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The 2022 Charlie Awards Winners

Felicitations to all! Bob Hope once said, “No matter the price, the reward will be greater than the sacrifice.” I would like to congratulate all of our finalists and winners for 2022. Many of you have sacrificed immensely throughout the years to share your talents and to showcase your accomplishments in the publishing industry. It is an honor to be able to serve as president of an association comprised of a vibrant and thriving community of publishers, editors, designers, writers, photographers and more, who make up the talent we are celebrating tonight. Once again, the Charlie award entries exceeded expectations, with nearly 600 entries from across the state. Our judges had quite the task in choosing the winners among such excellent entries! A heartfelt congratulations to everyone who entered the Charlie awards and three cheers for the winners of the awards tonight. On behalf of the Florida Magazine Association Board of Directors, I would like to congratulate all our winners, thank all our members and everyone else who supports the publishing industry in Florida. Indeed, in my opinion, the sacrifice is worth it when we can share our craft with the state of Florida and with future generations. I would also like to thank the FMA board of directors, the esteemed judges, the committees, and Florida Press for their tireless efforts in putting together a fantastic awards’ gala. I hope you will all take some time to celebrate your teams and yourselves during an evening of jubilee and remember that the sacrifice—in the end—was worth it.

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The Charlie Awards are named in honor of the late Charles G. Wellborn Jr., a longtime professor of journalism and communications at the University of Florida whose numerous contributions to FMA and the publishing industry have been instrumental in furthering the growth of magazines in our state.

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Avery Lotz 2022 Winner of The Doug Damerst Scholarship

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Avery Lotz is a rising senior at the University of Florida studying journalism with an outside concentration in political science and a focus on magazine writing. She has written for student publications including The Independent Florida Alligator, Her Campus UFL and WUFT News, and is currently working for CNN’s Newsgathering team at the Washington D.C. bureau on the justice beat. She has also served as a writer, editor and is now editor-in-chief of Atrium Magazine, UF’s first narrative nonfiction magazine. _________________________________________________________________________

FMA honors the life and career of Doug Damerst by awarding an annual $1,000 cash prize in his name. The award goes to a student majoring in journalism or communications at a four-year, Florida-based college who demonstrates exemplary dedication, drive, and potential.

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Drivin’ the Dixie Highway: How Florida’s Dream Road Turned to Dust Flamingo Moni Basu

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Palm Beach Gardens Fire Rescue Department Rescue Lieutenant Krystyna Krakowski eyeballs the bins of medical supplies in the back of her ambulance. It’s a veritable emergency room on wheels. But beyond the equipment is something she says is just as important: compassion for people. “I could be the last face someone sees,” she says. “I’m going to make sure they get what they need from me as a medic. But also, what they need from me as a human being.” As alarms ring through the station, a dispatcher alerts the team to an emergency at a local long-term care facility. Lights on and sirens blaring, fire medic Julie Dudley guides the ambulance through traffic. On scene, the team races to the patient, with Krakowski calling the shots. They start chest compressions and administer medications. They find a pulse and lose it. They try to determine the man’s medical history (which no one at the facility seems to know) and how long he’s been unresponsive (an aide shrugs and says, “He was fine this morning.”).

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Left: The Pandora Variations (2021) by Brendan Dawes in collaboration with Logan Nelson and Charlotte Edmonds consists of five 4K MP4 files. Right: CryptoPunk #7523 by Larva Labs was minted on June 23, 2017, and is one of nine alien punks. It sold for more than $11 million.

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Perennial Links (2021) by Ikaro Cavalcante is a one-minute MP4 video at 30 frames per second. It sold for more than $8,000 and is currently owned by Ikaro Cavalcante. NFTs contain proof of ownership and exist on a blockchain—even if a piece of digital art can be downloaded and copied, only the owner of the NFT has the true original.

ntil recently, asking someone to define an NFT probably would have resulted in a blank expression (and maybe a quick Google search). Then, in March, Christie’s auction house shocked the art world with one spectacular sale of an NFT and suddenly the acronym was on everyone’s lips. With a starting bid of just $100, the virtual collage Everydays: The First 5000 Days by the artist Beeple (real name Mike Winkelmann) sold for more than $69 million. (By the way: that’s $15 million more than Monet’s Nymphéas painting sold for in 2014.) Since then, NFTs—short for non-fungible tokens— have catapulted into the collective awareness, even if few understand their complexities. “The results of our sales at Christie’s over recent months have demonstrated huge enthusiasm within the market and, to a larger extent, the limitless potential for this artistic medium,” says Noah Davis, senior specialist in post-war and contemporary art. “At Christie’s, we have seen interest in NFTs from collectors of multiple generations and on a global scale.” So what are they? NFTs are digital assets representing a particular work. They are bought and sold on the internet, almost exclusively with cryptocurrency. Most importantly, they contain proof of ownership— “provenance,” in art-speak—that is essential to the value of the work. NFTs exist on a blockchain, basically a digital database, so even if a piece of digital art (also called crypto art) can be downloaded and copied from the internet, only the owner of the NFT has the true original. Nor are NFTs exclusive to art; “digital PALMBEACHILLUSTRATED.COM | SEPTEMBER 2021

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John Pedersen summarized the Boca Raton of 1950 thusly: “This is the deadest town I have ever seen. I am going to wake up this town.” Within a few years, Pedersen would achieve this ambition with the opening of Africa USA, the nation’s first cageless African wildlife tourist attraction. A shrewd businessman whose previous projects included the city of Wilton Manors, Pedersen purchased 300 acres of land—at $25 an acre—from the city of Boca Raton and Palm Beach County Commission. While his son, Jack, spent seven months in Kenya acquiring the animals, John finished work transforming his vacant stretch of Federal Highway into a veritable jungle: He dug miles of canals and lakes, and added 55,000 plants. When it opened in 1953, in the space now occupied by the Camino Gardens subdivision, the theme park featured hundreds of exotic animals ferried in from Africa, from gazelles, emus and ostriches to Asian elephants and giraffes. A botanical garden, boat rides, a safari train tour,

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I know it is because that’s what the man at the garden center in Pembroke Pines told me when I was shopping for it 10 years ago. “You know,” he said, noticing my interest in the chimenea on his lot, “this isn’t just any chimenea.” “It’s not?” I said. “No,” he said. “It’s special.” “It is?” I said. “Yes,” he said. “It belonged to Clint Eastwood.” Now. It was a fine looking chimenea back then (long before all the cracks I put in it). I could easily see Clint Eastwood, Eli Wallach and Lee Van Cleef warming themselves in its glow, trading stories over tequila shots about what a royal pain Sergio Leone was to work for on the set of The Good, the Bad and the Ugly. But I knew a little about Clint Eastwood, scrolling Wikipedia. And the word “chimenea” did not pop up in any Clint Eastwood reference anywhere on the internet. So. I would just have to take the man at the garden center in Pembroke Pines’ word on that. “How much?” I said. “It’s very special,” he repeated. “But for you, $150.” “That seems high,” I said. “How about $100?” He paused, looked up as if he were carefully calculating a 50-dollar markdown on a frontloading fireplace or oven once owned – albeit discarded – by Hollywood royalty. “$125?” he said. “Sold!” I said. It made me happy. Not just owning a chimenea formerly owned by the Man with No Name, but having a story to tell around the glowing fires I would build in it on the 2.6 cold South Florida nights each year. The man at the garden center asked if I needed help getting it to the car. “That’s OK,” I said – it was heavy, but I figured if Clint could manage it, so could I. “Hey, you bought the chimenea,” another customer said in the parking lot, watching me drag it off the lot and lift it into the back of my car. “Yes!” I said. “You know, it’s very special – it belonged to Clint Eastwood.” “Clint Eastwood?” he said. “The guy at the garden center told me it belonged to Andy Garcia.” “Andy,” I said. “Garcia?” “Yes,” he said. “I said no because he wanted $75 for it.” Another story for a cold South Florida night at home, around my chimenea with no practical purpose that used to belong to Clint Eastwood. Or possibly Andy Garcia.

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eople ask, “What is a chimenea?” I’m ready with an answer. “A chimenea is a freestanding front-loading fireplace or oven with a bulbous body and usually a vertical smoke vent or chimney,” I say, scrolling Wikipedia. “These traditional designs can be traced to Spain and its influence on Mexico. The first use of a traditionally designed chimenea appears around 400 years ago.” “We know that,” people say. But, “What is the point of a chimenea?” At least in hot South Florida. I’m not so ready with an answer for that. Because a chimenea really has no practical purpose in South Florida. Like fins on a 1959 Cadillac Eldorado. Cherries atop a sundae. Gargoyles on a cathedral. Some things we have in life because they are practical. And some things just because they make us happy. I know this is a HOME issue, full of serious design ideas with certifiably practical uses in South Florida. But a chimenea is not among them. I just like mine because its traditional design that “can be traced to Spain and its influence on Mexico” looks nice on the Chicago brick patio in my back yard. And, on the evenings it’s cool enough here – checking to see if I have enough fingers on one hand to count those (I do!) – I like to stuff old newspapers into its bulbous body, front-load some firewood fresh from the pile by the cash register at Publix and set fire to it all. But, people worry, “Can chimeneas explode?” Well, mine hasn’t – at least not yet. Possibly for the aforementioned reason that I only set it ablaze an average of 2.6 times per year. But, according to Google’s “most asked questions” about chimeneas, yes, theoretically, a chimenea can explode. “Chimeneas are not designed for large fires,” Google says. “If the fire is too big, the chimenea can crack, shatter, or even explode, which will injure those around it.” Begin editor’s note: I’m suddenly worried, reading this sitting around my chimenea, that my front-loading fireplace or oven does seem to have developed a few cracks over the years. Just talk among yourselves while I move out of the blast zone here. End editor’s note. Begin editor’s note: There. That’s better. End editor’s note. I don’t want to give up my chimenea, even though, clearly, it could explode at any moment injuring those around it. Partly because it makes me happy … and partly because, it’s special.

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Weaving history, science, and culture, Cynthia Barnett’s new book unlocks what we’ve missed about these ocean gems By Ron Cunningham

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Since 1873, Florida’s Black newspapers have advocated, informed, and reflected lives often ignored

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Environmental author Cynthia Barnett in the light-filled office where she wrote The Sound of the Sea, her arm resting on the four books she has authored. The first three dealt with fresh water issues; this one “really completes the hydrologic cycle for me,” Barnett says.

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“… no more striking demonstration of the peaceable and law abiding character of [Gainesville]… can be given… than the publication of a paper… by one of the newly enfranchised.”

Josiah Walls, born enslaved in 1842, was a man of firsts – among them, owner/publisher of Florida’s first Black newspaper and the first Black man to serve his state in the U.S. Congress. Yet when he died in 1905 in Tallahassee, no state newspaper carried his obituary.

t was with those words, published in September 1873, that Josiah T. Walls, born into slavery, yet again made history – as the publisher of Florida’s first African-American newspaper. Just a few years earlier, Walls – a Union Army veteran – was elected Florida’s first Black congressman. After establishing a successful farm in Alachua County and being admitted to the Florida bar, he purchased the Gainesville newspaper, The New Era, from fellow Union soldier, General William Birney.

survived war and he comes back to build his community during Reconstruction,” she says. “You can’t build without a voice. He was very brave to do that.” Walls’ feat would pave the way for dozens of Florida Black newspapers to be both community informer and advocate. In the years since, the state’s Black newspapers have helped uncover injustice, elect candidates to office, and document the Black perspective on historic events. In the years leading up to the Civil War, the pages of establishment newspapers

At a time when the majority of Florida’s formerly enslaved population was coping with unemployment, substandard housing and education, Walls’ venture into journalism “was enormously tremendous,” says Yanela McLeod, author of The Miami Times and the Fight for Equality. By 1873, more than 100 Black newspapers had been established nationwide, starting in 1827 with New York City’s Freedom’s Journal. None were in Florida until Walls bought The New Era, McLeod says. “This was a man who had seen and

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often upheld slavery and white supremacy. In the years after, negative stereotypes about Black people were often perpetuated. Black newspapers fully documented Black life and history, says McLeod, an adjunct professor of history and director of Communications and Alumni Relations at Florida A&M University’s College of Social Sciences, Arts and Humanities. “In the Black newspaper, you see a holistic dynamic of Black life,” she says. “Birth to death, joy and pain. It covered the good, bad, and the ugly.”

FREEDOM’S JOURNAL In their March 16, 1827 debut editorial, Samuel Cornish and John Russwurm – editors of Freedom’s Journal – make their intentions clear: “The civil rights of a people being the greatest value, it shall ever be our duty to vindicate our brethren, when oppressed, and to lay the case before the public.” Founded by a group of free Black men, Freedom’s Journal served as a vehicle to call out wrongs against Black people – the publication itself a form of protest against establishment newspapers’ racist commentary and support of slavery – and an organ to unite free Blacks for selfimprovement and advancement. But Freedom’s Journal was shortlived. By September 1827, Cornish had resigned and Russwurm was the sole editor. His strong stance in support of the colonization of Africa by African Americans turned off readers. The paper folded in 1829. But its focus on civil rights set the tone for hundreds of Black newspapers that have come since, McLeod says. “Some Black newspapers were very conservative in their time…but they were still working toward the same end, which is Black equality,” she says.

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It was a common practice for Black newspapers to state their missions as champions for the Black community and its causes. In his first editorial in 1889, Winter Park Advocate publisher G.C. Henderson makes it clear his paper will adhere to its name, says Julian Chambliss, English and history professor and the Val Berryman Curator of History at the MSU Museum at Michigan State University. Publisher G.C. Henderson was influential in the life of Winter Park.

Florida Sentinel editor M.M. Lewey, his wife, Bessie K. Lewey, and children, Irene V. and John F. Lewey, appeared in 1907’s illustrated The Negro in Business, by Booker T. Washington, then president of the National Negro Business League.

Born in 1862 near Lake City, Henderson tried his hand at farming and sales before settling on newspapering. A staunch Republican, Henderson’s political activism predates his establishment of the paper. Henderson was instrumental in the success of the city’s incorporation in 1887. He encouraged registered Black voters – who outnumbered registered white voters – to support city founder Loring Chase’s campaign to establish the city and ensure that the predominantly Black neighborhood of Hannibal Square be included. His efforts also contributed to the election of the city’s first Black aldermen, Frank R. Israel and Walter B. Simpson. But those gains were reversed by 1893, after the state upheld Democrats’ complaints that the city’s boundaries were improperly drawn, and Hannibal Square was removed from the city. Two years later, Henderson was at the helm of The Advocate, penning editorials on the civil rights debate of the time, the poll tax. Henderson was against it, but advised paying it, Chambliss says. “(The paper) is a form of activism,” he says. “A lot of what you read is an advocation for Black people that runs counter to the dehumanization of Black people.” WIKIMEDIA

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What didn’t happen at the Carefree Theatre? It may be easier to answer that question than trying to name everything the Dixie Highway entertainment venue offered its patrons over nearly seven decades: bowling alley, ice cream parlor, art house film showcase, concert and comedy stages, Chinese restaurant, piano lounge, home of one of the longest recurring midnight showings of The Rocky Horror Picture Show … the list goes on. The Carefree was always just that—a laid-back place in West Palm Beach to have fun, meet up with friends for a stand-up show, enjoy an intimate concert date, or duck in for a limited-run indie movie, slouched in one of those iconic, shabby red seats. “I could set my watch by it, because at 3 p.m. the popcorn was being made and the smell would come through the entire building,” remembers Jennifer Sardone-Shiner, president of JSS Marketing & PR, who 20 years ago worked for the late concert promoter Jon Stoll. Stoll, who owned the property, ran his Fantasma Productions out of the Carefree. With Fantasma’s industry clout, Stoll could book touring entertainers 24

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LEFT: THE BOX OFFICE AT THE CAREFREE THEATRE, WHICH WAS SHOWING THE 1947 MOVIE THE EGG AND I, STARRING FRED MACMURRAY AND CLAUDETTE COLBERT. ABOVE: PROMOTER JON STOLL HELPED TO SHAPE THE CAREFREE THEATRE INTO A LEGENDARY VENUE FOR LIVE MUSIC AND COMEDY.

at larger venues while also committing them to dates at the Carefree, so the little stage drew established stars of the day, including Bonnie Raitt, Jackson Browne, Mötley Crüe, Joan Baez, and B.B. King, as well as upand-comers like John Mayer and Harry Connick Jr. “Jon was really great at finding the next great musician and giving them a chance,” says Sardone-Shiner. “Inside that building was history. The chairs were what you’d have in an old theater. But when the lights went dark, people didn’t care.” René Harte, now a partner at the Palm Beach Improv Comedy Theater in Rosemary Square, worked at the other side of the Carefree complex as a partner in the Comedy Corner. For years starting in the mid-1980s, it was a hot spot for some of the biggest names in stand-up, such as Chris Rock, Jerry Seinfeld, and Bill Maher. “Dan Whitney, one night on open mic he said, ‘I’m going to show you a new guy,’ and he did Larry the Cable Guy, and we were like, ‘We like Dan better!’” Harte recalls with a laugh. “And if you went in the men’s bathroom it was huge and the women’s bathroom only had three stalls, but that’s

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Why bartending? If you think of life’s most memorable occasions, food and drinks are undoubtedly at the center of them. Cocktails, in particular, bring unlikely people together, facilitate conversations and debates and nurture long-lasting connections you might otherwise have missed out on. What started as a means of putting myself through college many years ago has turned into a long, cherished, multifaceted profession that has nurtured me on every level. Favorite quote? ‘The aim of life is to live, and to live means to be aware, joyously, drunkenly, serenely, divinely aware.’ —Henry Miller

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Named “the wellness mixologist” by Women’s Health magazine, Aron, a certified holistic nutritionist, works as a beverage consultant to transform our relationship with drinking. She also serves as the Director of Mixology and Beverage for the annual Seed Food & Wine Festival held in Miami and works with the nonprofit Fresh Rx in Palm Beach, raising funds for their “fresh produce prescription program.” The author of five best-selling books, including “Zen and Tonic: Savory and Fresh Cocktails for the Enlightened Drinker,” and her newly released “The LowProof Happy Hour,” she’s the bartender you’ll want to listen to when you want to switch to cocktails that leave you feeling happy and well. We caught up with her for some much-needed insight, which luckily for us, included a recipe as well.

PEAS & LOVE COCKTAIL 1 ½ ounce St-Germain elderflower liqueur ½ ounce sweet pea syrup ½ ounce lemon juice 2 ounces sparkling wine 1 ounce sparkling water Garnish with aromatic herbs Add the elderflower liqueur, pea syrup and lemon juice to a mixing glass with ice and shake thoroughly. Strain into a wine glass filled with fresh ice and top with sparkling wine and water. Garnish with herbs.

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Cocktail you make to win a “healthy drink” skeptic? The Summer Thyme is perhaps the most popular cocktail from my first book “Zen and Tonic.” It blends everyone’s favorite summer berry — the strawberry — with a whisper of aromatic thyme as well as fresh citrus and gin. No sweeteners are required, just a soft muddle and a shake, showcasing nature at its finest.

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Drink everyone needs to know, and why? The iconic Negroni — the bitter, sweet and spirit-forward drink that’s all about flavor. An aperitivo cocktail, the Negroni is meant to stimulate the appetite and when it’s hot and humid, as it often is in our beloved tropical city, few things are as refreshingly astringent. Hottest cocktail trend right now? Why? Low and no ABV [alcohol by volume] cocktails. It’s the topic of my latest book: “The Low-Proof Happy Hour,” for a reason. We have come a long way, in terms of how consumers drink (or choose not to drink.) People are both savvier customers and much more health-conscious than they were even five years ago. This has shifted the balance from quantity to quality in a bar setting, where guests prefer a choice of mindfully crafted cocktails, including lower proof and even zero proof varieties to complete their social outings and experiences. Best piece of advice you ever got? Creativity stems from habit. This is a lesson that has taken me years to understand, as we often believe that creativity is whimsical and spontaneous. Yet, as a five-time author, I can assure you that the best creative strategy comes with discipline and consistency. Best bar snacks? Truffle fries, cheese and charcuterie plate, oysters… I love tapas and appetizers, they are often both bar snacks and dinner for me when I’m out — a sharp contrast from the cleaner veggie-centric meals I enjoy at home. Who, living or not, would you want to make a drink for? Call me old-fashioned, (pun intended) but I would always choose my closest friends and family. There’s no one else I’d rather share a cherished moment and a drink with.

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The Invaders Sarasota Magazine Isaac Eger

Sugar Babies Boca Magazine Christiana Lilly

Caring for Clients at the End Today’s Veterinary Practice Kate Boatright , Andy Zunz, Marissa Delamarter

Seeing Beyond the Surface Ocala Style Magazine Emily Parada

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Is it love or an arrangement? Here’s another take on dating in 2021 Written by CHRISTIANA LILLY t was a Tuesday night, and Marina was getting ready for a second date with a former colleague of hers. Their first one was a dream—they went out for drinks and“everything was perfect.” She remembers that her legs were shaky under the table. He asked her out on a second date, and she was elated. He would pick her up at 6 p.m. To prepare, she did her hair and nails and slipped into a dress. They would meet at the office to go out for dinner. She texted him to check in before she headed over, when he had bad news. He had to cancel. He would let her know when he could reschedule. “When they tell you ‘I will let you know,’ when they are not rescheduling right away, OK, he’s not interested in going on another date,”Marina* explained.“I was pretty much already dressed up, I was getting ready, I was getting my nails done, my hair done, for what? Being ditched?”

Silhouetted against the moonlight, the strangest lizard I had ever seen hung on my porch screen. A foot long from head to tail, with wide golden eyes and a baby-blue body with bright tangerine spots, it looked like something a child might draw with a big box of crayons. I caught it with a mixing bowl and a Van Morrison Moondance LP sleeve and placed it in an empty cardboard box. It was big and beautiful and angry. I named it Gloria. I grew up in Southwest Florida catching lizards, snakes and frogs, but never had I seen a creature like this. A quick internet search revealed Gloria to be a tokay gecko—a voracious rainforest species from Southeast Asia that outcompetes, displaces and eats native Florida geckos and other lizards. Like the Burmese pythons that gorge on Everglades wildlife—in just a few decades, they’ve wiped out some 90 percent of the mammals that once thrived in the Everglades—Gloria is a part of a scourge of invasive species spreading throughout Florida. Now that I had Gloria in my possession, I wasn’t sure what to do with her. I learned that it would be illegal for me to release her back into my downtown yard— or anywhere in Florida. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission (FWC) website recommended that I euthanize her humanely. But how serious was the gecko’s trespass? Did she merit execution? I had to find out.

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FEAR FACTOR f you ask me about fear, one experience leaps out in my life——the first time I went bungee jumping. I went with a group of friends and each of us paid for six jumps. Standing atop that platform awaiting my first jump was quite intimidating. I have never been afraid of heights, but the idea of jumping into the air with only a harness attached gave me significantly more anxiety than I had anticipated. In fact, my fear was so intense that the first time I jumped, I opened my mouth to scream and not a sound came out. Of course, by my third jump, I was able to scream. Some of my fear subsided once I knew what to expect. I learned a couple of things that day. One, I was braver than I thought. Two, as the activity progressed, I became familiar with how to jump, what to expect and how to better manage my fear. Overall, my bungee jumping experience taught me how to face my fears, even ones that I had no idea I had. Fear is a factor in life and, in this pandemic, it is increasingly more common. We were all rapidly plunged into a state of uncertainty as daily news would break that seemed to contradict information from the day before. This uncertainty

and the unknown contributed to a background sense of dread that colored much of our activities during the early months of the pandemic. All of us, whether physically, emotionally, mentally or socially, have been impacted by this virus. However, like my repeated bungee jumps, we have learned new things about ourselves and how to better manage our fears. I am optimistic that we are nearing the end of the pandemic and like my experience bungee jumping the more we learned about COVID-19 and how to better protect ourselves, the easier it has become to face the pandemic head on. One of the unfortunate outcomes of any crisis is that there are always unscrupulous people seeking to profit from other’s fears. The lead article ‘Fraud and fear: COVID-19 scams’ resonated with me on a personal level as I have witnessed some types of COVID-19 scams attempted on my family and friends. It almost seems that the criminals are adhering to the mantra ‘never let a good pandemic go to waste.’ The article outlines the fraud attempted by criminals such as personal protective equipment scams and others. In the end, COVID-19 has left a legacy of fear, fraud and illegal schemes. As anti-financial crime professionals learn about new schemes and are proactive in

The ACAMS Sanctions Space building alerts in their existing compliance programs, the criminals will be caught. One of the highlights of publishing the ACAMS Today Europe edition is the opportunity to showcase articles not only in English, but also in French and German. We are extremely proud of the multitude of subject-matter experts that contribute to the ACAMS Today publication. This might sound cliché, but facing our fears is cathartic. I hope during these difficult times we have globally faced, we all take a leap (figuratively speaking) of faith into something productive and worth pursuing that we might not have considered doing pre-pandemic.

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degrees. Pat dry halibut filets. Coat a cast-iron skillet with toasted sesame oil and turn heat to medium-high. Add filets and let cook for 4-5 minutes without moving them, until you see a crispy sear. Flip filets in the pan and remove from heat. To make the miso glaze, whisk together miso paste, honey, coconut aminos, rice wine vinegar, and ginger. Using a pastry brush, brush on miso glaze and then transfer filets to oven on medium rack for 2 minutes.

Probiotic Smoothie Bowl » BOWL INGREDIENTS » TOPPINGS 2 frozen bananas 1 cup blueberries cup frozen mango cup oats tsp. raw, unfiltered honey 1 cup kefir

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t was 1782, the last year of the American Revolution, when British loyalist Dr. William Charles Wells arrived in St. Augustine. A member of a prominent Charleston, South Carolina printing family, he brought with him a pressman, a “considerable amount of printer’s type,” and a plan. On February 1, 1783, after hiring an African-American carpenter to help assemble the printing press, Wells launched Florida’s first newspaper, The East-Florida

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Gazette, nearly a century after the first Colonial newspaper made a fleeting appearance in Boston. With Florida still under British control, Wells’ partisan weekly flaunted its allegiance with a British coat of arms across the top of the page. It also provided its readers with what it must have considered necessary knowledge for daily life. In its third issue, readers learned about a new liquor regulation and the quality of local bread and “riotous disorders” that caused “the morals of many of the people” to be “disturbed” and “corrupted.” The British-aligned weekly lasted little more than a year, closing up shop, not coincidentally, as Florida returned to Spanish control. Florida’s second newspaper didn’t emerge for another 32 years. Fittingly, it was in Spanish. Fernandina’s short-lived El Telegrafo de las Floridas, supported the government of French pirate Louis-Michel Aury’s “Republic of Florida” during his two-month takeover of the island in December 1817. And so began Florida’s rich newspaper history. In the almost 240 years since William Charles Wells established Florida’s first newspaper on Cuna Street in St. Augustine, newspapers have recorded the most extraordinary events in our state’s history: the Seminole Wars, secession and a Civil War, Reconstruction, the

Newspapers established during this time included Florida’s first African American-owned newspaper, the New Era, founded in Gainesville in 1873 by Josiah T. Walls, who served three terms as a Congressman between 1871 and 1876. Also among Florida’s late 19th- and early-20th century African American newspaper editors and owners were Walls’ friend and fellow Union soldier Matthew M. Lewey, who founded the Florida Sentinel, Gus C. Henderson from the Winter Park Advocate, and John Willis Menard from Jacksonville’s Southern Leader. (See related story).

A ritual and a relationship Newspapers mattered. For generations of Floridians, a morning without the Winter Haven Daily Chief or the Belle Glade Sun was empty. Its front-porch delivery came with a “thwack,” a sound as familiar

as the clinking of milk bottles or a percolating coffee pot. From the Apopka Chief & Planter and Apalachicola Times to the Zephyrhills News and Zolfo Springs Truth, political candidates have been exposed, public education has been defended, and football coaches have resigned, because of dedicated Boys with paper routes is an iconic memory of the ’50s and ’60s. In 1964, these journalists of the Tallahassee Democrat paperboys took part in a newspaper-sponsored bike race. Fourth Estate. Newspapers have observed the And they’ve stood sentinel as mundane: weddings, births, and funerals; Florida watchdogs, as investigative junior high proms, football scores. They reporters uncovered corruption and have played the role of civic booster, prolaid bare the most powerful officials moting philanthropic causes and helping and institutions. secure new industries.

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s a certified gut health expert, I believe that establishing good gut health is the gateway to achieving overall health. While the main role of our gut is digestion, its health can affect the entire body, including immunity, the heart, and the brain. The gut is comprised of the mouth, esophagus, stomach, small intestine, large intestine, and anus. We’ve all experienced the sensation of salivating before a bite. This is the first stage of digestion, when the salivary glands release digestive enzymes. The body then works together with hormones, bacteria, the more than 100 million nerve cells that line the gut, and the digestive organs to break down proteins, fats, and carbohydrates and convert them into nutrients that are small enough to be absorbed. The body uses these nutrients to support vital functions, from waste elimination to toxin release,

growth to cell repair, hormone balance to skin health, and immunity to mental health. Often referred to as “the second brain” or “the gut brain axis,” the gut controls far more than digestion. Research has shown that messages and signals may be sent back and forth from the gut to the brain, affecting emotions and the way we process information. This intricate system works beautifully when there is a balance between good and bad bacteria. This is known as the gut microbiome, where billions of live bacteria—35,000 strains, both good and bad—live in the gut in perfect harmony. When the gut microbiome is imbalanced (a condition known as dysbiosis) it can result in gas, bloating, indigestion, food allergies or sensitivities, skin rashes, joint pain or inflammation, vitamin deficiencies, or acne. Certain dietary habits can lead to dysbiosis, including excessive alcohol consumption and eating refined sugar, processed foods, artificial sweeteners, preservatives, gums, and emulsifiers. Using NSAIDs (nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs) or antibiotics for prolonged periods of time can result in imbalances as well. Additional causes include stress, exposure to pesticides and herbicides, and even poor oral health and hygiene. Luckily, prebiotics and probiotics work wonders to balance the microbiome. Prebiotics are fiber-rich food sources that ferment in the gut, creating compounds that feed the production of good bacteria. Probiotics are supplements or foods (often those pickled with salt and water) that boast beneficial bacteria. In addition, certain foods—such as ginger, turmeric, mangoes, papaya, pineapple, lemon, and raw, unfiltered honey—support healthy digestion, while other herbs, plants, acids, and minerals—including aloe vera juice, slippery elm, and zinc—can help rebuild stomach lining.

FLORIDA NEWSPAPER HISTORY TIMELINE 1783–2021 By David Shedden

appearance of the first railroad and automobile, the 1920s Land Boom and Bust, the Great Depression, World War II and VJ Day, rocket launches, the 2000 election, 9/11, and the Great Recession. In his book, Territorial Florida Journalism, historian James Owen Knauss writes that “at least 45 papers were published at one time or other in Florida” before it acquired statehood in 1845. Forty years later, the number had more than doubled, with the state boasting 94 newspapers that included advertising, according to the 1885 Ayer American Newspaper Annual. Most were weeklies, but six published daily.

ur state’s evolving life has been mirrored in the pages of our newspapers, even as the landscape of Florida journalism grew, flourished, contracted, changed, and continues to transform. This excerpt is from a chronology that is part of the University of South Florida library’s digital collection. You can find it here digitalcommons.usf. edu/fac_publications/3570/ and here floridahumanities.org/blog.

1783

The Treaty of Paris between Great Britain and the United States ends the Revolutionary War. The British return Florida back to Spain. February 1 – Florida’s first newspaper, the loyalist East-Florida Gazette, publishes its

first issue, in St. Augustine, during final days of British rule. Founded by William and John Wells, the newspaper’s last issue is published on March 22, 1784.

1817

Florida’s second newspaper, the short-lived Spanish-language El Telegrafo de las Floridas, is published in Fernandina, supporting the government of LouisMichel Aury.

1821

Florida military territorial governor Andrew Jackson formally receives East and West Florida from the Spanish government on behalf of the United States. Richard W. Edes founds the first territorial newspaper, the Florida Gazette, in St. Augustine, which shuts down in October after Edes dies of yellow fever.

Cary Nicholas and George Tunstal found The Pensacola Floridian and become the first official printers in the Florida territory.

1822 East and West Florida are unified into one United States territory. East Florida Herald, later, Florida Herald, St. Augustine, is founded.

1824 Tallahassee is selected as the permanent capital of Florida. Pensacola Gazette is founded in the former office of the Floridian.

1825

Ambrose Crane and Adam Gordon start Tallahassee’s first newspaper, The Florida Intelligencer, and obtain government printing contract.

For more information about newspapers in Florida, including a list of Newspaper Hall of Fame honorees, Pulitzer winners, a complete timeline, and other resources, please visit Floridahumanities.org/blog

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Those fat rounds of fresh-baked goodness were all her parents could get her to eat for years.“Bagels were just joy,” Danielle says. “Saturday mornings, we would head out on a bagel run, and Mom would hand me a warm bag of bagels in the back seat. They were always special to me. They meant family, and love.” Danielle, co-owner of Jeff’s Bagel Run in Ocoee alongside her husband Jeff, has a bagful of bagel memories to draw upon. 30

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see the tail of the comet everybody had been talking about on the news. Dark enough to see way more stars than she’d ever been able to see back home. But also way more mosquitoes. So many, we were ready to go almost as soon as we got there – even if it meant not seeing the Milky Way just beginning to come out of the dark. “Oh!” she said, slapping at the mosquitoes. “I think some are in the car!’’ “Just roll down the window,” I said, speeding up, “we’ll blow ’em out.” That was the end of our stargazing. At least in South Florida. Months later, we were with her again on a family trip to New Mexico. I grew up there – and I told her I’d seen the Milky Way many times on camping trips with the Boy Scouts on the dark plains and mesas above the Rio Grande River. We were on the road to Albuquerque near sunset after a day in Santa Fe, when I saw an exit to La Cienega – “the swamp” – up ahead. It was a place I’d known from my camping days with the Scouts. It was dark by the time we got there, down State Highway 548 in the piñon scrub between the interstate and the village of La Cienega. We pulled onto the shoulder, let our eyes adjust to the darkness – and saw all of what you see here on this page, which she remembered to shoot with her camera on a tripod after she’d stopped jumping up and down. “I see it, I see!” she giggled. “It’s there! It’s really there!” I’ll never forget that night, either. Never forget her happiness, seeing a wonder that had been there all along. And hoped our days would always be filled with such wonders. Which surely are all around us, even in the darkest night. — mgauert@cityandshore.com

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Whether it be an endless ocean, a meandering river, or a back country swamp, water evokes freedom for all who seek it.

By Jacki Levine

o matter where you might have wandered on the barrier island where I grew up, you couldn’t escape the awareness of inhabiting the merest sliver of land—the endless Atlantic Ocean to the east, and Biscayne Bay to the west, between us and the Miami mainland. You knew it even if you couldn’t always see it. Years before, broad ocean views had been lost behind marble-lobbied tourist meccas; and the Bay was demure behind wrought-iron gates, obscured by the villas of the rich. But on those pink sidewalks, in what passed for shade under swaying coconut palms, you always knew where you were. In my Miami Beach, sea salt infused the air, spiced with hints of Coppertone, carried along by the tickle of an ocean breeze. And in this Miami Beach, my grandfather would sit by the pool, captain’s hat jaunty upon his head, always ready, by the looks of it, for the call of the sea. And sometimes we would go — two hopeful landlubbers on a deep sea fishing trip, just before dawn. In these memories, I am only rarely seasick. Just as the mighty conch contains the roar of the ocean within, Floridians’ memories echo with singular stories of water, ready to be told. Like the humanities itself, understanding water and our relationship to it offers mile markers to decipher where we came from, as Floridians and humans. With luck, in this way we find small clues to forge a way forward. In this issue, we dive into the relationship Floridians have with our waterways, as we continue to tell the story of Florida, written in water. I say “continue,” because this is an ongoing commitment of Florida Humanities. In FORUM’s rich archives, you’ll find issues devoted to our springs, rivers, Gulf of Mexico, lakes — the joy they evoke and threats they face. In these pages, you’ll learn about the Smithsonian Institution’s upcoming Museum on Main Street “Water/Ways” exhibition, beginning its Florida tour in late June. And, with the help of talented scholars and wordsmiths, we ponder water through the prism of our history, lives, and culture. In “Water as our life story,” eminent archaeologist Kenneth E. Sassaman explores how adapting to the rising seas shaped the lives of ancient Floridians. “Water as a way of life,” tells the stories of a Tarpon Springs sponge diver, by Janet Scherberger, and a Florida Bay fishing guide. In “Water as bridge,” marine biologist Anmari Alvarez Aleman writes insightfully on the bonds forged across the

Florida Strait between scientists in her native Cuba and Florida, united in concern for marine life. In “Water as a divider,” writer Audrey Peterman, chronicles an era when water separated Floridians through the shame of segregated beaches and swimming pools. A century ago, tourists flocked here for the “curative powers” of our ocean and springs, as Rick Kilby, author of Florida’s Healing Waters, recounts in “Water as a healing source.” In “Water as inspiration,” award-winning environmental writer Cynthia Barnett pays moving tribute to the late Bill Belleville, whose writing celebrated Florida’s wonders and waters; and Pulitzer Prize-winner Jack Davis journeys back with his young daughter to his Panhandle waterside boyhood home. Environmental legal scholar Tom Ankerson shares his take on the liberty our waterways promise, yet can’t always deliver, in “Water as freedom.” Before we reach the final section, I’d like to return to my island and one more water memory. We’d often drive through a neighborhood of nondescript low-rise apartment houses, with names like the “Debbie Lynn” or “Sherry Anne.” Bored in the backseat of my parents’ car, I’d imagine the neighborhood underwater, transformed into a theme park for scuba divers, swimming through mid-century buildings, examining 20thcentury artifacts. Now I’m no clairvoyant, but without mitigation it’s only a matter of time before my childhood island truly may be beneath the sea, as I imagined it. Which brings us to “Water as the future.” Writer Ron Cunningham talks to experts racing to envision solutions to help coastal Florida adapt to the ever-rising seas. For inspiration and hope, they might turn to the lessons of ancient Floridians, who devised clever hydraulic systems, but took their first cues from the story told by the waters. Thank you for reading, and supporting Florida Humanities. We hope you enjoy this issue, and here’s to a hopeful spring.

Do you have a story idea or suggestion for coverage? Please email Jacki Levine at jlevine@flahum.org.

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Manatee County commissioners, in a 6-1 vote, fast tracked the highly controversial method of injecting this water 3,500 feet down into a deep well in our aquifer and have already approved about $10 million to start the process. I talked to Glenn Compton of ManaSota-88, a longtime critic of the phosphate industry, and Justin Bloom, the founder of Suncoast Waterkeeper, a group dedicated to protecting and restoring our waterways. Both have serious misgivings about the method. Injecting this wastewater—it will be treated, but neither Compton nor Bloom understood what that means or how exactly it will be treated—is sort of like closing your eyes and crossing your fingers. Water doesn’t always stay where it’s supposed to, and these hundreds of millions of gallons could make their way to parts of the aquifer used for agricultural irrigation and drinking. “Once the groundwater is polluted, there’s no way to clean it up,” says Compton. This is also the first time the powerful phosphate industry has been given permission to dump its wastewater into the aquifer, a big relief for the industry, since now it has a precedent for what to do with all the other bad stuff sitting in stacks all over Florida. There are alternatives. Bloom mentions reverse osmosis, treating the water and then releasing it far into the Gulf, or treating it and releasing it in surface waters. There is no perfect answer, but there could be a better and safer answer than deep well injection. Bloom says it’s not too late to hit pause. Manatee County needs to bring environmental scientists together with engineers to discuss the latest science and technology before they start using $200 million of our tax money to drill a hole in the earth. Out of sight, out of mind doesn’t work.

Cave divers enter the labyrinth of Manatee Springs, one of the state’s first-magnitude springs, located on the Lower Suwannee River.

peninsula dipping into a tropical sea surrounded and shot through with water, Florida has always been something of a mecca for those in search of the freedom water evokes. Water crashes onto its shores, runs through its pores and stands on its surface. This may explain why the allure of being in, around, under, and over the water — and the freedom that proximity offers — has been part of the state’s DNA since Florida moved from backwater to the mainstream. Spanish explorer Ponce de Leon’s legendary search for a mythical Fountain of Youth was nothing if not a search for freedom — freedom from mortality — with “running water of such marvelous virtue, that the water thereof being drunk, perhaps with some diet, makes old men young again.” Today, water continues to lure Floridians in search of freedom and adventure. Waterfolk of all sorts — boaters, fishers, beachgoers, divers, surfers — seek freedom in their relationship to water; freedom to wander and wonder, freedom to congregate and recreate, and freedom from the cares of daily life on land. Yet like so many freedoms, these are

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challenged by overcrowding, misuse and overuse, gentrification and outright selfishness. As someone who grew up on Florida’s east coast in the 1960s and ’70s when adventure was easy to come by, when ditches led to streams that led to woods, when there were no property lines on the sandy beach, when it was possible to actually get lost, I have lamented that the freedom nature offers is now frequently fenced and forsaken. At the same time, as an attorney and law professor who has used the law to protect nature for most of my career, I know Florida has long since surpassed its ability to accommodate renegade freedom seekers in nature, even if I still aspire to be one.

The right to roam The relationship between water and freedom must be as old as time. But if one manifestation of that relationship is the unfettered ability to explore, then water holds a special place in the pantheon of freedoms. Nowhere is that better expressed than in Mare Liberum — Freedom of the Seas — the legal doctrine espoused by the 17th century Dutch philosopher and lawyer Hugo Grotius. Grotius articulated one of the guiding principles that facilitated the global expansion of Europe — the right to freely navigate on the high seas, an uneasy bargain of convenience among the plundering

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THE PINEY POINT WASTEWATER LEAK at an old phosphate plant was bound to happen. Environmentalists have been shouting about it for decades. Experts and local officials knew the danger was looming. But in typical Florida fashion, we didn’t notice until it became a crisis. We should remember that now that crews have repaired the leak and the immediate emergency has passed. Most of us know about the calamity. A leak at one of three phosphogypsum stacks at the abandoned Piney Point phosphate plant in north Manatee County was first detected in late March. Phosphogypsum is a byproduct of fertilizer manufacturing and contains radioactive material and other chemicals. Since there’s nowhere else for the phosphate industry to put the waste, these gyp stacks (we have 25 in Florida) have turned into mountains. The tops of these stacks become retention ponds filled with highly acidic water that contains elevated levels of nitrogen and phosphate. The Piney Point pond was holding 480 million gallons of wastewater when the leak occurred. Manatee County commissioners and government staff were terrified that the entire reservoir could fail, unleashing a 20-foot wall of polluted water into nearby homes and businesses, so they evacuated 300 people, closed roads and diverted 215 gallons into the bay near Port Manatee. Finally, after decades, the state agreed to shut down Piney Point for good with $200 million from President Biden’s Covid-19 relief money. Crisis averted? Hardly. No one knows yet how serious this will be for the health of our aquatic environment and marine life. A serious red tide outbreak, seagrass decimation and major fish kills are possibilities. Environmentalists say the event is a major setback for Tampa Bay, which, after decades of effort and billions of dollars, was healthier than it had been since the ’70s. Meanwhile, we still have to deal with the remaining wastewater at the top of the three stacks at Piney Point.

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F ALL THE FABULOUS CHARACTERS WHO MADE SARASOTA WHAT IT IS TODAY, Philip Hanson Hiss is the great mystery. He’s been vilified, glorified, misunderstood and nowadays almost forgotten. Was he an architect? No— although the buildings he commissioned and helped design are now world famous. Was he a rich dilettante? Perhaps—but no dilettante ever worked so hard or got so much accomplished. A visionary educator? Definitely—New College, the institution he willed into being, has become a unique place of learning, in spite of the fact that a frustrated Hiss walked away from it and considered it a failure. Hiss is an American archetype that hardly exists anymore, a rich man who devoted his life to public service. “He loved the community,” says architect Frank Folsom Smith, who knew him well in his heyday. “It wasn’t just his ego. He had the highest standards.” A New Yorker by birth, Hiss hailed from an old-money, socially prominent family— several of them, in fact. One cousin was Seth Low, former mayor of New York and subsequently president of Columbia University. Another cousin was Alger Hiss, either a Russian spy or a martyr to the liberal cause, depending on your point of view. It was a connection that would bedevil Hiss at many points in his career. 80 INSIDER'S GUIDE 2022 SARASOTA MAGAZINE

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After a somewhat chaotic early education (he attended four different prep schools and finally graduated from the Hill School in Pennsylvania), Hiss made an unusual decision for someone with his background. He would not go to college. He had inherited a substantial amount of money from a Low uncle, and he would educate himself. He then embarked on a series of adventures that read today like popular fiction. He bought a Harley and traveled throughout South America, keeping a journal. He journeyed to Bali, where he met Margaret Mead and studied the way the indigenous people lived, educated their young and built their houses. He published a well-received book of photo-

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young friend who grew up in a country far from here, in a place glowing with city light at night, had never been able to see the Milky Way. Growing up, she’d only been able to see the brightest lights in the sky at night. The moon, Venus – maybe Sirius, the brightest star, if she squinted. But nothing much beyond that. Nothing like the Milky Way, the dazzling river of starlight she’d read about – but never seen. And it made her sad. It was one of her only regrets, growing up in a place glowing with city light at night. I told her I’d seen the Milky Way from here only once myself, on the night after Hurricane Wilma in 2005. That storm knocked out almost all of the power, leaving us in a deep darkness we never experience on typical nights. After the storm had passed, after I was sure everybody was safe, I set up a camp stove in the backyard, took one of the frozen pizzas thawing in the powerless house, and cooked dinner for my family under the dazzling wonder my friend had always dreamed of seeing. “You saw it here?” she said. “I did,” I said. “I’d never want to go through anything like Wilma just to see it again. But it was beautiful.” “Beautiful?” she said. “I’ll never forget it.” Like the memory of frozen pizza on a camp stove in the backyard with my family in the starlit darkness after Wilma. I told her we could try seeing the Milky Way again. That maybe the lights weren’t as bright here as they were in her home country. That maybe we could look for a place inland, away from the lights smudging our skies along the coast. So one afternoon near sundown we drove to Everglades National Park, down State Highway 9336 in the sawgrass flats between the entrance gate and the marina on Florida Bay. It was dark by the time we got there, off the road near Nine Mile Pond. Dark enough to see stars beginning to reflect on the black water. Dark enough to

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Marion nonprofits see demand for services surge while funding slumps profits to receive continued support from government partners, for-profit peers and the general public as they deal with the various challenges to their operations during these difficult times.” Community Foundation Executive Director Lauren DeIorio said the report confirms what those in the nonprofit sector have been warning. “The nonprofit sector is not doing well,” she said. “ It’s not.” There are more than 1,300 nonprofit organizations in Marion County – everything from food banks and domestic violence shelters to churches and child care programs. For the purposes of its report, the Community Foundation focused on 40 nonprofits representing a cross-section of social sectors, including animal care, the arts, education, faith-based initiatives, health care, human services, public/societal benefits and veterans’ causes. As the report notes, these organizations serve some of the most vulnerable populations among us. “… nonprofits have a deep impact with food distribution, outreach to the most despondent and disparate populations, support

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On the walk back to the main museum,

and its lauded bonsai collection. “Our oldest piece is a buttonwood—it’s been

warm, it evaporates away—very symbolic

around since about 1600,”

of how short of a time you really have to

explains Grzybek. “We

appreciate beauty.” Typically, visitors tour the gardens in a counterclockwise, chronological

Bonsai is a painstaking, centuries-old art. The idea is to shape the specimen to reflect a tree in nature but cast in miniature. Artistry is required to cultivate size, shape, color, and texture to create the illusion of maturity, mimicking the way a tree would have developed and aged over time.

you’ll find Yamato Island, which houses the Morikami’s former museum, the Yamato-kan (currently under renovation),

ing, dew sticks to the leaves and glistens

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the Muromachi period of the fourteenth

drops of dew,’” says Heather Grzybek, garden curator. “In the very early morn-

like diamonds, but then as soon as it gets

Bonsai, pronounced “bone-sigh,” translates to “tree in a tray.”

●

through sixteenth centuries. Next comes

mantic garden, a style that lasted through the early twentieth century.

“The formal name for our garden is

art&culture

the flat garden and, finally, the modern ro-

evoke six historical periods in Japanese horticultural design.

Roji-en, which stands for ‘garden of the

After passing through a formal gate, you’ll reach the paradise-style garden from the

farming community. Today the Morikami remains dedicated to celebrating

public portions dedicated to gardens that

By Skye Sherman

direction on a mostly natural pathway just under a mile long. First comes the shinden islands, a style that dates to the ninth century but no longer exists in Japan today.

Colony, a small, short-lived Japanese

While Palm Beach County is culturally rich in terms of galleries, museums, and traditional theatrical spaces, much inspiration awaits beyond its storied doors. From wild tropical gardens to meticulously crafted man-made art, from educational opportunities to enriching activities, from murals to marine life encounters, from sculptures sunken below the ocean’s surface to sprawling views from atop a historic 108-foot-tall lighthouse, there’s a near endless amount of ways to enjoy local arts and culture alfresco.

long the Treasure Coast, new COVID-19 cases were reasonably low in the spring. More people were eligible for vaccinations. Schools had reopened on time in the fall and by then were looking forward to summer break. Travel plans, even cruises, were back in the picture. And then the numbers took a dramatic turn. Beginning in late May into June, a surge in cases still has hospitals and doctors’ offices scrambling. Due to the delta variant — more infectious than the 2020 strain — the increase from week to week has sometimes been as much as 20%. Misinformation and

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Gardens in Delray Beach was formally established in 1977, but the land on which it sits was cultivated decades before: In 1904, it became home to the Yamato

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t is no surprise that during the pandemic Marion County’s nonprofit organizations have seen the demand for their services surge. A recent survey by the Community Foundation of Ocala/Marion County found that 60 percent of the nonprofits here have seen an increase in requests for assistance. At the same time, however, almost as many – 55 percent – say they have seen donations decline and they have been forced to cancel a significant portion of in-person fundraisers, a major source of private donations, due to the pandemic. The findings are part of a recent report by the Community Foundation called “A Year-End Assessment of COVID & the Nonprofit Sector in Marion County, Florida.” “Based on results, it is evident that the Ocala/Marion County nonprofit sector was negatively impacted in 2021 by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic,” the report states. “Many of the nonprofits experienced an increase in demand of services due to the pandemic’s impact on the local community, while at the same time losing a significant level of general donations and fund-raising revenues. Therefore, it is important for non-

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are very lucky to have a piece that old.” morikami.

Bonsai are living artifacts, passed down from bonsai master to bonsai master.

Tip: Walk the gardens in the morning to avoid the day’s top temps and work up an appetite. No visit is complete without a bento box at the Cornell Café.

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We tasted pizzas for weeks to bring you our 22 favorite pizza pie spots.

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A quick glance is all it takes to confirm that Naples has entered the post-pandemic era. Despite previous challenges, outdoor terraces and indoor dining rooms are full, and enticing new restaurants are opening again. Naples has emerged as a world-class dining destination, and the pages that follow provide all the proof. The ninth annual NI Dining Awards serves up the best among a crowded and impressive field of establishments.

THE ONLY THING PEOPLE LIKE DOING MORE THAN EATING PIZZA? Debating about pizza. Which regional variety is the best? An O.G. Neapolitan? A classic New York slice? Pizza from Chicago? Detroit? Pittsburgh? New Haven? California? Do you like it thin and crispy, or thick and layered? Laden with outrageous toppings, or kept simple and traditional? In Sarasota, you’ll find a huge variety of pizzas in places that range from stylish fine-dining restaurants to hole-in-the-wall, strip-mall joints that specialize in takeout and delivery. To help you whittle down your endless list of options, we’ve compiled our first guide to the area’s best pizzas. To do it, we crisscrossed Sarasota and Manatee counties, measuring the dimensions of crusts, quizzing pizza makers about the heat of their ovens and eating our weight in mozzarella. It wasn’t an easy task, and plenty of more-than-decent pizzas fell by the wayside as we put together our final rankings. Behold: Sarasota’s best pizzas.

Baker & Wife

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2157 Siesta Drive, Sarasota, (941) 960-1765, bakerwife.com In years past, Baker & Wife owner and chef Isaac Correa has hosted pizza-making lessons on evenings when the restaurant is closed for business. During the sessions, Correa shares his ultra-simple dough and sauce recipes and offers tips on how to achieve a restaurant-quality crust in a home oven that probably doesn’t burn as hot as the one at Baker & Wife does. But why try to recreate the original when you can just order a Baker & Wife pie to-go? The selection of toppings here is limited but inspired. The “Clemenza,” named after Vito Corleone’s closest confidant, walks the line between spicy and sweet, with multiple types of hot salumi and a drizzle of maple syrup, plus dollops of creamy goat cheese to provide respite from the heat. I’d wager it’s better than what you can come up with at home.

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AS JFK ONCE SAID, “NOTHING COMPARES TO THE SIMPLE PLEASURE OF RIDING A BIKE.” WITH A TRIFECTA OF IDYLLIC TEMPERATURES, ENDLESS DAYS OF SUNSHINE, AND HUNDREDS OF MILES OF MAPPED TRAIL SYSTEMS AND BIKE LANES, OUR AREA IS A PARADISE FOR CYCLING ENTHUSIASTS. WE TAPPED FOUR LOCAL RIDERS TO SHARE A FEW OF THEIR FAVORITE SPOTS FOR ROAD CYCLING, MOUNTAIN BIKING, AND MORE. by KE RRY SHO RR

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Jupiter resident Kathy Petrillo

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n addition to having dopamine-releasing abilities, riding a bike brings myriad mental and physical health benefits ranging from augmenting brainpower to strengthening the libido. And, unlike some other sports, it doesn’t age- or gender-discriminate. For these reasons, competitive cyclist Kathy Petrillo loves to burn rubber. A triathlete since she was 16, Petrillo was turned on to “time trialing,” a form of competitive bicycle racing, by her friend Susan French 12 years ago. Today, the Jupiter resident is the fastest female time trial cyclist in the state of Florida. Last summer, Petrillo set a new World Record in the ages 60-69 mixed category at the annual long-distance relay competition Race Across America (RAAM) with her four-person racing team, The Opportunists—who have raised more than $100,000 for the Opportunity Early Childhood Education & Family Center in West Palm Beach. And just this past December, the 60-year-old mother

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of an adult son with Down Syndrome—he’s an avid cyclist like his mom—took home two gold medals in her age group and won Fastest Female Overall at the Florida Senior Games, an Olympicstyle festival for 50-plus athletes that Petrillo actually helped relocate to Martin County from Fort Lauderdale. Between races, the cyclist stays in peak physical form with daily treks along Highway A1A to northern municipalities like Hobe Sound and Port St. Lucie. For Petrillo, a bonus to the cycling itself are the sweeping vistas of the Atlantic Ocean stretching to the horizon. “This is some of the best cycling in South Florida,” she says. “Whether I’m biking up to Stuart or 100 miles to Fort Pierce, I’m almost always by the water. That’s pretty cool.” Matt Goforth, owner of bike shop On Your Mark Performance Center, agrees. “The beaches are exceptional places to bike, and you’ve got these long, continuous stretches of pavement where you can really go somewhere,” he says. “I like roads to move and bend, and that’s what’s so great about riding along the beaches here in Florida—you definitely get the movement.” He notes that

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Want some good news about building up the population of a revered, but endangered, fourlegged species? The Florida panther, voted as the official state animal by Florida schoolchildren in the 1980s, has been on the receiving end of special attention for more than 40 years—with positive results. Collier County residents can be proud of the rebound from a mid-1990s low count of 20 to 30 panthers, when inbreeding was challenging their survival, to a recent estimated count of 120 to 230 panthers in Southwest Florida.

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“The panther population in Collier County is doing well,” reports Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission panther biologist Dr. Dave Onorato. “We’re in a much better position than we were 25 years ago. The population is stable, maybe even increasing, but we think we are in a good spot overall right now.” This outcome is a testament to the many individuals— from biologists to conservationists, farmers, cattle ranchers, legislators, private residents, and others—who have given their ideas, land, time, energy, blood, sweat, and tears to maintain a critical piece of the Florida ecosystem. The biggest news for panthers developed this past summer, when Governor Ron DeSantis signed two pieces of legistlation: the landmark Florida Wildlife Corridor Act (FWCA) and Senate Bill 100 (SB

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“TWENTY YEARS AGO. It feels like forever, but I recall that day all the time,” says Kay Daniels. By Sept. 11, 2001, Daniels had been teaching at Sarasota’s Emma E. Booker Elementary School for more than 10 years. That year, her class of 16 second-graders was honored for dramatically raising their reading test scores. Their reward? A visit from President George W. Bush. The president had arrived in Sarasota the night before and had eaten dinner at The Colony on Longboat Key with his brother, [ CONTINUED ]

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HANNIBAL THE BALD EAGLE In 2015, a volunteer for Audubon EagleWatch had been monitoring a nest in Okeechobee County and came across an injured eagle. The eagle arrived at Busch Wildlife Sanctuary, and the medical team found he was covered in scabs and had damage to his eyes, with a huge growth under one of them. After testing, they discovered he had cancer (squamous cell carcinoma). He was just 6 weeks old. Doctors removed the growth and, thankfully, the cancer has not returned. Hannibal ended up losing the eye as a result of the damage, but he is otherwise healthy and happy and living in the sanctuary’s avian ambassador mew house.

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TAHMAHLAH THE MOUNTAIN LION In 2015, after a series of wildfires in California, some people were out looking for dogs left behind when they came upon Tahmahlah. They notified wildlife officials, who took him to a hospital in California where it was determined his eyes and paws were too damaged and he could no longer live in the wild. His paws were so severely burned in the fires, he lost feeling in them. The word went out to find a new, safe home for Tahmahlah, and Busch took him in. He is around 5 years old, weighs about 122 pounds, and feasts on meat, chicken, fish, and even rats. His habitat—which includes an indoor sleeping and eating area and an outdoor yard—is situated next to Makaya the Florida panther.

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Rise Bisquits Donuts to open in Coral Springs

Chefs and consumers both want their meat to taste delicious and to feel good about its’ consumption, too. This new breed of steakhouse broadcasts its mission to support local ranchers, factor in sustainability and animal welfare, and create a dining experience that showcases culinary flair, not just a grill master's skill at cooking steak to the requested doneness. These operations are also designed to be more inclusive, more of a great place for all kinds of people to dine well, not just traditionminded men on expense accounts. As a result, the modern steakhouse is increasingly similar to other modern restaurants with a focus on distinctive See STEAKHOUSE page 11

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and sustainable sourcing, local and seasonal produce, and global flavors and forms, all done within the steakhouse format showcasing cuts of meat as entrées with a choice of sides. Moreover, new menu categories (such as flatbreads) and service elements freshen the concept.

Jacksonville, FL - After much anticipation and excitement, Jollibee, the largest Asian restaurant company, is now open in Jacksonville. This is the 36th store in the US, as well as the first in the state and Southeast US. It opened to the public on March 18, 2017. Jacksonville is the most populous city in the Sunshine State, as well as home to the largest FilipinoAmerican community in Florida. The longawaited arrival of Jollibee in the city has

been the talk of the town since 2016. With the opening, Floridians will get to try Jollibee's signature menu items such as the world famous Chickenjoy. This dish is delicately breaded to be crispylicious on the outside and juicylicious inside. The well-loved Jolly Spaghetti is a favorite of both kids and kids-at-heart because of its signature sweetstyle sauce, loaded with chunky slices of savory ham, ground meat, and hotdog. Other classic menu favorites include the juicy and cheesy Jolly Hotdog, and the Peach Mango Pie, which is made with real Philippine sweet mangoes and a flaky golden brown crust. vol 12 | issue 5 | november 2021

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"As Jollibee debuts in Florida, we anticipate seeing not only a multitude of excited Jollibee patrons waiting to get their hands on their Jollibee favorites, but also first-timers waiting to have their own Jollibee experience," said Jose Miñana, Jollibee Foods Corporation's Group President for North America. "There's no greater joy for us than serving the needs and tastes of Jollibee fans in the community. At Jollibee, we aim to bring families together for happy moments over great tasting food with superior value, served with warm and friendly service – our own brand of joy." The brand has become a symbol of nostalgia and warm childhood memories for many overseas Filipinos in the U.S. To many, Jollibee is the go-to restaurant of Filipinos for both special

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the classic restaurant style ever disappeared, but a renewal of the model is taking place in response to new sources of beef and new flavorful expressions of the concept that get chefs and diners excited," says David Sprinkle, research director, Packaged Facts. Today's steakhouse menus increasingly feature grass-fed cattle, locally raised animals, heritage varieties, meat butchered and dry aged in-house, and dishes that stem from the whole animal, not just the premium cuts. And that's just the meat. Creative side dishes in lieu of old standards, global and seasonal flavors, and a wider menu selection also distinguish these new school operations.

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The best lifeguards in the state joined our Sarasota squad for two days of steamy competition on Siesta Beach.

MORE THAN 200 FLORIDA LIFEGUARDS descended on Siesta Beach this summer to compete in the 2021 USLA Southeast James P. “Mac” McCarthy Regional Surf Lifesaving Championships. The two-day competition consisted of 16 events, including surf swimming, surf rescues and land races. Our Sarasota County Beach Patrol, Team SRQ, came in ninth out of 19 teams, winning 25 awards. “Just to watch all these men and women at the top of their game, and to see how physically demanding this job is, is good for the public to see,” says organizer Robert Martini, a Sarasota County Beach Lifeguard Lieutenant EMT. “These are the people who rescue your loved ones.”—SUSAN BURNS

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rom palms to pines, ponds to plains, Florida is full of natural splendor that cannot be found anywhere else in the country. Golfing in The Villages is a celebration of that fact. With 42 executive courses and 13 country clubs, there are hundreds of opportunities to play a round and enjoy some of that natural Florida beauty yourself. The biggest challenge you will find at any of these golf courses is leaving. So grab your clubs, hop in your golf car and take in some of the sights these courses offer.

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Tons of fun and challenging golf is packed into nine holes. The par 28 Truman golf course has consistently ranked among the Executive Golf Trail courses on a yearly basis. Yardage varies from 1022 to 1765 yards. Truman offers the perfect combination of enjoyment and difficulty.

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Striving to make my retirement enjoyable and fruitful, I invest time surrounded by Florida’s natural beauty with a camera in hand. One recent steamy morning, I had a favorite place nearby to myself, enjoying some of the wonderful birds that nest there. Summer Tanagers were singing overhead, joined by the warbling song of a Blue Grosbeak and many others, when a Red-Headed Woodpecker alighted on the dead pine snag I’d been watching. The bird tapped the tree quietly and its mate appeared at the cavity’s entrance. The pair stayed together, with one working inside as the other closely supervised. I found myself overcome

with gratitude – for the agency that manages this property so well; for the birds that grace this place with feather and song; for this pair’s cooperation in posing for me, and for the gifts of being surrounded by the wonders of nature and the ability to experience it. Now retired as senior pastor of the Joy Metropolitan Church Community Church of Orlando, John A. Middleton Jr. pursues his passion for nature photography in Lafayette County. See more of his work at FrogmoreFocus.com.

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“… no more striking demonstration of the peaceable and law abiding character of [Gainesville]… can be given… than the publication of a paper… by one of the newly enfranchised.”

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resh and seasonal have become bywords on menus at home and in restaurants for the last several years, and never was this more valued than in the past year, when farmers and growers and fishermen and bakers have plied their trades to keep us close to homegrown food. Names like Swank Farm, Kai Kai Farm, Old School Bakery, Bedner’s and Hatcher’s mangos remind us

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Orlando Strong FOLLOWING THE PULSE nightclub massacre on June 12, 2016—five years ago this month—thousands came to one of many vigils held in the city to remember and pay tribute to the 49 people killed and those who were wounded. Orlando magazine Photo Editor Roberto Gonzalez, who took this photo, says, “I was still in shock. It was the day after the Pulse killings, but some 10,000 people came together, embraced and cried. It’s something I’ll never forget.”

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Some people are willing to take a lot of crap. But Michael Wright, owner of The Poop Bandit, has made it into an art form. STORY HEATHER LEE PHOTOGRAPHY FRED LOPEZ

pit bull with a lisp and a loose stool. A schnauzer with a memorable schnoz. A duo of dainty maltipoos with frighteningly large feces. Just another day in the life of Michael Wright.

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Superman IS THE FAVORITE COMIC SUPERHERO OF 28% OF OM RESPONDENTS.

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Wonder Woman is preferred by 22% while Batman and Spiderman are the favorites of 11%.

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The piano and violin are favorites of 22% of respondents.

3 SONS BREWING COMPANY’S CHARRED CHILI-GLAZED OCTOPUS

→ THIS LEGENDARY A1A Greek spot keeps it simple with the octopus, as it should. Greeks have been grilling octopus with olive oil since the days when the Acropolis was new-build construction; it probably wasn’t Socrates who said, “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it” but we’re going to pretend like it was.

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HARDY PARK BISTRO’S GRILLED OCTOPUS → THIS COZY, unassuming place quietly goes about the business of serving up some of the city’s best food year after year. They keep it simple with the grilled octopus, and they keep it tasty.

→ IN ADDITION to its many tasty beers, this increasingly popular Dania Beach brewery boasts a killer menu – one that includes this excellent octopus dish. It’s served with pickled jalapenos, lima bean hummus, hazelnut romesco and wood-roasted fingerling potatoes – and they’ll even recommend a beer to wash it down with.

BOATYARD’S CHARRED OCTOPUS

→ WE ARE big fans of Boatyard’s modern take on the classic Fort Lauderdale dining experience. This is a proper locals spot that lets you know – right there on the menu – which local and regional fishermen they get their seafood from. And they know their way around some octopus with chorizo vinaigrette and garbanzo.

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SNOWBIRDS The pandemic has upended Sarasota’s traditional snowbird season. BY ALLISON FORSYTH

With direct flights canceled and widespread fear of contracting Covid-19 away from one’s primary care doctor, the pandemic radically changed the way snowbirds traveled last year. Indeed, tracking 2020’s snowbirds has been a challenge, even for the area’s destination marketing experts. Here’s what we know.

Boosting Our Numbers

Sarasota County’s population is estimated at around 439,000 permanent residents, but during the winter months, thanks to snowbirds, the population can increase to more than 500,000.

History of the Word

The term “snowbird” goes back to the early 1900s, when it was used to describe men in the armed forces who would travel to warmer regions during the winter. Starting in the 1930s, it became a term for Northern laborers who flocked south for work when the weather turned cold.

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“While our passenger levels remain depressed, the winter-spring schedule has a substantial increase in flights for 2021.”

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Inclusive Metro Health fosters diversity in health and wellness

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of Canadian snowbirds were not traveling due to Covid-19. But of the ones who were still traveling, 50 percent were headed to Florida.

Flight Patterns

Flight activity at Sarasota Bradenton International Airport

was down 37 percent in 2020 when compared to 2019. Several direct flights to and from Sarasota were canceled during the height of the pandemic, but some seasonal flights are returning.

Driving South

The U.S. Canada land border has been closed since March 2020, leaving Canadians unable to come by car. But U.S.

snowbirds are driving more, heading south by car and RV.

Rise of the Sunbirds Over time, many Florida snowbirds become “sunbirds,” making their Southern roosting spot their permanent residence. This delivers a positive economic impact, since they pay more in taxes and spend more money in the region.

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International Travel Plummets

In October 2019, Sarasota saw 4,780 visitors from Canada. In October 2020, there were only 1,000. That’s a drop of almost 80 percent. In Manatee County, meanwhile, the number of visitors from Canada and Europe dropped to practically zero.

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