program. Then the vice president of programs and services for Easter Seals Southwest Florida, Hodgens had just a half-hour to take in the facilities, which are home to 18 nonprofit health and human services agencies.

“I was really proud of what the community had here,” Hodgens said. “When I found out the breadth and scope of the agencies here, I thought, ‘What a tremendous opportunity — and too much of a community secret.’”

Now, Hodgens has a personal stake in the success of the organization and the opportunity to help raise its public profile. On Monday, she stepped in as the new executive director and CEO of the Glasser Schoenbaum Human Services Center, taking the reins from longtime center leader Phil King.

Hodgens joins the organization at a time of transition. King was serving as executive director in an interim role, filling in following the resignation of Jay Berman. Berman left the position in August — just more than seven months after he began, and less than two months after the opening of the $2 million Sally and Sam Shapiro Babies and Children’s Medical Center.

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Kameron Partridge Hodgens said she will take her first few weeks as executive director to learn about the 18 nonprofit groups operating on the Glasser Schoenbaum campus. gives Hodgens the opportunity to step back and assess the future goals of the organization. She and King both say that the center needs an overall strategic plan to define its vision going forward, and King believes Hodgens is more than suited to develop that blueprint.

“At this particular point, she’s absolutely perfect,” King said. “She’s got everything: She’s bright; she’s still in her 30s; she knows a lot of people in town; she’s dedicated to the industry; she’s a Ph.D.; and she’s a visionary.”

Still in her first week of work, Hodgens’ immediate focus is on soaking in as much information as she can from the various service providers operating on the Glasser Schoenbaum campus.

A Sarasota native, Hodgens earned a doctorate in lifespan developmental psychology at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. An older brother with Down syndrome and autism inspired Hodgens to work alongside people with developmental disabilities. She returned to Sarasota and got a job at Easter Seals in 2008

— an experience she described as trial by fire, due to her lack of previous experience working with nonprofit institutions.

Despite the new environment, Hodgens took quickly to her job. Eventually, she said, she became confident enough in her skillset that she was interested in a more ambitious job, focusing more on the leadership and management of a nonprofit institution.

That opportunity presented itself in the form of the Glasser Schoenbaum executive director position. It’s early, but Hodgens has identified one priority already: boosting the general public’s awareness of the center. In addition to traditional advertising, Hodgens would like to see the organization step up its social media presence to attract a broader base of potential donors.

For those unfamiliar with the organization’s role in the community, Hodgens has been working on her elevator pitch to get across why she believes the average citizen should care about the Glasser Schoenbaum center.

“It takes overhead burden off of the nonprofits that are here, so more dollars can go into direct services, rather than into administrative costs and fees,” Hodgens said. “Families can have multiple needs met in one stop.”

King, who says he’ll remain involved with the organization even following his retirement, said he’s excited to see a young, energetic leader at the helm as the center begins to look toward its future.

“It couldn’t have been any better,” King said. “Ultimately, I think, everything works out for the best.”

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by Alex Mahadevan | Digital Editor

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Eleven candidates are vying for five seats on the Charter Review Board, which was established to safeguard — or update — Sarasota County’s constitution.

As a group of diverse candidates for the The charter contains guidelines for local Sarasota County Charter Review Board elections, outlines the powers of public ofstruggled to pare their platforms to three ficials and guides development rules. For minutes at a Sarasota County Council example, the charter requires a supermaof Neighborhood Associations forum jority vote from county commissioners to Monday, they managed to find common increase the density or intensity of land ground: The government entity is use. more important than people realA handful of candidates pitched ize. plans Monday such as proposing The often overlooked, unsingle-member districts for the GENERAL paid elected body consists of County Commission, adding 10 members, who meet only ELECTION 2014 the phrase “quality of life” to the four times per year. The board charter or pushing for more deis charged with reviewing or provelopment checks in the charter. posing changes to the Sarasota Others, such as District 5 candidate County charter. Members are elected Bruce Dillon, vowed to protect the charcountywide and serve staggered four- ter as is. year terms (five seats are open every two Generally, candidates fall into either of years), overseeing what most candidates the two categories: striving to maintain have dubbed “the constitution” of the the status quo or approaching the election county. ready to propose changes to the charter.

Editor’s note: We asked candidates to give a number from 1 to 5 to characterize where they fall on the spectrum. A “1” represents a candidate who will fight to keep the charter in its current state; a “5” is a candidate who will advocate to change the charter.

THE FOLLOWING GRAPHIC ILLUSTRATES THE SPECTRUM: NO CHANGE (1)

CHANGE (5)

SARASOTA COUNTY CHARTER REVIEW BOARD DISTRICT 1

Valerie Buchand (D): 3

Steven Fields (R): 3

“I think the (CRB) needs diversity. … I am uniquely qualified.”

“The land-use plan (in the charter) needs addressing. There’s a lot of research that needs to go into it.”

DISTRICT 2

Richard Dorfman (R): 2

“What the (CRB) should not be is a vehicle to promote any particular political agenda or be a backdoor route to circumvent the (County Commission).”

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Vicki Nighswander (D): 5

“I want to make the charter more readable and usable.”

Bill Van Allen Jr. (LPF): 5

“I was asked to run because I was complaining about how hard it is to get a candidate on the ballot.”

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Joe Justice (R): 1.5

Jennifer Cohen (D): 4.5

“The charter is working well at this point in time, and I have not seen any reasons to make any changes at this time.”

“I have a problem with county elections being partisan…This is something that needs to be updated.”

DISTRICT 4

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Jim Gabbert (R): 1

Shawna Machado (D): 3

“I have a lot of family ties to the charter and the county, and I get very serious about protecting the charter — I don’t have a political agenda.”

“I thought I would be pretty qualified to (revise the charter) so others could understand it.”

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Bruce Dillon (R): 1

Julia Nowak (NPA): 2

“I think the charter is serving the community well the way it is.

(Sarasota County) is a pretty special place; we hope to keep it that way.”

“Sarasota is growing and has been for a while, and the charter must reflect that. I would also like to see some language regarding discrimination and protection of the people.”

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CONA presses candidates ‘Downtown Cares’ aims for Sarasota 2050 stances to curb panhandling NEIGHBORHOOD FOCUS Moderator Bill Zoller read a quote from Timothy Jackson, a smart growth proponent, who said: “Neighborhoods are sacred.”

Zoller asked the candidates to express what that statement meant to them.

Coe: “Neighborhoods embody the quality of life of the area. You have property rights, but you also have rights of place, and that needs to be protected.”

McAllister: “We have a society afraid of one another, and so the neighborhood is not always sacred. But any neighborhood can be if you get neighbors together to realize their value.”

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Minder: “I agree. I grew up in a village in Illinois. I had a happy and great childhood.

The village concept in 2050 was supposed to be a compromise.”

Porter: “Everyone has a different idea of what a good neighborhood is. The eastern villages plan seems like it would create great neighborhoods. However, developers are telling farming people to sell their land; we need to follow CONA’s advice on this issue.”

Theisen: “It depends on if the neighbors hold themselves as sacred. If they have no self respect — if they are always drunk, on drugs or stealing — it depends more on the neighbors than the neighborhood.” cheek humor.

The only real differing opinion came from Minder, who repeated his platform mantra that Sarasota 2050 had caused an economic disaster for the county and it should be scrapped completely.

If you see donation boxes labeled “Downtown Cares” inside businesses in the heart of the city in the coming weeks, then the Sarasota Downtown Merchants Association’s campaign to raise public awareness about panhandling is working.

Ron Soto, president of the merchants group and owner of Soto’s Optical, is spearheading the project. Called Downtown Cares, the program will place donation boxes in 36 downtown businesses to raise money for homelessness service providers.

The goal is to educate the public about the risks of direct donations to panhandlers, Soto said. The boxes include cards that state studies indicate 93% of the cash given to people on the street is spent on alcohol, drugs or other illicit activities, echoing a claim made by Rob-

ert Marbut, a homelessness consultant the city and county hired last year.

Money the downtown businesses gather will go to the Salvation Army (which will receive the majority), Resurrection House and Harvest House, Soto said. A sign posted on Main Street near Soto’s Optical discourages panhandling, a tool effective enough that Soto is ordering three more to install throughout the downtown area.

All in all, Soto said, progress has been made in reducing panhandling downtown. He hopes that, through the Downtown Cares campaign, even more people are made aware of the potential problems stemming from the handouts.

“It is way less (of a problem) than it was six months ago,” Soto said.

“We’re on the right track.”

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Alexandra Coe, Steve McAllister and Pete Theisen, running for District 2, and John Minder and Ray Porter, running for District 4, appeared at the forum Monday night. Primary winners Paul Caragiulo, Republican candidate for District 2, and Al Maio, Republican candidate for District 4, did not attend.

From asking how the candidates felt about changing the comprehensive plan before the year 2050 to questioning the candidates on how much they thought developers should be paying in impact fees, the proposed changes to 2050 were at the forefront of CONA members’ minds.

“Most of us live in unincorporated Sarasota County,” said Ann Kaplan, secretary of the CONA board and its former president. “It (2050) affects all of us.”

Four of the candidates opposed the changes to 2050. But their opinions varied on their perspectives — Coe, with her focus on anthropology and agriculture; McAllister, who places an importance on alternative living and community mindedness; Theisen with his call for taking money out of politics; and Porter, who cites his journalism background in his push for common sense.

Almost all the candidates expressed their distain for the diverging diamond traffic controller at University Parkway and I-75; support for the county to continue to keep conservation and preservation land; and a preference for redevelopment instead of new development.

Their answers were what CONA members were looking for — responses were often followed by applause from the audience and the occasional laugh at Theisen’s tongue-in-

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It’s all about performance We often have noted that elections are referenda on incumbents’ performance.

If they have performed satisfactorily and competently and continue to offer a governing philosophy that aligns with our nation’s founding principles — that is, a defense of and promotion of our unalienable rights of life, liberty and pursuit of happiness and freedom from the despotism of the tyrannical “state” — those candidates, in our view, deserve another term.

So block out the ads; turn off the TV and radio. Take the time to evaluate the performances of the candidates up for reelection and whether their opponents have demonstrated better competence and that their ideas will further or reduce your liberty. Who has more of what it takes to lead?

That analysis is the framework for deciding every election — particularly the elections of Florida’s four executive positions — governor, attorney general, chief financial officer and agriculture commissioner.

GOVERNOR

By now, most voting Floridians likely have consumed more than enough information to know the stark differences between incumbent Gov. Rick Scott and former Gov. Charlie Crist.

They know the differences in their public personalities. We’ve said it before: Scott is stuff, Crist is fluff.

Crist is the quintessential, smooth politician who molds his persona to appear as the populist, the likable man for the little guy. Everybody loves Charlie. He cares about you, and he cares about Florida — more than anybody.

That’s the act.

Scott is all business.

Goals, objectives, benchmarks, measurements and accomplishments drive him. Nice guy one on one, SCOTT although challenged for much of his first term with connecting with Floridians.

On a surface level and on TV, Crist beats Scott on the likability factor.

But imagine you’re buying a stock. And when you buy a stock, you are buying a company’s CEO. Which CRIST one do you want: the niceguy CEO who is smooth in public with customers and with employees or the one who generates results, growth and shareholder return?

Remember, you’re buying a stock for your future.

Which one would you pick?: When Crist traveled with Florida CEOs to Brazil during his term as governor, a CEO who accompanied him reported to us Crist “was an embarrassment.” The Tampa Bay Times reported this summer: “Crist horrified staffers, who say he acted on the trip more like an entitled frat boy on spring break — skipping meetings with dignitaries, showing up late to scheduled events…

“The aerospace conglomerate Embraer, a major employer in South Florida, laid out a fancy lunch spread for the governor and his delegation at its headquarters in Brazil.

Crist stunned attendees when he suddenly excused himself barely 10 minutes into the meeting, telling (George) LeMieux he was bored.”

Contrast that with Scott, who spends time each week personally making sales calls to CEOs in other states to persuade them to move their businesses to Florida.

This is fact: No governor in a quarter century has spent more time focused on creating and bringing more jobs to Florida.

To be sure, Scott cannot take all the credit for Florida’s economic recovery.

But his efforts have set the tone. Since his election in 2010, Florida has generated the third highest number of jobs among the 50 states — 625,000, according U.S. data. He promised 700,000 in seven years.

Now consider philosophical direction.

ELECTION 2014 Crist described his platform recently with this vague platitude: “Charlie Crist will have your back.” When you delve into specifics, nearly everything Crist wants to do as governor is expand the state Leviathan and restrict your freedom: reduce school choice; force taxpayers to subsidize lower property-insurance rates and take on insurance risk (a tax on your property insurance bill); increase government Medicaid spending; build a taxpayerfunded high-speed train (see California for reference); subsidize renewable energy with your money, and on and on.

Every inch that state government expands is a lost inch of liberty.

Scott, on the other hand, has stayed focused on creating a climate to encourage economic growth. It’s a page from the political formula of Abraham Lincoln: “The leading object” of government, Lincoln wrote, is “to lift artificial weights from all shoulders — to clear the paths of laudable pursuit for all — to afford all, an unfettered start, and a fair chance, in the race of life.”

Jobs allow this to happen.

We’ll take more jobs over Charlie Crist having our back.

Recommendation: Scott

ATTORNEY GENERAL

If you relied on the descriptions of incumbent Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi by the opinion editors of most of Florida’s big daily newspapers, you probably would conclude she deserves a failing grade. They don’t like her priorities. And they hate her politics.

After all, she’s a conservative constitutionalist, which is anathema to their view of the world.

They love her opponent, Democrat Party nominee George Sheldon.

He’s a good guy, a career government man. A former state representative from Plant City, Sheldon also served as a top aide to former Democrat Attorney General Bob Butterworth; the No. 2 in the Department of Children and Family Services under Butterworth; as Gov. Charlie Crist’s secretary of DCF; and until recently, an assistant secretary in the Department of Health and Human Services.

Sheldon, of course, has portrayed himself as Charlie Crist did when Crist served his one-term stint as attorney general: tough on white-collar crime and the consumer’s best friend.

But Sheldon also showed his own nasty political side when he accused Bondi last fall of making an investigation of a Donald Trump-affiliated business “evaporate” — Sheldon’s word — after she received a $25,000 contribution to her campaign from a Trump business.

BONDI Those were fighting words. Be sure to watch the video referenced in the accompanying box all the way to the end. When a reporter at an Associated Press conference asked Bondi about Sheldon’s accusation, she let loose with a response that pretty much sums up how Sheldon’s candidacy should be viewed. Said Bondi: “It’s untrue, it’s offensive and it’s despicable for someone running for chief legal officer [to] say such a lie. He needs to know his facts before he talks…

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“That I would make an investigation evaporate? You want someone like that to be your attorney general? … It’s completely false…For him to say an investigation was pending when I took a campaign contribution and that it evaporated — it’s despicable and disgusting.”

And let’s do set the record straight.

Sheldon and the opinion editors make Bondi out to be ineffective and misdirected, focusing too much on fighting the federal government. They give her grudging credit for ending Florida’s pill-mill crisis and attacking the trafficking of teenage girls. And they slap her for postponing a death-penalty execution because it conflicted with a political event.

They’re right on the latter. Bad “optics,” as they say in Washington.

But they fail to mention barely a “smidgeon” of what Bondi has accomplished in her first term. We urge you to watch the YouTube video. Her accomplishments are many and significant.

Recommendation: Bondi

CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER & AGRICULTURE COMMISSIONER

One of the oddities of Florida government is its elected Cabinet.

While many people believe Florida’s governor has the same powers and authorities as the president of the United States, in fact, the governor shares authority with the three Cabinet members — attorney general, chief financial officer and agriculture commissioner.

They vote on such things as the location of electric power plants; the control and disposition of all stateowned property; and they serve as the collective head of Florida’s Department of Law Enforcement.

ATWATER They wield a lot of power as a Cabinet and in their respective domains.

The chief financial officer is not only charged with managing Florida’s tax revenues, disbursements and borrowing, he’s the state’s top regulator over the banking and insurance industries. The agriculture PUTNAM commissioner oversees more than cattle and citrus; he’s the state’s chief consumer protector and regulates anything connected to the growing, distribution and handling of food.

He also regulates fuels and pesticides.

In CFO Jeff Atwater and Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam, both Republicans, Floridians have two of the most competent people to have occupied their positions in a quarter century.

Atwater is a former bank president from North Palm Beach. He rose from vice mayor there to become a state representative and eventually Florida Senate president from 2008 to 2010. His great-grandfather, Napolean Broward, was Florida’s governor from 1905 to 1909.

Atwater’s opponent, Democrat Will Rankin, is an Army veteran and former chief asset manager for the state of Ohio.

A former Republican, Rankin lives in Deerfield Beach.

Agriculture Commissioner Putnam, 40, has been a political meteor in Florida ever since being elected to the Florida House of Representatives in 1996 at age 22. At age 26, the fifth-generation Bartow native was elected to Congress, where he rose to the No. 3 position in the Republican-controlled House.

Coming back to his roots, Putnam ran for agriculture commissioner in 2010.

Given his family’s agriculture background and his legislative experience, few are more suited for the state’s agriculture commissioner, and he has been living up to expecations. Send him back for a second term.

Recommendation: Atwater and Putnam

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world-class sculpture.

These will make Sarasota’s North Trail an art destination.

Upgraded and design relevant motels will contribute to the attraction.

Now’s the time for our motel owners and managers to think of the future. Why not join with Jay Patel and manage that future?

Jeffrey Weisman Siesta Key

Dear Editor: Very nice full section on breast cancer in the Sept. 25th paper. Also nice that it is in the paper during September, which happens to be prostate cancer awareness month. I hope that we can all be a little more aware of the importance of prostate cancer awareness as well as breast cancer and other cancers.

David Capterton Osprey

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+ Benderson Park got a sweetheart deal Dear Editor: I commend you on a fine editorial “At the expense of others”; well written and long overdue.

I enjoyed the reference to Frederic Bastiat, and I agree with everything stated in this piece.

I do, however, wonder how you neglected to mention the Nate Benderson Rowing Park, as well as the sweetheart deal given to them for the property at Beneva and Fruitville roads.

By your criteria, so eloquently explained in the editorial, how can you not include reference to this pork barrel government funding? Furthermore, I would like to point out some relevant facts about the history of the land that is now the park.

+ School district is on the right track Dear Editor: How encouraging to see the Sarasota County school system embracing Meatless Mondays and providing vegetarian lunch options the rest of the week!

The district’s food and nutrition manager got it right: Scaling back on meat will help improve students’ health and the health of the planet.

The Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics found that vegetarians and vegans enjoy lower rates of heart disease, hypertension, type 2 diabetes, and cancer as well as lower blood cholesterol levels, lower blood pressure and lower body mass indexes. Scientists have also found that vegetarians have stronger immune systems than their meat-eating friends, meaning that Sarasota schools could

+ North Trail vision should be embraced Dear Editor: Jay Patel, the owner of the Regency Inn on Sarasota’s North Tamiami Trail, has a splendid vision. The North Trail with some imagination could become a South Beach-like destination.

Miami upgraded a host of somewhat rundown Art Deco hotels into showpieces. Proof: the birth of South Beach.

The motels on our North Trail likely date from the ’50s. Eisenhower launched the interstate highway system. People traveled more by auto. The Sarasota motel lineup began.

Let’s look at the future. In the next five or so years, the North Trail will see a series of roundabouts — and in each one a

Originally, it was typical pristine pine flatwoods and mined for its valuable bank run shell (hard fill) that is the base of every roadway. Millions of dollars were made on that quarry, back in the ’70s, and ’80s. But, of course, that huge tract of land was basically worthless after the barrow pit was empty.

What’s a developer to do? Reinvent it as a rowing venue, start a “nonprofit foundation” to generate government funding and continue to make millions on said property forever!

Other than considering the purchase of a kayak, I personally care nothing about rowing, but my tax dollars are being used to subsidize a millionaire, and his interests there. It is my understanding that, at the time, a better deal was offered

see an increase in attendance.

And because of animal agriculture’s devastating impact on the Earth, the United Nations concluded that raising animals for food is “one of the top two or three most significant contributors to the most serious environmental problems, at every scale from local to global.” The

Sarasota County School District is helping to keep Florida beautiful.

The schools are also saving the lives of countless animals every year. I hope that every other Florida school follows Sarasota’s lead.

Michelle Kretzer Dunedin

for the property at Beneva and Fruitville roads. But alas, Big Government prevails, at the taxpayers’ expense.

You state that, “There are few opportunities in a commission’s life when it can actually do something that establishes a legacy for a community.” This is apparent, and questionable relationships between Benderson and both commissions (city and county) have been raised, but seemingly fall on deaf ears. And those relationships span many decades, and commissioners. So at this point, I would respectfully request you address these concerns here, for myself, and your readers. I thank you for your consideration.

George Boyd Sarasota

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OCT. 13 GET MY DRIFT? 2:34 p.m. — 1100 block of John Ringling Boulevard. Found Property. A boater found a kayak drifting near the John Ringling Causeway. The person who found the kayak brought it to the Sarasota Yacht Club for safekeeping. The officer alerted a towing company, who picked it up and stored the kayak in the event someone returned to find it.

WITHOUT A TRACE 7 p.m. — 3300 block of Eighth Street.

Burglary — Structure. A woman reported that, after leaving her house for three hours, she returned home to find her front window and front door open. She said she locked the door when she left, but was not sure about the window. She believed someone entered through the window and left through the door. She said that whoever entered the house did not take anything before leaving. An officer contacted the woman’s neighbors, neither of who saw anything suspicious during the time she was out of the house.

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MESSAGE UNDELIVERABLE 7:01 p.m. — 1100 block of Patterson Drive. Suspicion General. A man reported he had not been receiving his mail for roughly two months. The man lives in a small apartment behind the actual house at his address. A woman used to live in the house in front of the apartment but was kicked out roughly two months earlier.

The man believed the woman may have been taking his mail since she got kicked out, but he had not seen her at the property. The man had not contacted the postal service to see if there were any misunderstandings regarding the mail delivery.

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OCT. 12 SIGN OF TROUBLE 2:55 p.m. — 2800 block of Eighth Street. Criminal Mischief. The principal of an elementary school observed on surveillance camera three youths roaming the school property. As they were leaving, one of the boys grabbed a sign attached to the wall, ripping it out before exiting the property. The boys were observed riding their bikes in the parking lot before leaving. One of the boys looked like a student, the principal said, but he couldn’t state with certainty the identity of any of them. The officer informed the principal he would try to make contact with the student in question to get more information.

BAGGAGE CLAIM 8:21 p.m. — 1900 block of Adams Lane. Found Property. A man alerted officers that he found a set of black luggage in his backyard. After an officer arrived, another man came to the scene to claim the luggage. He said he left the luggage behind to keep it dry. The officer verified that the luggage belonged to the man, and the property owner returned the luggage.

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Pumpkins are ripe for the picking at patches You can find pumpkin-flavored anything these days, but nothing tops the real thing. Finding the perfect pumpkin for carving, cooking and decorating can be daunting if you don’t know where to start. We rounded up a list of local groves and pumpkin patches where you can handpick your pumpkin. Many pumpkin patches also offer family-friendly events.

26TH ANNUAL PUMPKIN FESTIVAL

When: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Oct. 18 and Oct. 19 and Oct. 25 and Oct. 26 Where: Fruitville Grove, 7410 Fruitville Road Admission: Free for all ages Website: fruitvillegrove.com Every year a variety of pumpkins are grown and picked at Fruitville Grove for the annual pumpkin festival.

Different kinds of pumpkins are available to purchase, ranging from mini to giant, pie pumpkins to Jacko’-lanterns, and even white ghost pumpkins. Pick out your pumpkin and stay for the activities

that include hayrides, pony rides and pumpkin painting every weekend in October. Craft and food vendors are on-site with fall essentials such as pumpkin pie and fall decorations.

raffles, games, an auction and a shrimp-eating contest. This year, in addition to the activities, will be a pumpkin patch for guests to explore and purchase a pumpkin.

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When: Noon to 6 p.m. Oct. 19 Where: Walt’s Fish Market, 4144 S. Tamiami Trail Prices: $10 to $25, depending on the size of the pumpkin Info: 921-4605 Walt’s Fish Market hosts the 3rd annual Tom Wallin Memorial Reef Fund Benefit to keep Wallin’s love of the ocean and preserving it alive.

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feature the Sisterhood Rockettes, a group of Sisterhood leaders performing an original musical celebrating the history of Temple Emanu-El and Judaism. For information, contact Elaine Glickman at elaine-glickman@ comcast.net.

Tom Wallin Memorial Reef Fund Benefit — runs from noon to 6 p.m. at Walt’s Fish Market, 4144 S. Tamiami Trail. Walt’s Fish Market will host the 3rd annual Tom Wallin Memorial Reef Fund Benefit to keep Wallin’s love of the ocean and preserving it alive. Every year the benefit helps to protect and expand the Tom Wallin artificial reef that creates a habitat for marine life. The benefit will include an optional seafood buffet for $25. For more information, call 921-4605.

Pillar of Hope Tasting and Awareness — starts at 5 p.m. at Child Protection Center, 720 S. Orange Ave. The Child Protection Center is hosting Pillar of Hope tasting and awareness open house. The event will include live music by Lisa Ridings & Vertigo, food tastings and beverages from area restaurants. For information, contact Melissa Burtless at 365-1277, Ext. 103.

Frightmares — runs from Oct. 16 to Nov. 1, at the Sarasota County Fairgrounds, 3000 Ringling Blvd. Frightmares returns with two haunted attractions totaling more than 12,000 square feet. Frightmares is one of the largest haunted attractions in Southwest Florida. For information, visit frightmareshauntedhouse.com.

Men of Courage Breakfast — runs from 7:30 to 9 a.m. at The Field Club, 1400 Field Road. Safe Place and Rape Crisis Center hosts the Men of Courage Breakfast to promote domestic violence awareness month. Leaders from Sarasota and DeSoto counties are invited for breakfast and to discuss the impacts of domestic abuse in communities and businesses. Registration is $16 per person by Oct. 17. For information, contact Aaron Bellamy at 3650208, Ext. 144.

Taste of St. Armands — runs from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. at St. Armands Circle Park, St. Armands Circle. The St. Armands Circle Association is hosting a sampling of menus from more than 15 area restaurants.

Guests are encouraged to bring a bag of nonperishable food that will be donated to the All Faiths Food Bank to help fight hunger in the community. Admission is $35 in advance and $40 the day of the event. For more information, call 388-1554.

Hungarian Festival — starts at noon at the Sarasota County Fairgrounds, 3000 Ringling Blvd. The 8th annual Hungarian Festival weekend celebration will include live concerts, dance performances, arts and crafts and a goulash cooking competition.

Admission is $10 for adults; free for children 12 and younger. For information, call 320-8253.

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Temple Emanu-El Sisterhood Membership Luncheon — starts at noon at Temple Emanu-El Benderson Family Hall, 151 McIntosh Road. The luncheon will

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Lifelong Learning Academy presents “Sex in the City: Sex Trafficking, Exploitation, Survival.” Cost is $12 per session or $40 for the series.

Members of the Lifelong Learning Academy receive 10% off both the single session and series cost. For information and to register, call 359-4296.

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‘I AM — Women and Investing’ — starts at 5:30 p.m. at Café L’Europe, 431 St. Armands Circle.

Ameriprise Financial presents a dinner seminar hosted by Branch Manager George Ryan. Admission is free. RSVP by Oct. 20 by contacting Lori or Mars at 365-9000.

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What: Celebrate Halloween early with trick-or-treating, Dr. Frankin-Fish’s Lab of Horrors, educational programs for children ages 2 to 5 and underwater pumpkin carving.

Cost is $8 in advance; $12 at the door for nonmembers and $10 for Mote members. Visit mote.org/Halloween.

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MONUMENTAL OCCASION. Peter and Robin Mason visited Ottawa, Canada, to attend the unveiling of a statue honoring Robin’s late father, Frank Clair, a Canadian Football Hall of Fame coach. Clair was coach and general manager of the Ottawa Rough Riders for 25 years.

 SURPRISE GUEST. Michael Gibson surprised his mom, Kristina, and dad, not pictured, as they disembarked in Hong Kong on one of the stops on a Queen Mary 2 world cruise. Here they catch up on their news while overlooking the Central District of Hong Kong from Kowloon.

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+ Walk this way With less than a month until Election Day, Rhana Bazzini, left, has decided she’s had enough with current campaign financing. On Monday morning, the 81-year-old resident embarked on a twomonth, 330-mile walk from her Sarasota home to Tallahassee to promote a constitutional amendment for campaign finance reform. Friends and supporters came out for her 8:30 start time to walk with her for as far as they could.

Bazzini was inspired by the 3,200-mile walk Doris “Granny D” Haddock made from 1999 to 2000 to promote the same cause.

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MOMENTS OF THE WEEK

1

The Riverview High boys golf team shot 323 to finish second in the Class 3A-District 10 tournament Oct. 13.

2

Natalie Buffett record a careerhigh 20 kills to lead The Out-of-Door Academy volleyball team to a 3-1 victory over the Tampa Bay HEAT Oct. 9 on Senior Night.

3

The Sarasota Christian volleyball team improved to 15-3 with a 3-0 victory over Donahue Academy Oct. 9.

4

Sarasota junior Adam Bradtmueller crossed the finish line in 15 minutes, 26.20 seconds to finish fifth overall at the FSU Pre-State Invitational Oct. 11.

5

The Cardinal Mooney boys swim team scored 229 points to finish third at TriCounty Swim Meet Oct. 11.

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 16, 2014

FOOTBALL

volleyball by Jen Blanco | Sports Editor

KILLER

by Jen Blanco | Sports Editor

INSTINCT

Jen Blanco

Quarterback Reese Vita broke Cardinal Mooney’s passing record in the first quarter of Friday’s game against St. Pete Catholic.

Cardinal Mooney sophomore outside hitter Maddie McNally leads the Lady Cougars with nearly 200 kills so far this season.

SARASOTA — Maddie McNally approaches the net with a competitive fire in her eye.

The Cardinal Mooney sophomore outside hitter is anything but intimidated.

With each serve, McNally positions herself to make the most of every opportunity. She waits for the ball to come back her way before forcing it back down over the net.

As a cheer rises up from the Cardinal Mooney faithful, a rush of excitement courses through McNally as she quickly celebrates with her teammates before returning to her position on the court.

“I love the thrill you get when you hit the ball and the crowd is cheering,” McNally says.

McNally already has had her fair share of thrilling moments so far this season. McNally leads the team in kills with close to 200. She also has 82 digs, 30 aces and 15 blocks.

McNally, who played varsity for Cardinal Mooney last season as a freshman, has been instrumental in helping lead the Lady Cougars to a 16-5 record, including a perfect 8-0 mark in Class 3A-District 10. As a result, Cardinal Mooney earned the No. 1 seed in the district tournament, which begins Oct. 20, at Bradenton Christian.

“Maddie was a big part of our team last year, and with an extra year of maturity under her belt, she’s really become a leader,” coach Kristen Batt Rohr says. “She’s grown a lot all around, from her skill set to her mental play.

She brings a lot of energy to the court.”

McNally, who began playing volleyball in the fourth grade after hearing stories from her mother, Melissa, a former All-American at the University of Tampa, credits her success this season in large part to her teammates as well as her experience playing for the Coastline Volleyball Club’s U15 Black Rox team.

McNally has competed in the USA Volleyball Girls Junior Nationals each of the past two years — an experience that has allowed her to compete against some of the top players in the na-

BY THE NUMBERS 4 — The grade McNally was

in when she first started playing volleyball.

200 — The approximate

number of kills McNally has so far this season.

0 — The number of district

games McNally and her teammates lost this season.

2 — The number of years

McNally has been on Cardinal Mooney’s varsity squad.

30 — The number of aces McNally has tallied this season. tion, players whom she wouldn’t normally play against.

“Because volleyball is yearround, it helps you learn more skills when you compete and Maddie McNally has nearly 200 kills so far this season.

Jen Blanco

Cardinal Mooney sophomore Maddie McNally helped lead the Lady Cougars to an 8-0 district record and the No. 1 seed in the Class 3A-District 10 tournament.

travel,” McNally says.

Earlier this season, McNally helped lead Cardinal Mooney to a third-place finish at the eightteam Calvary Christian tournament. The Lady Cougars defeated Tampa Catholic, Tampa Mitchell and Clearwater High to win their pool before falling to Tampa Springs East Lake.

As one of the smaller schools in the tournament, McNally and her teammates weren’t sure if they would be able to compete with the larger schools. But under the guidance and enouragement of their coach, the Lady Cougars advanced to the consolation final.

“In that tournament, we played the best we’ve ever played,” McNally says. “We all wanted to win it, so that gave us a reason to fight so hard.”

The experience was particularly memorable for McNally who was named to the All-Tournament team; she finished with 37 kills, 12 blocks, 16 digs and four aces in five matches.

“It’s really cool to have other coaches look at you and (reward) you for playing well,” McNally says. “Sometimes you can get intimidated with people’s height, but I’m not that intimidated. If you know how to play volleyball, then you don’t care who you’re going up against.”

McNally and the Lady Cougars will close out the regular season Oct. 16 at Sarasota before competing in the district semifinals next week. Cardinal Mooney finished as the district runnerup last season, falling to rival ODA in the district championship.

“I think we have a ton of talent on this team, and (coach) Kristen (Batt Rohr) has really put it to use,” McNally says. “We’ve been able to beat teams that you would never think a small school could beat.”

Contact Jen Blanco at jblanco@ yourobserver.com.

Reese breaks passing mark

Quarterback Reese Vita broke Cardinal Mooney’s all-time record of 3,375 passing yards, set by Jamie Burke in 2001.

SARASOTA — After completing an 18-yard pass for a first down on Cardinal Mooney’s opening possession, quarterback Reese Vita ran up to the line of scrimmage and began calling out the next play.

But, before the East County resident could get the play off, Cardinal Mooney coach Josh Smithers called a time out — he had something to tell Vita.

It wasn’t until the Cougars’ public announcer came on with 9 minutes, 58 seconds remaining in the first quarter of last Friday’s non-district contest that the news broke. Vita, an East County resident, had just surpassed Jamie Burke as Cardinal Mooney’s all-time leader in career passing yards. Burke set the mark of 3,375 yards back in 2001.

A roar of applause filled Austin Smithers Stadium at John Heath Field as Vita’s teammates congratulated him.

“I know a ton of really great quarterbacks have come through here, and it’s just an honor to be at the top of that right now,” Vita says.

“I’m sure it will be broken one day because that’s what records are for — they are meant to be broken, but it’s a huge honor to be holding a piece of history like that.”

The news came as a shock to Vita, who had no idea he was even close to the mark even though he had personal aspirations of breaking the record before leaving Cardinal Mooney.

Vita finished with 209 yards and two touchdowns in the Cougars’ 49-7 homecoming victory over St. Pete Catholic.

Vita achieved the milestone in only two-and-a-half years as a starter.

“I was surprised, but I’ve been preparing myself and working hard to get to a point like this,” Vita says. “My coaches have all pushed me toward that goal, and now I’m living it, which is pretty awesome.”

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SWIMMING

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 16, 2014

by Jen Blanco | Sports Editor

County Champs The Riverview High boys and girls swim teams both won county titles during the Sarasota County Championships Oct. 8, at the Selby Aquatic Center.

Sarasota, Booker, Sarasota Christian, Cardinal Mooney and ODA also competed in the annual meet.

The Riverview boys team scored 155 points to finish ahead of Cardinal Mooney (121), while the girls scored 220 points to cruise past Sarasota (80).

Cardinal Mooney sophomore Carolina Morales leads off the 200-yard individual medley.

INDIVIDUAL WINNERS Riverview

Riverview’s Anna Viera Marasciulo competed in the 200yard individual medley and the 100 backstroke.

• • • • •

The Out-of-Door Academy’s Zach Szmania competes in the boys 200-yard individual medley.

• • • •

Girls 200-yard medley relay Miah Lopez (200 individual medley, 100 breaststroke) Nancy Hu (50 freestyle) Carter Page (50 freestyle) Cindy Dong (100 butterfly, 500 freestyle) Campbell Lee (100 butterfly) Girls 200 freestyle relay Girls 400 freestyle relay Boys 400 freestyle relay

Cardinal Mooney • • • • •

Cardinal Mooney won its heat of the boys 200-yard medley relay.

Left: Riverview freshman Benjamin Lu swims the backstroke during the 200yard individual medley.

Cardinal Mooney’s Matthew Garcia makes the turn and heads for the finish line in the boys 200-yard individual medley.

• •

Jillian Santiago (200 freestyle, 100 freestyle) Austin Katz (200 freestyle, 100 freestyle) Matthew Garcia (200 IM) Vinny Lijoi (500 freestyle) Gabriele Scicchitani (100 backstroke) Boys 200 medley relay Boys 200 freestyle relay

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Ted Hastings, George Toms, Eric Jackson and Michael Lynch of the Fire & Iron Motorcycle Club for Station 39.

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Ariana Steltman picks up a chili-tasting cup from the Fire & Iron booth.

The temperature wasn’t the only hot item on the menu Saturday at Morton’s 15th annual Firehouse Chili Cookoff.

Morton’s Gourmet Market hosted the event, with proceeds going toward the Sarasota Firefighter Benevolent Fund.

Competing teams represented firehouses throughout Sarasota, Manatee and Charlotte counties. City of North Port Fire Department, defending champ, took home first place and People’s Choice Award.

THE SECRET IS IN THE SAUCE

ENGLEWOOD FIRE DEPARTMENT Chefs: Jay Henry and Chris O’Conner Secret ingredient: Yellow bell peppers The yellow bell peppers are for taste and appearance,” Jay Henry said. “I don’t think we lost [last year] on taste, I think we lost on presentation.”

SARASOTA COUNTY FIRE DEPARTMENT STATION 5 Chef: Will Schreiner Secret ingredient: Dried ancho peppers and brisket Tiffany Sedlar, Nicole Cascadden and Nancy Hopkins attend the 15th annual Firehouse Chili Cookoff.

Gary Hixson stirs the chili pot for the Sarasota County Fire Department Station 5 entry.

FIRE & IRON Chef: Ted Hastings Secret ingredient: Bacon We kept it simple with a medium heat,” Hastings said. “We didn’t want to burn people’s socks off.”

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Chef: Mike Roman Secret ingredient: The defending champs declined to reveal their secret ingredient but said that “everything is from scratch.”

Chefs: Dan O’Connor and Paul Lauffer Secret ingredient: Abita brand pecan-flavored beer and charred poblano peppers

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St. Boniface Episcopal Church hosted a cookout Oct. 1 to welcome back members before the start of season. The fellowship gathering included a silent auction and a bounce house for children in attendance.

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Siesta Key Kiwanis Club inducts new members The Kiwanis Club of Siesta Key and the Kiwanis Club of South Sarasota held an installation reception for new members and officers Oct. 8, at Mattison’s FortyOne. The two clubs are close to completing a merger, which newly inaugurated Kiwanis Club of Siesta Key President Douglas Griffin says requires some final administrative work.

During the reception, club awards were given out, including the Zeller Award.

Ruth Thomas accepted the award on behalf of her late husband and Kiwanian, Russell Thomas.

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The night was scheduled to include a showing of Disney’s “Frozen,” but the movie was rescheduled due to inclement weather.

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Phillippi Shores 7K draws runners of all ages Local runners came out for the Phillippi Shores Elementary 7K and 1-Mile Fun Run Saturday morning.

More than 800 runners were registered for the event that benefits the Phillippi Shores International Baccalaureate World School.

After participants crossed the finish line, games, crafts, activities and food were available. Massage Heights offered free, full-body massages on-site for runners.

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Audra Snow gives out high-fives as she crosses the finish line.

Bailey Lowther and her daughter, Lucie, attend the Phillippi Shores Elementary 7K Run.

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Fans had the opportunity to vote for their favorite band of the evening.

Perry, Misha Sitov and Kristin Levanovich attend Rock for a Cause.

Fans cheer on local bands at Rock for a Cause

Caroline Creevy sings during the set for the band In Treble.

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Stefani, Angela, Lexie, Stephanie and Abigail, all members of Troop 415, attend the Scout About the Library event.

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Florida Gulf Coast Girl Scouts had the Selby Public Library all to themselves Friday evening for the Scout About the Library event.

More than 100 Girl Scouts registered for the event that allowed the scouts and their parents to spend the night in the library.

Among the activities planned for the evening were arts and crafts, board games, scary stories and a choice between the two Disney films: “Frozen” or “Tangled.” The evening was also an opportunity for the scouts to add to their badges by testing their computer skills with a Computer Expert badge and to write a poem for a Scribe badge.

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Cardinal Mooney High celebrates homecoming with fish fry tailgate Cardinal Mooney High School students, families and alumni were invited to the homecoming fish fry and tailgating event Friday evening.

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By Adam Hughes | Research Editor

Sarasota Beach home sells for $3.25 million

The following residential real estate transactions took place between Sept. 29 and Oct. 3.

A home in Sarasota Beach tops all transactions in this week’s real estate. Gerard Neugent, trustee, sold the home at 220 Tenacity Lane to Mark Hennessy and Tracey Hennessy, trustees, of Westport, Conn., for $3.25 million. Built in 1999, it has three bedrooms, three baths and 3,467 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $4.25 million in 2013.

previously sold for $575,000 in 2004.

Schooner Bay

Dale and Cathy Allen, of Sarasota, sold their Unit 6782 condominium at 6782 Schooner Bay Circle to Fred and Courtney Goodman, of Sarasota, for $390,000. Built in 1987, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,738 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $425,000 in 2013.

Poms Park

Venti Holdings LLC sold two homes at 2280 and 2290 Browning St. to Florida Studio Theatre Inc. for $349,000. Both built in 1969, they each have four bedrooms and two baths. One has 1,438 square feet of living area, and the other has 1,437. They previously sold for $217,500 in June.

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Brad Lerner and Melissa Jekonski-Lerner, of Sarasota, sold their home at 2111 Osprey Ave. to John and Sandra Keenan, of Sarasota, for $1,802,000. Built in 2008, it has five bedrooms, five baths, one halfbath, a pool and 5,305 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $1 million in 2011.

Baypoint Park

Thomas and Cheryl Bell, of Sarasota, sold their home at 1585 Bay Point Drive to Bernabe Somoza, of Sarasota, for $1,725,000. Built in 1937, it has three bedrooms, two baths, one half-bath, a pool and 2,302 square feet of living area.

San Remo Estates

Harold Humbert Jr. and Joan Urban, trustees, and Margaret Humbert sold the home at 3606 Tangier Terrace to Yvonne Baise, trustee, of Sarasota, for $1.35 million. Built in 1959, it has four bedrooms, two baths, one half-bath, a pool and 3,888 square feet of living area.

Sarasota Bay Club

Sarasota Bay Club LLC sold the Unit 1014 condominium at 1301 N. Tamiami Trail to Richard and Joan Webster, of

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baths, one half-bath and 3,442 square feet of living area.

Jack and Frances Godley sold their home at 9088 Willowbrook Drive to Robert and Kathleen Ventrice, of Lake Hopatcong, N.J., for $342,000. Built in 2001, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 2,502 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $330,000 in 2013.

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This home at 220 Tenacity Lane has three bedrooms, three baths and 3,467 square feet of living area. It sold for $3.25 million.

Sarasota, for $1 million. Built in 2000, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,772 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $835,000 in 2011.

Bay Plaza

Greg and Lola Lecewicz, of Sarasota, sold their Unit 707 condominium at 1255 N. Gulfstream Ave. to Marilyn Harwell, of Sarasota, for $820,000. Built in 1982, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,629 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $211,500 in 1986.

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James O’Neil Jr., of Nokomis, sold his home at 1678 Bonita Lane to Peter and Heidi Grady, of Sarasota, for $790,000.

Built in 2013, it has three bedrooms, three

John and Jose Rose, of Nesfield Elkle, United Kingdom, sold their Unit 1007 condominium at 707 S. Gulfstream Ave. to Larry and Nola Hietbrink, of Sarasota, for $585,000. Built in 1974, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,283 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $460,000 in 2002.

Floyd and Cameron

The Northern Trust Co., trustee, sold the home at 1880 Loma Linda St. to the Equity Trust Co., trustee, for $490,000. Built in 1954, it has five bedrooms, four baths, a pool and 2,904 square feet of living area. It

Lubos Holub, of Ricany, Czech Republic, sold his home at 1706 Dawn St. to Kathleen Alello, of New Rochelle, N.Y., for $335,000. Built in 1984, it has three bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 1,630 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $230,000 in 2009.

Palmer Square West

Forrest Hinkel, trustee, and Deborah Hinkel, of Sarasota, sold the Unit 18 condominium at 3611 Square W. Lane to Marilyn Berk, trustee, of Charlotte, N.C., for $328,000. Built in 2002, it has three bedrooms, three baths and 2,021 square

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Alan Barefoot and Steven Barefoot, trustees, of Sarasota, sold the home at 1720 Bahia Vista St. to Alexander and Samantha Hays, of Sarasota, for $315,300.

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Community unites for Walk to End Alzheimer’s disease J.D. Hamel Park was a sea of purple for the Sarasota Walk to End Alzheimer’s Saturday. The Alzheimer’s Association Florida Gulf Coast Chapter hosted an estimated 400 walkers, each with a tie to the disease. Walkers carried different-colored flowers to represent their connection to Alzheimer’s. Altogether, 64 teams collected $93,570 in the weeks leading up to the walk.

Participants start the walk over the Ringling Bridge.

FLOWER POWER Walkers carried flowers with different colors and meanings.

PURPLE: represents a loved one who died from Alzheimer’s YELLOW: represents someone currently supporting or caring for someone with Alzheimer’s BLUE: represents someone who has Alzheimer’s or dementia ORANGE: represents a supporter for a world without Alzheimer’s

Members of the Team Sun Tan Dan attend the Walk to End Alzheimer’s.

Pamela and Ariana Gillard walk for team Medical Reserve Corps.

Woodstock is a bloodhound who is specifically trained to help find missing children or adults with Alzheimer’s.

Alzheimer’s Association Florida Gulf Coast Chapter Board of Directors members Tom Conklin and David Gollins cut the ribbon to start the walk.

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4551 N. Washington Blvd.,Sarasota • 941.355.8437 2510 1st Street W., Bradenton • 941.748.4679 1734 S. Tamiami Trail, Venice • 941.493.7441

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Thursday, October 16, 2014

ADVERTISE YOUR MERCHANDISE with the total value of all items $200 or less in this section for FREE! Limit 1 ad per month, 15 words or less. Price must be included next to each item. No commercial advertising.

Ad runs 2 consecutive weeks in 1 Observer.

(No phone calls please.)

(Please provide your name and address) Email ad to: classified@yourobserver.com Online at: www.yourobserver.com Or mail to: The Observer Group P.O. Box 3169 Sarasota, Fl 34230 COMPUTER: DELL 2.8GHz Dual Core refurbished $140, 941-756-6728.

DANCING SHOES: 3/pair ladies ballroom, like new. Size 7.5. $125 all 3. Pictures available.

941-484-6050.

DINETTE SET: 4/coaster chairs, oak color table 44"W, w/leaf added 59"L. Excellent cond. $170.

941-922-1642.

NEW CARPET: 10’x12’ piece, mixed brown/grey tones. Sell for 1/2 original cost. Asking, $95.

941-356-2131.

PINCH SCOTCH whiskey: 50 years old, rare, other old whiskeys available. $25. 941-925-3203.

WEBER GRILL: 18.5 inch. Like new. $30 Call 941-379-4643.

WICKER BAR stools (3), $95. Table saw 10”, $50.

Power washer, $40. 941-921-3961, 618-978-5196, 618-978-5135.

ANTIQUE COUCH from Vermont, condition, $200. (941) 924−5093.

excellent

Autos For Sale Hawley Motors II 5741 Pinkney Ave. 941-312-5890 2009 Scion XD, 65K/miles, new tires, like new, perfect, $9988 2007 Honda Odyssey EXL, leather, $10988 2005 Toyota Tundra Pickup, 1 owner, Florida vehicle, only 46K/miles, man. trans. $11,988 2008 Toyota Yaris, new tires, fuel efficient, $7988 2007 Chevrolet Impala LT, 50K/miles, leather, all the options, $10988 2004 Honda CR-V EX, like new, $9988 2004 Audi A4, Quattro, 1 owner, $6988 2008 Mercury Mariner Premier, sunroof, new tires, full leather, all the options, 56K/miles, $13988 2008 Mazda CX-7, 79/K miles, new tires, $10988 2008 Toyota Camry Hybrid, leather, $11988 2005 Volkswagen Beetle TDI, Man. Trans, 76K miles $8988 2003 Toyota Highlander Limited, like new cond., Michelins, sunroof, $9988 2006 Chevrolet Cobalt 65K miles, $6988 2008 GMC Envoy Denali, AWD, like new, $13988 2004 Cadillac Escalade AWD, 22’s, Florida car, $12988

Garage/Moving/Estate Sales

Garage/Moving/Estate Sales COMMUNITY GARAGE SALE - dozens of homes.

Saturday, October 18, 8a.m.-1p.m., Woodland Park, McIntosh Rd. and Woodview near Bahia Vista.

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

Pools/Spas HOT TUBS - Slim Spas - Fiberglass Pools.

Local manufacturer offering to sell directly to the public at wholesale pricing. 941-462-0633.

VINTAGE TOY COLLECTIBLES ESTATE SALE Saturday, November 01, 9:30 AM−4:00 PM − Rain or Shine 5610 Manor Hill Lane, Bradenton, FL 34203. Dolls, tin, die cast, Barbie, GI Joe, Star Wars, Star Trek, comics, vinyl records, sports and much more. Bradenton Country Inn & Suites, near I−75 / Rt. 70 (Exit 217B). FREE Admission / parking. Gulf−Coast−Trader.com

MOVING FROM PALMER RANCH Table saw, power washer, LR furniture, lanai furniture, wicker kitchen table w/glass top, 4 matching swivel chairs, blender, coffee maker, 3 wicker bar stools, deco Palm trees, deco items.

941-921-3961 618-978-5196 or 618-978-5135

ESTATE AUCTION ART & ANTIQUES SUNDAY, OCTOBER 19TH @ 1PM Inspection Sunday Day of Sale 11am-1pm The sale will be held at our Auction Gallery located on the Southwest corner of 301N & University Parkway.

Quality Estate Auction Featuring: Victorian, Country, and Custom Furniture, Lots of Jewelry, Paintings & Sculptures, Pottery, Oriental Rugs, Asian Decor, Folk Art, Glass, China & many Older Collectibles.

13% Buyer’s Premium 3% Discount for Cash or Check Elliott Bernstein Auctions AUG3504 - AB2545 Gallery Phone: 941-351-3002 Photos & more: www.auctionzip.com or www.ebauctions.com Auctioneer ID#8290

Personals *ADOPTION*: Creative Professionals, LOVE, Financially Secure, International Travel, Music, awaits 1st baby. FLBar 42311. 1-800-552-0045.

Expenses paid. *Uma & Darren*

Religion

Things To Do GULFSIDE MINI-VACATION IN NAPLES JUST $185 PER PERSON ***

Your Mini-Vacation Includes: • Check-in Sunday through Wednesday only • Gulfside accommodations for 2 nights* • Continental Breakfast • Dinner 1 evening ($27 voucher) at your choice of 6 local restaurants plus additional 10% off 2nd evening dinner at The Turtle Club.** • Lunch 1 day ($12 voucher) at your choice of 6 local restaurants plus additional lunch per person at The Turtle Club.** • Admission to 1 of 4 local attractions (Some attractions may require additional fees) * Available through December 17, 2014. Holidays and weekends excluded.

Based on double occupancy. Tax, tip & resort fees extra.

Type of accommodation subject to availability.

Bayside condominiums available at different rates. ** An 18% gratuity may be added by lunch and dinner vendors. ***Limited to one per customer.

ST. JUDE O holy St. Jude, Apostle & Martyr, great in virtue and rich in miracles, near kinsman of JESUS CHRIST, faithful intercessor of all who invoke your special patronage in time of need. To humbly beg to whom GOD has given such great power to come to my assistance. Help me in my present and urgent petition. In return I promise to make your name known and need to be invoked.

Say 3 OUR FATHERS, 3 HAIL MARYS & 3 GLORY BE’s. Publication must be promised. ST. JUDE, PRAY FOR US ALL WHO INVOKE YOUR AID. AMEN. This novena must be said on 9 consecutive days. Thank you St. Jude for answering my petition. -MGL

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

Call 941-907-8141.

Storage

Help Wanted

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

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

HAIR DRESSER: Experienced for busy retirement home. Part-time. Must have Florida license.

941-918-8805.

D L O S

FOR RESERVATIONS,

CALL (800) 243-9076 or (239) 597-3144 9225 Gulfshore Drive North, Naples, Florida 34108

151166

Items Under $200 For Sale

www.vanderbiltbeachresort.com

Please mention code “PEL” when making your reservation.

Business Opportunities

P/T ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT: Person needs to be able to work independently, organized, detail oriented, good computer skills, and is flexible.

Fax resume to: 941-296-7361.

Reserved Space LP Reserved Space

955.4888

PET SUPERMARKET Sarasota Hiring Now. Hiring every Thursday 4p.m. −6p.m.

4270 Bee Ridge Rd. Sarasota, 34233 https://www.petsupermarket.com/employment.as px

www.yourobserver.com

Positions Wanted CAM, CMCA, AMS, PCAM designations and Real Estate Broker license seeking Condominium Association to manage. Excellent references & background. Please contact: 941.685.0500 or pnbresume@yahoo.com.

Condos/Apts. For Rent LIDO KEY Condo − $1695 month & Pet Friendly. Clean and furnished 1BR/1BA Pelican Gardens. Avail. now thru mid December 2014.

1.5 blocks from Lido Beach & short walk to St Armands. CPMC − Licensed Real Estate Broker (941) 383−3117 www.floridarent.com

Hawley Motors Over 32 Years in Business Sarasota’s Oldest Dealership Financing Available Cars Wanted - We Buy Cars!

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

STONE, TILE & WOOD FLOORING INSTALLERS. 20 Years Experience. Your flooring materials or mine. Lic./Ins. Call Joe, 941-929-3000.

Furnishings MATTRESS SALE! 50-80% OFF Retail! K Sets $290 Q $150 F $140 - Call Daniel, (941)387-4810.

Garage/Moving/Estate Sales ESTATE SALE Saturday, Oct. 18 - 9:00a.m. – 1:00p.m. (#’s out at 8) Airport Mall: 8251 15th St East (across from Rectix) PREMIUM ESTATE LIQUIDATORS “Something for Everyone” sale Featuring antiques, furniture, art, china, glassware, collectibles and more!

Benefit Y programs for at-risk kids Photos: www.thesarasotay.org and www.estatesales.net

Reserved Space LP Reserved Space

Go online 24/7 to place your ad in The Observer Classifieds

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2014

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This week’s Crossword answers

Ready When You Are Classified Ads … the Way to Sell

This week’s Cryptogram answers 1. Now there’s a little kid with aspirations of coming to work at NASA. He spends all of his time staring into space.

2. My dearly departed mother-in-law was a real angel. She had a mysterious aura and was always harping.

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Condos For Sale

Adult Care Services

Carpentry

Home Improvement/ Remodeling

FREE! What every Real Estate buyer or seller needs to know!

Go to: www.yourmarketupdate.com

EXPERIENCED CAREGIVER providing cheerful loving care for adults. Licenced HHA, local references. Speaks fluent Italian. 941-552-9240.

MITCHELL HANDYMAN. Painting, Carpentry, Tile, Pressure Cleaning. Total Home Improvements, Repairs. Small and large! 941-284-8488.

Homes For Rent

LICENSED CNA, experienced, mature, capable, compassionate. Good cook, loves animals, transportation. Excellent references. Background screened. Linda 941-685-6299

RON VOIT CARPENTRY LLC. Build, remodel, repair. Door and window replacement. Wood rot repairs. Interior alterations and trim. Kitchen and baths. Built-in cabinetry. Call Ron 941-228-7601.

State Lic. CBC1259788.

Cleaning

CUSTOM PAINTING, Wallpaper Removal.

Quality work at a reasonable price.

Free Estimates. Established 1978. Call Daniel at L.L. Armstrong Contracting. Lic./Insured.

941-323-5074.

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

25 Years Experience - References available

Vacation/Seasonal Rentals PEPPERTREE BAY, Siesta Key: 2BR/2BA, upstairs unit, Gulf views. Turnkey furnished, garage. Available November, $3800. Lisa Beach Agent, 941-374-9133 or E-mail: llblab@aol.com 2BR/2.5BA LONGBOAT Key − Fairway Bay Two level townhouse available December 2014 − January 2015. Two (2) master bedrooms, 2 ½ baths, two month minimum, no pets. Beautifully furnished. Pool, tennis, exercise room, private beach access. $3100/month (303) 440−7009.

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

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

Visit us online at www.yourobserver.com

AIR CONDITIONING

BRITISH MAIDS Residential Cleaning Services Weekly, Bi-weekly, Monthly Move-in, Move-out 941-350-8670 Licensed, Bonded & Insured www.sarasotaprofessionalcleaning.com Also offering Home Watch Services ND SPARKLE. We are a family business experienced in both home and office cleaning great rates. Call for a quote. 941-330-4466. Email: norgrasi@hotmail.com NEAT & KLEAN SERVICES (941) 224−8759.

O F F I C E−H O M E−R E N T A L−P R E S A L E− CLEANING. EXCELLENT REFERENCES. PROFESSIONAL, HONEST & RELIABLE.

Professional Services VALUE APPRAISALS Francine DiFilippo, AiS/V AiSociety Accredited Value Appraiser Estate * Antiques * Collectibles Artwork * Jewelry * Furniture 941-923-3597

Computer Services

Property Management

OWN A MAC/iPHONE/iPAD? MacTutor has 21+ years experience teaching Apple products.

I speak English, not “Geek”! (941) 323-2363 www.FLMacTutor.com

LANDLORD ALERT!! We have Tenant’s!!!

Wanted: 1-3BR Homes/Condos, Furnished or Unfurnished. Siesta Key Realty Incorporated, 941-349-8900, www.siestakeyrealtyrentals.com

ATTORNEY

CLEANING

HEAT BUSTERS Prompt, Professional A/C/ Service

Sharon M. Guy, P.A.

Air Conditioning & Heating LLC

Call Liz for the Best Price Move Ins/Move Outs

House/Condo/Office Cleaning Carpet & Floor Care FREE ESTIMATES

Law Office of

941-518-8550

Lic. # 46264

152767

Lic# CAC1816809

Sharon M. Guy

Office in Palmer Ranch 8586 Potter Park Drive, Sarasota, FL 34238

152471

552-5766

www.heatbusters.net

ALTERATIONS/UPHOLSTERY

BLINDS/WINDOW TREATMENTS

Frank Beck Upholstery

PLANTATION SHUTTER SPECIALIST

Home Furnishing Restoration and Upholstery Specialist!

AMERICAN SHUTTERS

In shop free estimates Pick up and delivery services available

941-914-8408

Allow me to do my very best for you!

Hours: Monday-Friday 9am - 3pm • Weekends by appointment

Michael Palermo

ESTABLISHED 1975!

Free Estimates • Free Installation

152763

CALL NOW!

Mercy’s Cleaning Service Commercial and Residential Best Prices in Town

We Use Organic Products

DOCKSIDE BOAT REPAIR AND MAINTENANCE

call for more information about The service directory!

SMS Mobile Marine Service GPS/Fishfinder Installation • Outboards I/O’s • Inboards Call for appointment • 941-232-3523

941.955.4888

CERTIFIED & INSURED

151846

Insured

Yoder Aluminum Inc.

DRYER START A FIRE! Call Paradise Dryer Vent Cleaning Today YOUR SAFETY IS PRICELESS! 941. 979. 2707

Dryers and washing machines were involved in one out of every 22 home structure fires LICENSED, BONDED & INSURED reported to U.S. fire departments in 2006-2010.

www.paradisedryervent.com

COMPUTER PC & LAPTOP REPAIR

FUEL AND BAIT NOW AVAILABLE!!

509 N Tamiami Tr, Venice, FL 34285

941 486 0500

fishermanswharffl.com

ADDY’S CLEANING SERVICE

On Site or In Shop

VIRUS & SPYWARE EXPERTS! LAPTOP REPAIR SPECIALISTS

• One Time, Weekly, Monthly • Res./Comm. • Move Ins/Outs • Carpet Cleaning • References • Free Est. ★ Very Affordable Rates ★

Ph. 376-4228 singleturtle@aol.com

3687954-01

151859

15505 Lemon Fish Dr. Bradenton, FL 34202 Office 941-650-9790

Mention this ad and get $100 off first month rent

CLEANING 152465

Yoderaluminum.com

Licensed • Free Estimates

DON’T LET YOUR

Floating Dockage for Rent on Intercoastal Direct Gulf Access Monthly Rent Includes: water, pump out, dock boxes, WIFI

ALUMINUM

“Specializing in 6” Seamless Gutters”

724-1395

Cell (941)

BOAT SERVICES

This space could be yours!

152249

941• 925 • 2447

153038

Custom Made at Our Shop

Honesty • Integrity • Quality • Value

Dustin Yoder yoderaluminum@gmail.com

RICK STEAKLEY PAINTING. Interior/Exterior.

Pressure Washing. Wallpaper Removal. Drywall Repairs. Reasonable. Reliable. Professional.

30+/years experience. References available.

Free Estimates.

Lic./Ins. 941-228-7605, rlsteakley60@gmail.com

NINOSKA’S CLEANING Service. Experienced, Reliable, Trustworthy cleaning of home, condo, apartment. Resonable rates. (813) 377−6764.

WILLS, TRUSTS, PROBATE, ELDER LAW

Gulf Gate Village 6568 Superior Ave., Sarasota, FL 34231

EAGLE EYE PAINTING. Custom interior/exterior painting, all wood finishes, pressure washing, wallpaper removal and prep. Servicing Suncoast since 1989. Prompt, courteous service. Lic./Ins. Free estimates. 941-268-2105. halfnhalf4now@gmail.com

151858

WANTED LUXURY ANNUAL RENTALS

“THE ROYAL TREATMENT, LLC” A Home Care/Companion Company is currently concentrating on only 15 “select clients” for the winter season. Every client will be accompanied by (his or her or couple’s ) own “Select Caregiver/Companion and Select Clients”…every day, same companion!

You will be able to request whom, by reviewing my website. www.theroyaltreatmentllc.com please read.

Jeffrey - 941-302-6193 We can’t wait to pick you up at the airport!

BRAZILIAN CLEANING Service by Maria.

Residential. Meticulous Cleaning. Excellent References. Free Estimates. Reliable. Lic./ Ins. 941-400-3342.

CARLO DATTILO PAINTING. Licensed & insured.

Interior/ Exterior painting including drywall repair and retexturing. Wallpaper installation & removal, pressure washing. Residential & commercial, condos. Honest & reliable. Free estimates.

941-744-1020. 35+ years experience.

151168

Real Estate Wanted

BLUE FISH CLEANING INC. 941-705-3812.

Insured, Bonded. Affordable reliable home cleaning, $80, 2 cleaners, 2 hours.

151167

TRUE 4BR+DEN, 3BA/2.5CG, Built 2006.

Accented with pillars, crown moulding, landscaping, granite. $350,000. Brooke O’Malley, CLUB REALTY 941-726-2677

AUGUSTINE’S CLEANING COMPANY. House cleaning, organizing.

Dependable, Professional.

Move in/ Move out.

Heidi 941-724-3425. Service you can trust.

151559

Homes For Sale

PERSONALIZED INDIVIDUAL CARE IN YOUR HOME. Offering non-medical and medical care developed and designed for your wants and needs. Includes: Homemaking, errands, doctor’s visits, transportation, meal prep in conjunction with special dietary needs & medication supervision (plus so much more). For more details call 941.377.4465 or visit our website at www.EldercareSarasota.com or E-mail us at: EldercareSRQ@aol.com. Lic# 30211372, Bonded and Insured.

SALES & SERVICE NEW & REFURBISHED NETWORKING DSL AND CABLE SETUPS TRAINING BACKUP & RECOVERY SETUP, INSTALL, UPGRADE AFFORDABLE RATES

3204 Gulf Gate Dr., Sarasota (Across from the Library)

150591

2BR/2.5BA+STUDY, VINTAGE Southside Village home. Beautifully restored and landscaped.

Includes weekly lawncare, pest control, city utilities. Adults preferred, no pets. $2600/mo. annual. 941-223-0688.

Painting/Wallpapering

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CONCRETE

ELECTRIC

Michael Koch Concrete, Inc.

CALL 24/7 • RESIDENTIAL SPECIALISTS FOR ALL YOUR ELECTRICAL NEEDS!

Reasonable Prices

Licensed & Insured

SAVE $50

152495

918-8587

Also Laying Stone

Free Estimates

ON WORK COMPLETED!

151560

Custom Surfaces Inc. DECORATIVE SURFACES FOR: PATIOS, POOL DECKS, DRIVEWAYS, ENTRYWAYS

FURNITURE REPAIR

LACIVITA CONCRETE Since 1967

Residential Concrete Specialist Patios - Driveways - Sidewalks

151169

CUSTOM WOODWORKING

PATIO REPAIRS, INC PATIO REPAIRS

FAST SAME-DAY SERVICE

941-504-0903

• Installation • Access Control • Maintenance • System Design

FurnitureSales Sales &&Repairs Furniture Repairs Cushions • Slings • Re-powdercoating #USHIONS s 3LINGS s 5MBRELLAS

3680493-01

922-3157

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HANDYMAN

• Built-ins, Entertainment Center • Pull Down Attic Stairs • Beadboard, Wainscoting • Tongue & Groove Ceilings

941-748-5550 • AssocTrim.com

151844

Associated Interior Trim Carpentry • Interior / Exterior Doors • Crown Moulding, Chair Rail, Casing, Baseboard • Ceiling Details, Wall Designs, Columns • Valances, Headboards, Window Sills

941.727.0272

150572 38056

State Lic. CR CO25291

/LFHQVHG DQG ,QVXUHG (6

941-349-4455

) Carpentry ) Indoors ) Remodeling ) Ceramic Tile ) Water & Fire Damage ) Kitchen/Baths Licensed Lic. #38333 References

152890

3675768-01

151864

Licensed • Insured Lic. #25393

• POLY-PEBBLE / EPOXY • TEXTURED CONCRETE • RESEAL & REPAIRS • INTERLOCKING BRICK PAVERS Free Serving Sarasota 355-1148 Estimates Since 1979 SARASOTA • BRADENTON • VENICE

Sarasota Gate & Access

“OUR ESTIMATES & ADVICE ARE FREE�

957-4762 (cell #) 504-3168

The Service DirecTory

WorkS for you!

Call 955-4888 to reserve your space.

STEVE PANEBIANCO

IRRIGATION

HOME REPAIR SERVICE • NO JOB TOO SMALL • SCREEN REPAIRS • PAINTING/DRY WALL • TILE REPAIRS • & MUCH MORE!

“Anything around the home Honey can do.�

Licensed/Insured • Free Estimates

780-3788 • 822-0436

30 Years Experience References Licensed/Insured

152496

PREMIER TRANSPORT, LLC “Specialty Items Transported� custom motorcycles expensive artwork unique furniture pieces, etc. Licensed & Insured

Grow your business FACTORY DIRECT GRANITE COUNTERTOPS

in the Service Directory Call today to reserve your space

NATURAL AND ENGINEERED PRODUCTS AVAILABLE

955-4888

GRANITE COUNTERTOPS (941) 705 - 5940 VE SA $$ $

Watching your home when you’re away

Franklin Kenny • Electrical Contractor

A Private Company Serving the Palmer Ranch Area Since 2007

151170

152473

of Sarasota

KITCHEN/BATH REMODELING

Additional travel fee outside of Venice.

HOME SERVICES

LIGHTHOUSE ELECTRIC

941-888-2988 FREE ESTIMATES rainscape.com

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uring the height of the recession in early 2008, Florida’s Department of Cultural Affairs’ statewide annual grant budget for arts organizations went from a healthy $38 million to just a little less than $1 million. Fortunately, the Arts and Cultural Alliance of Sarasota County was there to cushion the blow when public funding for the arts seemed to be in freefall.

Founded in 1986 by a team led by then state Sen. Bob Johnson, the Arts and Cultural Alliance of Sarasota County serves as the major advocacy, communications and fundraising organization for the more than 100 registered nonprofit arts institutions in Sarasota

County as well as the thousands of individual artists who call Sarasota, Venice, North Port and Englewood home. The constant promotion of all those artists and cultural institutions within Sarasota County is not only necessary for the creative lifeblood of the area — it is big business for the economy.

“A lot of people don’t realize that in Sarasota County the nonprofit arts and cultural organizations employ more than 5,000 individuals,” says Jim Shirley, executive director of the Alliance. “And if we took them as a group, they’re the largest single employer in the county and spend more than $200 million a year supporting other

small businesses in Sarasota and Manatee County.”

Armed with those statistics, Shirley, his three-person staff and members of the Alliance promote the local arts scene as a cultural and economic pillar of Sarasota County. Nestled in a third-floor suite on Tamiami Trail and 12th Street, the Alliance networks and brainstorms in office space that itself is a fusion of arts and business: eclectic pieces of art and pop culture overlook professional business tables and desks topped with expense reports. The Alliance constantly seeks annual grant opportunities from county, state and federal officials to bolster the artistic vitality of the community.

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// ARTS&ENTERTAINMENT The clearest example of the symbiotic nature between the local government, economy and artistic climate is the Alliance’s annual allotment of its Tourist Development Cultural Arts Grant. Accrued from a 5% bed tax that’s charged to anyone who spends a night at a hotel or rents a condominium for less than six months, one-half of 1% of that tax goes to bankroll the grant.

Funds accumulated through the tax collect throughout the fiscal year, with the Alliance acting as arbiter; it distributes the funds to artistic institutions that reside in Sarasota County and can demonstrate that a sizable portion of their audience is tourists. With approximately $1.58 million allotted for the 2015 fiscal year, the tourist development grant is an essential component of the alliance’s fundraising mission.

“Most people understand the arts enrich lives and are a boon to the community, but they’re also an economic driver,” says Linda M. DiGabriele, managing director of Asolo Repertory Theatre and an Alliance board member. “The Alliance is very engaged in grants and offers some of the biggest granting opportunities in the county that directly affect the Asolo because we have received a tourist development grant for years and years.”

Last year Sarasota County arts and cultural organizations sold about 2.5 million tickets to their various presentations, functions

and exhibits, says Shirley. More than 40% of those were tourists.

More tourists equals more money inserted into the local economy; more tourists visiting also results in a higher tourist development grant and, thus, stronger arts organizations.

But the Alliance offers more than just a “build it and they will come” strategy when it comes to championing the local arts environment.

In addition to the tourist development grant, the Alliance raises money and distributes smaller “o p p o r t u n i t y grants” funded through State of Arts license plate sales and a John Ringling Tower endowment.

These smaller funds are gifted to individual artists and groups that haven’t reached the institutional-level of popularity that proffer tourist attention. The goal is to cultivate new and upcoming talent.

This giant gumbo pot of various public tax monies and private donations have amounted to approximately $14 million raised and invested into the arts since the Alliance’s founding. And when cooking with so many and expensive ingredients, Shirley knows the up-

most significance of maintaining a clean kitchen.

“The first thing that we keep in mind is that we’re dealing with public tax dollars,” says Shirley, “so we want to make sure everything is absolutely transparent and clear.”

Ethical standards are maintained through a review system that consists of five committees composed of arts-inclined private citizens and elected public officials.

The process begins with the Grants Policy Committee, which dictates the policies and structures of how grant proposals are evaluated.

Then, once the yearly grant proposals are collected in January from the various institutions in the county, the Grants Evaluation Committee (composed of various citizens who have experience and knowledge of the local arts scene) reviews the respective proposals, visits the various institutions through the late spring and summer at events and productions and evaluates them against strict criteria. Then the finalized grants are delivered to the Tourist Development Council of Sarasota County and then on to the Sarasota

Our big goal never changes.

It’s to develop and promote the arts in the community.

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County Commission, which has the final authority to change and approve anything.

But the Alliance is far more than just a fundraising taskforce: It’s an active advocacy and cheerleader for local arts enthusiasm and support. The clearest example of bolstering the artistic is the Sarasota Keys interactive public art project.

The Alliance assembled a brain trust committee that proposed six pianos be scattered throughout the city of Sarasota, sponsored by a local business, and painted and ornamented by local artists. With the help of Pritchard’s Pianos & Organs and seven local artists, the Alliance’s project lasted from January to May of this year. The Sarasota Keys was such a success that the City Commission unanimously approved a second installment of the project for later this year.

A Sarasota County without the unity and stability provided by the Alliance would still be a hotbed of creativity and new works, but Sarasota’s common champion for the arts allows organizations and artists to create quality works without having to worry about the status of the economy.

“What the Alliance did during the recession is take up even more of the slack to get that public voice out there,” says Shirley. “We advocated for the return of funding and support for the organizations. It’s one big community working together through and for the arts.”

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Back to School Though its main focus is on supporting and leading fundraising efforts for artists and institutions in the area, the Arts and Cultural Alliance of Sarasota County also strives to instill a vibrant and strong presence of the arts in the school system.

“When you look at the things that are fundamental to our lives, our education makes us who we are,” says Jim Shirley, executive director of the Arts and Cultural Alliance. “We know that for a community to thrive and to grow it needs to have a great school system, and the arts have always been a contributor to great school systems. We know that students who have at least one arts course in their background perform better in school.”

In the spirit of promoting arts education, the alliance leads various functions throughout the year directly related to arts exposure in the classroom. One such event is the education summit/ luncheon Nov. 12, at Holley Hall at the Beatrice Friedman Symphony Center. Every principal in Sarasota County is invited to attend to discuss what role arts education plays at his or her school. The Youth Symphony will perform during the event.

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Lady of the house Natalia Nicol makes sure every Sarasota Orchestra patron ends the night on a high note.

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“It’s important I know what happens on stage,” says Natalia Nicol, Sarasota Orchestra’s patron services manager. “I don’t want to be in the dark when patrons start talking about how amazing the show was.”

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She can’t easily discern Vivaldi from Mendelssohn or Schubert from Strauss, but she can lay claim to attending every one of the orchestra’s performances last year.

She went to Masterworks concerts, chamber soirees and Pops performances.

She even attended Youth Orchestra recitals.

Hired last year as Sarasota Orchestra’s patron services manager, the 32-year-old

Boca Raton native oversees the organization’s front-of-house operations during performances. Her objective is not to become a connoisseur of classical music, though she’s well on her way, it’s to ensure that each attendee has a positive concert experience at all three orchestra venues: Holley Hall, Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall and Neel Performing Arts Center at State College of Florida.

Nicol manages the organization’s volunteer usher staff. At the Van Wezel, which has its own front-of-house staff, she serves as a

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Some of Natalia Nicol’s favorite funny patron moments revolve around refreshments. People love to sneak food and drinks into Holley Hall. After noshing on complimentary hors d’oeuvres before a chamber soiree, one woman who was told she couldn’t bring cheesecake into the hall simply stuffed the treat into her pocket to eat later.

At another concert, an usher busted an elderly woman sneaking four glasses of wine into Holley Hall. What was her method of concealing the drinks? She stashed them in a compartment on her walker.

“When she got caught she offered the usher a drink,” Nicol says. “She was like, ‘C’mon it’s fine. I won’t tell anyone.’” moonlighting as a makeup artist.

“After four years the New York lifestyle started to get old,” Nicol says. “I knew I wanted to be in a place that was artistic, but I didn’t want to go back to gigging.”

She got lucky in Sarasota.

In 2013, just as her husband, Nate, was hired as the head sound engineer at the Sarasota Opera, the Sarasota Orchestra hired Nicol to do something she’s always had a knack for — keeping audiences happy.

Her favorite perk is the music, of course.

She loves to sit still and let the rich orchestral sounds wash over her, especially at Masterworks concerts. She loves to read the program notes and watch Music Director Anu Tali take command.

Like a true entertainer, she loves winning over audiences. However, for the first time in her career, she’s charming people off stage, not on.

“I love being able to influence the entire patron experience,” Nicol says. “From the moment they get out of their cars and walk through our doors to the second they leave the hall, my job is to make sure they had the best time they could possibly have. That’s my favorite aspect of the job.”

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liaison between Van Wezel employees and orchestra patrons, maintaining consistent hospitality standards across all venues.

Prior to her arrival, the orchestra only employed a part-time house manager to oversee guest relations at Holley Hall. As programming expanded, so did the need for greater patron TLC. “You lose a lot of your evenings and weekends,” she says. “But it’s an expectation and part of the job.”

Nicol is no stranger to working on weekends. A longtime singer, she studied music at Millikin University in Decatur, Ill., then moved in 2004 to Tampa to perform in “KaTonga,” the longest-running main stage show at Busch Gardens. Strapped into a flying harness and dressed in an ornate African costume inspired by Broadway’s “Lion King,” Nicol would fly over audiences four times a day. She loved the production and loved performing, but eventually the repetition wore on her. Eight months into the gig, she left to perform in English education shows in South Korea — a job she describes as a quintessential, early-20s-leap-of-faith adventure.

She returned to Florida a year later and picked up part-time work at Busch Gardens and Disney World, where she played Pocahontas in a show with live animals at Disney’s Animal Kingdom.

“There were these tiny little reserved benches at the Pocahontas show,” Nicol says. “Little kids would sit front and center to see me. You could tell they really thought I was Pocahontas. It was great.”

The workload and commutes were taxing.

To swing both theme parks, Nicol moved to Lakeland, halfway between Tampa and Orlando. Further complicating her schedule, she joined a popular Top 40s cover band that performed at events and private parties across the state and country.

A high-paying three-month stint on a Princess Cruise ship gave her the means to move to New York City, where she says she lived “the artist’s dream,” performing under the Actor’s Equity Association in Off-Broadway productions and commercials, while

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2. CRISP AND MODERN 1924 BOUGAINVILLEA ST. This sleek new home in the prestigious “flower streets” of Southside Village has a pedigree that goes back to the Sarasota School of Architecture, but with all the latest bells and whistles. Larger than it looks, it contains more than 3,000 square feet. The living area has an open plan with a dramatic twostory ceiling, with polished con-

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The FSU/Asolo Conservatory has an edgy condensation of “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” making the rounds at Florida schools and select performing arts venues.

It’s 45 minutes long. The magical forest borders a snooty New England boarding school, not the outskirts of Athens. The sound track is hip-hop and trance, not Mendelssohn. The fairies look like they’ve just fluttered back from a Phish concert.

Sacrilege? Nah. It’s only sacrilege if it was sacred in the first place. Shakespeare doesn’t belong on a pedestal, let alone in church. It’s a sexy, surreal, subversive production. To be fair, so is the source material.

Jen Wineman’s adaptation is true to the earthy source, just shorter, with a different local habitation. Her modern-day substitutions are easy to follow. Instead of Athens, it’s the Athens Academy. Theseus is now the principal, Hippolyta the dean. The mixed-up young lovers wear prep school uniforms, not togas. The “rude mechanicals” who put on the bad play-within-a-play are the school custodial and lunchroom staff.

Setting and costumes have changed, but the dream remains the same.

Wineman also directs — and keeps the dreamy action going with takes, double takes, and athletic bits of business verging on dance. Mr. Shakespeare’s Wild Ride is punctuated with intermittent snippets of pop music, either too obviously on the nose or just a little bit off, but always hilarious. As wild as it gets, everything flows from the text.

The implied lesson for future theater pros?

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infinite possibilities. This is only one of them.

Play around and create your own.

The cast is composed of the FSU/Asolo Conservatory’s third-year acting students.

These young actors clearly enjoy the playground, most playing double or triple roles in a quick-change ensemble production.

The standouts: Oberon (Paul Herbig) and Titania (Olivia Williamson), the rock star rulers of Fairyland; Andrea Adnoff’s mischievous, never malicious and always sexy Puck, and Brian Owen’s language-mangling Bottom. (Spoiler alert!) With the aid of a few magic flowers, the poor guy winds up with donkey’s ears and Titania falls in love with him. To take the comedy up a notch, Puck and Oberon sit (invisibly) watching the scene, eating popcorn as if enjoying a movie. Evidently, “Pyramus and Thisbe” isn’t the only play-within-a-play going on here. The foolish mortals are putting on a production for the fairies whether they like it or not.

Nice touch. Nice insight.

Hey, you could learn something here.

Indeed. As you probably guessed, there’s an educational intent lurking in the magic forest. Presented by Asolo Rep, it’s part of the FSU/Asolo Conservatory’s New Stages program, which creates a speed-the-play adaptation of Shakespeare, then takes it on the road to Florida schools each fall. This isn’t a Shakespeare substitute. It’s a doorway into Shakespeare — a taste that leaves you wanting more.

That said, the edited play stands on its own. Condensing a work of art is an art in its own right. And what a tricky art it is.

Done wrong, it’s a Procrustean hatchet job.

Done right, it distills the essence. Wineman succeeds artfully, both as playwright and director. Together with the actors and creative crew, she makes Shakespeare’s magic come alive.

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by Heather Merriman Black Tie Editor SarasotaMOD, a festival to celebrate Sarasota’s iconic midcentury architecture featuring seven tours, nine presentations and five parties, all presented by the Sarasota Architectural Foundation, took over Sarasota for four days. The board hosted a dinner at the Ca’d’Zan honoring keynote speaker Larry Scarpa Friday, Oct. 10, so Black Tie stopped by to observe the scene where more than 150 guests (many including renowned architects, designers, critics and authors) enjoyed the sunset during cocktail hour on the terrace before sitting down for a dinner catered by Treviso.

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29TH ANNUAL FREEDOM AWARDS BANQUET Benefiting Sarasota County Branch NAACP Thursday, Oct. 2, at Hyatt Regency Sarasota

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Kellie Dupree, Lauren Brenzel, Suzie Proabhakaran and Jan Chester

Renee James Gilmore and Helen James

Trevor Harvey and Chairwoman Cynthia Howard

The Hon. Rochelle Curley and Jackie Woods

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Hillary Steele and Judy Cahn

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