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Sarasota News Leader November 9, 2012 Siesta Seen Luckner said, "but I figured [they are] better left to memory." "Michael has done yeoman's work" with the initiative, Van Roekens added. When van Roekens was SKA president in 2003, Luckner said, the organization first applied with the SKVA to adopt a road on the island. Van Roekens took a couple of moments to talk about the good working relationship between the SKA and the SKVA for the quarterly effort to spruce up the landscape. "I saw [the Adopt A Road program] as a key way to start working together on issues," Van Roekens said. Many situations do arise where the two groups can collaborate, he pointed out. Van Roekens has been making arrangements for the past several years for the volunteers to carry on the work. The Sarasota County Sheriff's Office and Sarasota County Technical Insti- tute (SCTI) Adult & Community En- richment (ACE) program have teamed up to offer Women's Self Defense classes for the 2012 Fall Session. The 9-hour course, taught by experienced sheriff's deputies, is designed to teach wom- en basic self-defense concepts, a Sheriff's Of- fice news release says. Students should wear comfortable clothing since the class contains hands-on practical application of defensive techniques. In fact, the next cleanup is set for Saturday, Nov. 17. Anyone interested in helping may come to Village Café for breakfast at 8 a.m. The cleanup will begin at 9 a.m. The breakfast is free, Shay noted, but "we re- quest heavy tipping." The volunteers work along Ocean Boulevard as well as Higel Avenue and Siesta Drive up to the north Siesta Bridge. As he officially stepped down from overseeing the program, Van Roekens did take one more moment to remind Shay that Kay Kouvatsos, co-owner of Village Café, needs advance no- tice about the date of each cleanup. Van Roekens already had talked with her about Nov. 17, he added. SELF-DEFENSE CLASS OFFERED FOR WOMEN The class will be held on Wednesdays from 6 to 9 p.m. for three weeks. The course begins on Nov. 14th but will skip a week because of the Thanksgiving holiday; it will continue Nov. 28 and Dec. 5. The classes will be held at the Criminal Jus- tice Academy on the SCTI campus, 4748 Be- neva Road, Sarasota. The cost is $99. For more information or registration, call the ACE office at 361-6590 or visit the website www.ace-sarasota.com and click on "Cours- es" then "Awareness" and "Crime Prevention." Page 95