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Tee time now set for 2023 City reshapes greens, opening plans in renovation of Bobby Jones course. SEE PAGE 3A

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In the middle of all this summer heat, it’s good to have a little holiday cheer, complete with St. Nick a half-year early in July.

That was the case when Santa Claus (played by Eldred Brown) made a stop at the Bazaar on Apricot and Lime during the business’s Christmas in July event.

Families took photos with Father Christmas and had breakfast early in the morning.

That’s probably for the best — Rudolph’s red nose is proven in fog, but might not be so effective in a Florida summertime thunderstorm.

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SMH rises to the top of another list Fresh off inclusion on a list of the nation’s top 100 hospitals, Sarasota Memorial Hospital took multiple spots on U.S. News’ Best Hospitals list, including ranking No. 1 in the Sarasota-Bradenton area and No. 6 in Florida.

The 2022-2023 ranking placed SMH in the top 50 hospitals nationally for people recovering from serious injuries and diseases as well as for specialized urology care. It also received high-performer marks for gastroenterology and gastrointestinal surgery and 15 other specialties.

Mom and daughter work hard to put best foot forward.

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Daphne White and Abigail Gbadebo have been participating in Miss Amazing competitions for 10 years. Gbadebo is heading to the National Miss Amazing Summit in Nashville on Friday, July 29.

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Turtle Tracks AS OF JULY 23 TOTAL NESTS: Siesta Key Lido Key Casey Key

2022 519 155 1,961

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2021 500 98 1,382

TOTAL FALSE CRAWLS: 2022 2021 Siesta Key 578 571 Lido Key 197 253 Casey Key 1,862 1,708 Source: Mote Marine Laboratory

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A rendering of the Mote Science Education Aquarium planned for nearly 12 acres between the Mall at University Town Center and Nathan Benderson Park.

Specialized techniques planned for Mote site. SEE PAGE 5A

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Mixed-use project proposes on Main

“It’s a little challenging right now because we’re having a lot of rain.”

More mixed-use development is planned for Main Street at the eastern gateway into downtown Sarasota. A proposed 18-story building that will include condominiums, a hotel and a restaurant at the corner of Main Street and Goodrich Avenue is in the final stages of moving through the city’s Development Review Committee, which has the final sign-off on the project.

The proposed building on 0.43 acres at 1703 Main St. and 22 Goodrich Ave. is planned to include a 4,500-square-foot restaurant, 35 residential units and a 120-room hotel. The building is proposed to stand above a four-level, 144-space parking structure that will have valet parking and dedicated spaces for the residential units.

The project, which conforms to the Downtown Core Zoning District standards, appeared before the DRC for the second time last week.

Once lingering questions from the committee are addressed, approval will be considered. The timing of approval will depend on when the applicant, Trepp Developments, makes the requested changes and resubmits the plans to the city.

Sue Martin, Sarasota Parks and Recreation General Manager Read more on page 3A

BY THE NUMBERS $12.5 MILLION

Value of the Bobby Jones Golf Club rebuild.

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$20 MILLION

Sarasota County pledge toward funding of Mote Science Education Aquarium, under construction at Nathan Benderson Park.

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Matthew McAllister used house paint to produce this 44-foot high likeness of John “Buck” O’Neil.

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Commission — Regular meeting, 9 a.m., Aug. 1, City Commission chambers, City Hall, 1565 First St. n Sarasota County School Board — Regular meeting, 9 a.m., Tuesday, Aug. 2, Board chambers, Landings Administration Building, 1980 Landings Blvd. n Sarasota County Commission — Regular meeting, 9 a.m., Tuesday, Aug. 30, Commission chambers, County Administration Building, 1660 Ringling Blvd.

Sarasota sports icon honored

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ohn “Buck” O’Neil’s long career playing Negro league baseball and later serving as the first Black coach in major league baseball is well known.

What might be less well known is O’Neil’s time in Sarasota. The historic player — who was born in 1911 and died in 2006 — grew up in Sarasota while working through the racism and segregation in the game.

City officials and members of DreamLarge aimed to teach and celebrate O’Neil’s local history to the public with a 44-foot-high

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O’Neil’s recognition carried over into the weekend with a watch party for O’Neil’s induction into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.

“It’s the highest honor in all of baseball, and it’s only bestowed on a select few,” Baltimore Orioles Hall of Famer Brian Roberts said. “No one deserves that more than Buck O’Neil.”

The Sarasota Police Department, in partnership with the community, wants to “Pack the Patrol Car” with new school supplies for the upcoming school year for the fifth year in a row before students head back to class on Aug. 10.

Through Aug. 3, new school supplies can be dropped off from 6 a.m. until 6 p.m. at two locations or purchased online: n Sarasota Police Department, 2099 Adams Lane; n CoreSRQ, 1075 S. Euclid Ave., Sarasota n Online through Amazon at tinyurl.com/yfzrhewu.

Following the “Pack the Patrol Car” school supply donation drive, members of the Sarasota Police Department will donate school supplies to students throughout the community before school begins.

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Tee time is running late City resets projected opening of rebuilt Bobby Jones Golf Course from late 2022 into 2023. Weather has slowed work that was scheduled in a tight window with little room for delays, course designer says.

PROFIT CENTER OR PUBLIC SERVICE?

As a municipally owned facility, Bobby Jones Golf Complex need not be a profit center, but like any enterprise fund should cover its own costs and generate enough additional revenue for reinvestment in future improvements without adversely impacting the budget, city leaders said.

It should also be affordable for those who are paying for it — the city of Sarasota taxpayers.

Thus the delicate balance of setting the greens fees that are affordable for citizens, but also exercise fiscal responsibility. The general philosophy at this point, said the city’s Sue Martin, are rates that are discounted for residents.

It’s too early to tell what the fees will be, but the City Commission and Indigo Sports will collaborate to set the rates.

“Our city commissioners have made it quite clear that we want to keep it affordable for the citizens,” Martin said. “(Indigo) will be the ones setting a date for those prices, but it will have to be part of the budget process where it’s approved by the City Commission.”

When Bobby Jones closed two years ago, Martin said the top rate during the winter was about $50 for 18 holes and a cart. In the summer, the lowest rates were $20 to $21 to ride 18. Since then, the resurgence of golf during COVID-19 has driven prices up, especially in season, though Bobby Jones closed to golfers before that run-up began in 2020.

“The trick is you know how much do you want to make on it or just break even or just be a service to the community,” Martin said. “Is this a revenue generator? That’s something that’s still internal, but you’ve got to cover the cost, and that’s not inexpensive.”

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olfers who were planning to play the rejuvenated Bobby Jones Golf Course this fall are going to miss their tee time. That’s because the schedule of a fall opening of the nearly century-old cityowned property turned out to be a little too ambitious.

The city of Sarasota has rescheduled opening of the course until late spring as delays in getting the project started, resulting in more delays caused by weather, have slowed the progress of restoring the property to its original Donald Ross 18-hole layout.

“The schedule for construction was very aggressive,” said Richard Mandell, whose Pinehurst, North Carolina-based golf course architecture firm is designing the $12.5 million rebuild. “We had almost zero days that we could have sacrificed to the weather in this process.”

Viewed from Fruitville Road, where four parallel holes will play, no real progress is apparent. But along Circus Boulevard and 17th Street, earth movers can be viewed reshaping fairways and returning the Donald Ross-designed greens to their original contours.

Because irrigation is being replaced from the water source outward, the holes along Fruitville will be among the last ones graded.

“The irrigation was approximately 45 years old,” said Sarasota City Parks and Recreation General Manager Sue Martin, who oversaw operations of the 45-hole Bobby Jones Golf Complex for 14 years prior to its closing two years ago. “We couldn’t get parts for it anymore due to its age.”

Natural irrigation was a problem as well. Predating modern water management techniques, many of the holes were often saturated as the course was built, and over the years expanded, below flood level. Much of the work to date has been mitigation of the persistent swampiness.

“The golf course never drained properly,” said Mandell. “It was always wet, and that was the big downfall. It was built without any regard to floodplain elevations, so it’s no surprise why it was always wet. That’s OK because back in the 1920s, and even into the ’50s and ’60s, nobody knew about any of that. While we are building fairways we have been creating more conveyances for water so that when we do get this course restored, it’s not going to be wet.”

Although the course is being restored to its original 18-hole layout — the remainder of the property will

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host a new driving range, a nine-hole “adjustable” par-3 course, public park and wetlands — regular players may notice the contouring changes to facilitate improved drainage. Likewise, the greens are being reshaped to the original Donald Ross putting surfaces. Mandell’s green shaper arrived on-site last week.

“The shapes were gone. The Donald Ross greens were gone. Who knows for how long? Since the ’50s or ’60s, certainly since the 1987 renovation,” Mandell said.

MANAGEMENT NOW ON-SITE

To the untrained eye, opening Bobby Jones by next spring — or even next summer — might appear unlikely.

Large mounds of dirt are piled in the area that was once a parking lot, alongside bundles of pipes and other pieces of irrigation equipment. The old granite tee markers for the American and British courses lie unceremoniously together in a row like so many tombstones.

Just beyond the overgrown main entrance to the golf complex off Circus Boulevard, massive pieces of concrete culvert await installation.

Dump trucks filled with material scurry back and forth, arriving from far reaches of the property to a staging area near where the clubhouse once stood.

The roughing in is progressing well, Mandell said, but now workers face off against the rainy season.

Afternoon thunderstorms regularly push back against progress.

“It’s a little challenging right now because we’re having a lot of rain,” Martin said. “Those afternoon rains are kind of setting us back. It’s making it wet and muddy out there, and you can’t move big equipment.

They’re trying to get as much done as possible before before the rain.”

Also running behind schedule is the design work for a temporary clubhouse and other temporary buildings — in the absence of the planned permanent facilities — required to operate a golf course. Last week, the City Commission approved a manage-

Crews shaping the 15th hole and 11th hole. A retention pond is being created, which will contribute to the significant water quality benefits of the project.

At $12.5 million, the restoration of the Bobby Jones Golf Complex includes the original Donald Ross 18-hole layout, a nine-hole adjustable par-3 course, and eventually a new clubhouse and other utility buildings. The golf complex will cover 187 of the 307 acres there, the remainder of the site 108 acres for a nature park and 12 acres of canals.

The entire project is funded by a $20 million city bond. Other funding includes a $3 million Southwest Florida Water Management District grant for wetlands improvement, which requires a 50% local government match; and a $487,500 Florida Department of Environmental Protection grant for the Bobby Jones Water Quality Improvement Project, which requires no local match.

ment contract with Indigo Sports, which manages multiple public golf courses and private country clubs throughout the state. Acquired in 2021 by Arizona-based Troon, the combined companies manage 585plus locations around the world, comprising more than 630 18-hole equivalent golf courses.

The city will rely on Indigo’s expertise to guide the golf course to completion and eventual opening, then manage operations going forward. The city will pay Indigo $123,697 per year over the five-year agreement with an option for two, two-year extensions.

Mandell and contractor Q.G.S. Development will coordinate with Indigo on the timing of planting the greens, fairways and rough as the rebuild continues.

FAST GRASS

Once the infrastructure is in place, the grassing is the swiftest stage of the golf course reconstruction.

Timing, however, is everything.

The warm weather grasses of the renewed Bobby Jones Golf Course will be thwarted once the Southwest Florida version of winter weather sets in.

It’s likely not all of the fairways and greens will be ready for planting this year.

“They will probably attempt to get as much planted as they can while we’re still in the growing season, and then it’s going slow down or go dormant during the winter,” Martin said. “I can’t say that they’ll have nine holes planted. …. Once you get that first frost, you’re done.”

When planting does begin, the grass will be sprigged, not seeded, for faster growth. Greens will be TifEagle Bermuda; the green collars TifGrand Bermuda; and fairways, tee boxes and rough Celebration Bermuda.

Depending on the weather, Mandell said all grasses can be ready for play in 8-12 weeks.

That doesn’t mean it’s ideal.

“You need eight weeks of optimal weather, so June to July is the ideal time to plant,” Mandell said. “Eight weeks is sufficient enough, but the later you get, the more those eight weeks don’t necessarily hold up because of the weather. Since we’re not opening until late spring or early summer, that doesn’t matter. We don’t want to just say since we’re not opening until then let’s just not bother now. We’re going forward full steam and we’re going to grass as much as we possibly can as late as Indigo feels comfortable.

“We’d like to establish as much as possible as soon as possible so we’re not starting at zero in April.”

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Property owners in Sarasota will see their city property tax rate reduced for fiscal year 2023, but escalating home values will prompt higher tax bills for many in the coming year.

At the end of a two-day budget workshop, the Sarasota City Commission on Tuesday set the maximum rate for next fiscal year at 3 mills, or $3 for each $1,000 of taxable value, down from 3.172. Thanks mostly to a nearly 18% jump in assessed property values over the last 12 months, the city will bring in $3.65 million more in ad valorem revenue next year for a total of $40.76 million.

Commissioners Jen Ahearn-Koch, Hagen Brody and Mayor Erik Arroyo voted in favor of City Manager Marlon Brown’s recommended tax rate reduction. Commissioners Liz Alpert and Vice Mayor Kyle Battie preferred to set the maximum at the current rate pending further analysis.

Once set, the millage rate cannot be raised, but it can be lowered.

Commissioners must now grapple with how to best live within that budget, which despite additional revenue above fiscal 2022 levels includes a projected deficit of $3.2 million: $85.6 million in expenses versus $82.5 million in revenues.

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The proposed budget transfers the difference from the city’s unassigned fund balance, which at the end of fiscal 2023 would leave $27.8 million, or 32.5% of expenditures. The city’s policy is to maintain a range of 17-25% in fund balance, or approximately four months of operating capital in reserve.

Brown described the transfer as an intentional spend down to bring it more in line with the policy and to lighten the burden of taxpayers during an inflationary period.

A transfer of $1.6 million to the Bobby Jones Golf Complex renovation debt service is included in the budget. Director of Financial Administration Kelly Strickland told commissioners once the revitalized golf course is operating, its revenues will offset a significant portion of that debt service going forward. That project, which includes a park and wetlands preservation, is paid for by $20 million in city bonds.

The fiscal 2023 budget process, which began in February, will continue with a public hearing Sept. 7 and conclude on Sept. 20 with a final public hearing and adoption. Including all funds — special revenue, debt service, enterprise, internal service and trust funds — the total budget is $252.18 million, an 8.1% increase over the current year’s adopted budget of $233.28 million.

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Inside out Manatees on the third floor and sharks in the hallway: The unique nature of the $130 million Mote aquarium will require an extraordinary construction process.

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ntil last week, the Mote Science Education Aquarium has been a dream in the making for about four years. With last week’s sale of 11.76 acres near Nathan Benderson Park by Sarasota County to the Mote Marine Laboratory and Aquarium, things are getting real.

Not that there was much doubt the Mote SEA would be built. A 2018 omnibus agreement with the county allowed Mote to begin developing the site in preparation for vertical construction. And as of October 2021, Mote had raised $90 million toward its capital campaign goal of $110 million for the $130 million facility. The county previously had committed the last $20 million — revenue from tourist taxes — toward the development costs.

The site is largely cleared and the parking lot essentially completed. A portion of the parking lot is already open to public use for the adjacent park, the rest reserved for construction staging.

Construction, said Mote Vice President Dan Bebak, should start within weeks.

“We are on schedule to start the piling work, which is really the first phase of the vertical work, in midAugust,” Bebak said. “We’re looking at opening in 2024.”

The nearly 12 acres just a few hundred yards from Interstate 75 was previously donated to Sarasota County by Benderson Development — developer of UTC Town Center — for use as a park. The county conveyed the property to Mote for a symbolic price of $100. Now with the property under its ownership, Mote has submitted for final permit review with the county.

Bebak said he expects construction to go as scheduled, having gotten ahead of supply chain issues by ordering materials, some of them unique to building an aquarium.

“We’ve been working on that for a while, even pre-ordering things where we could,” he said. “We’re feeling pretty good about that. There are some some very long lead items like the big acrylic windows that take time. We’ve ordered those already, so we knew that there was some stuff that was going to take some time.”

As opposed to developing an office or other commercial building, the Mote SEA will have massive tanks and marine life exhibits on each of its three levels.

“You’re kind of almost building the building from inside out,” Bebak said. “Some of the first work that you’ll see after the pilings will be the big tanks — the Gulf of Mexico tank and some of the other ones — and the building gets built around those.

“The building is three stories, which is kind of unique for aquariums. It’s made for some of the engineering challenges because we’ll have manatees up on the third floor, so it’s going to be a very strong building. We are going to have to move all these animals into the building and then load them in. You don’t want to make a building where you can’t roll sharks down a hallway.” $90 MILLION AND COUNTING

Such an ambitious project requires a successful capital campaign.

Michael Moore, Mote special advisor to the office of the president, is leading the charge to raise the $110 million required by the county to kick in the last $20 million. Last October, Mote reported it had reached the $90 million milestone, with another announcement planned this fall.

Moore, who has four decades of

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The 11.76-acre Mote SEA site set against the backdrop of Nathan Benderson Park. The $130 million aquarium will begin vertical construction in August with completion expected in 2024.

capital campaign experience, indicated substantial fund-raising success since last fall’s announcement, opting not to piecemeal updates as donations come in. News of last week’s closing on the site, he said, has accelerated the pace of contributions as donors see tangible evidence of progress.

“This kind of money has never been raised for one single project in this region.” Moore said. “The base is accelerating with prospective donors as they see the project starting to materialize. When it comes out of the ground in a few months, we know that’s going to help us work toward the goal. We continue to gain momentum. We’ve had nothing but a positive outlook for the future with this effort and the community has responded in kind.”

Even when the $110 million goal has been reached, Moore said fundraising will continue.

“You always have the additional needs, and if it gets us another $3 million to $5 million beyond the goal,

we’ll keep raising money as long as there’s interest,” he said. “I always say as long as you have prospects, keep raising money because everybody’s going to want to be a part of it.”

LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION

Despite the bargain price of the site, Mote SEA will enjoy the advantages of a prime location. Just a few of hundred feet from I-75 at the University Parkway exit that leads to Lakewood Ranch to the east and the Mall at University Town Center and Nathan Benderson Park to the west, the unique structure will have high visibility to an estimated 52 million vehicles a year.

Mote SEA will be accessible from both the University Parkway and Fruitville Road exits, in stark contrast to the aquarium’s current location on City Island between Lido and Longboat keys. There, it still drew 350,000 visitors a year.

“There’s a lot of synergy between all of this,” Bebak said. “Benderson

Development has been a great partner and (the Nathan Benderson Park Conservancy) has been a great partner. We meet regularly on scheduling so that we’re not stepping on each other during construction, and also planning what the future holds.”

What it holds, Bebak said, is a destination location between activities at NBP, shopping and dining at UTC, the recently opened Pop Stroke miniature golf center, and visitors and special events at Mote SEA. “That area is becoming a draw in itself,” Bebak said. “I think you’re going to see more out there — more development, more things for people to do, hotels and so on, so we’re very happy to be kind of in the center of that and to work with everybody there to benefit residents and visitors alike.”

Consultants to Mote have estimated the new aquarium will draw 600,000 to 700,000 visitors in its first year of operation, doubling its current turnstile count.

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Harbor Acres home breaks price record for region The Sarasota bayfront property on Hillview Drive sold for $17.5 million.

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rrivederci, Serenissima, there’s a new highest sale price for a residential property in the Sarasota-Manatee-Charlotte county region after the Monday sales-closing of a home in Sarasota’s Harbor Acres.

The 12,000-square-foot home, which sits on almost 2 acres at 1423 and 1435 Hillview Drive, sold this week for $17.5 million, $1 million more than the 2020 sale of a Longboat Key home, named ‘most serene’ in Italian and the 2021 sale of a Gulffront home on Casey Key. “This is not only a record-breaking sale but truly one of the finest properties offered in Sarasota,” said Linda Driggs, of Michael Saunders & Co., who worked with the company’s Kim Ogilvie to represent the sellers.

“The owners created a park-like waterfront setting and curated every detail imaginable inside and out.”

Driggs sold the same home at 1423 Hillview Drive in 2007, which then set a regional record at $7,287,000.

The property offers nearly 250 feet of bayfront, two docks, downtown views and plenty of outdoor space for recreation and entertaining.

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by Russell Rich of Robert Slack LLC. In April 2021, the sale of 1600 Casey Key Road, a beachfront estate featuring a 7,500-square-foot house with an adjoining 735-square-foot cottage, tied the high-price mark of Serenissima, a 19,000-squarefoot beachfront home at 845 Longboat Club Road, in the Regent Court enclave.

“This property truly is an iconic one deserving of a record-breaking sale,” said Ogilvie, who held the previous record for the highest sale in Harbor Acres, when she sold 1452 Hillview Drive in February 2021 for $13.25 million.

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Conducted by Fortune/Merative (formerly IBM Watson Health), this annual ranking measures patient care and patient outcomes in hospitals across the nation, singling out the highest quality institutions and most dedicated staff for their achievements in patient care. In light of this recognition, we’re thankful for the leadership of our Hospital Board, and we’re proud of every nurse, every surgeon, every physician practice and the hundreds of community doctors who go to every length for the people in their care.

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Elections for Sarasota County School Board and the Sarasota Hospital Board are crucial to the future here. They deserve your attention. mands of the Democrat elites.

The previous paragraph is why you won’t find any recommendations in Democratic Party races this week and next. It would be dishonest and hypocritical to do so.

Our apologies to our Democratic Party readers and friends. It’s not personal. It’s philosophical.

With that, our recommendations:

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ver the next two weeks, this space will be devoted to attempting to enlighten readers on the candidates in the Aug. 23 primary elections in Sarasota and Manatee counties.

This is not an easy election for voters.

In the November general elections, the choices are pretty much Republican or Democrat. The differences between candidates are easy to discern.

But in a primary, when candidates from the same parties are running against each other, often times there is not much difference in their philosophies or on the issues.

Making this primary election more complex and more intense than others is the highly charged political atmosphere — particularly in the wakes of the pandemic and the tidal wave of parental discontent with local school boards.

In Sarasota County, that heightened fervor has elevated the importance of the contests for three seats on the Sarasota County School Board and five seats on the Sarasota Hospital Board. Even though these contests are called non-partisan, you can feel an undercurrent of national politics.

How Sarasota Memorial handled patients during the pandemic in part has compelled four candidates to seek seats on the hospital board.

And to be sure, the way the three Democrat school board members responded to parents over masks and critical race theory is high in the memories of voters, especially parents of public school students.

The races for hospital board and school board have even more importance now because they are not warm-ups for the general election. They are the final elections.

And let’s emphasize that these elections affect two of the most critical aspects of everyone’s lives in Sarasota County — health and the future of children. Each of these public institutions is a billiondollar enterprise, and together they directly employ 10,500 people. The school system has 42,000 students.

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Long-time readers know our newspapers’ philosophy has always been unabashedly rooted in laissez-faire capitalism; the freedom philosophy of individual rights above the collective; strictly limited government; and the originalist view of the Constitution.

(After no longer able to tolerate the spinelessness of Washington Republicans or the fact there is so little difference between Democrats and Republicans there, yours truly renounced the Republican Party and joined the Constitution Party.)

To be sure, this philosophy presents few pleasant choices in elections. Which means Republican candidates are typically the default choice, always closer to the freedom philosophy than Democrats. That is even more so today. What’s more, Democrats’ increasing leftward shift prompted our declaration a few years ago that we would not recommend Democratic Party candidates in any partisan race.

Sorry. They’re not bad people.

But when anyone signs up with the Democratic Party, that person is declaring an allegiance to a party that has always advocated for expanding government controls and coercion. The Democratic Party always stands for policies in which the State or government is supreme and individuals are inferior underlings, slaves to obey to the com-

SARASOTA COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD This is one of the most important elections on the ballot — in large part because of the strife that engulfed the board over the past two years.

That strife cost the board dearly.

It lost much of the public’s trust, especially that of many of its most important constituents — parents of school children.

With the retirements of Jane Goodwin and Shirley Brown, two long-time board members who were at the center of the strife, this election presents voters with the difficult decision of figuring out which of the six candidates on the ballot can best: n Rebuild the public’s trust; n Work together collaboratively instead of antagonistically; n Focus on building positive momentum inside the district among teachers, parents, the teachers union and administration; n Keep Sarasota County schools’ A rating; n And propel all students to higher achievement.

This election is not supposed to be about party politics. But most of us know that isn’t so.

The Republican Party of Sarasota is supporting incumbent Bridget Ziegler (District 1) and two firsttime candidates, Robyn Marinelli (District 4) and Timothy Enos (District 5). The Democratic Party of Sarasota is supporting first-time candidates Dawnyelle Singleton (District 1), Lauren Kurnov (District 4) and Nora Cietek (District 5).

Sarasota County voters will vote in all three races.

When you evaluate these races, two of the three present decidedly logical choices — Districts 1 and 5.

In District 1, incumbent Bridget Ziegler, a two-term Republican board member, has a noteworthy conservative track record. During her terms, Ziegler has been a consistent, outspoken advocate for students and parents.

She is one of the leaders and cofounders of the region’s Moms for Liberty, an organization dedicated to liberty and limited government.

And during her past two terms, Ziegler has served as a countervailing voice to a majority board that showed its disdain for parents and taxpayers, and that backed a former superintendent who alienated the district’s teachers.

Taxpayers need Ziegler. What’s more, with the departures of Goodwin and Brown, Ziegler will serve the important role of having the most institutional knowledge on the board.

In District 5, the race is between Nora Cietek, a 30-year teacher in Schenectady, N.Y., who moved to Sarasota County three years ago, and Timothy Enos, school district police chief who has lived in and served the Sarasota community for 40-plus years.

While it is important to have one or more board members with classroom experience, which Cietek would bring, current board member Karen Rose fills that role. Rose served 28 years in the district as a special education teacher, principal and director of middle schools.

Enos hasn’t been a classroom teacher, but he has spent most of his career as a law enforcement officer, including the Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office and recently as chief of the school district’s police department. He is recognized nationally as a consultant and trainer for school safety models and youth mentoring. He has a bachelor’s degree in finance.

Given how school safety has become such a high priority in every

school district, Enos is a logical choice.

The most difficult choice for voters is the District 4 race between two first-time candidates, Lauren Kurnov and Robyn Marinelli.

Kurnov is a former University of South Florida assistant vice president and director of student success; mother of two public school students (the only candidate with children in the public schools); and holder of a 2021 doctorate in education from the University of South Florida.

Marinelli has been a teacher and administrator in public education for 40 years. She has a master’s in education. Before retiring in 2015, she served 15 years overseeing student services for the school district.

She also served as a counselor at Southside Elementary and for the Cyesis program.

The two have deep personal roots in Sarasota — Kurnov was born here and a product of the school system.

Marinelli and her husband have lived in Sarasota 40 years.

These two candidates also have strikingly similar goals: To return the board to putting students first; getting politics out of the board; restoring respect, collaboration and trust among board members and parents.

Fact is, each would make competent school board members.

What’s the difference?

Experience (Marinelli, age 69, 40 years in public education; ) versus youth (Kornov, 43, no professional experience at this level of public education).

Kurnov has children in the public schools — “skin in the game.”

Marinelli does not.

The Republican Party supports Marinelli. The Democratic Party supports Kurnov.

Kurnov has raised more than $208,000 in contributions; Marinelli, $72,000. (It’s worth perusing their contributor lists; go to: SarasotaVotes.gov/Candidates-Committees/Financial-Report-Search).

Over the years, we have favored new, younger candidates, with the belief they can bring fresh, innovative perspectives and ideas. Kurnov would fill that role. She reminds us of when Ziegler first appeared on the scene eight years ago — young, enthusiastic, determined to do the right thing for students.

But the one hang-up for Sarasota County Republicans is this: Even though school board elections are non-partisan, can they accept and vote for Kurnov, a Democrat?

In nearly five decades of following elective politics, we have yet to see an elected Democrat who did not act like one — for more government.

But in this instance, we will break our rule. Give Kurnov the benefit of the doubt. She is earnest, full of energy, thoughtful and passionate — especially passionate about focusing on education, not politics. And she would join Ziegler as another in the next generation of Sarasota leaders coming to the fore.

We need that.

We recommend: Bridget Ziegler, Lauren Kurnov and Timothy Enos

SARASOTA COUNTY HOSPITAL BOARD For the past decade, Sarasota voters haven’t had to think much or be concerned about its publicly owned hospital and its affiliates, altogether known as the Sarasota Memorial Healthcare System.

CEO David Verinder and his team, under the eye of the Sarasota Hospital Board, have continued a transformation that began under his predecessor, Gwen MacKenzie.

Since his appointment as CEO in 2014, Verinder has taken the healthcare system to new levels and geographic reach. Annual revenues more than doubled, from $500 million to more than $1.2 billion.

Sarasota Memorial opened a hospital in Venice. And it is regarded as a top-performing hospital system among its peers — financially and in the caliber, breadth and depth of services it offers its patients and the community.

With this record, why disrupt the board that watches over SMH’s CEO and leadership team?

After all, an elected official’s performance in office is always a good gauge of whether re-election is deserved.

OTHER RACES While this week’s Our View focuses on Sarasota County School Board and the Sarasota Hospital Board primaries, here are our recommendations in for the other Sarasota Republican races: State Senate, District 22: Incumbent Joe Gruters County Commission, District 2: Mark Smith County Commission, District 4: Joseph Neunder Sarasota City Commission: Carl Shoffstall Charter Review Board, District 1: Les Nichols

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See the candidates’ answers to the Observer’s election questionnaire at YourObserver.com/ opinion-election-answers

In that vein, it might be easy to conclude the five hospital board members on the Aug. 23 ballot deserve re-election.

But it’s not that simple. Nothing is perfect. No one is perfect.

That became apparent when earlier this year the board in an 8-1 vote awarded Verinder an extension on his contract to 10 years — unheard of in most industries. It boosted his pay three times since February 2021 with a base and performance incentives that can put his total cash compensation near $2 million a year.

These almost unanimous moves became newsworthy to the public and subsequently raised the question whether board members were becoming too complacent with management and less stringent with taxpayer money.

The votes also brought to the fore whether it’s time for new perspectives on the board. Three of the five incumbents — Joseph DeVirgilio, 70, Gregory Carter, 74, and Jim Meister, 80 — are seeking their third four-year terms. Age can become a factor in those third terms.

The pandemic has also come into play. Four of the candidates on the ballot have formed a slate that wants the board to be more aggressive questioning management and the SMH medical staff about patient care.

The four candidates who formed the “Health Freedom Slate” are running, in large part, because of the way COVID-19 patients and their families were treated — or not treated or mistreated — during the pandemic. They want answers and change.

The slate includes: n Two 30-year registered nurses/ patient advocates who are dogged and passionate about patient care, Bridgette Fiorucci, who works at SMH, and Patricia Maraia, who runs her own patient advocacy firm; n Victor Rohe, a former Boston police lieutenant and president of the East County Republican Club; n Dr. Joseph Chirillo, who recently retired after 34 years of practicing family medicine in Englewood and served twice as the chief of the Englewood Community Hospital Medical staff.

Altogether, the forces are such that the hospital board appears in need of an infusion of new energy and perspectives, more board members who will challenge management in a good way and help SMH reach even higher levels.

Fortunately, voters have solid choices. In addition to those cited above, four other accomplished Sarasotans are seeking a seat — two well-known and highly competent Sarasota business figures, lawyer Thomas Dart and entrepreneur Brad Baker; 17-year EMT and flight paramedic Andre Hoefer; and healthcare consultant and marketing entrepreneur Nick Altier.

It’s time for fresh minds and talents with different and well-honed skills to sit at the SMH board table.

We recommend: Thomas Dart, Brad Baker, Nick Altier, Patricia Maraia and Dr. Joseph Chirillo

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The owners of Swim City on Tamiami Trail say the construction of the roundabout has cost the store nearly 30% in sales.

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s construction of the roundabout at U.S. 41 and Gulfstream Avenue advances toward completion, few can be happier about the fall grand opening than businesses along Tamiami Trai.

Among them are owners of Swim City, whose location at the corner of U.S. 41 and First Street is at ground zero of road reconstruction.

Judy Johnson and her son, Nick, own and operate two Swim City locations in Sarasota, along with locations in Longboat Key and St. Petersburg. They have experienced driveway closures and that of the pedestrian crosswalk for months.

The situation is exacerbated by a navigation app that incorrectly indicates the entire block of First Street — where the store has a second driveway into its parking lot — is closed to Cocoanut Avenue.

“Last month, we were down more than 25%,” he said. “This year our March traffic was down by 29% from the previous month. It’s definitely caused quite a big dip in traffic and sales.”

Swim City isn’t the only victim of the project. Joey D’s restaurant closed its location at 211 N. Tamiami Trail in early July.

The Johnsons complained that signs promised by FDOT directing traffic to Swim City’s First Street driveway had not been installed.

Project Engineer Pinky Pakalapati blamed it on supply-chain issues.

“It’s taken a little bit longer for those signs to be fabricated, but

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it’s my understanding that they’re scheduled to be installed before the end of the month,” he said.

In the interim, the city has allowed Swim City to use feather flags and other temporary signs.

Since the crosswalk near the store closed, walking to the store now requires hotel guests to walk to the Fruitville Road circle to cross safely.

“That’s what I think has affected us the most over the past year. That crosswalk that has been gone was what brought much of the traffic from the Westin and the RitzCarlton. They actually had shuttle services that would run to our store because things got so kind of chaotic when the construction started.”

Pakalapati said one of Swim City’s entrances will remain open at all times, but it may switch. Last week, work encroached on the driveway off First Street, temporarily opening access off U.S. 41.

“They had the Tamiami entrance open for a bit last week while working on First Street, but now First Street is open again and Tamiami is closed,” Johnson said. “All of this back and forth with one entrance open one day and another entrance open the next day is very confusing and frustrating.”

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LOUD AND UNCLEAR 7:39 p.m. 900 block of Sunridge Drive Tenant dispute: A woman renting a room at a house awoke to find her soundsystem speakers missing and a note where they previously stood. The woman called police to complain that the note indicated that her landlord sold the speakers without her permission. The renter had told the landlord he could sell her furniture to raise money to send to her mother, but that did not include her Iron Block Rocker Max speakers. In the note, the landlord referred to the prior agreement to sell her property. The tenant is under lease through September and had previously begun the process of moving out. The officer advised the tenant that without speaking with the landlord it could not be determined if he intended to deprive her of the prized speakers.

The matter will be disposed of in a civil manner.

The Swim City store at Tamiami Trail and First Street has been plagued by roundabout construction for more than a year.

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NO MOTOR, NO SERVICE 11:58 p.m., 700 block of South Washington Boulevard Dispute: A man in a wheelchair making a midnight burger run learned that people-powered vehicles are not welcome at a fast food drive-thru. Police responded to a call about a man blocking traffic at the drivethru, refusing to move after learning he would not be served. The man, who called a ride service to take him to the restaurant, had placed his order and wheeled up to the window, where he was informed only those in motor vehicles were permitted. After the line began to back up, a restaurant employee called law enforcement. When the officer arrived, the man said he would not have attempted to use the drive-thru had he been aware of the rule. He then asked the officer to call the ride service to be returned home.

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illiam A. Ewing has spent a good portion of his life thinking about photog-

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a shock it was for him to realize that the art form had come a long way since he’d studied it.

Ewing, who delivered “Flora Photographica,” in 1990, was recently chatting with a woman who had enjoyed his work. And she stopped him cold by asking him what had happened in floral photography since his book.

Ewing had to admit he didn’t know.

“I was stunned,” says Ewing.

“Because I realized that for 30 years, I don’t know. I hadn’t followed it. So I quickly did a survey and decided, ‘Yeah, this is worth redoing.’”

Ewing drafted a Swiss curator, Danae Panchaud, to help him reassess the art of floral photography, and the result was a brand new book and a brand new museum exhibit.

Ewing and Panchaud brought their work, entitled “Flora Imagineria: The Flower in Contemporary Photography,” to Marie Selby Botanical Gardens for a summer exhibition, and the result is dozens of photographs from celebrated artists in a number of styles.

You’ll see some images that come from electron microscopes and others that beautifully portray the flower or plant in full bloom. Some of the exhibits are inside and some are outside, and Selby Gardens CEO Jennifer Rominiecki says that’s in keeping with Selby’s mission.

“The whole idea of the living museum is that as a botanical garden, we’re operating just as museums do with changing exhibits,” she says. “And this one in particular, I think, really underscores the whole concept because we have works of art outdoors and indoors.”

Before you get to the exhibit, it helps to know some of the history.

Ewing says that from the beginning of photography, artists were pointing their lens at the natural world.

In fact, Ewing says the first photograph from Henry Fox Talbot — whom he identified as the inventor of photography — may have been of a flower. He also cited the work of Anna Atkins, an early photographer who gained distinction in the field of botany.

Photography, though, has had to fight for its place in the field. When photography burst on the scene, says Ewing, other art forms were much further ahead in their development.

“For botanical work, photography was rejected at the beginning,” he says. “Painting, watercolor, drawing, etching, engraving and lithograph were highly developed. Just think of the Dutch still life tradition; still lifes were so realistic you were tempted to brush a fly off a petal.”

Photography, by contrast, was still figuring out its own technology and how it could differentiate itself from other artistic genres. Early photography methods, says Ewing, yielded only black-and-white studies, and truthfully, photos were closer to a muddy brown-and-white.

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flowers and plants? And even if they succeeded, says Ewing, there was no way to get their work to the masses.

“There were people who tried to photograph and more or less succeeded even though it was blackand-white,” he says. “There was no means to reproduce photography in books until the end of the 19th century. So there was kind of a double jeopardy thing there.”

Now, in an age of digital technology, the genre has grown by leaps and bounds, and in many respects, it has become the default art form.

Now, anybody with a smart phone can indelibly capture an image.

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DAVID LEBE “Photograms are a simple photographic process, but my workflow was mostly complex and layered, often culminating in the hand-application of color. I had many successes but also frustrations; there were times when the medium was not flexible enough to allow me to go where I wanted, evolve the image, or create the variations I wanted.

Twenty-five years later, learning digital photography, I realized those limitations were gone, and I couldn’t resist going back, reworking, and reimagining some photograms—resulting in pictures with two dates. “

VIVIANE SASSEN “Some of my earliest childhood memories are of flowers. I spent my years as a toddler in Kenya, where my father worked as a doctor in a local hospital. I vividly remember the gorgeous smell of the frangipani tree, which releases its scent in the evening when the sun has gone down. I remember the bright orange-red of the flamboyant tree in our garden, where the ‘banana birds’ used to nest. And the lovely lilac flowers paving the road when it was jacaranda season.”

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It also means that black-andwhite photography of flowers is largely a relic of the past.

There are some black-and-white images as part of the Flora Imaginaria exhibit, but Ewing estimates it’s only about 10%.

And that’s a sea change from his show from decades ago.

“The first project in 1990 was about 90% black-and-white,” he says. “That was the reality of photography. Anybody of note 30 years

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ROBERT WALKER “When looking through the viewfinder, I ignore the literal subject matter and compose the picture on the basis of purely abstract elements of form and color.

Forgetting the countless metaphorical significances usually associated with flowers, I compose my images as if on a blank canvas or flat surface.

This often enables me to conjure up relationships between styles and techniques evocative of abstract painting.”

ago was working in black-andwhite ... but this time around, the project is 90% color.”

The interesting part now isn’t just how perfectly rendered a flower can be in photos. It’s the many techniques an artist can employ in their work, including computergenerated effects.

So as you wander around Selby Gardens and ponder how certain images were created, you’ll also have the opportunity to appreciate the simple beauty of nature.

The outdoor exhibit of the photographs is colored by shadows and sun, and you might get a different sense if you arrive early in the day as opposed to sunset.

“Like I always say with exhibitions, it’s haute couture,” says Ewing. “It’s not pret a porter. If you’re doing the job well, you develop the project for the space.”

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PEDRO ALMODÓVAR “Since I began my brief life as a photographer, I have always tried to imitate painting, not photography, without resorting to any special technique except waiting for the light that comes through the windows.

My only task has been to wait for the exact moment, which varies depending on the season, and at times it’s a matter of a very few minutes. Without intending to, I was photographing the passing of time, in the light and in the flowers.”

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DISTINCTIVE DISHES An occasional series on signature dishes from local restaurants.

WHAT’S THE DISH: This flavorful fungus concoction is the signature soup on the Indigenous menu, and it’s made from a blend of porcini, shiitake and cremini mushrooms.

Chef Steve Phelps says cooking mushrooms can be tricky because they’re 80% water and may need to be dried out before they’re used as ingredients. That’s interesting because the bisque comes out so thick you could eat it with a fork.

The earthy blend of flavors is popular with carnivores and vegetarians, and it’s the one item newcomers to Indigenous know they have to try.

“If I took if off the menu, there would be a mob out front,” says Phelps. “I even have people that I’ll freeze a couple quarts and mail it to them. That’s expensive, but if they want it, I’ll do it.”

HOW IT ALL BEGAN: The recipe followed Phelps from his early days as a chef in Cleveland. Phelps says he was classically trained as a French chef and began working on soups and sauces early in his career.

When he first made the wild mushroom bisque, he was trying to make do with extra ingredients from a beef stroganoff dish. And you can tell it has its origins in a meat dish; it has a rich and savory flavor that would be at home on any steakhouse menu.

“It doesn’t want to adapt,” says Phelps. “It doesn’t like evolutions.”

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Hot tip: The restaurant is as small as it is popular, so be sure to book a reservation by phone ahead of time.

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HOW IT’S MADE: Phelps slices the mushrooms really thin, and he caramelizes them with a mixture of vegetable mirepoix, garlic, fresh herbs, chicken stock and beef stock.

The mixture caramelizes for hours, and sherry is added as a de-glazer.

The final product has cream in it, says Phelps, but not a lot. Cream, butter and flour. Once the cooking process is done, The bisque is topped with rye croutons and a fried shiitake mushroom before it’s served.

“It’s just really clear on mushroom density,” says Phelps. “It basically cooks for two or two-and-a-half hours before we even add the cream to it.”

“We even get people to cheat on (being vegetarian), which is fascinating.”

— Chef Steve Phelps

MUSHROOM CONNOISSEUR: Phelps has loved mushrooms his whole life. He was the kid asking for mushroom on pizza when everyone else was asking for pepperoni or sausage.

Now, he can identify a mushroom in a blind taste test, and he also can probably tell you whether it was dried or roasted before it was cooked.

The key to preparing mushrooms, he says, is to cook them down and cook them down some more.

“Whether you’re roasting them in the oven or you’re cooking them down in butter or in oil, the longer they go, the umami flavor just keeps coming out,” he says. “Some people just make a mushroom soup or sauce and they just bring it to a boil and puree it, but you’ve got to reduce stuff. You’ve got to concentrate stuff. Changing the flavor profile from what you would taste sautéed to what you would taste roasted and that’s night and day too.”

FUNGUS AMONG US?: Phelps says shiitake mushrooms grow well in Florida, and he sources them locally from Petrichor Mushrooms and a smaller farm in Myakka. But you need more space to grow cremini mushrooms, and he supplements his stock with mushrooms from commercial growers in Pennsylvania.

A CHEAT DISH: Sometimes, says Phelps, vegetarians want to try the bisque, and they aren’t deterred when they learn it has both chicken and beef stock in it.

“We even get people to cheat on that,” he says of his vegetarian consumers. “Which is fascinating.”

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FLORA IMAGINARIA Open daily 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Selby Gardens, 1534 Mound St. Free with museum admission Visit Selby.org.

Come see the art of floral photography through the lens of some of the world’s most foremost photographers. The Selby Garden exhibit will be open until Sept. 25, and you’ll be able to stand amongst the foliage and peer deeply through the lens of the many different ways that photography can distill the image of the flower.

TUESDAY SUMMER CIRCUS SPECTACULAR 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. at Historic Asolo Theater, 5401 Bayshore Road $18, $12 children Visit Ringling.org Larry Paul’s “Anna Maria Island Sunset 85” will be part of the artist’s show at Island Gallery West.

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CARL RIMI 7 p.m. at McCurdy’s Comedy Theatre, 1923 Ringling Blvd. $25 Visit McCurdysComedy.com.

Carl Rimi has been touring the country for two decades, and he’s taken his act to clubs and cruise ships all across America. He’ll play five shows at McCurdy’s Comedy Theatre, beginning on Thursday and ending his run with a pair of shows on Saturday evening.

FRIDAY ‘THE MANAGER’ 7:30 p.m. at Studio 1130, 3501 S. Tamiami Trail $21.50 Visit ThePlayers.org.

This isn’t the Bad News Bears. This brand new play is about a middleaged Little League manager who is facing a divorce and the final season coaching his son in youth baseball.

Will his family turn out to be safe at home? Runs through July 31.

U2 LASER LIGHTS 7 p.m. at Bishop Museum of Science and Nature, 201 10th St. W. $15 Visit BishopScience.org.

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only U2 show left on the schedule; a Bob Marley showing at 9 p.m. has already sold out.

SATURDAY EXCERPTS FROM ‘LE CORSAIRE’ 7:30 p.m. at Sarasota Opera House, 61 N. Pineapple Ave. $50-$65 Visit SRQCubanBallet.org.

The talented student dancers of the Sarasota Cuban Ballet School will take the stage with guest artists Francisco Serrano and Charlotte Tonkinson from The Royal Ballet and Ariel Martinez from The Washington Ballet. Former SCBS students who are now professional dancers will also participate in the show, which features excerpts from the fulllength ballet “Le Corsaire.”

SUNDAY BENEVA FRUITVILLE DRAG QUEEN BINGO 8 p.m. at McCurdy’s Comedy Theatre, 1923 Ringling Blvd. $25 Visit McCurdysComedy.com.

This is the final show and farewell performance for Beneva Fruitville’s Drag Queen Bingo, which has been on stage for 12 yeas in Sarasota and for seven at McCurdy’s Comedy Theatre. Beneva Fruitville will be back at some point as a visiting artist, but this is her final performance as a Sarasota institution.

JAZZ CLUB SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS PRESENTATION 4-6 p.m. at Fogartyville, 525 Kumquat Court $15, $5 students Visit JazzClubSarasota.org They’ve worked hard to master their instrument and to move on to the next step in their lives and their careers. Now you can help them celebrate. Fogartyville will serve as the host for the Jazz Club of Sarasota’s annual scholarship presentations, and several of the winning artists will be on hand to perform with a trio of talented local musicians.

Step right up and watch the supertalented cast of the Summer Circus Spectacular, which will blow your mind with an incredible combination of strength, dexterity, artistry and flexibility. You’ll see balancing artists, contortionists and even some comic relief from Chris Allison, a graduate of the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Clown College.

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Learn how the great chefs make classics like French onion soup, ratatouille, beef Bourguignon and creme brulee at this cooking class, which takes place at the Publix location on University Parkway. This is a handson cooking class, which means you’ll split time behind the grill and in preparing ingredients with your classmates, and you’ll receive instruction from the Aprons chefs.

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ELEANOR MERRITT: REMEMBRANCE The rich and colorful palette of the late Eleanor Merritt, who moved to Sarasota in the ’80s and created decades of her work here, is entering its final month on display at the John & Mable Ringling Museum of Art. Merritt, a former board member of The Ringling, was named “Artist of the Year” by the Sarasota Visual Arts Center in 1994. Her work will be on display until Aug. 21, and the exhibit will take you from work she created in the 1950s all the way through to her final painting, Blue Embrace, in 2018.

IF YOU GO When: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., every day of the week Where: John & Mable Ringling Museum of Art, 5401 Bay Shore Road Tickets: Free with museum admission Info: Ringling.org.

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Now’s their chance to take show what they’ve learned in four performances.

FEATURED ARTIST: LARRY PAUL 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Island Gallery West, 5367 Gulf Drive, Holmes Beach Free Visit IslandGalleryWest.com.

Larry Paul is the featured artist for Island Gallery West in the month of August, and you can see his colorfully abstract paintings that pay tribute to the colorful sunsets of Anna Maria Island and the historic village of Cortez. The artist will be on hand at the gallery from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Aug. 28 to answer questions about his work.

WEDNESDAY ‘SMOKE AND MIRRORS’ 8 p.m. at FST’s Gompertz Theatre, 1265 First St. $25 Visit FloridaStudioTheatre.org.

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Smoke and Mirrors. This story, penned by Will Osborne and Anthony Herrera, centers on a director’s quest to get a movie under his umbrella and the nefarious lengths he’ll go to do it. Runs through Aug. 21

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Daphne White and Abigail Gbadebo have been participating in Miss Amazing competitions on and off for 10 years.

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Abigail Gbadebo recently won the Florida Miss Amazing competition.

STILL AMAZING Abigail Gbadebo will serve as the Miss Florida representative for the weekend at the national Miss Amazing event in Nashville.

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rom an early age, Daphne White noticed her daughter’s love of performance.

It was obvious, especially around other

people. No matter where her daughter, Abigail Gbadebo, was, or how she was feeling, she’d want to make the people around her laugh.

“She loves to share her talents,” White said. “It’s just a matter of investigating what she likes to do and providing those opportunities for her. Whatever piques her interest is what I’m interested in pursuing.”

Gbadebo is a 24-year-old Sarasotan with intellectual disabilities who has kept that performative streak throughout her life, involving herself with productions at local theaters when she can.

Eventually, her mother had an idea: Why not have her daughter make a go at performing on stage?

It’s gone well. Gbadebo has performed at pageants and competition with the Miss Amazing nonprofit, which provides opportunities for girls with disabilities in the hopes of raising their confidence and their sense of self-worth.

“It’s fun, I like it a lot,” Gbadebo said. “I like to do monologues and to (introduce) myself; I like movies and being in shows.”

Gbadebo recently was crowned the Miss Florida representative for Miss Amazing and will compete at the National Miss Amazing 2022 summit in Nashville on Friday, July 29, where she will deliver one of her favorite monologues to an audience.

It’s an excerpt from the musical “You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown” in which Lucy reflects on what she wants to be when she grows up.

“Lucy wants to be a queen,” Gbadebo said. “I’m doing this for fun.”

White hails from New York but has worked her way down the east coast with her children, staying in Georgia and North Carolina throughout her life.

She says her daughter tried dancing and archery along the way but always came back to entertaining.

“She used to tell me when I was young and she’d put her shoes on the wrong feet, she’d say ‘Don’t worry Mom, they’re my feet,’” White said.

Gbadebo has kept the performance streak going in Sarasota, participating in productions with

“She loves to share her talents. It’s just a matter of investigating what she likes to do and providing those opportunities for her. Whatever piques her interest is what I’m interested in pursuing.”

— Daphne White

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Gbadebo works hard to get her monologues right, from memorization to the finer points.

“It’s reading, reciting, and reaching the point where she can put character and movements into it,” White said.

Gbadebo first became involved with Miss Amazing in 2012 in Georgia, where she sang.

She later represented North Carolina and she delivered a monologue during a National Miss Amazing tournament in Los Angeles in 2015.

Gbadebo recently competed in the Miss Amazing Florida competition in Orlando and, to her delight, won and moved on to the national competition.

Gbadebo says she enjoys theatrical trappings that go along with performance: the bright costumes and outfits with tiaras and sashes.

“I like walking around (on stage),” Gbadebo said. “I like taking photos in the pretty dresses.”

White said she’s willing to do anything to keep her daughter happy.

“I just feel like she’s going in the right direction,” White said. “The fact she’s been involved for years in different capacities and she has success in this area makes her want to do it even more. I’m just proud of the development she’s had over the years and grateful she has a venue to perform what she enjoys.”

“I just think ‘Let’s do it’,” Gbadebo said. “Let’s get it done.”

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he Florida Studio Theatre celebrated its summer season with a Midsummer Night Dinner event on July 25.

After a long time away, patrons and supporters of the theater met for an evening of drinks, dinner and music.

The night’s program started with a musical performance by the cast of “Rock ‘n’ Roll Reignited,” who put on a show for audience before it was time for dinner.

Guests heard from Managing Director Rebecca Hopkins and Board of Trustees President Dennis McGillicuddy, who welcomed the audience to their seats before passing off the mic to Producing Artistic Director Richard Hopkins and associate artist Ellie Mooney.

The centerpiece for the night was the presentation of the Sam Mossler Artistic Spirit Award, which provides scholarships to attend FST classes, to 9-year-old student Juliet Favara, who accepted the award with her father, JP Favara.

After dessert, Associate Director At-Large Kate Alexander bid farewell to guests.

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It sold for $2.6 million in 2015.

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GRANADA PARK Robert Douglas Lonsdale and Kristy Kirtley Lonsdale, of Sarasota, sold their home at 3835 Pomegranate Place to Kathleen O’Brien and Brian Edward O’Brien, of Sarasota, for $1.8 million. Built in 2020, it has three bedrooms, three-and-a-half baths and 3,179 square feet of living area.

THE LANDINGS Thomas and Myrta Dillon, of Sarasota, sold their home at 1693 Landings Lane to John Compton, trustee, of Sarasota, for $1,625,000. Built in 1992, it has four bedrooms, threeand-a-half baths, a pool and 3,941 square feet of living area. It sold for $1,225,000 in 2006.

SAPPHIRE SHORES Timothy James Minnick and Akeelah Liaqat Kuraishi, of Bradenton, sold their home at 4875 Brywill Circle to Ringling Sapphire LLC for $1.45 million. Built in 1960, it has three bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 2,478 square feet of living area.

It sold for $450,000 in 2020.

COLONIAL TERRACE 2932 Lexington LLC sold the home and two vacant lots at 2932 Lexington St. to Albert Santos, of Bedford, Massachusetts, for $1.2 million.

Built in 1978, it has four bedrooms, four-and-a-half baths, a pool and 4,005 square feet of living area. It sold for $800,000 in 2021.

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Aqualane Estates Steven and Caryn Silver, of Sarasota, sold their home at 1500 Shelburne Lane to Westpatrick Corp. for $4.95 million.

Built in 2007, it has three bedrooms, three-anda-half baths, a pool and 4,505 square feet of living area. It sold for $434,000 in 1999.

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The beachfront land at 2501 Casey Key Road totals 0.75 of an acre and includes bayfront land with a deep-water dock.

CENTRAL PARK Mary Elizabeth Compton and Margaret Jean Sly, trustees, of Sarasota, sold the home at 1651 Foruth St. to David Hansen, of Sarasota, for $1.15 million. Built in 1937, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 2,640 square feet of living area.

VALENCIA ROSEMARY PLACE TOWNHOMES James and Pippa Bird, of Carrolton, Texas, sold their home at 1270 May Lane to Willem Van Osnabrugge, trustee, of Sarasota, for $1,095,000.

Built in 2019, it has three bedrooms, three-and-a-half baths and 2,291 square feet of living area. It sold for $926,000 in 2021.

Cynthia Denise Farrer, of Sarasota, for $675,000. Built in 2007, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,323 square feet of living area. It sold for $420,000 in 2007.

CORAL COVE Kathryn Carter, trustee, of Warwick, Rhode Island, sold the home at 1838 Cockleshell Drive to Halbert Gillette and Sherry Mundorff, of Sarasota, for $865,000. Built in 1958, it has three bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 2,573 square feet of living area. It sold for $237,200 in 1999.

SCHOOL AVENUE TOWNHOMES Richard Czerniak, of Sarasota, sold his home at 92 Audubon Place to Christopher Mouta and Sarah Baldwin, of Sarasota, for $1,025,000.

Built in 2019, it has three bedrooms, three-and-a-half baths and 2,332 square feet of living area. It sold for $599,200 in 2018.

Sarasota Beach Deborah Berna Fineman Bozik, trustee, of St. Petersburg, sold the home and a vacant lot at 497 Island Circle to Derek Scott Embody and Charlotte Scott Embody, of Tampa, for $2.45 million. Built in 2007, it has four bedrooms, threeand-a-half baths, a pool and 2,964 square feet of living area. It sold for $909,500 in 2008.

Deer Creek Mark Spears, trustee, of Sarasota, sold the home at 8591 Woodbriar Drive to James and Sabrina Benko, of Sarasota, for $1,115,000. Built in 1993, it has four bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 4,077 square feet of living area. It sold for $590,000 in 2019.

Blackburn Point Woods Joanne Rice Gerhart, trustee, of Ann Arbor, Michigan, sold the home at 307 Woods Point Road to Jeffrey and Michele Brinckerhoff, trustee, of Osprey, for $705,000.

Built in 1991, it has three bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 2,776 square feet of living area. It sold for $350,000 in 2008.

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Sarasota ‘s Taber Jordan won the Male Teen 1 Orange Light division at the 2022 IBJJF Pan Kids Jiu-Jitsu Championship, held July 23-24 in Kissimmee.

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Booker High senior Chariot Johnson, a member of the girls basketball team, received offers from University of North Florida and Bethune-Cookman University on July 26.

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Former Booker High wide receiver Osirus Mitchell signed a one-year contract with the Green Bay Packers on July 26. Mitchell played for the Birmingham Stallions of the United States Football League.

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ragon boat racing is about more than collecting hardware.

It is about competing to the fullest extent your body will allow, no matter your age or ability.

In that spirit, the 2022 IBDF Club Crew World Championship, held July 18-24 at Nathan Benderson Park, were a success — and that’s before factoring in the medals actually won by local boats.

Survivors In Sync paddler Fern Millman, of Sarasota, has been paddling with the park’s teams since 2014. While she has improved over the years, she never thought she would participate in such a prestigious event. The excitement did not hit her until the opening ceremony July 18. When she arrived to the park and saw the set-up, plus everyone in attendance, she became antsy.

Now, she’s a champion two times over. SIS, a breast cancer survivor team that races out of Benderson Park, won gold in the event’s 200 meter and 500 meter standard boat categories.

“This is a big deal,” Millman said.

“It is an amazing feeling. When we beat Knot a Breast, our biggest competition, by two and a half seconds in that first heat (of the 200 meter sprints), that sent us through the roof. To me, it’s a lot more important to feel that competition than to have actual medals. It is great to know that we won against other great teams.”

Benderson Park’s boats took home six gold medals overall. The AllCancer Survivors won its short boat 500 meter and 2,000 meter races; the NBP Dragons Senior B Mixed team (men and women) took gold in its 500 meter race.

While those teams celebrated victories, the combined performance was a success for the NBP dragon boat program and paddling in the Sarasota-Manatee counties area.

Nathan Benderson Park Conservancy CEO Stephen Rodriguez said the economic effects would not be known for a month or two, but he

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Former Sarasota High star Casey Kelly, a pitcher with the Korea Baseball Organization’s LG Twins, pitched six innings July 22 against the NC Dinos, allowing one run on seven hits with four strike outs in the Twins’ 5-4 loss. Kelly holds a 2.24 ERA and a 12-1 season record.

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Sarasota High senior Armando Morales, a defensive lineman on the Sailors football team, received an offer from Webber International University on July 24.

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The NBP Dragons Senior B Mixed team (men and women) celebrates its gold in the 500 meters Short Boat Division. The gold was determined by aggregate time in three heat races.

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The NBP Survivors in Sync standard boat won gold in the 200-meter and 500-meter races at the 2022 Club Crew World Championships.

was confident it would be significant.

“We have almost 3,000 people here from out of town who are athletes and supporters,” Rodriguez said. “They have all been here for approximately 10 days. That is nice for our community. We’re in the low season right now, so any time we can draw business like this during the summer months, that is wonderful for everyone.”

Rodriguez said it has been a boon to be the first United States site to host the Club Crew World Championships. He hopes the community’s exposure to the event makes more people in the area aware of the sport and its growth, perhaps leading them to try the sport themselves.

The championships were not without their comedic moments.

The NBP All-Cancer Survivors had just crossed the line July 21 in the first heat of its 200 meter race when a wake sent 10 paddlers into the water.

Brian Long, a member of the NBP All-Cancer Survivors and the husband of NPB Paddling Coach Angela Long, said one of the U24 teams went so fast that it created the powerful wake.

Wanted or not, it was a celebratory swim; the All-Cancer Survivors team won the heat for their division and eventually won the gold medal.

“I was in the stroke seat, so right at the front of the boat,” Long said.

“We’re tippy boats, so once we were in that wake, the whole thing just went (over). We almost went over on our second and third heats, too. We had to keep paddling hard after the finish line to get through it. ” This will not be Benderson Park’s last association with the sport of dragon boat. Rodriguez said he is unsure when or if the Club Crew World Championships will return to the park, but other dragon boat events are already on the schedule, such as the Club Crew National Championships, which will hit Benderson Park in 2023, 2025 and 2027.

LOCAL PADDLING RESULTS n The NBP Warriors All-Cancer Survivors won gold medals in the short boat (10 paddlers) 200 meters, 500 meters and 2,000 meters. n The NBP Survivors in Sync Breast Cancer Survivor team took gold in the standard 200 meters and 500 meters. The boat also took a silver medal in the 2,000 meters. n The NBP Dragons Senior B Mixed team (men and women) took gold in the Short Boat Division 500 meters. The team also took silver in the 2,000 meters and bronze in the 200 meters.

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10 seniors to watch Keep your eyes on these guys as preseason preparations begin for their final year in high school.

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ith practice for the 2022 high school football season getting under way Aug. 1, and our team previews starting shortly thereafter, I wanted to give everyone an appetizer for that main event.

I’ve compiled my list of the top 10 senior football players to watch at the four high schools in our coverage area: Riverview, Sarasota, Cardinal Mooney and Booker high schools. (Sorry, Sarasota Christian fans, your team will have to wait until next year for inclusion in preview stuff like this.) The list is in alphabetical order by last name, not by ranking or anything like that. It’s also not necessarily the 10 “best” seniors, because what does “best” even mean when comparing across positions?

The bottom line: the 10 who made it onto the list are players I am going to be keeping a close eye on this season, for I believe their play will go a long way toward their teams finding success. There are other great seniors who didn’t make it.

If you want to tell me about them, send me an email and I’ll be happy to listen. For now, here’s the list: DESHUN ABNAR, BOOKER HIGH

Abnar played quarterback for the Tornadoes during their spring game and performed well, showcasing good decision-making on option plays and creating plays with his legs. He also threw for a touchdown.

Most of his completions came at or near the line of scrimmage, but that’s a product of how Booker’s offensive scheme was called — and it worked.

Abnar’s athletic ability should help the team win games this season.

DA’MARCUS ABNER, RIVERVIEW HIGH

A physical defensive lineman with plenty of athleticism to get to the quarterback, Da’Marcus Abner had 16 tackles and three tackles for loss while playing on the interior last season. It appears as though Abner has improved since then; he had two sacks and three tackles for loss in the Rams’ spring jamboree. Expect Abner and his brother, senior Dont’a Abner, to cause problems for opposing offensive lines all season long.

COOPER FLERLAGE, CARDINAL MOONEY HIGH

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A big, bruising presence on the outside for the Cougars, the 6-foot-4 Flerlage caught 31 passes for 477 yards and five touchdowns in 2021.

With a new quarterback taking over from the now-graduated Tayven Clark — and with last year’s leading receiver, Ryan Matulevich, transferring to Venice High — the Cougars will rely on Flerlage as a steadying presence.

Maddox Marchbank plays on both sides of the line for Sarasota High.

boree along with a handful of other nice plays, and he’s a willing blocker.

JR ROSENBERG, CARDINAL MOONEY HIGH

A punishing middle linebacker who also has shown the skills to contribute at H-back/tight end. Rosenberg had 108 total tackles in 2021, 71 of which were solo. Rosenberg showcases his tenacity on every play. He’s a big reason why the Cougars allowed just 20.4 points a game. Another big year should be ahead.

MADDOX MARCHBANK, SARASOTA HIGH

One of the Sailors’ locker room leaders, Marchbank also makes his impact felt on the field. Marchbank had 55 total tackles and 22 tackles for loss in 2021. He’s also going to play on the offensive line this season and Sailors Coach Brody Wiseman told me during spring practice that Marchbank had been working harder than ever. That’s a scary thought for opposing teams. He’s guy who every school would want in the trenches.

TYLER PACK, SARASOTA HIGH

Sailors wideout Tyler Pack has good speed and good hands. He caught 16 passes for 254 yards and a touchdown in 2021. Expect those numbers to go up if Sarasota finds success on offense. Pack also appears to be playing some defensive back for the Sailors. He had an interception in the team’s spring jamboree, which

Cooper Flerlage (12) is a big body on the outside for Cardinal Mooney.

STONE SPRINGMAN, RIVERVIEW HIGH

Springman’s a kicker. Normally I would not put a kicker on a list such as this — no offense, y’all — but Springman is good enough to be an exception. Kornblue Kicking, one of the two premier specialist rankings alongside Kohl’s Kicking, ranks Springman No. 5 nationally and No. 1 in Florida. Springman’s ability to hit clutch kicks should come in handy for the Rams in close games.

adds another intriguing element to his game.

LUKE PETITTA, RIVERVIEW HIGH

A tight end, Petitta does not have many stats to go on, for the Rams did not throw the ball much in 2021 — and when they did, it usually went to either Michigan State signee Jaron Glover or all-world recruit Charles Lester III. With Glover now gone and a new starting quarterback, junior Jeremiah Dawson, running the offense, Petitta is getting a chance to show what he can do. He caught a touchdown in the team’s spring jam-

ter at safety and can line up at wide receiver to not only provide catches but solid blocking in the Tornadoes’ running game. Along with the previously mentioned Abnar and a few outside transfers, Stanford is one reason why Booker is primed to start its turnaround under Littles with no delay.

LAURIEL TROTMAN III, SARASOTA HIGH

Trotman simply makes plays. I first watched him as a running back at Cardinal Mooney High in 2019. Then I watched him make plays as a safety/ linebacker at Sarasota. Trotman had 78 total tackles last season — 13 for loss — plus three sacks and an interception. For a program on the rise, Trotman is a great guy to have in your pocket. He can do whatever you ask of him.

Ryan Kohn is the sports editor for the Sarasota/Siesta Key Observer. Contact him at RKohn@ YourObserver.com.

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New Booker coach Scottie Littles is hoping for a quick turnaround, and Stanford is someone who can help accomplish that goal. He’s a hard hit-

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I want my senior year to end with a bang. We are hoping to go back to states after getting there this year and winning it two years ago. I want to cap my career with another ring.

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That started during COVID. We couldn’t go anywhere to work out so people came to my house. We started something like a personal gym and we kept it up after everything reopened.

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