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MCA BOARD Notes From the OF DIRECTORS John Spillane, President Claire Coyle, Vice President President’s Desk Joe Miller, Treasurer John Spillane—MCA President Joy Howes, Secretary Jo Evans Marilyn Maleckas than-usual hurricane season for 2015. Bruce Ferretti Joint rezoning Information is king— That prediction, of course, means Dr. Bart Levenson application filed April let’s stay informed Malcolm Hay absolutely nothing if we should be 15 with Sarasota County hit with just one monster storm. Even Back in April, the MCA instituted a COMMITTEES planning department those smaller tropical storms can very handy email system that sends out Assembly of Property Owners cause a massive amount of damage. “blast email” messages to our residents. Ginny Coveney, Chairperson This filing, of course is a We should prepare for the worst and The messages are short, informational, Claire Coyle, Liaison process, and the MCA, The hope for the best. and time-sensitive. Budget and Finance Meadows Country Club (TMCC), Our Emergency Preparedness Whenever the staff has news or Jerry Schwarzkopf, Chairperson and Kobernick will furnish Committee needs volunteers to assist information that would be immediately Joe Miller, Liaison information to the County the community in the event of a helpful to our residents, you will Community Activities as needed to help move the disaster occurring here. If you would receive one of these messages. It could Ginny Coveney, Chairperson application along through the like to help or want to know how be something like a fast-moving, Dr. Bart Levenson, Liaison channels. you can better protect your home and dangerous storm about to hit our area Emergency Preparedness While we wait for government family, attend the next Emergency or an announcement of spontaneous Sue Pound, Chairperson wheels to turn, the MCA, TMCC, Prep Committee meeting on June 9. events or issues that did not make it Bruce Ferretti, Liaison and Kobernick joint committee The Committee meets on the second into The Meadoword. Maintenance meets monthly to discuss overall Tuesday of the month. If you have a computer and use Jo Evans, Chairperson goals, issues, and possible Road paving almost email on a regular basis to keep Marilyn Maleckas, Liaison solutions. These committee in touch with friends and family, Memorial Garden members have also met with complete please be sure to sign up for these John Spillane, Chairperson successful area developers and Our big road paving job is informational “blasts” from the MCA. Restrictions architects who are excited by the almost complete and the result is a Just go to the MCA website at www. Phil Hughes, Chairperson idea of The Meadows and The big improvement for our roadway themeadowssarasota.org and click Malcolm Hay, Liaison Meadows County Club working infrastructure. We should not have the link to Constant Contact on the Safety together, looking for ways to to do a large-scale job like this for home page or send an email to MCA John Spillane, Chairperson further enhance the appeal of our another 13 to 15 years. Thanks to Administrative Services Coordinator Joy Howes, Liaison community. As these talks go our residents who were most patient Kathy Gibson at mca@meadowsca. forward and design concepts begin during the unexpected delays. com. to take shape, we will keep you The Meadoword informed. Community News Source of The Meadows Initiated in 1983 Hurricane season is Publisher: MCA: Jay Brady, Manager The MCA is seeking Editor/Designer: Mary Jo Gord here; be watchful for Advertising Manager: Mary Jo Gord storms that could Candidates for election to the Proofreaders: Kathy Gibson, Ginny Coveney, Sandy Truman become hurricanes 2016 MCA Board of Directors Distribution: MCA Early last month, the first tropical MEADOWS COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION Interested property owners are invited storm of the year hit the shores of the 2004 Longmeadow Carolinas. We never know when these to submit their names for consideration no later than Sarasota, Florida 34235 Phone 377-2300 • Fax 377-2248 storms will happen or how severe [email protected] they will be. We have been lucky for http://www.themeadowssarasota.org the past few years as the last major hurricane to hit Florida was Hurricane Friday, October 2, 2015 • noon Submission Guidelines Wilma, 2005. Entering the 2015 hurricane Letters to the Editor All candidates must complete a Personal • Letters must be signed and include season, Florida has gone a record nine a return address. years without a hurricane of Category Information Questionnaire • Issues must be of interest to a large 3 (CAT3) or higher making landfall. portion of The Meadows. For more information, please call • Obscene or derogatory remarks will And most experts predict a tamer- not be published. • We reserve the right to edit letters in the MCA at 377-2300 the interest of space or to refuse publication. Articles and Monthly Columns PLEASE NOTE: We welcome submissions from our Meadows residents for publication in Submission Deadlines** for the JULY 2015 issue: The Meadoword. Articles should be Subscription prices of general interest to the community. Display Advertising—contact The Meadoword Editor We copy edit all articles for accuracy, for The Meadoword • New and revised display ads are due on FRIDAY, JUNE 5 content, style, and length and will not publish articles that contain offensive mailed to residents • Camera-ready display ads are due on TUESDAY, JUNE 9 material or inaccurate information. Ar- ticles must be received by the posted living outside the Editorial Content—contact The Meadoword Editor deadline for publication in the following • Articles and columns are due on TUESDAY, JUNE 9 month’s edition. United States All submissions are published at the • Letters to the Editor are due on TUESDAY, JUNE 9 discretion of the Editor and the MCA. increased on Classified Ads—contact The MCA Reception Desk January 1, 2015 • Classifieds are due on FRIDAY, JUNE 12 Subscription Rates The subscription rate for The Meadoword For more information, call 377-2300 reflects a cost due to recent increases in post- Canada..... $3.50 ** NOTE: Deadlines for camera-ready ads are on or about the 10th of the month prior age, labor, and materials: to publication. When the 10th falls on a weekend or holiday, the deadline is the previous USA...... $2.00 per month Europe...... $6.25 business day. New advertiser ads and revised ads are due two days prior to camera-ready Canada...... $3.50 per month ads. Deadlines may be moved up as necessary to accommodate for production and press Foreign...... $6.25 per month requirements during Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays and the short month of February. 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G4S Sa f e t y Pa t r o l What should you do if your 809-0084 credit identity is stolen? If you suspect you’re a victim of credit card fraud or identity theft, it’s important to act quickly Safety to help protect yourself (Source: Bank of America) Prevention is the best protection Identity fraud is a type of identity theft where a thief uses your personal information to set up new accounts or obtain other ben- John Spillane—Chairperson efits in your name. If you suspect you’re a victim of identity theft: • Contact all financial institutions immediately to protect your Activity down 21 accounts by closing them or by adding passwords. percent from March • Contact the three major credit bureaus to place a fraud alert on your credit file, which requests creditors to contact you During the month of April, before opening any new accounts. Order a credit report to there were 45 reported incidents, identify any additional fraudulent activity. 12 less than in March. There were 5 incident-free days—the Equifax 800.525.6285 same as the previous month. The Experian 888.397.3742 Safety Patrol issued 120 citations Trans Union 800.680.7289 for various violations such as • Contact all companies with accounts in your name—including, illegally parked vehicles, garbage if necessary, phone companies and other utilities—and have Arrest: deputies identify battery suspect violations, and open garage them freeze the accounts. doors—63 less than March. • Keep good records with copies of all communication with Theft–Petit: alligator signs walk off On Thursday, April 30, at approximately 1:15 pm, the suspect creditors and credit reporting agencies as you try to repair On Friday, April 17, at 11:30 in a battery of one of our residents the problem. am, MCA Maintenance reported that that occurred at Butterfly Lake on • File a police report and submit a copy to your creditors and person(s) unknown removed two November 26, 2014, was identified others who may require proof of the crime. “Caution Alligators” signs from the and arrested by Sarasota County ground near the walking path behind Sheriff’s deputies at an address in the • File a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). The Butterfly Lake. The total value of the 4600 block of Hadfield Drive. FTC maintains a database of identity theft cases used by law enforcement agencies for investigations. Trained counselors are signs was less than $300.00. Overview: You’re doing a good job— available to help you. Theft–Petit: vandal removes fresh sod keep it up On Wednesday, April 22, a As you can see from the monthly resident of Marshfield Road reported Safety Patrol report, our serious that person(s) unknown removed incidents were down from the several sections of freshly laid sod previous months. We also seem to from her front yard. The victim have gotten a handle on bike thefts, could not say exactly how much sod and there were no auto burglaries. was removed. The total value was When this occurs, it means that estimated at less than $300.00. residents are paying attention, Burglary–Structure: intruder drains securing their vehicles, and locking liquor while removing items their doors when leaving their homes. Good job! On Tuesday, April 28, a resident of Arborfield Road reported that NEXT MEETING of the person(s) unknown entered his residence and removed a passport, a Safety Committee 50-inch TV, two watches, two Nike June 1, 2:00 pm, MCA shirts, a laptop, and three pairs of shoes. Two bottles of alcohol from a All residents encouraged to attend liquor cabinet were also emptied.

Sarasota County Call Center Residents have easy access with one number 861-5000 Monday thru Friday, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm After hours and on weekends—a voicemail system directs you to various numbers like roads, utilities, Sheriff’s Office, and so forth The Meadoword • June 2015 5

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Safety continued from previous Schemes, Scams, and Cons… And how they try to take your money!

of sight to work, meaning that the a card transmitting information. Walmart, and Bed Bath & Beyond sell IRS telephone scam RFID chip and the reader merely need them for about $10. continues to hit The to be within range of each other to Meadows communicate. There are two main types of RFID chips The IRS telephone scam that we have warned you about continues Active Tags have on-board to plague our residents. Our Safety batteries and can, therefore, actively Patrol gets reports from residents on transmit data over a larger distance. a daily basis that this scam is being Also, they can transmit a larger amount attempted all over The Meadows. The of data than passive tags. Examples of good news is that our residents know active tags include toll passes mounted it is a scam and are not being fooled. in cars. Eventually, these con artists Passive Tags require a radio Playbook will get tired of cold calling random signal to be emitted from the receiver telephone numbers in our area if they in order to be read, which also means How does it work? For A can’t make any money from the calls. they operate on a small distance and Just remember, the IRS will never can’t transmit a lot of data. Examples From a few inches away, the call you and demand money over the of these tags are found in credit cards account data can be read, even if the Crook phone. If you should get one of these and door passes—and that’s what we card is inside a wallet or purse. By 1. The set up phone calls, just hang up and report it should be mostly concerned with. transferring the skimmed card data The thief connects a battery- to Meadows Safety Patrol. But, I’m not a high tech type of person onto a blank magnetic-stripe card, a powered card reader to a thief can produce a counterfeit card netbook in a briefcase, which Beware your You don’t have to be a high-tech that can be used to make purchases that conceals the devices. credit cards! person to carry this technology around will successfully process. with you. Your bank is. And, some Chase bank spokesman Paul 2. The swipe At the April Assembly, the banking institutions are issuing credit Hartwick says the security codes on guest speaker was Sgt. Neil cards with this chip embedded. its contactless cards are designed to Scully of the Sarasota Sheriff’s So how does it affect the average change with every transaction, as they Office. Sgt. Scully is the super- consumer like you and me? You might are with most RFID-enabled cards, so visor of the Crime Prevention not know it, but you could have a that even if a card is counterfeited, it Bureau and has been a member of credit or debit card that uses a tiny would work for only one fraudulent The Meadows Safety Committee computer chip and a radio antenna transaction. for more than 12 years. He to transmit account information “If I put a reader next to a turnstile addressed the Assembly on a from your card, even when you’re at Grand Central Terminal at rush hour, number of security issues that not shopping. It is always on and I could probably capture data from would be helpful to Meadows transmitting. 5,000 cards in an evening, and what The crook carries a briefcase residents. MasterCard uses “PayPass” to you’re getting from each one is enough close to the consumer’s purse One of the more interesting identify the cards. Chase bank uses a to initiate a transaction,” says Mark or pocket, where credit cards and surprising security warnings card called “Blink.” Some contactless Rasch, a former Justice Department might be carried. cards, which use a radio frequency computer-crime prosecutor who serves he spoke about is the use of 3. The display credit cards that contain RFID identification (or RFID) chip, might as director of cyber security and chips. These days, RFID chips simply have a symbol on the card privacy consulting at CSC, a business are present in all sorts of items consisting of four curved lines. technology firm. like credit cards, library books, The cards are touted as convenient, It can’t possibly happen to me… grocery goods, security tags, but they are also vulnerable to being implanted pet details, implanted skimmed or copied without ever At the April Assembly meeting, medical records, passports, and leaving your pocket. The information I was surprised to hear some of our more. Some schools now require communicated from your card to residents were victims themselves of their students to wear RFID tags. a card reader can be enough to this high-tech pickpocket scheme—or The amount of information create a counterfeit card that can they knew of someone whom this has Card information obtained in that could be learned about you be successfully used to make an happened to. step 2 displays on a computer from your RFID chips is quite a unauthorized purchase. The basic When Sergeant Scully explained attached to a magstripe-writing lot! And, you never know what those equipment needed for that form of this type of crime, a few of our device. information thieves are planning on fraud is readily available to would- residents related their experiences 4. The clone of your credit card doing with your information, so, it’s be crooks. An electronic card reader, shopping locally with this type of theft. is complete best to understand the risks of RFID available online for less than $100, I was also proud to see the counter hacking and to limit your exposure to can be connected to a laptop to store measures taken to guard against this harm. Here are the basics of what you skimmed information. high-tech theft. Some of them showed need to know. How can I tell if my credit card has the Assembly a shielded credit card holder that prevents these frequencies What Is RFID? an RFID chip? from penetrating through to the credit RFID stands for Radio Frequency Take a look at the credit cards you card. If you have one or more of these IDentification, and it’s used for normally carry around with you. If you cards, you can buy a shielded credit short-distance communication of see one with the four curved lines on card sleeve to keep them in. Target, information. It does not require line the front or rear of the card, then that’s 6 The Meadoword • June 2015 Assembly Committee Association delegates play key role as your voice in the community Ginny Coveney—Chairperson

duty to report back to the associations Assembly is a forum of communication all of you who responded—you are Ed McCrane spoke at the May on matters discussed at the meetings. for residents to share ideas the Community. If you have not yet Assembly meeting and, as always, Another important job of delegates is responded, please do so as soon as gave us lots of information about to select candidates for the Board of All of the above is put in place possible; we are making up a master hurricanes and what to do to be Directors to make the Assembly a forum of list for all associations. prepared if one does come. communication for residents in the Have a wonderful summer. We Assembly delegates are the ears, eyes, The Meadoword publishes the community to share ideas and feel they look forward to seeing everyone at the and voices of the associations they MCA’s announcement searching are an integral part of this beautiful important October meeting! represent for viable candidates in the April, community we all enjoy. Thanks to May, August, and September issues. I have talked a lot about delegates Any property owner may complete NEXT MEETING of the and the new rule changes; hopefully, an application with his or her name this information will answer for consideration and submit it to Assembly of Property Owners everyone’s questions. No one likes the MCA office no later than non by change, but it was time to look at our the first Friday in October. Special Will be October 21, 2015 Assembly meetings and consider why consideration is given to full-time at the MCA Community Center we had so few delegates attending residents and those with managerial along with Meadows residents. or technical expertise related to MCA All Meadows property owners needs. Prior experience on a MCA belong to the MCA. Each association committee is also important. president chooses one delegate and The Assembly Executive one alternate to the Assembly. These Committee reviews the applications delegates are people, interested in the to determine candidate eligibility community and its activities, who want and willingness to serve and sends to be involved. They attend the seven each delegate a copy of the verified Assembly meetings, and only they may applications at least four days prior to vote on issues. To have a quorum to the October Assembly meeting. conduct business, there must be at least There is no speaker at the October 15 delegates, including one from the Assembly meeting; the Assembly MHOA. Chairperson presents the names Because of the delegate voting of all people who submitted valid responsibility, associations each must applications, and these candidates are also have a registered alternate to invited to make brief presentations. fill this responsibility in the absence At the November meeting, of the delegate. If an association delegates and alternates vote to does not register with the MCA, it select a slate of nominees to fill the will have no voice or participation available seats and submit it to the in the community. Delegates are the MCA Board of Directors. This slate, only people allowed to speak in the to be voted on by all property owners, Community Forum; it is their job to is published in the January issue of bring questions the associations want The Meadoword and included in the to discuss at Assembly. It is also their January assessment billing.

Numbers ACUPUNCTURE PHYSICIAN, DR. BRENDA 955-1220 ANGELIC TOUCH MASSAGE THERAPY 378-2232 EDWARD JONES 371-4137 FULL SPECTRUM OPTICAL 343-7720 GOLDEN DAISY CAFE 371-3354 HOME IMPROVEMENT PLUS, INC. 376-6762 KOBERNICK HOUSE/ANCHIN PAVILION 377-0781 LIGHTHOUSE PROPERTY MANAGEMENT 388-7109 MASSAGE THERAPY, TERRI MAGDALINSKI 378-4101 MEADOWORD 377-2300 MEADOWS COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION 377-2300 THE MEADOWS COUNTRY CLUB 371-6000 MEADOWS GOLF PRO SHOP 378-5153 HIGHLANDS GOLF PRO SHOP 371-0982 RACQUET CLUB PRO SHOP 378-5265 MEADOWS DENTAL ASSOCIATES 377-3659 MEADOWS REAL ESTATE 556-9440 MEADOWS SAFETY PATROL (G4S SAFETY PATROL) 809-0084 MEADOWS VILLAGE PUB 342-5050 MONA LISA RESTAURANT 377-6562 MOUNT VERNON PROPERTY MANAGEMENT, INC. 371-3494 NATURAL HEALING CENTER in The 377-4325 RAINDROPS & MORE 343-0777 SALON FRANCISCO 444-9616 SUNTRUST BANK 554-3901 TARPON POINT NURSING AND REHABILITATION 377-0022 VIP TRAVEL Meadows377-0017 The Meadoword • June 2015 7 What’s Happening? Think personal preparedness—doing your part keeps everyone safer Jay Brady, AICP, CAM, CMCA—MCA Manager

• First Aid kit admitted. We will actually turn away Family-2/PUD) of The Meadows June 1 marks the start of • Tools such as chainsaw, hammer, those we don’t think belong here. doesn’t change, the application hurricane season. This spring, the nails, crowbars Although we can’t physically restrain is being processed as a rezoning MCA Emergency Preparedness • Coolers for ice and food people who want to get in, we will because it’s the most appropriate Committee, led by Chairperson Sue • Food and supplies for pets follow them to see where they are county process where allowable Pound, together with MCA staff • Emergency and family/neighbor going and what they are doing. land uses are being changed within a have been reviewing our Disaster phone numbers Master Plan modification update planned development. The changes Plan. Our aim is to make sure all • Toiletries move a portion of previously the players on our team know our • Trash bags Following an extensive series approved, but never developed, respective roles and priorities in the • Camera of community meetings this past dwelling units to other areas of The event of any disaster, weather-related • Chairs, pillows, blankets fall and winter, the MCA filed an Meadows, primarily to land within or otherwise. • Maps of evacuation routes/local amendment to the Master Plan the Country Club property (180 While our committee and groups shelters for The Meadows Planned Unit units, up to 130 of which may be of volunteers are doing their part, • Identify animals and mark Development (PUD) in mid-April. hotel rooms) and to the Kobernick- residents should prepare their homes such animals for identification The proposed modifications to the Anchin-Benderson site (100 units). and stock needed supplies to last for purposes plan, filed on behalf of The Meadows Up to 16 single-family units are up to five days. Straight from the • Have a shuttering system for Country Club, Kobernick-Anchin- proposed for a 9.2-acre MCA-owned MCA Disaster Plan are the following windows/garage doors Benderson, and the MCA, are now tract bordering 47th Street. A portion items that should be part of your • Charcoal/propane for grills being reviewed by county staff. Once of unused office space—15,000 Personal Preparedness Disaster Kit: • Necessary important personal the application is found complete, square feet—is proposed to be • Water, one gallon per person per papers/identification a public hearing will be held by reallocated from the Ringwood day The better you are prepared, the the Sarasota County Planning Meadow/Taywood area to the corner • Batteries for flashlights, cameras, better our staff and volunteers can Commission, perhaps in August or of 17th Street and Hammock Place radios, portable televisions assist others in need. If you need to September. The Board of County owned by the MCA. For more • Fuel for cars, chainsaws, tractors, get to a shelter, first confirm that it Commissioners may hold its hearing information, please contact me or generators is open. The closest shelters to The later in the fall. The Meadows Country Club General • Cash since ATMs, banks, and Meadows are Tuttle Elementary Although the overall 3.5 units Manager Doug Domino. stores may not accept credit School, Bishop Nevins Academy, per acre zoning (Residential Single- cards/checks and Booker Middle School. • Medications/prescription drugs The closest pet friendly shelter • Non-perishable foods; non- is Brookside Middle School. electric can opener Riverview High School is the next The Meadoword is Your closest pet shelter. Pet friendly shelters require current vaccination Newspaper records for dogs and cats. See pages It’s about you, and every effort is taken 10 and 11 for information about evacuation zones and shelters. to ensure your privacy Special needs shelters Mary Jo Gord—Editor If you require special medically Recently, it came to my where it is necessary for residents related care, Sarasota County attention that one of our to contact a given individual for provides a shelter program. These neighborhood association boards a specific, stated purpose—for shelters are available for anyone who voted to discontinue its monthly example, to get more information requires more skilled medical care column because of security about an upcoming event or join than available in a public shelter, concerns expressed by the board’s a group. Residents who do not but does not require an acute care president. want information about themselves facility like a hospital. If you or The Meadoword was published in The Meadoword can someone you know needs such care, established in March 1983, and simply say, “No thanks.” call the Sarasota County Emergency since that time, associations have Distribution of The Meadoword Management office at 861-5000 or submitted columns and articles includes Meadows households, visit to www.scgov.net/AllHazards to be published in the paper. To paid out-of-town subscriptions, to be considered for registration into my knowledge, no one has ever paid advertisers, certain Meadows this program. mentioned concerns about security Village Centre businesses, MCA post-storm reentry or elected to discontinue a column The Meadows Country Club, for that reason. Kobernick-Anchin-Benderson, After a major storm passes, there Please be assured that articles and selected nearby businesses may be a considerable amount of published in The Meadoword do who advertise with us. The paper destruction and chaos. Officials may not pose a security threat to any is also published on The Meadows not be able to access The Meadows association or individual. We, website. because of impassable public streets. like any other newspaper, work The Meadoword is the The Meadows Country Club and within guidelines to protect the communication tool of The MCA staff will clear the streets by privacy of residents. Names and Meadows Community Association. cutting and pushing trees off of stories are published by permission It’s a community newspaper the roads. It is possible we could of the individuals who provide for Meadows residents, about experience break-ins and looting, information to neighborhood Meadows residents, by Meadows so please be vigilant and contact the reporters. Travel is always residents. We encourage neighbor- authorities. published after the fact, not before, hood associations to be part of this The MCA staff, G4S guards, and and residents’ personal addresses effort to keep residents informed volunteers will man as many of our are not provided, other than in the and stay in touch with each other. entrances as possible. Only residents, Best Kept column where winners If you have questions, please guests who can prove they belong are announced. Phone numbers feel free to email meadoword@ here, and others with legitimate and emails are not provided meadowsca.com or contact me at business in The Meadows will be except by permission in situations 377-2300. 8 The Meadoword • June 2015

NEXT MEETING of the Emergency Prep Committee Emergency Prep June 9, 1:30 pm, MCA Committee Please join us! All residents encouraged to attend Time to get Prepared! Sue Pound—Chairperson

Wow! It’s June already and we all just a few hours. Whether you know what that means… plan to evacuate or shelter-in- place, how will you protect The beginning of hurricane your home? Hurricane shutters? season! The season begins Plywood boards? Hurricane-rated this month and lasts through windows? These decisions can’t November 30. We cannot be made at the last minute. One emphasize enough that you need way to obtain information is to to get prepared! Just because we read the Sarasota County Disaster have been lucky over the past Planning Guide (copies are few years, we tend to believe available at the MCA Community that if nothing has happened Center) and get your emergency yet, nothing will. Remember supplies together: water, food, Hurricane Charley? And Super batteries, emergency radio, and so Storm Sandy? The Northeast was forth. totally unprepared for that one. It I will probably say it every April 24–May 26—3.79 inches had been so long since anything month, but Sarasota County Year-to-May 26—11.36 inches near that magnitude had occurred, reminds us that the first 72 hours yet it did occur! after a disaster are on us. That You need to have a plan in is the minimum amount of time place now for what you will they will need to begin restoring do. Do you stay or leave? What services, so we need 72 hours’ are your evacuation routes? If worth of supplies as a minimum you stay, what will you, your to get us through. family, and pets need? Select Remember, it is always your “safe room” and stock it better to be overprepared with the supplies you will need. and underwhelmed than My husband and I did this in underprepared and overwhelmed! The Meadoword • June 2015 9

PLEASE NOTE! Restrictions The MCA Board of Directors Reviewing some basic rules… will not meet in August Phil Hughes—Chairperson Assembly will not meet in June, July, I would like to take this Architectural August, or September opportunity to remind owners of private homes about two negative Review Budget, Maintenance, Safety, conditions that are not widespread in Approved Applications The Meadows but are concerns. I ask and Restrictions you to be aware of them. 5245 Myrtlewood 5473 Downham Meadow will not meet in July and August Keep your mailboxes well-maintained 3361 East Chelmsford Ct 5443 Champagne The first concern is for the general 4988 Greencroft Rd condition of your mailbox and the post 4767 Ringwood Meadow that supports it. Since the mailbox sits 4556 Highland Oaks Cir at the curb, it could be the first thing Greencroft Condo Assn that comes to someone’s attention Kingsmere Condo Assn 4625 Glebe Farm Rd relative to the condition of your home 3241 Ringwood Meadow and property. 2836 Wrenwood Ct It is important to keep mailboxes 5223 Everwood Run well-maintained as well as to clean and Penshurst Park paint them on a regular basis. 4519 Glebe Farm Rd Meadowlake Condo Assn Be sure house numbers are clearly 4626 Glebe Farm Rd visible 4517 Morningside Springlake Condo Assn The second situation involves Springlake Condo Assn houses with no address numbers or Springlake Condo Assn illegible numbers. This concern is an Springlake Condo Assn important one, and supporting evidence 3709 Surrey Ln 5187 Everwood Run is clear when someone is unable to 2952 Longleat Woods find your address, particularly after 4809 Windsor Park nightfall. Sarasota County and The 5531 Downham Meadow Meadows mandate clearly placed and 2936 Longleat Woods readable house numbers. 4369 Highland Oaks Cir 4564 Arborfield Rd Keep home exteriors in neat appearance 5283 Everwood Run 4037 Oakley Greene Summer’s rain storms are upon us. 4040 Oakley Greene Rain creates mildew on the roofs and 3019 Rosemead outside walls of homes. Lawns, bushes, and trees grow faster and require more maintenance. this condition. MCA documents clearly advise If you plan to make changes that the exteriors of all structures must or additions to the outside of your be neat in appearance and free from structure or to other outside areas of any debris and refuse. Additionally, your property, you are required to file overhanging trees and bushes are an application for architectural review. not only a nuisance, but can also The restrictions committee will be cause problems if planted too close in recess during the months of July and to sidewalks and streets. The MCA August. We will, however, continue to requires property owners to prune and process applications as usual. cut back trees and bushes to prevent Enjoy your summer. ~ Phil

If you have a pet… Please consider the enjoyment of everyone, including your own and others’ pets Vaccinate your pet against rabies—Florida law requires it Keep your pet confined or leashed at all times Observe Sarasota County’s quiet hours from 11:00 pm to 7:00 am Pickup and dispose pet droppings in trash receptacles 10 The Meadoword • June 2015 Do You Know Would You Like to be an Where Your EMERGENCY VOLUNTEER? Nearest Shelter Is? We Need YOU! Should you evacuate? Are you in a flood zone? What about pets? Or people with special needs? I would like to volunteer for Mary Jo Gord—Editor First Aid Committee

Should you evacuate? preparedness information, go to Emergency Preparedness Committee www.scgov.net: If the need to evacuate arises, Name______4. Under EMERGENCY where do you go? Know your SERVICES, click All Hazards— Address______options. If you plan to leave the Be Prepared. area, know where you will go and 5. On the All Hazards Telephone______leave early to avoid traffic backups page, click Documents: Pet on highways. If you stay in email______Preparedness to display the list of Sarasota, know where the nearest forms and information. shelters are located and how to get Please return form to The Meadows Community Association, 6. Click your link of choice to there. Shelters located nearest to 2004 Longmeadow, Sarasota, FL 34235 open and download the file. The Meadows are: Booker Middle School Are you in a flood zone? Tuttle Elementary Certain areas in The Meadows are Bishop Nevins Academy in a Zone A flood area. To see if you are in a flood zone (See map at right), Do you have special visit ags2.scgov.net/sarcoflood/. needs? All Hazards—Be Prepared If you have or someone in your www.scgov.net household has special needs, you should review the information Sarasota County’s website, sheet, Preparedness For Families www.scgov.net, posts a list of With Special Needs, posted on Emergency Services that includes Sarasota County’s website. links to: You should also complete a • 911 Dispatch Reports People with Special Needs (PSN) • All Hazards - Be Prepared Blue area application form. To download a • CodeRED Notification denotes form, visit www.scgov.net. • CodeRED Registration Zone A 1. Under EMERGENCY • Evacuation Shelters level SERVICES, click All Hazards— • Evacuation Zones Flood Zone Be Prepared. • Fire Department. in The 2. On the All Hazards page, To find these links on the Meadows click Documents: People With Home page, look at the navigation Special Needs to display the list of at the bottom of the page under forms and information. EMERGENCY SERVICES and 3. Click your link People click the link you want to go to. with Special Needs Application to The link to All Hazards—Be 2015 Hurricane names open and download the file. Prepared takes you to a page These forms are also available with links to forms, plans, and Could you have a hurricane in Spanish, Russian, Ukranian, and information about preparedness: Vietamese. • Home And Family Preparedness • Hurricane Preparedness named after you? What about pets? • Neighborhood Preparedness The National Hurricane Atlantic Basin Eastern North Pacific • People with Special Needs Center says, “No.” Ana Andres Marty • Pet Preparedness The list of names was Bill Blanca Nora • Senior Preparedness established by an international Claudette Carlos Olaf Emergency Links take you to: committee of the United Danny Dolores Patricia • FEMA (flooding) Nations World Meteorological Erika Enrique Rick • Hurricane/Weather Organization. There are six years Fred Felicia Sandra Other links include: of lists for Atlantic hurricanes and Grace Guillermo Terry • Government agencies lists rotate every six years. Names Henri Hilda Vivian • FPL for 2015 were last used in 2009. If Ida Ignacio Waldo • MySaleFlorida.org there are more storms than names, Joaquin Jimena Xina • Sarasota Emergency Radio Club the Greek alphabet is used. Kate Kevin York • SERT The names on each list Larry Linda Zelda If you have pets, you will need Links to National organizations remain the same unless a storm Mindy to find a shelter that accepts pets. include: is so deadly or costly it would Nicholas Central North Pacific Do you know that nearest pet • Citizen Corps be inappropriate and insensitive Odette There are four lists of shelter is? For Meadows residents, • Division of Forestry to repeat it. If there is a name Peter names for hurricanes that would be: • FEMA change, the committee strikes the Rose in the Central North Brookside Elementary School • Homeland Security name from the list and replaces it Sam Pacific. The names are Riverview High School • National Emergency Management with another. Teresa used one after the other. You are required to sign a Pet • Ready Gov For more information about Victor If storms exceed the Shelter Agreement and complete • Red Cross hurricane naming conventions, Wanda number of names on a Pet Shelters Admission form. To • Safe and Well List visit www.wmo.int/pages/prog/ one list, the convention download these forms, as well as • Emergency Services Mission www/tcp/Storm-naming.html. continues to the next list. The Meadoword • June 2015 11 Nearest Shelters to The Meadows

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Local Media Links Television Sarasota County Shelters SNN Comcast Channel 6 video.heraldtribune.com WWSB Channel 7 www.mysuncoast.com No. Shelter Name Address Dogs/Cats WFLA Channel 8 tbo.com/weather 1 Booker Middle School 2250 Myrtle St WTVT Fox 13 www.myfoxtampabay.com 2 Tuttle Elementary School 2863 8th St WFTS Channel 28 www.abcactionnews.com 3 Bishop Nevins Academy 4380 Fruitville Rd WSTP Channel 10 www.wtsp.com 4 Sarasota High School 1000 S School Ave Radio WDDV-92.1 www.sunnyradioam.com/main.html 5 Brookside Middle School 3636 S. Shade Ave Yes WCTQ-106.5 www.1065ctq.com/main.html 6 Southside Elementary 1901 Webber Street WTZB-105.9 www.1059thebuzz.com/main.html 7 Brentwood Elementary 2500 Vinson Ave WSRZ-107.9 www.wsrz.com/main.html 8 Riverview High School 1 Ram Way Yes WENG Radio-1530 / 107.5 www.wengradio.com 9 Booker High School 3201 N Orange Ave WUSF-89.7 www.wusf.usf.edu 22 Phillippi Shores Elementary 4747 S Tamiami Trail Newspapers 24 Ashton Elementary 5110 Ashton Road Sarasota Herald Tribune www.heraldtribune.com 25 Gulf Gate Elementary 6500 S Lockwood Ridge Rd Weather Links 26 Pine View School 501 Old Venice Rd Yes NOAA www.noaa.gov Venice, North Port National Hurricane Center www.nhc.noaa.gov 30 Venice Community Center 326 Nokomis Ave S The Weather Channel www.weather.com 32 Glenallen Elementary 7050 Glenallen Blvd Intellicast www.intellicast.com 33 North Port High School 6400 W. Price Blvd Yes National Weather Service www.weather.gov 34 Heron Creek Middle School 6501 W Price Blvd Yes Weather Underground www.wunderground.com Navy Hurricane Tracking www.nrlmry.navy.mil/TC.html 35 Toledo Blade Elementary 1201 Geranium Ave New Pass Weather 36 Woodland Middle School 2700 Panacea Blvd Yes Station (Mote Labs) isurus.mote.org/weather/newpass/Newpass_Weather.html 37 Taylor Ranch Elementary 2500 Taylor Ranch Rd Navy NexSat www.nrlmry.navy.mil/NEXSAT.html 38 Atwater Elementary 4701 Huntsville Ave National Storm Warnings www.nws.noaa.gov/view/nationalwarnings.php NASA Global Geostationary Weather www.ghcc.msfc.nasa.gov/GOES/ For an interactive version of the information on this Satellite Images page, including directions to the shelters listed above, Weather Radio (NOAA) www.nws.noaa.gov/nwr/ Florida Division of Emergency visit Sarasota County government at www.scgov.net or Management (Florida Disaster) www.floridadisaster.org/index.asp click the SCGOV All-Hazards link on The Meadows NRC Well List Link website at themeadowssarasota.org. Red Cross Safe and Well List safeandwell.communityos.org/cms/index.php 12 The Meadoword • June 2015 MHOA (Meadows Home Owners Association) The MCA is seeking Dick Plumb Candidates for election to the When you read this, we’ll Hotmail.com and she will send be entering the 2015 hurricane you an application or renewal of season. It begins June 1 and your current membership. The cost MCA Board of Directors ends November 30 (every year). of membership is a minimal $15 The Emergency Preparedness a year and discounted if paid in Interested property owners are Committee holds meetings every advance—$25 for two years, $35 month at the MCA Community of three years, and $55 for five invited to submit their names for Center the second Tuesday of years). That equals from $1.25 a consideration no later than every month. You are welcome to month for a one-year membership join them any time. This month’s to $.92 a month for a five-year Friday, October 2, 2015 • noon meeting is June 9. membership—even better! And, be sure to stop by the With several upcoming changes All candidates must complete a MCA to pick up a Disaster happening in The Meadows, it is Personal Information Questionnaire Planning Guide. even more important to become For more information, please call Summer Social a member and be involved. We coming right up… all know there is knowledge in numbers, and the MHOA is your the MCA at 377-2300 Another date to remember is voice in the community. We look June 10 when the MHOA holds forward to having more of you its Summer Social, held in the join. Regency Room of The Meadows The MHOA Board represents YOU! FREE ESTIMATE! Country Club. Membership in the Country Club is not required to Being on the MHOA Board attend the social, but membership of Directors is a great way to stay in The Meadows Homeowners informed about our community and $15 OFF Association is necessary. The be part of an enthusiastic group Any Plumbing invitations were mailed several that is deeply concerned about the 379-9070 Service weeks ago, so if you did not future of The Meadows. We have *Cannot be combined with other receive one and you own a single- continued the work started by the discounts or special offers family house in The Meadows, call Board of Directors over the last • Water Heater Replacement • Repairs Sue Pound at 552-6927 or email several years. • Remodel DISPOSAL 1/2 HP [email protected] and MHOA Board representatives • Re-Water Piping Installation $239.00 SALE PRICE—INSTALLED she will mail one to you. meet with members of the MCA • Drain & Sewer Cleaning (REGULAR PRICE—$279.00) MHOA socials are a great Board and their staff. We also way to meet your neighbors and regularly attend meetings of the make new friends. More members Safety Committee, Restrictions, are attending each time (109 in MCA Board of Directors, and February), and we all enjoy the Assembly of Property Owners as camaraderie at these get-togethers. well as other meetings to represent It’s worth the $15 membership your interests. Our goals are to: each year to attend the three social • Represent MHOA members events. at MCA committee, Assembly, and About the MHOA the MCA Board meetings. • Promote the welfare of The MHOA is a voluntary our members in The Meadows membership organization in The community. Meadows, organized to represent • Inform the membership of the 561 single-family homeowners developments impacting them. who are not associated with any • Foster positive relationships other homeowner or condominium with other Meadows organizations. associations, other than the MCA. • Sponsor three meetings/ We currently have 286 members. social events yearly, partially Becoming a member is very underwritten by the MHOA. easy. If you have not joined or If you would like to attend if your current membership has any MHOA Board of Directors expired or is close to expiration meetings, held the first Monday be sure to call our Membership of each month, call or email Sue Director Sue Pound at 552-6927 Pound for details. or email her at SuePound88@

For Sale Now! 3436 E. Chelmsford—2b/2b w Den turnkey on golf course ...... $265,000 5406 Chanteclaire—Beautiful 2/2 villa on golf course...... $239,5000 5151 Everwood—The best golf course views 4b/2 1/2b home...... $330,000 2830 Longleat Woods—Private renovated 3b/2b home on golf course ...... $439,900 Recent Sales 3392 Chelmsford...... SOLD ...... $257,900 5019 Marshfield...... SOLD ...... $165,000 3424 Hadfield ...... SOLD ...... $275,000 I CAN SELL YOURS TOO!! Pam Watts Agent Meadow Resident 13 years 941-228-8753 (cell) [email protected] The Meadoword • June 2015 13 Will you have special The MARKET REPORT needs this hurricane season? April sales were off the charts—again! • If you have special needs Register your with mobility… Dick Plumb • If you are on oxygen or use information with the electrical medical equipment… Sarasota County • If you will need medical Houses and condos combined houses sold with a median sale price evacuation and special Emergency Management sheltering… $309,500, a 4 percent increase over Special Needs Registry In The Meadows in April, total the prior year (May 1, 2013, to April Don’t wait until it’s too late… Stop by the MCA and pick-up a Special sales (both condos and houses) were 30, 2014) with a median of $298,000 Needs Questionnaire or download it at UP 37 percent from March and UP and 56 sales. www.themeadowssarasota.org Call 861-5000 Today 43 percent compared to April 2014! In Sarasota County, the median Prices, on the other hand, in The sale price of houses sold (8,122) Meadows increased just 1 percent during the year ending April 30, 2015, from March and were down 2 percent was $198,749. During the prior year from April 2014. As we know, there is ending April 30, 2014, the median no connection between the quantity of sale price of houses sold (7,565) was sales to sale prices. $173,776. Single-family houses prices How does that compare to increased 13 percent over the one-year Sarasota County sales? Totals for period. April (condos and houses) were up 3 percent from March and up 2 percent Condominiums from April 2014. In The Meadows from May 1, Median sale prices in Sarasota 2014, to April 30, 2015, the median County for April and March 2015 sale price of condominiums sold (162) were $211,000 and $197,000. was $152,000, an 8 percent increase The April 2014 median price was from the prior year. The median price $193,000. the prior year for condos sold (190) The listing supply—the amount of (May 1, 2013 to April 30, 2014) was months the current supply of property $140,000. on the market for sale will last if In Sarasota County during no new listings are added—in The the year ending April 30, 2015, the Meadows in April was 1.4 compared median sale price of condos sold to March at 2.6 and April 2014 at 2.3 (3,632) was $186,500. During the months. prior year ending April 30, 2014, In Sarasota County, the listing the median sale price of condos sold supply in April was 3.0 compared to (3,714) was $169,995.Condo prices 3.3 in March and 3.6 in April 2014. increased 9 percent over the one-year Houses period. In The Meadows during the year ending April 30, 2015, there were 46

Sales and Activity for Houses and Condos in The Meadows During April 2015* Condos Houses On Sale Now! • April sales...... 26...... 9 • Property available for sale...... 35...... 15 • Property available for sale (distressed)...... 1...... 3 • Property with pending contracts...... 29...... 8 • Median sale price...... $152,373.…$347,950 • Median price of property for sale...... $187,400.....$330,000 • Median price of property with pending contracts...... $165,000.....$367,500 The April 2015 listing supply was 1.4 months (2.6 months in March). 6.0 is considered a healthy market.

During March 2015 • March sales...... 21...... 1 • Property available for sale...... 37...... 19 • Property available for sale (distressed)...... 2...... 3 • Property with pending contracts...... 34...... 11 • Median sale price...... $153,600.....$300,000 Meadows License • Median price property for sale...... $184,900.....$349,900 • Median price of property with pending contracts...... $167,450.....$375,000

Plates During April 2014 • April 2014 sales...... 13...... 8 See Sandy at the • Property available for sale...... 34...... 11 • Property available for sale (distressed)...... 4...... 1 MCA Community Center • Property with pending contracts...... 23...... 13 • Median sale price...... $150,000.....$310,000 • Median price of property for sale...... $176,950.....$374,000 • Median price of property with pending contracts...... $167,900.....$359,900 $5.00 Each * Information obtained from My Florida Regional MLS & Sarasota Association of Realtors 14 The Meadoword • June 2015 The Scene From Chatsworth Greene Summer is here and… Fred Jensen

Much has happened since the last Many of our residents have report. Cooler weather has departed headed north for the summer. At our Top 1% Sarasota Realtors in favor of summer like temperatures. farewell pool party on April 21, we For Sale In THE HIGHLANDS Scarborough Commons—Stunning, spotless, private oasis ...... $485K Our well-known travelers, Dan also met some of our new neighbors. Chatsworth Greene—Tranquil golf course and lake views ...... SOLD! and Nancy Morris, just returned We welcomed Trish (who recently For Sale ELSEWHERE from their world cruise. They visited had a hole-in-one) and Charlie Meadows— Forever golf and lake views on Downham ...... $449K 44 ports and 23 countries and sailed Schenck, Richard and Lenore Meadows—Beautifully updated 3/2 townhouse ...... SOLD! about 38,000 miles. It had to be a trip Bragaw, Ed and Mary Fitzgerald, De Soto Lakes— Big lakefront views, upgraded ...... PENDING of their lifetimes. and Sonja Adare. We should also Lakewood Ranch CC—Private setting with lake views ...... PENDING Lido Key—Updated, walking distance to beach ...... PENDING Jane Jassin returned from a mention that Andy Tasnady and family reunion in Las Vegas. She family moved into his mother’s spot. saw many lights and family members The driveways are slowly FERNANDO VITERI • Realtor/Resident and had a heartwarming experience. changing in appearance as the new Call 941.400.7676 So many families visited our area paver project is underway. Our [email protected] over the spring holidays; it’s hard for contractor is making a really positive Premier Sotheby’s International Realty Indep. Owned & Operated this new reporter to get a handle on effort to keep the area looking good. it. Come take a look in 10 weeks or so Jeanie Weber’s new knee is to check out the end results. working okay. So is Jim Young’s Stay tuned for the ever-changing new hip. We wish them continued “Scene.” good health. Happenings at Hampstead Heath Association improvement projects continue through the summer Ann Hamman The Hampstead Heath painting January through March, according to and beam repair projects are continu- Jill Factor. ing as we move into summer. In Arnie Factor recently completed addition, the landscaping continues necessary repairs to the pool to improve as St. Augustine plugs washroom and the safety sign at the are installed to fill in bare spots in pool bulletin board. our lawns. In the near future, our Jon Stafsholt was appointed board plans to ask for advice from parliamentarian to assist the board a professional arborist for the care during meetings. In addition to of our trees. Condo President David David Willick, board members are Willick acknowledged the work of President Emeritus Merrill Oltchick, two residents for their work during Vice Presidents Sue Waldron and the spring saying, “I must mention Tim Parsons, Secretary Betty the exceptional contributions that Turner, and Treasurer Jerry Cain. Cody Harrison and Jerry Cain “One of the greatest privileges have done for us during this time of we have in life is to meet new and change.” interesting people,” David says. “I As major plans for the future of have enjoyed meeting each one of The Meadows continue to evolve, the you and especially working with our ad hoc committee will keep residents board. apprised of the developments. Sue “We will miss all our northern Waldron and Betty Turner will friends during these “warm” summer represent us as Assembly delegates. months,” he adds. Neighborhood get-togethers in In addition to our snowbirds who the works include a pool party in the left, longtime resident Lucy McKee fall, a holiday party in December, moved to St. Louis. We will all miss and monthly Nothing Parties from her and wish her well. The Meadoword • June 2015 15

LIDO BEACH—Enjoy a getaway to the beach or an ideal investment property in this Weybridge Condominium beautifully updated 1BR/1.5BA unit in a resort setting directly on the sands of Lido Beach. Association Amenities include a beachfront heated pool, huge pavered sundeck, fitness room, sauna, Where owners and renters are one big happy family social room with billiard tables, and more! Sylvia Clark Just a short stroll to St. Armand’s Circle and its world class shopping and dining. MLS# A4119896 • $370,000

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I have SOLD all my listings in The Meadows. All but a few snowbirds have returned If your home is not presently listed, and you are considering selling, please contact me for a home from the wonderful winter FREE market analysis. I have qualified buyers looking for property throughout Sarasota. we all had in Weybridge— here are some photo Memories of a winter gone by

Editor’s Note: My apologies to Paul Campbell for the mistake made in the May issue. Paul made a gracious speech to the Weybridge Association during our annual pizza party. He was mistakenly referred to as “she.” 16 The Meadoword • June 2015

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UPDATED, GROUND FLOOR END UNIT with golf course views, Seeking chair or cochairs to head Committee 1 car garage, low condo fees all available today in desired Sheffield Greene...... $186,500 Ginny Coveney OWN A PIECE OF PARADISE with this 2 bedroom, 2 bath villa with a 1 car garage. Unit overlooks peaceful garden, creek and Do you notice how Kept single-family homes and golf course...... $179,900 condominium association entrances. beautiful The Meadows FRONT COURTYARD PLUS 2 screened patios, carport, 3 bedroom, The chair then submits the 2 bath townhome in centrally located Springlake...... $169,900 is every time you recommendations for the fall and UPDATED, SPACIOUS CONDO with 3 screened balconies for drive in? spring awards to a committee of three entertainment, enjoyment and nature watching. Kitchen upgraded who visit the recommended areas with new cabinets, granite.PENDING ...... $137,900 Aren’t we lucky to live in such a and make a final decision. Criteria COMING SOON…3 bedroom 2 bath villa, 2 car garage, golf course well-maintained community where is based on general appearance and views in highly desired Chambery. the residents are proud to live and upkeep. keep up their individual properties? The entire committee reviews the Call me for a professional analysis of your home— areas for holiday decoration awards you won’t be disappointed! We need your help to and makes the final decision. Holiday continue that tradition! decoration awards are based on the best displays. Meadows Real Estate Services The Best Kept Committee After decisions are made, the 5027 Ringwood Meadow presents monetary awards tree times chair notifies the winners and makes Sarasota, FL 34235 a year—Fall Best Kept, Holiday arrangements to meet to take photos. Decorations, and Spring Best Kept— These photos and a brief description for winning single-family homes and of the properties are submitted to The condo association entrances. Meadoword for the next edition. The chair also makes arrangements for Committee seeks a new a chair the awards and certificates. or cochairs The chair presents a report at the This eight-person committee monthly MCA Board of Directors meets in late summer to set dates meetings and the Assembly of for the awards and select committee Property Owners meetings to report Next Blood Drive assignments. Each member is and present the Awards. responsible for reviewing an area of Please contact the MCA at June 18 • 7:00 am to 1:00 pm The Meadows. The chair reminds 377-2300 and let us know that you members by email of the review want to continue this wonderful dates when recommendations are program by offering to be the chair. due. A horticulture background is not After reviewing their necessary—just the desire to continue Blood Platelet Drive… areas, members submit their the program in recognition of the June 25 • 9:00 am–1:30 pm MCA Parking Lot recommendations to the chairperson beautiful landscaping we know in for first place and runner up Best The Meadows.

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Emigration that has very different customs British Empire countries may have January and from our homelands. In 1957, seemed slight; Vic, at least, found meets the Most of us have never had Vic Pathe left England to live in his first three days to be a very to face the pain of leaving our Canada. Life in post-war England difficult adjustment. Vic wrote the first and third home countries and immigrating was difficult, while Canada first story in 2014 and the second to a foreign country. This often promised to be a new beginning. story, this year. Monday of involves living in a new county The differences between those two the month through April Interested? Contact Bob 371-1572 Getting to Canada Vic Pathe The MCA is It had been 11 years since plentiful. This was exciting. That afternoon, our Flying seeking the end of World War II, but it A phone call to the High Tiger Line, Douglas DC-3 circled seemed that in Britain, in early Commission of Canada in London Niagara Falls en route to landing CandidatesFiller ad 1957, there was nothing but bad and the wheels were in motion. in Toronto. Next day, I had a brief news. Months earlier, Britain It took only a week to get an walk around downtown Toronto for election to and France had invaded the Suez appointment at Canada House, and before catching the 9:00 am Canal Zone in response to the after four hours, three interviews, Canadian Pacific train for London, the nationalization of the canal by the and a physical examination, a Ontario. Egyptian government. As a result, friendly Canadian official handed After what seemed like an 2016 MCA sunken freighters blocked the me the necessary documents, shook eternity, the train pulled into canal, cutting off vital supplies. my hand, and said, “Welcome to London at the old CPR Station on Board of Petrol was again rationed, many Canada.” I was really impressed. Richmond Street North. I hopped foodstuffs were scarce, and living Canada, a country so hungry for off the train, excited to have Directors costs were escalating. Across the immigrants that it advertised for arrived at my destination. country, people were exhausted them and would approve them in a The mid-day sun was hot, and with rationing and shortages. matter of hours. Compared to the the air was very humid as I walked Optimism was also in short supply, traditional government red tape in the half mile to the downtown area, and to me, the future looked bleak. Britain, this was amazing! my suitcase heavy with winter Interested property own- Then, in April 1957, a local We touched down at New clothing. ers are invited to submit newspaper carried a small York’s Idlewild Airport early on With a happy spring in my their names advertisement placed by the June 13, 1957. Those of us going step I walked past Victoria Park, Canadian government. “Come to on to Canada were checked by where people, seeking refuge from for consideration no Canada,” it said, and in smaller U.S. Immigration officials before the heat, relaxed under majestic later than noon print, “Canada offers you a share being escorted into a holding area maples while birds sang and in her prosperity.” Prior to this, I to await our connecting flight to squirrels scampered over the lush October 2, 2015 had not given serious thought to Toronto. In our holding room, a grass surrounding beds of tulips All candidates emigration, but at 21 years of age female immigration official lit a and marigolds. must complete a with limited prospects and no ties, large king-size cigarette, took a A more restful scene was hard it had immediate appeal. Canada, few puffs, then threw it to the floor to imagine, but I had places to go. Personal Information a land of opportunity, where and stepped on it. The immigrants This was London, Ontario, Canada, Questionnaire prospects for personal success in the room could hardly believe and for me, everything was new; were better; a country with a land their eyes; king-size cigarettes in new town, new country, and a new For more information, mass 40 times larger than Britain England were so expensive they life. The future was uncertain, but I call the MCA at and a population one-third the size. were sold by the piece, not by the had a wonderful feeling of freedom A land not burdened by the after- package. This must really be the and renewal. 377-2300 affects of war, one where food, land of plenty. fuel, and other commodities were Going away for a while? Read The Meadoword online at http://www.themeadowssarasota.org www.themeadowssarasota.org The Meadoword • June 2015 19 Memoirs continued Mah Jongg ON MONDAYS Are you looking for a Three Days in June chance to play Mah Jongg? By Vic Pathe Come by the MCA Monday mornings, 9:30 am For more information, call Caryl Magnus at 378-5055.

Are you a There is no work here in break for dinner. couldn’t converse with. London,” said the Canadian At meal times we all After breakfast, Leslie’s Bridge Player? Immigration official. “Business is congregated around a huge table daughter said,“ My father is very Looking for an slow and nobody’s hiring, but I can in the basement of the farmhouse. unhappy, he would like you to opportunity to play? get you a job on a tobacco farm As Hungarian immigrants, Leslie stay for the picnic this afternoon.” this afternoon. It’s an opportunity and his family spoke little English. This was difficult for everyone, For more information, call for you to get established.” The only English spoken was when but I had to move on. By 9:30 that Bill Thompson 379-7955 “What’s it pay?” I asked. they were communicating with me. morning, Leslie’s son in-law had “Hundred and something a After a night’s sleep, we were driven me to the nearby hamlet BRIDGE FRIDAYS month and your keep,” said the back in the field by 6:30 in the of Delaware. As I got out of the official. morning, and we worked until car, he handed me four dollars for

12:30 PM “What kind of work is it?” I almost 7:00 that Saturday evening. approximately 20 hours of work. It is necessary to sign up asked. The work was easy, but the heat As I prepared to hitchhike before each game “Mostly tractor work at this and humidity were oppressive. to London, the money was not time of year,” he said. Mealtimes were difficult for uppermost in my mind, but I did “How far out is it?” I asked. me, due in part to the lack of wonder what four dollars would “Oh that’s not a problem; conversation. I remember thinking buy. they’ll come and get you.” how nice it would be to have a Soon there was the sound of an “But how far out is it?” I conversation about Ontario or the approaching vehicle. Anxiously, I repeated. local village or farming methods had my thumb up even before an “Less than an hour’s drive,” he and practices. There was no way old Ford pickup came rumbling Church of the replied. that could happen unless I spoke around the bend and into view. Nativity “Surely there’s something here Hungarian. The truck pulled over. I threw my A community in Christ, loving and in town. I think I’ll look around,” I And then there was the food. suitcase in the back and climbed in. reaching out to all, proclaiming said. The Dobusch family thrived on The driver, a local farmer, was the Good News “Suit yourself,” said the foods that were rich and very amused by my experience on the Sundays official, “but trust me, jobs are very spicy. Chicken Paprikash, Gulyas tobacco farm. Communion—8:00 am hard to find.” Bible Study—9:00 am (goulash), or porkolt (a dish “How much did they pay you?” Communion with Music—10:15 am And so, on a hot and humid containing various meats including he asked, and when I told him he Wednesdays Friday afternoon in 1957, I arrived chicken gizzards) were served. roared with laughter. “There is no Healing Service—10:00 am at the Dobusch Tobacco Farm in These dishes were all powered by minimum wage law here,” he said. 5900 N. Lockwood Ridge Rd. Mount Brydges, Ontario. oodles of paprika and other spices, “I would have paid you more than (1 block South of University) The farmer’s daughter had making them hotter than the heat that, why don’t you come and work 941-355-3262 collected me from the Immigration wave. For someone raised on for me?” www.churchofthenativity.com Office. Her father, Leslie Dobusch, bangers and mash, haddock and I thanked him for the offer. Rev. Charles H. Mann, Rector was there to shake my hand as chips, and roast beef and Yorkshire “It’s time for me to explore I alighted from the boiling hot pudding, this was a culinary shock London,” I said. car. “Welcome, I’m glad to have of major proportions. For most Downtown London was like you here. I hope we will work meals, I simply had a fried egg an oven as the extraordinary heat well together,” he said in broken sandwich. and humidity continued. As noon English. On Sunday, once again, we approached, a long cool beer came He was a short man in his late were up early and back in the field. to mind. On Richmond near York 50s, with a ruddy complexion, a In the early morning air, the reality Street, I entered a small hotel. The wide-brim straw hat, and several of my situation became clear. This ornate lobby told of a luxurious days of beard growth. can’t possibly go on for weeks or past, but now the paint was faded The farmhouse was a well- months. I stopped the tractor and and the carpets were worn. kept, two-storey brick building walked back to Leslie sitting on In the stifling heat of the lobby very close to the road. Huge clouds the hoeing implement. “Leslie, you was an older man sitting behind of dust from the gravel road wafted are a good man and I have enjoyed a dilapidated counter surrounded across the property every time a working with you, but after by smoke from his hand-rolled car went by. To the rear, in the breakfast, I’m leaving,” I said, cigarette. He coughed repeatedly as field, were several green and red pointing to the road leading from he asked if he could help. buildings, which I soon learned the farm. Leslie looked surprised I responded that I was just were tobacco kilns. and hurt. looking for the bar. In a friendly My first job in Canada was “No. You stay with me and we way he explained that the law about to begin. go to picnic,” he said. “We will in Ontario prohibited the sale of Within minutes, the formalities have a good time at picnic.” alcohol on Sundays. We chatted were over, and my suitcase was “No Leslie, I’m sorry but I about London and the job market parked by the farmhouse door. cannot stay, I will be leaving after before I walked slowly back my My job was to drive the small breakfast.” room at to the YMCA. grey Ford tractor up and down He looked so hurt that I almost My first three days in Canada the field between rows of small changed my mind, thinking, I had been an experience. Tomorrow tobacco plants. Leslie rode on the could stay a few more days until was a new day, and I would find a implement, working the hoe back the hoeing was completed. But real job. and forth between the plants. We then, I thought about the food that worked until dusk with a short I couldn’t eat and the people I 20 The Meadoword • June 2015

The MCA seeks qualified candidates for election to the 2016 MCA Board of Directors All candidates must complete a Personal Information Questionnaire and submit it to the MCA. Submissions are due by Noon, October 2, 2015. For more information, please call the MCA at 377-2300 The “Year of the Accessory” Liz Barnett It’s official. Now that the spring shows are over, the fashion trends for 2015 are clear. Don’t worry if you didn’t get the memo; the ever vigilant Meadows Craft All classes are held at Kobernick House, Group has your back and is 1951 North Honore Ave., Sarasota working hard to keep you up Refreshments served to date. This is the Year of the RSVP, call Natalie, 941-225-8369 Accessory. According to Vogue, your wardrobe will be defined by choosing “Jacob, His Sons and Daughter: No Ordinary Family” with Marden Paru— the right shoe, bag, belt, or Wednesdays, Jun 3, 10, 17 & 24, 1:00 to 2:20 pm earring. Statement earrings The biblical Jacob, whose travels are all great adven- is the term used for this tures, is the father of twelve sons and one daughter. Their year’s all important piece of escapades reveal that this is no ordinary family. The birth- jewelry. Of course, if your right which Jacob inherits through devious means sets the earrings are going to make stage for later high drama, family problems, and ultimate a statement, you want to be redemption. Jacob ultimately becomes the progenitor of sure they say the right thing. the future Israelite nation, and his legacy is carried on by Given the propensity for one his children and their descendants. With added commen- earring out of every pair to go tary, we have the makings of a great film. Join us in a lively missing, you may be tempted discussion of these colorful characters, their actions, and to adopt the currently popular fate. Register at www.LLA-SM.org or call Lifelong Learning asymmetric look achieved by Academy: 941-359-4296. wearing only one earring or Marden Paru, Lifelong Learning Academy, is dean and mismatched earrings. Don’t cofounder of the Sarasota Liberal Yeshiva and ethics in- do it. Although this may look structor at the Melton Adult Mini-School, sponsored by the edgy on a teen or twenty- Jewish Federation of Sarasota-Manatee. He earned an MA something, on women of a at the University of Chicago’s School of Social Service certain age, it might suggest a Administration and was a doctoral fellow and faculty mem- lapse in short-term memory. ber at Brandeis University. There is a better way to look of-the-moment. and buy extra Estate Earrings for “Gut Health” with Dr. Fred Harvey—Friday, June 26, 2:00 to 3:00 pm We recommend what Harpers gifting or yours may be borrowed Bazaar calls “Estate Earrings.” permanently.) Sensitive Stomach? Let’s talk Although blending perfectly with The jewelry crafters will be about eating for wellness with Dr. contemporary styles, these earrings making even more styles all summer Fred Harvey, board certified physi- look as if they might have been for our Fall Charity Craft Sale, so you cian: American Board of Internal inherited from an earlier day when will be sure to find the perfect earring Medicine, American Board of Internal intricately designed baubles sparkled to define your look. Medicine/Geriatrics, and the Ameri- from every well-dressed ear. The Craft The Craft Group continues to meet can Board of Holistic Medicine. He Group has produced an array of these weekly during the summer months and has 30 years of experience, includ- earrings in star bursts of every hue that is launching a variety of new projects. ing 19 years in functional medicine will take you from lunch to evenings The group is smaller now that many and holistic medicine. Dr. Harvey’s out in grand style. seasonal residents have departed so it’s programs at The Harvey Center for Integrative Medicine If something a bit smaller is your a wonderful time to get to know our are designed to improve the quality of life, reverse the signs style, there are wreaths that dangle members while you learn new skills of aging, and prevent degenerative diseases that can rob in delicate shades of blue, black and hone your techniques. patients of their health and well-being. and silver, or variegated shades to If you would like to support local complement fall tones. For even more charities by making crafts for our fall visit www.kobernickanchin.org sparkle, you can pair them with a sale, we would love to see you any matching bracelet or necklace. (Hint: Wednesday from 9:00 to 11:00 am at Give the singleton earrings in your the MCA Community Center. jewelry box to your granddaughters If you can glue, we want you! The Meadoword • June 2015 21

Yoga SRQ Owner Robyn massage to all internal organs Marin offers a Laughter Yoga while toning abdominal muscles.” demonstration at Kobernick Laughter…the Best Benefits of Laughter Yoga House, 1951 North Honore Ave in include: Sarasota, as part of the Laughter, Medicine? • Increased oxygen flow to Lunch & Tour event, starting at the brain and body 11:30 am on Thursday, June 4. Yoga guru brings laughter to Kobernick • Released endorphins— “I encourage seniors to know House as part of Laughter, Lunch & Tour natural pain relief and they are ‘in charge’ and ‘in “feel good” chemicals in control’ because they can choose event to demonstrate the health and the body to laugh at any time to lighten wellness benefits of Laughter Yoga • Abdominal and core their moods, to get the oxygen muscle toning Carlene Cobb—Communications Director flowing, and to exercise the entire • Social interaction and body through laughter exercises,” sense of connection says Marin, who has taught yoga • Uplifted mood and sense for 13 years. “To enjoy Laughter of wellness Yoga, no yoga experience is Some participants say they required. You laugh, stretch, and felt a bit silly at first, but soon make eye contact with others. A forgot about their pain. When bond is made as you share the joy they looked around and saw of laughing together.” others laughing and smiling, they Developed in India in the realized it actually was a lot of mid-1990s by Dr. Madan Kataria, fun. Laughter Yoga has caught on To RSVP for the Laughter, all over the world, and Laughter Lunch & Tour at Kobernick Clubs are springing up to House, please call Natalie at 225- accommodate the craze. 8369. It is a fun, effective health Yoga SRQ Owner Robyn Marin leads Laughter Yoga at Kobernick House To learn more about Laughter and wellness practice for people Yoga and other yoga classes, of all ages. Blending gentle yoga in a group setting. No equipment says Dr. Gulshan Sethi, head contact Robyn Marin, Yoga breathing (Pranayama), simple is required, not even a mat. of cardiothoracic surgery at the SRQ, 955-4777 or visit www. stretching, and good old belly “Laughter activates the body’s Tucson Medical Center. “It’s like YOGASRQ.com. laughs, the joy becomes infectious natural relaxation response,” internal jogging, providing a good 22 The Meadoword • June 2015 TMCC Tournament Helps Local People 19th Annual Meadows Cup Pro Am raises more than $100,000 for people with disabilities

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5489 Downham Meadows • $349,000—Custom 3 bedroom/2 bath home with spectacular golf and Marci McFarland lake views. GRI, Realtor® If you are considering listing, I would be happy to meet with you to discuss the value of your home in today’s market and how best to prepare your home to sell. If you are looking to buy, I know The TMCC General Manager Doug Domino (RIGHT) holds check presented to Meadows and the many types of Easter Seals Southwest Florida homes available. 2941 Sandringham Place • $399,000—Updated Sarasota’s premier golf Cola, Gold Coast Eagle Distributors, Please feel free to 3 bedroom/2 bath home, pool, spa, maintenance- tournament, The Meadows Cup Pro GolfTEC, Rooks Advertising, and call me! free, shows like a model, better than new. Am, presented by The George & Isabel Spotlight Graphics. Bushong Foundation, was recently Easter Seals Southwest Florida Michael Saunders & Company hosted by The Meadows Country extends their gratitude to Honorary Licensed Real Estate Broker Club. The Meadows Cup is one of Chair Scott Dennis, Media Sponsors 8660 South Tamiami Trail • Sarasota, FL 34238 the longest running charitable golf ABC 7 WWSB and Inspiration 941-961-3390 (cell) • 941-966-8000 tournaments in Sarasota County and Academy’s Community Broadcast Visit my new neighborhood Website for The Meadows to check real has raised more than $1,000,000 for Network, and Committee Chair Doug estate updates and see information about living in The Meadows Easter Seals Southwest Florida. Domino, TMCC General Manager. www.themeadowssarasota.com Since 1997, The Meadows Country Proceeds of the Meadows Cup Club has donated their two courses Pro Am Golf Tournament allow for the 18-hole scramble. This year, Easter Seals to provide programs like 75 club members participated as developmental childcare, therapy, volunteers during the event, working rehabilitative services, education, as scorekeepers, bag handlers, and vocational instruction, and respite for greeters. people with disabilities. Easter Seals “The long running success of programs serve persons from birth this tournament is a testament to the through senior citizens in Sarasota and hard work and dedication of so many Manatee counties. people at The Meadows Country “Each day, we are privileged to Club, our generous sponsors, and the see real progress made in the lives golf enthusiasts,” says Tom Waters, of children and adults with autism, President and CEO of Easter Seals cerebral palsy, Down syndrome, Southwest Florida. and spina bifida as well as other Presenting Sponsor was The developmental delays and disabilities,” George & Isabel Bushong Foundation. says Waters. “We thank all of our Major Sponsors included sponsors, golfers and volunteers for Advanced Sports Medicine, The the very important role they play in Judge Family Fund, Sun Hydraulics, helping abilities shine!” Willis A. Smith Construction, Brown & Brown Insurance, and Benderson Development. Platinum Sponsors included 3B Construction; ABC 7 WWSB; A C Warehouse; Aker Law Firm; Andrick & Associates; Harvey A. Small/AXA Advisors; Boar’s Head Provisions Co; Bright House Networks; Caldwell Trust; Christopher, Smith, Leonard Bristow & Stanell PA; Club Car Inc.; Fruitville Landscape; Green Cooling Solutions; GWG Holdings; IMS Barter; Kobernick-Anchin-Benderson; Miller Gesko; Model Screw Products; Najmy Thompson PL; Nepsis Advisors; Sarasota Kennel Club; Synovus; and Williams Parker. In-kind sponsors included Bermuda Sands, Boar’s Head Provisions, Cheney Brothers, Coca The Meadoword • June 2015 23

News from The Doug Domino—General Manager Meadows Country Club Headline Drop Deck July/August Events Information provided by

Golf • Call the Golf Shop for More Information 378.5153 Text Thru Oct 20—Nine & Dine, Tuesdays, 2:45 pm Shotgun, Dinner to Follow Jun 3 & Jul 1—Mulligans & Martini’s, Full & Summer Golf Members, Gals Only, 4:30 pm Jun 14 & Jul 12—Golf Guest Day, Guests of Members Pay $27 Cart Fee Only Jun 13—Sizzlin’ Summer Saturday, 8:00 am, Shotgun, Poolside Cook Out to Follow Jul 4—Flag Tournament, Tee Times between 8:00 to 11:00 am Jul 18—Sizzlin’ Summer Saturday, 8:00 am Shotgun, Poolside Cook Out to Follow

Tennis • Call the Tennis Pro Shop for More Information 378.5265 Jun 2 to Jun 25—In House Doubles League, Tuesdays & Thursdays, 6:00 pm Summer time and the Jun 8 to Aug 7—Summer Sports Day Camp, Monday thru Friday, 8:30 am to 3:30 pm livin’ is easy Jun 3 & Jul 1—Courts & Cocktails, For the Ladies, 4:30 pm Jun 6 & Jul 4—Tennis Guest Day, Free Tennis for Guests of Members, All Day Summer membership forges ahead of last Jun 13—Meadows Tennis Pro Staff, Round Robin, 9:30 am summer’s membership Jul 11—Wimbledon & Whites, Round Robin, 9:30 am “Summer time and the livin’ is Ad hoc committees Dining & Social • Call for Reservations 378.2135 easy”—well that’s what the song says Jun 9—Trivia Night, Regency Room, 5:30 pm anyway. Actually, some things do get make progress on Jun 16—Sunset Tuesday, Outside Deck of Fountain View Lounge, 6:00 to 7:30pm a little easier in the summer—like the several fronts Jun 20—Summer Social, Regency Room, 5:30 pm traffic, getting a court time, a tee time, Jun 25—Wine & Dine, Regency Room, 6:00 pm or a place to sit on Wednesday Pasta As I reported in past months, the Jul 11—Summer Dinner Dance, Regency Room, 5:30 pm Night. club has ad hoc committees focusing This is also the time we bring in on three major issues this summer. Member Activities • In the Dickens Center close to 300 summer members who are Membership plans are always one • Ladies Bridge—1st & 3rd Wednesday and 2nd & 4th Friday, 1:00 pm eager to use their summer privileges of our most important issues, and • Men’s Bridge—Every Tuesday, 1:00 pm and make their summer livin’ easy. this year is no exception. The equity • Mah Jongg—Every Friday, 10:00 am to Noon To date, we are 42 summer members membership approved bylaw changes ahead of last year and still adding. that give the Board more latitude We expect a busy summer with the to respond to the current and future Special Announcements addition of the summer group to our membership market, and the ad hoc almost 500 year-round members. We committee has been meeting weekly to Golf Course Closings—Annual Routine Maintenance have a full schedule of activities, which develop recommendations. The plans • Meadows Course: Closed Jun 1 to Jun 5, Jul 20 to 24, Aug 24 to Aug 28 you will find listed every month here in developed by this committee will be • Highlands Course: Closed Jul 6 to 10, Aug 3 to Aug 7 The Meadoword. published in August and implemented • Groves Course: Closed Jul 27 to 31, Sep 8 to Sep 13 for the 2015–2016 season. TMCC is a highly sought- The General Manager Search Restaurant Closings—Annual Routine Maintenance committee has been busy developing • Fountain View Lounge: Closed Aug 4 thru 14, Will Reopen Aug 15 after destination for golf the criteria for interviews and expects • Regency Room: Closed Aug 18 thru 27. Will Reopen Aug 28 outings and tournaments to begin interviewing candidates in late • Center Court Lounge: Closed Sep 1 thru 4, Will Reopen Sep 5 June or early July. Summer is also the time when The Rezoning committee has NOTE: All Dates & Times are Subject to Change companies, charities, and other groups also been meeting weekly, and was plan golf outings, most of which very pleased when MCA Manager are designed to raise money for a Jay Brady agreed to participate particular cause. New additions to our in the meetings. The application is outing list include the West Florida progressing through the county with no Golf Tour—a professional mini tour unexpected issues, and we are hoping The MCA seeks qualified where the up-and-coming professional for approval in the fall. The committee tournament golfers compete for has interviewed attorneys, developers, candidates for election to the 2016 thousands of dollars in prizes—and the and land planners to gather information Sarasota Powerboat Grand Prix Charity that has helped formulate the next steps Golf Tournament. for the club. With assistance from land MCA Board of Directors The West Florida Golf Tour held planners, the committee is using what All candidates must complete a their first event on May 25, 26, and 27. they have learned to develop possible We will also host their major Sarasota scenarios for building locations. Personal Information Questionnaire Open event at the end of October, so The committee will be presenting look for the details of when you can their reports to the Board and the and submit it to the MCA. watch these professionals compete. membership in June. The Sarasota Powerboat Grand I want to thank all of the members Prix Charity Golf Tournament serving on these committees for their Submissions are due by Noon, will be held on June 27. You dedication and hard work. can sign up on line at www. And, I hope “the livin’ is easy” October 2, 2015. For more information, Sarasotapowerboatgrandprix.org. wherever you are during this summer The proceeds from the tournament time. please call the MCA at 377-2300 will benefit the Suncoast Children’s Charities. ~ Doug 24 The Meadoword • June 2015 Help Wipe Out Alzheimer’s MyBraiin™ Movement calls for the voices of 1 million women across the country to join the fight

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1. Make an 4. Remove home 5. Light up your 6. Use assistive appointment with hazards living space devices your doctor Take a look around Keep your home brightly lit • Use a cane or walker to Be prepared to answer your home. Your living to avoid tripping on objects keep you steady if your questions like what room, kitchen, bedroom, that are hard to see. doctor recommends it.. medications you are bathroom, hallways and • Place night lights in your • Use hand rails on both taking; have you fallen stairways may be filled with bedroom, bathroom, and sides of stairways. before; and could your hazards. To make your hallways. • Install nonslip treads for health conditions (eye or home safer: • Place a lamp within reach bare-wood steps. ear disorders, dizziness, • Remove boxes, news- joint pain, numbness, or of your bed for middle-of- • Use a raised toilet seat or papers, electrical cords, the-night needs. one with armrests. shortness of breath) cause and phone cords from a fall? walkways. • Make clear paths to light • Install grab bars in the switches that aren’t near shower and tub. • Move coffee tables, room entrances. Consider 2. Keep moving magazine racks and plant • Use a sturdy plastic seat trading traditional switch- in the shower or tub and stands from high-traffic es for glow-in-the-dark or Physical activity can go areas. a hand-held shower illuminated switches. nozzle for bathing while a long way toward fall • Secure loose rugs with Acupuncture prevention. Consider • Turn on the lights before you sit down. double-faced tape, tacks going up or down stairs. walking, water workout, or a slip-resistant backing tai chi, or other activities. or remove loose rugs from • Store flashlights in easy- Consult your doctor if your home. to-find places in case of Works necessary. power outages. • Repair loose, wooden 3. Wear sensible floorboards and carpeting At shoes quickly. The Meadows • Store clothing, dishes, Avoid high heels, floppy food, and other necessi- slippers, shoes with slick ties within easy reach. soles, and walking in stocking feet. • Clean spilled liquids, Call Dr. Brenda grease, or food immedi- ately. • Use nonslip mats in your 941-955-1220 bathtub or shower. www.doctorbrenda.com 26 The Meadoword • June 2015 The Turtle Walk is Donate. In the drop-down box, select Back—Every Saturday in Sea Turtle Conservation. June and July How you can help First sea turtle nests of 2015 protect sea turtles recently documented Guidelines for boating, Florida’s Gulf Coast is a sea beach lighting, and more turtle nesting hotspot, and 2015 marks Mote’s 34th year of protecting On the nesting beaches, light from sea turtles and nests along 35 miles waterfront properties can disorient of Sarasota County beaches from nesting female turtles and their young, Longboat Key through Venice. which emerge at night and use dim Southwest Florida beaches natural light to find the sea. Beach provide nesting grounds for threatened furniture, trash, and other obstacles can loggerhead sea turtles, endangered impede sea turtles and their young. green sea turtles, and occasionally, Sea turtles swim just offshore to other sea turtle species. Florida’s mate before the females come ashore west coast hosts the largest nesting to nest. Juvenile turtles feed along the population of loggerheads in the Gulf Gulf Coast. And, by early summer the of Mexico. first hatchlings will venture into Gulf Mote’s Sea Turtle Patrol monitors waters. the beaches from May through October This year, Mote has recovered 31, the duration of nesting season. several sea turtles suspect of being Mote scientists and trained volunteers struck by boats, entangled in fishing carefully interpret and document the gear, or otherwise affected by human findings. interaction. Photo Credit: Mary Jo Gord You can learn the “tale behind the tail” During nesting season, it’s important to and all about turtle tracks when you keep local waters and beaches scout local beaches for nests with Mote groups that partner to monitor local coastal residents, and visitors can sea-turtle friendly Marine Laboratory’s Turtle Patrol beaches and scout for signs of turtle keep beaches safe and inviting for sea nesting to conserve sea turtles, lead the turtles. Mote encourages coastal residents During June and July, you can walks. To join a walk, meet at the public and visitors to follow the turtle-friendly join the Turtle Patrol on Saturdays. All You’ll learn about sea turtle beach access point at 4795 Gulf of tips that follow. ages are welcome, but children must life history and other local wildlife Mexico Drive on Longboat Key. On shore… be accompanied by an adult. Walks are and natural habitats. You might find Walks begin at 6:45 am sharp. No free and parking is available. evidence of turtle nests or of “false reservations necessary. • Remain quiet and observe from Mote-trained volunteer members crawls”—when females come ashore To support Mote’s sea turtle a distance if you encounter a nesting of Mote’s Sea Turtle Patrol and but return to sea without nesting. And, research and conservation efforts, turtle or hatchlings. Longboat Key Turtle Watch, two you will also learn how all beachgoers, visit www.mote.org/support and select Continues next page The Meadoword • June 2015 27 Sea turtles, continued from previous Visitors are Flocking to the • Shield or turn off outdoor lights Sea life emergency visible on the beach from May through Celery Fields contact numbers October. • Close drapes after dark and stack Sarasota Audubon’s robust Bird Naturalist Sea turtles are protected by federal law. beach furniture at the dune line or, program welcomes new volunteers Harassment or interference with a sea ideally, remove it from the beach. turtle, living or dead, is subject to penalty. • Fill in holes that may entrap Sarasota Audubon reports more This year, 35 volunteers provided If you see a sick, injured or stranded hatchlings on their way to the water. than 9,000 people visited the Celery 1600 hours of wildlife and birding sea turtle, dolphin, or whale in Sarasota • Do not approach nesting turtles Fields in the past six months. education at no charge to the public or Manatee County waters… or hatchlings, make noise, or shine “This number represents only a during the six-month program. lights at turtles. fraction of the visitors—the ones who More than 217 species of birds were Contact Mote Marine Laboratory’s • Do not use flashlights or fishing get counted by our Bird Naturalists,” recorded at the Celery Fields, the Stranding Investigations Program at lamps on the beach. said Jeanne Dubi, president of Sarasota county’s 300-acre storm treatment 988-0212. Outside of Sarasota or Manatee • Do not encourage a turtle Audubon. “What is significant is that area of restored wetlands and wildlife Counties, please call the Florida Fish and to move while nesting or pick up it is triple the number we had last year habitat. Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) hatchlings that have emerged and are at this time.” The Sarasota Audubon Bird at 888-404-FWCC (3922). heading for the water. Bird naturalists are volunteers who Naturalist Program is one of the most If you suspect that someone is tamper- • Do not use fireworks on the share their enthusiasm and birding robust of all the Audubon chapters in ing with a sea turtle nest, harassing a beach. expertise with visitors to the Celery the state and the premier educational sea turtle, or has possession of a sea On the water… Fields. Beginning on November 1 each program of Sarasota Audubon. To turtle or any of its parts… year when the migratory birds begin register to be a Bird Naturalist or • Follow Coast Guard-approved returning, a naturalist is available in the Audubon volunteer next year, contact Call FWC, your local sheriff’s department safe boating guidelines and use mornings at both boardwalks, equipped Marcy at [email protected]. and/or Mote’s Sea Turtle Conservation and vigilance to avoid striking sea turtles with telescope, binoculars, and bird For more information about on Research Program at 941-388-4331. and other large marine life. guides. birds and birding in Sarasota County, If you find sea turtle hatchlings that are • Be sure to stow trash and line visit www.sarasotaaudubon.org. not on the beach or are headed away when under way. Marine debris that from the ocean… accidentally blows overboard or out of a truck can become ingested by or De Soto National Memorial Call Mote’s Sea Turtle Conservation and entangled around marine life. De Soto National Memorial offers free ranger-led Research Program for instructions. Put • Wear polarized sunglasses to kayak tours through November rescued hatchlings into a bucket with a better see marine life in your path. layer of damp sand and cover the bucket • While viewing any large marine Come explore the waters that Native restrictions, children less than 50 with a towel. Do not put hatchlings in water animals, follow 10 viewing tips American Indians and Spanish pounds are not allowed on tours. or take them into air conditioning. Leave (designed for dolphins, but suitable Conquistadors traveled hundreds of Free paddle is allowed only under hatchlings heading towards the ocean for other large marine species too) years ago supervision of a park ranger; all alone. available on Mote’s website. participants must stay with the tour. De Soto National Memorial All gear will be checked and a safety offers free ranger-led kayak tours now briefing will be held before the tour through November for people of all begins. HERONMERE skill levels—first time or experienced. Kayak tours are every Friday, 3500 Richwood Link If you are a first-time kayaker, you Saturday, and Sunday through can feel assured your trip will be November at 9:30 am. Space is limited, Great 2 bedroom/ safe and enjoyable. If you have more and reservations are mandatory. To 2 bath home with experience, you’ll have a different reserve your spot, call 792-0458. fantastic views way to view the natural resources and Are you an experienced paddler? vibrant history of the Manatee River. & location. End, During the tour, you’ll learn about Ask about the park’s monthly downstairs unit. several of Florida’s unique coastal advanced tour. To participate in ecosystems and how native peoples advanced tours, you must attend Upgraded floors. and European settlers used the water one mandatory regular tour—no Large remodeled ways for transportation and food. exceptions. kitchen & master And, you’ll find out how you can help preserve and protect these fragile DeSoto National Memorial, bath. ecosystems for future generations. located at 8300 De Soto Memorial No Equipment? No Problem Highway in Bradenton, is open seven days a week from sunrise to sunset. The $187,400 Park rangers provide the kayak, Visitor Center is open from 9:00 am to paddles, personal flotation devices, and 5:00 pm. All events and activities are other safety equipment. free, but subject to change because of All children between the ages weather. Event hours are 9:30 to 11:00 For information about these or other of 8 and 16 must be accompanied am. For more information, visit www. properties, please contact … by an adult. Because of life jacket nps.gov/deso. 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For the second year in a row, independent, nonprofit corporation All Faiths Food Bank earned that evaluates and rates charities a 4-Star rating from Charity and posts the findings on their Navigator for its sound fiscal website (www.charitynavigator. management practices and org). commitment to accountability and John P. Dugan, Founder and transparency. Chairman of the Board of Charity The Food Bank is a member Navigator wrote, “A consecutive of Feeding America and serves 4-Star rating means that All Faiths DeSoto and Sarasota Counties. Food Bank outperforms most In 2014, All Faiths Food Bank (81%) other charities in America. distributed 7 million pounds (about This ‘exceptional’ designation from 5.8 million meals) through 195 Charity Navigator differentiates All pantries, soup kitchens, churches, Faiths Food Bank from its peers community centers, and programs. and demonstrates to the public it is The 4-star distinction not only worthy of their trust.” is recognition for excellence in The group has used data- carrying out the group’s mission, driven analysis since 2002 to it also is validation for donors who award only the most fiscally can feel comfortable in supporting responsible organizations 4-star the organization. ratings. In 2011, it added a second Food Bank CEO Sandra Frank dimension of Accountability and says the recognition comes at Transparency (A&T) to its rating a critical time because they are methodology and now reviews 17 involved in a campaign to ask governance and ethical practices as the community to donate funds well as measures of openness. to help feed 21,000 children this The A&T metrics, which summer. To make a gift to help account for 50 percent of a feed these children, visit www. charity’s overall rating, reveal allfaithsfoodbank.org or call which charities have “best 941-379-6333. practices” that minimize the chance More information about All of unethical activities and whether Faiths Food Bank, visit www. they freely share basic information allfaithsfoodbank.org. about their organizations. Charity Navigator is an The Meadoword • June 2015 29 FREE MUSIC BY THE BAY FOOD DRINK DANCING SUNSETS

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The Van Wezel Performing Arts from local vendors. Outside food, On July 10, Kim Betts and the Hall’s Friday Fest on the Bay returns drinks, or coolers are prohibited. Gamble Creek Band bring it on June 19 with four events scheduled Weapons of any kind are strictly through September. Emceed by the prohibited. With a high energy brand of energetic Dan Kriwitsky and Ray Friday Fest runs from June country/rock, the band covers all Collins, it’s sure to be a blast. through September, 5:00 to 9:00 the latest hits from Nashville. Their All performances, held on the pm—“rain or shine.” In the event strong female and male leads and Bayside Lawn of the Van Wezel, are of inclement weather, the festival vocal harmonies are as spot on as the free and family-friendly. moves indoors to the grand foyer virtuosic guitar, fiddle, and mandolin Bring your blankets and lawn or main stage of the Van Wezel solos. chairs and enjoy food and beverage Performing Arts Hall. Fan favorite Yesterdayze gives a Friday Fest is sponsored Hann return appearance on August 21 Power Boats and Metro PCS. For more information, visit www. Their eclectic mix of hits from VanWezel.org or call 953-3368. the 60s transports the audience to a This summer’s lineup begins with time of peace and love, and a little Kettle of Fish on June 19 bit of carefree dancing is all we need to “Let It Be.” Known for “Rockin’ the Blues” Reverend Barry & Funktastic Soul with a little bit of everything from featuring The Hellacious Horns clos- Blues to Bluegrass and Hank es out the series on September 18 Williams Jr. to Jimmy Hendrix, the group has opened for some of the Playing all the best dance music biggest bands on the road, including and the likes of Earth Wind and Fire, Roger Waters, Dickey Betts, Eddie Michael Jackson, Aretha Franklin, Money, and others. Stevie Wonder, Kool and the Gang, James Brown, and more, this band knows how to bring the party!

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Museum/Events R.O.A.R! (Family Summer Reading Program) • Jun 5—Disney Nature Oceans Jun 4, 11 & 18, 10:00 am to 2:00 pm— Fri monthly, 10:30 am—RINGLING ORDER OF • Jun 12—Deepsea Challenge BEGINNERS ONLY WATERCOLOR II. ARTCENTER MANATEE ART READERS. The Ringling Art Library. Free • Jun 19—Endless Summer Structured 3-class, small group workshop story time programs with a story followed by a fun Jun 13,10:00 to 3:00 pm—Feed Your Inner • Jun 26—The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou that takes beginners from inexperienced to craft or activity. Sessions limited to 20 children Artist. Learn from the pros. Demos & hands-on 4th Wed every month, 7:00 pm— comfortable with the basic tools and techniques. (must be accompanied by adult). Registration experience. Ages 4 to 99+. All sessions are free. STELLIFEROUS LIVE, Bishop Planetarium. Materials list available. Instructor Carolyn required. Register online. Check website for schedule. Look at & discuss the night skies. View schedule Merenda. Members $90; nonmembers $110. Jun 2 thru 20—MANATEE COUNTY SCHOOL JOSEPH’S COAT SKYSPACE AT SUNSET at www.southfloridamuseum.org/ThingstoDo/ Register online. EXHIBIT 2015. Kellogg, Searl & Reid Galleries. Thu & Fri evenings, 30 minutes after PresentationSchedule.aspx. Jun 8, 15, 22 & 29, 9:00 to 10:00 am—YOGA Jun 23 thru Jul 25—NO BOUNDARIES. Open, sunset—JOSEPH’S COAT. LED lights change Open Tue thru Sat, 10:00 am to 5:00 pm & IN THE GARDENS II. Beginners to advanced juried exhibition. Receiving Jun 20; pick up Jul 25. the color of the space. Bring Yoga mat; outdoor Sun from noon to 5:00 pm; closed Mondays & first students. Emphasis on alignment, relaxation, & Open Reception, dress. Reservations recommended. Members Sat in November, Thanksgiving, Christmas Day, breathing techniques. Instructor Nancy Zampella. Jun 23 thru Jul 25—FRACTAL ART by Joseph free; nonmembers $5. Call 358-3180 or purchase & New Year’s Day. Located at 201 10th Street W Members $55; nonmembers $75. Presley. Open Reception Jun 25, 5:00 to 7:00 online. in Bradenton. General admission to all films, $5; Jun 8, 7:30 to 8:30 pm—A Botanical members $3. Adventure in Belize with Selby Gardens’ pm. Kellogg Gallery. SUMMER CIRCUS SPECTACULAR (Family) Jun Director of Botany Bruce Holst talks about his The Jun 16 thru Aug 1: Tue-Fri, 11:00 am & Attractions/Events 10-day expedition, the first step in a year-long Exhibits work of local, state, & national artists; 2:00 pm; Sat, 2:00 & 5:00 pm—CIRCUS process to gather and document botanical and changes monthly. Adult classes & after school BRADENTON RIVERWALK PARK ON SARASOTA presents on-stage exhibitiion. Antics THE MANATEE RIVER ecological specimens from the Nohoch Ch’en programs (ages 6-10); summer camps, ages (4- of Kirk Marsh, award-winning 13-year-old juggler Sinkhole. Activity Center Great Room. 15). 209 Ninth Street West, Bradenton. Visit www. Sebastian St. Jules, the daring teeterboard Riverwalk, located in downtown Bradenton Jun 10, 1:30 to 4:30 pm—DISCOVER YOUR artcentermanatee.org or call acrobatics of the Alvarez Family, world-renowned on the Manatee River, is an outdoor gathering INNER WRITER FOR TEENS. Ages 13 to 17. 746-2862. risley act stars the Anastasini Brothers, the place, designed to provide space for diverse Instructor: Award-winning journalist/television ART CENTER SARASOTA magnificent Dolly Jacobs & more! Bring lunch events & activities. For more information about producer Gail Condrick. Members $40; the new Bradenton Riverwalk Park, visit www. EXHIBITION CYCLE, Thru Jun 26 or purchase at the Banyan Cafe. Historic Asolo nonmembers $50. Theater. Adults, $15; under 12, $10. Optional realizebradenton.com & select Riverwalk from the Jun 24, 1:30 to 5:00 pm—ADOBE Confluence: France—Gallery 1 menu. LIGHTROOM EDITING. Learn techniques of Collective Paper Aesthetics: a Community dmission to Circus Museum $5 with performance ticket. Purchase tickets online. Call 359-3183. BRADENTON MARAUDERS HOME cropping and editing photos, adding effects, Project—Gallery 2 GAMES at McKECHNIE FIELD showcasing work in slideshows, creating beautiful MASHterpieces—Gallery 3 FILMS prints, and more. Instructor: Daniel Perales. I’ll Be The Judge!:Open all-media, all-subject 7:30 pm at the Historic Asolo Theater. Tickets 2015 SEASON Members $55; nonmembers $65. peer-juried exhibition—Gallery 4. $7.00. For information or tickets, call 360-7399. Jun 1, 6:30 pm—vs. Jupiter Jun 2 & 3, 6:30 pm—vs. St. Lucie SPLASHIN’ SELBY SATURDAYS Member-based organization offers affordable, Jun 5—National Theatre Live: Man and Jun 13, 20 & 27; Jul 4, 11, 18 & 25; Aug 1, 11:30 accessible, creative opportunities with curated & Superman Academy Award® nominee Ralph Jun 5, 6:30 pm—vs. Ft. Myers Jun 10 & 11, 6:30—vs. Clearwater am to 3:00 pm. Water activities and games juried exhibits,classes, workshops, & educational Fiennes plays Jack Tanner in this reinvention of for kids of all ages on the Great Lawn. Wear programs. Hours, Mon thru Sat: 10:00 am to 4:00 George Bernard Shaw’s witty, provocative classic. Jun 12, 6:30 pm, & 14, 1:00 pm—vs. Ft. Myers Jun 15, 16, 17 & 18, 6:30 pm—vs. Tampa swimsuits and sunscreen and bring towels. pm.vClosed Sundays 707 North Tamiami Trail, QUARTERLY LECTURES Marie Selby Botanical Gardens is located at Sarasota. www.artsarasota.org or call 365.2032. Jun 27, 29 & 30, 6:30 pm; Jun 28, 1:00 None. pm—vs. Brevard County 900 South Palm Ave in Sarasota. For more RINGLING MUSEUMS PERFORMANCES AT RINGLING To view game calendar in season, visit, www. information about current classes or to register, visit the Calendar page at http://www.selby.org or SPECIAL EXHIBITS Historic Asolo Theatre. Call 369-7399 for tickets. bradentonmarauders.com & select Schedule call 366-5731, extension 239. Ongoing—20th Century Abstract Art from the YOGA ON THE TERRACE from menu to view calendar. Click in-town games. Ringling Collection. Abstract works by artists 3rd Sat of the month, 10:00 am—YOGA ON McKechnee Field is located at 1611 9th Street MOTE MARINE Vassily Kandinsky, Arthur Dove, Franz Kline, THE CA’ DE’ZAN TERRACE. Bring mat, towel, West in Bradenton.. TURTLE WALKS Jules Olitski, Louise Nevelson, Alexander Calder, & water. Free (standard admission applies after CROWLEY MUSEUM AND NATURE Jun 6, 13, 20 & 27; Jul 4, 11, 18 & 25, 6:45 to Yves Tanguy, Richard Serra, & others. 10:00 am). No sessions during inclement weather. CENTER 7:45 am—Meet at the Longboat Key Public Beach Thru Jun 1—“Evolution of Commercial Parking in ca’ d’Zan lot. Sat, 9:00 am to 2:00 pm—OLD MYAKKA Access, 4795 Gulf of Mexico Drive on Longboat Printing.” Changing nature of commercial print SOUTH FLORIDA MUSEUM FARMER’S Key. Free. Children must be accompanied by thru circus posters, wood block to modern offset EXHIBITS AND EVENTS MARKET at Crowley, 16 405 Myakka Road. adults. lithography process. Circus Museum. Sarasota. Jun 3 thru Sep 7—From the Four Corners Thru Jun 7, Ocean Soul from National MINI GOLF TOURNAMENT Geographic Photographer Brian Skerry. A CROWLEY FOLK SCHOOL—Survival skills, Jun 20, 10:00 am to 2:00 pm—A special mini- of the Globe. Printed advertising that was the self-sustainability, how to grow plants, how to dominant media for circuses of the 19th & early Traveling Exhibition that showcases Skerry’s golf fundraising tournament at Evies Family visual display of the ocean environment and the raise animals, traditional crafting, & more. Classes Golf Center, 4735 Bee Ridge Road in Sarasota. 20th Centuries. on weekends & Wed evenings; some offered at Thru Jun 7—Beth Lipman: Precarious creatures living in the ocean. Organized by Lexi Mariash, a local 11-year-old Mystery Of The Mayan Medallion Exhibition Florida House Learning Center at 4454 Beneva who wants to save sea turtles. $25/person; $100/ Possessions. Rd in Sarasota. Register online. Thru Jun 28—Fan-Tastic! Ringling’s collection of Reception team. Entry includes golf, food, drink, & access more than 250 fans, some of which are exhibited Jun 25, 5:30 pm—Mystery Of The Mayan Located at 16405 Myakka Road, Sarasota. Jan to a fun house! Proceeds raised by youth and in these two galleries reflecting the heritage of Medallion Exhibition Reception. A taste of through Apr—Thu thru Sun, 10:00 am to 4:00 matched by Positive Tracks goes to Mote Marine fans from many parts of the world. what it’s like to be an archaeologist, biologist, pm. Admission (adults $10; children $2) benefit Laboratory’s Sea Turtle Conservation and Thru Sep 13—Trenton Doyle Hancock, EMIT: or astromathemetician exploring the world of CMNC. Visit www.crowleyfl.org. Research Program. What the Bringback Brought. Best known for the ancient Maya. Museum members free; DE SOTO NATIONAL MEMORIAL nonmembers $18. Contact [email protected]. his extended series of visual work that develops nonmembers, $5. Light refreshments; beer and Located at 8300 De Soto Memorial Hwy, WORLD OCEANS DAY FAMILY FESTIVAL the intricate personal mythology of the Mounds wine available for purchase. RSVP to 746-4131, Bradenton.Visitor Center open daily, 9:00 am to Jun 6, 10:00 am to 1:00 pm—Dr. Seuss theme and the Vegans, two diametrically opposed ext. 13. 5:00 pm; grounds, dawn to dusk. Gates close at spotlights the ocean’s deep connection to the universal forces that play out the archetypal battle 1st Sat of most months, 4:00 & 8:00 pm— 5:00 pm. Closed Thanksgiving, Christmas, & New human spirit and the boundless inspirational between good and evil. FAMILY NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM where history Years. Free; donations accepted. power of the world’s greatest resource. Features comes alive! Fun, educational, & something ART AFTER 5 MANATEE VILLAGE HISTORICAL PARK games and crafts focused on green practices, Every Thu, 5:00 to 8:00 pm—ART AFTER 5. new. Open till 8:00 pm; half-price admission all marine science, and conservation by Mote and day! “Rock & Roll Hall of Fame” planetarium Mon through Fri, 9:00 am to 4:30 pm; second Museum of Art & Circus Museum after hours; & fourth Sat, 10:00 am to 4:30 pm. Closed other local organizations. Free with regular permanent collection & special exhibition shows, 8:15 to 9:00 pm. Event schedule at / paid admission to Mote Aquarium; free toMote www.southfloridamuseum.org/ThingstoDo/ New Year’s Day, Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, galleries; cocktails on the loggia. Cash bar & President’s Day, Memorial Day weekend, 4th Members. seating available. Family event. After hours FamilyNights.aspx. Mote Marine Laboratory is an independent, 2nd Wed of the month, 7:00 & 9:00 pm— of Jul, Labor Day weekend, Veteran’s Day, discounted admission—Adults $10; children,6 to Thanksgiving weekend, Christmas Eve, & nonprofit 501(c)(3) research organization in 17, $5; 5 & under, free. Members, no charge. View THINK + DRINK (SCIENCE) CAFE. All ages. Sarasota with field stations in eastern Sarasota Learn about cutting-edge science in relaxed, Christmas Day. FREE. Located 1404 Manatee schedule at www.ringling.org. Ave E in Bradenton. Call 749-7165. County, Charlotte Harbor, & the Florida Keys. Jun 11, 6:00 pm—GALLERY WALK & TALK: informal setting. Beer, wine, & soft drinks & bar Open 10:00 am to 5:00 pm daily, located at 1600 Setting the Table. An exploration of 17th Century snacks available for purchase. FREE. RSVP M A R I E S E L B Y B O TA N I C A L G A R D E N S Ken Thompson Parkway in Sarasota. Call 388- still life paintings with the subject of edible objects. online at www.southfloridamuseum.org. EXHIBITS & EVENTS 4441 or visit http://[email protected]. BISHOP PLANETARIUM Thru Jun 21, 10:00 am to 4:30 pm—35th BAYFRONT GARDEN TOURS ANNUAL JURIED PHOTOGRAPHIC MYAKKA STATE PARK Every Fri & Sat, 10:30 am to noon—Walking The Bishop Planetarium, astronomy education facility & multimedia theater for films, lectures, EXHIBITION: “Found in Florida.” The work of Myakka River State Park, located 9 miles east of tour of the Bayfront Gardens. Members $10; talented photographers from around the country I-75 at 13208 State Road 72 in Sarasota, is open nonmembers $20. live music, & digital art performances. Visit www. on display and for sale in the Museum of Botany southfloridamuseum.org/ThePlanetarium for 365 days a year from 8:00 am until sundown. and the Arts. $6.00 per vehicle (limit of 2-8 people per car); FAMILY FRIENDLY shows & times. Jun 25 thru Sep 13—Art Exhibit: Along the Jun 6, 13, 18, 20 25 & 27, 1:00 to 5:00 1st Sat of most months, till 8:00 pm (half Rainbow River. The works of Sarasota artist Tom $4.00 per single occupant vehicle. Pedestrians, pm—Family Workshops. Sat drop-in program price after 3:00 pm)—FAMILY NIGHT AT Stephens. Museum of Botany & the Arts. bicyclists, extra passengers, passengers in vehicles with holder of Annual Individual Entrance featuring self-guided art projects for kids 4 to 10 THE MUSEUM. New way to explore with LECTURES AND CLASSES accompanied by adult. Stop by the Welcome something new to see & do—family-friendly film, Pass $2.00 per person. Campsites available. Register, http://www.selby.org. Email [email protected] or call 361-6511. Center in the Visitors’ Pavilion; admission not live performance, scavenger hunt, & hands-on Jun 1, 10:00 am to 5:00 pm—ENRICH YOUR necessary. Adults without children welcome! activities. 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Mixed- Jun 8 thru Aug 7, 9:00 am to 3:00 pm— Jun 11 thru 13 & 18 thru 20, 7:30 pm; Jun 14 IMPROV faith community welcome. Meets at Unity, 3023 SUMMER ZOO CAMP. Weekly camps, ages & 21, 2:00 pm—IconsMusical review highlights Full menu & bar available. Browne’s Lab Theatre. Proctor Road, Sarasota. Services & programs 6-13. Interaction with animals, participation in songs and lives of some major icons from female Doors open one hour before show. open to public. Call 929-7771 or visit www.chj- educational activities, and weekly guest speakers. vocalists like Bette Midler and Janis Joplin to Thru Aug 29, 7:30 pm—Out of Bounds Match Sarasota.org. Supervision by background-screened adults. groups like ABBA and Queen to the varied vocals Up. CONGREGATION KOL HANESHAMA Register for one or all. A different theme each of Elvis, Elton, and more. $18. week. First week, $230.00; additional weeks and/ Thru Aug 29—Life’s a Beach. Lampoons the Kol HaNeshama, 3145 Southgate Circle in or siblings, $210.00. Register online. Call 355- happenings & nightlife of our fair city. S.N.A.P PRODUCTIONS Sarasota, is affiliated with the Reconstructionist 5305, ext 306. Thru Aug 20—Kids Comedy Lab. Jun 6 & 26, 8:00 pm—Drag Queen Bingo. $10. Movement, which stems from traditional Jun 21Father’s Day “King of the Jungle.” Dads Located at 1241 N. Palm Avenue in Sarasota. For The Players, located at 838 N. Tamiami Trail orientation with a positive value on innovation & and grandpas free with purchase of one adult or more information or tickets, call the Box Office at between 10th Street & Boulevard of the Arts. Call change. Call 244-2042 or email office@congkh. child’s ticket. 366-9000 or visit http://www.Floridastudiotheatre. Box Office at 365-2494 or visit www.theplayers. org. org/Broadway.html. Sarasota Jungle Gardens is located at 3701 Bay org. TEMPLE BETH SHOLOM Shore Road in Sarasota. Open daily, 10:00 am JAZZ CLUB OF SARASOTA VAN WEZEL PERFORMING ARTS Sun thru Fri, 8:00 am—DAILY MINYAN to 5:00 pm (closed Thanksgiving & Christmas. JAZZ AT TWO Jul 4, 4:30 pm—Gloria Musicae: An American Fri, 6:30 pm—NIGHT SERVICES Annual Passes available. Call 355-1112 or visit Tapestry. Star-spangled choral fireworks highlight When scheduled, Unitarian Universalist Church, Sat, 9:00 pm—MORNING SERVICES www.sarasotajunglegardens.com. the annual patriotic salute to America. Celebrate 3975 Fruitville Rd in Sarasota. $5 Jazz Club with us, stay downtown for dinner, and watch the Sat, 10:30 am—SHABBAT SHABOOM [HISTORIC] SPANISH POINT members; $15 nonmembers. fireworks over Sarasota Bay! CHILDREN’S SERV Every Thu & Fri, 11:00 am to 2:00 pm—Boat Located at 330 South Pineapple Ave, Suite 111 Jul 8, 7:30 pm—American Idol Live! The 14th Mon weekly, 1:30 pm—YIDDISH GROUP Rides on Little Sarasota Bay aboard the Magic in Sarasota, 366-1552. For tickets or information, consecutive national tour returns with the Top Five Tuesdays, 9:15 am—Cup of Joe and Five motor launch. Call 966-5214, ext. 260 or sign up call 366-1552 or visit the group’s website at www. artists. Books of Moe discussion group at Visitors Center to reserve spot. $10/person plus jazzclubsarasota.com. FRIDAY FEST Thu weekly, 10:30 am—CHUG IVRI (advanced general admission. Hebrew reading). MANATEE PLAYERS Jun thru Sep, 5:00 to 9:00—rain or shine. Third Sat of The Month, 9:00 am to 4:00 Free. On the., are free and family-friendly. Bring For information or to RSVP events that follow, pm—PUPS AT THE POINT. Rules apply. 2014-2015 SEASON blankets & lawn chairs. Food and beverage for call the office, 941-955-8121, or email info@ Historic Spanish Point is a 30-acre historical, Visit website for times. For more information, visit sale. Food, drinks & coolers prohibited. 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What the young man doesn’t know VILLAGE OF THE ARTS • Jul 10—Kim Betts and the Gamble Creek for members; nonmembers welcome, $5/class. is that a “particular friend” dressed as a priest, his Band Registration required. Contact Marden Paru, 379- First Fri of the every month) 4:00 to 6:00 sister and another “friend” will make this night the • Aug 21—Yesterdayze 5655 or [email protected]. pm—ART WALK. Village galleries, shops, & brightest, clueless, entertaining comedy you don’t • Sep 18—Reverend Barry & Funktastic Soul Jun 8, 8:30 am to 3:00 pm—SUMMEROCKS restaurants open with food, refreshments, live want to miss. music, & work by local artists. Continues on Sat & @ TEMPLE BETH SHOLOM SCHOOLS. Day The Manatee Performing Arts Center is located 2015-2016 SEASON starts Oct 14 Sun, 11:00 am to 4:00 pm. In Bradenton between The Van Wezel box office located at 777 N. camp for kindergarten thru 4th grade. Wide US 41 (14th Street) & 9th Street West, & 17th at 502 3rd Ave West in Bradenton. For details & range of interactive activities for maximum fun tickets, call the box office, 748-5875, or visit www. Tamiami Trail, Sarasota. For more information, Avenue West & 9th Ave. W. call 953-3368 or visit http://www.vanwezel.org. and academic concepts. For more information, manateeplayers.com. contact Leslie Ruben, 552-2770 or lruben@ Located in Bradenton between US 41 (14th For information, call 366-0007 or visit http://www. tbsschools.org. Catalog and registration forms Street) & 9th Street West, & 17th Avenue West & MUSICA SACRA CANTORUM bestfood.com. available at www.tbssfamily.org. Extended care is 9th Avenue West.. 2015 SEASON has ended WEST COAST BLACK available until 4:00 pm. Musica Sacra Cantorum is one organization THEATRE TROUPE Jun 8, 9:00 am to 2:00 pm—PRESCHOOL Performing Arts of two choral ensembles. “This is Voices,” The Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe of Florida, SUMMEROCKS @ TEMPLE BETH SHOLOM professionals dedicated to the highest levels of ARTIST SERIES Inc. (WBTT) is the only professional black theatre SCHOOLS. Summer day camp for walking musical artistry join talented, qualified volunteers C O N C E R T S company on Florida’s west coast & one of two in campers 12 months to 4 years. Swim lessons to comprise Musica Sacra Cantorum Chorus.. 2015 Concert Season has ended. Watch for news the state. 1646 10th Way; Box Office, 1343 Main for older campers. For more information, contact of the 2016 Concert Season MUNCHTIME MUSICALES St, Ste 300B in Sarasota. Call 366-1505. Cindi Bavry, 954-2027 or cbavry@tbsschools. For information about & tickets to these events, 2014-2015 SEASON has ended org. More information at www.tbssfamily.org. call (sponsored by Sarasota Concert Accociation) Community Extended care is available until 4:00 pm. Monthly on Thu, 10:00 am—SISTERHOOD 360-7399 or visit http://artistsseries.org. 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A new toe-tapping, heart- information, visit www.sarasotaballet.org. N. Tamiami Trail in Sarasota, 366.5293. except First Fri, 7:00 am, FAMILY SHABBAT. For infor or to purchase tickets, visit www. filled musical with four actor-musicians performing SARASOTA CONCERT ASSOCIATION Dessert onegs follow. 25 of Guthrie’s songs, playing 15 instruments. The designingwomenboutique.org. First Sat, 10:30 am, MORNING SERVICE. Historic Asolo. THE 2016 SEASON starts JAN 2016 SAHIB SHRINERS Temple Emanu-El is located at 151 McIntosh Lineup (subject to change) includes Orpheus The FSU/Asolo Conservatory Theatre is located Road, south of Fruitville. Call 377-8074 or visit Chamber Orchestra, Cleveland Orchestra, Miro BIRTHDAY/ANNIVERSARY DINNER at 5555 N. Tamiami Trail in Sarasota, 351-9010. www.sarasotatemple.org. String Quartet, Olga Kern, and Russian National DANCE—Second Tue monthly (except Actor Training is a three-year Masters of Fine Arts Orchestra Jul). Social, 6:00 pm; dinner, 7:00 pm; dancing. $17.50/ TEMPLE SINAI graduate program. For specific dates & times, person. Call 366-4449. Public welcome! The Sarasota Concert Association (SCA) is a not- Fri, 6:00 pm—FRIDAY NIGHT SERVICES. visit www.asolo.org. Sahib Bingo—Tue, rain or shine. 11:00 am-3:00 pm. Welcome reception 5:15 pm. for-profit, self-supporting organization. Admission Doors open at 9:00 am. Public welcome! FLORIDA STUDIO THEATRE reasonably priced. For more information, visit Sat, 10:00 am—SAT MORNING SERVICES, BAR BINGO—Every Mon, 7:00-9:00 pm. Tacos & includes discussion & learning in the intimate WINTER CABARET www.scasarasota.org. hotdogs available. Public welcome! Thru Jun 7—Never Marry a Girl with Cold Feet setting of the Chapel. SARASOTA OPERA First Sun every month, 8:00 am-1:00 pm—ALL- WOMEN OF SINAI JUDAICA SHOP—Every & other life lessons from Vaudeville. John C. 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Lockwood Court Cabaret. Jun 4 thru 20—Internationally recognized guest OPEN TO THE PUBLIC artists and student musicians come together in Ridge Road off Proctor, between Beneva & Swift SUMMER MAINSTAGE Florida to study and perform chamber music. The Sarasota Garden Club, a non-profit charitable Roads. 924-1802, or visit templesinai-sarasota. Jun 3—Inspired Lunacy by Richard Hopkins, Festival is combination of youthful promise and organization located at 1131 Blvd. of the Arts, org. Rebecca Hopkins, and Jim Prosser. This acclaimed talent that carries a reputation as one corner US 41 N., bay-side in Sarasota. Open whimsical production featuring songs from the of the finest classical-music events in the nation. 9:00 am to 1:00 pm, Mon thru Fri; grounds open best comedy writers and composers of the 20th Visit the website for details. every day. Call 955-0875 for more information Century. Gompertz Theatre. or visit www.sarasotagardenclub.org. 32 The Meadoword • June 2015

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Th e Me a d o w s The Meadows Bo o k Cl u b Memorial Garden Ne w Ti t l e s f o r 2015-2016 (Meets on 2nd Wednesday of the month at 2:00 pm at the MCA) Administration Priscilla Schlegel 341-0434 [email protected] Luncheon Caryl Magnus 378-5055 [email protected] with its serene, Date Title and Author Leader natural setting… Oct 14 Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel Jean Rezabek is the perfect place to memorialize your loved Nov 11 Plain Truth by Jodi Picoult Barbara Beisel ones. Any Meadows’ resident, past or present, Dec 9 The Boys in the Boat can have an engraved, granite plaque by Daniel James Brown Janet Thompson placed on the Memorial Wall. —2016— Jan 13 The Aviator’s Wife by Melanie Benjamin Martha Dooley To find out more about the Garden or to Feb 10 The Invention of Wings by Sue Monk Kidd Cindy Kodish order a plaque, contact: Mar 9 Luncheon & New Book Selections (11:30) The Meadows Community Association, Apr 13 The Warm of Other Suns 941.377.2300, or email by Isabel Wilkerson Karen Rush [email protected] May 11 The Birth House by Ami McKay Charles LaSalle 36 The The Meadoword • June 2015

MeCommunityad Events—All Eventso are atw the MCA ord Community Events—All Events are at the MCA Community Center unless noted otherwise

Assembly of PLEASE NOTE! Property Owners Assembly of Property Owners Will recess over the summer will not meet in Jun, Jul, Aug &Sep The next meeting will be in The MCA Board of Directors will not meet in Aug October 2015 Budget, Maintenance, Safety & Restrictions will not meet in Jul & Aug Please join us next fall at 7:00 pm at the MCA Community Center Involvement will not meet in Jul & Aug

Next Blood Drive June 18 • 7:00 am to 1:00 pm

Blood Platelet Drive… June 25 • 9:00 am–1:30 pm MCA Parking Lot

MAH JONGG 9:00 am RESTRICTIONS 3:00 pm CRAFTS 9:00 am BRIDGE 12:30 pm SAFETY 2:00 pm BRIDGE 12:30 pm

MAH JONGG 9:00 am EMERGENCY PREP CRAFTS 9:00 am BOARD OF DIRECTORS BRIDGE 12:30 pm 1:30 pm 1:00 pm BUDGET 10:00 am

MAINTENANCE 2:30 pm

MAH JONGG 9:00 am CRAFTS 9:00 am BLOOD DRIVE BRIDGE 12:30 pm 7:00 am -1:00 pm BRIDGE 12:30 pm

MAH JONGG 9:00 am CRAFTS 9:00 am BLOOD PLATELET BRIDGE 12:30 pm DRIVE 9:00 am -1:30 pm

MAH JONGG 9:00 am

JuneAll meetings and events are at the MCA Community Center, 2004 Longmeadow, unless otherwise noted. Daily notices are posted for room locations