Sarasota Herald Tribune articles from April 2010, page 5

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COMPANY PLANS TO HIRE 500.
April 15, 2010... Byline: DOUG SWORD In an eye-catching proposal, a biopharmaceutical start-up company says it hopes to employ about 500 high-paid workers in the county within four years. The drugs that Lakewood-Amedex Inc. is developing and would...

Sarasota County lures growing Sunovia back.
April 15, 2010... Byline: TOM BAYLES Sunovia Energy Technologies Inc. plans to triple the size of its operations and add 68 employees during the three years after it moves back to Sarasota County. The company designs, develops and markets highly efficient...

AN URGENT CENSUS REMINDER.
April 15, 2010... Byline: JASON WITZ Correspondent City officials are making a last-minute pitch to ensure residents are counted in the upcoming census after the federal agency incorrectly listed all North Port addresses as Venice. On Monday, the North Port...

Lyons: Teacher bill will not achieve creators' goals.
April 15, 2010... Byline: Tom Lyons He's gone from solid support and praise to a possible veto, and I'm glad of it. But not because I like all that job security. The issue for decision-makers shouldn't be whether they can make political hay by seeming to...

Will Venice pier prove as popular if visitors must pay?
April 15, 2010... Byline: THOMAS BECNEL City considers ways to cut down on unruly behavior The Venice Municipal Fishing Pier is a landmark on Brohard Beach, a free attraction where anglers, walkers and wave-watchers can get out over the Gulf. But would...

Detert talks of teacher proposal.
April 15, 2010... Byline: JEREMY WALLACE H-T Political Writer State Sen. Nancy Detert, R-Venice, has been a major player in a legislative session that is close to bringing dramatic changes to Florida schools. Detert is a former school board member and was...

Foreclosures hint at a subtle shift.
April 15, 2010... Byline: MICHAEL BRAGA All told, the three-county region stretching from Manatee County to Charlotte County, registered 3,376 foreclosure filings last month -- a 15 percent increase from February and a 57 percent increase from March 2009. ...

Sarasota County approves deal on land preservation.
April 15, 2010... Byline: ZAC ANDERSON Commissioners voted to move forward with purchasing the 3,808-acre Walton ranch and signaled they will do the same when the 3,890-acre Longino ranch comes before them on April 27. The Walton land is priced at $23.5...

Puchkova battles back to beat Lucic.
April 15, 2010... Byline: MIC HUBER Match features two players once ranked as high as 32 Tennis fans basking in the heat at The Oaks Tennis Club on Wednesday had barely broken a sweat by the time Olga Puchkova stopped to take a breath and realize she was...

CORALROSE KILLER GETS A LIFE TERM.
April 15, 2010... Byline: TODD RUGER NORTH PORT CASE: Police and relatives believe that others were involved Every morning, a picture of Coralrose Fullwood greets North Port Police Chief Terry Lewis when he gets to work. It's the photo we all know -- the...

Hefner's lifestyle obscures legacy.
April 15, 2010... Byline: BILLY COX But the American cultural revolution he launched in 1953 -- with its provocative discussions of sex, race, politics, drugs, literature, music and myriad hot-button topics -- is up for review tonight and Saturday at the...

Mooney's Heuler switches to Wake.
April 15, 2010... Byline: TOM BALOG Baseball star and two other Cougars commit to schools Cardinal Mooney's Ryan Heuler shook off an early sign just like he does on the mound, and the prized 6-foot-3 senior right-hander changed his mind to accept a baseball...

Pyne captures No. 1 singles, doubles.
April 15, 2010... Byline: DENNIS MAFFEZZOLI Venice girls take second district title in 18 years; Mustang boys also win During her first three years on the Lakewood Ranch High girls tennis team, Katherine Pyne played at No. 2 singles. Coming off a state...

Looming veto decision may also signal political plans.
April 15, 2010... Byline: LLOYD DUNKELBERGER and JEREMY WALLACE H-T Capital Bureau The governor has until Friday to sign or reject the teacher bill Gov. Charlie Crist's decision in the next two days on the fate of a controversial teacher bill may well...

Commissioner served as a voice of his constituents.
April 15, 2010... Byline: CHRIS GERBASI Correspondent Don Coppola, a former Charlotte County commissioner, was known as a man of the people who was never afraid to speak his mind. Coppola, who died Sunday at 74 of complications from diabetes, supported...

Perfect Sailors beat Jesuit.
April 15, 2010... Byline: DONNIE WILKIE Correspondent Sarasota moves to 20-0 behind pitching of Dayan Rodriguez Sarasota High prevented history from repeating itself Wednesday night and, as a result, the inevitable whispers about an undefeated season may...

Booker's Gross wins discus and shot put.
April 15, 2010... Byline: JIM BROCKMAN Correspondent Junior pulls off feat with injured ankle Imagine how far Casey Gross would have thrown those two objects on two healthy legs. As it was, despite an injured right ankle, the 6-foot-2, 295-pound junior...

ODA girls, Mooney boys rally for district titles.
April 15, 2010... Byline: PHIL DENIS Correspondent Both will host region semifinals Tuesday The Out-of-Door Academy girls and Cardinal Mooney's boys each rallied strongly during the final few matches Wednesday and earned team championships in the Class...

Herald Tribune Obituaries.
April 13, 2010... July 12, 1914 - April 11, 2010 Mabel Brooks Crawford, 95, of North Port, formerly of Eustis and Miami, died April 11, 2010. Visitation will be from 6 to 9 p.m. April 21 at James A. McKee Funeral Home, North Port. Services will be at 7 p.m....

For Hampton, next step is title.
April 13, 2010... Byline: MIC HUBER USTA TENNIS: 20-year-old hopes to be a factor in $25,000 event at The Oaks Tennis club Jamie Hampton's immediate reward for finishing as runner-up to Mijana Lucic on Sunday in a $25,000 tournament in Jackson, Miss., was a...

Film explores family heritage.
April 13, 2010... Byline: BILLY COX During a post-premiere party Saturday night at the Urban Reef Restaurant, a longtime patron of her work volunteered: "It was like going on a first date with someone and they start showing you their family pictures." ...

Venice to decide whether to fight FAA over airport.
April 13, 2010... Byline: KIM HACKETT The City Council decides today whether to continue defying federal authorities and try to downsize the Venice Municipal Airport. DY Consultants presents drawings at this morning's special meeting depicting a so-called...

Girls hear stories of strong women.
April 13, 2010... Byline: WENDY DEWHURST Correspondent More than 90 guests attended the annual Women in Strength Awards luncheon at El Conquistador/IMG Academies Golf and Country Club on Thursday. Award presenters and the recipients shared their stories as...

Jessica's farmer has a philosophy.
April 13, 2010... Byline: GRIER FERGUSON Correspondent Pischer is a farmer. For 30 years he has owned and operated Jessica's Organic Farm, named after his daughter. The farm is on 47th Street in the middle of a residential neighborhood. Pischer said he...

Schools name Wong top business partner.
April 13, 2010... Byline: JENNIFER SHEA Correspondent Jake, 12, ran 26 laps -- or 61/2 miles -- in 50 minutes during the school's Peramathon. The event is a fundraiser sponsored by the parent association for the physical education department. Once lured...

No surprise, Rams bolt to the top spots.
April 13, 2010... Byline: DENNIS MAFFEZZOLI CLASS 4A-7: Interesting battles remain for runner-up positions From the time the first tennis ball was struck this season, William Seider thought his Sarasota High boys tennis team would be playing for the...

Seasonal visitors not gone quite yet.
April 13, 2010... Byline: DOUG SWORD Flights will be about 10 percent less crowded at Sarasota-Bradenton International Airport than they were over the last two weeks, when the biggest exodus of winter visitors took place. An early end to the tourist season,...

Advisers telling clients to reduce exposure to bonds.
April 13, 2010... Byline: MICHAEL POLLICK In 1980, less than a year after Susan Moseley began working as a stock analyst, she saw first-hand what a spike in interest rates can do to a bond portfolio. Buying a newly issued 10-year U.S. Treasury note in the...

Looks can be a bit deceiving.
April 13, 2010... Byline: CHRIS DELL Correspondent KIDS PROFILE: ODA's Dietrich and Kuebler make presence known as seventh-graders At first glance, TD Dietrich and Jimmy Kuebler don't look like they belong anywhere near the baseball diamond at Out-of-Door...

UNIFEM, film festival collaboration a success.
April 13, 2010... Byline: Heather Dunhill Not an empty seat was to be had for the Filmmakers' Reception at Urban Reef Restaurant, where supporters met filmmakers D j Bernhardt, Gerburg Rohde-Dahl, Sabrina Schmidt Gordon, Kate Rhodes Kennedy, Diane Mason, Iman...

A fire station and a water park discussed.
April 13, 2010... Byline: JASON WITZ Correspondent Plans to develop a multimillion-dollar water park in the city proceeded Monday, despite concerns over how to finance the project. The North Port City Commission voted 3-2 to explore funding options for...

Florida Board of Medicine revokes Sarasota doctor's license.
April 13, 2010... Byline: TODD RUGER A Sarasota doctor's mistaken killing of the wrong fetus while trying to abort its deformed twin should never happen with today's medical technology, a national expert said. Dr. Matthew Kachinas, an obstetrician and...

Committee approves Medicaid makeover.
April 13, 2010... Byline: LLOYD DUNKELBERGER H-T Capital Bureau A House committee on Monday endorsed legislation that would dramatically reshape Florida's Medicaid program, moving the 2.7 million residents who rely on the health care program into a managed...

County shifts its sex-ed approach.
April 13, 2010... Byline: CHRISTOPHER O'DONNELL Proposal would teach students about contraception and sexually transmitted diseases The statistics regarding teenage births in Manatee were too much for School Board members to ignore Monday night. Nearly...

Region hopeful of turning point in drought fight.
April 13, 2010... Byline: KATE SPINNER Unusually heavy winter and spring rainfall has filled rivers and drinking water reservoirs, soaked wetlands and raised parched lake levels. Conditions have not been so good since April 2006, said Granville Kinsman,...

Land plan would connect preserves.
April 13, 2010... Byline: ZAC ANDERSON A rare opportunity to connect two large conservation areas and provide an unbroken greenway from the Myakka River to the Peace River will soon be considered by the Sarasota County Commission. Two blockbuster land deals...

Bayshore teams in position for sweep.
April 13, 2010... Byline: TOM BALOG CLASS 2A-9: Lemon Bay has lead and depth in girls tournament The Bayshore boys and girls have put themselves in position to sweep their respective titles for the school in the FHSAA Class 2A-District 9 Tennis Tournament....

Keeping innocents out of our prisons.
April 13, 2010... Byline: Tom Lyons Usually, it has been DNA evidence that convincingly showed someone else committed the crime, as when Jamie Bain of Polk County was freed in December after serving 35 years for a child rape in Lake Wales. That was some...

Hitting the right notes.
April 13, 2010... Byline: SUSAN L. RIFE Not so with James Bigham's "For Once in My Life," 94 minutes that really will have you smiling all the way, and cheering for the inevitable upbeat conclusion. The film charts the six-month progress of the Spirit of...

First principal helped to create Pine View School.
April 13, 2010... Byline: TIFFANY LANKES Most people told John "Jack" Woolever he would fail when he set out to start Florida's only school for gifted students. Woolever just laughed at them. He had every confidence that Pine View School would be a success...

Nadel victims to get an update.
April 13, 2010... Byline: JOHN HIELSCHER Investors who lost money in the Arthur Nadel Ponzi scheme will soon get their first face-to-face with the court-appointed receiver. Burt Wiand has scheduled a meeting for defrauded investors from 2 to 6 p.m. April 26...

Sarasota County has "once-in-a-generation" opportunity to buy land.
April 13, 2010... Byline: ZAC ANDERSON A rare opportunity to connect two large conservation areas and provide an unbroken greenway from the Myakka River to the Peace River will soon be considered by the Sarasota County Commission. Two blockbuster land deals...

Correction.(Correction notice)
April 13, 2010... A claim by Toni Layton that tennis legend Martina Navratilova threw her out of the Casey Key home the couple shared was based on lawsuit records. An article in Saturday' (Sunday's) Herald-Tribune incorrectly stated the source. Paul McCowan of...

Arts briefs: Retired BSO harpist in concert.
April 11, 2010... Ann Hobson Pilot, principal harpist for the Boston Symphony for more than 30 years, will perform at 7 p.m. today at Venice Presbyterian Church, 111 Firenze Ave. E., Venice. With violinist Tai Murray, she will perform Donizetti's Sonata for...

Air show gives patriotic hearts a reason to pound.
April 11, 2010... Byline: CHRIS GERBASI Correspondent Patriotism was on display in the skies and on the ground Saturday at Charlotte County's annual air show. Around midday, former Green Beret Paul McGowan parachuted down and unfurled a massive...

Opening Night gala is dazzling.
April 11, 2010... Byline: Heather Dunhill After the film "The Extra Man," directed by Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini and starring Kevin Kline, Paul Dano, Katie Holmes and John C. Reily ended, the Van Wezel hall doors opened and a full house poured...

IN SPLIT, FOCUS IS ON ANIMALS.
April 11, 2010... Byline: CHRISTOPHER O'DONNELL The two women were still very much in love when they paid more than $1 million for land where they could rescue 26 malnourished cows likely to be made into dog food. They bought the land through their new...

At Venice festival, it's smiles and teeth.
April 10, 2010... At left, a pile of shark teeth are on sale at the festival, which continues today from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Admission is $3 per person; children 12 years old and younger are admitted for free. -Correspondent...

In an online network for sharing advice, no problem gets ignored.
April 10, 2010... Byline: BILLY COX When business at her frame shop slowed to a crawl last summer, Julie London took the advice of a friend and tried on a new hat. Literally. A purple straw hat, to which she added a pink scarf and a Facebook advice-guru...

GREEN SHOOTS.
April 10, 2010... Byline: LISA MCQUAID, Correspondent Maybe you've fantasized about stepping out your patio door into a world of lush green, where filtered light plays with shadows on the ground, butterflies flit among graceful red flowers and birds call from...

Sarasota's Peters tops area lifting qualifiers.
April 10, 2010... Byline: DENNIS MAFFEZZOLI BOYS WEIGHTLIFTING: Lakewood Ranch has 3 champions at sectionals Things did not go exactly as planned for Brooke Peters. Had they, the Sarasota High senior would have lifted 350 pounds in the clean and jerk...