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Two projects aim to document the history of Sarasota’s predominantly African-American community. SEE PAGE 4

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Hokey jokey Having fun: Isn't that what it's all about?

Tamiami Trail drivers may recognize the phrase that's been posted on the marquee at Cafe Baci. Restaurant owner and full-time jokester Roberto Mei is the man behind the phrases. He crafts the phrases or finds inspiration elsewhere to keep the sign interesting.

#ZookeepersAs Animals Employees at the Lemur Conservation Foundation were recently caught slacking off and re-enacting photos of their beloved lemurs. They posed as lemurs on slack lines, lounging in the grass and even hanging upside-down like lemurs for the hashtag #ZookeepersAsAnimals during National Zookeeper Week, which took place July 17-23.

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ZONE Three years after the Gulfcoast Wonder and Imagination Zone closed its bayfront home, the city may demolish the building the children’s science museum once occupied.

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Yukon stretches his paw to Alyssa Murrell as she reads to him at one of Sarasota County’s weekly Read with Dogs events. MORE PHOTOS ON PAGE 17

Trash Fish Dinner continues to elevate Sarasota’s sustainable seafood scene.

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Square footage of the bayfront building that GWIZ formerly occupied.

“I’m excited, I’m elated, I’m overjoyed. I’m literally pinching myself in the face of this miracle that’s coming down the pike.” Nate Jacobs, founder and creative director of the Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe, on the organization’s plans for expansion. READ MORE ON PAGE 12

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Current minimum distance a food truck must maintain from a brick-and-mortar restaurant in Sarasota County.

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Proposed minimum distance a food truck must maintain from restaurants, in a potential revision to the current ordinance. SEE PAGE 9

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Maximum number of chickens a proposed Sarasota County ordinance would allow residents to keep.

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n Siesta Key Association meeting — 4:30 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 4, Room F, St. Boniface Church, 5615 Midnight Pass Road, Siesta Key n Parking Advisory Committee meeting — 4 p.m.

Tuesday, Aug. 9, SRQ Media Studio, City Hall, 1565 First St., Sarasota

Visitors to one of Sarasota’s most identifiable landmarks may have found themselves in a splash zone Tuesday morning, as crews worked to pressure clean the Unconditional Surrender statue.

Workers from Sarasota-based pressurewashing company Gorilla Kleen began the process at 8:30 a.m., with the artwork’s owner, Tom Savage, on-site to witness the cleanup effort.

John Cloud, the owner of Gorilla Kleen, said he believes the 26-foottall statue hadn’t been cleaned since it was temporarily removed for repairs in 2012, after a car crashed into it.

Although it might not seem obvious to visitors, Cloud said the artwork had accumulated its share of grime over the years.

Based on the progress Tuesday morning, Cloud believed the bayfront icon should be refreshed once the pressure washing is completed.

“Anything near a road gets dirty,” Cloud said.

“Fortunately, it’s cleaning up really well.”

Gulf Gate Library ranked most beautiful in Florida Online technology publication Tech Insider named Gulf Gate Library the most beautiful library in Florida in its list of the most beautiful libraries in the country.

Previously, the library was recognized with a Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Silver award from the U.S. Green Building Council in 2015.

Gulf Gate Library reopened January 2015 at 7112 Curtiss Ave. after undergoing a $7.7 million renovation.

Gulf Gate Library Manager Christine Aston says the building is a product of community input and architectural vision.

“The entire county really supports the library system, but this community in particular has a real connection to ... this particular library,” said Aston. “It really is a community meeting place.”

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t least once a week, Rob Schanley does something almost no other Sarasota resident has been able to do since at least 2012.

Schanley, the city’s asset manager, regularly conducts walkthroughs of the former GWIZ building. The children’s science museum closed its main gallery four years ago, and the 117,000-square-foot property has been vacant since the city terminated a lease agreement in February 2014.

Today, portions of the building appear to remain in relatively good condition. The walls in the atrium still bear vibrant shades of blue, green and purple. Signs advertising the hours of operation and cost of admission are still posted behind a desk near the main entrance.

The “Fab Lab,” now used as storage space, otherwise looks about as well-kept as one might expect of a feature opened in 2011. Some of the museum’s property still remains, like in the “EcoZone,” a room that featured exhibits on plants and lizards. On the second level, more signage instructs visitors to take the “GWIZ Quiz.”

This year, however, Schanley determined the 33,444-squarefoot building’s flaws were adding up. The city spends about $44,000 annually to keep the property from falling into disrepair, but a lack of real maintenance was exacerbating problems.

The air conditioning system, set to run at 80 degrees to prevent mold, needed to be replaced.

The plumbing system was shut off completely and also in need of upgrades. The roof required repairs, and a glass atrium made that task an even bigger challenge.

After initial discussions about finding a new tenant to replace GWIZ, in 2014, the city deferred any decision regarding the future of the property. Instead, officials opted to wait until Sarasota Bayfront 20:20, an independent group calling for the redevelopment of 42 acres of city-owned land adjacent to GWIZ, had finished its work.

As of this summer, the process of creating a master plan for that land still hadn’t begun in earnest.

As a result, Schanley included a request for $300,000 in repairs to the GWIZ property in the city’s 2016-17 capital improvement budget, the minimum he believed was necessary to return the building to a decent condition.

Schanley said he wanted to be proactive regarding the status of the GWIZ property, built in 1976 to house the Selby Public Library.

The cost of repairing the property will continue to escalate. Schanley wanted to make sure officials were aware of the situation sooner rather than later.

“I didn’t want to be the one saying, ‘By the way, it’ll cost $1 million to fix the building,’” he said.

At a July 7 City Commission meeting, Commissioner Susan Chapman used the budget request to propose replacing the building with a public park.

“I’m wondering if this is an appropriate time to have a discussion about whether maybe we want to say that building is past its prime, and maybe we take that building down and make that part a park, as the public wanted at the beginning of Bayfront 20:20,” Chapman said.

On July 17, the commission directed staff to investigate the demolition of the building. Schanley’s initial estimates

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The GWIZ Quiz As maintenance costs mount, would you repair or demolish a vacant bayfront building?

Sarasota Asset Manager Rob Schanley walks through the former GWIZ building, which he says needs major repairs.

Photos by Amanda Morales

Wilted plants in the former EcoZone room, left, and weathered stickers, above, are some of the signs that the GWIZ building has remained vacant for nearly three years.

“Maybe we want to say that building is past its prime, and maybe we take that building down and make that part a park, as the public wanted at the beginning of Bayfront 20:20.”

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placed the cost between $130,000 and $225,000 — on the high end, just $75,000 less than the requested repairs. Beyond those repairs, however, Schanley suggested a new tenant might need to invest several hundred thousand dollars itself to make the facility operational.

Not everyone is prepared to give up on the building. Sara Rankin Wilson served as the CEO of GWIZ from 2012 to 2013. The museum faced severe financial challenges, but she says the facility wasn’t a problem.

“It was a beautiful building,” Wilson said. “That would be sad if they tear it down.”

From an operations standpoint, Wilson said the building had ample parking. She remembers problems with a leaky roof, but beyond that, she recalls the GWIZ property as one with exemplary architecture in a prime location.

Michael Klauber, the leader of Bayfront 20:20, hopes to have a new planning organization guiding the redevelopment effort by September. That organization will act based on the resources and information available to it — which means the question of what to do with GWIZ is up to the city.

“It really doesn’t affect anything with 20:20,” Klauber said.

On July 28, the Greater Sarasota Chamber of Commerce briefly discussed the future of the GWIZ property — and the rest of the city-owned bayfront land — at an investment update.

Chamber CEO Steve Queior said the organization doesn’t have any specifics in mind, but the group is interested in a public-private investment that would create jobs and generate revenue for the city.

For those concerned the demolition of the GWIZ facility might lead to the sale of the land to a pri-

vate developer, Schanley said the fears are unfounded. The property, zoned for governmental use, requires city approval of a major conditional use for even a nonprofit to operate — and the sale of the land is not an option.

“The city couldn’t really sell the property, because we got it free from the state,” Schanley said.

If the city does make changes to the property, Wilson thinks officials should pursue a grander architectural achievement — enhancing a place she considers one of the most valuable parcels in the region.

“I felt like I was sitting on the prettiest spot in Sarasota every day,” Wilson said.

Murals continue to adorn the exterior of the GWIZ property, even as some signs deteriorate due to lack of maintenance.

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self back in Sarasota leading a team of researchers documenting Newtown’s stories.

Oldham’s project was the first part of the city’s multiphase effort to preserve Newtown’s history. The project began in 2015, after city officials solicited applicants to conduct a comprehensive study documenting the neighborhood’s past.

It resulted in nearly 400 pages of historical information, collected using everything from personal interviews to a plat-by-plat study of the original neighborhood. For Oldham, the text — its corners worn from frequent use — is a tangible explanation of her past.

But for Karatzas, it’s a resource for future research.

He’s spending his summer in Sarasota conducting preliminary research for an article he plans to write documenting the history of Sarasota, particularly the history of its predominantly AfricanAmerican neighborhoods.

He stumbled upon a line about

Newtown during his extensive research of American history. It piqued his interest, and eventually, the lines became pages as he sought more information.

He spends much of his time in Sarasota County’s Historical Resources Library collecting data to bring back to Spain. He unloads boxes of newspaper clippings, placing them in chronological order as he goes. To the right of his growing pile of worn paper sits a crisp copy of Oldham’s report on Newtown’s history.

Karatzas’ and Oldham’s parallel interest in the Newtown happened by coincidence. They’ve never met, but their mission is the same — to tell the stories of Newtown and spur a dialogue that may be overdue.

back and invest in their village.

“By preserving the past, people start taking pride in the community again,” Oldham sad.

With phase 1 of Newtown’s conservation project complete, she’s hoping to expose new audiences to Newtown’s history during phase 2. She plans to create a website and place 15 markers in front of key landmarks in Newtown, such as Newtown’s business district and its historic boundary.

Oldham’s primary purpose is to document her community’s local history, but she understands Newtown’s story isn’t unique.

“You can see that this is a microcosm of the history of black communities throughout the

United States,” Oldham said.

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Karatzas often gets asked why he doesn’t study Greek history.

He says Greek history tells him where civilization has been, but American history tells him where civilization is going. He considers himself an international citizen, holding multiple degrees from Greek, Dutch and Spanish universities and is impressed by what he sees as the United States’ capacity for dialogue between factions.

“Of course there are problems,” Karatzas said, “But they are more experienced in how to receive somebody from other cultures.”

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Though the situation is not identical, Karatzas believes Newtown’s story has international resonance as Europe grapples with a sudden influx of refugees and hopes his work will contribute to a conversation of acceptance. He hopes by highlighting African-Americans’ fight for equality, Europe can avoid making the same mistakes.

“Hopefully, if they see this outcome of the past, they won’t repeat it,” Karatzas said.

Meanwhile, Oldham has a lot of plans for her own project and doesn’t see it ending soon.

“What I can’t do in my lifetime, someone else will pick it up...Yeah, someone else will pick it up,” Oldham said.

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Though Newtown is the primary historically black neighborhood in Sarasota today, it wasn’t the first.

When the city was originally platted, Sarasota’s AfricanAmerican population lived in Overtown—now known as the Rosemary District. But Overtown residents began moving north in 1914 as downtown began to expand.

“What African-Americans did is bond together, form a village, stress the importance of education, self-reliance and having a strong faith,” Oldham said.

But even as she recites the past, she can’t help but plan for the future.

More than 100 years after Overtown’s residents moved north, very little of the neighborhood is left. Oldham hopes the city’s project will prevent Newtown from the same fate. She hopes her collection of stories will inspire those who might have left to come

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Kosta Karatzas takes notes from Vickie Oldham’s Newtown history report. Karatzas, who is working on a doctorate in American History, spends many days in Sarasota County’s Historical Resources Library.

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Woman’s Exchange appeals city ruling In April, the City Commission denied the proposed expansion of the Woman’s Exchange. Now, the nonprofit shop is asking a court to overturn the city’s decision.

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ment weakens the argument that the code prohibits the Woman’s Exchange from expanding at its current location.

“I have taken a position — if they decide they’d like to find a way to do the expansion but for the loading zone on Rawls, I would assist in any way to facilitate that,” Fournier said in a previous interview with the Sarasota Observer. “We would recommend whatever code adjustments are necessary.”

Fournier said the city will have 30 days to file a response to the appeal following a forthcoming order from the circuit court.

“I was kind of hoping maybe it could be avoided, but I said more than once they had a perfect right to appeal,” he said.

The future of the Woman’s Exchange on Orange Avenue remains in question. Before filing the petition, Lincoln said even a favorable ruling from the circuit court might take too long for the Woman’s Exchange and that the shop is evaluating its options for moving to a new location.

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On Friday, legal representatives for the Woman’s Exchange filed an appeal in the 12th Judicial Circuit Court challenging the city’s decision to reject the consignment shop’s plans for expansion.

The petition for writ of certiorari, written by attorney Robert Lincoln, makes the case that the City Commission misinterpreted its zoning code by denying a building permit for the Woman’s Exchange in April.

The Laurel Park Neighborhood Association successfully appealed city staff’s decision to approve the proposed expansion of the Woman’s Exchange. The expansion called for the construction of a 3,524-square-foot building at 526 Rawls Ave. as well as the addition of a loading zone on Rawls.

Laurel Park residents said the loading zone was inappropriate for Rawls, which sits on the

boundary of mixed-use and residential zoning districts. The City Commission agreed, ruling 3-2 that the loading area would not be compatible with the neighboring residential properties.

In the petition, Lincoln argues that the commission acted on the arbitrary feelings of residents, rather than the legal standards outlined in the code.

“At the conclusion of the hearing, despite mountains of contrary evidence and testimony by the city’s own expert staff members, the commission improperly yielded to neighborhood opposition to the loading zone that was included in the site plan — a loading zone mandated by city staff, mandated by the zoning code and required for the safe and efficient operation of the Woman’s Exchange property,” Lincoln wrote in the filing.

Before the Woman’s Exchange filed its appeal, the city had already begun the process of revising its code to clarify portions governing the Woman’s Exchange and neighboring properties. On Tuesday, city staff will host a community workshop discussing a comprehensive plan amendment designed to facilitate the expansion of the Woman’s Exchange without the loading zone on Rawls.

Currently, the city’s zoning code does not permit the creation of a loading zone on roads designated as “primary streets,” which are intended to be more pedestrian oriented. Both Orange Avenue and Oak Street — the other two streets the Woman’s Exchange property fronts — are primary streets.

If the proposed change were approved, it would remove the primary street designation beginning 50 feet east of Orange Avenue on Oak Street, allowing for the construction of a loading zone on Oak. A similar provision would apply to Morrill Street and Laurel Street, designed to allow other businesses along Orange Avenue to add points of ingress and egress without relying on Rawls Street.

The notice for Tuesday’s workshop acknowledges that, as it stands, the city’s zoning regulations impede the Woman’s Exchange’s ability to expand at its current property, located at 539 S. Orange Ave. City Attorney Robert Fournier believes the proposed comprehensive plan amend-

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County incubates new chicken regulations ANNA BRUGMANN STAFF WRITER

Following a community workshop Tuesday regarding an ordinance that would legalize residential chicken-keeping in Sarasota County, a woman stood in the middle of a group that had remained to discuss the issue.

As she spoke, she stopped short, looking over both her shoulders.

Then, she shrugged.

“Well, I guess there is no one here who could get me in trouble,” she said.

Knowing she was surrounded by other supporters of the proposed ordinance, she confessed: She had already ordered her chickens.

She planned to pick up five chicks from the post office the next morning, and she thinks the County Commission will pass the ordinance before the chickens are big enough to live outside.

But for now, she hopes her neighbor won’t find out.

Most of the attendees seemed excited about the prospect of keeping chickens — particularly because they either know someone who already has chickens in Sarasota County or because they were keeping them themselves.

Jono Miller, founder of the group Citizens Lobbying for Urban Chicken Keeping (CLUCK), says he’s heard several accounts of people buying chickens and rais-

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ing them illegally for years without issue. When neighborhood disputes do pop up, Miller says the chickens become pawns in a feud between humans.

“People bust their neighbors,” Miller said. “Then, building code people come out and say you have so many days to become compliant, and then they have to get rid of their chickens.”

The proposed ordinance limits Sarasota County residents to four chickens, no roosters and does not apply to deed-restriced areas that already prohibit chickens. It also mandates chickens be kept in a movable coop at least 10 feet from property lines and 25 feet from a neighboring residential structure.

Sarasota County Zoning Administrator Donna Thompson says the county is giving homeowners associations time to adjust if they would like to prohibit chickens in their neighborhoods.

The ordinance will go before the Planning Commission Aug. 18 and is slated for its first County Commission hearing Sept. 10.

Miller believes passing an ordinance will prevent people from being forced to get rid of their pets while encouraging them to keep chickens responsibly.

“I really do think that if you tell people there are rules, people will try to follow those rules,” Miller said.

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‘No’ on Amendment 4 Property-tax breaks for solar-energy devices sounds and reads like an environmental Apple Pie issue. But with every new law, there are always winners and losers.

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ere we go again: Another proposed constitutional amendment on Florida’s ballot that reads and sounds like Apple Pie goodness.

But that darn devil is always lurking in the details.

This is Amendment 4. If approved by 60% of voters in the Aug. 30 primary elections, it would codify in the state constitution tax breaks for having solar or renewable energy devices on all property. Specifically, the amendment would exempt solar or renewable-energy devices from the state’s tangible personal property tax and from being included in the value of the annual assessment on your property for ad-valorem tax purposes.

The big change from existing exemptions is that the tax breaks would be broadened to include not only residential but commercial properties as well.

It sounds wonderful. And what an attractive incentive to help spur wider use of solar energy in the state and to reduce Florida’s use of carbon, fossil-fuel energy. You hardly can get more green than that. Indeed, the climate changers love the idea.

As do scores of others whose inclination is to embrace any kind of tax break. Indeed, you’ll find that in addition to the support of all of the pro-solar, pro-wind energy, antifossil-fuel special interests, Florida business groups (i.e. more special interests) are embracing the amendment full throttle (see box below).

Who doesn’t love a tax break? And one that is environmentally friendly to boot?

But when you peel back the skin of this amendment, the sweet Apple Pie appeal actually should leave somewhat of a sour taste.

But first, the pro-propaganda. If passed, Amendment 4 will be the first step toward energy and economic utopia in Florida. At least that’s the impression the two primary proponents of the measure give you.

Those proponents, by the way, are Floridians for Solar Choice Inc., an alleged grassroots organization, and its primary financial backer, the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy (SACE). The latter is a Knoxville, Tenn.-based organization of climatechange activists that has contributed

AMENDMENT 4:

Solar devices or renewable energy source devices; exemption from certain taxation and assessment ARTICLE VII, SECTIONS 3 AND 4 & ARTICLE XII, SECTION 34: Proposing an amendment to the State Constitution to authorize the Legislature, by general law, to exempt from ad valorem taxation the assessed value of solar or renewable energy source devices subject to tangible personal property tax, and to authorize the Legislature, by general law, to prohibit consideration of such devices in assessing the value of real property for ad valorem taxation purposes.

This amendment takes effect Jan. 1, 2018, and expires on Dec. 31, 2037.

nearly $2 million of the $2.12 million Floridians for Solar Choice has received in contributions (see sidebar below) since January 2015.

With passage of Amendment 4, proponents say, residents and businesses that install solar-energy devices would benefit from lower property taxes, lower tangible taxes and lower energy bills. All good. Even better: The increase in solar power usage would mean less pollution. And to top it off, proponents say, passage of the amendment would spur the creation of solar companies and thousands of jobs in Florida for solarpanel makers, installers and maintenance technicians.

Everybody wins. Who can argue with any of that?

But as you also know: Whenever a new law is adopted, there are always — always — unintended consequences, and there are always winners and losers. This also reminds us of the famous dictum about laws from the late Nobel economist Milton Friedman: What you give to one, you must take away from another.

So let’s call this what it is: Amendment 4 is a subsidy for solar users and crony capitalism for the solar industry. It also is a regressive tax that likely will help the better off at the

LOOK WHO’S FUNDING THE SOLAR CAMPAIGN Whenever Floridians vote on a constitutional amendment, you can learn a lot about the motivations and meaning behind an amendment when you see who is funding the campaign.

In the case of Amendment 4 on the Aug. 30 state ballot — the solar device amendment — the face of the campaign is an organization known as Floridians for Solar Choice Inc. But the real money and influence behind this group is a Knoxville, Tenn.-based nonprofit organization of climate-change activists — the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy (SACE).

SACE’s political action committee, between January 2015 and July 22, 2016, made 109 contributions to Floridians for Solar Choice totaling $1,902,192. That’s 90% of the $2,123,597 in total contributions.

SACE badly wants Amendment 4 to pass.

SACE promotes itself as an organization “striving to make clean energy solutions to climate change a top priority for elected leaders” in the Southeast. And at the top of its list of targets is Florida. “… Few states are as critical to the discussion as Florida,” SACE says on its website. “As the nation’s third most populous state (recently surpassing New York),

Florida is the largest electricity market in the United States that does not have coherent energy policy.”

While SACE promotes itself as nonpartisan, when you read the biographies of the SACE staff, you can clearly see the organization’s bias: It believes solar power is the answer; disdains fossil fuels; and sneers at traditional electric utilities, which it describes as “monopolies that currently have no limits on their carbon pollution from burning coal.”

Now you know there’s more to the agenda of Amendment 4 than tax breaks for solar panels.

— Matt Walsh

BUSINESS GROUPS BACK AMENDMENT Here are business groups supporting Amendment 4: Florida Association of Realtors; Florida Retail Federation; Florida Restaurant and Lodging Association; Florida State Hispanic Chamber of Commerce; Florida Petroleum Marketers and Convenience Store Association; Florida Concrete and Products Association; Florida Independent Pharmacy Network.

expense of the less well off.

Both of these consequences, however, are overshadowed by and wrapped in the environmental activists’ purity goal of reducing consumers’ use of the most economical forms of energy — fossil fuels, in favor of the most uneconomical and expensive form of energy — solar.

Think of the consequences this way: If, say, the amendment passes, and there is indeed an explosion in the installation of solar panels on residential and commercial buildings all over Florida, one of the results will be a shift in taxation.

City and county tax assessors would exempt solar devices from their assessments of residential and commercial buildings, creating a benefit (lower property taxes than they otherwise would be) for those who can afford solar panels. Those who can’t afford solar panels gradually would feel the shift of their property taxes going up so local governments can maintain their levels of tax collections and services.

Why is this amendment even needed? Why does Florida need to codify a measure that will forever favor one form of energy over another? Can you imagine a U.S. constitutional amendment giving a similar tax break?

Clearly, this is part of the political agenda of climate activists, such as those at SACE. Indeed, they would not need to tilt laws in favor of solar panels and solar devices if solar energy were economically competitive.

Here’s the reality about solar: It’s clean and renewable, yes. But …

Writing last December in “Solar Carve Outs for the Sunshine State,” James Taylor, a senior fellow at the Tallahassee-based James Madison Institute, noted a 2014 Brookings Institution study that concluded: “Adding up the net energy cost of the five low-carbon alternatives, far and away the most expensive is solar. It costs almost 19 cents more per KWH than power from the coal or gas plants that it displaces … To place these additional costs in context, the average cost of electricity to consumers in 2012 was 9.84 cents per KWH, including the cost of transmission and distribution of electricity.”

“As a result,” the Brookings Institution added, “a new solar plant [would cost] at least 200% more [i.e., triple the cost] than using coal and gas technologies.”

Let’s also keep in mind how much solar energy is subsidized already. In addition to the property-tax exemption already given to residential solar devices in Florida, solar power equipment is exempted from sales taxes.

And state power utilities and municipalities also offer solar power rebates and incentive programs. Nationwide, according to Taylor, the solar power industry in 2013 received $5.3 billion in subsidies compared to $5.1 billion in subsidies for the coal, natural gas, nuclear and oil industries combined.

What does that tell you? To be sure, every Floridian, for that matter, every American, embraces the idea of harnessing the sun’s power for energy. But at what price and at whose expense?

While Amendment 4 reads and sounds like environmental Motherhood and Apple Pie, this measure is yet another attempt by political activists to cement forever in the Florida Constitution a special benefit, to pick an energy winner over an energy loser. Solar energy, like fossil fuels, should stand on its own merit.

Amendment 4 should not be in the Florida Constitution.

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But even if the ordinance were amended, trucks would still need to pursue special permission from county commissioners to operate on Siesta Key, but Siesta Key Chamber of Commerce Chairman Mark Smith still has reservations about changing the ordinance.

He feels the presence of food trucks puts restaurants at a competitive disadvantage, because mobile vendors do not shoulder the same expenses as brick-andmortar businesses.

“They don’t need to lose business to a company that doesn’t pay property taxes,” Smith said.

However, Michelle Jett, owner of the Baja Boys food truck, believes food trucks actually bolster local businesses by exposing more people to a retail area. She said she attracts people who are busy and ready to leave, but those people may return when circumstances make her truck a less appealing option.

“If it’s raining, they’re not going to eat with me,” Jett said. “Even I’m not going to go to a food truck in the rain. I think there is a time and a place for anything and everything.”

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“It’s more noticeable than it used to be,” Smith said. “I think the number of homeless in the village has increased in the last couple months.”

Sarasota continues to lack a comprehensive plan to address the regional homelessness issue as county and city officials remain divided on the ideal course of action. Both the city and county team with service providers to aid homeless individuals, but in the village, there are no official resources available for the homeless population.

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SKVA has not taken an official position or advocated for any particular solution to issues related to homelessness, but representatives’ echoed the sentiments of mainland business owners.

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Jennifer Rominiecki was named president and CEO of Selby Gardens in late 2014.

Greener Grass A new business model, particularly at an established destination, can be a risky move. But Selby Gardens has big plans to grow.

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Last Valentine’s Day, Marie Selby Botanical Gardens in Sarasota opened an exhibit that seemed a natural extension of the 15-acre site’s focus and mission. More than 1,000 orchids and other plants were displayed as part of “The Orchid Show: Celebrating 40 Years at Selby Gardens.”

The exhibit highlighted a specialty of Selby — the world’s only botanical garden dedicated to the

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study, research and display of epiphytes. Those are plants such as orchids, bromeliads and ferns that grow on other plants without harming them.

The six-week show was also a test of a new living museum business model for Selby Gardens, and the results proved overwhelmingly positive. Comparing the run of the exhibit to the same sixweek period in 2015, Selby posted a 42% increase in admissions revenue, a 45% increase in retail shop revenue, a 50% increase in

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“Shifting to this exhibition model translated to all the different earned revenue areas of the organization across the board,” says Selby President and CEO Jennifer Rominiecki. “What’s so exciting about being a living museum is we’re really changing the scope of what an exhibit is. With a museum exhibit, you might expect you’re going to go into a gallery, look at art and then leave. But what we’re doing is much more interdisciplinary and experiential.”

The orchid show drew 45,000 visitors, almost half from outside Florida. Of the Floridian visitors, about a third were from outside Sarasota County. “If a tourist comes to Sarasota, they need to feel that Selby Gardens is a mustsee destination,” says Rominiecki.

“Part of that is giving everybody a reason to come, and these exhibits are a way to do that.”

The living museum — featuring changing, interdisciplinary, artistic and cultural exhibitions tied to the gardens’ plant collections — aims to both attract first-time visitors and encourage repeat visits to Selby, which welcomed nearly 160,000 guests in 2015. “I never want to hear someone say, ‘I’ve been to Selby; it’s beautiful,’ as if they don’t need to go back,” says Rominiecki. “I think the onus is on us to create these happenings in order to give you reasons to keep coming back.”

The new model is also a chance for Selby to further diversify its revenue streams away from private fundraising, a big goal for a nonprofit. Selby had $4.25 million

FOCUS ON FAMILY Selby Gardens has seen an uptick in memberships in recent years, and now has almost 11,000 members.

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in 2013 revenues, down slightly from the previous year, according to its most recent public tax filings. It has nearly $12 million in assets.

“I expect this year to be very transformative financially for the institution,” says Rominiecki, named president and CEO in December 2014. “I think there’s been a real shift with nonprofit organizations. Donors and investors want to know that institutions are doing everything they can to earn other sources of revenue in order to take the pressure off private fundraising.”

To further increase earned revenues, Selby Gardens recently partnered with Sarasota restaurant and caterer Michael’s On East. The deal makes Michael’s the exclusive food service provider for weddings and other events at Selby Gardens and the Selby Café. Now a higher percentage of event revenues goes directly to Selby than it did before, when a variety of caterers were used.

And Michael’s On East handles all steps in the event process, from scheduling to menu planning.

“They’re horticulturalists; they’re not in the food business,” says Phil Mancini, co-proprietor of Michael’s On East. “This takes the location out of the food service business and lets them do what they do best. You’re going to see this more and more.”

Mancini has already had experience with this, creating the Deep Sea Diner at Mote Marine Laboratory and Aquarium in Sarasota, now run by his brother. “Everybody is looking at these models and how important they are,” he says. “They’re realizing that food service operations are important to the future of the location.”

The partnership will also make possible an expansion of Selby’s event space, scheduled to begin Aug 1. Plans call for doubling the indoor seating to up to 400 guests, boosting the outdoor patio size from 880 square feet to 2,400 square feet, remodeling the current kitchen and adding new restrooms. Michael’s on East will pay for the majority of improvements, while Selby will chip in for updates that would have been necessary regardless of whether it was expanded.

Mancini, who proposed this kind of plan to the gardens about a decade ago, declined to disclose the cost of the project. Michael’s on East also made investments in redoing the Selby Café, and has seen sales double there since it took it over in December.

“This is the one I’ve been waiting for 10 to 15 years,” he says. “I always said that if I was going to do another banquet space in Sarasota, it would be on the water.

That’s where the demand is.”

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Selby owes its existence to its namesake, Marie Selby. The first woman to cross the country by car, she directed the landscaping plan for the property on Sarasota Bay, where she lived with her husband, Bill, beginning in the early 1920s.

Upon her death in 1971, she left the property to the community as a botanical garden “for the enjoyment of the general public.” A board of directors was appointed, which then consulted with the New York Botanical Garden and the University of Florida on a focus for the gardens. It was determined Selby Gardens should specialize in epiphytic plants,

which would make it unique among the country’s other botanical gardens. Marie Selby Botanical Gardens opened to the public July 7, 1975. (Emily Walsh, a publisher of the Observer Media Group, parent company of the Longboat Observer, is serving a two-year term as chairwoman of Selby’s board.)

The current shift to the exhibition model is the result of a recent strategic planning process at Selby. Rominiecki’s previous employer, the New York Botanical Garden, had success with a similar approach.

“A garden is ever-changing, and you have to really highlight that,” she says. “Many gardens are doing outdoor sculpture exhibits because they don’t have the facilities to do indoor ones. But we were primed for it right from the beginning, so I thought this was a perfect thing for us to explore.”

Selby Gardens has hosted art exhibits in its historic Payne Mansion since 1979, so it had an exhibit site already in place. It held a fundraising campaign to improve the mansion’s climate control, lighting and security systems to better showcase highquality artwork.

The gardens will start off its new model by showcasing rare botanical illustrations and preserved plant specimens from its own collection in “Selby’s Secret Garden,” which opens Aug. 26.

“We have rare botanical books and prints dating to the 1700s that have never been shown to the public before, and they’re absolutely spectacular,” says Rominiecki.

Next February, it will unveil its most significant exhibit to date

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as part of a series sponsored by Sarasota philanthropists Jean and Alfred Goldstein. “Marc Chagall’s Cote d’Azur: The Artist’s Botanical Imagery and Inspiration Found on the French Riviera” will include as its centerpiece “The Lovers,” a circa-1937 oil painting by Chagall that will be on loan from the Israel Museum in Jerusalem. It will travel the 6,650 miles from Jerusalem to Sarasota with security guards and a licensed transporter.

“We’re so excited about the fact that tens of thousands of people, if not more, will be able to experience this exhibit in a living garden,” says Howard Tevlowitz, executive director of the Jewish Federation of Sarasota-Manatee, the lead sponsor for the exhibit.

“They’re going to be experiencing something many people have never experienced before — a piece of art coming to life in ways that not many people can do.”

Rominiecki hopes those exhibits are two of many more to come.

“I think the community is really excited about Selby doing something new,” says Rominiecki, “and I think that there’s a lot of momentum and energy.”

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To the uninitiated, the plans to renovate the Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe’s campus along Orange Avenue might seem relatively modest.

To Nate Jacobs, founder and creative director of the theater company, it’s a major step forward for the institution he helped establish 17 years ago.

Until 2013, the theater operated without a permanent home. That year, the company purchased the 2-acre property at 1646 10th Way, officially moving into the venue that had temporarily housed the theater for the previous three years.

Now, the Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe is seeking the city’s approval to enhance and expand the property, located at the northeast corner of the Rosemary District. For Jacobs, the renovations are an affirmation that his once nomadic theater company is now a fixture in Sarasota’s arts community.

“It’s a sense of pride and a sense of contentment for us as an organization, to be here and to be able to not worry about — where are we going to have rehearsal, and can we find a place to rent to have enough dates to do shows?”

Jacobs said. “It’s a serious weight off of my shoulders. We couldn’t fully do what we wanted to do.

We were always working around someone else’s schedule.”

The organization plans to add permanent seating to the main theater, adding between 20 and 40 seats to increase the capacity to around 200. The main theater building would get new dressing rooms and rehearsal space, larger lobby and reception areas, and improved restrooms.

The theater intends to move its administrative staff from downtown Sarasota into the two-story, 12,000-square-foot Binz building, adding multipurpose and conference rooms as well. The plans also call for 20 additional

parking spaces and the creation of a plaza area between the two buildings.

Julie Leach, the theater’s executive director, said the organization has already taken the opportunity to expand its creative offerings after moving into its permanent home. The corresponding renovations will help facilitate that growth, which includes the addition of a youth summer camp this year, while allowing for continued expansion going forward as needed.

“Our program’s grown,” Leach said. “We’re kind of busting at the seams in terms of theater space, and we have a couple of different education programs.”

Leach said the theater is in the quiet phase of a capital campaign to pay for the improvements, and said information regarding the project expenses will be available when that fundraising effort goes public.

Earlier this year, the Players Theatre announced its plans to leave its home near downtown Sarasota for a new venue in Lakewood Ranch. Players Managing Director Michelle Bianchi Pingel said the move was partially motivated by the crowded arts scene in the city.

Jacobs didn’t share those concerns. He said the Westcoast Black Theatre, in particular, benefited from a central location, drawing patrons from Longboat Key, Lakewood Ranch and even west Tampa, remaining in close proximity to the cultural core downtown and staying connected to Sarasota’s black community. The last point is particularly important for Jacobs.

“For a black theater organization — pretty much the only professional black theater organization in this landscape — there’s a sense of pride that there is a place we can call our own,” he said. “It’s a sense of pride for our whole community.”

The company has been a presence in the Sarasota arts community for nearly two decades, but Jacobs sees the refurnished space as a new beginning of sorts for the Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe.

“We control our destiny,” he said. “We are in control of our programs and our seasonal shows, and it puts us in a position to thoroughly and fully begin to stretch our legs artistically in this city.”

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Jacob Danowski allowed four hits while striking out three through six innings of work to help propel the Sarasota Babe Ruth 13U All-Stars to a 3-1 victory against Glen Allen, Va. in the Southeastern Regional championship game July 30.

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After spending the summer on the beach, Sophia Hebda, left, and Maddie McNally, right, are preparing to head back indoors to lead the Cardinal Mooney volleyball team this fall.

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Pitcher Gabe Copeland finished with a home run, a double, two RBI and three runs scored to lead the Sarasota Babe Ruth 13U All-Stars to a 6-5 victory against Freedom Farm, Bahamas, in the Southeastern Regional semifinals July 30.

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Jake Jackson went the distance, allowing one run on six hits in the Sarasota Babe Ruth 14U All-Star team’s 9-1 victory against the Southwest Youth Baseball Club, from Centreville, Va., in the Southeast Regional semifinals July 30.

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Riverview junior Moose Griffith maxed out on his back squat July 29 with a 530-pound lift.

Sarasota Crew coach Monica Whitehouse qualified for the World Rowing Under 23 Championships Aug. 21-28, in Rotterdam, Netherlands.

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MAKING THE TRANSITION With a summer of beach volleyball behind them, a pair of Cardinal Mooney standouts return indoors for the season.

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fter spending the better part of the summer with her toes in the sand, Cardinal Mooney sophomore Sophia Hebda is readjusting to the hardwood.

Hebda, who spends roughly eight months of the year playing beach volleyball, returned indoors for the first day of Cougars practice Aug. 1.

It’s a welcome transition for the 15-year-old Hebda, who enjoys spending time with her Cardinal Mooney teammates, but it also comes with a learning curve.

Although Hebda says her time in the sand has benefited her by increasing her vertical jump, over the next couple of weeks, she will have to retrain her body for indoor volleyball, focusing on timing, contacting the ball and jumping higher, among other technical aspects.

She will also have to adjust to playing with six girls on the court again, instead of the two in beach volleyball.

“I like being a ball hog,” Hebda

said. “In beach volleyball, you have to cover more of the court.

It’s more about shots and being smart and not about power.”

Cardinal Mooney senior captain Maddie McNally, who also spent the summer playing on the beach, will also need to adapt to the style of indoor play.

“In beach volleyball, it’s basically all on you,” the 17-year-old McNally said. “Indoor is a team sport, so you’re only one part ...

It’s more intense and faster paced.

It gives you that adrenaline rush.”

Hebda and McNally, an outside hitter for the Cougars, both began playing beach volleyball the summer before their freshman year of high school.

McNally started playing beach volleyball to keep playing throughout the summer when she wasn’t playing indoors. Hebda headed to the beach after her best friend encouraged her to give it a try.

While McNally found beach volleyball to be something fun to do in the summer, Hebda soon realized her future was on the sand.

Hebda opted to forgo playing club volleyball and spent the winter training on the beach.

“You get more touches on the ball,” Hebda said.

Over the summer, Hebda attended beach volleyball camp at the University of Southern California. The weeklong camp exposed her to new coach-

ing styles and helped her understand what it will take to play beach volleyball in college.

“I feel like this year, I realized how hard you have to work to get to the college level,” said Hebda.

In addition to playing in the Dig the Beach Series and attending summer camp, Hebda practices a few times a week with former Cardinal Mooney standout Annie Montgomery, a 2016 graduate of Florida State University, where she played beach volleyball.

“Beach is different because you have to have good ball control,” Montgomery said. “Sophia has smart vision, and she’s a good, smart player both indoors and on the beach.”

Unlike Hebda, McNally remains focused on indoor volleyball.

When she’s not playing for the Cougars, McNally plays travel volleyball for Tampa United and is looking to land a scholarship for indoor volleyball. She spent the summer visiting colleges to get a sense of what might be a good fit.

But for now, both girls are focused on the season before them and improving upon the Cougars’ 10-15 record last season.

“We have a different coach this year, who is very good,” McNally said of first-year coach Chad Sutton, who comes to Cardinal Mooney from Sarasota High. “He pushes us, and I think we need that because we have a lot of potential.”

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Martial artists advance to championship finals R

ed Tiger Martial Artists Isaac Weintraub and Travis Brazil have 2020 Olympics visions after advancing to the finals of the 2016 USAT National Championships July 4-10, in Richmond, Va. Weintraub won a gold medal in the black belt 58kg division, while Brazil finished second in the black belt 63kg division.

“Being ranked No. 1 in the U.S. means not only that I achieve something I’ve been trying to for a long time, but also that I’m one step closer to my ultimate goal: the Olympics,” Weintraub said.

With a second-place finish at nationals, Brazil will enter the 2017 World Championship Team Trials as one of the top seeds, which will more than likely give him a first round bye in the competition.

“Being one of the top-ranked people in my division means a lot both mentally and in terms of ranking,” Brazil said. “I have grown more than I could have imagined in the past year.

Mentally, my confidence is a lot higher...”

From here, the two hope to make the National Team, compete more internationally and ultimately make the 2020 Olympic Team.

On Aug. 9, Weintraub will travel to the University of Central Oklahoma, where he and three other martial artists will be the first to receive scholarships and participate in UCO’s Center of Taekwondo Excellence.

“In my sport, my growth and development has been exponential over the next year,” Weintraub said. “With taekwondo and a separate strength and conditioning program, I’m getting stronger and better every day.” nnn

Riverview senior strong forward Brion Whitley has announced his Final Four.

No, he isn’t making his March Madness predictions seven months in advance. Rather, Whitley, who led the Rams to a Class 8A state runner-up finish last season, has narrowed down his list of scholarship offers to four contenders: UNC-Wilmington, Wofford, Harvard and Chattanooga.

“Blessed to announce my Final Four,” Whitley tweeted. “Thank you to everyone who recruited me.” nnn

Sarasota resident Nikki Yanez has added another national championship to her resume — this time in doubles.

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Red Tiger Martial Artists Travis Brazil, left, and Isaac Weintraub, front right, advanced to the finals of the USAT National Championships July 4-10, in Richmond, Va.

At the Girls’ 12s National Clay Court Championships, July 17-23, at the Polo Club of Boca Raton, No. 14 seeds Yanez and Maria Drobotova, of Deerfield Beach, won a gold ball after defeating Calissa Dellabarca and Bridget Stammel 6-2, 4-6, 6-2.

“This comes as a huge surprise, as she is not a doubles player, only competing a few times,” Yanez’s father, Paul Yanez said.

Yanez will return to action in her final 12-and-under national competition at the USTA National Championship Aug. 7-14, in Alpharetta, Ga.

Sarasota resident Nikki Yanez won a gold ball in doubles at the Girls’ 12s National Clay Court Championships July 17-23, at the Polo Club of Boca Raton.

Jen Blanco is the sports editor for the Sarasota Observer. Contact her at jblanco@ yourobserver.com.

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The 15th Annual Sarasota Slam Fishing Tournament will launch from the Marina Plaza at 2 p.m. Anglers can compete in Inshore, Offshore and Junior Angler divisions. Weigh-in, a silent auction and raffles will begin at 1 p.m. Aug. 6 with an after party to follow.

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It’s time to lace up your sneakers for the New Balance Sarasota 5K Run/Walk at 7 a.m. The free race, which is open to participants of all ages and skill levels, runs through Sarasota across the South Bridge onto Siesta Key and to Crescent Beach Marina and back.

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Lunch with Punch” was the book Caiden Sedlak, 8, plucked from the shelves at Gulf Gate Library to read to Yukon, a sleepy Great Pyrenees.

Asked why she decided to read the book to Yukon, she said: “Because I can pet and read at the same time.”

Before Caiden could get to the second page, Yukon was sprawled out on the floor next to her doing his job of listening the best way he knows how.

On July 27, Caiden was one of the 20 children signed up for a chance to read to one of the dogs. The Read with Dogs weekly program takes place at libraries throughout Sarasota County and is designed to give children a chance to read out loud without fear of criticism.

The lineup of dogs certified by Alliance Pet Therapy includes: Yukon; Miss Fay, a black lab; Lexie, a black toy poodle; Parker, a Shih Tzu — and each was happy to lend a floppy ear to the young readers.

Volunteer Suzanne Vircik has been involved in the program at various libraries in Sarasota County for 10 years with her dogs, Lexie and Max. “One of the main things we see is that (the children are) very hesitant at first,” Vircik said.

She sits in a chair next to her toy poodle, Lexie, and helps hold the book so the children can have their hands available to pet while reading aloud.

“You’ll start to see the same children over time, and we get to know the families, too,” Vircik said.

The program takes a break during the month of August, meaning July 27 was the children’s final afternoon of reading to their canine audience before the school year begins.

Becky Hoffman, a teacher who moved this summer from Baltimore, brought her daughter Nicole, 5, to check out what will be their neighborhood library.

“Libraries have always been a huge part of my life,” Becky Hoffman said. “We’re not even unpacked, and we got library cards because all of our books are still boxed up.”

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3505 WHITE LANE, SARASOTA Gorgeous Arthur Rutenberg 4 bed, 3 full/2 half bath home on the Hansen Bayou! Easy boating access to the Intracoastal. Gourmet kitchen with gas range, solid wood cabinetry, granite counter tops, custom backsplash, top of the line appliances & wine refrigeration. Outdoor living area with kitchen & fireplace, Infinity Pool with waterfall, spa, 60’ Dock w/lift (10k lb.) boat & (2) jet skis, Pella windows, Loft/Bonus Room. Furnishings & jet skis are negotiable. $2,274,900

4205 HIGEL AVE, SARASOTA Welcome to “Villa del Paradiso”, a luxurious private estate located on the

world-renowned Siesta Key. This meticulously built 4/4.5 home boasts the finest in craftsmanship and quality with hand-crafted wood doors, hand carved Italian stonework, artisan murals, and ironwork from centuries past. A true masterpiece in the melding of quality construction with artisan craftsmanship. Gorgeous views of Roberts Bay and access to your own private beach. $6,499,900

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7909 MIDNIGHT PASS RD, SARASOTA

Beautiful 5 bedroom/4 bath secluded bay estate on South Siesta! On close to an acre with expansive water frontage, lush foliage, a private boat dock, and views to take your breath away. State of the art kitchens both inside and outside with updated appliances, custom cabinets, and extensive built ins. Three guest rooms with tropical views on the main floor. Moving to the 2nd floor, you will find an office/den loft and another bonus room. $2,295,000

1132 WINDSONG LN, SIESTA KEY Newly constructed 6 bed/5 147 TAMPA AVE E,VENICE Incredible 2/2 penthouse featuring views of bath 3 story home over multi car garage with stunning beach views and gated beach access to Siesta Key. Enjoy this homes many features including an open floor plan, porcelain tile, private elevator, saltwater pool, and a spacious rooftop sundeck showcasing this homes incredible Gulf views. Both units can be purchased for $4,499,000. $2,290,000

Roberts Bay & the Gulf of Mexico. Remarkable upgrades of this property include built in cabinetry in the office, faux finishes, plaster crown molding, marble tile floors from Italy, Onyx counter tops, remote control window treatments and fireplace and additional sound proofing for the sliders and windows. Also included is a private garage.

7794 HOLIDAY DR N, SARASOTA Masterful design & modern luxury are uniquely embodied in this 4 bedroom, 3 bathroom home. This waterfront residence with wall-to-wall windows is a haven for gazing at the bay views. Enjoy gatherings in the generously-sized living/dining room area graced by ambient fireplaces, hurricane proof glass windows & sliding doors leading out to the pool deck. Tremendous chef ’s kitchen has plenty of storage, a Vinotemp wine cooler, Argentinian granite island, Electrolux double convection ovens & an induction stove top. The master retreat on the 2nd level, complete with a walk in custom closet and en-suite bath ensures a private space to enjoy the Bay views. $2,495,000

136 OSPREY POINT DR, OSPREY This gorgeous home has undergone an extensive $1M dollar renovation & features 7 Bedrooms, 6 Full/3 Half baths, Brazilian cherry wood flooring, renovated chef ’s kitchen, customized entertainment area, two master suites, infinity-edge pool/spa, home theater & expansive views of the bay & Gulf of Mexico.

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411 LYCHEE RD, NOKOMIS Nestled on 5.1 acres in a private waterfront setting, this 7,700 sqft estate is situated with deep water dockage and immediate access to the intracoastal waterway, just minutes to the Gulf. Features include a chef ’s kitchen, guest house, custom pool with cabana, and more!

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SATURDAY, AUG. 20

FRIDAY, AUG. 5 TO SATURDAY, AUG. 6

SARASOTA SLAM FISHING TOURNAMENT The home base for the event is Marina Jack, 2 Marina Plaza. The tournament includes billfish, wahoo, tuna, grouper, snapper, trout and redfish categories with offshore and inshore divisions. Registration is $150 per angler for the inshore division; $500 per boat for the offshore division; and $25 for junior anglers. Visit sarasotaslam.com.

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SATURDAY, AUG. 6

BACK-TO-SCHOOL BACKPACK BRIGADE Runs from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Boys & Girls Clubs of Sarasota County, 3100 Fruitville Road. The Tiny Hands Foundation and hundreds of volunteers will fill 1,500 backpacks with school supplies for community children in need.

Volunteers of all ages are invited to help. Visit tinyhandsfoundation.org/backpack-brigade.

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MONDAY, AUG. 8

(Located on south side of building).

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2016 CUTATHON Runs from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at One Sarasota Tower, 2 N. Tamiami Trail, Suite 804. Cutting Loose Salon will bring its stylists out of the salon for a day to raise funds and cut hair to benefit Wigs for Kids. A hair donation is welcome but not required to participate.

Cost is a $10 minimum donation.

Visit cuttingloose.net.

DEMOCRATIC CLUB SUNSET CRUISE Starts at 6:30 p.m. at Marina Jack Plaza. Join the Democratic Club of Sarasota for a cruise around Sarasota Bay aboard LeBarge Tropical Cruises departing from from Bayfront Drive between Marina Jack and O’Leary’s.

Tickets are $25. Visit sarasotadems.org.

TUESDAY, AUG. 9

ELECTION 101 Runs from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Fogartyville Community Media and Arts Center, 525 Kumquat Court.

Sarasota County Supervisor of Elections Kathy Dent will give an overview of the elections process and answer questions in time for the Aug. 30 primaries. Admission is free. Contact Arlene Sweeting at 545-5635.

SATURDAY, AUG. 13

SUPERHERO SKATE BASH Runs from 1:30 to 4 p.m. at Stardust Skate Center, 2571 12th St. Dress in your favorite superhero costume and receive free admission. There will be games, contests, races, prizes and school supply giveaways. Regular admission is $8 plus skate rental. Visit stardustskatecenter.net.

TUESDAY, AUG. 16

AJC 2016 SUMMER LUNCH & LEARN SERIES Runs from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at Michael’s On East, 1212 S. East Ave. AJC Director of International Jewish Affairs Andy Baker will discuss the resurgence of antiSemitism, security threats and challenges for Jews in Europe.

Tickets are $28 and include

YOUR PRIMER FOR THE PRIMARY Runs from 4 to 7 p.m. at the Selby Auditorium at the University of South Florida Sarasota-Manatee, 8350 N. Tamiami Trail. This forum features Florida State Senate and House of Representatives candidates in advance of the Aug. 30 primary elections. Admission is free. Email candidateforum@yourobserver.com or visit usfsm.edu/events.

lunch. Reservations are required.

Contact sarasota@ ajc.org.

ENTERTAINMENT SUNDAY, AUG. 7

VERY MERRY JERRY DAY Runs from 4 to 9 p.m. at 525 Kumquat Court. WSLR 96.5 hosts the eighth annual celebration of the music of the Grateful Dead’s Jerry Garcia. This is a familyfriendly event with kids’ activities and local vendors. Attendees can bring lawn chairs and T-shirts for tie-dying. Tickets are $10. Call 894-6469.

HEALTH THURSDAY, AUG. 4

NAMASTRAY YOGA Starts at 6 p.m. at Cat Depot, 2542 17th St. Enjoy yoga with the inspiration of Cat Depot cats in the room with certified yoga instructor Veronika Schachtner.

Bring your own yoga mat. Cost is a $10 donation to Cat Depot. Call 366-2404.

SUNDAY, AUG. 14

RUN 941 DIRTY TRIATHLON Starts at 8:30 a.m. at Oscar Scherer State Park, 1843 S. Tamiami Trail, Osprey. Described as an off-road triathlon, the race consists of swimming 100 yards, running one mile and biking three miles, then repeating the course before finishing. Registration is $30 per person;$40 per team.

Visit run941.com.

FREE COMMUNITY EVENTS!

BACK TO SCHOOL HAVE FAMILY FUN TOGETHER!

Friday, August 12 • 5-8pm Frank G. Berlin, Sr. Branch 1075 S. Euclid Ave.

SPLASH BASH FREE WATER PARK ACCESS!

Friday, August 19 • 5-8pm Evalyn Sadlier Jones Branch 8301 Potter Park Dr.

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The owners’ collection of European art and antiques continue the Old World theme.

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The home’s many terraces face Coconut Bayou, a peaceful enclave on Siesta Key. It was developed back in the 1940s and still retains its old-fashioned atmosphere.

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Attention to detail is everywhere, and sometimes in the most unexpected places. The cozy family room, for example, does double duty as an aviary for Gray’s 20-year-old macaw, Elmo.

She raised him from a hatchling, and by now, he’s an established member of the family. He lives in a spacious cage in the corner, with a spectacular view at his disposal and a chance to interact with the family as he chatters away during meals.

Gray has long collected antiques, and she knew her dream house would have to accommodate her collection.

“Then, we traveled to Italy and fell in love with the architecture,” Gray says.

Everything came into focus: the old stone villas, the terraces and balconies, the pergolas that shaded outdoor dining areas. Now, she knew what she wanted.

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“He made it work,” Gray says.

They already had a home — a 1,200-square-foot bungalow set on a spectacular piece of land in Coconut Bayou. But with six kids in the family — two were still living at home — they needed more space. Fortunately, their 0.70acre lot had plenty of room for expansion, not to mention 260 feet of near-perfect waterfront.

The Swors’ home is large — almost 6,500 square feet — but it is organized into a series of spaces to give it a more intimate feeling.

The core of the home contains a dramatic entry foyer and music room, with an equally grand living and dining area. Here, the beamed ceiling soars to 20 feet, with hickory floors and French doors leading to a terrace that overlooks the view.

“We both love to cook,” Gray Swors says, and their kitchen features a six-burner Thermador range set into an arched stone niche. Nearby is the family wing, with two bedrooms, each with its own bath, plus a separate guest suite.

Special attention was given to the master suite. The bedroom has its own terrace. There are his-and-hers baths and closets, and, as befits busy doctors, hisand-hers offices. Michael’s has a separate outside entrance, while Gray’s is up a short flight of stairs, a sort of “crow’s nest” space with built-in cabinetry and marble floors. And on the lower level is the “grotto”—a bar/playroom with a billiard table. Nearby is an exercise room that opens to an outdoor yoga deck.

With the children gone, the Swors have bought a smaller house that they are currently renovating. It’s just a short stroll away, because the couple have no

intention of leaving their neighborhood. Most residents of Coconut Bayou feel that way — it’s considered the jewel in the crown of north Siesta Key. Developed by Elbridge Boyd, who also developed the Sanderling Club, it has large lots, tropical vegetation and an atmosphere of complete peace and privacy.

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home on Siesta Key tops all transactions in this week’s real estate. KJIMS Siesta Key Holdings LLC sold the home at 3970 Roberts Point Road to Kevin and Joanne Creel, of Naples, for $2.3 million. Built in 2015, it has five bedrooms, six-and-a-half baths and 6,028 square feet of living area.

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THE MOORINGS AT BAY POINTE Ted and Caroline Edwards, trustees, of Sarasota, sold the home at 922 Citrus Ave. to David Goldstein and Stacie Vining, of Yarmouth, Maine, for $949,000. Built in 1989, it has three bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 2,746 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $545,000 in 2009.

John Begley, trustee, and Diana Begley, of Sarasota, sold the H1010 condominium at 100 Central Ave. to Kimberley Fiterman-Duepner and Gregory Duepner, of New York City, for $835,000. Built in 2005, it has two bedrooms, two-anda-half baths and 1,725 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $660,000 in 2013.

ROYAL ST. ANDREW

Charles and Sandra Armitage, of Travis, Texas, sold their units 901 and 901A condominiums at 555 S. Gulfstream Ave. to Judith Sauertieg, trustee, of Sarasota, for $775,000. Built in 1969, the units have three bedrooms, two baths and 1,963 square feet of living area.

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Grzegorz Twarowski sold his home at 3811 Camino Real to Chippy Nalluri, of Sarasota, for $750,000. Built in 2006, it has four bedrooms, three-anda-half baths, a pool and 3,101 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $990,000 in 2006.

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William and Melissa Barnes sold their home at 5169 Kestral Park Lane to Robert and Son-

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dra Kay Goodman, of Sarasota, for $700,000. Built in 1987, it has three bedrooms, four-anda-half baths, a pool and 3,675 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $432,000 in 1998.

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Rita Ptaschuk and Dennis Arciero, trustees, of Cornelius, N.C., sold the Unit 13A condominium at 1111 N. Gulfstream Ave. to Louis and Rosanne Martorella, of Sarasota, for $605,000. Built in 1974, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,577 square feet of living area.

It previously sold for $165,000 in 1992.

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Brooke and Kathleen Pearson sold their home at 3424 Old Oak Drive to Stephen and Elizabeth Agren, of Sarasota, for $550,000. Built in 1953, it has two bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 1,368 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $280,000 in 2012.

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$419,000 Isles of Sarasota Bonnie Myer, trustee, of Sarasota, sold the home at 5978 Roseto Place to Michael and Evelyn Guarino, of Sarasota, for $419,000. Built in 2008, it has three bedrooms, three baths and 2,008 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $334,000 in 2012.

OSPREY $935,000 Oaks II

Frank and Susan Schuster, of Alpharetta, Ga., sold their home at 621 N. Mac Ewen Drive to Peter Anastos and Elizabeth Ann Hillman, of Osprey, for $935,000. Built in 2001, it has four bedrooms, fourand-a-half baths, a pool and 3,836 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $970,000 in 2003.

NOKOMIS

$1.35 million Casey Key Thomas and Anna Marie Hedekin, trustees, sold two homes at 3780 Cutlass Bayou to GANOV/GROVELAND LLC for $1.35 million. The first was built in 1950; it has one bedroom, two baths, a pool and 2,598 square feet of living area.

The second was built in 1968; it has one bath and 504 square feet of living area. They previously sold for $355,000 in 1984.

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Susan Schlissler, trustee, of Sarasota, sold the home at 3625 San Remo Terrace to Kimberly and Mitchel Ruzek, of Sarasota, for $1.35 million. Built in 1964, it has three bedrooms, two-and-a-half baths, a pool and 2,533 square feet of living area.

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Richard Henderson sold his home at 1908 Oleander St. to RJJM LLC for $505,000. Built in 1952, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,996 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $70,000 in 1983.

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Aug 4 (Medium, difficulty rating 0.52) Items Under $200 For Sale 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.

941-955-4888 Or Email ad to: classified@yourobserver.com (Please provide your name and address) Or Online at: www.yourobserver.com Or mail to: The Observer Group P.O. Box 3169 Sarasota, Fl 34230

Garage/Moving/Estate Sales SHOE WAREHOUSE Sale Fri., 8/5 10−4, Sat 8/6 10−5, Sun 8/7 1−5. Tax free! Hundreds of Men’s and Women’s high−quality leather sneakers, boots, dress shoes, flats and wedges from $29.99 to $59.99. Many one−of−a−kind samples available (W sz 7; M sz 10). 3439 Technology Dr, Suite 4, North Venice, FL 34275 − Rain or Shine.

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Fifis Southside Village, 1905 So. Osprey Ave. Pretty clothes, bargain prices.

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ART PRINT: framed Arabian Days series, 24x34 Almubarazeh Duel Nights, colorful detail by Alawadh, $60. 941-320-8345.

Jewelry

COUCH: BLUE/GRAY, from Rooms to Go, great cond., few years old, non-smoker, $80.

941-922-7982, 941-302-2746.

WHOLESALE FASHION JEWELRY CLOSEOUT! 50% off and more!

DINING TABLE: glass, 42"x70", no chips or scratches, $150. Contact: 941-371-7602 or Sernick21@aol.com

Daisy Cotton 3847 S. School Ave (Behind Southgate Mall)

LOVE SEAT: Excellent condition, beautiful overstuffed, tan/tweed. Looks brand new. Very comfortable Non-smoking. $165.00. 920-495-1201.

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PILATES MACHINE: great for back problems, $100. TV, older, 28” great picture, $25.

309-212-6205.

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

SAFETY FENCE for pool. In ground fencing panels, 16/steel posts, 36/ftLX5/ftH. Perfect Condition. $199.00. 941-735-1937.

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SANIFLO PLUS System, never used, $200. Call 941-321-0399.

SCHWINN 43C Elliptical 25lb Fly-Wheel Precision.

Perfect for joints. $200, will deliver. Donna, 953-41621.

TABLES: BEAUTIFUL, Contemporary, designer chrome/glass: 3 shelf console/sofa & 2 shelf end table. $200/obo. 407-310-4446.

TREADMILL: SPACESAVER, $75. 8” Round rug, palm tree pattern, $80. Silver chaffing dish, $25.

941-922-4093.

TWIN MATTRESSES & Box Springs: (2 sets), $100.00 per set. 941-232-4056.

YORK FITNESS Bench: Serial #45071, like new, $30. 941-350-5651.

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

Garage/Moving/Estate Sales GARAGE/ MOVING SALE * 2 Portable Clothing Closets, 60”wx20”dx63”h canvas with clear vinyl zipper front on each 30”section. * White coated supports and garment rods.

Hangs over 100 garments. Storage under garments for paint cleaning supplies and suitcases. Assembled. Cost $200. Take it for $50. *Roll of med. color flecked Berber carpet. New. Piece of same 62”x93”. Take it all for $100. * Sheet of 4’x8’x.25” plywood from Lowe’s, $6. * New Nepresso Cappuccino machine.

Cost $1200. Take it for $200. * Neely Commercial Tank Steamer, like Sak’s and Dillards use. Cost $400. Take it for $75. *Steel 5 shelf garage unit, 36”wx72”hx16”d.

Cost $75. Take it for $25. *New large Wearever pan and pot, $20 for both. *2 Mr. Coffee, 12 cup makers. One still in box.

Take both for $20. *Large tool box with lots of tools and Porter Disston teflon coated saw and boxed.

Also, wrench set. All for $30. *New slow cooker, $10. * 58 Classic Illustrated comic books, circa 1950’s. Collectors pay $10 to $25 for each.

Entire collection, $160. *Down queen size comforter, $50. *Foam queen size bed topper, $10. *2 Samsonite ballistic nylon weekend bags, 3 compartments w/zipper, both for $20. *Dirt Devil upright bagless vacuum. I have a cleaning service. Take it for $25. *New size 40-42 charcoal microfiber, all weather, ziplined, belted coat by Harbor Master.

Cost $200. Take it for $40. *Rosenthal Bjorn Winblad ivory porcelain vase, 17’x9”w, circa 1950 w/custom made silk floral arrangement. Gold Indonesian design on front and back. Cost $3000 in 1965. Buy it for $500.

Call 941-961-3482 7237 Cedar Hollow Circle in Tara Preserve in Bradenton

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

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

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BY OWNER. Palm Coast Tidelands gated community on intracoastal, 3/2 many amenities, 386.585.4440, will give PM mortgage.

5 STAR Homemaker Companion Service. Former Caterer & Saks 5th Avenue Executive now accepting clients. Will provide scrumptious meals, a tidy home, errands, engaging conversation & life enriching activities. Call Teresa 941-961-0826 to create a custom program for you or your loved one.

Bonded & Insured. References.

Duplexes For Sale GULF GATE: 2 family duplex, 2BR/1BA, utility room, carport, newly renovated. $229,500. FSBO. 941-312-6416.

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Condos/Apts. For Rent PALMER RANCH: Lake view, 2BR/+den, 2BA, 1638/sq.ft., near Legacy Trail. Basic cable, water included. $1950/mo. Annual. Call/text: 941-961-5468.

PELICAN COVE: 2nd floor, 2BR/2BA +deck, end unit, $1600/mo. 941-349-2460.

SMALL STUDIO: waterfront Siesta Key. Yearly or seasonal lease. 941-349-2460.

SPACIOUS AND STUNNING ON SARASOTA BAY. Lawrence Pointe Annual Lease. Direct bayfront, 2 BR plus big office, 2.5 BA, 2200+ SF. Secure, gated community. Completely renovated, furnished, equipped. Walk everywhere. $4650/mo.

No pets, smoking. Email for photos: SpaciousAndStunning@gmail.com. 941-704-4735.

Condos For Sale PELICAN COVE: 2nd floor, 2BR/2BA +deck, end unit. $265,000. 941-349-2460.

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Longboat Key House on Canal. Davits/ Dock. $495,000.

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Longboat Key villa: pool, beach, 2BR/2BA +den, boat dock, furnished, $300,000.

Longboat Key Condo with boat lift 10,000/lbs.

Wonderful views of Bay on Canal close to ICW, $375,000.

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Luxury Downton Sarasota Condo: 2BR. $399,000.

Nokomis Waterfront Home with large bay view, used as duplex, 3-4BR, 3BA. $399,000.

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Port Charlotte: 2BR/2BA + Loft Townhouse. Water view, boat docks, $200,000.

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Call: 955-4888 Email: classified@yourobserver.com Online: www.yourobserver.com

Botanica in Palmer Ranch: 3BR/2.5BA, 2/car garage, over 2500/ft., private elevator. $519,900.

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EXPERIENCED CAM with Real Estate license seeking Condominium Association to manage.

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West of Trail Home on Deep water yacht basin.

3BR/2.5BA, pool. $1,485,000.

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Sawgrass in Venice: gated community home on golf course, 2/master suites plus 3rd BR, 3/car garage. $499,000.

SEWING/ HAND BEADING. Seeking person to hand sew crystal beads to fabric collar. Paid per finished piece. Heavily beaded.

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

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

HIRING FULL-TIME SERVICE TECHNICIAN to join our on-site team. Candidate will provide installation, operation and maintenance services on a vacuum wastewater collection system. Must be available for after hours and weekend call schedule and within a 30 minute response time.

Daily (local) travel on and between jobsites in the Sarasota area is required. Please send resume to: suzie.bitterling@bilfinger.com or mail to Suzie Bitterling, PO Box 528, Rochester, IN 46975.

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

River Place: gated community. Executive home, 4BR/3BA plus 2 office/dens, huge screened pool deck, kayak launch onto Braden river. $499,900.

Greenfield Plantation: 4BR/3BA, 3/car garage plus office and caged pool, fenced yard, granite on all counters. $375,000.

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Furnished, nice home, pool, $600/mo. Minimum 6/mo. Call 941-388-8873.

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No pets. Unfurnished. Available immediately.

Long term/Seasonal. 703-638-8128.

SIESTA KEY: One, two and three bedrooms. $575 and up, on the beach. Hurry before Summer ends! Weekly, monthly, seasonal, furnished.

Call Siesta Key Realty 941-349-8900 or visit: siestakeyrentals.com.

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130 Riviera Dunes Way PH 101 $1,295,000 | Web ID A4160017 Stacy Haas-Goodwin 941.587.4359

1300 Casey Key Road $3,900,000 | Web ID A4142483 Charlotte Hedge & Tom Hedge Jr. 941.350.0100

3619 Casey Key Road $3,300,000 | Web ID A4153581 Sharon Lewis & Lisa Napolitano 941.966.5400

100 Ogden Street $3,100,000 | Web ID A4135804 Steve Wexler 941.586.1124

931 Blue Heron Overlook $2,499,000 | Web ID A4136097 Joel Schemmel 941.587.4894

111 Golden Gate Point #2 $2,100,000 | Web ID A4143122 Thomas Netzel 941.308.1083

1419 5th Street $1,900,000 | Web ID A4135639 Frank Lambert & Dean Schmitt 941.920.1500

6512 Midnight Pass Road #404 $1,650,000 | Web ID A4142564 Cheryl Loeffler 941.302.9674

1800 Benjamin Franklin Drive #B907 $1,460,000 | Web ID A4153503 Tom Perkins & Karin Stephan 941.773.7634

6903 Westchester Circle $1,125,000 | Web ID A4160193 Stephanie Shaw & Glo Reber 941.544.3770

14809 Secret Harbor Place $1,025,000 | Web ID A4159787 Laura Stavola 941.447.4875

121 12th Avenue East $999,000 | Web ID A4142478 Arnie DuFort 941.224.8602

7804 Rosehall Cove $920,000 | Web ID A4141414 Gloria Bracciano & Greg Van Natter 941.730.1999

7348 Barclay Court $919,000 | Web ID A4160141 Thomas Netzel 941.308.1083

420 Beach Road #408 $899,000 | Web ID A4119588 Joel Schemmel 941.587.4894

3799 Boca Pointe Drive $879,000 | Web ID A4135851 Joel Schemmel & Sharon Chiodi 941.587.4894

1212 Benjamin Franklin Drive #402 $760,000 | Web ID A4159966 Karin Stephan 941.504.4435

1750 Benjamin Franklin Drive #7D $749,000 | Web ID A4153745 Jim Soda & Donna Soda 941.961.5857

1212 Benjamin Franklin Drive #404 $710,000 | Web ID A4153347 Karin Stephan 941.504.4435

Manasota Beach Road $699,000 | Web ID N5905614 Tiffiny Trentalange 941.468.4915

27441 Hole In One Place $699,000 | Web ID N5909137 Bob Linthicum 941.228.9206

7618 Silverwood Court $694,000 | Web ID A4153701 Laura Stavola 941.447.4875

14647 Newtonmore Lane $575,000 | Web ID A4159328 Laura Stavola 941.447.4875

14623 Sundial Place $515,000 | Web ID A4159812 Linda Apple 941.586.0553

18821 Ganton Avenue $499,900 | Web ID A4141172 Jim Soda & Donna Soda 941.961.5857

6414 Moorings Point Circle #201 $474,900 | Web ID A4159969 Lisa Morreale 941.400.9038

6827 Coyote Ridge Court $465,000 | Web ID A4160341 Devon Davis 941.720.2053

193 King Palm Court $449,900 | Web ID N5909142 Amy Terzuoli 941.536.1244

5410 Title Row Drive $440,000 | Web ID A4160196 Jim & Donna Soda 941.961.5857

1106 3rd Street East $439,900 | Web ID A4160015 Arnie DuFort 941.224.8602

Ivanhoe Street $395,000 | Web ID A4141568 Roger Grenier & Nancy Grenier 941.993.2908

1023 92nd Street NW $394,990 | Web ID A4160011 Lisa Mayer 941.545.5197

7820 34th Avenue West #103 $382,000 | Web ID A4159626 Shellie Young 941.713.5458

Ivanhoe Street $375,000 | Web ID A4141566 Roger Grenier & Nancy Grenier 941.993.2908

501 Barcelona Avenue Unit D $369,900 | Web ID A4153029 Victoria Stultz 941.387.5676

1100 Benjamin Franklin Drive #405 $360,000 | Web ID A4160260 Kate de Villiers 813.695.5283

4915 58th Terrace East $325,000 | Web ID N5909167 Melissa Caldwell 941.266.8829

506 Montelluna Drive $319,000 | Web ID N5909162 Chris & Betsie Shiparski 941.375.1148

4214 Augusta Terrace East $309,000 | Web ID A4160410 Carolyn Collins & Roberta Tengerdy 941.320.0722

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