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AN EDION OF THE SUN


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CarPrivate plans
Car burglars hit fitness centers may chart


BY TOMMY MCIN1YRE
STAFF WRITER

At least four cars were bur-
glarized recently at two popu-
lar fitness centers in South
Venice.
It was a no-brainer for the
burglars, who didn't even
have to break a sweat getting
into the vehicles.
"They just took the keys off
the key board inside, went
outside and opened the cars,"
Sarasota County Sheriff's Lt.
Chuck Lesaltato said. "We
suspect they were using the
remotes (door openers),
which made it even easier -
hit the button and see what


doors unlock."
The two fitness centers
where the car burglars hit
were the YMCA, 701 Center
Road, and Lifestyles Family
Fitness, 1667 U.S. 41 South
Bypass. Two of the burglaries
were at the Fitness Center,
and two were at the YMCA. ,
Lesaltato said there are no
suspects.
"It could have been an
inside job, members or some-
body just walking in off the
street," he said. "We just don't
have anything to go on yet.",
Police dusted the cars for,
latent fingerprints. The bur-
glar or burglars did not leave
any.


Members generally leave
their keys on a master key
board when they go in to
work out. Many members
also leave their valuables in
their cars while inside.
The burglar(s) took a wide
range of items from the cars.
Taken were driver licenses,
credit cards, checkbooks,
wallets and keys, including
house keys.
Qne victim lost $50 cash,
another $130.
Interestingly, all the vic-
tims were women.
Police advise members
who use fitness centers to
keep their car keys with them
while working out, if possible.


They also suggest keeping
ID, credit cars, wallets and
cash on your person, perhaps
in a light waistpack. It is much
more secure than even a
locked car.
If the waistpack is not
comfortable while working
out, throw it over your shoul-
der as you go from machine
to machine and set it down
where you can watch it.
Police remind people
using fitness centers that
nearly everyone ini the world
has access to a master key-
board.

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County

billed $1.93

million in

legal fees

The U.S. Department of
Justice has sued
Sarasota County for
housing discrimina-
tion. A federal judge
has consented to the
county's request for a
trial on the charges in
September,
BY JACK GURNEY
PELICAN PRESS

A wall of silence has des-
cended around the Sarasota
County officials charged with
housing discrimination by
the U.S. Justice Department's
Civil Rights Division, but
more than $1.96 million in
bills for outside legal expertise
remain an open record.
"I will not comment," said
County Commission Chair
Nora Patterson, a veteran
public servant who is normal-
ly candid about issues that
affect taxpayers.
Commissioners have been
told by defense lawyers not to
speak about the politically
sensitive case.
"We haven't been updated
for several months," said
Commissioner Joe Barbetta.
"Two lawyers from the law
firm of Holland & Knight
came down fromWashington,
D.C., to talk with us the last
time. I wonder if we're going
to have another discussion."
Please see COUNTY, 7A


The Children's Interactive Fountain in Venice's Centennial Park is getting a work out, as heat.and humidity combine in
"feels like" temperatures higher than 100 with little relief from rain clouds. The fountain is open from 9:30 a.m. to 9:30
p.m. daily.


Ospreys

course

BY GERALD A. ROGOVIN
CORRESPONDENT


While Osprey residents
continue to discuss their
hopes for developing their
waterfront, two groups have
gone ahead with plans for
what they intend to do
between Little Sarasota Bay
and U.S. 41.
Discussions about devel-
oping a 14-acre tract desig-
nated by the Osprey Revit-
alization Plan as the commu-
nity's waterfront have been
under way since January
2005. A Sarasota County pub-
lic workshop in May, the first
of two, solicited suggestions
for use of the land from busi-
nesses and owners of proper-
ty within the 14 acres.
The county has sought
development of the land for
several years. It runs north
from the Hidden Bay condo-
minium community to Bay
Street on the west side of U.S.
41.
County planners have
described what they have
been seeking as the "highest
and best use of a develop-
ment project that maximizes
profits because of its water-
front location."
, It has taken the Osprey
Revitalization Committee
more than 30 months to study
a first proposal because the
waterfront in this part of the
community is about all that
remains with public access.
Spanish Point Village, a 5.5-
acre parcel to be built
between Bay Street and
Bayview Drive to the south
and west of the highway, is
about to complete a lengthy
review of its proposal by the
county.
Brian Lichterman, its
agent, anticipates that its
petition to rezone and request
Please see OSPREY, 7A


County declines handrails, guardrails for bridge


Sarasota County will begin work in two weeks to
improve handicap access safety on Venice Avenue
Bridge's narrow sidewalks, but it won't include a
handrail or guardrail system.


BY GREG GILES
NEWS EDITOR


. Sarasota County public
works department is prepar-
ing to make some minor
improvements to the Venice
Avenue Bridge starting in two
weeks, but don't expect any
delays.
. The work will focus on'
eliminating some surface
impediments to those in
wheelchairs and correcting
some signs, at an estimated
cost of $45,000 to the county.
But improvements to the
narrow sidewalks, the result
of its 1960s' design, aren't like-
ly to entice anyone with phys-
ical handicaps to cross the
bridge, say critics.
Even before last year's
improvements were added,
Venice Council Member Rick
Tacy, who uses a wheelchair,
called the design "absurd."
"The reason I say that is the
sidewalk is so narrow that one


overcorrection of the wheel
would roll off the curb and tip
over into the path of traffic ....
In my opinion, we have an
unsafe design ... I don't know
anyone in a wheelchair that
would risk their lives crossing
that sidewalk," Tacy said.
He repeated his concerns
last week when asked if
upcoming improvements
would change his mind.
The new work is being dri-
ven by a report byretired North
Port resident George Charette,
who served on the city of
Venice's Accessibility Advisory
Committee before it was dis-
banded earlier this year.
In it, Charette provided his
own evaluation of the draw-
bridge's handicap accessibili-
ty improvements completed
in July 2006.
In that effort, the county
spent $500,000 installing
stairs, cutouts, adding pedes-
trian access facilities, im-
proved traffic gates and a new


paint job.
Hazards
What Charette pointed out
in his October 2006 report
was Sarasota County's public
works department didn't fol-
low Americans with Disabi-
lities Act standards precisely
when it made the improve-
ments.
His report was forwarded
on to the city's risk manage-
ment staff, which passed the
report on to the county's risk
managers, according to Ven-
ice city planner Don Cail-
louette.
At the time, Charette said
he felt a duty to inform the
accessibility committee of his
observations of "numerous -
and serious in nature viola-
tions found at the Venice
Avenue Bridge."
He thinks the Florida
Building Code and ADA
required a lot more than what
was ultimately put in place,
such as continuous handrails
on each side of the walkways,
at the proper height and
extending the full length of
the ramp. He also cites ramp

Please see BRIDGE, 6A


GRAPHIC COURTESY OF GEORGE CHARETTE
Ramp access to the Venice Avenue Bridge shows those in
wheelchairs come dangerously close to the curb edge's 8-inch
dropoff.


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STAFF WRITER


The Sarasota County com-
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Tuesday to have a public hear-
ing this fall on whether theywill
receive salary increases for
2008.
"My understanding is the
state is not giving any salary
adjustments nextyear," County


Commissioner Shannon Staub
said, "and so I wondered why
we would have a hearing."
Commission Chair Nora
Patterson did not realize the
state was not awarding salary
increases.
"Could somebody verify
that, because I know Sarasota
County is in fact giving raises to
its employees," Patterson said.
"The Legislature sets sal-


aries of county commission-
ers," said County Adminis-
trator Jim Ley, "but does
require that you hold a public
hearing."
In addition to the public
hearing, the Sarasota County
Charter requires the commis-
sioners to determine their
salaries by ordinance in each
odd-numbered year.
"I'm here 11 years and I


didn't know it was every other
year," Staub said.
County Commissioner Paul
Mercier was all for airing the
matter.
"I think we should have a
public hearing, have a discus-
sion and go from there,"
Mercier said.
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County comes to grips with

voting machine purchase

The price tag for new optical scanners and voter-
assisted terminals is $3.6 million. A $1 million
state grant will help defray the expense of replac-
ing paperless equipment.


BY JACK GURNEY
PELICAN PRESS

It's all over but the shout-
ing.
Reluctant Sarasota County
Commissioners have finally
signed off on a deal with the
Florida Division of Elections
to get rid of all paperless vot-
ing equipment and buy new
machines that satisfy a char-
ter mandate.
On Tuesday, the commis-
sioners used both their busy
morning and afternoon agen-
da to rehash options, took a
last swipe at the citizens'
group that forced the issue,
then endorsed an agreement
that includes a $1 million
state carrot for cooperating.
New equipment now on
order includes 199 Diebold
AccuVote OSX Digital Pre-
cinct Scanners; 215 Auto-
MARK Voter Assist Terminals;
hardware licenses; software
licenses; warranties; new vot-
ing booths; and additional
equipment.
The bottom line is $3.6
million.
Contingency
The Diebold OSX Scanners
are an upgraded version of
the OS Scanners currently
used in Manatee County and
many other Florida commu-
nities, while the AutoMARK
Terminals are produced by
another firm especially for
handicapped voters.
Because the county has
agreed to hand over $4.9 mil-
lion worth of discredited
Elections Software & Systems
touch-screen equipment to
the state and replace it with
new machines that produce a
verifiable paper ballot receipt
for every voter, it will receive a
$1 million grant.
Commissioners balked at
two last hurdles. They didn't
want to buy an upgraded ver-
sion of the Diebold scanners
before they are election-test-
ed elsewhere and certified by
the state. The deal they
approved is contingent on the
receipt of state certification.
Finally, there was reticence
among some commissioners
to buy new AutoMARK termi-
nals when several counties
still rely on paperless touch-
screen machines to accom-
modate handicapped voters.
"Why are we doing this?"


Commissioner Shannon Staub
asked.
"Our voters decided they
wanted verifiable paper bal-
lots in the county charter,"
explained Deputy County
Administrator Susan Scott,
"and the AutoMARKs are the
only machines that meet the
requirement of the citizen ref-
erendum for handicapped
voters."
Temporary fix
Last Nov. 7, when 18,000
Sarasota County votes were
apparently unrecorded in the
disputed' Florida Con-
gressional District 13 race, a
charter referendum to scrap
the paperless touch-screen
elections equipment passed
by a margin of 55.4 to 44.6
percent.
Until Diebold gets its
upgraded AccuVote OSX
machines certified by the
state, it will supply the county
with 251 AccuVote OS scan-
ners for use in the Nov. 6 gen-
eral election and the Jan. 29
Florida Presidential Primary.
Just when the state will
take possession of the coun-
ty's 1,615 ES&S touch-screen
voting machines has yet to be
determined. They remain
locked in a warehouse under
court orders and are still evi-
dehce in a federal investiga-
tion.
Congress and the Gov-
ernment Accountability Of-
fice waded into the dispute
about an 18,000-vote discrep-
ancy between the number of
county residents who cast
votes and the number actual-
ly recorded in the Florida
District 13 race last Nov-
ember.
Republican Vern Bu-
chanan was declared the win-
ner by 369 votes over
Democrat Christine Jennings,
but experts who analyzed the
results projected Jennings
would have won if the
Sarasota Comunty undervotes
had been comparable to
those recorded in four other
District 13 counties.
Congress rarely overturns
elections without conclusive
evidence of wrongdoing. A
House Committee on Ad-
ministration overseeing the
investigation has requested
an expedited report by July
27, but warned it could.take a
little longer.


Cops need a little help from their friends


SUN PHOTO BY SUSAN CAIRO
Thomas McNulty, Venice Police Department public information officer, Marta U. Skol, adminis-
trator, and Julie Williams, Venice police chief, look over the plan guidelines for the new
Volunteers in Policing program just started in Venice.


BY SUSAN CAIRO
STAFF WRITER

The Venice Police Dep-
artment wants your help.
VPD is recruiting volun-
teers who are interested in
becoming part of a team
whose goal is to make a differ-
ence in the community.
"We are in desperate need
of volunteers in certain areas
and are looking for talented
people willing to help out,"
said Julie Williams, police
chief.
The program is a national
one called Volunteers in
Policing and it is in the begin-
ning stages in Venice.
Volunteers are trained to
enhance crime prevention
and community services.
Marta U. Skol, detective
bureau administrator, is in
charge of the Venice program.
"We have to tap into the
community for key people,"
said Skol.
Anyone can play a key role
in enhancing the effective-
ness of law enforcement, she
said.
Volunteers function as an
auxiliary unit of the police

WANT TO JOIN?
If you're interested in the
Volunteers in Policing, go to
venicegov.com for an applica-
tion, or call Marta Skol at 486-
2444, Ext. 3400.


department, serving as extra
eyes, ears and hands.
What you can do
These volunteers will per-
form a number of tasks, such
as:
School crossing guards,
needed to protect children
and to help with traffic con-


trol.
Hurricane notification -
become a contact person in
your association to assist in
the event of an evacuation.
One task is to assist the Red
Cross in an emergency.
Citizen Corps helping
with homeland security.
Reporting suspicious activity


that might otherwise go
unnoticed.
Corporate records help
with filing, data entry and
computer work.
Greeter Staff commu-
nity areas and assist with
questions.
Traffic control Writing
parking tickets and assisting
in keeping downtown park-
ing spaces moving.
Courier -Volunteers are
needed to bring important
documents to city hall.
The program is in its infan-
cy; as it progresses there will
be many more opportunities
for volunteers to assist in
crime prevention.
Volunteers will go through
a training program and,
depending on their assign-
ment, background checks
will be performed.
They will receive police
shirts and will carry special
identification.
VPD is looking for people
18 and over; and seniors are
welcome. All volunteers will
be trained in police-related
duties that will ultimately
allow them to function in
direct support.
"Hours are flexible and can
be coordinated with the vol-
unteer's schedule," said Skol.
"We are opening our doors
and hoping to attract people
who have the willingness to
help," said Williams.
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State tax reform measures ripe for lawsuits


BY RICK BARRY
PELICAN PRESS

The Legislature's hastily
concocted stew of statutes
and proposed constitutional
amendments hobbling local
governments' ability to set
and levy taxes is fraught with
blatantly illegal and unconsti-
tutional provisions, its first
authoritative, independent
legal analysis shows.
But what elected county or
city commissioners are going
to use taxpayers' funds to pay
lawyers to take back a tax
break?
It's like the law's provisions
allowing city and county
commissioners to raise taxes
each year a bit above its
rolled-back limitations, if
they can muster a 4-1 super-
majority or unanimity to do it
- not terribly likely if re-elec-
tion is a consideration.
The analysis was prepared
by Jamie Alan Cole, senior
partner in the Miami-Ft.
Lauderdale firm of Weiss
Serota Helfman Pastoriza
Cole & Boniske, whose law-
yers are city attorneys for 12
municipalities, and special
counsel to 40 more. Cole is
city attorney for Broward
County's two fastest-growing
cities, Miramar and Weston.
He and Robert Sheets of
Tallahassee-based GSG gov-
ernmental consultants ad-
dressed some 90 representa-
tives of some 50 Florida cities
and counties at an "Emer-
gency Briefing" at the Fort
Lauderdale Hilton Airport,
outlining the impact of the
law, ways to pay for govern-
mental services with other
revenue sources and
options for a legal challenge
of the tax measures that local
officials say threaten public
education and other essential
governmental services.
Flaws
There are three new laws.
One proposes a clutch of
amendments to the state
Constitution to ultimately re-
place Save Our Homes and
the current homestead ex-
emption with an irrevocable
decision to switch to a "super
exemption," and not offering
Save Our Homes to new
property owners after Jan. 1.
Another sets a special elec-
tion for Jan. 29 for voter con-
sideration of that measure.
The third changes laws
immediately to limit the abil-
ity of local governments to
levy property taxes in excess
of certain "rolled-back" rates
specified by the Legislature,
and limits future increases.
The problems, according
to Cole's analysis, are:
1. The proposed amend-
ment is misleading in that it
states all Florida homestead
property owners would get a
$50,000 exemption, when
actually those who opt not to
take the "super exemption"
and stick with Save Our
Homes' annual protections,
would continue to receive
only a $25,000 exemption.
2. It violates the equal pro-
tection clause of the U.S.
Constitution by creating two
classes of homesteaded prop-
erty taxpayers.
3. The Florida Constitution
provides "both a grant and a
limitation on the authority of
local governmental bodies to
tax," up to a cap of 10 mills, or
1 percent of property values,
which the new law takes
away. It mandates an imme-
diate rollback and severe lim-
itations on future tax increas-
es, even those below the con-
stitution's cap.
4. The only way to take that
power away from cities,
counties and school districts
is through a referendum,
which one of the Legislature's
proposed amendments on
the January ballot does
attempt to accomplish six
months after the fact.
5. The bills call for a special


election in January to consid-
er the "super exemptions,"
but the state constitution
requires amendments be
considered only in (Nov-
ember) general elections,
when turnout is highest.
6. The Constitution re-


quires only a single subject be
considered in any amendment
proposed, but several changes
are proposed by the Leg-
islature, and the law's own lan-
guage even refers to its
"amendments" in the plural
- although they are bundled
in a single ballot question.


No doubt
And that is a fairly chal-
lenging cluster of legal hur-
dles for the state to defend,
Cole said. Though a lawsuit
represents a political chal-
lenge, he said he's confident a
challenge will be mounted,
but by whom or when he said


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"We have no doubt it's
unconstitutional," said Ken
Small of the Florida League of
Cities, a potential plaintiff.
"Bottom line: the Legislature
can't do indirectly what it
can't do directly.
"But our board of directors


hasn't voted on a course of
action. They're still weighing
the merits."
Moreover, to approve elim-
ination of Save Our Homes,
the Legislature's complex
"super exemption" proposal
will require 60 percent voter
approval, a tough standard.


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speculated, was this whole
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BY BOB FLISS
STAFF WRITER

A Sarasota engineering
firm that is playing a key role
in updating Venice Municipal
Airport's long range plan has
been sold.
MEA Group Inc. is head-
quartered in the Lakewood
Ranch area of Sarasota
County.
It's also done extensive
post-Hurricane Charley re-
covery in Charlotte County.
At the close of its last
Charlotte County Airport
Commission meeting, G.
Kelly Rubino, founder and
principal of MEA, announced
that his firm had become part
of Hanson Professional Ser-
vices Inc., of Springfield, Ill.
Sale terms were not dis-
closed.
Rubino said that the deal
was closed in early June.
MEA will continue to oper-
ate under its old name for
several more months, as its
operations are gradually inte-
grated into those of its new
parent company, Rubino
said.
Venice Airport Manager
Fred Watts said he didn't
anticipate any changes re-
garding the city's airport plan.
Watts said MEA Group
notified the city in writing


and by phone in advance of
the sale.
MEA was instrumental in
getting one of its two main
runways repaved and is help-
ing secure federal funding for
the other.
Gary Quill, airport execu-
tive director at Charlotte's air-
port, said that MEA had been
employed by the airport for
occasional projects prior to
Hurricane Charley.
"These were mostly pave-
ment projects runways,
taxiways and aprons."
But MEA assumed a much
larger role when the airport
started repairing the exten-
sive .damage caused by
Hurricane Charley. For exam-
ple, MEA designed new air-
field lighting, along with
many of the new hangars.
The companies
MEA was founded in 1991
and currently employs 29
people. It specializes in air-
port planning, engineering
and environmental services.
MEA has done projects in 24
states. It also has personnel in
Fort Lauderdale; West Palm
Beach; Knoxville; Tenn.; Rich-
mond, Va.; and Germantown,
Md.
Rubino told the Charlotte
airport commissioners that
his firm had partnered with


Hanson on some past pro-
jects. Looking toward the
future, MEA will now be able
to draw on both its own avia-
tion expertise and the wide
range of skills in Hanson's
staff of about 400 architects,
erigineers, project managers
and support personnel.
Hanson is particularly
strong in anything involving
highways, bridges, or inter-
modal transportation facili-
ties, Rubino said.
Hanson is a full-service
design firm founded in 1954
by Walter E. Hanson. The
business first expanded out-
side of Illinois in 1992, when it
opened an office in Chantilly,
Va. Its first Florida offices
were in Orlando and West
Palm Beach, following a 1997
acquisition.
Although transportation
projects make up more than
half of Hanson's business, the
firm also has designed office
buildings, schools, factories
and communications and
electronic facilities.
Hanson has been listed as
a Top 500 design firm by the
trade journal Engineering
News-Record for many
years.

News Editor Greg Giles
contributed to this story.


BY GREG GILES
NEWS EDITOR


Venice City Manager Marty'
Black received the Picot B.
Floyd Public Service Lea-
dership Award from the
Suncoast Chapter of Amer-
ican Society for Public Ad-
ministration on June 29 in
Dunedin.
The award recognizes a
public administrator in the
Greater Tampa Bay area who
demonstrates the ability to
provide for the effective func-
tioning of a government unit
or agency, among other crite-
ria.
"Mr. Black has been quite
successful at infusing public
service values into the work-
place," said Dr. Donald Men-
zel, an ASPA member and
professor.
Menzel, who nominated
Black for the award, pointed
to the city's strategic plan and
its PR.ID.E. (Productive, Res-
ponsible, Innovative, Ded-
icated and Ethical) program
as signs of success.
"P.R.I.D.E. articulates the
mission and workforce values
an employee should em-
brace," Menzel said. "Black (is
saying) we are going to value
folks for doing the right
thing."
"What's interesting about
that statement is most cities
are almost punitive about


Marty Black in his office at Venice City Hall.


what you can't do or what will
get you in trouble.
"He has put forward a
greater accent on doing the
right things, with emphasis
on what constitutes good,
appropriate behavior and val-
ues. It makes a real differ-
ence," Menzel said.
Other criteria for the award
include: managing conflict
resulting in positive out-
comes; delegating authority
and encouraging subordi-
nates to assume responsibili-
ty for decisions and actions;
providing leadership and
vision; making difficult deci-
sions in times of adversity or
opposition; generating new
ideas; listening to others who


may hold contrary ideas; and
setting high standards of per-
sonal integrity and moral
character.
Menzel said Black person-
ally trained all 300 employees
about the city's expectations.
"He goes out of his way to
do those things," Menzel said.
"Research on top man-
agers who do this kind of
thing show they have a
greater impact on employees.
It's exemplary leadership.
"We have been looking at
other similar size cities and
haven't found anything quite
like this. None with this kind
of emphasis.
"I'm delighted he won."
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Venice City Clerk wins award


Venice City Clerk
Lori Stelzer re-
ceived the Robert
N. Clark Memorial
Award from the
Florida Association
of City Clerks in
June. The award
recognizes a city


clerk in the state who
has significantly pro-
moted afid advan-
ced the ideas and
goals of the city clerk
profession. Stelzer
has been the city
clerk in Venice since
1993.


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landings that are improper in
size and ramp landing walls
that project into the passage-
way.
"There are many electric-
powered chairs that require a
large turning radius. These
chairs cannot make the turn
when entering or exiting the
ramp due to the obstruction
of limited width of the walk-
way presenting a very haz-
ardous situation," Charette
wrote.

Later, a response
Almost six months later, in
mid-March, Public Works
Mobility staff completed its
review of Charette's recom-
mendations and responded.
The county said it did
adhere to the '"ADA Standards
for Accessible Design, July 1,
1994 (the latest update) to
provide guidelines (emphasis
added) for access by individu-
als with disabilities for the
Venice Avenue drawbridge."
It sided with Charette on a
number of minor remedies,
which it'll take care of begin-


GRAPHIC COURTESY OF GEORGE CHARETTE

Some motorized scooters have a turning radius that prohibits
access to the Venice Avenue Bridge.


ning in two weeks. The work
should take two weeks to
complete.
But it declined his recom-
mendation to provide a
handrail and guardrail sys-
tem.
The reasons: lack of space,
lack of money and it's just
not required.
The structural improve-


ments made in 2005 and
accessibility improvements
in 2006 didn't come to 50 per-
cent of the cost of replacing
th6 bridge, the tipping point
that would have required the
county which 'owns the
bridge to provide better
handicap access, according
to county spokesperson Bob
Reddy.


"The county didn't have to
do anything, but it wanted
pedestrian access improve-
ments and therefore they
made it ADA-compliant,"
Reddy said.
"The new work will
enhance that even more so.
"It's just not practical to
widen (the sidewalk) all the
way. It would have changed
the structural standing of the
drawbridge. To do that you
would have to essentially
replace the bridge," Reddy said

More rationale
Citing rules embodied in
the Florida Green Book, May
2001 edition, Public Works
Mobility General Manager
Carolyn Eastwood, respond-
ed to Charette's recommen-
dations via letter to the coun-
ty administrator, who for-
warded the response to
Venice City Mayor Marty
Black.
'"A handrail system ... of
the walkways will be inside
the required minimum width
of clear zone of four feet from
'the face of (the) curb.
Additionally, landing ramps


were provided at regularly
spaced intervals along the
bridge to facilitate pedestrian
access. Therefore, an addition-
al handrail system will not be
installed," Eastwood wrote.
A guardrail was declined
for essentially the same rea-
son encroaching into the
minimum road area.
The department did pro-
mise to remove surface ob-
structions at the top of each
ramp to permit electric-pow-
ered chairs and scooters at
least the ones with a small
enough turning radius to use it
Public works also agreed to
replace the "Caution, uneven
sidewalk" sign with a more
appropriate one alerting pe-
destrians to the change in
surface texture.
Charette said he's happy
the public works department
is making some of his recom-
mended changes, but he's not
satisfied with the lack of
guardrail and handrails.
They need to look at this
again, he said.


ggiles@venicegondolier.com


CITY NOTES

State funds for Myakka
Riyer Park

Through the Department
of Environmental Protection's
Florida Recreation Develop-
ment Assistance Program,
$400,000 will go to Sarasota
County to assist two Venice
park projects:
Myakka River Park, Phase
I the money will be used for
a bike trail, nonmotorized
boat launch, restrooms and
parking.
Myakka River Park, Phase
II the funds will be used for
picnic pavilions, a multi-pur-
pose trail, parking and securi-
ty lighting.
"Creating and enhancing
local park systems help pro-
duce active, healthy lifestyles
and strong families in Flor-
ida's communities," said Flor-
ida State Parks Director Mike
Bullock. "Florida Recreation
Development Assistance Pro-
gram grants not only protect
natural areas but attract peo-
ple to recreate in the real
Florida."


LEGAL NOTICES


NOTICE OF ACTION

CASE NO. 2007-DR-7247 NC
PENNY J. WHITE
Petitioner
TIMOTHY H. WHITE
Respondent.
NOTICE OF ACTION FOR
DISSOLUTION OF MARRIAGE


TO: TIMOTHY H. WHITE
Case. No: 2007-CA-619-NC 3404 Dudley St., Sarasota, FL
Judge: Division "H" 34235


NOTICE OF ACTION
TO: JARED M. PARTIN
UNKNOWN ADDRESS
YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that an
action has been filed against the
above described property by the
Sarasota County Sheriffs Office.
You are required to file your written
defenses with the Clerk of the
Court, 2000 Main Street, Sarasota,
FL 34237, and to serve a copy of
.those defenses on or before the
2nd day of July, 2007, on Kurt A.
Hoffman, Esquire, Post Office
Box 4115, Sarasota, FL 34230-
4115 F ;iijure i it. :,u .. td i.''.:
wui f, in ,r, a r j ai i'benjepioriet
against-you.
WITNESSED by hand and the Seal
of the Court on this 22nd day of
May, 2007.
KAREN RUSHING
Clerk of Circuit Court
By: Colin Overholt
Deputy Clerk

PUBLISH IN VENICE GONDO-
LIER SUN:
JUNE 29, 2007
JULY 6, 2007
JULY 13, 2007
JULY 20, 2007
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF
THE TWELFTH JUDICIAL
CIRCUIT, IN AND FOR
SARASOTA COUNTY, FLORIDA


CASE NO. 2007-DR-7771 NC
EDDI ALVAREZ
Petitioner
ROSALBA LEMUS HINO JOSA
Respondent.
NOTICE OF ACTION FOR
DISSOLUTION OF.MABRIAGE
TO: ROSALBA LEMUS HINO JOSA
1015 34th St. Bradenton, FL
34205
YOU ARE NOTIFIED that an action
for dissolution of marriage has
been filed against you and that you
are required to serve a copy of
your written defenses, if any, to it,
on EDDI ALVAREZ, whose
address is 2054 4th St. Saraso-
ta, FL 34237 on or before August
13, 2007, file the original with the
clerk of this Court at 20000 Main
St., Sarasota, -FL 34237 before
service on Petitioner or immediate-


NOTICE

CLERK OF TH


DATES OF PU
VENICE GON
JUNE 22, 20
JUNE 29, 20
JULY 6, 2007
JULY 13, 200


NOTICE


OF ACTION NOTICE TO CREDITORS

HE CIRCUIT COURT estate of Marjorie L. Fryback,
By: A. Thomas deceased, whose date of
Deputy Clerk death was May 17, 2007, is
IBLICATION pending in the Circuit Court
DOLIER SUN: for Sarasota County, Florida,
107 Probate Division, the address
07 of which is P.O. Box 3079,
Sarasota, Florida 34230. The
17 names and addresses of the
personal representatives and
the personal representatives'
. OF ADMIN. attorney are set forth below.
All creditors of the decedent


NOTICE TO CREDITORS

YEARS OR MORE AFTER THE
DECENDENT'S DATE OF DEATH
IS BARRED.
The date of the first publication of
this Notice is July 13, 2007.
Personal Representative:
Richard Davies
c/o Murray Kanetsky, Esq.
P.O. Box 1767
Venice, FL 34284-1767
KANETSKY, MOORE & DeBOER,
P.A., Attorneys at Law
Attorneys for Personal


NOTICE TO CREDITORS

demands against decedent's estate
on whom a copy of this notice is
required to be served must file their


NOTICE TO CREDITORS

File No. 2007-CP-005168NC
Probate Division


NOTICE TO CREDITORS

The date of first publication of this
Notice is July 6, 2007


claims with this court WITHIN THE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Personal Representative:
LATER OF THREE (3) MONTHS The administration of the estate of GAIL COLLINS
AFTER THE TIME OF THE FIRST SANDRA S. RAINEY, deceased; 4595 Tollefson
PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE whose date of death was Novem- North Port, FL 34287
OR THIRTY (30) DAYS AFTER ber 14, 2006, File Number:
THE DATE OF SERVICE OF A 2007CP005168NC, is pending in Attorney for Personal
COPY OF THIS NOTICE ON the Circuit Court for SARASOTA Representative:
THEM. County, Florida, Probate Division, Mark W. Mazzeo
All other creditors of the decedent the address of which is 2000 Main Florida Bar No. 119350
and other persons having claims or Street, Sarasota, FL 34237. 4140 Woodmere Park Boulevard
demands against the decedents The names and addresses of the Suite 4
estate must file their claims with personal representative and the Venice, Florida 34293


YOU ARE NOTIFIED that an action IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR and other persons having Representative this court WITHIN THREE (3) personal representative's attor
for dissolution of marriage has SARASOTA COUNTY, FLORIDA claims or dmands aaint 227 S. Nokomis Ave. MONTHS AFTER THE DATE OF are set forth below.
been filed against you and that you PROBATE DIVISION mas agai Box 1767 THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF
are required to serve a copy of decedent's estate on whom a Venice, FL 34284-1767 .THIS NOTICE. All creditors of the decedent
your written defenses, if any, to it, File No. 2007-CP-7529-NC copy of this notice is required Telephone: (941) 485-1571 ALL CLAIMS NOT SO FILED other persons having claims
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address is 2223 Bay St., Saraso- claims with this court WITHIN Florida Bar No. 041192 FORTH IN SECTION 733.702 OF on whom a copy of this notice
ta, FL 34235 on or before August IN RE: ESTATE OF THE LATER OF 3 MONTHS PUBLISH: July 13, 20, 2007 THE FLORIDA PROBATE CODE required to be served must file t
13, 2007, file the original with the ROBERT E. HUSTON AFTER THE TIME OF THE WILL BE FOREVER BARRED. claims with this court WITHIN 1
clerk of this Court at 2000 Main Deceased. FIRST PUBLICATION OF THIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR NOTWITHSTANDING THE TIME LATER OF 3 MONTHS AFT
St., Sarasota, FL 34237 before NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATION NOTICE OR 30 DAYS AFTER SARASOTA COUNTY, FLORIDA PERIODS SET FORTH ABOVE, THE TIME OF THE FIRST PU
service on Petitioner or immediate- NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATION NOTICE OR 30 DAYS AFTER PROBATE DIVISION ANY CLAIMS FILED TWO (2) CATION OF THIS NOTICE OR
ly thereafter. If you fail to do so, a The administration of the estate of THE DATE OF SERVICE OF A YEARS OR MORE AFTER THE DAYS AFTER THE DATE OF SI
default may be entered against you Robert E. Huston, deceased, File COPY OF THIS NOTICE ON File No. 07-CP 6517 SC DECEDENTS DATE OF DEATH VICE OF A COPY OF TI
for the relief demanded in the peti- Number 2007-CP-7529-NC is pend- THEM. Division: Probate IS BARRED. NOTICE ON THEM.
tion. ing in the Circuit Court for SARA- All other creditors of the dece- THE DATE OF FIRST PUBLICA-
SOTA County, Florida, Probate Divi- IN RE: ESTATE OF TION OF THIS NOTICE IS JULY All other creditors of the dece
'.,.,:.. : .:,i i ...:,ur .i.:..:uT,mots in sion, the address of which is 2000 dent and other persons having IN RE: ESTATE OFclaim
MARY E. KERCKHOFF 13, 2007 and other persons having claims
lhr rcAse; including ordr, are Main Street. PO. Box 3079, clai'i or demands agan.L .. ,j.,,ad, ,,' Isi, i'.=rd.
available at the Clerk of the Circuit Sarasota, Florida 34230-3079. dec-enter l'i esitta imTuli .le Personal Representative: m .:l :i hfr :I,,T .:i T wr. ir,,:,:,
Court's office. You may review The names and addresses of the their claims with this court NOTICE TO CREDITORS ) CHARLES F. WHEELER WITHIN 3 MONTHS AFTER 1
these documents upon request. Personal Representative and the WITHIN 3 MONTHS AFTER The administration of the estate of 871 Venetia Bay Blvd. DATE OF THE FIRST PUBLII
Personal Representative's attorney THE DATE OF THE FIRST PUB- Mary E. Kerckhoff, deceased, Suite 350 TION OF THIS NOTICE.
You must keep the Clerk of the Cir- are set forth below. LCATON OF THS NOTCE whose date of death was May 13 Venice, FL 34285
cuit Court's office notified of your All persons whom this notice is LICATION OF THIS NOTIC. 2007, and whose social suciruty ALL CLAIMS NOT FILED WITI
current address. (You may file served who have objections that ALL CLAIMS NOT FILED WITH- 7, a number is XXXXX-5839 is pending Attornys for Personal THE TIME PERIODS SET FOR
Notice of Current Address), Florida challenge the validity of the will, the IN THE TIME PERIODS SET in the Circuit Court for SARASOTA Representative: IN SECTION 733.702 OF T1
Supreme Court Approved Family qualifications of the personal repre- FORTH IN SECTION 733.702 County, Florida, Probate Division, CHARLES F. WHEELER, P.A.. FLORIDA PROBATE CODE W
Law Form 12.915.) Future papers senfative, venue, or jurisdiction of OF THE FLORIDA PROBATE the address of which is 2000 Main 871 Venelta Bay Blvd. BE FOREVER BARRED.
in this lawsuit will be mailed to the this Court are required to file their CODE WILL BE FOREVER Street, PO. Box 3079, Saraso- Suite 350 1
address on record at the clerk's objections with this Court WITHIN BARRED. ta, Florida 34230-3079. The VENICE, FL 4292 NOTWITHSTANDING THE TI
ofAFfiTERe. THE LATER OF 3 MONTHS T NOTWITHSTANDING THE TIME names and addresses of the Per- Telephone: (,1) 485-5486 PERIODS SET FORTH ABO'
AFTER THE DATE OF THE FIRST NOTWITHSTANDING THE TIME sonal Representative and the Per- Florida Bar No:..116573 ANY CLAIM FILED TWO
WARNING: Rule 12.285, Florida PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE PERIODS SET FORTH ABOVE, sonal Representative's attorney are PUBLISH: July 13, 20, 2007 YEARS OR MORE AFTER T
Family Law Rules of Procedure, OR 30 DAYS AFTER THE DATE ANY CLAIM FILED TWO (2) set forth below. DECEDENTS DATE OF DEA
requires certain automatic disclo- OF SERVICE OF A COPY OF YEARS OR MORE AFTER THE All creditors of the decedent and IN THE CIRCUIT, COURT FOR IS BARRED.
sure of documents and information. THIS NOTICE ON THEM: DECEDENT'S DATE OF DEATH other persons having claims or SARASOTA COUNTY, FLORIDA
Failure to comply can result in sanc- All creditors of the decedent and S ARR demands against decedent's estate PROBATE DIVISION The date of first publication of
tons, including dismissal or striking other persons having claims or IS on whom a cou nf this notice is Notice is July 6, 2007.
of pleadings, demands against the decedent's The date of first publication of on whom a copy of this notice is E OF Notice is July 6, 2007.
required to be served must file their IN RE: ESTATE OF
estate must file their claims with this notice is July 6, 2007. claims with this court WITHIN THE SANDRA S. PAXSON, Personal Representati'
Dated: July 6. 2007 this court WITHIN THREE Attorney for Personal Repre- LATER OF .3 MONTHS AFTER Deceased, DINA MERRE
MONTHS AFTER THE DATE OF sentatives: THE TIME OF THE FIRST PUBLI- 559 W. Surf, #4
KAREN E. RUSHING, CLERK THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF David A. Dunkin CATION OF THIS NOTICE OR 30 File No. 2007-CP-7309 SC Chicago, Illinois 606
CLERK OF THE CIRCUIT COURT THIS NOTICE. DAYS AFTER THE DATE OF SER Division: Probate
By: DeeAn Ford ALL CLAIMS, DEMANDS AND Attorney forElsie Walton DAYS AFTER THE DATE OF THIS Attorney for Personal
Deputy Clerk OBJECTIONS NOT SO WILL BE Florida Bar No. 136726 VICE OF A COPY OF THIS Attorney for Personal
NOTICE ON THEM. NOTICE TO CREDITORS Representative:
FOREVER BARRED. 170 West Dearborn Street All other creditors of the decedent The administration of the estate of Amelia M. Campbell
PUBLISHED: Englewood, Florida 34223 and persons having claims or SANDRA S. PAXSON, deceased, FOWLER WHITE BOG
JULY 13, 2007 The date of the first publication of Telephone: (941) 474-7753 demands against the decedent's whose date of death was April 27, BANKER P.A.
JULY 20, 2007 this Notice is July 13, 2007. Personal Representatives: estate must file their claims with 2006, is pending in the Circuit Post Office Box 1438
JULY 27, 2007 Elsie Walton this court WITHIN THREE Court for SARASOTA County, Flor- Tampa, Florida 33601
AUGUST 3, 2007 Personal Representative: ElsieW alton MONTHS AFTER THE DATE OF da, Probate Division; the address of Telephone: (813)-228-7411
Justina Marle Arnold-Nelson 8479 Truman Street THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF which is P.O. Box 3079, Saraso- Florida Bar No. 500331
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF 8072 Pelican Road Englewood, Florida 34224 THIS NOTICE. ta, FL 34230-3079.
THE TWELFTH JUDICIAL Fort Myers, FL 33912 Gary W. Kern ALL CLAIMS NOT FILED WITHIN The names and addresses of the PUBLISH: July 6, 13, 2007
CIRCUIT, IN AND FOR 1822 W. Kirby Street THE TIME PERIODS SET FORTH personal representative and the
SARASOTA COUNTY, FLORIDA Attorney For Personal Tampa, Florida 33604-4606 IN SECTION 733.702 OF THE personal representative's attorney IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOI
CASE NO. 2007-DR-6393-SC Rosemary A. Baltson, Esq. Publish! July 6, 13 2007 FLORIDA PROBATE CODE WILL are set forth below. SARASOTA COUNTY, FLORID
C2026 Henley Pace 113573 1911012 BE FOREVER BARRED. All creditors of the decedent and PROBATE DIVISION
2026 Henley Place NOTWITHSTANDING THE TIME other persons having claims or
IN RE: The Name Change of: Fort Myers, Florida 33901 PERIOD SET FORTH ABOVE, demands against decedent's estate IN RE: ESTATE OF,
ANTHONY DEREK HERNANDEZ (239)332-2401 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR ANY CLAIM FILED TWO (2) on whom a copy of this notice is KATHLEEN D. SCHMALING,
Florida Bar# 0764221 SARASOTA COUNTY, FLORIDA YEARS OR MORE AFTER THE required to be served must file their Deceased.
VICTORIA JONES, PUBLISH: July 13, 20, 2007 PROBATE DIVISION DECENDENTS DATE OF DEATH claims with this court WITHIN THE
Petitioner/Mother IS BARRED. LATER OF 3 MONTHS AFTER File No. 2007-CP-7066-S
File No. 2007 CP 7708 SC The date of the first publication of THE TIME OF THE FIRST PUJBLI-
DEREK HERNANDEZ, NOTICE OF AUCTION Division: Probate this Notice is July 6, 2007. CATION OF THIS NOTICE OR 30 NOTICE TO CREDITORS
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ly thereafter. If you fail to do so, a Respondent/Father.
default may be entered against you
for the relief demanded in the peti- c/o Escambia County Road
tion. Prison, 601 Highway 2907-A,
Cantoment, FL 32553.
Copies of all court documents in
this case, including orders, are
available at the Clerk of the Circuit
Court's office. You may review NOTICE OF ACTION FOR
these documents upon request. CHANGE OF NAME OF MINOR
You must keep the Clerk of the Cir- YOU ARE NOTIFIED that an action
cult Court's office notified of your has been filed against you and that
current address. (You may file you are required to serve a copy of
Notice of Current Address), Florida your written defenses, if any, to it,
Supreme Court Approved Family on VICTORIA JONES, c/o Legal
Law Form 12.915.) Future papers Aid of Manasota, 1900 Main
in this lawsuit will be mailed to the Street, Suite 302, Sarasota, FL
address on record at the clerk's 34235 on or before JULY 25,
office, 2007 (original with the clerk of this
Court at 4000 Tamiami Trail,
WARNING: Rule 12.285, Florida Venice, FL before service on Peti.
Family Law Rules of Procedure, tioner or immediately thereafter. If
requires certain automatic disclo- you fall to do so, a default may
sure of documents and information, be entered against you for the
Failure to comply can result in sanc- relief demanded In the petition.
tions, including dismissal or striking
of pleadings. Copies of all court documents in
this case, including orders, are
Dated: Jul 5.2007 available at the Clerk of the Circuit
Court's office. You may review
KAREN E. RUSHING, these documents upon request.
CLERK OF THE CIRCUIT COURT
By: Colin Overholt You must keep the Clerk of the Cir-
Deputy Clerk cuit Court's office notified of your
current address. (You may file
PUBLISHED: Notice of Current Address), Florida
JULY 13, 2007 Supreme Court Approved Family
JULY 20, 2007 Law Form 12.915.) Future papers
JULY 27, 2007 in this lawsuit will be mailed to the
AUGUST 3, 2007 address on record at the clerk's
office,


IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF WITNESS my hand and seal of said
THE TWELFTH JUDICIAL Court on this 12 day of June,
CIRCUIT, IN AND FOR 2007.
SARASOTA COUNTY, FLORIDA
KAREN E. RUSHING, CLERK


SDAYA AFTER THE DATE OF SER-
IN RE: ESTATE OF Personal Representative: VICE OF A COPY OF THIS
PUBLIC VEHICLE AUCTION ETHEL H. BAUER Kenneth R. Kerckhoff NOTICE ON THEM.
The following vehicle/vessel(s) will Deceased. 609 LaGuna Dr. All other creditors of the decedent
be auctioned for unpaid towing and Venice, FL 34285 and other persons having claims or
storage charges only per FS NOTICE TO CREDITORS demands against decedent's estate
713.78. Vehicles@ Flagship Tow- The administration of the estate of KANETSKY, MOORE & DeBOER, must file their claims with this court
ing & Automotive, LLC, 106 Ethel H. Bauer, deceased, whose PA., Attorneys at Law WITHIN 3 MONTHS AFTER THE
Corporation Way, Unit 11, date of death was June 19th, Attorneys for Personal DATE OF THE FIRST PUBLICA-
Venice. 2007, and whose social suciruty Representative TION OF THIS NOTICE.
number is XXX-XX-XXXX, is pending 227 S. Nokomis Ave. ALL CLAIMS NOT FILED WITHIN
On 08/02/2007 at 9:00 AM, at in the Circuit Court for SARASOTA P. O. Box 1767 THE TIME PERIODS SET FORTH
the above address. County, Florida, Probate Division, Venice, FL 34284-1767 IN SECTION 733.702 OF THE
the address of which is 2000 Main Telephone: (941) 485-1571 FLORIDA PROBATE CODE WILL
1987 PONTIAC Street, RO. Box 3079, Saraso- ERIK R. LIEBERMAN, ESQ. BE FOREVER BARRED.
IG2FS2188HL230033 ta, Florida 34230-3079. The Florida Bar No. 393053 NOTWITHSTANDING THE TIME
PUBLISH: July 13, 2007 names and addresses.of the Per- PUBLISH: July 6, 13, 2007 PERIOD SET FORTH ABOVE,
PUBLIC VEHICLE AUCTION sonal Representative and the Per- ANY CLAIM FILED TWO (2)
The following vehicle/vesseKs) will sonal Representative's attorney are YEARS OR MORE AFTER THE
be auctioned for unpaid towing and set forth below. IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR DECEDENTS DATE OF DEATH
storage charges only per FS All creditors of the decedent and SARASOTA COUNTY, IS BARRED.
713.78. Vehicle @ Flagship Tow- other persons having claims or FLORIDA
ing & Automotive, LLC, 106 demands against decedent's estate PROBATE DMSION Personal Representative:
Corporation Way, Unit 11, on whom a copy of this notice is Colletta G. Rose
Venice. required to be served must file their IN RE: ESTATE OF 316 Shamrock Boulevard
claims with this court WITHIN THE ROBERT CHARLES LIESER Venice, Florida 34293-1717
On 07/31/2007 at 10:00 AM, LATER OF 3 MONTHS AFTER Deceased.
at the above address. THE TIME OF THE FIRST PUBLI- Attorney for Personal
CATION OF THIS NOTICE OR 30 File No: 2007-CP-6595-NC Representetiy for Pers
1995 MITSUBISHI MIRAGE DAYS AFTER THE DATE OF SER- Division: Probate Mary Ann Floyd
4A3AJ46G5SE213350 VICE OF A COPY OF THIS Attorney for Colletta G. Rose
PUBLISH: July 13, 2007 NOTICE ON THEM. NOTICE TO CREDITORS Florida Bar No. 0115746
All other creditors of the decedent The administration of the estate of Diez & Floyd, PA.
and persons having claims or ROBET CHARLES LIESER, 737 South Indiana Avenue
NOTICETO CREDITORS demands against the decedent's deceased, whose date of death Englewood, Florida 34223
estate must file their claims with was APRIL 12th, 2007, and Telephone: (941) 474-5507
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR this court WITHIN THREE whose social security number is PUBSH: July 6, 13 2007
SARASOTA COUNTY, FLORIDA MONTHS AFTER THE DATE OF XXX-XX-9145, is pending in the
PROBATE DIVISION THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF Circuit Court for SARASOTA Coun-
PROBATE DIVISON THIS NOTICE. ty, Florida, Probate Division; the
File No.: 2007CP006727NC ALL CLAIMS NOT FILED WITHIN address of which is P.O. Box IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR
Division: Probate THE TIME PERIODS SET FORTH 3079, Sarasota, FL 34230. The SARASOTA COUNTY, FLORIDA
IN RE: ESTATE OF IN SECTION 733.702 OF THE names and addresses of the per- PROBATE DIVISION
MARJORIE L. FRYBACK FLORIDA PROBATE CODE WILL sonal representatives and the per-
Deceased. BE FOREVER BARRED. sonrial representatives' attorney are IN RE ESTATE OF,
NOTICE TO CREDITORS NOTWITHSTANDING THE TIME set forth below SANDRA S RAINEY
NOTICE TO CREDITORS PERIOD SET FORTH ABOVE, All creditors of the decedent and SANDRA RNEY
The administration of the ANY CLAIM FILED TWO (2) other persons, having claims or


The administration of the estate
KATHLEEN D. SCHMALIN
deceased, whose date of de.
was March 23, 2007, File Nuo
ber 2007-CP-7066-SC, is pen
ing in the Circuit Court for SAR
SOTA County, Florida, Probate D
sion, the address of which is 400
South Tamiami Trail, Venice,
34293. The names and addre
es of the personal representat
and the personal representative
attorney are set forth below.


All creditors of the decedent a
other persons having claims
demands against decedents esti
on whom a copy of this notice
required to be served must file th
claims with this court WITHIN TI
LATER OF 3 MONTHS AFTI
THE TIME OF THE FIRST PUBI
CATION OF THIS NOTICE OR
DAYS AFTER THE DATE OF SE
VICE OF A COPY OF TH
NOTICE ON THEM.
All other creditors of the decede
and other persons having claims
demands against decedent's esta
must file their claims with this coi
WITHIN 3 MONTHS AFTER TI
DATE OF THE FIRST PUBLIC
TION OF THIS NOTICE.
ALL CLAIMS NOT FILED WITHIN
THE TIME PERIODS SET FOR1
IN SECTION 733.702 OF THI-
FLORIDA PROBATE CODE WII
BE FOREVER BARRED.


ney Telephone: (941) 408-8555
PUBLISH: June 6, 13, 2007
and
or
tate IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR
e is SARASOTA COUNTY, FLORIDA
heir PROBATE DIVISION
THE
TER IN RE: ESTATE OF,
BLI- JOHN WILLIS STAHL
30 Deceased.
ER-
HIS File No. 2007-CP-007518-NC


NOTICE TO CREDITORS

All other creditors of the decedent
and other persons having claims or
demands against decedent's
estate, must file their claims with
this Court WITHIN 3 MONTHS
AFTER THE DATE OF THE FIRST
PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE.
ALL CLAIMS NOT SO FILED
WITHIN THE TIME PERIODS SET
FORTH IN SECTION 733.702 OF
THE FLORIDA PROBATE CODE
WILL BE FOREVER BARRED.
NOTWITHSTANDING THE TIME
PERIODS SET FORTH ABOVE,
ANY CLAIM FILED TWO (2)
YEARS OR MORE AFTER THE
DECEDENTS DATE OF DEATH
IS BARRED.
THE DATE OF FIRST PUBLICA-
TION OF THIS NOTICE IS
July 6, 2007
Personal Representatives:
Richard S. Stott
c/o Michael D. Horlick, P.A.
1314 E. Venice Avenue Suite D
Venice, Florida 34285


Probate Division Attorney for Personal
Representative:
lent NOTICE TO: CREDITORS .MICHAEL D. HORLICK .,
s or The administration of thFAsthte'6 ltFoHdlBar N HiriiI 25 1ifI hfi
ii, JOHN WILLIS STAHl.,.,deceased, IMiqhael D. HorlickP ,.;)
:.,rt ,:: .a'i:. f death was May 8, 1314 E. Venice Aye, Suite D
THE 2007; File Number 2007-CP-. Venice, Florida 34285,. ....
CA- 007518-NC, is pending in the Cir- (941) 484-5656
cuit Court for Sarasota Couhty, PUBLISH: Jyly 6,13, 2007
Florida, Probate Division, the
HIN address of which is P.O. Box
RTH 3017, SARASOTA, FL 34230. IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR
HE The names and addresses of the SARASOTA COUNTY, FLORIDA
ILL personal representative and the PROBATE DIVISION
personal representative's attorney
are set forth below. IN RE: ESTATE OF
ME All creditors of the decedentuand JAMES IRVIN TUCKER
VE, other persons having claims or aka JAMES 1. TUCKER
(2) demands against decedent's aka JAMES TUCKER
THE estate, on whom a copy of this Deceased
:.TH notice is required to be served
must file their claims with this court File No: 2007-CP-7741SC
WITHIN THE LATER OF 3 ivin Pr
this MONTHS AFTER THE TIME OFvision: Probate
THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF NOTICE TO CREDITORS
THIS NOTICE OR 30 DAYS NOTICE TO CREDITORS
e: F T AT OF ERV The administration of the estate of
ve: AFTER THE DATE OF SERVICE JAMES IRVIN TUCKER, aka
ILL OF A COPY OF THIS NOTICE ON JAMES TKER a JAMES
103 THEM. JAMES I. TUCKER, aka JAMES
TUCKER, deceased, whose date
57 All other creditors of the decedent of death was December 20th,
and other persons having claims or 2005 and whose Social Security
demands against decedent's estate 2005. and whose Social Security
demands against decedents estate Number is 386-30-8280, is pend-
must file their claims with this court ing in the Circuit Court for SARA-
WITHIN 3 MONTHS AFTER THE ing in the Circuit Court for SARA-
GS DAWITHIN 3 MONTHS AFTER THE IRST PUBLICA- SOTA County, Florida, Probate Divi-
TION OF THIS NOTICE. slion; the address of which is
ALL CLAIMS NOT FILEDWITHKaren E. Rushing, Clerk Pro-
IN THE TIME PERIODS SET bate Department, P.O. Box
FORTH IN SECTION 733.702 OF 3079, Sarasota, FL 34230-
S FORTH IN SECTION 733.702 OF 3079. The names and addresses
THE FLORIDA PROBATE CODE of the personal representative and
WILL BE FOREVER BARRED. the personal representative attor-
NOTWITHSTANDING THE TIME the a representatives attor-
PERIOD SET FORTH ABOVE ney are set forth below.
APERNYIOD SETM FILEDORTH ABOVE,(2) All creditors of the decedent and
R YEARS OR MORE AFTER THE other persons having claims or
DA DECEDENT'S DATE OF DEATH demands against decedent's estate
IS BARRED.' on whom a copy of this notice is
The date of fIrst publication of requriedto be served mustfile their
The date of first publication of claims with this court WITHIN THE
this notice is JULY 13, 2007. LATER OF 3 MONTHS AFTER
THE TIME OF THE FIRST PUBLI-
Personal Representative. CATION OF THIS NOTICE OR 30
SC JOHN RUSSELL STAHLCAI OF THIS NOTICE OR 30
SC 316 53rd Avenue East DAYS AFTER THE DATE OF SER-
Bradenton, FL 34203 VICE OF A COPY OF THIS
NOTICE ON THEM.
of All other creditors of the decedent
IG H. Gr Lr Personale and other persons having claims or
ath Attorney fr Personal demands against decedent's estate
m- Rri ae 351301 must file their claims with this court
ndFlo. rida Bar No. WITHIN 3 MONTHS AFTER THE
A- H. GREG LEE, P.A. DATE OF THE FIRST PUBLICA-
ivi- 2014 Fourth Street TION OF THIS NOTICE.PUBLICA-
00 Sarasota, Florida 34237 ALL CLAIMS NOT FILED WITHIN
FL PUBL SHoneJU 13 20 007 THE TIME PERIODS SET FORTH
Pss- UBLISH:IN SECTION 733.702 OF THE
ive FLORIDA PROBATE CODE WILL
e's IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR BE FOREVER BARRED.
SARASOTA COUNTY, FLORIDA NOTWITHSTANDING THE TIME
PROBATE DIVISION PERIOD SET FORTH ABOVE,
nd ANY CLAIM FILED TWO (2)
or IN RE: ESTATE OF YEARS OR MORE AFTER THE
ate Jennie M. Stott DECEDENT'S DATE OF DEATH
is Deceased. IS BARRED.
eir THE DATE OF THE FIRST PUBU-
HE File No: 2007-CP 006226 NC CATION OF THIS NOTICE IS
ER Division: Probate JULY 13, 2007


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NOTICE TO CREDITORS
The administration of the estate of
Jennie M. Stott, deceased,
whose date of death was May 20,
2007, is pending in the Circuit
Court for Sarasota County, Flori-
da, Probate Division, the address of
which is: Post Office Box 3079,
Sarasota, FL 34230-3079. The
names and addresses of the co-
personal representative and the co-
personal representatives' attorney
are set forth below.
All creditors of the decedent and
other persons having claims or
demands against decedents estate
on whom a copy of this notice is
required to be served must file their
claims with this court WITHIN THE
LATER OF 3 MONTHS AFTER


PERIODS SET FORTH ABOVE, THE DATE OF THE FIRST PUBU-
ANY CLAIM FILED TWO (2) CATION OF THIS NOTICE OR 30
YEARS OR MORE AFTER THE DAYS AFTER THE DATE OF SER-
DECEDENTS DATE OF DEATH VICE OF A COPY OF THIS
IS BARRED. NOTICE ON THEM.


Personal Representative:
JAMES R.J.TUCKER
aka RORY TUCKER
448 Old Forge Crossing
Devon, PA 19333
R.W. Wellbaum, JR., P.A.
Wellbaum & Wolff, P.A.
Attorneys For Personal
Representative
686 North Indiana Ave, Suite A
Englewood, FL 34223
(941)-474-3241
Florida Bar No. 0176816
PUBLISH: July 13, 20, 2007



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History
On June 30,2006, the Justice
Department charged county
building and zoning officials
with U.S. Fair Housing Act vio-
lations against group home
residents in recovery from
mental illnesses and sub-
stance abuse problems in
Warm Mineral Springs.
Based on an investigation,
lawyers for the federal agency
alleged the officials wrongful-
ly ordered five of the six con-
tiguous group homes closed
because they did not conform
to county regulations that
require 1,000 feet of separa-
tion between them.
Holland & Knight is de-
fending the county. A battery
of lawyers for the Justice
Department, the co-owners
of Tammi House Coastal
Behavioral Health Care and
Renaissance Manor and
some of the residents will
jointly represent the plaintiffs.
District Court Judge James
Whittemore has ordered an
Aug. 17 pre-trial hearing at
the federal courthouse in
Tampa to consider summary
judgment motions filed by
both sides, and clear the way
for a jury trial if a settlement
cannot be reached.
"The judge could assign a
magistrate for a settlement
conference," said Steven G.
Polin, a Washington, D.C., at-
torney who will help repre-
sent the co-owners and resi-
dents of Tammi House. 'A lot
depends on how he rules on
the motions."
Classified
Tammi House initially
came to the county's atten-
tion in the 1990s when neigh-
bors began to complain about
the group homes. Commis-
sioner Shannon Staub even-
tually took up their cause on
behalf of community leaders
who wanted them closed.
Despite an extensive 1996
review of Fair Housing Act
cases and precedents pre-
pared by former Assistant
County Attorney Charles
Bailey III that described .de
limiteds legal aihoiiuiry .local
official~ 'hve in s.uch' cases;
the county decided ift could
order five homes closed.
In July 2004, the county
notified Renaissance Manor
that the six group homes
would be reclassified under a
Florida law as "community
residential homes," and as
such they could not operate
within 1,000 feet of' each
other. The decision was
immediately appealed.
Equal opportunity
In October 2004, the coun-
ty board of zoning appeals
heard testimony from Warm
Mineral Springs neighbors
opposed to the Tammi House
operation, and voted to
uphold the ruling. Then an
order was issued to close five
of the homes.
In 2005, federal investiga-
tors interviewed Tammi
House residents and reviewed
rulings handed down by Paul
Radauskas, the county's chief
building official, and Zoning
Administrator Mary Beth
Humphreys, with the advice
of Assistant County Attorney
Gary Oldehoff.
Justice officials announced
discrimination charges would
be brought against the county
unless an out-of-court con-
sent decree was signed that
included an admission of
guilt, apologies, fines and
changes in county housing
regulations.
"Residents of these homes
should not be refused an
equal opportunity for hous-
ing in their community,"
Assistant U.S. Attorney
General Wan J. Kim said. "The
Justice Department is com-
mitted to preventing such
housing discrimination."


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a special exception will be
submitted next month to the
planning commission. A pub-
lic hearing before the board of
county commissioners could
follow in October.
Goodbye Grille
A petition to rezone seven
parcels totalling about 4.1
acres south of Bayview Drive
was submitted to the county


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Venice Gondolier Sun




OPINION


The district

T he latest entry in our annual "Ready, horse, thE
Fire, Aim" contest comes from the order by;
Sarasota County School District, a the schoc
regular competitor. It's titled, "Venice High is Committ
Definitely Staying Put ... Maybe." should st
You may have heard some rumblings ear- We th
lier this year about the need for a new high district tI
school. Then, word got around that a devel- asking v
oper had approached the school board ponents
about a possible land swap he'd get the tory on t
school property, the district would get land were wil
for a new school off the island and some sons, too
money to boot. be heard
Turned out the district had actually made school tc
the approach to the developer, hoping to get 50 years.
enough cash to fund a good chunk of the Unfori
more than $100 million a state-of-the-art started tc
high school will cost. First ti
Community reaction to the prospect of mendati
the school leaving the island after 50 years Then it d
was swift and nearly unanimous: Almost no That v
one wanted even to think about moving the as the SP
school. out. To c
Having gotten the cart a bit ahead of the was supt


EDITOR
BOB MUDGE
PHONE: (941) 207-1101
FAX: (941) 484-8460
bmudge@venicegondolier.com


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e district tried to get thing back in
scheduling forums on theNure of
)l and directing the School advisoryy
ee to study the issue of wither it
ay or move.
ought that was a good ide for a
hat didn't have a strong rec d of
,hat its constituents waht.Op-
of a move had more than just is-
their side, while the people vho
ling to consider it had good r -
o; both sides deserved a chance p
, if the point was to build the be
o educate our children for the neX
\
tunately, that was where the cart\
pass the horse again.
he district said it wanted a recom-
on from the SAC. Then it didn't.
id again.
wasn't the big problem, however,
AC members themselves pointed
ome up with the best site, the SAC
posed to compare the island loca-


Ridiculous to supreme


MARY KAY RUPPEL
GUEST COLUMNIST

Do you think the city of
Venice should charge that
Tennessee tourist with break-
ing the law? We do have a law
against feeding alligators.
n' Seriously, this visitor'-at' a
"local golf course, displayed a
"'serious lack of judgment.
Despite signs warning of alli-
gators, he decided to stick his
arm into a pond to retrieve his
golf ball. Oops!
That was not a good move
as a resident one-eyed alliga-
tor thought it was an offer for
lunch and decided to accept.
Luckily, the man got off with
relatively minor injuries to his
arm.
As if we don't get enough
visitors lacking in common
sense, we breed them our-
selves. For instance, because
he has applied for more than
100 jobs in the last two
months and no one will hire
him, a 29-year-old Tampa
man is looking for a lawyer to
file a discrimination suit in his
behalf. He's tried the EEOC
and the Department of Labor
with no luck.
Here's the real deal: He has
tattoos that completely cover
his right and left arms and
hands. Oh yes, there is a spi-
der in a web crawling up his
neck. His next tattoo should
be "Stupid" on his forehead.
A lawyer who handles
labor and employment issues
for companies all over the Bay
Area said it is not discrimina-
tion.
"He has marked himself in
such a fashion that he may
have made himself undesir-
able because of his appear-
ance," the lawyer said.
Appearance discrimina-
tion is not illegal it may not
be fair, but it is not illegal, the
lawyer explained.
In the meantime, the man
refuses to make excuses for
himself.
"I don't regret any of 'em. I
wouldn't go back and not get
any. A person's gotta be them-
selves," he said.
Well, I guess he's going to
have to get used to the idea of
getting a job that does not
require him to interface with
average human beings. He
himself admits that when he
walks through stores, people
grab their purses and wallets
and steer clear of him.
Here are a few suggestions
for jobs: join a rock band;
become a wrestler, work in a
circus sideshow; open a tat-


too parlor; give lectures at
schools on how not to get
ahead in life; or retrieve golf
balls from ponds, because not
even an alligator would want
him.
Let us segue from the
ridiculous to the "supreme."
Recently the Supreme
Court declared that "public
school systems cannot seek
to achieve or maintain inte-
gration through measures
that take explicit account of
race." Chief Justice John Rob-
erts said, "the way to stop dis-
crimination on the basis of
race is to stop discriminating
on the basis of race."
';The case that brought
aboit'this ruling oc-ri-edcin
Louisville when a 'mother
objected because her son was
denied a transfer to his chosen
kindergarten class because the
school wanted to keep its white
students within the program's
racial guidelines.
Justice Clarence Thomas,
who concurred with the
majority ruling, stated that, "If
our history has taught us any-
thing, it has taught us to
beware of elites bearing racial
theories." Amen!
It seems to me that our pri-
mary flaw, as Americans, is
apathy. We tend to go along
with every objection that is
thrown at our culture, be it
the Boy Scouts or Christmas
celebrations. If the ACLU says
it's the law, we just roll over
and play dead.
Our First Amendment has
granted us certain inalienable
rights. The secular progres-
sives among us keep nitpick-
ing at them. Ergo, generations
of public school children have
passed through the system in
the past three decades with-
out being taught that there is
a standard of right and wrong
higher than the state.
The false rule of "neutrali-
ty" requires that public
schools must treat sensitive
moral issues such as homo-
sexual activity, promiscuity,
abortion, etc., in a "nonjudg-
mental" manner. The result is
that students who do not sub-
scribe to secular orthodoxy
are being discriminated a-
gainst every day. This process
tends to wean the students
away from their belief in God.
Here is a quote from a
writer in The American A-
theist: 'And how does a god
die? Quite simply because all
his religionists have been
converted to another religion,
and there is no one left to
make children believe they
need him."
Well, I've got news. God is
not dead. He is not even tired.
We possess certain inalien-
able rights provided for us by
our Founding Fathers. Let's
demand they are upheld.

Mary Kay Ruppel is a
Venice resident.


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LETTERS FROM OUR READERS



No gold medals in this event


been denied by the Corps.
Editor: L When is enough, enough?
I thought your readers, especially those who make their liv- The Corps has an obligation
ing by the tourist trade, might be interested to know how your to the citizens of Florida for
local police respond to public disturbances. 'i the-right to be heard concern-
We were recently in your lovely town on vacation. ing impacts to their drinking
Unfortunately, part of our stay coincided with the Iolice and recreational waters.
Olympics.
The Tallahassee Sheriff's Department descended upon Helen Jelks King
Venice Beach Villas where we had, up until then, been enjoying Englewood
a quiet vacation. The first night they caroused until 12:30 am.,
the second night until 1:30 a.m. Doesn't mell like
The third night they were still going strong at 3:30 a.m, at
which point we called the Venice ,Police. Revving motors, small-town actions
thumping music, loud voices it was unbelievable. Editor:
Your uniformed officers arrived, said a few words here ad I read your front-page arti-
there and departed. The uproar continued unabated. cle with an expectation of
A call to the landlord was answered by a machine and no some humor or a punchline
response was forthcoming so no help from that quarter of some sort. Or some food
either. for thought. Perhaps a lesson
Finally, my daughter went out and demanded that this of the ages to be embraced for
unruly crowd disperse. This was around 4 a.m. Cups in hand, future generations sake.
they staggered to their rooms, after first wandering around not But through no fault of
knowing apparently which way to go. A 5-foot-2-inch your own, you just reported
woman in pajamas accomplished what your good old boys the facts, rather boring actu-
had no stomach for. We left the next day. ally.
Your chamber of commerce might want to decide who you Except for the fact that the
want to attract to your unique, charming town quiet, decent city of Venice is chasing its
families or out-of-control cops. own tail and spending more
You might want to take a look at your good old boy system money while doing it. It.
as well. We had truly thought we had found the perfect spot to always interests me to see
vacation. Instead, it turned into a nightmare. how government tends to
Loma Garrison speed up its internal engines
Elizabethton, Tenn. when it has a helpless crea-
ture on the run. There are
tons of examples throughout
Citizens deserve to Extension. This will make the history.
have mining hearings potential for three mines Here, I am sorry to note,
(Altman, Ona, and South Fort the city spent $10,600 to tear
Editor: Meade), all located in the down a house that needed
The Army Corps of En- Peace River basin, to mine roof repair.
gineers has recently received simultaneously. The owner apparently is a
an application for a permit to Although there have been tad slow on the uptake or is
mine 10,800 acres for phos- requests for a public hearing just plain independent; either
phate in Hardee County, with the Altman and Ona way, she did not have the
named the South Fort Meade mine permits, these have resources to do what the city


had commanded. So the city
spent more money than it
would have cost to fix her roof
in order to tear her home
down and lug it off.
Just for fun, can we find out
who is driving this buggy and
why? Or better yet, who start-
ed the buggy in the first place?
It may be OK in some peo-
ples' book to run down this
path, but in a very small way,,
relatively speaking, this city
and its actions in this
instance smell of big govern-
ment and not the nice and
friendly, fix the problem,
warm and fuzzy small locally
manned, fiscally prudent gov-
ernment.
Kinda like the Lake Venice
Golf project.
Paul Macleod
Venice

We won't save
a seat for you
Editor:
Who are the clods who
don't like The Lucky Dog's col-
ors? By all means, let them
stay away and make more
room for the rest of us!
Lisa Randall
Morrill, Maine


Call Let 'em Have It
207-1111


PUBLISHER
ROBERT A. VEDDER
PHONE: (941) 207-1000
FAX: (941) 484-8460
8A
FRIDAY
JULY 13,2007


EDITOR
BOB MUDGE
PHONE: (941) 207-I 101
FAX: (941) 484-8460
bmudge@venicegondolier.com


tion to ... nothing, apparently. There were
no other possible locations on the board.
Maybe it's just us, but isn't that kind of like
a restaurant expecting you to order dinner
but not letting you have a menu?
People wondered if that was the district's
way of saving face while giving in to the
community pressure not to move the
school. But the SAC's ultimate recommen-
dation to keep VHS where it is, whether by
default or not, was all most people cared
about.
Then, the school board accepted the rec-
ommendation, we printed a story that VHS
was staying put, and everyone lived happily
ever after.
Except now another committee aided
,by a consultant being paid by the hour is
evaluating possible alternative sites for the
school .
Say what?
i That's right: The information the SAC -
arid the community needed to make an
informed decision about the city's sole


high school is being compiled after a rec-
ommendation has been made and accept-
ed.
We understand the effect on prices
when a government body lets it be known
it's in the market for land. Our guess, how-
ever, is that it would be about the same at
any step in the process, and that you have
to balance that risk against the need for
the information you get by making
inquiries.
There are ways to keep that under wraps.
Disney bought most of Central Florida
before anyone knew who was doing the land
grab.
And it seems to us the district has put
itself in a bind. If it's truly still evaluating its
options, it's risking making a lot of people
very mad. If it's just going through the
motions, it's wasting a lot of time and
money, which makes a lot of people very
mad.
We know you can't please all of the peo-
ple all of the time, but this is ridiculous.













Dying people should not be tortured


BY KENNETH L. RUSSELL
GUEST COLUMNIST

My wife, Marjorie Haw
Russell, died from ovarian
cancer on the 27th of May,
2007, at 9:30 p.m. She was
buried at 8 o'clock the next
morning in the family's Green
Cemetery.
A few memories of her
final days are vivid.
After she had seen her 19th
great-grandchild on May 18,
she told most of her visitors
that she was now ready to go.
I could have held her hand
while she pushed a button to
take her on her way to the
promised land. God was call-
ing her home and a misguid-
ed Texas government denied
her this right.
If I had granted her wish I
could have ended up in jail
like Dr. Kevorkian. Sad.
My serious question is, "If
Heaven is such a great place,
why do we torture old people
when God is calling by doing


everything possible to keep
them alive?"
To those who say, "God
knows best," I say, "God never
'acts alone."
When you do not help
God, then God will not help
you. It is teamwork between
you and God. Otherwise the
Devil takes over.
For three or four days
before she died, Marjorie lost
control of her functions. Why
should she have been put
though this embarrassment
and loss of dignity when she
was so ready to go on this
mysterious adventure into
the unknown?
Her diary tells a beautiful
story about her discomfort,.
but she apparently never
experienced excruciating
pain, or she was very clever in
hiding.
She wrote in her diary in a
shaky handwriting until the
5th of May. She placed only a
check mark on the 6th and
7th. On the 8th, 9th and 10th,


she wrote the names of the
caretakers who came from
the Consider the Lilies
agency.
May 11 through 15 the
pages are blank. Then on the
16th through the morning of
the 27th, she asked visitors to
write in her diary.
On the 27th her hands and
feet became cold early in the
evening and then she took
her last breath in the arms of
her granddaughters at 9:30
while I held her hand. She
died with her eyes slightly
open with a smile on her face.
I sat with her alone in the
early morning of the 28th. I
took her picture. She was as
beautiful in death as she was
in life.
Had we lived in Oregon
she would have had the free-
dom to have a physician help
her go peacefully. It is possi-
ble she would have declined
the help, but at Jeast she
would have had control. And
merely having this power


could have given her a mea-
sure of comfort.
Kevorkian attempted to
restore the right to self-deter-
mination that every state gov-
ernment with the exception
of Oregon takes from its citi-
zens.
Many Americans are blind
to the suffering and are con-
fused regarding what it
means to do right by the
dying.
Despite advances in pain
management, many people
will leave this world in horri-
ble pain and suffering
because certain people have
decided that in our final stage
of life, you and I should no
longer be allowed to manage
our own affairs.
In the time of greatest
need, the liberties we have
had all our lives will be taken
away by the government and
we will be left at the mercy of
a killer disease.
There would seem to be
added dignity in being able to


take freedom all the way to
the grave.
People who oppose this
freedom to ease our passing
worry about the control issue.
Some fear that terminally ill
people will be talked into an
early death.
Others worry about "play-
ing God." To me this is not a
valid concern. I think that
those who worry about play-
ing God do not understand
that God is a loving God and
abhors causing pain in his
children.
Human beings are often
responsible for each other.
Every day of our lives we "play
God," especially to our family
and friends. Playing God is
only human.
Some people oppose
assisted death on the grounds
that God's will must prevail
until some sort of "natural
death" occurs. These same
people have no problem with
medicines, tests and tech-
niques used to prolong the


lives of people with a terminal
disease.
Many religious people sin-
cerely ask, "What would God
do?" I believe that God would
give the suffering their free-
dom to choose how to take
care of themselves in their
final days. He would let them
decide how to best satisfy
their needs with those they
love.
To do anything else would
seem to be an evil kind of
god-playing, one that says,
"We will control you and your
loved ones in life and in
death."

Kenneth L. Russell, profes-
sor of education, emeritus,
Sam Houston State
University, is founder of The
Educational Video Network
Inc. He and his wife, and
Marjorie Russell, co-founded
the Universal Ethician
Church and the Ethician
Family Cemetery with their
son George and his wife, Sue.


IS IT THE CITY'S JOB TO HELP DOWNTO

SUCCEED? CALL US AT 207-1111.


Pregnancy is not 'a

Ridiculous. Ijust want to say I am against the pregnant parking
lous. I have been pregnant nine times and given birth to nine I
was important to keep physically healthy. So, I don't agree wit
going to see a lot of parking spots empty because pregnant moth
a whole lot of more important issues than having parking for
mothers who have two or more children, that might be next. Pa]
or more children I mean, it's ridiculous. Let's be sensible.


For rent. I'd like to know if
the city council is doing their
job to keep the downtown
viable. Are they doing all they
can to protect the businesses
in the downtown? Is the city
manager doing anything to
keep the downtown viable,
because all I see is business
after business going out of
business and "for rent" signs
going up. I think the city
.council is not doing its job.
A mess. I have a question:
When is America going to be
for Americans again? Our
country is in such a mess. I
hope that somebody out
there can give me the answer.
Also, can you give us the tele-
phone number' for code
enforcement- for South
Venice? It would be appreci-
ated.
EDITOR'S NOTE: Call 861-3280.
Communist. I just finished
reading the article about fire-
works loopholes by Mr. Bob
Bowden. This communist


doesn't want to celebrate any-
thing to do with the Fourth of
July? He shouldn't be a guest
columnist, he's a guest com-
munist. That's what he is, and
I won't be buying you paper
anymore because of this
man.
Ring-a-ding. I'm Pn the
no-call list in the state of
Florida. Today I received two
phone calls, one from a tele-
marketing in Pennsylvania
soliciting for Verizon tele-
phone; the second was from
Iowa and they wanted me to
subscribe to the Herald-
Tribune in Venice. Can't
something be done, please?
Let's enforce the law.
On the head. Relative to
the Ed Martin column in the
Gondolier Sun, Mr. Martin's
column really hit the nail on
the head. The planning com-
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really seem to be working for
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how there were no bags to
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Not criminals. The July 1
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our water policeman is a sur-
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strikes a familiar chord. Our
road traffic police do great
work when they apprehend
reckless drivers and take
charge at accident sites and
when a motorist is stranded,
but they should not be
employed at making law-
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a speed limit, which was arbi-
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It's too bad that they are
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Unique sports bar opens next week


ROGER BUTTON
BUSINEWS COLUMNIST


Busy preparing for open-
ing next week are restaura-
teurs Barry Lucibello Sr. and
his 26-year-old son Barry Jr.,
who will manage the Venice
Sports Bar & Billiards, 2107
South Tamiami Trail South, in
the Galleria Plaza.
"It is unique to Venice, with
a designated-smoking horse-
shoe bar incorporating a
dozen TVs," said Lucibello.
"There is seating for 30 and a.
cigar lounge area.
The large 5,000-square-
foot facility has been set up to
incorporate a live entertain-
ment area, and the billiards
.room has eight full-size time-
pay regulation tables and two
coin-op valet 7-foot tables.


A designated regulation
area with four dart boards is
set up for weekly tourna-
ments.
Billed as one of the larger
sports bars in Venice, there
are 18 televisions and a big
projection television for fans
to watch premier games. Lu-
cibello plans liquor tasting
and creative happy hours,
and he invites pool and poker
enthusiasts to enter weekly
tournaments. Finger food
snacks will be 'provided by
their restaurant, Norma Jean's
Bar & Grill, 1635 U.S. 41
Bypass.
Admission is restricted to
adults. The bar will be open
daily from 11 a.m. to mid-
night, later on weekends. Call
492-5524.
Starbucks in Nokomis,
Osprey and Venice
I Starbucks, it seems, has
decided to address the dearth
of shops on the Suncoast by
expanding rapidly.
According to my sources, a
new stand-alone Starbucks
coffee shop will replace the
derelict former gas station on
the southwest comer of the
Albee Road/U.S. 41 intersec-
tion in Nokomis. It will be


part of the Finergy Com-
pany's hotel and retail devel-
opment.
In Osprey's Bay Street
Village, construction began in
the past few days on 60,000
square feet of retail develop-
ment to include Sarasota
County's largest Starbucks
coffee shop at a whopping
2,000 square feet.
Here in Venice our first
stand-alone Starbucks coffee
shop at Center Road and
South U.S. 41 Bypass is on
course to open mid-August.
Moving to Main Street
As Sandy McGowan will be
doubling the space of her
store, she is searching the
New England area for new
clothing and accessory lines
not currently carried by stores
in Venice.
She has announced plans
to move and expand her store,
Sandy's Designer Clothing, to
128 W Venice Ave., the former
Your Look For Less, from
Miami Avenue. The store, cur-
rently located next to the
Elegant Peddler, will open in
its new location Sept 12.
She is introducing new fash-
ions and jewelry to comple-
ment her popular "gentlyworn"


clothing and little girls' dresses.
Semi-retiring to
Tennessee
This weeJk another well-
known Venice businesswo-
man went into semi-retire-
ment.
Annette Caldwell, owner
of Keys-Caldwell Inc., 1162
Indian Hills Blvd., turned over
the business to her son-in-
law, Jim Kraut, as she headed
to Tennessee.
Originally from Ohio, she
came to Venice 29 years ago.
"I managed, then partici-
pated in the sale of, Sarasota's
Crossroads Shopping Center,
then decided I wanted my
own management company,"
said Caldwell.
Kraut has taken over one of
the city's top agencies manag-
ing more than 40 homeowner
and condo associations.
Twenty-five years ago the
Caldwells built a log cabin in
the mountains of Pigeon
Forge, near Gatlinburg, Tenn.
It will be their permanent
home until their residence in
Venice is sold, when they plan
to acquire a new property.
Caldwell, a Venice-Noko-
mis Club Rotarian for 16
years, has served on the


Venice Area Board of Realtors,
the Women's Council of
Realtors and as a corporate
board member of Big Broth-
ers Big Sisters.
"With our motor home we
will visit our daughter in
Texas and do some traveling,"
said Caldwell.
Kraut is married to Cald-
well's daughter Molly, who
acquired Dr. Jim Brandt's
satellite veterinary practice
and operates Venice Pines
Veterinary Clinic at 1168
Indian Hills Blvd., Venice.

'Himself' cancels shows
Popular Venice-area enter-
tainer Ken McBride 'Himself'
has had to cancel his entire
summer entertainment pro-
gram in New Jersey.
Last Thursday, awaking
from an afternoon nap, he was
unable to speak. His doctor
diagnosed a severe hemor-
rhage of his right vocal cord.
Now McBride has to rest
his vocal cords, not even talk-
ing for six to eight weeks. At
that-stage he will visit a vocal
coach to learn to build his
vocal strength so he can per-
form again. His email is ken-
mcbride67@aol.com.


Cockpit Cafe is open
Readers of Businews care
about businesses in Venice,
advising me of the difficulties
of operating a successful
restaurant when the venue
becomes a construction site.
Taking it in their stride are
Jarda and Kirsten Hornacek,
owners of the popular Cockpit
Cafe, 400 E. Airport Ave. Seven
years ago he came to the
United States from the Czech
Republic, where he had stud-
ied as a chef They acquired the
restaurant in 2004.
"We give first-class fare at
coach prices," Kirsten said.
"My husband is very proud of
his culinary skills using only
fresh vegetables and fruit."
The 32-seat breakfast and
lunch cafe serves homemade
soups, pancakes, salads, spe-
cialty hamburgers, salads and
healthful wraps.
Such is its popularity that
diners have brought memo-
rabilia, historic, pictures of
Venice in the '20s, and
antique model aircraft, which
adorn the dining room ceil-
ing.
Hours are 7 a.m.-2 p.m.
seven days a week. Call 484-
5428.
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Caldwell Trust: from here to beyond


Tervis receives beautification award


BY ROGER BUTTON
BUSINEWS COLUMNIST


Thirteen years ago Trust
Companies of America was
founded by Roland Caldwell
of Venice. Caldwell Trust
Company oiVenice, the better-
Wown entity within the com-
panies, recently announced it
has amassed record assets of
$406 million.
"Success goes to the staff
- Jan Miller,
Lee Thacker
and Andy De- W
vries who
together with
our new team
members,
Wendy Fish-
man and John
Tufaro, will Caldwell, Jr
continue our
success," said
R.G. "Kelly" Caldwell Jr., pres-
ident, senior trust officer and
son of the founder.
Roland Caldwell's career
began managing money for
trusts and insurance compa-
nies in Indiana, the Bahamas
and Fort Lauderdale before
he came to Venice. He decid-
ed to found his own business,
Caldwell & Company, when
First National Bank of Venice,
for which he was an outside
agent, was acquired by Sun-
Trust Bank.
Kelly, who holds a degree
in electrical engineering,


joined him and it became
Caldwell Trust Company,
chartering in 1993 as part of
Trust Companies of America.
The Caldwells' custom-
designed offices, which .they
set up and continue operat-
ing as the company head -.
quarters, are on the second
floor above the Community
National Bank of Sarasota
County, 201 Center Road,
Venice. Founding director
Jack Meyerhoff, who is still
active, and the enthusiastic
board of local businessmen
and a handful of employees
began managing clients' liq-
uid assets.
Those assets grew as local
people used the services,
totaling $200 million in 2000.
Despite the stock market
reactions following Sept. 11,
creating a low period, six
years later assets are at $406
million.
Offices of Caldwell Trust
Company were opened in
Punta Gorda in 1998 and a
year later in Sarasota.
Aiming to double
State-of-the-art financial
software far ahead of the
curve in the industry was
designed and introduced by
Kelly, using his technical
skills.
"Our programs provide us
with an incredible level of
power in operations, keeping


our costs below that of our
competitors, while providing
instant financial information
to our clients," he said.
The company's primary
functions are traditional trust
services: serving as invest-
ment managers and also. is
trustees; assisting clients
avoid estate issues and assets
being squandered through
paying unnecessary taxes.
"We help them navigate
from here to beyond," said
Kelly.
For the future Caldwell
Trust Company has added
another facet to its money
management and high-net-
worth client services: Tufaro
has brought the employer
retirement business for com-
panies offering to serve as a
fiduciary.
Although retired, Caldwell
Sr. is still active in a consulting
and counseling role to the
company.
The only limitation to the
company's growth is finding
quality people who can pro-
vide their traditional trust ser-
vice.
"Continuing on what I
learned from our founding
directors, and the way things
are going on the stock market,
our new target is to be man-
aging $800 million of client's
assets," Kelly said.

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Sales take off with new pricing


BY ROGER BUTTON
BUSINEWS COLUMNIST


New pricing structures by
developer Waterford Compa-
nies for Osprey's Bay Street
Village and Town Center have
brought a surprise result,
according to Henry Rodri-
guez, the entrepreneur plan-
ning this urban development.
Within the past few days
Waterford announced con-
dos starting from $143,000
"People are loving the new
prices announced last week"
he said. "We are getting 20
walk-ins daily and already
have 10 reservations."
He admitted demand for
the larger, high-end $600,00-
$700,000 condominiums they
had been concentrating on
for some time had been slug-
gish.
According to Mike Miller,
president of Waterford, sales


in phase one, the $300,000-
$600,000 range, have been
sluggish. However, the recent
pick-up in phase two, the
$143,000-$250,000 range, a
pricing point not previously
available, is good and may
lead to him developing the
latter first.
"I'm pretty happy and
dealing with the reality of the
market conditions and other
condos," Miller said. "Twenty
to 30 sales are enough for us
to move forward."
Compared to any other
community, Rodriguez stat-
ed, sales in his prestige devel-
opment have been better.
Due primarily to its ambience
and beauty, it will be vibrant
and different.
Infrastructure work started
last week on the town center
of this new urban project,
which will include high-end
national and select local


retailers.
It will include Sarasota
County's largest Starbucks, a
2,000-square-foot coffee shop.
There is to be a high-end
restaurant created by Sara-
sota's Mediterraneo Group,
and the recently opened
Blackburn Pointe Road fash-
ionable Italian-style La Tosca.
There will be a Colonial Bank
office with supporting retail
stores.
"Bay Street Village and
Town Center is not depen-
dent entirely upon the resi-
dential villas, condos and
homes," said Rodriguez. "Be-
cause of its location on U.S.
41 in Osprey, it will attract
business from throughout the
city and county of Sarasota,
Venice and surrounding com-
munities, just as Osprey's
Wal-Mart Superstore is
doing."
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Tervis Tumbler regional store manager Carol Eriksson accepts a special beautification
award from Osprey Beautification Association treasurer Jack Snyder for improvements to
the company's original Osprey location. "We are so pleased to be recognized for our
efforts," Eriksson said. "Osprey is growing up, so we thought the time was ideal to give
ourselves a little make-over."


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notices of business-related
events and meetings, new
hires and promotions, new
businesses and significant
professional awards, honors
and achievements.
Submissions should be e-
mailed to bmudge@venice-
gondolier.com.
Employment expo
Your Success @ SCTI Expo
will be held on Tuesday, July
17, from 4 to 7 p.m. at the
SCTI campus at Proctor and
Beneva Roads.
Adults can explore career
options for high-wage jobs at
the program displays and
learn about financial aid. The
processing fee is waived for
those applying for a technical
program at the Expo. Those
attending may also register to
win a $250 scholarship
toward technical program
enrollment. The event is free.
Enrollment information
for technical programs of-
fered during the day, evening,
and online is available at the
Student Services Office from


7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday and
Tuesday and from 7 a.m. to
4:30 p.m. on Wednesday and
Thursday.
For information on the
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appointment to discuss en-
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Volunteer for SCORE
The Manasota Chapter of
SCORE, Counselors to Amer-
ica's Small Business, is seek-
ing additional counselors.
The nonprofit, all-volun-
teer organization of men and
women who offer free advice
to small start-up and existing
businesses is looking for peo-
ple who have had experience
in the operation of business,
either large or small.
For more information, visit
score-suncoast.org and click
on "Volunteer."
New at Priority
Rosa Castaneda is a new
teller at the Venice branch of
First Priority Bank Her expe-
rience includes working for


Keys Federal Credit Union for
about seven years.
Fishman joins Caldwell
Wendy L. Fishman, CTFA,
has joined Caldwell Trust
Company as vice president
and trust officer, according to
R.G. "Kelly" Caldwell Jr., pres-
ident.
Fishman has been active in
trust banking for nearly a
quarter-century. In her most
recent position, she was
responsible for all aspects of
fiduciary administration for
more than $18 billion in
assets, serving clients from
Manatee County to Naples.
She has been an executive
on the board of directors of
the South County Family
YMCA since 2001. In 2004,
she co-chaired the Domestic
Violence Study Group for
SCOPE and has served on
SCOPE's board of directors
since 2005.
Among Fishman's other
volunteer activities, she was
also a mentor for Take Stock
in Children of Sarasota from
2003-2005.












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Former Gasparilla Inn worker arrested OBITUARIES


BYCHRISTYARNOLD
ENGLEWOOD EDITOR


A former employee at the
Gasparilla Inn is accused of
stealing more than $6 million
from the well-known island
resort.
Texas officials arrested
Susan Gail Ray, 51, last week
on charges she stole more
than $200,000 from the resort
and funneled it into property
and businesses, according to
documents from Wise
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pany during a period of four-
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records and distributing the
payroll," according to the
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newspaper in Texas.
The suit was filed by the
Gasparilla Inn. The Inn
referred calls to the manager,
who was out of town Tuesday.
The Texas documents state
that Ray who has used the
aliases of Susan Hunt and
Susan Thurow worked as
the controller at the resort
from 2000 until earlier this
year. Ray was in charge of the
resort's financial records and
payroll.
"From Oct. 4, 2002, to Jan.
19, 2007, (Ray) stole from
Gasparilla by fraudulently
increasing the amount of the


payroll after Gasparilla
approved it," state the Wise
County documents. "(Ray)
would then wire the excess
funds from the payroll
account into her own person-
al bank accounts ... ."
Those accounts were
located in San Antonio, Texas,
and in Tampa.
A federal investigation is
under way, according to the
Wise County Messenger.
Ray's bond was initially set
at $300,000. She was released
after the bond was later low-
ered to $50,000 with condi-
tions, according to Wise
County officials.


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Sheriff warns about night dub exemption


Florida law allows minors in bars but penalizes
the license holders who serve them. Sarasota
County recently adopted more restrictive mea-
sures, but a 'teen night' exemption may prove
troublesome.


BYJACKGURNEY
PELICAN PRESS

New Sarasota County reg-
ulations that ban most people
under the age of 21 from local
bars are still warm off the
printing press, but there is
already a movement afoot to
toughen them up by prohibit-
ing what are known as "teen
night" events.
Teen nights are an exemp-
tion to the rules. They are
allowed if a club owner volun-
tarily shuts down the bar
operation and opens the
doors to underage patrons
who are allowed to buy non-
alcoholic beverages, dance
and see live entertainment.
On June 26, county com-
missioners wrestled with an
e-mail warning about teen
nights from Chief Deputy
Larry Dunklee, who is second
m commiand-to -Sheriff Biltl
Balkwill. They discussed a
possible amendment to
address his concerns.
"Teen nights are bringing
in large crowds from Manatee
County, and the numbers are
larger than businesses can
hold," Dunklee stated in a let-
ter to Commissioner Jon
Thaxton. "They spill out into
the parking lot and fights
start."
Manpower issue
Thaxton waded into the
issue at the request of a
Lockwood Ridge Road resi-
dent who complained about
gunshots in front of her home
and people running in the


street. She pointed the finger
at Club Escapes, a 3218 Clark
Road establishment located
one block away.,
"This is very serious,"
Thaxton told commissioners.
"We put an exemption in our
ordinance for teen nights,
and now people are coming
here from Manatee and
Charlotte counties with their
own booze, drugs and fire-
arms. We are becoming a
regional attraction."
"Underage people should-
n't be drinking in these estab-
lishments," Commissioner
Paul Mercier responded.
"Teen nights are a societal
issue we need to address, but
they are not the issue in this
case. It is unruly behavior by
some teenagers."
Commissioner loe Bar-
-berta suggested an approach:
"The problem is this place
'is allowIing it to happen," he
said. "We should call in liquor
control authorities. If we hit
them with some undercover
people, this would stop pretty
quickly."
In his letter, Dunklee sug-
gested the problem was ade-
quate manpower.
"They (Club Escapes) pro-
vide security," he stated, "but
they aren't handling the situa-
tion. On a Sunday night we do
not have the manpower avail-
able, especially if we get
shooting events."
Un-barred
The issue was temporarily
shelved.
"Let's have a conversation


POLICE BEAT


Venice Police Department
arrests
Stephan A. Doerrer, 61,
900 block W. Cayman Ave.,
Venice. Charge: criminal mis-
chief more than $1,000. Bond:
$1,000.
Sarasota County Sheriff's
Office arrests
Andrew J. McNamara, 40,
1300 block Kimball Road,
Venice. Charges: uttering a
forged instrument, petit theft.
Bond: $1,120.
Robert Robinson Jr., 37,
1000 block Iowa St.,
Englewood. Charges: tamper-
ing with physical evidence,
possession of cocaine, pos-
session of drug parapherna-
lia. Bond: $2,120.
Criminal registration
Shaemus M. Lonergan,
26, 200 block Shore Road,
Nokomis.


David S. Shea, 21, 100
block Golf Club Lane; Venice.


Patti H. Geloso
Patti Harris Geloso of
Venice died Saturday, July 7,
2007. She was 76.
She was born Sept. 21,
1930, in Akron, Ohio, and
moved to Venice 18 years ago
from Cape Coral. She was a
homemaker. She worked for
the Republican Party in
Columbus, Ohio, was a sup-
porter of animal rights and
volunteered at Venice Re-
gional Medical Center. She
was a member of South
Venice Christian Church.
Survivors include her hus-
band of 16 years, Peter; two
sons, Michael Harris of
Opilika, Ala., and Bruce
Harris III of Venice; two
daughters, Mary Smith of
Medina, Tenn., and Susan
Harkey of Venice; eight grand-
children; and eight great-
grandchildren.
Services: A memorial service
will be held at 11 a.m. Friday,
July 13, at South Venice
Christian Church, with addition-
al services and burial in St. Paul,
Minn. Farley Funeral Home is in
charge of arrangements. Visit
farleyfuneralhome.com to sign a
guest register book and extend
condolences to the family.
Contributions: Memorial dona-
tions may be made to TideWell
Hospice and Palliative Care, 5955
Rand Blvd., Sarasota 34238.
Russell L. Gilbert
Russell L. Gilbert of Venice
died Monday, July 9, 2007. He
was 67.
He was bornApril 21, 1940,
in Manchester, N.H., and
moved to Venice three years
ago from Columbia, N.Y He
was a member of the
Shriners.


with the sheriff," Com-
mission Chair Nora Pat-
terson said. "Then we can
discuss this again in a cou-
ple of weeks."
An amendment to remove
the teen night exemption
would require at least one
public hearing.
Late' autumn, commis-
sioners agreed to address the
issue of underage drinking
after a Criminal Justice Co-
ordinating Council of local
law enforcement officials
raised the matter. Teen nights
were only a last-minute con-
sideration.
Most of the debate about
an ordinance concerned how
to enforce underage drinking
provisions in restaurants,
bowling alleys and other busi-
nesses that serve alcoholic
beverages, but are not strictly
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Morse of New Hampshire; a
son, Mark of Indiana; three
grandchildren; and two great-
grandchildren.
Services: A memorial service
will be held at 5 p.m. Saturday,
July 14. at the Salvation Army in
Venice. Farley Funeral Home is
in charge of arrangements. Visit
farleyfuneralhome.com to sign a
guest register book and extend
condolences to the family.
Contributions: Memorial dona-
tions may be made to the
Salvation Army, P.O. Box 69,
Venice, FL 34284-0069.
Alice L. Leamy
Alice L. Leamy of Osprey
died Sunday, July 8, 2007. She
was 83.
She was born Aug. 21,
1923, in Toledo, Ohio, and
moved to Osprey in 1978
from Union, N.J. She worked
for 25 years with General
Motors in Englewood, N.J..
She was a member of the
Venice Democratic Club and
Vas active in many local char-
itable and civic associations.
Survivors include a daugh-
ter, Nancy Eaton of Nokomis;
a brother, Richard Krumm of
Norton, Mass.; and two
nieces and nephews.
Services: No local services are
planned.
Contributions: Memorial dona-
tions may be made to St. Francis
Animal Rescue, P.O. Box 563,
Nokomis 34274; or to TideWell
Hospice and Palliative Care, 5955
Rand Blvd., Sarasota 34238.
Elizabeth M. Lord
Elizabeth M. Lord of
Venice, Camden, Maine, and
Burtonsville, Md., died Thurs-


day, July 5, 2007. She was 88.
Survivors include two
daughters, Judith L. Elmer of
Frederick, Md., and Rebecca
L. Holliday; two sons, Bruce
of West Chesterfield, N.H.,
and David C. of Monrovia,
Md.; seven grandchildren;
and four great-grandchil-
dren.
Services: No local services are
planned.
Contributions: Memorial dona-
tions may be made to the
Alzheimer's Association.


Robert Kane
85, of Venice, formerly of Windsor,
CT, died Saturday July 7, 2007, at
Venice Regional Medical Center.
Born and raised in Windsor Locks,
CT, son of the late John and
Margaret (Dowd) Kane, he lived in
Windsor, CT for 65 years. He was
predeceased by his wife, Eileen
(Slade) Kane. Bob served in the US
Army during W.W. II in the
Philippines. He was a brick mason
with the Union Bricklayers Local #
1, Hartford, CT and subsequently
employed by Hamilton Standard.
He enjoyed spending time with
friends at Sharkey's at Venice Pier
and Bob Wahl's Auto Repair. He
leaves his son, James R. Kane and
his wife Christine of Simsbury, CT;
three grandchildren whom he
adored, Timothy of NY, NY,
Alexander, and Chelsea of
Simsbury. He was predeceased by
his brother, Jack Kane. Private
graveside services will be held at St.
Joseph's Cemetery, Poquonock, CT
at the convenience of the family
with military honors A memorial
mass will be held at a later date in
St. Mary's Church, Simsbury, CT.
The Carmon Poquonock Funeral
Home, 1816 Poquonock Avenue,
Poquonock, CT is caring for the
arrangements. For condolences
please visit 307271
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BRIEFS
VHS boys golf tryouts
The boys golf team at
Venice High School will hold
tryouts Aug. 6-9 at Lake Venice
Golf Club starting at 2:30 p.m.
each day. All interested play-
ers for the upcoming varsity
and junior varsity programs
need to participate.
All participants must have
school forms and physical
prior to tryouts. For addition-
al information, contact varsity
coach Marty Tarala, 486-8686
or 488-0279.
Venice soccer camps


Two weeks are remaining
for competitive and recre-
ational soccer camps held by
the Venice Area Youth Soccer
Association. The camps are
for girls and boys ages 5-16.
The VAYSA player devel-
opment day camps are for
recreational and competi-
tive players who want to
have fun and learn more
about soccer. Led by top
trainers in the area, the
camps are designed to chal-
lenge players of all skill lev-
els.
Camp sessions are July
16-20 and July 23-27. Tuition
is $145 for full day, $75 for
half day, and $50 for evening
session.
For more information visit
venicesoccer.org.
Wednesday Night Senior
Silver Softball
July 11 games:
Builders Specialties 16, Tu Be
Computer 10
Palmer Ranch Travel 27,
Peluso Air 9
Fox Pizza 13, Rugs As Art 12
Critter Ridge Landscaping 20,
Tu Be Computer 13
Venice Senior 8, Peluso Air
WGACA Trainers 22, Rugs As
Art 19

Standings:
1. Palmer Ranch Travel 8-2
2. Builders Specialties 8-3
3. Peluso Air 7-4 ,
4. Venice Senior 6-4
5. Tu Be Computer 5-7
6. Fox Pizza 4-6
7. Critter Ridge Landscaping
4-7 /
8. WGACA Trainers 3-7
9. Rugs As Art 3-8
Vikings registration
Saturday
The Pop Warner Venice
Vikings football and cheer
season is quickly approach-
ing. The Vikings will hold reg-
istration for all divisions, ages
5-15,9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday,
July 14, at Letson Stadium.
The season starts Aug. 1.
All participants are re-
quired to have a parent com-
plete the registration form
and provide current a physi-
cal, original birth certificate
and final report card for the
2006-2007 school year.
Pictures will be taken at regis-
tration.
The weight limits for foot-
ball have been increased.
For details go to leagueline
up.com/venicevikings. For
registration information, con-
tact Michelle Hannah at 408-
9332 or visit the Web site.


Correction
The story in Wed-
nesday's Gondolier Sun
by Debbie Kiewiet about
the Junior All-Star team's
17-16 win over Engle-
wood contained a typo-
graphical error that
changed the meaning of
a comment by Coach
Steve Price. He credited
the kids with turning the
game around and their
parents for their support.
His comment should
have read: "They're a
great bunch of kids, and a
great bunch of parents,
too," he added. "This is
the first time I've coached
a team without a kid's
parents yelling at me."


CONTACT US
DEBBIE KIEWIET
SPORTS EDITOR
(941) 207-1107
dkiewiet@venicegondolier.com


Pool play ends Saturday for seniors


their final game in pool play
- also with North Port. The
top two teams in pool play
will advance to the double-
elimination championship
series with a doubleheader
Monday, or a possible Sunday
game, and a 6:30 game
Tuesday night, if necessary.
Mind boggling
Schedules for ballgames
and tournaments are even
further complicated because
many of the players in the
senior league also play on
Venice's American Legion
summer league teams, which
are coached by the Venice
High School staff.
"It's kind of mind-bog-
gling," Hanks said, "trying to
keep track of pitching, prac-


tices and games. You've got to
love baseball to do what
they're doing. They eat and
sleep baseball. Seven days a
week, they're suited up and
ready to go. Boy, you've got to
have a commitment in order
to do that.
"I can only thank the coach-
ing staff at Venice High School
for giving us the opportunity to
do this Coach Faulkner and
Coach Skelton," Hanks said.
"When you see that kind of
cooperation in a small town, it's
a nice feeling.
"The senior team is a very
polished team, thanks to the
high school," he added.
"They've trained them very
well."
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Coach Rich Carroll takes a few minutes between innings to talk to the team.


BY DEBBIE KIEWIET
SPORTS EDITOR


Venice's senior Little
League team finally got a full
game in Thursday night in
All-Star Tournament pool
play.
Andy Ellingsen led off the
first inning with a walk in last
night's game with Sarasota,
originally scheduled to be
played Tuesday. Ellingsen
stole second and reached
home on a Jake Branden-
burger single. Ellingsen took
first on balls in the top of the
third and tied the score on a
Btandenburger sacrifice. The


game was still under way at
press time.
Lights went out
Last Friday's game with
Sarasota was moved to
Saturday due to a problem
with the lights at the Buck
O'Neil Complex in Sarasota.
Saturday's game with North
Port was rescheduled for
Tuesday and moved from the
rain-soaked complex in
Sarasota to Venice's Well Field.
But due to the late finish of
the first game Tuesday night
between the Venice juniors
and Englewood, the seniors
were unable to finish their


game with North Port before
the lights went out at 11:15
p.m.
Venice was up 16-2 with
North Port Tuesday night
when the lights went out at
Well Field. Five full innings
have to be played before the
10-run mercy rule applies,
Coach Jim Hanks said, "and
we didn't get to that before
the lights went out. We were
playing amazingly. Everybody
was hitting, and I think every-
body scored."
Tuesday night's game will
probably be completed
Friday night before the
seniors' scheduled game -


With two RBI in the first three innings Thursday night for the
Venice Seniors was Jake Brandenburger with Andy Ellingsen
scoring both runs.


Big fish,


small pond


BY DEBBIE KIEWIET
SPORTS EDITOR

Rex Masterman has caught
a total of 111 bass in the last
90 days. This 8-pound 6-
ouncer is the biggest.
"When I caught it," he
said, "I thought I'd caught a
turtle. When it finally came
up I thought, this is a big
fish."
Masterman, who moved
here from Texas five years ago,
fishes primarily for bass in
small lakes and ponds in the
area. This bass was caught in
aVenice-area pond on a crank
bait, a lure that dives down to
the bottom when it's reeled
in. Masterman uses artificial
lures so the fish can be
released unharmed.


"I put them back so they
can swim off to live another
day," he said.
The pond was stocked
with about 30 small bass, 2
to 3 pounds, six years ago.
Since then it's also been
stocked with blue gill and
tilapia.
Because they continue to
grow year round here, some
of the largest bass in the
United States are Florida bass,
Masterman said. Florida bass
are used to stock lakes in his
native Texas.
Masterman thinks the
record for Florida is 17
pounds 3 ounces. "That
record's been standing a long
time," he said. "I really think a
record bass could be taken
around here some day."


Venice Nationals play

in sectionals tonight
BY DEBBIE KIEWIET
SPORTS EDITOR

The Venice Nationals are one of four 9/10-year-old Little
League teams that will battle it out in Fort Myers tonight and
Saturday for the right to represent Section 6 at the State
Tournament. Section 6 includes Districts 9,16,18 and 26. Each
team will play three games, and the team with the best record
will go on to State.
Venice, which won the District 16 title earlier this month,
will play the District 26 champion at 7 p.m. tonight (Friday) at
the Sam Fleishman Sports Complex, 1750 Matthew Drive, in
Fort Myers. Saturday they have a doubleheader, playing
District 18 at 9 a.m. and District 9 at 1 p.m.
Coached by Tom Grubbs and managed by Terry Tritschler,
the Nationals finished at the top of their pool in the District All-
Star Tournament in Sarasota. But a loss in the first round of the
double-elimination championship series dropped them into
the losers' bracket.
The Nationals battled back, winning their next two games to
earn a chance to challenge undefeated North Port for the
championship title. The Venice team beat North Port 17-7 and
8-1 to win the district title for the third year in a row.
Playing for the Venice Nationals are Mark Arnold, Dominic
Carlozzi, Jake Grubbs, Preston Hines, Alex Krauss, Zeke
Manthey, Ben Reid, John Scofield, Andrew Shofner, Devin
Sinclair and Blake Smith.


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COURTESY PHOTO
Rex Masterman caught this 8-pound 6-ounce bass in a local pond. "I use a digital scale," he said.
"I don't tell fish stories."


Hurry and don't be late for


a very important date


MR. SHEEPSHEAD
COLUMNIST


A wonderful event will be
taking place in our fair city
next month. It's the first
C.A.S.T. for Kids Fishing
Event. The date is Saturday,
Aug. 18, at the beach, on the
Venice Municipal Pier and the
adjacent parking lot.
CA.S.T., or Catch A Special
Thrill, is a national organiza-


tion dedicated to helping dis-
abled children experience the
outdoors in a very special
way.
More than 50 of these kids
from our community will be
fishing that day on the pier
with volunteers and the
Island Anglers, aVenice group
that believes in "positive
mentoring through fishing."
The Island Anglers and
Clear Channel 107.9 Oldies
are presenting a car show in
conjunction with the fishing
event: Cruise and CAST For
Kids Car Show Benefit.
Classic car show registra-
tion is at 8:30 a.m. with
awards at noon. For addition-
al information you can con-
tact Gary Anderson at island.
anglers@gmail.com.
I thought publicizing this
wonderful event was more


important than writing my
article strictly about fishing
this week: Briefly, inshore
fishing continues to be good
to excellent in our general
area. Reds, trout, mangrove
snappers and catch-and-gen-
tly-release snook have been
hitting in Lemon Bay, Boca
Grande, the Venice jetties,
Caspersen Beach and the
Venice Municipal Pier.
Well, fellow Sheeps-
headites, the time has come
to say goodbye until next
week. I appreciate the many
e-mails I received concerning
my "not-so-secret lure" for
largemouth bass.

Dave Hack/Mr. Sheepshead
can be contacted at 486-1998,
321-8849 or mrsheeps
head@verizon. net.






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A group of Venice Newcomers Club members gathers at a monthly mixer. The group meets monthly at a member's house on a Sunday evening for a chance to
meet others in an informal setting.


BY SUSAN CAIRO
STAFF WRITER

Becoming a member of
the Venice Newcomers Club
entitles you to a warm smile
and an interesting way to
expand your social life.
Membership opens the door
to adventure and friendships
that can last a lifetime.
This group is not your typ-
ical greeting committee.
There are no neighbor ladies
bearing casseroles. Instead,
you will meet a lively group of
people with an interesting
and friendly agenda. They are
there to meet their new
neighbors and to do fun


things with them trips and
parties and casual get-togeth-
ers.
"I lived my whole life in
Buffalo, and traveled only
three hours away while go-
ing to college," said Marcia
Sampson. "It was a big move
for both of us coming here."
Sampson said she and her
husband David had a smooth
relocation adjustment after
they discovered the Venice
Newcomers Club.
They delayed becoming
members for about 10 months
because her husband was still
traveling and wasn't fully
retired.
"During those 10 months


in Venice, we met very few
people," she said.
Since joining, Sampson
can't go to a grocery store with-
out connecting with someone
sheknows.
"I was asked to join the
board the first year I arrived in
the area," she said.
Helping to coordinate the
Christmas and spring dances
gave Sampson the opportuni-
ty to meet many new people.
If the shoe fits
Newcomers Club is just for
newcomers.
After three years of mem-
bership, you may no longer
belong to this organization.


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Newcomers of Venice alumni
group. The two clubs often
cooperate to organize activi-
ties of mutual interest.
Jill Knox, the outgoing first
vice president of the new-
comers' group, thinks the
club is especially helpful for
newly retired men.
"The guys have the hardest
time trying to adjust to retire-
ment," she said. "Women
adapt."
Knox said that retirement
is a huge step for men, and
the greatest thing is for them
to have social activities with
friends. She and her husband
relocated from New Mexico


and belonged to a similar
group there.
"I have never seen a group
as active as the Venice
Newcomers," Knox said.
They joined immediately
after moving to Venice and
think it was a great help to
find people with whom they
had things in common. The
first event they went to was a
dining-out group.
"You go to dinner with a
number of couples from all
ovdr Venice,", Knox said. "It
also gave us an opportunity
to sample different restau-
rants."
The VNC sponsors a num-
ber of activities including the-


atrical performances, con-
certs, sports events, dining
out, picnics, card games, trav-
el, sight-seeing and a lot
more. Members make lasting
friendships and learn about
the city. And, by taking advan-
tage of the travel opportuni-
ties, they can also learn about
the surrounding area.
How to join
You can join at any time of
the year. Your first member-
ship year is counted from the
time you join to the end of the
following May. Once your
application is processed you

Please see REWARDS, 8B


Single Newcomers dance a new step


BY AUDREY BLACKWELL
STAFF WRITER


The Venice Newcomers Club offers new-
resident singles a way to meet each other.,
For single newcomers, discovering the
singles network is important as a means
toward forming new friendships and begin-
ning a social life while putting down roots in
their new hometown.
Just ask Jan Marshall, who organized
Venice Newcomers Singles in the fall of 2005.
Marshall moved to Venice two years ago
from Georgia. Newly retired and new in
town, she was on a quest for a new life. She
had visited the area previously. Initially, she
wasn't sure she was destined to stay.
However, she saw a rainbow when exiting
the interstate to Venice on her arrival. She
took the rainbow as a sign this would be her
new home.
"I was lucky enough to see a photo of
some members of the Venice Newcomers
Club and a phone number in the Gondolier
Sun's Clubs section, and I called immediate-
ly," she said.
According to Marshall, newcomers clubs
are located all over the country, and she had
heard great things about them.
"It is sometimes hard to locate newcom-
ers clubs because they are not listed in the
phone book. You can locate them in Venice
through the Chamber of Commerce," she
said.
While she enjoys the people and activities
of the larger group, shortly after joining the
club, she saw a need for singles activities to


PHOTO COURTESY OF JAN MARSHALL
Venice Newcomer Singles gather for fun events throughout the year. About 20 single mem-
bers enjoyed a costume party at Halloween last year and included, from left: Sue Wojtowicz,
Meg McPherson, Gary Kendall, Lillian Delseni, Elaine Boyle and Carolyn Wojtowicz.


fill the void for men and women who never
married, are divorced or widowed. An orga-
nizer by nature, Marshall began planning
events for single members of the club in
which they can participate in addition to
activities of the larger group.
"The nice thing about the Venice New-
comers Club is that you are always welcome
at activities whether you are single or mar-
ried, and you have a choice of going to
events with the larger group or with the sin-
gles group," she said. "That is a bargain."
The singles group has grown from a hand-
ful of people in 2005 to 60 members. It is an
active group with weekly events and regular
e-mail updates on club doings that pertain
to singles. Activities include Thursday meet-
ings from 5-7 p.m. at Casey's Tavern for
drinks and dinner; meeting monthly for din-
ing out at various restaurants, Meal & A
Movie at Frank's Galleria Theater, out-of-
town events, in-home mixers and theme
parties on the beach. Members also enjoy
group games, such as mah-jongg, sports and
hobbies, such as genealogy. A luau is
planned for July.
This past Thanksgiving, a small group of
singles shared dinner at Rosebud's.
"This was the first time some of our mem-
bers were having the holiday away from their
families that are scattered across the coun-
try," Marshall said. "It was very rewarding."
She said she hopes other new residents,
single or married, will join the fun by joining
Venice Newcomers Club.

ablackwell@venicegondolier.com


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