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Sarasota News Leader March 8, 2013 Page 66 • Sherryl Susan Evans served as deputy The ceremony will include light refreshments. sheriff for Hillsborough County for more The cost for non-members of the museum is $20; for students, $5. For reservations, contact than 32 years. 786-972-3175 or info@jewishmuseum.com • Marilyn Hoder-Salmon is the founding director of the Women's Studies Center at The Jewish Museum of Florida-FIU is the only Museum dedicated to telling the story of 250 Florida International University (FIU). years of Florida Jewish heritage, arts and cul• Betsy Kaplan is the "mother of public arts ture. The museum is housed in two adjacent restored historic buildings, at 301 Washington education" in Miami-Dade County. Ave. on South Beach, that were once syna• The Breaking the Glass Ceiling Award was gogues for Miami Beach's first Jewish congreestablished by the Jewish Museum of Flori- gation. The museum's focal point is its core da in 1995. More than 75 winners have been exhibit, MOSAIC: Jewish Life in Florida, honored with this distinction to date, from 1763 to Present, and its temporary history a wide variety of fields, including banking, and art exhibits that change periodically. politics, law, aviation, journalism, sports For more information, call 305-672-5044 or and entertainment, the release notes. www.jewishmuseum.com. SCAT EXPRESS BUSES ADD WI-FI ACCESS This week, Sarasota County Area Transit • The SCAT wireless network is an open, un(SCAT) riders began taking advantage of secured network. wireless network access on SCAT's eight Express buses — serving Express routes 100X • Riders are advised to use the service at their own risk. North Port-Sarasota and 90X North Port-Venice-Sarasota, the county has announced. • Users are required to accept the county's terms of service. Designed for commuters, the 40-foot Express buses are SCAT's largest in the fleet, with seats • Sarasota County does not provide technical for 40 passengers, a news release notes. support for the riders' devices or possible The Express buses have limited stops on long connectivity problems. routes — about 70 minutes for the 100X and 85 minutes for the 90X — "so riders have time to • The county does not guarantee Internet connectivity or 4G performance. Perforrelax, read or now access the Internet through mance may vary, based on the number of a wireless network," the release adds. Each active users and the wireless provider's netbus has a unique wireless network name, the work availability. release notes. SCAT is providing riders with the following • SCAT also asks Wi-Fi users to be courteous disclaimers: to other riders. For example, the staff advis-