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What’s your flavor?

The Sarasota Observer scours Siesta Key Village for an ice cream investgation.

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FOR THE BIRDS

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Bird enthusiasts want to protect the colony on the Roberts Bay Islands.

They just disagree on how to best protect it. SEE PAGE 3

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Tourists take pictures of the birds nesting on the Roberts Bay Islands as the boat cruises along the eastern edge of the islands. The boat uses a channel north of the islands to access their eastern edge, but the Sarasota Bay Explorers could lose access to the channel if the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission decides to create a 100-foot buffer around the islands.

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Food for thought St. Armands Circle merchants are grappling with an increase in food-related businesses. How do restaurants and sweets shops impact the growth of the district?

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To celebrate your loved one’s birthday, you could send flowers or an Edible Arrangement. But why stop there? Loving wife and practical joke fan Kimberly Manooshian could think of no better way to celebrate her husband George’s 50th birthday than by “flocking” his business, Encore Motorcars of Sarasota, at 6000 S. Tamiami Trail.

On July 22, George arrived at work to find dozens of pink flamingos lining the entrance to the dealership.

Kimberly topped it off with a banner and signs wishing George a happy birthday and black balloons floating from cars on display. The celebration also included a tower of doughnuts in lieu of a birthday cake.

TURTLE TRACKS AS OF JULY 23 TOTAL NESTS:

2016 2015 Lido Beach 141 91 Siesta Key 381 374 Casey Key 1,817 958

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Tube Dude owner Scott Gerber is moving his store from St. Armands to Main Street, citing concerns about the future of the commercial area.

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2016 2015 Lido Beach 166 108 Siesta Key 1,232 395 Casey Key 3,047 913 Source: Mote Marine Laboratory

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$778 million

2016-17 budget for the Sarasota County School Board, approved at a meeting Tuesday.

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Registered voters in Sarasota County as of Wednesday. The deadline to register to vote in the Aug. 30 primary is Aug. 1.

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Developer plans north Sarasota workforce housing

“The problem is self-created by the county, if you ask me.”

City Attorney Robert Fournier, on the county’s hesitancy to enforce certain city ordinances without a come-as-you-are homeless shelter.

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Bridge closure troubles Orange Avenue residents The engineering team behind the Lift Station 87 project was prepared to address the concerns of Southside Village businesses at a meeting Tuesday, but a different group showed up to discuss its issues with the forthcoming construction effort.

On Aug. 1, the Osprey Avenue bridge will close for up to a year to allow construction crews to build a microtunnel beneath the Hudson Bayou. This month, businesses in Southside Village said they believed the use of Hillview Street as a detour route would negatively impact the commercial district.

On Tuesday, however, people living near Orange Avenue shared different concerns about how the closure would impact their residential streets. Those residents expressed fear that cars would travel down neighborhood roads to avoid congestion.

“Whether you tell them they can or not, they’re going to come down Orange Avenue,” resident Helga Williamson said.

Robert Garland, project manager with engineering firm McKim and Creed, said his team would investigate its options, but the group remains largely focused on Osprey Avenue and the planned construction zone.

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Yet again, the name Harvey Vengroff has come up in conjunction with a plan for affordable housing.

Local homebuilder Fortson Homes has an option to purchase about 5 acres of land on Old Bradenton Road from Vengroff. Fortson Homes plans to build 18 affordable single-family homes on the property.

The firm, which has built workforce housing elsewhere in Sarasota and Manatee counties, has filed preapplication documents with the city for the new development. The homes will be located on the east side of North Water Tower Park.

Lance Bullock and Jim Moore, local entrepreneurs who are financing the project, said the homes will be marketed for less than $200,000.

“Honestly we can’t build them fast enough,” Fortson Homes General Manager Ric Drudi said. “There are so many buyers in that range.”

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State agency pursues heightened protection for bird habitat ANNA BRUGMANN STAFF WRITER

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Below: A large caution sign stands at the northern edge of the Roberts Bay Islands in Sarasota Bay. This sign could be joined by similar signs installed between 50 and 100 feet from the island if the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission passes proposals to create a critical wildlife area on the islands, essentially cutting them off to the public.

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With birds spotting the mangroves, passengers ooh-ed and ahh-ed as a pelican swooped in to feed its chick.

“We love our birds here in Florida,” Lampl said over the boat’s speakers as it floated under the north bridge to Siesta Key and headed back to Mote Marine Aquarium and Laboratory.

Lampl is the lead biologist for the Sarasota Bay Explorers, which runs nature cruises to the Roberts Bay Islands at least three times a day to see the largest bird rookery in Sarasota Bay. Fifteen species of birds nest on the islands, some of which are imperiled species, according to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.

The islands are situated in deep water away from predators and close to food, forming a habitat that is “just right” for nesting.

It’s what Audubon Florida Sanctuary Manager Mark Rachal calls the “Goldilocks effect” — and it’s why the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission is pursuing heightened protection for the islands.

The commission is proposing to establish a critical wildlife area on and around the Roberts Bay Islands. The classification is used in areas where education and signage are not effective means to protect bird habitats.

Although the proposals have yet to be reviewed by Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation commissioners, if passed, a 50- to 100-foot barrier would be created around the islands, essentially closing them to the public.

Representatives from the commission presented their proposals to Sarasota residents July 20, which were met with unanimous support at a public meeting.

Everyone agreed the islands deserved protection, but there was some debate regarding the distance from the islands at which the boundary should be set.

BE Sarasota Audubon President AC H RD Jeanne Dubi believes the com. mission should err on the side of caution and install the maximum protective radius around the islands to avoid unintended harm to the birds that nest in the mangroves. She’s afraid that boats and fishermen near the islands could cause birds to fly away, possibly leaving their eggs or small chicks behind.

“Most people look at a bird that gets spooked and just sees a bird flying away and don’t understand the consequences of that,” Dubi said.

The Audubon Society runs annual cleanup excursions to the islands and partners with other area organizations, like Sarasota County Schools, to count the number of birds and species living on the islands.

Dubi believes that continuing education and minimizing human contact in the form of boats and fishing is the best way to protect

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But members of the Sarasota Bay Explorers, like Lampl, believe safely increasing people’s awareness of the bird’s habit means a safer environment for the birds.

Allowing people to see the islands and the birds that live there is essential, they say.

“We feel that it’s important to educate people through observation,” Lampl said. “It’s a better experience if people can view and see what we’re talking about.”

She would like to see a 50-foot buffer established around the islands so nature cruises can still access the east side of the islands via a small channel. That area would be off-limits if the 100foot buffer were installed. Lampl believes the 50-foot buffer would be enough to satisfy concerns

regarding the safety of the birds.

“Everybody’s happy,” she said.

“The birds are happy, the people are happy, and we’re still a safe distance from that habitat.”

Without access to the east side, the Sarasota Bay Explorer boat would cruise along the west side of the islands. Lampl believes that would put the pontoon in dangerous proximity to boats traveling through the Intracoastal Waterway and too far away for visitors to see the birds.

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission is still hearing public comment and assessing where the official boundary will be set. Commission members will likely hear proposals in September, with finalization possible in November.

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ize proposals in November, the boundary will not be officially installed until fall 2017 to avoid disturbing the birds’ nesting season.

Regardless of the outcome, Lampl said the Sarasota Bay Explorers will abide by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission’s ruling, but she’s hoping to continue cruising the east side of islands.

Although Dubi disagrees with that position, she said Sarasota Audubon would be open to partnering with the Sarasota Bay Explorers to provide visitors with binoculars to see the birds.

“We want people to be able to go and visit the islands and see the beauty of nature,” Dubi said. “We would like that to continue, but under safe conditions.”

“We feel that it’s important to educate people through observation.

It’s a better experience if people can view and see what we’re talking about.”

– Jennifer Lampl. lead biologist, Sarasota Bay Explorers

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Food service businesses like the Fudge Factory have become a topic of contention for St. Armands Circle stakeholders.

not wanting for a reason to justify the move.

Gerber moved his business into the storefront at 26 N. Blvd. of the Presidents in summer 2013. Since then, he’s developed a series of grievances with the direction of St. Armands.

The clientele on the Circle has changed, he said — it’s not as upscale as it once was. There’s too much traffic cutting through the commercial tourist district.

The rents are too high, he says.

There’s not enough promotion of the Circle as a shopping destination, and the city doesn’t do enough work to maintain the area. (His business happens to be trending upward, he said, but he credits that to widespread exposure of his Tube Dudes).

This isn’t even a comprehensive list of his problems, but one other trend eclipses the rest in Gerber’s eyes: the proliferation of restaurants and other foodrelated businesses on the Circle.

“If they want this to be a shopping area, they’ve got to figure out how to decrease the number of restaurants,” Gerber said.

Although the validity of Gerber’s concerns varies depending on whom you talk to, the restaurant question has been a topic of interest on St. Armands for more than a decade. In the mid2000s, the St. Armands Business Improvement District proposed a restriction on the number of restaurants on the Circle. The BID flirted with the idea again in 2013.

In 2014, retail consultant Robert Gibbs conducted a study that suggested there was demand for an additional 13,900 square feet of restaurants on the Circle.

Still, Gerber — whose storefront will be filled by a popcorn business — says the influx of smaller food shops is attracting a different type of consumer to the area, which can hurt stores selling bigticket items.

“I can look at the bags and know if a customer is worth my time,” Gerber said. “The guy that’s going to spend $1,500 isn’t buying peanuts.”

Even if the customers are different, it doesn’t mean business is declining.

Diana Corrigan, executive

director of the St. Armands Circle Association, agrees that the number of food-related businesses has increased during the past two decades. Because of the diverse mix of property owners on the Circle, any concerted effort to manage the business mix on St. Armands would prove difficult.

Instead, Corrigan is welcoming of the successful food shops.

“Some of the restaurants we’ve acquired and some of the food businesses we’ve acquired have been really good things for the Circle,” Corrigan said.

Barry Seidel, president of commercial real estate firm American Property Group, said a specific class of business is cut out for success on the Circle. Between rent and special assessments, Gerber said he paid an average of $9,700 per month for his space.

Not every store can thrive in that environment.

“Whatever it is, it has to do two things,” Seidel said. “It has to appeal to a tourist, and it has to have a lot of volume.”

Restaurants are well-suited to draw in tourists, but it’s a trickier proposition for retail businesses.

Certain people might turn their noses up at traditional beach shops like Alvin’s Island, but Seidel said that’s exactly the type of store that’s built to last.

“The stores that tell tchotchkes, the pick-me-ups, the things to remember Sarasota from — those types of businesses do well out there,” Seidel said.

Miami-based Commodore Realty owns two St. Armands commercial properties, including the building anchored by jewelry store McCarver & Moser. After 35 years on the St. Armands, McCarver & Moser is planning a move to downtown Sarasota, too, with

owner Roland Moser citing many of the concerns Gerber expressed.

“I think it will be more favorable to be downtown, not to be on the Circle,” Moser said after announcing the move in 2015.

“The Circle is going to be more and more restaurants, and there’s only the stores left that are getting more and more tourist-oriented.”

Nicole Christodoulou, an agent with Commodore Realty, said a good portion of her inquiries on St. Armands come from food businesses. She, too, doesn’t equate the popularity of restaurants with a declining interest in the Circle, pointing out Commodore’s properties are fully leased.

“I get a lot of calls from sweets shops — gelato seems to be the new craze,” Christodoulou said. “Anything that appeals to impulse buyers seems to be pretty popular.”

The continued popularity of the Circle is part of what makes it a challenge for some merchants.

A vacant building might be less connected to an uptick in restaurants and more related to a misjudged market.

“I think you’re always going to have the in-and-outs,” Seidel said. “A person thinks they can go there and they can do so much business and pay the rents. You’d be surprised — a lot of the people who own businesses over there, they’re not getting rich.”

Although some tenants are packing up, Corrigan said other businesses are having their strongest summer ever. She attributes the changing storefronts to the normal dynamics of a commercial district.

“Do I ever like to see a business leave the Circle?” Corrigan said. “Of course not. Do I see an increase leaving? No, not at all.”

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Ramsdell was one of many residents this month to reach out to city officials with a complaint: Why wasn’t the city more proactively managing the situation at the downtown library?

“It amazes me that Sarasota can be voted the ‘meanest city in America’ for its treatment of the homeless and then be so frightened by it that for ten years we do nothing,” Ramsdell wrote.

The Selby Library is the latest in a series of public properties to generate complaints due to the gathering of homeless individuals and associated behaviors. Although the city is now confident in its ability to enforce ordinances prohibiting lodging outdoors and the storage of unattended material, Selby Library poses a unique challenge for city officials.

That’s because Sarasota County owns and operates the Selby Library. Although city and county staff members are coordinating on homelessness issues, this split jurisdiction highlights dif-

ferences in how the two governments believe the issue can be addressed. It also showcases the divide over the need for a comeas-you-are shelter and jail diversion program — which the county supports and city opposes.

On July 10, County Administrator Tom Harmer issued a directive defining “prohibited conduct” on county owned and managed properties. That list prohibits remaining on certain portions of the property after the posted hours of operation and unauthorized storage of personal property.

Wayne Applebee, the county’s director of homeless services, said regulations must specifically combat behavior, rather than targeting a specific subgroup.

“We can’t stand in the doorway and say, ‘Do you live in a house?

Do you not live in a house?’”

Applebee said. “The fact that people are homeless and at county properties — they’re afforded every constitutional right that a person with a home is.”

City Manager Tom Barwin expects the changes will reduce unattended property and the visible homeless population at the library. Still, at both the library and County Administration Building, parts of the property aren’t off-limits after hours. The new regulations prohibit remain-

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The rest of the property doesn’t have the same prohibition, a distinction that can be tied to the 1998 Pottinger settlement between the city of Miami and the Miami chapter of the Florida American Civil Liberties Union.

City Attorney Robert Fournier said the county is concerned about the ability to enforce the city ordinances, because the Pottinger agreement requires the availability of an alternate shelter to enforce laws that would restrict certain life-sustaining behavior, such as lodging outdoors.

“They don’t believe we can enforce our ordinances, because we’re not Pottinger compliant because we don’t have a comeas-you-are shelter,” Fournier

said. “Which I think is ridiculous.”

Fournier said the city only enforces certain ordinances when individuals are offered shelter at the Salvation Army. He said the county believes a shelter must meet certain specifications that the Salvation Army does not satisfy — specifications that Fournier said aren’t actually outlined in the Pottinger settlement.

The county attorney’s office did not respond to several requests for comment. Applebee indicated that the county believes a comeas-you-are shelter is necessary to more vigorously enforce the ordinances in question.

“The fact that they’re homeless is not a crime,” Applebee said.

“They have a right to be places with their stuff — until we create that alternative that our board of county commissioners has been

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supportive of.”

Fournier remains confident that the city is properly enforcing its laws. He said the county is welcome to do the same on properties within the city.

“The problem is self-created by the county, if you ask me,” Fournier said As long as the region lacks a shelter, the county disagrees with the city attorney’s assessment of the situation. As a result, the three-year dispute over a comeas-you-are shelter is likely to persist, even if the homeless population at Selby Library disperses.

“Without a place to take them that is legally compliant with the court, we can’t force them to go anywhere,” Applebee said said.

“We’ll continue our outreach on a steady, regular basis but recognize not everybody will voluntarily take it.”

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Into the liar’s den Republican Carlos Beruff knew that being a candidate for the U.S. Senate could get ugly. But calling him a ‘Charlie Crist Republican’? Now that’s nasty — and a lie.

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veryone knows that political campaigns and political advertising — especially the advertising of political action committees — often have the integrity of, well, career politicians. The truth is twisted, nuanced, parsed, obfuscated. And more often than not, the campaigns and advertisements spew downright lies.

No wonder voters have such a low opinion these days of career politicians. And no wonder “the outsiders” are disrupting the 2016 election cycle.

Case in point: Manatee homebuilder Carlos Beruff, running for incumbent Marco Rubio’s U.S. Senate seat on the Republican side.

If you talk to Beruff, he’ll tell you that even he — a businessman who has made close to $1 million in political contributions in the past decade and a half; who has served on state boards as a gubernatorial appointee; and even as someone considered by some a political insider — has been surprised at the ugliness and nastiness that goes on behind the scenes and the lying that goes on in public.

Welcome to the Bigs, Mr. Beruff.

The operators of Rubio’s political action committee, First Florida Project, started their smear attacks with a TV ad portraying Beruff as a “Charlie Crist Republican.”

Talk about an insult. Of course, anyone who knows Beruff’s politicophilosophical beliefs laughs at the claim. Beruff and Crist are almost philosophical opposites — ever since Crist’s political sex change. Beruff is to the right of Rubio.

But this is politics. And as they say: All is fair in love, war and politics.

To that end, Rubio’s hit squad is a group of longtime Republican political operatives from South Carolina, some of whom advised Rubio in his surprising 2010 Senate race and who ran one of his presidential PACs. Their list of clients — Bushes, McCain, Giuliani, Schwarzenegger, Ernst, DeMint, among others — gives you the sense they can be real pros at fudging the truth and creating negative perceptions in the minds of underinformed voters.

And so it goes: Discredit Beruff among the state’s diehard Republicans. Rubio’s PAC men know there is a viscerally negative reaction among Republicans toward Crist, and they also are trying to hold on to the Republicans who backed Rubio over Crist in 2010.

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Anatomy of a smear Longtime election campaign advisers and operators of political action committees for U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio over the past 10 days began a negative TV-ad assault against Rubio’s Republican rival, rookie politician and longtime Manatee County homebuilder Carlos Beruff.

The strategy: Berate Beruff, calling him a Charlie Crist Republican.

1. The media takes the bait News media love name-calling stories. Below is a sampling of the “news” stories in Florida media that resulted from a Rubio PAC TV ad.

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2. Distort the truth; make false statements.

The coup de grace in the ad comes at the end when it states “Beruff supported Crist even when Crist switched parties.” The evidence? Beruff attended a reception for Crist at the home of Dr. Gary Kompothecras after the switch. But money talks: As shown below, Crist left the Republican Party on April 29, 2010. Beruff’s final contributions to Crist, according to the Federal Election Commission, were 11 months earlier, in June 2009.

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But Beruff has his own trump cards — Gov. Rick Scott and Scott voters and running as a non-career politician, businessman outsider like Donald Trump. What’s more, while Beruff may be a neophyte political candidate, he also is an adept business competitor. He hired his own Big League campaign managers, Maryland-based OnMessage — the same group that ran Gov. Scott’s re-election campaign and campaigns for dozens of other Republican congressional candidates.

Turnabout is fair play. OnMessage and Beruff’s strategy: Paint Rubio as a lying, career politician (“I will not run for re-election.”).

Be prepared for another month of political ugliness. Hopefully, you’ll be able to sort out the truth.

3. Leave out “the rest of the story.”

It’s standard practice in political TV advertising to leave out context and “the rest of the story.” The “Beruff is a Charlie Crist Republican” ad notes that Crist appointed Beruff to three state boards — State College of Florida board, Sarasota-Manatee Airport Authority Board of Commissioners and the Governing Board of the Southwest Florida Water Management District. And that he made contributions to Crist when he was governor. (Of course, so did most other loyal big Republican donors.)

But the ad neglects to inform voters that after Crist left the Republican Party, Beruff did not support Crist in his failed 2010 Senate race or his failed 2014 gubernatorial race. Nor does it say anything about Beruff supporting Gov. Rick Scott with more than $75,000 in contributions to Scott’s PAC, Let’s Get to Work, or Beruff serving on Scott’s transition team, as head of a state hospital board or continuing on the three boards to which Crist appointed him.

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PIN INTEREST Virginia Haley’s politics these days revolve around encouraging people to visit Sarasota. Her office tells a bigger story.

tors, especially ones of a certain age, marvel at some of the old names, such as Javitz or Koch.

“It’s a great conversation starter,” she says.

Haley got hooked on politics at a young age. She was fascinated with watching her father, who worked for Massachusetts Republican Sen. Edward Brooke.

Haley worked in politics, too.

She worked for Pennsylvania Republican Sen. Richard Schweiker, Ronald Reagan’s 1976 vice presidential pick. When Schweiker was named secretary of health and human services under Reagan in 1981, Haley moved to the White House, where she oversaw scheduling and protocol for the department. In 1989, she moved to Sarasota, where she ran the local office for U.S. Rep. Porter Goss.

Haley has rarely bought any buttons in her collection. Most have come from events or giveaways. Some have been gifts, especially from people looking to balance out the political side. (“Cockapoos for Obama” reads one such gifted pin.)

Campaign buttons, laments Haley, are a dying art. “Back in the day, people gave out buttons,” says Haley. “Now you have to buy them or even go to a campaign website, which is worse because then they own you.”

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Just about everyone who walks into Virginia Haley’s office finds something to love.

In pins, that is.

Haley, president of Visit Sarasota County, the county’s tourism marketing arm, collects political campaign pins. She has more than 1,000 pins, which are kept in seven framed cabinets on her office wall. It’s a nonpartisan compilation that dates back to at least 1965. Everyone from Nixon and McGovern to Bushes and Clintons is represented on the wall.

The collection also spreads from local candidates to national ones to campaign themes and issues — some of which she can’t even remember. One pin, for example, simply states “enough.”

Another: “I support the 2% solution.” Another clearly leans liberal: “Kiss me, I’m left handed.”

An office space consultant once suggested Haley dump the pins, saying the collection was old and dusty. Haley refused. Many visi-

Some pins support movements and causes, not people. The meaning behind “I support the 2% solution” is long forgotten. Haley’s also not sure why, in one pin, the United States needed saving.

Other pins are mini-time machines.

“Welcome Home Hostages,” is an instant reminder of the 1979 Iran hostage crisis. Another pin states “Just Say No,” a flashback to Nancy’s Reagan’s anti-drug crusade.

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Visit Sarasota County President Virginia Haley has a collection of more than 1,000 pins in her downtown Sarasota office.

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Although the overall School Board millage rate is down from 2015-16, thanks to a reduction in a portion set by the state, the budget will generate 2.87% more property tax revenue compared with last year.

The increase reflects a 9.17% increase in taxable property value in Sarasota County over last year.

The total millage rate is set at 7.433, and the discretionary millage rate — which the School Board sets — remains flat at 0.748.

The 2015-16 millage rate is 7.763.

The owner of a home assessed at $200,000 in taxable value would pay $1,486.60 in taxes at the new millage rate.

The increase in property values also resulted in a decrease of $5.1 million decrease in state funding.

Overall, Sarasota County School Board Chairwoman Shirley Brown is confident in the district’s financial position going into the new school year.

“I think we’re in good shape for the budget — I think better than any other county in this state,” Brown said.

The economic downturn caused the School Board to make cuts to its general fund budget during the past decade, but those cuts have gradually declined since 2010. $50 million

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More than three years after Sarasota County originally considered moving the downtown Sarasota County Area Transit bus transfer station from its First Street home, a new report revisits the logistics of a potential relocation.

SCAT Director Rocky Burke presented the findings of an independent analysis of the transit service’s operations to county commissioners July 12. According to the report, a primary focus of the study was to address the future of the downtown transfer station, located at First Street and Lemon Avenue.

Although some residents and county officials believed the downtown land would be better used as a private, redeveloped parcel, the study found that the station’s current location is ideal based on current route patterns and ridership levels. That would change if service expands, however.

“Given the way we operate today, it works fine for us,” Burke told Sarasota County commissioners. “If we were to have a major expansion, we would probably need to relocate.”

The report identifies expanding into the neighboring City Hall parking lot as the ideal option to maintain the existing location, but it notes the historical significance of City Hall and the sur-

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A secondary option is to relocate the transfer station to the Sarasota County parking garage on Ringling Boulevard, creating a circulator route from the transfer station to downtown Sarasota.

Two other locations were initially considered: one on Lemon Avenue near Ninth Street and another near Payne Park.

The report notes the station is already operating at capacity at certain times of the day.

SCAT has no plans to expand or relocate the downtown transfer station because the station is compatible with current service levels. However, the City Commission has requested a presentation from county officials to obtain more information on the report.

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HUNG OUT TO DRY 7 p.m. — 1300 block of 32nd Street Dispute: A woman reported that her landlord was refusing to let her do laundry. The landlord told an officer that she thought the woman was not keeping up with her household chores, and the laundry privileges were revoked as a result. The officer informed the landlord that it was unlawful for her to not allow the woman to do laundry.

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BAD TRIP 11:25 p.m. — 3500 block of Tangier Terrace Suspicion: A motorist reported a naked man walking along the street. An officer found the man, who appeared to be under the

officer found the man near the bridge, and the man said his car broke down nearby, and he was trying to catch a ride as a result.

The officer advised him not to try to flag down vehicles and to stay on the sidewalk, away from traffic.

influence of a drug. After being taken into protective custody, the man became more coherent. He said he took what he believed was marijuana and did not know what happened afterward. Another officer was unable to find the man’s clothes in the area surrounding where he was found.

HANDLE MAN 3:40 p.m. — 1700 block of Main Street Suspicion: A person reported that a man wearing all green clothing was pulling on door handles in the area. An officer was unable to locate the suspect.

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HAIL MARY 8:07 a.m. — 1000 block of Siesta Drive Suspicion: A caller saw a man standing on a bridge and alerted the police, concerned for his well being. On the way to the scene, an officer contacted the bridge operator to get more information regarding the man. The bridge operator saw the man, but said it looked like he was just trying to flag down cars to get a ride. The

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TEEN TROUBLES 11:59 a.m. — 2200 block of Hawthorne Street Property Damage: A man said two teenage boys hit his door and yelled profane things while he was inside his home. The boys then knocked his mailbox down before fleeing the area. The man pursued the boys, but they split up, and he was unable to catch them. The man estimated the boys were about 14 years old, and estimated the value of his mailbox at around $50.

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“I’m going to bring back the hard work and grit that Booker’s known for. And I think we’re going to shock a lot of people. Everyone in the Booker Nation better get ready and be prepared for what’s to come.” – Markus Black, Booker High School’s new boys basketball coach.

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PAIN AND GAIN Sarasota area football programs hope strong offseason will lead to success in the fall.

JEN BLANCO SPORTS EDITOR

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Pip Smalley went 4-for-4 with two home runs and seven RBI to power the Sarasota American 11and 12-year-old All-Stars to a 19-0 rout of DeFuniak Springs in the opening game of the Florida State Tournament July 22 in Fort Pierce.

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Bradley Ramsden hit a pair of home runs and drove in six runs during the Sarasota American 11- and 12-year-old All-Star team’s 21-2 victory versus Kendall in the Florida State Tournament July 23.

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On July 20, Booker High senior defensive tackle Kelvin Pinkney verbally committed to play football for the University of South Florida.

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Riverview High senior forward Brion Whitley received an offer from Georgia Southern University July 20 to play basketball.

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Cardinal Mooney graduates Victoria and Caroline Krupa won a silver medal while playing in Belgium with American International Sports Team Lacrosse last month.

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he Cardinal Mooney football team is making a statement — one clean and jerk, bench press and pull up at a time.

Clad in a cutoff Cougars cheerleading shirt, gym shorts and a backwards ball cap, senior linebacker and wide receiver Vinny Conetta steps up to the platform and begins the routine that will hopefully carry him toward a state championship.

Sweat begins to trickle down Conetta’s face as he grips the roughly 265-pound weight bar, lifts it off the floor and curls it into his bicep.

Conetta will repeat the sequence several times before moving across the weight room to tackle the next task on coach Drew Lascari’s offseason conditioning workout.

“We’re just trying to go as hard as we can right now,” Conetta said. “We’re getting a lot better every day and trying to be the best that we can be.”

For the duration of summer vacation, the Cougars have spent roughly five hours a day, four days a week at the school preparing for the upcoming season. Studentathletes participate in everything from 90-minute weight-training sessions to team meetings and on-field conditioning practices.

It may seem like a daunting way to spend summer vacation, but Conetta and his teammates aren’t concerned by the fact that they can’t spend their afternoons at the beach.

The players, who also spend plenty of time together outside of practice, are focused on the potential payoff three months from now. The Cougars reached the playoffs last season as the district runner-up and have aspirations of returning to the playoffs for the fourth year in a row.

“We’re motivated,” Conetta said. “We want to be the best we can and better than we ever have been. It’s all going to pay off during the regular season. The hard work we put in now, we’ll see during our games. We’ll be faster and stronger, and teams aren’t going to be ready.”

Across town, the Riverview, Sarasota and Booker High football teams also have spent several hours a day this summer working out in the weight room and conditioning together as a team on the field.

“If we work hard in the weight room, it’ll transfer over to the season, and hopefully, we can carry it on from there,” said Riverview senior quarterback Michael Welcer, who started the hashtag #roadtoplayoffs2K16 for the Rams this season. “I believe in

Riverview senior cornerback and wide receiver Zahodri Jackson lifts weights during a recent Rams offseason practice.

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“The hard work we put in now, we’ll see during our games. We’ll be faster and stronger, and teams aren’t going to be ready.”

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Cardinal Mooney senior linebacker and wide receiver Vinny Conetta hopes the hard work the Cougars put in during the offseason will result in their best season come fall.

working hard, and to me, that’s what’s going to make this team more together.”

In addition to weight training and fitness, the Rams’ skill players also have competed in one or two 7-on-7 tournaments a week against area teams, including powerhouses Venice and Braden River.

Nearly 60 players have been in attendance on a daily basis inside the Rams’ weight room with the same goal: to make sure their level of play matches the expectation

that’s been established inside the Riverview locker room.

“The biggest thing we stress is commitment,” Riverview coach Todd Johnson said. “If they want to have a successful season, they need to show up and give everything they can to these workouts.

“It’s interesting to see from year to year each individual player and his development,” Johnson said. “The offseason is usually pretty telling as to what type of year you’re going to have.”

In addition to the work they put in at home, the Rams also spent time this summer traveling to a team camp at Eckerd College in St. Petersburg. The four-day camp allowed the players to don helmets and shoulder pads for the first time since the spring season ended in May. A handful of players also attended the Jimbo Fisher Camp July 22, at Florida State University.

Sarasota area players have also spent the summer attending recruiting camps in the hopes of not only perfecting their skills against top-notch players from across the nation, but landing potential scholarships as well.

Booker defensive tackle Kelvin Pinkney announced his commitment to the University of South Florida last week. Riverview’s Vince Sellers Jr. and Zahodri Jackson have also received multiple offers.

The workout regimens may be different from team to team, but at the end of the day, coaches at Riverview, Cardinal Mooney, Sarasota and Booker all have the same goal: to make sure their players are physically ready to go when practice officially starts Aug. 1.

“I’m a firm believer that games are won in the offseason,” Lascari said.

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he first day of fall may not be until Sept. 22, but for those of us who follow high school athletics, summer has officially come to a close.

Sure, temperatures might still hover close to 100 degrees for the next three months, but the Florida High School Athletic Association calendar paints a different picture.

On Aug. 1, Sarasota area football teams will toss on their helmets and shoulder pads for the first time since mid-May when the first official practices of the fall season get underway.

It’s the moment players, coaches and fans alike have been waiting for since the sun set on the fall season in November.

The last nine months have been filled with conditioning programs and a three-week spring season, as Riverview, Sarasota, Booker and Cardinal Mooney have all been preparing for the first Monday in August.

Football may be Sarasota’s most talked about fall sport, but swimmers, cross-country runners, golfers and volleyball players will also get started when July comes to an end.

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teams will be able to see how far they’ve come while making last-minute preparations before preseason classics begin the week of Aug. 15. nnn

Booker High tapped one of its own to fill its boys basketball head coaching vacancy.

On July 21, the Tornadoes named Markus Black, a 2006 Booker graduate and former point guard, as the new coach.

Black replaces Phil Helmuth, who stepped down after being appointed as the school’s new athletic director last month.

As a student, Black led the Tornadoes to a state championship. Last year, Black coached Booker’s JV boys basketball to an undefeated season.

Black said he hopes to return the program to its glory days and promote the school itself.

“People don’t realize what a great school Booker is,” Black said. “I feel like it’s a gem. We’ve had so many athletic championships, but somewhere along the line that got lost. I want to help restore that.”

In his first season, Black will focus on increasing enthusiasm among players, the school and the community as a whole.

“I’m going to bring back the hard work and grit that Booker’s known for,” Black said. “And I think we’re going to shock a lot of people. Everyone in the Booker Nation better get ready and be prepared for what’s to come.”

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here’s a plethora of choices for frozen treats in Siesta Key Village on these hot summer days. How do you choose?

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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 family-friendly event with kids’ activities and local vendors. Attendees can bring their own chairs and T-shirts for tie-dying. Tickets are $10. Call 894-6469.

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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 lunch. Reservations are required.

Call 365-4955, or email sarasota@ ajc.org.

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two-home sale on Casey Key tops all transactions in this week’s real estate. Faine and Charles Smith, of Avon by the Sea, N.J., sold two homes at 2030 Casey Key Road to Denise Cronin, of Bellbrook, Ohio, for $6 million. The first was built in 1989; it has four bedrooms, four-anda-half baths, a pool and 5,035 square feet of living area. The second was built in 1950; it has one bedroom, one bath and 484 square feet of living area. They previously sold for $4.25 million in 2004.

OYSTER BAY ESTATES Anita and Ed Hodge, of Franklin, Tenn., sold their home at 1351 N. Lake Shore Drive to Dale Wettlaufer and Carolyn Kidd, of Sarasota, for $790,000. Built in 1968, it has four bedrooms, three baths and 2,593 square feet of living area.

It previously sold for $675,000 in 2004.

CONDOMINIUM ON THE BAY Suzanne Head, trustee, of Chapel Hill, N.C., sold the Unit 1104 condominium at 888 Blvd. of the Arts to James and Loretta Floyd, of Orlando, for $750,000. Built in 1982, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,729 square feet of living area.

It sold for $450,000 in 2010.

GRANADA Thomas and Mary Jane Pagano, trustees, of Chesterfield, Mo., sold the home at 3620 Jacinto Court to Nancy Connelly, of Sarasota, for $715,000. Built in 2002, it has three bedrooms, two-and-a-half baths and 2,418 square feet of living area.

It sold for $581,800 in 2008.

Debra Toale, of Sarasota, sold the home at 1685 Fortuna St. to Judy Phillips, trustee, of

5098 Kestral Park Way S A4159776 $799,000 Lenore Treiman

Sarasota 941-966-8000 941-356-9642

1275 Dockside Place 216 A4152109 $750,000 Harvey & Ethel Lovelace

Siesta Key 941-349-3444 941-586-7390

7448 Monte Verde A4148106 $599,000 Kay Barberio

Sarasota 941-966-8000 941-724-6402

8230 Midnight Pass Rd Siesta Key A4134817 $567,450 941-349-3444 Lee Byron & Sue Keal 941-350-5542 & 941-320-1689

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JULY 11 - 15

Other top sales by area

Sarasota, for $543,000. Built in 1926, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,553 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $324,000 in 2004.

SARASOTA BAY CLUB Sarasota Bay Club LLC sold the Unit 906 condominium at 1301 Tamiami Trail to Richard and Carol Kaufman, of Sarasota, for $681,000. Built in 2000, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,546 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $616,000 in 2014.

SOUTH GATE Justin Shirley sold the home at 2346 Tangerine Drive to Roger and Janice Treese, of Sarasota, for $425,000. Built in 1956, it has three bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 1,311 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $135,000 in 2013.

Doris and John Riordan, of Okatie, S.C., sold their home at 2402 Foster Lane to Mathilde Zyderveld-Bellanger, of Sarasota, for $225,500. Built in 1957, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 1,583 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $62,500 in 1986.

SOUTH GATE MANOR Lori Carey, of Longboat Key, sold her home at 3211 Dawson

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$905,000 Kenilworth Street Carl March, of Sarasota, sold his home at 1603 Kenilworth St. to Christopher and Cassandra Stanley, of Sarasota, for $905,000. Built in 2006, it has four bedrooms, five baths, a pool and 3,243 square feet of living area.

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$4.45 million Midnight Pass Road

St. to Jason and Aida Samson, of Sarasota, for $395,000. Built in 1961, it has three bedrooms, two-and-a-half baths, a pool and 2,280 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $188,500 in 2004.

Siesta Key 941-349-3444 941-539-8850

800 N Tamiami Trail 301 A4159323 $699,000 Maureen Doherty

Sarasota 941-951-6660 941-993-3159

7832 Sanderling Road A4143320 $3,900,000 Kelly Quigley & Linda Dickinson

3621 N Point Road 201 A4149922 $529,900 Kathryn Mullin

Osprey 941-966-8000 239-776-4118

5310 Napa Drive A4159114 $519,000 John Camino, PA

Sarasota 941-907-9595 941-685-5060

217 Lychee Road A4156573 $499,900 Jessika Arman

$575,000 Deer Creek Tobey Gaspar and Ann Bernardo, of Sarasota, sold their home at 4741 Antler Trail to Stephen and Cynthia Fox, of East Greenwich, R.I., for $575,000.

Built in 1992, it has four bedrooms, three-and-ahalf baths, a pool and 3,062 square feet of living area. It sold for $390,000 in 2012.

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Ponnuswamy and Deanna Natarajan, of Sarasota, sold their home at 7321 Midnight Pass Road to John and Amy Stipancich, of Sarasota, for $4.45 million.

Built in 2002, it has seven bedrooms, five-and-twohalf baths, a pool and 7,907 square feet of living area.

5830 Midnight Pass Road 64 A4159333 $725,000 Marlene & George Marshall

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Joan Watkins, trustee, of Frederick, Md., sold the home at 223 St. James Park to Joseph and Margaret Vaccaro, of Osprey, for $480,000. Built in 1991, it has three bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 3,321 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $650,000 in 2003.

GULF GATE EAST Floyd and Ana Warren sold their home at 3631 Kingston Blvd. to James Wyse, trustee, of Middlebury, Ind., for $322,000. Built in 1980, it has four bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 1,652 square feet of

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Nokomis/North Venice 941-388-4447 941-587-4202

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665 N Owl Drive A4142173 $3,395,000 Brian Loebker

7311 Proctor Road A4159635 $489,000 Bernadette Caswell

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8779 Midnight Pass Road 204H A4159871 $450,000 Marlene & George Marshall

Siesta Key 941-349-3444 941-539-8850

15512 Aldama Circle D5911794 $428,500 Marybeth Tvaroch

Port Charlotte 941-473-7750 941-815-4202

1450 Brenner Park Drive A4153205 $384,900 Crystal Cosby

Venice 941-966-8000 571-230-5013

8303 Nice Way A4149501 $369,000 Stephanie Bugatti

Sarasota 941-966-8000 941-504-0978

11882 Granite Woods Loop N5908002 $364,900 Michelle Hupp

Venice 941-485-5421 941-773-5464

6703 Midnight Pass Rd 213 A4145644 $354,900 Kristina Talkie & Judy Arreola

Siesta Key 941-349-3444 941-266-8658

3975 Square East Ln 9 A4132205 $319,900 Gladys Carrasco

Sarasota 941-349-3444 941-400-1520

2431 Cass Street A4128889 $314,900 Gilbert Schulze

Sarasota 941-966-8000 941-400-0318

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TOP BUILDING PERMITS These are the largest city of Sarasota and Sarasota County building permits issued for the week of July 11-15 in order of dollar amounts.

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988 Blvd. of the Arts #1417 Alterations

Leiha Macauley, trustee $175,000

770 S. Palm Ave.

Renovations

Thomas Murphy

$60,000

1350 Main St. #1306

Alterations

Philip Johnson

$45,850

951 S. Rhodes Ave.

Alterations

Ermelinda Mori

$35,000

226 Golden Gate Point #11 Windows/doors

Paul Parr

$25,000

1777 Irving St.

Mechanical

Thomas Conklin

1481 Hillview Drive

Re-roof

Marc Grinberg, trustee $19,380

2660 Colorado St.

Re-roof

Roy Pinchin

$12,694

2413 Clematis St.

Re-roof

Anthony Centurione

$12,300

2115 Hibiscus St.

Windows

Nancy Sparks

$12,126

$19,559

SA R A S O TA CO U N T Y 1726 Questar Lane $5,500,000 Klaus Lang

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5300 Ocean Blvd.

Remodel

Andrew Lytle

$156,000

808 Idlewild Way

Renovations

Yvette Varnadore

$112,575

103 Vista Hermosa Circle Remodel

Michael DiPietro

$81,600

1715 Shelburne Lane

Thomas Smith

$70,475 $68,243

Tornado damage

Sarasota 941-383-7591 941-320-1223

repairs 498 E. Mac Ewen Drive

Windows/door

Hans-Peter Schaefer

412 Cezanne Drive

Windows/doors

Lorie De La Hunt

1829 Pandora Drive

Addition/remodel

Ronald West

$65,500

2095 Timucua Trail

Alterations

Lyall Perley

$55,000

20 Whispering Sands Drive Renovations

Phyllis Barton

$55,000

1306 S. Lake Shore Drive Re-roof

Anna Nekoranec

$50,000

living area. It previously sold for $190,000 in 2011.

$67,911 3550 Sarasota Golf Club Boulevard A4142325 $2,599,900 Drew Russell

Sarasota 941-951-6660 941-993-3739

4847 Primrose Path A4153755 $2,175,000 Karen Cash Greco

Siesta Key 941-966-8000 941-504-6927

714 Siesta Key Circle A4146292 $1,875,000 Lenore Treiman

Siesta Key 941-966-8000 941-356-9642

8101 Midnight Pass Road A4144370 $1,699,000 Jennifer Thompson & Christine Kramer

5831 Riegels Harbor Rd A4151000 $1,650,000 Alix Wexler & Paul Romley

Siesta Key 941-349-3444 941-350-2742 & 941-350-4933

4568 Woodside Road A4156337 $1,499,000 Sara Ferguson

Siesta Key 941-966-8000 941-320-2709

702 Deer Hammock Road A4152652 $1,385,000 Dana Westmark

Sarasota 941-951-6660 941-356-5091

2141 Mcclellan Parkway A4148285 $1,298,000 Maureen Doherty

Sarasota 941-951-6660 941-993-3159

Siesta Key 941-349-3444 941-914-5011 & 941-928-0790

5226 Avenida Del Mare A4152768 $1,189,000 Mark McCann

Siesta Key 941-349-3444 941-685-7624

Osprey 941-966-8000 941-356-5849

4953 Commonwealth Drive A4149303 $1,099,900 Stacy Hanan

Siesta Key 941-951-6660 941-266-0529

Source: Sarasota County; city of Sarasota

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5703 Colonial Oaks Boulevard A4159662 $275,000 Jennifer Linehan

10787 Lerwick Circle N5909036 $238,000 Ron Paul

Sarasota 941-951-6660 941-266-7555

Englewood 941-473-7750 941-483-0866

19242 Lappacio Street N5909132 $299,900 Cindy Dillander

3845 Wilshire Cir W 23 A4148798 $272,500 George Kolar

104 Triano Circle 104 A4159481 $229,000 Denise Mattmuller

Venice 941-493-2500 941-716-3203

Sarasota 941-349-3444 941-586-7489

Venice 941-951-6660 941-232-8055

13230 Huerta Street N5909027 $288,000 Janet Oberholtzer

9570 High Gate Drive 1713 A4151469 $272,000 Marilyn Vespoli

27133 Punta Cabello Court A4158655 $189,900 Larisa Powers

Venice 941-485-5421 941-451-6722

Sarasota 941-966-8000 201-926-7272

Punta Gorda 941-951-6660 941-356-7105

1660 Summerhouse Ln 102 A4148397 $1,199,000 Christine Kramer & Jennifer Thompson

7712 Sanderling Road A4141997 $18,000,000 Kim & Michael Ogilvie

Siesta Key 941-951-6660 941-376-1717

Mid Longboat 383.5502 • South Longboat 383.7591 • St. Armands 388.4447 • Main Street 951.6660 Palmer Ranch 966.8000 • Siesta Key 349.3444 • Venice 485.5421 • Englewood 473.7750

67 Sugar Mill Drive A4148609 $1,175,000 Nicole Dovgopolyi

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1602 Stickney Point Rd 2-308 Sarasota A4132631 $305,900 941-349-3444 Jane Ebury & Brian Loebker 941-726-9360 & 941-735-4393

Siesta Key 941-349-3444 941-928-0790 & 941-914-5011

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DENHAM ACRES Albert and Lucille Cote, of Sarasota, sold their home at 6107 Rodgers Ave. to Emanuel and Kristine Rigas, of Sarasota, for $259,500. Built in 1958, it has four bedrooms, two-and-a-half baths and 1,660 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $167,500 in 2014.

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A.L. JOINERS Nicole D’Orazio, of University City, Mo., sold the home at 2365 Hawthorne St. to Robert and Kristine Franske, of Sarasota, for $250,000. Built in 1959, it has three bedrooms, one-and-a-half baths and 1,108 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $310,000 in 2007.

LAS LOMAS DE SARASOTA Pamela Kok and Stephen Lauber, trustees, and Burt Lauber sold the home at 2221 Outer Drive to Sofiya Khamitova, of Aurora, Colo., for $242,000. Built in 1956, it has three bedrooms, two

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FLORA-VILLA Michael and Laureen Baker, of Rotonda West, sold their home at 4034 Lockwood Ridge Road to Alexandra Fenn and Jacqueline Fenn, of Sarasota, for $205,000.

Built in 1987, it has three bedrooms, two-and-a-half baths and 1,368 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $72,000 in 1987.

SIESTA KEY JAMAICA ROYALE Kimberly Tower sold her Unit 43 condominium at 5830 Midnight Pass Road to Peter Kindrachuk, of Brentwood, Tenn., for $730,000. Built in 1967, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,194 square feet of living area. It sold for $600,000 in 2013.

HARBOR TOWERS YACHT AND RACQUET CLUB Theresa Pasquaretto, of Merrick, N.Y., sold the Unit PH07 condominium at 5855 Midnight Pass Road to Frederic Budde and Linda Budde, trustees, of Sarasota, for $670,000. Built in 1976, it has three bedrooms, three baths and 1,755 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $500,000 in 2012.

Robert Rosenstern, trustee, of Aurora, Colo., sold the Unit 408 condominium at 5855 Midnight Pass Road to David and Jacqueline Grano, of East Amherst, N.Y., for $400,000. Built in 1976, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,056 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $88,000 in 1980.

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You must see this 7,000 sq. foot home with bay-side living room, banquet sized dining room, 5 bedrooms, Main Street • Sarasota, Florida 34236 • 941.951.6660 executive style office, elevator - every amenity imaginable. The ultimate home for entertaining. Resort style pool in 3 story cage, enormous master suite, dock and great boating water. Deeded beach access.

$2,395,000

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941.376.1717

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NORTH SIESTA Main Street • Sarasota, Florida 34236 • KEY 941.951.6660 Masterfully and totally renovated in 2015 under the direction of noted architect, Xavier Garcia, this home is essentially new throughout. With authentic Mediterranean charm and an understated level of sophistication, the quality finishes and dècor are uncommon in the price range. $1,349,900

941.376.1717

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1801 Main Street • Sarasota, Florida 34236 • 941.951.6660 WEST OF THE TRAIL CLOSE TO DOWNTOWN

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This newly reduced price is seriously close to land value in this prime location. Lushly landscaped corner lot with a fire pit and a private yard is the setting for this charming vintage home with the following improvements; roof 2010, impact windows 2011, remodeled kitchen 2011, 14.5 SEER A/C 2012, garage door 2015, arbor and pergola constructed of long lasting, marine-grade timber 2011/2012.

Hardwood floors throughout. $554,900

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Meet Your Local Realtors We are Sarasota Area Real Estate professionals, ready to help you.

If you are contemplating selling your present home, or considering buying a new home ...Call one of us today!

Iva Fadley Dane PA,TRC Cell: 941.350.8001 Office: 941.955.1500

“Service With Excellence” IvaFadley@Ivafadleydane.com

Bernadette Caswell

Broker - Associate CLHMS, ePro, SRES, SFR, GREEN

941.320.8265

bernadettecaswell@michaelsaunders.com

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Gabriele Charity

Margo MacKenzie PA Cell: 941.350.2349

Building Bridges...between European and U.S. Buyers and Sellers

Matching People & Properties Worldwide

941.685.6649

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Meet your Realtors for life, MAURICE AND LIN

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941.544.6103

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...Selling Sarasota’s Beautiful Properties

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The Power of Two... Working for You Larry & Jill Johns

5100 Ocean Blvd | Sarasota, FL 34242 | 941.349.3444

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Shirley Dabringhaus,Broker Ich spreche Deutsch

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941.586.3970

941.349.4411(Office) 941.685.2274 (Cell)

“Offering clear insight in today’s market!”

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Brian Dunn

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Need Help?

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CRYPTOQUIZ Each of the following cryptograms is a clue to the identity of one of America’s Founding Fathers. Using the hints M=E and Z=R, decipher the clues to name the man.

1. H R O B M Z P 2. K C Z M M – G U G K C H 3. H M V Z M K O Z P 4. T O Z 5. L Z M H U N M W K This man was a skilled writer, as evidenced by the Bill of Rights:

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Items Under $200 For Sale

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

Ad runs 2 consecutive weeks in 1 Observer.

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

PALM GARDENS condo: 2nd floor corner unit, 2BR/1BA. Available Sept., 2016. Downtown near Marina Jacks, Burns Court and Main Street. Walk to all. Non-smoking. Annual lease. $1325/mo. +electric. 516-448-6190.

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

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

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.

LEATHER SOFA: Emerson, French beige, 72", good condition. $199. 941-485-8087.

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

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

309-212-6205.

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

SCHWINN 43C Elliptical 25lb Fly-Wheel Precision.

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

SELF-PROPELLED MOWER, $60. Grocery cart, $5. Hand mower, $25. Craftsman mower, $70.

941-923-8937.

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

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

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

Garage/Moving/Estate Sales ESTATE SALE! Friday through Sunday 10a.m. 5p.m., 8034 Timberlake Lane Sarasota FL 34243.

856-628-6485. Full contents of 10 rooms.

GUARANTEED. Big Discounts, no reasonable offer refused. Includes computers, audio/ video, furniture, dishes, clothing, linens, bric-a-brac, paintings, tools, gardening equipment, even a clean 2009 Lincoln MKZ with LOW MILES!

General Merchandise EILEEN FISHER Chico, St. John.

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

941-312-6950

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

Excellent References.

941.685.0500 pnbresume@yahoo.com

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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.

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Condos For Sale Homes For Sale BUYERS - Call to see if you qualify for $2500+ towards your closing costs.

941-726-2677

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

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.

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

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

WHOLESALE FASHION JEWELRY CLOSEOUT! 50% off and more!

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

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

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

Help Wanted 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.

Painting/Wallpapering CARLO DATTILO PAINTING. Licensed & insured.

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

941-744-1020. 35+ years experience.

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Vacation/Seasonal Rentals

LIDO BEACH HOUSE: 3BR/2BA, lanai, across from beach, walk to St. Armands.

No pets. Unfurnished. Available immediately.

Long term/Seasonal. 703-638-8128.

SIESTA ON Beach, updated 2BR/2BA condo, beautiful sunsets, steps to Village. Awesome.

Jay, 262-744-9078, arthurjay1@hotmail.com

ADVERTISE YOUR

GARAGE SALE As low as $17.50 for 1 week!

Get a discount when you run your ad in more than one Observer.

Adult Care Services

CALL 941-955-4888

CNA/ COMPANION available. Florida licensed.

Errands, transportation, light housekeeping, companionship. Honest and dependable. Call Laura, 941-313-1108.

CLASSIFIED LINE AD PRICE

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Offering Non-Medical & Medical Services.

Including: Servicing Individual needs, Homemaking, Transportation, Errands, Meal Preparation w/Special Dietary Needs & Medication Supervision. Staffing available 24/7.

Call 377-4465 for more details or visit our mobile on-line website at: www.ElderCareSarasota.com or E-mail us at: ElderCareSRQ@aol.com.

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

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

Rotted Wood Repairs. Crown Molding and Trim.

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

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West of Trail Home on Deep water yacht basin.

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

Venetian Golf & River Club: 3/2.5/2, pool. Built 2015. $399,000.

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

Room For Rent

ROOM FOR Rent: Treetops on Tallevast.

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

PELICAN COVE: 2nd floor, 2BR/2BA +deck, end unit. $285,000. 941-349-2460.

Jewelry

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

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BRAZILIAN CLEANING Service by Maria.

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

FREE ESTIMATES! Call Dotty, detailed cleaning.

30 Years Exp. Lic./Ins. Residential/Commercial.

Accepting all major credit cards. Dotty, 941-321-6645.

MRS. MAIDS. Detailed & dependable cleaning and HOUSE CHECK SERVICES for your residence. Bonded/ Insured. For free estimates, call 941-400-3175.

Home Improvement/ Remodeling

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.

Brooke O’Malley, CLUB REALTY 941-726-2677

This week’s Cryptoquiz answers

Answers:1) Slavery, 2) Three-fifths, 3) Secretary 4) War, 5) President.

James Madison

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Sarasota Villa, 2BR/2BA on Golf Course, updated, $149,900.

Plantation Golf & County Club: 3BR/2BA w/pool, granite, stainless, completely renovated. $375,000.

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ALBERTO’S REFINISHING Of Fine Furniture, Antiques, Gold Leaf, Cane, Rush, Upholstery.

Quality Work. Call: 941-296-5427.

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

LOCAL CLASSIFIED ADS

Computer Services

Vacant Buildable Lots: Sarasota from $65,000$1,500,000.

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

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BLUE FISH CLEANING INC. 941-705-3812.

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MASTER CRAFTSMAN. 20 Years experience in home repairs and remodeling. Residential and Commercial. Licensed & Insured. Call Joe Davis, 941-929-3000. Thank you Sarasota for all your business. Have a great 2016!

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

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