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STILL DIVIDED

Lido Key still needs sand.

Siesta Key groups still oppose the plan to get it. The courts will decide what’s next.

Sendoff snapshots Ah, the first day of school.

We can almost hear the patter of new tennis shoes on freshly cleaned tile and the collective sigh of relief as parents drop their little ones off at school. It’s a big day, and the Sarasota Observer wants to give your student the spotlight he or she deserves. Send your snapshots to abrugmann@ yourobserver.com and we’ll include them in our first day online photo gallery. Please include names of all children pictured.

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he latest legal battle between representatives from Lido Key and Siesta Key over the proposed Big Pass dredging project has been postponed for several months, continuing a fight that has divided the adjacent barrier islands for nearly 20 years.

An administrative hearing was planned for later this month but was rescheduled after an attorney for the Florida Department of Environmental Protection underwent surgery, which will require at least two months of recovery.

“It’s very disappointing, to say the least,” said Lido Key Residents Association President Carl Shoffstall. “It’s been dragged out a long time already.”

Milk the day

Sarasota mothers teamed up on Aug. 5 to raise awareness for breast feeding mothers at the Sarasota Farmers Market. More than 60 mothers and supporters gathered in an attempt to break the local record for the most simultaneous breast feeding mothers.

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Storm serves as wake-up Emergency managers use Emily’s surprise as a learning event.

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AS OF AUG. 5 TOTAL NESTS:

2017 2016 Lido Beach 176 161 Siesta Key 630 433 Casey Key 1,845 2,005 TOTAL FALSE CRAWLS:

2017 2016 Lido Beach 210 177 Siesta Key 640 1,307 Casey Key 2,059 3,213 Source: Mote Marine Laboratory

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BY THE NUMBERS

1.3 million

cubic yards of sand the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers plans to use to renourish Lido Key. SEE PAGE 3

$72,000

the city’s annual expenses for maintaining landscaping in St. Armands Circle.

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out-of-county students who applied to go to school in Sarasota County this school year.

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students in Gocio Elementary’s pilot pre-school program this year, which will grow to 36 students next year.

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MEETINGS Development Review Committee meeting — 9 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 16, Room 112, City Hall, 1565 First St., Sarasota

“Where I would begin to get overly concerned is … where there’s 15-20 feet of storm surge expected. ... If you live here, it’ll change your life for a while.”

Tensions flare at pickleball workshop

— Todd Kerkering, city of Sarasota emergency manager. READ MORE ON PAGE 6

‘Siesta Key’ cast member draws scrutiny over newly surfaced video

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new video depicting a man shooting a shark with a pistol is under investigation by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. The video was originally posted on “Siesta Key” cast member Alex Kompothecras’ social media account.

The video, which has since been deleted, shows a man shooting a shark several times on the side of its body.

People on social media have accused Kompothecras of being the man who shot the shark in the video. The man was wearing a long sleeve grey shirt and a red “Make America Great Again,” hat, which Kompothecras was pictured wearing in another post with a shark on his Instagram.

That post has also been deleted.

An FWC spokesperson said the organization opened an investigation into that video and has identified the suspects. It is illegal to shoot any fish in state waters, though it is unclear from the video where the incident took place.

Online commenters speculate that Alex Kompothecras is the one shooting the shark in a recent video online, but the FWC investigation is ongoing.

Want more “Siesta Key” news? Need to catch up on the latest epsiode of the show?

Visit yourobserver.com for weekly recaps and reviews in our “Key Notes” blog.

State officials investigated a video that shows a man shooting a shark several times. The video surfaced a week after one showing a shark being dragged behind a boat garnered national attention.

Bird Key residents remain opposed to plans for pickleball courts at Bird Key Yacht Club, sharing their concerns at a workshop Tuesday.

The yacht club intends to replace 18 parking spaces with six pickleball courts along Royal Flamingo Drive.

Neighboring property owners fear the noise the sport will generate. Residents in attendance Tuesday became agitated when yacht club representatives did not guarantee players would use the quietest equipment available.

Once the yacht club files a site plan, it will be subject to Planning Board and City Commission approval before the project can begin.

PTO volunteer charged with stealing checks A Southside Elementary School PTO volunteer was charged Aug. 2 with uttering forged checks and scheming to defraud in a case involving stolen checks from the organization, the Sarasota Police Department announced.

Tiffani Donovan is charged with taking checks totaling $7,325 made payable to the Southside PTO between July and December 2016 and depositing them into a personal bank account.

Donovan served on the PTO committee from August 2015 to October 2016.

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The project, advocated by the city of Sarasota, would help replenish 1.6 miles of beaches on Lido Key. Plans call for 1.3 million cubic yards of sand to renourish Lido Key, with a 50-year plan to periodically replenish the Lido shoreline with sand from both Big Pass, located between Siesta and Lido keys, and New Pass, located between Longboat and Lido keys.

Congress directed the Army Corps of Engineers to study the Lido Key Project as part of the Sarasota County Hurricane and Storm Reduction Project in 2001.

The Corps conducted an environmental assessment in 2002, with a feasibility report in 2004, and followed that with a decade more of research, including a 2015 update of the environmental assessment. A 2014 Corps report found the project will have “zero impact” on Siesta Key. “The proposed project will cause no change in flood conditions during storm events,” the report said. “It will not cause an increase of storm surge to Siesta Key whatsoever.”

The same report also underscored the importance of replenishing Lido.

The city of Sarasota and the Corps have both said for years the only plausible, cost-effective way to achieve this is to dredge Big Pass. They say they’re confident the years of engineering projections show little risk to Siesta, and the city has set aside more than $2 million to protect the beach should the dredge damage the key.

That was enough for the Florida Department of Environmental Protection to announce its intent to issue a permit for the dredge in 2016. A coalition of organizations spearheaded by Save our Siesta Sands 2, the Siesta Key Association and the Florida Wildlife Federation have filed lawsuits to stop the plan. They say dredging Big Pass, which has never occurred before, will jeopardize their barrier island’s renowned beaches.

A document on the SKA website says the dredge will “devastate Big Pass and endanger people, real estate and natural resources.”

The Siesta Key groups acknowledge Lido’s situation but say there’s ample sand in New Pass, which this summer grew so shallow that the U.S. Coast Guard removed navigational markers from the channel.

SOS2 Chair Peter van Roekens said he fears dredging Big Pass will result in the same fate as New Pass.

“If the water flow slows down, a river of sand comes in and out on every tide and it will drop to the bottom,” van Roekens said.

“It will result in the same thing that happened to New Pass, and the channel will become unnavigable.”

Van Roekens said the Army Corps came up with the project through a ranking formula that tries to satisfy federal funding requirements and doesn’t accurately reflect Lido’s needs. He believes an independent environmental review commissioned by the Siesta Key groups refutes the Corps’ findings.

Along with dismissing environmental concerns brought by the Siesta groups, the city of Sarasota and the Corps say there simply isn’t enough sand in New Pass. The key already gets sand from New Pass once every other

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BIG PASS TIMELINE Water Resources 1999 Development Act from Congress authorizes project, pending a feasibility study.

Congress directs 2001 the Army Corps of Engineers to construct the restoration as part of the Sarasota County Hurricane and Storm Reduction Project.

Assistant Secre2004 tary of the Army for Civil Works approves feasibility study.

Project engineer2007 ing and design phase initiated.

The Army Corps 2012 of Engineers looks at feasibility of Big Sarasota Pass as a borrow area.

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Beachgoers enjoy the sand on the south end of Lido Key, a few feet from Big Pass. Federal, state and local officials have spent close to two decades trying to replace sand from the eroding beach to the north by dredging Big Pass.

“Obviously Siesta is a jewel. We would never do anything to harm Siesta.

But we can work to have two jewels.”

— City Engineer Alex DavisShaw

year, in an agreement where nearby Longboat Key receives sand in the opposite years, and that hasn’t repaired the beachfront loss.

Shoffstall says the current set up is a short-term fix. “There’s places in Lido where there is no beach,” Shoffstall said. “There’s no other way to do it.”

According to an older Corps report, dredging offshore is not an option because the sand is either incompatible or too costly to use, as is mined sand.

Sarasota has worked closely with the Corps formulating the plan to create the most costeffective option that best serves both beaches, said City Engineer Alex DavisShaw. “It’s not a cookie cutter. It changes,” DavisShaw said. “There’s a misconception that it will be the same thing for 50 years.”

DavisShaw said the Corps plan, in conjunction with the city, will be monitored. The initial plans, calling for several groins on Lido and the massive dredge for beach nourishment, has been peer reviewed and passed all state and federal environmental concerns.

“Obviously Siesta is a jewel. We would never do anything to harm Siesta,” DavisShaw said. “But we can work to have two jewels.”

Siesta groups have fought the decision in court, and had an administrative hearing scheduled for Aug. 22 before the postponement. Siesta Key Association board member Catherine Luckner said the group has fin-

ished deposing all witnesses and is now just waiting for an Aug. 18 meeting between both parties to reschedule the hearing.

In the meantime, Luckner said she’s hoping the DEP and Army Corps can work out a solution.

“They’re always able, all along this path, to do some things different if they want to,” Luckner said. “It’s not like you go to court and you have a judge and a jury and one right and one wrong, this is a work in progress.”

Assuming the parties can’t reach an agreement, Van Roekens said the Siesta groups have assembled four expert witnesses to testify on their behalf in the fields of beach modeling, sand drift, estuarine science and inlet dynamics, which he hopes will persuade a judge to stop the project.

If the court rules against them, van Roekens said the organizations will challenge the dredge at the federal level, which could delay the project for years. In the meantime, the project still doesn’t have a funding source.

Several months ago, Siesta Key groups argued that the plan should be stopped because it wasn’t consistent with Sarasota County’s comprehensive plan.

Administrative law Judge Bram D.E. Canter said that was not enough to delay hearings on the state permit.

Sarasota County officials have recused themselves from involvement, leaving it up to Sarasota

A Corps report 2014 finds the project will have “zero impact” on Siesta Key. FDEP announces 2016 it intends to issue a permit to allow the dredge. It is immediately contested by Siesta Key Groups.

2017 A judge rules against Siesta Key groups’ claim that the dredge should be stopped because it doesn’t fit into the county comprehensive plan.

city administrators to work out the issue.

Should the project be permitted, it could still be several years until work begins. As the matter is argued in court, all parties acknowledge Lido beaches remain vulnerable. The beach already received a reminder of storm season with Tropical Storm Emily, and Lido Key representatives said they’re meeting in the coming weeks with Sarasota officials to come up with temporary solutions to protect the beach.

“We can’t afford much more of these storms,” Shoffstall said. “It would be catastrophic.”

Staff writers David Conway and Cassidy Alexander contributed to this report.

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This spring, city staff and St. Armands Circle leaders reached an agreement to transfer responsibility for maintaining the landscaping in medians throughout the area to the St. Armands Business Improvement District.

All the deal needed was City Commission approval. More than three months later, it remains unclear whether that approval will ever come.

On Tuesday, the BID discussed the uncertainty surrounding the future of median landscaping in the Circle. St. Armands property owners and merchants have complained that the city has failed to properly maintain the landscaping after the BID helped fund a $450,000 median improvement project in 2012.

Under the agreement outlined with city staff, the city would give the BID the money it spends maintaining medians in the Circle — $72,000 a year. The BID would use that funding to get a dedicated maintenance contractor. Staff also agreed to an $80,000 onetime investment to restore the landscaping to its original state.

The City Commission, however, questioned the necessity of the changes. During a budget hearing in July, Mayor Shelli Freeland Eddie singled out the landscaping proposal as an idea to which she objected. The parks department

indicated a belief it could now satisfactorily maintain the medians, operating with a bigger budget than it had five years earlier.

“I think those funds could be better used in-house for city employees,” Eddie said.

The BID had hoped to begin the process of searching for a contractor by now. Instead, it is waiting to see how the budget shapes up in September.

“I’d hate for us to spend time on it if this is a dead issue,” BID Chairman Gavin Meshad said.

Marty Rappaport, the former BID chairman who worked with city staff on the proposed landscaping agreement, acknowledged the city’s maintenance had recently improved. Still, he said, that didn’t erase the past service.

“Our problem was that they’ve never done a good job on it, and they only started doing a good job when we requested they give it to the BID,” Rappaport said.

The focus on median landscaping is tied to a larger conversation among St. Armands leaders about improving the look of the Circle, with businesses and landlords striving to promote an upscale image. Regardless of the fate of the maintenance agreement, the BID is focused on ensuring the landscaping is as good as possible.

“There was no great desire from us to be in charge of taking care of maintenance, but it’s very important to the image of St. Armands,” Rappaport said.

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City unveils Paul Thorpe Park plans DAVID CONWAY DEPUTY MANAGING EDITOR

Next week, city staff is prepared to present an ambitious plan for reconfiguring Paul Thorpe Park and the nearby segment of Lemon Avenue downtown.

The master plan calls for reshaping the park, located at Lemon and Pineapple avenues, around the signature mermaid fountain that sits in its center.

What: Paul Thorpe Park/ Lemon Avenue master plan presentation When: 6 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 16 Where: Commission Chambers, City Hall, 1565 First St.

The proposal adds more trees and plants to the park, as well as seating in a plaza near the fountain.

It would also remove the curbs along Lemon Avenue between Pineapple and State Street. This creates another plaza area for events in the middle of the street, as the city aims to encourage more activity in the smaller, less utilized portion of a park Lemon Avenue divides into two.

And the scope extends out of

the park, too. The plan recommends a brick-paved Lemon Avenue from Pineapple to Main Street, mirroring the layout of the Lemon Avenue Mall to the north.

It’s a significant undertaking for the property formerly known as Pineapple Park. The plan, which Tampa-based design firm David Conner + Associates produced, is a sign of the city’s commitment to improving a key piece of downtown public space, city

staff says. And resident input was key to formulating the plan.

“We’re really appreciative that the community comes out and voices opinions, suggestions, wants and desires to help develop this project,” said Todd Kucharski, the city’s Public Works general manager. “Because it makes it that much easier for us to bring to life what the community wants to have.”

And yet, among some residents advocating for park improvements, there is dissatisfaction with the proposal.

Barbara Campo, a downtown resident who has lobbied for improvements to Paul Thorpe Park since 2015, pointed to the lack of funding allocated to implement the plan. She fears the focus on improvements to Lemon Avenue, in addition to the park, will delay any project as the city searches for money.

“That means the park is going to sit the way we’re looking at it right now, which is disgraceful,” Campo said.

Kucharski acknowledged the funding questions, and said that was something the City Commission and staff would address once they settled on a plan. Still, he thinks public demand could motivate the city to move quickly.

Although the city invested nearly $150,000 to restore the

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mermaid fountain this year and rededicated the park to honor downtown leader Paul Thorpe in July, Campo and other residents are still skeptical about the city’s commitment.

The skepticism dates back to 2015, when the city agreed to sell a portion of right-of-way adjacent to the park to a developer for $260,000. With a new building and sidewalk cafe going in right next to the park, Campo fears creating a high-quality public space quickly isn’t a city priority.

But consultant David Conner affirmed Kucharski’s perspective, saying he relied heavily on public input to produce the master plan proposal. One early idea he had was to reconfigure the mermaid fountain, removing the exterior walls to allow visitors to engage with the artwork in the center.

That drew opposition from people who saw the fountain as an immutable part of the park’s identity. So Conner developed a concept that kept the fountain in place while adding shade, another priority residents shared.

Kucharski said it’s unlikely the master plan will change much after next week’s workshop, primarily because it’s rooted in public input received at earlier meetings. Staff hopes to present the plans to the commission in September for further direction.

Despite her concerns, Campo remains hopeful the city can be persuaded to prioritize upgrades to Paul Thorpe Park. She believes park space will become increasingly important as the downtown core continues to develop, which underscores the need to take action soon.

“That park can be absolutely wonderful — if it’s handled correctly,” Campo said.

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Surprise storm becomes a learning experience “Treat all storms as … a dry run, a practice.

Discuss it with your family. Don’t turn an opportunity down to make yourself better and your family safer.”

CASSIDY ALEXANDER STAFF WRITER

Tropical Storm Emily was a surprise to most people rolling out of bed and checking TV or the internet July 31.

Without much warning, a patch of bad weather in the gulf became a tropical depression and then a tropical storm with winds of up to 45 mph. Rains came and angst built as watches and warnings were posted along the Southwest Florida coast.

But Ed McCrane, Paul Dezzi and Todd Kerkering — the three men whose job it is to worry when emergencies strike — just went about their day, certain they had things under control. Fortunately, they all had a plan.

Kerkering, emergency manager for the city of Sarasota, agreed.

His 20 years in the Marine Corps helps him stay calm, but it’s also his faith that his team can handle a storm, even something much bigger than Emily.

“I don’t get excited and I don’t get stressed,” he said. “I have complete trust and confidence in the Public Works, the Utility Department and the Police Department within the city.”

On the barrier islands, that same level of calm is evident.

“Because we’ve gone through these things, it doesn’t worry me,” said Dezzi, chief of Longboat Key Fire Rescue, of storm systems such as Emily. “We feel we’re experienced in the area of emergency management.”

Emergency managers get warnings of threats before the community, in most cases. McCrane, Sarasota County’s emergency

— Todd Kerkering, emergency manager for the city of Sarasota

Cassidy Alexander

Tropical Storm Emily wasn’t as bad as it could have been, but emergency officials used it as a chance to practice what they’d do in the event of a bad storm.

management chief, sent out an advisory to all the county’s partners on July 30, warning of potential storms coming.

By 6 a.m. on July 31, Emily was classified as a tropical storm, and by 9 a.m. managers were on a conference call with the National Weather Service.

In hindsight, each of the three officials is comfortable calling storms like Emily a kind of test-

run, to know how to react in the case of a real emergency. It gives staff members the practice they need to be just as comfortable.

“But during the event, it’s a real thing just like any other storm,” McCrane said. Each manager is in charge of evaluating the threat to his areas, communicating with other departments and the community, and organizing any relief efforts.

Each of the managers has a list of areas that he knows are flood risks, which require monitoring, often by driving out there when conditions permit. For McCrane, it’s the Playmore area. For Dezzi, it’s the north end of Longboat Key. And for Kerkering, it’s parts of Lime Street and in the Gillespie Park neighborhood.

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McCrane was monitoring the weather when county staff got a call asking about sandbags. They quickly organized three points throughout the county where residents could pick them up if they needed — in the beginning Emily was expected to bring a lot of rain over several days. By Tuesday, the sandbag stations were closed.

Much of what the managers do happens in advance of a storm’s approach.

Kerkering, for example, identifies and works to fix areas of the city that would be prone to flooding, ensures no drains are blocked and checks that the lift stations around the city are functioning properly.

All three men spend much of their time educating the public.

Dezzi and Kerkering go to a lot of neighborhoods and speak to residents about how to be prepared and make sure they’re registered for the Code RED emergency notification system — something the county provides to keep residents informed about emergencies.

While Tropical Storm Emily turned into nothing more than a dry run for the real thing, Kerkering said anything above a category 2 hurricane is when he would start to worry.

“Where I would begin to get overly concerned is if you have that big Katrina-style and Ikestyle where there’s 15-20 feet of storm surge expected,” he said.

“If you live here, it’ll change your life for a while.”

A storm like that is the “real thing” for which emergency staffs prepare. And residents should, too.

“Treat all storms as … a dry run, a practice. Discuss it with your family,” Kerkering said. “Don’t turn an opportunity down to make yourself better and your family safer.”

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for treating hand pain Your thumbs have a lot of work to do, but arthritis flare-ups aren’t always activity-related.

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orget everything you’ve ever heard about successful networking. I have discovered the most ingenious way to meet people — develop basal joint thumb arthritis, wear hand splints to immobilize your thumbs, and voila, the most interesting people stop you at street corners, in restaurants, at the veterinarian’s office, you name it. It’s a constant stream of new acquaintances, and here’s the thing: they all have a story to tell and, for the most part, they’re sympathetic to your story. That’s because their thumbs hurt, too — sometimes chronically and other times when performing a certain task like using scissors or picking something up in a pinching motion. And no one has a surefire solution for the pain to share.

And they are mostly women.

At the risk of violating Title IX or some other ridiculous government regulation, women bear the brunt of this painful condition. According to the June 2017 issue of Arthritis & Rheumatology, osteoarthritis in the hand is common. More than 2,200 adults were studied and found that the overall risk of developing hand OA is 40%. And here’s the rub, it occurs in about 50% of women versus 25% of men. I was outraged. I tracked down my favorite orthopedic surgeon for information.

Dr. David Klein of Kennedy White was not only patient but also encyclopedic in his explanation. “Our thumbs are very important because of the way that they help us interact with our world, Kristine,” he began.

“They are not truly fingers but they are certainly digits (the differences are that a finger has three bones (phalanges) while a thumb has two; also, each finger has two flexor tendons where the thumb has one).”

He quickly got to the heart of why this condition is so painful.

“The thumb is likely our most frequently used digit because it is involved as the partner to each of the other digits during grasp and manipulation of objects.

Thumbs are called ‘opposable thumbs’ because they are placed opposite to the fingers during

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HOW TO ALLEVIATE THE PAIN n Activity modification. Try changing the mechanics of how you use your thumb, such as keeping the joint closest to the thumbnail bent rather than straight during grasp and pinch of objects, which in turn changes how the forces of pinch are carried across the basal joint. n Splinting. Keeping the thumb immobile as much as possible gives the basal joint or thumb time to “quiet down.” That can take the form of over-the-counter thumb braces or customfitted rigid plastic splints made by hand therapists (which is what I use). n Medications. There are several medications ranging from topical to cortisone injections. Talk to your physician or hand surgeon to determine which to try. n Surgery. While surgery is usually quite effective in most people, few people actually seem to need it because they can control their symptoms by nonsurgical means. However, when nothing else is working, basal joint surgery is done as an outpatient but can take anywhere from weeks to months to reach a plateau level of improvement.

There are many different variations of surgical procedures for basal joint arthritis. Dr. David Klein suggests that patients at that stage of their symptoms talk to their hand surgeon with respect to their options.

grasping and manipulation of objects — when you pick up and hold something, it is usually between your thumb and your finger.”

And then he hit the core issue by citing the value of hand use.

“Many tables ... will place the thumb function at 40% of the function of the whole hand.”

And here’s a little known fact: when people frequently say that “the thumb is what makes us different from the apes,” this is not necessarily true, for there are a few species of primates that do have opposable thumbs.

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Dr. Klein outlined the various kinds of conditions that cause thumb pain. “There is stenosing flexor tenosynovitis, otherwise known as ‘trigger thumb,’ also Dequervain’s tenosynovitis, which is common during pregnancy and nursing, as well as from various injuries or activi-

ties. Tears or stretches in the ulnar collateral ligament at the metacarpophalangeal joint, which can be known as ‘gamekeeper’s thumb’ or ‘skier’s thumb,’ and the subject of your questions (and condition): basal joint arthritis, also known as carpometacarpal arthritis. Of these, the last one, basal joint arthritis, a type of osteoarthritis, is the most insidious and perhaps the most common.”

My first reaction is to blame my three-legged dog — now at the Rainbow Bridge — whose canine arthritis was so debilitating in the final months of his life that he had to be picked up several times a day with a splayed hand position. Wrong, says Dr. Klein, letting poor Puppet off the hook. “Many people do think that basal joint arthritis is just activity-related from overuse,” he explains. “It is in fact a genetic pattern that is passed through families, frequently along the mother’s side. It tends to be more symptomatic during activity, but it occurs in people of all activity levels, usually beginning to be symptomatic in one’s 40s or 50s, and more common in women than in men.”

Why? “I don’t know the reason that it is more common in women,” he replies. “But I do know that texting ... cannot be blamed for one’s thumb arthritis!”

Whew.

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Dr. Klein went on to say that while many types of osteoarthritis that people are familiar with — hip and knee being most common — progress in a continually worsening fashion as the years pass, basal joint arthritis is unique in that it tends to go through a several-year period of significant pain and disability, after which the symptoms just quiet down even though the visible deformity and the X-rays continue to worsen. Additionally, and this is really interesting, the amount of pain that someone has with their thumb does not always correlate with how much deformity they have nor with how severe the changes are on their X-rays. “Because of this,” he continues, “the main goal of treatment is to reduce the symptoms during the time that the pain from the arthritis is the most troublesome. Currently, we do not have a treatment that will stop basal joint arthritis or other forms of osteoarthritis from progressing, so all of the treatment is ‘symptomatic treatment.’”

Kristine Nickel is a marketing communications consultant and former marketing and public relations executive. For more than 30 years, she has relieved her stress by writing features for publications across the country.

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Supply and demand can’t be avoided

27 holes at Bobby Jones is enough

So Kast Construction President and CEO Mike Neal doesn’t believe the laws of supply and demand should apply to him?

“It (higher wages) doesn’t solve the labor problem. It creates a cost problem.” (Sarasota Observer, Thursday, Aug. 3, 2017) Mr. Neal, they aren’t called the “suggestions” of supply and demand, or the “hints,” they are the laws, just like gravity and thermodynamics. If you raise wages, you will get the employees you need to staff your jobs.

Yes, they will cost more, but fortunately your competitors face the same problem.

Then he suggests “… going outside our geographic area to find other resources.”

Higher wages mean middle class jobs. Middle class jobs mean contractors may be able to attract the young people who watched their fathers in the trades be the first to be laid off and the last to be rehired from the last recession. Higher wages mean more social status and until the social status of construction workers is addressed, it won’t matter how many three-month certification programs the Gulf Coast Builders Exchange throws at the problem.

When Mr. Neal is delighted that his daughter is going to marry one of his employees because that employee can support his daughter and their family in the manner to which she’s become accustomed, his labor problems will be over.

How long will it take the “powers that be” to evaluate the advantages to downsizing the 54-hole course to 27 holes as a fiscally sensible approach to save the Bobby Jones golf complex?

We do not need an Einstein to explain that costs to manage and maintain 27 holes is less expensive than 54.

There is also a bonus reward available with the sale or lease of the acreage that becomes available.

Qualified golf architects could reproduce the selected retained 27 holes into a contemporary “eye candy” layout without moving a lot of dirt around.

Eventually, just a couple of wells can create two or three small ponds and creeks to solve our irrigation needs.

Many private clubs and courses in Sarasota are offering attractive lures for non members to make ends meet. We can meet and beat that competition as we save the Bobby Jones Club for our many tourists and taxpayers.

RONALD L. COHEN SARASOTA

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NO FAIR 9:16 p.m. — 5100 block of Ocean Boulevard Disturbance: The manager of a nightclub reported that two men started to yell and attempted to push him in front of the business.

The men said they got upset because the manager asked them to leave. The men said they thought that wasn’t fair and that they should be allowed to stay. A deputy informed them that the manager had a right to refuse them service on private property.

GETTING CHIPPY 6:04 p.m. — 1100 block of North Tuttle Avenue Dispute: A woman complained that an employee at a convenience store charged her for two bags of chips instead of one.

The woman asked for a refund, but the employee refused. The employee said that the woman’s grandson took two bags of chips, not one. The employee notified his manager about the woman’s complaint and gave the woman his manager’s contact information. An officer told the woman he could not force the store to give her a refund, but that he would document the incident.

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OUT OF ORDER 3:21 a.m. — 800 block of South Tamiami Trail Dispute: A man complained about the service he got at a fast food restaurant. He told an officer that he walked up to the drivethru window and was refused service because he wasn’t in a car.

The man went back through the drivethru in his car. They took his order, but the man said they got his order wrong.

When the man went through the drivethru for a third time, he said they refused to serve him again.

An employee at the restaurant said she refused to serve the man because he walked back up to the drive-thru and banged on the window loudly. An officer told the man the dispute was a civil manner, and if he wanted a refund, he should contact the restaurant’s corporate office.

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This genetic inheritance came to the fore when my wife and I watched the first episode of the new TV “reality” show filmed locally here in Sarasota, called “Siesta Key.” Since Siesta Key boasts the No. 1 beach in America, and is a place we often visit, and love (except for the parking and traffic), we of course tuned in.

I’m sorry to report that it was totally dreadful and completely brain-dead!

Not a single intelligent or serious comment or conversation!

Incredibly dumb, one-dimensional, spoiled tiny characters.

And really, really bad writing.

The big suspense — the only suspense — was which guy with chiseled abs would hook up with which bimbo after the party.

And that was it.

The characters — all of them unfortunately — are brain dead shallow drones. And distinguishable from each other only in the most incredibly superficial ways.

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Sarasota County Schools received more than 150 applications from outside of the county this year for students interested in attending area schools. This interest was in response to a new Florida law allowing students to attend any school in the state, regardless of where they live, on a space-available basis.

Of the 156 applicants, 17 were ultimately placed at the elementary level, 37 were placed in middle schools and seven were placed in high schools. The remainder were wait-listed.

This number doesn’t include the more than 1,000 students within Sarasota County who applied to attend a different school, totaling 1,220 applications.

Sarasota Supervisor of School Choice Katrina Ward said each year, the county generally receives between 600 and 900 applications.

Beginning with the 2017-2018 school year, new state legislation mandated that each district adopt a controlled open enrollment plan that allows parents to send their student to any school not at capacity. The plan must include procedures for a random lottery if there are more applicants than seats, with preference given to certain students.

The open enrollment regulation is in addition to other school choice options offered by districts, such as magnet schools, alternative schools, special programs, advanced placement and dual enrollment.

The influx of applications from counties such as Charlotte, Manatee and Hillsborough didn’t pose problems for her staff, Ward said.

“We are a very child-centered, family-centered district. I think we just do a lot of things correct, so when statutes come into place… we’re doing it.”

Some parents are grateful for the new law, Ward said, because

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they commute themselves. If a parent lives in Manatee County but works in Sarasota, being able to put his or her student in a nearby school is appealing.

As parents become more familiar with the new opportunities available, and as Sarasota schools continue to perform well — most recently earning the district another A rating for the year — Ward expects to see more applications.

“I think that our schools are some of the finest schools in the state,” Ward said, “so I think parents are really, really encouraged by the education designs we have at all of our schools.”

With the new law, preference is given to students within the district. Additionally, preference is given to children coming from outside the district with activeduty military parents whose move was a result of military orders, children who moved after being placed in foster care or children who moved because of a courtordered change of custody.

In terms of funding, counties that take in students will simply report the student to the state to receive funding pursuant to the Florida Education Finance Program, as with any new students.

Open enrollment for the 20172018 school year was open for less than a month in February and March, and is now closed. The application period should reopen in early 2018 for the next school year. At that time, to find out more about the application process and if the school you’re interested in is open, visit the county’s school choice page online.

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Gocio Elementary will be the first school in the county that provides regular preschool opportunities to students, thanks to a grant of up to $700,000 provided by local philanthropists Joe and Mary Kay Henson.

“Getting an early start is huge for children to build a strong foundation,” said Steven Royce, principal of Gocio Elementary.

The program includes a threeyear study to gauge the academic impact of early-childhood education. Ideally, the program will give students a strong foundation that will prepare them for school, including letter and number recognition, pronunciation and phonics, Royce said.

The idea for the program came after the Hensons took a summer trip to the Northeast to understand best early-education practices.

“Everyone said you’ve got to get the children as early as you can get them, and that you really need quality preschool education,” Mary Kay Henson said. “And so that’s why we made this proposal. We think it will really help them get a solid footing going forward to attain grade level by third grade.”

Joe Henson said the program is an attempt to reach the 52% of Sarasota County’s children who live below the poverty line.

“[They] start with a lot of different stresses in their life, [and are] a year and a half to two years behind by the time they start school,” he said. “All of this is an attempt to overcome that deficit.”

“These children can learn just as well as an advantaged child could learn if they’re given the opportunity,” Mary Kay Henson added.

For the first year, Gocio Elementary will start one class of 18 students, led by a teacher and a teacher’s aide. In the second and third years, it will accept two classes of 18 students. And after they complete the preschool program, students will be able to transition to Gocio’s Summer Learning Academy, giving participating students the benefit of a full calendar year of academic learning before kindergarten.

The Hensons are also responsible for the Eagle Academy at Alta Vista Elementary — a twogeneration program that prepares students in the summer for the coming school year, while giving parents the job skills they need. Similar summer academies are now being implemented at schools across the county, which is what the Hensons hope will happen with Gocio’s preschool program.

“Education is a great leveler,” said Mary Kay Henson, “and so I very much would like those children to have a good shot to have a great life the way I have.”

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You can get an education out of (football).

It builds character. — Bryce Williams SEE PAGE 15

HOME OPENER Who: Cardinal Mooney vs. Indian Rocks Christian What: High school football When: 7 p.m.

Sept. 1 Where: Cardinal Mooney Players to watch: Senior RB Bryce Williams, senior QB Jack Koscho, senior LB Robbie Vasallo, sophomore guard Michael Bright, senior WR Eric Martin

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A

t Cardinal Mooney High football practice on Aug. 8, the music blaring across the field wasn’t hip-hop, as is usually the case.

The players chose 1980s jams as the day’s theme, wanting to hear some big riffs and slick synths as a change of pace. One of the first songs out of the loudspeakers was Billy Idol’s “Don’t You (Forget About Me),” an apt anthem for the Cougars, who set out to make people remember what they accomplished a season ago.

Under second-year coach Drew Lascari, the program exceeded expectations, improving from 2-9 in 2015 to 8-3 and reaching the Class 3A playoffs before falling 56-34 to Melbourne Central Catholic. The Cougars have even higher goals this season, even though they lose key pieces from last year’s team, including quarterback Tristan Hillerich, now at the University of Virginia, and safety Vinny Conetta, now at Assumption College.

Lascari isn’t worried. In his mind, football isn’t spelled T-AL-E-N-T. It’s spelled L-O-V-E. “I’m a firm believer that the team that loves each other more is going to play harder,” Lascari said. “I think there’s going to be many occasions where we may not have the most talented team, but we’ll have the ability to play harder than some opponents.

We’re looking forward to the challenge.”

It’s something he learned from his days under coach Greg Toal and offensive coordinator Anthony Campanile at Don Bosco Prep, the legendary football power in Ramsey, N.J. It’s the coaching environment in which Lascari was raised, he said, and he’ll always be an advocate for love, for he’s seen what it can do. Don Bosco Prep finished ranked as the nation’s No. 1 team in 2009 and 2011, while Lascari was on staff.

Thus far, he’s pleased with how his team has exhibited that love, though he hopes it grows stronger. Senior running back Bryce Williams, verbally committed to the University of Minnesota, said the team spends all day together, even during the summer when there was no practice.

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Sarasota Crew’s Clark Dean, 17, won the junior men’s single scull at the 2017 World Rowing Junior Championships on Aug. 6 in Lithuania. He is the first American to win the event in 50 years.

Jack Koscho runs on an option play.

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Drew Lascari examines his team at practice.

Senior linebacker Robbie Vasallo said the team’s favorite activity is Madden video game tournaments. Vasallo claims he’s the best. A group of guys watched the premiere of “Siesta Key” together, he said. The senior class also has steak dinners together each week, a Cardinal Mooney tradition.

“We’ve been brothers since sophomore, freshman year,” Vasallo said of his class. “We talk about it (when they hang

out together). We talk about how we can get better. We’ve been grinding together. All 20 seniors, we are together every day. I can’t wait. This season’s going to be fun.”

He said those words wreathed in smiles and hosting a speck of rock under his left eyelid, an impermanent memento of his and the program’s hard work in practice.

Tightness aside, the program does have to find a replacement for Hillerich. Lascari said the competition for the gig is open, but did mention senior Jack Koscho, who has started at defensive back the past two seasons, by name as someone who has been impressive, especially in the competitiveness department.

“He hates to lose, and he loves to win,” Lascari said. “He loves his teammates and he loves football.”

Williams said he would feel comfortable with anyone standing next to him. After amassing about 1,400 yards last season, Williams said his goal is to break 2,000 rushing yards this season, and thinks he has a real shot to do so. Lascari simply called his senior back a beast, and said “Cardinal Mooney is lucky to have him.”

As the team moved into its final drills of the day, Toto’s “Hold the Line” served as background music. “Love isn’t always on time,” band frontman Bobby Kimball belts in the song’s chorus.

If Cardinal Mooney has designs on making noise in the playoffs, it better be on time for the Cougars.

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Riverview High senior defensive back Brantley Seadrow verbally committed to University of New Hampshire on Aug. 2.

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Riverview High named Rod Dragash its athletics director on Aug. 7.

Dragash previously served as Booker’s AD for six years before resigning in 2016.

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The Greater Sarasota Junior Golf Association 13-15 boys (combined two-day total of 308) and girls (combined 306) threeperson teams both finished second in the Florida State Golf Association’s Junior Team Championship at Plantation Golf and Country Club in Venice on Aug. 5-6. The top two scores on each day were counted.

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Riverview senior swimmer Brett Riley (4:29.62) won the 400-meter IM at the 2017 USA Swimming Futures Championships in Nashville, Tenn., on Aug. 4.

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Booker High gymnast chooses life over former dreams Once on an Olympic track, teen steps back to enjoy high school days.

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This school year, for the first time in six years, Booker High junior Hannah Joyner will be able to catch her breath.

She’ll be able to go to the movies on a random Wednesday night. She’ll be able to go shopping at New York and Co., her favorite store, with her friends.

And she’ll be able to sleep in her own Sarasota bed for more than a few days at a time, instead of constantly traveling, or worse, moving to a new state.

Joyner has done the latter three times in her 16-year-old life, all for her gymnastics career.

Born in Maryland, Joyner’s journey has taken her to North Carolina, Texas and now Florida.

The last two stops, she’s made because of Aimee Boorman, the U.S. women’s gymnastics coach for the 2016 Olympic Games and the personal coach of gold medalist Simone Biles for 12 years.

For the majority of her gymnastics career, Joyner competed at the elite level, on an Olympic track. Her mother, Donna Joyner, messaged Boorman and asked her if Hannah could come to Texas to train with her.

Boorman said yes. Like with all

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Hannah Joyner has two more years of high school, after which she plans to attend Temple University.

her athletes, Boorman worked with Joyner to build trust and eliminate any emotional barriers between one another.

The work was worth it. Joyner reached the Secret U.S. Classic, a qualifier for the P&G Gymnastics Championships, from 2014-2016. She trained with Biles in Texas, and learned a lot from the person Joyner calls her role model. The two still talk from time to time. They even starred on the back of an “Olympic hopefuls” Corn Flakes box together.

Boorman accepted the director of gymnastics position at EVO Athletics in 2016. Joyner

followed her, still competing in elite and doing well, reaching the 2016 P&G Gymnastics Championships in St. Louis. But she didn’t reach the Olympic team in 2016, and her chances at an Olympic berth in 2020, at the age of 19, are not strong, despite her talent. Gymnasts’ bodies simply don’t stay in peak performance shape for that long. It’s not impossible, Boorman said, but it would be difficult.

Joyner decided the slog of elite level gymnastics was no longer worth the sacrifices she was making, especially with no Olympic guarantee. She dropped to level 10, one notch below

elite, and committed to Temple University on July 24. She’s also going back to public school, after six years of homeschooling for the sake of her gymnastics career.

“I just wanted to be less serious, get rid of the grind,” Joyner said. “I want to experience college. I’ve been in elite for three years. If I’m not going to go anywhere with it, I might as well have two years to build up to college.”

Her coach supported the decision.

“She had very logical reasons for it,” Boorman said. “She said, ‘I did elite. I got to experience it.’

She did commercials, she got to be on a cereal box. She got to do things that many elite gymnasts will never get to do. She felt really accomplished with that, and she wanted to change her focus and move on to college. I think it was the best road for her to go.”

Joyner is excited about Temple’s academics, she said, and getting to be a typical student athlete. She doesn’t quite know what her major is going to be, but that’s fine. College is still two years away. For now, the switch has cut Joyner’s daily practice time from six hours to four.

It was a hard decision, but Joyner is living with no regrets, and I applaud her for it. She’s spent 12 years working on her craft. It takes guts to walk away from her dream of the Olympics, even if it’s in her best interest.

Now, she gets to breathe, and be a typical high school kid.

Sometimes, athletes get pushed so hard, they never get to experience that. I’m glad Joyner will, and I’m glad she’s at peace with her decision.

Besides, no matter where her life goes, she’ll always have the cereal box.

Ryan Kohn is the sports writer for the Sarasota Observer. Contact him at rkohn@ yourobserver.com.

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Bryce Williams, 18, is a senior running back at Cardinal Mooney High. He is verbally committed to the University of Minnesota.

How long have you been playing football?

Since I was 6 years old. My granddad (Walter Gilbert) encouraged me to play.

What is the appeal of football to you?

It’s the next step to starting a new life, I guess. You can get an education out of it. It builds character.

Why verbally commit to the University of Minnesota?

The school has a great atmosphere. I loved the coaching staff, they are all really genuine. You can tell Coach (P.J.) Fleck, he really cares and wants me to be successful. He’s very energetic.

What is your favorite food?

Tacos. I put sour cream, steak, lettuce, black olives. I like it all, really.

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What hobbies do you have?

I like fishing. I don’t have a favorite spot really, I move around to different places.

What is your favorite football memory?

Last year’s spring game against Lemon Bay. I was coming back from an injury, I had pins put in my finger and had missed the whole previous season. I ran for 255 yards and two touchdowns. It was a great game.

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Marie Selby Botanical Gardens CEO Jennifer Rominiecki, New College’s Manuel Zafra-Lopez and Selby’s Angel Lara teamed up to transport Hiroshima seeds to the U.S.

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n Aug. 6, 1945, destruction took on a new name.

The United States dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan.

“It was a kind of energy that life had really never been exposed to,” said Brad Oberle, an assistant professor of biology at New College of Florida.

The smoke settled and revealed a city in ruins. Everything within a 1-mile radius of the center of the blast was obliterated. The damaged landscape was dotted with skeletons of structures, ghosts of their former selves. About 80,000 people died in the blast and another 25,000 were injured.

Some 60,000 others would die by the end of the year as a result of the nuclear fallout.

And yet, in the midst of such

suffering, there was life.

“Trees survived one of the most catastrophic events in history,” Oberle said.

Seventy-seven years later, descendants of those trees exist.

Their seeds are distributed worldwide by Green Legacy Hiroshima, an organization based in Hiroshima, Japan. For some, like Oberle and Manuel Zafra-Lopez, an associate professor of religion at New College, the trees are a testament to nature’s endurance.

Soon, they will be sown in Sarasota’s soil.

“They are a symbol for peace,” Zafra-Lopez said. He first encountered Green Legacy in June 2016, while on an academic trip to Japan. He went to the site of the first atomic bomb attack.

“It was very dramatic place,” he said. “When you go the museum, you see all these reminders and images. It’s really a profound and sad experience of the consequences of nuclear war.”

Then there was Green Legacy Hiroshima.

“The trees also act as a reminder of what happened, but they have a more hopeful side to it,” Zafra-Lopez said.

He said he wanted to partner with the organization. But after

proposing a New College partnership to Oberle, Zafra-Lopez realized he would need some help. Seeds, as simple as they may seem, require a high-level permit to transport across international borders.

Enter Marie Selby Botanical Gardens.

“We had one in hand,” Selby Gardens Director of Botany Bruce Holst said of the needed permit.

“They also thought that it would be great for several institutions in that area to share the seed.”

With Selby coordinating shipping logistics, a collection of camphor, persimmon and holly seeds arrived in April. Time was of the essence. Green stems were already poking through the persimmon seeds.

“The seeds, when they arrived at Selby, were already germinating. That was really exciting, but it also meant the clock was ticking,” Oberle said.

Once seeds germinate, the plants are more susceptible to fungi and bacteria that could stunt their growth or kill them.

“Once you start that process, there is no way to stop it,” Oberle said.

So Oberle and the Selby horticultural team got to work. Oberle took half the seeds, leaving the rest at Selby.

Initial hurdles aside, the process went smoothly on both ends.

It turns out raising plants whose predecessors survived an atomic blast is much like raising any other plant. It takes persistence, patience and a little bit of luck.

“It’s just a matter of putting them in trays … water it and hope for the best,” said Angel Lara, Selby’s director of glass house collections.

The institutions have their own plans for the trees. Selby

The saplings are descendants from trees that survived the atomic bomb.

dedicated its trees Aug. 1 and will incorporate them throughout the garden. Lara said the team hopes to train the camphor tree into a bonsai, a Japanese tradition that involves manipulating the roots and branches to keep the tree in miniature form.

Oberle and Zafra-Lopez, meanwhile, will wait until students return in the fall to dedicate their trees. They hope to incorporate them into the existing landscape design of the campus.

However, both institutions hope their trees provide more for their patrons than shade. They are a warning of the consequences of nuclear war, a threat that continues today. They are a souvenir of unimaginable suffering. Yet, in the midst of suffering, they are proof hope persists.

“I think by looking at these trees and appreciating them we can take those lessons to heart and work to be more resilient and hopeful ourselves,” Oberle said.

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Casa De La Playa Happy Places LLC sold the Units A and B condominiums at 445 Beach Road to WTEM 445 LLC for $1,950,000. Both of the condominiums were built in 2005, have three bedrooms, three baths and 2,056 square feet of living area. They previously sold for $1.8 million in 2010.

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home in Harbor Acres tops all transactions in this week’s real estate. J. Kevin and Julie Shushtari, of Stonington, Conn., sold their home at 1349 Harbor Drive to Drayton and Kara Saunders, of Sarasota, for $2,250,000. Built in 2012, it has four bedrooms, four baths, a pool and 4,337 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $1.9 million in 2015.

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THE MOORINGS AT BAY POINTE David Goldstein and Stacie Vining, of Raymond, Maine, sold their home at 922 Citrus Ave. to Gary and Lisa Jodat, of Sarasota, for $1,084,000. Built in 1989, it has three bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 2,746 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $949,000 in 2016.

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Johnson Hunsberger IV, of Sarasota, sold his home at 1833 N. Lake Shore Drive to Heather Cooper and James Thomas, of Sarasota, for $1,050,000. Built in 1952, it has four bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 3,194 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $205,000 in 1997.

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David and Erin Morphy sold their home at 1053 Citrus Ave. to Daniel and Cynthia Harris, of Sarasota, for $1 million. Built in 2008, it has two bedrooms, two-

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Kenneth and Margaret Freeman, of Sarasota, sold their home at 4801 Benchmark Court to John and Perri

and-a-half baths, a pool and 2,792 square feet of living area.

It previously sold for $800,000 in 2009.

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Michael and Judith Berger, trustees, of Washington Island, Wis., sold the Unit 2 condominium at 1526 Selby Lane to Daniel and Faith Perkins, of Sarasota, for $985,000. Built in 2006, it has three bedrooms, two-and-ahalf baths and 1,910 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $925,000 in 2015.

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Paul and Claudia Eklund, of Avon, Ohio, sold their home at 3907 Solymar Drive to Donald Kresen and Sharon Potter, of Wheeling, W.Va., for $1,106,500.

Built in 2002, it has four bedrooms, three-and-a-half baths, a pool and 2,959 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $1.4 million in 2003.

Walsh, of Alexandria, Va., for $645,000. Built in 1997, it has three bedrooms, three-anda-half baths, a pool and 3,416 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $515,000 in 2009.

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Murray Conerby, of Osprey, sold the home at 798 Lytham Circle to Michael and Dolores Blazo, of Osprey, for $1,365,000. Built in 1998, it has five bedrooms, four-anda-half baths, a pool and 5,437 square feet of living area.

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Mary Foti, of New York City, sold her Unit 902 condominium at 6300 Midnight Pass Road to Denisa Dockalova, of Czech Republic, for $925,000. Built in 1970, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,240 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $150,000 in 1999.

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Orion and Lisa Marx, of Sarasota, sold their home at 114 Edmondson Ave. to Sandra Young, of Sarasota, for $1,185,000. Built in 1940, it has three bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 1,744 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $1,050,000 in 2004.

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Pagano and his staff have organized market-wide events in the past, most notably its annual Shrimp and Lobster Festival.

“It was very successful, and we thought we would change it up a little,” Pagano said.

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So Pagano ditched the seafood in search of some psychedelic sounds. The event, which runs from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. during the Aug. 19 farmers market, includes vintage Volkswagens, children’s crafts and live music by ’60s cover band Paisley Craze.

“All the music is going to be from Woodstock,” he said.

Depending on your family (it was the ’60s after all), the original Woodstock may have lacked family-friendly vibes. But Pagano said Sarasota’s tribute to the iconic event is a festival for all.

“I think it’s going to be a blend of both young and old,” Pagano said. “I just think it’s a fun thing.”

The market has promoted the event on its social media platforms and during the Saturday morning markets. Based on the public’s reception, Pagano expects visitors from as far south as Fort Myers and as far north as Tampa to make the trek to see Sarasota’s downtown market show its groovier side.

For those who remember the days of peace, love and rock ‘n’ roll, the Woodstock Revival offers the opportunity for nostalgia. For those who don’t, it’s simply a day to bust out that tie-dye headband that’s been gathering dust since Halloween of 2010.

As for Pagano, he never made it Woodstock. He was 14.

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SPG OVER $350 MILLION IN SALES VOLUME SINCE 2007

SCHEMMEL PROPERT Y GROUP REP RES EN T IN G

PREMIER SOTHEBY’S INTERNATIONAL REALTY TOP PRODUCING AGENT TEAM IN SARASOTA FROM 2008-2016

S a r a s o t a ’ s M OST A M A ZIN G PRO P ERTIES

CONSISTENTLY RANKED AMONG THE TOP 1% OF REALTORS IN SARASOTA

DOWNTOWN/GOLDEN GATE POINT 280 Golden Gate Pt. Grand Res. | 4 BR/4.1 BA | $5,495,000 609 Golden Gate Pt. #300 | 6 BR/8 BA | $3,490,000

CASEY KEY/OSPREY NOKOMIS/VENICE 3521/3528 Casey Key Road | 5 BR/5.1 BA | $4,900,000 403 Sunrise Drive | 4 BR/4.2 BA | $1,950,000 800 N River Road | 4 BR/4.1 BA | $1,895,000 14021 Bellagio Way #401 | 3 BR/3.1 BA | $1,095,000 37 Masthead Drive | homesite | $699,999 Coral Cove | 7462 Cove Terrace | $3,590,000

36 Masthead Drive | homesite | $650,000

PRESTANCIA/PALMER RANCH 4369 Boca Pointe Drive | 4 BR/4.1 BA | $998,000 8241 Shadow Pine Way | 4 BR/3 BA | $679,000 7393 Villa D Este | 3 BR/3 BA | $549,000 8032 Via Fiore | 3 BR/3.1 BA | $499,000 5013 Hanging Moss Lane | 3 BR/3 BA | $439,000 Monte Verde | homesite | $179,000

Oaks Bayside | 285 Sugar Mill Drive | $1,971,000

U IN ND LE ER SS C TH ON AN T A RAC W T EE K

AQUA | 280 Golden Gate Pt. #2 | $3,195,000

SARASOTA MAINLAND 4064 Founders Club Drive | 5 BR/4.3 BA | $1,875,000 1648 South Drive | homesite | $945,000 6278 Aventura Dr | 3BA/2.5BA) | $379,000

Under Contract

13611 Fruitville Road | 2 BR/2BA | $389,000

SARASOTA MAINLAND WATERFRONT 7922 S Holiday Drive | 5 BR/5.2 BA | $6,975,000 1608 Stickney Point Road #105 | 1BA/1BA | $210,000

SIESTA KEY Downtown Sarasota | 200 Cocoanut Ave #2 | $719,000

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The Pearl | 609 Golden Gate Pt . | $1,495,000

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8501 Midnight Pass Road | 6 BR/5.2 BA | $5,795,000 4317 Midnight Pass Road | 5 BR/5.1 BA | $4,995,000 8585 Midnight Pass Road | 4 BR/5.2 BA | $4,995,000 8285 Midnight Pass Road | 3 BR/4.2 BA | $2,495,000 1241 Tree Bay Lane | 5 BR/5.1 BA | $1,995,000 1267 Whitehall Place | 3 BR/3 BA | $779,000

THE OAKS 324 Osprey Point Drive | 5 BR/5 BA | $1,895,000 Sugar Mill Drive, Lot 111 | homesite | $179,000 Prestancia | 7635 Calle Facil | $519,000

JOEL SCHEMMEL, J.D. 941.587.4894 joel.schemmel@sothebysrealty.com

Prestancia | 7686 Calle Facil | $479,000

SHARON CHIODI 941.809.0380 sharon.chiodi@sothebysrealty.com

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Sotheby’s International Realty® and the Sotheby’s International Realty logo are registered service marks used with permission. Each office is independently owned and operated.

Equal Housing Opportunity. Property information herein is derived from various sources including, but not limited to, county records and multiple listing services, and may include approximations. All information is deemed accurate and neither suggests nor infers that Sotheby’s International Realty participated as either the listing or cooperating agent or broker in the sale or purchase of the properties depicted.

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