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A town of their own

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Siesta’s sand man

Josh Beckmann, the owner of Beckmann Properties on Siesta Key, likes to bring a little something home from the beaches he’s visited.

The real estate broker has sand samples from more than 170 places around the world, many on display in his front office. Traveling the globe and collecting sand since the 1990s, he still feels that nothing beats the pure white texture of Siesta Key sand.

“Everyone enjoys the debate over the best sand,” Beckmann said. “My thing is, ‘Hey, come see for yourself.’”

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Siesta Key again gets started on an incorporation plan, but there’s a lot to do by Sept. 1 deadline.

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If an incorporation effort is approved, Siesta Key could be its own municipality as early as Jan. 1, 2023.

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Alma Johnson of Sarasota Honey Co. inspects her queen bees around once a week.

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Higher heights

It’s no surprise a high schooler would be a hit on social media, but Sarasota High’s Jade Ortwein did it with the help of a congressman.

Ortwein’s artwork “Docked at Cortez” attracted the most shares and likes in a contest promoted

by U.S. Rep. Vern Buchanan.

So Ortwien was named Facebook Fan Favorite in the competition, featured on Buchanan’s official social media page. The artwork will hang in his Washington, D.C., offices for a year.

Sarasota High’s Lydia Graue won second place in the overall contest. Cardinal Mooney High’s Christina Mroczkowski was third.

Circus Arts Conservatory hopes to start expansion plan with a 99-year lease with the school board.

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“When we first started having these conversations, we all said, ‘We’re so tired of losing.’”

Seagrass levels lower, survey shows

John Davidson, organizer of Siesta Key’s incorporation effort.

Sarasota Bay is experiencing a 12-year low in seagrass growth, according to a recent survey.

Preliminary results from the Southwest Florida Water Management District show an 18% decline in seagrass across Sarasota Bay, Roberts Bay and Little Sarasota Bay from 2018 to 2020. The loss equates to a loss of 2,300 acres of sea grass.

Blackburn Bay showed a slight increase of about 13 acres, but the total acreage of seagrass coverage in the area is down from 12,853 in 2018 to 10,540 in 2020, officials reported. Seagrass levels have not been this low since 2008.

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Age at which America’s Top Coach, Bird Key Tennis Director Jackie Bohannon began playing.

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Phase one includes the construction of the Jean Goldstein Welcome Center.

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CALENDAR n Sarasota City Commission meeting — 6 p.m. Monday, May 17 and Tuesday, May 18, City Hall, 1565 First St. n Sarasota County Commission meeting — 9 a.m. Tuesday, April 18, County Administration Building, 1660 Ringling Blvd. n Sarasota County School Board meeting — 3 p.m. Tuesday, May 18, Landings Administrative Complex, 1980 Landings Blvd.

Selby gains $1 million donation for master plan J ean Weidner Goldstein has donated $1 million to help Marie Selby Botanical Gardens implement its master plan for renovating its bayfront campus in downtown Sarasota, the nonprofit announced this week.

The gift will go toward Selby Gardens’ endowment, which it is establishing alongside an effort to raise $72 million in capital funds

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Selby’s plans to operate as a net-positive institution in a release announcing the donation. Selby has said the buildings on the property will generate more energy than they consume thanks to features including a rooftop solar array on the parking garage.

Selby Gardens plans to break ground on phase one of the master plan June 3.

Kari Johnson, Sarasota County School District’s Teacher of the Year, is one of five statewide finalists for the Florida Teacher of the Year.

Johnson, a kindergarten teacher at Fruitville Elementary, has spent her 15-year career in Sarasota schools.

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Incorporation exploration Leaders of a grassroots effort called Save Siesta Key are conducting a feasibility study and starting to write a charter with hopes of launching a town.

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elcome to the town of Siesta Key. The possibility of a sign greeting visitors and residents with that message on the island side of both causeways to the now-unincorporated community has a nice ring to it, say organizers of a new grassroots push steeped in history that goes back to the 1960s.

At issue is self-rule and a dissatisfaction with county management of the island.

Leading the charge is John Davidson, no stranger to the concept of incorporation. Davidson, the founder of Davidson Drugs and The Pelican Press, has been a resident of Siesta Key since 1958.

He was part of an incorporation effort in the 1960s and again in the 1990s. Although neither succeeded, the second led to the 2001 creation of the Siesta Key Overlay District, which outlines specific development regulations that differ from other unincorporated areas of Sarasota County.

Davidson said he and the Save Siesta Key board members — Lisa Choate, Stephen Lexow, Tracy Jackson, Harry Anand, Chuck Byrne, Timothy Hensey and Rick Munroe — felt it was the right time to start a new effort after the County Commission approved several projects that residents opposed.

Commissioners greenlighted the Siesta Promenade, a mixeduse development that will bring 414 residential units, 130 hotel suits, retail space and office space to the mainland intersection of Stickney Point Road and U.S. 41.

Residents opposed the plan and sued the county over concerns it would affect traffic and access to the island. The lawsuit was ultimately dismissed.

Residents also weren’t happy with the county’s decision to add a roundabout at Beach Road and Midnight Pass Road, nor with the city of Sarasota’s decision to dredge Big Pass for the purposes of renourishing Lido Key beaches. Resident groups said that the process could damage the Key’s iconic beaches.

LEARNING MORE Those interested in hearing more about the incorporation effort can attend Save Siesta Key’s next public meeting at 7 p.m. May 19 in the Siesta Key Chapel. Face masks are required.

Additional information can be found and donations can be given at SaveSiestaKey.org.

Most recently, county commissioners are set to hear proposals for four high-density hotels that seek to change county regulations.

“Residents have fought against so many things, only to lose,” Davidson said. “When we first started having these conversations, we all said, ‘We’re so tired of losing.’”

So they hope to gain a win by incorporating the island and installing their own leaders.

To do so, the group has to first accomplish two main goals: complete a feasibility study and create a town charter by Sept. 1, which will require raising more than $75,000 to pay for the study and legal fees.

Already, the group has raised $26,488 and hired William Underwood to conduct a feasibility study. The feasibility study will show a variety of metrics including the population, the area’s tax base, a fiscal structure, how services are delivered and the boundaries of the proposed municipality.

The group is focused on including only the county-controlled land on Siesta Key, excluding a portion of the north end within the city of Sarasota. Save Siesta Key directed Underwood to start with a $12,000 financial feasibility study to see how much tax revenue Siesta Key could expect to retain.

Should it incorporate, Siesta Key would receive a portion of various shared tax revenues. It also could negotiate for a portion of the county’s tourist development tax revenue. Incorpora-

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Save Siesta Key board members Tracy Jackson and John Davidson hope incorporating the barrier island will allow residents to have more input on the future of the key.

tion proponents say 34% of the county’s total tourist tax revenue originates in Siesta Key. Davidson said the shift would allow residents to better see the effects of their tax dollars.

“For the amount of taxes Siesta Key residents pay, we get so little in return,” he said. “What we pay for far exceeds what we’re getting back.”

Should the feasibility study show incorporation is a viable option, organizers would need signatures of support from 10% of Siesta Key’s population. The effort would then go to the state Legislature in the form of a bill by Sept. 1.

If passed by both houses and approved by Gov. Ron DeSantis, affected residents could vote on the measure as early as March 2022, allowing for the town to organize a government that would take effect Jan. 1, 2023.

“We are trying to do in a very short period of time what most people take 15 months to two years to do,” Jackson said. “But we have a really strong board and someone who has done this before, which really helps us out.”

Siesta Key is the largest barrier island in Florida that is not incorporated.

Although the charter, which is required by state Legislature for each municipality, is in the early stages, leaders say they prefer a “light government” model, where a governing body would be volunteer-based.

Under that model, emergency services and water and sewer systems would be retained under contracting with Sarasota County.

Fort Myers Beach, similar in size to Siesta Key, has used the same model since it incorporated in 1995.

Already, some residents have shown a hesitancy toward the project. At a May 6 Siesta Key Association meeting, residents shared concerns about the addition of another level of government and uncertainty about new taxes.

For instance, typical county residents in the most recently completed tax year paid a prop-

“The goal is to put us in a position where we have a louder voice, so when someone wants to come in and change our environment, we have a say in how that goes down.”

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erty tax rate of 12.3976 mills (1 mill equals $1 of taxes per $1,000 of taxable value), which included county taxes, school taxes, Legacy Trail debt, Sarasota County EMS and levies for mosquito control, the county hospital board, Southwest Florida Water Management District and the West Coast Inland Navigation District.

A resident of the city of Sarasota paid a rate of 15.8947 over the same time period, with the addition of city taxes and a line item related to city debt service.

A resident of Longboat Key paid a millage rate of 14.0661, with the addition of city taxes, a line item devoted to debt service and the lower of two tax rates for beach renourishment projects.

However, Davidson said it’s possible for a municipality to keep the tax level stagnant, and the incorporation effort wouldn’t add more levels of government.

“It’s not an additional layer of government,” he said. “We’re replacing a layer that’s not receptive and creating a layer that is.”

As the process progresses, Jackson said leaders hope to meet with Siesta residents, local commissioners and state representatives to discuss their options.

Should the Key incorporate, Jackson said island leaders would then be in a better position to help foster business and developmental growth.

“We’re not saying the county is bad. What we’re saying is we would be the better stewards of our island,” Jackson said. “The goal is to put us in a position where we have a louder voice, so when someone wants to come in and change our environment, we have a say in how that goes down.”

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Commissioner Nancy Detert suggested the county health officer and administrator of the Florida Department of Health in Sarasota County, Chuck Henry, lead the task force.

Detert also suggested the county ask its lobbyists to propose members for the task force to ensure some members were “plugged in” to allocations of state mental health funding.

Commissioners hoped a potential task force could have a report ready in time for the board’s June budget workshops, but County Administrator Jonathan Lewis said it is too quick a turnaround.

Lewis said a task force could be in place by January to coincide with revenue’s arrival.

Commissioner Christian Ziegler voted against the measure.

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Circus group seeks new lease As the Circus Arts Conservatory plans an expansion, it’s aiming for a 99-year extension to remain on Sarasota High School’s campus.

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Leaders of the Circus Arts Conservatory hope to make Sarasota a U.S. hub for circus education and are planning an expansion of its 2.2-acre property on Bahia Vista Street to do so.

To make the expansion possible, conservatory leaders need approval from the Sarasota County School District because the organization’s arena sits on Sarasota High School property.

Conservatory leaders appeared before the school board May 4 to inform members of their inten-

tions and will return to present a master plan concept and ask for a 99-year extension to its lease.

In 2018, the conservatory completed a $5 million arena renovation project, which brought a 30,000-square-foot space to the community. However, Managing Director Jennifer Mitchell said

the organization already has outgrown its space.

Preliminary plans for an expanded campus include multipurpose facilities, dressing rooms, competition performance spaces, storage space and classrooms.

“The CAC headquartered here in Sarasota, in your school district, is more than just a nod to the Ringling Bros. circus legacy,” Mitchell said. “We are uniquely positioned to be the epicenter of circus arts and education here in America.”

In 2019, the conservatory partnered with Sarasota High School to bring a magnet school, or student choice program, to the district. It is the only program of its kind in the nation. At first, the program allowed up to 50 students from throughout the district, but it has since doubled in size.

During the pandemic, the conservatory began an arts-integrated circus curriculum program at Booker Middle School, which is designed to feed students into the Sarasota High magnet program.

Students take courses in circus movement, mental training, managing injuries, physical theater, aerial awareness and acrobatics at Booker Middle and at the conservatory arena.

Over the past seven years, the conservatory has instructed more than 50,000 students in more than 35 Florida elementary, middle and high schools.

Classes are structured around arts-integrated educational programs that fulfill Florida standards by combining circus education with lessons in science, technology, engineering, arts and theater.

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with the Greatest Show on Earth and entertainment, but at CAC, it’s synonymous with the greatest teaching tool on Earth,” Mitchell said.

Assessments of 450 fifth grade students in CAC programs testing their knowledge of physics and Newton’s laws showed a learning gain of 56%. The fifth grade curriculum requires students to produce a contraptionbased circus performance using science and engineering. About 93% of students had a passing score on the exam.

To make these partnerships viable long term, CAC leaders are asking for a 99-year lease.

Sarasota High School Principal David Jones said the partnership has been successful and asked the board to approve the lease when it’s time to vote.

The board previously approved a 99-year lease for the Sarasota Art Museum, which also is located on the Sarasota High School campus.

“We’re simply asking for the same thing,” Jones said. “A 99-year lease will give them the assurance that we can build these great facilities, continue the legacy of the circus and bring great things to the area.”

Board members showed preliminary support for the expansion.

“We talk about it all the time — what outcome we want for the kids,” board member Tom Edwards said. “This is what we hope will happen. To see the hard work and the care and concern you have for them and the training come together. These kids are having a ball, and they’re learning so much.”

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Doherty highlighted the incongruity at the May 4 City Commission meeting. The land east of the auditorium features a walking trail, a sunset hill and benches.

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Decals still identify the Payne Park Auditorium as office space for the landscape division of the parks and recreation department, but the city has relocated trucks and other equipment from the site.

Payne Park was motivated by a lack of space in the parks department’s previous home on 12th Street. Brown said the department was working out of a trailer and was pushing beyond capacity, so staff identified the auditorium as an alternative site.

“They have about 40-something vehicles and over 80 individuals that provide services to the community on a day-to-day basis,” Brown said. “They need to come by here, get their assignments and head out to those daily assignments.”

Brown expressed hope that the city could continue to operate out of Payne Park while addressing resident concerns by moving the larger trucks off-site, restoring

some blocked pedestrian access points and providing improved screening. Although Brown said the use of Payne Park would only be temporary until the city found a permanent solution, multiple commissioners expressed concern about that arrangement.

“I just think there’s probably more appropriate places to have the offices and the trucks,” Mayor Hagen Brody said. Through a spokesperson, the city said most of the Parks and Recreation Department has moved back to 12th Street, though some staff remains at Payne Park.

“As we move through the next year, I will be discussing how to move to a more permanent space somewhere else,” Brown said.

The Whitaker Gateway Park parking lot will be off-limits to vehicles from May 17-19 as the city works to repave the property.

Little to no vehicular traffic will be allowed to access the park while crews are present. Permitholders will be allowed to park during construction, and the park will remain open to pedestrians and cyclists.

On Monday, the city began repairing sections of the curb and sidewalk.

There will be intermittent walkway closures through the end of the week, but the park will remain accessible to the public.

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The road to totalitarianism?

Overlay what’s happening in the U.S. today with the six elements needed to achieve a socialist state, and you can see where we’re headed.

MATT WALSH

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fter the 2000 presidential elections, when Katherine Harris presided as Florida secretary of state through the BushGore hanging chads drama, Harris moved on to become this region’s U.S. congresswoman.

Through the hanging chads and after her 2002 election to Congress, the press was merciless. It constantly lampooned her and criticized practically everything she did. Especially the Sarasota Herald-Tribune.

Harris later told how difficult it was to live through that — until a friend gave her the following advice: “Quit reading the paper and watching TV.” She took the advice. Not long after, she told us how much her life and happiness had improved.

She went about her business in Congress, did her job and ignored the chattering, clattering nabobs. And she was happy.

It works. After the election of Joe Biden, why put yourself through the misery of reading and watching what was about to unfold — and indeed has unfolded?

But in this era of 24/7 commentariats in every medium and from friends and others filling your email inbox with the daily doings of Biden and the “world of woke” in Washington, a newspaper editor can’t turn it off.

A POLITICAL PANDEMIC

You cannot live in denial of what surrounds you. You cannot ignore what has been occurring these past 100 days, nor erase the four years leading up to them. You cannot ignore what seems surreal but is all too real: the social strife unlike any other period of conflict in American history.

A political pandemic toward totalitarian socialism spreading at a rapid pace. A rejection of the constitution of individual liberty to the point we hear this refrain daily: “This is not the country I knew and loved.”

But millions and millions of those who voted for Biden and the Democrats are telling pollsters they like what they see.

They’re so happy just to get rid of Donald Trump that they’re not complaining about the $3 per gallon and rising gas prices, rising grocery prices, the cancer of cancel culture or the Green New Deal. Surely, no one could be happier than self-described democratic socialist Bernie Sanders.

But at the same time, if you pay attention at all to what is

happening now and try to see it from 30,000 feet, surely you see what’s happening: the takeover of America by the socialist Washington power mongers, federal government looters, media propagandists, academic brainwashers, leftist mobs and the corporate globalists. As one email in our inbox put it: “Atlas Shrugged on steroids.”

In Ayn Rand’s “Atlas Shrugged,” the ruling political and academic classes seek to confiscate and redistribute everything from the producers in the name of altruism. But when the producers see how the powerful loot others’ wealth, they leave society and set up a new capitalist society in Galt’s Gulch, leaving behind the destruction, poverty, starvation, unemployment and misery wrought by the ruling classes.

In one of the emails forwarded into our inbox, Mark Jeftovic, the author of the investing newsletter Bombthrower.com, likens what is happening in the U.S. today to one of the themes of “Atlas Shrugged”: “The social contract no longer seems to be a matter of middle-class protections and living standards but instead becomes starkly authoritarian and one-sided. What is clear is that the existing institutions are now functioning to defend the position of the over class, not to uphold the rights and liberties of the underclass.”

He’s describing what is occurring before our eyes.

ROAD TO SERFDOM

Some of you might think we’re just another Trumpian who can’t accept Biden’s victory. But overlay the following context and the content of the accompanying box on what’s happening in America today.

The time: 1958, not long after the most brutal war the world had ever seen and the early, frightful days of the Cold War, the threat of Communist Russia wanting to do what Hitler could not — wipe out the U.S. and spread communism throughout the world.

At Harvard University, one James Lombard, who later became the Republican House leader in the Florida Legislature, was a student in Government 1A. To this day, he has his notes. Based on the experiences of government officials during the trauma of two totalitarian empires, they compiled what they taught in Government 1A: “The Elements of Totalitarian Government” … the six elements needed to bring about a totalitarian-socialist state (see box).

Call us nuts, but the six elements seem to be in parallel with what the Democratic left wants to achieve. Biden and his comrades want to print and print and print trillions of increasingly worthless dollars and hand them out to forgive college loans; to pay for children’s day care, making families increasingly beholden to the state; to pay

“If we are to build a better world, we must remember that the guiding principle is this — a policy of freedom for the individual is the only truly progressive policy.”

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ELEMENTS NEEDED TO ACHIEVE A TOTALITARIAN-SOCIALIST STATE The following are the six elements necessary to bring about a totalitarian government as taught in Government 1A at Harvard University in 1958.

We’ve tacked onto the six elements how they are manifested today.

1. PROPAGANDA

It’s the concerted effort to spread biased, misleading and damaging information to advance or destroy a political cause or point of view, e.g., that the U.S. is systemically racist; that white people are the root cause of America’s evils; and that white supremacists are the greatest threat to national security.

2. CONTROL THE PARTY

Today, this would be the Democratic Party. And we see it: The left, left wing of the party is in charge. And those in charge are not just Bernie Sanders, Alexandria OcasioCortez, Barack Obama and their acolytes. The leaders of the party also include MSM, the mainstream media, which fuels the propaganda 24/7, and the tech giants controlling speech. In short, the propaganda is running the party; the party is not controlling the propaganda.

3. CONTROL THE POLICE

“Defund the police.” America’s police forces are being emasculated and destroyed. Record numbers of police officers are quitting, leaving law-abiding citizens at the mercy of the mobs.

4. SECRET POLICE

America’s secret police are everywhere — the IRS, the FBI, the upper echelons of the Department of Justice.

Remember Lois Lerner (IRS)?

James Clapper? And compare the treatment by the FBI and Justice Department of anyone

for Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s Green New Deal, a Utopian farce that will raise the cost of living for everyone and especially impoverish the poor even more; to tax the producers to make everyone more equal.

The goal is to control every aspect of Americans’ lives from the Central Authority.

It is as famed Austrian economist Friedrich Hayek spelled out in 1944, “The Road to Serfdom.”

How can it be stopped?

It’s difficult to think elections can do it. There is not much difference between the ruling Republicans and Democrats in Washington. Democrats loathed Trump; Republicans loathe Biden.

Reverse course through the long process of educating the next generation? Ha! Public schools are a lost cause.

In Robert Reilly’s recent book, “America on Trial: A Defense of

associated with Donald Trump compared to Hillary Clinton and her destroyed servers and Hunter Biden and his unregistered associations with China and Ukraine.

5. CONTROL THE ARMED FORCES

One explicit symbol of this is the secretary of defense’s appointment of Bishop Garrison, senior adviser on “Human Capital and Diversity, Equity and Inclusion.” Garrison has been assigned to root out anyone in the military considered an extremist.

What’s an extremist? According to the Department of Defense, a “patriot extremist,” among other traits, has a “core belief” “that the U.S. government has become corrupt, has overstepped its constitutional boundaries.” (Who doesn’t think that?)

If you read Garrison’s resume and comments on various subjects, Garrison unequivocally embraces the leftist, anti-white views, including being an ardent supporter of the New York Times’s antiAmerican 1619 Project.

Think of this comparison as well: How the mainstream media crucified former Joint Chiefs of Staff Mark Milley for walking with Trump to St. Johns Church in the wake of riots in U.S. cities and how the media has voiced nary a word about the military garrisons surrounding the U.S. Capitol in the wake of the January siege.

6. CONTROL THE MOB AS A POLITICAL TOOL

Surely, you have to wonder: Why haven’t rioters, looters and shooters in Portland, Seattle, Minneapolis, New York and elsewhere been arrested and prosecuted to the same extent as those who participated in the Capitol riots?

“Road to Serfdom,” 1944

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the Founding,” he quotes extensively John Locke, the English philosopher who had a heavy influence on America’s Founding Fathers. In one section discussing Locke’s influence, Reilly quotes Locke on “the liberty of man.” Locke: “Whenever the legislators endeavor to take away and destroy the property of the people or to reduce them to slavery under arbitrary power, they put themselves into a state of war with the people, who are thereupon absolved from any further obedience and are left to the common refuge which God hath provided for all men against force and violence.” This, Locke said, is the right to revolution.

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The arts organization will move into a location at The Crossings at Siesta Key, formerly known as Westfield Siesta Key. The space — formerly a Banana Republic store — will serve as home until construction on an arts center in Lakewood Ranch is completed.

“We at The Players could not be more excited about the possibilities presented by this space,” CEO William Skaggs said. “With the recent demolition of our former theater, it seems almost serendipitous that we are starting to unveil the future. This venue will allow us to bring audiences out of the elements and back to an indoor setting. There are so many amazing things on the horizon, and we’re excited to take the community along with us.”

Skaggs said he and other Players staff were attracted to the space’s open design and the mall’s ample parking. Parts of the 5,400-square-foot space will be renovated to provide a greater amount of space with much of the back-door area and a side storage area remaining intact.

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A rezone of the quads to government use would allow schools, offices, emergency medical offices, outdoor recreation facilities and warehouses to be built.

County considers ways to protect ‘quad’ parcels The amendment helps determine what can be built near Celery Fields.

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After a conservation easement was placed on three of the four parcels of county owned land near Celery Fields last year, an amendment that would protect the nature of the area is under consideration.

The Sarasota County Planning Commission unanimously approved an amendment to the I-75/Fruitville Road Critical Area Plan and a rezoning petition for the so-called quads that will more specifically determine what can

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Commissioners directed staff to work in partnership with the Audubon Society and the Conservation Foundation of the Gulf Coast to negotiate a conservation easement over the northeast, southeast and southwest parcels. The easement was granted in October 2020.

County leaders are now considering an amendment to the critical area plan for the I-75 Fruitville Road major employment center to add conditions to development, including: n A base building line on Palmer Boulevard to preserve the width of the corridor; n A viewshed to preserve views from Celery Fields; n A maximum building heights of 45 feet; n Criteria for landscape buffers and architectural design; and n A limitation of uses within the four parcels.

Additionally, the northeast, southeast and southwest quads would be rezoned from open rural use to government use, which allows schools, offices, emergency medical offices, outdoor recreation facilities and warehouses.

The zoning change application stipulates that government use on the property would be limited to 40,000 square feet on the southwest quad, but no development is immediately proposed.

The northwest quad, on which the Apex Road fire station was built, could be further developed and redesigned into industrial use, high density use or public and government use in the future.

County planner Steve Kirk said any future buildings in the area should be designed with elements of Florida Vernacular architec-

“Changing the use on that quad, there’s already so many current uses.

If it gets the wrong use, in that spot, it could be disastrous.”

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ture, similar to the design of the fire station and the Audubon Nature Center.

“A lot of what’s developed in the area is in a form that’s more like an industrial park,” Kirk said. “So we wanted to continue the industrial park or office park look and atmosphere on the quads parcels.”

Planning commission members were concerned with the possibility of the fire station someday being replaced with another use.

“Changing the use on that quad, there’s already so many current uses,” Commissioner Neil Rainford said. “If it gets the wrong use, in that spot, it could be disastrous.”

However, Kirk said the property would have to be rezoned prior to any development, so the board would have the authority to decide whether to allow any future proposed developments.

Board members voted in favor of the changes 7-0, sending the measure to the County Commission for final approval. Commissioner Teresa Mast said she’s happy to see the county putting an eco-friendly motion forward.

“I think this is absolutely an incredible use. I personally have enjoyed it myself for several years,” Mast said. “I’m happy to see industry and eco go side by side. I just think it’s going to be really interesting how they grow up together.”

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Lift station project nears completion The city hopes to have the Osprey Avenue bridge reopened and the decommissioning of Lift Station 87 underway by the end of June.

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A decade after construction began, the Lift Station 87 project is almost complete.

In an update to residents last week, city staff said the project team hoped to reopen the Osprey Avenue bridge by June 11, bringing an end to a traffic diversion in place since May 2020. The road was closed for the installation of sewer lines and other infrastructure for Lift Station 87, a wastewater facility located south of downtown at 1900 Mound St. The project schedule details seven weeks of work remaining to make gravity sewer connections on Pomelo Avenue, at which point the decommissioning and demolition of the aging Lift Station 7 facility at 935 Pomelo Ave. is scheduled to begin. The city approved the Lift Station 87 project in 2008 to replace Lift Station 7 following a series of failures that led to more than 1 million gallons of sewage spilling into Hudson Bayou.

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There was at least one additional delay prior to completion: Although the city hoped to have the project done by March, work is scheduled to continue into the summer. City spokesperson Jan Thornburg said that beginning May 17, crews will close a segment of Pomelo Avenue to vehicular traffic to facilitate gravity sewer connections. The construction will block access to 15 homes located between Alta Vista Street and 960 Pomelo Ave. through May 27, Thornburg said.

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Fine anticipated that, despite residents’ frustration with the inconveniences associated with the lift station project, any issues would not linger once construction is complete.

“I don’t think you can make everybody happy in this thing, but as soon as it’s over, it’ll be in the rearview mirror,” Fine said.

Lift Station 87 began operating in October 2020. The facility was built to handle one-third of the city’s wastewater. Today, it handles more than 99% of its intended capacity, Thornburg said.

The decommissioning and demolition of Lift Station 7 is scheduled to start June 30. Once the facility is demolished, the city intends to build a small park on the site with landscaping, fencing and benches. The construction of the park — the last phase of work on the Lift Station 87 project — is scheduled for completion Aug. 7.

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to 10 p.m. daily, which Thornburg said is an effort to expedite the reopening of the street.

“The crews are really going to ramp things up and extend work hours in order to finish this faster,” Thornburg said.

Hudson Bayou resident Rick Fine lives near the intersection of Alta Vista Street and Citrus Avenue, situated between the closed segment of Osprey Avenue and the frequently used detour route along Orange Avenue. Fine said the construction associated with the lift station project has created some challenges for the neighborhood, particularly when it comes to traffic in the area. Still, Fine was largely complimentary of the effort construction workers made to communicate with residents within the constraints the project created.

“I think they were trying,” Fine said. “Like any other project, there’s unforeseen things that maybe could have been planned a little bit better.”

Fine said he was concerned about the wear and tear on the neighborhood streets caused by

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In recent years, Sarasota County has placed an importance on investing in sports tourism with new construction, such as Nathan Benderson Park and the Atlanta Braves CoolToday Park, and commissioners hope to keep the money flowing.

On May 4, commissioners unanimously voted to begin the process to set aside a pot of money annually to create a reserve for sports tourism. Five percent of the county’s tourist development tax, more commonly referred to as the bed tax, would be dedicated to sports tourism under the plan.

The commitment means that if the TDT were to collect $20 million, $1 million would be dedicated to sports tourism.

Director of Parks, Recreation and Natural Resources Nicole Rissler said the county has shown “tremendous growth” in sports tourism within the past 10 years, but it still has more to do.

Despite COVID-19, the county had an economic impact from sports events of $110 million in 2020. As of April 16 of this year, the county has seen more than $53 million in economic impact.

In April, the board approved a proposed $117 million overhaul to north county facilities in an effort to attract more tourism.

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However, Rissler said it takes more than good facilities to attract tourism dollars.

“The investment made in sports tourism facilities here in Sarasota County is only as good as the ability to market and provide grant dollars and competitive programs to secure those events and truly get the return on investment we all want,” Rissler said.

To be able to bid on major international events, funding must be available years in advance.

A fund balance, Rissler said, is crucial to allow the county to implement a 10-year event plan.

Commissioners also agreed to the creation of a sports tourism liaison position with the Parks, Recreation and Natural Resources Department.

Marketing for sports tourism, however, will still be done by Visit Sarasota County.

Commissioner Nancy Detert expressed concerns with setting aside funds for one specific activity.

“When you start cutting up the pie, and certain people have a guaranteed revenue stream no matter whether they’re good, bad or ugly or have any projects or don’t, that flow of money is going to continue to them, and everybody else is going to fight for all the other pennies,” Detert said.

Rissler said the funding would not be for a specific entity, just for sports purposes overall.

Still, Detert said the county already funds a number of sportsrelated activities, and she was hesitant to further target sports over other things.

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The loud group of guests had rented several rooms at the hotel.

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Riverview senior pitcher Karson Ligon threw six innings, allowing two runs with five strikeouts, May 7 in the Rams' 4-3 home baseball win against Sickles High in the Class 7A regional quarterfinals.

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“When I heard the distance called out, I thought, ‘Holy cow, that is far,’” Middleton said.

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happened at a better time. Middleton was competing at the 2021 Florida High School Athletic Association track and field championships, held May 7 and 8 at the University of North Florida’s Hodges Stadium in Jacksonville.

The throw earned Middleton, who was competing in the Class 2A boys discus event, a silver medal. He finished 2 feet, 9 inches behind gold medalist Tremain Robinson, a senior at Somerset Academy Canyons, and bested bronze medalist Carlos Lacosta, a senior at Cypress Creek High, by 7 feet, 1 inch. Middleton was seeded fifth entering the event.

Middleton’s result was extra sweet because of how far he has come in the sport. Unlike most medalist throwers, Middleton has not been dedicated to the craft for long. He began throwing in 2019 after starting his high school career in baseball. That season, he only made one throw in competition that cleared 100 feet. Last year, Middleton and everyone else had their opportunities cut short by the COVID-19 pandemic.

This year, he’s been working with new Mooney throws Coach Ryan Carson, who revamped his technique and improved his distance. Middleton used to slant to the left while spinning during his throws, but he now is able to stay straight, giving his attempts SEE TRACK, PAGE 19A

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Cardinal Mooney, Booker athletes take second place at state track and field meet.

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Unlucky Cougs Mooney baseball was on the wrong end of an unusual call in the regional playoffs.

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s a fan, baseball is wonderful because each game affords the opportunity to see something you have never seen before.

But there’s a flip side to that.

Sometimes, those things happen against your own team.

Cardinal Mooney High (20-8) fans were feeling frustrated after the baseball team’s 6-2 home loss to John Carroll Catholic on Tuesday that ended the Cougars’ season. The controversy started in the third inning. Cardinal Mooney junior Jaden Stockton was on the mound, down 2-0.

He had two runners on base with two outs when John Carroll senior Jay Allen, a University of Florida commit, attempted to steal home. I think. Either that or John Carroll had called some sort of hit and run play that failed.

Either way, Allen ends up at home plate, tagged out by a mile.

Inning over. Mooney starts

Coach Greg Mulhollen says he did not like the umpires changing a balk call after the fact.

running off the field. But wait: Allen doesn’t move from home plate, instead arguing to the umpire that Stockton balked.

The home plate umpire gathers the rest of his crew. They talk about it and decide that Allen is right: Stockton balked. All runners get to advance a base, and Allen scores. Suddenly, instead of it being inning over, it’s 3-0 John Carroll with the opportunity for more.

Mooney Coach Greg Mulhollen was livid and let the umpires

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Mooney junior Drew Marra stares at his bat before hitting against John Carroll Catholic.

know it, coming onto the field and getting in their faces.

“A balk is a judgment call,” Mulhollen said. “That was my argument. [Changing a balk call after the fact] is like a coach arguing balls and strikes: You

don’t do it.

“In a moment like that, a pivotal turning point for my team, I had to have their backs. I’ll never blame a game on umpiring, but in all my years doing this, I don’t see how a call like

that is overturned.”

The inning continued nonetheless, and Stockton threw a wild pitch to the next hitter, which allowed another run to score. After that, it was 4-0, a tough hole to escape for any team, especially one going against John Carroll senior pitcher Braden Calise, a University of Louisville commit.

Mooney actually out-hit John Carroll nine to five but couldn’t get many runs home.

It’s impossible to say how much the balk call and its fallout affected the game, but it understandably makes the loss tough to swallow, especially for Mooney seniors. Mulhollen praised his graduating class for leading the team to a 20-win season.

“Those seniors have won over 80 games in their four years here,” Mulhollen said. “They have been a great group to coach.

I’m proud to be their coach.”

The Cougars’ season is over, but one local baseball team remains alive. Riverview High (19-9) played Durant High at 7 p.m. Wednesday at home — check YourObserver.com for the results — and with a win would advance to the regional finals on Saturday. That game would also be at home.

Ryan Kohn is the sports writer for the Sarasota Observer. Contact him at RKohn@ YourObserver.com.

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“To have that be the last throw of my high school career, it felt awesome,” Middleton said.

Middleton also competed in the javelin, finishing eighth with a throw of 45.82 meters (150 feet, 4 inches). Middleton would have been thrilled with any result because this is his first year competing in it. Middleton learned more or less everything he knows about javelin from YouTube videos; the sport is not Carson’s specialty. Middleton entered the event seeded 11th.

Middleton was not alone in his success. Booker’s girls 4x100 relay team took second place in Class 2A (49.40 seconds). The Tornadoes finished 1.03 seconds behind Paxon High.

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ee colonies are complicated — raising them, even more so.

Alma Johnson, the owner of the Sarasota Honey Co. in northern Sarasota County, feels she’s figured out that process well. She’s devoted her time to managing the countless different castes, approaches, time

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Eventually, Johnson discovered the queen bee had returned to the hive but hadn’t grown in size or started to lay eggs — hence the trouble she had finding it in the first place — which was more perplexing than anything. She decided to give it a few more days and see if the queen bee would eventually develop and support a healthy hive.

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tables and systems to continually raise bees in the most efficient way to produce honey.

Like many societies, bee hives come down to leadership. Raising quality queen bees is imperative.

Johnson has been at the process for years and has learned what to look for and what to avoid when tending to her colonies. She makes it a priority to pick inseminated queen bees with known genetics that won’t lead to an inbred hive that could eventually collapse.

Johnson raises each queen in individual mini hives, feeding off a special concoction in miniature baby bottles. Then she introduces them to larger hives, where they grow into their leadership roles.

Mating, well, that’s another thing.

“The bees tend to be a little bit more anxious as the queens go off to mate,” Johnson said. “We want to make sure that the garden is nice and Zen, short of playing Barry White.”

Most of the company’s backyard hives now have fully fledged queen bees. Johnson walked us through how she checks on the hives and their queens.

PART 2: INSPECTING THE HIVE

Johnson removes the top of a hive container and begins to look for the queen. Without the calming smoke, this can be a dangerous proposition, even in protective clothing.

PART 5: RETURNING THE BEES TO THEIR HIVES

Johnson ends her weekly inspection by collecting the baby bottle nutrient drinks and letting the bees return to their busy work.

EXTRA: THE FINISHED PRODUCT

The Sarasota Honey Co. has plenty of honey products that are the result of Johnson’s work tending to her hives.

PART 3: SEARCHING FOR THE QUEEN BEE

The queen is larger than the worker bees. On recent inspection, Johnson was hoping a late bloomer queen bee would have returned to the hive and started laying eggs, but checking the hive revealed no eggs or queen, neither of which were good signs.

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Muffet McGraw, the Notre Dame women’s basketball coach; Dan Mullen, the Florida head football coach; and Bruce Pearl, the Auburn basketball coach, joined ESPN anchor Scott Van Pelt as honorees at the event. Joining them for the effort were Tampa Bay Buccaneers Coach Bruce Arians and former Notre Dame football Coach Lou Holtz.

More than $5 million was raised.

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V Foundation CEO Shane Jacobson was thrilled with the effort.

“Our fight to achieve victory over pediatric cancer just took another big step forward,” Jacobson said in a release. “We deeply appreciate Dick Vitale’s passion for elevating resources in support of our youngest cancer patients and thank our honorees for their commitment to our mission. Tonight, our donors responded with impressive gifts, and we proved yet again that we are truly one team in our fight against cancer.”

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The work of eight photographers of varying styles and backgrounds from Florida and Puerto Rico is on display as part of “Through the Lens … Perspectives” that opened with a reception May 7.

Two of those photographers are Sarasota figures who have used their cameras to highlight human emotion and different forms of masculinity. Torres started assembling the exhibit in January.

“I have a vision of what I want,” Torres said. “I started looking at photographers and their work to then put the pieces together to build the puzzle.”

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Photographer Barbara Banks brought several pieces from her “Worker” series, which looks through a black-andwhite framing at the many workers who transformed the 1926 Sarasota High School building into the Sarasota Art Museum.

Torres contacted Banks about joining the exhibit because her portraits of workers highlight the oftenoverlooked human element that went into the museum.

“They’re overlooked, and they’re underappreciated,” Banks said. “It was probably one of the most meaningful projects I’ve ever done.”

Her work is a culmination of months as Banks bonded with many of the workers while taking thousands of photos at the site.

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BEAU CIEL William Wottowa Jr. and Sally Ann Brandtneris, personal representatives, sold the Unit 701 condominium at 990 Boulevard of the Arts to Bernard Earl Wildes Jr. and Tina Michelle Wildes, trustees, of Denver, for $1.9 million. Built in 2003, it has three bedrooms, three baths and 3,100 square feet of living area. It sold for $1.7 million in 2006.

SANSARA Robert and Nancy Lindeman, of University Park, sold their Unit 601 condominium at 300 S. Pineapple Ave. to Janis Cohen, trustee, of Sarasota, for $1.85

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Johnson Estate Christopher and Susan Greco, of Sarasota, sold their home at 1518 Pine Bay Drive to Andrew and Jeanne Marlowe, of Sarasota, for $2.49 million.

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million. Built in 2016, it has three bedrooms, three baths and 2,702 square feet of living area. It sold for $1.93 million in 2017.

AQUALANE ESTATES Next One Home LLC sold the home at 1633 Ridgewood Lane to Cardswest Holdings LLC for $1.09 million. Built in 1962, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 1,839 square feet of living area. It sold for $650,000 in 2020.

PLAZA AT FIVE POINTS RESIDENCES John Antonuk and Virginia Lowe, trustees, of Hummelstown, Pennsylvania, sold the Unit 11E condominium at 50 Central Ave. to Tamara Jacobs, of Princeton, New Jersey, for $1.05 million.

Built in 2005, it has two bedrooms, two-and-a-half baths and 2,035 square feet of living area. It sold for $927,500 in 2013.

The main house at 1900 Casey Key Road built in 2018 and has five bedrooms, five-and-ahalf baths, a pool and 7,439 square feet of living area.

SIESTA KEY

Blind Pass Road Leonard and Lori De Costanzo, of Plainview, New York, sold their home at 9269 Blind Pass Road to Wilbur and Sarah Bontrager, of Middlebury, Indiana, for $3.6 million.

Built in 2013, it has four bedrooms, four-anda-half baths and 3,920 square feet of living area.

It sold for $700,000 in 2008.

PALMER RANCH

Turtle Rock Dickinson and Anna Brent, of Ashburn, Virginia, sold their home at 8278 Deerbrook Circle to Jon and Marguerite Engelbrektson, of Vienna, Virginia, for $800,000.

Built in 1997, it has three bedrooms, three-anda-half baths, a pool and 2,931 square feet of living area. It sold for $686,000 in 2007.

OSPREY

Casey Key Phyllis Kurfirst, trustee, of Briarcliff Manor, New York, sold the home at 608 N. Casey Key Road to Nathan Ayala and Paula Tatiana Ayala, of Osprey, for $2.61 million. Built in 1916, it has five bedrooms, three baths and 3,086 square feet of living area. It sold for $1 million in 1996.

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JOHNSON ESTATE Kathleen Zimmerman Hayes, trustee, of Sarasota, sold the home at 1611 Pine Bay Drive to Myriam and Randall Graham, of Sarasota, for $935,000. Built in 1969, it has three bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 2,764 square feet of living area. It sold for $388,000 in 2002.

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C I T Y O F SA RAS O TA Address

Permit

Applicant

1773 Bayview Drive

Addition/

Irwin Taplinger

Amount

Downtown Sarasota

$369,000

Renovation 1362 Harbor Drive

Re-roof

Nancy Trivisonno,

$78,500

trustee 3705 Flores Ave.

Pool/Spa

Susan Birkinshaw

1140 Hampton Road

Remodel

Dustin Saiger

$45,294

1647 Hyde Park St.

Re-roof

Daniel Marr

$45,290

1661 S. Jefferson Ave.

Re-roof

Edwin Harris

$35,750

1111 N. Gulfstream Ave. #2E

Remodel

Nancy Creighton,

$23,500

$51,201

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Northwest Bradenton

trustee 1391 Harbor Drive

Plumbing

Adam Gersh

$22,400 Palma Sola Bay Club | 941.216.7436 | From the high $400,000s | PalmaSolaBayClub.com

SA R A S O TA CO U N T Y Address

Permit Applicant Amount

5780 Midnight Pass Road

Remodel

Josie Watson

1604 Birchwood St.

Addition

Jon Swift

723 Mangrove Point Road

Re-roof

J. Stewart Lavelle

$72,621

600 N. Mac Ewen Drive

Re-roof

William Shaia

$69,482

3226 Espanola Drive

Garage

Elisabetta Braithwaite

$65,000

14021 Bellagio Way #K2

Remodel

Theodore Filandrianos $65,000

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Q Jebco Ventures Inc. sold the home at 211 Cosmopolitan Court to James and Marta Hobbs, of Sarasota, for $930,000. Built in 2018, it has three bedrooms, three-and-a-half baths and 2,588 square feet of living area.

Jebco Ventures Inc. sold the home at 257 Cosmopolitan Court to Justin Lee McQuown and Day Summer McQuown, of Sarasota, for $930,000. Built in 2016, it has three bedrooms, three-anda-half baths and 2,586 square feet of living area.

Jebco Ventures Inc. sold the home at 223 Cosmopolitan Court to Amy Harding, of Sarasota, for $640,000. Built in 2018, it has two bedrooms, two-and-a-half baths and 1,682 square feet of living area.

ROLAND OAKS ESTATES Brandy Coffey sold her home at 7118 Roland Oaks Circle to Gregory and Kerry Buckley, of Somers, New York, for $823,500.

Built in 1996, it has three bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 2,464 square feet of living area.

It sold for $590,000 in 2017.

ESPLANADE BY SIESTA KEY John and Monica Kennedy sold their home at 8168 Gabanna Drive to Michael and Susan Rothstein, of Columbus, Ohio, for $795,500. Built in 2015, it has three bedrooms, three baths and 2,342 square feet of living area. It sold for $676,500 in 2015.

SCHINDLER’S MD SRQ 4 LLC sold the two properties at 629 N. Osprey Ave. to Melissa Ann Suarez, of Sarasota, for $735,000. The first property was built in 2019; it has three bedrooms, three-anda-half baths and 2,090 square feet of living area. The second property was built in 2019; it has one bedroom, one bath and 473 square feet of living area.

ONE WATERGATE Robert David Thornton and Patricia Hunter Thornton sold their home at 1111 N. Gulfstream Ave. to Philip and Helene Jacoby, of Sarasota, for $720,000. Built in 1974, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,577 square feet of living area. It sold for $415,000 in 2012.

BAYWOOD COLONY VILLAS Gerwais and Joyce Piecuch, trustees, of Clearwater, sold the Unit 1 condominium at 5902 Tidewood Ave. to John and Helen Daniels, of Sarasota, for $675,000. Built in 1973, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,601 square feet of living area. It sold for $686,000 in 2018.

PHILLIPPI GARDENS Bryan TL & Co. LLC sold the home at 2513 Constitution Blvd. to Roberta Burgess Smith, of Sarasota, for $658,000. Built in 1972, it has three bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 1,549 square feet of living area. It sold for $218,400 in 2019.

PLAT OF SARASOTA James and Bessy Schulte, of Sarasota, sold two properties at 1639 Laurel St. to 1639 Laurel Street LLC for $650,000. The first property was built in 1948;

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SOUTH GATE Equity Trust Co. sold the home at 2608 Valencia Drive to Michael David Morgan and Kelly Lynn Morgan, of Peyton, Colorado, for $640,000. Built in 1960, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 3,279 square feet of living area. It sold for $106,000 in 1989.

Bruce Burton Webb and Karen Stone Webb, of Knoxville, Tennessee, sold their home at 2619 Bigelow Drive to Suzanne Stolzberg, of Sarasota, for $540,000.

Built in 1963, it has three bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 1,565 square feet of living area. It sold for $380,000 in 2020.

Chateau Farms Inc. sold the home at 2933 Rosewood Place to Cristhiam Gutierrez, of Sarasota, for $416,500. Built in 1970, it has two bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 1,575 square feet of living area. It sold for $330,000 in 2019.

D&C Real Estate Holdings LLC sold the home at 1210 Cowpen Lane to MRT International Trading LLC for $350,000. Built in 1990, it has four bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 3,816 square feet of living area. It sold for $540,000 in 2015.

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CHEYENNE STREET Leonard Seilgman and Ella Idil Indra sold their home at 1703 Cheyenne St. to Chan Vo and Luu Nguyen, trustees, of St. Louis, for $545,000. Built in 1989, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 1,837 square feet of living area. It sold for $365,000 in 2014.

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PHILLIPPI LANDINGS Lois Ross and Mitchell Ross, trustees, of Westport, Connecticut, sold the Unit 301 condominium at 5531 Cannes Circle to John Nichols, of Sarasota, for $515,000. Built in 2006, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 2,024 square feet of living area. It sold for $375,000 in 2014.

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FOREST LAKES COUNTRY CLUB ESTATES Thomas and Grazyna Witcomb sold their home at 1916 Mid Ocean Circle to Kathryn King and Carolyn King, of Gap, Pennsylvania, for $470,000. Built in 1968, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,624 square feet of living area. It sold for $262,500 in 2020.

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