Sarasota Herald Tribune articles from June 2009

Sarasota Herald Tribune archives from June 2009

Herald Tribune Obituaries.
June 30, 2009... Aug. 8, 1942 - June 27, 2009 Eva J. Arata, 66, of Sarasota, formerly of Robbinsville, N.C., died June 27, 2009. A memorial service will be held at 4 p.m. Wednesday at Hawkins Funeral Home. Survivors include her daughters, Trish...

HOUSING ISSUE: COMMUNICATION.
June 30, 2009... Byline: TODD RUGER People who fall behind on their home mortgage payments receive a flood of phone calls, junk mail and some obvious rip-offs. But as they slip into foreclosure, few of those homeowners know about the options they...

Summer football plan not easy for Scorpions.
June 30, 2009... Byline: CHRIS ANDERSON Herald-Tribune Columnist All are football players. They'll show you, too. Once they get a chance. They are the Florida Scorpions, an indoor football team based in Manatee County, and if you haven't...

Toni Whitt: Pan-Asian chain coming to University Center.
June 30, 2009... Byline: TONI WHITT Herald-Tribune Columnist South Florida-based RCC Associates General Contractors was selected to build out the interior of the restaurant, which is expected to open in September. Pei Wei has more than 150 restaurants in...

Streak hits 34.
June 30, 2009... Byline: CHRIS DELL Correspondent SARASOTA With each win, the whispers grew louder. It was all part of a 34-game winning streak stretched over the last two years that has captivated crowds in the Central Sarasota Little League...

Tom Lyons: Fighting a foreclosure may beat the alternative.
June 30, 2009... Byline: TOM LYONS Herald-Tribune Columnist That's often not so, judging by how many do what might be the wrong thing. I don't mean wrong in an ethical sense. Just the practical sense. In fact, I might once have argued that those...

West Central claims district championship.
June 30, 2009... Byline: DONNIE WILKIE Correspondent The most difficulty that West Central Sarasota's 9- and 10-year-old all-stars encountered Monday night was trying to pick a place to celebrate their District 16 championship. On the field, West...

Tumult preceded Venice slayings.
June 30, 2009... Byline: ZAC ANDERSON and KIM HACKETT Suspect was forced from home he had shared with victim The seven-acre property seemed perfect, with plenty of room for the cars and boats Dave Myers liked to fix and big enough for then-girlfriend...

Alleged fraud case grows in scope with latest suit against Morgans.
June 30, 2009... Byline: MICHAEL POLLICK John and Marian Morgan appear to be at the top of a Ponzi-style pyramid that might have more players than those that have come to light under federal scrutiny. The Sarasota couple and two other men have been...

Venditte makes debut.
June 30, 2009... Byline: PHIL DENIS Correspondent GCL: Twins, Orioles tie 2-2, then rain hits Pat Venditte made his Florida State League debut at Ed Smith Stadium Monday night with the Tampa Yankees. So, what's the big deal? Venditte, who...

Avenue may be key to a hotel.
June 30, 2009... Byline: DALE WHITE Since the Manatee Convention & Civic Center opened nearly 25 years ago, county officials have hoped that someday a hotel would be built nearby to boost the center's convention business. So far, no hotel has...

Repairs in store for civic center.
June 30, 2009... Byline: DALE WHITE The county's interest in securing a hotel for the Manatee Convention & Civic Center comes down to money. The conference complex serves a community purpose as Manatee's largest gathering spot for high school...

LINGER AS FAILURES MOUNT 2009.
June 29, 2009... Byline: JOHN HIELSCHER Florida's financial institutions lost a combined $643 million in the first quarter of 2009. More than half of the banks and three-fourths of the thrifts were unprofitable. Still grappling with the real estate...

The goal: make solar more accessible.
June 29, 2009... Byline: TOM BAYLES "Solar has the potential to really transform the Florida economy unlike other economic stimulus plans being floated around," he said. "The idea that you can go down to the county and pull a permit for a solar system...

Herald Tribune Obituaries.
June 29, 2009... Aug. 7, 1917 - June 25, 2009 Helen Barnes, 91, of Sarasota, formerly of Newark, N.J., died June 25, 2009. Inurnment will be at Sarasota National Cemetery at a later date. Toale Brothers Funeral Home, Gulf Gate Chapel, is handling...

To keep the parks open, state charges a bit more.
June 29, 2009... Byline: ZAC ANDERSON Starting Wednesday it will cost a little extra to sun on the beaches of Cayo Costa island or paddle among the alligators on the Myakka River. State park entrance fees are increasing across Florida, with most...

TWO FOUND SLAIN.
June 29, 2009... Byline: JOHN DAVIS Two people were found dead Sunday morning at a home in rural Sarasota County. Sarasota County Sheriff's deputies were called to the home in the 3000 block of Kennedy Drive in Venice at 10:38 Sunday morning. A...

BANK WOES LINGER AS FAILURES MOUNT 2009.
June 29, 2009... Byline: JOHN HIELSCHER Florida's financial institutions lost a combined $643 million in the first quarter of 2009. More than half of the banks and three-fourths of the thrifts were unprofitable. Still grappling with the real estate...

Business dispute leads to inquiry.
June 29, 2009... Byline: TODD RUGER A computer programmer has filed a lawsuit accusing a former business partner of posing as a sheriff's detective to damage his reputation. Scott Stouffer says a man claiming to be sheriff's office detective "John...

RAISED RETRO.
June 29, 2009... Byline: KATE SPINNER A handful of Sarasota restaurants get their pork from a hog haven here, where hundreds of little pigs linger in the shade of a wooded farm on the Central Florida hills rising from the coast's flat terrain. About...

After a year in Salvation Army housing, a veteran and her two children are ready to start over.
June 29, 2009... Byline: THOMAS BECNEL, This week, she and her two children will pack their bags. This week, they will move out of a Salvation Army housing program and into their own apartment. "It's been a long year," says Moore. "I'm ready to...

SaraReds top Tigers.
June 29, 2009... Byline: PHIL DENIS CORRESPONDENT The Sarasota Reds, following a pair of tough back-to-back losses, returned to the winning column Sunday afternoon at Ed Smith Stadium with a 5-3 victory over Lakeland that allowed the hosts to get a...

FORECLOSURES: Defense attorneys advise clients to stay in their homes.
June 29, 2009... Byline: TODD RUGER Phil Agnes and other lawyers have two words for homeowners facing foreclosure: Stay put. The flood of foreclosures has clogged the courts, allowing homeowners to stay in their homes while the paperwork goes through...

Reaching for the bottom.
June 28, 2009... Byline: Harold Bubil Real Estate Editor He was touting villas of 1,425 square feet, from the low $300,000s, and town houses of 2,437 square feet from the mid-$300,000s, after starting a year earlier with prices in the "fours and fives."...

'Keeper' is disjointed.(Movie review)
June 28, 2009... Byline: CHRISTOPHER LLOYD Correspondent Ostensibly, it's a courtroom drama, about a girl named Anna (Abigail Breslin) who sues her parents (Cameron Diaz and Jason Patric) to stop them from making her donate a kidney to her sister, Kate,...

Amenity: giant lizards.
June 28, 2009... Byline: David Grimes "For sale: Like-new 3/2 Cape Coral home on canal with boat dock. Amenities include walk-in closets, granite countertops and family of razor-toothed dragons that will swallow your dog as deftly as you would gulp down...

One woman, a bit nervous.
June 28, 2009... Byline: JAY HANDELMAN "There's no paying audience yet. I call for a line and I get a line. The chairs, they just love me. I talk to all of them," the actress says during a break from rehearsals. Of course, she's joking -- at least to...

DANGEROUS WOMEN.
June 28, 2009... Byline: SUSAN L. RIFE The two are the subject of "Dangerous Women," an exhibition of eight paintings drawn from the permanent collection at the John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art. Alexandra Libby, assistant curator of European art...

Feeling secure about gun safety.
June 28, 2009... Byline: ABBY WEINGARTEN Correspondent She found Todd Von Bender, a local instructor who teaches novices how to shoot and how to view wielding weaponry as a privilege, not a playful pastime. With her daughter, Jessica Hurford, 30,...

Herald Tribune Obituaries.
June 28, 2009... April 2, 1926 - June 23, 2009 Max M. Bayard Jr., 83, of Ponce Inlet, formerly of Sarasota, died June 23, 2009. Service will be private. Survivors include his wife, Betty; a son, Max M. III; a daughter, Patricia Reich; seven...

Adviser has tie to drilling.
June 28, 2009... Byline: JEREMY WALLACE H-T Political Writer When President Barack Obama named Florida native Carol Browner the Assistant to the President for Energy and Climate Change, groups opposed to oil drilling in the waters off Florida rejoiced....

This break for parents helps children grow.
June 28, 2009... Byline: ERIC ERNST Herald-Tribune Columnist Afterward, Sierra intended to pick out a few books, perhaps one of her favorites "about the frog who farts all the time." The Blaneys came with their friends, Anastasia Teel and her...

Sarasota's Saunders moving toward GM spot.
June 28, 2009... Byline: TOM BALOG Better yet, the Lions gave him incentive not to leave. "I want to be here to see this thing turn around," Saunders said in a recent interview from Detroit. Otherwise, the Sarasota High graduate might have wound...

Drama looks at family tension.
June 28, 2009... Byline: JAY HANDELMAN Mag is a needy woman who tests her exasperated daughter. Mag barks demands for tea, medicine or porridge and enjoys a smirk when she sees Maureen jump. But the tables frequently turn in this often tense,...

To keep the parks open, state charges a bit more.
June 28, 2009... Byline: ZAC ANDERSON Starting Wednesday it will cost a little extra to sun on the beaches of Cayo Costa island or paddle among the alligators on the Myakka River. State park entrance fees are increasing across Florida, with most...

Official, but also a publisher.
June 28, 2009... Byline: DALE WHITE A new online newspaper run by one of the county's most outspoken elected officials is drawing the wary interest of other officials and raising eyebrows among journalism and government watchdogs. County...

Trades been deal or steal?
June 28, 2009... Byline: DOUG FERNANDES Herald-Tribune Columnist No team makes a trade believing history will label it a chump. Or, for that matter, a champ. For example, back in 1964, think the Chicago Cubs thought they were dealing a future...

Tigers rout Reds.
June 28, 2009... Byline: PHIL DENIS Correspondent Saturday night's Florida State League against Lakeland started out poorly for the Sarasota Reds and continued downhill from there as the Flying Tigers routed their hosts 12-5 at Ed Smith Stadium. ...

Crusade on a deadly highway.
June 28, 2009... Byline: JOE FOLLICK H-T Capital Bureau With the marshy lily pads of Lake Jackson to his right and a steady stream of zooming tractor-trailers to his left, Matt Aresco was again patrolling the one-mile stretch of U.S. 27 just minutes north...

AIA honors local architects.
June 27, 2009... Byline: HAROLD BUBIL The Cohen House, built by Paul Rudolph in 1955, was restored by Seibert Architects in 2005-2006. That project has earned a merit award of excellence for renovations and additions from the state chapter of the...

More doctors, fewer forms.
June 27, 2009... Byline: WALDO PROFFITT Herald-Tribune Columnist The good news: Americans by more than three-to-one favor having a "public option" similar to Medicare in any reform plan. That's according to a New York Times/CBS poll released last...

Drawn-out funeral for a landmark.
June 27, 2009... Byline: HAROLD BUBIL Herald-Tribune Columnist A lot of great things happened there in the past 50 years. A lot of work went into making that building, and preventing it from being torn down. Now it is rubble. Whether it is waste remains a...

Learning to live again after a terrible accident.
June 27, 2009... Byline: RICH BROOKS Herald-Tribune Columnist That's pretty typical for people who have had severe head trauma. On Sept. 5, 2004, he went from being a normal, healthy 29-year-old to someone who struggles with the issues of life. On...

Colorful diversion that's also magical.
June 27, 2009... Byline: JAY HANDELMAN What may have been bold and daring when it opened in 1992 is now a quaint and charming reminder of the company's beginnings. "Saltimbanco," which has been transformed from a tent show to an arena show, is filled...

Couple at core of drug case.
June 27, 2009... Byline: ANTHONY CORMIER Federal prosecutors have charged a North Port couple with dealing pharmaceutical drugs after the woman's 15-year-old son fatally overdosed at a motel last week. Already jailed on child neglect charges, Billy...

Beach run series inspires catchy tune.
June 27, 2009... Byline: TOM BECNEL Herald-Tribune Columnist Da doo run run run, da doo run run. Summer on Siesta can be such a blast, Da doo run run run, da doo run run. Yeah, they run real fast. Yeah, they have a blast. And when...

Ex-Coast official gets banking boot.
June 27, 2009... Byline: JOHN HIELSCHER Federal regulators have banned former Bradenton banker Philip W. Coon from the banking business over his role in a loan skimming scheme. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. says Coon breached his fiduciary duty...

CHINESE OFFICIALS TAKE LOOK DRYWALL: Representatives meet with counterparts in U.S. and visit houses.
June 27, 2009... Byline: AARON KESSLER Chinese regulators have sent representatives to the United States to investigate the growing problem of the tainted Chinese drywall that is wreaking havoc in homes in Florida and other states. Two experts with...

Citizens puts off decision on rates.
June 27, 2009... Byline: GARY FINEOUT H-T Capital Bureau Florida's largest property insurer has delayed a vote on pending rate increases. The board that oversees Citizens Property Insurance Corp., which has more than 1 million policyholders...

Woman is tied up at her home by a pair of masked robbers.
June 27, 2009... Byline: ANTHONY CORMIER A man and woman wearing masks stormed a home on Holiday Drive about 1:15 p.m. Friday, surprising a woman as she sat at her computer. The robbers bound the woman, who is in her 30s, and stole items from the...

Where lives are lived, and history is revered.
June 27, 2009... Byline: BILL HUTCHINSON Like the quarterback with a dark secret in some old TV movie, you would never guess from appearances that the Palms of Manasota is gay. America's oldest retirement community for lesbians and gay men, the Palms...

More time for stadium possible.
June 27, 2009... Byline: DOUG SWORD Baseline chief executive Adam White informed city officials on June 21 that the Reds would move to sell the Sarasota Reds and the team's slot in the Florida State League unless the city and Baseline had signed a...

Costs of suit could escalate.
June 27, 2009... Byline: KIM HACKETT Attorneys for the citizen who sued Venice officials for violating Florida's open government laws want reimbursement for $2.2 million in legal fees, blaming the city's "scorched-earth" defense tactics for inflating the...

Public option is key in the health debate.
June 27, 2009... Byline: ANNA SCOTT That cost -- one-third of the family's income -- is so onerous that if the Wagshols had not paid off their mortgage, Marcia said, her family would be bankrupt. "I'm really tired of my tax dollars going to pay for...

Fugitive arrested in Mexico.
June 27, 2009... Byline: HALLE STOCKTON Larry Laudig had been a fugitive for two years before a golfing partner at a Mexican course saw him featured on the TV show "America's Most Wanted" and notified police, aiding in his capture. Laudig, 71,...

Hess, Gayhart fire blanks at SaraReds.
June 27, 2009... Byline: PHIL DENIS Correspondent The first five innings proved to be a pitching masterpiece for both the Sarasota Reds and Lakeland Flying Tigers Friday night at Ed Smith Stadium. But in the end, the Flying Tigers roughed up the...

Herald Tribune Obituaries.
June 26, 2009... April 21, 1925 - June 25, 2009 Margaret Fanelli Fentross, 84, of Bradenton, formerly of Melrose Park, Ill., and Samtee, S.C., died June 25, 2009. Services will be at 11:30 a.m. Saturday at Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Bradenton. ...

Now is not the time to ignore those stocks with solid value.
June 26, 2009... Byline: LAUREN RUDD Herald-Tribune Columnist So what do you do in such an instance? Relax, because the only cure is time. If a company is a true performer, and if the earnings are there quarter after quarter and year after year, then it...

Anonymous donation covers boat parade fee.
June 26, 2009... Byline: TIFFANY LANKES Just when a city fee added costs to the Suncoast Super Boat Grand Prix Festival's annual parade, an anonymous donor came forward Thursday with $6,500 to pay for event security. City officials told event...

Venice recall attempt raises ire.
June 26, 2009... Byline: KIM HACKETT A Republican effort to recall the three Democrats on the Venice City Council fizzled before it started, but not before drawing the ire of city officials. In a recent Web posting, the president of the Sarasota...

North Port's new cadre of entrepreneurs.
June 26, 2009... Byline: KATHY SILVERBERG Herald-Tribune Columnist A tall order? Yes, and when the economy is in the doldrums, when capital is hard to come by and when consumers are watching every penny, the task might seem harder than ever. That's...

Morgan assets will stay on ice.
June 26, 2009... Byline: MICHAEL POLLICK John S. Morgan and Marian I. Morgan, the Sarasota couple accused in a financial fraud that prosecutors say took more than $10 million from more than 100 victims, showed up Thursday without an attorney for the...

Strandings, on water or on land, must stop.
June 26, 2009... Byline: ERIC ERNST Herald-Tribune Columnist It was night, and the captain was running without a stern light. Eventually, the Coast Guardsmen also cited him for an alcohol violation, and an officer said his crew would have to tow the boat...

North Port boosts firefighters' pay.
June 26, 2009... Byline: TERRY O'CONNOR Correspondent Firefighters will earn an average of $10,740 more apiece -- and some significantly more -- under a recently negotiated three-year contract with the city that will cost an additional $870,000. As...

MANATEE CONSIDERS BUS SITES.
June 26, 2009... Byline: DALE WHITE Two sites are under consideration for a new downtown bus station to replace the one outside the courthouse on 12th Street West. One of the proposed sites may be available for free, while the other comes with an...

Baseline ups baseball ante.
June 26, 2009... Byline: DOUG SWORD Pagliarulo's company, Baseline Group, has upped its offer on the stadium from $10 million to $12 million. It has also dropped its requirement for an exclusivity period of negotiating with the city, saying it is now...

These records have their own type of juice.
June 26, 2009... Byline: DOUG FERNANDES Herald-Tribune Columnist My initial reaction? Had someone spiked this guy's deep-dish pizza? With fandom usually comes a skewed evaluation of the player or players worshipped or admired. Know of any follower...

SaraReds beat Tigers.
June 26, 2009... Byline: PHIL DENIS Correspondent The Sarasota Reds got off to a successful start of the second half of the Florida State League season by making a first-inning run stand up in a 1-0 win over the Lakeland Flying Tigers. The triumph in...

A picture emerges of a girl's last night.
June 26, 2009... Byline: ANTHONY CORMIER The night she was abducted and killed, 6-year-old Coralrose Fullwood was taken to a home along with other children to perform sex acts for a video, according to court records obtained by the Herald-Tribune. ...

North Port police cuts rejected.
June 26, 2009... Byline: TERRY O'CONNOR Correspondent Police Chief Terry Lewis tried to cut staffing levels to save money Thursday during the finale of North Port's three-day budget workshop. But the City Commission would not let him. Lewis proposed...

North Port police cuts rejected.
June 26, 2009... Byline: TERRY O'CONNOR Correspondent Police Chief Terry Lewis tried to cut staffing levels to save money Thursday during the finale of North Port's three-day budget workshop. But the City Commission would not let him. Lewis proposed...

Reduction in violence is forum's major goal.
June 25, 2009... Byline: TIFFANY LANKES Peace activists will hold a community forum tonight in response to the shooting of a teenage boy during a fight that reportedly started after he carried a Confederate flag down Main Street. The forum will be at...

Herald Tribune Obituaries.
June 25, 2009... April 17, 1917 - June 20, 2009 Elizabeth Helen (Lanyi) Fesus died peacefully in her sleep on Saturday, June 20, in Sarasota. She was born in Hungary in 1917, the daughter of justice Dr. Janos Lanyi and Mrs. Helen Lanyi. In 1941, she...

Herald Tribune Obituaries.
June 24, 2009... Feb. 3, 1939 - June 21, 2009 Donald E. "Gene" Chilton, 70, of Bradenton and Blairsville, Ga., died June 21, 2009. Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at National Cremation Society and Memorial Center, Sarasota. Survivors include his...

Site of defunct club may reinvent itself.
June 24, 2009... Byline: KEVIN L. MCQUAID The owner of the Bank of America Building downtown may try to keep the now-vacant University Club as a banquet center, even after the iconic 39-year-old club formally dissolves. Owner Benderson Development Co. LLC...

A culinary getaway.
June 24, 2009... Byline: JACK D. WINNER Correspondent One of these culinary jewels is Roessler's, a restaurant in an out-of-the-way spot, which is worth seeking out both for its setting and for its excellent cooking. An oasis of tranquillity, Roessler's...

Even nonstick pans need some seasoning.
June 24, 2009... Byline: LINDA BRANDT Herald-Tribune Columnist So I resorted to reading the manufacturer's care and use instructions, which suggested seasoning them periodically. I remembered doing that before using them for the first time. It is simple...

Graduation engages entire community.
June 24, 2009... Byline: MARTIN HURWITZ Correspondent It began, like most other graduations, with a processional of students. The auditorium was overflowing with more than 500 proud parents and family members. Standing room only. However, these students...

Waterfront character, you're not wanted here.
June 24, 2009... Byline: ERIC ERNST Herald-Tribune Columnist River Brady? Out she goes. Fraggle? Gone. Rowing Steve? There's no place for him in the New Order. Sarasota is putting out the word: Characters not welcome. The waterfront has always had its...

Board targets sheriff's budget.
June 24, 2009... Byline: CHRIS GERBASI Correspondent Two percent in Sheriff's Office budget cuts did not satisfy some Charlotte County commissioners, who will ask Sheriff Bill Cameron for 13 percent more -- or about $7.8 million -- in trims. On Tuesday,...

In Punta Gorda, new hotel opens on site of one of Charley's victims.
June 24, 2009... Byline: CHRIS GERBASI Correspondent The day after Hurricane Charley destroyed the Punta Gorda Holiday Inn in August 2004, John Zaccari checked out the site and saw employees who had lost their homes changing into their uniforms in their cars....

Boats moored in Sarasota Bay get brief reprieve.
June 24, 2009... Byline: ROGER DROUIN The handful of boaters still anchored in Sarasota Bay in the way of a mooring project have a little more time to move due to a delay in construction. Most live-aboard boaters spent Sunday and Monday moving their...

Man's sex case ends in mistrial.
June 24, 2009... Byline: TODD RUGER A trial for a North Port man facing numerous sex-related charges ended in a mistrial Tuesday after jurors heard testimony about more abuse allegations than they were supposed to, defense attorneys said. Prosecutors can...

Nadel lawsuit plagues lawyers.
June 24, 2009... Byline: MICHAEL POLLICK Starting in 2003, when Sarasota-based Scoop Management's managers were looking for investors in the six funds and publishing prospectuses, the prestigious Tampa law firm helped write and then signed off on the...