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Sarasota News Leader October 4, 2013 Page 98 Siesta Seen Because he worked as a school resource officer prior to his Siesta assignment, Leavitt told the group he would try to help with securing a marching band. However, he cautioned, "Some of 'em, I believe, are going up for Macy's [Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York]." Still, he added, "I will do some checking." dogs and cats and sponsored spay/neuter clinics for feral and free-roaming cats, to prevent "thousands of unwanted kitten births." For more information on SDA, visit www. sdasarasota.com. The fundraiser will be held from 6:30 to 10:30 p.m. at the Daiquiri Deck, located at 5250 "It's tough to compete with Macy's," Gaddie Ocean Blvd. in Siesta Village. conceded. Tickets, which are $100, include an open bar, "But this is comparable," Leavitt replied, dinner and live and silent auctions. deadpan, referring to the Light Up the Village parade. Russell Matthes is a co-chairman of that event. % SKVA Secretary Helene Hyland said, "It has grown from miniscule to mini already the last few years and has become quite a successful event." In fact, she said, a number of regular visitors to the island plan their trips to include Light Up the Village. Yet one other upcoming Siesta event is the 13th annual fundraiser for Sarasota in Defense of Animals, Because of You, set for Oct. 17. An SDA flyer asks "compassionate and generous individuals and businesses" in the community to donate an auction item and/or to sponsor the event, "to enable SDA to help the hundreds of animals that will have a better life at our sanctuary." Over the past 24 years, the flyer points out, SDA has provided high-quality lifetime care for more than 350 formerly homeless creatures, found homes for more than 4,500 stray