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by David Conway | News Editor

Residents make noise about condo A number of groups have issues with the construction of a proposed Palm Avenue high-rise.

Brian Hunter woke up just after 6 a.m. Wednesday, and not because his alarm went off.

Hunter, a resident of the condominium at 1350 Main St. in downtown Sarasota, was stirred by the noise emanating from the site of what will become another high-rise condominium on Main Street. The commotion coming from the future home of The Jewel — heavy hammering, large

spotlights — traveled down the street from the construction site at Main and Gulfstream Avenue.

Hunter, along with other residents at 1350 Main, has attempted to register his displeasure regarding the construction with the city. City staff has been responsive, he said. Still, the issue persists because the city code permits the morning construction Monday through Friday.

It also allows that construction to continue until 9 p.m. on weekdays, giving builders a 15-hour window in which to work. Regulations are stricter on weekends, when construction is allowed from 9 a.m. until 9 p.m.

“The noise is outrageous,” Hunter said. “I’ve lived in a lot of major cities — New York, L.A., even Las Vegas — and never, ever have I seen construction go until

9 p.m., let alone on Saturdays.”

That’s why, on Wednesday, more than a dozen residents of 1350 Main descended on a Development Review Committee meeting. Developers of a proposed condominium at 33 S. Palm Ave., just behind the building at 1350 Main, sought guidance on how to move forward

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+ Preschoolers on parade The St. Boniface Episcopal Church Preschool held a Halloween parade for its costumed cuties Oct. 31.

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Ziegler to add variety to board After overcoming an August deficit to retain her seat in Tuesday’s runoff, Bridget Ziegler intends to be a unique voice on the school board.

Between learning the ropes of the Sarasota County School Board and campaigning to keep her newly gained seat, Bridget Ziegler hadn’t had much time to relax before Tuesday night.

Ziegler, the incumbent, narrowly edged out Ken Marsh to capture the Sarasota County

School Board District 1 seat Tuesday. The election was a runoff race for a tight August primary, in which Ziegler had nearly 2,000 fewer votes than Marsh.

When the results came in for one of the last local races to be called, Ziegler hoped she would finally have a few days to take it all in.

Even on election night, Ziegler’s schedule was packed.

When the polls closed, Ziegler — whom Gov. Rick Scott selected to fill a vacancy on the school board in June — was at a board Jessica Salmond

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Bridget Ziegler narrowly defeated challenger Ken Marsh Tuesday.

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with their project. The residents, on the other hand, hoped to avoid repeating history.

“This is an enormous project, which I assume they’ll request the same hours of operation,” Hunter said. “That’ll be another two years; that’s not livable.”

The meeting turned out to be just a blip on the radar — the DRC doesn’t offer an opportunity for public input, and the residents filed out without any real fanfare. Still, they’re keeping a close eye on the project.

For the city, the construction isn’t out of the ordinary.

Tim Litchet, the city’s director of neighborhood and development services, told Hunter the hours were designed to hasten the process of building the superstructure of high-rise buildings. That part of construction, Litchet said, is generally when the most noise and traffic congestion is generated.

“These have been the allowed hours for construction under the city code ever since I have been with the city, which has been 27 years,” Litchet said in an email response to a complaint. “ … All of the high-rise construction downtown over the years has created a similar level of impact, and the building department does its best to keep the projects moving at the quickest pace possible.”

The residents acknowledged the need to get work done, but sought to reduce the hours of construction. Until that issue is addressed, Hunter said, they’ll continue to pursue change.

“People are very upset,” Hunter said. “They’re just so distraught.

meeting in North Port.

Ziegler’s appointment had surprised some, as the school board pushed for the seat to remain unfilled. In her first months, tensions emerged between Ziegler and the rest of the school board.

Accusations of improper campaigning emerged from both sides as the runoff drew nearer.

Still, Ziegler, who has positioned herself as a fiscal conservative, believes she can work well with her colleagues over the next four years.

“I think, even during the campaign, my focus always was: What’s going to be in the best interests of our children?” Ziegler said. “I think there’s a great benefit to having someone who might not stand exactly where the current school board was.”

Marsh, who served as the Sarasota County School District’s director of long-range planning and worked for 35 years in public education, said he was happy with how he ran the race.

“I’m proud of the campaign I ran that was transparent and above board — and it was close,” Marsh said.

Meanwhile, the Sarasota County Commission will not undergo any substantial political shifting as the two newly elected Republicans, Paul Caragiulo for District 2 and Alan Maio for District 4, step up to the dais to replace outgoing Republicans Joe Barbetta and Nora Patterson Nov. 18.

After winning the primary in August, Caragiulo took the lead against his remaining opponent on the ballot, Alexandra Coe, who ran with no party affiliation.

Caragiulo brings three years’

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The planned 18-story condominium at 33 S. Palm Ave. is required to preserve the facade of the historic DeMarcay Hotel building.

Adjustment period

Controversy is nothing new for the proposed development.

The 18-story, 39-unit high-rise would be built on the sites of the DeMarcay Hotel and Roth Cigar Factory, two buildings listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Some downtown leaders seeking to preserve the historic fabric of the district hoped to find a way to stop the development. Their hopes appeared to be dashed when the owner of the property, XAC Developers, filed an application with the city to go forward with the longdormant project in August.

The city approved a site plan for the project in 2006, valid through October 2015. Still, because the approval came under the Downtown Residential Overlay District, which has since expired, the city must first clear any changes to the plan.

Wednesday’s meeting was the first step toward those changes. City staff raised questions about a number of modifications to the original site

plan, including the number of bedrooms, the estimated cost of the proposed units and the parking for nearly 2,000 square feet of retail space slated for Palm Avenue.

Bruce Franklin, a planner representing the developer at the meeting, expressed some frustration with the level of detail the city was seeking. Still, staff said extra scrutiny was necessary to maintain the approval under the Downtown Residential Overlay District.

The item garnered attention from Vice Mayor Susan Chapman, who has expressed concerns about granting DROD entitlements to changing developments. Litchet will review the proposed changes to see if they can be administratively approved as minor adjustments, but Senior Planner Courtney Mendez said the application would be thoroughly examined.

“The DROD is a completely different animal,” Mendez said.

“It had a whole different set of criteria.”

experience on the City Commission with him.

“Municipalities speak a different language than the county,” Caragiulo said. “My understanding — it’s going to help everyone work together.”

As for his goals for his county position, Caragiulo didn’t name specifics, but said he will take an approach to issues with the future in mind.

Commissioner Christine Robinson, who represents District 3, echoed Caragiulo’s mindset, saying she was excited to see another young perspective on the board. With his addition, three of five commissioners have young children still at home, she said.

Robinson is equally excited for Maio to join her in representing the southern part of the county — Maio lives in Nokomis.

“Al is a voice in South County,” she said.

Maio, former Kimley-Horn planner, said the strongest asset he brings is an awareness of the issues. His background as a businessman and a certified planner will give him an edge on some of the bigger projects the county is tackling, he said.

“There’s very little I’ll be seeing for the first time,” he said.

His goal for his time in office is to take advantage of an improved business climate to help the county grow and expand.

“Before you know it, Nov. 18 will be here and I’ll get sworn in,” he said. “Then the five commissioners get to work. I’m absolutely delighted.”

— Staff Writer Jessica Salmond contributed to this story.

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City to revisit State Street garage sale

As Joe Hembree considers his plans to develop a pad property at the State Street garage, he’s run into a roadblock: It’s too small.

Hembree, president of commercial real estate firm Hembree and Associates, bid $688,000 for the 5,041-square-foot property.

His winning bid was more than $300,000 higher than the next closest price submitted.

Hembree’s vision includes a sixstory structure including retail on the first story, office space on the second floor and about 18 600- to 800-square-foot residential units on levels three through six.

But as it stands, Hembree says, his project isn’t economically feasible. He made a number of requests to help facilitate his plans, including the shared use of a garage stairwell and the use of garage spaces for residential tenants of the pad site. The most significant request, however, is Hembree’s interest in incorporating more cityowned land into his project.

That land is located on the western end of the existing Northern Trust bank parking garage, fronting nearby Pineapple Park. Hem-

Rendering courtesy of Ian Black Real Estate

Early conceptual renderings for the garage and “pad site” — pictured above — may change if a potential buyer renegotiates his terms. bree visualizes this as a two-story mezzanine structure, acting as a liner building for the garage and adding activity to the park. The roof could also include amenities for the pad site apartments.

Although the City Commission voted to allow staff to negotiate with Hembree, commissioners expressed a hesitance to change the terms of the sale Monday. Prior to the 3-2 vote that authorized staff to re-examine the sale, the dissenting commissioners signaled even stronger emotions about the continued negotiations.

“I’m sure we’re going to get sued somewhere down the line,” Commissioner Shannon Snyder said.

“I predict this will blow up in our face,” Vice Mayor Susan Chapman added.

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In addition to worries about encroaching on Pineapple Park, there were also concerns other bidders would object to the sale of additional land. City Attorney Robert Fournier said he didn’t believe a separate sale of adjacent land would be a legal issue, but that failed to soothe Snyder.

“If I was bidding on one contract and realized it opened the door to another piece of property, and I didn’t get the opportunity to bid on that — oh yeah, I’d be (taking legal action) in a heartbeat,” Snyder said.

Hembree said without the proposed addition of land, nearly a third of the property is devoted to necessary features such as stairwells. There are also design challenges inherent to a shallow build-

ing, such as designing apartments that include windows in both bedrooms and living rooms.

Hembree would pay for the modifications: In a letter to the city, he said his team would increase its bid by an additional $200,000 if his requests were granted. Although he did say the project was not guaranteed to go through even if the changes were made, he said his goal was for the development to mesh with the adjoining park property.

“We’re going to do the best we can with the park,” Hembree said.

“It’s in our best interest; it’s in your best interest.”

If the city declined to renegotiate the sale, Hembree believes the issues with the site would persist with a different developer.

“Probably, if we walk, the next person’s going to have the same problem,” Hembree said. “We’re trying to do a project that the city would be proud of.”

Commissioners Paul Caragiulo and Suzanne Atwell both said the city needed to further examine Hembree’s requests. Although he was skeptical of the changes, Caragiulo said permitting staff to bring back a renegotiated contract would give the commission — and citizens — an opportunity to weigh in on the proposal.

“I agree this is really dicey territory,” Caragiulo said. “This probably would at least allow us the time to look at this process and look at what is developable and what isn’t developable.”

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DRAWING THE LINE Although city staff said the land requested was separate from Pineapple Park, Commissioner Shannon Snyder and Vice Mayor Susan Chapman viewed it as an intrusion into city parkland.

“It looks like it’s not just the liner of the garage,” Chapman said. “It looks like it goes into the dolphin fountain park.”

The land in which Joe Hembree has expressed an interest extends more than 30 feet from the Northern Trust parking lot, jutting into an area lined with trees adjacent to the fountain.

Still, the area is not parkland, Deputy City Manager Marlon Brown explained. The land is a vacated right-ofway, the former site of Lemon Avenue and available for redevelopment.

As a result, the sales process would be less rigorous than what would be required when selling parkland — though that did little to comfort concerned commissioners.

by Jessica Salmond | Staff

Blackburn Point Park project: halfway there Despite unique construction challenges — including piles of strange rocks — the park should still open in March.

The motorized boat ramp will be installed next week. It will be 58 feet of solid concrete, with about 30 feet under water.

Although the Blackburn Point Park improvement project took several years to begin, it is now 50% complete.

The project — which includes a new boat ramp to be installed next week, a building with restrooms and vending machines, and fishing a pier — comes with a $4.5 million price tag. The initial design for the park began in 2008, however construction did not begin until April because of a $1.3 million Sarasota County budget shortfall.

The tentative completion date is March, said Anthony Bell, the project’s manager for Sarasota County.

Besides new amenities, the improvement project includes parking for 56 boat trailers. The parking lot will be made out of pervious concrete, which is also being used at the Siesta

Photos by Jessica Salmond

The main area of the park by the boat launch has an elevated building for restrooms and vending machines.

Key Beach Improvement Project. Although the material is more expensive, it allows for more parking spaces because it reduces the size of the retention pond for runoff.

The eastern section of the park, which is dedicated to the kayak launch and storage area for rowing teams, is also getting its own restroom. The county is renovating a structure already

on-site, which has been previously used as the Casey Key Library and a water utilities building. Altogether, the park is about 16 acres.

For Ryan Tremblay, the project manager with Willis Smith Construction, the project has brought forth some unusual challenges.

For one, while widening and deepening the water channel in front of the boat launch, construction staff ran into piles of softball-sized rocks.

The rocks were not made up of any typical Florida geology, Tremblay said. They’ve sent the rocks to the county archeologist for analyzing, but haven’t received any results. Tremblay joked that he even gave one to his mom, who is an eighthgrade science teacher. They dredged 700 cubic yards of rock from the boat launch area.

And Tremblay’s on-site office is gathering a display of glass bottles, found while cleaning up the trash and debris leftover from the days that Blackburn Point served as a commercial fishing camp.

“There’s a million unique aspects to this project,” Tremblay said.

Not everything in the project has been a struggle, though. Three thousand mangroves were slated to be planted in a mitigation section of the park to restore some of the mangrove swamp. However, after invasive species were cleared out, the mangroves already there are taking over naturally.

BUILDING BLOCKS Over the course of seven months, county staff and Willis Smith staff have run into some unique challenges and discoveries when restoring Blackburn Point Park.

• A shell midden in the corner of the main part of the park, which must be preserved.

 Large rocks in the water with geol-

ogy not matching any natural Florida rocks. About 700 cubic yards of the large pockmarked stones were removed. The theory is that these rocks served as ballasts for sailboats.

• Railroad tracks, which at one time helped a railcar back boats in and out of the old ramp.

• Trash and debris, such as old glass bottles, from the old fishing camp that was once located at Blackburn Point.

 Grand trees that had

to be saved from demolition — although a storm knocked one down that was already suffering from termite damage.

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Phil King grew up poor in Kentucky.

He never forgot that in his job at GlasserSchoenbaum.

When you see Phil King on the scene, attending one charitable fundraiser after another, or even at work at the Glasser-Schoenbaum Human Services Center, you notice his dress.

It’s always crisp — a stylish suit and vest; starched dress shirt; stately, patterned or colorful silk tie and matching kerchief; hair and mustache groomed; shoes shined. A man of distinction and accomplishment.

But looks can deceive. At Glasser-Schoenbaum, where the less fortunate team around the campus for food, health care, counseling and comfort, King is one of them.

He’s among his people.

He has never forgotten.

Which, King will acknowledge, helps explain, in part, why he thrived from 2009 to 2014 as the first CEO of Glasser-Schoenbaum and successfully guided the center as its founder, Dr. Kay Glasser, wished when she chose him to succeed her.

King, 67, will be honored Friday, Nov. 14, at a gala dinner, appropriately dubbed

“A Fashionable Evening — a Tribute to Phil King,” at the Hyatt Regency Sarasota for his accomplishments.

“We are all a product of our environment,” King said in an interview last February, when he formally announced his retirement as GlasserSchoenbaum’s CEO. King’s environment wasn’t one of great hope.

One of his grandfathers was illiterate. His father went as far as the eighth grade; his mother made it to 10th.

The Kings lived dirt poor in Campbellsville, Ky., subsisting on the cash from a small patch of tobacco and his daddy’s job at the local building supply company. They had no indoor plumbing until King reached junior high.

King attended a two-room schoolhouse, where one of the lasting memories was that of Miss Taylor, who used to whip poor Rita Wilson on the back for not doing her homework. King felt badly for his classmate and would often give her his baloney and cheese sandwich at lunch to supplement her daily gruel of

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“I’ve always found people interesting and wanted to help everybody.”

— Phil King, retired CEO of Glasser-Schoenbaum Human Services Center

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Phil King’s business acumen helped grow and guide the Glasser-Schoenbaum Human Services Center during his tenure there, from 2009 to 2014.

cornbread and biscuits.

And that’s where King’s giving-centric ethic began. “I’ve always found people interesting and wanted to help everybody,” King said.

He also knew, after watching TV in his rural Kentucky home, there was another world, one better than being a sharecropper or the factory worker his father wanted him to be. TV inspired him. “I wanted to live differently,” he said.

King graduated from high school and joined the Air Force, spending 15 months of his tour in Taiwan. “It was the best thing that ever happened to me,” King says.

When he left the Air Force, he decided to become a teacher. He graduated with a degree in education from Anderson College, a Christian fundamentalist school (“like going to Rome,” King says) between Indianapolis and Muncie, Ind. His timing was bad. Teachers were plentiful, the jobs were not. He landed a job as a customer service specialist at F&R Lazarus & Co.’s first department store in Indianapolis.

“I learned to sell, sell myself and how to treat people,” King says. When he left Lazarus, he was managing 13 departments at the store. He wanted

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He worked part-time while earning a license to become a hair stylist. At age 26, he was earning $50,000 a year, mostly by way of commissions. With a small bank loan and his savings, he bought a salon in tiny Noblesville, Ind. For the next 16 years, King says, “I did it all. I worked my ass off.” The business doubled. He added a spa and also worked as an image consultant, teaching clients how to dress and speak in public.

At age 52, three years earlier than he planned, he sold the business and moved to Venice, ready to do nothing for the first time in his life.

That plan didn’t last long.

He started volunteering, finding his way to Kay Glasser’s human-services campus in north Sarasota. “Sweet and

tough,” King says of the tiny Glasser. “She was a little intimidating, a little powerhouse.”

Glasser took a shine to King, eventually coaxing him to take a seat on the center’s board. And before he knew it, King became Glasser’s handpicked successor — as well as friend, one of her closest confidants and caretaker at the end of her days.

“He was the right man at the right time,” says Veronica Brady, senior vice president of philanthropy at the Gulf Coast Community Foundation.

As CEO, King brought his business acumen, putting a management infrastructure and financial discipline in place. With 18 human-service agencies and 10,000 clients per month, it needed his guidance. “Kay saw that I was frugal,” King says. Equally important: He could raise money.

King had another essential attribute. “He carried on the incredible commitment that Kay and Betty (Schoenbaum) had for the organization,” Brady says. “You remember how passionate Kay was. That was Phil. That’s what the organization really needed.”

“My little chickens,” King says of Glasser-Schoenbaum’s clients. “I truly care about the people.”

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by Jessica Salmond | Staff Writer

County commissioners step down from the dais As they face their last two weeks as government officials, Commissioners Nora Patterson and Joe Barbetta share their successes and thoughts on the future for the county.

Patterson reached her term limit after serving on the board for 16 years. Prior to that, she served on the City Commission. Barbetta has served since 2006, and served on the planning commission previously.

Both said they feel they are leaving the county in good hands when they depart Nov. 18, as newly elected Commissioners Alan Maio and Paul Caragiulo take their places.

JOE BARBETTA // DISTRICT 2 What is a hobby you’re excited to spend more time on now?

I used to walk the Ringling Bridge to St. Armands every morning. Also, riding my motorcycle, which I haven’t done in a while. I have a BMW 1200.

About 40-some years ago I bought a motorcycle, and I’ve been riding ever since. I’m an occasional rider, just for fun — I’m very careful.

Then versus now: What are some of the biggest changes you’ve seen?

With the recession, I think the initial challenge was keeping a balanced budget and not having to raise taxes, which I’m proud to say we never did.

Challenges were keeping the level of service we provided to the community stable. With good foresight and good reserves, we were able to weather the recession and get through it. We improved the parks system and library system, enhanced public safety, improved technology and embraced sports tourism.

What do you think was your biggest accomplishment?

It’s hard to limit it to just one; I am proud of a lot of things — keeping a balanced budget, enhancing youth sports and youth development. Retention of spring training baseball was huge. I worked hard on that. The Cin-

and it’s nothing against the Orioles, was not getting the Red Sox. It was the loss of an economic development opportunity there.

Jessica Salmond

Sarasota County Commissioner Joe Barbetta has been on the County Commission since 2006, representing District 2. Paul Caragiulo will succeed him. cinnati Reds moved to Arizona. I immediately started contacting the other teams in the area that we could move into our stadium. Negotiations took place with the Boston Red Sox, and things were looking pretty positive.

We were going to get a brand new stadium downtown, at the edge of Payne

Park, which, in my opinion, would have totally revitalized downtown.

Unfortunately I was not able to get the full support of the commission at the time, and it fell through. The Baltimore Orioles were waiting in the wing. We didn’t skip a beat; we didn’t lose a year.

My biggest disappointment, though,

What ongoing issues do you feel most concerned about?

I think finalizing 2050, the growth management plan, that’s been kind of stagnant for the past 12 years. There’s a lot of misinformation; 2050 was a simple, voluntary overlay plan. I voted against it then when I was on the [Sarasota] Planning Commission; I thought it was too restrictive. I think improving the collegiality of the County Commission and the municipalities — it’s been a little tense lately with the city of Sarasota and a little bit with North Port. If people park their egos at the door and say what’s in the best interest for the overall community ... I think this is a great county and we can continue to along these lines.

What’s your advice to the new commissioners?

My advice is come to the board prepared: Read your packets, do your job and remember you represent the entire county, not just the people making the most noise. You represent 390,000 each and every day. It’s really an honor and privilege to serve, and just remember that when you wake up every day.

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Sarasota County Commissioner Nora Patterson has served the board and represented District 4, which includes Siesta Key, for 16 years. Alan Maio will succeed her.

Do you have any plans yet to stay involved with local government, or will you be taking a break?

I am definitely going to take a little break. I am pretty involved in the community and always have been. … I enjoy public service one way or another; it doesn’t have to be government.

What is a hobby you’re excited to spend more time on now?

I play tennis, and I’m looking forward to having some time to take some tennis lessons, because I don’t play all that well. I have been hoping that we would come to the decision to buy a dog. The last few years, my husband and I have been so busy we thought it would be cruel to bring a puppy home, so that may be in the future.

Then versus now: What are some of the biggest changes you’ve seen during your tenure?

I have seen our library system, which has always been wonderful, get even better; I have seen our parks system grow. The politics of the community demand a very high quality service level, and that has not changed. Over the years, in spite of a deep recession, which was very difficult to accommodate, we’ve both been able to lower the millage rate and simultaneously complete a large portion of the road grid system and increase the general level of service in our parks and libraries.

In your words, what is the role of the County Commission?

The County Commission’s role is to direct policy; set the budget; make sure we have an effective administrator who employs an effective staff able to deliver good service; direct land use planning; and altogether, be essentially the board of directors of the county. Our role is more complex, though, because we answer to residents.

What do you think was your biggest accomplishment?

To say “my accomplishment” is not fair. We’re a board of five com-

“I have thoroughly enjoyed the 16 years I have spent on the commission. I think we have a really great and caring staff who love the community and do the very best to make sure they deliver the best services to the residents. The most important thing that I can leave behind is a love of community.”

—Nora Patterson missioners; you can do absolutely nothing as one commissioner. … I feel as though when I drive around the county, there are tons of things — pieces of road network, parks that we never had before — where I can say, “I had a little a little something to do with that.” I didn’t waste my time; I was able to work with people and make some of these things take place.

What ongoing issues do you feel most concerned about?

I think I leave behind a bright, very concerned and responsible commission. I pass the torch quite comfortably. I am concerned about some of the land-use decisions that have been made on a broader level, that perhaps the economic crisis that we have been through over the last seven years may have driven the land-use pendulum perhaps a little far in one direction, and perhaps some decisions have been made that will have a long-term impact.

What’s your advice to the new commissioners?

To listen. You’ll hear all kinds of points of view. Even if a perspective comes from someone who you don’t know or have no reason to accept as an authority, positions that vary are worth listening to, worth analyzing and decisions aren’t always black and white. It’s just really important to just listen to people and make sure you’ve taken different perspectives into account.

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Consensus on the bayfront Ludwig von Mises, father of Austrian economics, which emphasizes the role of the individual over the collective in the economy, argued that it is futile to think anyone can organize a consensus among, say, the 52,000 residents of a city.

Think about it: There are 52,000 individuals in the city, each presumably with an individual, rational mind, making hundreds, perhaps thousands, of different decisions every day.

Is it possible to reach a consensus on anything? If, say, the majority prevails, is that consensus? What about those in the minority? Are their concerns no longer valid?

This is the land mine the leaders of Bayfront 20:20 in Sarasota are trying to navigate. They are trying to produce a master plan for 42 acres of invaluable public property on the bayfront — 42 acres whose ownership rests in the hands of the collective body of Sarasota taxpayers.

Imagine trying to satisfy every one of those taxpayers. It’ll never happen.

But give the Bayfront 20:20 organizers credit. So far, anyone who is interested in the fate of those 42 acres has had and still has the opportunity to voice his opinions and preferences. At least someone is listening.

The hiring of the planning firm, HR&A Advisors, has been helpful, too. It has guided other communities through a similar process, so it’s not lost on our observations that it is the force steering this process down a proven trail. For instance, based on conversations and meetings with small groups (small in comparison to the entire city), HR&A and Bayfront 20:20’s leaders have produced six core values by which to guide what ultimately is developed. Are those the core values of the community at large? Not necessarily, but, hey, someone must take the lead.

So far, so good. Well, almost. Mote Marine Laboratory learned the forces behind Bayfront 20:20 want Mote to be on their bus and not operate independently.

That will be crucial.

Beyond what has occurred so far, we can foresee the hardest parts are still to come — e.g., making definitive decisions on what ultimately ends up on the site and who pays for it. Who, for instance, should decide, and how will that be decided?

Will the decisions rest with the City Commission or voters at large?

We shudder at the thought of Sarasota’s City Commission designing and deciding the future of those 42 acres.

To avoid what could end up as a tragic ending to the future of this invaluable property, we would urge the leaders of Bayfront 20:20 to strategize now how the decision-making process ultimately will play out and have that decided before all of their efforts ultimately end up as a political catastrophe.

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LET THEM SMOKE IT; DON’T MAKE US PAY FOR THEIR HEALTH CARE The voting on Amendment 2, the medical marijuana measure, is a long way from the end of the story.

The Legislature will continue to face the question and details on how to handle the subject. Indeed, “Charlotte’s Web,” the law passed in the 2014 session, which allows a liquid form of marijuana for certain diseases, was only the beginning.

To be sure, legalized medical marijuana appears destined to become a part of American culture.

But here’s one of the issues that rarely, if ever, is discussed: The cost on taxpayers for providing health care to those whose brains and bodies later become ravaged with drug-related diseases. Include tobacco and alcohol use in that same calculation.

In a free society, we should be able to say all drug use should be legalized.

Let people make their own choice on what they want to smoke, drink, eat or shoot up — excluding minors.

But here’s the catch: Taxpayers should not be saddled with paying for drug, cigarette and alcohol users’ health and mental care. Let them pay the consequences for their choices.

That would be a common-sense approach. Here’s why: People respond to incentives. If they see there is no cost to bad behavior, you get a lot of it. If the cost is high — death and a lot of pain and suffering, bad behavior would diminish.

That approach (user pays), of course, will never be socially or politically acceptable. Americans have been brainwashed to believe that free health care is a God-given and constitutional right rather than what it really is: a limited resource, like oil, food and water. Caveat emptor. Let the buyer and users beware, not the taxpayers.

they pine for those traits in their elected representatives.

And yet, in politics, a candidate who has achieved business success and earned wealth is often viewed as the equivalent of Ebola. He’s diseased. A pariah. Held in vicious contempt — regardless of his rational, competent behavior.

We won’t even go down the path of how Rick Scott has been portrayed. Suffice it to say, and we do so knowing the whole story, the mainstream media have conveniently not investigated or told the other side of

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the Rick Scott business story (there are always two sides, you know).

Instead of Scott’s story, let’s consider that of Republican David Perdue, who ran against Democrat Michelle Nunn in Georgia for the U.S. Senate.

Nunn jackhammered Perdue, a successful entrepreneur, for “outsourcing” jobs to foreign employees.

During the weekend before the election, Nunn said: “When I think about this race, I think about a real contrast that we have, and it is between someone who spent their life right here in Georgia for 26 years mobilizing volunteers and building communities and someone who, by their own words, has spent their career, the majority of it, outsourcing jobs.”

There it is: Another community organizer versus the evil “outsourcer.” How dare he be so un-American?

Rarely does anyone tell the rational story behind outsourcing. It’s certainly too complicated for TV sound bites. Here it is: 1) Outsourcing helps America’s poor and middle class.

2) Politicians are to blame for almost all outsourcing.

On the former: Take the CEO of virtually any manufacturing company. He has a fiduciary obligation to increase shareholder value. A CEO can do that by increasing the profitability of his company. And the most effective way to do that is to produce at the lowest, most efficient cost, which makes the company’s products or services more affordable so more people can and will buy those products and services versus those of a higher-cost competitor.

So the math for this CEO is simple: Pay $4 an hour to make a widget in Bangladesh, or $20 an hour in the United States?

If you were a CEO, what would you do?

Consider Perdue. When he “outsourced” manufacturing overseas, he was making a rational, economic decision — making his products and services more affordable and more attractive for the largest number of American consumers possible. A noble, rational strategy and public benefit.

If he didn’t outsource and opted to manufacture in the U.S. at higher costs, the consequences would be obvious: His products and services would be less affordable and less competitive, generating fewer sales, making his company less profitable and less valuable for shareholders or making it go out of business altogether. An irrational choice.

But why would Perdue be forced to make that choice to begin with? Globalization is one answer. The spread of capitalism has made the cost of production so much more competitive all over the world.

But here’s the main reason: Government regulations have driven the cost of doing business far higher than most places around the world. Start with the corporate tax rate of 35% — highest among developed nations, and go from there. The list is long.

Americans may say all those regulations are good and needed. But such mandates are choices — more regulations for often marginal public good versus more jobs.

David Perdue is no pariah for outsourcing. He is only acting rationally, as every CEO is expected to do.

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Todd Mathes produce in an already congested season, as well as privacy.

A new traffic study should be completed by the end of November. Mathes assured residents that although Benderson would be filing the project concept within the next two weeks, the county would not review the plan until the results of the traffic study were reviewed.

Residents are also concerned that getting two traffic lights — one on U.S. 41 and the other on Stickney going into the development — is not a guarantee, because FDOT has not formally ap-

proved them yet.

“Without those lights, it will be a nightmare for the neighborhood,” said Sura Kochman, leader of Pine Shores Neighborhood Alliance, the overarching group representing different stakeholders in the Siesta Promenade project.

Michael Shay, president of the Siesta Key Association, told the Sarasota Observer that SKA’s concerns for Siesta Key are focused on the possible traffic problems on Stickney Point.

But as long as the traffic flow planning is done correctly, SKA doesn’t have a problem with the development, he said.

“Traffic on the street today will serve the shopping center,” Mathes said after the meeting. “We don’t believe we will exacerbate the problem.”

For those concerned about privacy, Mathes said the project is to be surrounded by an 8-foot barrier on top of a 6-foot berm, with 10 feet of landscaping, 5 feet of sidewalk, and 5 feet of grass.

Other stakeholders, such as nearby retailers, have competing concerns. While the neighborhood is insistent

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There is only one entrance to the South Bridge Plaza complex, which includes New Balance shoes, Carrabba’s Italian Grill and Peltz Shoes.

The entrance for people traveling northbound on Stickney is a left turn cut into the median. But with a stoplight placed on Stickney, the median could be closed.

“The tough part is … our entrance will get closed up,” said David Jackson, co-owner of New Balance Shoes.

Jackson isn’t opposed to the project itself, however.

“If the center is built properly we can all benefit — it will bring more people to the area,” he said. “If the red light has a cut-through, then it’s a win-win for everyone.”

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The project features a 150room hotel, either a Marriott or Hilton brand, along with retail shops, restaurants and a grocery store. Although tenants have not been selected, it would be a blend of local and big-box stores, said Todd Mathes, Benderson’s director of development, at the Oct. 29 neighborhood workshop.

“The modern, vibrant buildings will give a feeling of energy. … It’s a great way to communicate to visitors about Sarasota,” Mathes said.

“It’s going to be beautiful.”

Benderson is also taking responsibility to upgrade the lift station, located underground on U.S. 41.

But not everyone is as optimistic about the project.

Residents from the Pine Shores neighborhood — the residential area behind the new development — were concerned with the amount of traffic the center would

Residents are concerned that the development will make traffic even worse during season. They want a stoplight on Stickney Point Road because, without it, turning left out of Glencoe Avenue will be challenging.

Also, residents want the project to be walled-in for privacy.

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Forum introduces City Commission applicants A neighborhood association meeting in Alta Vista served as the first chance for many residents to learn about contenders for openings on the City Commission.

With less than two weeks until two new individuals join the City Commission, Sarasota residents have largely only been able to judge the candidate pool based on the 14 applications submitted for the vacancies.

After Commissioners Paul Caragiulo and Shannon Snyder depart the board Nov. 18, as required when they ran for positions on the Sarasota County Commission, the remaining three commissioners will select two applicants to join their ranks Nov. 19; the terms expire May 15. A deeper look at three of those applicants was made possible at a candidate forum for the District 3 seat vacated

by Snyder.

Hosted by the Alta Vista Neighborhood Association Oct. 27, the event also served as an opportunity to examine some areas of concern for residents. Although one candidate for the seat, Charles Senf, did not attend the forum, the other three applicants sounded off on development, budgetary issues and the ability of government to work effectively.

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TOP PRIORITY:

TOP PRIORITY:

TOP PRIORITY:

• Encouraging collaboration — particularly with the county, addressing the powers of the city’s Human Relations Board, managing development and addressing homelessness issues.

• Spurring economic development throughout the city and maximizing existing assets.

• Managing redevelopment and addressing budgetary issues.

Kirkwood was critical of the city and county’s economic development agencies and coordinators, arguing the city was still lacking skilled jobs capable of retaining and drawing younger people.

“We need to create a way to improve the skills of our workforce,” Kirkwood said. “We have too many young people who really will never be able to aspire to more than service industry jobs."

Kirkwood indicated an interest in reexamining how the city both generates and spends money. She encouraged re-examining the city’s leases as a possible revenue stream, and said city parks needed more funding.

“I think what we have to do is increase the revenue to the city,” Kirkwood said.

“We need money to take care of what we already have.”

Eddie stressed the importance of collaborating, both within city government and with others. She suggested more meetings with the County Commission, and sought to overcome the restraints of the Sunshine law to allow more communication between commissioners.

“I am here because I am a team player,“ Eddie said. “I am willing to serve and willing to work, and it takes new thinking to get things done.”

Eddie encouraged growth and the discovery of new revenue streams, but said current neighborhood environments should also be maintained.

“There needs to be a balance in growth so it doesn’t impede the normal landscape,” she said.

Zimmerman said development is roaring back into to the city, and that the future of properties such as the proposed Walmart site at Ringling Boulevard and Lime Avenue would impact the Alta Vista area.

“All of these are issues that are going to confront this neighborhood almost immediately,” Zimmerman said. “We need to prepare on this. We need, as neighbors, to stay abreast of what they’re doing, because it’s our future they’re talking about.”

Zimmerman also described the city budget process as broken, criticizing the city’s move to use funds slated for post-employment benefits to balance the 2014-15 budget.

“That’s not the way you run your family, and that’s not the way you should run the city,” Zimmerman said.

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The boys went to fix the damaged mailboxes, and the guardian said she would take care of any repairs if necessary. The woman advised they are getting ready to move from the area.

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NOV. 2 PICK-UP PICKPOCKET 2:35 a.m. — 2000 block of Hillview Street. Petit Theft All Other. A man said he met a girl while drinking at a restaurant. They both went to his apartment, where his mother arrived home shortly after. The woman left the residence abruptly.

The man then noticed his wallet had been moved; when he looked inside, he discovered his money was gone.

The man said he ran outside to catch the woman and saw her get into a car with four to five other men. The man was only able to provide the woman’s first name to officers.

The Sarasota Farmers Market featured familiar vendors at its new midweek market, the Market at Five Points, Wednesday, at Selby Five Points Park. The market features about 40 vendors with a focus on agricultural products, though crafts, local artists and restaurants are also featured.

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12:46 p.m. — 1800 block of Dr Martin Luther King Jr Way. Dispute/Fight. An employee at a business said he refused entry to a woman for wearing inappropriate attire. The woman became upset and left the location, but returned shortly and threw an unknown liquid along the entrances to the business. She ran from the location and was seen riding in a vehicle away from the site. Officers discovered the liquid she sprayed was lighter fluid, and advised the business to wash down the entrances to prevent the liquid from being ignited.

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REMEMBERING THE FORGOTTEN by Amanda Morales | Staff Writer

Patterson Foundation Organization picks Sarasota National honors veterans with Cemetery for Memorial Day flags weekend summit When: Nov. 14 to 15 Where: Various locations in Sarasota Admission: Free, but registration is required.

Info: To register, visit onlineregistrationcenter.com/ veteranslegacysummit

ebrate Service and Sacrifice ceremony is the “bow” on the summit that will wrap up the capstone project for the Patterson Foundation military initiative.

New York Times best-selling author Wes Moore, awardwinning journalist Soledad O’Brien, Forever Miss Americas and the West Point Band are all scheduled to make appearances during the summit.

Workshops and panels will also examine issues that pertain to veterans and their services.

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Donations can be made to assist the Sarasota National Cemetery effort by calling 817-798-9414 or visiting flagsforfallenvets.com.

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The graves at Sarasota National Cemetery will be decorated with flags for Memorial Day next year. ing flags. He hopes to recruit about 375 volunteers to place the roughly 9,000 flags on the graves. It should take the team about 30 minutes, Fussner said.

“We’ll have team leaders and they’re all veterans who will hand out flags and lead,” Fussner said. “The toughest thing is to raise the funds.”

Fussner needs to raise $15,000 for the project. He hopes to return to Sarasota each Memorial Day. These [fallen] veterans should be honored for Memorial Day,” he said. “That’s their day.”

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“That’s going to be quite special because these people who are signing up to go into the Army are going to — in front of 2,500 people — be sworn in with their families there,” said Debra Jacobs, president and CEO of the Patterson Foundation. “It should be quite touching. The whole experience should give you either goosebumps or a tear.”

The ceremony is part of the Veterans Legacy Summit that kicks off Friday, Nov. 14, with an art symposium featuring artists and photojournalists who will share stories behind the artwork at Patriot Plaza.

The Patterson Foundation and the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs National Cemetery Administration partnered to present the two-day conference of events designed to honor men and women who have served in the armed forces. Jacobs said that the Cel-

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Journalist Soledad O’Brien and author Wes Moore are two notables who will attend.

On Memorial Day the graves of veterans at the Sarasota National Cemetery are bare.

Sarasota National Cemetery is one of 12 national cemeteries that does not receive flags on every grave for the holiday, something Bob Fussner of Flags for Fallen Vets wants to change.

Flags for Fallen Vets is a nonprofit organization that travels to national cemeteries to make sure all deceased veterans receive honor on Memorial Day. With the addition of Sarasota National Cemetery to the organization’s roster, Fussner will have “flagged” three of the 12 national cemeteries that currently do not receive flags.

Every year Fussner receives emails asking for Flags for Fallen Vets to come to national cemeteries to decorate for Memorial Day. Fussner said he received several requests asking him to come to Sarasota.

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Red Bug Slough to officially reopen

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After more than a year of work, the preserve’s wetland restoration is complete.

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Red Bug Slough, a 72-acre expanse of wetland preserve, offers open greenspace areas to fish and picnic. It is also dog-friendly.

As the sun sets, its light streams through curtains of Spanish moss that sway from the reaching, stretching branches of live oak trees. The golden hue draws out the subtle green of native Florida brush, while the quiet flap of a white heron’s wings guide eyes toward the serene flow of the waterway, dotted with aquatic plants.

The sounds of urban life can be heard — at a distance — in the Red Bug Slough.

Since May 2013, the slough, a 72-acre preserve west of Beneva Road and south of Proctor Road in the middle of a grid of homes, has undergone a restoration.

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for the county who worked on the restoration.

The middle wetland’s border with the slough also received some additional planting in an area that extends into the water channel, said Meaux.

“People are really remarking they’re seeing more fish and wildlife and birds in that area,” she said.

The slough and the wetlands provide a natural cycled filtering system for stormwater runoff from nearby neighborhoods.

Excess water in the slough flows into the wetlands, where the still-water environment allows sediment to settle. Native plants take up excess nutrients and toxins left over from the runoff and return nutrients back into the water. The wetlands hold the water a while, Weber said, before it eventually drains back to the slough and moves on to Phillippi Creek, which then empties into Sarasota Bay. “We want to improve water quality in the bay,” Meaux said.

The northern restoration also received two new bridges over parts of the water channels to allow easier access for those visiting the preserve.

The project aimed to revitalize the slough’s most valuable assets: wetlands that naturally treat water before it flows into Phillippi Creek.

Part of the resIn celebration of finishtoration process ing the wetland restorawas removing tion, which cost $700,000 invasive and and was funded by exotic species $350,000 in county penny that choke out sales taxes and a $350,000 native plants grant from Southwest Florfrom the preida Water Management serve, such as District, Sarasota County is this air potato throwing a grand reopenplant. ing at 9 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 8, at the Beneva Road entrance.

“It’s really an attractive feature — a big greenspace in the middle of suburbia,” said Jeff Weber, the preservation’s manager for Sarasota County.

Three areas of the preserve were targeted for restoration: the canal to the south and two wetland areas in the middle and north of the park.

Exotic and invasive species, such as the air potato plant, were removed from During the restoration, the northern portion of Red Bug the wetlands and replaced Slough received two new walkovers to help visitors cross with native species such as some of the wetland areas. duck potato, pickerelweed and native ferns. These naIF YOU GO tive plants both provide What: Red Bug Slough Preserve grand reopening nutrients and habitat for When: 9 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 8 the aquatic and land animals, said Kathy Meaux, Where: Entrance at 5200 Beneva Road an environmental scientist

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Heidi Miller, Cheyenne Miller and McKenzie Lantz combined for 18 kills and 13 aces to lead the Sarasota Christian volleyball team to a 3-0 victory over Marco Island in the Class 2A-Region 3 quarterfinals Oct. 28.

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The Sarasota High boys and girls cross-country teams both captured Class 3A-District 10 championships Oct. 30.

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Cardinal Mooney’s Cal Davidson Turner crossed the finish line in 16 minutes, 3.9 seconds to defend his individual Class 1A-District 10 title Oct. 30.

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The Out-of-Door Academy girls swim team captured the school’s first district runner-up trophy at the Class 1A-District 8 meet Nov. 1.

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Gunnar Kral scored three goals to lead the Sarasota Christian boys soccer team to a 5-1 victory over First Baptist Academy of Naples Nov. 3.

Riverview High senior Jessica Lonas finished in the top five in four races this season, including winning the Venice Invitational Oct. 18.

Riverview High senior Jessica Lonas finished second at the Class 4A-District 8 meet Oct. 29, crossing the finish line in 19 minutes, 30.50 seconds.

SARASOTA — Training has become a way of life for Riverview High senior Jessica Lonas.

But that wasn’t always the case for the Lady Rams’ top crosscountry runner.

There was a time when Lonas treated cross-country practice as just another workout. It was simply a way to stay in shape for soccer — the sport that consumed the vast majority of her time.

Two years after she started running, Lonas’ impressions of the two sports began to change.

Running began to grow on Lonas, and, before long, she was ready to trade in her cleats and focus solely on her secondary sport.

“I like how cross-country makes you feel,” Lonas says.

“You feel like you’ve accomplished so much after a hard workout or race, and I didn’t get that out of soccer.”

She quit soccer prior to the start of her junior year. Lonas, who initially only attended cross-country practice twice a week, started going to practice every day and also began adding strength and core workouts to her routine.

The regimen proved to be

challenging at first, but by the time track season rolled around, Lonas had become accustomed to her new training approach.

“When we first got her, she started out quick,” coach Paul Opitz says. “I kept telling her the only thing keeping her from running fast were the little things in training.”

The Lady Rams co-captain reached her initial goal for the season of running a 19-minute, 30-second 5K Oct. 10 at the FSU Invitational, where she finished in 19:28. Now, Lonas is seeking to break the 19-minute mark in hopes of garnering the attention of college coaches. Lonas has a preferred walk-on spot at Florida State and also is looking at Southern Methodist University and Georgia Tech.

On Oct. 29, Lonas crossed the finish line in 19:30.50 to finish second at the Class 4A-District 8 meet while helping lead Riverview to a second-place overall finish.

“I’m really happy and proud of myself,” Lonas says. “I never thought of myself as a runner.

Running was just something I did for fun, but now I’m getting really competitive in the sport.”

As the district runner-up, Lo-

nas and the Lady Rams will compete in the Class 4A-Region 2 meet Nov. 8, at North Port High.

Riverview, which began the season ranked 22nd in the state in Class 4A and is now ranked seventh, is hoping to advance to the state meet for the 18th consecutive season.

The top six teams and top 15 individuals will advance to the Class 4A Cross-Country State Championships Nov. 15, in Tallahassee. The Lady Rams have finished in the top 10 in the state each of the past 15 years.

“We’ve been doing really well,” Lonas says. “A lot of the (younger) girls have really stepped up.”

In addition to preparing for the regional and state meets, Lonas also is scheduled to compete in the Senior All-Star Meet Nov. 22, in Orlando, which will mark her final cross-country race in a Riverview uniform.

“It’s bittersweet to see it go away,” Lonas says of her senior season. “I’ve met a lot of good people. I still feel like I’m a freshman sometimes. It’s weird to think (high school) is almost over because I feel like I’m still that little kid.”

Contact Jen Blanco at jblanco@ yourobserver.com.

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Senior Blake Riley won his first race of the season at the Class 4A-District 8 meet Oct. 29.

RAMS WIN DISTRICT TITLE The Riverview High boys cross-country team scored 43 points to win the Class 4A-District 8 meet Oct. 29, in Largo.

Senior Blake Riley claimed the individual district crown, crossing the finish line in 16 minutes, 26.19 seconds.

Junior Warran Grajalez was third in 16:59.12, followed by senior Matthew Berman (fourth, 17:10.90), sophomore Blake Bright (15th, 18:07.99) and Read Quarles (20th, 18:29.65) As the district champion, Riverview will advance to the Class 4A-Region 2 meet Nov. 8, at North Port High.

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+ Cougars win district crown The Cardinal Mooney football defeated Bishop Verot 44-6 to capture the Class 3A-District 10 championship for the second-consecutive season.

The Cougars took a 17-0 lead in the first quarter. Jake LaFemina gave Cardinal Mooney a 3-0 lead on a 25-yard field goal. Quarterback Reese Vita then rushed for a 15-yard score and also connected with Mitch Arimura for an 8-yard touchdown.

Jaz Mongeon and Bryce Williams added touchdown runs of 26 and 17 yards, respectively.

Defensively, the Cougars recorded four interceptions with Sean Morris Jr. and Taylor Garris both returning interceptions for touchdowns in the fourth quarter.

As the district champion, Cardinal Mooney will host Clearwater Calvary Christian in a regional semifinal game Nov. 14.

+ Tornadoes clinch playoff berth The Booker High football team earned a berth in the regional playoffs with a 22-14 victory over Southeast Oct. 31.

Booker took an early lead before the defense took control. The Tornadoes finished with five interceptions, a fumble recovery and a safety to preserve the victory.

With the win, the Tornadoes clinched the Class 5A-District 13 runner-up spot. Booker will travel to Cape Coral Island Coast for a regional semifinal game Nov. 14.

“Playoff bound Tornadoes. Man it feels good.”

GAME CHANGER Reese Vita Quarterback Cardinal Mooney High Vita completed eight of 13 passes for 153 yards and a touchdown to help lead the Cougars to their second straight district title. He also scored on a

OBSERVER GAME OF THE WEEK NOV. 7 (7:30 P.M.) Sarasota vs. Riverview With their playoff hopes dashed, Friday night’s rivalry game between Sarasota and Riverview is all about pride. After reaching the playoffs last season, the Sailors and Rams both find themselves on the outside looking in. Riverview won last year’s contest 47-10, and both teams will be seeking to close out their season on a winning note.

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Lady Sailors’ season ends in region semis The Sarasota High volleyball team saw its season come to an end with a 3-1 loss to Lakewood Ranch in the Class 7A-Region 3 semifinals Nov. 4.

After losing the first set 25-14, the district runner-up Lady Sailors rebounded to take the second set 26-24. It was the first time Sarasota had won a set against Lakewood all season.

The Lady Sailors had their chances in the third and fourth sets, but ultimately fell 25-14 and 25-20.

“We had a lot of confidence that we could take it in five. We just missed out on some opportunities,” coach Chad Sutton says. “Lakewood Ranch is a great team.

That’s no shock. We knew that.”

Junior outside hitter Jessica Shiffner finished with 14 kills, 11 digs and eight service points to lead the way for Sarasota. Senior middle blocker Toni Mogensen added nine kills and two blocks. Sophomore opposite hitter Hannah Hritz contributed 10 kills, one ace and five digs. Senior outside hitter Jordan Brooks finished with 11 digs, six kills, three blocks and seven service points.

Sarasota advanced to the regional semifinals, setting up a rematch of the district championship game with Lakewood, after knocking off Seminole 3-2 in an epic five-set regional quarterfinal match Oct. 29.

“We talked a lot about going to Seminole with a purpose and coming back here to redeem ourselves,” Sutton says.

“We talked a lot about fighting every point. You aren’t going to be perfect. It’s just about the fight that matters. So as long as they are in it to win it then they’ll

have the opportunities, and we did. We just fell short.”

Junior outside hitter Jessica Shiffner finished with 14 kills, 11 digs and eight service points to lead the way for Sarasota. Senior middle blocker Toni Mogensen added nine kills and two blocks. Sophomore opposite hitter Hannah Hritz contributed 10 kills, one ace and five digs. Senior outside hitter Jordan Brooks finished with 11 digs, six kills, three blocks and seven service points.

With the loss, Sarasota finished the season with a 20-9 record. It also marked the final game in a Sarasota uniform for Brooks, Mogensen, Lawrence and Sarah Pifer.

The Sarasota High volleyball team celebrates following its 26-24 victory over Lakewood Ranch in the second set. It was the first time the Lady Sailors won a set against the Lady Mustangs all season.

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Sarasota sophomore outside hitter Hannah Hritz finished with 10 kills, one ace and five digs.

Sarasota senior Alexa Lawrence serves the ball for the Lady Sailors during their Class 7A-Region 3 semifinal match at Lakewood Ranch Nov. 4.

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Vince and Betty Mascio dress as first-time visitors to Sarasota, complete with brochures to popular attractions.

Dawn Hunter and her son, Sammy, trick or treat in Siesta Key Village.

Sarasota High students Micaela McFadden and Vanessa Panelli perform at “Fright Night” on St. Armands Circle.

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t was a spooktacular sight last week as creatures of all shapes and sizes popped up around town at various Halloween events.

Pooches large and small dressed up for the 17th annual Howl-o-Ween Pet Costume Contest presented by the Humane Society of Sarasota County Oct. 28, at the Phillippi Farmhouse Market.

The HSSC was in attendance as well with animals dressed in costumes that were available to adopt.

The Senior Friendship Centers hosted the “Boo!”mers Halloween Dance Party Oct. 30.

Guests danced to the tunes of the ’50s, ’60s and more with the band A Train. Some of the creative costumes in the crowd included Lance Armstrong and tacky tourists.

The Glenridge on Palmer Ranch hosted a Halloween party for residents Oct. 31. Guests were encouraged to get creative for the party with their costumes. They did not disappoint with some residents dressed as a geisha, Ebenezer Scrooge and Cleopatra.

Trick-or-treaters took over Siesta Key for “Safe Treats” Oct. 31, along Ocean Boulevard. Merchants greeted children with candy and got in on the fun by dressing in costume as well.

And on St. Armands Circle, zombies from Sarasota High School caused quite a fright Oct. 31 when they performed a thrilling version of Michael Jackson’s ode to Halloween at Fright Night.

Children trick-or-treated at businesses before watching the performance.

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Katherine Leaver, Hayes Leaver and Lauren Yenari have set up boxes at various locations to collect socks and underwear for foster children.

Pine View students foster hope with donation drive The basic essentials of socks and underwear can be taken for granted when access is as easy as a trip to the store. But for the children who are taken into foster care — sometimes in the middle of the night — that isn’t always the case.

More than 300 children are currently in foster care throughout the Sarasota, Manatee and DeSoto counties, according to the Safe Children Coalition. Often, as children are placed with foster families, they arrive with little more than the clothes they are wearing, leaving families responsible to provide clothing and essentials such as socks and underwear.

For some families caring for multiple foster children, purchasing new clothes The Foster Hope donation drive is asking may not fit into a budget. Pine View for socks and underwear for foster ages School freshman Hayes Leaver decided infant up to 18 years old. to help by starting the Foster Hope Socks and Underwear Drive to donate to the spective.

“It’s been a huge part of my life since I Safe Children Coalition. She enlisted was 8 years old, seeing kids the help of her friends and pass through our home at classmate Lauren Yenari for the cause.

DONATION BOX different times,” Leaver said. “It’s hard to see them “She texted me a few LOCATIONS go, and you can’t really do weeks ago asking to help • The Safe Children anything about it. This is a and I said sure because I had Coalition way that I can connect to met a ton of Hayes’ foster 1500 Independence them.” siblings and I just thought it Blvd., Suite 210 The Leavers were so would be a cool thing to do,” 371-4799 moved to help that they Yenari said. “A lot of people have adopted the first have come up to us and told • Sarasota YMCA child who was placed with us, ‘This is so cool.’”

Branches them five years ago when Leaver and her famFrank G. Berlin Sr. she was 7 months old. ily have seen the impact branch Katherine Leaver is a of what a fresh start could 1075 S. Euclid Ave. stay-at-home mom, which mean for a foster child. The 955-8194 allows her to provide care Leaver family has housed for younger children. and helped a total of 16 chilEvalyn Sadlier Jones “Oftentimes we’ll take dren in the five years. kids straight from the branch “I would like for kids to hospital because there not have to worry about 8301 Potter Park are very few foster parit all,” Leaver said. “When Drive ents who aren’t working they come into [foster] 922-9622 full-time that can care for care they always have so babies,” Katherine Leaver much to think about so they • Church of the said. “A lot of times kids shouldn’t have to worry Redeemer come late at night. We’re about such basic things.

222 S. Palm Ave. fortunate that we do have The kids can get gently 955-4263 extra money to go out and used clothes and that’s fine, buy things, but many fosbut socks and underwear • Church of the Palms ter families are not like should be new.”

3224 Bee Ridge Road that. Some families have When Katherine and 924-1323 kids coming in and out on Brian Leaver made the dea regular basis, so it makes cision to become a foster it tough.” family, they approached an The Foster Hope Socks and Underwear 8-year-old Hayes for her feedback. Initially, Hayes asked her parents if they Drive is asking for packages of new socks could just give money to help, but living and underwear in all sizes. There is a dewith foster siblings has changed her per- mand for larger sizes as well.

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“When they come into [foster] care they always have so much to think about so they shouldn’t have to worry about such basic things. The kids can get gently used clothes and that’s fine, but socks and underwear should be new.”

— Pine View School freshman Hayes Leaver

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Chefs whip up recipe for success with students Chefs Move to Schools hosted the Kids ’n’ Chefs dinner gala Oct. 30, at Phillippi Shores Elementary School for families to see and taste the collaboration of students and chefs. The gala celebrated the success of the Chefs Move to Schools program that was created to provide new and nutritional food to children.

Executive chefs from Mattison’s, Darwin’s on

4th, Morton’s Gourmet Market and a personal chef were each paired with a school to create and cook a menu with students to improve school lunches.

Each of the meals created needed to adhere to nutritional, financial and kid-friendly guidelines for approved school lunches.

Tasting stations were set up for families to sample portions from each of the four teams.

Right: Personal chef Bryan Jacobs cooks with the team from Gocio Elementary School.

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Jeanene Kortjohan and Diane Erne hand out candy at Safe Treats on Siesta Key. Samantha Lemmer and Phil Resler hand out candy to children in Siesta Key Village.

Scarlett W. shows off how much candy she collected at Safe Treats.

Sue and Sandy Fidgar dress as a pregnant Lois Lane and Superman at The Glenridge’s Halloween party.

Humane Society of Sarasota County volunteer Lynn Billi holds 3-month-old Louie who is up for adoption.

Above: Roger Dreffin clowns around at The Glenridge’s Halloween party.

Right: Rita Thompson shows off her costume at The Glenridge’s Halloween party.

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Althaia Vitikos, Lily Stark and Sue Richard attend the Halloween dance party at the Senior Friendship Centers.

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Elizabeth Gies and Craig Johnson take a turn on the dance floor at the Senior Friendship Centers.

Isabel Georgieva, 4, dresses up for Fright Night on St. Armands Circle.

Left: Maryann Horton holds her 1-year-old Chihuahua, Ginger, at the Howl-o-Ween Pet Costume Contest.

Nicole Salinas and Jasper won for most creative costumes as a fisherman and fish at the Howl-o-Ween Pet Costume Contest.

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Lynne and Stephen Anast show off their costumes at the Senior Friendship Centers.

Nicole Salinas and Jasper won for most creative costumes as a fisherman and fish at the Howl-o-Ween Pet Costume Contest.

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Tuesday, November 18, 2014 Meeting starts promptly at 3:00 pm

SPEAKER: Daniel J. Lobeck, Esquire

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2014 Legislative Session Changes

1.Association’s right to maintain an abandoned unit and lien the Owner for the expense.

2.Association’s right to include email addresses in directories with Owners consent.

3.Obligation of outgoing Directors to relinquish records & property.

4. Clarification of Director’s right to communicate among themselves by email.

5.Changes to Assessment collection procedures.

6. Clarification of Manager’s authority.

Session will be followed by Question and Answers

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As part of Booker High School’s Homecoming week, students kicked it old school for Throwback Thursday Oct. 30 and dressed for the decade of their choice. Students got creative and took a step back in time dressing as hippies, members of ’90s girl groups and even a flapper or two.

Akilah McDowell paid extra attention to detail and said her outfit was an extra from the movie “House Party.”

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Grace Gerdes dresses as a groovy hippie, and Robbie Hodgson channels Tommy Chong.

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SCHOOLBOARD GOLDEN GIRL Pine View senior Ellie Tsuchiya received the Girl Scout Gold Award from the Girl Scouts of Gulfcoast Florida Inc. Tsuchiya earned the honor for her project, “Dance, Dance Round the World,” for the Dance — The Next Generation students with the Sarasota Ballet.

Tsuchiya’s project addresses cultural apathy specifically for young girls involved in DNG, which is a free program offered through the Sarasota Ballet for students at Title 1 schools. Tsuchiya will be recognized for her achievement in May, at the Girl Scouts Young Women of Distinction ceremony.

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AN HONOR TO BE NOMINATED A sophomore at Pine View, Joshua Wolff, was nominated to attend the Congress of Future Medical Leaders later this month in Washington, D.C. The Congress of Future Medical Leaders honors program is designed to motivate and inspire high school students with dreams of studying in the medical field. Dr. Connie Mariano, the medical director of the National Academy of Future Physicians and Medical Scientists, nominated Wolff to represent Florida based on his academic achievement, leadership potential and determination to pursue a career in the field of medicine.

Seventh-grade students at St. Martha Catholic School spent two days in St. Augustine.

ST. MARTHA STUDENTS TAKE A STEP BACK IN TIME A group of seventh-grade students from St. Martha Catholic School visited the oldest settlement in the U.S., St. Augustine. The two-day trip allowed students, faculty and chaperones to take in the sights and learn about the history of the originally Spanish settlement and European explorers.

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Mary Hills, Judy Diedrich, Joni Luces and Barbara Price Guests gathered Oct. 27, at Marie Selby Botanical Gardens for Baby Basics of Sarasota County’s “A Garden Party” luncheon and fashion show. The afternoon began with a social hour in the Great Room featuring a large silent auction, followed by a catered lunch and a fashion show.

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Water fest celebrates bay conservation The third annual Sarasota Bay Water Festival celebrated the importance of conserving Sarasota Bay Nov. 1, at Ken Thompson Park on City Island.

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Heart and Sole Fashion Show and Luncheon — starts at 10:30 a.m. at Plantation Golf & Country Club, 500 Rockley Blvd., Venice. This Heart and Sole fashion show and luncheon benefits the Women’s Resource Center of Sarasota County.

This year’s show will include evening apparel provided by Contessa Couture and Encore & more Consignment Shop. The Vocal Vixens will provide entertainment. Tickets are $50 per person. For more information and reservations, call 485-9724.

Chair Auction — starts at 6 p.m. at Majestic Ministries of Christ, 2800 Ashton Road. The Majestic Ministries of Christ organized an auction for painted chairs, with proceeds benefiting the Majestic Minis, a miniature horse outreach program. Tickets are $10 in advance; $15 at the door. For more information, call 925-1500.

FRIDAY, NOV. 7

Republican Women’s Luncheon — starts at 11:30 a.m. at Michael’s On East, 1212 S. East Ave. Join the Republican Women’s Club of Sarasota for a lively discussion and election wrap-up featuring Sen. Nancy Detert and Matt Walsh, editor/CEO Observer Media Group. For more information, contact Jane Blyth at purplepact@yahoo.com.

Alumni Turkey Bowl — runs from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. at Sarasota High School soccer field, 1000 S. School Ave. Sarasota High School and Riverview High School alumni will compete in the Alumni Turkey Bowl. Bring your own chair to watch the game. Admission price is a donation to benefit the Coach Kyle Jutras Fund.

For more information, contact Alicia Wheeler at 306-0101.

24th annual SandFest Party — runs from 6 to 10 p.m. at Siesta Key Beach, 948 Beach Road. The Siesta Key Chamber of Commerce hosts the 24th annual SandFest Party. This year’s theme is a hoedown, complete with gourmet barbeque.

Admission is $25 and includes dinner. For more information, contact Chastanna Niemann at 3493800.

First Friday Walk — starts at 6 p.m. in downtown Sarasota. Stroll businesses, shops and eateries that will stay open late and will be decorated to welcome the holidays. Selby Gardens will be the beneficiary of the Downtown Sarasota First Friday Walk, produced by the Palm Avenue Merchants Association and Sarasota Downtown Merchants Association. For more information, visit dsasarasota.com.

Duo Klavitarre — starts at 7 p.m. at Sarasota Christian Church, 2923 Ashton Road. The PolishAmerican Association of Sarasota presents Duo

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Klavitarre, a Polish musical duo from Bremen, Germany. Tickets are $15; $10 for students. For more information, call 925-8417.

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Annual Bazaar — runs from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Bee Ridge Presbyterian Church, 4826 S. McIntosh Road. The Bee Ridge Presbyterian Church annual bazaar will feature a flea market, crafts, collectibles, books, baked goods and other food vendors.

Fall Family Festival — runs from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Bay Preserve at Osprey, 400 Palmetto Ave., Osprey. The Conservation Foundation of the Gulf Coast hosts the Fall Family Festival for children and parents to enjoy a day of old-fashioned games, crafts, live music and activities.

Admission is free. For more information, contact Suzanne Gregory at 9182100.

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An Evening of Big Band Jazz — starts at 7:30 p.m. at Riverview High School, 1 Ram Way. The Jazz Club of Sarasota presents the Sarasota Jazz Project in concert with vocalist June Garber. Tickets are $20 for Jazz Club members; $25 for nonmembers; and free for students.

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Bowls of Hope — runs from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Phillippi Estate Park, 5500 S Tamiami Trail.

Spend a day in the park with All Faiths Food Bank for Bowls of Hope. Guests can enjoy soup, bread and desserts from local restaurants. As a parting gift, attendees can select a handcrafted bowl to keep as a reminder of the empty bowls the event helps fill for the community. Tickets are $25, and VIP tickets are $100. For more information, visit allfaithsfoodbank.org.

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Home in Sarasota Beach sells for $4.95 million Gulf Gate East

The following residential real estate transactions took place between Oct. 20 and Oct. 23.

A home in Sarasota Beach tops all transactions in this weekâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s real estate. Saba Sands LLC sold the home at 636 Beach Road to BFSK LLC for $4.95 million. Built in 2000, it has four bedrooms, four baths and 3,990 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $4.1 million in 2012.

George Koroknai, of Sarasota, sold his home at 3755 Kingston Blvd. to Michal Horak, of Sarasota, for $295,000. Built in 1986, it has four bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 1,982 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $182,000 in 1997.

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James and Tracy Blake, of Sarasota, sold their home at 2183 Datura St. to Adam Volpert, of Sarasota, for $259,000. Built in 1954, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,507 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $122,000 in 2009.

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Arthur and Joan Schwartz, of Bradenton, sold their Unit 703 condominium at 401 S. Palm Ave. to Richard Reston, of Sarasota, for $1,777,000. Built in 2006, it has three bedrooms, three baths, one halfbath and 2,975 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $1,375,000 in 2011.

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Simon and Susan Oliver, of Osprey, sold their Unit 1004 condominium at 1255 N. Gulfstream Ave. to Mary Reston, of Sarasota, for $1,065,000. Built in 1982, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,822 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $245,000 in 1993.

This home at 636 Beach Road has four bedrooms, four baths and 3,990 square feet of living area. It sold for $4.95 million.

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Nelle Miller and Daniel Miller sold their home at 4808 Peregrine Point Circle W. to Kenneth and Deirdre Dâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Silva, of Sarasota, for $1.05 million. Built in 1985, it has four bedrooms, five baths, one half-bath, a pool and 4,965 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $900,000 in 2001.

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Bank of America sold the Unit 403 condominium at 888 Blvd. of the Arts to Verrochi Ventures LLC for $472,500. Built in 1982, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,555 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $170,000 in 1998.

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Sarasota Bay Club LLC sold the Unit 206 condominium at 1301 N. Tamiami Trail to Lillian White, of Sarasota, for $465,000.

Built in 2000, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,546 square feet of living area.

It previously sold for $510,000 in 2006.

Pelican Cove

Four Bees by the Sea LP sold the Unit 176 condominium at 1505 Pelican Point Drive to Michel and Veronica Tcherevkoff, of Jersey City, N.J., for $345,000. Built in 1978, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,368 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $463,500 in 2013.

2050 Benjamin Franklin Drive #A4106914 $1,995,000 Stacy Hanan

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2405 Bayshore Road #A4107329 $1,850,000 The Collier Group

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7703 Donald Ross W Road #A4103753 $1,349,000 Sandy and Jerry Strom

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1614 Kenilworth Street #A4107285 $1,349,000 Michael Hays

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Pine Shore Estates

RSJ Capital LLC sold the home at 6313 Beechwood Ave. to Beechwood Investors LLC for $345,000. Built in 1958, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 1,632 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $112,000 in 1987.

Riverview Manor

Joseph Russell, of Vero Beach, sold the home at 2527 Waterview Court to Dominic Alto and Ashley Pennock, of Fort Lauderdale, for $333,000. Built in 1994, it has three bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 2,022 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $355,000 in 2004.

300 S Pineapple Avenue #A4102750 $1,499,900 Jonathan Abrams

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3625 White Ln #A3996530 $1,365,000 R Kim Gilliland

6160 N Gator Creek Blvd #A3979777 $899,000 Robert Moffatt & Peggy Wellman

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730 Shakett Creek Drive #A4106620 $875,000 Dan Freed

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George Fraley, trustee, of Kannapolis, N.C., sold the home at 2224 Brookhaven Drive to Melvin and Arlene Horst, of Cochranville, Pa., for $250,000. Built in 1965, it has two bedrooms, two baths, one halfbath and 1,651 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $110,000 in 1999.

Gulf Gate Pines

Bernice Fanelle sold her home at 2275 Pine View Circle to David Consbruck and Linda Sanders, trustees, of Sarasota, for $220,000. Built in 1978, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 1,547 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $130,000 in 1997.

Golf Estates

Alice and Myron Greenspan, trustees, sold the home at 4389 Iola Drive to Michael Hubler, of Sarasota, for $205,400.

Built in 1981, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 1,757 square feet of living area.

It previously sold for $109,700 in 1997.

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TOP BUILDING PERMITS These are the largest city of Sarasota and Sarasota County building permits issued for the week of Oct. 20 through Oct. 24, in order of dollar amounts.

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406 Woodland Drive 1449 Hillview Drive 1212 Hillview Drive 850 S. Tamiami Trail 3606 Palonia Court 161 Golden Gate Point 4839 Stevens Drive 1654 Prospect St. 1330 Main St. 340 S. Palm Ave.

Re-roof Spa Boatlift Remodel Pool Renovations Alterations Re-roof Windows Mechanical Mechanical

Eileen Neer Rob Pelc Diane Ledder David Knaggs Cheryl Shames August Brown Elana Delaville Daniel Butturini William Tompkins, trustee James Bagley

$53,000 $38,250 $22,068 $18,500 $15,000 $12,989 $8,997 $8,102 $7,440 $6,846

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373 Sugar Mill Drive 4367 Maplewood Lane 8305 Alexandria Court 4526 Woodside Road 6550 Gateway Ave. 700 Shadow Bay Way 490 Island Circle 129 Shady Pine Lane 2120 Timucua Trail 2359 Tangerine Drive

Renovations Re-roof Pool Alterations Renovations Windows/Doors Pool/Spa Re-roof Windows/Doors Pool/Deck

Roger Stoll Terrence Pardy David Tannenholz Daniel Hume Noro Aiko Edward Farmer Brad Wachowiak Pamela Smith Anne Powell Robert Zelms

Amount $250,000 $70,000 $46,450 $35,000 $33,500 $33,325 $30,500 $30,400 $26,220 $25,250

Source: Sarasota County; city of Sarasota

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3216 Purple Martin Dr # 123 #C7051571 $249,900 Julie Mavraganes

558 Clubside Circle #A4104730 Robin Sullivan

624 Flamingo Drive #N5900096 $235,000 Jo-Anne Sckowska & Nell Taylor

5741 New York Avenue #A4107138 $175,000 Alix Wexler PA

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Stephen and Diane Oxenbridge sold their home at 8012 Midnight Pass Road

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Venice 941-485-5421 941-321-8975

Sarasota 941-349-3444 941-350-2742

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North Port/Venice 941-349-3444 941-400-1520

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2779 Portago Lane #A4107186 $199,000 Gladys Carrasco

Punta Gorda 941-639-0000 941-763-0106

Road to Maryellen Maguire-Eisen, of Hingham, Mass., for $975,000. Built in 1970, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,271 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $40,000 in 1970.

Venice $4,800 Seasonal Toll Free 844.286.9926

7301 Jessie Harbor Drive Osprey #N5900349 $2,000 941-552-4200 Joel Oss Seasonal Toll Free 844.286.9926

409 Islamorada Blvd #C7055745 $209,000 Jennifer Taberski

412 Beethoven Avenue #A4106950 $155,000 Michael Cochrane

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Sarasota 941-966-8000 941-539-4520

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rooms, two baths and 1,148 square feet of living area.

to Melvin and Martha Hogan, of Sarasota, for $735,000. Built in 1978, it has three bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 2,616 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $725,000 in 2005.

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William and Susan Sutton, of Cambridge, United Kingdom, sold their Unit 7-C condominium at 17 Sandy Cove Road to Richard and Deborah Cowles, of Sarasota, for $615,000. Built in 1969, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,765 square feet of living area.

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Sea Village

Timothy Harrington and Linda Fox, of Napa, Calif., sold their Unit L-2 condominium at 4660 Ocean Blvd. to Huit and Deidree Whitworth, of Louisville, Ky., for $587,500. Built in 1971, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 1,645 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $849,000 in 2006.

Siesta

The Bank of New York, Mellon, trustee, sold the home at 3927 Roberts Point Road to Susan Monahan, of Sarasota, for $503,000. Built in 1960, it has three bedrooms, three baths and 1,180 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $760,000 in 2005.

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Stephen Michaelis, of Sarasota, sold the Unit 10 condominium at 6308 Midnight Pass Road to Oak Bay Properties F LLC for $430,000. Built in 1965, it has two bed-

Joseph Figluizzi, of Meriden, Conn., sold his Unit 112 condominium at 1900 Midnight Cove II Place to David and Lisa Nishwitz, of Vandalia, Ohio, for $340,000.

Built in 1979, it has two bedrooms, one bath, one half-bath and 860 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $125,000 in 1990.

Bay Oaks

Christine Koski, of Dallas, sold her Unit E-14 condominium at 6157 Midnight Pass Road to Ronald and Mary Zemla, of Palatine, Ill., for $252,000. Built in 1974, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,101 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $137,000 in 1995.

White Sands Village

The Bank of New York Mellon, trustee, sold the Unit 1020 condominium at 5637 Midnight Pass Road to Alison Ponce, of Sarasota, for $225,300. Built in 1975, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,012 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $350,000 in 2006.

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Fernando Piney, of Osprey, sold his home at 8874 Bloomfield Blvd. to Philip and Marta Grande, of Sarasota, for $917,500. Built in 2002, it has three bedrooms, five baths, a pool and 3,892 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $1.4 million in 2005.

Alan and Maria Winston sold their home at 5269 Celedon Court to Norman Lefkovitz, trustee, of Sarasota, for $800,000. Built in 2004, it has four bedrooms, three baths, one half-bath, a pool and 3,669 square feet of living area.

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Standing metal "Drink Coca Cola" sign, Monitor, review & report on all TTT mktg activities set of sterling flatware & additional sterling, & results. Exercise fin’l authority over mktg budget dining room set with 8 chairs, dining set with 6 & execute TTT's mktg activity within agreed chairs, queen bed set, 4 poster queen bed set, budget. Identify & dvlp new accounts for sales of 2 queen bed frames, chair with footstool, existing & future TTT products. Reqmnts: Bach’s custom draperies all over house, deg or foreign equiv in Bus. Admin, CommunicaTommy Bahama coffee & end tables, area rugs, tions, Mktg, Advtg or closely related field, +5 yrs of 2 mink coats, 200+ Hummels, including old, progressive exp dvlpg & implmtg mktg strategies Hummel lamp, 350+ new Beanie Babies, & managing day-to-day mktg, advtg & public modern fireplace screen, executive desk with relations operations. Exp must incl at least 2 yrs bookcases, pairs of chairs, pictures, dvlpg & implmtg mktg strategies for low-end large mirror & other mirrors, rocker, steamer household consumer products, incl kitchenware, to trunk, game table set, stemware, bench, large discount retailers in int’l mkts, & 2 yrs flat screen TV, living room sofa, foosball table, researching & dvlpg new products, incorporating Avon, frog collection, computer desk, books, product mfg, production coord’n & cost control ladder, wheelchair, child’s bike, very nice specs. Send resume to: Robert Martin, Job Ref# children's clothes, Christmas tree & decorations.

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Sale by Julie McClure P/T SALES position available: 18-24 hours average Pix: www.estatesales.net per week, 6 hour shifts. Gift shop located on Siesta Key. Retiress welcome. 727-244-5906.

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After two decades of performing operas all over the world, Michael Robert Hendrick always looks forward to coming home to the place where it all began.

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operatic RETURN After two decades of performing operas all over the world, Michael Robert Hendrick always looks forward to coming home to the place where it all began.

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Michael Robert Hendrick, opera tenor, is getting makeup and wig applied

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n cultural history there exists a healthy supply of sad clowns. From the comedies of Molière to the modern song sensibilities of Stephen Sondheim’s “Send in the Clowns” and Smokey Robinson’s “The Tracks of My Tears,” the tearyeyed clown has become the recognized symbol of the alienated artist.

Perhaps one of the strongest and most violent entries of the sad clown mythos is that of Canio, the cuckolded head of an acting troupe in Ruggero Leoncavallo’s opera “Pagliacci.” The quick-tempered actor has to stomach his romantic anguish, put on his happy face and makeup and follow the actor’s timeless credo: The show must go on.

Michael Robert Hendrick, opera tenor returning for his eighth season at the Sarasota Opera and currently playing the role of the embittered clown, is no stranger to struggling for one’s art. After spending his high school years as a prominent trum-

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Hendrick with Dara Hobbs in the Sarasota Opera’s production of “The Flying Dutchman” and with Sean Anderson in “Of Mice and Men.” between apprentice and principal. Hendrick was baptized by operatic fire by having to learn four roles in four productions: a member of the chorus in Giuseppe Verdi’s “Nabucco,” a secondary role in Ludwig van Beethoven’s “Fidelio” and an understudy for the principal roles in Jacques Offenbach’s “Tales of Hoffmann” and Carl Nielsen’s “Maskarade.” Not to mention, all four productions required Hendrick to master four languages: Italian, German, French and Dutch, respectively.

The honorary opera native keeps coming back to Sarasota Opera for the consistency in professionalism and music quality.

“It’s a very rare thing today in opera to find someone who runs the opera house the way Maestro Victor DeRenzi does,” says Hendrick about DeRenzi, the opera’s artistic director and principal conductor.

According to Hendrick, the

musical standards of DeRenzi and his staff are the highest he’s ever experienced in his 20-year career. That’s high praise coming from someone whose career includes stints at world-renowned companies such as the Metropolitan Opera, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Washington National Opera, L’Opéra de Montréal and Seattle Opera.

However, contrary to an outsider’s perspective, returning to a smaller market such as the Sarasota Opera is a creative homecoming. Hendrick’s musical journey has offered him the perspective of a mature and consummate artist who strives to obtain artistic satisfaction and not just large marquees.

“This is how I make a living and how I feed my family, but my focus when you’re in the production isn’t about money at all,” says Hendrick. “It’s about getting the best thing you can put on stage. As myself, as a singer, as an

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actor, what can I do to make this better as we’re going through the rehearsal and production process.”

When Sarasota Opera contacted him in 2012 about returning to perform, Hendrick felt like he was coming home.

“I was over the moon,” says Hendrick, “because in terms of the quality of a production there is nothing better than Sarasota.”

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eventually attending the University of Cincinnati — CollegeConservatory of Music where he earned two graduate degrees in four years (a master’s in music and vocal performance and an artist diploma in opera performance), all the while experimenting with eclectic and rarely performed material.

“The conservatory had me pushed on a shopping cart dressed as a Greek god strumming a harp, singing this baroque music, straight tone in Claudio Monteverdi’s ‘Il Combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda,’” says Hendrick.

With each new performance opportunity, the conservatory helped expand Hendrick’s performance capabilities.

A few years after he completed his graduate study, Hendrick earned his opera chops in 1995 at Sarasota Opera. The first year he was a studio artist, the medium rank of opera performers

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pet player in his hometown of LaGrange, Ga., Hendrick faced a tumultuous fork in his creative road.

“I’ve always loved music, even as a kid, but trumpet just wasn’t quite enough for me,” says Hendrick.

After reflecting on his artistic goals, Hendrick made the decision to drop the trumpet and his scholarship after one term. A few months later, after receiving offers from agriculture, sociology and math professors to select their respective fields for study, a friend mentioned to Hendrick that Berry College was acquiring a new voice professor. So Hendrick took his love of music and switched his instrument from the trumpet to his voice.

Without any prior formal voice training, he took to it immediately. After completing his undergraduate degree in music education, Hendrick auditioned for several graduate schools,

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manifest WHIMSY After a summer of construction and renovation, the Marietta Museum of Art & Whimsy is prepared to expand.

Giant pink lawn flamingos. The very thought turns one’s mind to elderly ladies’ front lawns saturated with the pink plastic birds accompanied by the occasional clan of gnomes, Coca-Cola memorabilia and Christmas lights never taken down from the past year. However, there can be, when curated correctly, a sublime method to the kitsch madness that conquers America’s material culture. The eye of this tacky hurricane of style is located right in Sarasota: the Marietta Museum of Art & Whimsy.

“It’s art that has a very different dimension,” says Marietta Lee, founder of the museum. “It’s more about something that’s fun or playful.

It’s hard to describe.”

The official definition of such a nebulous concept includes buzzwords such as playful, quaint, fanciful and humorous. Another definition that should be added to the museum’s personal brand of whimsy is therapeutic.

Opened by Lee in 2010, the museum started as a release for those haggard from the various dramas large or small that can so easily overwhelm one’s life. And in four years, the stillyoung gallery of whimsical art has grown exponentially in its art inven-

Jack Dowd’s “Earth Angel” tory o f paintings, statues and other assorted pieces as well as community interest growing from a collection of just two volunteers to 24 volunteers and three full-time staff.

And with that growth comes a natural expansion: a “manifest whimsy.”

Construction took place over the summer in anticipation of the museum’s Oct. 25 preview party and ensuing 2014 season to improve the interior and exterior grounds, which include a vast statue garden. Also, ground is being broken to build a future gift shop to sell local artists’ whimsical wares as well as house a café for refreshments.

This relatively rapid growth is no surprise considering the mark the building leaves on its neighborhood and its weekly first-time visitors. With a striking pink façade and the giant

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Marietta Lee celebrates the recent expansion of her Museum of Art & Whimsy. aforementioned pink flamingos winking from the street corner, the museum structurally shines compared with the other standard-colored buildings lining North Tamiami Trail. The interior’s effect is simultaneously a cool wave of serenity and a blaze of festive stimuli. Walls are painted with colorful hues and adorned with an assortment of art ranging from city coast landscapes to eclectic portraitures of desserts and cats. All of it amounts to a restorative arts elixir.

“I told everyone from the beginning

that this is for overstressed adults,” says Lee. “People with high blood pressure, high cholesterol, people who need just a moment respite from the day as a short mental getaway.”

With free admission and regular hours from 1 to 4 p.m. on Thursday, Friday and Saturday, visitors and residents alike can embrace the whimsy way. Whether standing in the shadow of a realistic, life-sized fake security guard or gazing up at an iconic urinal statue, the Marietta Museum of Art & Whimsy is drunk with laughter, smiles and feel-good vibes.

“Whether you’re in Sarasota, the U.S., or anywhere on the globe, we’re pretty consistent in developing a space where people feel good,” says Lee. “We’re seriously silly.”

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Ringling Underground shines light on local artists Natalya Swanson and Alyssa Esteban combine local, independent artwork with the Ringling’s old classics.

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Alyssa Esteban and Natalya Swanson scout and champion local artists at the Ringling Underground each month in the Ringling Museum courtyard. to the environment around them, whether it’s nature as a whole or just the confines of their studio and everyday life. Five local and regional contemporary artists (Liz Gibson, Craig Hanson, Jacqueline Flavio, Samantha Robinson and Shawn Pettersen) will be featured at the event and present art ranging from statues, paintings and collages covering the challenges of living with physical handicaps, to the sinister nature of consumerism and civilization’s relationship with nature.

Giving local, contemporary artists a plat-

form to show their work in sharp contrast to the traditional art that comprises the majority of the Ringling is Swanson and Esteban’s prime directive. The art, both new and old, offers a balanced palette to both the art amateur and the experienced museumgoer.

“There’s a really interesting relationship that’s created between the work already in the garden and the new work that we show,” says Swanson.

Swanson and Esteban vary in background (art history and event production),

but each is passionate in her varied but essential field. Like the artwork at any given Ringling Underground, the two form an efficient, fluid and functioning dichotomy.

“I think it’s a beautiful thing when people come and just open their eyes and appreciate everything that the Ringling and Sarasota have,” says Esteban.

Swanson and Esteban cultivate, present and help foster the new. They do this not only by highlighting new artists and their work, but also by establishing a new experience of what it means to visit an art museum.

“I think each Ringling Underground is new every time,” says Esteban. “We have new art, music and try to open a new gallery within the museum each time.”

With each event providing artwork from new artists, the collective impact of each artist’s work is more potent.

“I’m interested in showing art that not only is innovative but also has underlying political, social and environmental statements,” says Swanson. “It is such an important aspect of contemporary art, to create that public conversation and to get people to talk about these social and environmental issues.”

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This mash-up of the new and old and modern salon is fittingly titled the Ringling Underground.

Fostering and cultivating the local population of artists and musicians is at the heart of the Ringling Underground’s mission. Walking into the central courtyard on any given Underground Thursday night, the attendee will venture through the threshold into the expansive garden courtyard at the heart of the museum and collide with various work from exhibiting artists selected for that month. Each successive piece is curated and positioned in the courtyard to act as a conduit for audiences to make their way down to the fulcrum of the space (Michelangelo’s “David”), where the bands perform. It is a river of surprises and aesthetic adventure at the heart of Sarasota’s traditional art reservoir.

“We’re trying to show the community that local artists have something to offer and also give artists starting out a venue to display their work,” says Natalya Swanson, art liaison for the Ringling. Swanson and Alyssa Esteban, public functions coordinator, arrange and organize the artistic and technical logistics of Ringling Underground. “I think the event is a beautiful thing for people to just open their eyes and let into their lives,” Swanson adds.

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OPERA // ‘Pagliacci’ It was Halloween. The wind was howling, and strange creatures were prowling Sarasota’s downtown streets. But inside the Sarasota Opera House, a triumphant cast of singers and instrumentalists were re-creating Ruggiero Leoncavallo’s 122-year-old classic, “Pagliacci.” No matter what kind of costumes the Halloween revelers chose to wear, none was as frightening or realistic as the tragic Commedia dell’arte scenario being re-enacted on the stage of the Sarasota Opera House, because Leoncavallo knew how to turn theatrical mayhem into verismo intensity, bridging the gap between staged drama and real-life tragedy.

This “Pagliacci” is a revival of an earlier Sarasota Opera production. We’d seen it before, but this was revitalized. In fact, it was one of the best productions of this classic we’ve seen because all the important facets came together: excellent singing, believable acting, staging that drew us into the action, lighting (Ken Yunker), costumes (Howard Tsvi Kaplan) and scenery (David Gordon) that looked fresh and complemented each other and an orchestra that supported the singers and made this an opera that coalesced into what opera should be.

It was the Sarasota Orchestra, moonlighting with the opera, that lent its super sound to what was happening on stage.

And it was Sarasota Opera Artistic Director Victor DeRenzi who held it all together, keeping the proper balance between principals and chorus on stage and players in the pit, like a well-oiled machine.

Stage Director Stephanie Sundine managed, through little details that made all the difference, to turn a hard-to-believe

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19th century verismo Italian opera into a piece of drama that could easily happen today. Jealousies, misrepresentations, deceptions and deceits are timeless, and when they’re set to passionate music they became alive in Sundine’s able and imaginative operatic concept.

The music, itself, is timeless and wellknown. There are few people who haven’t heard Pagliaccio’s famous aria, “Vesti la giubba,” as the actor, in clown’s white face sings about the horror of trying to make people laugh while he’s crying inside.

Michael Robert Hendrick took on the tragic role of Canio, the head of the traveling company of actors whose real-life sufferings are mirrored by Pagliaccio, the cuckolded character he plays on stage.

You’ll remember him as the brilliant acting-

singer whose portrayal of Lennie in the operatic setting of John Steinbeck’s “Of Mice and Men” at Sarasota Opera a few years ago brought us all to tears. This time, he brought a depth of character seldom seen in this role. Rather than riding on the gleaming quality of his voice, as most tenors do in “Pagliacci,” Hendrick added his profound ability to embody a role, making his Canio more than just a striking voice. Yes, he was often a little too on top of the pitch, but we assume his sharp intonation was due to opening night excitement. These ears will take sharp over flat anytime.

Veronica Mitina’s Nedda, Canio’s wife who cheats on him on stage and off, was beautifully rendered, not only in her big aria, “Qual fiamma,” but especially in

her onstage musical and dramatic relationships with her onstage and offstage lovers. Hers is a big, sometimes metallic voice, and there were times we wanted more float and nuance in her singing, but the fact that she, like Hendrick, embodied her role made her persona colorful enough that we figured the nuances would come with future performances.

We’ve never heard Marco Nistico, the evening’s Tonio, sound better. His opening prologue was resounding. And later, as he became the hunchback, Taddeo, in the play-within-the-play, his evil image matched his resilient, resonant voice.

Nathan Munson, the studio artist who took on the roles of the actor Peppe (aka Beppe in other productions but then, what’s in a name … ) and Arlecchino in the play, made my ears stand up with his first line. He may be a studio artist this year, but he’s a tenor to listen for in the future.

That is a voice to reckon with.

And Brian James Myer, a young baritone from Las Vegas also making his Sarasota Opera debut, handled his part as Silvio, Nedda’s real-life lover, with both voice and character to make him stand out in the crowd.

The chorus was trained and blended to perfection by Roger Bingaman, with just enough stage business to make us believe they were villagers anticipating a fun day at the theater that was turned, inexplicably, into mayhem and murder.

On another note: Instead of pairing “Pagliacci” with “Cavalleria Rusticana,” as most companies do, Sarasota Opera decided to offer only the Leoncavallo. To round out the abbreviated evening and give a nod to Mascagni, the orchestra and deRenzi had some stunning moments of their own in the spotlight with the intermezzos from the composer’s “L’amico Fritz” and “Cavalleria rusticana.” A nice touch and a great way to highlight the instrumentalists.

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Frances Wray and her mother are women of society and, since Mr. Wray’s death, considerably diminished means.

This change in condition is reflected by their family home, which has fallen into disrepair as a result of their financial decline and the dismissal of their household servants. Frances has assumed the former servants’ duties, and to supplement their income, the Wrays take on tenants, Leonard and Lilian Barber — to whom the neighbors politely refer as “paying guests.”

The Wrays first welcome the Barbers into their home with resignation, curiosity and a degree of suspicion. Frances, a spinster, is naturally curious of her new tenants, and close quarters permit and even necessitate some measure of intimacy. Consequently, while their initial interactions are quite awkward, Frances Wray and Lilian Barber quickly form an unlikely friendship.

Their friendship is strengthened by growing turmoil between Leonard and Lilian, and, in turn, their bond begins to exacerbate, even fuel, that turmoil. Meanwhile, Frances and the Barbers all begin to act with increasing recklessness and deception, culminating in a violent act that morphs an unorthodox love story into a crime drama.

The romance driving the narrative is unlikely (perhaps intentionally so) because of the personalities and circumstances of the two women, which serves to cast doubt

on the characters’ motives and aims. That doubt lends intrigue to the plot, as not only the reader but also the supporting characters harbor varying degrees of uncertainty disbelief and suspicion about the relationships they encounter.

Waters’ novel isn’t simply a love story.

And it isn’t simply a glimpse into the criminal justice system of early 1920s London — although her depiction of that system is both illuminating and fascinating. “The Paying Guests” is both of these things, but it is also a portrayal of the monumental political and social evolution that occurred in English society in the years following World War I. Ultimately, despite their numerous flaws and suspect actions, Waters’ characters are imbued with a great sense of possibility and optimism for the future.

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THEATER // ‘Dancin’ in the Street’ The greatest 1960s girl group that never was is hitting the stage again at Florida Studio Theatre. Yes, the Prima Donnettes are back. The girls are setting the musical wayback machine to the middle of the last century one more time. “Dancin’ in the Street” is their latest revue. Dancing. Dig it.

In this brave new world of Ebola and ISIS, it’s nice to recall a time when dancing was seen as a revolutionary act. And, speaking of revolutions …

Last year’s performance had a feminist subtext. This year’s focus is more personal, less political. Good pop tunes, naturally.

But let’s be clear. Music snobs may sneer at hit pop songs. Try writing one.

The best pop songs are mini-ballads.

Vivid characterizations. Little stories, with beginnings, middles and ends. Distillations of self, soul and longing that fit the Procrustean Top 40 format.

The permutations of the soul aren’t that complicated. There’s the sweet, I’mso-happy-falling-in-love song, the you’redumping-me-my-heart-is-broken song, the I’m-dumping-you-get-lost song, the I’mgoing-to-pay-you-back song, the I’ll-pickmyself-up-and-start-over song. This revue delivers these changes filtered through implied characters.

Two actor/singers return from last year: Jannie Jones and Liz Power. Their characters return as well.

Jones’ persona is young and gifted in the spirit of Aretha Franklin. (A 16-show FST veteran, she has the talent and charisma to pull it off.) She casually blows the audience away with numbers such as “Fever,” “He’s So Fine,” (proving conclusively to my ears that George Harrison did rip off The Chiffons) and “Respect.”

Original takes, always. And what a voice.

The Motown mojo flows through Jones’

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Power’s character didn’t just fall off the turnip truck. She’s no naïf, this kid. Her songs deal with such worldly wise issues as physical violence as a corrective to character assassination (“My Boyfriend’s Back”), the lousy snap judgments of human hormones (“It’s So Easy to Fall in Love”) and the temporality of eternal vows (“Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow”).

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There’s no hint of disillusionment in her early songs. From “Then He Kissed Me” to “Chapel of Love” to “I Hear a Symphony,” it’s love’s illusions, every time. But there’s a subtle shift, from the anthemic “I am Woman” to the mournful ballad of “Delta Dawn” — a study of a woman who never woke from her illusions.

Robinette is the wildcard. She sings her share of “hope fiend” songs, including the high-octane romanticism of “Please Mr. Postman” and “To Know Him is to Love

Him.” She also belts out an anthem of her own — “Put a Little Love in Your Heart.”

She also sings the titular “Dancin’ in the Street,” which isn’t so much an anthem as an infectiously joyful celebration of life.

Quentin Tarantino and/or Nancy Sinatra fans will appreciate Robinette’s shattering rendition of “Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down).” But you can’t keep a good woman down, as her crowd-pleasing take on “I Will Survive” proves.

Director and choreographer Dennis Courtney keeps a snappy pace, a seamless transition song to song and a ’60s groove to the accompanying dances. Jim Prosser burns up the piano — it’s all the audience can do not to start dancing in the street for real.

Richard Hopkins and Prosser developed this high-energy, feel-good revue, with additional songs from Rebecca Hopkins. They stopped short of creating a jukebox musical but get pretty darn close.

Their tunes don’t quite add up to one big story, but they do tell the tales of the four implied characters — in a haunting double exposure with the tales of the characters in the original songs.

This year, the Prima Donnettes bring their personas to life. They come off as three-dimensional, flesh-and-blood women.

You hear them roar. (And that’s the most liberating anthem of all.)

They will make you feel like dancing.

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A bedroom needs a theme. Whether it’s dark and cozy, minimal or chic and glamorous, a theme sets the stage for what the room needs and the direction to go with design elements.

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SEATING This perching chair, found at Sarasota Home Collection, has a low back and is wide and comfortable, offering a place to sit other than the bed.

Keeping the bedroom smelling fresh is a must. Choose scents according to your own sensory preferences and opt for aesthetically pleasing packaging, such as these Aquiesse diffusers, found at Sarasota Home Collection. Essentials like these should blend in, not stand out.

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“A water decanter. You always need water next to your bed.”

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Served as a standalone food item or as a welcome addition to just about any meal, there is no denying these golden strips of deepfried deliciousness are loved all around the world. In fact, the average American eats almost 30 pounds each year.

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Chili Cheese Fries Tony’s Chicago Beef 6569 Superior Ave., Sarasota 922-7979

Known for amazing Chicago-style hot dogs and brats, Tony’s hits a home run with its chili cheese fries, too.

Each day the restaurant hand-slices fresh russets, soaks them overnight and then blanches them in specially seasoned water. After that, the potatoes are cooled and fried to order. Getting them topped with cheese and some of Tony’s homemade tequila chili takes them to a whole new level of gooey fried bliss.

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Roast’s duck-fat fries recipe comes from the family memories of chef/co-owner Andy Thompson. After being fried to order, they are sprinkled with the finest English Maldon sea salt and are served piping hot.

“I grew up eating these fries in Europe, and I think their rich, savory flavor is simply the best,” he says. “Frying hand-cut potatoes in duck fat gives an extra crispy outside and infuses a hint of added flavor.”

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Staying true to Southern-style comfort food, the Blue Rooster and its new chef, Robert Goggin, bring Sarasota a scrumptious version of French-fried sweet potato pie. These brightly hued potatoes are hand-cut, blanched in peanut oil, cooled and fried to order. Hot out of the fryer, they are seasoned with the perfect mixture of salt, sugar and cinnamon and then served with a side of cane syrup whipped cream.

“This kind of French fry is often served shoestring style,” says Selva Grill’s Jeremy Osment.

“We keep ours original with a large hand-cut version.”

The fries are stacked on a plate decorated with lime and sweet chili, aged balsamic, passion fruit sauce and chive oil, and then dressed with truffle oil, chives, freshly grated Parmesan cheese and served with a port wine demi-glaze.

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Benefiting: Children First • Saturday, Nov. 1, at Sharky’s on the Pier

Co-Chairs Max and Stephanie Hannum, Jim and Debbie LaPinska, Paula Murray, Renee Phinney and Kristy and Tom Cail

by Heather Merriman | Black Tie Editor Cool weather, lobster dinner, bonfire gatherings, s’mores, fireworks and beachside sky lanterns — an ideal way to spend the first Saturday in November, which is exactly what more than 250 guests did the evening of Saturday, Nov. 1, at Sharky’s on the Pier for Children First’s 2nd annual Rockin’ Lobster.

Aaren Dejonge, Amber Clements and Allison Schibelli Guests released sky lanterns over the Gulf.

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Producing Artistic Director Michael Donald Edwards got everyone excited about “South Pacific,” which goes into previews Nov. 11 with a special Veterans Day celebration. Cast members Kelly Felthous, Maggie Cansler, Laura Gepford, Willow Schneider and Tony Festa performed, then joined the guests to sing “Happy Birthday” to Asolo Crystal Society member Lee Peterson. Edwards introduced incoming Asolo board President Mary Lou Winnick, who got off the auto train from Connecticut

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just in time for the evening event. She had great news to share about the success of the Asolo endowment drive, which is a special passion for her and husband, Ed. The charmer of the evening was a beautiful young lady, who turned out to be Roselynn, the exquisite 7-year-old daughter of Retta Wagner. Guests departed with a swag bag from the Asolo and an information packet for the 2015 Modern Pentathlon First World Cup, the latter courtesy of Katherine Harris, Sarasota Bradenton Pentathlon executive chair of the competition, which is set for February.

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Brevity is the soul phia this summer to deliver of friendship … How the commencement address many times have to graduate students and to you been promised receive an honorary Doctor of “brief comments” only Humanities in Health Sciences to have them go on and on? in recognition of her long and Friendship Centers’ leadership active support of the school’s actually delivered at a thank you programs. She celebrated her party for their donors, legacy “hooding” with an amazing smile society members and other and a talk that she described as supporters Oct. 30, at Hyatt “in the key of C,” sharing with the Regency Sarasota. President/ graduates her passions for colCEO Robert Carter, Senior laboration, cooperation, charity Vice President Erin McLeod and compassion. To which BT and board president Kathy adds, congratulations … A first Silverberg expressed their in Black Tie history … At the Oct. gratitude with terse eloquence 22 Wit and Wisdom sponsor so their 80-plus guests could kickoff party, the always elegant return to their food and drink.

Sue Jacobson and her mother, Seen at the Hyatt: Gloria Moss, Dorothy, approached BT editor Andi and Bob Munzer, Bob Heather Merriman with a reHarris and Paula Wasserman, quest. The duo was hoping MerDr. Gloria Schranz, Debbie riman would be in attendance so Frank, JoAnne Nevins, Sunny they could tap her for a picture O’Flynn and Mildred Field … for their holiday cards. Warning: Wearing white after labor day you may see this photo again … It’s just a suggestion next month … not a mandate for An Evening in White Gayla, Sue and Dorothy the wild-and-wacky drag Jacobson show benefiting Community AIDS Network’s emergency fund. The lovely, award-winning Amy DeMilo returns to emcee; new to the show is Versage from St. Petersburg, a Michael Jackson impersonator.

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OCEANIC EVENING Benefiting Mote Marine Laboratory and Aquarium Saturday, Oct. 25, at The Ritz-Carlton, Sarasota

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Songs of Wars I Have Seen November 20 & 21, 7:00 pm Holley Hall “Songs of Wars I Have Seen” is a staged concert portraying domestic life during World War II. It combines text written by Gertrude Stein, with narration by members of the Orchestra. Immerse yourself in the lives of women on the home front in Europe through spoken word and music.

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Join us after the concert for a Q&A session about the program with Anu Tali.

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A NIGHT TO REMEMBER Benefiting The Players Friday, Oct. 24, at Fête Ballroom

Saturday – November 15 – 7:30 p.m.

Sunday – November 16 – 2:00 & 7:30 p.m.

In the Historic Asolo Theater at The Ringling Museum of Art

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CURTAIN RAISER Benefiting Sarasota Opera Sunday, Oct. 26, at Michael’s Wine Cellar

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David Chaifetz, Bill Chapman, Steve Wilberding and Larry English

Jacqueline and David Morton

Joey Frye, Mary Mitchell and Richard Russell

Rick Kerby, Marsha Johnson and Jonathan Coleman

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A noteworthy campaign Write-On Sarasota, a local stationary boutique, is celebrating 15 years in business this December. To celebrate the milestone, owner Eileen Wallace is launching the Grateful Campaign.

“During the recession, 51% of the stationary business in the United States went out of business,” says Wallace, “I will be in business 15 years — why am I still here? My customers.

And they need a thank you.”

Dedicating the entire month of November to the Grateful Campaign, each week will have a purpose and theme, revolving around the importance of stationary, and being thankful for those people in our lives.

“There is nothing like getting a note or a card in the mail,” says Wallace.

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Week 2 (Nov. 10) – The store will offer special pricing on stationary items in the store

Week 3 (Nov. 17) – A competition for the best notes moms and grandmas have been given from their children and grandchildren, featuring categories such as most hilarious, sweetest and anything in between. Vendors are doing giveaways for the best notes entered.

Week 4 (Nov. 24) – In the Thanksgiving spirit of being thankful and grateful, this is the week to take the challenge of writing and sending a note if you haven’t already.

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The Art of the Appetizer, of the Entree, of the Dessert, as created by Sarasota’s finest chefs and inspired by Sarasota Orchestra, Sarasota Opera and The Sarasota Ballet.

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Week 1 (Nov.3) – Drop off any thank you card to the store and Wallace will stamp it and mail it anywhere in the United States — “Those notes you’ve been meaning to write but you haven’t, write them.”

• “Always date it, people save things,” says Wallace.

Date the card in the upper right corner or the old-fashioned way is the bottom left, either is acceptable.

• When addressing an envelope or a note, the husband’s first and last name should never be separated, for example, the envelope would read “Mr. and Mrs. David Beckham” and the note would begin “Victoria and David.”

“No matter what the rules are, it should be meaningful and from the heart,” says Wallace.

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