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By JESSIE VAN BERKEL [email protected] SARASOTA COUNTY — The design and permitting of a long- awaited community south of Lake- wood Ranch will soon begin, along with the addition of roads that could help alleviate traffic woes near I-75 and University Hundreds attend a recent Main Street Live event in downtown Bradenton. Mayor Wayne Poston attributed his city’s population increase Parkway. to strong building activity at large developments annexed years ago and steady in-fill development. H-T ARCHIVE / SEPTEMBER 2013 The Villages of Lakewood Ranch South will add 5,144 homes —nearly40percentaffordable housing — and 390,000 square feet of commercial, office and re- tail space to Sarasota County. The county approved the Here they come ... again project several years ago, but the developer, Schroeder-Manatee Ranch Inc., has since sought Census data shows populations are amendments to its transportation agreement with Sarasota County rising anew in every city in the region and the county’s growth require- as the job seekers and retirees return ments. On Wednesday, the Sarasota County Commission granted the By ZAC ANDERSON Growth rates in North Port builders several changes. [email protected] and Bradenton increased “This is the most significant very city in Sarasota further in 2013, while Saraso- milestone in this long, winding and Manatee counties ta’s growth dipped slightly to road of an effort,” said Todd grew in population last just below 1 percent and Ven- Pokrywa, a Schroeder-Manatee year according to new ice held steady with a 1.1 per- Ranch vice president. He said the censusE data, some at the fast- cent population spike. company would start work on the est pace since the real estate North Port’s 1.4 percent See DISCUSSIONS on 10A boom. increase last year — up from The growth — while mod- 1.3 percent in 2012 — is not est in most cases — is more surprising. The 100-square- Students play in a courtyard between classroom buildings at proof that an improving econ- mile community was already Imagine School at North Port. H-T ARCHIVE / SEPTEMBER 2013 omy is drawing job seekers to the region’s most populated Alastbid the region, and that retirees city, and there is ample land are moving to the area in available for development as Population estimates greater numbers, experts say. the real estate recovery con- 2010 2011 2012 2013 Southwest Florida munici- tinues. North Port added to def lect palities experienced minimal more than 800 residents last Sarasota 52,166 52,396 52,910 53,326 population growth during the year. The city has a popula- North Port 57,428 57,664 58,398 57,212 Great Recession, but that tion of 59,212, compared to the Venice 20,762 20,787 21,024 21,253 began to shift in 2012. That’s 53,326 in Sarasota and 21,253 in Bradenton 49,486 49,895 50,618 51,763 Scott’s ax when each of the larger cities Venice. Palmetto 12,664 12,703 12,809 12,964 —Sarasota,Bradenton,North Less expected: a 2.3 percent FUNDRAISER: At Lakewood Port and Venice — saw an uptick in Bradenton that Longboat Key 6,897 6,926 7,002 7,082 increase of 1 percent or great- added 1,145 residents, bringing Holmes Beach 3,844 3,896 3,970 4,053 Ranch event, leaders try to er for the first time in years. See POPULATION on 10A Anna Maria 1,506 1,527 1,554 1,597 Bradenton Beach 1,171 1,177 1,191 1,210 safeguard budgeted aid ONLINE Estimates are for July 1 of each year. For an interactive map of Florida population data, visit us at By JEREMY WALLACE heraldtribune.com and follow the link with this story. SOURCE: U.S. Census Bureau H-T Political Writer LAKEWOOD RANCH — With the fate of tens of millions of dol- INSIDE lars in the state budget at stake, BUSINESS community leaders flocked to The nexus of Sarasota, baseball and art FRAUD CLAIMS HIT HOME Gov. Rick Scott’s fundraiser here Afinancialadviserwithoffices on Wednesday, not just to donate players in the in North Port is indicted in to his re-election, but to make a ROCKWELL: Famed work room, grizzled veterans like the connection with a Ponzi. 1D last plea to convince him to spare great , harrumphed local projects from his veto pen. with more than one local at the awkward appearance of NATION Among the items riding on his link may set records today “The Rookie” — and all he repre- HELD TO ACCOUNT deliberations: $8.7 million for a sented — within their sacred Obama says allegations of new library at State College of By CHRIS ANDERSON sanctum. misconduct at VA hospitals will Florida; $3 million for a new Sara- [email protected] This was the scene Norman not be tolerated. 3A sota County Technical Institute SARASOTA — The freckle- Rockwell created for the March BETTER LIVING campus in North Port; $1 million faced hayseed with the coffee- 2, 1957, cover of The Saturday FOR THE FUN OF IT for Circus Sarasota; $500,000 for saucer ears and aw-shucks grin Evening Post, iconic magazine of The key to keeping active: Find the Boys & Girls Clubs in Mana- strolled into the clubhouse one yesteryear, and there are two Sa- something you love to do. tee County; and $300,000 for an spring day in Sarasota, oblivious rasota connections in what is ex- emergency room diversion pro- to those who mocked his charm- pected to be one of the most ex- gram at Manatee Memorial Hospi- ing grand entrance. AcopyofNormanRockwell's“The pensive American painting ever Classified...... 1F Obituaries...... 6B tal. He was a gawky kid, fresh off Rookie,” done for The Saturday sold. Comics...... 4D Opinion...... 8A Lottery...... 2A People...... 7B Scott got the $77.1 billion pro- the bus, far from the pastoral sur- Evening Post, is signed by Mickey The original painting of “The Movie Log...... 7B Sports...... 1C posed budget this week, and has roundings of home, and the suit McDermott. STAFF PHOTO / DAN WAGNER Rookie” is to be up for auction two weeks to decide which he was outgrowing exposed the this morning in New York, and projects to keep and trim. white socks under his penny loaf- and a tattered suitcase held shut Christie’s Auction House has it “I’ll go line by line,” the gover- ers. He wore a straw carnival by a belt. valued at $20 million to $30 mil- nor said. barker’s hat, and in his left hand An innate aura of optimism sur- lion. See SCOTT on 7A was a wooden bat, a floppy glove rounded the kid, but the other See ROCKWELL on 6A OUR 89TH YEAR NUMBER 229

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ROCKWELL from 1A customer at Demetrio’s Piz- STAFF PHOTO / But that’s just for starters. za in Sarasota from the late DAN WAGNER It could go much higher. 1990s through his death in A1951paintingbyRock- 2003, and he befriended well called “” owner Dino Karounos and was originally valued at $15 his brother-in-law Joe million to $20 million, but Pisano, who remembers sold in December for $46 seeing McDermott pitch at million, at the time a record Yankee Stadium when he for an American painting. was 11. Pisano reveled in (An Andy Warhol work hearing all the baseball, sold last week for $63 mil- drinking and celebrity sto- “Rockwell liked the underdog and the theme of the painting is just as much out all night.” lion.) ries McDermott had to tell, championing the underdog as it is about the Red Sox. It’s a very classic and By his own admission, “It’s anyone’s guess at and admired the 1956 McDermott drank a sub- this point, but we’ve had an World Series ring the enduring theme in his work.” stantial amount of alcohol, enthusiastic response to the former athlete always —ElizabethBeaman,senior specialist of American art at Christie’s his late-night carousing in painting thus far,” said Eliza- wore. New York with Mickey beth Beaman, senior special- “He was the best,” Mantle, Whitey Ford and ist of American art at Pisano said. “He was a on the front wall of the res- est player in the American well was a man named Sher- Billy Martin of particular Christie’s. good-looking giant Irish taurant for several years. League, has his arm across man Safford. legend. He often joked that leprechaun with a blue “He was proud of this,” the shoulder of right-field- He was a 17-year-old his knee problems were Life of a rookie twinkle in his eye.” Pisano said. “He was very er . Catcher high school senior in 1956, from falling off too many “The Rookie” was set at McDermott claimed he proud of this. He said, Sammy White is in the left and Rockwell actually bar stools. old in down- was “The Rookie” in his ‘That’s me, ‘The Rookie.’ ” foreground and second- plucked him from a high He lived in Arizona and town Sarasota, with the fa- book, “A Funny Thing Hap- Beaman said there is baseman is school lunch line in Ver- Sarasota, and his life after mous artist himself coming pened on the Way to the nothing she ever found to at the far right. mont. baseball was rough. He was here to take pictures of the Hall of Fame,” which was substantiate McDermott’s In the back left is not a Of those who appear in married four times, locker room to work from. published just months be- claim, but added, “I can’t player at all, but a fictitious the painting, only Sullivan worked as a carpenter and It is a remarkable like- fore he died. say for sure it wasn’t him, ei- character Rockwell made and Safford are still alive, security guard, and owned ness — he left out the ciga- McDermott wrote that ther.” up, “John J. Anonymous,” and two weeks ago they ap- abarthathedrankinto rette butts on the floor, but he was at in named for all the players peared together in Boston bankruptcy. still captured such detail as Sarasota with the Red Sox Rockwell in Sarasota who never made it to the for the first time in front of According to a published the graffiti carved into the during his rookie season in This much is known: bigs. the original work. story, he once met a drunk- wooden poles. 1948 when a photographer Rockwell came to Sarasota The player wearing the During an interview en dentist in a bar, and they In addition, the inspira- captured a trainer rubbing in 1956 and took photos of towel — and the scowl — is with the Herald-Tribune in went back to his office. tion for “The Rookie” was suntan lotion on his sun- Payne Park, which hosted Williams, by many ac- 2009, Safford, who lives in There, the dentist proceed- said to be a former hard-liv- burned neck. the Red Sox from 1933 to counts the greatest hitter Rochester, New York, sup- ed to yank out all of McDer- ing pitcher named Mickey The photo ran in “Life” 1958. who ever lived. Williams posed that the original mott’s teeth while he was McDermott. He was a color- magazine along with this He used an old camera gave Rockwell consent to painting, the one he’d passed out drunk in the ful character who spent a caption: “The baseball rook- with a cloth top and took use his likeness but never posed for while Rockwell chair. lot of time in Sarasota ie, his face reflecting the the photos back to his stu- actually posed. His body is smoked a pipe, might be Pisano remembers going throughout his life and eternal glow of optimism, a dio in Stockbridge, Massa- that of Sullivan’s, and his worth a few bucks. with McDermott to a Sara- stayed on Siesta Key, one- far more reliable harbinger chusetts, to work from. face was taken from photos “This is part of America sota seafood restaurant time friends say. of spring in the United The only element Rock- and baseball cards. It was and a very big part of Amer- once, and seeing McDer- McDermott, as a player, States than the first robin.” well added: palm trees to not a flattering portrayal of ica,” he said. “I wouldn’t be mott pull out his dentures was the can’t-miss prospect “Norman Rockwell must give the illustration a Flori- Williams, and there have surprised if you could get and stuff them in the pock- who missed. He was a mi- have had a subscription to da feel. been those who have specu- one or two million dollars et of his sport coat. Pisano nor-league superstar who ‘Life,’ ” McDermott wrote. The predominant colors lated it was done intention- for it.” remembers laughing a few reached the majors at 18, “Me again, or at least every- he used in the work: a patri- ally by Rockwell because The original painting, years later when he saw but his drinking escapades one assumed it was. Titled otic red, white and blue. Williams did not fully coop- signed by Rockwell, has McDermott being inter- were legendary and he nev- “The Rookie,” it became a There are five Red Sox erate. been owned by a private viewed on TV in New York er fulfilled his promise. ‘Saturday Evening Post’ players in the illustration, “I gravitate toward the collector for 30 years — while wearing the same Then, down and out late in cover.” and four of them drove to dynamics between the “not a Red Sox fan,” Bea- jacket. his life, he won the lottery McDermott came into Rockwell’s studio during rookie and Ted Williams,” man said — and the work Pisano also said McDer- in 1991 and stopped drink- Demetrio’s one day and an off-day to pose. Beaman said. has only been displayed in mott was a good friend of ing altogether. signed a print of “The Rook- Pitcher Frank Sullivan, The person who posed public three times, twice af- Ted Williams, and the Hall He was a regular lunch ie” for Karounos, and it was who at 6-foot-7 was the tall- as “The Rookie” for Rock- ter Boston won the World of Famer often gave him Series. money when he was strug- “Rockwell liked the un- gling later in life. derdog and the theme of According to his book, the painting is just as much McDermott said he was championing the underdog tired of drinking and as it is about the Red Sox,” prayed to God to give him a Beaman said. “It’s a very sign to stop. The sign came, classic and enduring theme he said, when he won $7 in his work.” million in the lottery on a $1 ticket. True or false? “He said, ‘One night I Whether McDermott played the lottery and I’m was the inspiration for the lying on the couch bombed painting may never be and I can hear my wife and known; both he and Rock- son talking,’ ” Pisano said. well are dead. “They said, ‘I think Mick FREEDOM. But it is certainly possi- hit the lottery. I think those ble. are his numbers.’ FRONT AND CENTER. McDermott signed a pro- “He says, ‘I’m hearing all fessional contract at 15 af- this and I think I’m dream- ter his father doctored his ing. All of a sudden I start- There is a place where freedom birth certificate, and as ed to sober up.’ And that’s part of the deal it was said when he went on the wag- is front and center. he received two truckloads on. He wouldn’t drink any- of beer. thing after that.” A place to honor those who came before, He pitched three no-hit- After McDermott won ters in the minors, joined the lottery, Pisano said, he those to come and the Boston at age 18 in 1948 and wrote a check to Williams families who stay behind. could fire a baseball at 100 to pay him back for his gen- mph. Birdie Tebbetts — a erosity. Pisano said Will- Hall of Fame catcher, now iams tore up the check. All in the name of the star-spangled deceased, who once lived banner that waves proudly above. on Anna Maria Island — Lingering questions once predicted McDer- Now, as the painting mott would be “the next goes up for auction there That’s the heart of Patriot Plaza Lefty Grove.” are several interesting ques- at Sarasota National Cemetery. McDermott had a couple tions that surround it. of decent seasons with the How much money will Red Sox, pitching two one- the painting bring? Will it hitters and winning 18 be the most ever paid for games in 1953. He played an American painting? Will for the Yankees in 1956 and Sarasota and Payne Park won a World Series ring — have played a role in artis- the very same one he’d tic history? wear on trips to Demetrio’s And, will a colorful ex- Pizza. pitcher who used to spend In an ironic twist that time on Siesta Key — a guy only the sport of baseball who used to serve up dou- Rostrum roof structure with flagpole at Patriot Plaza seems capable of provid- bles and triples during ing, Boston once traded Mc- games, then drink them Dermott to Washington in with Mickey Mantle after exchange for Jackie Jensen, —beknownastheinspira- the right-fielder in Rock- tion for the iconic Norman Watch freedom take center stage at the Patriot Plaza well’s painting. Rockwell’s most famous dedication June 28. For dedication ticket information, “He threw hard but he painting? was wild,” Pisano said of Hard to say, though, visit patriotplaza.thepattersonfoundation.org McDermott. through the optimistic eyes An initiative of The Patterson Foundation. thepattersonfoundation.org “Of course half the time of “The Rookie” anything he was drunk. He’d been is certainly possible. 1645194 CS00102183 MOOD FOOD Certain nutrients help you eat your way to peace and happiness. Health + TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 2014 R 50¢ AN EDITION OF THE SARASOTA HERALD-TRIBUNE HERALDTRIBUNE.COM Fitness North Port won’t SPEAKERS’ bid on property ALLEN WEST McCALL RANCH: Auction CAN THIS LAND BE SAVED? Tea Party hero Allen West — who The 5,700-acre McCall Ranch is represented a Florida district in VISIONS price and state rules pose headed to auction Thursday, but Congress — will address local conservationists continue to hope Republicans on Wednesday. big hurdle for city officials much of the property will be preserved from development. 7A By JOSH SALMAN [email protected] CONTRAST NORTH PORT — City officials of retail and office space, could won’t be bidding on McCall Ranch contain enough water to supply AFRICAN-AMERICANS: Talks when the massive property comes North Port for some time. JEREMY WALLACE up for auction later this week, but “Everyone thinks there’s a lot of locally this month will be POLITICAL NOTEBOOK that hasn’t stopped some commis- water on that property,” North sioners from fretting about the fu- Port Mayor Jim Blucher said Mon- given by political opposites ture of the tract — and its potential day. “I was worried another gov- and minds of the black communi- impact on North Port. ernment would buy up the proper- JULIAN BOND ARASOTA — Heading into ty here in high-profile speeches That’s because the 5,771-acre ty, and I wanted to make sure we Civil rights legend Julian Bond — akeyelectionyear,two less than two weeks apart. tract on Choctaw Boulevard, once were not behind the eight ball.” a former chairman of the NAACP — S political voices from oppo- At the Sarasota Republican envisioned for a mix of 15,000 North Port commissioners will address Democrats on Feb. 23 site ends of the political spec- Party’s invitation, Tea Party hero homes and 4.2 million square feet See MCCALL RANCH on 7A in Sarasota. trum will be vying for the hearts Allen West says he will offer an alternative to how President Barack Obama and the Demo- crats have let down the black community by growing the wel- fare state. “This is not the message of Dr. As the pairs take the ice today, millions will Martin Luther King,” West said. Eleven days later, Democrats be mesmerized by their feats of precision. will counter with civil rights legend and Democrat Julian Bond, who has called the Tea What is often taken for granted are the Party “the Taliban wing” of Amer- ican politics. Bond also has criti- perils inherent in the Olympic event. cized Republican efforts to cur- tail the core legacy of the civil rights movement: the Voting Rights Act of 1964. “Julian Bond is one of the living legends of the civil rights ERA,” said Edward James III, the statewide direc- tor of African-American out- reach for Organizing for Ac- tion. James is scheduled to speak at the same Sarasota Democratic Party Kennedy-King Dinner as Bond on Feb. 23. The contradictory speakers underscore how both parties are focused on the black community in the upcoming gubernatorial election. Democrats and Republi- cans know that if black voters — historically a reliable Democratic group — come out in force, Char- See WALLACE on 5A

Canada’s Marie- Durbreuil falls after being dropped by her partner, Patrice Lauzon, during their dance program in Figure Skating Ice Dancing at the , , 2006 Winter . AP ARCHIVE / FEBRUARY 2006 Olympic figure Longevity skaters and practice at the offers new Ellenton Ice and Sports Complex. STAFF PHOTO / ELEGANT THOMAS BENDER later-life AND choices BONUS YEARS: ‘Encore careers’ among ideas at a boomer conference here DANGEROUS By BARBARA PETERS SMITH [email protected] By CHRIS ANDERSON, [email protected] SARASOTA — American baby boomers have started to sense LLENTON — They skate with sequins on their sleeves and that they are part of a massive and transformative popular move- knives on their feet, and with every ethereal leap and dainty twirl ment that’s still in search of a comes the lurking potential for broken bones and bloody faces. name — and the 300-plus people E now here for the International Think pairs figure skating isn’t dangerous? Then name another sport that Conference on Positive Aging are waiting for them to show some ini- has something in it called a “death spiral.” tiative and sense of belonging. Many of the 78 million boomers Think figure skaters aren’t tough? Then the air and catching them. can expect to enjoy 25 or 30 “bo- how about the time in 2007 when Jessica “People think it’s such a pretty sport nus” years of life, thanks to the cur- Dube was slashed by her partner in the left and I hate the word ‘pretty,’ ” coach Jim rent longevity boom, and aging cheek, his blade moving at 40 mph? Peterson says. “What we do is so difficult specialists believe they will want It took 83 stitches to close the wound. She and it can be so dangerous.” and need to exercise greater con- was back skating in 10 days. Peterson is a coach at the Ellenton Ice and trol over how those years are Injuries such as broken noses, shattered Sports Complex, and has guided two pairs spent. But this new approach to eye sockets, concussions and deep skate figure skating teams to the Sochi Olympics. late life will have to be improvised blade wounds can occur because pairs skat- Nathan Bartholomay and Felicia Zhang from scratch. That means it’s time ers have to be so close to each other during are representing the U.S., while David King for boomers to join the conversa- elements or they lose points, and men are and are skating for Great Brit- tion. throwing their spinning partners high into See DANGEROUS on 4A “There is no model, really, to go back to,” said Craig Vogel, presi- dent of the Live Well Collabora- LEARN MORE OLYMPIC COVERAGE tive at the University of Cincin- Your guide to the rules, Who struck gold on Monday, nati. equipment and terminology, as as well as a guide to television One keynote speaker at the con- well as which countries’ skaters coverage and a medal table. ference, nonprofit entrepreneur are expected to do well. 4A 1C, 4-5C See AGING on 5A

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Programs Boot and blade

EVENT COMPETITION PROGRAMS TIME LIMIT Pairs Short – Pair must perform seven (minutes) Performed in elements, in any order. unison by Boot n A lift with a specified grip that rotates 2:50 Blade partners from year to year Custom-made for each cross-section comprising foot; reinforced with overhead n Double or triple twist lift lifts, throw thick, stiff leather n Double or triple throw jump for ankle support jumps and MaximMaxim TTrankovrankov andand TatianaTatiana VolosozharVolosozhar spins. The n Solo (side-by-side) double or triple jump key to pairs skating: exact n Death spiral on a specified edge that A hollow timing and rotates from year to year center simultaneous n Spiral or , rotating from creates movements. year to year two edges The teams n Spin combination, alternating annually that compete in between a solo, side-by-side spin improve both short combination and a pair spin combination turning and free control skate rounds. Free – Few restrictions or required elements; pair chooses instrumental music 4:30 and choreographs a program that best displays team and individual strengths. Skating in style Death spiral Rocker Curved part of the blade AlionaAliona SSavchenkoavchenko aandnd RRobinobin SzolkowySzolkowy

This move – in which the woman rotates parallel to the ice while holding Toe pick her partner’s hand – is a required element of the pairs short program. Used for pushing off in jumps and as a pivot point in spins

Rink-side Temperature average (˚F) Artistic Measures Assistant referee Referee In the building 66.2˚ •Skating skills, transitions, performance, choreography, Technical delegates Timekeeper interpretation of music. Judges Judges Ice is 1.75 inches thick

CoachesCoaches Ice 24˚ Figure skating pair It is very important to create and regulateate the ice surface. Warmer, softer ice helps figuree skaters CHINAC dig in their skates for jumps and spins. Pangaangg Qing QinQi and Concrete base 23˚ OtherOther scscoringoring crcriteriaiteriia •The height,height, fullness, number ofof rotationsrotations andand landinglanding ofof jumpsjumps •The fluidity,fluidity, difficultydifficulty and execution of footwork •The speed, position and number ofof rotations in pirouettes

Olympic medals in pairs figure How to figure skating, by country, since 1908 Gold Silver Bronze Judges – The system Out of these 9 scores, the Soviet Union 11 6 1 Program components is designed to allow highest and lowest score of /Russia CANADA judges to focus on the •Transitions every element or program Germany 3 2 2 MeaganMeagan DDuhameluhamel aandnd EEricric RRadfordadford quality of each • Interpretation component are ignored and element performed • Choreography/composition the average will be taken Canada 2 1 4 from the remainder and of the Austria 2 2 1 performance. It also • Skating skills 1988, Calgary eliminates the scoring • Performance/execution of elements France 2 0 1 of skaters in relation The last time a U.S pairs team Technical score 1 1 0 won a medal at the Olympics. to other skaters. Each element performed Grade of execution receives a base value plus Belgium 1 0 0 Awarded on a scale of up to a “grade of execution” The Unified Team 1 1 0 plus or minus three points Referee oversees 1 1 1 the judges. USA 0 3 2 Technical specialist Base value Total score Seven of the nine judges are group Each technical element has a Great Britian 0 1 2 randomly and anonymously Identifies each pre-assigned base value. This Norway 0 1 0 depends on the difficulty of the selected. Scores of two of the element other judges are thrown out. in real time. element. 0 1 4 East Germany 0 1 3 JillJill WWatsonatson aandnd PPetereter OOppegardppegard SOURCES: Associated Press, New York Times, International Olympic Committee; Vancouver Organizing Committee; International Skating Union; “Sports: The Complete Visual Reference,” Francois Fortin West Germany 0 0 1 Olympic figure skaters to development and helps make Nathan Bartholomay the pairs skaters more confident and Felicia Zhang at and trusting. Pairs skating is the Ellenton Ice and All of the twists and spins are Sports Complex. done on a trampoline for three Zhang, 20, says she months before being attempted has had “two little” on ice. The lifts are done on the concussions during floor, with top attention being an elegant and her career as a pairs paid to the male’s footwork. skater. Bartholomay “The man’s turns in the lifts are says he once took an the most important,” Peterson elbow flush in the eye. says. “If his feet are clean, mean- STAFF PHOTO / THOMAS BENDER ing he’s picking up his feet and not perilous event sliding across the ice, that means bose several times in the hospital. says. the girl is going to be safe and DANGEROUS from 1A much. Her elbow hit Bartholo- “I watched how over time he that’s huge in the development of ain. may’s head, bounced back and hit went from being a strong pairs Early training ayoungteam. Last year, Kemp missed 10 her own head and it knocked her guy to just surviving,” Ladwig re- Most of the accidents and mis- “Luckily there’s a lot of training months after tearing a ligament in unconscious in his arms. calls. haps happen during practice, and off the ice.” her knee. On the day she returned “She literally knocked herself Bartholomay says being a pairs not as often during competition. Peterson will then have his skat- to practice she took a blade in the silly and I had a really bad pain in figure skater can be just as danger- But if a skater is injured during ers go on the ice to practice, doing face that required 12 stitches. She my head,” Bartholomay says. “It ous as playing in the NFL. acompetitiveeventarefereewill things like crossovers together so went to the hospital, got stitched was like a super hammer elbow “I hope we make it look easy,” blow a whistle if the injury is acomfortlevelisacquired. up and — what else? — came back coming down on my head, and Bartholomay says. “It’s probably deemed to be serious enough to They also have to learn how to to the rink. I’ve got a tough head.” the most dangerous out of the stop the performance. hold hands. “You can either sit there and Bartholomay says the worst el- four skating disciplines just be- The skaters have two minutes “I know it sounds silly, but cry about it or you can get on with bow he ever received caught him cause the girls are so high. They to tend to the injury and can re- wrist grips and finger grips are im- practice,” Kemp says. flush in the eye. are sometimes smaller than the turn to the ice without a penalty portant,” Peterson says. “And that Kemp also has had her thumb “That was scary,” Bartholomay singles ladies and the guys are deduction of points. If an injured goes back to having those nonver- sliced to the bone by a skate blade. says. “Not only did it hurt but I’ve throwing them three times as high skater comes off the ice on their bal cues.” “Once we did a twist,” King known two different guys who and asking them to still land on own, or if they return after the in- Still, it is not for everyone. A tal- says. “It’s the one where I throw have shattered their eye sockets one foot. There’s a lot of potential jury time has expired, points are ented figure skater does not al- her up and she turns three times from an elbow.” danger there.” automatically deducted. ways make a great pairs figure and I catch her. Well, I caught her Ellenton resident , Jeremy Barrett — who was Still, every precaution is taken skater if fear and apprehension and pushed her out and she went who competed in the 2010 Olym- born in Sarasota, grew up in Ven- by coaches to prevent injury and cannot be alleviated. straight back and hit her head on pics with , will nev- ice and competed in the 2010 skaters learn at a young age about “There have been certain peo- the ice. She’s got this beautiful er forget a horrific accident that Olympics with partner Caydee safety and developing sound tech- ple I’ve seen from afar where I’ve blond hair and the whole back of it happened in 1999 in Delaware. Denney — had a major accident nique. Only a select few ever thought, ‘Oh, they would be such a was bright red. Pairs skater Mark Binnebose during a practice after he re- reach world-class levels and are good pairs skater,’ but they may “You do take a bit of a beating.” fell while lifting his partner and turned from Vancouver. capable of doing the things that be a bit fearful or the parents may hit his head on the ice. He suffered Denney sliced Barrett’s leg with would bring such a high risk. be a bit fearful, which is under- Potential danger askullfractureandneededemer- her blade, and Barrett received 12 “It’s only dangerous if you don’t standable considering what you Zhang, 20, says she has had gency brain surgery. His heart stitches in his leg muscles, 14 know what you are doing and if are dealing with,” Peterson says. “two little” concussions during stopped twice in the hospital and more to close that up and then 16 you don’t educate the athlete,” “In pairs skating one hand lifts her career as a pairs skater. he lost 50 pounds. more on the outside of his skin. says Olympic coach Lyndon the girl over your head and you’re Last year, she was doing a twist Ladwig was running late for “People think we make it look Johnston. going down the ice. I mean, it’s in the air, but not as high as a previ- practice that day and didn’t see easy and pretty but they don’t see Peterson says off-ice training sort of crazy when you think ous one and she wasn’t rotating as the accident, but visited Binne- the other side of it as well,” Kemp when skaters are young is crucial about it.” TWO FOR ONE APEEKINSIDEOHANA PUTTING Two actors play It started with a design competition. 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Is a check real, Big Red, an 8-year-old rescue dog, is now a or a real scam? proud therapy dog who is used AfaithfulreaderofH-Tcolum- to help ease the fears of abused nist Tom Lyons is wary of a children. STAFF PHOTOS / DAN WAGNER totally unexpected gift that arrived by mail in the form of a $25,000 check. Knowing Lyons often writes about people getting ripped off, she turns to him with a question: “Is it a By CHRIS ANDERSON, [email protected] scam?” Column, 1B he girl was sweet, smart, just 9 years old. She had been sexually abused by her stepfather, and her T mother had abandoned her to live with the man and his monstrously abhorrent secret. GUIDED No one seemed to want Big Red either. A lady found the Labrador mix wandering up Proctor Road one day, the scars on his mangy side mysterious and sad, but there was something wise and gentle about him, too. When it came time for the girl to give a deposition in the case against her stepfather two years ago, she with- THROUGH drew and grew frightened and wouldn’t talk to anyone about it. Prosecutor Dawn Buff tried playing a fun game with her. It didn’t work. They sat at a kid’s table and col- ored. Not a sound. Building bridges Over on the couch, next to some pillows, watching all of this, was Big Red. with a barbecue THE PAIN He was a proud therapy dog now — among the More than 100 people from Prosecutor vehicles prosecutors use to assuage the fears of abused Newtown attended a block Dawn Buff, at children — but he was scared, too, of elevators. party thrown by the Sarasota the Child So scared, in fact, his handler had to hold him in her Police Department Saturday. Protection arms as they rode up to the deposition room that day. People ate and danced. Chil- Center in Buff leaned over to the girl and said softly, “I know dren played. City leaders met Sarasota, this is really scary and a lot has gone on, but Red’s with their constituents. It was knows a child’s really scared to be here, too. all in the name of better com- courtroom “He’s afraid of the elevator, but he came because he experience has munity relations. Story on 1B knew you were going to have to talk about this today. the potential to He came to be by you. He knew you needed him.” be a trauma The girl rose from her chair, walked to the couch, unto itself. Arts...... 1E Obituaries...... 8B put her arms around Big Red and snuggled up to the Classified...... 1F Opinion...... 16A gentle brown therapy dog with the scars on his side. Lottery...... 2A Out & About.... .2B Movie Log...... 9B Sports...... 1C “I almost started to cry,” Buff said. They all moved to the floor and the girl started talk- ing, apprehensively at first, and then saying just enough to send her stepfather to prison for the rest of his life. See CHILDREN on 14A OUR 89TH YEAR NUMBER 94 6 SECTIONS Jamestown Kitchens % % New Cabinets & Cabinet Refacing 40 /60 GRANITE-QUARTZ-CORIAN-COUNTERTOPS OFF SARASOTA’S #1 KITCHEN COMPANY New Cabinets & Refacing

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CHILDREN from 1A Squiggly lines Inside the lobby of the Child Protection Center in Sarasota is a large, twisting glass cylinder two stories tall. Abused children drop marbles down the cylinder, and the little balls slink their way to the bot- tom, where they all remain clus- tered like gumballs in a 25-cent machine. This is to signify to the children that they are not alone. On the wall inside a medical room at the center is a painting of grass and trees and summertime. Hidden deep in the landscape are ladybugs and grasshoppers. Abused children are asked to find the hidden insects while lying down on a medical table. This is to forget they are being examined by a doctor after endur- ing horrific acts, violations often committed by someone they love. In one room is a closet full of do- nated children’s clothes and televi- sion monitors. This is where law enforcement officers watch the forensic inter- views taking place. Inside another room is a small kids’ table with small kids’ chairs and a camera high up in a corner. This is where Danielle Hughes works. She is a 34-year-old forensic in- To ease issues of power and authority, Danielle Hughes often interviews children while sitting at their level. Hughes is a forensic interviewer, officially, a terviewer, and no one draws Child Protection Team case coordinator. STAFF PHOTOS / DAN WAGNER squiggly lines with a 5-year-old better than her. ons into their paper when the sub- There are also photos of the Hughes is called a Child Protec- ject comes up. dogs on the wall in the lobby of tion Team case coordinator, one She also intentionally says one the State Attorney’s Office in Sara- of four on staff at the Child Protec- wrong thing during the interview sota. tion Center. to see if the child catches and cor- Hughes began the program that She interviews children ages rects the error. uses dogs to help comfort abused 3-12 who may have been abused. She finds children to be quite re- children during depositions and If someone places a call to the liable, probably more than adults. trials. The program is called Department of Children and Fami- “Children’s minds aren’t sophis- PAWS. lies suspecting abuse, Hughes is ticated enough to say a lie and She began with three dogs. among the people who will be then maintain that lie,” she said. There are now 11. The example of called upon to interview the child. the interaction between Big Red Her interview tape will be giv- ‘My job to worry’ and the 9-year-old girl — and the en to law enforcement, and the Buff was in Alabama a few result it created — is the pinnacle. case could be forwarded to the years ago for an Auburn-Florida “That’s it for me,” Hughes said. state if the police deem it credible. football game. She was walking “That’s incredible.” Her job is to gather information near the famous Toomer’s Corner Sarasota and Manatee counties in a nonthreatening way. part of Auburn’s campus when may be the only counties in the “Can you imagine a 3-year-old she wandered into a trinket shop. state that have used dogs to help talking to a law enforcement offic- She spotted a small medallion children in court, she said. er who has a gun and a badge?” inside the store that bore the word However, the dogs have rarely Hughes said. “That’s frightening. “Courage.” been used, perhaps only a few They don’t want to talk about When a young child takes the times in both counties, according what happened and they don’t stand in court, Buff will some- to Buff. want to get the perpetrator in trou- times have them hold the small Florida statute allows it, but ble.” medallion in their palm. And if an- judges have been hesitant. other child testifies after them, “The defense in Sarasota argues Signs of abuse it’ll get passed on. Sometimes par- that the statute requires we prove Hughes has interviewed more ents hold it, too. the child is going to suffer some than 1,000 children during the Kids will hold rocks, blankets emotional harm if we don’t have past 10 years. She has to make and stuffed animals — anything to this available to them,” Buff said. them feel comfortable, gain their put them at ease in court. Rarely, “The judges seem to feel this trust and attempt to obtain crucial therapy dogs lie next to the chil- should be for only the most ex- information within a narrow time- dren for comfort in the court- treme circumstances.” frame. room. If a dog is used, it remains next As a rule of thumb, she has Prior to a child testifying in to the child on the stand, but out of three minutes to talk to a child for court, Buff brings him or her in to sight of jurors. A dog handler sits every year of the child’s age. sit in each seat and become famil- nearby. That’s about the length of a child’s iar with the setting. Some even When a dog is brought in, jurors attention span. For example, she’ll swivel around in the judge’s chair. are instructed to leave the court- have 15 minutes for a 5-year-old. She also shows the children a room. They may be told the dog is Inside the interview room, it’s tape about how the proceedings there, but are not allowed to see it. just her and the child — no par- Children can work. If a dog is not used in the court- ents or family. Law enforcement choose a marble She never tells the kids what to room, it will wait outside the door, watches on the monitor from an- before dropping it wear, and does not want to appear eager to comfort the child after other room. down a two-story- as though she is pandering to the what was likely a traumatic experi- She always points out the cam- tall cylinder, above, jury by, say, making a child wear a ence. era and the microphone to the in the lobby of the cute ribbon in her hair. “I’ve been on the stand a few child. She wants no surprises. Child Protection She says she never coaches a times in my life and it’s like an out- And she always sits at the little Center. This is to child on how to act. of-body experience, it’s scary,” table, at eye level with the child. signify to the “They’ve got one job and that’s Buff said. “And then to talk about a Buff, the assistant state attorney, children that they to tell the truth,” Buff said. “They sexual experience, specifically often does the same when she con- are not alone. worry, ‘Am I going to say it right?’ ‘He touched me here and this is ducts depositions. And I say: ‘You don’t worry about what it felt like and this is what it “We want to eliminate all pow- anything else. It’s my job to worry smelled like and this is what he er so I have no power over that about everything else.’ ” said to me.’ child,” Hughes said. “And to talk about that in front The sessions almost always in- colors during depositions. the subject of abuse is gently Big Red of strangers and the person who clude Hughes and the child draw- “I’ve done some beautiful work broached, she knows it’s likely There are framed picture of did it, and that person may be ing pictures. Hughes likes to draw during depositions,” she said. something has happened. therapy dogs — including Big Red somebody you love and you may nondescript squiggling lines, no Hughes has several signs she Sometimes kids wet them- —hangingonawallattheChild be getting pressure by someone to humans, nothing to remind a child looks for during interviews. If a selves when they start talking Protection Center, right across not send that person to prison for of family. child is particularly chatty but about abuse. the hall from Danielle Hughes’ of- the rest of their life, that’s a lot of Buff sometimes plays games or then suddenly goes silent when Sometimes they dig their cray- fice. pressure to put on a kid.” Flood rate insurance hike starting to take a toll

INSURANCE from 1A if flood insurance costs are too waterfront — the new owner ry flood insurance. Southwest Florida’s real estate “I will never be able to sell my high. Sellers should be aggressive would have to pay between Siesta Key-based Realtor industry has been lobbying to de- house. That’s the realistic view.” about obtaining elevation certifi- $7,000 and $8,000 under the re- George Marshall said cash deals al- lay the rate increases. Sarasota Re- cates and flood insurance quotes forms approved by Congress. ready make up a big percentage of altor David Clapp is hopeful law- –ElizabethPetty, early on, he said.dd “I will never be able to sell my the island’s real estate transac- whose South Venice home is three freet makers will “correct the insanity,” below the base flood elevation Strayer’s company has been house,” she said. “That’s the realis- tions, “which gives the owner the but in the meantime, he said, busy in recent months surveying tic view.” option” of having flood coverage homeowners and real estate pro- property elevations. Homeowners confronting or not. fessionals need to face reality and at once. He said it is not uncommon for steep rate increases have few op- Marshall said it is too soon to educate themselves on the issue. One of Clapp’s agents recently older homes in coastal areas to be tions. tell if a large number of buyers “Both sellers and buyers need worked on a deal in which the well below the “base flood eleva- Strayer said flood vents can be will be willing to forgo flood insur- to be proactive,” said Clapp, a property insurance went from tion,” where a flood is expected ev- installed in garages and other ar- ance. The Michael Saunders & managing broker with Re/Max Al- $1,400 to $6,000. The seller had to ery 100 years. eas. They help water drain and re- Company agent recently had a liance Group. drop the price, or the buyer was Insurance premiums will in- duce insurance premiums. Stray- deal fall through on a first floor Si- Congress approved steep rate ready to pull out. crease exponentially for these er’s workers have inspected a few esta condo because the buyer hikes to the National Flood Insur- “It’s dramatically affecting buy- homes. dozen new flood vents in recent needed a mortgage and the flood ance Program in 2012 to help ers,” Clapp said. Venice property insurance months but “it’s still kind of rare” insurance was too high. make up losses after Hurricane Real estate agents are being agent Mary Elizabeth Petty lives he said. The insurance savings The condo is back under con- Katrina. Older, low-lying proper- forced to change how they do busi- in a 1,450-square-foot house in- may not be significant enough for tract and Marshall hopes it will ties in high-risk flood areas are be- ness. sured for $201,000. many properties. sell, but he would rather not have ing targeted for the largest increas- Buyers and sellers have been The South Venice home is Elevating a home is another pos- so much uncertainty. es. getting into disputes over money three feet below the base flood ele- sibility, but that tends to be expen- “I hope this is something the The new rates are being phased held in escrow. vation. sive and impractical in many cas- Congress and the state will look at in for most property owners. But Clapp now advises agents to in- Petty pays $1,200 annually for es. real hard in 2014 and see if they when a home sells, the new owner clude a contract provision stipulat- flood insurance but if she were to Homeowners who do not have can’t amend or ease something,” must pay the entire “full risk” rate ing that a deposit will be refunded sell the property — which is not amortgagearenotrequiredtocar- he said.