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by David Conway | News Editor

Barfield scrutinizes DID spending Following allegations of impropriety, the city is now working to clarify the spending authority of the Downtown Improvement District board.

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A feud between a merchant and a legal consultant has spilled over to a new arena, leading to questions concerning the spending powers of the city’s Downtown Improvement District.

Ron Soto, owner of Soto’s Optical and president of the Sarasota Downtown Merchants Association, was embroiled in a battle last month with Florida ACLU

Vice President Michael Barfield.

The two were contesting the city’s regulation of signs — and objecting to signs the other had posted on downtown streets.

The City Commission addressed the signs issue in November, moving to restrict all signs from the public right of way, but the fight has continued. On Nov. 25, Barfield appeared at a meet-

ing of the Downtown Improvement District, on which Soto serves as a board member. There, Barfield listed a series of allegations regarding improper spending by the group.

The issue, Barfield said, pertains to the city’s procurement

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DID’S BIDS The city’s procurement process requires its boards to adhere to the following spending guidelines: • For purchases exceeding $5,000, three independent bids must be solicited.

• For purchases exceeding $50,000, the city’s purchasing department must issue a public invitation to bid.

When challenged with the task of building a can structure for food donations, the employees at LexJet, a part of S-One Holdings Corp., delivered. The rules were that the structure must be built of cans of nonperishable food that would later be donated to All Faiths Food Bank. The accounting team was awarded first place for its oversized Advent tree made of food.

In total, more than 2,400 pounds of food were collected, which translates to an estimated 2,000 meals.

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+ Knights of the Thanksgiving table More than 650 meals were served during Our Lady of Victory, Knights of Columbus Council 3358’s 29th annual Thanksgiving Feed the Hungry dinner. The Knights opened the doors to their home, Columbus Hall, at 4880 Fruitville Road to anyone who needed a place to enjoy the holiday.

St. Martha Catholic Church began this event in 1979 after construction of the Parish Hall was completed.

In 1985, the Knights of Columbus began hosting the event at Columbus Hall.

This is a signature charity event for Sarasota’s oldest Knights of Columbus Council 3358. The council was formed in 1950 at St. Martha.

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Jadynn Bachman and her brother, Jonathan, tell Santa Claus what they want for Christmas at the Light up the Village holiday parade Saturday, on Siesta Key. For more photos from the event, see page 1B.

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New commissioners speak out Two recently appointed city commissioners have emphasized a focus on collegiality, but the pair says they’re also unafraid to speak their minds.

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Eileen Walsh Normile and Stan Zimmerman joined the City Commission Nov. 19.

At his first official meeting as the District 3 city commissioner, Stan Zimmerman didn’t hesitate to jump into the fray.

He didn’t hesitate to voice an unpopular opinion, or to stand as the lone dissenting vote, either. To begin Monday’s City Commission meeting, Zimmer-

man questioned the wisdom of adding a new playground — funded by a $127,000 private donation — to Causeway Park, located under the western end of the John Ringling Causeway Bridge.

“My first thing to talk about was why a playground should

not be built,” Zimmerman said.

“The very first vote we took was a 4-1 vote, me in the minority.

There was no heartburn on my side.”

Zimmerman was one of two commissioners the City Com-

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SPENDING / FROM PAGE 1A procedures. When spending more than $5,000 on a project, the city requires the solicitation of at least three bids before that money can be spent. If the total for the project tops $50,000, a competitive bidding process is required.

The DID has funded a number of projects that top the $5,000 mark over the past year. The board has put more than $36,000 toward new lights at Five Points Park, another $14,000 to light trees along Main Street, and spent $15,000 on downtown marketing.

The rub, DID officials and city staff say, is that none of those projects was ultimately the responsibility of the Downtown Improvement District. Because the money was given to an outside organization, which then spearheaded the project itself, the spending is classified as a grant, rather than a contracted purchase.

“The distinction is a grant, that becomes a project of some party other than the city, and their purchasing rules apply,” said John Moran, operations manager of the DID. “That’s differentiated from a project the DID or city directly contracts.”

Mary Tucker, the city’s purchasing manager, confirmed that the city views the two forms of spending differently. Furthermore, Tucker added, there were no specific regulations outlining the process by which an outside organization could seek a grant — it just has to be done and approved at a public meeting, she said.

City Attorney Robert Fournier said there was some gray area, in that the city does not clearly delineate the DID’s spending power. He plans to meet with city staff to clarify the existing regulations and procedures, but does not believe anything would restrict the DID from issuing grants.

Fournier said procurement was just one of several issues Barfield raised concerning the DID, and indicated he believed the personal relationship between Soto and Barfield likely inspired the complaint.

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OUTSIDE FUNDS Over the past year, the DID has given grants to several outside organizations to help fund downtown improvement projects. Some of that spending includes:

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• $36,380 to the Sarasota Downtown Merchants Association, given to install and maintain new tree lights in Five Points Park while removing the previous system. merit, we won’t look at it,” Fournier said.

Barfield suggested there were other factors — including earlier Sunshine law violations by the DID board — but he didn’t deny that the conflict with Soto played some role in his allegations. He said he believed Soto was acting as though he had an authority to speak for the entirety of downtown, and sought more information regarding Soto’s role in the community.

“In searching for some authority to support his assertion that he had that power, I did begin looking into what the sources of his authority were,” Barfield said. “What’s the relationship between the various entities — the merchants group, the DID board and Ron Soto?”

Barfield alleged the group was intentionally skirting the city’s procurement rules. Matters are made murkier by Soto’s dual role on the DID board and as president of the Sarasota Downtown Merchants

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• $15,000 to the Downtown Marketing Co-op, given as part of a larger fundraising campaign to promote the district.

• $14,080 to the Sarasota Downtown Merchants Association, given to cover the expenses of installing lights in trees within the DID along Main Street.

Association. The DID has voted several times to grant money to the merchants group — votes from which Soto has not been required to recuse himself.

Most notably, the Sarasota Downtown Merchants Association has received more than $50,000 to install lights along Main Street and in Five Points Park. The money covered the installation and a year of maintenance, but, going forward, the merchants group will be responsible for the projects, Moran said.

Moran said the deciding factor in this case — and other issues that appear to present a potential conflict of interest — is whether a board member would directly financially benefit as a result of the vote.

Although Soto’s store is a short walk from Five Points Park, the city deemed it not to be a conflict of interest.

Fournier said that, while the voting conflict of interest did not seem to be invoked,

another potential issue must be addressed.

The Florida Statutes prevent a public officer from doing business with one’s agency, though the specific provision addresses the purchase, rent or lease of any goods or services. At this point, Fournier said, he was uncertain about whether or not the grant to the Sarasota Downtown Merchants Association would pose any problems.

“I just want to look and familiarize myself better,” Fournier said. “I need to study the allegations.”

The topic will be revisited at the DID’s Dec. 9 meeting. When Barfield detailed his concerns at the group’s last meeting, the DID board expressed an interest in correcting any missteps it had potentially taken.

“This is obviously an important item,” DID Chairman Mark Kauffman said.

“None of us here are professionals, and if we’re doing something in error, we should correct it.”

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Developer pitches Burns Court condo A vacant lot on Dolphin Street could become home for an eight-story condominium building.

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Wellington Chase Homeowners Association President Kathy Peters, center, asks the developer why only a few homeowners seemed to receive notice of the proposed zoning change.

Apartment plans rile Palmer Ranch residents Residents mainly from the Wellington Chase neighborhood voiced their displeasure during a three-hour meeting with the project’s developer.

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The proposed development would include three three-story buildings and three four-story buildings.

The area is separated from the Wellington community by a 3.3-acre drainage lake, but the building height drew ire from homeowners who would be able to see the buildings across the water.

“Privacy will be an issue,” said resident Rich Puckett.

It’s not so much that the land is being developed, Peters said, but that three- and four-story buildings are uncharacteristic of the area.

Justin Powell, with Palmer Ranch Holdings, said in an interview with the Sarasota Observer that putting multifamily units in this location provides a density gradient for the area — developing down from industrial to multifamily and then to single family lessens the intensity.

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From increased traffic to changing the feel of the area, residents of the Wellington Chase neighborhood are concerned about a luxury apartment complex proposed near their homes.

A.G. Spanos is under contract with Palmer Ranch Holdings to purchase a 20acre parcel in the Palmer Ranch area. The contract is dependent on the success of a rezone petition with the county.

Located roughly at the corner of Northridge Road and Sawyer Loop, the parcel is part of a corridor of zoning that was at one time a planned commercial district; the parcel is currently zoned light industrial. However, the area is slowly being developed as residential — two other parcels have already been rezoned for residential.

Currently the land is wetlands and pastureland, with only a few cows as tenants.

The wetlands will stay, but the rest of the land will be developed into a six-building luxury apartment complex with a total of 260 units. The gated community is targeted at young professionals, families and retirees, with onebedroom units costing about $1,000 per month.

About 70 residents voiced their concerns to county and developer representatives at a neighborhood workshop Tuesday. The less than 10-slide PowerPoint presented to the residents took a little less than three hours because of the amount of questions.

“We don’t want residential because we have concerns — light pollution, traffic con-

ment,” he said.

Powell said there’s a high demand for rental units — Serenade on Palmer Ranch, another apartment complex in the area, had a six-month waiting list for interested renters last year.

Some residents were not only unhappy with the development — they were unhappy that they didn’t receive a notification of the proposed rezoning.

The county regulates that a proposed rezone and development must be advertised in the newspapers and notices must be sent to residents living in a 750-foot radius to the proposed area.

Hardy Gillespie, division manager with A.G. Spanos Co., assured the crowd at the meeting that his company had followed the rules — however, some of the Wellington residents live outside the radius.

Peters received a copy of the notice of the proposed project from another resident last week. She made

copies, and with the help of some other association members, spent last weekend going door-to-door to inform residents who hadn’t been notified about the project and the meeting. There are about 220 residents in Wellington Chase.

“It seems like only a handful got it,” she said.

The developer agreed to notify the community better, especially all the residents of Wellington Chase, before the project came before the Sarasota County Planning Commission or the County Commission.

“Eventually someone will buy this,” said Gillespie after the meeting. “I understand their concerns, but this is going to be developed at some point. We’re offering a better alternative.”

The development — which is currently unnamed — isn’t Spanos’ first in Sarasota County. The company, based out of California, also completed two other apartment complexes, Saratoga Place on Palmer Ranch and Serenade on Palmer Ranch.

Spanos will file the project application to the county in late December. After review, it will move to the Planning Commission.

Peters said she’s already contacted the developer again, the morning after the meeting, to make sure she will get future correspondence to the neighborhood about the project. She’s also planning to contact the County Commission.

“We’re going to be proactive about this,” Peters said.

“We’re telling them our dissatisfaction.”

A proposed eight-story condominium building serves as another sign of the rebounding residential market — and could make a significant impact on its Burns Court surroundings.

On Wednesday, the city’s Development Review Committee heard a proposal from Ron Chandler, a real estate investor hoping to purchase the property at 1505 Dolphin St. His vision for the land includes a sixunit, eight-story residential building. The units are planned to be about 4,650 square feet each, with three bedrooms, two bathrooms and a porch. The concept is a stark contrast from the previous single-family home that occupied the property.

It’s also a stark contrast when compared with the property’s surroundings on Dolphin Avenue, which is lined largely with single-story businesses.

John Harshman, the real estate broker listing the property, said he’d heard from a mix of interested buyers — some hoping to build a residential development, and others eyeing the land for retail space. Although he declined to comment on how significant the interest in the land was, he noted that, though there had been an uptick in downtown residential development, many of the projects underway in the area have pre-recession origins.

Two nearby projects fit that description.

One Palm, the hotel and condo at Palm Avenue and Ringling Boulevard, and Sansara, a condo at Ringling and Pineapple Avenue, both date back to the mid-2000s.

Considering the circumstances, Harshman said, he wasn’t surprised the proposal stood out from its surroundings.

“What was on here before was a singlefamily house that people lived in for years before the owner bought it,” Harshman said. “The area south of Ringling has not had a tremendous amount of development attention.”

Already, at least one of the development’s potential neighbors has expressed its initial approval of a taller building in the area.

Brooke Misantone, co-owner of The Bullet Hole, is fine with bigger developments in the area, though he was not familiar with this specific proposal.

“It’s cool to see things popping up,” Misantone said. “Let’s not fight our manifest destiny.”

The project is still in its early stages: Thorning Little, the architect representing Chandler at Wednesday’s meeting, was seeking guidance from city staff regarding initial concepts.

Still, both Little and Harshman indicated that gaining approval from the city should be straightforward — and that the development appears poised to move forward.

“We certainly hope it comes to fruition,” Harshman said.

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Although the property sits in the shadow of downtown high-rise construction, the area around 1505 Dolphin St. is largely comprised of one- and two-story buildings.

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COMMISSION / FROM PAGE 1A mission appointed Nov. 19 to finish the five-month terms vacated by Paul Caragiulo and Shannon Snyder. At the time, the new commission stressed the importance of creating a harmonious atmosphere.

For Zimmerman, that doesn’t mean he’s afraid to go against the majority.

Although he’s traded his traditional casual look for a jacket and tie, Zimmerman said that, as a commissioner, he’ll be bringing a what-you-see-is-what-you-get personality to the board.

Occasionally — and immediately, as it turned out — that personality might place him outside the majority. He delved into several topics Monday that otherwise would have passed without discussion, a move he attributed to his tendency to probe for more information.

In addition to the Causeway Park playground, Zimmerman also asked staff to provide additional information about the design of a seawall near O’Leary’s and the terms of the city’s lease with the Sarasota Garden Club. A subsequent vote on the seawall quickly placed Zimmerman in the minority again, but in his eyes, the discussions amounted to due diligence.

Zimmerman isn’t new to City Hall — he’s spent time over the past four decades covering the city as a reporter. Although the breadth of his focus must now expand, the career change still allows him to press for new information.

“I’m just curious,” Zimmerman said.

“The position now allows me to ask questions.”

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Eileen Walsh Normile, the other commissioner debuting Monday, shares some of Zimmerman’s natural curiosity — a daunting task when catching up on 700 pages of background information in less than two weeks. Immediately following her appointment, Normile said her focus was on studying for the next meeting.

Normile has developed a familiarity with procedural issues as the chairwoman

RUNNING MATES Although their interim terms are up in May, Stan Zimmerman has already announced his intention to run for his seat in the spring election. More recently, Eileen Walsh Normile has also taken steps toward running: Although she’s made no firm commitment, she picked up the requisite paperwork to run for the District 2 seat earlier this week.

Whether their time on the board ends early next year or they become a fixture at City Hall, both new commissioners have committed to their new positions.

“I didn’t get into this just so I can write down I’ve been a city commissioner for five months on my resume,” Normile said. “I got into it because I really wanted to be of use.” of the city’s Independent Police Advisory Panel. Still, the first 12 days on the job included a whirlwind of new information.

“Now, I am a part of making decisions that are so important, and I really feel that,” Normile said. “It’s one of many reasons I’m trying to learn and know as much as I possibly can, because you really owe that to people.”

Normile, like Zimmerman, was the top choice of Vice Mayor Susan Chapman and Commissioner Suzanne Atwell when the appointments were made. Normile has been a leading advocate for the importance of collegiality among commissioners.

As she joins the board, Normile said, she doesn’t expect harmony will manifest itself in a series of 5-0 votes. Even as the group strives to work with greater cohesion, she believes individual commissioners bring strong, distinct points of view to the table.

“I can’t predict, but my guess is that this is not a lock-step commission — that’s almost a ridiculous statement,” Normile said. “It’s five citizens who will do what they think is right and best for the city.”

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by Jessica Salmond | Staff Writer

County residents peck at chicken-keeping ban CLUCK hopes the county will adopt similar chicken-keeping allowances as the city. Its online petition has garnered 600 signatures.

Bardy, Rozzy, Betsy and Pippi eye the hands of Francis Tiner attentively, clucking softly as they wait for tidbits of nuts to drop.

“My girls … they love walnuts.

That’s their favorite,” Tiner says.

The hens will even nibble their preferred snack out of their owner’s hand.

Tiner’s four hens are legal — they live within the city limits of Sarasota.

Tiner has had hens for a little more than two years. He was a part of the movement that pushed for the ability to raise chickens in the city, a group named Citizens Lobbying for Urban Chicken Keeping (CLUCK).

The city passed an ordinance allowing residents to own up to four hens, among other regulations, in 2011. The issue brought about a lot of discussion and debate, said Jan Thornburg, city spokeswoman. The city reviewed the ordinance in February, and deemed that it was working well.

“It has been wildly successful,” Thornburg said.

Now, Jono Miller, one of the founders of CLUCK, is heading up the organization’s movement to allow chickens in residential areas of the

county as well. Currently chickens are only allowed on county properties zoned open-use rural and open-use estate.

He said CLUCK approached the county earlier in the year — after the city reviewed its ordinance — and asked the county to consider enacting a similar ordinance. The county said it wanted to find out more about the city’s experience.

Since 2011, there have been 21 complaints to the city about domestic chickens, and 14 of them have been about roosters, which are not allowed under the ordinance, she said.

Tiner relates some of the low number of complaints to CLUCK’s diligence in educating chicken owners on the rules.

“We self-police,” he said.

If someone in CLUCK hears of someone having a rooster, for example, the person will let the homeowner know that roosters are not allowed.

After getting some direction from the county, Miller said CLUCK would be willing to help draft an ordinance for the county.

CLUCK is also circulating a petition to gauge community support. The online form has signatures from more than 600

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Francis Tiner lives in city of Sarasota limits. His hens — or his “girls”— are fenced in his yard, and he considers them pets.

“Chickens are personable,” Tiner said.

Sarasota County residents who support changing the county code to allow chickens, said Ann McAvoy, a county resident and CLUCK supporter.

“The commission shouldn’t micromanage backyards,” McAvoy said. “People should have the option.”

Heidi Pike lives in the Lake Sarasota area, past I-75. Her daughter, Paige, got involved in Future Farmers of America, and her two younger children are in 4-H. The family acquired two hens and followed the regulations set down by the city, she said.

“I didn’t know I couldn’t have them in the county,” Pike said.

A neighbor complained about

the chickens, and Pike relocated Storm Trooper and Lego Blaster (her younger children named the hens, she said) to a nearby farm to comply with the county code.

The county code enforcement officer told her to get in contact with CLUCK. She’s helped collect about 250 signatures for the petition.

“It’s been the chicken saga,” she said. “I’m part of their crew now.

The county should get on board with the city.”

Newly elected County Commissioner Paul Caragiulo was a city commissioner when the city allowed backyard chickens. He said he would be open to discussing it at the county level.

• Limit four chickens; no roosters • No slaughtering chickens or selling eggs • Coop must be mobile, impermeable to rodents and fenced in, and chickens must be kept inside at night.

• Coop must be at least 4 square feet per bird residing in the enclosure.

• Coop must not be located in front yard, or closer than 10 feet to the property line of an adjacent property.

• No dog or cat that kills a chicken will be considered dangerous or aggressive for that reason.

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• Chickens are allowed only in open use rural- and open use estate-zoned property.

• 500-foot setback from residential property line in OUR; 100 feet in OUE. “I’m not anti-chicken, as long as there are protections in place,” he said.

County Commission Chairwoman Carolyn Mason said she would support a county ordinance that reflected the restrictions in the city.

“Roosters are obnoxious,” she said, but added that she had visited the coop of a city resident and was impressed by how clean and quiet the hens were.

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by David Conway | News Editor

Mobility plan raises questions for residents The city’s proposed changes to impact fees for new developments have some residents concerned they won’t prevent traffic issues in their area.

As the city works to overhaul a system that measures traffic from new developments, a group of citizens hopes to have their concerns addressed before any changes are made.

The city has introduced the findings of a mobility study over the past year as it prepares to revise elements of the city plan, which came up for consideration at the Sept. 17 meeting of the Planning Board. The goal of these revisions, staff said, was to make the city’s transportation impact fee system more efficient for developers and more effective for residents.

The issue with the current system, the city determined, is twofold. First, traffic studies were required for all projects unless one was particularly small. Many projects did not trigger additional payments after a traffic study was completed, with builders only paying the standard impact fees based on the density or square footage of the development.

The second problem was created after those impact fees were collected. The city was only allowed to make improvements directly to the streets — money was often slotted toward widening the roadway, even if the community indicated a preference for the current state of a street.

The new system, staff said, would address both of these is-

sues. The city plans to create three mobility zones, each with its own acceptable traffic threshold for developments. Below that threshold, developers would just be required to pay the standard impact fees; above it, a traffic study would be required.

Once those impact fees were collected, they could go toward a variety of transportation improvements, including bus stops, bike lanes and trafficcalming measures.

Although the second part of the proposal has been well received, the first part has drawn some scrutiny. A committee of the Coalition of City Neighborhood Associations, led by Laurel Park resident Kate Lowman, has formed to examine the impacts of the new mobility plan on neighborhoods.

One of the leading issues has to do with the mobility zones.

The downtown zone — which includes an acceptable threshold of 250 trips during peak hours — includes Laurel Park. Lowman has questioned whether a one-size-fits-all standard within those zones will have a negative effect on some residential areas.

“Does it really make sense to just have three zones?” Lowman said. “How did you decide where those boundaries are? How do you deal with underlying differences within those zones?”

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• The city plans to create three mobility zones.

• Each zone has an acceptable traffic threshold.

• If new developments exceed threshold, developers must complete traffic study. If they do not, they pay standard impact fees.

• Impact fees could go toward transportation improvements other than just streets. said most of the city is already viewed exactly the same when it comes to measuring transportation impacts. The proposed changes would better reflect the city’s land-use plans, she said.

Based on a study of the last 10 years of development, the projects beneath the established traffic threshold would likely gain approval either way.

“I wouldn’t say this is making things more general than they are right now,” DavisShaw said.

In addition to questions regarding the specific proposed changes, the CCNA committee has also drawn attention to a bigger question regarding how the city manages its traffic growth.

“Is the new approach coming to terms with the question, ‘Can we handle the capacity placed on our roads?’” Lowman said. “It

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DavisShaw said the concern about the city’s traffic capacity was a separate issue. Per state law, she said, developers are just required to address issues caused by the traffic that their project contributes to the streets.

“If the network is already failing, it’s up to the community to make it operational,” DavisShaw said. “I think that’s really part of the problem.”

Regardless of how the city measures traffic for new proj-

ects, developers are entitled to build on their property as long as they comply with existing regulations.

“If their traffic is significant, they have to do a study and make improvements,” DavisShaw said.

“If the traffic impact is not significant, they still pay — but as long as they’re paying for their impact, you can’t deny them.”

The CCNA committee is finalizing a list of questions and concerns to present at a Dec. 6 meeting, at which point DavisShaw plans to work with the group regarding those issues.

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Siesta Isles Association scopes out new signage The homeowners association wants to brighten up the entrances to the deed-restricted community.

Siesta Isles Association thinks the community’s tan-and-turquoise entrance signs need a makeover. The main sign on Shadow Lawn Drive is at least 50 years old, and the five signs at the various entrances into the community aren’t consistent. “(The signs) look dated; the paint is fading,” said Tony Romanus, president of Siesta Isles Association. “We have to agree what we want this to look like.”

There are also discrepancies with the material used and the amount of landscaping at each sign. The Beach Way Drive location doesn’t have the infrastructure to match the other signs because it doesn’t have electricity for illumination or irrigation for the landscaping.

Bringing the Beach Way Drive sign into compliance could easily cost $5,000 on its own, Romanus said.

Stacey Roberts, a board member who helped gather information on the signage, suggested the board think about native plants as part of the landscaping and also consider vamping up the landscaping at the intersection of Shadow Lawn Drive and Midnight Pass Road.

“That’s the beginning of our major entrance,” she said.

The board pitched the sign idea during its annual membership meeting in October and tried to gauge interest among other association members.

HANNAH BRIDGHAM Although the Siesta Isles Association hasn’t made any decisions on the future image of the community’s entryways, the organization has hired an intern to design a new logo for its future signs.

Hannah Bridgham is a sophomore Ringling College of Art and Design transfer student from Kennebunk, Maine. She started off studying environmental studies, but it didn’t feel right. She is now majoring in motion design.

“I was drawing in my free time, and I thought, ‘Why am I not doing that?’” she said.

Bridgham’s dream is to work in sports graphics — her father played baseball in college.

Bridgham has experience in coastal designing — her mother is an interior designer with her own shop in Maine. In 2011, Bridgham began repurposing sea rocks and driftwood into signs and decorations, painting sea life or scenes onto Some members wanted the board to think bigger — not to just improve the sign but the entrances as a whole to help Siesta Isles stand out.

The organization is hoping to have a grant proposal completed in time to apply for Sarasota

them and selling them to her mother’s clients. She’s even reached a celebrity status — Barbara Bush is one of her clients.

This will be Bridgham’s first big project she’s sought out on her own, she said. For now, she’s focused on helping Siesta Isles narrow down what it wants.

“I’m really excited about it,” she said.

County’s neighborhood grant program in the spring. Before applying, the committee will have to figure construction and volunteer-hour estimates. It also has to explain the project’s public benefit, safety improvement and community strengthening.

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If selected for the grant, the county will match what the association budgets and give credit for volunteer work, too. The association is budgeting $4,000 for the signs and is aiming for about $1,000 worth of volunteer hours — meaning the county would give it an additional $5,000 for the project. The county would credit volunteer hours at $15 per hour.

“This is our biggest expenditure in a long time,” Romanus said.

For now, the sign committee’s next step is to establish cost estimates for replacing the current landscaping and updating the Beach Way Drive infrastructure for electricity and irrigation. The committee hopes to present those numbers to the board at the December meeting.

“This will be a multiyear, multiphase project,” Romanus said.

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Revise the Van Wezel model Congratulations to Mary Bensel, executive director of the Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall; Sarasota City Manager Tom Barwin; former City Manager Bob Bartolotta; and the Van Wezel Foundation.

Thanks to their efforts, over the past two years and this current fiscal year, city taxpayers have not had to subsidize the cost of operating the city’s performing arts hall.

That’s quite an accomplishment. It’s rare among municipalities around the nation to find such public venues supporting themselves. Just up the interstate, for instance, Mahaffey Theater in St. Petersburg requires $500,000 to $600,000 a year from the city’s general funds; and in Tampa, the Straz Center taps city taxpayers for about $550,000 and Hillsborough County taxpayers for another $740,000 a year.

But as with most things in life, the Van Wezel’s financial achievement is a choice.

Avoiding the subsidy comes at a price.

The Van Wezel business model is to book more than 100 shows a year with entertainers from around the world. The idea is simple: butts in seats, for a price.

And do it on the days people are most likely to attend — the weekends.

Indeed, the Van Wezel model translates into higher usage fees for weekend days and nights than what is charged during the week.

In one respect, it’s working. Ticket sales and parking fees generate 80% of the Van Wezel’s revenues. Contrast that with only 54% and 43% of revenues coming from ticket sales and parking at the Mahaffey and Straz, respectively.

The booking of so many outside shows and the mission to operate with surpluses, however, have produced negative effects. Prime performance dates are severely limited to local performing arts organizations, in particular Sarasota Ballet and the Sarasota Orchestra. And the rental costs in general are so high that the cost-per-show makes the Van Wezel all but unaffordable to the homegrown organizations.

It’s an irony: The Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall is a symbol of Sarasota’s reputation as the cultural-arts center of Florida.

But the city-based groups rarely use it.

To a great extent, this results in a lost economic opportunity. Consider: As result of not being able to afford the Van Wezel and perform there on prime snowbird-season dates, Sarasota Ballet

and the Sarasota Orchestra perform in venues with fewer seats — at the Asolo and Holley Hall.

This produces lost opportunities, not just for these organizations but for Sarasota as well.

For one, the smaller venues limit the organizations’ revenues and raise their cost of production, making them weaker financially than they otherwise might be.

What’s more, by not performing regularly in the hometown performing arts hall, the city is losing out on attracting more and bigger export revenue.

Van Wezel’s Bensel will say its shows of outside entertainers help boost Sarasota’s cultural reputation. But the fact is most of the shows that travel here can be seen elsewhere. The ticket money local residents pay covers the Van Wezel’s costs, but some of it also leaves Sarasota.

In contrast, the local performing arts groups are like selling the beaches to tourists or, say, Sun Hydraulics selling its hydraulic valves overseas — exports that bring in outside revenues and increase the wealth of Sarasota.

With their growing national and international reputations, the Sarasota Ballet and Sarasota Orchestra are businesses that should be fostered to continue growing. But that growth will continue to be strained if their futures remain tied to performing at the Asolo and Holley Hall.

If they have bigger, better permanent venues and available at the prime times, they can enhance the overall economic and cultural vitality of the region.

We hope this point is not lost in the future development of the bayfront.

Yes, kudos to those who have turned the Van Wezel from a tax burden to a selfsupporting venue. But to keep the Van Wezel operating as it is — as a public facility reliant on out-of-town entertainers and out of reach for our own homegrown performers — seems to be somewhat of a backward proposition.

To be sure, taxpayers don’t want the Van Wezel to go back to requiring subsidies. But if the local performing arts organizations are to grow financially and in reputation, they need bigger, better permanent venues.

And that is why, as the organizers of Bayfront 20-20 and city commissioners move toward redeveloping the bayfront, their thinking should embrace mixeduse development on the Van Wezel site — a performing arts venue that can

accommodate and is affordable for the hometown teams and commercial development that would eliminate a need for taxpayer subsidies for the performing arts hall.

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When you purchase property, e.g. land and a home on it, you have certain expectations with that ownership: It’s your property; therefore, you are the steward of it, and it’s in your interest to maintain and improve the property to the highest degree affordable.

Likewise, you also have an interest in protecting your property. For instance, you would object and resist any non-owner of your property damaging, misusing, destroying or congregating on your property without your permission.

No one has the right to do any of that.

Conversely, property ownership brings certain expectations of you, the owner, as well. The most commonly accepted expectation is that “the law” forbids you from damaging or causing harm to your neighbors and their property. You can’t operate a pig farm in a residential neighborhood. Or you can’t manufacture steel. Or pollute the environment with toxic waste.

Now go one step further: As a property owner, when you pay property taxes, those taxes are presumed to purchase for you your share of such services as police and fire protection, garbage collection and maintenance and operation of the neighborhood park, among other services. Because you pay for these services, you expect to be entitled to them fairly.

Now comes a group of vagrants in your neighborhood, as they have at Gillespie Park. They do not own property; they sleep on the streets; they do not pay property taxes.

Are they entitled to the use of your neighborhood park?

This is the dilemma that arises with anything dubbed “public.” When everyone owns property, no one owns it. When no one owns it, typically it is abused.

This is why private ownership virtually always leads to better stewardship.

But what of the homeless? What about parks for them?

Philanthropy. Americans are the most generous, philanthropic people in the world. You can be sure that if there were no parks for the homeless, philanthropists would fund them.

WHY WE HAVE THE MORAL RIGHT, DUTY TO OBLITERATE JIHADISTS From Craig Biddle, editor of The Objective Standard, Oct. 9: Leon Panetta, former director of the CIA and secretary of defense, says that defeating our enemies in the Middle East and North Africa “is going to take a long time.”

How long? “I think we’re looking at kind of a 30-year war,” Panetta predicts.

Whether the United States will be involved in this war for 30 years is an open question.

But the notion that such a lengthy war is necessary is nonsense.

America has astoundingly sophisticated weaponry — combat drones, nuclear submarines, satellite surveillance, aircraft carriers, stealth bombers, GPS-guided missiles, bunker busters, thermobaric bombs and so on. We have the most intelligent, best trained, most competent soldiers and special operations forces on the planet.

We can eliminate large cities in a matter of seconds. We can take over large countries in a matter of weeks, if not days. We can bring any enemy to its knees in short order — if we so choose.

So why accept a 30-year war? Why

accept even a 30-week war?

The only reason Americans will accept a long war is that they have lost (or never gained) confidence in their right to defend themselves against those who seek to kill them.

If we are to defeat this Godawful enemy and return to normal, jihad-free living in a reasonable amount of time, Americans must regain confidence in the fact that we have certain rights and that our government must use the full capacity of our military to protect these rights when foreign aggressors aim to violate them.

We have a moral right to live our lives free from “Allah’s will” or any such nonsense. We have a moral right to defend ourselves against those who have faith or “just know” that they should convert or kill us. We have a moral right to kill those who seek to kill us. In short, we have a moral right to life, liberty and self-defense.

Of course, few Americans would deny that we have such rights. Most would say we do. The problem is that saying we have these rights is not the same thing

as knowing we have them. And knowing we have these rights is a precondition of confidently demanding that our government protect them … … Americans who lack sufficient motivation to do the mental work necessary to grasp the source and nature of rights may find such motivation by looking at the things and people they love and by seriously considering what it would be like to lose them.

Look, for instance, at your life, your career, your goals, your (relative) freedom, your boyfriend or girlfriend, your husband or wife, your children or grandchildren. Are you willing to permit jihadists who are dead set on destroying your values and killing your loved ones (or worse) to continue their efforts toward that end?

These values are precisely what is at stake. These are the things and people we stand to lose so long as the U.S. government fails to end the jihadist assault. And the only way to get the government to end the assault as quickly as possible is to remind the government and all Americans who will listen that the government is legally required to protect our rights — moral rights we can prove we have. It’s that simple.

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While sorting through a cardboard box filled with photos and mementos, memories rush to Marion West’s mind.

The Sarasota resident pulls out a program from the 2007 Congressional Gold Medal Ceremony and unwraps a miniature plane.

It’s a replica of the P-51 planes the Tuskegee Airmen flew during World War II. The cream-colored plane is complete with the bright red tail that inspired the planes’ nickname, the “Red Tails.”

“It was during my senior year in 1941 and ’42 that the war broke out, and I knew that I was going to go into the Army, but I was preparing myself because I wanted to go to medical school,” said West.

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“Flying was not necessarily my first choice, but I was going to try because it seemed promising at the time and I was willing to do it,” West said. “Later on I was happy that I didn’t because a lot of those guys didn’t make it. At the training we lost pilots, and certainly we lost them once we went overseas in combat.”

In 1943, West and the Tuskegee Airmen were deployed to Ramitelli, Italy. The role of the Tuskegee Airmen was to escort and protect American bombers from enemy aircraft by flying a convoy of P-51 planes around bombers between missions in Germany. In more than 300 missions, the only bombers who were shot down were taken down by fire from the ground — none from enemy aircraft.

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County confident system can deter cyber attacks

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In the aftermath of the Sarasota County School District’s cyber attack, the Sarasota County IT department says user monitoring and access level can help prevent attacks.

Although it’s been more than a month since the Sarasota County School District’s computer network system was attacked by malware, district staff is still working to restore the system to its previous state.

Joe Binswanger, the director of IT for the district, said there are still some servers being restored and that he is hopeful the process will be completed by next week at the latest.

The cyber attack allegedly performed

by Michael Levanti, a Sarasota School District employee, which affected more than 350 servers and 50,000 users, has cost the district more than $50,000 to date, Binswanger said. Levanti is currently on paid administrative leave until the investigation is complete.

The district was not wholly unprepared for the situation, he said. It had a disaster recovery plan in place that had undergone field testing.

“But living through it, we saw areas of success and areas for improvement (in the plan),” Binswanger said. “So now, we’ll be better prepared.”

The school district’s servers are housed with Sarasota County’s, but county IT Director Glenn Zimmerman said they’re not connected to the county in any way.

“They have their own network — we’re just giving them the space. They even have their own locks,” Zimmerman said.

Sarasota County’s IT department has its own set of protections against hackers and cyber attacks — ones that focus security around county employees.

Scott Gibbs, the county’s enterprise system architect, said the county runs on the “principle of least access,” meaning users are only allowed to access the bare minimum in the server needed to complete a task.

Gibbs said the county is prepared for an internal attack such as the school district’s. The IT department is alerted when county employees quit or are fired, so it can monitor that person’s access to the county system.

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Every county user’s actions — about 3,500 users — on the county’s network is connected to their username, so if something goes wrong, there’s a digital bread crumb trail, Gibbs said.

“The biggest vulnerability is internal — you need to have a good plan in place,” Zimmerman said.

IT staff also keep a real-time monitor on failed log-in attempts, especially from users with higher access into the server system. The on-time reporting can alert the department of a possible attack.

Zimmerman said attacks are possible, but the county is confident that the checks and balances put in place by these various security measures would deter an attack.

Binswanger said the school district and county IT have been in communication after the cyber attack, and the district is moving forward with tighter security to prevent future incidents.

He would not disclose the increased safety measures, but said they are stronger and compiled with a different architecture than the previous security provisions.

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NOV. 26 EXTINGUISHER ANGUISH 11 p.m. — 1000 block of South School Avenue. Burglary — Structure. The custodian at a high school reported that, sometime during a four-day span, someone smashed in two garage doors on the north side of the school’s football field.

During that time, the person entered through one of the doors and removed a fire extinguisher from the wall inside. The fire extinguisher was found on the ground outside of the garage, emptied. No other items were missing, the custodian reported.

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CORNER NOV. 30 TAPPED OUT 9:18 p.m. — 2500 block of Bay Street. Suspicious Noise. A woman reported that she heard a tapping noise on a door in the back of her house. Her dog began to bark, and the woman was afraid to check for the source of the noise. An officer walked around the house and did not locate anything suspicious.

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NOV. 30 BLOOD, SWEAT AND BEERS 10:37 p.m. — 1000 block of 22nd Street. Dispute/Fight.

A man reported that another male knocked on his door at night, asking for money for beer. The man said the male had blood on his shirt, and thought he saw a knife in his hand, though he wasn’t sure what type of knife it was. The man told the male he wasn’t going to give him any money, and that he shouldn’t be knocking on his door late at night. The male acknowledged the advice before leaving the area. Officers were unable to locate the male after arriving at the man’s house.

DEC. 1 SLEEPLESS IN SARASOTA 11:54 p.m. — 4900 block of Bradenton Road. Civil Problem. A woman said she moved out of her apartment a few days earlier, and left a bed behind to remove at a later date. When she returned for the bed, she found it was missing. She believed the apartment manager took the bed. The manager said she did not have any knowledge as to who took the bed.

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Holiday Nights at Cà d’Zan — runs from 5 to 8 p.m. at Ringling Museum, 5401 Bay Shore Road. The Ringling Museum and Cà d’Zan grounds will be decorated for the holidays and will feature a 10-foot-tall tree in the grand court. Extended viewing hours allow guests to explore the grounds even after the sun has set. Admission is $10 for adults and $5 for children.

For information, call 359-5700. Other dates include Dec. 11 and Dec. 18.

FRIDAY, DEC. 5

Lantern Dedication — starts at 9 a.m. at The Sarasota Garden Club, 1131 Blvd. of the Arts. The Sarasota Garden Club extends an invitation for the dedication of the historic Japanese lantern.

For information and to RSVP, call 9550875.

Siesta Key Chamber Holiday Luncheon — runs from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at Mattison’s Forty One, 7275 S. Tamiami Trail. The Siesta Key Chamber of Commerce will host the annual Holiday Luncheon. Tickets are $25.

For information, contact Chastanna at Chastanna@siestakeychamber.com or 349-3800.

Holiday Lights Spectacular Opening Night — runs from 6 to 9 p.m. at Sarasota Jungle Gardens, 3701 Bay Shore Road. For the 13th year, Sarasota Jungle Gardens will host the Holiday Lights Spectacular celebration full of activities for families, including roasting s’mores and taking photos with Santa. Admission is $11 for adults and $6 for children ages 3 to 12. For information and to purchase tickets, visit sarasotajunglegardens. com. Also runs Dec. 6, Dec. 12, Dec. 13, Dec. 19 through Dec. 24 and Dec. 26 through Dec. 28.

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Friday Nights is an expansion of the First Friday series during which residents can enjoy live entertainment from local musicians, entertainers and arts organizations on the streets of downtown Sarasota. For information, visit dsasarasota.com.

DON’T MISS Holly Holiday Party What: Kick off the holiday season with Historic Spanish Point’s Holly Holiday Party. Enjoy live music, refreshments, lights along the pathways and the lighting up of the historic buildings for the annual Holly Days and Mangrove Lights. Admission is $12 for adults, and $5 for members and children ages 5 to 12. For information, call 9665214.

When: 5 to 8 p.m. Dec. 5 Where: Historic Spanish Point, 337 N. Tamiami Trail

FRIDAY, DEC. 5 THROUGH SUNDAY, DEC. 7

5th annual Sarasota Craft Show — runs from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday and Saturday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Sunday, at Robarts Arena, 3000 Ringling Blvd. The 5th annual Sarasota Craft Show will feature works in ceramics, decorative fiber, glass, jewelry, leather, photography and more by more than 100 artists from across the country. Tickets are $10 for adults, $9 for seniors, $5 for students, and children 10 and younger are admitted for free.

For information, visit sarasotacraftshow.com.

SATURDAY, DEC. 6

Bayfront Fit Camp — starts at 9 a.m. at Sarasota bayfront. Join Yvette’s Bayfront Fit Camp the first Saturday of every month for all fitness levels.

This workout allows you to take in the scenery while getting fit. Meet at the “Unconditional Surrender” statue. For information, call 376-9599 or visit yvettesfitness.com.

Real Fitness Bootcamp — runs from 9 to 10 a.m. at Westfield Southgate Mall, 3501 S. Tamiami Trail. Trainers Stephen and Claire Kelley from Real Fitness Sarasota and Stephen Kelley Fitness will teach a boot camp for all fitness levels. To participate is a suggested donation of $5 or more that will benefit a local family in need. For more information, email Rachel Lenerz at rachel.lenerz@gmail.com.

Tinseltown at Tervis — runs from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Tervis Tumbler

store, 928 S. Tamiami Trail. The 4th annual Tinseltown at Tervis event will feature performances by Pine View School, The Out-of-Door Academy, Bay Haven School and more local school choruses. Five percent of sales Dec. 6 will be donated to the participating school groups. Admission is free. For information, call 966-8614.

Atomic Holiday Bazaar — runs from noon to 5 p.m. at the Sarasota Municipal Auditorium, 801 N. Tamiami Trail. Check out handmade crafts from more than 30 independent crafters, along with food and drinks. There will be food trucks as well as a live DJ. Admission is $5 for adults and free for children 12 and younger. For information, visit atomicholidaybazaar.com.

Hall of Fame Induction — runs from 6:30 to 10 p.m. at Sara Bay Country Club, 7011 Willow St. Cardinal Mooney Catholic High School will hold its Athletic Hall of Fame induction dinner for new members, including the 1994 and 1995 girls state softball championship teams. The Rev. Msgr.

Gerard M. Finegan Lifetime Service

Award will be presented to Ginger Judge, and the keynote speaker will be Detroit Tigers coach Gene Lamont. For information, contact Julie Klimek at jklimek@cmhs-sarasota.org.

Downtown Holiday Parade — starts at 7 p.m. on Main Street. The 19th annual Holiday Parade will welcome the holiday season to Downtown Sarasota with decorated floats, marching bands and live music. The theme this year is “White Christmas.” The float that best represents the theme will win the mayor’s trophy. A special guest of honor will also arrive by float.

SUNDAY, DEC. 7

PawPurr’s Walk and Jingle Paws Jubilee — runs from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Payne Park, 2050 Adams Lane. The PawPurr’s Walk starts at 11 a.m.; take your dog for a walk or walk with friends to raise money for homeless, abandoned and injured cats. Registration for the walk is $20. Following the walk will be the Jingle Paws Jubilee with shopping, pets available for adoptions, games and prizes. For information, visit jinglepawsjubilee.com.

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Downtown commuters on Bayfront Drive/Mound Street can now see a new twinkle in the night sky. On Tuesday night, volunteers and members of Marie Selby Botanical Gardens were invited to witness the annual lighting of the 20-foot-tall bromeliad tree.

Selby Gardens Board of Trustees Chairwoman Cathy Layton had the honor of flipping the switch for the tree. This year the bromeliad tree was set up in a chevron pattern with alternating colors of bromeliad plants.

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Downtown Sarasota Holiday Parade

Surprises are always in store when Paul Thorpe is involved. This year marks the 19th annual Downtown Sarasota Holiday Parade that Thorpe has helped coordinate. But every year is just as exciting as the last for him.

“We’ve got a lot of interesting participants this year,” Thorpe said. “We’re going to have something we’ve never done before.”

Previous year’s surprises have included live elephants marching with the parade.

This year, Main Street will be transformed into a winter wonderland Saturday, with the theme of a “White Christmas.” Every year the parade attracts between 20,000 to 25,000 onlookers, according to Thorpe, who enjoy seeing the 100 floats, bands and dance troupes. The first time Thorpe sees the finished floats is when they make their way down the street starting at 7 p.m.

“It surprises us more than anyone else because we don’t see it until it’s on the street,” Thorpe said. “It’s like opening a big present at Christmastime; you run down to see all the packages under the tree. We’re excited to see the results of everyone trying to meet the theme.”

Between floats will be live music from local high school marching bands, including Sarasota High School, Booker High School and Venice High School and the Riverview High School Kiltie Band. Per tradition, the parade will conclude with the arrival of Santa Claus and Mrs. Claus.

Asked about any surprises in store for this year’s parade Thorpe answered: “What would you think if you saw a white tiger in the parade?”

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MOMENTS OF THE WEEK

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McKenzie Lantz scored 24 points and had four steals in the Sarasota Christian girls basketball team’s 56-54 victory over First Baptist Academy of Naples Nov. 24.

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Camille Giardina and Madison Pack combined for 31 points to lead the Sarasota High girls basketball team to a 56-43 victory over Boca Ciega in the Lady Sailors Thanksgiving Shootout Nov. 29.

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The Cardinal Mooney girls basketball team held on to beat Sarasota Military Academy 35-26 Nov. 24.

4

Filip Svoboda scored The Out-of-Door Academy’s lone goal of the game to propel the Thunder to a 1-1 tie with Sarasota Christian Nov. 24.

The Out-of-Door Academy senior forward Lisa Hoffman scored a career-high 33 points Nov. 24.

Lisa Hoffman isn’t one to shy away from competition.

A three-time MVP and The Outof-Door Academy senior forward, Hoffman has become one of the area’s most prolific scorers, having led ODA to the regional tournament twice in the past three years.

Although, there was a time when Hoffman, the team’s senior captain, faced a competitive test she wasn’t expecting.

Three years ago, the then freshman, tried out for Next Level Hoops, a competitive travel team out of Lakewood Ranch.

Walking into the gymnasium, Hoffman looked around in awe as the area’s top talent hit the court.

Coming from a small school, Hoffman had never seen them in action before; it didn’t take long for her to realize the pace and level of expectation was unlike anything she had previously experienced.

“I was terrified,” Hoffman says.

It wasn’t until Hoffman was one of only a handful of freshman to break onto the 11th-grade team’s starting roster that she realized she could compete with anyone.

“Travel taught me individual growth,” Hoffman says. “You play at a much faster pace, and it’s made me a better player and person overall.”

Now in her senior season, Hoffman is once again using her competitive edge to help lift the Lady Thunder. After falling to Bishop

Verot 39-28 in the season opener Nov. 13, Hoffman has led ODA to three straight victories.

Most recently, Hoffman scored a career-high 33 points in a 45-31 victory over Gateway Charter Nov. 24. It was the second time this season that Hoffman has scored more points than the entire opposing team.

“I want to say I’m surprised, but the level of play is so low,” Hoffman says. “I always try to get the younger girls involved because when I leave here, I don’t want to be called a selfish player. I want to give them that experience.”

Hoffman, who is averaging 21.3 points in the last three games, credits her success on the court with the work she puts in outside of practice. Hoffman will spend anywhere between two and three-and-a-half hours every weekend in the gym working on mechanics.

Like a lot of children, Hoffman started out playing youth soccer, but she soon realized soccer wasn’t for her.

“I was awful at soccer,” Hoffman says with a laugh.

Hoffman began playing basketball when she was 9 years old after her parents bought her a basketball hoop. She began playing with the kids in her neighborhood — all were older and taller than she was.

It was during those pickup games that Hoffman learned the value of hard work and how to thrive off competition.

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Former ODA kicker Sean Kirshe made a 42-yard field goal to help lead Hobart College to a 24-21 victory over Johns Hopkins in the second round of the NCAA Division III playoffs Nov. 29.

Lisa Hoffman, right, has led the Out-of-Door academy to the regional tournament twice in the past three years.

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Lisa Hoffman is averaging 21.3 points per game in the last three games.

“If you want to get better, you have to play against better people,” Hoffman says. “When I was young, I joined a (recreational) league and destroyed everyone because I had been playing with kids who were older than me. That’s when I realized I was pretty good.”

Hoffman joined the ODA girls basketball team in seventh grade, helping lead the Lady Thunder to district runner-up finishes in the 2010-11 and 2013-14 seasons.

This season, Hoffman has once again taken on a leadership role in the hopes of developing the team, which is comprised mainly of freshman who are almost all relatively new to the game.

“There are so many different levels of talent that it makes it hard to combine practice,” Hoffman says.

Hoffman, who plans to study pre-medicine next year, knows that the day will come when she has to give up the game she loves. For now, though, she’s focused on leaving her mark on a young ODA team the best way she knows how — by teaching them the importance of leadership, communication and individual growth.

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+ Eleven-year-old wins designated championship

+ Lady Sailors basketball sinks rival Lady Rams The Sarasota High girls basketball team defeated rival Riverview 57-31 in non-district action Nov. 25.

Sarasota senior Camille Giardina led all scorers with 19 points. She also had six assists, four rebounds and three steals. Sophomore Ja’da Bennett added 13 points and five rebounds.

Sophomore Madison Pack contributed nine points while hauling in eight boards. Senior Zharia Grable finished with eight points, eight assists, three rebounds, two steals and a block.

Brittany Horne led Riverview with 11 points and six rebounds. Juhnae Richardson added seven points, two rebounds, two assists and two blocks.

+ McMahon leads Cougars basketball to a win Ryan McMahon scored 31 points and added five assists to lead the Cardinal Mooney boys basketball team to a 91-80 victory over Tampa Catholic Nov. 25.

Richard Krupa finished with 21 points, four assists and two steals.

Justin Najmy added 12 points. Mitch Arimura had 10 points and four rebounds. Tommy Rao contributed nine points and five rebounds.

+ Eagles soar to victory The Sarasota Military Academy girls

Eleven-year-old Nikki Yanez won the USTA Florida Level 5 Jaimes Tennis Girls 12s championship Nov. 22 through Nov. 24, in Pembroke Pines.

Yanez, who entered the tournament as the No. 2 seed, went 44-10 in her five matches. Yanez defeated No. 3 seed Ariel Johnson 6-2, 6-0 in the finals to win the singles championship.

With the win, Yanez captured her second Level 5 tournament championship in four months. She also won the North Florida Level 5 tournament in July, in Tallahassee.

Yanez returned to the court Nov. 26 in the Eddie Herr International Championships, at IMG Academy.

Yanez won her opening-round basketball team defeated Port Charlotte Community Christian 48-21 Nov. 25.

Freshman Leah Thostenson scored 19 points to lead the way for the Eagles. Junior Brayden Einhaus added 15 points. Junior Ashley Allen finished with nine points.

+ Booker breezes past Cardinal Mooney The Booker High girls basketball team cruised to a 53-27 victory over Cardinal Mooney Nov. 25.

Yamaris Guevarez led all scorers with 19 points. Arie Bass had 10 points, 15 rebounds and two blocks for the Lady Tornadoes. Ssenc Randall added six points and 11 rebounds.

Emily Walser led Cardinal Mooney with 10 points, seven rebounds and seven steals. Abbey Donofrio added seven points.

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Katie Lang scored a pair of goals to lead the way for the Lady Thunder.

Katherine Pacitti and Natalie Gorgi each had a goal. Goalkeeper Abby Bannar earned the shutout for ODA with five saves.

+ Sarasota Christian notches easy win The Sarasota Christian girls basketball team cruised to a 46-8 victory over Universal Academy of Tampa Nov. 25.

Heidi Miller led the way for the Lady Blazers with 14 points. McKenzie Lantz finished with 13 points, and Amber Schrag added six points.

Pam Lefrancois scored 209 to win Flight A of the 2014 President’s Cup three-round net event Nov. 4. Gretchen Nasman scored 198 to win Flight B. Sherry Zinsner scored 226 to win Flight C. Vivien Gallerani, Judy Thomas, Madeline Yager and Nancy Ebersole scored 137 to win the 2-3-2 net WGA event Nov. 12.

Sheila Schwabl, Jean Day, Doris Smith and Cindy Cordova scored 137 to win the two best balls of four net WGA event Nov. 18.

+ The Meadows Country Club Ben Klein, Jim Tennant, Mark Adler and Dick Fedelem scored 125 to win the two best balls of four MGA event Nov. 1.

Phil Hughes used his 5-iron to record an ace Nov. 5 on the 148-yard No. 16 of the Groves Course.

Don Penrose used his 3-wood to record an ace Nov. 13 on the 143-yard No. 13 of the Meadows Course.

Charlie Mericle, Ben Klein, Tony Morgano and Jim Savage finished +14 to win the MGA event Nov. 22.

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By Adam Hughes | Research Editor

The Phoenix condo sells for $1.86 million The following residential real estate transactions took place between Nov. 17 and Nov. 21.

A condominium in The Phoenix tops all transactions in this week’s real estate. Marisol Arzeno, trustee, of Sarasota, sold the Unit 502 condominium at 136 Golden Gate Point to Susan and Jon Newsome, of Sarasota, for $1.86 million. Built in 2001, it has three bedrooms, three baths, one half-bath and 3,785 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $1,175,000 in 2011.

living area. It previously sold for $456,000 in 2002.

Washington Park

Tina Taylor, of Sarasota, sold her home at 534 Columbia Court to Cecil and Le Ann Burnett, of Sarasota, for $332,000. Built in 1926, it has two bedrooms, one bath and 928 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $73,300 in 1992.

Palmers

Gail Kincaid sold her home at 2635 Hyde Park St. to Nicholas and Miriam Hardy, of Sarasota, for $320,000. Built in 1924, it has two bedrooms, one bath and 1,512 square feet of living area.

SARASOTA 1350 Main Residential

John Pellegrino, of Sarasota, sold his Unit 1600 condominium at 1350 Main St. to Peter and Katherine Daley, of Summit, N.J., for $1.35 million. Built in 2007, it has three bedrooms, three baths, one half-bath and 2,165 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $1,025,000 in 2007.

Cherokee Park

Stephen Nackord sold his home at 1520 Harmony Lane to Alexandre and Josette Calame, of Osprey, for $800,000. Built in 1973, it has three bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 2,061 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $244,000 in 1992.

Sarasota Bay Club

Sarasota Bay Club LLC sold the Unit 1107 condominium at 1301 N. Tamiami Trail to Carl Foltz and Patricia Whetstone, of Sarasota, for $795,000. Built in 2000, it has two bedrooms, two

607 4 Bays Drive #A4106516 $1,875,000 Terri Healey

1241 Center Place #A4100991 $849,000 Alison Elizalde

Nokomis/North Venice 941-966-8000 941-320-0389

Lido Shores 941-349-3444 941-928-9217

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Unit 502 at 136 Golden Gate Point has three bedrooms, three baths, one half-bath and 3,785 square feet of living area. It sold for $1.86 million. baths and 1,546 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $655,000 in 2010.

Sarasota Bay Club LLC sold the Unit 921 condominium at 1299 N. Tamiami Trail to W. Robert and Judith Clay, of Sarasota, for $690,000. Built in 2003, it has two bedrooms, two baths, one half-bath and 2,052 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $813,500 in 2003.

Avondale

Noel Kearns and Mary O’Connor, of Sarasota, sold their home at 1904 Irving St. to Paul and Margaret Cassidy, of Sarasota, for $705,000. Built in 1935, it has three bedrooms, three baths and 2,447 square feet of

living area. It previously sold for $475,000 in 1999.

feet of living area. It previously sold for $130,000 in 1997.

Johnson Estates

Bay Haven

Michael Scully, trustee, of Sarasota, sold his home at 1649 Quail Drive to Asim and Isa Chauhan, of Sarasota, for $549,000. Built in 1984, it has three bedrooms, two baths, one half-bath and 2,043 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $145,000 in 1988.

Highland Pines

Asim and Isa Khammash Chauhan sold their home at 3224 Bay Shore Road to W. Norman Baker and Kay Baker, trustees, of Sarasota, for $530,000. Built in 1956, it has two bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 2,121 square

Kathleen Fox and Ronald Fox sold their home at 915 Indian Beach Drive to Daniel Thoms, trustee, of Sarasota, for $409,000.

Built in 1956, it has four bedrooms, two baths and 2,034 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $362,500 in 2013.

Renaissance

Federal National Mortgage Association sold the home at 750 N. Tamiami Trail to Rahim and Mansooreh Salari and Ali Salari, of Sarasota, for $375,000. Built in 2001, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,360 square feet of

4809 Higel Avenue #A4106610 $1,500,000 Karen Chandler

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1671 North Drive #A4108516 $1,199,000 Jennifer Thompson

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5300 Ocean Boulevard #A4108569 $945,000 Mackenzie Mudgett & Pat Mudgett

Siesta Key 941-951-6660 941-961-4023

1818 Roland St #A3994492 $2,650,000 Kelly Quigley & Linda Dickinson

8960 Bloomfield Boulevard #A4108487 $749,000 Drew Russell

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4740 Hunters Run #A4106692 Steve Nursey

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7109 Saint Johns Way #A4108314 Connie Lyke Brown Pa

University Park $659,900 941-951-6660

4628 Tuscana Drive #A4108446 $619,000 Dan Freed

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Anna Jazayeri, of Wilmington, N.C., sold the home at 3519 Jacinto Court to David Pallister, of Sarasota, for $315,000. Built in 1984, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,374 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $248,000 in 2012.

River Forest

DLJ Mortgage Capital Inc. sold the home at 5318 Palos Verdes Drive to Alfred and Thelma Johnson, of Waretown, N.J., for $292,900. Built in 1962, it has three bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 2,070 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $195,000 in 2002.

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8917 Duval Lane #A4108700 $399,900 Rudy Dudon

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5600 Beach Way Drive #B-3 #A4102382 $389,900 Phyllis Garfinkel

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4384 Hidden River Road #A4105090 $385,000 Kim & Patty Gilliland

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2103 Burgos Drive #A4108265 $299,500 Lorraine Neal

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CITY OF SARASOTA Address

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Applicant

2704 Bay Shore Road 555 S. Gulfstream Ave. 888 Blvd. of the Arts 350 Golden Gate Point 750 N. Tamiami Trail 915 Indian Beach Drive 1735 Shoreland Drive 1359 Tea Rose Place 1545 Mallard Lane 489 Acacia Drive

Remodel Remodel Alterations Remodel Alterations Re-roof Re-roof Alterations Seawall Mechanical

Malouf Abraham $361,500 Kathleen Harmon $80,000 Linwood Cotman $39,000 Sheila Wolf $30,000 Carole Peterson $25,654 Kathleen Clifford, trustee $22,750 Raymoth Rivers $22,000 Joyce Kay $20,000 Tracy Gapin $17,000 Mathilda Thomas $16,351

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5830 Midnight Pass Road 20 Whispering Sands Drive 1936 Burgos Drive 1059 Delacroix Circle 1610 Baywinds Lane 827 Paradise Way 212 Tenacity Lane 140 Sea Anchor Drive 3912 Roberts Point Road 440 E. Mac Ewen Drive

Remodel Renovations Pool/Deck Pool/Deck Wall Garage Renovations Re-roof Pool Mechanical

Peter Kindrachuk Bruno Difazio William Fisch Anthony Berta Anthony Capaccione Kevin Vier Karen Conway, trustee Dale Croby Frederick Wade, trustee Robert Wright

Amount $165,000 $75,000 $58,000 $48,352 $41,500 $34,000 $30,000 $29,900 $27,000 $22,645

Source: Sarasota County; city of Sarasota

condominium at 1064 N. Tamiami Trail to Earl McPhillips, trustee, of Apollo Beach, for $275,000. Built in 2007, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,222 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $360,700 in 2007.

South Gate

Wells Fargo Bank sold the home at 2425 S. Brink Ave. to Toshiharu Takahashi, of Sarasota, for $265,000. Built in 1973, it has two bedrooms, two baths, a pool and

7781 Fairway Woods Drive #A4106159 $259,900 Gladys Carrasco

5225 Heron Way #A4105381 $219,000 Tara Lamb & Judy Greene

416 Wexford Circle #N5901453 $189,000 Bambi Utton

Sarasota 941-349-3444 941-400-1520

Sarasota 941-349-3444 941-266-4873

Venice 941-493-2500 941-228-4881

3205 Woodberry Lane #A4108026 $249,000 Stacy Hanan

7794 Moonstone Drive #A4108567 $199,900 Victoria Stultz

3135 Missouri Terrace #D5901490 $149,700 John Mueller

1,859 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $144,000 in 1998.

Katharina Curless, of Sarasota, sold her home at 2003 Tetlow Place to Tina TaylorLittle, of Sarasota, for $255,000. Built in 1959, it has four bedrooms, two baths and 2,266 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $88,000 in 1986.

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Sarasota 941-951-6660 941-266-0529

Sarasota 941-966-8000 941-387-5676

North Port 941-473-7750 941-920-8970

1652 Stickney Point Road #A4107586 $223,000 Robert Agnello

1475 Nuremberg Boulevard #C7205023 $195,000 Rise Wells

717 Pine Run Drive #A4106904 $128,000 Carolyn Kenney

Sarasota 941-966-8000 941-928-1328

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Osprey 941-966-8000 941-223-7111

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

Ad runs 2 consecutive weeks in 1 Observer.

(No phone calls please.)

(Please provide your name and address) Email ad to: classified@yourobserver.com Online at: www.yourobserver.com Or mail to: The Observer Group P.O. Box 3169 Sarasota, Fl 34230 CHRISTMAS ITEMS and decorations, 2 jumbo boxes, great assortment, $50. 941-932-5595.

CHRISTMAS VILLAGE Set: 50+ pieces of lighted buildings w/all accessories. Excellent condition, $199.00 O/B/O. 941-356-6355.

COMPUTER: DELL Dual Core, refurbished, $80, 941-756-6728.

DANCE SHOES: Women’s, never worn, black satin suede, size 7 1/2, $ 30.00. 941-255-5784.

DIGITAL SCALE: Sunbeam, $20. G.E. Juicer, $40.

Unique original art (matted/framed), $50 firm.

941-952-1097.

HIGH CHAIRS (2): Evenflo kids, $20.00/ea. Evenflo girls carseats (2) $40.00/ea. HP3052 printer/scanner, $40.00. 330-303-5874.

MEN’S TUXEDOS: size 42-44, black, and blue satin seam, collar. Adjustable waists. $35 each.

941-953-5222.

MOVING BOXES: various sizes incl. wardrobes, wrapping paper, tape and tape shooter. $75.

Call 941-706-2399.

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941-923-8937.

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941-351-3919.

CUSTOM UPHOLSTERED Couch. You must arrange transport (pick up), $125. (440) 263−7032.

DINING SET: pub style, glass top and 4 chairs, excellent, $200. (203) 524−9002.

PORTABLE HEATER: Edenpure GEN3 Model 1000 Quartz, $195. (941) 924−5093.

Antiques/Collectibles STEFF’S STUFF CONSIGNMENT Longboat Key - 5380 Gulf of Mexico Dr. 941-383-1901 steffstufflbk.com

Autos For Sale Hawley Motors II 5741 Pinkney Ave. 941-312-5890

Autos For Sale 2005 INFINITI G35 Sedan. Slate blue, 61,000 miles, garage kept, immaculate, full records. $11,000. 941-383-8079.

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Garage/Moving/Estate Sales

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SINGER SEWING Machine in cabinet and Serger $100/both Perfect condition. (941) 918−8909 SOFA: BROWN, 3 cushions, 76”, $150. Living room chair, $40. 941-388-2742.

TRAIN SET: Bavarian Village (Faller), 15 buildings, + HO track layout. Excellent condition. $120.

941-961-3370 TRUNDLE BED. Excellent condition. $125.

941-320-1251

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2003 Toyota Highlander, 3 to choose from, AUCTION MID-CENTURY DESIGN $7988-$8988 Thursday, April 17, 2014 SUNDAY, DECEMBER 7TH @ 1PM 2006 Lexus RX 400H, Hybrid, great cond,.

Inspection Sunday Day of Sale 11am-1pm $12988 The sale will be held at our Auction Gallery 2008 Mercury Mariner Premier, sunroof, located on the Southwest corner of 301N & new tires, full leather, all the options, 56K/miles, $13988 University Parkway.

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2008 Toyota Yaris, new tires, fuel efficient, $7988 off Honore Retro 70’s. AMote mustRanch, see! $1200.

941-780-9189.

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Friday and Saturday 8am-2pm.

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Sarasota 34238.

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Bob Angers 941-921-3848.

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941-416-3280.

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Hawley Motors II 5741 Pinkney Ave. 941-312-5890

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941-462-0633.

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

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P/T SALES position available: hours average per week, 6 hour shifts. Gift shop located on Siesta Help Wanted Key. Retiress welcome.

727-244-5906.

COMPANION TO 88 yearTechnician: old women, 5Immediate hours per TEXTILE SERVICE day, 5 days per week. $12 per hour.

941-312-0049 opening, physical requirements, sales experience preferred, RESORT not ON required.

Longboat Background Key Hiringcheck, For: drug test. Top pay, Experienced P/T benefits.

Front Contact Desk Agent and info@greenwaycarpet.com or call 941-228-1917.

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Items Under $200 For Sale ADULT TRICYCLES (2), $125/both. Walker, $15.

Commode potty chair, $40. Music stand, $20.

941-379-9362, 941-400-8914.

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Thursday, December 4, 2014 Homes For Sale

Carpentry

Computer Services

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

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

RON VOIT CONSTRUCTION L.L.C. Comm/Res. Room Additions. Interior Renovations. Kitchen and Bath Remodeling. Door and Window Replacement.

Rotted Wood Repairs. Crown Molding and Trim.

Call Ron 941-228-7601. State Lic. CBC1259788.

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

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

WEST OF Trail. One level, near Selby with Community Boat Dock. 3BR/3BA, pool. Potential Mother-in-Law. Brooke O’Malley, CLUB REALTY 941-726-2677.

Real Estate Wanted

$120,000+ Annually Class A CDL REQUIRED Paid Training Truck lease program available Performance & Safety incentives 1 year verifiable driving experience No DUI/DWI history

Cleaning AUGUSTINE’S CLEANING COMPANY. House cleaning, organizing.

Dependable, Professional.

Move in/ Move out.

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

BLUE FISH CLEANING INC. 941-705-3812.

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

WANTED LUXURY ANNUAL RENTALS

BRAZILIAN CLEANING Service by Maria.

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

For Qualified Waiting Clients Contact - Sarasota Luxury Rentals 941-225-1356

Contact Matt @ 800-496-0404 ext 3213 or MDavis@roomstogo.com EOE/DFWP.

BRITISH MAIDS Residential Cleaning Services Weekly, Bi-weekly, Monthly Move-in, Move-out 941-350-8670 Licensed, Bonded & Insured www.sarasotaprofessionalcleaning.com Also offering Home Watch Services

email: info@sarasotaluxuryrentals.com

Condos For Sale

BY OWNER. Open House, 12/6 & 12/7, 12-4pm.

Gulf & Bay Club, 5780 Midnight Pass Rd., Apt. 201B, Siesta Key. 3BR/2.5BA, gulfside. Large corner unit with open living area. Beautiful gulf and garden view. Tastefully remodeled, fully furnished.

Priced reduced $100,000. $1,095,000. Call for appointment. 941-349-0691 or 937-689-7876.

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

Go to: www.yourmarketupdate.com STONEYBROOK GOLF & C.C. Large End Unit: immaculate 2BR/2BA+den and garage. Tile throughout, glassed in lanai, all newer appliances and A/C. $279,000.

Furnished 2BR/2BA+den and garage, beautiful golf course view, 1st floor. Lots of tile, newer A/C. $284,500.

Golf, tennis, fitness - Stoneybrook has it all.

Please call NANCY CASEY, 941-966-9072.

COLDWELL BANKER.

Homes For Rent $1250 ANNUAL 2BR/2BA + carport. Palmer Ranch. No pets. CLUB REALTY 941-726-2677

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Personalized attention with professional honest advice.

25 Years Experience - References available

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

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

Auto Transport

HOUSE CLEANING, housekeeping, pet sitting, window washing. Excellent services by European couple. 941-350-8072.

ND SPARKLE. We are a family business experienced in both home and office cleaning great rates. Call for a quote. 941-330-4466. Email: norgrasi@hotmail.com A CLEANING MOTHER−IN−LAWS APPROVE REAL CLEANING... not just dusting!

All types of cleaning. Insured.

(941) 320−0023 www.CleanTimeServices.com T.S. CLEANING Services. Family business relocated from MA seeking cleaning customers.

Insured. Excellent Ref. (941)726−9558.

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ALTERATIONS/UPHOLSTERY

Painting/Wallpapering CARLO DATTILO PAINTING. Licensed & insured.

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

941-744-1020. 35+ years experience.

RICK STEAKLEY PAINTING. Interior/Exterior.

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

30+/years experience. References available.

Free Estimates.

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

Pet Services

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Vibrant Downtown Living Palm Bay Club - Siesta Key

West of Trail Charm!

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 Lovingly updated and expanded historic home West of Trail  4 Bedrooms, 2 Full & 2 Half Baths, 3310 sq. ft.  Living, dining, family room, den and office  Heated lagoon style pool/spa with waterfalls  14’x23’ screened porch with built-in kitchen MLS A4105900 PRICE REDUCED: $869,000

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1330 Main St., Unit #3 & Unit #7 3 Bedrooms, 3 Baths, 3594 sq. ft. each 2 secured parking spaces Private entry lobbies & concierge service Built in 1926, a significant historical landmark MLS A4103189 & MLS A4101371 $1,799,000 each

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This corner residence enjoys 270 degree Bay views and City lights from the 14th floor. Sophisticated interiors, 4000+ sq. ft. floor plan with 3 bedrooms, office and family room, over 1200 sq. ft. of wraparound terraces, this truly lives like a single family residence. Private elevator opens to beautiful foyer lobby. Many amenities. $2,795,000

PALATIAL SOUTHERN MANSION

Perfectly poised on 1.5 walled and gated acres on the Siesta Key Bay Front featuring 4 bedroom suites, French doors onto multiple terraces, formal wood paneled office and parking for 8+ vehicles. The oak canopied grounds have a rose garden and greenhouse, a beautiful pond w fountain and a gorgeous pool area straight from the pages of Southern Living magazine. $6,350,000

One of the top teams in the Siesta Key Office. Put our combined 46 years of experience to work for YOU! HERITAGE OAKS Nestled in the gated golfing community of Heritage Oaks, this inviting 2B/2Ba + den unit is an open plan end unit overlooking a peaceful pond and the 14th Tee. Front porch is a screened lanai, and leads to a roomy foyer.

Spacious great room w/volume ceilings.

Kitchen features granite counters, a breakfast bar overlooking the dining and living space, light wood cabinets, tile floor, stainless steel Maytag refrigerator, and Bosch dishwasher.

Move-in condition! Furnishings are available.

One-car garage offers additional space for bikes, toys, or seasonal items.

MLS#A4104375 $199,000

Call Susan Keal at 941.320.1689 Lee Byron at 941.350.5542 Sarasota.com/RealEstate

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NEW PRICE

5831 Riegels Harbor Road

$1,895,000 458 Island Circle

OPEN HOUSE 12/7, 1-4PM

$1,225,000 3445 Anglin Drive

$995,000

For the boat and auto enthusiast — deep water 50’ dock and 6+ car garage. Gated, near Siesta Beach. 4 beds/4.5 baths, pool.

Siesta Key beauty, 2 blocks to Siesta Beach, built in 2005, 4 beds/3.5 baths, hardwood floors, pool and boat dock.

Remodeled, elevated vintage home, new chef’s kitchen,3 beds/3 baths, Vaulted cross-beam wood ceiling, Heart pine and Saltillo tile floors.

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10 Lands End Lane

LP $849,560

Deeded deep water 32’ dock - no bridges to Gulf, deeded beach access, Siesta Key 3 beds/2 baths/2-car garage, Koa wood floors.

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5348 Shadow Lawn Drive

LP $950,000

Fabulous Siesta Key home with wide views of the Grand Canal.

Volume ceilings, gourmet kitchen. 3 beds/3 baths/den/2-car garage, boat lift.

Top producer on SieSTa Key - premier SoTheby’S inTernaTional realTy a leader in SaraSoTa reSidenTial SaleS VoTed SaraSoTa magazine’S FiVe STar agenT “beST in clienT SaTiSFacTion” 8 yearS in a row Specializing in luxury marKeTing and negoTiaTion diScreeT conSulTaTionS

7251 Plovers Way

LP $1,295,000

recently sold 788 Siesta Drive 7508 Midnight Pass Road 13211 Palmers Creek Terrace 3147 Founders Club 7251 Plovers Way 8015 Midnight Pass Road 452 Canal Road 5415 Azure Way 5353 Cape Leyte Drive 4568 Woodside Road 7220 Proctor Road 222 Osprey Point Drive 631 Waterside Way 5348 Shadow Lawn Drive 1529 Key Royale Drive 662 Fernwalk Lane 757 Siesta Key Circle 625 Tremont Street 5770 Midnight Pass Road,502 742 Shadow Bay Way 3288 Alex Findlay Place

Elegant custom home in the Sanderling Club, Formal living and dining rooms, waterfall pool.

Your

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Siesta Key

941.479.3880

Judie Berger

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0 290 North Washington Drive $5,900,000 Stunning bayfront home on St. Armand’s Circle. Never lived in 6,700 square feet, five bed/six bath, media room, large lanai on Sarasota Bay.

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SERVICE YOU CAN TRUST PERFORMANCE YOU CAN COUNT ON

26 Sandy Hook Road – Siesta Key, Florida

$6,200,000

Charlotte Hedge, Tom Hedge Sr., Monica Barth, and Tom Hedge Jr.

Built in 2003 - 5,033 SF Anchor Builders built Home with Custom Quality Amenities, 4BD/4BA +pool bath & powder room, Summer Room/Outdoor Kitchen w/ Fireplace, Office, Elevator, Open Floor Plan, 5 Balconies, Central Custom designed 5,033 sq. ft.Vacuum, home on world-famous Siesta Key's CresentPool/Spa, quartz sand beach.

Wine Room.

Heated This beautiful home is within walking distance to the "Village" which offers shopping, restaurants and entertainment.

Fire Pit, Car inGarage, Crown Molding, This Anchor Builders home was10+ completed 2003. Seeing is believing...

40’ Ceilings,Siesta Built-ins, Private Custom designed 5,033 sq. Elevated ft. home on world-famous Key's Cresent quartz sand beach.

The grand entry leads to a spacious living room with large Anderson hurricane windows with built-in entertainment This beautiful home is within walking distance to the "Village" which offers shopping, restaurants and entertainment.

Deeded Beach Access, Tropical center and the formal dining room is adorned with hand painted murals. The chefs dream dine-in kitchen offers This Anchor Builders home was completed in 2003.

Seeing is believing... granite throughout, custom cabinetry, Wolf gas range/Subzero refrigerator, and prep island.

Plantings, Panoramic view of the Gulf.

Ron Stahl REALTOR® Enjoy outdoor living in the adjacent lanai (20 x 24) with a full kitchen and custom fireplace all over-looking the 613 Buttonwood Drive $740,000 Seeing is Believing!! sparkling gulf waters. bedrooms its own bath.Anderson A few of the many outstanding features The grand entryEach leadsoftothea four spacious livinghasroom withfulllarge hurricane windows with built-in entertainment 941-374-1671 Charming home in Longboat Shores with deep water canal, include: elevated ceilings, wine room, powder room, crown molding, plantation shutters, elevator, central vacuum, center and the formal dining room is adorned with hand painted murals. The chefs dream dine-in kitchen offersto the bay. Oversized screened lanai and MLS#3984182 $5,900,000 dock and no bridges rstahlrlty@aol.com security system including live feed video, 3 zoned heating and air conditioning systems, outdoor shower, and granite throughout, custom range/Subzero esta Key's Cresent quartz sand beach.

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Ron REALTOR® Enjoy outdoor living in the adjacent lanai (20 x 24) with a full kitchen and custom fireplace all over-looking the RonStahl Stahl Realty Enjoy the cozy fire pit, heated pool(15 40)/spa + pool bath all just steps to the beach. This home has a 3-door Open byofxAppointment 2003. Seeing is believing...

1718 Main Street, Suite 207 sparkling gulf waters.

Each storage the four bedrooms its own full collectables. bath. A fewEvery of the many to outstanding features side entry 10+ car garage with ample for boats, canoes,has jet skis and your attention 941-374-1671 Sarasota, FL 34236 Send text code T24602 to 82035 include: elevated ceilings, wine room,front powder room, crown shutters, detail has been included in this luxurious beach property.

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Wolf gas range/Subzero refrigerator, and prep island.

Ron Stahl Realty

433 Meadow Lark Drive $5,700,000 One of the best bay views on Bird Key available today. Spanish Mediterranean architecture built in 2006 with nearly 6,000 square feet directly on Sarasota Bay with deep water dockage.

Ron Stahl 941.374.1671

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21 Sugar Mill Drive $845,000 Sophisticated colonial home in Oaks Golf & Country Club.

Four bedrooms, four-and-a-half baths, covered balcony, wood and marble floors throughout, large pool and expansive lot.

thin walking distance to the "Village" which offers shopping, restaurants and entertainment.

40)/spa + pool bath all just steps to the beach. This home has a 3-door his Anchor Builders home was completed in 2003. Seeing is believing...

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Enjoy the cozy fire pit, heated pool(15 x 40)/spa + pool bath all just steps to the beach. This home has a 3-door Sotheby’s International Realty® and the Sotheby’s International Realty logo are registered service marks used with permission. Each office is independently sideRon entry 10+ car garage with ample storage for boats, canoes, jet skis and your collectables.

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he winter holiday season summons Christmas-themed, feel-good, family-friendly theatrical entertainment. It’s the time of the year when theaters, ballets and symphonies across the country unwrap productions of holiday favorites.

In Sarasota, a standout among the artistic holly is “Black Nativity.” Written by Langston Hughes, poet extraordinaire and one of the leaders of the Harlem Renaissance, the musical depicts the biblical birth of baby Jesus through the artistic and cultural lens of the African-American experience. Gospel music and jazz, modern and African dance are incorporated into the play to elevate the story’s inherent spirituality. The musical premiered offBroadway in 1961 and has been performed ever since as a spiritual and artistic revival.

Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe’s production, running from Dec. 3 to 21, is a reflection of Hughes’ highly adaptable and inspirational piece. Founding Artistic Director Nate Jacobs

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Nate Jacobs and Donald Frison adds his personal dynamic flair to the show’s traditional gospel soundtrack by weaving in his own original songs. In addition, choreographer Donald Frison inserts his modern- and Africaninspired choreography to the classic nativity tale.

Though this is the first time Jacobs and Frison have collaborated, they discovered that they fit together as snug as a young babe in a manger.

“I couldn’t do any research on the choreography of past productions because of the original music being used,” says Frison, “and it had to come from within.

I knew it would all work out because his (Jacobs’) songs were so original and moving. I just closed my eyes and saw the dances.”

The musical, spiritual and cultural mash-up delivers the innate power of the nativity story along with the soul-stirring qualities of song and dance.

“During rehearsal you look around the room and the stage sometimes and we start a scene and these moments just happen,” says Jacobs. “You look into the performers’ faces and there’s this awe-inspiring spiritual experience.”

Universal celebration

Before the original production opened, it suffered an internal controversy when the title was changed from “Wasn’t it a Mighty Day?” to “Black Nativity.” Producers and actors feared white audiences wouldn’t attend a show with such a divisive title.

But, just like “Black Nativity,” the Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe has repeatedly resonated with theater audiences. The label of black is not a divider but just a description of a culture and experience that anyone of any age, creed, race or gender can recognize and celebrate. West-

coast Black Theatre Troupe’s impressive growth over the past 15 years is proof that great stories told well unify the human spirit.

“The style of the music and the spirit of the show is black,” says Jacobs, “but the story and its elements are all universal. And, just like this company, the show can be embraced by everyone in the community.”

Musically, an integral part of “Black Nativity” is the intangible qualities and strength of gospel music. Throughout the history of 20th century popular music, some of the most heralded and popular voices of the age such as Aretha Franklin, Whitney Houston, Dionne Warwick, Patti LaBelle, Usher, Diana Ross, R. Kelly, John Legend and Little Richard all got their start in church choirs. This music of inspiration, deliverance and spiritual victory has its fingerprints all over pop, R&B/soul and rock-and-roll mu-

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If this year’s production of “Black Nativity” is well received (WBTT previously produced it in 2002 and 2006), Jacobs hopes to turn it into a Sarasota family tradition. Now that the troupe’s budget and finances are at a secure level, Jacobs hopes to interchange “Black Nativity” and an original work, “Motown Christmas,” during every future holiday season.

Jacobs and Frison’s excitement and emotion are in abundance when speaking of the show and the process. It clearly isn’t just another show. And they hope that audiences that come, whether they believe in the religious impact of the story, are affected for the better by it.

Before they begin discussing the addition of the set design in the next rehearsal, Frison explains that “Black Nativity” displays what Christmas

is all about. Above the sparkling lights, bedecked trees and colorful gift-wrap, is that gospel truth: the promise of a better tomorrow and love for all peoples.

“That is what we’re doing at WBTT is to say remember the reason,” says Jacobs. “I want them to be in a better place after they see this show. There are 160 people in here a night, and we want our audience to be refreshed and revived through ‘Black Nativity.’”

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Eight-year-old Sophia Cavalluzzi represents Sarasota onstage in “South Pacific.” a surprise that this is, in fact, her maiden voyage on stage.

Like a lot of young performers, Sophia discovered and developed her vocal chops in church.

“When I was in pre-kindergarten, we sang a lot and my teacher wanted me to sing,” says

Sophia. “So, I started to sing in church.”

At St. Stephen’s Episcopal School in Bradenton, Sophia started singing, which served as an extension of her vocal personality.

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she’s thinking,” says Haily Cavalluzzi, Sophia’s mother. “And whatever she adopts and becomes passionate about, she’ll go after.”

Through her time singing at school, church and voice lessons, Sophia and her fam-

ily learned that Asolo Rep was holding open auditions for children’s roles in “South Pacific.”

Auditions can be nerve-wracking for even the most seasoned professionals. But Sophia was unfazed. According to her mother, she was calm in the moment and performed with unabashed excitement. That combination of childlike enthusiasm when performing but maintaining professional airs impressed the creative team, her fellow cast members and audiences.

“I just really like doing this,” says Sophia. “I don’t know if I’ll act again, but it’s fun.”

As she heads to her costume and makeup calls, Sophia nonchalantly hugs her mom, gives her a kiss on the cheek and says goodbye.

“She’s never like this at home and school,” says Haily Cavalluzzi. “She usually, you know, acts like a kid.”

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Most of all, they left room for our imaginations to see ourselves in the stories and, with Goebbels’ music underscoring the text, they were just that much more personal.

The percussion section of the orchestra had a whirlwind of a time playing instruments we’d never seen before, along with playing familiar ones in unsettling ways.

The “Sound Design,” (by Ian Dearden), something one doesn’t often connect with a so-called classical concert, brought out lines and musical motifs so we were aware of their context more than we’d have been without the amplification.

The lighting, by Michael Pasquini and the composer, who designed the lighting, was both unsettling and beautiful.

Changing from the warm glow of gold one sees through the windows of a cozy cottage to bright, stark white, the lights combined with the music and text to create an ambience closer to a theatrical event than a concert setting.

Anu Tali, the Sarasota Orchestra’s music director, held all of this together in a way we’ve rarely seen in orchestral performances. Often, her role was simply beating time, a necessity when so many things were happening at once. At other times, she drew emotions from the individual instruments and sections of the orchestra.

And, as in the final section, when trumpeter Michael Dobrinski performed a poignant, affecting solo, her black-clad body with long blond hair streaming down her back, was so stock still, she became part of the music, like the stark ghost light that hovered over the stage, reminding us that theaters, like people, can sometimes be heartless and empty.

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“Songs of Wars I Have Seen” is a thought-provoking piece filled with unearthly, enigmatic sounds that, somehow, tie together the vignettes of wartime Stein wrote about. In the 1970s, the work might have been called an “encounter,” but today, especially the way Goebbels has put it together, it’s a piece of theater with music.

Set on the smallish platform of Holley Hall, the orchestra, featuring members of the Sarasota Orchestra, is placed by gender, with the men — in black attire — sitting on risers upstage, facing the audience, and the women, dressed as if at home — in differently colored tops over casual pants — are assembled as a septet, downstage, surrounded by mismatched end tables with equally off-balance lamps, as if accumulated from various homes and put together for warmth.

It’s the women, the ones at home while their men are at war, who tell their stories, and, like the prodigious author she was, Stein leaves room within her own memories for some of ours to tiptoe in and make interpretations that open windows into our souls.

Goebbels’ music is at once enlightening and dramatic, but, for the most part, it’s supportive, and one has to wonder what this particular piece would be without the text. Baroque music, which the women play with eerie, supernatural, ghostlike and sometimes creepy sounds (played on a synthesizer by Joseph Holt), is the glue that connects the stories and the original music by Goebbels.

The seven women from the Sarasota Orchestra — violinists Jennifer Best Takeda and Chung-Yon Hong, violist Elizabeth Beilman, cellist Cheeko Matsusaka, bassist RoseAnne McCabe, flutist Betsy Hudson Traba and harpist Cheryl Losey — put aside their musical instruments to read the Stein stories, and they did it in a way that allowed the words to become part of the music. Although Takeda did have a sung part that was perfectly on pitch and considerably more spine-chilling and paranormal than a real singer would have pulled off, the other readings weren’t sung; they weren’t even written in rhythms or like Sprechstimme (speaking on pitch). Rather, every one of

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This program kicked off with Balanchine’s “Rubies,” which is part of his three-act ballet, “Jewels,” set to music by Igor Stravinsky. The dancers bedazzled in deep-red costumes that glittered with ruby-like jewels, which clattered and clinked while they jumped and turned. The corps de ballet, which included eight girls and four boys, was especially strong in this utterly classic Balanchine-style piece that includes a mixture of angles, off-balance positions, turned-in passés and fancy, fast footwork en pointe.

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Just coming off a Will Tuckett high from “The Secret Garden,” the audience was treated to more of his choreography. The Sarasota Ballet reprised Tuckett’s “Lux Aeterna,” which is a visual symphony.

Despite the low-lighting effects by Aaron Muhl and the gray simple costumes by Bill Fenner, Tuckett’s choreography is rich with intricate interweaving movements, lifts and group poses.

The ballet started out with a powerful scene. All the men moved forward in slow motion as if in battle. Slowly, one by one fell down, as if shot, leaving the lead male, Ricardo Graziano, standing with his “guardian angel,” Danielle Brown, ethereally arriving onstage to protect him. Graziano and Brown were incredibly expressive and danced beautifully to the moving chorus of Key Chorale.

Christopher Bruce’s “Sergeant Early’s Dream,” which is set to a selection of Irish, British and American folk songs, was an audience favorite of the program. The piece is like an Irish version of Agnes de Mille’s “Rodeo.” The entire cast of this piece was incredibly strong, expressive and funny, while tapping their feet and skipping as if dancing an Irish jig. The highlight of this piece was a hilarious drunken dance by David Tlaiye, Juan Gil and Logan Learned, who were sloppily proclaiming their love to Peggy Gordon, Kate Honea, who tapped her foot in disdain in the corner.

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The Magnolia House

The Korffs spend most of their time in the kitchen, which features marble slab countertops and stainless steel appliances.

When John and Leslie Korff decided to leave their bustling city lives in Manhattan to settle down and raise their family in the South, the couple set their eyes on Sarasota. Bridging the gap between small town and big city, Sarasota was exactly what they sought. Moving here in July 2013, the couple purchased a home in their favorite area of town, Southside Village, which is close to local dining, shops and schools, and began the remodeling process.

With nine months of renovations, many setbacks and problems, the renovation to create their dream home in suburbia quickly turned into an almost yearlong project that surpassed the home’s purchase price.

Deciding to commit fully to the house and the remodel, the couple found that every challenge faced turned into an opportunity resulting in the perfect combination of New York and Sarasota in their new home on Bay View Drive.

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The renovation turned demolition …

The built-ins in the living room are original to the home, as well as the stair rail, which was salvaged by removing and rebuilding it.

The established landscape, specifically the magnolia tress, is what initially attracted the couple to the home. After seeing the interior and the potential it had, they purchased the home and their plans for moving their life to Florida were in motion — but were quickly halted when they moved in.

“Nothing was functioning; it must have barely passed inspection because it wasn’t safe or habitable,” says Leslie Korff. “We were devastated. It was a complete loss and we had to decide if we were just going basically say somebody just take this or commit to this huge project.”

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“There was such a lack of maintenance and love,” says Leslie Korff. The family decided on the full demo, moved out, signed a lease two blocks away on Morris Street and waited for their home to be brought back to life.

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Everything else was rebuilt to be like it was when the home was built in 1938.

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How did you want to the house to flow?

I do like to have the separation of church and state, the concept of an open floor plan. In New York, we call that a loft. I really didn’t think that would work for me — I like having the living room, the family room, the rec room. It’s nice to have space, as well as the craftsmanship. It’s got walls, but it still flows.

When we were designing the first floor, we mimicked the openness of the foyer doorway to have a straight see-through from the kitchen into the family room.

It was a series of small openings and it didn’t feel light-filled. So by expanding the perimeters of the doors, it would be easier than just knocking out walls. I like having rooms to go to.

One of the many interesting finds and occurrences stumbled upon during the renovation was the sealed closet behind a wall in one of the upstairs guest bedrooms. When they knocked the wall down, they found a closet, with a light that was still on and coke bottle dated in the 1940s.

Using the leftover PVC pipes, Leslie Korff created a garden space on the side of the home, where she and her children are growing vegetables. “It’s exciting for the kids — there is an outside, a doorman doesn’t deliver groceries.”

How did you come up with the interior design?

In New York we had the pre-war look. I like pre pre-war and this home reminded me of that — it’s brick, it’s got the columns and the molding. I could picture my things in this space, but we brought in my interior designer from New York to kick it up a notch. We have this wallpaper in the built-ins — I don’t like animal print; it’s snow leopard, but it works. The little things make everything wonderful — mixing Buddhas with Keith Haring, mixing silver and gold and bronze, copper and textures; nothing is off limits. It’s not a precious place, it’s the place where we live. I didn’t want a house, I wanted a home, and that’s what we created.

What is your favorite thing about the house now?

The new deck — the pool has Versailles jets and I feel like I’m on a spa vacation, a retreat at my own home.

Deck jets aren’t anything to people who are used to pools, but it’s a big deal for me to see water flow. You can’t put a pool on West 67th.

The two things I learned throughout the buying and renovating process is that nothing is as it seems and no one will tell you that they have an ugly baby.

– John Korff

From MosquitoNix, speakers, hanging chairs, an outdoor kitchen, entertainment area and multiple seating areas that can be enclosed by motorized patio screens, the Korffs can enjoy their outdoor living space. Another improvement made to the outside was the raising of the land in the front and back yard. “It was just a sliver of usable grass and now it’s an actual front and back yard, giving the kids so much space,” says Leslie Korff.

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by Anthony Doerr Anthony Doerr’s novel, “All the Light We Cannot See,” is a National Book Award finalist, and with good reason. Doerr has crafted a story that is not only beautifully written, it is tender, suspenseful and thought-provoking.

Marie-Laure LeBlanc is a young Parisian who, in her first six years, loses both her mother and her sight. Her father, principal locksmith for the National Museum of Natural History, helps her to cope with her blindness by carving an impeccably detailed miniature of her neighborhood.

From this miniature, she memorizes streets and landmarks, ultimately enabling herself to navigate her surroundings with confidence.

Marie-Laure’s life with her father is disrupted by the progression of World War II and the Nazi forces bearing down on Paris.

On the eve of the Nazi invasion, father and daughter flee the city and seek shelter with Marie-Laure’s great uncle, Etienne, in SaintMalo on the Brittany coast. Their flight is complicated by a parcel that Marie-Laure’s father secretly carries for his employer, a parcel that is being doggedly pursued by Nazi Sgt. Maj. Reinhold von Rumpel.

In a parallel narrative, Werner Pfennig grows up in a coalmining complex in Zollverein, Germany. Werner is a precocious, mechanically inclined young man who, along with his younger sister, Jutta, is orphaned as a child. As Werner grows, his abilities come to the attention of local government officials.

He is sent to the National Political Institute of Education, after which he is given orders to join the Wehrmacht.

“All the Light We Cannot See” does not have romantic themes, per se, but from the

beginning, it is clear that Marie-Laure and Werner are on a collision course, pulled together by forces beyond their understanding or control. They each struggle to overcome their own limitations — for her, those limitations that come with her blindness and, more complicated, the protectiveness that her blindness inspires in those who love her; for him, his knowing complicity in the evils that happen around him.

Doerr’s novel reaches a sustained climax when the inevitable Allied liberation of France and von Rumpel’s manic and relentless pursuit converge. The book tends to linger in the chapters leading up to the climax, but with frequent peaks forward into the hours following the onset of the Allied invasion, the plot maintains a steady pace throughout. And Doerr’s prose makes the journey both enjoyable and satisfyingly suspenseful.

— Jennifer McPheeters “All the Light We Cannot See” is available at Bookstore1Sarasota, 1359 Main St., Sarasota. Call 365-7900 for more information.

Top 10 fiction titles at Bookstore1 this month: 1. “The Burning Room” by Michael Connelly 2. “My Brilliant Friend” by Elena Ferrante 3. “All the Light We Cannot See” by Anthony Doerr 4. “An Officer and a Spy” by Robert Harris 5. “City of Thieves” by David Benioff 6. “Orphan Train” by Christina Baker Kline 7. “Gray Mountain” by John Grisham 8. “Let the Great World Spin” by Colum McCann 9. “The Mathematician’s Shiva” by Stuart Rojstaczer 10. “Let Me Be Frank With You” by Richard Ford

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Black Tie talked to event Co-Chairs Barbara and Todd Stainbrook and Kristen and Joe Farrell to find out how they and their committee put together the perfect Havana Nights party: • A Cuban-inspired MENU and EXOTIC COCKTAILS • THE BEST IN CUBANSTYLE ACTIVITIES: Rum tasting, cigar wrapping and a dominoes tournament • AMBIENCE — Achieved with lighting, exotic flower arrangements, high-end rattan chairs with cushions, gold-trimmed glassware and Cuban touches were placed throughout the museum grounds • THE SALSA BAND: Going with the “King of Mambo” himself, Tito Puente Jr. and his Latin band. He and his sixpiece ensemble delivered energetic Latin music, later joined by professional salsa dancers, and had the crowd dancing all night.

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It’s a nice treat when the weather cools down, and it was a crisp 65 degrees the evening of Friday, Nov. 21, for Historic Spanish Point’s annual fall Benefiting: Historic Spanish Point • Friday, Nov. 21, at Historic Spanish Point gala, themed “Havana Nights — Party at the Point.” The event, which is hosted on the grounds of Historic Spanish Point overlooking Little Sarasota Bay, attracted more than 215 guests. They enjoyed an evening of entertainment under the stars and raised more than $103,000 for the historic landmark. The energy was high, the grounds were stunning and the Cuban-themed atmosphere was on point.

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“The paddle raise will let us offer schools that could not otherwise afford it, scholarships for field trips to Historic Spanish Point. Other funds raised help us sustain the museum’s mission, which is to connect people of today with 5,000 years of human history by preserving and interpreting objects and traditions significant to our region’s past.”

— Historic Spanish Point Executive Director John Mason

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DREAM MAKERS BALL: ‘IT’S A SMALL WORLD’ Benefiting Boys and Girls Clubs of Sarasota County Saturday, Nov. 22, at Hyatt Regency Sarasota Co-Chairs Tom and Debbie Shapiro Helen McBean, Lee Wetherington and Caroline Jensen

Tamara Chapman with Keffie and Bonnie Lancaster Larry Greenspon and Mary Gratehouse Photos by Heather Merriman

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vIEwpoInT: bEsT In sHow Dec 13, 10:30 AM, $10 / $5 for Members Man’s best friend has appeared in art since ancient times. This lecture will look at the dog as an artistic and cultural symbol over the past 500 years.

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‘WISH’ WHITE PARTY Benefiting Make-A-Wish Central and Northern Florida Friday, Nov. 21, at Michael’s On East Photos by Heather Merriman

Ted Chamberlain and Lauren McComb

Danny and Fondren Watts Co-Chairs Elizabeth Wexler and Kim Mancini

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HIGH TIDE AT HIGH NOON Benefiting Planned Parenthood of Southwest and Central Florida Monday, Nov. 17, at Sarasota Yacht Club

FLORIDA WATERCOLOR SOCIETY Traveling Exhibition DECEMBER 4 - 19

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Award winners from the esteemed Florida Watercolor Society Annual Exhibition will be on display in our Durante Gallery this December. Come out and explore the amazing talent of our regional watercolorists! For those looking for a unique holiday gift, many of the works will be available for purchase.

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GERRI AARON

tended for the Arts Council (now the Arts and Cultural Alliance of Sarasota County). I went up to the president at the time and said, “I really love your organization. I’m leaving to go up north in April, but when I come back I’ll be your slave, I just want to be involved.” I came back the next season and I was the slave for the Arts Council.

I WAS eventually asked to be on the board, the first board I was on in Sarasota, and that must have been close to 25 years ago. I became a community activist and a member of many other boards in town — cultural, educational, human interests and humanities, lots of boards over the years.

I STARTED out as a community

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Sitting on an L-shaped couch in her living room overlooking Sarasota Bay, Black Tie chatted with local philanthropist Gerri Aaron to find out more about her origins of philanthropy, her passions and her continued commitment to philanthropy in her hometown of Philadelphia. Claiming, “I’m not very funny today because I’m thinking,” Aaron gave us a peek into her life and passions for giving back.

I’M ORIGINALLY from Philadelphia. I think the first time I came to Sarasota was probably over 40 years ago as a visitor with my husband, who was in business down here. I always said, when we retire, this is where I want to be — we went from visitors, to living on Longboat Key part time in the ’80s, to becoming legal residents in 1991. When I first came

here, I did what most people do on Longboat Key — I played tennis and bridge and I came into town for dinner and the theater.

I LOVE Sarasota, it’s a wonderful

place. I remember coming here from Longboat Key. My husband was sick with Parkinson’s, and we moved into town to Bay Plaza.

All of a sudden I recognized that

I lived in a city, a viable city, not just a place where people play golf and tennis and bridge. I was inspired and I had to try to translate that to the people on Longboat Key — that they had to be involved in this really important, growing city of Sarasota.

I BECAME involved in the community after a luncheon I at-

activist and then when things were looking up financially, I became a philanthropist. My late husband’s success provided me the ability to do so. I like to help people. Currently, I’m on the board of JFCS, AJC, Sarasota Orchestra and I just rotated off Planned Parenthood.

I AM so spread out in my interests in this town and I’m still very involved philanthropically in Philadelphia as well. I have been active in the town at a small university in the Philadelphia suburbs called Arcadia University.

It used to be a small girls college called Beaver College, but it became a university years ago and I’ve been involved there in their physical therapy department. I started a rehab program, an exercise program for Parkinson’s patients and MS patients and I’ve been supporting that for about 11 years. They now have an en-

dowment and they asked me to be the commencement speaker this past May. I gave the commencement speech for the graduates and that was very nicely received. I was hooded, and am now a doctor of humanities.

WHAT DO I do in my spare time?

I don’t have much spare time. I used to be a dancer and a tennis player — I can’t do that anymore, but I keep up with political situations, world situations. I’m a big reader, I go to the theater, I go to musical events, to the orchestra; I’m very involved in the city and the things that go on here. I’m a social person — I go to every event, and I’m involved in a lot of them. In addition to being on a few boards, I’m on event committees as well.

PEOPLE USUALLY think I am

so serene — I am not really serene. I can get out on that balcony and scream about some political thing that upsets me.

I have a great passion that I express when I’m with my family or my partner Marvin, I’m not just a nice serene old lady — my kids could tell you plenty. As far as talking about who I am, I find it difficult to talk about, to describe myself. And I’m not sure if we are ever aware of how we appear to other people.

I’VE BEEN with Marvin for six

years. He’s also from Philadelphia and we’ve known each other for quite some time. We go out together a lot and have fun at the events that we go to and we love to go out with our friends for dinner and dinner parties. I love being with friends, having conversation, and a lot of laughter.

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