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Deficit looms for schools. SEE PAGE 3A Photo courtesy Toasted Mango

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Sarasota’s Toasted Mango Cafe has the best waffles in all of Florida, according to The Food Network’s “50 States of Waffles” list of the tastiest waffles in each state. The waffles are topped with fresh mango slices, toasted coconut flakes, a dusting of coconut sugar and dollops of whipped cream. “I couldn’t be more honored,” said owner Kimberly Duffy.

Fundraiser a roaring good time. SEE PAGE 2B

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Brielle and Charlene Culp hang with bears April 7 at the Big Cat Habitat and Gulf Coast Sanctuary during its Jungle Jam fundraiser.

A+E Locals grace the big screen at Sarasota Film Festival. INSIDE

Van Wezel’s future remains murky Would a new bayfront venue mean curtains for the purple icon? SEE PAGE 5A File photo

A consultant recommended replacing the Van Wezel with a new performing arts hall.

Developer Mark Kauffman, Alfstad & Contemporary gallery and the city of Sarasota partnered to place a sculpture by artist Boaz Vaadia outside the Sabal Palm Bank Plaza building at the intersection of Ringling Boulevard and Golf Street. The statue, entitled Ba’al and Yizhaq, is the newest addition to the city’s public art program. On April 10, members from organizations involved with the project dedicated the piece.

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The path to a deficit Sarasota County Schools predicts a $3.1 million budget shortfall this year. Here’s how it happened. CASSIDY ALEXANDER STAFF WRITER

n less than a single studentgrading period, Sarasota County Schools — prompted by a school shooting and new state rules on campus security, the whims of elected officials and other factors — went from budget business as usual to discussions on how to overcome a projected $3.1 million deficit. Now, the school board is trying to revisit its plans for security in the coming years, while also trying to figure out how to pay for it next year and in years to come. “We protected our students, but we short-cut ourselves and our budget in trying to do that because we did not have a plan and we rushed forward,” Board Member Caroline Zucker said. The discussion will continue April 17 at a workshop at which school board members intend to discuss alternatives to options presented by Sarasota County Sheriff Tom Knight.

WHAT’S THE PROBLEM?

Ultimately, the biggest factor in the school district’s sudden budget upheaval is a new responsibility to not only take on additional security costs, funded in part by the state, but also costs previously borne by the Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office. Municipal police departments could follow suit, pending contract negotiations. Under new school safety legislation, enacted weeks after the Feb. 14 mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High in Parkland, the district is responsible for funding all school security measures. The cost will add up to more than $5 million annually. The district needs that amount to keep school resource officers at every high school, middle school and one elementary school, and add 24 new security officers for elementary schools. A portion of the $2.4 million in funding from the state must be split with charter schools. That won’t cover the whole cost, leaving a $3.1 million deficit if the district must foot the entire bill. The district’s total operating budget is about $460 million. To fix it, administrators across the district have been working to identify ways to cut costs in their budgets. School administrators received the district’s preliminary budget in late March, and had until this week to identify and submit areas to cut. The goal at each school was to cut 1% of its budget through things such as delaying projects or identifying things that could be funded with grants. Superintendent Todd Bowden was hopeful to accumulate about $4 million in proposed cuts for the school board to prioritize and choose from. Board members must consider the new safety and security requirements with the need to educate students at a level previously expected.

Zucker expects cuts won’t include personnel, and won’t affect the extra 30 minutes or arts and music education that voters were promised in March when they reapproved by a 79% margin an optional 1-mill property tax that adds $56 million to the district budget. “We’ve done this before,” she said. “We must not lose our focus on the students. We must not. Everything we do has to be to the betterment of the students.”

PIECE BY PIECE The events of the past eight weeks create the budget deficit. Mass shooting leaves 17 dead at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland. Student activists call for gun control.

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HOW DID WE GET HERE?

The mass shooting in Parkland prompted a wave of activism and changes across the state that had real repercussions for Sarasota County Schools and school districts around Florida. Gov. Rick Scott responded with sweeping gun control reform. The district was suddenly required to have some form of security on all campuses — whether from school resource officers, other types of hired security officers or from training and arming existing school employees. That news came March 9. Less than two weeks later, Sheriff Tom Knight announced he would no longer split the cost of resource officers with the district. He cited Scott’s bill, the tax funding the district received from the optional tax and the extra security funding from the state. The city of Sarasota and the city of North Port followed suit, and contract negotiations are pending. Additionally, in the days following the new legislation, letters between Knight and Bowden pressured the school district to make a quick decision about how it would approach security. By April 3, the district was looking at a $3.1 million budget deficit, in the worst-case scenario. “The Legislature nor the governor expected us to have a plan in place within a week of that bill being signed,” board member Shirley Brown said. “And I felt it was wrong to be pushed to a decision so quickly.” In an effort to fully evaluate school security decisions, the school board will discuss at an April 17 workshop other options not presented by the sheriff. Among the options sanctioned by the security rules enacted by the state: training and arming non-teacher employees, or possibly creating an in-house security team. The Sheriff’s Office, meanwhile, has announced it is recruiting 14 deputies at $23.50 an hour to serve in 12 elementary schools, starting next school year. In a release, Knight said: “It has been our goal from day one to identify a practical and costeffective solution for the school district. After ample research and internal review, we put together a program that is not only compliant with the new law, but will stand to benefit the district and its students ... The School Resource Deputy II Program is really a winwin for everyone.” Brown isn’t so sure. “I think we need to take a breath. We gotta look back and we gotta see what other districts are doing, because there’s no rush to this,” Brown said. “Look for a plan C. This is too much an important issue to be slinging things back and forth to each other.”

FEB. 20 Sheriff Tom Knight introduces plan to place armed veterans and retired law enforcement officers in schools for security.

Gov. Rick Scott signs Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Public Safety Act. Among its provisions: an additional $450 million in school security funding and a mandate for school districts to fund security in one of the following forms: a school resource program; a school marshal program; or a guardian program that trains and arms existing school employees, although not teachers.

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High schoolers in Sarasota participate in walkouts as part of a national event to draw attention for the need for gun reform.

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Off-duty deputies report to 22 elementary schools in the district to provide security for the rest of the school year.

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MARCH 20

School board members agree to the $2.6 million plan to hire deputies to provide security at 12 elementary schools in the unincorporated part of the county. Knight is notified March 23.

The city of Sarasota and North Port say publicly they will no longer share the costs of school resource officers with the school district.

Knight asks the school district to pick which of the governor’s three options it wants to implement.

Knight asks the school district to choose if it wants to expand the school resource officer program for $3.6 million, or implement a school security officer program to complement the existing school resource officer program for $2.6 million in the next school year. He also informs the district his office won’t continue to pay its part of the SRO program, and the district will have to pay for 100% of the security programs. He cites additional funding from the state and the passing of the extra school tax. He gives a March 26 deadline for the decision.

APRIL 3

Superintendent Todd Bowden informs the school board that worst-case scenario for the district is an approximately $3 million budget deficit. Board members ask that they take a step back and examine school security options that other districts are implementing, including hiring its own police force.

APRIL 17 School board workshop and meeting are scheduled, where board members and district staff will continue to discuss school security options.

Optional property tax passes, securing $56 million a year in funding for Sarasota County Schools.

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“The building either gets removed and honored, or repurposed somehow. It can’t be a performing arts center any longer.”

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New principal named for Southside Elementary

Bill Waddill, managing director of The Bay Sarasota, on a third-party analysis of the Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall. READ MORE ON PAGE 5A

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Wendy and Stan, the Longboat parents of the killed swan, pictured with their cygnets in 2013.

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Swan dead from animal attack, not gunshot wound

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former Longboat Key swan was found dead Monday morning in a Sarasota residential community. Although caretakers feared the swan was killed by gunfire, the Sheriff’s Office said Tuesday it was an animal attack. On Sunday evening, the swan and her mate were doing well, but on Monday, a caretaker found the female dead and said there were holes in both sides of her neck that resembled bullet wounds. Kaitlyn Perez, a Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office

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spokeswoman, said in an email the necropsy conducted on the swan showed no evidence of projectiles. Medical staff concluded the swan died by an animal attack. “We were trying to protect the animals as best we could, but we can’t sit by it 24/7,” said Don Wise, who helps care for the swans at Camelot Lakes. “We still feel sad, and we’re glad it wasn’t a bullet.” Because male swans won’t sit on eggs and incubate them, the pair’s nest with three eggs had to be disposed of after the mother’s death.

They should have not taken her from Longboat Key. She would be alive today. — Elizabeth M. Sullivan

Oh noooo... how incredibly sad... and they mate for life so now he’s alone for the rest of his life… — Vicky Meeder

This is heart breaking. — Jorie Riesen

Starting May 30 and pending the approval of the Sarasota County School Board, Southside Elementary Assistant Principal Jennifer Nzeza will take over when Principal Steve Dragon retires May 29. Nzeza worked at the school since 2017 and in the district since 1998. She was recognized as the 2018 Sarasota County District Assistant Principal of the Year.

Officer shoots two, vehicle driver charged Two Sarasota officers and two men were injured following a shooting early Tuesday morning when officers were investigating a suspicious vehicle at Janie’s Garden Apartments in North Sarasota. Officers Brandon Vermillion and Jonathan Torres received injuries when they approached a vehicle in a parking lot with its engine running around 1 a.m. and the vehicle accelerated toward them. Their injuries were not life-threatening. Vermillion fired at the driver, 18-year-old Jeremy Trebbles Jr., who was hit along with a passenger; a third person in the vehicle was not injured. Trebbles, a former Venice High School football player, was charged with aggravated assault on a law enforcement officer with a deadly weapon.

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Bayfront planners ponder future of Van Wezel The Bay Sarasota wants to honor the legacy of the Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall — but how?

IF YOU GO There are three public bayfront open house events scheduled for next week, opportunities for residents to share their thoughts on three preliminary concepts for redeveloping the city-owned land:

DAVID CONWAY DEPUTY MANAGING EDITOR

Ahead of a week of presentations focused on the future of the bayfront near downtown, the leaders of The Bay Sarasota want to make one thing clear: It’s not up to them whether the existing Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall is demolished and replaced. The bayfront group is in the process of producing a master plan for redeveloping more than 50 acres of city-owned land surrounding the Van Wezel. Alongside the planning firm Sasaki, The Bay Sarasota has produced three preliminary concepts for the land. The group will present the plans to the public at open house events next week. One notable highlight: In all three, there’s a new performing arts hall. On Tuesday, Sarasota Bayfront Planning Organization Chairman A.G. Lafley said the early plans reflect the Van Wezel’s belief it needs a new facility. More than two years ago, the Van Wezel Foundation shared a study from arts consulting firm AMS Planning and Research that recommended an investment between $150 million and $525 million into a new venue.

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The Bay Sarasota is preparing to present three conceptual site plans — all of which include a new performing arts hall. Visit YourObserver.com to see larger renderings and the complete presentation.

The Bay is just acknowledging the stated needs of an existing bayfront tenant, the group said. The city owns the land and the Van Wezel building. It also operates the Van Wezel. It will be up to the city, ultimately, to decide whether to make a major investment in a new performing arts center on the bayfront. But, based on conversations The Bay Managing Director Bill Waddill has had with AMS, the Van Wezel remains steadfast in its belief a new facility is necessary. “The building either gets removed and honored, or repurposed somehow,” Waddill said of the existing Van Wezel building. “It can’t be a performing arts center any longer.” The AMS study said the existing structure is operationally lim-

“It’s important for the community to know — in all three schemes, we’re planning on honoring the Van Wezel.” — The Bay Managing Director Bill Waddill

iting and likely needs millions in renovations. Federal Emergency Management Agency regulations place a cap on the amount of money the city could invest in the facility without making major changes to meet modern standards for building in a flood zone. After The Bay released the preliminary site concepts last month, the group has heard community concerns about the future of the iconic purple Van Wezel building.

The Bay said it has no firm plans, but the group is emphasizing that it plans to honor the Van Wezel building’s legacy in one form or another. On Tuesday, the group threw out a few options. Beyond repurposing the building, the city could incorporate the clam shell shape into the design of a new outdoor amphitheater. Or, it could mandate the use of the distinct purple hue in a new bayfront facility. The Bay is working with Sasaki to develop more ideas, and the planners want to hear the public’s thoughts, too. “It’s important for the community to know — in all three schemes, we’re planning on honoring the Van Wezel,” Waddill said. “There are 50 ways to do it beautifully.”

n 5-7 p.m. Tuesday, April 17, at the Robert L. Taylor Community Complex, 1845 34th St. n 8:30-10:30 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 18, at the Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall, 777 N. Tamiami Trail

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In addition to 99 Bottles, which will allow for visitors to consume a curated collection of craft beer on- and off-site, The DeSota is also slated to add a shared salon space to its retail offerings. In February, Salons by JC filed plans with the city to open in one of the commercial suites in the Second Street building. The San Antonio-based company offers salon professionals the opportunity to rent space to work within a shared business footprint. 1500 STATE ST.

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Ly Tran and Fatima Moon are the partners behind Moon & Co. Eyewear, the first tenant to move into the new retail space at 1500 State St., a building that also includes 20 condominium units.

Mixed-use projects land commercial tenants Retail and restaurant businesses hope to take advantage of a growing downtown population. DAVID CONWAY DEPUTY MANAGING EDITOR

The ongoing wave of development in downtown Sarasota is largely concentrated on high-end residential offerings, but some

major projects are also injecting activity into the city’s retail scene. On Tuesday, Mark Tuchman appeared at a community workshop at City Hall to discuss his new business venture. Tuchman plans to open a craft beer and fine wine-focused bottle shop called 99 Bottles at 1451 Second St. The 1,300-square-foot property is located in the ground floor of The DeSota, a 180-unit apartment project that also includes 15,000 square feet of retail space. Tuchman emphasized the cen-

tralized location as a reason he wanted to open the business in The DeSota. He pitched 99 Bottles as a unique business in the city, something that’s only viable because of the growing popularity of craft beer — and an increase in action downtown. Tuchman is one of several downtown merchants hoping to capitalize on proximity to a growing residential base. Here are three new mixed-use projects that are announcing tenants for their commercial components:

Fatima Moon is the first tenant to move her business into the ground floor of a new mixed-use project in the downtown core. Moon is the owner of Moon & Co. Eyewear, located at 1500 State St. The building, located next to the State Street parking garage, includes 20 luxury condominium units. All of the residences have been sold, said developer Hembree and Associates. Although an eyewear store is more of a destination business, she said the proximity to foot traffic — from both residents and customers at neighboring stores — is helpful. “I think it’s very important for my business to be right here in this exact spot,” Moon said. The project was set back because of a legal dispute over a neighboring property Hembree and Associates planned to develop in conjunction with the 1500 State St. project. Although that changed the lineup of tenants slated to move into the building, President Joe R. Hembree said the company has leased all but one of the commercial spaces.

In addition to Moon & Co. Eyewear, Optional Art Fine Jewelry and Re/Max Platinum Realty are in the process of obtaining permits to open. Hembree shared Moon’s excitement for the future of that segment of the city — particularly considering the construction of a 12-story mixed-use project across the street. “That’s going to be a dynamite area,” Hembree said. “It’s going to really change the nature of the game over there.” THE MARK — 1400 STATE ST.

The mixed-use project known as The Mark will include 50,000 square feet of commercial and office space in addition to its 157 residential units. Developer The Kolter Group is working with Casto Southeast Realty Services to land businesses to occupy 38,000 square feet of retail space. Last month, the group announced Neopolitan pizza restaurant MidiCi as its first confirmed tenant. Casto highlighted MidiCi as a business that it believes offers a new product for the Sarasota market. It hopes to find more tenants that carry a similar appeal. “We’re planning at The Mark to create a point of differentiation downtown,” said Brett Hutchens, Casto Southeast’s president and managing partner. Kolter Project Manager David Arent said he is excited about the future of retail in the area — not just at The Mark, but at surrounding properties, as well. “The more you can get that retail in one centralized location, it drives more people to come to that area,” Arent said. “It’s only a benefit.”

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To rebuild board trust Sarasota School Board member Eric Robinson and Superintendent Todd Bowden unveiled their broiling distrust. The board’s effectiveness now hinges on its chair.

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Always take the high road. Praise in public, criticize in private. Do the right thing, the right way, for the right reasons. Take responsibility for your actions. Do your job.

hese pearls of wisdom come to mind after watching the April 3 Sarasota County School Board meeting — specifically, the 45-minute verbal conflagration and meltdown among the five school board members and Superintendent Todd Bowden. What … is … going … on? We thought the Manatee County School Board cornered the market on dysfunction. But Sarasota’s board certainly appeared as dysfunctional a week ago — except that none of the board members tried to run down any fellow board members in the school district’s parking lot. It was ugly and disturbing — most of all, the sparring between board member Eric Robinson and Bowden. If much of the public had witnessed what occurred, it seriously would have rocked taxpayers’ confidence in the board. The dysfunction and animus clearly stems from a mutual dislike and distrust between Robinson and Bowden. Indeed, Robinson ignited an eight-minute verbal firefight when he accused Bowden, in roundabout words, of doing a poor job of representing the district among other local government leaders. Bowden blew. Although he main-

tained his composure well enough not to lose control or shout, he lashed back at Robinson in a way you rarely see a subordinate respond to one of his bosses. “I believe that you agitate,” Bowden said, looking directly at Robinson. “I believe that you drive wedges between us and these other entities. The fact we face a $2.5 million shortfall doesn’t fall at my feet, and I won’t accept that. “The idea we have poor relationships is a narrative you have fueled,” Bowden barked at Robinson. “I will not be attacked by you. I’ve gotten between you and members of my staff on multiple occasions at which you said, ‘I will crush you in public.’ And yes, that is a quote. It is.” When Bowden finished, the other four board members took their turns, expressing their displeasure and dismay at the board strife, at Bowden and at each other. Only board member Jane Goodwin refrained from making specific references to her fellow board members or to Bowden. But longtime board member Caroline Zucker brought the fusillade to a close when she said: “I say we all shut our mouths and learn how to work with the superintendent. And if we can’t, then sit it out or get off the board.” Clearly a slap at Robinson. And now, with this tension-filled episode a dark cloud about to burst into a downpour, the chair of the school board, young Bridget Ziegler, faces a difficult challenge and a crucial test of her leadership: how to put the past behind the board and create an atmosphere of trust, respect and collaboration. The future effectiveness of the board hinges on her navigating and leading successfully through this cauldron. To that end, were we to be in her shoes, our opening remarks at the next board meeting April 17 might go like this: My Fellow Board Members and Citizens of Sarasota County: Let me start with a public apology to all of you. I am sorry I have not done a better job of creating a profes-

KNIGHT, ROBINSON KNOW BETTER Surely Sarasota County School Board member Eric Robinson and Sarasota County Sheriff Tom Knight have been watching the national news lately. And like most of us, they had to be shaking their heads at the two FBI officials — Peter Strzok and Lisa Page — whose running stream of anti-Trump text messages have been plastered all over the national media. How could they be so foolish — especially in their positions — to be sending each other such volatile text messages? By now you would think everyone knows that old rule: Never put on paper or send in digital form anything you would not want to see on the front page of the newspaper. But alas, it still happens. A lot. And not just in Washington, D.C. Robinson and Knight engaged in their version of foolish textmessage conversations March 22. They did so during a board work session regarding who should pay for the additional cost of expanding the safety officers in the district’s elementary schools. Among those texts were derogatory comments toward school

board members in general and board member Shirley Brown: “F them,” Robinson wrote in one, “them” being his board colleagues. The sheriff wrote in one: “I’m shocked that Shirley is so dumb.” Replied Robinson: “I am not.” These texts came to light in the Sarasota Herald-Tribune after Robinson and Superintendent Todd Bowden argued at the April 3 board meeting. When Robinson challenged the veracity of Bowden’s comments, Bowden said he would make public Robinson’s text messages to prove his point. Voila. Knight and Robinson know better. And now, as a result, they have tarnished their reputations. Knight and Robinson know what they should do. If Knight and Robinson are to recover from their lapse in judgment and unprofessional behavior, it would be appropriate at the next board meeting for them to apologize publicly to Brown, board members and Sarasota County residents. From the editorial above: Accept responsibility for your actions. Take the high road.

sional, atmosphere and one that gives our constituents a feeling of confidence and trust — that they can trust us to perform with integrity, competence and decorum. As of today, this minute, this meeting, that will change. I will do all in my power to chair this board in a way that will make you, the citizens and taxpayers of Sarasota County, proud of your school board and that will give you the confidence and trust in us that you deserve. I cannot do this alone. I need the help of my colleagues on the board and of Superintendent Bowden. Our success will start with three things: 1) That we all recognize we not only have a fiduciary duty, we have a duty to preserve, protect and enhance the integrity of this institution — the school board. The teachers, staff and parents of this district have worked hard over many decades to create one of the best school district in Florida. We cannot damage or destroy that. We, all of us on this dais, must live up to that reputation and exceed the standards of our predecessors. We must set the example befitting of a top-tier school system. Protect the integrity. Act with integrity. Nothing less. 2) Trust. For any organization to succeed, its members must have mutual respect and trust in one another. We have not shown those virtues. To earn each other’s trust, we must treat each other at all times with respect. We must be honest with each other — in a respectful way. We must follow the same code we expect of our constituents when they address the board. As I read before public comment at every meeting: “Please note respect and civility for divergent viewpoints will be shown at every board meeting. Whether you agree or disagree with the speaker, you should listen politely and respectfully without making any sounds of approval or disapproval.” To that end, we must remember the first rule of a leader: Praise in public, criticize in private. Yes, we will have differences. But adults and professionals can agree to disagree. I will not tolerate personal attacks. As a wise mentor instructed me: “Stay in your adult.” We must always act as adults. To Mr. Robinson and Superintendent Bowden, I address the following to you and myself: It is quite evident we have had our differences and need to build a new relationship. I pledge to meet privately with Superintendent Bowden to discuss how best he and I can work together — and communicate honestly and respectfully. We all know the root of so many problems often is a result of poor communication. I would hope Mr. Robinson and Superintendent Bowden do the same. 3) Finally, I want to commend all of my colleagues on this board, as well as Superintendent Bowden. I know you all are committed to making this school district the best it can be. But given the past, I nevertheless want to my fellow board members, Superintendent Bowden and myself to answer this important question: What are we willing to commit to going forward? Are we willing to commit to doing everything each of us can to preserve the integrity of this board, to act with integrity and to carry out our duty with respect and trust — for one another and for the good of the district? I am. I will do my best.

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I agree with March 29’s opinion piece “Florida Says No to Power” and the premise that voters should demand Florida open its electricity market to competition. The efforts made by the four largest state investor-owned utilities to block competition from any other source to produce and sell energy is an oligopoly and undemocratic. Florida is one of 10 states in the United States that makes it illegal for anyone other than a regulated utility to produce and sell energy. It is important to note that solar continues to remain an option for homeowners and businesses. In 2016, Florida had the highest growth rate in residential solar in the U.S. at 110%. (source: PV Magazine). Florida has a net metering law, which means Florida utilities are required to provide customers who have solar panels the ability to sell their excess energy back to the utility. The utility must pay the customer the net retail rate for the excess electricity produced. Solar has become more affordable. The cost of solar panels has dropped 75% within the past seven years, and the 30% federal income tax credit continues to provide additional savings. In fact, my husband and I joined the solar co-op last year offered by the nonprofit Solar United Neighbors, and put 5.8 kW of solar on our roof last October. On average, we have

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generated more energy than we consume and will get a check from FPL at the end of the year. We expect a full return on our investment within seven years. As we work to change the laws around energy in our state to be more equitable, we as ratepayers do have the right to generate our own energy from the sun, and if anyone reading this has thought about going solar, I would urge them to look into it. Another solar co-op, offered through the nonprofit, Solar United Neighbors of Florida, will be opening up in May to all Sarasota County residents and small business owners. We appreciated the technical expertise and support provided by SUN FL, and with the bulk purchasing power, we saved an average of 30% compared to the cost of an individual installation. The success of last year’s co-op ranks Sarasota second in total kW installed at 702 of all the SUN FL co-ops in the state. This service is provided at no cost to members, and there is

Recent revelations in local media that Sheriff Tom Knight and School Board Member Eric Robinson conspired to put their own political power and personal vendettas ahead of the safety of our local school children represent a blatant and arrogant break of the public trust. Sarasotans, especially our school children and parents, expect their public servants to lead with high morals and standards. The actions of Knight and Robinson fall well below those ethics and standards. On behalf of the citizens of Sarasota,the Sarasota County Democratic Party demandsa public censure of both politicians. In addition, the Sarasota County Democratic Party demands from Tom Knight and Robinson a public apology for their misogynistic and insulting language about one of Sarasota County’s longest serving and most dedicated public servants, School Board Member Shirley Brown. The actions of these two politicians should outrage all residentsof Sarasota.

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City coordinates potential Lemon Avenue improvements Downtown leaders hope to see an extension of the brick-paved Lemon Avenue mall, but the timing of the project may prove challenging.

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City staff members and downtown leaders are circling an idyllic vision for the segment of Lemon Avenue between Main Street and Pineapple Avenue. Both the city and the Downtown Improvement District have expressed interest in creating a brick-lined streetscape with no curbs. The design would extend the Lemon Avenue mall near

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of the private project. The Downtown Improvement District has implored the city to move quickly toward producing more detailed engineering plans for the Lemon Avenue project, even raising the possibility of sharing the expenses with the city. At its April 3 meeting, the board asked city staff to examine the possibilities for accelerating the planning process. “There’s a sense of urgency, because construction is imminent at The Mark, and it doesn’t compute with what this design would be,” said John Moran, the DID’s operations manager. Last year, as the city worked on a master plan for improving Paul Thorpe Park at Lemon and Pineapple Avenue, it also developed concept plans for a new design for Lemon Avenue. The plans call for a resurfaced streetscape and the removal of curbs between State Street and Pineapple Avenue. Although the goal is to mirror the look of the portion of Lemon Avenue between First Street and Main Street, the city isn’t certain it’s possible to achieve the desired design. City utilities and engineering staff must first determine whether the project can proceed without disturbing utility lines and other underground components. The prospect of redesigning the Lemon Avenue streetscape is exciting for the developers of The Mark. The project coincides with the closure of a segment of State Street between Lemon and Pineapple avenues, transforming that block into a pedestrian area. Kolter project manager David Arent said a redesigned Lemon Avenue would be in keeping with the vibe the developer hopes to foster at The Mark.

“I personally like the look very much,” Arent said. “I feel like it unifies it as more of a pedestrianfriendly downtown walking area, as opposed to separating the sidewalk from the street.” The problem, however, is that Kolter doesn’t know with certainty what the city is going to end up doing on Lemon Avenue. Right now, Kolter’s plans call for the construction of a six-inch curb on the sidewalks alongside The Mark property. That’s incongruous with what the city hopes to do on Lemon Avenue, but it’s unclear whether the curbless design can actually come to fruition. Kolter, then, is stuck in a difficult position. Ideally, the city and the developer can coordinate the two projects, allowing the streetscape to come together harmoniously. But Arent said Kolter would like to know for sure what the city is doing within the next six months. Any longer than that, and the developer might need to push forward on its own — and the city might have to undo the curbs later. “The end goal is that nobody takes out anybody else’s work,” Arent said. The Downtown Improvement District pledged to discuss the streetscape project further at its next meeting. Board members have identified the Lemon Avenue redesign as an undertaking they believe could help beautify downtown. As a result, they’re determined to find an avenue for providing the necessary details to Kolter as quickly as possible — and for moving forward with the street improvements. “The sooner we have the information, the better off we are,” Arent said.

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Commissioners want to revisit paid parking on Key Three surveys of residents and business owners on Siesta Key show support for paid parking. CASSIDY ALEXANDER STAFF WRITER

At Commissioner Al Maio’s urging, the County Commission will renew the discussion of paid parking on Siesta Key. “I cannot go to a meeting on Siesta without a question about parking,” Maio told commissioners at an April 10 meeting. “Are we going to address it? Do we want paid parking?” Commissioners agreed to host a workshop where stakeholders can discuss the possibility of paid parking on Siesta Key, and other parking options, like the lot in the works at 6647 Midnight Pass Road. Maio cited three surveys that showed members of the Siesta Key Association, the Siesta Key Condominium Association and the Siesta Key Chamber of Commerce in favor of paid parking at the public beach, if county residents were exempt and if the money raised stays on Siesta Key. “It’s going to be a fairness issue,” Commission Chair Nancy Detert said, suggesting the county should survey residents in other areas as well. But Maio said what the three Siesta organizations want — such

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Film festival president plans mixed-use project A residential and office development is coming to the Rosemary District home of the Sarasota Film Festival.

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SOUND CHECK 6:11 p.m. — 1300 block of Boulevard of the Arts Noise complaint: A man reported that the church next door had a band playing and said the noise was rattling his walls. He invited an officer inside to observe the noise. The officer was able to hear faint music, but it did not violate the city’s noise ordinance. The officer informed the man about the specifics of the city’s noise regulations.

COMING ON STRONG 2:38 p.m. — 0 block of North Boulevard of the Presidents Dispute: An employee at a restaurant reported that she had an argument with three customers. The customers ordered drinks and immediately complained that it did not taste like there was any alcohol in the beverages. The employee told them they could get an extra shot of alcohol for the drinks, but the customers would have to pay for them. The customers became angry and said they wouldn’t pay for more alcohol. They demanded new drinks for free, and the employee said she could not do that. The customers then stormed out of the restaurant. An officer was unable to locate the customers in the area.

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For more than three decades, developer and Sarasota Film Festival President Mark Famiglio has had a stake in the cultural district around the center of Sarasota. Over that time, he has seen the heart of the city transform. Most recently, that transformation has been pronounced in the Rosemary District, where the Famiglio-owned office of the Sarasota Film Festival is located. Now, Famiglio wants to redevelop that property — a reflection of the ongoing changes within the Rosemary District. In February, Famiglio filed plans with the city to build a five-story mixed-use project at 332 Cocoanut Ave. The first two levels include 10,000 square feet of office space. A segment of that will be devoted to the film festival — though the amount of space the organization uses may vary depending on the time of the year. Chuck Madden, Famiglio’s partner on the project, said the developers are exploring the possibility of using the office as

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“You get better every day. You have to grind until you can’t grind anymore.” — Sarasota High School’s Charles Ward SEE PAGE 19A

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Championship meets act as a sendoff for some rowers and an introduction for others.

Booker High junior Nikki Marceus won the girls shot put (36 feet, 0.75 inches) and discus (86 feet, 9 inches) events April 5 at the Sarasota County Championships.

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Clark Dean, front, will race this weekend in his final sculling state championships.

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Riverview High junior Kate Zoltak scored six goals April 6 in the Rams’ 17-3 lacrosse win against host Calvary Christian.

Riverview High senior Tyler Dunigan won the boys 100-meter race (11.17 seconds) April 5 at the Sarasota County Championships.

Booker High senior Jermaine Ziegler won the boys 200-meter race (22.76 seconds) April 5 at the Sarasota County Championships.

Former Cardinal Mooney basketball player Antonio Blakeney, now with the Chicago Bulls organization, won the G League Rookie of the Year Award on April 5.

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t might be hard to believe, but the spring sports season is at the beginning of its end. For proof, look no further than rowing. The Florida State Rowing Association’s State Sculling Championships are scheduled for April 14 and 15 at Nathan Benderson Park, and the association’s State Sweep Championships are two weeks after. For some rowers, like Sarasota Crew senior Olivia DeNiro, the two meets will serve as a last hurrah. She’s the captain of the Crew’s girls team, and she shuffles in her chair when asked about the meaning of the Crew in her life. “The camaraderie has been incredible,” DeNiro said. “I value the bonds I have made with my coaches. Being here taught me to be a better person than I was the day before.” DeNiro will row for the University of Louisville in the fall. She would never have considered the school if not for rowing, she said, and she’s grateful her sport helped her find it. She’s no stranger to the sport’s pressures and said she still gets nervous before each race, though over the years she’s learned to channel that energy into her performance. If her boat isn’t in front at the beginning of the race, she “doesn’t freak out.” Instead, she uses it as motivation to push her body to the limit toward the finish line. She’ll miss the achievements (her girls eight boat came in fourth nationally in 2016), but also the goofs, like when she had to tell her coaches she’d miss two weeks of practice in July 2017 because ... she gave herself a concussion. “I was getting gas, and I climbed back into my car,” DeNiro said. “My head was too close to the door, and I literally closed it with my head between the door and the car. I was full-on knocked out. The gas station was close to my house, so I woke up, drove home

and called my parents. When I went to the hospital, the doctor was like, ‘Yep, you definitely have a concussion.’ It was the most embarrassing thing. My coaches still make fun of me for it.” DeNiro will helm the girls quad at the sculling championships, and boys team captain Clark Dean will helm the boys quad. Dean is also a senior, and gained fame last summer when he became the first American in 50 years to win the single scull race at the World Junior Championships. He’s taking these state meets as seriously as he took Juniors. “I’m still excited,” he said. “There’s still things I haven’t done. You always compare yourself and your crew to crews of the past, trying to beat their performances.” Dean is off to Harvard University in the fall, and said that rowing has given him some of the best friends in his life. He’s excited to be rowing against them instead of with them next season, showing a hint of his competitiveness. One person less nostalgic for the meets than DeNiro and Dean is junior Madeleine Palmer, who joined the Crew this season after moving to Sarasota from Dulwich, an area south of London, England. Aside from the heat, which Palmer said she’s still getting used to, the biggest difference in rowing between the two countries is style. Palmer never learned to sweep in England, she said, and learning to do so here has been a challenge. She’s still more comfortable sculling, so this weekend’s events should ease her into the postseason. “It’s pretty intense in England,” Palmer said of rowing. “It’s a popular sport. But there’s a ‘bigger’ buildup here, with state and regional and national races. In England, it’s just nationals. “I’m expecting pressure. I need to stay relaxed at the start and keep my cool, then I’ll be OK.” She did fine when her girls quad took fourth in the British Championships in her last English race,

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Olivia DeNiro will row for the University of Louisville next fall.

Madeleine Palmer, a junior, came to the Sarasota Crew this season from England.

so the junior quad race at states shouldn’t be too terrifying. Palmer added that the workouts are more strenuous in the U.S., lasting three hours instead of two, and that things happen here during races that you wouldn’t see in England in a lifetime. Like at the Crew’s West District meet April 8, when races were delayed because of an alligator on the course. She’s learning to embrace all of it, she said, and she’s happy to be here. The meet runs all day Saturday and Sunday.

“The camaraderie has been incredible. I value the bonds I have made with my coaches. Being here taught me to be a better person than I was the day before.” — Olivia DeNiro

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think I like boxing now? The question mark isn’t a mistake. I’m still unsure of how I came to this decision and, for that matter, if I truly feel this way or am still riding the first-time high. See, I had never been to a boxing match before, or even watched the sport, save a Mayweather fight here and highlights of an Ali fight there. I’ve watched more UFC than boxing, to be honest, because of the variance in technique, but I’m not a huge fan of that either. You see one guy lying in an ocean of his own blood and drool, you’ve seen them all. That was the old me. The me who hadn’t waltzed into the Sarasota Municipal Auditorium on April 7 to see Mike Ford in person. Yes, that Mike Ford. Sarasota High football’s homegrown Predator drone is now a boxer, entering April 7 with a 3-0 record. He was trying to make it 4-0 against Gary Kelly. Ford entered the ring to the theme song of WWE legend The Undertaker, the familiar chimes chilling the audience. At 248 pounds, Ford looked all business.

There seemed, to me, to be a significant problem, though, and it was that Kelly weighed 378 pounds. That’s a big difference! Ford looked downright lean in comparison. As the two bumped fists and the bell rang, I wondered how Ford would counter his mass disadvantage. It turns out the answer was as simple as “punching real hard.” Ford dominated the first round. After a flurry by both men to start the fight, Kelly tired, giving Ford a chance to do damage. On April 10, sitting outside the Sarasota Boxing Gym, Ford said throwing jabs is a lot like throwing stiff arms. Kelly did push Ford to the mat as the round ended. He wasn’t going to quit. Then the second round began, and Ford threw what I can only describe as sledgehammer blows to Kelly’s face, one and another and another, and Kelly fell, and the referee counted to 10, and the fight was over. Ford won by knockout. Kelly lay inches from my face, his hand trying to find the ropes to help himself up. He stayed on the mat until his trainers arrived. His face was bloody. “That was a Tyson situation,”

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Mike Ford (black shorts) hits Gary Kelly with a jab.

Ford said. “I executed and did it.” I watched all of this through my camera lens. I felt damp from the sweat of both men landing on me when they tussled against the ropes. My heart rate elevated. I tried to process what I had witnessed. It was beautiful violence. It was old school supremacy. It was everything that in any other context I would rally against, and I wanted more. So I stayed. I watched Joshua Draughter and James Early fight to a split decision, with Early coming out the victor, and I watched Sarasota’s Adrian Perez get a unanimous win over Naples’ Tommy Bryant in the main event. I understand why boxing

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makes some people uncomfortable. Like I said, I may still be one of them. My Saturday night was like the first time you have two too many drinks and you slip into a deep buzz before awaking with a thunderous headache. Yeah, there are some things about the experience you have to wrangle internally. You may even swear off booze “forever” the next day, and you swear off boxing forever, after looking back at the whole knocking someone unconscious thing, and the prominence of chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) in the news, and … then you remember how it felt in the moment, and you give it another chance.

The sport gave Ford a second chance, after all. Now, he and the Sarasota Boxing Club want to resurrect it in the public eye. “Let’s make boxing great again” is a common phrase heard in the gym, started by a boxer named Medusa. To Ford, it’s a rallying cry. There aren’t any American boxers with household names, he said, except for Deontay Wilder. Ford is going to try to bring respect back to the sport and its U.S.-born gladiators. “We’ve got to represent,” he said. Ford doesn’t yet know when his next fight night will be, but said he’d like to fight at least once a month. That means plenty of opportunities to see him do his thing, if you so desire. I hope you do watch him and the rest of the local scene, if for no other reason than to see what it’s all about. Ford said he trained harder for the Kelly fight than he ever has, including for football. When people described him with words like “legend” or “phenom” back then, he heard them, but he didn’t understand their significance. After his documented struggles, Ford is finally ready to live out those words and try to embody them. He’s going to be the best Mike Ford he can be, to himself and his family.

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

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sharks in Hawaii. I won’t get too close, though. I can’t swim. What is your biggest fear? Either messing up my career or not finishing something, like goals I set.

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Run for the Turtles races into 32nd year

ea turtle nesting season is just a few weeks away, but supporters of the flippered animals are thinking of them in the off-season. On April 7, more than 1,000 people gathered on Siesta Beach for Mote Marine Laboratory’s 32nd Annual Run for the Turtles. The morning began at 7:30 a.m. with the 1-mile fun-run/walk. The Manasota Track Club-sanctioned 5K took place at 8 a.m. Mote mascots Shelley the Sea Turtle and Gilly the Shark were on hand to provide high-fives, photo opportunities and laughs. The run provides support for Mote’s Sea Turtle Conservation and Research Program. Mote monitors beaches from Longboat Key through Venice each nesting season. In 2017, 4,503 nests were tallied.

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Actress Ali Wentworth dishes on life, love and aging

ctress and author Ali Wentworth has been surrounded by politics all her life, which has led to some interesting encounters. While growing up as the child of a political journalist during the Watergate years (Eric Wentworth of the Washington Post is her father), her family’s telephone lines were tapped. Wentworth saw it as an opportunity to occasionally yell into the receiver. As an adult, she attempted to give a gift to then-Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld by throwing it over his fence. She was quickly surrounded by his security guards. Wentworth, 53, shared these

stories and more April 9 as the final speaker of this year’s Ringling College Library Association Town Hall Lecture Series at the Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall. Wentworth made her television debut as a cast member on the sketch comedy series “In Living Color.” In movies, Wentworth appeared in “Jerry Maguire” and “Office Space.” Most recently, she created and stars in the comedy TV series “Nightcap.” Wentworth is also a best-selling author. Her most recent memoir, “Go Ask Ali,” will be released on April 24. “The book is based on mistakes I’ve made,” said Wentworth. “I have a lot of advice to give,

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hen Christine Hopkins, director of education at Florida Studio Theatre, was trying to think of a final project for her Youth Acting III class, she was at a loss. Then it came to her. This year’s class was made up of girls fiercely proud of their individuality, and Hopkins wanted to put together a project to reflect that. “I just wanted something that was meaningful to them,” Hopkins said. “They are all so individual and so proud of being individual that I thought, ‘How do I do this?’ They are amazing and have so much personality.” The answer came in the form of a book by photographer Kate T. Parker, “Strong is the New Pretty,” a collection of photos and stories about the strength and spirit of girls being themselves. Kate Alexander, associate director-at-large of FST, suggested the book to Hopkins, who fell in love with its message. “Even though it’s a book of photos and quotes, I knew there was a play in there,” she said. Each week, the class discussed a theme from the book, such as kindness, confidence and silliness. “We went through the book

page by page and got to hear their opinions about celebrating their weirdness,” said Denee Lortz, a teaching artist at FST who taught the class with Hopkins. “That’s a beautiful thing to come together and be passionate about our individuality. “It was also amazing to witness girls at this age be so empathetic toward other females.” Hopkins recruited actress and playwright Natalie Symons to write the play. Symons attended a few classes to get to the know the girls in the class, who were between 8 and 11 years old.

“That’s a beautiful thing to come together and be passionate about our individuality.” — Denee Lortz, FST teaching artist

“What excited me about this project, especially during this time and climate of celebrating strong young women, is that it’s female-driven,” Symons said. “I wanted to find a fictional story they would be excited to tell. I talked to the girls a lot about animals, which inspired the story for the play.” Symons weaved together quotes from Parker’s book and the girls’ own stories and experiences to write the play, “Schooney’s Home for Girls and John.” The play’s narrative centers on a group of orphaned girls under the care of Schooney, played by Lortz, and how they uplift each

other and rely on one another to save a baby dinosaur from getting into the wrong hands. At the heart of the play is a message that resonated with each girl. “Each of us can be different, and that’s OK,” said Eliza Radford, who played Margo, a wheelchairbound girl with juvenile arthritis and an unwavering sense of positivity. “I liked learning about all the girls and their true spirit.” Each girl said they felt a connection to their characters, whether it was sharing their character’s love of books or capacity for forgiveness. The girls also got to pick their characters’ own names and had input into what their costumes should look like. “The play shows that you don’t have to be a boy to do whatever you want,” said Nya Chambliss, who played Kehrena, an 8-yearold who gets teased by the other girls for acting like she’s 80. “I just wanna show girls that boys don’t boss you around, and they don’t rule the world.” Fellow cast member Siena Tonini added, “I realized so many people cared about making a play about girls empowerment.” The class presented the play April 3 to a private audience of friends and family and performed for a public audience April 6 at FST’s Keating Theatre. “I’d like for the play and the conversation around girls’ empowerment to extend into our community,” said Hopkins. “The goal is not to keep it here but to spread it.”

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he Michael’s On East ballroom was a sea of every shade of blue — the national color for child abuse awareness — April 6 for the Child Protection Center’s 14th Annual Blue Ribbon Breakfast. April is Child Abuse Prevention month. The breakfast is held each April to honor and thank members of organizations that help the Child Protection Center in the fight against child abuse. Dozens of partner organizations attended the event including local attorneys, the Sarasota Police Department and the Florida Depart-

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oul food historian Adrian Miller says he “drops knowledge like hot biscuits,” which he did April 4 at the Soul Food Symposium held at University of South Florida Sarasota-Manatee’s Selby Auditorium. Miller, a former lawyer turned soul food scholar, was the keynote speaker at the event. He lectured on the history of soul food and explained the origins of such dishes as macaroni and cheese, candied yams and black-eyed peas. The symposium was hosted by USF Sarasota-Manatee’s Center for Partnerships for Arts-Integrated Teaching, the campus’ Multicultural Affairs Committee, New College of Florida and the Mellon Foundation in an effort to bring together the campus communities and the public to celebrate the histories and influences of soul food, which has its roots in Southern cuisine, as well as food traditions from other cultures. “Food is a gateway that connects us,” said Denise Davis-Cotton, coordinator for the Center for Partnerships for ArtsIntegrated Teaching. “It carries emotion and memory. It is the most basic part

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amon Powers’ passion for landscape photography has taken him all over Florida — from Everglades National Park to shoot the Milky Way to the east coast of the state to capture the SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket launch. But the place he feels most comfortable shooting is his native Sarasota. “I know the area well being born and raised here, so I know of excellent photo locations that typical people don’t visit,” said Powers. “I like to share the beauty of the Suncoast that the average person doesn’t know about.” Through sharing his work on Instagram, Powers’ has caught the eye of Nikon and was selected as one of its #Nikon100 photographers. To celebrate the camera company’s 100th anniversary, Nikon launched a social media campaign in July 2017 to identify 100 up-and-coming photographers who work with Nikon equipment, wrapping up its campaign last month. Nikon chose photographers who used the hashtag #Nikon100 on their Instagram posts. The photographers were analyzed and selected based on technical skill. Thousands of entries all over the world were considered. “It was a great honor for one of my favorite manufacturers in the photography industry to feature my work,” said Powers. “Ever since I started photography, I wanted to be noticed by Nikon

for my images. I want to maybe someday become a Nikon ambassador and share my stories as a photographer with other people. For Nikon to reach out and feature my work is truly incredible.” Powers, 27, said his photography journey began when he was a student at Sarasota High School, where he took a film photography class. “I was instantly hooked on the magic that happens with processing film, working in the darkroom and seeing your images come to life,” he said. He shot images on film with a Nikon N55 SLR camera. His move to digital photography was encouraged by his friend Dylan Jon Wade Cox, a fellow Sarasota photographer. “He taught me a lot about digital photography and pushed me into becoming a better photographer,” said Powers, who now shoots with a Nikon D810 digital SLR camera. His portfolio is defined by the Sarasota area’s natural surroundings richly saturated by the colors of the sunset, the glow of a full moon across the city’s skyline and plenty of images featuring one of photography’s trickiest subjects, lightning. Powers described himself as a “technical shooter” who spends a lot of time finding good compositions and waiting for the right moment to capture an image. “You have to understand that you won’t always take a beautiful photo every time you go out,” Powers said. “I’ve stood out in thunderstorms numerous times

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S I E S TA K E Y 8776 Midnight Pass Road 107C Kristen Srur 941-350-0612 A4213498 $475,000

S I E S TA K E Y 5855 Midnight Pass Road 532 Joyce Naegele 941-586-7959 A4215407 $460,000

S I E S TA K E Y 8767 Midnight Pass Road 402F Marlene & George Marshall 941-539-8850 A4215741 $425,000

S A R A S O TA 4148 Hearthstone Drive Beverly Alter 941-228-4556 A4210889 $402,000

S A R A S O TA 3007 Alta Vista Street Kaitlin Kuhn 941-400-7861 A4215267 $349,000

S A R A S O TA 4577 Legacy Court Anja Deichmann 941-284-7987 A4206708 $332,500

VENICE 20690 Vita Court Tracy Pierce 941-275-1570 N5916765 $319,900

S A R A S O TA 4420 Players Place 2223B2 Robert Agnello 941-928-1328 A4214698 $242,800

S A R A S O TA 8961 Veranda Way 715 Marilyn Vespoli 201-926-7272 A4166933 $224,500

VENICE 585 Circlewood Drive X-3 Dianne Corcoran 941-266-1426 N5916982 $192,500

S I E S TA K E Y 8319 Midnight Pass Road Nora Johnson 941-809-1700 A4184004 $3,495,000

S A R A S O TA 1541 Caribbean Drive Daria Spina 941-650-7207 A4215465 $3,100,000

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S I E S TA K E Y 625 Norsota Way Kim & Michael Ogilvie 941-376-1717 A4210609 $6,950,000

S A R A S O TA 1155 N Gulfstream Avenue 1504 Bibi-Ann Allard PA 941-685-0422 A4215032 $1,595,000

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RESIDENTIAL REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS

ADAM HUGHES RESEARCH EDITOR

MARCH 26-30

Other top sales by area

two-property sale on Casey Key tops all transactions in this week’s real estate. Steven and Karen Lee, of Sarasota, sold two properties at 420 N. Casey Key Road to Chris Bauleke and Natalie Bauleke, trustee, of Savage, Minn., for $3,075,000. The first property was built in 1968, it has four bedrooms, six baths, a pool and 6,846 square feet of living area. The second was built in 1968, it has one bedroom, one bath and 364 square feet of living area. They previously sold for $2.4 million in 2004. SARASOTA

SARASOTA BAY CLUB Sarasota Bay Club LLC sold the Unit 627 condominium at 1299 Tamiami Trail to Marvin and Betty Morse, of Sarasota, for $1.4 million. Built in 2003, it has three bedrooms, two-and-ahalf baths and 2,343 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $1,092,000 in 2004. VUE KPC Sarasota Development LLC sold the Unit 201 condominium at 1155 N. Gulfstream Ave. to Marc Hoffman and Janis Reed Hoffman, of Pittsburgh, for $1.3 million. Built in 2017, it has three bedrooms, two-and-a-half baths and 2,200 square feet of living area.

Michael Tolentino, trustee, of Henderson, Nev., sold the Unit 806 condominium at 1155 N. Gulfstream Ave. to Frank Torchio and Mary Ann McGuire, of Rochester, N.Y., for $1,145,000. Built in 2017, it has two bedrooms, two-and-a-half baths and 1,701 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $945,000 in 2017.

EMBASSY HOUSE

Joan Engelbach, of Sarasota, sold her Unit 1801 condominium at 770 S. Palm Ave. to Donald Bailey and Kai Ming Ling Bailey, of Chattanooga, Tenn., for $1.1 million. Built in 1975, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,408 square feet of living area. PHILLIPPI LANDINGS

Fredrick and Linda Robinson, of Sarasota, sold their Unit 701 condominium at 1921 Monte Carlo Drive to Charles Walters, of Sarasota, for $975,000. Built in 2006, it has three bedrooms, three baths and 2,793 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $750,000 in 2012.

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Vue Wasyl Mirutenko and Natalie Szczerbak Mirutenko, of Del Mar, Calif., sold their Unit 1109 condominium at 1155 N. Gulfstream Ave. to Ira and Deborah Rosenberg, of W. Orange, N.J., for $1.61 million. Built in 2017, it has two bedrooms, three baths and 2,243 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $1,399,000 in 2017.

REAL ESTATE

Two Casey Key properties sell for $3,075,000

PALMER RANCH

Silver Oak Arthur and Rena Jacoby, of Lakewood Ranch, sold their home at 8986 Wildlife Loop to Fredrick and Linda Robinson, of Sarasota, for $595,000. Built in 2002, it has three bedrooms, three-anda-half baths, a pool and 3,209 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $775,000 in 2005.

NOKOMIS

Falcon Trace at Calusa Lakes

SIESTA KEY Prince’s Gate

1225 Whitehall Property Holdings LLC sold the home at 1225 Whitehall Place to Roxanne Morgan, of Sarasota, for $1.15 million. Built in 1973, it has four bedrooms, five-anda-half baths, a pool and 2,875 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $690,000 in 2015.

Denise and Deene Yenchochi, of Connellsville, Pa., sold their home at 2320 Falcon Trace Lane to David and Lisa Thunell, of Osterville, Mass., for $320,000. Built in 1998, it has two bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 1,900 square feet of living area.

OSPREY OAKS D.R. Horton Inc. sold the home at 42 Osprey Point Drive to Martin and Marsha Thompson, of Osprey, for $1,025,000. Built in 2017, it has three bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 3,706 square feet of living area.

LO C A L LY K N OW N . G LO B A L LY C O N N E C T E D.

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5100 Ocean Blvd. • Siesta Key • 941. 232.2868 Jonathan’s outstanding track record in real estate has positioned him as an expert on luxury waterfront properties and new downtown condominiums.

TOP BUILDING PERMITS

He is the Company-Wide Top Agent for 2017.

These are the largest city of Sarasota and Sarasota County building permits issued for the week of March 26-30, in order of dollar amounts.

He provides:

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Permit

Applicant

5110 Brywill Circle

Remodel

Mark Hatton

1111 Ritz Carlton Drive #1803 Renovations

Amount $300,000

William Steigerwaldt, $210,000

Renovations

Bettina Smallman

900 Whitakers Lane

Reroof

Richard Ratner

$72,550

2646 Cheryle Lane

Windows

Maritza Gonzalez

$28,205

1021 Allendale Ave.

Windows

Randy Shelter

$19,427

1369 Harbor Drive

Demolition

Theo Meyer

$16,500

1624 Seminole Drive

Windows

Martha Le Brun

$14,850

464 Golden Gate Point #602 Mechanical 5001 Stevens Drive

Windows

$114,906

George Loesel

$13,917

John Fahey

$12,791

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5246 Winding Way

Remodel

Allan Newmore

$125,000

1528 Southbay Drive

Alterations

John Corgan III

$68,000

571 N. Mac Ewen Drive

Reroof

Robert Starr

$67,000

3908 Waypoint Ave.

Pool/Spa/Deck

Rita Hollingsworth

5223 Carmilfra Drive

Pool/Deck

Craig Strickland

585 Eagle Watch Lane

Reroof

Robert Buckley

$53,900

5577 Semolino St.

Pool/Deck

Rains Brenton

$50,000

392 Bunker Lane

Reroof

Douglas Grim

$48,700

8982 Wildlife Loop

Windows

Steven Murray

$48,000

515 Reid St.

Pool/Spa

Nicholas Briggs

$46,000

CASEY KEY 2905 Casey Key Road A4168851 $6,795,000

S A R A S O TA 2727 Dick Wilson Drive A4200693 $2,190,000

S A R A S O TA 1155 N Gulfstream Avenue 305 A4202467 $1,689,000

S A R A S O TA 1930 Wisteria Street A4211221 $1,199,000

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2470 sf, 3 bed, 3 bath, with 2 terraces. Expanded Living Room/Dining Room. Spacious Master with 2 walk-in closets, large en suite bath with jetted tub, dual sinks & walk-in shower. Gulfside pool & spa, private 420’ beach, tennis. 24-hour concierge, guest studios, on-site management South Longboat Key location with nearby golf.

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Picture perfect views of the sparkling turquoise Gulf and the private 900’ white sand beach 2BD/2BA, 1282 sf condo just steps from Siesta Key’s charming Village restaurants and boutiques Two heated swimming pools, fitness center, shuffleboard, library and tranquil lagoon on-site Secured building entry & covered parking

4963 Oxford Drive, Siesta Key       

5 Bedroom, 4.5 Bath home. Double sided fireplace. 3,240 Square Feet of Living Space. Large pool and patio area. Plenty of room for family, guests, & entertaining. 16,000 pound lift. Dock has electric and water. 1 bridge to the Intracoastal.

Offered at $1,060,000 MLS A4190302 Offered at $799,000 MLS A4211852 Offered at $1,195,000 Voted Sarasota Magazine’s Five Star Agent “Best in Client Satisfaction” 13 Years in a Row Coldwell Banker - International President’s Premier Agent Coldwell Banker Residential Real Estate 5145 Ocean Blvd., Sarasota, FL

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Large 2 Bedrooms, 2 Baths 3rd floor Corner End Unit  35’ Screened Lanai  1,271 SF u/a, Total SF 1,557  All rooms facing open lagoon with tropical landscaping and wildlife  800’ private gulf frontage  10 minutes to downtown for arts and entertainment  One block North of “The Village” featuring restaurants, shopping, post office and unique novelty shops

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Items Under $200 For Sale

Boat Slips For Rent/Sale

Positions Wanted

Vacation/Seasonal Rentals

35 QUALITY, assorted, glass & crystal, wine, rocks, martini, unique decanters, wine rack. $40 (941)504-0165.

BOAT SLIP for rent/sale. High and dry indoor marina. Excellent location, instant access to Gulf and bay. Up to 25/ft. Call 941-544-5597.

Garage/Moving/Estate Sales

LONGBOAT KEY: immaculate 1BR, ground floor walk out, directly on beach, full Gulf view, screened-in lanai, end unit, Call for availability. 847-508-0752, Susan.

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CAREGIVER EXPERIENCED CHHA available. Compassionate, dependable, honest, hardworking CHHA available Full time, Part time, Overnight. Excellent references. (732) 682−3663.

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SEASON 2019: 1BR/1BA, near Lido Beach, St. Armands & downtown. Bay view, heated pool. N/S, No pets. 55+. $2500/mo. + tax, 3/month minimum. 408-663-3900.

BICYCLE BUILT for 2: two seater, Japanese, 21 speed, $200. 941-724-4815. COMFORTER: EDDIE Bauer, new, full size, white, 54”x75”, will take $150, worth much more, 941-321-6642. INVERSION TABLE: 3/4, excellent shape, $150 o/b/o. 941-924-0876. JACKET: STYLISH, 1990s black leather, $50. Miata custom sun visor, $50. Miata car cover, $99. 941-544-8385. LADIES’ BIKE: Ryder 24 inch. Like new, $100. 941-927-3804. PUSH MOWER: self-propelled, runs good, $50. Weed wacker, $60. 941-302-4327. SHOP VACUUM, $30 o/b/o. Sturdy 6/ft. boating table, $30 o/b/o. 941-387-1353. TRASH COMPACTOR: Broan 12 inch, runs great. Came off boat, $200. 941-349-9639 .

GARAGE SALE Saturday April 14th - 9:30a.m. - 4p.m. 5580 Cape Leyte Dr., Siesta Beach What’s on Sale? Extensive range of electric kitchen appliances, Fridges, Large bottles of Whisky, Guitar & Amp, Crockery, Beach Chairs, Barbecues and much more! 941-374-6011 JACARANDA TRACE: MOVING SALE. Saturday 4/14, 10a.m.-2p.m. Unit 411, Whittier Manor, 3730 Cadbury Circle, Venice. 5’6” glass bar, 2 new Persian rugs, 2 complete single beds, 2 single beds with rattan headboards, 2 dressers with mirrors, 40 pieces of art, refrigerator, 4 small TV’s, etc. Call 941-822-5498.

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This week’s Sudoku answers

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FOLDING BIKE: 20 inch for Boat, RV, Condo. As new, $145. (941) 753−6711.

Condos For Sale

VILLA AT THE MEADOWS: 3 - 5/mo. summer lease starting May to November, 2BR/21BA, W/D, enclosed lanai, attached garage and golf course view. 516-448-6190.

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SIAM STERLING PIN / EARRINGS Siam sterling red enamel pin & earrings, $50. (941) 350−0820.

VIOLIN: HALF size (used) w/Bow and Case, $69. Full size Violin (new) w/Bow and Case, $130. 941-358-8511.

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COLDWELL BANKER Siesta Key | 4/2 | $1,300,000 6300 Midnight Pass Rd, #1109

Siesta Key | 4/3 | $1,299,000 5145 Sandy Shore Avenue

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582782 Lolita Berezowsky 866.600.6008 Search A4207455 on cbhomes.com

Deer Creek | 4/3 | $649,500 8704 Woodbriar Dr

Whispering Sands | 2/2 | $797,000 19 Whispering Sands Dr, #1003

Siesta Key | 3/2.1 | $775,000 695 Tropical Cir

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Country Club of Sarasota | 4/3 | $629,900 3882 Spyglass Hill Rd

Granada Park | 3/3 | $587,000 1736 Stapleton St

Sarasota | 3/2 | $579,900 11254 Sandhill Preserve Dr

Treymore at Village of Palm Aire I | 4/3 | $549,900 4743 Carrington Cir

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Dolphin Tower | 2/2 | $525,000 101 S Gulfstream Ave, #5H

Sarasota | 3/3 | $519,000 5888 Snowy Egret Dr

Barton Farms | 4/3 | $479,900 2724 Harvest Dr

Sandhill Preserve | 3/2 | $474,900 11249 Sandhill Preserve Dr

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Sawgrass | 3/2.1 | $499,000 Open Sun 1-4 460 Otter Creek Dr

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Sawgrass | 3/2 | $455,000 Open Sun 1-4 386 Marsh Landing Way

Hudson Oaks | 2/2 | $450,000 Open Sun 1-4 1740 Alderman St, #13

Stonebridge | 3/2 | $428,000 Open Sun 1-4 4820 Flagstone Dr

Pelican Cove | 2/3 | $399,000 1510 Pelican Point Dr, #168

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South Gate | 3/3 | $334,900 Open Sun 1-4 2217 Goldenrod St

The Meadows | 3/2 | $319,000 3854 Lyndhurst Ct

Villa Amalfi | 2/2 | $315,000 6326 Positano Ct

Bradenton | 3/3 | $309,000 6614 Stone River Rd

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Stoneybrook Fairway | 2/2 | $303,999 Open Sun 1-4 9651 Castle Point Dr, #1313

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Venice Villas | 1/1 | $295,000 908 Villas Dr, #37

The Strand | 1/1.1 | $282,240 1889 N Tamiami Trl, #210-B

Arielle on Palmer Ranch | 3/2 | $279,900 4514 Streamside Ct, #1401

Palmer Oaks | 2/2 | $259,900 8727 Karpeal Dr, #1005

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583227 Angela Kaleskas 866.600.6008 Search A4207951 on cbhomes.com

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589331 Rebecca St. Pierre 866.600.6008 Search A4213192 on cbhomes.com

Sarasota | 2/2 | $253,000 Open Sat/Sun 1-4 5928 Driftwood Ave, #18

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