Sarasota Herald Tribune articles from May 2005

Sarasota Herald Tribune archives from May 2005

Region's newest hospital chiefs break gender barrier.(A SECTION)
May 31, 2005... Byline: JOHN HEYS john.heys@heraldtribune.com It doesn't rank up there with women's suffrage or the Equal Rights Amendment, but three of Southwest Florida's newest hospital chiefs have made what is at least a major local gender...

Sowing seeds; For 50 years, the Selby Foundation has been a catalyst for regional philanthropy, nurturing dozens of local institutions.(A SECTION)
May 31, 2005... Byline: BILL HUTCHINSON bill.hutchinson@heraldtribune.com When Stewart Sterns came here in 1988 to take over the Sarasota County Community Foundation, established in 1979 with seed money from the Selby Foundation, his agency's charitable...

Selby Foundation president works in the shadows.(A SECTION)
May 31, 2005... Witty, anecdotal and relentlessly upbeat, Debra Jacobs is a powerful but unassuming presence on the local nonprofit scene. President of the William G. Selby and Marie Selby Foundation since 1998, Jacobs prefers staying out of the...

Bill, Marie Selby were genuine, down-home.(A SECTION)
May 31, 2005... Byline: MARK ZALOUDEK mark.zaloudek@heraldtribune.com Sarasota's history forever changed when John and Mable Ringling built their lavish waterfront mansion in 1926 and later bequeathed it and their remarkable art collection to the state....

Not missing Barry; If his record run falls short, how many will care?(A SECTION)(Editorial)
May 31, 2005... Does anyone miss Barry Bonds? Anyone except, perhaps, ardent San Francisco Giants fans and fantasy-league players? Ironic, isn't it, that one of baseball's most prolific hitters -- a seven-time Most Valuable Player -- has been...

Make way for hybrids; Policies should encourage use of fuel-efficient vehicles.(A SECTION)(Editorial)
May 31, 2005... Ordinarily, elected officials should steer clear of endorsing products. But there are certain models of automobiles they should be promoting now. The president, Congress, governors and state legislatures should be aggressively...

Keep loan sharks at bay; Don't weaken controls on predatory mortgages.(A SECTION)(Editorial)
May 31, 2005... The poor, by definition, don't have much money. But that hasn't been much of an obstacle to lenders who specialize in squeezing cash out of low-income neighborhoods. Five years ago, Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan urged...

Bulldogs lone spring winner.(SPORTS)(Column)
May 31, 2005... Byline: Dennis Maffezzoli Eeven though his team played without three key starters, DeSoto County High football coach Gary Morton was pleased with his team's continuity, as they committed just two penalties and one turnover in a 32-0...

Oars' Freshman Four grab title.(SPORTS)
May 31, 2005... Byline: STAFF REPORT TAMPA -- Ian Stewart stroked a masterful race to lead the Osprey Oars Freshmen Four to the Florida State Championship at the Florida State Rowing Association Youth Championships held on the 1,815-meter course on...

Supergym tumblers win four titles.(SPORTS)
May 31, 2005... Byline: CHRIS DELL CORRESPONDENT LAKEWOOD RANCH -- If the people at USA Gymnastics are wondering where all of their medals have gone, they should check over at the Kids Supergym in Lakewood Ranch. That's where they would find the...

Before the 'Wars' there were the cars.(FLORIDA WEST)(DVD WATCH)(Column)
May 31, 2005... Byline: Philip Booth A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away, George Lucas was more interested in telling human stories than in conquering the universe with glorified merchandising advertisements masquerading as cartoony space operas....

'One Mo' Time' needs a more boisterous audience.(FLORIDA WEST)
May 31, 2005... Byline: SUSAN L. RIFE susan.rife@heraldtribune.com What "One Mo' Time" really needs is a rockin' black audience. The vaudeville show, set in 1926 in the Lyric Theatre in New Orleans, where all-black performers played to all-black...

EDUCATION NOTES.(B SECTION)
May 31, 2005... Vineland essay winners Second-grade students at Vineland Elementary School in Englewood participated in a "Teach Children to Save" essay contest sponsored by the Englewood Bank. Congratulations to the first-place winner Lane Stealey;...

Megan Gomes worked hard on school events.(B SECTION)
May 31, 2005... Byline: MARILYN CARPENTER CORRESPONDENT It was mid-morning on the Charlotte High School campus. Though classes were in session, it was eerily quiet, with no foliage to rustle from the light breeze blowing across barren patches of land...

Moving up at St. Charles Borromeo.(B SECTION)
May 31, 2005... Graduation for eighth-graders at St. Charles Borromeo Catholic School is more than just a one-day event. The ceremonies started May 20 with awards given out in the morning at the school Mass, a catered luncheon and a slide show in their...

Port Charlotte woman killed in crash.(B SECTION)
May 31, 2005... Byline: STAFF REPORT CHARLOTTE COUNTY -- An 87-year-old Port Charlotte woman died Saturday after a crash at State Road 776 and Conway Road in Charlotte County. According to a report from the Florida Highway Patrol, Ione D. Campbell...

OBITUARIES.(B SECTION)(Obituary)
May 31, 2005... CHARLOTTE COUNTY Page D. Potter Page D. "Mickey" Potter, 73, Port Charlotte, died May 28, 2005. He was born July 14, 1931, in Chepachet, R.I., and came to Port Charlotte eight years ago from Thompson, Conn. He retired as a...

Bezuyen sets sights on equestrian success.(B SECTION)
May 31, 2005... Byline: KARIN CLEMONS CORRESPONDENT Rebecca Bezuyen has had some ups and downs in her seven years of riding. "I fell off after my horse jumped a ground pole -- he threw me under him and I rolled and came out sitting upright and...

Myakka River fifth-graders dine in style.(B SECTION)
May 31, 2005... Thanks to the generosity of Outback Steakhouse in Murdock, fifth-graders from Myakka River Elementary enjoyed a luncheon at the restaurant May 23 as part of their graduation week. All 94 students and 10 chaperones were treated to chicken...

Foundation awards 373 scholarships.(B SECTION)
May 31, 2005... Byline: STAFF REPORT The Community Foundation of Sarasota County awarded 373 scholarships totaling $700,000 at its annual Scholarship Reception on May 25 at Michael's On East in Sarasota. The number and value of scholarships, which...

Poetry and pizza collide with fun.(B SECTION)
May 31, 2005... Byline: FRANCINE MILFORD francine.milford@heraldtribune.com The Sarasota County Library system and Woodmere Park teamed up for the fifth year in a row to draw out the poets among South County's young people. And as always, they used...

Strausbaugh among best in SoCon.(SPORTS)(At Home)(Column)
May 31, 2005... Byline: Perry Pentz Venice High graduate Steve Strausbaugh finished with outstanding numbers in his first year at Western Carolina University and was named the Southern Conference Freshman of the Year. Strausbaugh, a 5-foot-10,...

Poole could be ready to help MCC.(SPORTS)(At Home)(Column)
May 31, 2005... Byline: Alan Dell Since he took over as head men's basketball coach for Manatee Community College two weeks ago, Reggie Bellamy has been scouring the state for talent. He gives the program a powerful boost of energy, but the top...

Kappa Alpha Psi's salute to achievers a success.(B SECTION)
May 31, 2005... Members of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity Inc., gathered in Bradenton for the Alumni Chapter's 22nd Annual Achievement Awards Banquet. Kappa Alpha Psi members and their families from throughout Sarasota-Bradenton attended the event, presented...

EDUCATION NOTES.(B SECTION)
May 31, 2005... Tyler MacDonald and Aron Hutchins of Bradenton received $500 scholarships from the Florida Home Builders Foundation and the Sarasota Home Builders Association recently. Hutchins, 18, and MacDonald, 21, are seniors at Manatee Technical...

OBITUARIES.(B SECTION)(Obituary)
May 31, 2005... MANATEE COUNTY Frances H. Brearley Frances H. Brearley, 88, New Jersey and formerly of Bradenton, died May 23, 2005. She was born April 17, 1917, in New York City and came to Bradenton in 1973 from Hasbrook Heights, N.J. She...

Area stars do well on diamonds.(SPORTS)(Column)
May 31, 2005... Byline: Chad Brockhoff Several former area standouts excelled on the diamond last week, helping their respective college programs to championships. University of Michigan senior Nicole Motycka, a Cardinal Mooney graduate, was 2-for-4...

Florida leads in student tracking; In August, Sarasota County will begin using GPS to track students.(B SECTION)
May 31, 2005... Byline: LAURA GREEN laura.green@heraldtribune.com School districts around the country have begun using satellite technology in recent years to keep an eye on where school buses travel and how fast they're going. But Florida districts are...

EDUCATION NOTES.(B SECTION)
May 31, 2005... Foundation awards 373 scholarships The Community Foundation of Sarasota County awarded 373 scholarships, totaling $700,000 at its annual Scholarship Reception on May 25 at Michael's On East in Sarasota. The number and value of...

OBITUARIES.(B SECTION)(Obituary)
May 31, 2005... SARASOTA COUNTY William H. Beske William H. Beske, 80, Sarasota, died May 30, 2005. He was born Nov. 3, 1924, in Milwaukee and came to Sarasota in 1973 from Lathrup Village, Mich. He retired as a project engineer with GMC-Truck...

Old soldiers struggle to find assistance; Veterans Affairs is cutting back on nursing home services.(A SECTION)
May 30, 2005... Byline: CORY REISS WASHINGTON BUREAU WASHINGTON -- Unable to care for himself because of deteriorating hands that surgery failed to help, Ed McDermott says he was forced out of a Florida nursing home last year when Medicare and his...

Mass demolitions under consideration; The county has an idea for razing unsafe structures.(A SECTION)
May 30, 2005... Byline: JAMIE MANFUSO jamie.manfuso@heraldtribune.com CHARLOTTE COUNTY -- From the looks of it, the white house on Daisy Street has been vacant since Hurricane Charley. There's a boulder-sized hole in the roof, and insulation hangs...

3 teens charged with beating disabled man.(A SECTION)
May 30, 2005... Byline: LAURA GREEN laura.green@heraldtribune.com SARASOTA -- Three boys who allegedly punched a disabled man and beat him with fencing planks after a high school dance in February have been charged with felony battery and battery with...

The Gettysburg Address; Resolving that 'these dead shall not have died in vain'.(A SECTION)(Editorial)
May 30, 2005... On Memorial Day, as the United States honors those who died in military service to their country, it seems fitting to recall the concise and powerful words that President Abraham Lincoln delivered at Gettysburg on Nov. 19, 1863. Four...

'One soldier's story'; A day to reflect on honor, bravery and sacrifice.(A SECTION)(Editorial)
May 30, 2005... 'Every soldier has a story." Birgit Smith, her voice filled with emotion, made that statement to an audience at the Pentagon on April 5. A day earlier at a White House ceremony, President Bush had posthumously awarded her husband, Army...

When to disturb the president.(A SECTION)(Editorial)
May 30, 2005... Byline: Daryl Lease TO: The staff FROM: Karl Rove, White House deputy chief of staff and senior adviser to the president RE: Bicycle protocol First, please allow me once again to offer my thanks to all of you for your calm...

D-Rays blow 4-run lead, fall to Seattle.(SPORTS)
May 30, 2005... Byline: DENNIS MAFFEZZOLI dennis.maffezzoli@heraldtribune.com ST. PETERSBURG -- Travis Harper allowed four runs without recording an out. Trever Miller gave up a hit to the only batter he faced. Danys Baez surrendered the...

On your toes; Get those tootsies ready for footloose fun in the summer sun.(FLORIDA WEST)
May 30, 2005... Byline: MARY AWOSIKA mary.awosika@heraldtribune.com Cathleen Shaw was shy about showing off her toes when she first moved to Southwest Florida four years ago. The former Ohio resident, who had been accustomed to wearing bulky boots...

Readers stir up some more debate about WIBQ's format.(FLORIDA WEST)
May 30, 2005... Byline: Dawn E. Scire Dear Radio Babe, Subject: WIBQ from Jim Grady -- Thanks for the help and your input with the new 1220 talk format; being an old station with new ideas, it has not been easy trying to balance what the local...

Proposed hotel project to face key hearing.(B SECTION)
May 30, 2005... Byline: JAMIE MANFUSO jamie.manfuso@heraldtribune.com PUNTA GORDA -- The city's first major reconstruction project since Hurricane Charley will face a test Wednesday, as the City Council debates plans for a 204-unit waterfront hotel...

Keeping an eye on the FEMA park; Aida Florit and her pit bull patrol the streets of the makeshift neighborhood.(B SECTION)
May 30, 2005... Byline: PATRICK WHITTLE patrick.whittle@heraldtribune.com PUNTA GORDA -- One woman stands out amid the rows of identical white mobile homes at the government-run trailer park on Airport Road. Every night, 68-year-old Aida Florit...

Veterans programs set today.(B SECTION)
May 30, 2005... Byline: STAFF REPORT ENGLEWOOD -- Clyde Lassen Memorial Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 10178 and Auxiliary will conduct a Memorial Day service at 9 a.m. today at Gulf Pines Memorial Cemetery, 2401 Englewood Road. The ceremony will...

Yogic practices subject of seminar.(B SECTION)(Column)
May 30, 2005... Byline: Helen Rosen Dr. Vijaya Rao, an experienced yoga and meditation teacher and practitioner, will offer a five-hour seminar from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on June 18, at the Lithe & Easy Yoga Studio, 2811-L Tamiami Trail (La Playa Plaza),...

Web cam provides link for Nickelodeon regular.(B SECTION)
May 30, 2005... Eleven-year-old Eden Starnes wants to be a director when she grows up. She is well on her way. Nickelodeon's show "U-Pick Live" calls her their "little director." Eden, with the help of her grandmother, Marie Labross, converted...

Students aren't only ones leaving class.(B SECTION)(Life Around Town)(Column)
May 30, 2005... Byline: Sharyn Lonsdale Fourth grade at Englewood Elementary will look a lot different next year with the departures of longtime teachers Margaret Jones and Martha Kemp. Jones and Kemp enjoyed their last day at the school on Tuesday,...

Veteran recalls bloody fight for Tarawa.(B SECTION)
May 30, 2005... Byline: AMY HIBBERD CORRESPONDENT Avery Lamphier was just a kid when the small island nation of Japan reduced an obscure harbor half a world away to a smoking ruin. "Dec. 7 was my birthday -- I turned 18. I joined the Marines. I...

Adult skate now Sundays but still a fun escape.(B SECTION)
May 30, 2005... Now that school is out and summer camps have started at the Tringali Recreation Center, the adult skate has been moved to Sundays from 10 a.m. to noon. Getting in some skate time on the last Friday of the regular skate season, skaters...

Pigs really do fly (off the auction block, that is).(B SECTION)
May 30, 2005... Byline: FRANCINE MILFORD francine.milford@heraldtribune.com Whether you consider the Venice Art Center decorated pigs a work of art or an advertising sign, the fund-raiser finally came to an official end this spring. While you may...

More anger in North Port; Some officials say the new city hall is too small for the city's needs.(B SECTION)
May 30, 2005... Byline: LIZ BABIARZ liz.babiarz@heraldtribune.com ***** CORRECTION: The following correction was published on Wednesday, June 1, 2005. An article in Monday's Herald-Tribune included an error about the design of the new North Port...

Eco-Kids wrap up season with splash.(B SECTION)
May 30, 2005... North Port's Eco-Kids Club wrapped up the season with a boat tour of Charlotte Harbor and Gasparilla Island. About 40 people, more kids than adults, climbed aboard a Grande Tours boat and enjoyed the harbor's warm breezes. They...

City, county offices closed today.(B SECTION)
May 30, 2005... Byline: STAFF REPORT MANATEE COUNTY -- Government offices in Manatee County will be closed today in observance of Memorial Day. City offices will also be closed. Trash will not be collected today for any Manatee County customer....

DAR awards National Defense Medals.(B SECTION)(Column)
May 30, 2005... Byline: Bubbles Greer The military service of two area men was honored recently with the presentation of National Defense Medals by the Judah P. Benjamin Chapter, United Daughters of the Confederacy. Todd Andrew Gagne, of Trinity, a...

Louise Rogers Johnson was enterprising woman.(B SECTION)
May 30, 2005... Louise Rogers Johnson Middle School in Bradenton bears the titular legacy of one of Manatee County's most enterprising black women. A teacher, a school board official and a philanthropist, Johnson was also the local and state president of...

Obituaries.(B SECTION)(Obituary)
May 30, 2005... MANATEE COUNTY Foster Ellsworth Davis Foster Ellsworth Davis, 86, Bradenton, died May 27, 2005. He was born March 15, 1919, in Cementon, N.Y., and came to Manatee County in 1981 from Traverse City, Mich. He retired after 35 years...

Bush legacy in court's hands; The Florida Supreme Court will decide whether school vouchers are constitutional.(B SECTION)
May 30, 2005... Byline: JOE FOLLICK CAPITAL BUREAU TALLAHASSEE -- For more than a decade, Jeb Bush has portrayed vouchers as a linchpin in an education revolution that would save Florida's schoolchildren from lackluster public schools. That legacy may...

Bush plan is drawing opposition.(B SECTION)(Political Notebook)(Column)
May 30, 2005... Byline: Jeremy Wallace President George W. Bush's push to revamp Social Security may be lagging politically in Washington, but that isn't quelling organized opposition to the effort in Southwest Florida. Three different...

Why give incentives to someone who wants to build here anyway?(B SECTION)(Comment)(Column)
May 30, 2005... Byline: Rod Thomson The booming housing market in Sarasota and Manatee counties has set the table for a similar explosion in retailing. Upscale retailing ventures are on the drawing board across northern Sarasota County and into Manatee...

Longtime Lakeview principal retires.(B SECTION)
May 30, 2005... Byline: PATTY ALLEN-JONES patty.allen-jones@heraldtribune.com It's a bittersweet end to the school year at Lakeview Elementary because of the retirement of beloved principal Jan Coleman. "I'm going to miss her wonderful smile and her...

Obituaries.(B SECTION)(Obituary)
May 30, 2005... SARASOTA COUNTY Roy C.A. Bradshaw The Rev. Roy C.A. "Brad" Bradshaw, 82, Venice, died May 27, 2005. He was born Sept. 11, 1922, in England and came to Venice in 2003. He served as a lieutenant colonel in the British Army during...

Business People.(BUSINESS WEEKLY)
May 30, 2005... Curt Eskew has been elected president of the executive committee of New York Life Insurance Co.'s Agents Advisory Council. The AAC Executive Committee provides leadership and guidance to council members and visits with senior executives in...

Good Deeds.(BUSINESS WEEKLY)
May 30, 2005... Jan Oppenheimer, a customer service manager at the Teleflex Electronics facility in Sarasota, has won the 2005 Chairman's Award from the Teleflex Foundation. The award provides a $10,000 grant to a Teleflex employee who demonstrates community...

Practice offers health, wellness plan.(BUSINESS WEEKLY)
May 30, 2005... Vincent G. Stenger, M.D., a preventative medicine specialist, has opened Sarasota Life Extension Institute at 4901 Clark Road, Sarasota. Stenger, a gynecology and age management medical practitioner, and Gregory R. Polins, licensed...

Banks, credit unions battle over who treats the poor and minorities better.(BUSINESS WEEKLY)(Money Minders)(Column)
May 30, 2005... Byline: John Hielscher The banks and the credit unions are at it again. This time, it's over which industry does a better job providing loans to minority and low-income borrowers. There's no love lost between the two financial...

Major law firm moving to Lakewood Ranch.(BUSINESS WEEKLY)(Forensis Aquila)(Column)
May 30, 2005... Byline: Michael Pollick Icard, Merrill, Cullis, Timm, Furen & Ginsburg will become the first major Sarasota law firm to establish a presence at Lakewood Ranch. The firm has committed to leasing 7,000 square feet of a planned...

Persistent builder has caught a big wave; Brian Pruett kept the faith in tough times.(BUSINESS WEEKLY)
May 30, 2005... Byline: TOM ARTHUR tom.arthur@heraldtribune.com SARASOTA -- Standing amid the heavy machinery being used to build his company's new headquarters, Brian Pruett looks every inch the successful business owner. Which makes it that much...

Charlotte County renters find apartments few and far between.(BUSINESS WEEKLY)(Back on the map)(Column)
May 30, 2005... Byline: Patrick Whittle In Charlotte County, rent is a four-letter word. Hurricane Charley displaced hundreds of renters by destroying more than 2,000 apartment units around the county. So few apartments have come back since the...

Real Estate People.(BUSINESS WEEKLY)
May 30, 2005... Re/Max Gulfstream Realty has hired Becky Pulley-Rhinehart and Michael Urban as sales associates, working out of the University Parkway office. Katherine Stanley has joined The Greiner Group at Wagner Realty as a residential sales...

Real Estate Deals.(BUSINESS WEEKLY)
May 30, 2005... SALES DSB LLC has purchased the approximately 43 acres at 27th St. E., Bradenton, from George Anderson and David Cornelius for $855,000. The buyer plans to develop the property into 96 to 98 single-family homes. Tony Veldkamp of The...

The high cost of compliance; New federal accounting law biting into profits.(BUSINESS WEEKLY)
May 30, 2005... Byline: JOHN HIELSCHER john.hielscher@heraldtribune.com The last thing Charles Conoley needs is to spend another $100,000 on regulatory compliance. That would take a big bite out of the bottom line at his Horizon Bank of Bradenton, a...

Lessons at major builder inspire start-up.(BUSINESS WEEKLY)
May 30, 2005... Byline: RICH SHOPES rich.shopes@heraldtribune.com As former executives at national home builder US Home, Dennis Kotaska and Gus Hevia learned a thing or two about cost control and market-sensitive pricing. So as the two laid out...

Civix plans shopping center at Lockwood Ridge, S.R. 70.(BUSINESS WEEKLY)(Foundations)(Column)
May 30, 2005... Byline: Kevin McQuaid Talk about turning lemons into lemonade. In one of the largest retail redevelopments in Southwest Florida in the past year, Civix Holdings LLC is planning to revamp a vacant 27-acre shopping center at State Road...

Growing into a powerhouse -- naturally Wagner Realty has taken opportunities as they have arisen.(BUSINESS WEEKLY)
May 30, 2005... Byline: MICHAEL BRAGA michael.braga@heraldtribune.com BRADENTON -- When Gold Bank was looking for a branch site in Sarasota, it didn't turn to Michael Saunders, Coldwell Banker or other large brokerages that dominate Southwest Florida....

On the Record.(BUSINESS WEEKLY)
May 30, 2005... COMMERCIAL MORTGAGES Listed in order are the mortgagor, mortgage holder, amount mortgaged, instrument number, or book with page number and the location of the mortgaged property filed in Sarasota and Manatee counties. SARASOTA ...

End of a quest, start of an adventure; Adoption conquers turmoil, doubt, disappointment.(A SECTION)
May 29, 2005... Byline: MICHAEL BRAGA michael.braga@heraldtribune.com KATMANDU, NEPAL -- Second of two parts: A journey to parenthood The day after we settled our adopted daughter, Bibiana Rupmati Braga, into the Yak & Yeti Hotel, the king of Nepal...

Real estate at the speed of light; The fast-paced housing market leaves buyers in a race to beat other bidders to the door.(A SECTION)
May 29, 2005... Byline: MICHAEL POLLICK michael.pollick@heraldtribune.com Playing the home-buying game in Southwest Florida can be like stepping onto a moving train. Just ask Kelly McWilliams. The newlywed and her husband, Dennis, showed up in...

Domestic interracial adoption not big in U.S.(A SECTION)
May 29, 2005... Byline: MICHAEL BRAGA michael.braga@heraldtribune.com A Southwest Florida couple tried for years to have a child. Unable to conceive, they looked into adopting a white baby in the United States. But being in their late 40s, their...

Rays' four-game win streak ends; Huff's HR not enough to push Tampa Bay past Seattle.(SPORTS)
May 29, 2005... Byline: DENNIS MAFFEZZOLI dennis.maffezzoli@heraldtribune.com ST. PETERSBURG -- After the Tampa Bay Devil Rays won their fourth straight game Friday night, Manager Lou Piniella's only lament was Aubrey Huff remaining in his season-long...

Tate's in seventh heaven; Aggies add another.(SPORTS)
May 29, 2005... Byline: ALAN DELL CORRESPONDENT SARASOTA -- Before the season started, the Tate High baseball team had no roof over its locker room or its dugout, thanks to Hurricane Ivan. The one thing the players did have was each other and a...

Tate's in seventh heaven; Falcons get first title.(SPORTS)
May 29, 2005... Byline: JODY ROYCE jody.royce@heraldtribune.com SARASOTA -- They knocked off the defending Class 6A champions to win the district and region crowns. Now the Falcons from Flanagan High of Pembroke Pines have their own 6A state title....

Sarasota hits one out of park.(SPORTS)(Comment)(Column)
May 29, 2005... Byline: Doug Fernandes SARASOTA -- If one really wanted to complain about something, one probably could. Yeah, most likely there were nits to pick. Surely a head coach existed who wasn't 100 percent thrilled with the scheduled time...

Sarasota Scullers women bring home the gold.(SPORTS)
May 29, 2005... Byline: STAFF REPORT TAMPA -- The Sarasota Scullers Women's Freshman 8+ won a gold medal at the recent youth state championship regatta held on Tampa ByPass Canal. The Women's Freshman 8+ boat (Elle Hebert, Nina Morgan, Kelcey...

Piniella thinks there is link between walks and errors.(SPORTS)(Comment)(Column)
May 29, 2005... Byline: Dennis Maffezzoli During spring training, two areas where the Rays excelled was control from their starting pitchers and flawless defense. Tampa Bay pitchers walked 66 in 252 innings (less than one per 2 1/2 innings). The...

Opposite views; Freshwater anglers cherish the whiskered bottom dwellers while saltwater fans curse their existence.(SPORTS)(Outdoors)(Column)
May 29, 2005... Byline: Steve Gibson A winter visitor from Pennsylvania was fishing with a Charlotte County charter skipper. Casting a jig with a plastic grub tail, the fellow, an accomplished angler, had hooked and landed a number of fish,...

UPCOMING AREA EVENTS.(SPORTS)
May 29, 2005... * The Sarasota Family YMCA will hold a tournament to benefit the Y-Guides Program on June 4 on the Highlands Course at The Meadows CC. Entry fee is $66.50. It will be an 8:30 a.m. shotgun start. For more information, visit...