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Because the holiday tree lighting at St. Armands Circle impacts traffic on State Road 789, event organizers must seek a permit from the Florida Department of Transportation. What’s in the water? Balky boat inspires a winning Plan B for angling crew. Laboratory debate focuses on new icon for the holidays. A+E Clean the closet. PAGE 13A Bacteria to blame in beach warnings, but source hard to pin down.
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Finally, the finals Ringling College of Art and Design is fairly competitive in art and animation contests, having had students win awards during the Student Academy Awards each year since 1998. The competition — which has students across the globe compete to win awards and grant money — recently folded its international and domestic applicants into a single, more competitive pool. Even so, recent Ringling College graduates Lauryn Anthony, above left, and Anushka Nair had their animated film “Period Drama” advance to the finals for the competition — the only animated entry from the United States to do so. The competition’s award ceremony will be held in
Back to sea with you Waves had seen better days. In May, the green sea turtle was found tangled in fishing line near the Seafood Shack Marina in Cortez and was rescued for treatment at Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquarium Sea Turtle Rehabilitation Hospital.But on Tuesday, Waves headed back to the sea. Three months ago, Waves was found missing its left rear flipper and couldn’t move its front flipper on the left side, either. The fishing wire had cut its mouth and further examination found a fishing lure in the turtle’s digestive tract. After regaining use of its flipper, passing the hook and undergoing surgery to remove tumors, Waves was released from Lido Beach.
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The crew of Sick Leave — Dawson Day, AJ Grande, Brandon Anderson, Don Paxon, and Gabriel Lippert — brought in a 103.2-pound black grouper during the Sarasota Slam Fishing Tournament, which concluded this past weekend.
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“We are incredibly grateful to our agents and staff for their continued commitment to giving back to the communities we live in and serve on the Suncoast,” company President Drayton Saunders said.
Ian Swaby Sarasota County residents along Lorraine Road protested the proposal approved by county commissioners. Funding set aside for a 60-foot holiday tree for St. Armands Circle, replacing a tree that has served for decades. 4A 340,000 Approximate number of gallons of sewage that spilled from a pipe break in Sarasota last week. 5A 120,000 Square feet of space expected in the county’s proposed new administration building adjacent to Fruitville Library. 6A 301 Weight in pounds of Warsaw grouper caught in a local fishing tournament by Connor Cruise, the son of Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman. 1B
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Saunders Foundation delivers $51,820 The MSC Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Michael Saunders & Co., awarded grants totaling $51,850 to 49 nonprofits across Sarasota, Manatee and Charlotte counties recently.Thefoundation has donated more than $1.1 million since its inception in 2011. The foundation funds organizations that provide food, shelter and education. Funds are raised through contributions from employees.Eightofthe organizations were first-time recipients. Michael Saunders & Co.’s largest office on Main Street in downtown Sarasota provided grants to 12 organizations.
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Region’s housing grew 10.9% in decade Housing in the North Port-SarasotaBradenton metropolitan statistical area has experienced explosive growth since 2020, but the decade between the 2008 recession and COVID-19 had already been trending upward here and in many highergrowth states and regions. Compared to a national average of 6.5% growth in new homes from 2010 to 2020, the local metro area saw 10.9% growth in total housing units during the past decade, reports real estate investment company Stessa. At the same time, like the rest of the country, new housing has lagged behind population growth. The local metro area added 18.5% in population during the past 10 years, compared to a growth of 7.4% nationally. Among small Florida metro areas, Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin ranked fourth at 65.3% growth, and The Villages No. 7 at metrostheOrlando-Kissimmee-Sanford50.5%.rankedhighestamongFlorida’slargeatNo.9with14.9%.
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NORTH during an Aug. 30 meeting, Sarasota County commissioners voted to forward a move to allow light industrial and office uses that residents opposed between University Parkway and Fruitville Road. With Commissioner Michael Moran, whose district incorporates that area, absent, the commission voted 3-1 to send the amendment CPA 2022-F to the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity for review. If the state approves, the Sarasota County Commission will vote in a tentatively scheduled hearing Oct. 25 whether to give the amendment final approval. Commissioner Nancy Detert was the only no vote. “I tend to agree with the folks on Lorraine Road,” Detert said. She said that if industrial was in the area first, she would feel differently. She also didn’t see where allowing light industrial would provide that many jobs, a main goal of a Business Park Corridor.
“Those aren’t even jobs for human beings,” she said. “They are robotic.”Commissioner Christian Ziegler said he was against any zoning change on Lorraine between University Parkway and Fruitville Road, though he favored such development on the amendment’s other targeted area, Lorraine Road from Clark Road to State Road 681. Ziegler said when the amendment comes back from the state, he would ask that the northern stretch be removed.
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Sewage spills Courtesy graphic Beaches under a no-swim advisory will display this sign, warning swimmers to stay out of the water.
“It’s not a good idea to swim in waters with elevated bacteria, no matter where it comes from. It is just that we do not know exactly what to do to decrease and prevent them unless we know where they come from.”
Elderly individuals, children and immunocompromised individuals are more susceptible to becoming ill if exposed to water with high bac teria counts through swallowing or a wound. If the bacteria gets into an open wound, infections and rashes can occur.
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n Coquina Beach North n Bayfront Park North n Manatee Public Beach North n North Lido Beach n Lido Casino No Longboat Key beaches have been affected, though several to the north in Manatee County have. While the advisories do not pro hibit entering the water, it is strongly discouraged. Individuals likely won’t experience infection if standing in the water, but when an advisory is in place, submerging your body or head in the water will increase the likeli hood of infection. The most common illnesses that occur from being exposed to the bacteria are ear infections, cold-like symptoms, rashes and infections of open wounds and intestinal issues. To close the beach down entirely, Tomasko said it is likely that strong evidence of high levels of bacteria, particularly from sewage, would need to be present.
While the high levels of bacteria can originate from a number of sources, the true source of the bacteria is hard to determine because that level of testing is extensive and costly, Exec utive Director of the Sarasota Bay Estuary Program Dave Tomasko said. “The source does matter,” he said. “It’s so expensive to do the source assessment that they rightfully use the bacteria as an indicator.” The advisories, which have not been lasting for longer than a couple of days, are rescinded only after the bacteria levels are back to acceptable levels for swimming. “If it’s coming from decompos ing seaweed and the tide carries that seaweed away, then the source of that bacteria will not be there anymore,” Tomasko said of a potential way the levels can return to normal naturally. Higher bacteria measurements can also indicate other problems,although none are known to have drastic effects on the ocean itself.
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NUTRIENTS, BAD Nutrient control is one method that Tomasko said could potentially aid in lowering levels of bacteria from decomposing seaweed.“Maybe the reason why you have so much decomposing algae is because you are loading your bay with more nitrogen than it can safely accommodate,” he said. “The extra nitrogen coming into the bay could be helping to create the algal bloom that is decomposing and closing down our beaches because of the bacteria.”
On July 28, health officials posted the first no-swim advisories of the sum mer season in Sarasota and Braden ton.Since the first round of adviso ries have been placed, the follow ing beaches have been reported to have high-than-acceptable levels of enterococcus bacteria: n Siesta Key Beach (twice) n Bird Key Park and the Ringling Causeway n Service Club Beach in Venice n Venice Fishing Pier n Brohard Beach n Caspersen Beach n Manasota Key
The statewide program tests for enterococci, which the U.S. Environ mental Protection Agency has rec ommended states adopt as a saltwater quality“Accordingindicator.tostudies conducted by the EPA, enterococci have a greater correlation with swimming-associ ated gastrointestinal illness in both marine and fresh waters than other bacterial indicator organisms and are less likely to ‘die off’ in saltwa ter,” Huard wrote. “If an enterococci results were observed to exceed 70 colony-forming units per 100 mil liliters of beach water sampled and a resampling result also exceeds this value, then an advisory would be issued for the sampling site.” Posted signs advising the public are typically posted on the affected beaches.Thehealth department continu ally reminds beachgoers in their announcements that the higher bac teria levels detected are not because of sewage spills. Heavy rains days earlier can often sweep up sources of the bacteria in inland stormwater runoff, leading to elevated levels miles from their origi nal“Enterococcisource. are enteric bacteria that normally inhabit the intestinal tract of humans and animals,” Huard wrote. “The presence of enteric bac teria can be an indication of fecal pol lution, which may come from storm water runoff, pets and wildlife, and human sewage. If they are present in high concentrations in recreational waters and are ingested while swim ming or enter the skin through a cut or sore, they may cause human disease, infections or rashes.”
“If I mow my lawn and I am blowing my grass clippings out into the bay or a place close to the ocean, the bacteria that decompose the grass clippings aren’t poisonous, but they are going to be indicative of an organic material that does not belong there,” he said. When bacteria breaks down the organic material, it uses up oxy gen and increases biological oxygen demand. The oxygen decrease associ ated with decomposing material can kill fish rather than the bacteria itself. “It’s not a good idea to swim in waters with elevated bacteria, no matter where it comes from,” he said. “It is just that we do not know exactly what to do to decrease and prevent them unless we know where they come from.”
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The stakes are high when no-swim advisories are posted, and they are not posted lightly, health officials say, adding the out-of-bounds lev els of the bacteria can be indicative of several conditions, ranging from routine to serious. Health officials also stress that concentrations of enterococcus bacteria are not related to red-tide outbreaks. Still, the microscopic organisms can lead to health problems.
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LAUREN TRONSTAD STAFF WRITER No-swim advisories have popped up at several Sara sota and Manatee county locations this summer, strongly advising beachgoers to stay out of the water while stopping short of actually closing the shorelines to swimmers.Typically prompted by routine weekly tests that yield results of higher-than-acceptable concentra tions of enterococcus bacteria, the advisories often are rescinded days later after follow-up testing shows levels had returned to normal.
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POSSIBLE CAUSES Enterococcus bacteria is tested by the Department of Health Sarasota every Monday from each of the 16 beaches in the county.Theexact source of the bacteria leading to no-swim advisories is unknown. The following are potential sources of the higher-thanacceptable bacteria levels: n
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When bacteria levels reach unsafe levels, no-swim advisories go up. But that bacteria can be indicative of several situations.
The Department of Health Sarasota collects water samples every Mon day from each of the 16 beaches in the county. Once the samples are col lected, they are sent to a laboratory for testing. The county usually receives results the next day. “If they are within standard, we post the results online and resample the following Monday as normal,” Huard said. “If the sample does not meet standard, we resample the fol lowing morning for confirmatory testing; if those results are not within standard, we issue an advisory and resample the following morning. We’ll generally resample and test until the advisory can be lifted.”
“When these bacteria are found at high levels in recreational waters, there is a risk that some people may become ill,” Sarasota County Health and Human Services spokesman Steve Huard wrote in an email. Enterococcus occurs naturally in the intestine but can cause inflam mation and infection if introduced elsewhere in the body.
hen Sarasota city com missioners on Aug. 1 approved a grant of $286,000 to the St. Armands Merchants Association for a new 60-foot tree for the holiday season, they were clear about two things: The tree is a “holiday” tree — not specifically a Christmas tree — to be enjoyed by all citizens and visitors alike, and it would ideally be installed and the ceremonial lighting take place before Thanksgiving. During last week’s meeting of the St. Armands Circle Business Improvement District board of directors, Chair Tom Leonard and St. Armands Merchants Association Executive Director Rachel Burns — who together advocated for the tree before the commissioners — engaged in a sometimes contentious exchange over the timing of the tree lighting.
“The tree goes up typically the third week of November. It’s a matter of the company being able to install it early,” Burns said. “Once the tree is installed, the tree lighting event is what I am working on now because it is a permitted event and there are permit ordinances in the area, so there’s a little more to it.” In addition to the city, permit ting must be secured from the Flor ida Department of Transportation because the event requires some interference with traffic on a statemaintained road. Additionally, there are other events scheduled in the center of the circle on weekends in November that pose logistical chal lenges.“Let’s be very clear here,” Leon ard said. “The commission was very clear that they want to see that tree lit in November, before the Thanks giving weekend. … We want that tree up earlier than later. We want to market that tree earlier than later. It’s a lot of money. It’s going to get a lot of great public input, and why not use that to our city’s advantage?” An exact date, Burns insisted, can not yet be set.
Leonard pressed Burns on the commission’s urging for an earlierthan-usual lighting date while Burns pushed back that a number of factors outside the organization’s control could interfere with that timeline. Chief among them is the delivery date of the new tree, which com missioners approved to replace the 20-year-old artificial tree that had fallen into such disrepair that it was no longer viable. In prior years, Burns told the board, the lighting occurred on the first Friday in December.
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The BID board suggested Burns survey the shopping district’s mer chants to ask when they would like the tree to be lighted. She responded that she will do so but not until she knows when the tree will be deliv ered by the vendor. Leonard said he is pushing for that to happen by early November, but no date has been promised.Burnssaid she’s not saying no to lighting the new tree earlier than in years past — only that at this time, she can’t say yes, either. The grant agreement was working its way through the city’s legal department this past week, and Business District Manager Julie Ryan said she expects that to be complete soon. “Just to be clear,” said Ryan, “the grant is contingent upon everything that the commission had stated.” What the commission did not state in its motion, however, was that the tree must be installed and lit before Thanksgiving, but as a city tree — not only a St. Armands tree — it sure would be nice. No scheduling progress can be made until the grant agreement is executed and the tree’s delivery date known. Then, Burns said, she can begin seeking permits, which are date specific, from the city and state. “I’m not telling you no,” she said. “I’m just saying let me get through steps A, B and C first.”
Tree lighting date Circlepromptsofdebate Citing city commission wishes, the BID board insists St. Armands’ new 60-foot tree be lighted before Thanksgiving.
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Because the holiday tree lighting at St. Armands Circle impacts traffic on State Road 789, event organizers must seek a permit from the Florida Department of Transportation.
“There are more factors to it than just lighting the tree. It’s not just simply cut-and-dried. It’s some thing that we’re working on,” Burns said. “I have to first get approval of the city to then submit my right-ofway permit from the city to the state, and then work with them. It’s more than just saying, ‘Tomorrow we’re going to do this.’”
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In mid-2019, county commission ers gave direction to convert the Bee Ridge Water Reclamation Facility from producing Advanced Second ary Treatment for Public Access Reuse (reclaimed water) to Advanced Wastewater Treatment, and to pro ceed with the design and construc tion of the next incremental expan sion of the plant from a capacity of 12 million gallons a day to 18 million gallons.Theexisting Bahia Vista Street force main was constructed in mul tiple phases during 2002-2006 to accommodate increased wastewater flow from several completed areas of the Phillippi Creek Septic System Replacement Program, decommis sioning of the South Gate Advanced Wastewater Treatment Plant, and planned developmental growth within the northern sanitary sewer collection basin. The force main is nearing capacity, and an additional one is necessary to provide wastewater collection flex ibility, transmission redundancy and increased system capacity.
ANDREW WARFIELD STAFF WRITER County commissioners on Tues day approved a budget amend ment of $21.4 million for con struction of a 24-inch parallel force main project along Bahia Vista Street as part of a sewer and water treatment upgrade. The project to improve wastewa ter collection flexibility and increase capacity for wastewater transmis sion to the Bee Ridge Water Recla mation Facility will begin in approxi mately six to nine months. It will be funded by utility rates and Surtax 3 revenues, which are derived from an extra penny sales taxThecountywide.existing Bahia Vista Street force main provides critical north county wastewater transmission from the South Gate Master Pump Station to the Bee Ridge facility. The improvement project area is just east of McIntosh Road to the South Gate station.It’sthe latest addition to an overall utility expansion and improvement project that includes upgrading the Bee Ridge facility, which has a history of expelling nitrogen — the primary food source for red tide, according to researchers — into waterways that empty into Sarasota Bay. County commissioners began a series of project funding approvals in December 2019. The current overall project cost is $280.17 million, slated for completion by February 2026. Residents and businesses in the immediate area will be notified by postcard at least two weeks before the start of construction. The force main construction con tract was granted to Forsberg Con struction Inc. An anticipated completion of the force main project is March 2024. “We appreciate the community’s ongoing patience with this critical project,” said Sarasota County Public Utilities Director Mike Mylett. “Our focus remains on providing the best service to our customers, and this will help us continue that mission.”
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Sarasota city officials on Monday blamed corrosion in a 45-yearold wastewater pipe for a break on Shade Avenue near Eighth Street on Friday that led to the release of about 340,000 gallons of wastewater into storm drains that lead toward Whitaker Bayou. In a release from the city on Monday afternoon, Utilities Direc tor Bill Riebe said the pipe had a 70-year service expectation.
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“The City Commission is committed to providing reliable wastewater service and to the protection of public health and safety,” City Manager Marlon Brown said in a prepared statement. “The commission proactively approved a long-range plan in 2019 to invest in the renewal and replacement of the city’s aging water and sewer infrastructure. Whereas this particular pipe rupture was unfortunate and premature, the city’s efforts to update its infrastructure have reduced the number and magnitude of similar events.”
“Examination of the pipe revealed the pipe ruptured due to corrosion, which is somewhat unusual given the age of the pipe,” he said. Repairs on the 16-inch pressurized pipe were made by Saturday afternoon, with cleanup completion following a few hours later. City crews responded to the site of the break immediately following the 9:30 p.m. incident. The city said the entire pipeline is now being evaluated for similar corrosion issues. Depending on what is found, further replacement is possible. State agencies, including the Florida Department of Health and the Florida Department of Environmental Protection, were notified. Water testing will continue until results return to normal levels, the city said. Results collected on Sunday indicated lower sewage concentrations, the city said.The public is advised to avoid contact with water in Whitaker Bayou until further notice.
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While trenches are opened for the force main, the Public Utilities Department requested as part of the project inclusion of county fiber optic communication lines begin ning at the South Gate station along the force main route. The conduits, connection vaults and other equipment will be con structed in the same open trench where possible, and drilled horizon tal to the force main where necessary. Such connectivity will enhance the county’s ability to monitor parame ters of the wastewater system.
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ANDREW WARFIELD STAFF WRITER Somewhere within two miles of Interstate 75, between Fruit ville Road and Laurel Road, was the target site of the Sarasota County administration to build its new government center, where it will relocate after it vacates its facility in downtown Sarasota. Settling on an 8-acre site in the Fruitville Farms development just north of Celery Fields, many of the administrative staff workers will move to the new four-story, 120,000-square-foot building when the county turns over its current 170,000-square-foot headquar ters and two adjoining properties to Benderson Development Co. The county had previously looked at land on Cattlemen Road for the project. Construction of the new building is projected to cost between $72 mil lion and $74 million. The county sold the properties to Benderson in December 2021 for $25 million, leasing it back until 2025. Built in 1973, county staff estimated the building would need $49 mil lion in repairs over the next 20 years, and moving the administration cen ter to an unincorporated area along the interstate would make it better accessible to more county residents, particularly as the population center moves south. At the time, Benderson officials
The new building next to Celery Fields will be 50,000 square feet smaller than the current administration building in downtown. the years.therepairsmillionrequirestionadministra-downtowncounty’sbuilding$49inovernext20
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Vice Chairman Ron Cutsinger will have the potential opportunity to serve in the new space. “I can tell you that our current office is the smallest office I’ve ever had,” said Commissioner Nancy Detert. “I think it is the size of a pris on cell, and we even get a little skinny window on the side so you can look out,Carolynsadly.”
Eastwood, the county’s director of capital projects, dis played a first-floor floor plan, which includes a 3,500-square-foot meet ing chamber, a 2,400-square-foot “think tank,” conference rooms, functional service areas and a 4,000-square-foot gym. Detert asked Eastwood how the county can downsize by 50,000 square feet and not have outgrown the new space before it opens, com paring it to the Sheriff’s Office. “You have to remember with that facility, it was a renovation of an existing building,” Eastwood said. “We’re building completely new, and that gives us the opportunity to have more efficient use of the spaces.”
“There are other departments that will be moving into their own administration buildings such as Parks, Recreation and Natural Resources. Environmental Services will have their own administration center. Planning Development Ser vices, which is currently here in the first floor, we’re going to be looking at building a one-stop permit cen ter and they’re going to be housed in that location. So it doesn’t need to be as big as this building.”
Commission Chair man Alan Maio said the county has invested in seven new fire stations and is planning an eighth, and once the new administration building is completed, it will have developed new space to accommodate 80% of the county’s office workers. The investments are necessary, he said, for efficiency and to provide modern facilities.“Foranyone who thinks we’re building Taj Mahals, I’d be happy to take you to some of our facilities where our employees work because this hasn’t been done before, and it needs to be done now,” he said. “It’s a tremendous expense, but we have workers that sit all day in a 7-by7-foot cubicle. We’re now finally getting our standards up to the stan dards of the private sector.”
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In addition, some departments housed in the Administration Cen ter will be dispersed to dedicated department space elsewhere.
Commissioners have met criticism for selling the current headquarters and leasing it back for four years, and for spending taxpayer dollars on a new building.
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MANATEE COUNTY Manatee Republicans continued the sweeping out of the County Commission that voters decisively began in 2020. They routed, trounced and gave a resounding boot to moderate Republican incumbent Misty Servia and liberal Republican and longtime Commissioner Carol Whitmore. First-time candidate Michael Rahn, a longtime leader in the region’s real estate industry, won 62% of the vote to Servia’s 37%. For Whitmore, it was worse. First-time candidate Jason Bearden won 61% of the vote to Whitmore’s 25%. Carol Ann Felts won the other 13%. Rahn and Bearden will join the conservative coalition of Vanessa Baugh, Kevin van Ostenbridge, George Kruse and James Satcher, forming the most fiscally conservative, limited-government, lowtaxes-oriented commission in the 2000s. The only philosophical foil and lone voice to these six commissioners will be Democrat Reggie Bellamy.Nowthat this coalition has such dominance, plus the conservative county administrator, Scott Hopes, voters will be watching closely.
Lower property tax rates and smaller county government? And can they do all that in the face of a growing population and outspoken residents who don’t wantOnegrowth?clearmessage that came through in the primary: Republican voters want less government spending.ForManatee’s school board, voters simply replaced the veteran Democrat politician James Golden with a conservative retired Air Force colonel, Richard Tatem — tried and true, old ideas versus new ideas. The Manatee school board could use the new energy — as long as it used to improve the schools, not for political causes.
The Democratic Party of Sarasota County rallied its voters more so than the Republican Party, generating a 46.7% turnout among Democrats compared to 40.9% for Republicans. They just didn’t have enough voters to overtake the Republicans. Same for Manatee County. The percentage turnout for Republicans and Democrats was almost identical. But it wouldn’t have mattered. As in Sarasota, Republicans far outnumber Democrats in Manatee. EARLY; REPUBLICANS WAIT By Mail Early Voting Election Day Sarasota Republicans 24,394 9,683 28,401
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Democrats 34,641 3,912 8,865 Other 10,612 1,846 6,179 Manatee Republicans 22,782 4,861 18,997 Democrats 21,073 2,309 6,630 Other 6,906 458 2,410 Totals 69,647 15,441 43,445 Two conclusions from the above results: n Democrats typically beat Republicans when it comes to vote by mail and early voting. n Republicans (traditionalists) prefer to vote on election day. Source: Supervisors of Elections; Florida Department of State 1. Jefferson 44.8% 2. Sumter 43.9% 3. Lafayette 42.3% 4. Sarasota 36.7% 5. Holmes 35.8% 6. Hamilton 34.3% 7. Monroe 34.2% 8. Gadsden 34.1% 9. Baker 33.7% 10. Suwanee 33.6%
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SARASOTA COUNTY Post-election attention has focused primarily on the sweep of the three Gov. DeSantis-supported school board candidates. It was a longsought victory for conservative Republicans. They at last ended 14 years of an increasingly leftleaning majority, culminating with its embrace of mask requirements in spite of strong opposition from parents and Florida’s governor. The voters’ message was clear: Sarasota County Republicans and independent voters rejected, in particular, the way the board majority treated parents during and after the pandemic. The majority ruled as if it was in charge and parents were theTheservants.newboard members campaigned on flipping the dynamics — putting parents and taxpayers back in charge, with board members where they should be — public servants.Thenew board members’ first order of business will be reverting the board’s public comment policy. From there, voters can expect the whole tenor of the board to change from one of constant strife and obvious disdain toward each other to constructive consensus. Every board member — new and old — knows maintaining the district’s A-rating is a priority, as well as assuring parents the district is indeed free of divisive CRT and LGBTQ-gender influences. Meantime, while the school board’s new conservative majority captured most of the media attention, the most surprising and stunning results occurred in the races for the Sarasota County Hospital Board. Unheard of in hospital board history, four of five incumbent board members lost. Three of the victorious candidates were part of the four-candidate slate that campaigned on their objections to the way Sarasota Memorial Hospital treated patients and families during the pandemic. Apparently, that resonated. You can also conclude voters were dissatisfied with the incumbent board members’ awarding a 10-year employment contract to SMH’s CEO David Verinder — also unheard of in the hospital system’s history and the industry at large. To make the hospital board election results even more startling is that three of the four new board members — Bridgette Fiorucci, Patricia Maraia and Victor Rohe — were all first-time candidates for public office and essentially unknowns to most Sarasota County residents. The fourth, Brad Baker, has been a well-known and successful entrepreneur in Sarasota for the past 30 years, including extensive experience serving on corporateFiorucciboards.and Maraia have been registered nurses for 30 years and regard themselves as patient advocates. Rohe is a former New York City police lieutenant and Realtor. Their commonality is their dissatisfaction with SMH during the pandemic.Forthehospital system’s sake and the sake of Sarasota County taxpayers, surely these three recognize their responsibilities will be much greater and broader than advocating for changes in patient care. Sarasota Memorial Healthcare is a complex $1 billion enterprise. It also is a top-flight healthcare system — financially and in the services it provides. During the tenure of CEO David Verinder, the hospital system has doubled its annual revenues; built the Jellison Cancer Center and a Venice hospital; become a graduate teaching hospital; is a short time away from breaking ground on a North Port hospital; and is recognized as a top hospital nationally in a multitude of rankings. Serving on its elected board will require new members to take a year-long crash course in all the hospital system does and the issues management constantly confronts. While they may have a high interest in what motivated them to run for their seats, their job is not to create chaos and disruption to achieve a narrow agenda. It is to help and challenge management to do what it has been doing — striving to deliver the best healthcare possible for the citizens and taxpayers of Sarasota County.
Primary election turnout typically is about a fourth to a third of general election turnout. So when you examine turnout for Florida’s Aug. 23 primary, statewide turnout was in line with five previous primaries. But there was an aberration: Sarasota County. Sarasota County turnout increased 4.3 percentage points — enough of a jump to conclude voters were charged up more than usual. The voting for Sarasota County School Board illustrates the point: The three seats recorded 122,000 votes each compared to 45,000 to 95,000 votes cast in the Sarasota County Hospital Board races.
Sarasota County was the most populous county among the counties with the highest voter turnout. Jefferson County, which is just east of Tallahassee, has about 15,000 population.SumterCounty is home to the Villages, the popular senior-citizen development. Its turnout is always high. Sumter’s population is about 130,000. Sarasota County’s population is estimated at 440,000, according to the Florida Office of Economic and Demographic Research. The other counties with the highest turnout primarily are in Florida’s panhandle, where population is under 20,000 and residents are loyal voters. Monroe County, of course, is Florida’s southernmost county. BUT TO NO AVAIL # Voted % of Party 351,137 Republicans 152,721 62,478 40.9% Democrats 101,394 47,418 46.7%% Other 97,022 18,637 19.2% Manatee 277,740 Republicans 122,522 46,640 38.0% Democrats 79,388 30,012 37.8% Other 75,830 9,774 12.8%
The simplest assessment of the Aug. 23 primary election results in Sarasota and Manatee counties is Republican voters are ticked off. They don’t want any more of what they have been getting, and they have spoken.
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MONDAY, AUG. 22 SLINGING MUD 6:12 p.m., 3900 block of Bay Shore Road Neighbor dispute: Complaints about a neighbor throwing mud over a wall and into a pool under construction brought police to investigate. According to the contractors working on the pool, the next-door neighbor “flung” mud over an adjoining wall, which landed on the pool deck and surface while work was progressing. The delicate process, the homeowner explained, was susceptible to staining by mud coming in contact with the surface. The officer was unable to interview the contractors, who had left for the day. None of several security cameras captured video of the incident. Most of the mud had been removed prior to the officer’s arrival, and he was unable to discern any obvious damage to the pool or pool deck. The officer further observed water and mud on the sidewalk between the residences, and mud on the exterior southwest wall of the complainant’s property. The officer interviewed the neighbor, who said he was advised by a city inspector to shovel mud draining onto his property from the construction back into the adjoining yard, and if any of it had landed in the pool or on the deck, it was unintentional.
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FRIDAY, AUG. 26 FLOPPY FRY FRACAS 6:45 p.m., 300 block of Beneva Road Dispute: Police responded to a call from a fast-food restaurant when a customer refused to leave the establishment over a complaint about soggy French fries. A customer in the drivethru, upset because she did not receive fresh fries, entered the restaurant approximately 10 minutes later demanding the manager’s last name, but was told such identification violated company policy. An officer met with the dissatisfied customer, who was sitting in the restaurant’s dining room. She explained the manager was rude to her in the drive-thru and wanted her last name so she could report her to the company’s human resources department, adding she would not leave until she could report to HR by phone. The manager did not wish to press trespassing charges providing the officer could successfully remove the customer from the property.
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ERIC GARWOOD MANAGING EDITOR A47-year-old man who pulled a gun from behind his back during an encounter with Sarasota County Sheriff’s deputies inside a home on Tarawa Drive was shot to death Sunday morning, according to the depart ment.None of the four deputies who entered the home was hurt, the department said, adding that each of them are now considered victims of an aggravated assault and would not be identified under the provisions of Florida’s Marsy’s Law. Suspect Brian Underwood had a previous arrest on charges of domestic violence in 2014 in Citrus County, and a Sheriff’s Department release indicated deputies had been to the home previously but made no arrests.According to the news release, the incident unfolded around 9:06 a.m. when a woman called 9-1-1 to say she awoke to find a man pointing a gun at her after arguing with him the night before. Deputies arrived within five minutes and asked the armed suspect to come out, but he did not comply.A9-1-1 log published on the Sher iff’s Office app indicates a family disturbance was reported at 9:06 a.m. in the 6000 block of Tarawa Drive, a residential street south of Bee Ridge Road, east of Interstate 75. Deputies contacted the armed man inside by phone and persuaded him to show his hands at a window, which he did, at which point the deputies were invited by the suspect to enter and rescue the victim, who was barricaded in a bedroom while still on the line with 9-1-1 call takers. As four deputies entered, they encountered Underwood with his hands up. As deputies spoke to him in an effort to de-escalate tensions, the Sheriff’s Office reported, Under wood produced a gun from behind his back, chambered a bullet and pointed the firearm at the deputies. At least two deputies fired, fatally hitting Underwood. “As the firearm came into the up position toward the deputies, who were near the doorway of the living room, two of the deputies fired their weapons, discharged at the suspect,’’ Sheriff Kurt Hoffman said during a news conference on Sunday. An investigation into the incident is continuing.Thisisthesecond shooting inci dent involving a Sarasota County Sheriff’s deputy in August. On Aug. 18, a man on Richardson Way was shot and killed when he swung a machete at deputies investi gation a report of an armed burglary. One of the deputies in that incident received serious hand injuries. In May, deputies shot and killed a man who approached with a knife during an eviction at a Palm Avenue condominium.
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WEDNESDAY, AUG. 24 SCHOOL BUS BRAWL 8:27 p.m., 3000 block of Ringling Boulevard Fight: A school bus driver called police when he was unable to control approximately a dozen elementary school students on a school bus. The officer boarded the bus where the juveniles were “yelling insults, swearing, pushing, punching and grabbing each other.” Although the officer ordered them to sit down, the brawl continued. Other officers arrived at the scene and separated groups from each other. No criminal investigation ensued, and school staff and school district police will conduct their own investigation.
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TUESDAY, AUG. 23 LOVE GONE FLAT 9:03 p.m. 1000 block of Cocoanut Avenue Criminal mischief: A charge of a property damage by an ex-lover brought police to investigate a slashed vehicle tire, the victim claim ing the act was performed by his previous partner. The victim said the break-up occurred two weeks prior to the incident, resulting in an argument during which the ex-partner threatened to slash his tire. He said he did not witness the incident, and no photo or video evidence was available. The officer observed a puncture in the tire about one-inch wide, consistent with a knife. The damage is estimated at $100.
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The Asolo Repertory has accumulated more props and costumes than it knows what to do with over the last half-century, and now it’s trying to inventory them all.
SPENCER FORDIN A+E EDITOR The curtain is down and the seats are empty. But that doesn’t mean there’s nothing going on at the Asolo Reper tory Theatre. The summer has been a busy time of prep aration for upcoming shows, and it’s also provided a chance for the Asolo Rep to come to grips with its overflowing supply of props andDavidcostumes.Covach, the Asolo’s costume shop manager, has been presiding over a digiti zation of the company’s wardrobe holdings so they’ll have a permanent record of what exists in their closets. It’s like your own personal spring cleaning, but only if you had more than 70,000 items of Theclothing.Asolo’s warehouse-like Koski Pro duction Center — which was originally a Wilson Sporting Goods distribution center — houses decades’ worth of clothing worn in various productions, and Covach has to keep mental inventory of items he hasn’t used for decades.“We’ve got every single corner legally that the fire marshal will allow me to cram with something,” says Covach. “There are some costumes in our stock made by artists 60 years ago that are still hanging there and haven’t been used for 60 years.” Think about it. The Asolo Repertory Theatre has put on countless shows over the decades. And if there’s a potential use for a costume down the road, it hasn’t thrown it out. Covach and his assistant have had the hard job of keeping all of that in their mind. That means vintage suits and dresses and denim distressed in every form and fashion. Do we have a pink frock from the 1940s? Yes, Covach might say, but then he’d have to go and find it. So this summer, he assembled a four-per son team to begin digitizing their inventory. One person would bar code the item, and another would write down a description. A third person would photograph the item, and then a fourth would do the data entry. If the clothing were related, they’d be entered in together. “This summer, I had hoped that we would get close to 20,000 items in, being the first year,” said Covach. “We didn’t have quite as much time as I thought we’d have, and we didn’t have quite as many people as I thought. Once we got into the job, it takes much longer to do than I ever thought. We ended up prob ably inputting about 3,000 pieces.” That’s a lot of clothing. But what does it represent in the grand scheme of things? “Oh my god, it’s a drop in the bucket,” says Covach. “That’s like one row in our stock.” The interesting part is that Covach is in the process of creating more costumes. He recently spent $20,000 on fabric for the 2023 production of Three Musketeers, which hasn’t been performed by the Asolo Rep since 1995. Covach’s team will make dozens of costumes for the venerable classic, even though they still have stuff lying around from the last time they performed it. Is there irony there? Not really, says Covach. Even if it’s the same show, a direc tor may want to see a completely different aesthetic.Costumes are sized precisely for the actor that wears them, so they may not have util ity to ever be used again for the next cast. If that’s the case, then why are they hanging onto 60 years worth of clothing? “It may not be relevant,” Covach says. “But if we can make it look different or add a dif ferent feather, it’s gonna save us $150 here or there. We have all of the raw materials. And that’s usually the reason for me saving something if it has the potential. But that’s, of course, what every single hoarder says. ‘I’ll do something with it some day.’ “I can tell you that every single costumer that I’ve ever met has that mentality. They will save three beads in a Ziploc bag.” Covach says he expects the inventory process to take a number of years, and he’s not going to inventory every single sock and shoe.Year by year, though, he wants to get a bet ter picture of everything he has on record, not just in his mind. “My job before the internet was 10 times worse,” he says. “Or 10 easier because you just went to Jo-Ann’s and got it. If it wasn’t at Jo-Ann’s, the show didn’t have it.”
Costume shop manager David Covach is presiding over the Asolo Repertory Theatre’s attempt to inventory all of its wardrobe items.
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“We have all of the raw materials. And that’s usually the reason for me hoarderButifsomethingsavingithasthepotential.that’s,ofcourse,whateverysinglesays.”
The Asolo Repertory Theatre spent this summer in the early stages of an inventory process that could take years.
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Photos by Spencer Fordin Bill Atkins is hard at work constructing a boat for a future production.
The Koski Production Center includes tools of many varieties, and it’s basically a shop class on steroids. The Asolo doesn’t just create sets for its own productions; it also contracts to make sets for other companies.
PROP DEPOT If there’s chaos in the clothing aisle, it’s every bit as wild in the props department.Production manager Mike Rodgers recently led the Observer on a tour of the facility, and workers were toiling to create sets for Opera Colorado. One worker sat inside a boat as he built it out, and others were busy reupholstering furniture. It can take a year for a set to go from concept to reality, says Rodgers, and that furniture is frequently cus tom-made for a particular produc tion. But still, the Asolo Rep keeps rows and rows of couches, chairs and other furniture items. “My boss likes to say that it’s orga nized like Walmart; there’s a chair aisle, a couch aisle, a toaster aisle,” says Rodgers. “It would take prob ably years to get it all digitized and catalogued. And tracking it would still be a nightmare.” For now, the staffers are on the honor system, he says. Put every thing back where you found it.
Frank Paul, the Asolo’s senior property master, spent the time dur ing the COVID-19 shutdown trying to familiarize himself with every thing in the inventory, and he esti mates it will be a six- or eight-year project to make a detailed list. “You can’t put a barcode on a fork,” he says. “We have vases and forks and cutlery and dishes for days. I mean, there are just so many things that are parts of so many things. We have lamp parts, I can’t put a bar code on a lamp part. When I started with Sweeney Todd, I took two coffee cans and two gooseneck lamps, and I made train lanterns out of them. “Now, I don’t have two gooseneck lamps or two coffee cans; I have two train lanterns I may never use again.” Paul says he’ll never know every thing that’s in the inventory, but he wants to make sure that if he lets another organization borrow some thing that he has a perfect record of what’s gone out the door. So they take pictures and they make a list, and then they make a packet both for themselves and for the organization borrowing the items. Part of his job, says Rodgers, is taking the set and making it exactly like the director wants it. That could mean taking an old prop and turning it into something new, or it could mean making something smaller or putting wheels on it. That process is never-ending, and it could literally be an ongoing con cern all the way until the opening curtain. That’s why it helps to have a large treasury of things, because you never know what will come in handy next.Down the line, when the next phase of the Koski Center expansion happens, Covach’s clothes will be moved to a different space. Paul is already eyeing those rows and hoping he’ll get to place more props in “Davidthem.was like, ‘What are you gonna do with all that space once all the costumes move out?’” says Paul. “We’re gonna get more stuff. I don’t have to play Jenga down here. I feel like that game Parking Lot where you like take this and move it over here so that you can get the thing behind it, then you have to move that back into that spot so that you can pull it out.”
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IF YOU GO JESSE CLARK: EVERGLOW When: Exhibit runs through Sept. 30; Artist talk at 6 p.m. Sept. 15 Where: Art Center Sarasota, 707 N. Tamiami Trail Tickets: Admission to the gallery is free; registration for the artist talk is $5 Info: ArtSarasota.org.
Clark’s work was first exhibited at Art Center Sarasota in February as part of a show with the Suncoast Black Arts Collaborative entitled “Visions in Black,” and that’s where the seeds of “Everglow” were sown. Kinsey Robb, the executive direc tor of Art Center Sarasota, was taken with his work, and she says that his vision is mature for an artist of his age and experience.
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“I think what separates a great art ist from lots of other artists is a sense of purpose,” she says. “Consistency, and also being able to kind of strike a chord with the viewer. “To be able to look at his work and see a thesis without it being explained is pretty remarkable. It’s an identity he knows within him self and his artistic practice, which sometimes takes decades to find.”
Clark says he’d like to pursue a career as a fine art photographer, and he’s excited about using his skills in some form or fashion after gradua tion. But his message is one that he hopes will resonate. Clark says he’s thankful not just for the chance to show his work but for a chance to interact with the pub lic and tell them about it. He’ll be part of an artist’s talk Sept. 15 at the Art Center, and he hopes to underline some of his themes in per son.“I think I’m excited to be able to have the artist’s talk and give a lit tle more insight and background to those pieces,” he says. “It really creates that dialogue so people that are outside the Black community can have a little more of an understanding of what those themes and symbols are in the work.”
Jesse Clark was distressed by the way media portrays Black subjects. So he created art of his own.
arasota has been both Jes se Clark’s muse and his springboard into the world of photography. Clark, who grew up in Lakeland, can recall his earliest days with a camera, and he fondly remembers trips to Sarasota with his father and photographing landscapes. Now, as a senior at the Ringling College of Art and Design, Clark has bigger ambitions, and he’s hoping his art will help to change the way soci ety perceives people of color. “I fell in love with photographing the sunset. That became my intro duction to photography,” says Clark. “It wasn’t really until I got to Ring ling that I learned photography could be a tool not just to capture the world around me, but change the world around me as well.” Clark’s latest work, entitled “Ever glow,” is a series of staged photo graphic works that will be exhibited at Art Center Sarasota for the entire month of September. The exhibit — and much of Clark’s work in his young career — explodes out of his burgeoning social con sciousness.Thematically, you’ll see lots of pastels and floral images juxtaposed with Black male models, and Clark says that’s no less than an attempt to rewire the way we see society por trayed in media. “In television and movies, the Black man is usually an aggres sive character, a criminal or maybe a jock,” he says. “How do we show them in different ways, something that’s more truthful and essentially more human? Flowers always have this idea of peace and softness. That’s what I want to show. I see myself as a soft, young Black man. I have the strength to do everything else, but I’m not an aggressive trope that television likes to show.” Clark says he grew up in a family of musicians and was encouraged to think creatively from an early age. He first started expressing himself through painting, which gave him the tools to think about color and composition as a photographer. He studied visual art at the Har rison School for the Arts in Lakeland before enrolling at Ringling, and that’s when he really started get ting deeper into photography. Clark credits his professors for helping him think about creating themes with his art, and he says the Suncoast Black Arts Collaborative gave him an early assist in displaying his work. “I couldn’t have done this alone,” he says. “There’s a lot of people before me that paved the way just so I could create the work that I want to create. I’m trying to also pave the way for others that come after me. This is stuff that I would’ve liked to see more of when I was younger. I want to produce that for the next generation as sort of a role model to look up Clark’sto.”oeuvre isn’t just any old point-and-shoot.Hesayshisphotographs always start from an image in his head, and he studiously writes it down when he has an idea he’d like to pursue. Then, from there, he has to figure out how to put his idea into motion. That means thinking not just about the model but about the lighting, the location and the costuming to boot. “With ‘Everglow,’ I had the idea of what I wanted already laid out in my mind,” he says. “If I’m trying to create these nar ratives, I have to find just the right people for these images. The right locations, the costuming, and that kind of curates together in itself.”
Steven and William Ladd, Welcome to Santo Poco! (detail), 2018 Archival board, fiber, trinkets, pins, shredded paper, wheat starch, glue, and dye, 60 x 162 x 4 in. Courtesy of the artists 382227-1
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OUR PICK MEET THE ARTIST: SHIRLEY RUSH DEAN Shirley Rush Dean is Island Gallery West’s Featured Artist for September, and you’ll be able to view her work all month. But if you want the opportunity to meet the artist and ask her questions, you’ll have a great chance to do that on Sept. 7. Dean, a former professor at the University of Maryland, mainly works in acrylics, and she’s a signature member of the Florida Suncoast Watercolor Society.
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Cora Marshall will be displaying her work from Sept. 3 through Sept. 24 at the Arts Advocates Gallery.
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“If it’s not one thing, it’s another,” Paxton said. “We’re all boaters and are used to adverse conditions. We decided early that we were going to keep going and accepted it would be a slowTheytournament.”plannedtofish for swordfish but pivoted to other types when they decided to pick fishing spots close to home.“We fished on our slow ride, we’re hanging out and had some music blasting and cooked food on the grill,” Paxton said. It didn’t hurt that the crew mem bers were good friends and had fished together for years. In Grande’s case, he has fished with his dad and Lippert since he was a child.
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The crew of the Sick Leave reeled in AJ Grande with the big catch. Courtesy photos Brandon Anderson, Don Paxton, Capt. Gabriel Lippert and Dawson Day.
The crew posed with their catch and popped champagne for such a And how’d they spend their night after catching the big one? Lippert and crew went out to Clasico Italian Chophouse to celebrate a successful tournament.“Thelesson from our trip became that you have to stay in the game to win,” Paxton said.
The Sick Leave almost imme diately ran into trouble. The boat, already down one engine from a pre vious outing, had another of its five engines break down about 30 miles into the adventure.
Paxton stresses that time was of the essence as groupers usually break away early on when hooked. “You have to get them off the bot tom immediately, otherwise they’re going under a rock and you’re never getting them out,” Paxton said. “You think it’d be an epic battle, but when the grouper is two thirds of the way up, it Paxtonfloats.”and Lippert say they won’t forget the energy that shot through the boat when the grouper start ris ing toward the surface and they real ized just how big their catch was. “We were (all) in tears; it was as emotional as it gets,” Lippert said. “To reel up a fish of that quality, it was uncontrollable joy.” When they returned to Marina Jack for the official weigh in, they knew they had something good on their hands. They didn’t know just “Black grouper are rarely over 35 pounds, 65 is huge,” Paxton said. “The fact we got a 100-pound black grouper, we knew we’d blow every one away. That just does not happen, especially on a tournament day.”
“We’re all out there as friends, fishing and taking turns,” Paxton said. “We do everything someone else isn’t doing, setting up tackle, putting rods in, stringing bait. When someone catches a fish, we think it’s the boat that caught it.”
“AJ’s a captain now and he goes on trips with me,” Lippert said. “It’s a pleasure to have him on the boat.” The trip’s relaxed energy picked up quickly when they arrived at their fishing spot 50 miles from shore and Paxton hooked a black grouper. The crew quickly realized it would be a team effort to bring the fish in.
HARRY SAYER STAFF WRITER Captain Gabriel Lippert was having doubts about catching the Big One during the Sarasota Slam fishing tournament. Two of five engines weren’t work ing on the boat called Sick Leave, crewed by Lippert, owner Don Pax ton, first mate AJ Grande, second mate Dawson Day and Brandon Anderson.They’dfished enough — 15 years on the water — to realize their odds of reeling in a competition-winning fish were poor. But they had an idea. Instead of pushing out farther into open waters at a glacial pace of 10 miles an hour, why not return early to a spot just 50 miles from home? They might not get the big catch, but they knew they’d salvage the weekend. It proved to be one of the smartest (and luckiest) decisions in Lippert and Paxton’s time on the sea. By the tournament’s end, the Sick Leave crew had reeled in a 103.2-pound black grouper, making them the easy winners of the Sarasota Slam’s grou per category on Aug. 27. It truly was the catch of a “Ilifetime.stillget chills talking about it,” Lippert said. “I’ve been captaining for 15 years now and have caught some nice black grouper in my lifetime, but never one in the tri ple“Wedigits.”hit the big one,” Paxton said. The prize: nearly $5,000. The Sarasota Slam tour nament — put on by the Manatee-Sarasota Build ing Industry Association each year — brings dozens of boats and crews together to compete for the top prize in an assortment of cat egories. Fishing boats set out for the open Gulf of Mexico on Thursday with many returning to Marina Jack on ThoughSaturday.they’d fished in Sarasota for years and years, it was Paxton and Lippert’s first time competing in the tour nament.
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The signage entering the trail warns of narrow corridors and low branches because it was “sensitively designed,” but the boardwalk is still easy to maneuver. And with more than 1,400 species of plants and animals calling the estuary home, wildlife can be spotted around everyUponturn.entering the trail, fiddler crabs skitter across the boardwalk. When walking to the lookout deck, mullet are usually jumping. Before the trail ends, there’s a lagoon where needlefish and other varieties can be seen swimming in schools. And of course, seabirds will be perched everywhere in between. To access the audio tour, call (941) 9266813 or visit org/project/mobile-phone-tour/.ScienceAndEnvironment.
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inding through the mangroves on City Island is a hidden gem of a trail. Not only is the walk beautiful, it comes with narration. Go to the end of Ken Thompson Parkway; the entrance is next to the playground. It’s marked with a few signs and one tall pole, which provides a phone number for the Science and Environmental Council’s watershed audio tour. Started in 2009 with 15 stops, Stop 11 on Ken Thompson Parkway is now one of 40 stops that run from Lemon Bay in Venice up to Emerson Point Preserve in Palmetto. There are two other stops on City Island and one on Longboat Key. Stop 11 focuses on the preservation of estuaries, which act as nurseries for young animals. Healthy seagrass meadows and mangrove roots provide places for them to hide from predators. Watersheds affect water quality. A watershed is the area of land where storm water runs off into the surrounding bodies of water. The Sarasota Bay watershed is 161.4 square miles of urbanized land, making pollution a major concern. “Storm water runoff from our yards, neighborhoods and businesses is the largest source of pollution to Sarasota Bay,” says Sarasota Bay Estuary Program’s Darcy Young on the recording, “Pollution degrades the habitats that bay wildlife depend on.”
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74TH ANNUAL LABOR DAY REGATTA This two-day sailing event will take place at Ken Thompson Park, 1700 Ken Thompson Parkway. The 74th annual competition will draw thousands of visitors and sailing enthusiasts over two days with around 300 participants expected. For information, go to RegattaNetwork.com.
BREAKFAST WITH THE SHARKS 8 a.m. at Mote Marine Laboratory and Aquarium, 1600 Ken Thompson Parkway. Start the day with sharks at Mote Marine, where families will enjoy breakfast and learn more about the fish. Tickets start at $27. For information, call 388-4441 ext. 348. NBP REC DAY 10 a.m. at Nathan Benderson Park. Families can explore Nathan Benderson Park and try out several outdoor activities, including paddleboarding, kayaking, canoes, fishing and more. $5 for kids and $10 for adults. For information, go to NathanBendersonPark.org.
FRESH FRIDAYS 7 p.m. at Art Ovation Hotel, 1255 N. Palm Ave. Sarasota’s monthly Fresh Fridays party and music series brings Americana to Sarasota with a saloon-oriented event. Free.
SATURDAY, SEPT. 3 NAMASTE AT THE BAY 9 a.m. at Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall, 777 N. Tamiami Trail. Instructor Jessica DiLorenzo McHugh leads a yoga class for students of all ages near Sarasota’s bayfront. Free. For information, call 203-5316.
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TUESDAY, SEPT. 6 OPEN LAB IN THE CREATION STATION 11 a.m. at Selby Library, 1331 First St. Families can use creative equipment in the Creation Station including 3D printers, sewing machines, button makers and more. Free. For information, call 861-1100.
SUNDAY, SEPT. 4 YOGA IN THE PARK 5 to 6 p.m. in St. Armands Circle Park, 1 St. Armands Circle. Outdoor yoga class led by Liana Sheintal Bryant. The St. Armands Circle Business Improvement District is offering the class for free, but bring a mat, water and towel.
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GULF GATE WOODS Charlotte Dixon sold the home at 7440 Mariana Drive to Ioannis and Lisa Sarafidis, of Bethesda, Maryland, for $785,000. Built in 1972, it has three bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 1,941 square feet of living area. It sold for $300,000 in 2020.
PALMER RANCH: $1.3 EsplanadeMILLIONonPalmer Ranch William Santamaria, of Sarasota, sold his home at 5424 Bartolomeo St. to Joseph and Joanne Sestito, of Mechanicsville, New York, for $1.3 million. Built in 2018, it has three bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 2,437 square feet of living area. It sold for $616,000 in 2018.
Donald Wagner, of Sarasota, sold his home at 2926 Captiva Drive to Bret and Beth Lewis, of Clinton, Pennsylvania, for $600,000. Built in 1975, it has three bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 1,689 square feet of living area. It sold for $600,000 in LawrenceApril.
Keefe, trustee, and Linda Evans Keefe, of Siesta Key, sold the home at 7439 Dickens Drive to Ronald and Flora Hoodin, of Sarasota, for $564,900. Built in 1972, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,558 square feet of living area. It sold for $193,000 in 2002.
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TREEHOUSE Daniel and Letitia Schuman, of Sarasota, sold the Unit 16 condominium at 1307 Landings Drive to Sally Graham, trustee, of Chilmark, Massachusetts, for $1.28 million. Built in 1981, it has three bedrooms, two-and-a-half baths and 2,436 square feet of living area. It sold for $633,000 in 2016.
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GULF GATE EAST Hi Water LLC sold the home at 3796 Kingston Blvd. to Carlos Roberto Solorzano, of Sarasota, for $675,000. Built in 1985, it has three bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 1,802 square feet of living area. It sold for $195,000 in 1997.
SAPPHIRE HEIGHTS Sarasota Ave LLC sold the home at 4801 Sarasota Ave. to Daniel Tinker and Jessica Young, of Sarasota, for $560,000. Built in 1959, it has two bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 1,492 square feet of living area. It sold for $278,700 in 2020.
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Casey Key home sells for $5 million
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HUDSON LANDINGS Joel Douglas Tate and Patricia Tate, of Sarasota, sold their Unit 854 condominium at 854 Hudson Ave. to Daniel and Margaret DeSoto, of Sarasota, for $900,000. Built in 1989, it has three bedrooms, two-and-a-half baths and 1,533 square feet of living area. It sold for $310,000 in 2003.
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Photos courtesy of Nick Herron, Re/Max Alliance Group Every room overlooks the Gulf of Mexico from the home at 521 Casey Key Road.
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SOUTH GATE Darques Anthony Rashad Johnson and Alejandra Lynn Snyder Gonzalez, of Ruskin, sold their home at 2744 Suncrest Drive to Opendoor
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Ahome in Cardinal Shores tops all transactions in this week’s real estate. Jon Stover, trustee, of Julia Stover, of Bethesda, Maryland, sold the home at 521 Casey Key Road to Alberico and Lisa Sessa, of Nokomis, for $5 million. Built in 1980, it has three bedrooms, three baths and 3,274 square feet of living area.
RENAISSANCE Luis Cid and Lynda Moore, of Malaga, Spain, sold their Unit 704 condominium at 750 N. Tamiami Trail to Donna Cubit-Swoyer, of Sarasota, for $532,500. Built in 2001, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,180 square feet of living area. It sold for $350,000 in 2020.
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SARASOTA BAY CLUB Sarasota Bay Club LLC sold the Unit 1103 condominium at 1301 Tamiami Trail to George Volinn, of Sarasota, for $867,000. Built in 2000, it has one bedroom, one-and-a-half baths and 1,161 square feet of living area. It sold for $744,000 in 2021.
SIESTA KEY: $3.6 MILLION Point O’Rocks Terrace Crescent Point LLC sold the home at 6905 Point of Rocks Road to Conway Ridge Inc. and Gateway Marketing Inc. for $3.6 million. Built in 1993, it has five bedrooms, five baths and 3,467 square feet of living area. It sold for $935,000 in 2013.
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Property Trust I for $545,800. Built in 1998, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 1,749 square feet of living area. It sold for $170,000 in 2019. Keith and Marcy Clark, of Sarasota, sold their home at 2748 Wisteria Place to Les and Sue Fox, of Sarasota, for $525,000. Built in 1958, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 1,516 square feet of living area.
TOWHEE LANE Louise and Sandra Gabriele, of Bradenton, sold their home at 1827 Towhee Lane to Pen Produce Inc. for $710,000. Built in 1957, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 1,546 square feet of living area. It sold for $440,000 in 2021.
PIRATES COVE Gary Camardo and Amanda DuBack Camardo, trustees, sold the home at 1824 Buccaneer Drive to John Gregory Atkins and Holly Nicole Atkins, of Sarasota, for $526,500. Built in 1953, it has three bedrooms, one bath, a pool and 1,387 square feet of living area. It sold for $190,000 in 2002.
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SIESTA KEY SIESTA ON THE ROCKS Martha and Brian Cornell, trustees, sold the Unit 4 condominium at 1027 Crescent St. to Baja Casa I LLC for $1,825,000. Built in 2016, it has three bedrooms, three baths and 2,780 square feet of living area. It sold for $1,072,500 in 2016.
MIRA LAGO AT PALMER RANCH Eva Watson, trustee, of Sarasota, sold the home at 3858 Alamanda Drive to Thomas Konecny, of Sarasota, for $529,000. Built in 1995, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,889 square feet of living area. It sold for $245,000 in 2012.
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SARASOTA SURF AND RACQUET CLUB W205 Associates LLC sold the Unit 205 condominium at 5916 Midnight Pass Road to Richard and Debra Morris, of Cedar Falls, Iowa, for $1.15 million. Built in 1971, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,251 square feet of living area. It sold for $347,500 in 2004.
BAY OAKS Marcelo and Jennifer Vito sold their home at 6157 Midnight Pass Road to Heather Jacquelyn Allen, of Centennial, Colorado, for $641,500. Built in 1974, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,101 square feet of living area. It sold for $328,000 in 2020.
HOUSE OF THE SUN Barbara Miller, trustee, of Nokomis, sold the Unit 410 condominium at 6518 Midnight Pass Road to Casa Lyden-HOS LLC for $1.06 million. Built in 1975, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,215 square feet of living area. It sold for $625,000 in 2008.
PALMER COUNTRYSTONEYBROOKRANCHGOLFANDCLUB Charles Brooks Jr., trustee, of Bethany Beach, Delaware, sold the home at 9416 Forest Hills Circle to James Kernan, of Sarasota, for $585,000. Built in 1998, it has two bedrooms, two-and-a-half baths and 2,247 square feet of living area. It sold for $297,900 in 2002.
MIDNIGHT COVE BAYSIDE Siesta Key Tranquility LLC sold the Unit 712 condominium at 6350 Midnight Cove Road to Pamela Kappeli, of Aspen, Colorado, for $640,000. Built in 1979, it has two bedrooms, one-and-a-half baths and 860 square feet of living area. It sold for $300,000 in 2010.
BAYSHORENOKOMISROAD Gerald and Karen Bramwell, of Tiverton, Rhode Island, sold their home at 2307 Bayshore Road to Robert Schlegel and Robert Schlegel Jr., trustees, of Nokomis, for $2,262,500. Built in 1953, it has three bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 2,095 square feet of living area. It sold for $845,000 in 2016.
RALPH S. TWITCHELL Rickard and Tamara Burnell, of Virginia Beach, Virginia, sold their home at 4845 Ocean Blvd. to Kassy Mies, of Waukee, Iowa, for $1,225,000. Built in 1979, it has three bedrooms, four baths and 2,288 square feet of living area. It sold for $830,000 in 2007.
SANDY COVE Bryan Ingram and Iglaia PerezMaltes, of Parkland, sold their Unit 1-H condominium at 25 Sandy Cove Road to Ian McGilvray and Maria McGilvray, trustees, of Bakersfield, California, for $550,000. Built in 1967, it has one bedroom, one bath and 561 square feet of living area. It sold for $199,000 in 2011.
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“I always loved watching the Olympics. That’s what got me interested in swimming as a sport.” Mooney High’s Michaela Mattes
Former Booker High and South Florida running back Marlon Mack was released by the Houston Texans on Tues day. The move was made in part because of the emergence of rookie running back Dameon Pierce, a Florida Gator. I fear the Texans are going to regret the move. Mack tore his Achilles in 2020 and was forced into a backup role with the Indianapolis Colts in 2021, but he can still play. The Tornadoes alum has rushed for 2,484 yards and 20 touchdowns over five seasons, plus 448 receiving yards. The Texans have won four games in back-to-back seasons. Seems like they could use all the talent they can get. Is your putter up to par? Put your skills to the test at Tiger Woods’ PopStroke Tour Championship, coming to the putting course’s University Town Center location Oct. 26-28. There’s a team tournament with a purse of $100,000 and an individual stroke play tournament with a purse of $25,000 for all the PopStrokes combined. Register at PopStroke.com/PCT if interested ... Here’s a sentence you won’t read every day: Connor Cruise, the son of Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman, caught a 301-pound Warsaw grouper during the 2022 Sarasota Slam fishing event held over the weekend at Marina Jack. Connor Cruise, who lives in Clearwater, posted a video of the colossus catch to his Instagram. Maybe Connor can contact his dad and make a movie about the catch, using Sarasota as its star location. Call it “Top Rod.”
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BOOKER FOOTBALL (0-1) Next opponent: Southeast High (0-1) When: 7 p.m. Sept. 2 Where: Booker High Booker key to victory: Fewer red zone mistakes. The Tornadoes had two possessions inside the Mooney red zone in week one and scored touchdowns on neither, leading to one made field goal and one blocked field goal. The Tornadoes will need to do a better job capitalizing on the theyopportunitiesget.
NextFOOTBALLMOONEYCARDINALGO(1-0)opponent: Lakewood Ranch High (0-0) When: 7 p.m. Sept. 2 Where: Lakewood Ranch High Mooney key to victory: Getting its offense rolling. The Cougars will likely not walk away with a win against the Mustangs if they do not score an offensive touchdown again. Look for junior running back Carson Beach to find more room than he did against Booker High in week one.
While the teams’ offensive performances left coaches wanting more, strong defensive play is a good omen for the rest of 2022.
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After writing nearly six years’ worth of High 5 moments, it was time for a change. Say goodbye to those and say hello to our new three-dot section, a throwback to the days of old-time sportswriters … The content here will vary week to week, sometimes highlighting important upcoming events, other times lauding the exploits of a local athlete, still other times noting interesting things I hear from people involved in Sarasota sports, or simply observations from the beat.
“We had three or four chances to win that game,” Littles said. “We probably deserved to win. We have to find a way to continue the fight. We didn’t make enough plays in the end. Saw some really bright things with the defense. They were flying around.”Foraprogram that went 0-8 in 2021, keeping close with a team that has high expectations was an encour aging start to the Littles’ era. There were flashes of talent, like sopho more wideout Josiah Booker catch ing six passes for 60 yards, mostly on screen passes, that the Tornadoes will exploit against other opponents. But the Tornadoes will also have to improve their fundamentals. Littles said he was unhappy with the team’s run blocking; junior Ahmad Hunter ran for 80 yards on 18 carries. The Tornadoes also struggled snapping the ball at times, with a low snap leading to Mooney’s safety. This week, Mooney will hit the road to play Lakewood Ranch High (0-0), which had its opener against Lemon Bay High canceled because of lightning, and Booker will play Southeast High (0-1), which lost 50-0 to Coconut Creek High. Both Mooney and Booker have an oppor tunity to win their respective games with improved play. As week one’s game showed, strong defense will give teams an opportu nity to win. It’s up to Mooney and Booker to snatch it.
Booker junior Rah’shad Hill (9) storms Mooney quarterback Johnny Antonucci for a sack. Photos by Ryan Kohn Booker quarterback Will Carter Jr. is sacked by Mooney senior Jack MacKinnon, exposing Carter’s shoulder pads. Both team’s defenses were in top form.
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Mooney junior quarterback Johnny Antonucci is sacked by Booker defenders. Both defense were in top form.
Photo courtesy of USF Athletics Marlon Mack RYAN KOHN SPORTS EDITOR It did not make for the prettiest game of football ever played, but Cardinal Mooney and Booker last Friday showcased their defensive strength on Week One of the season. In a world where success matters, not how it occurs, coaches will hap pily trade aesthetics for victory. Mooney defeated Booker 10-9 at home. The Cougars took an early 10-0 lead thanks to a safety, a kick return touchdown from junior wide out Griffin Gisotti and a two-point conversion from junior running back Carson Beach (which was made pos sible because of a Booker encroach ment penalty.) Mooney then spent the rest of the game scratching and clawing to retain that lead. The Tornadoes picked up a 29-yard field goal, then an intercep tion return for a touchdown by junior Rah’shad Hill, but a mishandled snap on the extra point attempt denied a chance to tie the game. The Tor nadoes later had a potential gamewinning field goal blocked. Though Booker’s offense got closer to scoring a touchdown than Mooney’s offense, neither found the end zone. It was a somewhat surprising turn of events considering both teams scored more than 50 points in their preseason Kickoff Classic. Both offenses also feature play ers with NCAA Division I offers in Beach (Tennessee, South Florida) and Booker sophomore wideout Rashawn Peterson (Florida State, Penn State, South Florida among others). Yet in the end, the offensive struggles — or defensive prowess, depending on your perspective — could be a good omen for both teams as the season continues. Mooney coach Jared Clark said he was happy to see his special teams unit make winning plays. “It’s been a huge emphasis,” Clark said. “We got a touchdown, blocked a field goal and came close to block ing a punt. And I’m so proud of our defense, too. They didn’t flinch one time. They did a heck of a job.” Mooney’s defensive breakout star was sophomore cornerback Chris McCorkle, who transferred into the program from South Charleston High (West Virginia). McCorkle played on both sides of the ball at South Charleston, but against Booker was used solely in the defensive second ary, where he put his wide receiver skills to use McCorkleanyway.snagged an intercep tion off Booker senior quarterback Will Carter Jr. toward the end of the second quarter and almost had two more in the second half — one was ruled to have been caught out of bounds on a close play and another was brought back because of offset ting penalties (which had nothing to do with McCorkle). If McCorkle can continue that level of playmaking, he and junior cornerback Teddy Foster, who had offers from Tennessee and Indiana among others, could make an intimidating tandem. Clark said most of his offense’s mistakes were execution-based, missing a block here or a throw there. He also gave credit to Book er’s defense and said the Tornadoes did exactly what he thought they would do scheme-wise. They just did it quite well. Mooney will have to be better in all offensive areas, but especially the passing game. Junior quarterback Johnny Antonucci completed seven of 19 passes for 45 yards and threw two interceptions. Last year’s leading receiver, senior Cooper Flerlage, was held without a catch.Booker’s first-year coach Scottie Littles was not as pleased with his team, especially its lack of discipline, but expressed confidence in the Tor nadoes to get right.
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Daris Rodriguez said her team must build better bonds before they can start winning consistently. Plus, a look at other area teams.
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Photos by Ryan Kohn Junior Jenna Chapman is Sarasota High volleyball’s libero (defensive specialist).
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t’s never easy to turn around a struggling program in one season, but Daris Rodriguez is trying. After the Sarasota High volleyball team’s 0-3 home loss to Port Charlotte High on Tuesday night, the first-year head coach took her team into the locker room for a lengthy talk — longer than normal, certainly, for the fourth match of the season. But Rodriguez had to talk to them about, among other things, the way the Sailors handled the match’s third set, when they led 15-9 before losing 25-22. “I feel like the team defeated itself,” Rodriguez said. “They could have done better if they had each other’s backs and played together. But we do have young players like a freshman setter, and in the end, it’s a great learning experience. They thought they had the set won and beat themselves (as a result).” Rodriguez knows what she’s talking about. She is in the athletic hall of fame at both Lakeland Community College, where she spent one season, and Lynn University, where she spent three. She was even named Lynn’s Athlete of the Year in 2009. As a coach, Rodriguez has been with Wave Volleyball Club among other stops. She’ll be using her knowledge to turn around the Sailors, who have not had a winning record since 2016-2017, when they went 15-10 under Nathan Pickett. With high-level volleyball programs such as Cardinal Mooney High, Riverview High and Venice High that exist in the area, it’s not an easy task, but Rodriguez believes it can be done.
Sarasota High junior Jillian Davidson had eight blocks in a 3-0 win over Parrish Community High on Aug. 25. Daris Rodriguez is in her first year coaching the Sarasota High volleyball program.
It will require a tight bond on and off the court, she said. “I kept hearing the same things from previous parents and players when I took the job: ‘We have a good team, but we don’t have a good program,’” Rodriguez said. “My goal is to build a community. We need to have each other’s backs for moments like this. When we have a defeat, we need to pop out something (positive) and not just feelIt’slost.”why Rodriguez made sure her team did things like hold clinics for younger players and take a visit to TreeUmph! Adventure Course over the summer. In volleyball, maybe more than in any other sport except football, communication is key. Players have a split second to react to a shot from an opposing team or to decide who’s getting a kill attempt. If everyone isn’t on the same page, it’s not going to work. Already, the Sailors have shown a spark I hadn’t seen before. Despite the Port Charlotte loss, Sarasota is 2-2 on the year, having swept North Port High and Parrish Community High, and being swept by typical state contender Venice. There’s talent on the team, too: Senior Alexis Perry had seven kills, three aces and five digs against the Pirates. Against Parrish, junior Jillian Davidson had eight blocks. Junior libero Jenna Chapman was diving with aplomb — and getting to shots more often thanHavingnot. seen the Sailors play both this year and in recent years, I can tell they’re going in the right direction. They’re young and learning from a coach still implementing her system. Rodriguez said she’s already seen her team’s passing and blocking improve a lot since her first practice. By the end of the season, the fundamentals should be there and hopefully, so should the chemistry.
TORNADOES TURNAROUND CONTINUES A year ago, the Booker High volleyball program was where Sarasota is now: in year one of a turnaround after years of struggles. In the Tornadoes’ year two, things continue to look up. Booker is 3-1 with sweeps of Sarasota Military Academy, Southeast High and Bayshore High, with a lone loss coming against Palmetto High. None of the wins are against juggernauts, but a win is always a better sign than a loss. According to MaxPreps, Booker has a robust 25 players in its program, a great sign for the future of the program.Basedon the school’s Twitter account, it looks like the team is having a ton of fun, too.
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It might surprise area volleyball fans to know that the Sailors have the same record as Cardinal Mooney, at least as of Aug. 30. The Cougars won their first two matches against Bishop McLaughlin High and Braden River High, but have been swept in their two most recent matches against Santa Fe High and Calvary Christian. Now, Santa Fe is the defending Florida High School Athletic Association Class 4A state champion and Calvary Christian is the defending FHSAA Class 3A champion, so it’s not like they’ve been losing to scrubs. Plus, all four matches have been on the road, as is Mooney Coach Chad Davis’ preferred scheduling, with the team’s first home match not until Sept. 13. Is it a sign of anything serious? I doubt it. The Cougars were swept a few times in the 2021 season before ultimately finishing 20-8. They play the top teams for a reason: to get ready for the playoffs. I suspect they will be playing their best when it matters most, like they always do.
Michaela Mattes is a swimmer with Cardinal Mooney High and the Sara sota Sharks swim club. Mattes, a senior, won gold in the 1,500 meter freestyle (16:24.02) and bronze in the 800 meter freestyle (8:35.78) at the 2022 Junior Pan Pacific Championships, held Aug. 24-27 in Honolulu. When did you start swimming? I started swimming for real when I was about 9 years old. I grew up in the pool, but before then I didn’t really do anything (competitive). I always loved watching the Olympics. That’s what got me interested in swimming as a sport. What is your favorite event? Either the 400 individual medley or the 400 freestyle. I just have a good feel for those events. What was it like to swim at the Pan Pacific Championships? Honestly, it wasn’t that big of a change for me. I felt ready and nor mal. Coach Brent (Arckey) prepared us for this meet and other meets like it. I swam at the Olympic Trials
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