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52 A NEW PRESCRIPTION FOR HEALTH CARE Culp-Henson Private Cardiology and Internal Medicine

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56 TRAUMA DRAMA

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60 HEALTHY EATING ON THE GO

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65 DOCTORS OF DISTINCTION Profiles of area doctors and dentists

76 THE RINGLING’S NEW STAGES: RE:IMAGINED 78 FASHION The Look of Love Photography and Art Direction by John Revisky

94 CHANGING LIVES Goodwill Manasota

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Our annual Health & Wellness issue touches on new options for health care in “A New Prescription for Health Care”. Sue Cullen talks to Dr. Kenneth Henson and Dr. Stephen Culp of Culp-Henson Private Cardiology and Internal Medicine, two wellknown physicians who provide concierge service to patients reminiscent of the time your family physician came to your home with a black bag and a stethoscope around the neck.

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This issue also features Doctors of Distinction, a great way to learn more about the background and services provided by several local doctors and dentists.

Probably your greatest tool for health and wellbeing is to be well informed and empower yourself to make more educated health care choices.

Part-time Sarasota resident Sharon Robinson opens up to Gus Mollasis about life as the daughter of “42” – the legendary Jackie Robinson. Sharon’s lifework is important and inspirational and just what you would expect from the daughter of the man who said, “A life is not important except in the impact it has on other lives.” And Jackie Robinson’s impact will forever be remembered as a man who championed equal rights even before he did so in baseball. The interview, well, rocks.

So, what do you think? Could this be the year to make the changes we need to be healthier? If you say yes, remember, Rome wasn’t built in a day. You don’t have to make major changes. Focus on a few areas you want to improve. That’s what I’m going to do.

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Editor’s Note: An incorrect number was included in the social coverage of the Callaghan Tire Charity Pro-Am Golf Tournament in the December issue. It should have stated that $20,000 will go to this year’s beneficiary.

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This year’s Sarasota Orchestra Season Opener Brunch was another resounding success. The event, which was chaired by Anne and Bob Essner and Sherry and Tom Koski, benefited the Orchestra’s educational programs. The highlight of this sold-out event was the sponsor-a-student campaign, which raised more than $75,000 for students attending Youth Orchestra and Summer Music Camp. The brunch was held at a gorgeously appointed Michael’s on East thanks to the talented Anne Folsom Smith and Cindi Perkins who were in charge of the décor. Photos by Nancy Guth

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Sarasota’s glitterati danced to the mambo beat of Tito Puente, Jr., and his Latin band at Historic Spanish Point’s Havana Nights — Party at the Point. White Cottage lawn was transformed into a Havana-style nightclub with cigar-rolling demonstrations, dominoes tournament, and a Cuban-inspired menu by Michael’s On East. Money raised will help fund school scholarships for museum trips and for sustaining the museum’s mission, which is connecting people today with 5,000 years of local human history. Photos by Nancy Guth

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AJC Civic Achievement Award Dinner American Jewish Committee honored Michael Klauber and Phil Mancini, co-proprietors of Michael’s on East, by presenting the two restaurateurs with its 2014 Civic Achievement Award on November 19 at a gala dinner in their honor. The award is given to individuals whose contributions have helped to uplift the shared life of the community. Dinner chairs were Jules and Sheila Rose, and the gala was held (where else?) at Michael’s on East.

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PNC WEALTH MANAGEMENT

Commitment to Community Many people have watched PNC Wealth Management ®’s Sarasota office grow from the ground up to become one of the area’s most prominent financial services providers in just seven years. For some, it may not be clear how such growth could happen in such a short time. However, for the people in the Sarasota office, the answer is a simple one — relationships.

Delivering highly personalized services one client at a time has been the foundation of the office’s philosophy from the start. That desire to create a strong relationship with each client, and offer the personal attention of a boutique firm, remains the same today.

While the Sarasota team is focused on client service, those in wealth planning like Aaron Thiel, who is vice president and senior wealth planner, along with the professionals in trust administration, have much of the day-to-day contact in directly addressing clients’

needs. PNC Wealth Management clients are very familiar with the personal service and assistance they receive from Nancy Masterson, senior vice president and senior trust advisor; Christine McGrath, vice president and senior trust advisor; and April Woods, associate trust advisor. At PNC Wealth Management, clients actually have a team of five devoted to working with them, including a relationship manager, trust advisor, investment advisor, private banking advisor, and wealth planner. The team works together to develop customized banking and investment solutions, and works in collaboration with clients’ attorneys and tax advisors on estate, philanthropic, and tax planning strategies.

In today’s environment where many financial services are no longer delivered locally, PNC Wealth Management’s Sarasota team believes that having a personal relationship with clients is vital to helping

and regulations. That is something we take very seriously. We also are serious about getting to know clients as well as we can, which may include traveling to visit them in the comfort of their own home. Understanding the family dynamics allows us to make suggestions that will help them with their finances and their lives.”

Having experienced professionals who have helped families through many different situations is a boon for clients. PNC Wealth Management is a proponent of continuing education, and offers employee training on a regular basis. Additionally, several of the members of the Sarasota team are credentialed professionals as well. Thiel has prior experience as a trust and estate attorney and in managing a trust department with a national bank, as well as in wealth planning. He is a Certified Financial Planner (CFP®). Masterson, McGrath, and Woods have Certified Trust and Financial Advisor designations. Masterson has been in trust administration and private wealth management for more than 20 years.

PNC Wealth Management recently asked her to apply her experience more broadly by assisting other offices in southwest Florida in addition to her work with Sarasota clients. She has been with the Sarasota office nearly from its start. McGrath also came aboard shortly after the office was opened seven years ago. Prior to joining PNC Wealth Management, she gained extensive experience as a paralegal in estate and trust administration. A newer member of the trust administration team, Woods has been with PNC Bank, National Association for 13 years and in the Sarasota office for three years.

As much as PNC Wealth Management’s team members are devoted to professional excellence and meeting clients’ needs, they also are a collegial group. “We have a great team here, and we all work so well together,” Woods said. McGrath concurs, “I have never worked with a better group of people. We like and respect each other, and our clients feel that.”

them achieve their goals. “We feel it adds significant value to spend time with our clients professionally and socially,” says McGrath. “When clients have children, we encourage them to get to know us as well. By having relationships with family members across multiple generations we typically can better serve the needs of the family.”

That focus on service and relationship-building applies in the area of wealth planning as well. Thiel said, “Our intention is to look at finances and estate planning from the point of view of our clients who care deeply about taking care of their families. Going beyond that, we review their insurance coverage and do cash flow planning and net worth analysis. We take a multigenerational approach. That’s how we build a relationship.

We start by serving parents, and then their children and sometimes grandchildren,” he said.

Because many clients also are philanthropically-oriented, members of PNC Wealth Management’s Sarasota office often get to know clients through the causes they support. “A lot of our clients are committed to the arts and other organizations. We spend time getting to know what they care about,” Thiel added. “By getting to know the causes that are important to our clients we can better understand their values and goals.”

This type of personal involvement is also apparent in trust administration. PNC Wealth Management’s trust advisors are committed to administer trusts in accordance with clients’ wishes. “We work both with clients for whom we manage trusts and also with those for whom we are not trustee,” Masterson said. “We provide extensive services, from bringing assets in when new accounts are opened to paying bills and assisting with tax management, which can be particularly critical for those who also have homes in states where taxes are significant. Another responsibility is to confirm that we are in compliance with procedures, rules,

The material presented in this article is of a general nature and does not constitute the provision by PNC of investment, legal, tax, or accounting advice to any person, or a recommendation to buy or sell any security or adopt any investment strategy. Opinions expressed herein are subject to change without notice. The information was obtained from sources deemed reliable. Such information is not guaranteed as to its accuracy. You should seek the advice of an investment professional to tailor a financial plan to your particular needs. For more information, please contact PNC at 1-888-762-6226.

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PNC also uses the marketing names PNC Institutional Asset ManagementSM, PNC Retirement SolutionsSM, Vested Interest®, and PNC Institutional Advisory SolutionsSM for the various discretionary and non-discretionary institutional investment activities conducted through PNC Bank and through PNC’s subsidiary PNC Capital Advisors, LLC, a registered investment adviser (“PNC Capital Advisors”). Standalone custody, escrow, and directed trustee services; FDIC-insured banking products and services; and lending of funds are also provided through PNC Bank. Securities products, brokerage services, and managed account advisory services are offered by PNC Investments LLC, a registered broker-dealer and a registered investment adviser and member of FINRA and SIPC. Insurance products may be provided through PNC Insurance Services, LLC, a licensed insurance agency affiliate of PNC, or through licensed insurance agencies that are not affiliated with PNC; in either case a licensed insurance affiliate may receive compensation if you choose to purchase insurance through these programs. A decision to purchase insurance will not affect the cost or availability of other products or services from PNC or its affiliates.

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Sarasota Orchestra Evening with Anu & Friends January 8 The Field Club, 6 pm. Join Anu Tali and distinguished soloists for an up-close-and-personal experience.

Dinner and performance followed by conversation. Tickets $150 | 941.487.2737 | sarasotaorchestra.org 17th Annual Thunder by the Bay Motorcycle Festival January 8 - 11 Various times and locations. Enjoy live music, vendors, wine, beer and whiskey tastings, silent auction, festival, and bike show. Benefits Suncoast Charities for Children. 941.371.8820 x 1800 | thunderbythebay.org Scramble for SPARCC January 12 The Founders Club, 11:30 am. Benefits Safe Place and Rape Crisis Center. 941.365.0208 | sparcc.net RCAD Library Association’s Town Hall Lecture January 13 Van Wezel, 10:30 am. Dr. Charles Krauthammer, Pulitzer Prize winning commentator and New York Times best-selling author. 941.925.1343 | rclassociation.org SMOA’s The Bash January 18 Sarasota Museum of Art, 6 pm. Gather under the tent for this casual event of food, drink, and dancing.

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Celebrate and rally for the future. 941.309.0118 | ringling.edu Boys and Girls Club’s Jewels on the Bay Showhouse January 19 – February 15 8319 Midnight Pass Road.

Top local designers transform home to benefit the Boys & Girls Clubs of Sarasota County. Tickets $25 | designershowhousesarasota.com Sarasota Ballet’s On Pointe Luncheon January 20 Michael’s On East, 11:30 am. Benefiting Dance – The Next Generation, a program that uses dance to keep at-risk students in school. 941.366.0007 | sarasotaballet.org NCJW’s Women in Power Luncheon January 21 Michael’s on East. National Council of Jewish Women Sarasota-Manatee honors Eleanor Merritt Darlington, Wendy Surkis, and Renee Hamad. Tickets $72 | ncjwsarasota-manatee.org 8th Annual Forks & Corks Food & Wine Festival January 23 – 26 Various times and locations. This epicurean celebration features interactive food and wine seminars, live entertainment, a charity wine auction, and more.

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SMHF’s Corinthian Gala January 24 6 pm. Ritz-Carlton Sarasota. This gala dinner dance, held once every three years, supports patient care, education, research, facilities, and technology for the healthcare of the community. 941.917.1286 | smh.com Saint Stephen’s 3rd Annual Game Changers January 24 IMG Academy Country Club, 7 pm. Keynote speaker is Christian Laettner, star of the Duke Blue Devils’ national championship basketball team. Benefits Saint Stephen’s athletics. Tickets $100 - $175 | 941.746.2121 | saintstephens.org 4th Annual Taylor Emmons Scholarship Fund Charity Golf & Poker Tournament January 24 Lakewood Ranch Country Club, 10:30 am.

Box lunch and registration. Noon tee off. Buffet dinner provided to golfers. Tickets $150. Poker night at The Lake Club, 6 pm buffet and 7 pm poker begins. Tickets $125 | 941.915.9249 | temmons.org Aging in Paradise’s Puttin’ on the Glitz January 25 Sarasota Bay Club. The Aging in Paradise Resource Center Committee is holding a fundraising gala including dinner, dancing, a live auction and silent auction. Tickets $100 | 941.383.6493 | aginginparadise.org.

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Jewish Federation’s People of the Book January 28 Riverview High School, 7 pm. Features character actor Jeffrey Tambor as guest speaker. 941.343.2106 | jfedsrq.org Center for Building Hope’s Celebrity Bartending Fashionista Edition January 29 Michael’s Wine Cellar, 6 pm. An evening of fun, entertainment, and the most fashion forward individuals in Sarasota. Proceeds benefit the Center for Building Hope.

Tickets $35 | 941.921. 5539 | centerforbuildinghope.org Circus Arts Gala Under the Big Top January 30 The Big Top, 6 pm. Features glitz, glamour, gourmet food, and the best in circus arts entertainment. Benefits The Circus Arts Conservatory. 941.355.9805 | circusarts.org UNCF’s 31st Celebration Scholarship Gala January 30 Hyatt Regency, 6 pm. Cocktail hour followed by dinner and the program. Proceeds support minority education. 941.951.7087 | uncf.org LWR 8th Annual Grand Ovation Festival January 31 Lakewood Ranch Main Street, 11 am. Community wide celebration of cultural arts with music and a variety of performances. Free admission | lakewoodranch.com/grandovation

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Sarasota Opera’s Annual Gala January 31 Hyatt Regency Sarasota, 6:30 pm. Dine on a four course dinner and dance to live music by the 42nd Street Big Band plus a special performance by the Sarasota Opera principal artists. 941.366.8450 | sarasotaopera.org Catholic Charities Ball January 31 Ritz-Carlton Sarasota, 6 pm. Proceeds benefit the programs and services of Catholic Charities, Diocese of Venice, in Sarasota and Manatee. 941.355.4680 ext. 311 | catholiccharitiesdov.org 8th Annual Heart & Soul Ball and Live Art Auction January 31 Manatee Performing Arts Center, 5:30 pm.

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Upcoming Events Asolo Rep’s Starry Night Dinner February 2 Home of Mark and Kim Standish in Harbor Acres, 6:30 pm. An exclusive dinner highlighting the production of Our Betters. Tickets $250 | 941.351.9010 ext.

4702 | asolorep.org/starrynights Conservation Foundation’s Palm Ball February 7 Bay Preserve in Osprey, 6 pm. Cocktails, din-

ner, and dancing. Benefits Conservation Foundation of the Gulf Coast. 941.918.2100 | conservationfoundation.com Saint Stephen’s 11th Annual Falcon 5k River Run and Inaugural Boys & Girls Clubs 1-Mile Family Fun Run February 7 Riverview Boulevard. Part of the Bradenton Area RiverWalk Regatta, this community coordinated event will have runners of all ages. saintstephens.org/5k Catholic Charities Mardi Gras Madness February 17 The Francis. An exciting evening of dinner, dancing, and Mardi Gras festivities. All proceeds benefit Bethesda House. Tickets $125 | 941.355.4680 ext. 307 | catholiccharitiesdov.org Goodwill Manasota Mardi Gras Gala February 17 Michael’s on East, 6 pm. A New Orleans-style food and entertainment complete with a king and queen crowning, colorful characters, and beads galore. Tickets $175 | 941.355.2721 ext. 104 | experiencegoodwill.org Education Foundation’s Evening of Excellence Gala February 27 Michael’s on East, 6 pm. Art pieces from high school students are sold at auction following a gourmet dinner.

Proceeds provide scholarships and monetary awards to high school art departments. 941.927.0965 | edfoundation.net

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It seemed as though the entire town was in attendance for this year’s National Philanthropy Day Luncheon on November 18. The Southwest Florida Chapter of the Association of Fundraising Professionals showcases the area’s long history of sharing and caring annually by honoring individuals, businesses, and foundations for their leadership commitment to philanthropy. SCENE Magazine was nominated as Outstanding Corporate Partner of the Year. Among the notable attendees were Debra Jacobs, Betty Schoenbaum, Shannon Duvall, Cliff Walters, Jan Miller, Felice Schulaner, Marjorie Peter, John LaCivita, Dan Bailey, and many more. Photos by Jessica Tasetano

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Saturday, January 31, 2015 – 6:30pm Hyatt Regency Sarasota Black Tie $250 per person Join us for Sarasota’s Most Elegant Evening!

Performance by Principal Artists from The Marriage of Figaro, Live Music for dancing by 42nd Street Big Band

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PERFORMING ARTS CALENDAR

ASOLO REPERTORY THEATRE 941.351.8000 / asolorep.org As You Like It Through April 12 Shakespeare’s most beloved comedy.

The Matchmaker January 6 – April 11 With his eye firmly fixed on the bottom line, wealthy hat merchant Horace Vendergelder can’t see the value of love, even as he searches for a wife. He gets more than he bargains for when he employs a matchmaker.

Good People January 14 – March 21 Faced with the reality that her neighborhood is providing her with the same opportunities it always has — none — Margie concocts a plan to solve all her financial problems — and it might just be crazy enough to work.

Both Your Houses January 21 – April 12 Imagine an idealistic young Congressman determined to expose corruption by introducing a bill so stuffed with pork it is sure to oink itself to death. Will his fight cost him the support of his peers, his constituents, and the woman he loves?

FLORIDA STUDIO THEATRE 941.366.9000 / floridastudiotheatre.org Dancing in the Street Through February 6 Featuring the Prima Donnettes.

Dancing Lessons Through February 27 A young man with Asperger’s seeks the instruction of a Broadway dancer now sidelined with injuries.

American Pie Through April 23 Featuring songs such as The Sounds of Silence and New York State of Mind.

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Lettice and Lovage—A Comedy January 21 – February 15 Lettice Duffet is a tour guide at Fustian House, and when she begins to stray from the facts, Lotte Schon, an inspector from the Preservation Trust, must fire her.

MANATEE PLAYERS 941.748.5875 manateeperformingartscenter.com Brigadoon January 8 – 25 Scottish fantasy about a town that disappears into the Highland mist and returns for only one day every one hundred years.

The Foursome January 15 - February 1 Four old college chums, home for their 15 year reunion, hook up for a round of golf and share their successes and failures.

Forbidden Broadway January 17-19 Award-winning, fall-down funny musical roast of Broadway.

The Rat Pack Together Again January 21 The best of the Rat Pack songs and some of the more intimate numbers that true fans have come to know and love.

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Features three of music’s most celebrated love stories: Strauss’ Death and Transfiguration, Tchaikovsky’s Romeo and Juliet Overture, and Ravel’s Daphnis et Chloé.

Voices of the Movies January 16 - 17 Movie music themed Pops with Oscar-winning, classic favorites from Breakfast at Tiffany’s, Fiddler on the Roof, The Way We Were, and Wizard of Oz.

Here, There and Everywhere January 21 - 24 Musical trip around the world stops at hot spots for musical interludes.

Enigma January 29 – February 1 Beethoven’s revered Piano Concerto No. 4, a moving tribute to British composer, Benjamin Britten, and Elgar’s Enigma Variations.

VAN WEZEL PERFORMING ARTS HALL 941.955.7676 / vanwezel.org

St. Petersburg State Symphony January 8

Glitzy, moving, and surreal, this musical set in the midst of the Nazi takeover of 1931 Berlin revolves around cabaret performer Sally Bowles as she battles her onstage stardom and her offstage loves.

Circle Mirror Transformation January 29–February 8 When the students in Marty’s community acting class experiment with harmless theater games, hearts are quietly broken and painful lessons learned.

941.359.0099 / sarasotaballet.org FSU Center for the Performing Arts

Husband-and-wife team capture the magic of Les Paul and Mary Ford through spellbinding guitar and smooth vocals.

TSB Presents Dance Theatre of Harlem January 30 – February 1

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In Love January 9 - 11

Cabaret January 7– 25

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Bill Engvall January 9 Foreigner January 12 The Bronx Wanderers January 18 Dave Feherty January 20 Michael Bolton January 21 ABBA The Concert January 22 Kathleen Madigan January 23 scenesarasota.com

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Garrison Keillor Feb 19 • 2015 • 8pm Sponsors: Morton’s Gourmet Market & Sarasota Magazine

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Irvin Mayfield and the New Orleans Jazz Orchestra Feb 11 • 2015 • 8pm

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The Piano Men starring Jim Witter Feb 15 • 2015 • 8pm Sponsor: Wilde Lexus of Sarasota

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January 24 Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons January 27 Marilyn McCoo & Billy Davis Jr. January 28 Ballroom with a Twist January 29

VENICE THEATRE 941.488.1115 / venicestage.com Buddy, The Buddy Holly Story January 6 - 25 The true story of Buddy Holly’s meteoric rise to stardom and his tragic death less than two years later.

By the Way, Meet Vera Stark January 8 - 25 A 70-year journey through the life of Vera Stark, a headstrong African-American maid and actress, and her relationship with her boss, a white Hollywood star desperately grasping to hold on to her career.

Surf’s Up January 11 - 12 A musical tribute to the Beach Boys.

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The Capitol Steps January 18 - 19 No-holds-barred political comedy act.

Girl’s Night: The Musical January 25 - 26 Touching and hilarious musical journeys into the lives of a group of female friends.

VENICE SYMPHONY 941.488.1010 / thevenicesymphony.org The Great White Way January 23 - 24 Lively concert of well-loved show tunes, including selections from Annie, Grease, Carousel, Gypsy, and The Music Man.

WESTCOAST BLACK THEATRE TROUPE 941.366.1505 / wbttroupe.org Knock Me A Kiss January 7 – February 8 Fictional account of the 1928 marriage of W.E.B. DuBois’ daughter to one of Harlem’s most talented poets.

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GOODWILL MANASOTA’S MARDI GRAS GALA Please join Maverick & Lulu -- 106.5 CTQ personalities and co-chairs of Goodwill’s signature event! The party continues at Michael’s on East in a fu fun-filled night of spectacular entertainment New Orleans style complete with King & Queen crowning, colorful characters and beads galore!

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Palm Avenue Shops Stroll Historic Palm Avenue and shop with some of Sarasota’s finest collection of merchants. Discover exceptional fine jewelry, fine art galleries, rare oriental carpets, exquisite home accessories and much more.

Palm Avenue’s First Friday Walks are from 6 till 9 pm. Enjoy shopping, dining and live performances.

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Add some myth-tique to your garden with a classically beautiful, life size, bronze maiden from Greek and Roman mythology. At home near water features and in the garden, this lovely nature goddess, Naiad IV, also enhances interior spaces.

While sculptor Glenna Goodacre has made a name as creator of The Vietnam Women’s Memorial in Washington, D.C., The Irish Memorial in Philadelphia, and Ronald Reagan’s Presidential portrait in Simi Valley, Calif., here she shows the power of her artistry on a more intimate scale.

Galleria Silecchia 20 South Palm Avenue | 941.365.7414 | galleriasilecchia.com

Rustic yet chic, in a lovely shade of aqua, Lastra dinnerware from Vietri. Handformed in Tuscany of Italian stoneware. Microwave, oven, freezer and dishwasher safe. Available in three neutral shades – white, aqua and gray.

While cooking for a group or just dinner for 2, dare to imagine your dream kitchen come true. Be inspired by a wide selection of top quality cabinets with a range of price points to make your dream cabinetry a reality.

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Feel the sea breeze on your face as you take a trip to “RockN-Roll Beach”. At 52 by 78 inches, acquiring this original acrylic on canvas by Barbara Krupp is a statement that says volumes about your imaginative eye for beauty.

Dabbert Gallery 76 South Palm Avenue 941.955.1315 | dabbertgallery.com

Tribal Persian Luri Bakhtiari, Serapi, Tribal Sumak, and Indian Sari Silk — every one an exotic beauty brought here by Art to Walk On Inc. Whether you yen for antique, traditional, transitional, or modern, each of these unique works of art are individually hand knotted. Most are dyed with indigenous vegetable dyes and woven with hand spun wool so they feel as deliciously sumptuous as they look.

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Indulge your culinary desires with a grand tour of the world’s most delectable delights. Imagine yourself picnicking on the Seine in Paris. Watch those tiny bubbles of Krug Grande Cuvée Brut Champagne rise in your flute while you nosh on a wheel of piquant, soft Epoisses cow’s milk cheese and velvety Palme d’Or Duck Foie Gras Mousse. Dessert? Belgian chocolates, of course.

Attention princesses! Create your own royal retreat with bold artwork, custom French settee, and a touch of whimsy that defines you as a princess who knows her own style. Sink back into your heavenly goat fur and custom-made pillows and bask in the admiration you deserve.

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Figuratively Speaking Dabbert Gallery Through January 31 The human figure has always been a very basic and demanding form of expression for many artists. Dabbert Gallery’s exhibit, Figuratively Speaking, demonstrates the unique and compelling figurative expression of eleven Gallery artists exhibiting over 25 paintings. Artists include Robert Baxter, Jeff Cornell, James Griffin, William Jerdon, Nat Krate, Kathrin Longhurst, Luke Steadman Allan Teger, Nancy Turner, Yuqi Wang, and Pamela duLong Williams. 76 S. Palm Ave., Sarasota. dabbertgallery.com

Cabaret The Players Theatre of Sarasota January 8 – 25 The Players Theatre of Sarasota takes on the classic Cabaret this January. This moving Kander and Ebb musical is set in the midst of the Nazi takeover of 1931 Berlin. Glitzy, moving, and surreal, the musical revolves around cabaret performer Sally Bowles as she battles her onstage stardom and her offstage loves. A cast of unforgettable characters takes the audience through the changing political climate of the times as well as the mounting social turmoil. Well-known songs include: Cabaret, Willkommen, and Money. For a complete list of production dates and times, visit theplayers.org.

Three Concerts Featuring the Music of Edvard Grieg The Historic Asolo Theater January 9 – 11 Artist Series Concerts of Sarasota presents three concerts as part of the 2015 Grieg Festival. In addition to the concerts, the festival, under the direction of Dr. Sylvia Reynolds Eckes, a leading Edvard Grieg scholar and Sarasota resident, brings together well-known Grieg performers, scholars, and young artists to celebrate the legendary composer's life and music, focusing on the lesser-known works. Members of the International Grieg Society in Bergen, Norway, will join American artists and scholars in lectures and performances at Selby Public Library in Sarasota. The festival also includes a rare exhibit of manuscripts and letters from the Grieg Archives in Bergen, and the semi-finals and finals rounds of a national competition for pianists and singers who will perform only works by Grieg.

John Fischer, executive director of the Artist Series Concerts of Sarasota, says he's delighted to participate with the Grieg Festival. "Each of the three performances will be unique in content, allowing listeners to hear a variety of vocal, piano and choral works by Grieg, many of which have rarely been heard in the states and are performed by artists who are internationally-known for their Grieg interpretations," he says.

Eckes, who has given hundreds of performances, presentations, and master classes on the music of Edvard Grieg, says that Grieg’s music has been popular in America since it was first heard--as early as

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the 1870s. "Grieg enjoyed meeting Americans who visited him in Bergen and who brought stories about how Americans embraced his music," she says. "He had hoped to come to America in later years, but was not in good enough health to make the trip. Many of his works have enjoyed great success here and there have been numerous events and festivals to honor and recognize the beloved Norwegian composer." Eckes adds that this year's festival continues an initiative that began with the Grieg Festival 2009 in Winter Park, Florida. "The event also provides an opportunity for Grieg experts to share insights with young performers, continuing the promotion and performance of a more complete representation of his music."

Lino Tagliapietra Richard and Barbara Basch Gallery at the Academic Center of Ringling College of Art and Design January 12 - March 21 New and recent works by Lino Tagliapietra will be on view in the Richard and Barbara Basch Gallery at in the Academic Center of Ringling College of Art and Design from Jan. 12 through March 21. More than 20 works on loan from the artist, Schantz Galleries in Stockbridge, Mass. and the Richard and Barbara Basch Collection will be on view. Barbara Basch will offer tours on Wednesdays at 10:30 am. The artist will speak to invited guests on January 10.

Lino Tagliapietra is widely recognized as one of the world's premier artists working in glass. Dale Chihuly has referred to him as "perhaps the world's greatest living glassblower" and many connoisseurs of contemporary glass art would agree. Lino Tagliapietra was born in Murano, Italy in 1934. At the age of 12 he began his apprenticeship with Archimede Seguso and by the age of 21 he had earned the title of maestro. Over the next 25 years Lino worked in association with several of the best known Muranese glass factories.

In 1979, the Italian glass maestro came to the United States to teach at Pilchuck School in Seattle, thus beginning a long history of sharing his centuries old technical knowledge with American glass artists. In the 1980s Lino was best known for the collaborative work he did with several American artists, including Dale Chihuly and Dan Dailey. But in the 1990s, although he continued to teach and collaborate widely in the U.S., Lino began to be widely recognized for his own unique works of art.

Small Wonders

Dance Theatre of Harlem

Artists Upstairs January 16 – February 18

FSU Center January 30 – February 1

Small Wonders will be a collaboration of small-scale works that have a maximum size limit of 14 by 16 inches framed. Eight artists are participating, and each can submit up to five pieces. The show will encompass still life, landscape, and abstract works done in watercolor, oil, acrylic, and mixed media. The artists have working studios, Artists Upstairs, on the second floor of the Art Center Building in Towles Court. Participating artists will be Terry Martin, Susan Tobin, Missy Assen, Karin Riccardi, Susan Coyne, Michele Held, Phyllis Nathans, and Meg Pierce. There will be music in the courtyard of Towles Court on opening night January 16.

The Sarasota Ballet will present Dance Theatre of Harlem. This is a unique and powerful artistic entity that brings new life to the art form of ballet. Founded in 1969 by Arthur Mitchell and Karel Shook, Dance Theatre of Harlem became an expression of human excellence that broke down barriers and inspired millions.

With a repertoire of more than 125 works, which have received critical acclaim and achieved unprecedented success, Dance Theatre of Harlem brings bold new artistic expression to Sarasota for its only performances in Florida this year and will include opportunities for a Master Class and additional school outreach workshops.

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Jewish Federation Women’s Day At the Jewish Federation of Sarasota-Manatee’s annual Women’s Day event, Camryn Manheim captured the audience of 400 by weaving together the threads of her personal story while poking fun at Sarasota roundabouts and other Sarasota clichés. In her talk, titled “Mitzvah Therapy: Living Life Generously,” Manheim also spoke of the joys of doing good deeds that make you feel good. She left the audience with the inspirational thought, “You make a living by what you get; you make a life by what you give.” Photos

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Edie Chaifetz, Marty Haberer & Howard Tevlowitz

Bunny Skirboll, Sarah Wertheimer & Elaine Weill

Lee Sax, Camryn Manheim, Nancy Swart & Melissa Howard

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Presented by Bethesda House Fat Tuesday, February 17, 2015 at The Francis Enjoy an exciting evening of dinner, dancing and Mardi Gras festivities!

Event Chair • Terri Maze Cocktail Attire • Ticket Price $125

For information call 941-355-4680 ext. 307 or email bgladding@ccdis1.org www.catholiccharitiesdov.org All proceeds will benefit Bethesda House, a program of Catholic Charities, Diocese of Venice, Inc. which provides professional and compassionate Bethesda House support services for individuals suffering with the HIV/AIDS disease.

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Catalytic Philanthropy Ben Hanan

Story & Photo by Jake Hartvigsen Mention community foundations, and the image that comes to mind for many of us is one of a stuffy boardroom with buttoned-down members discussing the annual grant cycle or the health of the endowment. Perhaps then it should come as little surprise that sitting across a table from Gulf Coast Community Foundation’s new board chair, Ben Hanan, I wonder whether I have somehow arrived at the wrong place.

Handsome and well tailored, the 40-something Hanan exudes an energy and vitality matched only by the sophisticated, high-tech design of the foundation’s new headquarters in Venice. And, after just a few minutes of conversation with him, it is obvious that despite having more than $274 million in charitable assets, Gulf Coast is far from being either stuck in the past or resting on its laurels.

“I don’t think many people realize all of the different ways that Gulf Coast is involved in our community,” says Hanan, who focuses his practice on corporate law and estate planning and is the managing partner of Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick’s Sarasota office. “Don’t get me wrong. There are a lot of organizations that do wonderful things in our area. But at Gulf Coast, we have the opportunity and the responsibility, really, to do things in a bigger and bolder way, and it all begins with our donors.”

To illustrate, Hanan points to initiatives like the foundation’s Hunger Design Team — which is providing solutions to the issues of hunger and access to nutritional food in the region, STEMSmart — which is developing Sarasota’s middle schools into national leaders in the use of advanced classroom technology, and BIG (Bright Ideas on the Gulf Coast) — which is building our local economy by connecting entrepreneurs with retired CEOs and other business leaders living in the area. Most of the initiatives are created in partnership with donors, and all are examples of ways Gulf Coast is transforming our community while re-envisioning the typical role played by a community foundation.

“We call it catalytic philanthropy, and it’s really a completely different mindset to the way philanthropy traditionally was done,” he says. “Instead of just reacting to individual grant requests, we are constantly conducting research to determine community scenesarasota.com

needs and how we can have the greatest impact. Our CEO Teri Hansen is a visionary leader, and she and the board members, each of whom are incredibly intelligent and passionate, are committed to this proactive approach to problem-solving.”

Of course, this dynamic new approach has impacted not only the foundation’s staff and board members but local charitable organizations and donors as well. Rather than simply applying for grants to meet their individual needs, charitable organizations are now being encouraged to explore new and innovative ways to collaborate and work together to achieve the greater good.

Naturally, the foundation is there to help them along the way.

“We’re asking charitable organizations to act more as partners with us, where we can work with them to monitor and ascertain their needs instead of just throwing money at a problem,” says Hanan. “We’re also offering new ways to help them work collaboratively together to achieve their goals. That is exciting, both for us and for our charitable partners.”

Similarly, he emphasizes while Gulf Coast will always be a resource for donors who simply want to contribute to donor-advised funds, many are energized by the ability to partner with Gulf Coast to transform the region through bold and proactive philanthropy.

In addition to the broad-based initiatives and high level of donor engagement already mentioned, he points to Gulf Coast’s citizen philanthropy website GulfCoastGood.org as the community’s go-to website for volunteering and donating. GulfCoastGood.org has giving opportunities to meet the interests of all types of donors.

“Our goal is to encourage involvement and engagement in making our community a better place,” says Hanan. “Whether it’s $25,000 to retrofit a science classroom into a state-of-the-art learning environment or $25 to buy supplies for a local animal shelter, we want to give everyone the opportunity to become involved and to help make our community stronger and better.

That is the core of our mission at Gulf Coast.”

Learn more about Gulf Coast Community Foundation by visiting GulfCoastCF.org or by calling 941.486.4600.

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A New Prescription for Health Care Culp-Henson Private Cardiology and Internal Medicine

By Sue Cullen | Photos by John Revisky

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When it comes to the doctors who handle our most precious possession, our health, we know what we want. It’s a wish list that includes modern skill and expertise combined with a passion for the medical profession, a compassionate nature, and the willingness to see us as individuals as much as patients. A new medical practice founded earlier this year by Dr. Stephen Culp and Dr. Kenneth Henson aims to encompass all of that and more with an enhanced model of concierge medicine that is proving attractive to many people with a wide range of needs and circumstances.

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oth men are highly experienced cardiologists and internal medicine specialists whose added expertise is a boon to their new practice, Culp-Henson Private Cardiology and Internal Medicine, located at 3830 Bee Ridge Road in Sarasota. Having worked

together in cardiology for 20 years, it is clear they know each other very well, respect each other’s capabilities, and work well together as a team. It is a relationship founded upon a mutual commitment to a personalized approach to patient care and the benefits that concierge medicine brings to patients.

“With concierge medicine, you have a doctor you know, who knows you, and who assumes full responsibility for your healthcare,” said Dr. Henson, who has served as Chief of Cardiology for Sarasota Memorial Hospital and has fellowship training in Interventional Cardiology at Georgetown University, in General Cardiology at the University of Florida, as well as board certification in Internal Medicine. “You have one person, a traditional doctor, who is with you from the office to the hospital and through recovery once you are home.” Dr. Henson is the son of a family physician, who grew up understanding the demands of medical practice and what it means to have a physician who knows patients well. “What we do is a more technologically advanced form of medicine than my father practiced,” he said, “but the personal service and personal attention to patients is very similar to what he provided. He knew all of his patients and their families and was totally involved not just in their healthcare, but in their lives.”

Dr. Culp agrees, “A concierge practice is the mechanism to enhance the high degree of personalized service that I have always enjoyed practicing.” A graduate of Yale University, Dr. Culp went on to obtain his medical degree at the University of Vermont, and then did his post-graduate residency in Internal Medicine and his fellowship training in Cardiovascular Diseases and Interventional Cardiology at Duke, where he was chosen to join the faculty and practice at the Duke Private Diagnostic Clinic with the rank of Assistant Professor. “One of the difficulties faced by physicians in a traditional model of medicine is having enough time to focus on the patient as a ‘whole’. Even though cardiology is a specialized field, my training emphasized taking care of the whole patient,” he said. “I have always practiced by this principle, which is why my transition to concierge medicine has been successful. This has

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been a very gratifying year. I am doing what I love. This why I went into medicine.” Dr. Culp’s colleagues evidently agree as demonstrated by the 10 consecutive years he has been chosen as a Castle-Connelly top doctor by his peers.

ABOVE: Dr. Culp and Dr. Henson with state-of-the-art cardiac PET scanner

In a concierge practice, the total patient enrollment is limited in order to assure that each patient’s needs can be comfortably addressed without time constraints. This is evidenced by flexible and effortless scheduling, unhurried office visits, and enhanced access to the doctor. Patients are given the doctors’ private mobile phone numbers. For most people with a busy personal or professional schedule, the ability to see a doctor promptly, conveniently and without waiting is refreshing.

With Culp-Henson, all patients pay an annual fee for care, which covers the cardiology and internal medicine services that the physicians provide. Patients benefit from their dual training and multiple board certifications. As cardiologists, they perform echocardiography, stress testing, vascular imaging, pacemaker checks, and heart monitoring, in addition to blood testing and other internal medicine services. The physicians review test results directly with the patients, answering questions and arranging follow-up care when necessary.

As the patients’ primary medical advocate, “we are the one point of contact for medical care and someone who can ensure continuity of care across multiple medical specialists when required,” Dr. Henson said. Although the majority of medical care is handled within the office, when complex medical issues require the expert advice of other specialists, both doctors see their role as coordinators and expeditors of the medical treatment plan. In short, they are the coaches and navigators for their patients.

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“ What we do is a more technologically advanced form of medicine than my father practiced, but the personal service and personal attention to patients is very similar to what he provided. He knew all of his patients and their families and was totally involved not just in their healthcare, but in their lives.”

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office. According to the American Journal of Managed Care, this results in reduced admission rates. Prompt post-hospitalization follow-up in the office may reduce readmission rates even more dramatically. “This is what patients need,” agreed Dr. Henson. When hospitalizations are needed, both physicians follow the patients throughout the hospital stay, rather than delegate care to hospital employed physicians.

A broad spectrum of patients benefit from Culp-Henson’s practice. While patients juggling multiple medical problems see a clear-cut benefit to consolidating their care into one practice, many others also benefit. Fifty percent of Americans eventually develop heart disease.

Dr. Henson points out that “patients benefit from our dual expertise in cardiology and internal medicine. They can receive their primary and cardiology care in one setting. This includes preventive care as well as chronic disease management. Cardiac disease management often requires office testing on an ongoing basis. In our practice, we have the luxury of consolidating studies into one visit to minimize the time impact on our patients. This is particularly beneficial to patients with busy schedules or frequent travelers. We also see a significant number of Canadian and European patients. They like the easy access and defined cost of medical care during the time that they are resident in Florida. We are often asked for a second opinion of the care that they receive at home and to perform screening evaluations not readily available to them in their own health care systems.”

As the population ages, concierge medicine provides a special advantage for elderly patients trying to maintain an independent lifestyle. Culp-Henson is often able to reduce the total number of physicians involved in the care of the patient and consolidate more care into its own office setting. Test results are given in person to facilitate understanding, and treatment plans are devised that incorporate the patient’s life goals. Many times, it is adult children who encourage an aging parent to join Culp-Henson. “Often the children are out of state and worried about their parent’s health. It gives them peace of mind to know someone is looking after the health care needs of their parents,” Dr. Culp said. “They rely on the close communication that we provide. For those patients able to maintain an active travel schedule, I remind them to take my mobile number if health issues arise out of town.”

Dr. Culp summed up perhaps the most crucial reason a person would want to join Culp-Henson. “At your moment of greatest need, you need to know that your doctor is going to be there,” he said. “We love practicing medicine, and concierge medicine allows us to do what we love.” Dr. Henson also enjoys this responsibility. “I like going to work,” he said. “It feels great at the end of the day knowing that you did the right thing for your patients.” scenesarasota.com

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By Sue Cullen | Photos by Frank Atura

It happens in an instant, and that moment becomes a point in time from which before and after are forever measured. Maybe it’s a fall, a heart attack, or a car accident. One thing is for sure, few are prepared when it happens to them or to a loved one, but for each, the journey back to wholeness has begun. Several area residents who have taken that journey tell tales that speak of a fiercely indomitable human spirit and a reason for hope no matter what circumstances life throws our way.

In trauma care as in other areas of medicine, advancements have been made that are saving more lives and offering an increased quality of life for those who have suffered life-altering events. As the area’s only Level II Trauma Center, Blake Medical Center has seen its share of dramatic incidents and life-affirming stories. The trauma center, which opened in 2011, recently celebrated those stories with a gathering of those who have been helped there and highlighted 12 former patients on a new 2015 calendar.

One of those former patients is Anthony “A.J.” Schepp, whose journey began two years ago when he was hit by a truck while on his bike. His injuries were devastating. “He was in a coma for 11 days, and in ICU for more than two weeks. Since then he has been in and out of the hospital for over two years now,” says his mother Sandy Fearnley. “He is the first per56

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son who ever survived the kind of severe brain damage he received. The worst was the first few hours after he got there. I was told they didn’t think he would make it. If he had to go any farther than Blake he never would have made it. A gentleman at the site of the accident literally had to hold his brain in. If you sat and talked with A.J. today, you would never know.”

Schepp suffers left side partial paralysis, some short-term memory loss from his traumatic brain injury, and still is tackling his rehabilitative therapy with determination, Fearnley says. Schepp considers that he’s about 40 percent of where he wants to be in his recovery and has set a number of goals for himself. Completing his GED is a current goal, and he is interested in becoming a physical therapist. “With what I’ve been through, I feel I would be able to motivate my patients to get through what they need scenesarasota.com

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Anthony “A.J.” Schepp

to go through,” he says. “I have a very good insight into methods of therapy.”

Another goal is to live independently once again. Schepp currently stays with his mother who is wheelchair bound due to cerebral palsy.

“I took care of him, and he takes care of me,” she says. Last, but definitely not least, Schepp wants to get back on a surfboard. “I’ve already made it to the beach to catch a sunset,” he says.

“People look at me as an inspiration. Whatever tough times they are having, they know they can get through them knowing that I was able to get through what I did.”

Dr. Brian Kimbrell, who is Medical Director for Blake’s Trauma Center, says time is of the essence in an acute injury, both in terms of overall healing but also in avoiding complications during recovery. That is particularly true in severe cases like Schepp’s where what modern medicine is able to accomplish seems almost miraculous to those of us who don’t see such things every day – or ever. In some cases of brain injury with swelling that could prove fatal, trauma doctors have even been able to remove a person’s skull to accommodate the swelling and preserve the skull tissue by implanting it in the person’s abdomen.

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get past that swelling,” Kimbrell said. “A second option is to measure the skull by CT scan and create a sterile replacement implant.”

Barbara Shulla is another patient who credits Blake’s Trauma Center with saving her life following a car accident in which her husband Curtis Wayne Shulla and the drunk driver who hit them at about 100 mph did not survive.

Her accident happened on December 18, 2011, just about a month after the Trauma Center opened. Prior to that, local trauma victims had to be transported to St. Petersburg.

Shulla suffered numerous injuries, including fractures of both legs, hips, sternum, and a punctured lung, just to name a few. Her left side was particularly injured with severe fractures in her hip, thigh, shin, foot and kneecap.

She wore a “halo,” a medical device that stabilizes the cervical spine, for four months.

“The doctors saved my foot, and originally said it would take 18 months for me to walk again,” said Shulla, who spent six weeks in the trauma center, six months in a care center, and three months in outpatient therapy. “I was walking in three and a half months and have since recovered remarkably full circle to wholeness. My left leg is a bit stiff and sometimes gives me a bit of discomfort. I can’t say it causes me pain, because I know what pain is.”

Following her recovery, Shulla has spent part of her time spreading a message of hope through her book, From Tragedy to Victory, along with a DVD of photos of her recovery process. She also has established the Curtis Wayne Shulla Memorial Scholarship Fund for medical personnel interested in emergency training. “Now I take one day at a time and count my blessings,” she says.

Dr. Matthew Klima is a relative newcomer to Blake’s trauma center. Klima is the only orthopedic trauma specialist in the region, and he treats fractures and reconstructs bones in all areas of the body, including serious pelvic fractures. “For the most part, aside from the physical adjustment, there is an emotional adjustment, too,” he says. “We try to help people out as much as we can.” That includes community outreach to help them obtain scenesarasota.com

wheelchairs or social services. “It’s getting people through that rough time,” Klima says.

“Recovery can take months or years, and it helps to be able to talk to other people who have been through something similar. We try to get them to realize this is temporary, and they can get through it.”

Klima says much has changed in fracture care over the past 15 or 20 years with a lot more minimally invasive options than ever before. “It’s important for someone who has a fracture to talk with their physician and get an explanation of what is being done as well as an explanation of multiple options,” he says.

Bevyn Ward knows firsthand what advances have been made in complex fracture care. She is a student at Palmetto High School and was an avid softball player on the high school team. While driving home from her 17th birthday party with her four-yearold sister and her sister’s friend in the car, she was hit head on by a truck driven by a 14-year-old, says her mother Jeanette Ward.

“She hit the truck so hard that her vehicle went four feet into the truck,” Jeanette said.

“Thank goodness nobody was killed. If you saw her vehicle, you would not believe anyone could have walked away from it.”

The younger children were relatively unhurt, but Bevyn’s foot was severely injured.

Her anklebone was dislocated, and a bone was both cracked and partially shattered.

Although doctors have advised her against playing sports again, they were able to save her foot, and four months after the accident she was walking again.

These and other stories highlight the drama that occurs daily in the trauma center. Perhaps most importantly, they shine a light on the preciousness of those seemingly small things in life that are taken so much for granted. The journeys that these three people have taken also remind us to be grateful for those who help others reclaim their lives after a traumatic event. “The important thing to let our patients know is that it will take time,” Klima says, “but life will get better, and plenty of good things still are coming in their lives.” scenesarasota.com

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healthy

EATING on the go

By Sue Cullen

Here we are again. It’s another new year and another round of the same old resolutions to eat healthier in 2015, for sure this time. Assuming that you’re not a fast food junkie set up for failure, or at least frustration, by vowing to be vegan this year, let’s talk baby steps. The easier the better, and there’s good news with some great local options for healthy eating on the go.

Maybe you’ve tried to eat healthier but either don’t know your way around a kitchen or don’t have the time and energy for all that planning, shopping, chopping, cooking, and cleaning. Let’s face it, even for those for whom cooking is a labor of love, it’s still labor. Jenn Burns of Above the Grain has felt that pain and now offers homemade, pre-cooked and packaged meal options with heavy emphasis on high quality protein and veggies. Her meals are all gluten free as well as free of other top allergens like dairy and soy. She also is producing her own line of protein bars.

“I was heavy my whole life,” Burns says, “and I worked out, ate smaller portions and tried every way without sacrificing what I was eating. I lost a lot of weight, but gained it back.” Then she began doing a high intensity training program, but couldn’t quite embrace the trainers’ philosophy that food should not be glorified and doesn’t need to go beyond plain chicken and broccoli.

“I saw a need for people who want to eat healthy but don’t want to eat it plain. It’s got to taste good,” she says. “I feel food is a source of emotional connection, and that’s the hardest part of getting people to change their diet. We want to eat food we love and not feel guilty about it. I make food taste good so people won’t feel deprived.” Her offerings include a selection of dishes such as balsamic chicken and Italian turkey sausage and peppers along with sides like cucumber salad, carrot and pineapple salad, and mashed cauliflower.

For those who are into vegan and raw food options, as well as those who just like good, healthy, organic food, Rano Halikova has opened Beauty of Sprouts. The restaurant is near Whole Foods Market downtown Sarasota where diners can eat in or take out. Halikova’s background as a professional chef comes through in globally-inspired dishes with appeal for everyone like butternut squash ravioli with coconut cream, Pad Thai with kelp noodles, sprouts, and mixed vegetables in a coconut tamarind dressing, and taco salad with green limas and fava beans topped with house-made salsa and guacamole. She also whips up a variety of nutrient-packed smoothies and drinks. However, diners should note that her first priority is using whatever is the freshest food daily so the menu has a great deal of flexibility in it.

Halikova’s absolute passion for this form of healthy eating practically radiates from her.

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people to be happy inside,” she says. “I feel amazing when I eat this way. I have so much power I’m running this business by myself. If you eat this way, one day you’ll feel like you did as a child when you never had pain.” She didn’t always feel so good. Halikova was facing a health challenge and switched to a raw diet, which allowed her to gain her health back, so she welcomes feedback about the food from her patrons. “My clients are amazing. They come here and this is like home. Whatever they ask I welcome,” she says. “I like to hear what they say because I can create new dishes. The more I make people happy, the more I am happy myself.”

Other options for healthy eating include Ione’s Raw Café on Fruitville Road, which is part of Ionie Healing Center, and serves breakfast and lunch. The menu includes a colorful array of juices, smoothies, and shakes, a variety of pizzas made with buckwheat sprouted crusts, salads, and wraps. Everything is vegan, raw, gluten free, and made with organic or wild-crafted ingredients. That includes a vegan burger with rutabaga fries, taco salad with a walnut “meat” topping, and a sumptuous lasagna with zucchini “noodles”, house-made nut cheese, and spinach topped with marinara sauce and a basil-pistachio pesto. “Lasagna is definitely the house favorite,” says Heidi Amerson, café manager. “Everyone who comes here tries it, and they are blown away that it contains no pasta or cow cheese.”

Diners at Ionie are generally looking for healthier fare.

“They want something they can eat and feel good about that will make them feel good, too,” Amerson says. “A lot are vegans or vegetarians, but we see a lot who are not, but who want to try something new. When you eat our vegan food, you see your body changing. We’ve seen people come off their medications just by eating the right foods.”

Greg Gentile started Get Fit Fuel and began offering his healthy take-out meals because he wanted “fast” foods that not only were convenient for his very busy lifestyle, but were also healthy. He opened his first Get Fit Fuel location on Siesta Drive offering an extensive menu of breakfast, lunch, dinner, and snack options packed to go. Apparently, the concept resonates with people because Get Fit Fuel now has grown to three locations with recent additions in Lakewood Ranch and downtown Sarasota, which also offers coffee drinks. “Our salmon is wild caught, our beef is grass fed, and we have free range chicken,” Gentile says. “Most of our vegetables are organic. We have the entire menu ready to go every day.”

That includes a nice selection of “bowls” with breakfast-style offerings of turkey sausage, quinoa, spinach, and eggs or maple chicken sausage, egg whites, chilies, and breakfast potatoes. A popular lunch/dinner option is a bowl with grilled chicken, cranberry quinoa, roasted squash and zucchini, and goat cheese. The menu also includes shrimp scampi, beef brisket and prime rib, chipotle black bean burger, meatloaf, and much more. “We have more than a dozen people who eat our food almost exclusively,” Gentile says. “People can assemble a meal or buy a side dish and do a la carte, and it doesn’t cost much more than buying dinner. It’s so much better than fast food.”

With options like these, healthy eating on the go has gotten a lot simpler and a whole lot tastier, making those New Year’s resolutions a whole lot easier to keep. scenesarasota.com

Above the Grain Honey Ginger Chicken & Garlic Cauliflower Rice For chicken: • 2 lbs. skinless chicken thighs or breast • ½ cup coconut amino (available at natural food stores) • 1 tablespoon honey • 1 tablespoon fresh ginger, grated • 2 garlic cloves, minced • salt and pepper Place raw chicken in the crockpot. In a small bowl, mix coconut amino, honey, ginger, and garlic. Pour the sauce over the chicken, stir and cook on low for four to five hours or until it starts to fall apart. Remove the chicken and shred. Return chicken to sauce. Or marinade chicken in the sauce for a few hours and cook on the grill to an internal temperature of 165 degrees.

For garlic cauliflower rice: • 1 head of cauliflower • 2 tablespoons bacon fat/coconut oil or ghee (clarified butter) • ½ cup chopped white onion • 2 cloves garlic, chopped • ½ teaspoon sea salt • ¼ teaspoon ground black pepper Chop the cauliflower into big chunks removing the main stem. Working in batches, pulse in a food processor until the cauliflower pieces are the size and shape of rice. Then, heat the bacon fat/coconut oil or ghee in a large skillet over medium high heat. Sauté onion and garlic for about three minutes or until the onions are just softened. Add the riced cauliflower and stir well. Add the sea salt and pepper and stir to combine. Sauté for five or six minutes or until the cauliflower is slightly soft but not mushy. Adjust seasonings and serve.

Beauty of Sprouts Power Smoothie • Broccoli, bean, or your favorite sprouts • Raw zucchini, roughly chopped • Greens of any kind • Lemon juice • Apple cider • Pinch of salt, if desired.

Blend vegetables together. Season with lemon juice and cider vinegar to taste. A little salt may be added to taste as well.

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Planned Parenthood’s High Tide at High Noon Fashion Show More than 200 supporters gathered at the Sarasota Yacht Club for Planned Parenthood’s High Tide at High Noon fashion show fundraiser, chaired this year by Bianca Lawrence, Laura Proctor, and Allison Scanlan. Guests were wowed by “celebrity” male models from area nonprofits garbed

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Martin Freeman, and Little Bo-Tique. Funds raised with help from sponsors such as Gulf Coast Community Foundation programs.

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For 19 years, patients have come to Doug Gibson of Gibson’s Hearing Technologies not just because he offers a wide array of options for restoring hearing, but also because he knows firsthand the impact impaired hearing can have on a person’s life and closest relationships. Gibson’s father suffered a hearing loss following an infection, and Gibson also has a hearing impairment from a sports injury. “When I sold my first set of hearing aids and realized what it did for a patient, it was exciting,” Gibson says.

Not only does wearing hearing aids give him insight into his patients’ needs and concerns, it also gives him the ability to test rapidly emerging technologies. “Because I am an independent, I am not tied to a particular brand and can bring in the newest technology,” he says. “Hearing aid technology is advancing so fast, it’s like getting a new cell phone and the technology is ‘old’ within six months. If I hear about something promising, I can try it myself and if I like it, I’ll make it available to my patients.”

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Today’s hearing aids are now so advanced, they can be totally invisible, hiding entirely within the ear canal, and some incorporate tiny microphones that let the wearer know the direction from which the sound is coming, which can be very helpful in noisy situations. Gibson says that means, for example, a person can be driving a car and know if someone is speaking to him or her from the passenger or the back seat. Modern technology also can dampen background noise while ensuring frequencies of the human voice remain clear and can even be connected directly to a telephone or television.

Gibson offers hearing aids in a wide range of prices to accommodate patients’ needs and also provides audiology testing, helps restore hearing through removal of wax buildup, and adjusts, cleans and repairs hearing aids. “Most of my patients come from referral or renewal, and I usually work with them for a long time,” he says. “We get to know each other well, and they become like part of the family.”

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Mahfouz El Shahawy, M.D., M.S., F.A.C.C. Medical Director, Cardiovascular Health Assessment Center

“One ounce of early cardiovascular prevention is better than pounds of cure.”

Sarasota is home to many people who have achieved world renown in their professions from music and sports to business, and also in medicine. Dr. Mahfouz El Shahawy, Medical Director of the Cardiovascular Health Assessment Center at the Cardiovascular Center of Sarasota and Clinical Professor of Medicine at the Universities of Florida and South Florida, has practiced in Sarasota while earning an international reputation for advancing the field of cardiovascular medicine. This year, he celebrates his 40th anniversary here. Throughout his career, he has earned many awards, and most recently, received the Golden Doctor Diploma from his alma mater, the University of Vienna, Austria, for his achievements in early cardiovascular disease prevention. Those achievements include more than 100 discoveries, publications, and lectures. He also is only one of eight recipients, and the first non-Austrian in the university’s history, to receive the Ring of Honor from Austria’s President upon his graduation.

Dr. Shahawy maintains a busy cardiology practice, and also works tirelessly on his passion to promote early detection and prevention of cardiovascular disease. “Why is early detection so important?” he asks. “For those suffering heart attacks, 50 percent don’t make it to the hospital.” To aid in early detection, he has adopted an 18 point Cardiovascular Health Assessment Center

Heart Inspection, which goes beyond the usual assessments to determine cardiovascular disease risk. He also hosts an annual cardiology symposium in Sarasota, which is being held on Feb. 7 at Sarasota Memorial Hospital Auditorium.

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Mayo Clinic, Dr. Shahawy has participated in more than 95 clinical cardiovascular trials involving multinational centers. Currently, he is conducting research and clinical trials on drugs to aid those with metabolic syndrome, diabetic heart disease, heart failure, hypertension, atrial fibrillation, and stroke prevention. “In this era of evidence-based medicine, our treatments should be based on facts, results, and personalized patientbased care by qualified specialists and state of the art tools, ” Dr. Shahawy says, “but it still comes down to people taking that first step to get assessed.” scenesarasota.com

Alla Gruman, M.D. Family Dermatology

Dr. Alla Gruman focuses on medical dermatology with an emphasis on prevention and a patient-centered approach. Her practice, Family Dermatology, is aptly named since she has board certifications in both pediatrics and dermatology. “I work with a wide spectrum of patients from little kids to a patient who is 106 years old,” Dr Gruman says. “I do love the concept of treating the entire family and having the privilege of seeing everyone from the children to their grandparents.” In addition to advocating sun damage prevention and the importance of full body exams, she treats the full range of other skin conditions, including acne, eczema, psoriasis, rosacea, unwanted growths, cancers, and more.

Dr. Gruman came to this country as a young adult who spoke no English, entered New York University, and became a valedictorian. She graduated from Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and completed a residency in pediatrics at Harvard Children’s Hospital and a residency in dermatology at Boston University. She has always been interested in research and academics. Dr. Gruman enjoys tackling complex conditions. Knowing that the skin can be a reflection of overall health, she is vigilant in providing thorough exams that not only detect skin problems, but can lead to early intervention in other underlying medical conditions.

A strong advocate of patient education, Dr. Gruman encourages her patients to ask questions and become active participants in their care. This includes preventive measures as well as considering all options that are available to them should they require treatment. “During their visit, I give patients the opportunity to view any spots I see, let them know what might change, and educate them about the warning signs to look for,” she says. “Whether I am treating acne or skin cancer, I 929 South Tamiami Trail, Suite 201, Osprey, FL 34229 941.918.1900 sarasotafamilydermatology.com scenesarasota.com

always provide individualized, compassionate treatment and create an environment that makes people feel comfortable. I take care of people, not just treat disease.”

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Brian James, M.D., F.A.A.P.M. Pain Medicine Consultants

For 20 years, Dr. Brian James of Pain Medicine Consultants has approached his practice with the philosophy that pain in life may be inevitable, but suffering is optional. That is particularly true today with rapid advances in pain medicine that allow Dr. James to relieve, and even eliminate, his patient’s chronic pain.

Pain Medicine Consultants uses a multidisciplinary, evidence-based, medical approach to pain management, and patients’ results speak for themselves. Mary Carter had a facet rhizotomy to relieve chronic pain in her lower back. “I have no pain there. None. Zero. What a relief to be out of pain for six months or six years,” she says. “I am able to do things I couldn’t before the procedure. Thanks to you and your team.”

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Christine L. Koval, D.M.D. Koval & Koval Dental Associates

A breathtaking saltwater fish tank, the soothing aroma of scented candles, and the presence of smiling, friendly team members greet you upon entering Dr. Christine Koval’s office. You immediately feel comfortable and welcome.

Patients who come to Dr. Koval also feel more at ease after their complimentary consultation. They are able to talk about their goals. They are given thoughts on different treatment options. Dr. Koval’s caring demeanor, coupled with her credentials and professional reputation, helps her patients to feel more confident, and to realize how a more beautiful and healthy smile will improve their life.

“I love helping my patients achieve the smile they have always wished for,” says Dr. Koval. “It’s not unusual for my patients to report that their friends and colleagues are very complimentary about their new appearance but can’t always put a finger on what is different about them.

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After more than 25 years in practice, Dr. Koval has helped hundreds of community members to look and feel better. “Often, what prompts a person to consider improving his or her smile is a major life change. They 2477 Stickney Point Road, Suite 216-A Sarasota, FL 34231 941.923.5406 KovalandKoval.com scenesarasota.com

say, ‘Now it’s time for me.’ I am so honored to help my patients start a new chapter with a youthful, healthy and natural smile,” says Dr. Koval.

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Kenneth Liszewski, D.M.D. Bay View Dental

For Dr. Kenneth Liszewski and his associates at Bay View Dental, “expect something to smile about,” is more than just a tagline. It’s what they deliver with an approach to dentistry that focuses on a high level of quality care that is more affordable because of good business practices and economies of scale. Bay View has five locations in the Sarasota-Bradenton area. “As a group, we can share our experiences when developing solutions for patients. On a business level, we have better buying power and can pass those savings along to patients,” Dr. Liszewski says. “We get a lot of satisfaction when people tell us the experience was better and not as expensive as they thought.”

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Cosmetic dentistry, such as tooth whitening and soft tissue sculpting, along with other procedures are enhanced with laser units in each office. “We’re up on everything technology-wise. Everything is digital, including x-rays,” Dr. Liszewski says. “We also are able Sarasota: 7442 N. Tamiami Trail, 1880 Arlington St., Suite 205 2477 Stickney Point Rd., Suite 109B 2033 Main St., Suite 401 Bradenton: 1906 59th St. West, Suite C 855.TEETH.4.U bayviewdental.com

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to do minimal sedation dentistry, which helps people relax and makes the experience less stressful.” Dentistry has come a long way in recent years, and Dr. Liszewski emphasizes the importance of education, even offering a variety of visual media and apps to help patients understand recommendations for care. “We pride ourselves on being able to offer excellent care and make it as fair and reasonable as we can,” he says. “When our patients leave, we want them smiling.” scenesarasota.com

Andrew Marlowe, M.D. Center for Hearing

As a physician who treats disorders of the ear, nose and throat for children and adults, Dr. Andrew Marlowe considers himself to be both a healer and a scientist. With a degree in electrical and biomedical engineering as well as extensive medical and surgical training, Dr. Marlowe has unique knowledge helpful in evaluating a patient’s hearing loss and delivering the correct solutions to provide the best possible outcome whether that involves surgery, hearing aids, or implantable devices.

In addition to treating hearing loss with state-of-theart solutions, his practice includes care for dizziness, ear ringing, balance problems, facial nerve disorders, ear infections, sinusitis, allergies, and tumors of the head and neck region. For those who suffer from sleep disrupting snoring, Dr. Marlowe offers the in-office pillar procedure, a minimally invasive procedure that reduces snoring and mild sleep apnea with no downtime. After finishing medical school and a surgical internship at the Medical College of Pennsylvania, Dr. Marlowe completed an auditory electrophysiology research fellowship and Otolaryngology — Head and Neck Surgery residency at Temple University. He is board certified in Otolaryngology — Head and Neck Surgery and has completed post graduate training in craniofacial/skull base surgery and Otology/Neurotology.

Using his extensive training and experience to give back to others, Dr. Marlowe serves on the Sarasota Cleft Lip and Palate Team where he helps care for patients born with this common birth defect. Thanks to his skill and generosity, patients receive needed procedures to

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correct hearing loss that is frequently associated with the defect. He also serves indigent patients through the Sarasota Memorial Community Medical Clinic. Dr. Marlowe is currently the 91st president of the Sarasota County Medical Association representing the member physicians of this community.

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Mary Sanders, D.M.D. Comprehensive Dentistry

Entering Dr. Mary Sanders office immediately communicates to patients that they are about to have an experience of dental care unlike any other. The waiting room looks like a welcoming living room in someone’s home. “Patients joke that they’d like to come in and relax even when they don’t have an appointment,” Dr. Sanders says. “Coming to our office is a great experience, and we guarantee it.” To accomplish that, her staff has been rigorously trained to provide highly personalized care for patients with a great emphasis on customer service.

Dr. Sanders also has made significant investments in advanced dental technology, such as a CEREC® dental milling machine that allows patients to receive crowns in one visit eliminating the need for a temporary crown and return visit. She has added a special light that allows detection of precancerous lesions in very early stages, which could be life-saving. A great smile is always a goal, but Dr. Sanders educates patients about the correlation between good oral health and the overall health of the body. Studies have shown that good oral hygiene lowers the risk of cardiovascular disease and pancreatic cancer and helps diabetics stabilize sugar levels.

Dr. Sanders grew up in Dunnellon helping out after school in a dental practice where her Mom worked and studied commercial art before graduating from the University of Florida’s dental college. She applies her artistic skill in her cosmetic dentistry work, but never loses sight of the fact that teeth should be both beautiful and functional. “When you can make a difference in a patient’s life by changing their 2677 S. Tamiami Trail Sarasota, FL 34239 941.366.0616 info@marysandersdentistry.com MarySandersDentistry.com

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appearance and witnessing the tears that come when they look at what you’ve done, that’s what this is all about for me,” she says, “and I know I’ve also helped make them healthier.” scenesarasota.com

Dr. Braun Graham, Dr. James Schmidt, Dr. David Mobley & Dr. Scott Engel Sarasota Plastic Surgery Center

Sarasota Plastic Surgery has built an enviable reputation over the past 35 years for delivering aesthetically pleasing results with a focus on patient care and satisfaction.

Its four plastic surgeons have a combined clinical experience of almost 80 years and a track record of delivering natural looking results for cosmetic procedures of the face, breast and body. “We are always motivated when we see patients who are clearly delighted by the results they see,” says Dr. Braun Graham. “We can help patients boost confidence whether it’s a face lift, breast augmentation, tummy tuck or any of the many other procedures we’ve performed over the years.”

Regardless what procedure a patient needs, each doctor works within high professional standards. “There are a lot of trendy things that come up all the time,” says Dr. James Schmidt. “While we use many new techniques, we use only ‘gold standard’ cosmetic procedures. These are the best surgical procedures, which have been researched thoroughly, tested, and shown to deliver the best results.” The focus within the practice is on achieving results that look natural. “An overdone procedure is immediately noticeable, and that’s not the desired outcome,” according to Dr. David Mobley. “We don’t want the first thing people to notice is that our patients have had work done. We want them to notice that our patients look vital, energetic, and refreshed.”

Safety, of course, is the top priority and Sarasota Plastic Surgery has a modern surgical center that is state-licensed and federally certified. “You hear about so-called medical tourism where people leave the country to have their procedures done. We 2255 South Tamiami Trail Sarasota, FL 34239 941.366.8897 sarasotaplasticsurgery.com scenesarasota.com

see a lot of those who come back needing revisions,” says Dr. Scott Engel. “We have worked hard to create an excellent track record here. Our goal is performing safe, reliable procedures that leave people feeling absolutely wonderful about themselves.”

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Alissa Shulman, M.D. Sovereign Plastic Surgery

As a sculptor, Dr. Alissa Shulman of Sovereign Plastic Surgery knows that bringing out beauty often takes an artist’s eye and a delicate touch. As a board certified plastic surgeon, Dr. Shulman is focused on her patient’s overall health and using medically sound and safe procedures and incorporating the latest advancements that have proven results.

Focusing on body sculpting procedures from the neck down, she is respected for both cosmetic and reconstructive procedures. “In body sculpting, it’s both adding fullness where needed and taking it away where it is not,” she says. “My goal is to make my patients look as good as they possibly can.”

Dr. Shulman is well known for her skills using liposuction and fat grafting techniques. CoolSculpting® fat sculpting technology (FDA approved) has recently been added because it has been proven to deliver results in the appropriate candidates, such as to reduce love handles or a little belly fat.

With all the reconstructive breast surgeries Dr. Shulman performs, she has joined forces with general/breast surgeon Dr. Russell Novak to offer nipple-sparing mastectomies to those patients who would not be compromised by this procedure. This procedure allows her to create a natural looking breast without visible scarring.

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particularly beneficial for women who opt for prophylactic mastectomies because of genetic predispositions to cancer—as in Angelina Jolie’s situation. An advocate for Breast Cancer Awareness, Dr. Shulman has become known for the pink stripe added to her normally brunette hair.

As her patients know, Dr. Shulman is an avid proponent

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of a healthy lifestyle and patient education so that the results she delivers will last. “Over the past year, I’ve finally put aside an hour each day for exercise.” She and some of her patients swim together regularly—to encourage and support each other. And, she is proud that she recently participated in an open water swimming competition. scenesarasota.com

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This year’s New Stages: Re:Imagined opens with the star power of Julian Sands (top left) and John Malkovich.

New Stages is a five-part exhibition of contemporary performance, which begins on February 6 and 7 with Malkovich directing Sands in the production A Celebration of Harold Pinter. Sands set out to be a classical stage actor, but he found his success in film. He has appeared in the Oscar nominated The Killing Fields as well as Leaving Las Vegas, and The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. Sands has most recently appeared in episodes of Dexter. Malkovich is a household name who was first nominated for a best supporting actor Oscar for his role in 1984’s Places in the Heart. Their collaboration on this solo performance brings to life the voice of Harold Pinter, who was the preeminent British dramatist of his generation.

In 2005, the Nobel Prize winning playwright and poet Pinter approached Sands to prepare a selection of poems for a special presentation in London. Over several hours, Sands learned from Pinter how he wanted his work to be delivered. After Pinter’s death in 2008, Sands set to work on a one-man show that would embody Pinter’s directions. This solo performance is both humorous and introspective as Sands shows the great dramatist Pinter’s poetic side.

“It is exciting to bring an actor of the caliber of Julian Sands to Sarasota and to the Historic Asolo Theater,” Dwight Currie, curator of performance at The Ringling, said. “This is a wonderfully rich and at times humorous show that is a fantastic way to kick off New Stages.”

This year’s New Stages is titled Re:Imagined, and it features performance art that attempts to interpret and amplify other works of art. Source material provides the inspiration, and performers provide a present vibrancy that is only possible through live performance art, which is important to Currie.

“There is a certain integrity, vitality, and intensity of intention that I am not going to say is absent from visual art, but it is more compelling for me in performance,” Currie said. “Right now the world calls for a more immediate response, and that’s what I see in a lot of this work.”

The string quartet ETHEL’s Documerica follows on February 20 and 21. The source material for this performance is a series of photos commissioned by the Environmental Protection Agency in 1971 to document the condition of the environment. The images mixed with the music create a dramatic vision of the beginnings of government efforts to protect the environment.

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Dusan Tynek’s inspiration for his new work that will be performed on March 6 and 7. Tynek’s dance theatre has already performed solos and duets inspired by the works of artists including Caravaggio, Edgar Degas, and Egon Schiele as a part of their Camera Illuminata series. Tynek is known for his command of structure and space as his work recreates the process of creating the paintings through the movement of his dancers. The finished product is its own unique dance language.

The Hot Club of San Francisco will perform Cinema Vivant on March 20 and 21. The group will provide the soundtrack to a silent film in an evening that recreates entertainment in the French countryside in the 1930s. The musicians’ fiddles and guitars match the movements on screen in a work that is filled with passion and humor.

Lars Jan’s Holoscenes will make its Florida debut at The Ringling March 25 and 29. Holoscenes is a public performance and series of multi-platform artworks that feature performers in tanks completing everyday acts as their surroundings fill with water. Jan describes the project as a way to connect the everyday actions of individuals to global climate change through watching the aquarium flood, drain and repeat, while interrupting the people inside.

The location of the project was significant for the artist as The Ringling’s location on Sarasota Bay near the Gulf of Mexico is threatened by rising water levels with some predictions that the area near the Ca’ d’Zan where Holoscenes will be presented will be underwater in only a few decades.

All New Stages performances other than Holoscenes are at 7:30 pm in the Historic Asolo Theater. Tickets cost $30, $25 and $20 with discounted prices for Museum members and may be purchased online at ringling.org.

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When Worth returned to Jacksonville to complete his last year of law school at Florida Coastal School of Law (he received his undergraduate degree from the University of Florida), they were more than happy to make the three-hour trip to see each other on weekends.

After their respective graduations in 2011, Worth accepted a job in Sarasota at Johnson, Browning and Clayton, practicing in securities litigation, while Erin began her career in sales for Quest Diagnostics in Tampa. It didn't take a lot of convincing on Worth's part to get Erin and her dog, Ellie, to move down to beautiful Sarasota a year and a half later. They adopted another dog, Cooper, shortly thereafter and their love blossomed.

When Worth decided to pop the question, he took Erin to a Naples resort under the guise that he had rewards points to use that were expiring soon. While watching the sunset on the resort’s boardwalk, Worth persuaded Erin to take a quick walk on the beach. They reminisced arm in arm about their last four and a half years together and how lucky they were to find each other. While Worth was telling Erin how he wanted to spend the rest of his life with her, he got down on

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Worth’s parents are Dr. Braun and Jeanne Graham of Sarasota, Florida. Erin’s parents are Scott Evanson of St. Augustine and Karen Evanson of Vero Beach, Florida. They will marry at The Field Club in Sarasota on March 12, 2016.

Weddings Beautiful Day Ashley Hansen + Philip Reagan A mutual friend and a love of Bono brought Ashley and Phil together in 2011.

In May of that year, the friend introduced the couple through email and two months later at a U2 concert in Miami, they met for the first time. By chance, Ashley sat in a box seat directly above Phil and his friends in the Sun Life Stadium.

Ashley grew up in Sarasota, went to Riverview High School, and graduated from Florida State University with a B.A. in English Literature and Political Science. She is now Lead Professional Relations Representative at Treasure Coast Hospice in Stuart, Florida. Her parents are Mikael and Karen Hansen of Sarasota.

Philip grew up in Naples, Florida, went to Barron Collier High School, received his B.A. in Finance, Electronic Business Technology from Stetson University, and his Masters in Finance from U.F. Warrington College of Business Administration. He is a Vice President at JP Morgan in Palm Beach, Florida.

His parents are William and Virginia Reagan of Naples, Florida.

The couple were married at the Church of the Palms in Sarasota on October 25, 2014 in a beautiful ceremony officiated by Dr. Stephen McConnell. Ashley was baptized at the Church of the Palms and her parents have been members of the congregation for over 30 years.

Their magnificent reception was held at The Field Club. Upon arriving, 170 guests were welcomed with a glass of wine or Prosecco from Ashley's Bubble Bar. The cocktail hour was held on the terrace overlooking the water at sunset while Fitz Otis played lounge music in the background.

Ashley's goal for the reception was to create an elegant ambiance that incorporated aspects of the couple’s South Florida lifestyle. The newly redecorated Field Club provided the perfect atmosphere to fulfill Ashley and Phil's vision. The formal dining room, where dinner was served, featured romantic décor with large candelabras mixed with low metallic vases filled with candles and soft colored flowers.

Following dinner, guests moved into the Field Club's “living room” for the cake cutting and dancing to the music by Serenades of Soul. Island hopping in Hawaii was their dream honeymoon.

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Marriage Vow Renewal From the Heart Tamera + Bryant Valentine Several years ago, Tamera and Bryant met at a company they were both working for and both were not looking for a relationship. Periodic conversations became more frequent and over the course of time their connection could not be denied. What started as something so innocent and without purpose developed into a strong relationship neither saw coming.

The next step was inevitable.

February 9, 2009 at the Powel Crosley Estate was the date and place for the bride and groom’s dream wedding planned by wedding coordinator extraordinaire, Maria Brady. Invitations were sent and the couple anxiously counted the days until their big day.

A short time before the wedding, their dreams were dashed when Tamera’s family was struck by financial misfortune. Without the means to pay for the wedding, it was canceled and the couple was hugely disappointed.

Not being deterred by this setback, Tamera and Bryant got married at their attorney’s office in his conference room, which became a running joke for them and their loved ones. They held a small family dinner to celebrate and then left for a honeymoon in Rivera Maya, Mexico.

The couple talked about renewing their vows several times but it was last Christmas that Bryant surprised Tamera with a modified version of their original wedding invitation. He told her that their dream wedding was far overdue and that from his heart he wanted to give her something that all women should have. Bryant proclaimed that he could not ask for a better partner in life and professed his true love once again. Enter Maria Brady to recreate their original wedding plans into a renewal of vows ceremony complete with fireworks. According to Tamera, the best part was that they were able to share the experience with their children – Devin 11, Isabella 5, and Cristian 3.

Tamera was born and raised in Sarasota and is the daughter of Steve and Mary Gravois and John and Diana Cloud, all of Sarasota. Bryant was born in Ohio and his mother, Cristi Valentine, also lives in Sarasota. His father, Bill Valentine, lives in Orlando. Bryant is the founder of Cx3Ads, an online marketing and advertising company, and Tamera is the founder of You Can Be A Cook and CFO of Cx3Ads. Wedding Planner: Maria Brady - Choreographed Events | Photographer: Naomi Chokr Photography | Venue: Powel Crosley Estate | Caterer: Michael's on East | Flowers: Victoria Blooms | Lighting & Draping: Affairs In the Air | Furniture & Props: So Staged Events and Rentals | Cake: Cakes by Ron | DJ: Jam All Day

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CHANGING LIVES THROUGH THE POWER OF

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By Ryan G. Van Cleave

Goodwill Manasota is very visible locally with its newly opened corporate campus and its many retail stores and donation centers. What some people don’t realize is the true power of their donated goods and purchases and the impact those have on the local economy and lives of neighbors, family, and friends. Most everyone knows of Goodwill’s long history of creating jobs for people, and they know that is supported by their willingness to donate household items, clothing, electronics, and other goods that no longer serve a purpose in their lives. And that’s all good, but that is just a part of what Goodwill Manasota does, not just locally, but to help other Goodwills throughout the country implement some of the groundbreaking innovations developed right here.

One of those innovations is the Mission Development Services (MDS) program, which provides education, training, and mentoring services to Goodwills across the country.

“We teach other Goodwill organizations real estate strategies and market development, how to train employees, how to maximize the value of each donation, how to track the donations, and how to evaluate outcomes to enhance mission opportunities,” said Bob Rosinsky, President and CEO of Goodwill Manasota, who has worked with Goodwills across the country for more than 40 years. “We also help them to elevate their brand and engage support within their communities. We help them to realize their full potential.”

An important part of MDS is the real estate development program, a model for real estate research that helps Good-

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wills manage and set up strategic real estate acquisitions for donation centers and retail stores. “It’s more of a partner relationship than acting as an independent contractor,” Rosinsky said. “We’re a co-developer.” Goodwill Manasota manages over 50 properties for Goodwill in Florida, Mississippi, Tennessee, Arizona, Wisconsin, and Michigan, including one in Memphis that has been very successful. “The Memphis Goodwill has received monetary fees that have been instrumental in improving the financial condition of our Goodwill,” said Toni Martini, President and CEO of the Memphis Goodwill. “Our thriving Goodwill donated goods business has helped us redevelop mission services programs that had to be cut due to budget constraints.”

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Bob Rosinsky, President and CEO of Goodwill Manasota with staff

line curriculum available through subscription to other Goodwills. GoodwillU helps to further professional training and development by delivering consulting and training to other Goodwills. This subscription -based online service has an extensive curriculum, which includes training for individuals as well as those in group and classroom settings. The commitment to professional development includes Goodwill Manasota’s employees and partners, who have taken part in more than 16,000 hours of training this year.

To manage the complexities of donated goods and retail operations, Goodwill Manasota developed a management information system that uses real time information for daily management of the business, which maximizes results and ultimately enhances the quality of jobs that can be provided to the community, Rosinsky said. Other Goodwills may subscribe to this system, which adds a potential revenue stream for Goodwill Manasota. “The goal of this program is to teach people how to better operate their Goodwill, improving their mission-integrated donated goods enterprise to free up resources and create more opportunities for employment,” he said.

Job Connection, another concept pioneered by Goodwill Manasota, is designed to help individuals find long-term employment or transition to better-paying jobs. Its services are free and are funded by the sales donations in local Goodwill stores. This gets to the heart of what Goodwill is about—placing local people in local jobs and fits Goodwill Manasota’s scenesarasota.com

mission, which is “changing lives through the power of work”.

When the new Goodwill opens in Lakewood Ranch, Goodwill Manasota will have more than 900 employees. “I characterize us as an educational institution versus a donated-goods business,” Rosinsky said, “because we view employing each person who works for us as an opportunity to help someone improve their skills, obtain a better education, and become a contributing citizen, not just at Goodwill, but in the community as a whole.” That means they’re on the path to self-sufficiency, as a family member, a church member, or a student in school. “More than one million people have been impacted

by Job Connection in North America and the program started here. What we’re really interested in is building a better, more qualified individual for the workforce. In doing so, that person is going to have the tools for success in their professional and personal lives, and the community will have a stronger citizen,” said Margie Genter, Vice President of Mission Programs.

“Goodwill is an amazing organization. We take things that people don’t want anymore, we take people who are too often overlooked, and with dedication, compassion, and some business savvy we have created a $4 billion business that benefits people and communities worldwide,” Rosinsky said.

“We’re always working under the assumption that the status quo is never acceptable and tomorrow must always be better than today. When you trust us with your donations, and you shop at Goodwill Manasota, you are helping us change lives through the power of work.”

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SCENES FROM AN INTERVIEW Her father, Jackie Robinson, was an American icon and true hero for the courage he displayed on the baseball field by crossing the color line with dignity and restraint at a time when our national pastime prevented blacks from playing with whites on the green grass of our Major League fields. Even after his playing days, Robinson continued to fight for civil rights. His only daughter, Sharon Robinson, has taken up her father’s cause of enlightening people about the significance of the actions taken by a man named Jackie Roosevelt Robinson. As a former nurse, midwife, and educator, she has taught at such prestigious institutions as Yale and Columbia, but it is largely through her work as an author and her association as educational consultant with Major League Baseball that she keeps her father’s dreams alive. With the turn of every page she writes, heroic tales leap out of her books to entertain, educate, and empower readers of all ages. Today Jackie’s little girl has grown up, yet she is filled with that same sense of pride, respect, and a work ethic instilled in her as a little girl who listened carefully as her parents taught her life’s greatest lessons. Robinson now spends much of her time in New York City and Sarasota while working for Major League Baseball to cultivate and share her father’s heroic legacy with future generations of kids everywhere. As I sat down with her recently, I couldn’t help but see the shadow of her father Jackie smiling down on this sunny Florida day, as we took a look at some scenes from an interview of his little girl’s life.

– By Gus Mollasis

Sharon Robinson Where were you born?

I was born in New York City and we lived in Queens.

Draw me a picture of one of your favorite times when you were together with your family.

My favorite times were centered at our home in Stamford, Connecticut, which we moved into when I was about five years old. My favorite memories are of Christmas time. My father didn’t like to shop retail so he would shop wholesale. At Christmas he would go shopping for himself. He would bring my brothers and me into his room one by one. On his bed, he’d lay out a dozen golf shirts or a dozen golf pants. Things that he wanted for that year. He’d say, “Pick one out to give me.” We would pick out what we were giving him as a sort of a joke. Then on Christmas morning he would act all surprised and say, “How’d you know what to get me?” It was a little game we played.

When did you realize that your father was who he was in the historical context of baseball and, more importantly, his impact on civil rights?

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ored by Major League Baseball for the 25th anniversary of his coming into the game at the 1972 World Series in Cincinnati. We all flew in as a family from various spots around the country. My father was sick and in and out of the hospital a lot at the time. He had suffered heart attacks and had diabetes so I was aware of how sick he was. I was aware that he was struggling, and this turned out to be our last family gathering and my father’s last public appearance. We were at the ballpark, and I just knew that if I was going to ask him any questions, now was the time. Here we were in this historic moment honoring the past, and I had never asked him any of these questions. I asked him anything I could think of at the time. It was the beginning of my awakening. I couldn’t deal with how tough it was for him yet. I had seen The Jackie Robinson Story when I was a little kid. I was horrified about how tough it looked to me.

He always admired those who tied economic development in with social change. He was one of the founders of the Freedom National Bank, which was the first black bank in New York City. My father was always thinking economic development. He was very tied in with Jesse Jackson who, after King died, moved in and scenesarasota.com

it’s also they will take it out of context. For example, there are people who thought my father was a pacifist because he was antiwar. They didn’t understand how he fought back. He fought back in so many ways. One of the questions I asked him was, “How did you fight back?” That’s like when you hear the story of the black cat incident when they threw a black cat on the field.

I asked him how he felt, and he said, “I felt angry. I wanted to go over there and punch him but I knew I couldn’t do it.” So instead he used his skill to make it home. As he was making it home, he looked over at the other team and said, “I guess my cousin’s happy now.” He had his ways.

What do you hope you pass along to new generations of kids about your dad’s legacy?

The importance of a strong character. You can have skills and you need education, but you also need a strong character and that will get you through no matter what life throws at you. The content of your character as King said.

was involved with economic development. My father was very opposed to any of the leaders who were revolutionaries. I was going through my exploration stage at the time and came home with a black jacket and a Huey Newton poster that I put on my wall in my bedroom across from my Degas dancing girl poster.

(Laughs) My father walked into my room, and he sees the poster and says, “Not in my house, take that down.”

And my father was not the type to tell me not do things.

Yet he was very clear. He explained to me that revolution was not going to be the way that change was going to happen and that masses of people were not going to take up arms. He said, “You’re not going to even think that way.” He saw the power that we had through economic development and education. He really pushed and stressed movement in those directions.

I have interviewed Holocaust survivors and they’ve told me that they told their story so it would represent history as it really was. Is that what you mean when you say that you have been blessed with being the guardian of your dad’s legacy?

Very much so. It’s not just that people will take history and create a revisionist interpretation of it, but scenesarasota.com

What is the difference between a champion and a hero to you?

The first time I heard this was at my father’s eulogy.

At that time you are numb and you really don’t hear it.

But it was on TV a few days later, and I remember calling Reverend Jackson and saying, “My God those were really powerful words.” One of the words that struck me the most was the difference between a champion and a hero. Over time it resonated with me on what it really meant. So many of our athletes, we try to make them into heroes but basically they’re champions. They win something, and we give them applause and accolades but we shouldn’t try to make them into our role models as examples of great character. The champion is carried on the shoulders of the people while the hero lifts the people on his shoulders.

In a tribute to your book, Jackie’s Nine, what is first thing that comes to your mind when applying these words of virtue to your father’s and mother’s lives?

Courage. Everything they did was about courage.

Justice. My father from his childhood was all about justice. When the little white girl from across the street started calling him racist names, he stood on the other side of the street and shouted all the racist names for white kids that he knew right back at her.

Another time when he went to the swimming pool as a kid and wasn’t allowed to swim, he said, “What do they think, we don’t get hot?”

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Teamwork. My parents worked so well together as a team. A true partnership. A great example is when my dad gathered the family and said we’ve gone south, now we’re going to go north and as a family be involved in the movement. He said, “I hope that you find work that you love and always have family and God as your primary focus, but we need a family mission.” So he established this family mission when we were in our teens. Our first family mission was to go to the March on Washington. When my father died we were relatively young, and it became a part of our life. From that The Jackie Robinson Foundation was founded, which we have all been a part of.

Citizenship. Being a part of the community. Going to church, Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts, and it grew into the larger world.

Determination. Such an important word in our family. We always had to have goals, and you had to be able to state what they were.

Integrity. One of my favorite ones. We were kind of thrust into this all white world, but our parents instilled in us to be proud of ourselves and to become leaders.

Persistence. My father did not give up. I saw him very sick, hardly able to walk and he got out of the house and went to work. He always told me that it was a tougher challenge than anything he had to go through in baseball. His sickness was something he had a limited amount of control over.

Commitment. My parents were my role models on commitment. I commit to lots of things. But the personal, getting married, staying married, the relationship is something I have not achieved yet. (Laughs) Still I am definitely committed to my son and my grandchild and carrying on the legacy of both my parents.

Excellence. It’s what we all strive for. I don’t strive for perfection. I strive for excellence. I’m a writer. In every book that I write I try to get better and feel like I’m making progress.

Your dad broke many barriers in sports and life.

You are currently an educational consultant for Major League Baseball, breaking barriers in sports and life. If you can empower kids with one of your dad’s qualities, what would it be?

It would have to be courage. It’s such a tough world.

I have been with Major League Baseball for 18 years, which means that we have reached millions of kids with this program, and we have watched many of these kids overcome amazing challenges in their lives. What it really comes down to is they all had the courage to speak up and talk about it and figure out how to handle it. Life is so tough. Above all we have to feel courageous.

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I read your moving and beautiful story, Testing the Ice, which touched on your father’s bravery in a wonderful metaphor of testing the ice. Tell me what that particular story means to you?

Testing the Ice was a favorite childhood memory and one I had the most anxiety about. I had anxiety a lot over whether my father would be successful or not at what he did, from old timers games and “would he be able to hit?” to watching him go blind. I remember being at the Apollo Theatre. I sat down, and he went to see his buddies and when he came back he couldn’t see me. So my dad testing the ice was one of my earliest childhood memories. The fact that he would go out there on that ice not being able to swim.

That’s when I realized that he was a giant of a man.

Do you ever marvel at just how brave your father was?

I did. When my brother Jackie died, we talked about Viet Nam and everything else. We were all mourning, but we didn’t talk about it. Then one day my dad asked me to go to New Haven to this big auditorium where he was going to speak. I thought he would talk about baseball or civil rights. But when he got there he talked about drugs and what a great leveler they were and how they impacted the entire family and that they didn’t just impact one person. I realized then how much he knew and how Jackie’s death had impacted us all. He was giving that talk to help everyone heal, especially me. That to me was the real giant of the man.

Did you ever think how the heck didn’t he fight back?

Yes. Because there was a fire in him. But overall I knew how he fought back. There were times, however scenesarasota.com

Tell me the first thing that comes to your mind when you hear: Branch Rickey.

Visionary. Did you know that he was the first one to pad the outfield wall?

Pee Wee Reese.

People think about that moment when Pee Wee puts his arm around my father, but no one is sure it happened because it was never documented. There’s no newspaper recording of it. But what was most important was that Pee Wee was a leader and team captain, and when he had the opportunity to play baseball with my father in a real important way as teammates, they were a great double play combination.

that I didn’t understand the quiet fire of economic development verses being a revolutionary. Later on I understood that his method lasted and resulted in real change.

How great a player was your dad?

He was great. Multitalented. He could do everything and he was a sharp strategist. That allowed him to steal home so many times because he knew just when to go.

Finish the following sentences….

If I want people to know one thing about my mother it’s…

That she is extremely gracious and strong and meets all the challenges in life with a quiet dignity that I try to emulate.

If I want people to know one thing about my father it’s…

That he was a loving, caring father who was supportive of the total me from the girly girl to the tomboy.

I’m most like my mother in the following way…

That I love music, art and books.

I take after my dad by being…

Outspoken and not afraid of change and being determined to be whom I am. I’m stubborn. (Laughs) If I could change one thing about myself and be more like both of them in one way, I would be…

Married and celebrating my 50th wedding anniversary with an incredible partner. (Laughs) I want children everywhere to know the story of Jackie Robinson because…

There are so many lessons to learn from his life. His character allowed him to deal with all his challenges and win in his own way. He died young but he had a full life and worked right up to the last minute. So he still won. scenesarasota.com

The Brooklyn Dodgers.

Community and determination. They represented how important a team was to an entire community by how much pride and joy it gave the people of that borough.

You have been a nurse and midwife, which is kind of like being a second baseman and a shortstop. What was the great joy you felt in each of those careers?

When a baby’s head first emerges, and you know that they will make it, what joy that brings. There’s nothing like. As a nurse, I truly loved helping people.

You have written many acclaimed children’s books including Safe at Home and Slam Dunk, What inspires you to sit down and write as much as you do?

My son Jesse did. He died a year ago. He had diabetes and heart disease. As a little kid he had every kind of learning disability you could imagine. He would inspire me to get my stuff out there. Once when I was talking to him about not getting any awards for my books he said, “Mom, people go their whole careers, great artists, and they don’t get awards. It’s not about awards.” He was an old soul.

How often do you go to a baseball game?

I go all the time. I love the game. I love being in a stadium, and seeing the kids’ reaction to the players. I love everything about the game.

How did you find your way to Sarasota?

Through baseball and working for the commissioner.

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is St. Armands Circle. I love walking down Main Street and, of course, I love Siesta Key. If you have one promise to keep to your father, what is it?

That I will continue to do the three things he asked me to do. Be involved in a family mission, which is now the Robinson Foundation and my work with baseball. Keep my family as a priority and remain very spiritual so I stay strongly connected to God. Using a baseball metaphor, what base are we standing on, and how close are we to going home regarding where race relations are in this country?

I told you about circles. We came around the circle, around the bases and we are going back around. We are back at first base. It’s very frightening to me.

We’re starting to lose ground. There are many factors that contribute to that including our economy and a poor public education system. If you are a parent of a black male child you see them treated differently from about the time they’re in fourth grade. The more threatening in the classroom they become, the less people are interested in working with them and their differences in education. The answer is in the new generation being invested in the struggle of educating and empowering our children. Families need to remain committed to each other.

The best thing that we all can do as a country and a people to build on your father’s legacy is…

To think inclusively and how we are stronger and better as a people if we embrace our differences. Life is cyclical and so is history. When we see the frustration and the anger like in the instance of Brown’s death in Ferguson and understand that things keep coming back around, that’s why we have to study history. You have to see what worked then and how that applies now. My parents told me the battle is never won nor is the understanding. They are both ongoing struggles that are a part of life.

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If your dad came back today and looked around, what do you think he would see and say about the climate today in baseball regarding race and in society in general?

I think he would be proud of a lot of the achievements that we’ve made. But I think he would say, “Hey I told you that this is an ongoing struggle and that you don’t let up.” He would say that you have to train the next generation how to struggle, while knowing the importance of struggle and a belief that we can have a multicultural, multiracial society that’s working together.

He was a positive thinker. Sure there were times when he would get down and say we’re taking a step back, but I don’t think he would say that today. His focus would still be on economic justice and stress the ability to make a living and feel good about yourself in this world.

How do you want people to remember your father?

As a man who committed his life to social change.

Many years from now, how do you want to be remembered?

As a woman who dedicated her life to children and education. scenesarasota.com

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Are we doing enough to build bridges out there and testing enough of the ice, so to speak?

We need more church and to have more emphasis on the spiritual and religious beliefs of a higher power. You need a belief in beyond because life is so hard here. If you don’t have a belief that there is someone to guide you, you can end up feeling alone. My granddaughter, who is four, asked about her father who died when she was three. She said, “Where’s daddy?” I said, “He’s having breakfast with God, and my dad’s with him and they’re talking about how proud they are of you today and how you have grown and how you’ve learned your letters.”

And she stopped me and said, “He’s having breakfast with God?” (Laughs)

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Coffrin Jewelers Holiday Event The night was definitely festive with lots of sparkles on the tree and on display at a holiday-themed customer appreciation event hosted by Coffrin Jewelers. Guests mingled to a background of live music and mulled their purchase of Christmas ornaments made of leaves and other objects dipped in 24 carat gold to support two worthy causes. Proceeds from the ornament sales benefited Southeastern Guide Dogs and Sarasota in Defense of Animals. SCENE Magazine’s publisher Ron Milton stopped by to give a donation from SCENE to Southeastern Guide Dogs. Photos by Nancy Guth

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Marjorie Singer & Ron Milton

Jim Hubbard & Susan Walters

Belinda Coffrin & Mary Lou Moulton

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Education Matters

By Ryan G. Van Cleave

Southeastern Guide Dogs If you’ve been following this column for any amount of time, you know that the phrase “Education Matters” typically drives the focus into actual classroom situations, be those elementary school, middle school, high school, college, or adult education venues. But importantly, worthwhile education happens in plenty of other venues, too.

And Southeastern Guide Dogs — the Tampa Bay Business Journal’s 2014 Nonprofit of the Year — is certainly one of those worth looking at more closely.

The facts of this organization are simple enough: founded in 1982, headquartered in Palmetto, 100-plus employees, more than 700 core volunteers, and employs the latest in canine development and behavior research to create and nurture partnerships between visually-impaired people and guide dogs. The organization serves more than 400 active guide dog graduates across the U.S. It places more than 100 dogs each year into careers benefitting people with visual impairments as well as veterans through the Paws for Patriots program. Each dog’s training costs roughly $60,000, and all of Southeastern Guide Dog’s services are free of charge despite the organization receiving no government funding.

What’s truly noteworthy, though, is the level of commitment Southeastern Guide Dogs trainers have. Director of Training Rick Holden, for example, has been there for more than 25 years. In the course of his regular training duties, he estimates that he wears out three pairs of shoes per year as he walks the equivalent of dozens of city blocks while carefully observing blindfolded trainers, evaluating potential guide dogs, and performing other duties necessary to ready these dogs for the serious business of wearing a guide dog harness. This work is far different 104

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from what Holden did before — training sentry dogs for the Air Force and training law enforcement dogs for sheriffs’ departments. But his efforts at Southeastern Guide Dogs are incredibly rewarding, especially since Holden knows firsthand the struggles of visually impaired life because of his own mother’s vision impairment left her utterly dependent on others. Her lack of mobility meant that, more often than not, she was homebound. Thanks to guide dogs like those Southeastern Guide Dogs trains, fewer and fewer people will know that fate.

Holden explains that training takes about two years per animal. “From the very infant stages in the pup’s life, we’re thinking about its journey as a potential guide for someone,” he says. “There are batteries of artificial stimuli that we very gently submit our infant pups to for exposure into the big world so that it is more prepared as it grows into adolescence. The growing pups are slowly and purposely exposed to home life and the outside world by volunteer scenesarasota.com

raiser families that dedicate their own time and efforts toward the service of a guide dog. The adult dog returns to our campus at Southeastern Guide Dogs for its final approach and is paired with one of our dog trainers for the formal conditioning of clearance work and the continuance of street and conveyance work.” Afterwards, the dog gets paired with its recipient and the training curriculum continues for another month before they graduate.

The list of what the dogs learn is impressive. They lead a person in a straight line from point A to point B. They stop for all changes of elevation, including stairs and curbs.

They stop for all overhead obstructions, such as tree limbs.

And guide dogs are also trained for intelligent disobedience, meaning if they’re given an unsafe command — like to move out into oncoming traffic — they’re taught to disobey it for the safety of the owner.

One of the things most people don’t realize is that guide dog training isn’t just training the dog but also matching the right dog with the right person. “Special consideration must be given from the beginning of the match process to be one that meets the actual physical pace and abilities of the people, their lifestyle, and their needs for mobility,” Holden says. Some people believe the dogs get trained and then have all the skills needed for every situation, or even that the dogs have guide dog skills through breeding.

It’s a case-by-case basis, and finding the best dog in each case is a serious matter. After all, a guide dog goes everywhere and does everything with its partner. Work. School.

Shopping. Restaurants. Hiking. Playing. Having the right partner for this 24/7 relationship is crucial.

Southeastern Guide Dogs is a 501 (c)(3) nonprofit that involves a lot of people to make it all happen. Volunteerism is a mainstay of the organization and offers opportunities for donating time, participating in a fund-raising Walkathon, or even coming out to the 35-acre campus for a Hug a Puppy event, which helps puppies develop the highest levels of socialization, becoming comfortable with people, and accustomed to lots of stimulation.

“We’d appreciate any help,” says Holden, who hopes to spend another 25 years working with these dogs. “Hopefully, you can share in our joy in making someone’s life a little easier to get around.”

For more information on Southeastern Guide Dogs Inc., please visit www.GuideDogs.org or call 941.729.5665. scenesarasota.com

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Behind the Scene

Society Maven Debbi Benedict Gives the Latest Scoop If you are new to the Sarasota social scene, the attire instructions on most charity party invitations might throw you for a bit of a loop. I mean after all, what do phrases like “Friday Night Festive” or “Boho Chic” actually mean? Oh, how I long for the old days when we didn’t feel like we needed to be, ahem, creative, with our attire descriptions. How about just using the words, “casual, business, cocktail, or black tie”? And don’t even get me started on the term, “black-tie optional”, which to me, is definitely NOT an option. Or maybe using your descriptive phrase with the common sense word in parenthesis, so we know what the heck you mean. I feel a bit responsible for this aberration. About 15 years ago or so, when I was heavily involved with New College’s Pique-nique sur la Baie, we had a few years where guests were starting to arrive in casual attire, including, gasp, Capri pants! The following year we decided to put more instructive wording (or code for “please leave your crappy Capri pants at home”) on the invitation and said to please wear “Afternoon Elegance”. Oy, Poodle…. what did we start?

Once every three years, Sarasota Memorial Healthcare Foundation puts on a major whoop-de-doo called the Corinthian Gala at the Ritz-Carlton and believe me, it is most certainly a major whoop-de-doo! They pull out all the stops to make this a magical evening. Chairs for the 2015 version are Beverly Bartner, Renee Hamad, and Chris Voelker. The theme is A Night of 1,000 Cranes and Flowers by Fudgie is using 1000 origami cranes in the décor. Now that should be a sight! The theme is inspired by the ancient Japanese legend of a thousand cranes. A gift of a thousand origami cranes is thought to bring eternal good luck. In Asian culture, cranes have long been symbols representing good health, longevity, truth, and fidelity, all things Sarasota could use in abundance! A special touch will be the chopsticks available to be used for dessert.

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Michael Andrews and his 16 piece orchestra, The Atomic Big

and held at Michael’s On East, this year’s luncheon honorees

Band, will provide the music followed by a DJ for the after

are Eleanor Merritt Darlington, Renee Hamad, and Wendy

party. Top sponsors are Bob and Beverly Bartner and Williams

Surkis. Eleanor is a celebrated artist who during the past 50

Parker, followed by Aero IQ, Circuelle, and SCENE Magazine.

years has had over 25 one-woman shows. In addition to her

Wedding bells will ring at Sarasota Opera’s Gala - A

10-year tenure as an Arts Council Board member and former

Wedding to Remember, or maybe we will just imagine them,

chair of the Art in Public Places Program for Sarasota County,

but at least the décor at the Hyatt Regency will definitely

she has served on the boards of the Ringling Museum of Art

remind you of weddings and a wedding cake by The Cake

Foundation, the Venice Art Center, and Art Center Sarasota.

Zone will be served for dessert. All of this is in honor of one of

Renee was raised in Cairo, Egypt, and has lived in five

the opera’s 2015 productions, The Marriage of Figaro. Affairs

countries. She is immediate Past President of the Board of the

in the Air did a magical job of transforming the Hyatt for last

Women’s Resource Center of Sarasota County, and is on the

year’s gala and this year will be no different. Also returning

boards of Second Chance Last Opportunity, New College

as the florist is Elegant Designs, whose centerpieces last year

Foundation, Sarasota Concert Association, SAFI, and the

were over the top beautiful. The chair is Carol Brualdi, the

Florida State University College of Medicine. She completed

dance music will be the 42nd Street Big Band, and the featured

a Bachelor’s Degree in Human Development, graduated

performance will be music from The Marriage of Figaro by the

Phi Beta Kappa, and is fluent in three languages. Wendy

opera’s principal artists. There will be a small silent auction

spent 25 years growing an advertising agency from one

of specialties including a back stage seat for a production,

office to a full-service international firm with $100 million in

along with several trips and fine dining experiences. Sponsors

sales. Locally she started with Season of Sculpture followed

are PNC Wealth Management, Gulf Coast Community

by Coexistence (Embracing Our Differences). She became

Foundation, Williams Parker, and SCENE Magazine.

President of the fledgling Sarasota Museum of Art (SMOA)

There’s always something interesting and artistic happening at Sarasota Museum of Art’s (SMOA) The Bash. As you know,

board, where as the primary fundraiser, she exceeded their fundraising goal for a total of $22,540,603.

SMOA is part of the Ringling College of Art + Design, so lots

The small, intimate gatherings that most arts organizations

of creativity is involved with the invitation and the planning.

host are some of my favorite times. Sarasota Orchestra’s An

This year the chairs are Brad and Mary Beth Goddard, now

Evening with Anu and Friends, is just one of those kinds of

being called “Coordinating Event Leaders”, and the honorary

evenings. The January dinner will be at The Field Club and

chairs are Dottie Baer Garner and Brooke Callanen. Mary

chaired by Cornelia and Richard Matson and Pamela and

Beth shared with me that you will see something that has

David Steves. The evening is a conversation with guest artist,

never been done before in Sarasota and that it will involve

trumpeter, Sergei Nakariakov, and moderated by June LeBell,

big balloons, college students, and digital art. RCAD is

Music Conversationalist. I love that title for June! Isn’t it just

perennially on the cutting edge, so this should be exciting!

perfect? The orchestra’s jet-setting music director, Anu Tali,

The Bash is being held under a tent in the parking lot of the

will be in attendance and the evening will feature a brief

historic Sarasota High School which will now house SMOA.

performance by Sergei, dubbed “The Paganini of the trumpet”,

Sarasota/Manatee Originals will cater and the band is Clint

before his talk with June. Top sponsors are Charles O. Wood, III

Wiley’s None Other Band. Centerpieces will be mini time

& Miriam M. Wood Foundation and the Community Foundation

capsules that will hold the thoughts of each guest at the

of Sarasota County, followed by PNC Wealth Management.

table and then be put into the school. Michael Klauber is the

Distinguished journalist and advocate Charlayne Hunter-

auctioneer for such fab items as a trip to Art Basel in Miami

Gault will be the keynote speaker at the Women’s Resource

with a professional guide and an afternoon with Karole

Center’s Let Freedom Ring Luncheon at the Sarasota Yacht

Vail, Peggy Guggenheim’s granddaughter, looking at art in

Club and chaired by Audrey Coleman with co-chair Dr. Willa

NYC, followed by dinner with Karole and her husband. The

Bernhard. This is always a deceptively simple, but thoughtful

presenting sponsor is PNC Wealth Management, followed by

luncheon concentrating on the speaker’s message. No

Rudd International, Sherry and Tom Koski, Linda and Keith

auctions, no other frivolous activities, just great content. Last

Monda, and Lois Stulberg, among others.

year it was Kitty Kelly discussing Stanley Tretick’s iconic photos

Each year the NCJW’s (National Council of Jewish Women)

of the March on Washington and this year, Ms. Hunter-Gault,

Women in Power Luncheon honors three women whose

who is a Peabody and Emmy award winner and was the first

accomplishments focus on social justice by improving the

African-American female to enroll in the University of Georgia

lives of women, children, and families and by safeguarding

and one of the two African-American students to integrate the

individual rights and freedoms. Chaired by Sally Yanowitz

college, will be speaking. She has written books about her

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experience with integration and civil rights including the memoir In My Place and To the Mountaintop: My Journey Through the Civil Rights Movement.

She also authored New News Out of Africa, about developments in a changing Africa. Should be a fascinating afternoon!

The Manatee Library Foundation scored a major coup by getting the elusive author and part-time Casey Key resident, Stephen King, for their annual fundraising lecture. I am told he only does one event per year and this year he chose them! Hooray! The lecture and cocktail reception will be at The Manatee Performing Arts Center and chaired by Doris Pope and Scarlett Guy. The event sold out quickly, so don’t even think about trying to get a ticket, unless you know someone who knows a guy, if you know what I mean.

The county is matching the event’s $100,000 profit to upgrade the library’s operating system. Northern Trust is the presenting sponsor.

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south of The UTC Mall. I mean that is where everything is happening this year, is it not? Michael’s On East will be catering. I think at some point, Phil Mancini and the catering staff should think about delivering guests’ plates of food while flying across the air. I think they can handle that, don’t you? This event is generally the mecca of circus celebrities, where you can rub shoulders with Dolly Jacobs, Nik Wallenda, and many other world renowned families scenesarasota.com

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HEALTH MATTERS

Is This An Emergency?

By Brad Hoover, M.D. What defines a true “emergency” when it comes to your or a loved one’s health (or a stranger for that matter)? Many times, accidents and other symptoms occur, and there may be a question of whether one needs to go to an emergency room. While there is no set answer, and this article does not seek to be the ultimate resource on such a complex Brad Hoover, M.D. is the Medical

topic, I would like to offer a few tips from my quarter-century of experience.

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count for the vast majority of ER visits today. And while most patients with these symptoms are sent home after workup, even mild or transient discomforts could have serious causes and may signal something dangerous.

Fever is a frequently overlooked symptom. I put it in a category all of its own given how complex this common condition may be. Confused? It’s not surprising, when delving into the myriad possible causes. To begin with, let’s define what a fever is, and that is any temperature above 100.3. (Side note, for kids under two years, the temperature is more accurately obtained rectally). There are several caveats to fever including subsets of patients in which a fever could be a life threat: those taking chemotherapy, on steroids, who have diabetes, etc., to name a few. Because of these and other factors not always appreciated, a fever can certainly qualify as an emergency.

Any sort of trauma can represent an emergency, and it can be difficult to know when to become concerned. Car accidents and falls are the most common traumatic reasons that people seek ER care, and most of the time there is no serious injury determined. However, even the most innocuous-appearing insult (such as a bug bite) can blossom into a problem quickly. For example, if one has an anaphylactic reaction to the bite, then this qualifies as an emergency.

Well, does this make things any clearer, as far as what is and what is not an emergency? It is impossible (and dangerous) to try and put such a topic in a box. In other words, an emergency can occur from any one of the categories listed above, but that list is certainly not all-inclusive. Furthermore, not all emergencies appear to be “emergent” at the initial time of the problem or even at presentation to an ER. Symptoms can and often do progress along a continuum, and the challenge for providers (physicians, physician assistants, nurse practitioners) is to locate where on that continuum a patient is at any one time and treat accordingly.

In closing, the best answer to the question “Is this an emergency?” is…your own determination. That is, any condition that you perceive could lead to serious jeopardy if left untreated is considered an emergency. This is the federal government’s guideline and is a decent place to start.

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Literary Scene

By Ryan G. Van Cleave

After the Fall

For more information about After the Fall or the author, please visit www.patriciagussin.com (Oceanview publishing, hardcover, 346 pages, $26.95)

USA Today and New York Times bestselling author Patricia Gussin’s sixth book is a fine installment in her popular Laura Nelson medical thriller series.

Dr. Nelson needs to step down from being Chief of Surgery at Tampa City Hospital after she suffers a debilitating hand injury during a fall. She slides into a Vice President of Research position at Keystone Pharma, a medical company whose new drug, Immunone, is ready to be released.

Here’s where things get complicated. Jake Harter, a no scruples FDA employee, is dead-set against that drug getting approval and hitting the marketplace. Why? He’s obsessed with Adawia Abdul, a gorgeous Iraqi scientist who discovered Immunone. Saddam Hussein wants her to come back to Iraq to replace her dying father who’s served as Saddam’s head of the bioweapons program. Hussein’s henchmen work to get her back

to Iraq fast, but Harter is willing to do anything — anything at all — to keep her from leaving the U.S. Gussin’s latest novel is riveting and relentless.

For those who watched Laura Nelson grow from being a medical student in Shadow of Death, a thoracic surgeon in Twisted Justice, and Chief of Surgery in Weapon of Choice, this book will feel like an appropriate addition to the series. “In After the Fall, I wanted to bring her story full circle,” explains Gussin about her heroine, “while not only putting her life in jeopardy but allowing her to disclose torturous secrets from her past and introducing a romantic element.”

Gussin was a good writer early in her career and she’s only getting better. Give this Longboat Key author’s latest book a read and you’ll find yourself a quick fan. After the Fall, a clear future bestseller, is going to be available in bookstores everywhere on January 15.

Prodigious Savant Merritt Island writer J.J. White’s new book is, as the title promises, about savants. Think Rain Main — savants have an amazing ability, but it comes with developmental disabilities. At any one time, there are fewer than 100 of these people in the world. But in this book, it’s 1962, and 17-year-old Burlington, Vt., resident Gavin Weaver is caught in an explosion. After brain surgery and a month-long coma, he awakens with not just one savant talent, but several. Despite his former star potential as an athlete, Weaver is now no longer interested in sports, but can read multiple books an hour, copy any painting he sees, and play any musical piece after hearing it once. The real surprise is that he’s not burdened by the usual troubles associated with brain trauma, though he has suffered a dark personality change. Will he be able to overcome his new challenges to win the girl he’s loved since childhood? This taut character drama is a fast, fun read.

For more information about Prodigious Savant or the author, please visit www.jjwhitebooks.com (Black Opal Books, softcover, 310 pages, $12.99.)

Discovering Your True Worth: Awakening New Possibilities Longtime Florida resident Rev. Dr. Gordon Van Namee’s new book is “dedicated to the wonder of Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit who are willing to lift up all of God’s children to new heights and place living joy in their hearts.” This book is solidly grounded in Biblical wisdom and centered on Christ. It explains in clear terms how to shift your mindset in order to replace self-worth with God-worth, or “true worth.” Personal testimony, anecdotes, examples, and Scripture are combined in these pages to reveal how true worth can help people find joy, security, and certainty in an all-too-uncertain world.

Van Namee is someone who can understand and appreciate regular people. After working for decades in the business world, he answered the call to go into ministry at age 50. Soon after, he received his Masters in Divinity from Emory and his Doctorate of Ministry from Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary.

Discovering Your True Worth: Awakening New Possibilities is available at amazon.com and other outlets where books are sold. (DG Publishing, softcover, 180 pages, $19.99)

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