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Apartment plan poised at the starting gate Developer gains initial clearance for project adjacent to SRQ at dog track site. SEE PAGE 4A

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A family in need

Sarasota’s food truck community recently rallied for a family in need.

Carlos Mendoza and Alandra Lopez, of Bradenton, were recently killed in a crash while driving a food truck on Interstate 75, leaving two children to be looked after by Mendoza’s sister.

In response, Smokin’ Momma Lora’s BBQ Mobile, the JFCS of the Suncoast and several food truck vendors worked together to host a fundraiser supporting the family at the Big Top Brewing Co. on Aug. 21.

Visitors donated toys, clothing, food and more to the family.

By the end of the day, the rally had raised around $10,000.

Re-elected, with friends Photo courtesy City of Sarasota

Ziegler wins new school board term alongside Enos, Marinelli. SEE PAGE 3A

Sid-E. Hall returns

Sarasota has its fair share of wild birds, but City Hall has a “pet” bird of its own.

Sid E. Hall, a wandering egret named by Sarasota Communications Manager Jan Thornburg, has made the seat of municipal government its home for years.

Hall recently made its return to Sarasota, and staff caught the bird looking for lunch.

It does make you ask: Is it the same bird that always returns to city hall or a collection of egrets that have the name Sid E. Hall? City staff aren’t sure about their resident egret, and frankly, they don’t want to know. We have to agree.

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School Board member Bridget Ziegler snaps a selfie with supporters at an election-night celebration Tuesday.

Almost there, feeling fine

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Turtle Tracks AS OF AUG. 20 TOTAL NESTS: 2022 Siesta Key 531 Lido Key 160 Casey Key 2,049

2021 521 107 1,469

TOTAL FALSE CRAWLS: 2022 2021 Siesta Key 584 602 Lido Key 205 279 Casey Key 1,936 1,773 Source: Mote Marine Laboratory

Festival’s not fantasy.

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With century mark on the horizon, WWII vet leads a life of adventure.

SEE PAGE 1B Harry Sayer

Joe Jennings, pictured here with his partner, Denise Barker, work to make the most of every day together.

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State seeks comment on U.S. 301 proposals

“I don’t know how you’re supposed to feel at 100, but I don’t feel that.”

Joe Jennings, about to turn 100 years old. Read more on page 1B

BY THE NUMBERS 35.74%

Turnout for the Sarasota County primary elections, which concluded Tuesday night.

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Feet from the main runway at Sarasota-Bradenton International Airport to the nearest point of a proposed apartment complex across University Parkway.

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Residential units proposed in a redevelopment of the Sarasota Bath & Racquet Club. PAGE 5A File photo

The Mira Mar building on South Palm Avenue has been beset with structural issues.

CALENDAR n Sarasota County Commission regular meeting — 9 a.m., Tuesday, Aug. 30, Commission Chambers, County Administration Building, 1660 Ringling Blvd. n Sarasota City Commission budget public hearing — 6 p.m., Tuesday, Sept. 6, City Commission Chambers, City Hall, 1565 First St. n Sarasota County School Board regular meeting — 6 p.m., Tuesday, Sept. 6, Board Chambers, 1980 Landings Blvd.

Mira Mar still faces possible demolition Sarasota developer Seaward Development has backed out of an agreement to buy the Mira Mar building after failing to gain permission to demolish it — a quest the building’s current owner will now undertake, claiming it is structurally questionable.

The building, on South Palm Avenue, has been the center of a dispute for weeks between those who are trying to preserve a part of the city’s history, the developer and owner, who believe it’s time to move on, and the building’s tenants.

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Hanging over all these arguments are questions about the building’s safety. The Mira Mar has been under monitoring for nearly two months by building engineers and city inspectors to make sure it doesn’t become so unsafe that it’s uninhabitable.

In an Aug. 22 letter to tenants, the property’s management company says “the discovery of some substantial deficiencies with the building’s structure make occupancy of the building unlikely for the long term.”

Seaward, which had intend-

ed to buy the property from Mark Kauffman and is a tenant, had planned to demolish the building and rebuild it.

But a request to tear down the Mira Mar was turned down by Sarasota’s Historic Preservation Board in June.

On Aug. 23, Seaward confirmed the sale was off.

In the Aug. 22 letter, the property management firm tells tenants that the current owner, Mark Kauffman, “intends to pick up where Seaward left off in applying for a demo permit.”

The Florida Department of Transportation is planning improvements at four intersections along U.S. 301 in Sarasota and is seeking public input for the project. An in-person and virtual meeting about the project from 12th Street to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Way will be held from 5-7 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 25, at the Selby Public Library Jack J. Geldbart Auditorium, 1331 First St. FDOT will present project information and provide an opportunity for the public to offer feedback.

Written comments during and after the meeting will be accepted. Comments submitted by Sept. 6 will be included in the formal public meeting record.

The project is designed to improve safety, enhance traffic flow and reduce crashes at four intersections: 12th Street, 17th Street, 21st Street and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Way. Improvements at all four intersections include: Resurfacing the roadway; striping for special emphasis crosswalks; installing new signage; and sidewalk and curb ramp reconstruction to meet ADA criteria improvements.

The virtual option will be held from 6-7 p.m. and is available to those who register online. Meeting materials can be viewed online at SWFLRoads.com.

Driver hurt when SUV crashes into garage A residential garage was severely damaged and the driver of an SUV seriously injured in a crash Tuesday on Webber Street in Sarasota, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.

Investigating troopers of the FHP said in a report released Tuesday afternoon that a 64-year-old Sarasota man was taken to the hospital after the 1:25 p.m. crash in the 2200 block.

The FHP reported that the Ford SUV left the road and crashed into the garage of an unoccupied home.

No one else was reported to be injured in the incident. The investigation remains underway.

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Field set for two Sarasota County Commission seats

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Ziegler leads Sarasota School Board sweep Enos, Marinelli grab open seats left by two departures.

SCHOOL BOARD VOTE TOTALS Votes % 52,509 43.65%

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District 1 Dawnyelle Singleton Bridget Ziegler

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District 4 Lauren Kurnov Robyn Marinelli

Votes % 56,253 47.20%

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ncumbent School Board member Bridget Ziegler led the way Tuesday night, winning re-election in a sweep of conservative candidates to the nonpartisan five-member board.

With all precincts reporting, Bridget Ziegler reclaimed her District 1 seat over Dawnyelle Singleton.

“The community has spoken and it is crystal clear; they are demanding a reset of the school board, and that’s exactly what they are going to get,” Ziegler wrote in a statement.

“Taxpayers will be appreciated. Parents will be respected and involved.

Teachers will be respected and supported. Kids will be protected and served. And our school district will get the focus back to our mission: educating our children.”

Singleton expressed pride in her campaign even while facing disappointment in the loss.

“I will continue to fight for the children, teachers and school communities of Sarasota County,” she wrote.

“My hope is that the new school board-elects and Bridget Ziegler do the right thing for all of the children in Sarasota County.”

Robyn Marinelli was selected over opponent Lauren Kurnov for the District 4 seat, taking over the seat vacated by Shirley Brown.

“It’s surreal,” Marinelli said. “I’m overwhelmed by the support. I think of my parents, who are both deceased, and I know they would be

67,787 56.35%

62,928 52.8%

Votes % District 5 Nora Cietek 56,224 47.26% Timothy Enos 62,736 52.74% *99 of 99 precincts reporting

so proud of me.”

“Our campaign focused on student success and how to help our kids have a bright future,” Kurnov wrote in her statement. “We didn’t get the outcome we wanted, but I am proud of the campaign we ran and want to thank the many volunteers and supporters who helped spread our positive message.”

Timothy Enos was elected as the District 5 representative over Nora Cietek in the seat vacated by Jane Goodwin.

“I’m humbled these people have had the trust in me to come out and put me on the school board,” Enos said. “I’m ecstatic and exhausted.”

Although nonpartisan, Ziegler, Enos and Marinelli drew backing of not only the local Republican Party but also that of Gov. Ron DeSantis, who campaigned and supported like-minded school board candidates statewide.

They will be sworn in Nov. 15.

SARASOTA COUNTY PRIMARY ELECTION RESULTS 2022

99/99 Sarasota County precincts are reported; 124,918 ballots were counted, with an overall 35.74% countywide voter turnout.

District 5 Winner takes office.

Nora Cietek 56,224 47.26% Timothy Enos 62,736 52.74%

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District 4 Winner takes office.

Lauren Kurnov 56,253 47.20% Robyn Marinelli 62,928 52.80%

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Paul Cajka and Dewey Brannon support the Republican Party — and stay hydrated in the heat — outside the Robert L. Taylor Community Complex on Tuesday.

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SARASOTA COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD District 1 Votes % Winner takes office.

Dawnyelle 52,509 43.65% Singleton Bridget Ziegler 67,787 56.35%

Fredd Atkins takes close race over two Democrat opponents in District 2, while two Republican races were easily won by Mark Smith and Joseph Neunder.

wo City Commission veterans and a political newcomer advanced in primary races for two Sarasota County Commission seats up for grabs in this fall’s general election.

In the District 2 race, former Sarasota City Commissioner and Mayor Fredd Atkins, with 35.24% of the vote, edged out City Commissioner Hagen Brody and Mike Cosentino for the Democratic nomination. Brody got 34.20% and Cosentino 30.57% of a total of 10,557 votes cast.

Atkins will face Republican nominee Mike Smith in the general election Nov. 8. With 57.74% of the vote, Smith defeated Lourdes Ramirez, who got 42.26%.

In the District 4 Republican primary, former Venice City Commissioner Joseph Neunder, with 73.32% of the vote, defeated Mark Hawkins.

Neunder will face Democrat Daniel Kuether, who was unopposed in the primary, in the general election.

While all candidates sounded the call for more affordable and attainable housing, Smith, an architect, said the election suggests his messages on the subject resonated the most among the voters.

He received the endorsement of the Gulf Coast Builders Exchange.

“Because I’m an architect, we tackle problems and we find solutions,” Smith said. “As contractors, I’m going to need your help because you’re the guys and gals who build these things. We have told folks in the development community that this is a big priority, and I believe we’re all on the same page that we’ve got to find a solution. It can’t be just government. The solution is gonna be all of us working together.”

Neunder, who served two-and-ahalf years as a Venice city commissioner before resigning to run for the county board, said he wants to help create a Sarasota County where his three children can afford to live and work. Affordable housing solutions are on top of his priority list, along with public safety and gulf water quality.

“I just I love my home,” said Neunder, a chiropractor. “I’m originally from Buffalo, but I grew up here. I just I love the home I grew up in. I had an excellent childhood, and I have three boys I want to experience what I had.

“I feel very blessed ... having existing relationships and building on those and making new relationships,” Neunder said. “In my opinion, is the best county in the state of Florida (to) live, work and play. And I just want to keep that in perpetuity moving forward.”

Atkins said his issues were similar to those of his opponents, but

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Fredd Atkins

SARASOTA COUNTY COMMISSION District 2 Votes % Mark Smith (R) 4,770 57.74% Lourdes Ramirez (R)

3,491 42.26%

Fredd Atkins (D)

3,720 35.24%

Hagen Brody (D)

3,610 34.20%

Mike Cosentino (D)

3,227 30.57%

*31 of 31 precincts reporting District 4 Joseph Neunder (R)

Votes % 9,334 73.32%

Mark Hawkins (R)

3,396 26.68%

*25 of 25 precincts reporting

the difference-maker was how he related to voters of District 2, which is largely the city of Sarasota, who feel disenfranchised by the County Commission.

“The bottom line is that the Republican community of Sarasota had allowed the Republican Party at the County Commission level to do whatever they liked whenever they liked, and it wasn’t fair to anybody, Republicans and Democrats,” Atkins said. “And that’s what I changed.

That’s what we will change.”

Brody said he called Atkins on Tuesday night to concede and congratulate him. “He was very gracious,” Brody said, also posted this message on social media: “I’m going to focus on being as productive as possible my last couple months in the city and look forward to new opportunities to serve my community.”

In the first races for their respective districts since voters approved single-member district voting in 2018, the candidates are vying to replace District 2 representative and Chairman Alan Maio, who has served his maximum of eight years, and Christian Ziegler, who after one four-year term did not seek re-election.

SARASOTA COUNTY COMMISSION District 2 Votes % Each winner advances to the general election Nov. 8.

Fredd Atkins (D) 3,720 35.24% Hagen Brody (D) 3,610 34.20% Mike Cosentino (D) 3,227 30.57% Lourdes Ramirez (R) 3,491 42.26% Mark Smith (R) 4,770 57.74% District 4 Winner faces Daniel Kuether (D) in the general election Nov. 8.

3,396 26.68% Mark Hawkins (R) Joseph Neunder (R)9,334 73.32% SARASOTA CITY COMMISSION Top three advance to the general election Nov. 8 for two seats.

Votes % Jen Ahearn-Koch 6,928 34.72% Dan Lobeck 3,818 19.13% Sheldon Rich 1,520 7.62% Terrill Salem 1,495 7.49% Carl Shoffstall 2,300 11.53% 3,892 19.51% Debbie Trice SARASOTA COUNTY CHARTER REVIEW BOARD District 1 Votes % Winner takes office.

Alexandra Coe (R) 28,914 59.75% 19,478 40.25% Les Nichols (R) SARASOTA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL BOARD Central District, Votes % Seat 2 Winner takes office.

Thomas Dart (R) 32,784 34.43% Joseph 24,605 25.84% DeVirgilio Jr. (R) Bridgette 37,829 39.73% Fiorucci (R) Northern District, Seat 1 Winner takes office.

Brad Baker (R) 52,909 57.42% 39,230 42.58% Jim Meister (R) Northern District, Seat 2 Winner faces Jonathan Tubbs (LPF) in the general election Nov. 8.

Nick Altier (R) 13,462 27.75% André Hoefer (R) 4,179 8.61% Richard 14,260 29.39% Rehmeyer (R) Vic Rohe (R) 16,618 34.25% Southern District, Seat 1 Winner takes office.

Darryl Henry (R) 42,462 45.60% Patricia Maraia (R) 50,661 54.40% Southern District, Seat 2 Winner takes office.

Gregory Carter (R) 48,256 51.94% Joseph Chirillo (R) 44,654 48.06%

Ahearn Koch, Lobeck, Trice advance to final vote Top three vote-getters in City Commission campaign will compete for two atlarge seats in November.

ERIC GARWOOD MANAGING EDITOR

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n incumbent, an outspoken lawyer and a community leader from the city’s Rosemary District won the race to face off in November for two at-large seats on the Sarasota City Commission.

In first-round voting that concluded Tuesday evening, Jen AhearnKoch, Dan Lobeck and Debbie Trice gathered enough votes to separate themselves in a six-candidate field.

The top two vote getters in November will take their seats on the City Commission.

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Jen Ahearn-Koch, Dan Lobeck, Debbie Trice

With 20 of 20 precincts, incumbent Ahearn Koch led the way with 34.72% of the vote.

Trice was second with 19.51%.

Lobeck was third with 19.13%.

Ahearn-Koch was joined on the City Commission by Hagen Brody as at-large representatives in 2018, but Brody stepped away from the

dais in pursuit of the Democratic nomination for the Sarasota County District 2 seat left opened by Republican Christian Ziegler’s decision to step away from his seat.

Brody lost to former City Commissioner Fredd Atkins in that race, Tuesday night.

Lobeck is a lawyer who frequently

represents condo associations and homeowners groups in Sarasota and is a frequent critic of policies that allow for rapid development.

“If elected, I will do my best to put our residents in the driver’s seat, not the developers, to shape Sarasota’s growth in a way that preserves and polishes our charm and character rather than create another overcrowded city from which people seek to flee,” he said in a candidate profile published in the Sarasota Observer earlier this month.

Trice served as the president of the Rosemary District Association and said she would focus on housing.

“Sarasota succeeds only if working families have homes and business owners can fill job openings,” she said. “Raising the issue with our city government as an individual had no effect.”

Carl Shoffstall, who most recently ran a city committee to prioritize

CITY COMMISSION VOTE TOTALS Top three advance to general election for two seats

Votes % Jen 6,928 34.72% Ahearn-Koch Debbie Trice 3,892

19.51%

Dan Lobeck

3,818

19.13%

Sheldon Rich 1,520

7.62%

Terrill Salem

1,495

7.49%

Carl Shoffstall 2,300

11.5%

*20 of 20 precincts reporting

projects on which to spend the next round of county surtax money, finished more than seven points behind Lobeck in fourth place.

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City rejects SRQ noise concerns for project Commissioners move ahead with plan for 348 apartments at site of former dog track over objections of airport director who predicts complaints about jets.

ANDREW WARFIELD STAFF WRITER

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ith preliminary approval of voluntary annexation and rezoning from the Sarasota City Commission in hand, an apartment complex developer is at the starting gate in its quest to build a rental community on the site of the former Sarasota Kennel Club.

Raleigh, North Carolina-based Aventon Cos. plans to build a medium-density, 348-unit multifamily complex at the shuttered 26-acre dog track site at the corner of University Parkway and Old Bradenton Road. Recommended for disapproval by a 3-2 vote of the Planning Board — primarily over concerns about noise from flight operations at SarasotaBradenton International Airport across the street — city commissioners instead sided with the need for workforce housing.

By a 4-1 vote, commissioners approved the rezoning with Commissioner Jen Ahearn-Koch dissenting. They also approved the annexation of a 3.25-acre strip of land — essentially the backstretch of the track along the eastern edge of the property off DeSoto Road.

Pending final approval Sept. 6, the property will be rezoned Multiple Family-Medium Density.

During that same meeting, the City Commission is expected to hold a public hearing for the proposed rezoning and site plan for the development.

Ahearn-Koch opposed the rezoning out of concern for future residents living under the glide path for SRQ, the runway 1,500 feet from the northern edge of the property and the frequent but not constant emis-

sion of noise from aircraft.

Aventon Senior Development Director Sean Flanagan countered prospective residents will be made aware of the proximity to the airport prior to signing a lease, he added, and the city and airport will be indemnified against future liability.

Sarasota-Bradenton International Airport President Rick Piccolo told commissioners he “unabashedly” opposes the apartment development, calling it the worst possible use of the property. He said complaints are inevitable, regardless of paperwork signed by tenants.

As the airport grew and flight operations increased during his 27 years there, he said SRQ has invested $45 million in noise mitigation for homes in neighborhoods surrounding the former kennel club site. Most of those homes were in place prior to the airport’s emergence and FAA guidelines for noise mitigation were developed.

And that noise is only going to get worse, he said. Although SRQ averages between five and six commercial aircraft operations an hour, it has approximately 160,000 operations a year — about 18.5 takeoffs and landings per hour, including private aircraft.

“I’ve been doing this a long time,” Piccolo said. “They will be complaining because they always do.

It’s very similar to people who move downtown and say, ‘I want to move where the action is going on.’ When the action happens, they start complaining.”

PROXIMITY PRECEDENTS

Neighborhoods in similar proximity to SRQ as the proposed Aventon Sarasota number in the hundreds of

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The Sarasota Kennel Club closed in 2019. Raleigh, North Carolina-based Aventon Cos. plans to build a medium-density, 348-unit multifamily complex at the shuttered 26-acre dog track site.

homes, not including a planned 280unit apartment community, called Progress at University, bordering the western edge of the site. That complex, which sits more directly beneath the glide path than does the dog track, is making its way through the city’s Design Review Committee process and headed toward final consideration.

Current zoning of the site would allow for more intensive commercial uses such as a big box store or retail strip center — a convenience store has already been approved for the northwest corner at University and Old Bradenton — and the absence of opposition from surrounding neighborhoods suggests an apartment community is the most compatible option for the property.

“We didn’t have anybody from the neighborhood speak against it at all.

The neighborhood association is in favor of it,” Commissioner Hagen Brody said. “They understand that if this didn’t go through, there is a chance that it could end up being something much less compatible with the neighborhood and it may be more combative with the airport.”

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The majority of the rents at Aventon Sarasota will be approximately

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120% of the North Port-SarasotaBradenton average median income, Flanagan said, placing it at the top of the attainable workforce housing price range. Although that was concerning to some commissioners, Brody suggested the proximity to the airport will be a “natural governor” on the rents.

A lower density community means no units added to the affordable housing stock, but it is one step in bolstering the workforce category.

Flanagan said as more apartments come online, rents will naturally decrease throughout the city.

“Almost 94% of our units would fall within that 120% AMI limit,” Flanagan said. “If you have two people in a three-bedroom splitting that rent and they each have their own lease, we’d have 100% of the project meeting the 120% of AMI. That’s our teachers, our police, our firefighters, hospital employees, airport employees — and that’s because we’re able to build a low-density project of this nature.”

Ahearn-Koch acknowledged the apartments would be a welcomed addition but questioned if the city should knowingly allow to move forward a project that she believes will put residents in harm’s way.

“No doubt it’s a beautiful project

… but the word for me is it just comes down to ‘must,’” she said. “Must we do this? Can we do this? Yes, we can.

Must we? Must we knowingly allow people to be exposed to something that in our documentation says will cause health and safety issues. I love this project, but I cannot support the motion.”

Brody bristled at Ahearn-Koch’s assessment, pointing to the neighborhoods adjacent to the site and admonished her for publicly suggesting the residents are unsafe in their own homes.

Commissioner Liz Alpert sided with Brody.

“It just doesn’t make sense to me to pull out this one little island of residences and say we can have them all around here, but we can’t have it there. That just makes no sense in terms of our planning,” she said. “If we’re putting people in harm’s way, then all of those residences around there ought to be demolished. We should take them by eminent domain and say they can’t be there anymore because it presents too much of a hazard.

“I think that this is going to add to our housing stock and adding to the housing stock does bring down rents because it’s supply and demand.”

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Redevelopment of Bath & Racquet Club moves closer to city approval Entering its final Development Review Committee stage, the preservation and conversion of the 53-year-old tennis complex into a multiuse project will go before the Planning Board this fall.

BY THE NUMBERS Total lot size: 13.43 acres Building coverage: 240,186 sf Maximum density: 25 dwelling units per acre Proposed density: 19 dwelling units per acre Residential units allowed: 277 Residential units proposed: 256 Attainable units: 33 Tennis courts: 16 Pickleball courts: 12 indoor, four outdoor

ANDREW WARFIELD STAFF WRITER

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ore than two years after it was closed amid the onset of COVID-19, the re-imagining of the shuttered Bath & Racquet Club in southern Sarasota is inching closer to reality.

A resubmittal hearing before the city’s Development Review Committee this past week addressed most of the remaining technical matters and, pending signoff with individual committee members on final details, is on track to appear before the Planning Board in October or November.

Because the application is a site plan with minor conditional use, it is not required to go before the City Commission.

Under the new ownership of Sarasota Springs LLC, a joint venture between Federal Finance Group and Silver Sky Global Capital, architect Michael Halflants — himself a member of the Planning Board — is leading the design efforts of the project. It will incorporate the prior use of the 13.43-acre property, which will be enveloped by a mixeduse development of 256 residential rental units — 33 of the attainable housing — and 65,000 square feet of commercial and retail space situated behind Trader Joe’s on Tamiami Trail at Robinhood Street.

Rather than tearing it down, the project not only will revive the club, it is intended to benefit the surrounding neighborhood by replacing the dilapidated facility with a mod-

Rendering courtesy of Halflants + Pichette

New residential units will serve as the backdrop for 16 refurbished tennis courts per the redevelopment plans for the Bath & Racquet Club.

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A fence surrounding the pool is deteriorating outside a side entrance to the Bath & Racquet Club.

The pool at the Bath & Racquet Club has gone unused for more than two years.

ern, mixed-use development.

“The design of the Bath & Racquet Club creates a community in which one can live, work and play in,” reads text from the project’s submission.

“The project also proposes a oneacre public park as well as a public trail that stretches 1 kilometer

tennis courts, three of them elevated above parking, along with 12 indoor and four outdoor pickleball courts.

There will be an outdoor pool for the club and a new indoor fitness center.

Built in 1969, the club had 29 courts when it closed, along with several racquetball courts.

around the site. These amenities are intended to embed this new development into the existing residential neighborhood, providing a public amenity for the larger community.”

The ownership of the project was unavailable for comment.

Planned club amenities include 16

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The project encountered several challenges since it was first proposed by then-owner Mark Lucas in May 2020.

The biggest obstacle was an effort to swap commercial square footage for additional residential units, which Halflants contended to neighboring residents concerned about traffic would result in fewer vehicle trips onto the site.

Lucas acquired the club site in 2020. The Sarasota City Commission denied his first attempt at rezoning the property later that same year.

Lucas teamed with Halflants’ firm, Halflants + Pichette, submitting a new plan in 2021, which was unanimously approved in November.

Lucas sold the property to its new owners in January 2022 for $15.35 million, nearly tripling its value.

Federal Finance has offices in New York, London and Windermere, which is in western Orange County.

Silver Sky Global Capital has offices in London and New York.

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What DID board members didn’t expect was to find $8,000 in their bank account, the $400,000 having been moved into a fund to pay for the project, which, at this time, has no other city, state or federal money — the latter two which are being pursued — in the project funding pipeline.

During the City Commission meeting Aug. 15, DID Chair Eileen Hampshire said the appropriation was inappropriate, and her board wants that money returned to its account.

After dissolving into a debate between Hampshire and commissioners about losing street side parking in favor of aesthetics and a park-

ing structure — and even further into whether the Bay Runner trolley the DID helps fund is actually beneficial to the business owners who pay into the special tax district — City Manager Marlon Brown explained that it comes down to optics.

The $400,000, Brown said, remains available to the DID for its maintenance and budgeted projects, including planning for an arts festival. In the meantime, while the city is attempting to secure state grants for the Main Street project, it must show it has “skin” in the game — in this case in the form of the DID’s capital commitment.

A request for state funding for Main Street improvements was rejected during the most recent legislative session, and Brown said any possible future success will require a demonstration of significant municipal buy-in.

“I would caution the commission to not touch that money because what legislators like to see is government having skin in the game,” Brown said. “By removing that money, it shows that it no longer becomes a priority of this commission and the city … When we make that request again in the upcoming year, it shows the state that money is still available to be used.”

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–Commissioner Liz Alpert

debate, as is whether a hold on however much that will be must be pulled from the DID at this time.

“Ultimately, this is about the fact that we have a hold on the money that we’re not really using because we’re applying for state grants, and we don’t know when this project is going to happen,” Arroyo said. “We don’t know when the state is going to match it. How much buy-in does the state need to see from us? There is no number; they just need to see some buy-in, and we can place that hold in many other places.”

Concluding the matter won’t be resolved in a single meeting by a 4-1 vote — with Commissioner Hagen Brody dissenting — the commission approved a future session with the DID board to hash out the dispute.

DID DOWNTOWN BENEFIT?

Before reaching that collegial conclusion, Hampshire and Brody debated whether what’s good for the whole of downtown is directly beneficial to the DID, which, in addition to funding aesthetic enhancements and special events, contributes $50,000 annually to the Bay Runner trolley that circulates between downtown and South Lido Beach.

Hampshire conceded the Bay Runner is far more successful than she believed it would be, but whether the DID truly benefits is questionable, which is why the board resisted the city’s request for its financial support of the three-year pilot project.

“On Aug. 31 2021, City Manager Marlon Brown attended our meeting to ask the DID board for $150,000 in funds toward the operation of the Bay Runner,” she said. “He emphasized it was an ask, not a demand, and anything would be appreciated. He received lukewarm support.

The city subsequently confiscated $150,000 of DID funds for the trolley.”

In September, the City Commission voted to return the $150,000 to the DID, which in turn approved a contribution of $50,000 to the trolley “as a show of good faith,” Hamp-

shire said. Still the precedent was set, Hampshire charged, for the city to reallocate DID funds “at will.”

Brody says the DID sits on the sidelines of projects that benefit its membership rather than supporting them financially.

“I feel that sometimes the DID isn’t contributing to some of these big-ticket items in hopes that the city is just going to pick up the slack and get it done without the DID’s involvement,” Brody said. “That’s frustrating because I know that the DID is going to benefit from it, just like the trolley. So it’s nice to hear you’re in agreement that the trolley has benefited the district.”

Hampshire clarified her remark about the Bay Runner.

“I didn’t say that,” she said. “I said I thought the trolley was a good idea.

I think it’s been good for Sarasota.

I’m not entirely sure that it benefits the district.”

“We can reroute it around the district and see if anybody objects to that,” Brody responded. “I can tell you we’ve had 70,000 riders on the trolley since its inception in February. It’s been an unprecedented success. And just the reluctance to acknowledge that is frustrating.”

Brody applied similar sentiment to the planned Main Street improvement project, saying what’s good for downtown bolsters the city as a whole, and by extension, the DID. Hampshire argued downtown improvements don’t necessarily benefit businesses within the district. Removing street parking near businesses in favor of aesthetics and moving those spaces into a parking deck, she cited as an example, discourages customers.

Brody bristled at that notion, saying gone are the days when customers expect to park in front of businesses they visit.

“We can argue all day that you should be able to walk two blocks to a store, but the fact is people don’t, so I can’t change the perception that people have,” Hampshire said. “I can’t tell you how many times people told me, ‘I was going to come in but there was no parking, so I went to the other store down the street.’ We can’t tell people what to think, and they do think if they can’t park at the door they’ll go somewhere else.”

With no consensus on the matter that started the meandering discussion in sight, Commissioner Jen Ahearn-Koch brokered the agreement in the form of a motion to hold a special meeting between the City Commission and the DID board, characterizing the dispute over the funds as a communications gap.

“The conflict really is that that was our bank account,” Hampshire said.

“And if this (Main Street project) goes through, we will have $8,000, so there won’t be a DID. There’s not any use in five people meeting 12 times a year.”

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Excitement on Election Day Casting the ballot is a key ingredient to our liberty. Sarasota and Manatee candidates and constituents alike make it count.

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hile driving into work the morning of primary election day 2022, I passed St. Armands Key Lutheran Church, which serves as a polling station for Precincts 211 and 213. Sarasota City Commission candidate Carl Shoffstall stood outside shaking hands with voters clad in red, white and blue.

There’s something about election day, whether the primary or general, that brings an excitement to the air. Watching constituents exercise their right to vote brings about pride for our community and our democratic republic as a whole.

I love seeing social media posts with parents taking their children with them to the polls to vote. Or the proud parents whose child is now 18 and can officially vote in his or her first election. I love the “I Voted” stickers sported by adults who haven’t included stickers in their attire since elementary school.

By the time you read this column, the results of the 2022 primary elections will be out. But it’s worth acknowledging the efforts of what went into this year’s election.

First, we’ll take the newspaper perspective. That’s what we know best.

Sadly, as an increasing number of newspapers disappear, research has shown that communities that lack a local news source have more corrupt government. According to Northwestern University’s “The State of Local News 2022” report, “In communities without a credible source of local news, voter participation declines, corruption in both government and business increases and local residents end up paying more in taxes and at checkout.”

That is why we’re proud to serve as one of your local sources of information, providing candidate profiles in print and online. Longtime readers are all too familiar with Editor and CEO Matt Walsh’s recommendations and endorsements, a practice many news organizations don’t provide anymore.

Whether you agree or disagree with his choices, the point is to spark discussion and new ideas.

“It’s difficult for so many people, with their busy lives of managing their families, jobs and businesses, to stay up to date on the candidates,” Walsh says. “So we think it’s one of the jobs of a newspaper to help our readers sort out some of the differences and nuances to the candidates. And when we make recommendations, I think our readers know we are recommending

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

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BY THE NUMBERS Sarasota County Registered Voters As of 8/23/22* Democrat: 101,410 Republican: 152,349 Other: 97,156 Total: 350,915

Rhys Parry wanted you to vote in the 2018 Primary Election.

those candidates we think will do two things — defend and promote individual liberty and make people’s lives better.”

In our newsrooms, election coverage is almost always exciting. All of our journalists reporting election results are plied with pizza to tie them over into late hours, and our printer’s presses are on standby, holding back on preparing pages one and three of our papers until we send the final election results.

Circulating these election results can be quite scary as well. I’ll never forget that shortly after I became publisher in 2016, I received a phone call from our circulation manager at 5 a.m. the morning after the 2016 primary election when Tropical Storm Hermine was moving up the Gulf Coast of Florida.

“We can’t deliver the papers. It’s too dangerous,” he said.

“You have to get the papers out,” I frantically replied, “They have the election results!”

Luckily, it looks like the weather forecast includes only a few scattered thunderstorms for this week’s election result delivery. Of course, election results are posted and available on YourObserver.com in real time.

Sure, we’re all a bit sick of the direct mailers that stuff our mailboxes, the constant barrage of text messages received by political parties and PACs and the signs crowding our street corners. But you have to give credit to each and every single candidate who had the courage to run for public office. No matter your beliefs or party affiliate, the work that goes into campaigning for public office is daunting. And, quite

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honestly, thankless.

These individuals are offering up their time for public service for little pay to help make their communities a better place and make sure your voices are heard. But these campaigns can be draining with the attacks on their character in the media and by their opponents.

Florida Rep. Tommy Gregory, who will run for the newly drawn District 72 in the general election in November, once shared that in his first run for the State House 2018, his political adviser pulled him aside and told him that he shouldn’t take everything so personally and that public officials need to have thick skin.

Indeed, this year’s primary candidates had thick skin. Especially in the highly contested Sarasota County School Board race that brought Gov. Rick DeSantis here last weekend for a rally and the accusations of anti-Semitic remarks used in digital billboards campaigning against Lauren Kurnov.

If informed citizens make better communities, then it looks like Sarasota and Manatee counties’ citizens are engaged and passionate.

Voter turnout in the 2020 primary election was more than 32%, which was the highest in Sarasota County in more than a decade. As of 3 p.m.

Tuesday, voter turnout was already at 31.67%.

From someone who used to dress up like Susan B. Anthony as a kid, thanks for your vote. It counts.

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A rendering of a $16.99 million home under construction by Seaward Development on Siesta Key features a saltwater pool, 1,500-square-foot rooftop terrace and a 1,530-square-foot guest house.

TUESDAY, AUG. 16

VEHICLE HELD HOSTAGE 1:18 p.m., 2100 block of North Washington Boulevard Dispute: An argument over payment and service brought an officer to an auto repair shop, where a worker refused to lower a customer’s vehicle from a lift unless he paid $20 for service related to tires the business did not have in stock.

The customer called police to help retrieve his vehicle. Police spoke to the worker, who explained he spent 45 minutes with the customer, and although the shop did not have the tires he wanted, the charge was for his time. The officer explained the dispute was a civil matter and the worker could not hold the customer’s vehicle for services not rendered. The worker lowered the vehicle and the customer left the area.

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prospective home buyer who acts quickly has the opportunity to customize the finishes of a $16.99 million home on Siesta Key. Seaward Development is offering the home at 4136 Higel Ave. After 18 months of designing and permitting, the home is now under construction.

The 7,460-square-foot estate will occupy nearly 1 waterfront acre overlooking Big Pass with views of the Gulf of Mexico and South Lido Beach. It will feature an eight-car garage, a 1,500-square-foot rooftop terrace and a 1,530-square-foot guest house.

The home joins a double-digit group of residences for sale at eightdigit prices in Sarasota.

“There are 10 homes on the market now on our local islands and in downtown Sarasota priced over $10 million, and we expect this incredible property to sell quickly with the new buyer still able to customize some of the high-end interior finish work,” said Patrick DiPinto, Seaward Development broker and principal. “The market here in Southwest Florida continues to flourish.”

A home in mainland Sarasota’s Harbor Acres recently closed at $17.5 million, making it the highest-

priced piece of residential real estate ever to sell in Manatee and Sarasota counties.

The highest price Siesta Key property sold for $14.1 million in 2021 on Sanderling Road.

The home has five en-suite bedroom-bathrooms along with and two-and-a-half other bathrooms and a two-bedroom, two-bathroom guest house. The main house will also have an office, a theater, a gym, game rooms, a gourmet kitchen with professional-grade German appliances and custom Italian cabinetry, a great room with 20-foot ceilings, a feature wall with electric fireplace, and 10-foot sliding glass doors between the interior and exterior spaces.

Outside will be a heated saltwater pool, spa and fire pit at the water’s edge, plus an outdoor kitchen and a private gated entry that opens to a motor court with entry to the guest house and extra parking for visitors.

The home is designed by DSDG Architects of Sarasota.

“Our vision was to take full advantage of the sweeping views of Big Pass and the Gulf of Mexico for this residence to embody a modern aesthetic that incorporates the architectural principles of the Sarasota School of Architecture,” said Mark Sultana, architect and principal with DSDG Architects, speaking of the design style named for the area.

TUESDAY, AUG. 16

MISGUIDED ANGER 9:38 a.m., 2000 block of Adams Lane Disturbance: An officer was dispatched to the Sarasota County Tax Collector’s office because a man was cursing and yelling at staff. The man explained he was attempting to retrieve property from the Sarasota Police Department and that no one would help him. The officer explained that he was in the wrong location and after being told he needed to go to the police station, the man said he didn’t know how to get there. The officer personally escorted him to the correct location and helped him call the property department.

BOAT BREAK-IN 3:10 p.m., 10th Street Boat Ramp Agency assistance: A Longboat Key marine patrol officer assisted Sarasota Police in the apprehension of a suspect in a reported boat break-in.

The Longboat officer arrived at the boat ramp area and spotted under a tree a man who resembled the

suspect’s description. The Longboat officer stood by while city police responded and helped until no further assistance was needed.

SATURDAY, AUG. 20

FORT SERTA 12:24 p.m., 1600 block of Laurel Street Dispute: A complaint about a wall made of mattresses brought a patrol officer to a residence where two roommates were involved in a dispute. The caller told the officer his roommate placed the mattresses to create a separation, which also cut off a portion of shared area he could no longer access, specifically the use of a microwave oven. The wall builder placed the microwave on his side of the barricade and told the caller to not come to his side of the room. The officer explained that because it is a shared residence, both parties had the equal right to access common areas, including the microwave oven, and if they have any future similar disputes, they should contact their landlord.

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SCRATCH Jeffery Kin spent 15 years developing drama at the Players Centre, and now he’s hoping to build a bigger stage for all of Sarasota’s arts organizations.

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or years, Jeffery Kin made the most of theatrical spaces, milking them for every ounce of drama and pathos.

Now he’s using Sarasota’s arts community as a larger canvas, and he’s hoping to pull the groups together as collaborators in building a weeklong arts festival.

Kin, who calls himself “a theater person with a farmer’s work ethic,” is thinking big, and he’s circling November 2024 as the debut for his still unnamed festival.

He’s been laying the groundwork for the past nine months, assembling a group of employees and building a board for the incorporation of Sarasota Rising, his production company.

Kin says he plans for his company to be a 501c3 organization as of Oct. 1, and he’s going to spend the next 26 months moving mountains to give Sarasota its own Art Basel-type event.

“We want to drum up cultural tourism. It’s going to start local, then statewide, then the Southeast and then the nation,” he says. “In 10 years, we want this to be an international festival. We will want people to be able to say, ‘We’ve got to be in Sarasota at this time, because we’re going to see stuff that we would never be able to see anywhere else.’”

Kin, who spent 15 years with The Players Centre for Performing Arts, came to this mission organically. He says he was happy in his old role as artistic director for the Players when Mark Kauffman of the Downtown Improvement District asked him to help in recruiting a festival director.

Kin swished that idea around in his mind and immediately recognized that he’d love the opportunity to create a lasting institution. In the past nine months, he’s embarked on what he calls an “arts nourishment,” visiting festivals all over the country.

He went to Sun Fest in West Palm Beach and met with the organizers, where they gave him a behind-the-scenes tour and talked about their growth and development.

He volunteered at the Columbus Arts Festival just to see how things get done on a granular level.

He went to the Spoleto Festival USA in South Carolina and several other regional events, and he came away convinced that all the ingredients for success are already here.

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are all the great organizations that we all know and love. Large and small.

“What we get to do as an organization is be the icing on the cake. We get to bring in a great band, we get to bring in a great dance concert, we get to bring in something unique.”

Kin doesn’t want to pull the arts groups under his umbrella; he wants everyone to share in the process. His first benefactor was the Downtown Improvement District, which gave him $100,000 in seed money.

And immediately, he had to disappoint them because they wanted the festival to be in August.

That’s just not feasible in Sarasota for a number of reasons including the heat. Some arts organizations are shuttered for the summer due to the lack of snowbird customers.

Kin shared a questionnaire with all of the local arts organizations through the Arts and Cultural Alliance of Sarasota County, and what came back as the best time to hold a festival would be October or November. That’s when theater and arts organizations are ramping back up here; they wouldn’t have to do anything beyond share the programming they’re preparing.

“Let’s say The Players has a musical happening in that time,” he says.

“That’s great. That’s all you have to do. What I’m hoping to be able to do is to bring them more customers, to bring them more butts in seats.”

Kin wants the festival to cast the widest net possible.

He wants to include as many arts organizations as possible, from the ones with their own venues to the ones looking for a place to play.

He wants to collaborate amongst organizations to develop unique programming, and he wants to take over downtown streets for art fairs.

What might that look like?

Kin didn’t want to name specific organizations because none of them have committed to be a part of the festival yet, but he hopes to have a wide sampling of performing arts, and he wants to get the hotels and restaurants and museums involved to better cater to incoming tourists.

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“And that’s really all the Festival is. Just do what you do. Be brilliant, be excellent, create something wonderful in that timeframe.”

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“We’re going to start small. It’s not going to be Spoleto overnight,” he says. “But what we really want to do is organize our arts groups so that if they have a space, they’re going to produce something great in the timeline of the festival.

“And that’s really all the Festival is.

Just do what you do. Be brilliant, be excellent, create something wonderful in that timeframe.”

It’s a gigantic vision, and he said the community has been more than receptive.

Kin says he wasn’t sure how many organizations would reply to his

questionnaire, but most of them did.

They see potential for the festival and want to be a part of it.

But there’s still a lot of work to do.

Kin says the Downtown Improvement District is currently weighing whether it can authorize another $100,000 in funding for his venture.

He also said Sarasota Rising raised around $225,000 in its first year of existence, and he hopes to double that next year. By the time the festival is born, Kin expects it to cost about $1 million to operate.

To arrive at those numbers, Kin hired a consultant named Vern Biatt, a certified festival and event executive, to help him plot the event’s future, and he also said that philanthropist Ariane Dart of the Dart Family Foundation has been a great resource for him.

Now, he says, the festival has to grow into its own footprint.

“The timing is perfect,” he says.

“The relationship is awesome because she knows how to get stuff done on a large scale, and I know how to pull together an organization.

“We really are starting to build this together, knowing that Oct. 1,

the start of our second year, we’ll have a board. We’ll put them to work because there’s a lot of work to do in the next two years.”

They still have to name the festival. They have to organize which arts organizations are willing and able to participate and they have to line up all the venues to do that.

For now, Kin is working out of his kitchen, and he’s traveling the country auditing festivals.

Just last week, he went to a Tennessee Williams Festival in St. Louis, and he’s prepping for an event in Orlando.

Kin meets once a month with a group he calls his “startup” team.

They’ve put together a mission values statement, and they have a logo for Sarasota Rising, but they know the clock is ticking on the way to November 2024.

“We’re building something from scratch, which is exciting in itself,” he says. “We’re really creating a long-term organization that’s not going to just be a fly-by-night thing.

“This is something that we can build on year after year.”

Jeffery Kin says he developed a lot of relationships during his time in Sarasota and hopes to nurture even more through his festival.

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

“The only reason I know they ordered the platter is because only the shell of the lobster is left.

Everything else is gone.”

WHAT’S THE DISH: Walt’s Fish Market has been filling Sarasota bellies with fresh fish for more than 100 years, and there’s one dish on the menu that never falls out of favor.

Brett Wallin, the fourth-generation owner of Walt’s, says that the Captain’s Platter, a delectable mix of red snapper filet, lobster tail and sea scallops, is his most popular dish.

Most of the time, in fact, he doesn’t see people eating it; he sees debris they’ve left behind.

“When I’m walking around and talking to people, the only reason I know they ordered the platter is because only the shell of the lobster is left,” he says. “Everything else is gone.”

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“I’d take my 30-foot Whaler to school and tie it onto the tree and then go to school,” he says. “I’d come to school wet, smelling like fish because I was spearfishing before.

The teachers would call my dad and say, ‘Your kid smells like fish.’

“And he’d say to them, ‘What do you think we do for a living?’”

HOW IT’S MADE: The star of this dish is the super-fresh seafood brought in by Wallin’s purveyors, and all three elements are prepared simply with butter and house seasoning.

Wallin says the lobster tail, the snapper filet and the scallops all are grilled, and they’re accompanied by garlic parsley potatoes and carrots roasted in honey and garlic.

“This is a white tablecloth dinner at a fish house,” he says. “I love all walks of life. I want everybody from the garbage man to the mayor to eat at my restaurant. That’s kind of what we have here. You can have a $40 dinner. And then the husband could have a shrimp dish for 13 bucks. We see that all the time.”

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FRESH CATCH: Wallin says that sometimes the fish come directly from the boat to the market, and you won’t just see it in the display case.

If you’re there at the right time, you might see a truck roll up with about 600 pounds of snapper.

“My dad always said, ‘If you start with the fresh ingredients, you don’t have to worry about all the sauces,’” says Wallin.

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It’s right there. That’s what I’m going to sell my grandmother, my mom and all of my favorite customers.”

FREE FISH DIP: You won’t have to pay for another Walt’s calling card.

Right when you sit down, you’ll get a taste of their smoked fish dip, which is a reminder of simpler times gone by. Wallin says that smoked mullet was one of the first things the Wallins ever sold at Walt’s because they were able to preserve the fish longer by smoking it. He says he enjoys giving customers a taste before they even open the menu.

“It’s just neat to be able to do that.

Even during COVID or inflation,” he says. “It’s a very expensive thing for me to do, but I’m going to continue doing it. I’ll never take it away.”

THE FAMILY BUSINESS: Wallin’s great-grandfather, Claus Wallin, began fishing the Sarasota waters a century ago, and his son Walt Sr., later took over.

Walt’s son — Brett Wallin’s dad, Tom Wallin — began working in the fish market from an early age, and he later opened the current location of Walt’s Fish Market on Tamiami Trail.

Tom Wallin took over the business from Walt in 1981, and decades later, he would pass it down to his son Brett. Brett Wallin started in the family business as a teenager, and he says he loved it from the start.

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Documentarian and Hermitage Fellow Hilan Warshaw will bring you the stories behind some of classical music’s most famous compositions and composers. Warshaw has sought to breathe new life into the legends of operatic creators like Wagner, Schoenberg, Berg, Bach and Mahler, and he’ll share excerpts from his films as part of his Hermitage lecture.

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VINAY DESAI WITH SHANKH LAHIRI 8 p.m. at Fogartyville, 525 Kumquat Court $20 members, $22 non-members, $10 students Visit WSLR.org/Fogartyville Sure, you’ve heard of the sitar.

But what do you know about the santoor? This 100-stringed instrument has its origins in the valleys of Kashmir, and Vinay Desai will explore its sounds as part of this performance. The sounds of the santoor will be supplemented by the tabla, a pair of drums that have served as the principal percussion in Hindustani classical music for hundreds of years.

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

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KATRINA COOMBS: I M(O)THER 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Sarasota Art Museum, 1001 S. Tamiami Trail Free with museum admission Visit SarasotaArtMuseum.org.

Katrina Coombs doesn’t just want you to appreciate her art and handiwork. She wants you to think about the role of women in traditional and contemporary society. This Jamaicabased fiber artist wove by hand many of the pieces in this Sarasota Art Museum exhibit, and she’s managed to distill her experience as a woman in the modern world in terms both spiritual and sensual.

MUSIC’S MASTERPIECES 6 p.m. at Sarasota Opera House, 61 N. Pineapple Ave. $5, registration required Visit HermitageArtistRetreat.org.

He may have made you laugh at sea or on your couch. Al Ernst’s bio boasts that he has been named the Carnival Cruise Lines’ “Entertainer of the Year,” and he’s toured the country for 15 years. Ernst prides himself on being a clean comic, so get ready to laugh sans profanity.

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THE JERSEY TENORS PART II They’re a tough ticket. But they’re staying longer due to popular demand. The Jersey Tenors Part II have taken Florida Studio Theatre by storm, and they’ll keep crooning through Sept. 18. They’ll sing opera classics mashed up with rock staples, and since they’re from New Jersey, you can count on a little Bon Jovi.

METADATA: RETHINKING PHOTOGRAPHY FROM THE 21ST CENTURY 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at John & Mable Ringling Museum of Art, 5401 Bay Shore Road Free with museum admission Visit Ringling.org.

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FLORA IMAGINARIA We’ve all done it. You see a beautiful flower bursting with color and beauty and you feel like you need to take a photo of it. But what you might not realize is that instinct has existed as long as the field of photography. William A. Ewing literally wrote the book on the history of flowers in photography, and he’s come back decades later to re-assess the field since he studied it. You’ll see work from international artists of great renown produced through many different methods, and you’ll see them both inside and outside.

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WE’RE DOOMED 7:30 p.m. at Bowne’s Lab, 1265 First St. $12-$15 Visit FloridaStudioTheatre.org.

You get to choose your own disaster, and the talented practitioners of Florida Studio Theatre’s improv troupe will live it out for you. “We’re Doomed” is an improvised disaster movie that starts out with the audience choosing a suitable title. The cast will take whatever you throw at them and they’ll find a way to make it funny, and they’ll do it in a way that makes you appreciate the many shapes a disaster movie has taken over the last few decades.

SUNDAY FEATURED ARTIST FOR AUGUST: LARRY PAUL 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Island Gallery West, 5368 Gulf Drive, Holmes Beach Free with museum admission Visit IslandGalleryWest.com.

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OPEN BAR COMEDY 7 p.m. at McCurdy’s Comedy Theatre, 1923 Ringling Blvd. $25 Visit McCurdysComedy.com Comedians Kris Shaw, Miguel Colon and Sal Demilio won’t just be speaking to the McCurdy’s Comedy crowd; they’ll be speaking to posterity. These shows are being recorded for OpenBarComedy.com and will be released later this year on a variety of platforms.

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Shirley Rush Dean will be the gallery’s featured artist for September, and the walls will undergo a transformation to make room for her work.

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Joe Jennings has kept active during his 99 years.

Almost 100 Joe Jennings’ near-century of life has been full of adventures and activity.

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J

oe Jennings doesn’t feel 99.

Anything but.

The Sarasota resident has worked hard to stay busy and make the most of his near-100 years of living. He’s served in the military during multiple conflicts, helped sink a German submarine during World War II, been involved in the intelligence community years after, and has spent his retirement years working on tennis racket designs and patents with his partner in sunny Florida.

It’s been a full life, and the result of that has been some big moments and close connections that Jennings treasures. He’s feeling particularly reflective of late — he turns 100 on Sept. 14.

“I’ve enjoyed a lot of things,” Jennings said. “I never let anyone stop me from what I wanted to do.”

Jennings was born in Oklahoma and grew up with a father who worked as an auto mechanic and a mother who looked after him and

his four siblings. He concedes childhood wasn’t always easy — he had to deliver newspapers at age 12 to help the family make ends meet.

Jennings said he enlisted immediately at 19 following the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. After a brief attempt at the Army Air Corps — he says he didn’t have the eyes for aviation — in 1942 Jennings joined the Navy, where he worked as an aviation radio operator doing anti-submarine patrols in the Atlantic.

“Our job was to keep submarines down,” Jennings said. “That was rewarding to me; it was work I was interested in.”

It’s been a long life, but one day that stands out in his mind was when he and other service members identified and sank a German submarine off the coast of Brazil in 1943.

He’d trained for hours and hours for that moment, and the attack went smoothly when it finally arrived.

“We knew what to do, when to do it and how to do it,” Jennings said.

“We executed with perfect precision.

I never thought about (the impact), we were just doing our jobs.”

Joe Jennings and Denise Barker have embraced life and kept busy over the past 11 years.

He used his talents gathered in the military and returned to Oklahoma City after the war to open a radio repair shop.

“I understood electronics,” Jennings said. “I never came across something I couldn’t repair.”

Jennings spent some time doing that while attending night school to get his degree before returning to the military to serve in the Korean War. That conflict gave way to a fulltime career in the military that took Jennings and his family to France and several other countries. He later worked in the civilian intelligence community in Washington, D.C. before eventually moving to Sarasota in the ’70s.

“My first impressions of Sarasota

were positive,” Jennings said. “I suddenly found out anything I wanted to do, I could do in Sarasota.”

That included working on cars — he’s never lost his love of tinkering — and even he spent time as a boat captain.

In 2011, his hobby of team handball gave way to tennis, a sport he hadn’t touched in years but didn’t cause any pain to his now-aching back, at the Field Club.

It was there he met Denise Barker, the New York-turned-Sarasota resident who would be his future partner. They had a contentious start playing tennis — she actually beat him in their first match.

The two bonded and went steady, eventually going on a cruise together and spontaneously deciding to get married.

“The pastor looked at us and said ‘I can tell you have the same values, I want to marry you in the chapel,’” Barker said.

Jennings’ love of repair and design has never dimmed, and he’s spent years working on a tennis racket design that boosts hitting power without doing damage to the elbow.

“Only when I was fully retired did I realize I wanted to keep doing this kind of thing,” Jennings said. “I had time and I started working on things.”

Jennings reached his 80s and eventually his 90s and found himself unable to play tennis in the way he used to. Besides, he’s still keeping active — whenever Barker goes on walks at Marina Jack, Jennings is nearby hitting plastic golf balls to keep himself in shape.

Soon enough, Jennings will celebrate his life. More than 100 friends are throwing him a 100th birthday celebration at the Field Club.

It’s a hard thing to wrap his head around. He doesn’t feel like he’s done anything special to get to this point — he’s had people ask for his secret, and he just tells them it’s likely a matter of healthy activity and genetics.

“I don’t know how you’re supposed to feel at 100, but I don’t feel that.”

How he’s lived as a person is something Jennings is more confident about. The days have come and gone, and he’s found himself in a variety of places and situations, but he says he’s always made sure to embrace each day with all the excitement he can find.

“I can’t think of a day in my life that I didn’t look forward to,” Jennings said. “I think that’s important.

I look back and think ‘Would I live that life again?’” and I think ‘Absolutely.’”

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Sumner and Dona Baum stop for a photo with with AJC West Coast Florida Director Brian Lipton, Joseph Gianguzzo and Veronica Brady

JC West Coast Florida Director Brian Lipton had a strong message about confronting hate during the organization’s final Lunch and Learn event of the summer on Aug. 16.

“If haters come after me because I’m a Jew, they will feel empowered to come after Blacks, Hispanics, gays, Christians, Asians, Muslims. “ Lipton said. “We must come together, and we must stop hate.”

It was a statement that drew applause from the crowd. And the support didn’t end there. The event featured clergy members from different faith institutions joining AJC in support. Representatives from Catholic Diocese, the Lutheran Church, the Episcopal Church, the Unity Church of Sarasota and several synagogues attended in a show of solidarity with AJC. The event’s speaker was AJC’s U.S. Director for Combating Antisemitism Holly Huffnagle, who has led AJC’s response to antisemitism in the U.S. since early 2020.

After Lipton addressed the crowd, the audience enjoyed lunch before hearing Huffnagle speak on the importance of confronting a rising wave of antisemitism in the U.S. — HARRY SAYER

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The Sarasota Chamber group’s largest event every year, though, is the Young Professional Summit, a halfday affair that brings dozens of members together to listen to a number of speakers and connect for future endeavors. Members met early Friday for coffee and breakfast before sitting to be welcomed by Sarasota Chamber Programs Manager Sarah Rachon, who thanked the assembled audience.

The day’s program continued with a segment from keynote speaker Mitch Lomazov, of Excellence Performance, who discussed the importance of seizing opportunities when they present themselves.

It was then time for the presentation of the annual Young Professional of the Year award, which was given to Zack Holzworth of Willis Smith Construction Inc. Attendees broke off to mingle and later participate in learning sessions about understanding self worth, building confidence and overcoming the fear of the first step.

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OSPREY 1851 Island Way 4 Beds 4 Baths 5,233 Sq. Ft. Mackenzie Longueuil & Pat Mudgett 941-961-4023 A4537690 $3,950,000

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SARASOTA 3537 Founders Club Drive 3 Beds 3 Baths 3,544 Sq. Ft. Richard Hearn 941-313-1591 A4535534 $2,300,000

SARASOTA 1155 N Gulfstream Avenue 608 2 Beds 2/1 Baths 1,700 Sq. Ft. Deborah Beacham & Bibi-Ann Allard, PA 941-376-2688 A4543821 $1,900,000

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home in Oyster Bay Estates tops all transactions in this week’s real estate. Michael John Daly and Corinne Solange Daly sold their home at 1525 N. Lake Shore Drive to Jessica Tibbetts, of Sarasota, for $2.9 million. Built in 2006, it has four bedrooms, threeand-a-half baths, a pool Courtesy photo Built in 2006, the home at 1525 N. Lake Shore Drive has four bedrooms, threeand 4,407 square feet of and-a-half baths, a pool and 4,407 square feet of living area. living area. It sold for $1.9 million in 2020.

SIESTA KEY Carolyn Cappuccio, of Sarasota, for

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HUDSON BAYOU John and Janice Shelton, of Sarasota, sold their home at 1718 Bay St. to M&J Pham Development LLC for $2.85 million. Built in 1997, it has five bedrooms, four baths, a pool and 4,015 square feet of living area.

PARADISE SHORES James Hubbard and Susan Walter, trustees, of Sarasota, sold two properties at 1547 Sandpiper Lane to Jeffrey and Nikki Sedacca, of Sarasota, for $2,475,000. The first property was built in 2002, it has three bedrooms, three-and-a-half baths, a pool and 2,828 square feet of living area. The second property was built in 2002, it has one bedroom, one bath and 308 square feet of living area.

BAY PLAZA Albert Handelman, Edward Handelman, Jay Handelman and Benjamin Handelman, trustees, of Windsor, California, sold the Unit 305 condominium at 1255 N. Gulfstream Ave. to Donald Warren Vose Jr. and Anne Vose, of Sarasota, for $852,000. Built in 1982, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,656 square feet of living area. It sold for $685,000 in 2006.

FOREST LAKES COUNTRY CLUB ESTATES William and Kathleen Bornholtz, of Sarasota, sold their home at 1916 Brookhaven Drive to Alan Goldman, of Louisville, Kentucky, for $800,000. Built in 1972, it has three bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 2,076 square feet of living area. It sold for $305,000 in 2013.

EXCELSIOR BEACH TO BAY Louis and Barbara Dicicco, of Arlington, Massachusetts, sold their Unit 203 condominium at 6266 Midnight Pass Road to The Real Estate Parking Co. for $670,000. Built in 1980, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,260 square feet of living area. It sold for $157,500 in 1989.

SYLVAN SHORES William and Marianne Junker, of Sarasota, sold their home at 1057 22nd St. to 3X2 Properties LLC for $610,000. Built in 1952, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 1,525 square feet of living area. It sold for $325,000 in 2021.

PALMER RANCH COBBLESTONE ON PALMER RANCH Leila Sakhai and Stephen Furry, of Carmel, Indiana, sold their home at 4185 Cascina Way to James Burke and Natalie Lynn Bohlmann, of Billings, Montana, for $1.15 million.

Built in 2016, it has three bedrooms, three baths and 3,007 square feet of living area. It sold for $715,000 in 2020.

$630,000. Built in 1979, it has four bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 2,583 square feet of living area. It sold for $265,000 in 1988.

OSPREY OAKS I Asanka Weerasuriya, of Osprey, sold his home at 61 Osprey Point Drive to Richard Blomquist and Katia Sullivan, of Mequon, Wisconsin, for $1.5 million. Built in 1984, it has three bedrooms, three-and-a-half baths, a pool and 3,223 square feet.

It sold for $500,000 in 1995.

BAY OAKS ESTATES Aaron Tyler, of Kissimmee, sold his home at 579 Oak Bay Drive to Bayhead Partners LLC for $830,000.

Built in 1995, it has four bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 2,721 square feet of living area. It sold for $457,000 in 2020.

DEER CREEK Martin Salzman, of Osprey, sold the home at 8470 Cypress Hollow Drive to Leonid and Victoria Ynkovski, of Sarasota, for $700,000. Built in 1991, it has three bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 2,110 square feet.

It sold for $225,000 in 1997.

THE COUNTRY CLUB OF SARASOTA Maria Lucie Soudijn, trustee, of Bradenton, sold the home at 3858 Torrey Pines Way to Claudio and

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Siesta Isles Eileen Deville, trustee, of Louisville, Kentucky, sold the home at 814 Paradise Way to Anna Haldar and Devjeet Haldar, trustees, of Lake Forest, Illinois, for $1.6 million. Built in 1962, it has three bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 1,996 square feet of living area. It sold for $150,000 in 1985.

PALMER RANCH: $1.39 MILLION

Cobblestone on Palmer Ranch Craig and Tracy Kennedy, of Naples, sold their home at 8713 Mangilli Road to Emilie Weil and Alan Frost, of Sarasota, for $1,399,000. Built in 2016, it has four bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 3,195 square feet of living area. It sold for $626,800 in 2016.

OSPREY: $2.1 MILLION

Oaks II Thomas and Deborah Jones sold their home at 425 Walls Way to Thomas and Audrey McGinley, of Osprey, for $2.1 million. Built in 1986, it has five bedrooms, six-and-a-half baths, a pool and 5,259 square feet of living area. It sold for $1,010,000 in 2003.

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Siesta Key’s Benjamin Aguilar shows off his core strength to the U.S. Gymnastics Championships crowd while on the Rings. He finished 13th in the event.

POISED PERFORMANCE Benjamin Aguilar finished 12th all-around in the Junior Men’s 16 division of the event, which was held Aug. 18-21 at Tampa’s Amalie Arena.

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Siesta Key gymnast Benjamin Aguilar competed at the 2022 U.S. Gymnastics Championships on Aug. 18-21 at Tampa’s Amalie Arena. Aguilar, who trains with the Sarasota and Bradenton-based EVO Athletics gym, earned a berth to the event and finished 12th all-around in the nation in the Junior Men 16 division.

Although he didn’t finish on the podium, Aguilar’s display of power and grace proved he belongs with the best gymnasts in the nation. Aguilar’s finish was second-best out of EVO Athletics’ gymnasts in their respective divisions; Alex Karadzhov, of St. Petersburg, finished ninth all-around in the Junior Men’s 17 division.

His best finish in Tampa came in the pommel horse, where he received a 24.900 combined score from the judges, good for sixth. He wowed the crowd with his core strength and dexterity.

Aguilar began his year of competition by finishing first allaround in the Men’s 16 division of the 2022 Florida Men’s State Championships on March 4-6 in Alachua. Level 10 is the highest level of the Junior Olympic program overseen by USA Gymnastics. At the state championships, Aguilar finished first in the floor, pommel horse, vault, parallel bars and tied for first in the high bar.

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Cardinal Mooney High junior running back Carson Beach ran 11 times for 90 yards and two touchdowns Aug. 19 in the Cougars’ 53-0 home preseason win against Seffner Christian.

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USA Swimming announced Aug. 20 that Sarasota Sharks swimmers Michaela Mattes and Gracie Weyant will represent the organization at the 2022 Junior Pan Pacific Swimming Championships held Aug. 24-27 in Honolulu, Hawaii. The Sharks’ Brent Arckey will coach the U.S. team.

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Booker High senior volleyball player Lesa Snipes-Williams had eight assists and three kills Aug. 22 in the Tornadoes’ 3-0 road win against Sarasota Military Academy.

Siesta Key’s Benjamin Aguilar soars like Superman on the rings at the 2022 U.S. Gymnastics Championships.

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The Cardinal Mooney High boys golf team finished third (310) at the John Ryan Invitational held Aug. 22 at Capri Isles Golf Club in Venice. The Cougars were led by sophomore Nicolas Bencomo, who finished tied for fourth individually (73).

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Siesta Key’s Benjamin Aguilar goes one-handed on the Pommel Horse to impress the judges.

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Bumper crop to keep an eye on I f you’re anything like me, the day you’ve been waiting about nine months for is finally here.

College football is back.

I love the NFL, and it is undeniably better football — how could it not be? — but there is a certain artificialness to the game that keeps it from being my favorite sport.

If each NFL game is an entertaining battle between talented athletes, each college football game is a battle to determine the lightness or heaviness of each fan’s soul.

Rivalries are real. You root for a school because you went there, or your kids (or parents) went there or you know people on the team from watching them dominate the high school gridiron on Friday nights.

You root for a school because it is part of you. You’re not rooting for a uniform. You’re rooting for a place, for memories, for traditions.

The Sarasota area always has participants in these games. How could it not with all the talent here?

And 2022 is no different. As the college football season kicks off, I wanted to give my annual rundown of a handful of area alumni you can watch play college football this season. Even more than in years past, the 2022 crop could turn out to be a special one, with multiple players entrenched in their teams’ starting lineups and more who could earn that right as the season progresses.

It’s more than I can fit in one column. Just know that if someone’s name isn’t on here, I’m likely still keeping track of their progress.

It would be wrong to start anywhere other than with Brian Battie, the former Sarasota High stud running back entering his junior season at South Florida as quite literally the best kick returner in the country. Battie was named a consensus All-American in 2021 after, among other things, returning three kicks for touchdowns, which led the nation. Battie was also named to the 2022 Paul Hornung Award

Photo courtesy of Michigan State Athletics

Former Booker High star Jacques Bristol has become a stalwart at defensive tackle for Central Michigan.

Charles Brantley lines up against a Youngstown State wideout as a freshman in 2021. The former Riverview defensive back is a big part of the Spartan’s defensive plan in 2022.

watch list. That award goes to the more versatile player in the nation.

In addition to his return stats, Battie ran for 324 yards and a touchdown and caught seven passes for 67 yards in 2021. He’ll have to put up bigger offensive numbers than that to win the Hornung, and in my opinion, it would be a good idea for USF to let him try. Few are better in the open field than Battie.

Jacques Bristol is a Booker High grad who started all 13 games for Central Michigan at defensive tackle a season ago. Bristol, a junior, is a great disrupter and has become a stalwart for the Chippewas as the program gets turned around by former Florida coach Jim McElwain.

Bristol had 36 tackles in 2021 (5.5 tackles for loss) to go with three sacks and three pass breakups. I don’t see a reason, barring injury, why those numbers could not increase in 2022.

named to the All-Conference USA First Team as a punt returner. He appears to be healthy for the start of this season. He’s a real threat with the ball.

We also have a high-profile newbie: Riverview grad Jaron Glover is a freshman wideout at Michigan State. Who knows how much time he’ll see, but he’s talented enough to make noise early in his career.

Then we have two guys who are from Sarasota but didn’t graduate from a city high school. I could mention them anyway, since both started their playing careers at Riverview High — and because they’re quite fun to watch. My column, my rules, after all.

Charles Brantley spent two seasons with the Rams before transferring to Venice High. He’s now a sophomore teammate of Glover’s at Michigan State and Brantley, a defensive back, already has become

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Former Riverview High defensive back Zahodri Jackson spent five seasons at Utah State (one a redshirt season), but decided this offseason to use his “COVID-19 do-over” season of eligibility and transfer to North Texas. Jackson played in 35 games at Utah State, making 10 starts. He racked up 56 tackles and six pass breakups. Until North Texas takes the field and we get a look at their defensive back rotations, it’s tough to say how much playing time Jackson will get, but for his sake, I hope it is quite a bit.

Speaking of guys I hope find better luck in 2022, Booker alum Talik Keaton missed all of his 2021 season at Marshall because of a broken hand — it’s tough to catch passes as a wide receiver without two good ones. Keaton had a promising sophomore season in 2020, making six starts and catching 17 passes for 175 yards and a touchdown, plus getting

a big part of the Spartans’ plans. He played in eight games as a freshman, earning a start against Purdue, before a shoulder injury ended his season. Before then, Brantley made arguably the team’s biggest play of the year, snagging a one-handed interception with less than a minute remaining to seal a win against rival Michigan. Assuming Brantley is back to full health, he has the potential to be one of the top young cornerbacks in the Big Ten Conference.

Then there is Malachi Wideman, who played both football and basketball for the Rams for three years before heading to Venice for his senior season.

Wideman enrolled at Tennessee and spent one season with the Vols before transferring to play for Deion Sanders at Jackson State, a historically Black university in the Southwestern Athletic Conference.

Wideman was a large part of Jackson State’s turnaround in 2021. He caught 34 passes for 540 yards and was tied for the SWAC lead with 12 touchdowns. Wideman is one of four Jackson State players to land on the 2022 Black College Football HOF Player of the Year watch list alongside quarterback Shedeur Sanders, kick returner Isaiah Bolden and cornerback Travis Hunter, the No. 1 overall player in the country in the Class of 2022. Deion Sanders is building something at Jackson State and if you get a chance to watch the Tigers — their Sept. 4 opening game against Florida A&M is on ESPN2 — I suggest you do so. They’re fun as heck.

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

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When did you start competing in triathlon?

You know, I just turned 50 and I ran my first triathlon 25 years ago, so I have been doing it for half my life now. I started as a runner in junior high and high school in Noblesville, Indiana. Then I attended Indiana University in Bloomington and would bike around campus there. Then I moved here and met my husband (Tom Chambers) 26 years ago. He was a triathlete, so I went to one of his races and loved the energy of it.

It was so positive. I wanted to compete in it myself so I worked on my swimming. The first triathlon I ever ran was the Clermont sprint triathlon a year later.

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The positive energy is a big part of it, but I also love the variety of training

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You’re moving between the pool and the track and your bike. I like to train consistently and train hard and if I was a single-sport athlete, I wouldn’t be able to do that. You get overuse injuries because you are using the same motions and muscles every day. So I’m adaptable. I like switching it up.

What is your favorite leg of the triathlon?

I don’t know if I have one anymore.

In the beginning, I couldn’t wait to run. Then it was the bike. Now I love the swim just as much. And you know, a triathlon is more than just running, biking and swimming. There’s the transitions, too, and that’s where I really shine. You have to move fast. Some people sit around on buckets and take their time putting on their socks. Not me.

What makes for a good transition?

Rehearsing is important. My husband is an amazing supporter and he will help me research the course and find out where we swim in and out, bike in and out, etc. Knowing your spots is important. Also, at the Fort De Soto race (Top Gun Triathlon), there were so many bikes. I wanted a way to see where my bike was, but if you put something on the back of your bike to mark it, the officials will take it away. So I put some baby powder on the concrete next to my bike. Some of the other people there said, ‘Oh, that’s a good idea!’

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