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Sarasota News Leader November 30, 2012 Page 78 Siesta Seen lage, to learn more about the program. "I have she said, SKA President Catherine Luckner information here all about it," she said. has been working with her. The cell phone number for reporting lost or Anyone who regularly attends SKA meetings found pets is 941-749-5665. The Facebook knows Luckner and her husband, Bob, are page is Siesta Key Lost Pet Hotline. true animal lovers as well. They have helped "We're trying to get the word out," Moore spread the word themselves in past cases insaid: "If there's [an animal that is] lost, we'll volving missing or found pets. be looking." The SKA will meet at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday, Moore will make a presentation on the pro- Dec. 6, in Room F at St. Boniface Episcopal gram during the Dec. 6 SKA meeting. Already, Church, 5615 Midnight Pass Road. THOSE BP DOLLARS Speaking of the SKA: Laird Wreford, the coastal resources manager for Sarasota County, was the guest speaker at the Nov. 1 meeting of the association. Wreford's main topic was the RESTORE Act — how funds from the federal government's settlement with BP over the Deepwater Horizon disaster in the Gulf of Mexico are going to be funneled to the affected states. When he made his remarks, Wreford was anticipating a federal settlement ranging between $5 billion and $20 billion — "with a 'b,'" he stressed. "The truth of the matter," he said, was that signs indicated the final number would be closer to the higher figure. That was not how things worked out, however. On Nov. 15, news came that the federal government and BP had settled on a figure of $4.5 billion. Sarasota County Coastal Resources Manager Laird Wreford explains the RESTORE Act to members of the Siesta Key Association. Photo by Rachel Hackney