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VOLUME 18, NO. 51

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Middle of the road turnout If you voted either by mail, early and in person or at your polling precinct on Election Day, you’re in the majority in Sarasota County.

But last week’s 62.05% voter turnout figure is behind recent November general election figures, according to records of the Sarasota County Supervisor of Elections Office.

In 2020, with a presidential race leading the way, 80% of the county’s eligible voters cast a ballot. In the 2018 midterms, turnout was 67%.

And in case you were wondering, precinct 525 at the Lift Church in Venice turned in the highest percentage in the county: Of its 2,816 eligible voters, 1,331 voted by mail, 544 voted early in person and 417 voted on Election Day for an 81.4% turnout.

Veterans the Main event in annual city parade

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Families, well-wishers watch as those who served take center stage downtown on their day of honor.

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New tree ready as St. Armands prepares for Winter Spectacular.

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Brenda Spratt walked the Veterans Day Parade in honor of her son, Leo Michael Puhaly.

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The St. Armands Circle tree will be officially lit on Dec. 2 in a small ceremony. The St. Armands Circle Association recently canceled its annual Holiday Night of Lights event.

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A tree grows on Ringling First, there were plant-ers.

Now, there are plant-ings.

A team of landscaping workers on Wednesday morning was busy digging, planting, staking, mulching and watering new greenery in the newly built traffic islands along Ringling Boulevard.

The work is one of the last steps in completing the roadway’s conversion to a bicyclefriendly thoroughfare. Trees, along with ground cover shrubs and plants, were installed one by one as workers made their way along the roadway during the morning rush.

Work began in early June on the Ringling Trail project, which converted one lane of traffic in each direction between Lime and Pineapple avenues into a protected bicycle lane.

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Mayor Erik Arroyo, in his last moments in the seat, thanks outgoing Hagen Brody for his service to the city.

New Commission is set with Battie as mayor, but not before wishing departing Brody well.

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Bay Park group names Gamelin CFO

“The merchants were excited about the thought that this was a chance to really do something festive and fun and it can bring a lot of people to the Circle.”

As the Bay Park Conservancy prepares to embark on the second phase of its redevelopment of The Bay into a signature city park, the organization has added a veteran executive to its leadership team, naming Tony Gamelin as chief financial officer.

Gamelin, who has 25 years of CFO-level experience with nonprofit and private companies across a range of industries, will report to founding CEO AG Lafley. He previously served as CFO at Gulf Coast Community Foundation. The BPC is the nonprofit organization responsible for developing and operating 53 city-owned bayfront acres.

“At The Bay, we know the importance of sustainable park development and operations, underpinned by strong financial systems and controls,” Lafley said. “Tony is the right person at the right time, with the capability and experience to lead finances, train management staff, and put the systems and controls in place needed to manage and operate the 14 acres of park that opened less than a month ago.”

Development of the next 14 acres of phase two is expected to begin by mid-2023.

Tom Leonard, on St. Armands Circle’s Winter Spectacular, Read more on page 3A

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A home that will be sold at auction on Lido Key offers room for a dozen vehicles in its garage.

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School board adds a pair of make-up days to the instructional calendar following days lost to hurricanes Ian and Nicole.

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Avelo Airlines established service from SRQ in early 2022 and plans to expand early in 2023. .

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n airline that made its debut at Sarasota-Bradenton International Airport in early 2022 with service to the Northeast on Thursday announced it will soon launch flights to North Carolina as well.

Avelo Airlines began service from SRQ to New Haven, Connecticut, in January and said today it will begin flying to Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina, in February, 2023.

Since its launch in 2021, Avelo has flown more than 1.3 million passengers and now serves 34

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destinations. The low-fare airline focuses on point-to-point travel rather than connections made through a hub-and-spoke network, a news release said, which minimizes delays and simplifies planning.

New flights to Raleigh-Durham will begin Feb. 17 and will operate on Mondays, Fridays and Saturdays. No other carrier serves North Carolina’s Research Triangle Park directly from SRQ, according to a list of destinations on the airline’s website.

The airline said introductory

fares will begin at $39 each way.

Airport officials this week also announced a $5-a-day remote parking lot for travelers would open for Thanksgiving week travel, Nov. 21-23.

The lot at 8101 N. Tamiami Trail will offer direct shuttle links to the terminal.

Travelers are asked to enter off Tamiami Trail at Dolphin Aviation.

There is limited availability, and payment is via card only.

Airport officials urge travelers to arrive at SRQ two hours in advance of departure time.

Red tide found on all 16 county beaches Red-tide levels have been detected at all 16 Sarasota County beaches monitored by the Florida Department of Health’s local office, from Longboat Key to Blind Pass.

The result of water sampling prompted the placement of advisory signs indicating elevated levels of red tide at: Longboat Key, Bird Key Park/Ringling Causeway, North Lido, Lido Casino, South Lido, Siesta Key, Turtle Beach, Nokomis Beach, North Jetty, Venice Beach, Service Club, Venice Fishing Pier, Brohard Beach, Caspersen Beach, Manasota Key and Blind Pass.

Although most of the samples indicated concentrations of Karenia brevis — the cell responsible for redtide outbreaks — in low to medium levels, Venice Beach was categorized as high.

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Christmas quarrel Photos by Eric Garwood

Workers were building the framework for the Winter Spectacular skating rink on Monday.

Organizers tout six-week event as a boon to the community, while traffic and crowds concern some.

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orkers nearly outnumbered tourists in St. Armands Circle this week, setting up attractions, decorating and lighting the shopping district’s park for the six-week run of a new festival scheduled to open at 4 p.m. Friday.

Organizers and merchants say the St. Armands Winter Spectacular, which will feature music, a skate rink, a carousel, a train and more, will be good for the community and merchants while offering an alternative to other similar productions.

But it’s not all candy canes and sugar plums on the barrier islands.

St. Armands residents in a recent wide-ranging survey expressed concern about the traffic and crowds the event might bring throughout the holiday season. Longboat Key residents and officials say it’s another example of the city of Sarasota, which approved the festival, ignoring barrier-island concerns.

On Monday, Longboat Key Commissioner BJ Bishop called the event “one of the most dangerous situations that they could have possibly created.” She urged commissioners to contact Sarasota’s Mayor Kyle Battie and Vice Mayor Liz Alpert in hopes of “saving our citizens from six weeks of absolute traffic mayhem.”

In October, St. Armands Circle Association Executive Director Rachel Burns also voiced concerns about the way the event was presented to city leaders. Her frustration centered on events she says she has been working on since February being forced to cancel. The events she typically hosts during the season are all free, she said, noting the difference between those events and segments of the Winter Spectacular.

On Nov. 8, Burns sent an email to association members and others announcing the cancelation of its 44th annual Holiday Night of Lights, featuring the official lighting of the circle’s new 60-foot tree, citing “restrictions” resulting from the festival. The city responded with an announcement that it would hold a new-tree lighting on Friday, Dec. 2.

“The restrictions placed on the St. Armands Circle Association for Holiday Night have made it impossible for us to present a celebration . . . this year,” Burns wrote, “but we look forward to celebrating Holiday Night of Lights with you in 2023.”

Traffic to and from Longboat Key through St. Armands Circle is a concern of town residents, as seen on Saturday evening, Nov. 12.

City Commission on Sept. 19 to pitch the idea. On Oct. 3, he made a formal presentation and received commissioners approval for a permit.

“I spent two or three days in the Circle asking a very simple question on my petition, which basically asked do you want Porsches in the Park, or do you want holiday festivities in the park?” Leonard said. “I’m not trying to take anything away from (Porsche). Our event just couldn’t coexist with theirs. The merchants were excited about the thought that this was a chance to really do something festive and fun, and it can bring a lot of people to the Circle.”

Leonard said the petition signatures aren’t exclusively of business owners — some merchants are headquartered elsewhere — but in their stead are those of store management.

“The city has invested in our district with this new Christmas tree, and there is absolutely no reason why we should not invest in ourselves,” Barbara Bria Pugliese of Just/Because wrote the Observer.

“Why would we want our residents and visitors to go to another business district in town?”

‘CHOKE POINT’

It’s those people potentially coming to the Circle that formed the basis of a letter Longboat Key Mayor Ken Schneier wrote to then-Mayor Erik Arroyo and the Florida Department of Transportation.

“Traffic between the town and Sarasota, especially during the holidays and the winter season, has long been a major concern for Longboat Key and its residents,” Schneier wrote. “The chokepoint at St. Armands Circle is a focal point for that concern even in the absence of special events at those times of year.”

The letter asked both the city and FDOT to take the town’s concerns into account. FDOT, acknowledging its lack of jurisdiction, asked for a remaking of parking spaces on the Lido Beach-leg of the circle, converting 16 diagonal spaces into eight parallel spaces to cut down on congestion backing up into the circle.

A few days later, Arroyo sent his formal response to the town’s letter.

“We value your partnership with the City of Sarasota, and we thank you for your letter regarding the commission’s decision to approve the St. Armands Circle Winter Festival,” Arroyo wrote. “All our actions will take into consideration the concerns of the community as well as neighboring jurisdictions such as the Town of Longboat Key. We welcome the opportunity to discuss this matter and bring your concerns into the conversation.”

Similarly concerned is the St. Armands Residents Association. In a recent poll of 147 members on a broad range of topics, 84% responded they were very or extremely concerned about festival traffic.

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When proposing the event, organizer Tom Leonard, who owns The Shore on Longboat Key and St. Armands Circle, said access to attractions would come at the cost of $10 per wristband, $20 if entry includes skating on the synthetic ice rink. A stage is planned to host free entertainment from schools and performance groups. No admission would be required to enter the grounds.

Leonard said he surveyed all businesses at St. Armands Circle and generated a petition that garnered 97% support before going before the

Work crews prepared the park in St. Armands Circle on Monday for Friday’s opening of the Winter Festival.

The St. Armands Circle tree will be officially lit on Dec. 2 in a ceremony substituting for the annual Holiday Night of Lights, which was recently cancelled.

KEEPING CROWDS IN CHECK

In response to concerns over traffic, Leonard and Jeff Koffman of Ride Entertainment, also the CEO of Florida Design Works in Sarasota, said the number of visitors will be controlled by a reservation system. Reservations may be made in 90-minute blocks, and the six-week duration of the festival, they said, should prevent heavy congestion. The admission system will allow 20 new people to enter the paid portion of the festival area every 15 minutes.

“Everybody’s concerned about the traffic, and we know there’s probably going to be an uptick, but the reality is for the 45 days or so that we’re open we’re going to control the flow with the reservation system,” Leonard said. “The traffic should be mitigated by the length of hours and the days of the event, and the times that we’re open. We’ve strategically scheduled events around what we consider the slowest time, so if you look at our schedule, you won’t see any events happening the week after Christmas because we know that those performances aren’t needed to bring people to the circle.”

More than a celebration of the city’s new 60-foot tree already standing on the east side of the circle, Leonard said the objective of the festival is to bring more visitors to St. Armands rather than losing the business holiday attractions bring to University Town Center and even St. Petersburg.

For now at least, the Winter Spectacular is a one-off.

“Never say never, but we really want to focus on this one event,” Leonard said. “We want peace with the residents. We want peace with the residents and people on Longboat. We obviously care about their considerations, too, because those people are our customers.”

IF YOU GO The St. Armands Circle Winter Spectacular runs 4-9 p.m. Monday through Thursday and noon-9 p.m.

Friday-Sunday, Nov. 18-Jan. 3. Reservations to access the attractions may be made at WinterOnTheCircle.com.

Attractions and activities include: n Synthetic ice skating rink n Carousel n Trackless train rides n Photographs inside a life-size snow globe n Crafting and games n Free daily entertainment by local performers n St. Armands Circle merchants scavenger hunt

Parking is available at the St. Armands city parking garage, the 73 N. Adams Drive parking lot and at metered parking. A temporary restroom trailer will be available.

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City commissioners sworn in, Battie is mayor “I always start these things off by thanking God almighty. Who saw this? I didn’t, but He did. He took a nobody like me and turned me into somebody who’s front of everybody without asking anybody.”

After Jen Ahearn-Koch and Debbie Trice were sworn in, the Sarasota City Commission selected Kyle Battie to succeed Erik Arroyo as mayor.

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Two years after he was elected to the Sarasota City Commission as the District 2 representative, Kyle Battie is now mayor.

During Monday’s statutory meeting of the commission to swear in newly reelected Jen Ahearn-Koch and newcomer Debbie Trice as atlarge members, commissioners unanimously selected Battie, who served as vice mayor this past year, to succeed Erik Arroyo at the center of the dais. Commissioners Liz Alpert and Ahearn-Koch have served previously as mayor for a year, as had Hagen Brody, who ran an unsuccessful bid for Sarasota County Commission rather than seek reelection.

First, though, Arroyo delivered his state of the city address, highlighting accomplishments of the previous year including crime reduction, the launch of the Bay Runner trolley service and micro transit bike and scooter programs, the opening of the Lofts on Lemon affordable housing development, the comprehensive plan amendments designed to encourage more attainable and affording housing in the city, redevelopment of the Bobby Jones Golf Complex and, most recently, the adoption of a new city seal.

“Just imagine an affordable city where college graduates can return to work and live closer to their parents,” Arroyo said. “Imagine a city

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After being selected as the new mayor, Kyle Battie presents his predecessor, Erik Arroyo, with a key to the city.

where there was a designated funding source to purchase waterfront land for public use. Imagine a city that demanded more strict building standards for waterfront properties and more strict noise insulation standards for properties in the downtown core. Imagine a city that

embraces renewable sources of energy incorporated into public park.

Imagine a city where every neighborhood has a local business where residents can get their basic necessities within walking distance. … All of this is possible in your city if we continue to support the tireless efforts

of your elected representatives and professional city staff.”

Alpert credited Brody, who delivered an impassioned speech of his own during which he paused to compose himself, for pushing to keep many of the initiatives mentioned

by Arroyo at the forefront during his tenure.

After Ahearn-Koch and Trice were sworn in and seated, Arroyo himself nominated Battie as his successor.

“I always start these things off by thanking God almighty,” Battie said in his first address as mayor. “Who saw this? I didn’t, but He did. He took a nobody like me and turned me into somebody who’s front of everybody without asking anybody.”

Battie thanked his two predecessors under whom he served — Brody and Arroyo — for laying the groundwork and leaving what he called big shoes to fill in the coming year.

“We have a lot of challenges that we’ll be facing, and hopefully whether we agree or disagree we do so with respect because we need that in order for the city to be the greatest city not only in the state, but in the United States of America.”

EXCEPTS FROM THE MAYOR’S ADDRESS Outgoing Mayor Erik Arroyo on Monday delivered his State of the City Address, excerpts of which are below. For the full text of his address, hover your smartphone over the QR code below and tap the screen when prompted or visit YourObserver.com/sarasota: ... Today in Sarasota, a police officer ended her work shift at sunrise by taking a beautiful picture of the Ringling Bridge after doing her part in helping us have some of the lowest crime statistics in our city’s history. She didn’t have to worry about getting the next shift covered, as we have one the highest rates of sworn officer per thousand residents in the nation. ... A member of our solid waste team knocks on the door of a disabled resident’s home to assist in carrying out storm debris, doing his part in making Sarasota among the most desirable locations in the country. ... A young couple rented two bikes for $1 an hour to ride from the Legacy Trail to Lido Beach, reducing our carbon emissions and enhancing our micro-mobility efforts. ...Today, this city is alive because of the radiant energy of those we represent: you, our residents.

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An aerial rendering of the rebuilt Bath & Racquet Club off South Tamiami Trail in Sarasota.

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The 256 condominiums at Bath & Racquet Club will surround 17 tennis courts.

Remake of Bath & Racquet Club wins final approval from city board In addition to new tennis and pickleball courts, the revamped Bath & Racquet Club will include 256 condos and 65,448 square feet of light commercial space.

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or a half-century, the Bath & Racquet Club had been an integral part of Sarasota’s south side. Closed since the onset of COVID-19 in 2020, new owner Sarasota Springs LLC has cleared the final approval hurdle and redevelopment of the 13.42-acre site just off South Tamiami Trail could begin within weeks.

On Nov. 9, the project won site plan and minor conditional approval by a 3-2 vote of the Sarasota Planning Board, Chairman Terrill Salem and board member Kathy Kelley Olrich casting the dissenting votes. The

project includes 256 condominiums and 65,448 square feet of office and retail space. The private racquet club includes 17 tennis courts, a pool and 12 indoor pickleball courts. With the retail and office component, it’s intended as a complete live-workplay community.

A principal in Sarasota-based Halflants + Pichette, the architecture firm leading the design of the project, Planning Board member Michael Halflants was recused from the discussion. Sarasota Springs LLC acquired the property, located behind Trader Joe’s, at 2170 Robinhood St. in January 2022 for $15.35 million.

Included is a one-acre park, dog

park and exercise trail surrounding the property, all available to the public. A restaurant exclusively for use of the club members is also included.

The project will offer 84 onebedroom condos, 112 two-bedroom condos and 51 three-bedroom models ranging from 700 to 2,200 square feet. Of the one-bedroom models, 15% will be offered as attainable housing. They will include the same floor plans and finishes as the market rate units, and will be scattered throughout the community. A percentage of the condos will be held by the developer as rentals and may be sold individually at a later date.

“The applicant did a pretty amazing job at revitalizing something that’s been in our community for 50 years, making it better and continuing to connect to the community, which is what Bath & Racquet has done for a long time,” said Planning Board member Damien Blumetti.

“They’ve done a pretty good job of addressing potential issues with the prior site plan.”

Prior site plans, proposed by different owners and design firms, that were rejected included one with a nine-story building and another with a five-story building. Bath & Racquet is surrounded by single-

family residential on three sides, and by Trader Joe’s to the west. The approved low-rise plan is more compatible with the surrounding neighborhoods, project architect Tara Williams told the Planning Board, and the mixed-use plan provides a transition from the commercial use along Tamiami Trail to the singlefamily homes.

With Salem and Olrich expressing concerns over some lingering unknowns about the project, board member Daniel Clermont said the time to move on the approval is now.

In previous stages, the project had received unanimous approval from the Planning Board.

“I love the project,” Clermont said. “Anybody who has walked that property as it exists now will acknowledge it is an eyesore and even an embarrassment for the city. … They’ve stepped forward to right a blight in our city and I’m afraid if we keep pushing back they might say we’re going fold the tent here, put some commercial buildings in there and heck with it.”

According to materials supplied to the Planning Board, condominium sales are expected to begin soon.

Foundation plans are now before city staff for consideration.

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DeSantis should not run

MATT WALSH

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ed wave? Ha! As many Florida Republicans put it, the national election results for Republicans was much more like Red Tide — smelly, rotten, the stench of dead fish.

Except, that is, in Florida. Voters here decisively declared Florida is no longer a purple battleground state. The Republican victories in Florida were a hurricane-like statement that says the Sunshine State is radiant red.

While we address Florida’s results in the accompanying sidebar, the matter that is more noteworthy now, just to be on record early, is this: Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis should not run for president in 2024.

In fact, he should be insistent — emphatically, to the point of being testy — and continue to say what he said on election night: He was just reelected as governor, and the citizens of Florida expect him to do the job they elected him to do.

Finite. End of story. Quit asking.

The media are going to be obsessed with this topic every day and in every interview for the next 16 months. Likewise, the question of whether he will run will be the topic of endless dinner conversations in Florida and in Republican circles elsewhere for the next yearand-a-half.

Making matters worse, of course, will be Donald Trump and his constant insults. They will be intended to persuade DeSantis not to run, but that strategy also could likely backfire. You know what happens when you are goaded. DeSantis may become so annoyed with Trump that you could see him reaching the point of saying in 2023: “That’s it.

I’ve had enough. I’m in, and I’m going to squish that SOB.” To that point, let’s be blunt: It would make everyone’s life so much better if Trump did not run.

Republicans have had enough of the Dark-Side Trump. He should not run. Americans are exasperated

with the strife that has persisted for six years, and he didn’t help Republicans in the midterms.

While Trump’s base and Republicans are grateful for all that Trump did from 2016 to 2020 — e.g. great economy, shut the border, began draining the swamp, etc., you can bet the powerball jackpot that the Americans whose votes would be needed for him to win again — moderate Republicans, RINOs and independents — do not want to live through two years of Trump campaigning and four years of his second presidency.

Our prediction: He can’t win again.

And at this moment in time, it is not likely DeSantis could win either.

Too much is stacked against him — and any Republican, for that matter.

For one, the election two weeks ago was a repeat of 2020. It showed no shift in voting. What’s more, the Democrat Party has ensured that with the way it altered election counting in so many of the battleground states in 2020, the untrusted, ridiculous, specious methods of vote counting are locked in.

Consider the electoral map, the one that resulted in 85 million votes for Joe Biden. It didn’t change in the 2022 elections.

If the Republicans win a one-vote majority in the House of Representatives, that’s a gain of only six seats from the current split. The Senate is virtually no different. Neither changes the likelihood of how electoral college votes would go.

The website 270towin, for example, shows the electoral college votes changing in 2024 by only three votes. In 2020, Joe Biden garnered 306 electoral college votes to Trump’s 232. (You need 270 to win.) Based on the newest census data that determine congressional districts, 270towin shows a 2024 electoral college map giving the Democratic presidential candidate 303 votes and the Republican 235, a swing of only three votes.

Last week’s results showed it doesn’t matter much that the country is in an economic and social nosedive. Democrats voted Democrat, and the blue states remained blue. You might even argue blue states like New York, Michigan, New Jersey, Illinois, California and Pennsylvania became bluer.

Presumably, in all those states that have seen population outmigration, those leaving the blue states tended to be Republicans. As a result, Michigan went from having a Republican majority in its House and Senate to deep blue — Demo-

Florida GOP: More powerful than ever While the midterm election results for most of the nation was a stinky Red Tide for Republicans, in Florida, the Republicans experienced a Red tsunami like never before.

Yes, Gov. Ron DeSantis won reelection with a crushing 59.4% of the vote over former Republican, former independent and now Democrat Charlie Crist.

But adding to the whoosh of the wave were the results of Florida’s legislative elections. Republicans added four seats to their majority in the Florida Senate and six seats to their majority in the House. That will give Republicans supermajorities in both houses, making them unstoppable for whatever craziness they want to enact, and making Democrats in Tallahassee voices blowing in the wind.

Here is the breakdown: Florida Senate Democrats..................12 Republicans............... 28 Florida House Democrats................. 35 Republicans...............84

On top of this, Florida’s Republican congressional delegation added to its majority, adding three more Republican congressmen and women. Republicans now outnumber Democrats 19-8 in Congress.

Never in Florida history have Republicans won this much power.

How did it happen?

You can attribute this to all kinds

of reasons: • Satisfaction with Gov. DeSantis’ bold performance the past four years; • The 108,382 increase in registered Republicans and the 331,810 decline in registered Democrats since the last election; • Of course, Republican Party officials would credit their own efforts at recruiting candidates and getting out the vote.

• Money • Quality of candidates and their message.

Take your pick.

But the midterm results nevertheless provide a noteworthy shift in Florida politics. Six years ago, Florida Republicans were fearing the state could turn blue. Donald Trump squeaked past Hillary Clinton by 1.2% percentage points in 2016. And that was after Barack Obama carried Florida in 2008 and 2012.

Add to that, in each of his gubernatorial elections, Rick Scott won by the thinnest of margins — 48.9% versus 47.7% against Alex Sink in 2010 and 48.1% versus 47.1% against Charlie Crist in 2014.

When Hurricane Irma all but wiped out Puerto Rico in 2017, Florida political watchers thought the state would see a wave of Democrat voters move into the state, shifting Florida once and for all.

And then came the Ron DeSantis-

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crat majorities in both houses and governor’s mansion.

But here’s another factor that would work against DeSantis at the top of the Republican ticket for 2024. The media and Deep State Democrats hate him. The media works almost overtime to paint him as a right-wing extremist. For them, he had the audacity to stand up to the leftist Democrat orthodoxy. He stood up for parents and students; is intolerant of crime; smacked down woke-ism and woke corporatists; is pro-life; against men participating in women’s sports; and favors freedom over servitude.

All that horrifies the left.

Indeed, if the presidential elections were held this year, because of his philosophical convictions, Ron DeSantis would have been unelectable.

And that will be his conundrum and challenge for the next two years — his image and how the American electorate perceives him.

What will he do? Will he do what all ambitious politicians do? Will he stay true to his convictions of his first term — never backing down to the left and woke-ism? Or will he succumb to the disease that inflicts so many politicians? Will he become another phony politician who is more interested in climbing the next step up (e.g. Charlie Crist)?

Will he shift to the middle and left to appear more likable, become the phony who is not who he says he is, a la Biden and Obama? Anything for votes?

For Floridians’ sake and his own sake, we hope DeSantis stays true to his words on election night and remains focused on making Florida an even better place to live.

You can argue that it will be in DeSantis’ interest to do this so he can show he is not a one-hit, one-term wonder. So he can show he is not driven by the proverbial outsized ego that lusts the limelight and power.

It would be in his interest to further demonstrate to voters he is steady and consistent; that he puts the people of Florida first; and is a leader who can build coalitions to do what’s right, not just what is politically expedient. It would be in his interest to demonstrate to Americans that limited, conservative governance that emphasizes individual freedom is a far, far better alternative to the elitist, socialist, central government authoritarianism that the Democrats are using to enslave us all.

The way things are going at this moment — with Trump running again and the Democrat vote counting locked in — you can predict another four years of a Democrat president. With the Federal Reserve taking steps to squelch inflation and the likelihood that coming recession will have ended by 2024, whoever runs on the Democrat side (Michelle Obama?) will take credit for an improving economy.

To be sure, DeSantis will find it painstaking to resist the run for president.

But timing is everything. At this moment, and for at least the next nine months, you can predict the time is not right.

Selfishly for Floridians, we hope DeSantis puts aside the presidential hullabaloo and stays focused for the next four years on making and keeping Florida the freest and undisputed outperformer and envy of the United States.

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NOTES ON FLORIDA’S ELECTIONS n In 2022, Gov. Ron DeSantis won in 61 of Florida’s 67 counties.

In 2018, DeSantis won 54 of the 67 counties. n Gov. Ron DeSantis won 59.4% of the vote versus 39.9% for Charlie Crist. That is highest percentage since Gov. Jeb Bush won in his re-election in 2002. In that election, Bush won in 60 counties, including his home county of Miami-Dade. n Gov. Bush was the last Republican gubernatorial candidate to win Miami-Dade until DeSantis won it in 2022. n Here are the margins of victory for Florida governors going back to Jeb Bush in 1998: 1998: Bush 55.3%-McKay 44.7% 2002: Bush 56.0%-McBride 43.2% 2006: Crist 52.2%-Davis 45.1% 2010: Scott 48.9%-Sink 47.7% 2014: Scott 48.1%-Crist 47.1% 2018: DeSantis 49.6%-Gillum 49.2% 2022: DeSantis 59.4%-Crist 39.9%

Andre Gillum race for governor in 2018. That, too, was as close as it could get. DeSantis beat Gillum only by 32,463 votes (49.6% to 49.2%). Here was the difference, and what can be the turning point for Florida:

COUNTIES DeSANTIS LOST 2018 Alachua Broward Duval Gadsden Hillsborough Leon Miami-Dade Orange Osceola Palm Beach Pinellas Seminole St. Lucie

2022 Alachua Broward Gadsden Leon Orange Palm Beach

THREE COUNTIES THAT WENT RED IN 2022

These three traditionally blue counties voted Republican in 2022. The totals show the change in Republican votes.

Hillsborough (Tampa) 2018....... 234,835 2022....... 261,632 +26,797 Miami-Dade 2018......... 311,581 2022...... 393,405 +81,824 Palm Beach 2018........ 241,016 2022...... 278,089 +37,073

DeSantis won the vote of black mothers who supported his position on school choice. Were it not for them, Florida Republicans may not have experienced the tsunami that washed across the state Nov. 8.

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The bulk of the planned Aventon Sarasota apartment community’s residential buildings are located beneath the Sarasota-Bradenton International Airport’s noise zone.

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ue us now or sue use later. Or hopefully neither.

That was the warning Sarasota City Attorney Robert Fournier voiced to city commissioners Monday before they gave secondreading approval of the rezoning and site plan of Aventon Cos.’ proposed 372-unit apartment complex at the former Sarasota Kennel Club.

On Aug. 15, by a 4-1 vote with Jen Ahearn-Koch opposed, commissioners gave preliminary approval to the site plan and the rezoning of the 25-plus acres across University Parkway from Sarasota-Bradenton International Airport. The future land use classification of the property was subject to final approval of the city’s comprehensive plan amendments, which occurred on Oct. 17.

The former kennel club closed in 2019 following statewide approval of a referendum to ban dog racing in Florida. Other than commercial truck parking and a COVID-19 testing site, the facility has been largely abandoned since.

Throughout the apartment community approval process, the airport has opposed the use. It has charged that allowing residences beneath the 65 decibel day-night average noise level contour, even with FAArequired noise mitigation construction techniques, is in violation of a 2018 agreement between the city and the airport.

In late September, the BradentonManatee Airport Authority Board of Directors authorized SRQ President and CEO Rick Piccolo to initiate legal action to invalidate the future land use change on the kennel club property, which would render moot rezoning the site for multifamily use.

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Fournier suggested commissioners continue the final approval into January to allow for the first step of the legal challenge, and perhaps even negotiation between the developer and the airport to relocate the residential buildings.

Aventon’s attorney Scott McLaren made it clear that reconfiguring the site plan would make the project unworkable and is not negotiable, and that Aventon was entitled to a decision on Monday with a midDecember property purchase deadline looming. During a prior hearing, Aventon informed the City Commission it had already spent some $1.5 million in engineering.

“We have to make an informed decision as to whether we can move forward by Dec. 14,” he said. “What would provide us clarity is the approval that we think we’re entitled to.”

The airport has filed for a hearing before an administrative law judge, a two- to three-day process followed

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by written submissions and findings to be considered, focused on the agreement language between the city and airport authority. That decision could become final or could be subject to appeal to the First District Court of Appeal. Pending that outcome, the airport may choose to file

two more lawsuits, both challenging the validity of rezoning and site plan.

According to Fournier, the first suit would likely allege the rezone and site plan approval was not supported by competent substantial evidence and that the wrong criteria applied (and other criteria ignored) in granting

the approval. The second possible suit can be expected to allege that the approval of the rezoning and site plan is not consistent with the city’s comprehensive plan.

For now, the future land use rezoning of the site, Fournier said, is not in force.

“The future land use classification of this property right now is still community commercial. The reason for that is because the Sarasota-Manatee Airport Authority timely filed a petition with the State of Florida Division of Administrative Hearings to challenge the validity of a comprehensive plan,” Fournier said. “The ordinance approving a comprehensive plan amendment will not go into effect until this challenge now pending is over and it’s finally resolved.”

That means the rezoning and site plan ordinance approved by the commission on Monday will not go into effect unless and until the airport’s legal challenge fails.

Approving the site plan and rezoning, which McLaren said Aventon deserves so it may continue planning, closed the door on further negotiation between the parties.

Ahearn-Koch and Commissioner Liz Alpert urged continuing the final approval into January to “keep the door open,” to negotiation and perhaps avoid future potential lawsuits.

Commissioner Hagen Brody countered that subsequent legal action is inevitable should Aventon and the city prevail.

“This is going to be litigated no matter what, and (airport) counsel was very clear at our hearing that this was going to be litigated. It really didn’t rest on nuances of the site plan,” Brody said. “My fear is that this property just sits there and decays forever and we could add to that problem by continuing it. There is going to be a legal challenge on the site plan and the comprehensive plan changes regardless of when we approve those.”

A motion by Ahearn-Koch to continue the issue until January failed 3-2.

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DeCaro Auctions International is auctioning off the house at 15 N. Polk Drive, which is also known by locals as the Cactus House for the number of cacti on the property. The residence resembles the modern Miami Beach Art Deco movement, according to a statement.

The five-bedroom, five-anda-half-bathroom home features a custom kitchen, Wolf appliances and a quartzite island with a waterfall edge. An elevator and custom staircase both lead to a rooftop deck on the fourth level complete with a

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Florida Department of Law Enforcement agents are investigating the 10 a.m. incident near Fruitville and Beneva roads that began as a robbery call in a parking lot.

The suspect, Robert Paul Briandi, was taken to Sarasota Memorial Hospital and is in stable condition Wednesday following surgery. The officer, a 17-year veteran assigned to the patrol division, was placed on paid administrative leave, which is standard procedure. SPD has not released his name. The FDLE is the lead investigating agency into the shooting while the SPD is investigating the attempted armed robbery, which began outside a Publix store at 501 N. Beneva Road.

On Wednesday, SPD released the body camera footage to the media, which shows the officer exiting his vehicle in the parking lot of the Homewood Suites hotel at 3470 Fruitville Road. The footage shows Briandi with a knife, and the officer ordering him to drop the weapon and get on the ground. Briandi failed to comply, then took several steps toward the officer before the officer fired twice.

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According to police, an 83-yearold woman, the victim in the robbery, told officers she finished shopping and, after unloading her cart, said she was approached by Briandi, who tried to take her purse.

“She did a heck of a job fighting him off,” said Capt. John Todd, commander of the SPD Criminal Investigations Division. “She was attacked from behind by an assailant with a knife. She did a really good job of protecting herself.”

A witness saw what was happening and tried to help the victim. The suspect started to leave the area, but the witness followed him, videoing him with his phone while calling 911.

Briandi is facing two counts aggravated assault with a weapon without intent to kill, and armed robbery.

Briandi has a multi-state criminal history dating back to 1973, Todd said.

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School Board sets extra school days after hurricanes Winter vacation, spring break each a day shorter for students.

ERIC GARWOOD MANAGING EDITOR

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arasota County students will have to make up at least two of the instructional days they missed because of hurricanes Ian and Nicole, the Sarasota County School Board decided as part of its consent agenda on Tuesday night.

Monday, Jan. 9 and Monday, March 20 had previously been set aside as professional days for teachers and staff and were positioned at the end of winter vacation and spring break, setting up four-day weeks for students returning to class. Now, those days will be converted to instructional days in traditional five-day weeks.

Students in the northern portion of the school district were out nine days as a result of Hurricane Ian and a day to Hurricane Nicole. South county students also missed a day to Nicole but 13 days to Ian, owing largely to the extra repairs needed in the harder-hit areas.

Manatee County Schools added no additional days, though it only closed schools five days for Ian and a day for Nicole. It chose to make up the missing instructional hours by converting early release days into full school days.

Schools must deliver to students in K-3 180 instructional days or 720 hours. That requirement climbs to 900 hours in 4-12. An additional 1 mill of property tax, most recently renewed last spring in Sarasota County, funds a school day 30 minutes longer than required, which automatically builds in leeway for school officials in devising makeup days.

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Hurricane Nicole brought strong winds and moderate rain to the region last week, but no serious

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damage was reported.

Throughout the morning and early afternoon on Thursday, Nov. 10, sustained wind speeds stuck in the high 20s, reaching 32 mph in the 9 a.m. hour. A peak wind gust came in the 8 a.m. hour at 51 mph. About 1.35 inches of rain fell, records show.

DEBRIS PICKUP RESUMES

Sarasota County is nearly complete with the first pass through unincorporated areas to pick up storm debris from either Ian or Nicole. Nearly 2.3 million cubic yards have been collected thus far, the county said.

Contractors are expecting to take a Thanksgiving break during Nov. 22-28, then resume on Monday, Nov. 28.

As far as the county’s self-drop sites, Sarasota officials said residents have less than a week to make their trips.

Monday, Nov. 21 will be the last day of operation for the sites at Rothenbach Park (8650 Bee Ridge Road, Sarasota) and the Jackson Road Transfer Station (250 S. Jackson Road, Venice). Hours of operation are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily.

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Though Sarasota County didn’t open any shelters during Hurricane Nicole, officials in Manatee County opened one in case residents didn’t feel safe. No evacuations were ordered in either county.

Manatee County officials said they wanted to accommodate people who wanted to evacuate their homes voluntarily if they thought their homes could be compromised as a result of damage from Hurricane Ian. The shelter was also open for residents of mobile and manufactured homes.

“People know their homes,” County Administrator Scott Hopes said. “If their roof or home sustained damage, we want to assure them there is a place for them to weather Tropical Storm Nicole.”

LOCAL BEACHES APPEAR UNSCATHED

Lido Beach and Siesta Key beach appear to have made it through Hurricane Ian’s onshore winds without serious damage or erosion, officials said.

That was also the case up the

shoreline in Longboat Key, officials were told this week.

After a hurricane and a tropical storm in the past six weeks, Longboat Key’s beaches remain in good shape with the potential for improvement where erosion is particularly common.

The town’s Public Works staff presented their annual report to the Town Commission at Monday’s workshop.

Annual reports first began in June 2020, and commissioners sought information about the status of beaches and ongoing nourishment projects.

Parts of the report centered on the condition of beaches following Hurricane Ian. The town’s beaches experienced minimal impact from the storm as it made landfall about 50 miles south of its previously forecast track, generally with offshore blowing winds.

Conditions after tropical storm Nicole had not yet been fully analyzed, but beach consultant Olsen Associates performed a few initial aerial passes on the north end. A full review is planned next week.

A sailboat was driven against the fishing pier adjacent to the Ringling Bridge during the passing of Hurricane Nicole this past week.

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The largest bromeliad to occur naturally in Florida, giant air plants are especially vulnerable to the weevils, because, unlike most air plant species, they don’t “pup,” or produce offsets from the base. Instead, after up to 20 years of growth, the giant air plant sends up a single flower stalk,

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which produces thousands of seeds, then dies. Air plants that produce offsets stand a better chance of surviving weevil attacks, as they have multiple buds and multiple chances to reproduce.

Air plants, which use trees merely for support, are an important member of the ecosystem and afford many ecological benefits, such as providing food, water and shelter to native Florida animals.

And given their dwindling numbers, these species are especially vulnerable to extreme weather events, such as Hurricane Ian, which had a widespread impact on the park.

As many trees in the park sustained wind or water damage from the storm, finding and saving the park’s imperiled epiphytes was prioritized.

Thanks to rapid rescue efforts, guided by expert advice from Marie Selby Botanical Gardens, more than 70 endangered epiphytes have already been collected from damaged trees.

Once storm recovery efforts are completed, the plants will be reattached to new host trees in the park, where they will have a chance to grow to maturity and produce a successional generation of these imperiled species.

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“Once I saw that I was actually getting better, I started to believe it. I wanted to keep getting better.”

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he Cardinal Mooney High boys golf team finished third at the Florida High School Athletic Association Class 1A state tournament, shooting a combined 307 for the best finish in school history. The tournament, held Nov. 12 at Mission Inn Resort in Howey-inthe-Hills, saw Mooney sophomore Nico Bencomo pace the Cougars with a one-under-par 71. Teammate Tommy Tyler, a junior, was right behind him at 72. … Bryce Williams, a Cardinal Mooney High grad, has been a reserve running back for the University of Minnesota for five years, only getting significant playing time when the starting back went down with injuries.

But he’s been rewarded lately.

Williams has 47 carries for 229 yards and three touchdowns in 2022, plus 10 catches for 83 yards. It’s nice to see loyalty rewarded in the age of the transfer portal. … If you know of any area athletes doing something charitable during this holiday season, let us know by sending an email to RKohn@YourObserver.com. We love to feature athletes doing right by their community. … Want to burn off some calories on Thanksgiving morning before putting them back on? Nathan Benderson Park is hosting its first Turkey Row at 8 a.m. Nov. 24. The event, an approximately 2,000-meter rowing race, is free to register, but the park encourages participants to donate to the Nathan Benderson Park Conservancy’s 29 Days of Giving Thanks campaign. For information or to register for the event, visit NathanBendersonPark.org or call 358-7275.

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LINE Sarasota, Riverview meet in the playoffs for the first time since 2004.

RYAN KOHN SPORTS EDITOR

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t has been a long time since a football game between Sarasota High and Riverview High meant so much.

Since 2004, in fact. That is the last time the two programs met in the postseason, according to MaxPreps’ history of the rivalry; the Rams won that game 23-0.

On Friday, it will happen again.

Neither the Sailors (5-4) or the Rams (4-6) expected to be here.

Both teams lost their regular-season finales, entering the postseason on a down note. Both went on the road last week, the start of the postseason, as underdogs. And both came out victorious: the Sailors won 30-20 over Manatee High (6-4) and the Rams won 29-15 over Gulf Coast High (8-3).

Now they will renew their rivalry at 7:30 p.m. Friday at Sarasota High, with a spot in the Florida High School Athletic Association Class 4S regional finals on the line. The Rams won the season’s first matchup 14-0 on the road Oct. 28, extending their winning streak over the Sailors to 11.

In Sarasota’s mind, there will be no better time to break that streak than now. The Sailors made a key change before their game against Manatee, inserting junior quarterback Michael Bendever into the lineup after not starting him all season. It worked: Bendever completed nineof-16 passes for 180 yards and two touchdowns with no interceptions.

That last point is an important one to coach Brody Wiseman, but he was happy with the yardage and scores, too. The Sailors used a vertical passing attack that had been missing from the team’s offense this season.

“It’s a part of what we’ve done since I’ve been here, just not this season,” Wiseman said. “We have been depending on our run game and that has been great. But if you go back and look at the Riverview game, we have no passing offense, really. We were turning the ball over. Mike took care of the football and made great plays and extended some plays. Down the field, he was a weapon.

“If we don’t get that performance from him tonight, we probably don’t win this game.”

Wiseman said Bendever had been getting a share of first-team reps all season, so he did have some familiarity with his teammates’ tendencies and was able to develop good timing with them. A live game is different than practice, but Bendever was not fazed.

“I was just happy (to be starting),” Bendever said. “Once I got here I was a little nervous, but mostly happy. I

just wanted to get the win. I know I can throw a good ball, so I knew I could execute things and give our receivers a chance.”

When Wiseman told his team postgame that they would be playing Riverview, the Sailors erupted in cheers and claps. Asked about what a rematch means to his team, Wiseman kept things more low-key.

“They got us the first time,” Wiseman said. “I felt like we played a good game, a game that our kids were capable of winning. That didn’t happen, unfortunately. But my kids are excited to get another crack at it. It will be exciting.”

On the other side of things, Riverview feels like it has been given a second chance at the 2022 season.

Coach Josh Smithers said his players thought their postseason opportunity was dashed by a 14-7 home loss to Cardinal Mooney High (4-6) on Nov. 1. After playing the waiting game, they received help, in part from Booker High (6-5), which beat Rams regional foe Lakewood Ranch High (6-4) in the regular season’s final week. The loss knocked Lakewood Ranch out of the postseason.

The Rams got in, in part thanks to Riverview’s strength of schedule, among other factors.

Smithers said his team has been determined not to squander the

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What: Sarasota High football (5-4) vs. Riverview High (4-6) When: 7:30 p.m. Friday Where: Sarasota High At stake: A spot in the FHSAA Class 4S regional finals, plus the Rams’ 11-game win streak over the Sailors Last game: Riverview High won 14-0 Of note: It will be the first playoff game between the two teams since 2004

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opportunity it has been handed.

“Last week when we came back to practice, you could tell guys were locked in,” Smithers said. “We had one of the best (practices) we have had all year last Wednesday, and after that, we felt good (about their chances). Like we told them, once you’re in, everybody’s starting from the same spot. You just have to go get the team in front of you that week.”

The Rams went and got Gulf Coast. Sophomore running back DJ Johnson sprinted for 182 yards and two touchdowns, with the Rams offensive line pushing around Sharks defenders to open holes. It was the first time all season Gulf Coast allowed an opposing players to crack even 100 yards on the ground. On defense, the Rams held the Sharks’ four-way rushing attack to 72 yards.

Like Sarasota, the Riverview passing attack has struggled at times in 2022, but against Gulf Coast, junior quarterback Jackson Dawson found senior tight end Luke Petitta for a 50-yard score, then hit junior wideout/defensive back Charles Lester III for a 15-yard score.

Smithers said he remembers watching the last Riverview-Sarasota playoff game on television, as it was broadcast live locally. Smithers said more than the game itself, he remembers how packed the stadium was.

“People were 10 deep against the fences,” Smithers said. “Football is just more fun when Riverview and Sarasota are both good and in the playoffs. And now we get a chance to play each other. I expect a good crowd and I know Sarasota is going to be prepared and so will be. It should be a heck of a game.” n Also playing Friday is Cardinal Mooney, which will travel to face John Carroll Catholic (8-1) at 7:30 p.m. The Cougars won three straight games to end the regular season and snag the fourth and final seed in their Class 1S region. John Carroll won the teams’ first game 26-3 on Oct. 14.

Rams junior Charles Lester III (1) is a threat to score every time he touches the ball.

Junior running back Joe Ziegler leads the team onto the Manatee High field through a cloud of orange smoke.

The Sailors won 30-20.

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Sami Slusarek (5), a senior, had 20 points in the Riverview girls team’s seasonopening win against Venice High.

Hit the hardwood The 2022-2023 high school basketball season is here — and area programs look quite different.

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he squeaking of shoes, the bouncing of balls on hardwood, the swishing of nets: they are all back.

The high school basketball season officially got underway this week with girls programs starting their regular season; the boys will start next week.

Riverview High brings back a

lot of talent from a team that finished 20-2 a season ago. Coach Gerald Perry and the Rams didn’t like how the season ended — with an 88-53 loss to Orlando’s eventual state champion Dr. Phillips High in the Florida High School Athletic Association Class 7A regional semifinals — but they did like the experience gained from the strong

season.

2022 should not be much different. The Rams’ third-leading scorer Caroline King and reserve Myah Hagan graduated, but leading scorers Sami Slusarek (12.9 points per game) and Amiya Lloyd (11.6 ppg) both return, along with defensive leader Krystal Montas (7.4 rebounds per game). All three are seniors. The Rams also add a defensive presence in 6-foot-2 senior Jaida Cunningham, a transfer from Booker. Cunningham’s disruptions in the post helped Booker reach the Class 3A Final Four last season.

There was some rust to remove in the first half of the Rams’ seasonopening game against Venice High on Monday; the Rams trailed late in the second quarter before regaining a three-point advantage at the half.

They didn’t trail in the second half, when their defense took over the game for a 64-54 final that did not feel that close.

Perry said this first game was for experimenting.

“We’re looking for the nucleus we need,” Perry said. “We have a lot of girls (that can play). We have more depth than we did last year. I’m trying to find the right mix of girls.

I want to be able to throw waves at people, five girls and then another five girls.”

The Rams, early season tuneups and all, have remained steady.

Almost every other area basketball program, girls and boys, has not.

This will be my seventh year covering basketball in the area and this offseason shook up the Sarasota basketball landscape like none I have experienced. Of course, all the teams that have gone through significant changes hope they work out for the better. Me? I just hope it all leads to competitive games — and I believe it will.

Staying on the girls side, the Cardinal Mooney High Cougars have gone to the Class 3A Final Four in back to back seasons, but face perhaps their most adversity this season. Coach Rico Antonio stepped down after last season and was replaced by Marlon Williams, a basketball coaching veteran who was most recently with Florida

Girls Basketball AAU. Williams will have three key members of last year’s team back in senior guard Olivia Davis, sophomore guard Sy’monique Simon and sophomore forward Kali Barrett.

At Sarasota, the Sailors will be led by coach Dave Gaulman, who came to the program from St. Stephen’s.

Gaulman went 44-21 in three seasons with a Final Four trip in 20192020. The Sailors finished 7-18 a season ago but have some talented young players such as sophomore Ava Sims (9.5 ppg), junior Madison Macdonald (9.3 ppg) and sophomore Shay Farley (8.1 ppg).

Booker High does not have a new coach. That remains Ty Bryant, who guided the Tornadoes to a 20-8 record and a Final Four appearance last year. Booker lost Jaida Cunningham to Riverview, as stated above, but return leading scorers Chariot Johnson (9.2 ppg) and Leah Dubose (8.7 ppg), who are now seniors, plus junior Jakai Peterson (7.7 ppg) and senior Kymani Freeman (7.6 ppg). That upperclassmen leadership should help the team as the season gets going and younger players fill holes left by others.

The boys basketball regular season does not begin until next week, and even then, the schedule is light because of Thanksgiving.

That said, there is an early season treat for local fans on Nov. 21 in the form of Booker hosting Riverview.

The Rams won both of last season’s contests between the teams, but no matter who wins, the game is always full of energy and competition. Riverview lost last year’s freshman star, the 6-foot-5, fivestar forward Jamier Jones, to IMG Academy, but returns a talented roster led by senior Jason Jackson, a 6-foot-4 point guard who signed with Texas Tech on Monday. They also have a new coach: Kendall Ellis, who runs the Florida Aces and Lady Aces AAU programs. He brought along his son, sophomore guard Khyre Ellis, who averaged 9.7 points per game at Port Charlotte High last season. Booker should be paced by returning senior guard Joey Winter, one of the best outside shooters in the area, and junior Jovan Palavra,

who does a little bit of everything.

The Tornadoes — are you sensing a theme yet? — have a new coach as well, with Carl Williams Jr. taking that position. Williams’ previous coaching stop was at the Sarasota School of Arts and Sciences, but he’s has also had stints with Riverview, Braden River High and the Out-of-Door Academy — those three being on the girls’ side of the game.

Sarasota, too, has a new coach, and it’s a familiar name for local basketball fans: BJ Ivey, who led Riverview to a state championship game appearance in 2015-2016.

After coaching at Riverview for 13 seasons, Ivey spent a season with Florida Gulf Coast University as the director of basketball operations, then spent two season with ODA before coming to the Sailors.

Sarasota is looking to Ivey to turn around a program that has not had a winning record since 2013-2014; the Sailors went 5-20 last season.

The only boys program without a new coach is Cardinal Mooney High. The Cougars are likely just fine with that. In his first season at Mooney, Vince Cherry led the program to a 23-5 record and a trip to the regional quarterfinals, where the season came to a heartbreaking end with a 78-76 overtime loss to Northside Christian. The Cougars return five of their topsix scorers from a season ago, led by junior forward Dylan Higgins (14.8 ppg) and junior guard Connor Heald (12.0 ppg), and added junior forward Kevin O’Donoghue, who, at 6-foot-4, averaged 16.1 ppg at ODA last season, among other reinforcements. Don’t be surprised if the Cougars make an even deeper run than they did a season ago; this team is athletic and can win multiple ways.

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My shot off the dribble. I worked hard on that this offseason and I

made one tonight (against Venice), so that’s a good sign.

What is your favorite memory?

My freshman year (at Booker High) I was on the JV team and I hit a buzzer beater to win a game. This was right after Kobe (Bryant) passed away. The shot I hit was just like him.

That was a cool moment.

What are the team’s expectations for this season?

We expect to be strong defensively.

That’s our motto, D.E.B.O: “Defensive energy brings offense.” We just need to play as a team and communicate on defense. This first game was a good start. We started a little bit shaky, but the second half was better and we’ll continue to get better through the season.

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Steak and potatoes. I like my steak well done.

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I hang out with my family and use TikTok. I watch videos on there but I make them, too.

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It’s the family you gain from it. I love playing with the girls on this team. I also just love the game of basketball.

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I started playing basketball seriously in seventh grade, but I played a little in elementary school, too.

People would tell me that they saw potential in me. Once I saw that I was actually getting better, I started to believe it.

If you would like to make a recommendation for the Sarasota/Siesta Key Observer’s Athlete of the Week feature, send it to Ryan Kohn at RKohn@YourObserver.com.

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Lloyd, who is 5-foot-6, averaged 11.6 points a game in 2021-22 and helped the Rams to a season-opening 64-54 home win over Venice High on Tuesday.

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YOUR NEIGHBORS Lines in the sand S

iesta Key Crystal Classic invited Sarasota locals and visitors over the weekend out to Siesta Beach to watch and admire master sand sculptures create their delicate masterpieces in real time.

Because of inclement weather, the festival ran for only three days this year. However, this didn’t faze the artists or the visitors. The friendly competition brought in 23 sculptors to create their art from Saturday to Sunday.

“It’s a challenge. It’s a chance to test yourself,” sand sculptor Laura Cimador-Gowdy said.

“All the people give you energy,” sculptor Wilfred Stijer said. “The people wander around and give you good energy.”

The sculptures were displayed with colored lights on Saturday night.

Dan Belcher and Karen Fralich won first place in the doubles category with their “Viking King” sculpture. Maxim Gazendam won first place in the solo category with his “Home is a State of Mind” sculpture.

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Laura Cimador-Gowdy creates her masterpiece during the Siesta Key Crystal Classic competition.

Terri, Steve and Laura Jeffcoat participated in the Amateur Sand Competition.

Christy Atkinson and Amazin’ Walter MacDonald focus on being gentle with their hands.

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FREE YOGA BY THE BAY WITH ERIN AT BAYFRONT PARK 5:30 p.m. at Bayfront Park, 5 Bayfront Drive. Stretch your muscles at this free outdoor, socially distanced yoga event that overlooks the bay.

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THE ELIXIR COMEDY OPEN MIC 7:30-10 p.m. at The Elixir Tea House.

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SUNDAY SONGS IN THE PARK 2:30-5 p.m. at Cafe in the Park, 2010 Adams Lane. Enjoy modern folk and progressive bluegrass. From 2:30-3 p.m., there will be a kids’ concert at the kids circus playground. Entry is free. For information, call 361-3032 or visit CafeInThePark.org

GUIDED AQUARIUM TOUR AT MOTE MARINE 8:30 a.m. at Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquarium. 1600 Ken Thompson Parkway. Come out to this family event and join one of the ocean experts on a guided tour of Mote’s main aquarium building featuring our resident sharks, stingrays and coral reef galleries. Tickets for Mote Marine members are $18; $20 for others. For information about tickets, call 388-4441.

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“I am walking in honor of my son, Leo Michael Puhaly. He is a fallen hero, but I am doing this in honor of him,” said Brenda Spratt, who was one of many to march down Main Street.

“This is probably one of the only countries where everyone is welcomed,” said Charlie Hull, a retired Air Force veteran of four years, who said he is grateful for this day. “This is one of the few places where you can have a clean slate and make a life out for yourself.”

Hundreds of paradegoers attended, filling the Main Street sidewalks with patriotic colors and American flags. Many waved and thanked the veterans who walked and rode past. Middle and high school students showed their support by walking with their bands, color guards, and JROTC units.

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Bill Pischer says the workers at Jessica’s Organic Farm have worked hard to rebound after Hurricane Ian.

Organic farm struggles in wake of Hurricane Ian Among the significant losses were two nurseries that were ripped apart, and the loss of trees and crops.

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hile the Myakka City area was hammered by Hurricane Ian, Bill Pischer wants residents to understand the storm had some devastating agricultural effects in other parts of the region as well.

Pischer, who owns Jessica’s Organic Farm at Hauri Road and 47th Street in North Sarasota said the farm is still trying to recover from the severe damage that has threatened to put Pischer out of business.

“We’ve had some close ones,” Pischer said. “But this was the most intense.”

He said few other organic farms exist in the area, so the loss would be a great one for local residents.

“We grow and harvest it and bring it up to the market,” he said. “That’s not a common thing.”

The organic-certified farm supplies food through the market it operates on its property Friday through Sunday. The market also features organic-certified produce from other farms.

The farm grows lettuce, spinach, basil, kale, okra, sugarcane, pumpkin, papaya and watermelon, among other vegetables.

Cody Pischer, who is Bill’s son, said although the farm suffered damage during Hurricane Irma, this was far worse.

“On a farm, you’ve got to expect losses,” Cody Pischer said. “It’s usually nothing this big.”

The farm suffered damage to the two plant nurseries on the property.

The largest and newest nursery suffered significant damage with its metal framework becoming twisted and its canvas cover shredded.

Cody Pischer said it likely would have to be replaced, which could cost them thousands of dollars.

With the winter months and lower temperatures approaching, the repairs need to be done in a hurry.

The plants in that nursery have suffered damage because of exposure to sunlight and rain.

And rain from Tropical Storm Nicole also hurt the farm, since the greenhouses were not up to par due to damage suffered in the hurricane.

Cody Pischer said it took about

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five months to build the bigger nursery, and they had expected it to last more than 20 years.

“It’s pretty frustrating, when you build something and then it’s taken out in one day,” he said.

He said they might try a lower elevation greenhouse when they rebuild it, hopefully making it less susceptible to wind.

The other nursery was nearing the end of its expected life span, but Cody Pischer said they were hoping to get another few years out of it before having to invest in a new one.

Hurricane Ian left the wood framework of that building in a crumpled mess on the ground.

They build a makeshift structure to house plants to suffice until they can begin construction on a new nursery.

The Pischers said they also lost a grove of trees, about half of which were papaya trees.

One of the items Bill Pischer hopes to buy, if finances allow it, is

a generator. He said it would be a key upgrade.

He said the farm’s watering system operates on electricity and the walkin coolers as well.

After Hurricane Ian, Bill Pischer said all hands tried to keep up with the watering with watering cans because they couldn’t use hoses with power down.

While the smaller plant nursery can utilize rainwater to some extent, with a material called a shade cloth along its top that disperses water across the plants, the main nursery’s watering is done manually.

Pischer said the farm had to switch its priority in terms of vegetables for some of the fields that had been saturated by the heavy rainfall. He had to switch to lettuces, kale, collards, arugula, parsley, cucumber, and dandelion in fields that had been targeted for different produce before the hurricane.

Bill Pischer called his outlook “pretty optimistic” for the farm’s recovery. However, he said the state of the farm is now up to “God’s will.”

Fundraising efforts are being planned. He said any contribution from the public would be much appreciated.

“We just take one day at a time and go from there,” he said.

Bill Pischer said the farm has been in the area since 1979, when he established the business.

The farm is named for Bill Pischer’s eldest daughter, Jessica Pischer.

Those who want to help the farm can go to GoFundMe.com.

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FOREST LAKES COUNTRY CLUB ESTATES John and Linda Rominski sold their home at 2147 Brookhaven Drive to Jeffery and Donna Hackney, of Sarasota, for $800,000. Built in 1966, it has three bedrooms, twoand-a-half baths, a pool and 2,397 square feet of living area. It sold for $210,000 in 2012.

GULF GATE Barry Belczyk, of Sarasota, sold his home at 3015 Goodwater St. to Paul and Carolyn Sheatler, of Sarasota, for $790,000. Built in 2015, it has three bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 1,953 square feet of living area.

It sold for $339,900 in 2016.

James Muir, trustee, of Sarasota, sold the home at 3111 Post Road to Kenneth Papa and Kathleen Ann Wingate Goff, of Sarasota, for $575,000. Built in 1966, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 2,358 square feet of living area. It sold for $137,000 in 1997.

VALENCIA TERRACE James Davis, of Sarasota, sold his home at 1221 Cocoanut Ave. to David Amir Zarghami and Toni Zarghami, of Sarasota, for $730,000. Built in 1952, it has five bedrooms, three baths and 2,972 square feet of living area. It sold for $451,000 in 2021.

THE LANDINGS CARRIAGEHOUSE Aaron Koplin and Joan Koplin, of Sarasota, sold the Unit 59 condominium at 50007 Kestral Park Drive to David and Linda Kremer, of Louisville, Kentucky, for $699,000.

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home in Ocean View tops all transactions in this week’s real estate. Robert Pappas, of Sarasota, sold the home at 8347 Midnight Pass Road to Michael and Sheila Cloonen, trustees, of Palmer, Texas, for $5,445,000. Built in 2010, it has four bedrooms, fiveand-a-half baths, a pool and 6,512 square feet of living area. It sold for $6.5 million in 2021.

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Phillippi Gardens Stephen Simon and Joan Janes, of Sarasota, sold their home at 5573 Merrimac Drive to Mark Joseph Powers and Jennifer Helenek, of Sarasota, for $900,000. Built in 1969, it has three bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 1,843 square feet of living area.

It sold for $450,000 in 2017.

PALMER RANCH: $675,000

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8347 Midnight Pass Road was built in 2010 and sold for $5.4 million.

Built in 1982, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,816 square feet of living area. It sold for $315,000 in 2020.

THE LANDINGS TREEHOUSE William Veshancey sold his Unit 56 condominium at 1480 Landings Circle to Janet Rauscher and Leo Frankenberger, of Louisville, Kentucky, for $662,500. Built in 1981, it has three bedrooms, two-and-ahalf baths and 2,040 square feet of living area. It sold for $310,000 in 2004.

PETROUTSA BROTHERS YGD Investments LLC sold the home at 1648 Ninth St. to Greenvale Development LLC for $625,000.

Built in 1954, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,792 square feet of living area. It sold for $95,000 in 2011.

Tulip St. to Brian Cornell and Martha Cornell, trustees, of Sarasota, for $540,000. Built in 1957, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,387 square feet of living area. It sold for $119,400 in 2003.

THE 101 James and Anne Toale, of Sarasota, sold their Unit 8-E condominium at 101 S. Gulfstream Ave. to George and Laura Carlson, of Sarasota, for $540,000. Built in 1974, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,200 square feet of living area. It sold for $365,000 in 2016.

THE LANDINGS SOUTH David and Linda Kremer, of Sarasota, sold their Unit 203 condominium at 5224 Landings Blvd. to Richard Ress and Theresa Mahoney,

SUNNYSIDE PARK David and Melinda Campbell, of Sarasota, sold their home at 2311 Sunnyside Palce to Katie Joem Wren, of Sarasota, for $575,000.

Built in 1957, it has three bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 2,218 square feet of living area. It sold for $330,000 in 2019.

SOUTH GATE MANOR David and Denise Havill, of Sarasota, sold their home at 3214 Bougainvillea St. to Stanley Mathew, of Sarasota, for $559,900. Built in 1967, it has two bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 1,289 square feet of living area. It sold for $295,000 in 2020.

Villagewalk Sarah Paikowsky and Michael Weinstock, trustees, of Paradise Valley, Arizona, sold the home at 5565 Lucia Place to Russell Schmitt and Cathy Hauck, trustees, of Darien, Connecticut, for $675,900. Built in 2003, it has three bedrooms, three baths and 2,008 square feet of living area.

It sold for $409,900 in 2014.

OSPREY: $2 MILLION

Oaks II Andrew and Karen Roberts, of Highlands, North Carolina, sold their home at 433 E. Mac Ewen Drive to John Baird Davis and Rosalie Davis, of Osprey, for $2 million. Built in 1998, it has four bedrooms, three-and-a-half baths, a pool and 3,672 square feet of living area. It sold for $1.15 million in 2017.

NOKOMIS: $700,000

Calusa Lakes Cathy Lay and Lauri Wilke, trustees, of San Antonio, sold the home at 2020 White Feather Lane to Jerome and Karen Miller, of Evansville, Indiana, for $700,000. Built in 2000, it has three bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 2,228 square feet of living area.

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These are the largest city of Sarasota and Sarasota County building permits issued for the week of Oct. 31 - Nov. 4, in order of dollar amounts.

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Applicant

1545 Hillview Drive

Renovations

Robert Caldwell

1771 Ringling Blvd. #802

Alterations

John Smeallie

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993 S. Orange Ave.

Re-roof

Nancy Daniel

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2650 Hyde Park St.

Re-roof

Rebekah Prieto

$26,000

1025 Orange Ave.

Re-roof

Sidney Turner

$25,940

1620 Blue Heron Drive

Electrical

Leslie Malkin

$21,726

722 45th St.

Windows

Andrew Newcomer

$18,902

965 Caloosa Drive

Windows/Door

Diana Defonzo

$14,915

1361 42nd St.

Re-roof

Sandra Rojas

$13,300

1680 Fifth St.

Mechanical

Karen Hoovler

$11,546

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Permit

Applicant

95 Osprey Point Drive

Renovations

Joseph Abraham Jr. $1,200,000

8128 Midnight Pass Road

Windows/Doors

Jody Ferrer

704 S. Casey Key Road

Remodel

Daniel Deems

$166,150

339 Osprey Point Drive

Pool/Spa/Deck

Mark Gray

$156,800

1423 Southbay Drive

Pool

Ralph Hageman

$144,000

148 Bishops Court Road

Windows/Doors

Keith Campbell

$130,000

6287 Midnight Pass Road

Renovations

Joseph Wagner, trustee $117,670

425 E. Mac Ewen Drive

Windows/Doors

Colin Temple

$96,982

2130 Michele Drive #1

Pool

Gary Earleywine

$95,353

845 Pinto Circle

Pool/Spa/Deck

Steven Nelson

$91,245

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Amount $196,000

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It sold for $250,000 in 2014.

We are pleased to welcome a new family medicine specialist to the First Physicians Group (FPG) network. As a board-certified specialist in family medicine, Dr. Azuero provides medical services for all ages.

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SARASOTA HIGHLANDS Mitchell Rubin and Lisa Charlesworth, of Wildwood, New Jersey, sold two properties at 4504 Bliss Road to Kenneth Richard Flammia and Linda Flammia, of Sarasota, for $520,000. The first property was built in 1994, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 1,467 square feet of living area. The second property was built in 2005, it has 361 square feet of living area. They sold for $273,000 in 2020.

Specialty & Board Certification: Family Medicine

SAPPHIRE HEIGHTS Plutus Homes LLC sold the home at 4800 Remington Drive to Jonathan Wood and Ashely Elizabeth Talbott, of Sarasota, for $515,000. Built in 1955, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,320 square feet of living area. It sold for $86,000 in 2011.

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SIESTA KEY REVISED SIESTA Jonathan Tomares, of Dickerson, Maryland, sold his home at 3508 La Paloma Ave. to Wilgens and Ellen Torres, of Miami, for $2,084,000.

Built in 2004, it has three bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 3,195 square feet of living area. It sold for $1.09 million in 2008.

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HOUSE OF THE SUN Jagmohan Jayara, of Hoffman Estates, Illinois, sold his Unit 512 condominium at 6518 Midnight Pass Road to Chander Badani Mata LLC for $1,131,400. Built in 1975, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,215 square feet of living area. It sold for $1.04 million in 2021.

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SURFSIDE FOUR Rayda Sinni and Monica Tranter, of Ontario, Canada, sold their Unit 2A condominium at 304 Beach Road to Kevin and Lynda Daves, of Wichita,

Kansas, for $1.05 million. Built in 1979, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 1,504 square feet of living area. It sold for $590,000 in 2019.

GULF AND BAY CLUB Lloyd and M. Margaret McGowen, trustees, of Williamsport, Indiana, sold the Unit 710 condominium at 5780 Midnight Pass Road to Doug Holmstead, of Ontario, Canada, for $912,500. Built in 1979, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,361 square feet of living area. It sold for $146,000 in 1979.

PALMER RANCH VILLAGEWALK Shari Moss, of Atlanta, sold her home at 5793 Ivrea Drive to Jolanta Hacker, of Sarasota, for $505,000.

Built in 2002, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,693 square feet of living area. It sold for $415,000 in 2021.

OSPREY BLACKBURN HARBOR RESIDENCES Peter Christian, trustee, of New Port Richey, sold the Unit 5305 condominium at 5100 Jessie Harbor Drive to Steve and Cynthia Kirby, of Osprey, for $810,000. Built in 2004, it has three bedrooms, three baths and 2,484 square feet of living area.

It sold for $600,000 in 2004.

TOWNS-END SHORES JoEllen Bavosa, of Nokomis, sold her home at 130 Shoreland Drive to Sarah and David LaBonte, of Osprey, for $520,000. Built in 1983, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,274 square feet of living area. It sold for $204,600 in 2014.

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NATURE’S BEAUTY WITH

FORECAST THURSDAY, NOV. 17 High: 69 Low: 50 Chance of rain: 2%

FRIDAY, NOV. 18 High: 68 Low: 56 Chance of rain: 2%

SUNRISE / SUNSET Sunrise Sunset Thursday, Nov. 17

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SUNDAY, NOV. 20 High: 67 Low: 59 Chance of rain: 39%

Gordon Silver captured this monarch butterfly’s colors in Myakka River State Park.

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week 35 Involuntary twitch 1 Nails a performance 37 Reedus of Death Strand8 “Sign me up!” ing 12 Turtlelike Mario Bros.

39 Colonial housing unit? enemy 17 “We finally did it, team!” 40 Messy pile 20 Metaphorical ticket to 42 Sting and Flea, for two 46 Pro’s opposite escape a sticky situation 47 Punk rock’s Vicious 21 “Ship of the desert” 49 Sixth animal of the 22 Pizza delivery driver’s Chinese zodiac guess, briefly 51 Ruling that blocks free 23 Relative of dynamite speech 24 First sound someone 52 Formative and influential might hear every day 25 “Aida” and “Carmen,” e.g. 55 Colgate rival 57 Air filter acronym 27 Doggo’s shrill bark 58 2002, for Sue Bird 29 Inherited unit 60 Working together 32 One may be designed 63 “You hate to see it” for nursing 33 There are 10,080 every 66 Baby’s bodysuit

67 Person in the hole 69 Abbr. in a baking recipe 70 Artsy-___ 72 Athlete’s all-time peak performance 75 Prince, in Arabic 76 Demonstrate chalk’s impermanence, say 78 Was wrong about 80 “I can wait” 83 Fall perennial 85 “Guten ___” (German greeting) 86 “That’s amazing!”

88 “Have a go” 90 Got dirty at home?

92 Settings 95 Leather maker 97 Peruvian Mrs. 98 Pekoe pouches

99 D.C. winter hours 100 Durian has a strong one 102 (not sure tbh) 104 “You nailed it!”

105 Insurance filing 107 Makeup of some spa baths 109 Lively dance 111 Italian money 112 Unfazed by it all 117 “That’s rich coming from you!”

118 Run-down 119 Put-down 120 “You take cash?” response

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54 Some German cameras 56 Tub additive to relieve muscle cramps 59 Supplies for brewers and bakers 61 “Such is life” 62 Best Picture winner of 2012 63 Bloodhound’s detection 64 Knight’s suit 65 Ice cream, milk, etc.

68 One putting petrol in a lorry, say 71 Colorful, sweet picnic staple 73 Film holders 74 “What if we ... didn’t?”

77 Assigned stars to 79 African bearer of caffeine-containing fruit 81 Like an out-of-range radio station 82 Sweetheart 84 “We Found Love” singer, to fans 87 “All square between us?”

89 Card game with a follow-up called Dos 91 “I tried to catch fog, but I mist,” e.g.

93 New England vacation spot 94 Nine-digit IDs 96 Caesar and Nero 99 Mexican street corn 101 Old Scandinavian letters 103 Pottery ovens 105 Dove’s home 106 Astronaut Jemison 108 Insecticide banned by the EPA 110 Shine from heat 112 Not trans 113 Trip agent?

114 “Me?!” (scoffs) “Couldn’t be!”

115 Cutely shy 116 Female sheep

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seller involving flying toys, with “The” 2 Sequester 3 Baton Rouge sch.

4 Lo-cal 5 Like Santa after a slide down the chimney, maybe 6 Truthfully 7 ___ Mahal 8 Cake topper 9 Lava cake descriptor 10 Global currency org.

11 Network known for its tote bags 12 Smoked Polish sausage 13 Rewarding evening in Hollywood?

14 Catherine of “Home Alone” 15 Wavy ‘do 16 Put two and two together, say 17 Keepsakes 18 Purr-fect pet?

19 Seydoux of Death Stranding 20 Casual clothing retailer since 1969 21 If you’re in it, you’re out of it 26 Therapy appointments 28 Thanksgiving desserts 30 Prize won by Toni Morrison 31 Notable chunk of history 34 Dirty look 36 Boat for exploring the Boundary Waters 38 Flavor-enhancing inits.

41 Part of many pride celebrations 43 Wintry rain 44 Patatas bravas and gambas al ajillo, for two 45 “This is my ___” (Shrek) 48 Guest of honor’s podium 50 NBA Hall of Famer Abdul-Jabbar 53 Not worth debating

By Luis Campos Celebrity Cipher cryptograms are created from quotations by famous people, past and present.

Each letter in the cipher stands for another.

Puzzle Two Clue: D equals K

JUMBO FREESTYLE 5 by Adrian Johnson. Edited by Ross Trudeau

Puzzle One Clue: C equals D

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RED PAGES The Sarasota and Siesta Key Observer reserves the right to classify and edit copy, or to reject or cancel an advertisement at any time. Corrections after first insertion only. *All ads are subject to the approval of the Publisher. *It is the responsibility of the party placing any ad for publication in the Sarasota and Siesta Key Observer to meet all applicable legal requirements in connection with the ad such as compliance with towncodes in first obtaining an occupational license for business, permitted home occupation, or residential rental property.

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Antiques/ Collectibles

ANTIQUE TRAVELERS trunk, $30. Pick, wooden handle $10.

Brand new 32-pc combo wrench set, standard/stubby. $9.

941-228-9467 ANTIQUE UNIVERSAL food grinder #2, $10. Drillmaster 6” contact palm polisher $30.

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This is a 7000 Square Foot Home Filled Luxurious High End Items. Original Art work by listed Artists by Peter Max, Tarkay and many more.

Schonbek Chandeliers.

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Merchandise Wanted SENIOR LOOKING to purchase precious metals, diamonds, time pieces, coins, jewelry, antique and estate jewelry, and some collectors plates. Personal and confidential.

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Pets POMERANIAN TRICOLOR puppy w/ blue eyes! Born 8/6, Sarasota, cash $995. (303) 4442721

GARAGE SALE

PICTURE: FRAMED/MATTED, 10”X14”, (“Siesta”) Very unique, asking $150. Call 941-952-1097 SANYO DORM refrigerator, like new. $60. Waterford 13" footed vase $125. Art work Trevi fountain framed $15. 941 727 5924 VHS TAPES, 110 total. Music, travel, movies, monster, tv shows, comedy. $50 for all or $1 each.

941-741-9727 GREAT FINDS LOCATED HERE!

Announcements FOUR BURIAL PLOTS “Adjoining” in Garden of Prayer Sarasota Memorial Park, Section 5W1-4. In a beautiful courtyard shaded by oak trees with fountains, statue benches for comfort “setting” with easy access (no walking) Current price $6,000 - $24,000+ Selling price $15,000 for all!

941-953-4186 941-539-9435 ORANGE ACRES COMMUNITY CRAFT and COOKIE SALE 8001 Jeffrey Drive Saturday, Nov 19th 9am - 2pm 20 Vendors

BRADENTON, FL, Co. seeks Mechanical Engineer. BS in mechanical engineering & 2 yrs. exp req. Send detailed resume to: Pet Doors USA, Inc, 4523 30th St W #E502, Bradenton, FL 34207. No calls pls.

GOLF HOLE official wanted.

Watch golf, part-time work, make money, have fun!

For more information, call Matt: 908-635-1897

FIND BUYERS & SELLERS HERE! 941-955-4888

RECENTLY RETIRED VP Property Management Executive & wife living in Siesta Key seeking immaculate LONG TERM 2 bed/2 bath condo with Gulf View, building elevator and garage. No Pets, non-smokers, excellent credit & landlord references. Beginning December but no later than January 1st.

Owners only please.

Call or text 1-808-277-7470

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RINGLING COLLEGE is seeking Volunteer Coordinator to provide support for the robust volunteer program at Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI).

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HEALTH RIDER total body fitness with monitor, book and weight bar. $175 OBO (941)371-3513

Help Wanted

Autos for Sale 2016 RAM 1500 Clean - Loaded - New Everything. Call for details $29,500 OBO. (941) 315-1582

Autos Wanted CASH FOR YOUR CAR We come to you!

Ho Ho Buys cars.

941-270-4400.

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WE BUY cars. top $$ paid for your vehicles.

Call Hawley Motors: 941-923-3421.

The temporary part-time staff position (20 hours per week) will assist the Director of OLL at Ringling College’s Museum Campus.

Apply on-line at https://ringling.simplehire.com/ postings/3559 EOE

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BICYCLE, ROADMASTER adventure. 7 speed, as new, $70.

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GIRLS 26'' Huffy Bicycle, used only twice $95.

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jobs

Due To The Deed Restricted Community of Prestancia 34238 The ONLY way to gain access to this Sale You Must Call Eileen to Book an APPOINTMENT at 770-823-1445

ST ARMAND'S CIRCLE 5000 sq. ft. Corner with three faces, first floor 5000 square-foot roughly,192 chairs inside, 94 outside (around 1500 square-foot more outside) 362 parking spots close to the property, Direct deal with the owners. Contract Starting in January 2023. $37,000 (561) 931-9727

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This week’s Celebrity Cipher answers Puzzle One Solution: “I am following Nature without being able to grasp her; I perhaps owe having become a painter to flowers.”

Claude Monet Puzzle Two Solution: “The biggest thing with me is that I just pride myself on being the best human being I can be.”

NBA’s Karl-Anthony Towns Puzzle Three Solution: “You’re not going to do good work if you’re not choosing something because it inspires you.”

Maggie Gyllenhaal

This week’s Sudoku answers

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