Sarasota Herald Tribune articles from April 2010, page 4

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Hampton, Molinero to battle for Oaks title.
April 18, 2010... Byline: JIM BROCKMAN Correspondent TENNIS: The championship match will be held today at noon at The Oaks Encouraging herself in her native Spanish with shouts of "Vamos" and "Ol ," Florencia Molinero managed to outlast Beatrice Capra in a...

JUDGES BYPASS VOTING SYSTEM.
April 18, 2010... Byline: TODD RUGER In a statewide referendum in 2000, Sarasota and Manatee county voters overwhelmingly backed keeping electing judges rather than have them appointed. But many times, voters never have a say in the process. More than half...

'Beast' a beautiful, powerful story.
April 18, 2010... Byline: JAY HANDELMAN In Richard Kalinoski's beautiful and powerful play "Beast on the Moon," Aram Tomasian is the lone survivor of a family beheaded in the Turkish genocide of its Armenian neighbors in the early 20th century. He proudly...

Film fest winners told personal stories.
April 18, 2010... Byline: ABBY WEINGARTEN Correspondent Awards for the 12th annual Sarasota Film Festival were announced Saturday evening at the Sarasota Opera House before the annual Filmmaker Tribute to director John Landis. Patricia Clarkson, Stanley...

Stadium bidder had lots of input.
April 18, 2010... Byline: ROBERT ECKHART The Chicago firm hired to oversee the renovation of Ed Smith Stadium had an advantage over nine other firms vying for the contract: it helped draft the bid specifications for the job. Three weeks before competitive...

Why a short sale often takes so long.
April 18, 2010... Byline: TOM BAYLES Nothing is more mercurial in today's Southwest Florida real estate scene than short sales. They raise the hackles of Realtors, the fighting spirit of all-cash buyers and the blood pressure of bankers. No one can fully...

Everyone is billed as a star at prom.
April 18, 2010... Byline: ROSS EGAN "Each individual is treated like the stars of the evening," said Sarah Zanoni, who is helping to coordinate Friday's event with numerous other volunteers. "The red carpet is rolled out for them, their hair is done up by...

How insurance regulators put Florida homeowners at risk.
April 18, 2010... Byline: PAIGE ST. JOHN For most of 2009, American Keystone was an empty promise. The Florida company insured some 70,000 homes and condominiums worth $12 billion with just a few hundred thousand dollars in operating cash. At the height...

Lead-paint rule going into effect.
April 18, 2010... Byline: Harold Bubil Owners of houses built before 1978 should pay attention, especially if young children or pregnant women are in residence. The rule applies to remodeling projects that disturb more than six square feet of painted...

North Port's Wilson steps up.
April 18, 2010... "That forced me to be a big man," Wilson said. The 6-foot-7 Wilson got his height not from his 5-11 father, Brett, or his 5-6 mother, Brenda, but from his 6-foot-6 grandfather, Bill Wilson. Kasey's biggest growth spurt came going from 5-9...

Mable's Roses.
April 17, 2010... Byline: LINDA BRANDT, Correspondent It began in 1989 with a clipping that was grown, cut and passed from relative to relative to friend to New Orleans gardener Peggy Martin, who planted it near an old shed that she wanted to hide. It covered...

Herald Tribune Obituaries.
April 17, 2010... May 11, 1923 - April 7, 2010 Betty G. Hammer, 86, of Sarasota, formerly of Beacon, N.Y., died April 7, 2010. A memorial service will be at a later date. Arrangements are being handled by Wiegand Brothers Funeral Home. Survivors include...

Taking care of the poor.
April 17, 2010... Byline: PATTIE MIHALIK Correspondent The pastor of Englewood East Church of Christ was right. Now, he worries that we have not yet seen the bottom of the economic woes that have gripped so many. "What's changing now is that young families...

Baptists aim for souls.
April 17, 2010... Byline: JENNIFER SHEA Correspondent The theme is "Souls: Our Supreme Victory," and the entire community is invited to the gathering. Pastor Wayne Briant has ministered to Southside Baptist church parishioners for almost two decades; "Our...

Coming to terms with spirits of the past.
April 17, 2010... Byline: SUSAN L. RIFE Tim Rutili's new film, "All My Friends Are Funeral Singers," stars Angela Bettis as the fortune teller who must come to terms with her family's history. Who are these spirits, and why are they living in her house? Each...

La Musica: another successful program.
April 17, 2010... Byline: RICHARD STORM Correspondent Their concert on Thursday evening was a perfect example of their approach: a substantial and challenging contemporary piece bookended by charming, if predictable, music from either end of the 19th century....

Builder ousted from the business.
April 17, 2010... Byline: TOM BAYLES Jesse Battle III, the builder central to the mortgage fraud case involving the former Coast Bank of Bradenton -- has agreed to relinquish his license and is barred from having anything to do with the construction industry....

Auditors issue warning on Horizon Bank.
April 17, 2010... Byline: JOHN HIELSCHER Horizon Bank is now significantly undercapitalized and will need to double the size of a proposed stock sale to meet the demands of federal regulators. The Bradenton bank's auditors issued a going-concern warning,...

Judge recuses himself from Nathan Lee lawsuit.
April 17, 2010... Byline: JASON WITZ Correspondent Nathan Lee's wrongful death lawsuit against the Charlotte County Sheriff's Office over his wife's murder took an unexpected turn Friday when the presiding judge removed himself from the case because of his...

The Oaks feels like home for Hendler.
April 17, 2010... Byline: MIC HUBER USTA TENNIS: Wild-card entry breezes into the tournament semifinals Kids Day Clinic today Moments before Tammy Hendler walked onto the court for her quarterfinal match in the 2010 USTA women's $25,000 pro qualifying...

North Port helps residents spruce up.
April 17, 2010... Byline: JASON WITZ Correspondent Mary Ann Holmes has trouble tending to her yard. The pain in her wrist and hip make it nearly impossible for her to remove overgrown vegetation. But Holmes, 76, received a lift from nearly a dozen city...

Boy, 17, is killed and left in a van.
April 17, 2010... Byline: TODD RUGER and HALLE STOCKTON Sarasota County sheriff's detectives identified the body as 17-year-old Joseph M. Hickey, and are calling his death a murder. The white van in which he was found killed was abandoned on the waterway in...

Children urged to spot ladybugs.
April 17, 2010... Byline: KATE SPINNER Scientists at Cornell University in New York are on the lookout for three types of native ladybugs so rare now they might be facing extinction. To figure out what happened to the ladybugs, they need the help of...

Soundstage plan has faded to black.
April 17, 2010... Byline: ROBERT ECKHART The movie industry will just have to make do without the city's 73-year-old Municipal Auditorium. On Friday, Ringling College of Art and Design president Larry Thompson withdrew his proposal to turn the building into...

Family and friends left with questions.
April 17, 2010... Byline: ZAC ANDERSON and ANTHONY CORMIER, Staff Writer Tyler Spann liked a good joke and a good party, but friends say he wasn't the type who went looking for trouble. So they were not surprised that Spann, 20, spent Thursday night at the...

Bill veto renews Crist's chances.
April 17, 2010... Byline: JEREMY WALLACE H-T Political Writer The weeklong political drama surrounding an education reform bill may prove to be the tonic Florida Gov. Charlie Crist needs to fix his flagging U.S. Senate campaign. In six months, Crist has...

Punta Gorda will party today.
April 17, 2010... Byline: CHRIS GERBASI Correspondent A weekend rarely goes by in Punta Gorda these days without a major attraction on the event calendar, and that means big business for local merchants. This week's offering is the 24th annual Block Party,...

Few marks on deputy's record.
April 17, 2010... Byline: ANTHONY CORMIER and ZAC ANDERSON, Staff Writers A review of deputy Carlos Verdoni's work file shows that prior to Friday -- when he shot and killed a 20-year-old Venice man who rang his doorbell, ran and then reportedly tried to get...

'Kid prank' leads to fatal shooting in Venice.
April 17, 2010... Byline: TODD RUGER It began as a childish prank of banging on a door and running away -- but ended with one prankster shot dead by an off-duty deputy who said the young man tackled him and went for his gun. Just before 1 a.m. Friday,...

Jobless rate dips, but who can tell?
April 17, 2010... Byline: KEVIN McQUAID But don't try telling that to Andrea Wolter. It has been seven months since the concert pianist and certified schoolteacher moved here from New York City to be closer to family, and she is still out of work. "I'm...

Trip to Longboat nets one of best boardwalk trails.
April 17, 2010... Byline: Thomas Becnel So when people kept talking to me about Durante Park on Longboat Key, I dragged my lazy butt out there. The short review? It's definitely worth the trip. The 32-acre park offers the best boardwalk trail west of the...

FONDLING CHARGES EXPANDED.
April 17, 2010... Byline: HALLE STOCKTON Woodrow Sinquefield, a custodian at Sea Breeze Elementary School, was arrested Friday by Bradenton Police on charges that he fondled an 8-year-old girl on more than one occasion in the lunchroom at Sea Breeze. Police...

Rams pound Cougar pitchers in hit parade.
April 17, 2010... Byline: DONNIE WILKIE Correspondent PREP BASEBALL: Four pitchers from each team combine for 373 pitches Sarasota High may be hogging the headlines with its national No. 1 rankings, but there's one thing rival Riverview High might do better...

A vision is shared for Fruitville tract.
April 17, 2010... Byline: DALE WHITE A proposed 325-acre community of offices, manufacturing firms, stores and homes near Interstate 75 may not sound like "a low-impact development." Yet county officials and consultants describe the potential for several...

Herald Tribune Obituaries.
April 16, 2010... July 7, 1917 - April 12, 2010 Opal O'Brien Webster, 92, of Sarasota, formerly of Opelica, Ala., died April 12, 2010. A Mass of Christian burial will be at 11:30 a.m. Monday at Christ the King Catholic Church. Burial will follow at Sarasota...

An Affair to Remember.
April 16, 2010... Byline: Heather Dunhill Along the route to the Duchene Lawn, many spotted Mrs. Potter Palmer herself, accompanied by her children, Pauline and Gordon, played in period costume by Mary Riley and Berit and Ansel Swatek. Event co-chairs Kathy...

Sunshine suits illuminate need for balance in government.
April 16, 2010... Byline: Kathy Silverberg I'm sure I would get much more out of the experience if I heeded that message and did a bit more "practice" but besides fulfilling my goal of finding a peaceful retreat, there is one message I've taken from my...

Events spur awareness of welfare of children.
April 16, 2010... Byline: ABBY WEINGARTEN Correspondent The nonprofit organization of the Sarasota YMCA encompasses Sarasota, Manatee and DeSoto counties and oversees all cases involving abused, abandoned and neglected children. For April, which is Child Abuse...

Perhaps it's time to check out.
April 16, 2010... Byline: Lauren Rudd Before you decide to become a card-carrying member of the Chicken Little league, as a result of listening to the soothsayers of doom predict economic Armageddon, consider that a funny thing happened on the way to Wall...

A game of switching places.
April 16, 2010... Byline: JAY HANDELMAN The traditional and contemporary combine once again, in alternately delightful and jarring ways, in his version of Pierre Marivaux's 18th-century French comedy, "The Game of Love and Chance." The play is about two...

Gunner flew 35 missions in B-17.
April 16, 2010... Byline: JAMES KANGAS as told to ABBY WEINGARTEN 'On my 35th mission over a Czechoslovakian ammunitions company, we were very close to being shot down. We went over the target twice because of poor visibility. We got shot up pretty bad and we...

Poor attendance reflects Orioles' horrendous start.
April 16, 2010... Byline: Doug Fernandes But it's the only Sports with Coleman broadcast daily around the greater Baltimore area, meaning Jerry Coleman has had to deal with some pretty upset callers. Or those who simply have stopped caring. Once again,...

TIB Bank to get $25 million boost.
April 16, 2010... Byline: JOHN HIELSCHER Naples-based TIB, which operates five branches in Venice and Nokomis, said it entered into a nonbinding agreement with Patriot Financial Partners LP. Patriot, a fund from Philadelphia that focuses on community banks,...

DRYWALL LOAN AID REQUESTED.
April 16, 2010... Byline: AARON KESSLER Florida Sens. Bill Nelson, a Democrat, and George LeMieux, a Republican, and Sen. Mary Landrieu, D-La., wrote a pair of letters Wednesday asking for the assistance for Florida and Louisiana victims. Last week, Fannie...

USTA TENNIS: Bradenton resident is making a run as a wild card entry.
April 16, 2010... Byline: MIC HUBER Tammy Hendler hurried off the tennis court, grabbed the pink-covered cell phone from her mother and immediately told dad the good news. In this age of instant communication, Hendler's father could stay at home to pick up...

It's Bradford, and then?
April 16, 2010... Byline: Tom Balog tom.balog@heraldtribune.com THE BUCS' APPROACH Tampa Bay has no need and no intention to draft a quarterback this year and likely will not, unless they have changed their opinion on Josh Johnson. They have Josh Freeman,...

Haynes signs with South Florida.
April 16, 2010... Byline: CHRIS DELL Correspondent COLLEGE BASKETBALL: Palmetto grad overcomes serious knee injury Shedrick Haynes used to wake up in the middle of the night and break into tears. The lingering pain in his left knee was excruciating. ...

Founder again has Sarasota Magazine.
April 16, 2010... Byline: MICHAEL POLLICK Dan Denton, a Bradenton native who splits his time between Sarasota and Naples, has reacquired the magazine along with a similar publication in Naples, Gulfshore Life, and two business magazines. He sold the group to...

Locked out of flood insurance.
April 16, 2010... Byline: JOHN HIELSCHER and TOM BAYLES Staff Writers Congress failed late last month to reauthorize the National Flood Insurance Program, typically the only source of the insurance for consumers. For those buying a home with a mortgage in...

NONPROFIT AGENCIES RAISE PAY.
April 16, 2010... Byline: ZAC ANDERSON Executive compensation was up 11 percent on average and 31 percent of local nonprofits reported salary increases, according to a survey of salary and benefit data at 93 Sarasota and Manatee county nonprofits conducted by...

Killing planned, police allege.
April 16, 2010... Byline: JOHN DAVIS REPORT: Accused took shotgun lessons before attack, authorities say A woman charged with murdering her romantic rival and wounding her ex-boyfriend bought a gun and took a shooting class in the weeks before the...

Animal trainer was noted for knack with bears.
April 16, 2010... Byline: ANTHONY CORMIER He was nearly as big as the bears he so famously trained and certainly as rough-and-tumble. So when Derrick Rosaire Jr. went on tour with his sons and "The Big Bear Show" recently, he thought nothing of the sharp...

Fighting Mother Nature isn't cheap.
April 16, 2010... Byline: Eric Ernst It must be time to dredge Stump Pass... again. Well, almost. The final dredging in Charlotte County's 10-year management plan should start in June, says Assistant County Administrator Ray Sandrock. For $4.5 million,...

Venice prepares new turtle nesting rules.
April 16, 2010... Byline: TERRY O'CONNOR Correspondent The city is poised to approve a new law to protect sea turtle hatchlings from becoming disoriented by artificial lighting -- just in time for the turtle nesting season that begins May 1. But the new rules...

Judicial hopeful returns to race.
April 16, 2010... Byline: TODD RUGER Attorney Tracy Lee quit his campaign for county judge when he was arrested last year on a domestic battery charge, saying the stigma of the charge made him un-electable. But Lee announced this week he is re-entering the...

Memorial would use beam from 9/11 towers.
April 16, 2010... Byline: HALLE STOCKTON A 4,000-pound metal beam from Tower 1 in the World Trade Center wreckage will anchor one of two patriotic memorials that could soon be built in Lakewood Ranch or possibly Sarasota. Lakewood Ranch resident Gene...

AP PHOTO / STEVE CANNON.
April 16, 2010... Byline: LLOYD DUNKELBERGER H-T Capital Bureau In a decision that will shape his political legacy, Gov. Charlie Crist vetoed a controversial teacher tenure bill Thursday, defying Republican leaders and winning praise from Democrats and...

Sharks are national champs ... again.
April 16, 2010... Byline: PHIL DENIS Correspondent YMCA NATIONALS: Girls win sixth straight; 4th combined title The Sarasota Family YMCA Sharks swim program won an unprecedented sixth consecutive girls team championship and a fourth straight combined title...

Sailors put away Manatee early.
April 16, 2010... Byline: DENNIS MAFFEZZOLI PREP BASEBALL: Sarasota uses 14-hit attack to post a win in a game stopped in the fifth inning If there is one word to describe the Sarasota High baseball attack it is relentless. The Sailors scored six of...

WOULD USE 9/11 BEAM.
April 16, 2010... Byline: HALLE STOCKTON A 4,000-pound metal beam from Tower 1 in the World Trade Center wreckage will anchor one of two patriotic memorials that could soon be built in Lakewood Ranch or possibly Sarasota. Lakewood Ranch resident Gene...

Last-minute tickets? A first try in Sarasota.
April 16, 2010... Byline: JAY HANDELMAN The TKTS booth in New York's Times Square that has been selling last-minute, discounted Broadway and off-Broadway tickets for nearly 40 years, has inspired a local version. SRQ/TKTS began a trial experiment period...

Recession did not halt some nonprofit raises.
April 16, 2010... Byline: ZAC ANDERSON Executive compensation was up 11 percent on average and 31 percent of local nonprofits reported salary increases, according to a survey of salary and benefit data at 93 Sarasota and Manatee county nonprofits conducted by...

GOP to unveil plan for drilling in Gulf.
April 16, 2010... Byline: JEREMY WALLACE H-T Political Writer Under the bill being proposed by Rep. Dean Cannon, R-Winter Haven, oil companies could drill three miles from the Gulf Coast, but would not be allowed to have visible rigs within six miles. But...

Playboy mogul's legacy.
April 16, 2010... Byline: BILLY COX At age 83, and still courting women young enough to be his granddaughters, pipe-smoking entrepreneur Hugh Hefner has long been dismissed by critics as a fossilized cliche. And the ascent of online pornography has turned...

'Spider-Man' meets 'A Clockwork Orange'.(Movie review)
April 15, 2010... Byline: CHRISTOPHER LLOYD Correspondent "Kick-Ass" is something different: A film that is entirely subversive. This off-the-wall adaptation of an underground comic book about underage superheroes is ultra-violence mixed with laughs, the...

Herald Tribune Obituaries.
April 15, 2010... Nov. 16, 1922 - April 11, 2010 Patrick B. O'Donnell, 87, of Venice, formerly of Hockessin, Del., died April 11, 2010. Funeral services will be at noon Saturday at St. Mary of the Assumption Church, Hockessin. Kay-Ponger & Uselton...

Spidey meets 'Clockwork Orange'.(Movie review)
April 15, 2010... Byline: CHRISTOPHER LLOYD Correspondent "Kick-Ass" is something different: A film that is entirely subversive. This off-the-wall adaptation of an underground comic book about underage superheroes is ultra-violence mixed with laughs, the...

Flop movie makes successful theater.
April 15, 2010... Byline: JAY HANDELMAN How wrong they were. The movie that starred Olivia Newton-John as a Greek demi-goddess who inspires a painter to achieve his dream and open a roller disco turned into a surprise hit. "Can a musical be simultaneously...

Portraits of the Highwaymen.
April 15, 2010... Byline: SUSAN L. RIFE The fruits of his collecting efforts are on display through April 23 at Art Center Sarasota. This evening, Mary Ann Carroll, the sole female member of the self-trained group of artists and the subject of a documentary...

Success of 'Beast' relies on the skill of young actors.
April 15, 2010... Byline: ABBY WEINGARTEN Correspondent The Richard Kalinoski drama is a heavy one about a young immigrant couple in 1920s Milwaukee, and Chase selected young Venice actors Ally Tufenkjian and Nidal Zarour for the undertaking. They portray...

Here's a boat that really rocked.
April 15, 2010... Byline: CHRISTOPHER LLOYD Correspondent The name "Pirate Radio" not ring a bell? It's not surprising. This comedy from writer/director Richard Curtis ("Love Actually") barely made it into American theaters, although it did decent business...

The best craft beer here.
April 15, 2010... Byline: Alan Shaw I have a thing for draft beer. I always drink it when I'm out because I like to have an experience I can't have at home. (My wife, the Beer Widow, isn't keen on putting a draft system into our house because she would rather...

No longer 'Half-Baked,' he's now a family guy.
April 15, 2010... Byline: GERRY GALIPAULT That's the working title of comedian Jim Breuer's first book, due in stores in September. And it pretty much sums up his whole career. " 'Are you high?' I've been hearing that since I was 8," Breuer says. "I still...

Movies sell.
April 15, 2010... Byline: JAY HANDELMAN jay.handelman@ heraldtribune.com About eight years ago, Derrick Borte was watching a TV news magazine story that caught his eye. It was about stealth marketing, and he remembers it showing a good-looking female model...

Film isn't a far stretch from reality.(Movie review)
April 15, 2010... Byline: CHRISTOPHER LLOYD Correspondent So I'm trying something new: Review A and Review B. Read only the first one if you want to discover the film's secret for yourself. Move on to B if you want a fuller picture. Review A The Joneses,...

Investors lured to Sarasota.
April 15, 2010... Byline: ABBY WEINGARTEN Correspondent They want more substance in cinematography, distribution deals for independent titles, and a place to brainstorm far away from the bureaucracy of the Big Apple and Tinseltown. Mark Famiglio and Robert...

Clarkson happy to support SFF.
April 15, 2010... Byline: JAY HANDELMAN She is eager to sit down with film critic Elvis Mitchell for an "In Conversation With..." talk on Saturday and to catch up with old friends like actor Stanley Tucci. "This is a rare occurrence," the actress said in a...

Sarasota Film Festival schedule.
April 15, 2010... 12:45 p.m. Shorts Program 4: Short Documentaries. 75 min. 1 p.m. "The 400 Blows" -- Francois Truffaut's 1959 classic about a young boy trying to escape his problems at school and home but finding himself in deeper trouble. 99 min. ...

In 'Conversation,' D'Onofrio will have plenty to talk about.
April 15, 2010... Byline: JAY HANDELMAN The result is "Don't Go Into the Woods," a slasher movie involving a young band of musicians that marks the feature film directorial debut for the actor best known for his eight years starring in "Law & Order:...

No experience required.
April 15, 2010... Byline: GEORGE WILL Stiffening their sinews and summoning up their blood, pugnacious liberals and conservatives who relish contemporary Washington's recurring Armageddons are eager for a summer-long struggle over Barack Obama's nominee to...

FWC expert says migrating tarpon will be here shortly.
April 15, 2010... Byline: Capt. TONY PETRELLA Correspondent "The spawning stock is starting to show up," she said. "We've already had reports of some fish laying up in the sun from Tampa south to Charlotte Harbor. It'll be a good season." Guindon said the...

Pretty to look at, thin on plot.
April 15, 2010... Byline: JAY HANDELMAN Audiences, however, certainly could and should. Andrzej Mrotek, who makes his feature film directorial debut, gives the movie a rich look, but he's working from a script by Alan Cameron Roberts that defies logic and...

Helping inmates succeed on release.
April 15, 2010... Byline: J. NIELSEN Correspondent The rate for recidivism in Florida hovers around 43 percent within the first three years of one's release. Nationally, the rate is higher; up to two-thirds are re-arrested within three years, according to the...

Families enjoy Ashton mystery.
April 15, 2010... Byline: LISA FREDERICK Correspondent The Ashton Family Mystery Night on Friday was organized by teachers for fourth- and fifth-grade students and their families. Students, their parents and siblings worked together making inferences,...