SIESTA KEY
Observer YOU. YOUR NEIGHBORS. YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
VOLUME 48, NO. 44
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The need for speed
Artwork on a large scale.
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THURSDAY, MAY 17, 2018
YOUR TOWN
Siesta citizens worry about emergency response, traffic. SEE PAGE 3
MOM’S TIME A colorful Mother’s Day greeted families at Selby. SEE PAGE 19
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Lemur fever Sarasota Jungle Gardens recently welcomed the newest member to its family of ring-tailed lemurs. The lemur, who is more than a month old but hasn’t been named, is the male pup of Babycakes and Nikko. This is the fourth year in a row that Babycakes welcomed a newborn around Mother’s Day. Babycakes’ seasonal birth cycle usually comes around the holiday, said Jungle Gardens curator John Lebron. Once he becomes old enough, the newborn pup will be transferred to another zoo as part of a breeding program.
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Monique Budelman poses May 13 with her nieces and nephew, Alexis, Cooper and Selene at the Marie Selby Botanical Gardens Mother’s Day celebration.
A+E
City ice cream trucks face rocky road Officials are revisiting a discussion about allowing ice cream trucks in neighborhoods.
Little mouse, big heart. INSIDE
2017 1 8 25
TOTAL FALSE CRAWLS: 2018 2017 Lido Beach 3 1 Siesta Key 5 9 Casey Key 17 32
Can you stop summer hunger?
DAVID CONWAY
SEE ICE CREAM, PAGE 5
AS OF MAY 12 TOTAL NESTS: 2018 Lido Beach 1 Siesta Key - Casey Key 11
Source: Mote Marine Laboratory
Here are the donation totals for All Faiths Food Bank’s Campaign Against Summer Hunger. It is accepting donations throughout the week at allfaithsfoodbank. org to meet its goal.
DEPUTY MANAGING EDITOR
City Commissioner Hagen Brody was distraught to discover children in Sarasota neighborhoods don’t have an opportunity to buy sweet treats from ice cream trucks driving past their homes in the summer. Brody learned this last month after getting in contact with Eric Garfield, owner of the Baltimore Snowball Factory. Garfield’s business, which sells frozen desserts, operates out of a van after closing its brick-and-mortar location in 2016.
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“The safety of my young customers is the top priority.” — Eric Garfield, owner of the Baltimore Snowball Factory
Goal: $1.3 million matching challenge Amount raised to date: $1,250,000