WEEKEND BEST BET: Candidate Forum

Tea Party Manatee will present a Meet Your Candidate Forum from 4-6 p.m., May 23, at Mixon Fruit Farms, 2712 26th Ave. E. Residents of Manatee County will have a chance to meet the school board and county commisoner candidates.

The commission candidates scheduled to attend include Carol Whitmore and Sundae Knight (District 6); Robin DiSabintino, Roger Galle, Tim Norwood and Norm Luppino (District 4); and Michael Gallen and Gwendolyn Brown (District 2).

School board candidates will be Julie Aranibar and Albert Ysko (District 3); Barbara Harvey and Jane Pfeilsticker (District 1); and Karen Carpenter (District 5).