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"She wanted to give a local family the opportunity to have a quality moment - she understood the value of quality moments more than anyone."

- C.J. Bannister, Goodwill Manasota
 

[Philanthropy]  A Shared Memory At The Circus
Jacob Ogles, jacob.ogles@srqme.com

A Sarasota family dealing with a difficult medical diagnosis this week got a reprieve from the burdens of their life through a night at the circus courtesy an anonymous donor. Army veteran Larry Perkins, who is suffering from Stage 4 liver cancer, has in the past few months benefitted from veteran services provided through Goodwill Manasota, but an enchanting family evening at a performance of the Ringling Bros. and Barnum and Bailey Circus came after Goodwill officials connected him with a donor in search of a family to help this Christmas.

“We owe a lot to this donor,” Perkins said. “I wish we knew who she was so we could thank her in person. You don’t know what this means to us, getting to enjoy something as a family and not worry about money or time for just a little while. None of us had ever seen the circus, so we were very excited. We are so thankful to Goodwill for helping us receive this experience.”

C.J. Bannister, director of the Veterans Services Program at Goodwill Manasota, said she only met Perkins a few days before the donor reached out to the organization. Following Perkins’ terminal diagnosis, Goodwill has helped him with housing assistance and medical claims. The donor, though, wanted to give emotional assistance. Bannister said the donor is also a veteran, and lost her 6-year-old to cancer a decade ago. Since then, she has worked with philanthropic groups to help families in honor of her lost child, according to Bannister. Perkins, his wife Charla and his 10-year-old daughter Kendra were treated on Tuesday to tickets to a circus performance in Tampa, parking passes and a $100 gift card to use at the show.

“When she signed the card to give to the family, she signed it in memory of her son,” Bannister said. “The show was on the day of her son’s birthday.” The donor told Goodwill her last great memories with her own son were at the circus, and she wanted the Perkins to have similar thoughts to cherish. Bannister said the donor had not worked with Goodwill before, but the organization was enthusiastic to connect the donor and family. And the chance to give a memory of the circus to Larry and Kendra that was similar to that of the donor and her own son was an opportunity worth siezing. 

[Exec Moves]  SMH Names Liang COO

Sarasota Memorial Health Care System hired Lorrie Liang, currently vice president of the not-for-profit LifeBridge Health System/Sinai Hospital of Baltimore in Maryland, as its new chief operating officer. Liang will assume her new leadership role at Sarasota Memorial on Feb. 16. LifeBridge is a $1.3-billion integrated health system providing a full continuum of care through two acute-care hospitals, a chronic care/sub-acute hospital, skilled nursing facility, inpatient rehab facility, children's hospital, express care centers and network of physicians, home care and Hospice services. Sinai Hospital, one of the largest community teaching hospitals in Maryland, is a level 2 trauma center with 504 beds, 4,600 employees and an 1,100-member medical staff. Liang has more than 25 years of experience leading hospital operations, service lines, physician practice groups, graduate medical education and clinical research programs in academic and community health systems. 

Sarasota Memorial Health Care System

[Recognition]  Gurley Named in Best Lawyers

Gurley Vitale, a Sarasota law firm specializing in construction law, surety law and commercial litigation, announced founder and president David E. Gurley was selected by his peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America 2015 edition, a peer-reviewed publication in the legal profession. This marks the eighth consecutive year Gurley achieved this recognition.

  

Gurley Vitale

[Exec Moves]  Calhoun Named Adjutant General

Gov. Rick Scott announced Brigadier General Michael A. Calhoun will become the Adjutant General of Florida on March 29, succeeding retiring Major General Emmett Titshaw. Calhoun has served as Army assistant adjutant general and director of joint staff since July 2011. 

Florida Governor's Office

[Dog's Best Friend]  No Tooth On A Human
Gregg Flowers

Allowing a puppy to nibble on your hands communicates a flawed message about his rank in your pack and can cause him to develop into a biter. No higher ranking dog would ever allow a subordinate to teethe on him. A wolf puppy would be put in his place real quick for that, and he'd find something else to chew on, like a stick. One of the most important rules about living around people is "no tooth on a human, ever", and your pup must learn this now, at your knee.

Make sure he has plenty of appropriate things to chew on. Indulge him with stuffed toys, rubber toys and bones. Bones, antlers and hooves offer your little wolf a healthy outlet for his teething. You can get "soup bones" from your butcher. Raw is just fine. Of course, chicken, turkey and ribs are off limits; they splinter. And rawhide can cause tummy problems. To help your little one get through this temporary phase in a healthy way (so he doesn't get the idea he can put his teeth on you), hold a bone or an antler for him as sort of a teething implement as you hold him. He will happily gnaw on that as he sits in your lap.

Every single time you even feel a tooth on you, pull your hand away and say "No!” Impulsive puppies sometimes go from licking to biting, so be on top of this. He must be corrected the moment this happens. His mother wouldn't let him slide, and neither should you. For the more boisterous. insistent and pushy pup, you may have to give him a very quick (but brief) grab of his neck skin. This is far more effective than hitting. Dogs don't hit. But they will bite, and this is what a neck skin grab communicates. Look him in the face and say "No!" But here's the most important piece to this training: As he stops, praise him. Do this as many times as it takes and I guarantee he'll get the message.

A native of Louisiana, SRQ Daily Columnist Gregg Flowers owns Dog's Best Friend Dog Training Services here in Sarasota, where he "teaches dogs and trains people." Gregg became fascinated by our relationship with dogs as a boy in the '60s, and by 1985 had developed his own unique style of working with dogs and their humans. 

Dog's Best Friend

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