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JANUARY 2023 941.312.0665 | 27TH STATE MEDIA, LLC
It’s Landings Election Time
DAY TRIPPING
By Cali Lampton, LMA Nominating Committee Chair
It’s Bradenton or bust!
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HITTING THE WATER
The Landings Management Association Board of Directors election will be held on February 2nd at the annual membership meeting. After the annual membership meeting is adjourned, the board meeting is opened by the outgoing president until an executive committee is elected. We have five open positions and currently have seven residents interested in running. A person can be nominated from the floor during the membership meeting. Association presidents vote on behalf
of their membership. They have as many votes as the number of people in their association times the number of open positions. So, if there are five open positions and the association has 30 residents, the president of that association has 150 votes to distribute among those candidates they want to serve. The election is by plurality vote. The candidates with the highest numbers of votes are elected. On January 9th at 4 p.m. we will have a casual and friendly meeting at the school board building, with the LMA Board
of Directors and the presidents of the associations, where they can meet the candidates. Candidates will be asked to give introductory comments and there will be an opportunity for presidents to ask questions of the candidates following the individual presentations All residents of The Landings should be encouraged to read the bios of all of the candidates in this issue of the Eagle on page 6 and share their thoughts and preferences with their association president.
Candidate bios on page 6
Cruise with the kayakers
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GOING TO THE DOGS
Drachman
Gray
Greene
Lee
Lyons
Ramberger
Schmidt
Free College Rings in New Year By Irv Kushner
Meet Henry
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THE PHOTO SHOP
Architectural photography
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KIDS CORNER
Riley Schaeffer, 5
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The Landing Free College is about to embark on its ninth season. As before, there is no homework and no tuition. There are no term papers, no grades, no credits either. Sessions will be held at the Lakeside Clubhouse on Thursdays at 2:30 p.m., January through March. Here is the schedule of professors (speakers) through February. Jan 5th: Irv Kushner will kick the season off by telling us about Two Gun Cohen; a Chinese General. Learn how a poor Jewish juvenile delinquent from the slums of the East End of London became a General in the Chinese army. JANUARY Jan 12th: John Bruno, Emeritus Distinguished Professor of Psychology, Neuroscience, and Psychiatry at The Ohio State University, gave us a terrific talk about Parkinson’s disease last year. This year, his topic will be The Neuroscience of Depression and Anxiety: Two Sides of The Same Coin. A lot of us are at least a little bit familiar with this topic. Jan 19th: Dr. Michael P. Crosby, President and CEO of the Mote Marine Laboratory and Postdoctoral Research Fellow Dr. Beth Brady will present Sea Change. Hear about Mote’s research and its exciting future. Mote SEA, planned for Nathan Benderson Park, is projected to inspire 700,000 visitors from the Sarasota-Manatee region and around the world each year with incredible displays of marine life, interactive technology, and windows into Mote’s amazing science. A wine & cheese reception will immediately follow. The reception is sponsored by the Feathermans & Smiths. Jan 26th: Sandra Cacic, one of our tennis pro’s will let us in on What goes on behind the scene in professional tennis? Sandra played for many years on the WTA tour, reaching a ranking of 39th in the world in
1992. She’ll be introduced by her colleague Adrian “Mo” Moghina who’ll say a few words about tennis at The Landings with Jen Fiers, (head pro). FEBRUARY February 2nd: Mayson Brooks will present “Holy Donkeys, I’m over 60!”, a guide to help you make the most of the remaining years of your life. Written by Landings resident Mayson Brooks in a fun and entertaining style, it’s 13 (short) chapters with 16 suggestions of things you can do today. “The sands of time are quickly slipping down the hourglass of life. Tempus Fugit, so Carpe Diem”. And some of us are at least a little bit familiar with this topic, also. February 9th: Jay Handelman, art editor and theater critic of the Sarasota Herald Tribune, will present Six Degrees of John Ringling, which traces the history of the arts in Sarasota, beginning from when the Ringling Circus moved here in the 1920s. Don’t miss this one. February 16th: Bonnie Goodman, of The Bishop Museum of Science and Nature, will tell us about that institution. It is “the most exciting museum on Florida’s Gulf Coast”, featuring The Planetarium, the Parker Manatee Rehabilitation Habitat, the Mosaic Backyard Universe and a constantly changing lineup of temporary exhibitions. February 23rd: Virginia Shearer, the executive director of the Sarasota Art Museum, will tell us about the museum. Established in the old Sarasota High School building, it is a contemporary art museum committed to providing inclusive experiences for all audiences. There are regular exhibits, and programs include family art sessions, jazz Thursdays, and talks by curators and artists. The forthcoming lineup for March looks equally impressive.
Holiday events again shine bright Both the annual holiday dance in the Lakeside Room (above, coverage on pages 16, 17) and the annual efforts of the Landings Holiday Charitable Foundation (below, coverage on page 18) made many hearts feel warm this year. (photo above taken by Rick Waller, photo below taken by Kim Cooper)