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JULY 2018 | 941.349.0194 | ISLAND VISITOR PUBLISHING, LLC | www.SiestaSand.net | COMPLIMENTARY
ALMOST THERE Status update on the petition drive that Siesta resident Mike Cosentino began in July 2016
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Evolution of the Swimsuit
Liberation began on the beach--women’s swimwear evolved despite regulations
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By Philip M. Farrell, MD, PhD
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Women’s swimwear evolved during the past century to reflect changes in the social climate. During the late 19th century, women typically wore wool bathing dresses— a beach frock over a slip buttoned up to the neck and covering the length of the legs. Some women also wore stockings to emphasize their modesty. As the Victorian era was ending, liberation began as the billowy, heavy layers of the earlier swimsuits were reduced to a lighter version. Continued on page 30
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As beach vacations became routine, the women’s apparel industry capitalized on the demand for innovative, attractive swimwear. Colorful, impactful swimsuits have become especially popular during spring breaks and the summer season. Stimulated in part by the avant-garde swimwear fashions displayed on supermodels in the annual swimsuit issue published by Sports Illustrated since 1964, the feminine swimwear industry has developed into a $3 billion per year business in the USA alone and $20 billion worldwide. Because of the lack of any prohibitions on beachwear in Sarasota County, Siesta Key is one place where its evolution occurred naturally without any restrictions.
A century of progress despite beach regulations elsewhere Meet Nancy Ferraro
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DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE Siesta Key resident Michael Cosentino, who remains embroiled in litigation against Sarasota County in a road vacation case, has filed as a Democrat for the County Commission District 4 seat
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SIESTA SOUNDS
Meet Twinkle Schascle Ursula Yochim
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BARTENDER OF THE MONTH
Meet Amy, bartender at The Old Salty Dog
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STREETLIGHTS
Streetlights on Siesta Key to make transition to LED starting in late July page
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Law-breaking ladies mock sign posted by Police Dept. stating: Warning Law Requires Full Bathing Suits
FDEP Secretary Grants Permit for Dredging of Big Sarasota Pass By Rachel Brown Hackney \ SarasotaNewsLeader.com Two days after U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida toured severely eroded areas of South Lido Key Beach, Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP) Secretary Noah Valenstein granted the Joint Coastal Permit that the City of Sarasota and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) need to dredge Big Sarasota Pass to renourish a 1.56mile stretch of South Lido. However, Valenstein did stipulate that the removal of sand from Cut — or borrow area — B of Big Pass and the easternmost 1,200 feet of Cut C may not occur from April to September. He further stipulated that the permit authorize the removal of up to 1.3 million
cubic yards of sand, instead of more than 1.7 million cubic yards, as FDEP would have allowed when it issued its December 2016 Notice of Intent to allow the project to proceed. Valenstein’s June 18 Final Order points out that the city and the USACE “did not model the effects of dredging 1.732 million cubic yards of sand from the ebb shoal and pass. There is insufficient evidence in the record to support an authorization to remove more than 1.3 million cubic yards of sand.” The two new permit conditions were included in the Recommended Order Florida Administrative Law Judge Bram D.E. Canter
Through the Eyes of a Veteran Colonel Stephen M. Golden MD, had a brilliant tri-service career serving for over 40 years in the United States Navy, Army, and Air Force. A graduate of Boston University, he attended New York University School of Medicine and entered active duty in 1973 upon completion of his Pediatric training at the Univ. of Colorado and Univ. of Arizona medical centers. His initial duty was as a Pediatrician at the US Navy Hospital in Guam. During this time, doctors were sorely needed in the South Pacific, and he received temporary additional duty assigned to the USS Quapaw, which was headed for the Trust Territories in Micronesia. This entire experience proved to be a watershed moment in his life, for he came to understand the sacrifice and dedication of our sailors. Arriving in the waters of Micronesia at Ulithi, Falealop, Sorol, and Palau, this young
issued on May 8, after reviewing testimony and evidence in a five-day Florida Division of Administrative Hearings (DOAH) case held in December 2017, mostly in Sarasota. During that proceeding, the Siesta Key Association (SKA), Save Our Siesta Sand 2 (SOSS2), and three individuals who reside on Siesta Key challenged FDEP’s plans to issue the permit to the city and the USACE. They presented expert witnesses who explained what they have contended will have negative consequences for Siesta Key and Big Pass itself if sand is removed from the waterway and its ebb shoal. Continued on page 37
By Diana Colson
and adventurous doctor climbed down a rope ladder from the deck of the ship to a rubber raft, where he and his shipmates paddled through fierce surf onto the beaches. He provided basic medical care to grass-skirted women, men, and children in the shade of palm trees and thatched roofs. In 1975, late at night while serving his Emergency Room duties, he received a call from his commanding officer directing him to meet a Flying Tiger Airline flight carrying sick and injured Vietnamese children being evacuated from their war-torn country. He was assisted by a first-class staff: a nurse, a corpsman, and an ambulance driver, who helped triage and move the sickest of these children to the Navy Hospital. Dr. Golden’s Commanding Officer was impressed with how he handled the situation! He was appointed as Head of Medical
Colonel Stephen M. Golden, MD Reception for all of the over 100,000 Vietnamese refugees just as the floodgates opened! As Viet Nam started to fall, C-130’s landed in droves, each bringing hundreds of refugees. As the first wave of Vietnamese deplaned, the Loadmasters would hand over boxes of knives and guns collected on the flight. “Here, Doc!” they’d say. Continued on page 10