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Sarasota News Leader December 6, 2013 Page 69 with the Ringling Bros. & Barnum and Bailey Circus. At 18, he became an aerialist before returning to clowning. He kept up his trapeze skills, though, "and was a double for Cornel Wilde in The Greatest Show on Earth," the release notes. In 1966, he was inducted into the International Clown Hall of fame, and in 2002 he was inducted into the Circus Ring of Fame on St. Armands Circle, the release adds. Bell has been performing around the world as a clown for 28 years, beginning with an eight-year tour with Ringling Bros. Circus, the release says. She is a well-respected performer and was a "producing" clown for Ringling, having created material for herself and other clowns in the show, the release points out. "Karen has been a featured lecturer at the World Clown Annual Conference twice," the only female clown to do so, it adds. For more information about Circus, Circus! at Conversations at The Crocker, call Linda Garcia, HSOSC site manager, at 364-9076 or visit www.hsosc.com. The Circus Museum at The Ringling has a variety of vintage posters. Contributed photo CITY MANAGER SCHEDULES OFF-SITE OFFICE HOURS To help facilitate community outreach and input, City Manager Tom Barwin this week held his first in a series of Meet with the City Manager office hours in north Sarasota. The office hours were scheduled at the Robert L. Taylor Community Complex in Newtown. "It's good to meet with members of the community outside of City Hall," said Barwin in a news release. "I like to find out what's on people's minds and listen to their ideas. This is an City Manager Tom Barwin has begun holding office hours in Newtown. Photo by Norman Schimmel