The Islander Newspaper E-Edition: Wednesday, July 27, 2022

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JULY 27, 2022

The Best News on Anna Maria Island Since 1992 Astheworldterns 6 AM beachfront home gets green light. 3

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HB sets tentative millage for tax hike. 4

Meetings 4 Judicial review still pending on Cortez Bridge. 5

Opinions 6

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looking back. 7 AND: 1980 killing spree in Holmes Beach. 9

Save the date. 10-11

Happenings

Top Notch

Terry Martsolf of Seminole wins the fifth week of The Islander’s 2022 Top Notch contest with this pic of a wild squirrel quenching its thirst with coconut water on a hot day Wildlife rescuer celebrates at Coquina Beach. The photographer wins an Islander “More-than-a-mullet wrapper” B-day. 12 T-shirt and entry into the finals, which offers a grand prize of $100 from The Islander and gift certificates from Islander advertisers. There’s one more week to score a win.

For entry information, go to page 2 or review the rules at islander.org.

AME preps 4 2022-23. 13 What’s up on AMI? 11

Obituaries 14 Gathering. 14 GoodDeeds 15

Cops & Courts 16

Streetlife 16

HB takes steps to prohibit parking garages. 17

Nesting notes. 18

Demo underway Sarasota-based J.P. Services break down the drive-through structure at the former Regions Bank, 503 Manatee Ave., Holmes Beach. The building is being converted into a Publix pharmacy and liquor store, including a pharmacy driveup window, landscaping and parking improvements. Islander Photo: Jacob Merrifield

A loggerhead hatchling makes its way to the gulf of Mexico July 15 near lifeguard Tower No. 7 on Coquina Beach in Bradenton Beach after release by Anna Maria Island Turtle Watch volunteers. More, page 18.

Islander Photo: Courtesy AMITW/ Hans Duerr

Shark attacks. 19 Champs crowned in soccer. 20 Endure the heat to hunt the bite. 21

Isl Biz: 22-23

‘Is this the gunman?’

Buccaneer bash, turf building, chamber notes.

CLASSIFIEDS. 24-25

PropertyWatch 26 MarketWatch 26

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HB scripts ban on plastic straws, beach and park smoking People soak up the sun and splash in the water July 21 on the shoreline of Manatee Public Beach, 4000 gulf Drive, Holmes Beach. City commissioners are exploring prohibitions for smoking on the beach and plastic straws within the city. For the story, turn to page 2. Islander Photo: Ryan Paice

On Aug. 1, 1980, four people were fatally shot near the Kingfish Boat Ramp in Holmes Beach. The composite sketch — first published in The Islander 42 years ago — was one of multiple sketches created of the alleged suspect in a murdermystery that remains unsolved. Read the first part of The Islander’s two-part look at the killings on page 9.

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HB discusses bans for plastic straws, beach smoking

By Ryan Paice Islander Reporter

Holmes Beach officials are discussing a pair of prohibitions they hope can make a positive impact on the environment.

City commissioners reached consensus July 20 to move forward with a draft ordinance that would prohibit the distribution and sale of single-use plastic straws within city limits.

Commissioner Kim Rash was absent with excuse.

Schaefer Plastic straws, one of the most common types of single-use plastics — plastic products generally used once then disposed of — contribute to plastic pollution and are small enough to become lodged in sea turtles’ noses or ingested by marine life, which can result in death.

An academic report estimates that as many as 70% of seabirds and 30% of turtles have ingested some type of plastic from the ocean.

City attorney Erica Augello said she was tasked at a previous commission meeting with regulating singleuse plastics as a whole but, due to state preemptions, the municipality cannot regulate any single-use plastic or foam products other than straws.

Augello said violations would go before the city’s special magistrate for potential fines if necessary.

She asked commissioners for suggestions on how long after the ordinance’s adoption it should become effective.

Commissioner Terry Schaefer recommended providing businesses at least 90 days after adoption before the ordinance becomes effective, allowing businesses enough time to adjust their operations.

Commissioner Jayne Christenson said the proposed 90-day delay was a good start, but she would like to collect feedback from local business owners about their inventories before setting an effective date.

“This isn’t about penalizing businesses, this is about helping the environment,” Christenson said. “I think this is awesome.”

Commission Chair Carol Soustek agreed and asked code compliance staff to speak with local stakeholders Soustek about the potential prohibition and collect suggestions for a start date.

Commissioners also voted 3-1 to move forward with a draft ordinance that would prohibit smoking at public parks and beaches in an effort to limit the improper disposal of cigarette butts.

Soustek voted “no,” citing concerns the prohibition would be an “overreach.”

Augello said state law preempts the city from regulating smoking anywhere other than at city beaches and parks.

She added that the city could not regulate smoking in parking lots, only beaches and parks.

Mayor Judy Titsworth said cigarette butts also pose a pollution problem on the city’s beaches, where some people leave their cigarette butts in the sand.

She said the proposed prohibition would cover city field, the skate park, Grassy Point Preserve, as well as the city’s several pocket parks and public beaches.

Soustek opposed the prohibition as “too restrictive,” saying she did not want to take away the public’s rights. She said she participated in the city’s July 5 cleanup and didn’t find many cigarette butts. Instead, she said she saw mostly beverage bottles and beach equipment.

“I don’t want to become a police state,” Soustek said. “I don’t want to regulate everything. … Sometimes you’re looking for a problem and it’s not really there.”

“I don’t want to try to take another right from somebody,” she said. “I’m getting tired of every time I turn around someone saying, ‘You can’t do that,’” she added.

She said the prohibition also might be difficult for city staff to enforce.

Christenson said that, if it wasn’t already a problem, it’d be best to establish regulations immediately and prevent it from becoming one.

“This isn’t about the person smoking, it’s about the butts,” Christenson said.

Top Notch

Last call for photo contest entries The Islander’s Top Notch contest is open.

The contest celebrates what is known as the “Kodak moment.”

This week’s news includes the fifth of the six featured cover winners.

Please, send your “winners” to topnotch@ islander.org.

The weekly deadline is Friday, with the next submissions due by 8 a.m. July 29.

Each weekly winner will claim an Islander “More than a mullet wrapper” T-shirt.

And one weekly shot will take the grand prize in the contest, earning the photographer a $100 prize from The Islander and certificates from local merchants.

A pet photo winner will be announced in the final week.

Look online this week for complete rules and other details.

Please, note, each JPG must be included in a single email with the name of the photographer, date the photo was taken, location and description, names of recognizable people and the address and phone number of the photographer.

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Controversial beachfront home plans in AM receive green light

By Ryan Paice Islander Reporter

Almost nothing stands in the way now of the controversial beachfront home plans at 105 Elm Ave., Anna Maria.

City commissioners voted 4-0 July 21 to grant final approval for a right-of-way use permit to construct a public drive connecting Elm Avenue to the vacant lot.

Commissioner Deanie Sebring was absent for the vote.

The 12-foot-wide and 68-foot-long access drive will connect Elm to a proposed 2,144-square-foot three-story single-family home on Fedora Campbell’s lot.

Campbell hired Anna Maria-based Gagne Construction to build the home for $1.635 million but has faced opposition from several neighbors due to the lot’s seaward location in the city’s conservation zone, which allows limited development.

The proposed home will be situated seaward of any existing home on the roadway.

A few neighbors litigated the matter in an attempt to stop development, but an administrative law judge ruled in 2021 to uphold a building permit from the Florida Department of Environmental Protection.

The same neighbors also spoke in opposition to the development during city discussions of Campbell’s right-of-way use permit application.

That opposition might have played a part when the planning and zoning board’s May 16 motion to recommend city commission approval of the permit failed on a 2-2 vote.

Despite a mixed bag of public comments, city commissioners unanimously voted June 9 to grant the permit but stipulated that final approval would depend on additional plans to better address drainage and changes to the beach access path at the end of Elm. Gagne Construction office manager Madison Larkin presented those plans July 21.

“fantastic” and applauded the applicant’s efforts to address the commission’s concerns. He said that since the new beach walkway would be narrower than the existing path, the plans will result in a net gain of vegetation.

He added that the plans could serve as a blueprint if the city faces similar proposals in the future.

Commissioner Jonathan Crane said he was concerned the development will preclude potential development at 103 Elm Ave., the undeveloped lot seaward of 105 Elm Ave. Murphy said the proposed development would not preclude such development. He added that it is too early to know if 103 Elm Ave. is a buildable lot, but any issues would be addressed if plans to develop it were brought to the city.

There was no public comment.

Kingan moved to approve the right-of-way use Larkin said the revised plan involves excavating permit. the access drive and setting a 30-inch-thick layer of Commissioner Mark Short seconded the motion, crushed granite topped with a 6-inch-thick layer of which passed. rock mix, separated by a layer of filter fabric.

The original plan only included a 12-inch-thick By lisa Neff layer of rock for the access drive.

To account for displacing the entrance to the existing beach access path, the plan involves creating a new The Islander poll entryway by adding a 3-foot-wide sand path along the last week’s question access drive.

My beach playlist includes …

The footpath will stretch along the north side of 3%. “The Tide is High.” the drive before branching off to the northwest, where 34%. “Here Comes the Sun.” beach-compatible sand will connect to the existing 22%. “When the Sun Goes Down.” beach walkway.

22%. All of the above.

Sea oats will be planted in the section of existing 19%. None of the above. beach access path cut off by the new drive and beach This week’s question walkway.

Do you plan to vote in the Florida primaries?

The wooden walkover currently at the entrance of A. Yes. the beach access path will be removed.

B. No, don’t live here.

Mayor Dan Murphy said city staff reviewed the C. No, not interested. revised plans and recommended approval.

D. No. Forgot to register.

Commissioner Robert Kingan called the plans To answer the poll, go online to islander.org. gagne Construction office manager Madison larkin runs through a presentation July 21 for commissioners on the driveway, drainage plans for 105 Elm Ave. Islander Photo: Ryan Paice

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HB tentatively sets max millage for 2022-23 revenue hike

By Ryan Paice Islander Reporter

A tax hike remains in the cards for Holmes Beach property owners.

City commissioners voted 3-1 July 20 to set a 2.25 maximum millage rate as the city moves forward in its budgeting process for fiscal 2022-23.

Commissioner Jayne Christenson voted “no,” citing promises made last year to lower the millage in 2022-23.

Commissioner Kim Rash was absent with excuse.

The millage rate is the amount per Christenson $1,000 of property value used to calculate property taxes. The owner of a property appraised at $500,000 with a 2.25 millage rate would pay $1,125 in property taxes.

That rate would amount to a tax increase for city property owners who have seen a $429,544,799 increase in total taxable property value over the past year, according to the Manatee County property appraiser.

To avoid a tax increase, the city must adopt a 1.9509 mill rollback rate, which would net the same ad valorem revenue as the current year’s budget.

Under a 1.9509 millage rate, the owner of a property appraised at $500,000 would pay $975.45 in property taxes.

City treasurer Lori Hill asked commissioners to

budget talks

approve the 2.25 maximum millage rate for submission to the Florida Department of Revenue.

However, she said the city may be able to lower the rate due to its reserves and $750,000 initially budHill geted for a legal contingency to handle multiple Bert Harris act claims that have since been settled.

Hill added that city staff also must factor in rising costs and inflation while exploring options for lowering the tax rate.

Last year, several commissioners expressed support for lowering the millage but voted to keep the 2.25 rate from fiscal 2020-21 due to concerns that it would jeopardize $1.8 million the city received via the U.S. American Rescue Plan Act. Christenson said this year she hoped the commission would honor its previous words and lower the rate.

“We promised that we would lower the millage,” she said. “I would like to see us make a commitment to lowering the millage at this point and showing our residents that we actually are trying and doing every-

thing we can to lower the millage.”

Christenson, who said she would not vote for a 2.25 millage rate, asked city staff to prepare options for lower millage rates.

Commissioner Terry Schaefer suggested following Hill’s recommendation for a 2.25 maximum millage rate but agreed they should explore lowering the rate during the budget process.

“I don’t think there’s any doubt that we all remember last year, saying ‘Hopefully next year, if we win the Bert Harris.’ Well, we won the Bert Harris and our assessed valuations have gone up appreciably,” Schaefer said.

“We’re in a better position to give it back,” Commission Chair Carol Soustek said. “But it’s too soon to say we know all these figures. … So I think it’s wise to just go ahead and bookmark it 2.25.”

“We, of course, will hopefully lower it,” she added.

Commissioner Terry Schaefer moved to approve the 2.25 max millage rate.

Commissioner Pat Morton seconded the motion, which passed.

A first reading for a final budget and millage ordinance will be at 5 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 15, at city hall, 5801 Marina Drive.

A second, final reading and vote will be at 5 p.m.

Tuesday, Sept. 27.

Directions to attend the meetings via Zoom can be found on the city’s website, holmesbeachfl.org.

WMFR approves ALS reallocation, property assessment increase

By Ryan Paice Islander Reporter

West Manatee Fire Rescue District has spent the past few years building its non-transport advanced life support service.

Now, the service is officially incorporated in the district’s tax assessments.

WMFR commissioners voted 5-0 and 4-1 July 21 on two motions to reallocate funds from the district’s non-ad valorem tax assessments to cover its ALS service and to adopt a 4% increase in assessments for fiscal 2022-23, which begins Oct. 1.

Commissioner Al Robinson voted “no” to the second motion, increasing assessments for the upcoming fiscal year, citing concerns about the district’s spending.

The district’s non-transport ALS service provides similar critical care service as traditional emergency medical services but cannot transport patients to the hospital.

WMFR has built the service for more than three years and, by now, it has been incorporated at all three district stations and many of WMFR’s first responders have received paramedic training.

WMFR staff practice water rescue scenarios July 16, including the use of a backboard to provide spinal immobilization.

Islander Photo: Courtesy WMFR

Meetings

By lisa Neff

Anna Maria City July 28, 5:30 a.m., commission (budget).

July 28, 6 p.m., commission.

Anna Maria City Hall, 10005 Gulf Drive, 941708-6130, cityofannamaria.com.

Bradenton Beach None announced.

Bradenton Beach City Hall, 107 Gulf Drive N., 941-778-1005, cityofbradentonbeach.com.

Holmes Beach July 28, 10 a.m., program for public information.

July 28, 11:30 a.m., police pension.

Holmes Beach City Hall, 5801 Marina Drive, 941-708-5800, holmesbeachfl.org.

Manatee County July 28, 9 a.m., commission (budget).

County administration building, 1112 Manatee Ave. W., Bradenton, 941-748-4501, mymanatee. org.

Also of interest Sept. 5 is Labor Day. Most government offices will be closed.

Please, send meeting notices to calendar@ islander.org and news@islander.org.

So the district moved to officially incorporate the service into its fire assessments and sent a June 21 letter to impacted taxpayers informing them of the proposed change.

At a July 19 first reading and public hearing, where commissioners discussed the reallocation and assessment increase, three people spoke in support of reallocating funds to support ALS services during public comment.

Commissioner Robert Bennett called the reallocation a “no-brainer” and said he was happy to see the district’s ALS efforts come so far.

The 4% assessment rate increase was not proposed to cover the services — which have been incorporated in the district’s past few budgets — but rather to match the annual personal growth index, cover rising insurance costs and build reserve funds.

The district increased fire assessment rates by 4% last year and 2.6% the prior year.

The district’s current rates include a $203.35 residential base rate and a $0.1199 additional charge for every square foot more than 1,000, as well as a $505.38 commercial base rate with a $0.2188 additional charge per square foot more than 1,000.

With the current rates, residential property owners pay $323.28 for a 2,000-square-foot home and $443.22 for a 3,000-square-foot home.

Commercial property owners pay $724.23 for a 2,000-square-foot building and $943.08 for a 3,000square-foot building.

The district’s new rates include a $211.48 residential base rate and a $0.1247 additional charge for every square foot more than 1,000, and a $525.59 commercial base rate with a $0.2276 additional charge per square foot more than 1,000.

Under the new rates, residential property owners will pay $336.18 for a 2,000-square-foot home and $460.88 for a 3,000-square-foot home.

Commercial property owners will pay $753.19 for a 2,000-square-foot building and $980.79 for a 3,000square-foot building.

There were no public comments for the assessment rate increase.

The WMFR commission will meet next at 6 p.m.

Tuesday, Aug. 16, at the district’s administration building, 701 63rd St. W., Bradenton.

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Bridge fighter hopes judicial review exposes DOT missteps

By Kane Kaiman Islander Reporter

Monumental rulings take time.

It’s been about five months since the last filing in a federal lawsuit between the Florida Department of Transportation and four complainants challenging the agency’s decision to replace the 17-foot-clearance Cortez drawbridge with a 65-foot- fixed-span bridge in 2026-27.

Matt Farmer and Ralf Brookes, attorneys for the complainants, said July 19 there is no timetable for Judge Anthony E. Porcelli of the U.S. District Court, Middle District of Florida, to hand down a decision.

“I have no idea how long it’ll take before the order but I just know that the judge will certainly get to it as soon as he has time,” Farmer said. “He’s got many, many cases, a very heavy caseload, like all the judges.”

Complainant Jane von Hahmann, a Cortez resident, said the long lead time could be a good sign.

“I’m hopeful that the judge is just doing a really thorough review,” the former county commissioner said July 19. “And then that way, he will see that (the DOT) didn’t act as it should have. That they kind of jumped at what they wanted and just said, ‘Regardless of needing to do these things, we’re just going to pick a design and we’re going to go with it.’”

The complainants maintain the DOT inappropriately used a categorical exclusion to bypass U.S. National Environmental Protection Act-mandated environmental studies into the impacts of a high bridge during the agency’s bridge alternative selection process.

A ruling in the megabridge fighters’ favor would force the DOT to go through its bridge selection process a second time and conduct the environmental studies.

“I think once they do that, they’ll see that for the community, for the environment, even for traffic flow, increasing the height of that bridge is not going to help that, but it will have a huge impact on this community,” von Hahmann said.

The Cortez Bridge spans the Intracoastal Waterway, connecting Cortez on the mainland to Bradenton Beach on the Anna Maria Island.

High bridge schematics call for the construction of inland retaining walls 20-feet-tall at their peak near 127th Street West that would extend into Cortez about 700 feet along Cortez Road.

Von Hahmann and fellow complainants Joe McClash, also a former county commissioner, and Cortez residents Joe Kane and Linda Molto maintain the bridge walls would divide the community in half, separating the historic fishing village of Cortez south of Cortez Road from residents and businesses to the north.

Whereas people on foot now can cross Cortez Road at any point between the Intracoastal Waterway and 125th Street West, the high bridge’s walls would create a barrier, forcing them to cross along 127th

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A truck heads east July 20 over the apex of the Cortez Bridge.

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Street West.

To visit Cortez businesses near the Intracoastal Waterway, such as Tide Tables and the Seafood Shack restaurants, motorists on Cortez Road would need to utilize an approximately 675-foot access road stemming north from Cortez Road near 124th Street Court West that loops back beneath the bridge before feeding into 127th Street West.

According to DOT bridge selection study documents, replacing the Cortez drawbridge with a fixedspan bridge would reduce the travel time between Gulf Drive in Bradenton Beach and 123rd Street West in Cortez by 1 minute and 46 seconds for motorists.

The megabridge fighters advocate the selection of a 35-foot-clearance drawbridge replacement and von Hahmann said a favorable ruling would give Cortez residents another opportunity to voice their opinions about the best structural fit for the community.

About 70% of 1,229 respondents to surveys the DOT issued during its bridge alternative selection study favored rehabilitating the existing drawbridge, built in 1957, or building a mid-level drawbridge over replacing the structure with a high fixed-bridge.

“We got a good response before, I can’t imagine we won’t get a positive, good response again for supporting a lower bridge,” von Hahmann said.

Redo: Contractor fixes Anna Maria speed tables

A motorist drives over a speed table July 21 on South Bay Boulevard near loquat Drive in Anna Maria.

Residents had complained that the speed table, along with two others on the road, was not built to specification — a claim a city investigation confirmed. Mayor Dan Murphy told The Islander July 21 that Bradenton-based Superior Asphalt, which installed the speed tables, corrected the tables in recent weeks and that there have been no subsequent complaints. Islander Photo: Ryan Paice

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Opinion

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Potpourri

Yes. It’s summer.

But you wouldn’t know by looking at the national weather outlets — where the U.S. maps show people all over the country suffering heat and “feels like” temps that don’t just rival Florida’s summer — they exceed our comfort levels.

While 90-plus degrees is normal for us in the afternoons, the temperature July 24 in Boston was pushing 100, and feels like? Firecracker hot-baked beans.

“Tonight Show” host Jimmy Fallon proclaimed last week that we now have a new season: “Fall, winter, spring, summer and air fryer.”

Maybe here it’s two weeks of fall and winter, two weeks of spring, and air fryer — June-October.

Actually, it’s not all that unbearable here — with AC taking the edge off the warming climate.

But a nice evening on a covered deck with rain pouring around the sides, a breeze blowing and a great view of the water — and a cold adult beverage — well, that can’t be beat.

Make sure you enjoy the mornings on the beach before the sun turns the sand to blistering and take in the Gulf breeze and sunset after the showers.

I enjoyed the luxury of cool — 70-74 degrees — weather recently in Rhode Island. While there, the local news carried a story from Nantucket, where women were arguing before their elected officials for equal rights to sunbathe topless at the beach.

I recall it was the week of the Supreme Court decision that ended Roe v. Wade rights, and thinking that women’s rights had fallen deeper than the discounts at Filene’s basement — aka Bealls.

But the Nantucket women won.

In another matter, there’s a small feeling of victory in two long-sought ordinances that are headed to a final vote in Holmes Beach: No smoking on the beach. No plastic straws.

We’ve pursued for many years the end to Styrofoam dining, plastic cups and straws and plastic bags for the island — and especially for the take-out and outdoor dining establishments that serve customers great food and drinks in dinnerware and cups that degrade the marine and beach environment.

Of course, the Florida governor’s office stymied our efforts, limited home rule and now straws and smoking are what’s left to local regulations.

We hope Anna Maria and Bradenton Beach jump on the bandwagon.

The no-butts-at-the-beach, no-straws bandwagon.

I think topless beaches is too much to hope for!

— Bonner Joy, news@islander.org

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vent construction.

Dan Diggins, Holmes Beach While Holmes Beach commissioners seek to ban Editor’s note: Diggins is running for a commission multilevel parking structures, apparently Manatee seat in the Nov. 8 Holmes Beach election.

County Commissioner Kevin Van Ostenbridge seems to believe a three-story parking garage at the Manatee Pro Whitmore Public Beach will address beachgoers’ needs.

I have worked with Manatee County CommisIt will not.

City commissioners’ stated reason for the ban was sioner Carol Whitmore over the past eight years as the negative impact of an increase in beach vehicular Anna Maria’s mayor.

During that period, she has shown a keen interest traffic, as well as implying MPB is either at capacity in our city and our island community. She has: or close to it during peak days.

• Attended city commission meetings, listened to I did a beach ride-along with the police chief July our commissioners and residents and shown interest 4. The umbrellas were nearly touching each other. in our concerns; That’s with only 400 parking spaces.

• Proactively advised us of potential changes and Building a three-level parking facility at the beach would nearly triple the number of cars and exceed the direction from the county and the state that might impact our city; parking available at Coquina Beach.

• Assisted us in garnering funds to make improveIn a stretch of beautiful beach, slightly less than a mile in length, Coquina has 15 changing stations, ments to our infrastructure.

Sometimes we agree on issues while at other times three restroom facilities and six lifeguard stations. The Manatee Public Beach has a restroom, four changing we disagree. Either way, Whitmore always has been interested in Anna Maria. stations and one lifeguard station.

Her opponent has not taken the time to contact us, To match the length of Coquina, the Manatee beach would extend from 30th Street to 48th Street. attend a meeting or shown the least amount of interest If a parking garage is constructed, where do all in some of the challenges facing the city.

It has been my experience that most candidates these folks go? And, how do they get there? who run for a county commission seat have shown And, avail themselves to what amenities?

Certainly, matching or exceeding Coquina parking interest in our city.

Some have lost elections while others have gone capacity with a third or a quarter of available facilities on to win, but each has taken the time to show interest seems like a bad way to treat visitors.

Also, if a parking garage is built at the Manatee in our community and understand our challenges.

Whitmore’s opponent has never done so. beach, where will the 400 beachgoer vehicles park For the sake of our city and our island community, during construction?

I endorse Carol Whitmore for county commissioner Where will beach workers park?

If the county wants to build a parking garage, in District 6. I firmly believe she is the only candidate who cares about our city and our residents. issues have to be addressed.

Anna Maria Mayor Dan Murphy But by then, most likely our planned ban will pre-

A garage is not the answer

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Cruising in Bradenton Beach Automobiles head south on gulf Drive from the intersection with Cortez Road just west of the Cortez Bridge, with the Bridgeport condominiums in the background.

The caption for the 1982 photo reads, “Auto traffic goes along gulf Drive at the busy intersection.” Islander Photos: Manatee County Public library System archives

Cars in the sand at the end of Bridge Street in Bradenton Beach. The sign on the large building to the right reads, “Recreation Center” and beyond that building is a service station. The photo is dated 1947.

Looking back

10&20 years ago

From the July 24, 2002, issue

• Manatee County commissioners approved a grant application for $6 million to partly fund the purchase of 480 acres of wetlands from developer Bill Robinson for what would become Robinson Preserve in northwest Bradenton.

• Anna Maria Commissioner Chuck Webb received an OK from the Florida Commission on Ethics for his vote against the Villa Rosa subdivision. The developers alleged Webb had a conflict of interest because he represented the owners who sold to the developer.

• Marine scientists in Jupiter said a scarcity of sea turtle nests on Anna Maria Island likely was not due to beach renourishment but rather part of the cycle of sea turtle reproduction.

From the July 25, 2012, issue

Looking back

• The restaurant owner leasing the Historic Anna Maria City Pier proposed installing a gate and charging for parking in the north pier parking lot. Piergoers would be able to validate parking stubs. Pine Avenue visitors began parking at the pier lots after the city commission closed public parking at a vacant lot on Pine and Bay Boulevard.

• The Anna Maria Island Privateers were in a dispute with a former member of the krewe over possession and ownership of Santa’s sleigh.

• Manatee County first responders trained off Longboat Key to deal with water-based emergencies, showing off a new 32-foot rescue boat.

— lisa Neff

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BB sets continuance on rezone request — disputed by P&Z

By Robert Anderson Islander Reporter

Bradenton Beach residents must wait until September to find out about any possible changes to zoning in the Azure Shores subdivision in the city.

The commission voted unanimously July 22 to continue the first reading of an ordinance to noon, Thursday, Sept. 15.

In a June 15 meeting, city building official Steve Gilbert said the request for the city-initiated ordinance was meant to correct inconsistencies between the zoning map and the future land use map in the city’s comprehensive plan.

The continuance delays a squabble between planning and zoning board members and staff over the ordinance drafted by Gilbert and planner Luis Serna.

The staff request proposes rezoning about 2.53 acres in Azure Shores between Second Street North and Cortez Road and between Gulf Drive North and Highland Avenue from the multiple-family dwelling, R-3 designation, to MXD or mixed-use zoning.

The P&Z, however, had recommended the parcels, as well as much of the surrounding area, be rezoned to R-2 family dwellings and that the future land use of the area be changed to medium-density residential.

The P&Z voted June 15 not to accept the staff’s draft ordinance and directed staff to do a rewrite reflecting the board’s previous determination.

As of July 22, no rewrite of the ordinance had been submitted for the P&Z board’s consideration.

In other matters In other matters at the meeting, the commission: • Approved funding for server upgrades on antiransomware software and information technology professional services.

Gov. Ron DeSantis this year signed a bill into law that prohibits local governments from paying or otherwise complying with ransom demands.

Upgrades to the servers and information technol-

Bradenton Beach commissioners listen July 21 as city attorney Ricinda Perry discusses a Bay Drive South resiliency project. Islander Photos: Robert Anderson

ogy enhancements will bring the city into compliance with new legislation.

The commission also unanimously approved an Office 365 upgrade.

Fit Management of Tampa will perform the upgrades with the cost not to exceed $70,000. Funding will come from federal American Rescue Plan dollars and the city budget.

• Approved consolidation of the fee schedule for the planning and development department.

Building official Steve Gilbert did not attend the meeting but in a memo said the state had directed building departments to reduce permit fees appropriately when owners and contractors employ a “private provider” for plan reviews, inspections or both.

The building department’s revised fee schedule eliminates plan review fees when a private provider performs and certifies the review and to reflect a 30% discount when a private provider performs and certifies inspections for compliance with the Florida Building Code. The city had allowed a 15% discount since 2020.

A $750,000 project would now see a reduction of

Piney Point to discharge stormwater into Tampa Bay About 4 million gallons of stormwater will be released into Tampa Bay from the defunct Piney Point phosphate facility.

The permitted release was expected to begin this month and last a couple of days.

The site management team at Piney Point indicated the stormwater is not contaminated like the nutrientheavy wastewater released from Piney Point in the spring of 2021.

The stormwater discharge is needed so the gypstack can be closed, part of the ongoing process to permanently shut down Piney Point.

Suncoast Waterkeeper, in a post on Facebook, said a “woefully inadequate closure plan” was driving the discharge.

“We will follow this issue closely,” the nonprofit stated.

In the spring of 2021, about 215 million gallons of nutrient-rich wastewater was discharged into the Tampa Bay estuary to avoid a large-scale disaster at Piney Point.

The DEP approved the discharges, now the focus of a lawsuit filed by conservation groups, including Suncoast Waterkeeper.

Groups also are challenging the closure plan, which the DEP approved in March.

The plan involves moving Piney Point’s wastewater to a deep-injection well and covering the phosphogypsum stacks that currently hold the polluted water.

— lisa Neff

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Commissioners voted July 21 to support use of vertical delineators — such as these used in the historic district — on Second and First streets north to thwart illegal parking.

about $7,900 from previous fees of about $20,000.

• Voted to support recommendations from a traffic safety team for speed control equipment, such as extra speedbumps and vertical delineators.

Vertical delineators are intended to warn drivers of an approaching curve or to highlight an area in the roadway not intended for traffic.

The safety team — Police Chief John Cosby and public works director Tom Woodard — wants vertical delineators along Second and First streets north, where motorists often park in the sidewalk area.

City attorney Ricinda Perry addressed commissioners regarding the ongoing Bay Drive South resiliency project.

In January, the city authorized the engineering firm Environmental Science Associates of Sarasota to work on the project, which includes redevelopment of the shoreline from Bridge Street to Fifth Street South to introduce such shore protection elements as oyster bags, riprap, plantings and sand.

An August deadline for engineering and permitting is approaching and, Perry said, with the work about 60% done, the city should have all those tasks completed in the coming month.

The next commission meeting will be at 6 p.m., Thursday, Aug. 4, at city hall, 107 Gulf Drive N. “Anna Maria Island,” a signed pictorial history book of the island by Bonner Joy, is available for $20 at The Islander office, 315 58th St., Holmes Beach, or by mail. Visit islander.org or call 941-778-7978. $20 plus postage, if applicable.

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Looking back: Killing spree at the Kingfish Boat Ramp

By June Alder Islander archives

As I recall, I was the only reporter in The Islander office on Aug. 1, 1980, when someone yelled at me to pick up my phone. It was my mother calling.

Her voice was odd, whispery but urgent.

“I’m down here at Foodway. There’s been an accident or something — a man’s been hurt.”

I grabbed my camera and jumped in my car. It took me less than five minutes to round the bend at the Manatee Public Beach. That’s when I saw people milling around near Kingfish Boat Ramp.

I saw a car and boat trailer jackknifed near a pole.

I parked and raced over to a scene of chaos.

Sheets were draped over two figures being lifted onto stretchers. They appeared to be children.

A few feet away from the car, medics bent over a man stretched out on the ground.

Close by lay a deeply tanned man in red-and-white striped trunks. He was barely breathing. I could tell by the look on the face of a woman in a nurse’s uniform holding his head that he was close to death.

I moved in a bit closer with my camera. Through the viewfinder, I could see a small hole — about the size of a dime — in the man’s forehead.

Across the street at the Foodway, an ambulance was pulling out. A man had been shot.

I was beginning to realize the enormity of the crime that had shattered the pleasant afternoon.

Earlier Aug. 1, 1980, Juan Dumois, a Tampa physician, his sons Eric, 13, and Mark, 9, and their uncle, Raymond Barrows, vacationing from Miami, had left the boat ramp for a fishing trip.

Returning about 5 p.m., they loaded their boat onto a trailer hitched to their station wagon. Dumois and Barrows got into the front seat and the boys took seats in the back. Just as Dumois was about to drive off, a man stuck his head in the car window. He had sprained his ankle and asked for a lift.

The man and Dumois hoisted his bike into the boat

Emergency personnel and bystanders respond Aug. 1, 1980, in Holmes Beach, to a crash where three people were fatally shot and one person was injured. A fourth person was fatally shot at the nearby Foodway on East Bay Drive. The case known as the Kingfish murders remains unsolved. Islander File Photo

and got into the back with the boys before Dumois pulled away. The station wagon had gone only a few yards when the man pulled a gun and shot Barrows, Dumois and his sons.

The man turned off the ignition, steered the car to the side of the road where the trailer jackknifed, and grabbed his bike and rode it toward Foodway.

Retired Air Force Lt. Col. Robert Matzke, working in the yard at his Westbay Cove North condo, had observed the man leaving what appeared to be a crash.

Matzke pursued him to the Foodway in his sports car. He encountered the man there. Again, a shot rang out and Matzke became the hitchhiker’s fifth victim.

Most shoppers were unaware as the gunman got into a waiting car that disappeared into traffic.

Barrows survived the shooting but died of a heart

attack a couple of years later.

The investigation dragged on, artists’ conceptions of the killer were circulated, a reward was offered and more than 100 suspects were questioned but no arrest was made.

Investigators over the years have said the only chance for a solution is that someone will talk.

Will we ever know the killer’s identity or the reason for the massacre on that bloody Friday?

Editor’s note: This story, edited for style and length, first published in The Islander in 1999. June Alder worked for both papers, the old and new Islanders, including the time when the murders occurred. She is pictured above with her camera, upper left.

Next week …

The Kingfish Killings, Part 2. A story about a cold case and true-crime enthusiasts.

Correction

A story titled “AM approves island’s 1st paid parking lot” in the July 20 edition of The Islander incorrectly stated the fee to park for a day at the Sandbar Restaurant’s parking lot at 9902 Gulf Drive, Anna Maria.

The fee to park for a day is $32.45, according to the ParkMobile online mobile application.

People also can pay using an on-site automated kiosk.

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Scavengers Marketplace welcomes you to peruse the goodies for a good cause at the Island Shopping Center in Holmes Beach. Purchases at the store benefit Moonracer No Kill Pet Rescue — our favorite pet rescue group. Founder Lisa Williams is The Islander office manager and, along with board member/Islander sales rep Toni Lyon, leads the rescue efforts.

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Island happenings

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Mixed-media display at IGW larry Paul’s work will be featured at Island gallery West, 5368 gulf Drive, Holmes Beach, throughout August in “Anna Maria Sunsets.” Paul uses a form of “dirty composition” to extend the rawness of each piece, according to a news release from the gallery. gallery visitors can meet Paul 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 28. For more information, call the gallery at 941-778-6648 or go online to islandgallerywest.com. Islander Courtesy Photo

Compiled by lisa Neff, calendar@islander.org.

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT ON AMI Sunday, July 31 7:30 p.m. — Island Players auditions, “Cliffhanger,” Island Players theater, 10009 Gulf Drive, Anna Maria. Info: 941-778-5755.

ONGOING ON AMI Throughout July, artist Terri Westbrook’s “Serene Scapes” painting exhibit, Island Gallery West, 5368 Gulf Drive, Holmes Beach.

Information: islandgallerywest.com, 941-778-6648.

Throughout August, artist Larry Paul’s “Anna Maria Sunsets” exhibit, Island Gallery West, 5368 Gulf Drive, Holmes Beach. Information: islandgallerywest.com, 941-778-6648.

ONGOING AROUND AMI

Dec. 2-3, Bradenton Blues Fest, Bradenton.

Holmes Beach. Information: mymanatee.org/library, 941-7786341.

KIDS & FAMILY 2 p.m. — Sunshine Stitchers Knit and Crochet, Island Library, 5701 Marina Drive, Holmes Beach. Information: mymanatee.org/ ON AMI library, 941-778-6341.

Thursday, July 28 Sunday, July 30 10 a.m. — “Mad Science Fire and Ice” with Mote Marine Labo8:30 a.m. — Kiwanis Club of Anna Maria Island meeting, Braratory, Island Library, 5701 Marina Drive, Holmes Beach. Informadenton Beach City Hall, 107 Gulf Drive N., Bradenton Beach. Infortion: mymanatee.org/library, 941-778-6341. mation: 941-778-1383.

Friday, July 29 ONGOING ON AMI 10 a.m. — 40 Carrots for ages 0-5, Island Library, 5701 Marina Drive, Holmes Beach. Info: mymanatee.org/library, 941-778-6341.

Fridays, 11:30 a.m., Mahjong Club, Island Library, 5701 Marina Tuesday, Aug. 2 Drive, Holmes Beach. Information: mymanatee.org/library, 941-77810 a.m.— Family storytime, Island Library, 5701 Marina Drive, 6341.

Holmes Beach. Information: 941-778-6341.

Tuesdays, 11:30 a.m., Mahjong Club, Island Library, 5701 Marina Drive, Holmes Beach. Information: mymanatee.org/library, ONGOING ON AMI 941-778-6341.

Throughout July, summer reading program, Island Library, 5701 ONGOING AROUND AMI Marina Drive, Holmes Beach. Information: 941-778-6341.

Through Aug. 5, “Beyond Van Gogh: The Immersive Experience,” Starry Night Pavilion at University Town Center, 195 University Town Center Drive, Sarasota. Fee applies. Information: vangoghsarasota.com.

Through Aug. 13, Thursday-Saturday, Laser Light Nights at the Bishop, Bishop Museum of Science and Nature, 201 10th St. W., Bradenton. Fee applies. Information: 941-746-4131.

Through Aug. 28, “Metadata: Rethinking Photography in the 21st Century,” The Ringling, 5401 Bay Shore Road, Sarasota. Fee applies. Information: 941-360-7390.

First Fridays, 6-9:30 p.m., Village of the Arts First Fridays Artwalk, 12th Street West and 12th Avenue West, Bradenton. Information: villageofthearts.com.

Second and fourth Saturdays, 2-4 p.m., Music on the Porch ONGOING AROUND AMI jam session, presented by the Florida Maritime Museum and Cortez Cultural Center, outdoors, 4415 119th St. W., Cortez. Information: Through Aug. 7, “Sharks: On Assignment with Brian Skerry” floridamaritimemuseum.org, fmminfo@manateeclerk.com. exhibit, Mote Marine Aquarium, 1600 Ken Thompson Parkway, City Island, Sarasota. Fee applies. Information: 941-388-4441.

SAVE THE DATE First Wednesdays, “SOAR in 4” family night, The Bishop Sept. 15-25, Island Players present “Cliffhanger,” Anna Museum, 201 10th St. W., Bradenton. Fee applies. Information: Maria.

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Nov. 3-13, Island Players present “I Ought to be in Pictures,” SAVE THE DATE Anna Maria.

Aug. 4-7, Anna Maria Island Privateers Pirate Invasion Weekend, various locations.

Oct. 15, Anna Maria Island Chamber of Commerce’s Bayfest, Used & Consigned Musical Instruments Anna Maria.

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CLUBS & COMMUNITY ON AMI Thursday, July 28 Noon — Seaside Quilters, Island Library, 5701 Marina Drive,

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Tuesdays, 11:30 a.m., Rotary Club of Anna Maria Island lunch meeting, Slicker’s Eatery, 12012 Cortez Road W., Cortez. Information: 512-944-4177.

SAVE THE DATE Aug. 17, Anna Maria Island and West Manatee Democratic Club Summer Chat, TBD. Aug. 27, Kiwanis Club of Anna Maria Island meeting, Bradenton Beach.

OUTDOORS & SPORTS ON AMI Thursday, July 28 9 a.m. — Seashell Shore Walk with Manatee County Parks and Natural Resources, Coquina Beach, Bradenton Beach. Information: 941-742-5923.

ONGOING ON AMI AMI Dragon Boat Team-Paddlers from Paradise practices and meetups, various times and locations. Information: 941-462-2626, PlEASE, SEE CAleNDAr, NExT PAgE

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Privateers to invade AMI

The Anna Maria Island Privateers will navigate to The Compass and invade.

The “Return to Tortuga” siege will take place Friday-Sunday, Aug. 5-7, with the Compass Hotel by Margaritaville serving as krewe headquarters.

Plans Friday, Aug. 5, include a “tacky tourist” kickoff party and rum-tasting at the hotel at 6 p.m., followed by a cruise tour of Anna Maria Island aboard the Skullywag boat-float.

Saturday, Aug. 6, the plans will include a marketplace at the hotel and a gala pirate gathering at 6 p.m. at the Seafood Shack, 4110 127th St. W., Cortez.

The highlight Sunday, Aug. 7, will be a “bon voyage pirate brunch” at a location to be announced.

For more information, including costs, contact Kim “Syren” Boyd at 931-639-0986 or go online to amiprivateers.org.

Center stage

Kiwanis to meet ABOVE: Kids in the Center of Anna Maria Island’s summer drama camp perform a fairytale-inspired musical onstage July 21 at the Island Players’ theater in Anna Maria. lEFT: Center executive director Chris Culhane accepts a $2,000 contribution from Island Players president Sylvia Marnie. Culhane, in a Facebook post, said, “Thank you so much to Island Players for hosting the finale to our summer drama camp! … The donation helps us continue to give kids a special place to express themselves.” Islander Photos: Courtesy Jeff Higgins

‘Line please’ Auditions for “Cliffhanger,” the Island Players’ season opener, will be at 7:30 p.m.

Sunday, July 31, at the theater, 10009 gulf Drive, Anna Maria. For more information, call the box office at 941-778-5755.

GOOD TO KNOW

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The Kiwanis Club of Anna Maria Island will gather Saturday, July 30.

The meeting will be at 8:30 a.m. at Bradenton Beach City Hall, 107 Gulf Drive N., Bradenton Beach.

The speaker will be Terri Kinder, president of the Anna Maria Island Chamber of Commerce.

For more information, call Sandy Haas-Martens at 941-778-1383.

Seasonal planners

Local groups preparing for the 2022-23 season are encouraged to send their events calendars to The Islander, which is readying its preview of the season.

Please, email calendars, announcements, logos and photos to calendar@islander.org.

KEEP THE DATES

AROUND AMI Saturday, July 30 8 a.m. — Surfrider Foundation Suncoast beach cleanup, 100 N. Shore on Beer Can Island, Longboat Key. Information: 941-5047821.

ONGOING AROUND AMI Saturdays, 9 a.m., Robinson Runners run, walk stroll, Robinson Preserve NEST, 10299 Ninth Ave. NW., Bradenton. Information: 941-742-5923, crystal.scherer@mymanatee.org.

Saturdays, 9 a.m., Mornings at the NEST, 10299 Ninth Ave. NW., Bradenton. Information: 941-742-5923.

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Island wildlife rehabilitator, public servant marks 83 years

By Robert Anderson Islander Reporter

Ed Straight is a man of the community.

He celebrated his 83rd birthday July 11 but based on activity at Straight’s Bradenton Beach home, he’s not slowing down.

Straight and his wife, Gail, run the nonprofit Wildlife Inc. from their residence, where, Straight interrupted a July 13 interview with The Islander to answer a knock at the door and take in an injured bird.

Founded in 1987, Wildlife Inc. is a volunteer-run rescue and rehabilitation center — the largest in Manatee County, treating thousands of birds, mammals and reptiles over the years.

It hasn’t always been animals that interested Straight, who was born in St. Petersburg and has a degree in psychology from Columbia Union College in Takoma Park, Maryland.

Ed Straight cradles a rescued fawn in June 2017, found in east Bradenton and rehabilitated at Wildlife Inc. in Bradenton Beach. Islander Photos: Courtesy Ed Straight

Island

He returned to St. Petersburg after graduating in 1965 and has held jobs as a private detective, welfare officer and even a treasure diver on an expedition to South America.

He came to Manatee as an emergency medical services worker.

“Manatee County was one of the first three counties in the state of Florida to have a government-run ambulance service,” Straight said.

“They were advertising in St. Pete for help. I put in my application for St. Pete police and Manatee County Emergency Medical Services at the same time.”

Manatee hired Straight in 1973 and he moved to Bradenton Beach.

At the time, the rent for his two-bedroom cottage was $120 a month. He bought the property in 1979 for $33,000 and it housed both his family and, eventually, Wildlife Inc. Straight moved through the county ranks, becoming a lieutenant with EMS after three months.

In January 1981, he was promoted to EMS chief.

In 1983, he decided to pursue law enforcement training, went through the local academy and then became a reserve deputy with the sheriff’s office in addition to his EMS work.

Straight also ran the emergency operations center for 12 hours during Hurricane Elena in 1985 calling that operation “one of the worst nightmares I ever had.

We had like 100 ambulance calls, and we couldn’t roll any ambulances due to the wind.”

Straight had military vehicles requisitioned from the National Guard to use as rescue vehicles to respond to calls from the island.

Wearing his Manatee County uniform, Ed Straight poses with his grandson, Devon Straight in 2003.

Devon serves as a police officer in Bradenton Beach and Ed runs Wildlife Inc.

In the 1990s, he filled in as head of the county emergency communications center while still serving as EMS chief. The ECC included 911 call-takers, as well as dispatch for EMS and the fire departments.

In 1993, when the county separated EMS and ECC, Straight stayed with ECC — at the helm until his retirement in 2001.

Eleven years later, he hasn’t slowed down — thanks to his ongoing work at Wildlife Inc. He also has been active in local politics, including serving as a Bradenton Beach commissioner and this year as chair of the city’s charter review committee.

It seems the apple does not fall far from the tree.

Straight’s grandson, Devon, who grew up working at the rescue, is a Bradenton Beach police officer, recognized with the BBPD Officer of the Year award in 2019 and 2021.

happenings

It’s a day at the ball park for the Anna Maria Island Privateers and the Marauders!

Scoring scholarships The Anna Maria Island Privateers and their 2022-23 scholarship winners celebrate “Scholarship Night” July 15 with Marty the Marauder at LECOM Park, 1611 Ninth St. W., Bradenton, during a Bradenton Marauders game against the Jupiter Hammerheads. The Privateers awarded about $9,000 in scholarships to

continuing students and new students in post-secondary programs. For more information about Marauders baseball, call 941-747-3031. For more information about the Privateers, visit the Facebook page at AnnaMariaIslandPrivateers. Islander Photos: Courtesy AMIP Kim “Syren” Boyd

Followed by Christmas in July for the Privateers and the Drift In in Bradenton Beach

Ho-ho-ho! and a bottle of “Light!”

The Anna Maria Island Privateers celebrate Christmas in July with Santa and a community supper July 23, including raffles, prizes and holiday-like cheer at the Drift In lounge, 120 Bridge St., Bradenton Beach. The nonprofit dedicated to “kids and community” hosts the traditional party each year.

Thanks to Santa for arriving to cheer on the krewe.

Chad Kerns, wearing a gray shirt denoting a new member, helps serve up food at the party. Islander Courtesy Photos

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AME families: Get vaxed, stock up, check the class list With a new academic year set to begin Aug. 10 in the School District of Manatee County, students and their families are preparing to head into classrooms.

For Anna Maria Elementary families, preparations involve getting to know their teachers for the 2022-23 school year, stocking up on supplies and making sure vaccinations are up to date.

AmE NEWS E — lisa Neff, lisa@islander.org

Assignments announced

AME students can learn Wednesday, July 27, their assigned teachers.

Parents can call the school office for the assignments.

Enrollment — currently at about 185 students — is ongoing for the new year.

Dose of immunization

The Florida Department of Health in Manatee County is encouraging parents to beat the rush and get their children vaccinated and have school physicals completed ahead of the first day of class.

Kindergartners, seventh-graders and new and transferring students must provide proof of immunization to enroll in Manatee schools.

Children entering, attending or transferring to Manatee schools must have the following immunization shots: • Four or five doses of DTaP — diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis/whooping cough; • Four or five doses of IPV — inactivated polio virus; • Two doses of MMR — measles, mumps, rubella; • Three doses of hepatitis B; • One tetanus-diphtheria-acellular pertussis.

DOH-Manatee is holding back-to-school clinics, offering children the required vaccinations and physicals. The clinics run 1-4 p.m. Monday-Friday through Aug. 17 at DOH-Manatee’s main campus, 410 Sixth Ave. E., Bradenton.

For appointments and cost details, call the DOH at 941-748-0747, ext. 0.

Crayons are on a supply list for AME students heading to classrooms Wednesday, Aug. 10. Islander Photo: lisa Neff

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Back to School The Islander welcomes announcements of scholastic achievements from island students.

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• Aug. 2, teacher workdays.

• Aug. 4-8, teacher workdays.

• Aug. 8, back-to-school night.

• Aug. 10, students’ first day.

• Aug. 24, school picture day.

• Sept. 5, Labor Day, no school.

• Oct. 6, end of first quarter.

• Oct. 7, records day, no school.

• Nov. 2, early release.

• Nov. 11, Veterans Day, no school.

• Nov. 21-25, Thanksgiving vacation.

• Dec. 22, end first semester.

• Dec. 23-Jan. 9, winter vacation.

Anna Maria Elementary is at 4700 Gulf Drive, Holmes Beach.

For more information, call the school at 941-708-5525.

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Families with students eligible to ride a bus to AME must register online with the School District of Manatee County at www.manateeschools.net/registertoride.

There is no bus transportation provided for hardship or choice students attending AME. Supplies suggested Car-riding students can be dropped off in the AME Supply lists for AME students in the 2022-23

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Groups set cleanups, promote anti-plastic campaigns How many beer cans will they find on Beer Can Island?

The Surfrider Foundation Suncoast — dedicated to protecting oceans, waves and beaches — is organizing a beach cleanup for 8 a.m. Saturday, July 30, at Beer Can Island on the north end of Longboat Key. Volunteers will gather at 100 N. Shore, Longboat Key, for the effort.

For more information, contact Surfrider Foundation’s William Romberger at 941-504-7821 or williamhromberger@gmail.com.

Also this month, Plastic Free Coalition, which includes Surfrider, is encouraging people to mark

“Plastic Free July” by encouraging local restaurants and retailers to stop dispensing plastic grocery bags and other single-use items.

Meanwhile, Keep Manatee Beautiful, the county’s leading anti-litter group, is organizing cleanups for next month, with the first set for 9 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 6, at Coquina Beach in Bradenton Beach.

Volunteers will meet at the trolley-bus loop at the beach.

For more information, call KMB at 941-7958272.

— lisa Neff

Helpers called to Leffis Key

Closed-toe shoes recommended.

The Sarasota Bay Estuary Program and the Manatee County Natural Resources Department is calling volunteers to Leffis Key for a day of planting in the Bradenton Beach preserve.

Volunteers will assemble about 8 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 6, to plant native grasses and groundcover.

SBEP recommends volunteers get outfitted for the job — with sunscreen, water bottles, shirts with long sleeves and shoes, not sandals.

Lunch will be provided in a picnic pavilion across Gulf Drive at Coquina Beach.

For more information, call the county at 941742-5923.

Obituary

Richard George Foehrkolb

Richard George Foehrkolb, 90, of Bradenton and formerly of Holmes Beach, died July 16.

He was born Sept 7, 1931, in Baltimore, the youngest of 10 children.

He worked at Eastern Stainless Steel Co. in the hot mill for 30 years Foehrkolb and retired at age 49.

Soon after retiring, he and wife Ruth moved to Anna Maria Island, where they lived in Holmes Beach for 18 years, until the couple found a new home they loved in Bradenton and moved off the island.

He enjoyed hunting in Maryland with his six brothers and son, fishing at the end of 28th Street in Holmes Beach and playing cards with family and friends and the adventure of garage sale-ing, looking for treasures.

There will be no service. The family would like to thank Tidewell Hospice for their care and kindness to Mr. Foehrkolb in his last days.

Mr. Foehrkolb is survived by his dear wife of 73 years, Ruth Alice; children Joyce Lacher and Rick, both of Maryland, and Brenda and Darlene McNamara, both of Florida; granddaughters, Shannon, Tracy and Melissa; nine great-grandchildren; and four greatgreat-grandchildren.

At your service

Visitors in 1995 take a new boardwalk trail through leffis Key in Bradenton Beach. The trail provides walking access over tidal pools at the nature park.

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Obituaries are offered as a community service to residents and families of residents, both past and present, as well as to those people with ties to the island.

Submit to news@islander.org. Obituaries are provided free — a service of your community newspaper.

Paid obituaries can be discussed with advertising consultant Toni Lyon at 941-778-7978.

Gathering By lisa Neff

Serving bread and more gloria Dei lutheran Church volunteers help serve meals July 17 at Our Daily Bread in Bradenton. The volunteers — Heather and Bruce Freet, Ken and Beth Hauck, Barbara Bohner, Julie Miller and Davide Montanari — served 110 hot meals at the kitchen. For more information about gloria Dei, call the church office at 941-778-1813. For information about Our Daily Bread, call 941-745-2992. Islander Courtesy Photo

Tidings

Baptism celebrated The Rev. Dr. Dirk Rodgers baptizes Kallan Randolph Conley, witnessed by parents Alan and Kaitlinn, as well as extended family. The ceremony took place July 17 at Roser Memorial Community Church, 512 Pine Ave., Anna Maria. Islander Photo: Courtesy Roser Church

Roser Memorial Community Church, 512 Pine Ave., Anna Maria. Information: 941-778-0414, roserchurch.com.

Worship: Sundays, 8:30 a.m., 10 a.m.

ON AMI Ongoing: Second and fourth Thursdays, 11 a.m., Just Older CrossPointe Fellowship, 8605 Gulf Drive, Holmes Beach. Youth group programs; Sundays, 8:30 a.m., adult Sunday school.

Info: 941-778-0719, crosspointefellowship.church.

St. Bernard Catholic Church, 248 S. Harbor Drive, Holmes Worship: Sundays, 9 a.m.

Beach. Info: 941-778-4769, stbernardcc.com.

Episcopal Church of the Annunciation, 4408 Gulf Drive, Worship: Monday-Friday, 8:30 a.m.; Saturdays, 4 p.m.; SunHolmes Beach. Info: 941-778-1638, amiannunciation.org. days, 8:30 a.m., 10:30 a.m.

Worship: Sundays, 9:15 a.m. through Labor Day. OFF AMI Gloria Dei Lutheran Church, 6608 Marina Drive. Holmes Christ Church of Longboat Key Presbyterian USA, 6400 Beach. Info: 941-778-1813, gloriadeilutheran.com.

Gulf of Mexico Drive, Longboat Key. Info: 941-900-4903, christchurWorship: Sundays, 9:30 a.m.

Ongoing: Wednesdays, 9:30 a.m., social gathering, Manatee choflbk.org.

Worship: Sundays, 10 a.m.

Public Beach.

Longboat Island Chapel, 6200 Gulf of Mexico Drive, Longboat Harvey Memorial Community Church, 300 Church Ave., Key. Info: 941-383-6491, longboatislandchapel.org.

Bradenton Beach. Information: 941-779-1912.

Worship: Sundays, 10 a.m.

Worship: Sundays, 9:15 a.m.

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Worship With Us At Our Church Sunday Service 10:00 AM

The Rev. Dr. Norman Pritchard Men’s Bible Study: Monday @ 9:00 Women’s Bible Study: Wednesday @ 10:00 Visitors & Residents Welcome Watch Our 10:00 AM Service Live: www.bit.ly/cclbksermons or www.christchurchoflbk.org (follow YouTube link)

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Dear AMI, Happy Fourth of July.

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Assistance sought on AMI

Paddleboarding in island waters Michael Devera of Virginia paddleboards July 21 in the water near the Anna Maria City Pier, 100 N. Bay Blvd. Islander Photo: Ryan Paice

• The Anna Maria Island Chamber of Commerce, 5313 Gulf Drive N., Holmes Beach, seeks volunteers for its office and visitor information center. Volunteers typically work a four-hour, weekday shift. Information: becky@amichamber.org, 941-778-1541.

• Tingley Memorial Library, 111 Second St. N., Bradenton Beach, seeks volunteers for morning and afternoon shifts. Information: 941-779-1208.

• The Friends of the Island Library seeks storage space for donations to its annual book sale.

Information: 941-778-6341.

• Moonracer Animal Rescue seeks volunteers to offer foster and forever homes for rescued animals, as well as

The Busciglios gather their young’uns for the annual pyramid picture.

The 2022 Cousins Kid Pyramid features fifth generation islander kids ages 1-14 — all cousins from the Busciglio, Sheridan, Díaz, Bryant, Waygood, Smith and Porter families. Five generations of the Busciglio family have posed on the beach with friends for their Fourth of July tradition, including the Castellano, gonzalez, Cagnina, Kilichowski, Diaz and Sheridan families.

Islander Photo: Courtesy Dina Busciglio Sheridan

assist with technology. Information: 941-345-2441.

• The Roser Food Bank seeks donations. Roser Memorial Community Church, 512 Pine Ave., Anna Maria, administers the pantry, supported by All Island Denominations. Information: 941-778-0414.

Assistance offered on AMI

• The Roser Food Bank welcomes applicants who live and/or work on Anna Maria Island for food assistance, Roser Church, 512 Pine Ave., Anna Maria.

Information: 941-778-0414.

• AID offers financial help to those who live on the island, go to church on the island, attend school on the island and work on the island. Information: 941-7252433.

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Cops & Courts

High-speed car chase ends in arrest of 2 St. Pete men

Florida man arrested by HPBD for cocaine, concealed firearm

Holmes Beach police arrested Odessa resident Richard Patino, 53, July 17 on a second-degree felony charge for possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.

Patino also was charged with two third-degree felonies for possession of a concealed weapon and possession of cocaine, a controlled substance.

An officer responded to reports of a domestic disturbance and spoke with the complainant, who said she had been involved in a verbal altercation with Patino, who is her father.

The complainant said she no longer felt safe sharing the vacation rental unit due to him “almost killing her” about a year ago, according to the police report.

The complainant said Patino had left for a walk.

The officer located Patino, who said he had no weapons on him. However, on conducting a search, a loaded pistol was found in the pocket of his shorts.

The officer arrested Patino and searched his vehicle, finding a wallet containing a plastic bag of white powder that field-tested positive for cocaine.

Patino was transported to the Manatee County jail, where he was released July 18 on a $10,500 bond.

If convicted, punishment for a second-degree felony charge includes up to 15 years in prison and a fine of up to $10,000, while a third-degree felony charge can include up to five years in prison or probation and a fine of up to $5,000.

HBPD arrests Bradenton woman

By Ryan Paice Islander Reporter

Holmes Beach police arrested Bradenton resident Sophia Mclean, 18, July 11 for two third-degree felony charges for possession of a cocaine, a controlled substance, and more than 20 grams of marijuana.

Mclean also was charged with a first-degree misdemeanor for possession of drug paraphernalia.

An officer responded to reports of people trespassing in someone’s hot tub and found a woman, later identified as Mclean, entering a vehicle.

The officer approached and smelled “a distinct odor of burnt and fresh cannabis emanating from the vehicle,” according to the HBPD report.

The officer spoke with the vehicle’s five passengers, who said they had been in the hot tub.

The officer asked about the marijuana odor and Mclean produced 70.2 grams of marijuana.

The officer handcuffed Mclean while another officer searched the vehicle and found a bong and a bag

oncoming traffic and nearly collide head-on with another motorist, according to the police report.

The officer followed the motorist onto Manatee Avenue, where sheriff’s deputies and Bradenton Police Department officers had cleared the roadway and laid “stop sticks” to deflate the vehicle’s tires.

The fleeing motorist then drove into a landscaped hill, where the vehicle became immovable, and an HBPD officer and MCSO deputies arrested Davis and Graber at gunpoint.

A search of their vehicle found bags containing 90.4 grams of marijuana and 8.5 grams of cocaine.

Police also found a digital scale, gloves and ski masks, as well as “numerous driver’s licenses, identification cards and debit/credit cards from numerous different individuals.”

MCSO deputies transported Davis and Graber to the Manatee County jail.

Davis remained in custody with a $67,500 bond as of July 20.

Graber was released July 16 after posting a $7,620 bond.

If convicted, punishment for a first-degree felony charge includes up to 30 years in prison and probation and a fine of up to $10,000.

Punishment for the other charges vary from up to 15 years in prison and a fine of up to $10,000 to 60 An arraignment will be at 9 a.m. Friday, Aug. 12, days in jail, a $500 fine and six months of probation. at the Manatee County Judicial Center, 1051 Manatee Davis’ arraignment was not scheduled as of July Ave. W., Bradenton.

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— Ryan Paice An arraignment for Graber will be at 9 a.m. Friday, Aug. 12, at the Manatee County Judicial Center, 1051 Manatee Ave. W., Bradenton. for cocaine possession Manatee County sheriff’s deputies arrested St. Petersburg residents Tyrone Davis, 20, and Jordan Graber, 19, July 16 on multiple felony counts after the pair led police on a high-speed car chase through the city.

Davis, who allegedly drove the vehicle, was charged with a first-degree felony for aggravated battery of a law enforcement officer and a second-degree felony for fleeing law enforcement at high speeds, as well as two third-degree felonies for motor vehicle theft and possession of cocaine and marijuana, controlled substances, with intent to sell or deliver.

Graber, who reportedly rode in the passenger seat, was charged with a second-degree felony for possession of cocaine and marijuana with intent to sell or deliver and a second-degree misdemeanor for trespassing in conveyance.

The Holmes Beach Police Department’s license plate recognition system pinged a vehicle as stolen, so an officer located it and attempted a traffic stop in the Waterline Marina Resort parking lot after backup arrived.

However, the motorist rammed his vehicle into the driver’s side of an HBPD cruiser and drove away.

An officer followed the motorist, who was driving “in excess of 75 mph,” and saw him swerve into

containing 7.8 grams of white powder in the door by Mclean.

Mclean told the officers the powder was cocaine and she had purchased it and the marijuana in Bradenton.

The officers field tested both substances and they returned positive results for marijuana and cocaine.

The officer transferred Mclean to a Manatee County Sheriff’s Office deputy, who transported her to the Manatee County jail.

Mclean was released July 12 on $3,500 bond.

If convicted, punishment for a third-degree felony charge includes up to five years in prison or probation and a fine of up to $5,000.

Punishment for a first-degree misdemeanor includes up to one year in jail and up to a $1,000 fine.

An arraignment will be at 9 a.m. Friday, July 29, at the Manatee County Judicial Center, 1051 Manatee Ave. W., Bradenton.

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July 20, 100 Gulf Drive S., Baker Act. A BBPD officer responded to a call concerning a male causing a disturbance for a city employee clearing debris on the beach. The officer observed he was drinking alcohol and instructed him to leave the area. The man please, see Streetlife, Next Page

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HB ordinance banning parking garages set for final reading

By Ryan Paice Islander Reporter

A prohibition on parking garages in Holmes Beach is one vote away from becoming reality.

City commissioners voted 4-0 July 20 to send an ordinance prohibiting multilevel parking facilities to a second, potentially final reading and vote.

Commissioner Kim Rash was absent with excuse.

The ordinance would prevent a parking garage at the Manatee Public Beach, 4000 Gulf Drive, which Manatee County Commissioner Kevin Van Ostenbridge has proposed to make up for parking spaces lost to the city’s park-by-permit system.

City officials stand by the system, which they say protects residential quality of life by reducing roadside parking on certain residential streets.

Van Ostenbridge and other county commissioners argue city’s parking plan is unfair to off-island residents and have threatened to withhold beach renourishment funds.

Mayor Judy Titsworth said the city already provides its fair share with 4,783 spaces between beach Streetlife FROM PAgE 16

refused and said he wanted to harm himself. The officer issued the man a city ordinance violation for the alcohol and took him into protective custody. The man was transported to Centerstone Behavioral Hospital in Bradenton.

The BBPD polices Bradenton Beach.

Cortez No new reports.

Cortez is policed by the MCSO. Holmes Beach July 13, 500 block of Manatee Avenue, warrant arrest. The Holmes Beach Police Department’s license plate recognition system pinged a vehicle. An officer located the vehicle, performed a traffic stop and spoke with the passenger, who was the vehicle’s registered owner. The officer confirmed an arrest warrant for the

access, public parking, vacation rental and motel parking.

“We’re on the team and hopefully someday Manatee County will understand that,” Titsworth said.

Commissioner Pat Morton expressed doubt that a parking garage would make the difference county officials think it would.

“They’d have to add four or five of them just to change things a little bit,” Morton said.

Commission Chair Carol Soustek said the city’s beaches are already at or over capacity, an issue that a parking garage would only worsen. She said the county should seriously explore the creation of a water taxi to shuttle people between the island and mainland.

Commissioner Terry Schaefer moved to send the ordinance to a second reading and final vote.

Morton seconded the motion, which passed.

While there were no public comments, Dan Diggins, a commission candidate in the Nov. 8 election, wrote a July 22 email to The Islander explaining that Van Ostenbridge’s proposed parking garage would not solve the island’s parking and traffic issues.

Diggins wrote that Coquina Beach provides more

man and arrested him. The officer allowed the driver to leave and transported the vehicle’s owner to the Manatee County jail.

July 15, Manatee Public Beach, 4000 Gulf Drive and Manatee Avenue, marijuana. An officer saw an occupied vehicle parked after hours. When a man opened the door of his vehicle, the officer smelled marijuana. The officer announced he was going to search the vehicle due to the odor and the man admitted there was marijuana in the center console. The officer searched the vehicle and found a package containing 6 grams of marijuana. The officer confiscated the marijuana and issued a court summons.

HBPD polices Holmes Beach.

Streetlife is based on incident reports and narratives from the BBPD, HBPD and MCSO.

parking than Manatee Public Beach, but also includes multiple restroom facilities and lifeguard stations stretching along the shoreline, while the Manatee beach facilities are centralized in a small area.

“Certainly, matching or exceeding Coquina parking capacity with a third or a quarter of available facilities seems like a bad way to treat visitors,” Diggins wrote.

Van Ostenbridge also chimed in on the matter in a July 22 email to The Islander.

“Public beach access must be provided to Manatee County taxpayers,” Van Ostenbridge wrote. “Either via on-street parking or a parking garage, I support whichever option is preferred by the citizens of the city of Holmes Beach.”

In other matters…

City commissioners also: • Unanimously voted to adopt an ordinance and approve a resolution removing the fee schedule and establishing a resolution-based master fee schedule; • Reappointed Deb Sneddon to the planning commission as a second alternate for a three-year term ending Aug. 1, 2025, and Mary Lange as a member of the parks and beautification committee for a two-year term ending Aug. 1, 2024; • Unanimously voted to send an ordinance prohibiting automobile rentals in the C-3 district, the city’s most intensive commercial zone, to a second and potentially final reading; • Reached consensus to approve an addendum to a contract with Bradenton-based C-Squared CGC to include replacement of a pair of failing stormwater drainage pipes for an additional $154,649.30; • Reached consensus to approve an addendum to a contract with Bradenton-based Superior Asphalt to pave two sections of roads with asphalt for $47,199.

The commission will meet next at 5 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 23, at city hall, 5801 Marina Drive. Directions to attend via Zoom can be found at holmesbeachfl.org.

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If it is necessary to handle hatchlings, gloves should be used, as the turtles can carry salmonella.

Also, the tiny turtles should not be released into the water but set on the sand and allowed to enter the water because the females will later return to nest at their birth location, which is imprinted as they crawl across the sand as hatchlings.

Jayson Clayton, Holmes Beach code compliance officer, said July 21 that disorientations seemed to be caused by interior lighting.

Code compliance officers in the city will be reaching out to waterfront property owners to reinforce the need for closed window blinds at night.

In Bradenton Beach, code enforcement officer Ronald Peterson said July 22 that the city has issues with Florida Power and Light streetlights. The city has had discussions with FPL about shielding or dimming lights but there is yet no resolution.

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By Samara Paice

Never a dull moment

Volunteering can be a lot of work.

Anna Maria Island Turtle Watch and Shorebird Monitoring volunteers added one more task to their daily routine — saving disoriented hatchlings.

Loggerhead sea turtles are still busy laying eggs on island beaches and the nests that were laid about two months ago are now hatching.

However, some hatchlings aren’t crawling toward the Gulf of Mexico. Instead, they are crawling into the dunes — toward homes and businesses, away from the Gulf of Mexico, distracted by lighting that is not turtle-friendly, according to AMITW volunteers and Holmes Beach code compliance officers.

When sea turtle hatchlings emerge from a nest, they instinctively head to the reflection of light on the waters of the Gulf of Mexico, unless artificial lights distract and disorient them.

Once in the dunes, hatchlings are easy prey for ghost crabs, birds, raccoons and foxes. Fire ants also attack hatchlings, as documented by AMITW volunteers July 19 near Bean Point in Anna Maria. They also are subject to death by dehydration.

Four nest disorientations occurred July 20 near the Martinique North condos, 5300 Gulf Drive, Holmes

As of July 23, AMITW had identified 504 nests and 474 false crawls and reported 4,726 hatchlings to the sea.

Hatchlings recover after a disorientation July 20 near the 3000 block of Avenue F in Holmes Beach.

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Beach, and at the Bali Hai Beachfront Resort and Spa, 6900 Gulf Drive, Holmes Beach.

Beachgoers told AMITW volunteers they placed some hatchlings in the Gulf and employees of the Bali Hai used colanders to collect and release hatchlings.

But a mystery remained: Hatchling tracks that show them moving parallel to the waterfront stopped before continuing to the water.

In fact, they didn’t head anywhere.

Human footprints and bird tracks were found in the area, so it is possible people put the hatchlings in the water or the tiny sea turtles could have been predated by the birds.

Meanwhile, AMITW volunteers on the south end of Anna Maria Island reported eight disorientations in two days.

At one location, employees and diners at the Beach House Waterfront Restaurant, 200 Gulf Drive N., Bradenton Beach helped recover 80-100 hatchlings July 20 when they crawled into the outdoor dining area.

In another disorientation July 20, AMITW volunteers Hans Duerr and Birgit Kremer located six hatchlings in Bradenton Beach and released the turtles to the Gulf after observation to ensure they were healthy.

Volunteers said this is the most disorientations they’ve seen and they asked beachgoers to contact AMITW for assistance if they see hatchlings heading away from the water.

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Meanwhile, Esther, the first hard-shell turtle released for the Sea Turtle Conservancy Tour de Turtles, has traveled more than 260 miles since being tagged with a satellite tracker and released June 20 from Coquina Beach in Bradenton Beach.

Esther was tracked near Gasparilla Island July 20 and appeared to be swimming north. It was anticipated the turtle would nest again this season on AMI. The Tour de Turtles is an educational effort led by the Sea Turtle Conservancy. The official start date for the chelonian or hard-shell category is Aug. 1.

The Waterline Marina Resort, Mainsail Vacation Rentals, both located on Marina Drive in Holmes Beach and AMITW worked with the conservancy to make the tagging of Esther possible.

Esther’s travels can be viewed online at tourdeturtles.org.

For more information or questions about AMITW, contact volunteer Barbara Riskay at snqqpy24@aol. com or 404-275-9422.

About AMITW AMITW is a nonprofit focused on collecting data on threatened or endangered sea turtles. The organization also collects data on shorebirds. The nesting data is required to meet beach renourishment contracts and AMITW is compensated by the county for its service. For more info, contact Barbara Riskay at snqqpy24@aol.com or 404-275-9422.

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Findings on fins For nearly a decade, Demian Chapman — director of the Sharks & Rays Conservation Research Program at Mote Marine laboratory in Sarasota and adjunct professor at Florida International university — has led a collaborative team in tracking and monitoring the global shark fin trade. To date, the team has conducted DNA testing on about 10,000 scraps taken from processed imported fins sold in markets in Hong Kong and South China. They’ve found the common species that end up in the trade are open-ocean or pelagic sharks, such as blue and silky sharks. However, the greatest number of species in the trade — and many of the most common — live in coastal areas, including blacktip, dusky, spinner and sandbar sharks. Islander Photo: Courtesy Bekah Horsley/ Mote Marine

By Lisa Neff

Shark attacks

Two kids in my childhood neighborhood suffered serious dog bites one summer.

One kid opened the fence to a neighbor’s yard and encountered a Doberman pinscher that bit her chest.

Another kid suffered a bite to his chin while taunting a poodle with a croquet mallet.

I know dog bites can be unprovoked, in fact I suffered one in my neighborhood just a couple of years ago and still bear the scars on my right leg.

But some encounters can be Neff avoided.

I can just hear the moms in my old neighborhood.

“Mom, a dog bit me.”

“What’d you do to him?”

The same can be said of some so-called “shark attacks.” A person fishing underwater with a speargun might be reasonable in expecting some kind of negative, even bloody shark encounter.

The Florida Museum of Natural History’s International Shark Attack File in 2021 investigated 137 alleged shark-human interactions worldwide.

Four cases involved “boat bites” to motorized or non-motorized marine vessels, one involved sharkinflicted post-mortem bites, five cases likely involved a different type of animal or injury and the details for one case were unclear.

But the ISAF confirmed 73 unprovoked shark bites on humans. “Unprovoked bites” are incidents in which a bite on a live human occurs in the shark’s natural habitat with no human provocation of the shark.

The ISAF also confirmed 39 provoked bites. “Provoked bites” occur when a human initiates interaction with a shark —when divers are bitten after harassing or trying to touch sharks, bites on spearfishers, bites on people attempting to feed sharks, bites occurring while unhooking or removing a shark from a fishing net and so forth.

In its review of the 2021 numbers, the ISAF summarized, “The total number of unprovoked shark bites worldwide is extremely low, given the number of people participating in aquatic recreation each year.”

But let’s talk about human attacks on sharks. I can say with confidence that they outnumber shark attacks on humans.

Shark fins at a market. Researchers warn that without management, many of the coastal shark species could become extinct.

Islander Photo: Courtesy Stan Shea

Five years ago, a local attack in which area men dragged a blacktip behind their boat made international headlines as people became enraged over the animal cruelty and also because of the joyful exuberance on the videos that showed the anglers dragging the blacktip and shooting other sharks with guns.

But I don’t need to go back five years for examples of humans attacking sharks. At least once a month this year I’ve read a Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission report on human harm to sharks: a shark found with a cast net entangled in its rostrum, a fisher catching shark without a shore-based shark permit, anglers possessing a filleted shark without permits and others possessing de-finned blacktips.

A 2017 study, published in Fisheries Research, found hundreds of incidents of illegal shark fishing occur in the state each year, including landing protected species.

And you’ll find similar assessments from conservation agencies in other states and at the federal level.

SharkWatch.org says recreational shark fishing is on the rise, citing estimates from 2007-17 that more than 66 million sharks were caught on the U.S. east coast, including 1.2 million prohibited species.

SharkWatch also reports the U.S. recreational shark fishery kills twice as many large species of sharks than the commercial fishery. Some of the sharks are harvested but others die after they’re returned to the water in what’s classified as “unintentional” mortality.

What would mom say?

Mine would say, why the heck are you fishing for shark?

Another might say, if you must catch and release a shark, do so with someone who knows what they heck they’re doing.

Nesting ground nearby?

An online tool, ShoreMapper, can help government agencies, property owners and developers determine the potential for a project to impact beach-nesting birds, specifically American oystercatchers, snowy plovers, least terns and black skimmers.

The resource can be found at gis.myfwc.com/shoremapper.

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Champs crowned in indoor soccer

At the club Golf action at the Key Royale Club in Holmes Beach got started July 18 with the men’s weekly ninehole modified-Stableford system match. Ron Vandeman grabbed clubhouse bragging rights on a plus-3 — three points above his average. Gary Razze and Quentin Talbert both finished at their average.

Members played an eight-hole scramble July 21as one hole was for sod maintenance. A three-way tie for the win was carded by the teams of Scott Mitchell, Sean Purcell and Kurt Snouffer, the team of Jim Hill, Ken Nagengast and Terry Schaefer and the team of Rod Hammond, Art McMillan and Quentin Talbert at 2-under-par 27.

By Kevin P. Cassidy Islander Reporter

It’s summer and soccer has two teams celebrating championship wins on AMI. Solid Rock Construction captured the U9 division indoor soccer championship July 19, while Progressive Cabinetry took home the U13 cup, ending another fun and exciting summer season in the gym at the Center of Anna Maria Island, 407 Magnolia Ave., Anna Maria.

Cassidy The U9 championship game saw Solid Rock Construction edge Ugly Grouper by a 4-2 score thanks to a hat trick from Aidan Guess and a goal from Matthew Darak. Turner Worth added an assist in the victory for Solid Rock.

Landon Leach and Beau Sanson each scored goals for Ugly Grouper in the loss.

The U9 championship run July 19 was preceded by the third-place matchup between Blalock Walters and Bridgetender Inn. Blalock Walters edged Bridgetender Inn by a 1-0 score on a goal from Olivia Wyatt and an assist by Camden Rudacille.

The U13 championship match was a nail-biter that saw Progressive Cabinetry polish off an undefeated season with a 4-3 victory over Moss Builders. Barrett

Jerry Disbrow, left, teamed up with Bob Baker to post the lone 3-0 record and win the July 23 horseshoe competition at the Anna Maria City Hall pits.

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Raina led Progressive with three goals, while Jackson Wyatt finished with a goal.

Callin Westfall paced Moss Builders with a pair of goals, while Mason Moss finished with a goal and an assist. Elisabeth ten Haaf added an assist to round out the scoring in the loss.

The third-place matchup for Freckled Fin and Shady Lady also ended with a 4-3 score in favor of Freckled Fin. Congrats to the winners!

Horseshoe news Horseshoe action July 20 at the Anna Maria City Hall pits was short and sweet. Steve Doyle posted the lone 3-0 record and was the outright champ.

A three-way playoff of 2-1 teams was looking likely during the July 23 games, but the team of Jerry Disbrow and Bob Baker had other plans. Trailing 16-17 in their final game, the duo rallied for a 22-17 victory thanks to a game-ending double-ringer by Disbrow that gave the pair the day’s bragging rights.

Play gets underway at 9 a.m. Wednesdays and Saturdays at the Anna Maria pits. Warmups begin at 8:45 a.m. followed by random team selection.

There is no charge to play and everyone is welcome.

Solid Rock Construction: U9 indoor soccer champs Progressive Cabinetry: U13 indoor soccer champs Ethan Angel, Barrett Raina, Mattox Caseman, Jackson Wyatt, Alonso Valle and Walker Wyatt. Islander Photo: Courtesy CofAMI

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Patience, endurance needed to brave the heat, hunt a bite

By Capt. Danny Stasny Islander Reporter

Fishing around Anna Maria Island is rewarding for anglers with enough patience and endurance to brave the heat.

For anglers hoping to stock up on some fillets, the offshore bite is where it’s at — but the sun can be relentless.

The American red snapper bite is going strong with limits of fish being Stasny reported daily on offshore fishing charters. The bite is occurring well offshore in depths of 150 feet or more, which requires some dedication on the part of anglers.

Those willing to spend eight or 10 hours on a boat — mostly under a hot, reflective sun — are being rewarded with many fish dinners.

While offshore, a variety of other species are being caught, including red grouper, mangrove and yellowtail snapper, mahi and blackfin tuna.

And if you’re lucky enough to come back to the dock with all the species mentioned, then spending numerous hours on the boat in the heat was likely worthwhile.

The inshore bite — although slightly more challenging — is producing results for anglers who have

Wes Saxon, 10, shows off his catch — a toothy, hefty 51-and-a-half-inch barracuda — he caught and wrangled to the deck at the Anna Maria City Pier. Dad removed the hook but, according to mom louise Saxon, Wes has some polished fishing skills. His best luck comes at the city pier, where he’s also hooked up a large cownose ray, a 3-foot nurse shark, many snook, Spanish mackerels and mangrove snappers. He freely puts his knowledge to use, helping tourists and novices with dehooking, bait tips and identifying their catches. Wes is a rising fifth-grader at gene Witt Elementary in the gifted education program.

Former West Manatee Fire Chief Tom Sousa shows off a 5-foot wahoo he caught July 15 in 150 feet of water off Anna Maria using a stink bait — squid and sardine — on a fishing trip with Pat Shields, right, and Capt. Phil Shields.

Phil fishes for fun, having retired from running a successful charter business for many years out of galati Marine.

the option to stay closer to shore and spend only a few hours on the water.

Catch-and-release snook fishing is fairly consistent, as long as you can be the first one to a spot. You may encounter a redfish or two while targeting snook across the shallow flats adjacent to the mangroves.

On the deeper flats, spotted seatrout are waiting to be caught. And, mixed in with the trout, are numerous mangrove snapper, which are always a welcome addition to the cooler. Spanish mackerel, ladyfish and jacks are a possibility in these areas, adding variety to the bite.

On my Just Reel charters, we are hooking up with a fair amount of catch-and-release snook — measuring 20-30 inches — while working the shallow grass flats of Tampa Bay. Some chumming of live shiners is helping to get the fish motivated to take our bait.

On the deeper grass flats, I’m putting my clients on mangrove snapper and spotted seatrout, which can provide clients with a nice fish fry.

Capt. Jason Stock is impressed with the American red snapper bite while working offshore in the Gulf of Mexico. In depths exceeding 150 feet, Stock is finding more red snapper than his clients can handle and they’re easily coming back to the dock with limits of the tasty fish. Red grouper are present at these depths and are being caught in the 15-pound range.

Slightly shallower, in depths of 80-100 feet, Stock is finding many yellowtail snapper, as well as scamp grouper. Fishing floating debris at these depths also is leading to action on tripletail and mahi.

Fishing bait schools in these depths is worthwhile, as Stock has had good luck on blackfin tuna that forage on the surface.

Capt. David White also is finding limits of American red snapper while working offshore in the Gulf of Mexico. Using live or frozen baits in depths of 150180 feet is leading to limits of the hard-fighting large snappers. In the same areas, White also is putting clients on large red grouper.

Trolling while offshore is attracting the blackfin tuna for White’s anglers, especially when the bait

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schools are present.

Large mangrove snapper are being caught on White’s charters while working in depths of 60-80 feet.

Moving inshore, White says the primary bite is snook. Free-lining live shiners over grass flats is resulting in numerous hookups on catch-and-release linesiders.

Lastly, mangrove snapper are being found on structure and on deeper flats in Sarasota Bay. Capt. Warren Girle is finding a variety of fish in a variety of spots. He reports that reef fishing in the Gulf of Mexico is yielding mangrove snapper — with some measuring up to 20 inches. On some days, sharks are infesting the reefs, which makes it challenging to reel up the snapper, although on days when the sharks are absent, the bite is quite good.

Fishing the flats of Sarasota Bay also is producing action for Girle. On the deeper flats, spotted seatrout and mangrove snapper are apparent as well as bluefish and Spanish mackerel.

Upon leaving the deeper flats and moving to the mangrove shoreline, Girle is putting clients onto an occasional redfish. Casting fresh-cut chunks of pinfish up against the bushes is proving successful.

Jim Malfese at the Rod & Reel Pier says mangrove snapper are being caught by anglers using live shrimp as bait. Casting the shrimp under the pier deck is yielding the best results. Most catches are 12 inches, although larger snapper are present.

Catch-and-release snook are taking live shrimp offerings, but are under the minimum-size of 28 inches.

Larger snook can be hooked using large bait such as pinfish or mojarras. Finally, casting silver spoons or speck rings around the edges of the hatch bait schools is producing some mackerel and ladyfish hookups.

Send high-resolution photos and fishing reports to fish@islander.org.

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Cold cuts, warm toes Would you like vitamin D with that?

After a yearlong delay, Holmes Beach’s Scott’s Deli opened its patio July 22 to accommodate outdoor dining and toes in the grass.

Workers for Diamond Turf — an artificial turf and putting green installation service founded by four-time Major League Baseball All-Star Mark Melancon — did the job.

Owners Scott and Jamie Mason opted to install the grassy surface after failing to source stone patio materials for about a year due to pandemic-related shortages.

“It looks really good. I’m very impressed,” Jamie Mason said July 22.

The patio has two bistro-style tables and two picnic tables with umbrellas.

“We’ve always struggled with having space for people to sit,” Jamie Mason said. “Large families come and they want to sit and have their meal together. So, now, this is going to open up the opportunity for us to have more people in the restaurant and let other people have a sit down as a family.”

The Masons credited their landlords, Ben and Karen ten Haaf of Lizzie Lou Rentals, for moving the installation process forward.

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Pirate party “Pirates of the Caribbean” fans would’ve called it Tortuga-esque.

Loaded Cannon Distillery staged a mini-festival for its three-year anniversary.

The July 16 celebration at the distillery, 3115 Lakewood Ranch Blvd., Suite 110, Bradenton, featured three musical acts, two food trucks, several vendors, a raffle, rock climbing, ax throwing and face painting.

Members of the Anna Maria Island Privateers and Hernando De Kaiman Soto Historical Society attended, arriving at the buccaneer-themed distillery on their pirate parade ships.

“We always say, ‘Get loaded at the cannon,’ but it was a very good crowd, it wasn’t rowdy,” owner Steve Milligan said July 19. “I’m guessing we had a little over 1,000 people show up.”

The anniversary bash came on the heels of other good news for the distillery and tasting room.

In June, the outfit’s straight bourbon whiskey won a gold medal at San Francisco’s Bartender Spirit Awards and, later that month, Milligan mounted a replica of the Black Pearl sail ship from the “Pirates of the Caribbean” film series in the distillery’s tasting room.

The replica took master woodworker Dennis Perry three years to build.

Loaded Cannon hosts food trucks and a music event every Friday.

Acoustic Americana and blues specialist Bodie Valdez will play 5-8 p.m. Friday, July 29, while the Taste Time To Love US food truck churns out Philly cheesesteaks and other sandwiches.

For more information, visit loadedcannondistillery. com, the establishment’s Facebook page or call 941900-1482.

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Civic-minded chamber chairman breakfasts with biz leaders

By Kane Kaiman Islander Reporter

Rick Bisio wants to make it easier for business owners to bring home the bacon.

As chairman of the Manatee Chamber of Commerce board of directors, the 22-year Bradenton Beach resident hosted a breakfast event July 14 at Bradenton Beach’s Anna Maria Oyster Bar. Chamber members and staff gathered at the restaurant to network and discuss business challenges.

It was the fourth breakfast get-together Bisio has staged since he was elected chairman in January.

The events have uncovered a “consistent refrain,” Bisio said.

“No matter where we are in the county, the two biggest challenges that the businesses are consistently discussing right now, one is finding employees and the second is housing,” he said. “So it’s hard to find employees and, if you find an employee, where are they going to live?”

“The reality is the chamber by itself cannot address either one of those. But the one thing we have done is created a committee on the housing task force and we actually convened a meeting about three weeks ago,” Bisio said July 12.

The breakfast forums are helping identify problems the chamber can address by facilitating communication between business owners, politicians and other stakeholders.

The latest housing task force meeting brought together “very high-level, empowered individuals” from Sarasota and Manatee counties and began “a series of conversations that will hopefully evolve into moving the ball down the field a little bit” in terms of creating affordable housing for service people, Bisio

Manatee Chamber of Commerce’s 2022 board chair is Rick Bisio, a 22-year Bradenton Beach resident. He’s attending a July 14 chamber breakfast at Bradenton Beach’s Anna Maria Oyster Bar.

said.

He sees the meeting as an example of the ways in which the chamber advances its mission of not only bolstering area businesses but the community as well.

“It’s really a balance of those two things, which is unusual, because most chambers are really focused just on businesses,” Bisio said.

The organization — comprising approximately 2,000 members, about 800 more than the next largest chamber on the state’s west coast — is a “bottom-up” outfit that employs almost two dozen task forces and committees to tackle issues affecting businesses and community.

The chamber’s problem-solving groups include downtown redevelopment, education and workforce partnership and health care committees and also a small business council.

Bisio — who founded a national franchisee con-

Rick Bisio, left, speaks to a gathering of businesspeople and stakeholders at a July 14 Manatee Chamber of Commerce leadership breakfast, meant to serve as a forum for commercial and community problem-solving.

Islander Photos: Courtesy Manatee Chamber

Edward Jones financial adviser John Campora, left, Cheesecake Cutie and Cafe co-owner george Maize and Bekins Moving Solutions director of sales and business development John Renkawitz smile for a photo at a July 14 Anna Maria Island Chamber of Commerce luncheon at Harry’s grill in Anna Maria. Islander Photos: Courtesy AMICC

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sultancy agency and joined the chamber in 2002 — is passionate about the organization’s mission.

“I’ve been very blessed with my business. It’s very successful, it works on a national basis. So the local piece isn’t that important to me from a business point of view, but I do believe strongly in giving back to the community,” he said.

“I believe that a healthy community is a community where people are involved and engaged and trying to do good, not in an adversarial way, but in a way that’s designed to solve problems,” Bisio said.

“And the chamber allows for that connectivity into the community and it allows me to give back.”

The Kansas native, who moved to Bradenton Beach in 2000 from Atlanta with his wife, AnneLise, served his community at the city level, chairing the Bradenton Beach Planning and Zoning Board 2002-12.

“It goes back to the same concept,” he said. “Why would I be on P&Z? I’m not a builder. Why would I even do that? Well, it opens my mind to a world that I don’t know. It’s a way to stay engaged and to contribute and to give back and to show appreciation for a pretty blessed life.”

Bisio, father of two college-aged children, is a nationally renowned franchise coach who, in 2008, wrote “The Educated Franchisee,” a bestselling book on franchising.

He’s been an owner and part-owner of franchised businesses and franchises, including a Snap Fitness center in Bradenton, and has plans to open three Ellie Mental Health counseling centers in Manatee and Sarasota counties in the next two years.

Prior to becoming chairman of the chamber’s board, Bisio served on the board of directors and executive committee for 15 years.

He’s honored to have been elected and sees the role as the pinnacle of his community service career.

“A question I ask myself is, ‘After you’re done with this, what could you possibly do that’s better?”

Bisio said. “So, I’ve been kind of mulling that over and I haven’t come up with any answers yet.”

Mark and Jan labriola, owners of Harry’s grill, welcome Anna Maria Island Chamber of Commerce guests to their July 14 luncheon. Islander Photo: Toni lyon

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Island real estate transactions

203 Harbor Drive, Holmes Beach, a 2,636 sq ft 5BR/4BA pool home on a 5,445 sq ft lot built in 2011 sold 5/12/2022 by Coral AMI LLC to Clark for $3,717,000, list price $3,795,000.

699 Key Royale Drive, Holmes Beach, a 5,118 sq ft 4BR/4BA home on a 15,002 sq ft lot built in 1998 sold 5/31/2022 by Tabaie to Cypress Business Park LLC for $4,900,000, list price $4,900,000.

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529 77th St., Holmes Beach, a 5,300 sq ft 5BR/5BA home on a 9,631 sq ft lot built in 2012 sold 5/13/2022 by Leggio to Signor for $6,175,000, list price $6,495,000. 606 Jacaranda Road, Anna Maria, a 1,900 sq ft 3BR/2BA pool home on a 8,500 sq ft lot built in 1991 sold 6/27/2022 by Smith to BFI Investment LLP for $2,650,000, list price $2,795,000.

116 Palmetto Ave., Anna Maria, a 2,236 sq ft 4BR/3BA pool home on a 5,502 sq ft lot built in 2022 sold 6/22/2022 by Knee to Varner for $3,965,000, list price $3,999,000.

1801 Gulf Drive, #264, Bradenton Beach, a 691 sq ft 1BR/1BA condo at Runaway Bay built in 1978 sold 6/28/2022 by Horning to Wells for $450,000, list price $450,000.

1801 Gulf Drive, #177, Bradenton Beach, a 1,080 sq ft 2BR/2BA condo in Runaway Bay built in 1978 sold 5/6/2022 by Ham to Darling for $550,000, list price $525,000.

1325 Gulf Drive, #262 , Bradenton Beach, a 1,140 sq ft 2BR/2BA condo in Tortuga built in 2006 sold 6/15/2022 by Schrank to Douglas for $739,000, list price $749,000.

2509 Ave. B, Bradenton Beach, a vacant 5,001 sq ft lot sold 5/18/2022 by Campbell to 2509 Avenue B LLC for $900,000, list price $700,000.

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3805 E. Bay Drive, #306, Holmes Beach, a 1,146 sq ft 2BR/2BA condo at Sunbow Bay built in 1979 sold 6/9/2022 by Elliot to Williams for $650,000, list price $650,000.

6301 Gulf Drive, Holmes Beach, a 1,206 sq ft 3BR/2BA home on a 2,879 sq ft lot built in 1988 sold 6/17/2022 by Andrews to EHB of Tampa Bay Inc for $776,000, list price $799,000.

241 64th St., Holmes Beach, a 1,152 sq ft 3BR/2BA home on a 3,350 sq ft lot built in 1988 sold 6/17/2022

by Zahn to Frank for $1,004,000, list price $999,000.

Compiled by Island Real Estate staff. Island Real Estate sales professionals can be reached at 941-7786066, islandreal.com.

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Anna Maria Median listing home price: $3.4 million, trending up 90.8% year-over-year.

Median sold home price: $2.4 million.

Listings: 62 properties, $659,500-$8.4 million.

Bradenton Beach Median listing home price: $912,000, trending down 49.3% year-over-year.

Median sold home price: $635,000.

Listings: 34 properties, $299,900-$6.5 million.

Holmes Beach Median listing home price: $1.8 million, up 60.1% year-over-year.

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Listings: 83 properties, $80,000-$28.5 million.

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MOVIN’ ON UP

BY CHRISTINA IVERSON AND SCOTT HOGAN / EDITED BY WILL SHORTZ Scott Hogan is making his New York Times debut with this puzzle, after many submissions. He is a patent attorney from Midland, Mich. Christina Iverson is a crossword constructor and editor from Ames, Iowa. They met through the Cruciverb Facebook page, a forum for crossword constructors. Scott says he takes inspiration from the lyric of ‘‘Movin’ On Up,’’ the theme song from ‘‘The Jeffersons’’ — “It took a whole lotta tryin’, just to get up that hill.’’ — W.S.

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5 Left speechless 9 Reward for sitting, say 14 Entice 19 Something we share 20 Rocker John whose surname sounds like a leafy vegetable 21 ‘‘____ Man Chant,’’ song by Bob Marley and the Wailers 22 Diarist Nin 23 Where some stable relationships form?

25 San Diego State athlete 26 Verge 27 Name that’s 98-Across backward 28 The sky, they say 29 ‘‘All the Light We Cannot ____’’ (2015 Pulitzer-winning novel) 30 Certain Chinese teas 32 Roman emperor after Nero and Galba 34 Heep of ‘‘David Copperfield’’ 36 Drop the ‘‘Donuts’’ from ‘‘Dunkin’ Donuts,’’ e.g.

38 Some four-year degrees: Abbr.

39 Kind of attack with no attacker 40 Michael Jackson hit whose title is heard 88 times in the song Online subscriptions: Today’s puzzle and more Answers: than 4,000 past puzzles, page 28 nytimes.com/crosswords ($39.95 a year).

41 What might accompany a grave admission?

44 Claws 47 Cheese with a light, nutty flavor 49 Quite an uproar 52 Design style influenced by Cubism 53 Fabric often dyed with indigo 55 Each of its interior angles measures 135 degrees 56 Swing preventer, of a sort 58 Like some vows 60 Run off together 61 Personal ID 62 Like a sweater that shrank in the dryer, maybe 64 Its alphabet includes delta 65 Some Brothers Grimm villains 66 Artless nickname?

68 Tease 70 Sarcastic punch line 71 That guy’s 72 40 winks 75 Threads 77 Tepid greeting 79 Second word of many a limerick 82 Sans-serif font 83 Thesis writer 85 Meaning of a signal flare 88 2021 Aretha Franklin biopic 90 Strained 92 Greek name meaning ‘‘golden one’’

93 Something filmed in Broadway’s Ed Sullivan Theater, with ‘‘The’’ 95 Journalist Skeeter in the Harry Potter books 96 Train segment 97 Butt end 98 Name that’s 27-Across backward 99 ‘‘Sweet dreams!’’

101 Rapper ____ Rida 102 It’s not a good look 106 Family/species go-between 107 The last thing you need?

109 Like the community portrayed in Netflix’s ‘‘Unorthodox’’ 111 Piercing tool 113 Tickle 115 Evian, in its native land 117 Cruciverbalist’s favorite cookies?

118 ‘‘Well, gosh!’’

120 Tipsy trips 122 Teatro alla ____ 123 Takes a car, in a way 124 Lab assistant in ‘‘Young Frankenstein’’ 125 It may be upper or lower 126 Blue-book filler 127 Much of a sponge 128 Mad, with ‘‘off’’ 129 Word of surprise DOWN

1 Santa ____, Calif.

2 Closing section 3 Banana wielded by a maestro in a pinch?

4 Drug that can be microdosed 5 Berry in a bowl 6 Animated short before a Pixar movie?

7 New York resting place for Mark Twain 8 In the stars 9 Give a scathing review of a major camera brand?

10 Demolish 11 Compound with a fruity smell 12 Had a hero, say 13 Mexican street-food mogul?

14 Pair of small hand drums 15 Defunct company of accounting fraud fame 16 Smaug, in ‘‘The Hobbit’’?

17 Send an e-message to 18 Makes shame-y noises 24 Does a fad 2010s dance 31 Pro using cuttingedge technology?

33 Movie rating that’s practically NC-17 35 Political staffers 37 Retreat 42 ‘‘Fingers crossed!’’

43 Window units 44 Small amounts 45 God whose name sounds almost like the ammunition he uses 46 Starts to go haywire 48 Where 122-Across can be found 50 Places for placentas 51 Surrounding lights

54 Movement championed by the Silence Breakers 57 Get rid of 59 Light-headed sorts?

63 Word after gas or ice, in astronomy 65 Novelist Achebe 66 Wizard’s name in books and movies 67 Spun things 69 Kind of patch that may create holes instead of repairing them

72 Otis and ____ (1960s R.&B. duo) 73 Disciplines 74 Response to ‘‘Why art thou queasy?’’

76 What Amazon retirees enjoy most?

78 Result of love at first sight?

79 What a dog greets its returning family with?

80 Inter ____ 81 Trade jabs 83 Retail takeover scheme?

84 Fix, as laces 86 Nomad 87 Annyeonghaseyo : Korean :: ____ : English 89 Tailgating dish 91 ‘‘Tarnation!’’

94 Very, colloquially 100 Compassionate 103 Actress Davis who was the first African American to win the Triple Crown of Acting

104 Start of a guesstimate 105 Like a proverbial beaver 108 Model material 109 Place for a run?

110 Rainbows, e.g.

112 ‘‘____ saved!’’

114 Large amount 116 Bookstore sticker 119 ‘‘Euphoria’’ airer 121 Excellent service?

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