The Islander Newspaper E-Edition: Wednesday, June 12, 2019

Top Notch

MLB experience. 13

Send us your best. 12 Astheworldterns cast an eye to Father’s Day. 6

Tracking turtles. 22

AMITW June 9 report: 145 nests and 233 false crawls.

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VOLUME 27, NO. 32

BB sending comp plans changes to the state. 4

Meetings

On the government calendar. 4 AM preservation board goes to work. 5 HB planners push code changes forward. 5

Op-Ed

The Islander’s editorial, reader letters. 6

10-20 YEARS AGO

From the archives. 7 Repairs begin on LBK-BB bridge. 8 Save a date. 10

Happenings

Community announcements, activities. 11

Streetlife. 14 Gathering. 18 Father’s Day brings fond memories. 19 Scouts building bridges in FISH Preserve. 20

Hammerheads! 20 AMOB shuts down breakfast at BB pier. 21 Happy campers pitch a tent. 23 Sports roundup. 24

Tarpon are the attraction. 25 ISL BIZ. 26

PropertyWatch. 28 CLASSIFIEDS. 28 NYT crossword puzzle.

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Locals win bid to build AM pier restaurant, bait shop

By Cory Cole Islander Reporter A local builder hooked a big job.

The contractor to build the amenities at the anna maria city pier is decided — Mason Martin LLC, locally owned by Frank Agnelli and Jake Martin.

With the pier contractor moving closer to completion of the walkway and T-end, commissioners gathered June 6 for an emergency meeting called by the mayor to review four bids to construct the restaurant, bait shop and restrooms.

Mason Martin submitted the low bid of $1,041,101 and a 180-day completion time and won the commission’s vote.

Agnelli said he was happy with the outcome and looks forward to working out the details and getting started.

“We should be able to get that thing knocked out pretty quick,” he said.

The competing bids were: • Burke construction group bid $1,609,389, with a proposed 200-day completion time.

• d.L. porter construction bid $1,486,460, 180-day completion time.

• Jon f. Swift construction bid $1,688,250, 120-day completion time.

PLEASE SEE pier, PAGE 3

Two workers walk the temporary planks June 9 at the Anna Maria City Pier.

Islander Photo: Jack Elka

Anna Maria Mayor Dan Murphy, left, shakes the hand of Frank Agnelli, of Mason Martin, after the commission voted June 6 to negotiate with the contractor to build the city pier restaurant and bait shop. Islander Photo: Cory Cole

County removing six trees at Coquina, protest continues

By Ryan Paice Islander Reporter Work felling six Australian pine trees is set to begin at Coquina Beach in Bradenton Beach.

The Manatee County Board of Commissioners voted 7-0 June 6 to approve the removal of six Australian pine trees at the south end of the public beach parking area.

County administrator Cheri Coryea said the trees are in the path of a pipeline planned for an ongoing drainage improvement project. She said the trees must be removed for the contractor to proceed.

Not removing the trees would force Bradenton-based contractor Woodruff and Sons to demobilize and move materials, costing the county time and money, according to Coryea at the June 6 land use meeting.

“We are mobilized, and the project is underway,” Coryea said. “This is just a temporary thing we need to do to make a little progress.”

Coryea said the original plan for the Coquina parking drainage improvement project involved the removal of 30 Australian pine trees in the south parking area so Woodruff and Sons could pave the parking lots with pervious concrete after installing underground stormwater drainage pipelines.

Woodruff is working on the first phase of the project at the south end of Coquina, and the project will move to the north end in two more phases.

Coryea told commissioners she would return with a report mapping out the locations of additional trees proposed for removal at a meeting at 9 a.m. Tuesday, June 18, at the Manatee County Administrative Center, 1112 Manatee Ave. W., Bradenton.

“At that meeting, we will have facts and figures on the impact of any delay — both in construction costs and demobilization, and also in completion,” Coryea said.

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Bradenton Beach resident Mike Norman June 6 holds a stack of 1,010 signatures collected for a petition opposing Manatee County’s plan to remove Australian pine trees from Coquina Beach in Bradenton Beach. Islander Photo: Courtesy Marlin Ellis

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Equipment is stationed June 4 next to stormwater drainage supplies at Coquina Beach in Bradenton Beach, where Australian pine trees were marked by the county for removal. Islander Photo: Ryan Paice coquina continued from page 1 “People love that beach. So we do need to have a full picture, I think,” Commissioner Betsy Benac said.

“So, removing the six trees is OK, but I’m not committing at all to what will happen after because it just needs a lot more input.”

Commissioner Reggie Bellamy suggested the county look into recycling the trees.

“It may be an opportunity to take lemons and make lemonade,” he said.

Bradenton Beach Mayor John Chappie June 5 shared an email with CRA members from County Commission Chair Stephen Jonsson. In the email, Jonsson asked if the county redesigned the project, would the city assist. Chappie asked members for a consensus on how to respond, since the agency is planning a jitney trail from Coquina parking to alleviate parking in the CRA district.

The members said Chappie should respond “yes” so they might have some say in the project.

City commissioners came to the same decision at

Looking north from Longboat Pass, the Coquina Beach parking lot is covered with a blanket of Australian pine trees. Islander Photo: Jack Elka

a June 6 meeting, when Chappie again asked for a consensus on how to respond to Jonsson’s email.

However, Coryea has said a complete redesign of the drainage improvement project would be “highly unlikely.”

Chappie added that Bradenton Beach resident Mike Norman and members of Stop Taking Our Pines, a group founded in the 1990s to oppose the removal of Australian pine trees on the island, had collected 1,010 signatures on a petition opposing the removal of trees at Coquina.

Chappie said he would deliver the petition to Coryea. Chappie and the commissioners also signed the petition — bringing the count to 1,015 on June 6.

Vice Mayor Jake Spooner said he helped collect signatures with Norman, and noted a lot of people were upset about the plan to remove the trees.

Norman said in a June 7 interview with The Islander that five of the county commissioners had also signed the petition to oppose the removal of the Australian pine trees.

The first phase of county parking lot improvements at Coquina Beach is at the southern tip of Bradenton Beach. Islander Photo: Jack Elka

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pier continued from page 1 Murphy had advised commissioners that their selection should be selected based on three elements.

First, the commission should consider the lowest bid.

Second, the commission should determine if the bidder is responsible and able to complete the job. Then the commission should consider whether awarding the contract to the bidder is in the city’s best interests.

Murphy described best interests as being able to start quickly, complete the project and have an vested interest in the work.

Based on the considerations, the mayor requested authorization to negotiate a contract with Mason Martin, which has its office in Holmes Beach.

During the old pier’s demolition in 2018, Agnelli donated his crew to remove the engraved wooden planks and he’s been storing the planks for the city.

Agnelli’s partner in Mason Martin is Jake Martin, a developer/property owner in the city.

Mason Martin listed 11 subcontractors in its bid, including Christies Plumbing Sewer Service in Holmes Beach.

Other subcontractors include United Electric, Lovera Enterprises, West Coast Siding, Bringman Roofing and Kyle Kleppinger Construction, all in Bradenton, and also Specialty Air Heating, Ventilating and Air Conditioning Service.

All Glass and Windows and Wentzel’s Heating, Air Conditioning, Insulation, and Electrical , both based in Sarasota, were listed, as well as Suburban Propane with an office in Sarasota.

Also listed, Builders First Source, a national supplier with a Bradenton distribution center.

Commissioner Doug Copeland motioned for the mayor to negotiate a contract with Mason Martin and the vote was unanimous.

The new pier, which will replace a wooden pier destroyed by Hurricane Irma in September 2017, is

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Workers use the pier walkway, temporarily covered with plywood, to access the landside entry of the pier.

Concrete decking for the new T-end at the pier is brought to the site on a barge loaded at the Kingfish Boat Ramp in Holmes Beach.

Their work at the pier is expected to continue through August. Islander Photo: Jack Elka

expected to cost $5,5 million, including demolition and construction expenses. The original pier, built in 1911, supported tourism — steamships and ferries arriving from Tampa with day visitors.

To date, for funding, the city of Anna Maria has received $750,000 in state historical grants. Also, FEMA paid $1.37 million towards the pier. Through the Manatee County Tourist Development Council budget, $1.5 million funded construction. And another $330,000 was committed from the county beach concession fund, according to The Islander archives. The city also sought $285,000 in the 2019-20 state budget, which is before the governor.

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Because June 6 was the 75th anniversary of D-Day, Copeland asked commissioners to remember those who served in the Allies’ invasion of Western Europe in World War II. Ongoing at the Pier Also the week of June 3, i+iconSOUTHEAST loaded supplies and materials from the parking lot at Kingfish Boat Ramp in Holmes Beach onto a barge.

The contractor is installing the concrete deck for the T-end of the pier. The concrete, which will be covered by wood, is for added support. i+iconSOUTHEAST is expected to wrap up its work on the pier in August or early September.

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Bradenton Beach sending comp plan changes to state

By Ryan Paice Islander Reporter Only state approval stands in the way of proposed changes to Bradenton Beach’s comprehensive plan.

The city commission vote was unanimous June 6 for the proposed changes to account for coastal flooding and rising sea levels in the city’s comp plan. The approval also removes the Adaptation Action Area designation from the changes.

The changes include discouraging development near natural shorelines, periodically evaluating risks from rising seas, as well as calling for the city to iden-

tify best practices to reduce losses due to flooding, such as the maximization of pervious landscaping and increasing stormwater filtration.

City engineer Lynn Burnett said the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity requires municipalities to address flooding and sea level rise in compliance with the Obama administration’s climate action plan.

Comp plans, which were initiated by the state in 1989, set community goals regarding development, and guide legislation.

The city must submit the changes by July or risk

CRA moves forward on aesthetic projects

By Ryan Paice Islander Reporter The first products of Emily Anne Smith’s work for the Bradenton Beach Community Redevelopment Agency are ready for bids.

The agency hired Smith in September 2018 to provide a vision for aspects of the district. She had been paid $27,558 as of June 6.

CRA members voted 6-0 June 5 to issue an invitation to bid on a package of projects, including a gazebo outside the post office, a flag mast for the Historic Bridge Street Pier and a new enclosure at the city hall trolley stop.

The vote came after Smith informed CRA members she finished construction drawings for the projects, while other projects were not ready for presentation.

Commissioner Jake Spooner, a CRA member, moved to combine the three projects into one invitation to bid to attract contractors to a larger contract. He also said the CRA might save money on mobilization and other costs.

The CRA promotes restoration, growth and tourism for the district — bordered by Cortez Road, Sarasota Bay, Fifth Street South and the Gulf of Mexico — with incremental tax revenue from Manatee County after the area was declared blighted in 1992.

City attorney Ricinda Perry said she expected to return to CRA members with the bid invitation ready for approval by their next meeting at 9:30 a.m.

Wednesday, July 10, at city hall, 107 Gulf Drive N. Other projects include painting the Historic Bridge Street Pier buildings white with red roofing, renovating

Budget workshop set for Bradenton Beach

The first commission discussion on Bradenton Beach’s next budget is coming up.

City commissioners will hold a workshop to discuss the 2019-20 fiscal year budget at 1 p.m. Wednesday, June 19, at city hall, 107 Gulf Drive N. Municipal budgets are established by ordinance and require two public hearings and two votes for two budgets for the city and Community Redevelopment Agency.

Deputy clerk Ruth Stief said June 5 that dates for the public hearings are yet to be determined.

The budget for 2018-19 was at $1,968,903 in expenses and $2,383,386 in revenues.

The new fiscal year begins Oct. 1.

— Ryan Paice

Holmes Beach sets two budget meetings

The Holmes Beach City Commission will hold two workshops on the 2019-20 municipal budget.

Meetings will be at 9 a.m. Monday and Tuesday, July 8 and July 9, at city hall, 5801 Marina Drive.

The city’s new fiscal year begins Oct. 1, with public hearings and the adoption of a new budget occurring in September.

In late June or early July, the Manatee County Property Appraiser will deliver to the city — and other government entities that assess property taxes — an annual report with updated property values. The new assessments are needed to craft the next year’s budgets.

For more information, call city hall at 941-7085800.

the Bradenton Beach Volunteer Firehouse, adding “rest and relaxation” gazebos and redesigning landscaping and city parking, according to Smith.

Smith asked for 10-12 weeks to finish the designs.

“Going through the process for one little thing is like going through the process for six things,” Smith said. “We’ve got a ways to go, and I’m sorry that we do, but I think we can do a better job if I bring you a bigger group of things.”

Smith suggested the CRA hold a workshop after she finishes her plans.

CRA members agreed to Smith’s timeline.

Emily Anne Smith addresses the Bradenton Beach Community Redevelopment Agency June 5 about her vision for the district. Islander Photo: Ryan Paice

Meetings

jeopardizing government funding from some sources, including the federal Hazard Mitigation Grant Program, according to Burnett.

Commissioner Ralph Cole said he was concerned with the potential use of the AAA designation to restrict development or acquiesce property threatened by flooding. He said state statute establishes that the designation is optional for the city, and he suggested removing it from the comp plan.

“I don’t think this is a good way to go,” Cole said.

“I can’t pass this the way it is written.”

Burnett said the city would lose access to some federal and state funding if it removes the designation.

She said the city could pursue AAA funding in the future by later adding the designation.

She added the lack of a AAA designation would not impact emergency funding for the 2019 hurricane season.

Cole said he also was uncomfortable with singling out the Tampa Bay Regional Planning Council as the city’s only source for research on sea level rise. He said he would like the city to be able to choose from the best information available, instead of relying on one source.

Commissioners agreed to strike the reference to the group from the comp plan changes.

Vice Mayor Jake Spooner first motioned to pass the comp plan changes with only the removal of the reference to the TBRPC. Commissioner Marilyn Maro seconded Spooner’s motion, but it failed on a 3-2 vote since comp plan amendments require a supermajority for approval.

Commissioner Randy White and Cole had voted to oppose the changes, citing concerns with the AAA designation.

Cole next motioned to continue the second reading to allow a state representative to explain the minimum requirements for the city.

Burnett said a continuation would force the city to miss the state’s deadline to submit the changes.

“We are out of time,” Burnett said. “We need to have this adopted and move forward.”

After city commissioners failed Cole’s motion, Spooner motioned to approve the comp plan changes without the inclusion of the AAA designation and striking the council reference.

The motion, seconded by Cole, passed 4-0. Burnett said the comp plan changes would be sent to the state for review. If the state rejects the changes, commissioners would have another opportunity to discuss the comp plan amendments during the revision process.

Anna Maria City July 25, 11:30 a.m., police retirement.

June 13. 6 p.m., city commission.

Aug. 26-30, candidate qualifying.

June 19, 5:30 p.m., special magistrate.

Holmes Beach City Hall, 5801 Marina Drive, June 27, 6 p.m., city commission.

941-708-5800, holmesbeachfl.org.

Aug. 19-30, candidate qualifying.

Anna Maria City Hall, 10005 Gulf Drive, 941- West Manatee Fire Rescue 708-6130, cityofannamaria.com.

June 18, 6 p.m., commission.

WMFR administration building, 6510 Third Ave. Bradenton Beach W., Bradenton, wmfr.org.

June 13, 1 p.m., department heads, June 19, 1 p.m., commission (budget).

Manatee County June 19, 1 p.m., planning and zoning. CANJune 18, 9 a.m., commission.

CELED June 19, 1:30 p.m., commission (budget).

June 20, 11 a.m., pier team.

June 19, 6 p.m., commission (budget hearing).

June 20, noon, commission.

June 20, 9 a.m., commission (land use).

June 25, 10 a.m., commission.

Administration building, 1112 Manatee Ave. W., Aug. 26-30, candidate qualifying.

Bradenton, 941-748-4501, mymanatee.org.

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

Of interest June 17, 9 a.m., Manatee County Tourist DevelHolmes Beach opment Council, county administration building.

June 14, 9 a.m., police retirement.

June 18, 2 p.m., Coalition of Barrier Island June 27, 6 p.m., city commission.

Elected Officials, Longboat Key Town Hall.

July 2, 10 a.m., bid opening (comp plan).

July 4, Independence Day, most government July 8, 9 a.m., commission (budget). offices will close. The Islander office also will July 9, 9 a.m., commission (budget). close.

July 9, 6 p.m., commission.

Nov. 5, general election.

July 10, 6 p.m., planning commission.

Send notices to calendar@islander.org and July 23, 6 p.m., commission. news@islander.org.

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Code changes pass through HB planning commission

By Ryan Paice Islander Reporter Changes to the Holmes Beach land development code are a step closer to reality.

Planning commission members voted 6-0 June 5 to designate changes to the land development code to be consistent with the city’s comprehensive plan.

The changes include removing the responsibility of “floodplain administrator” from the building official’s duties and redefining “substantial improvement.”

City clerk Stacey Johnston said Thomas Carlson moved off the island and resigned his seat on the commission May 9.

Building official Neal Schwartz said removing floodplain administrator from the building official’s list of duties would allow him to focus on operating the building department.

Schwartz added that Mayor Judy Titsworth plans to appoint Lynn Burnett — the city’s contractual engineer — as the floodplain manager.

Floodplain managers are responsible for implementing flood loss reduction activities, such as enforcing the city’s floodplain ordinance and updating flood maps.

Chair Charles Stealey said a more efficient building department would make him happy because several residents and developers have expressed to him that they are dissatisfied with the department’s performance in the past.

Commissioner Scott Boyd said he would prefer the city hire a staff member to serve as the floodplain manager instead of a consultant, since consultants “serve a multitude of masters.”

Holmes Beach building official Neal Schwartz, left, speaks June 5 to the planning commission about changing the land development code.

Islander Photo: Ryan Paice

Substantial improvements Changes to the city’s definition of “substantial improvement” have been developing since March, when city commissioners instituted a five-month moratorium on consecutive building permits for properties that predate the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s Flood Insurance Rate Map. FEMA established standards for home elevations in 1975 based on the rate map, requiring that pre-FIRM home projects cannot exceed 50% of a structure’s assessed value. If a remodel exceeds 50%, FEMA may require the structure be elevated or otherwise brought into compliance.

The city adheres to FEMA land-use standards, including compliance with the 50% rule, to participate in the agency’s National Flood Insurance Program. The program provides a discount on flood insurance premiums for the city and its property owners.

The proposed changes restrict property owners from applying for consecutive remodeling permits

exceeding the 50% rule within a one-year period. Permits to repair structures compliant with FEMA standards or those that suffered involuntary damage, such as loss caused by a storm, would be exempt.

Schwartz said the city wants to put a halt to permitto-permit improvements for pre-FIRM properties. He said some pre-FIRM property owners have improved their homes under the 50% rule, then reappraised the improved property to raise its value and make more improvements under the 50% rule.

Schwartz said allowing permit-to-permit improvements for pre-FIRM homes allows people to skirt FEMA’s goal to encourage homeowners to build over the base flood elevation and mitigate properties that don’t.

The planning commission recommended the city commission make the changes.

City commissioners will hold a final reading and public hearing for the changes at 6 p.m. Thursday, June 27, at city hall, 5801 Marina Drive.

Anna Maria preservation board takes steps forward

By Cory Cole Islander Reporter The Anna Maria Historic Preservation Board is taking steps to save historic buildings in the city.

The board held its second meeting June 5 to set out its mission and objectives.

Chair Sissy Quinn started the discussion by seeking to eliminate any public confusion — the board deals with preservation in Anna Maria, not across Anna Maria Island.

“We have an ordinance allowing us to exist and the other cities do not,” added Jack Brennan, the board’s deputy chair.

City planner Robin Meyer introduced the concept of Anna Maria participating in the Certified Local Government Program administered by the National Parks Service and state preservation offices.

He said he had contacted Megan McDonald, a coordinator for CLG who is interested in helping the board.

Enacted in 1980, in part under the National Historic Preservation Act, the CLG links local, state and federal governments, creating a partnership for protecting historic properties.

Meyer said the CLG could encourage Anna Maria

The Anna Maria Historic Preservation Board is working to protect properties such as this cottage built in 1935 at 411 Spring Ave. It once served as the post office in Anna Maria.

Anna Maria Historic Preservation Chair Sissy Quinn, left, and Jack Brennan, deputy chair, meet June 5 with city planner Robin Meyer and board members Pat Copeland and Gary McMullen. Board member Thomas Wagner attended by phone.

Islander Photos: Cory Cole property owners to register their structures as historic.

If Anna Maria is certified, property owners could receive grants to renovate properties, potential property tax exemptions and also exemptions from the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s 50% rule that governs remodeling and additions to many homes built before 1975, according to Meyer.

Anna Maria Mayor Dan Murphy attended the

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meeting and said the city ordinances might encourage demolition over remodeling, so the board should review city regulations and suggest changes to benefit owners of older, ground-level homes.

The board voted 5-0 to join the CLG program.

Meyer said he hoped to bring McDonald to a meeting to discuss the process.

As of June 5, the time and date for the next meeting were not determined.

Anna Maria Elementary fifth-graders celebrate their final day of elementary school May 31 at Manatee Public Beach in Holmes Beach. The Manatee County School District is on summer break, with the first day of class for the 2019-20 school year Aug. 12. Islander Photo: Courtesy Crystal Tribley

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Double down for dads

It’s another holiday and another quandary over a gift. dads can be tough subjects for surprises and, let’s face it, who ever wanted to wear a tie? Ever?

So here’s a couple of ideas to make life easier for kids, moms and, well, dads.

If dad golfs, it’s a cinch to get him something useful.

Just grab a 12-pack of golf balls. A little research in his golf bag will give you a hint of his favorite brand. fisherman? How about a gift certificate for live bait? a gas card to fill up the boat? Better still, a certificate for some fresh fillets from your favorite cortez market.

Sports fans might like season tickets to the Bradenton Marauders games. In fact, the whole family could enjoy a trip to the ballpark, where fun games grab your attention during innings and the night might be capped off with a wildly fantastic fireworks show.

Whatever you do, think out of the box. plant a tree. donate to help save wildlife. adopt a manatee. Build and hang a bird’s nest where dad can watch feathered friends out the window.

Maybe give something recycled. While searching online, I saw a game-played hockey puck and MLBused bats made into bottle openers.

A home beer brewing kit or a make your own hot sauce kit makes sense for an innovative dad. Or maybe he’d like some Himalayan salt tequila glasses or Scotch-infused toothpicks.

A solar-powered lantern, fan, USB-charger combo to add to his camping and hurricane gear might be a welcome gift for a well-organized Florida dad.

Maybe you can challenge dad with a pass for workout time at the gym for you both?

And think about how your gift can help the environment. Push for climate change. Make a difference.

Alternatively, maybe, like my longtime friend Paul Roat would say if you ever asked what he wanted for any occasion, you could offer a “kind word.”

Can’t go wrong there.

Meanwhile, keep hammering the county commissioners to change the drainage plans for the parking lots at Coquina Beach to save trees, not destroy them.

Stop again with the It may cost the county money for a redesign, but it’s tree removals an egregious mistake and they should ante up.

And while we’re thinking about the Anna Maria In 2004, STOP was created by Anna Maria resicity pier — and wishing it was done for a special day dents Susan Hatch and Marsha Lindsey to stop the with dad — what happened to the plans to build a fence eradication of Australian pines trees from public lands at City Pier Park with the leftover planks? on Anna Maria Island.

Giddyup! — Bonner Joy STOP gained momentum.

Islanders and non-islanders alike helped champion our cause.

The late John Molyneaux of Holmes Beach joined us, along with a multitude of island lovers and doomed JUNE 12, 2019 • Vol. 27, No. 33 trees were saved. ▼ Publisher and Editor Join STOP Again to continue preservation of these Bonner Joy, news@islander.org trees with their many benefits. ▼ Editorial Lisa Neff, editor, lisa@islander.org the are free — already in place.

Sandy Ambrogi, sandy@islander.org They require no watering.

Joe Bird, editorial cartoonist They also are salt-tolerant and drought-resistant.

Kevin Cassidy, kevin@islander.org Cory Cole, cory@islander.org They diffuse high wind gusts.

Jack Elka, jack@jackelka.com The provide bird habitat.

ChrisAnn Silver Esformes, chrisann@islander.org Best of all, these trees are alive.

Brook Morrison, brook@islander.org Ryan Paice, ryan@islander.org Let’s keep them that way.

Kathy Prucnell, kathyp@islander.org Sign our petitions and contact Manatee County, ▼ Contributors which initiated the tree removals at Coquina Beach by Jesse Brisson Karen Riley-Love emailing tellus@mymanatee.org or calling 941-748Capt. Danny Stasny, fish@islander.org 4501. ▼ Advertising Director Marsha Lindsey, Anna Maria Toni Lyon, toni@islander.org

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Petitions for the pines

thank you to marsha Lindsey, dr. Wendy Blumenthal, Bonnie Mac and husband Eric Quarrie, Adam Ellis, Jake Spooner, the Bystroms and Island Animal Clinic for all your help getting petitions signed to save the Australian pine trees at Coquina Beach in Bradenton Beach.

Good job!

Mike Norman, Bradenton Beach

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Boat launch by the pines

The caption for the archival photo reads, “Young people prepare to launch a small boat from the picnic grounds at Coquina Beach.”

The keywords for the library collection include Anna Maria Island, Australian pines, beaches, boats, Coquina Beach and picnics.

The photo is dated April 1973. Islander Photo: Courtesy Manatee County Public Library Digital Collection

Make connections — from city halls to capitols

anna Maria: mayor dan murphy; 941-708-6130; 10005 gulf drive, anna maria fL 34216; cityofannamaria.com; ammayor@cityofannamaria.com.

Bradenton Beach: mayor John chappie; 941-7781005; 107 gulf drive n., Bradenton Beach fL 34217; 941-778-1005, cityofbradentonbeach.org (offline); mayor@cityofbradentonbeach.com.

Holmes Beach: mayor Judy titsworth; 941-7085800; 5801 marina drive, Holmes Beach fL 34217; holmesbeachfl.org (offline); hbmayor@holmesbeachfl. org.

Manatee county: County Commissioner Stephen r. Jonsson, district 3; steve.jonsson@mymanatee.org; 941-748-4501; 1112 manatee ave. W., Bradenton fL 34205; mymanatee.org.

Governor: gov. ron deSantis, 850-717-9337; 400 S. monroe St., tallahassee fL 32399-0001; flgov. com.

Florida Senate: Sen. Bill galvano; 941-741-3401; Suite 201, 1023 manatee ave. W., Bradenton; flsenate. gov.

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10&20 years ago In the headlines: June 9, 1999

Islanders were preparing for the doors to open at the new publix Super market on east Bay drive in Holmes beach. The store was set to open June 17 at the site of the former Island Foods.

Anna Maria received news it scored a $100,000 matching federal grant to restore its city pier. The restoration project was estimated to cost $300,000. island officials met with representatives from the Florida Scenic Highways Program to explore the availability of federal funding for gulf drive improvements, including bike lanes and sidewalks along the state road.

In the headlines: June 10, 2009

The Anna Maria Island Chamber of Commerce proposed options to instituting a trolley fare recommended by Manatee County to offset a decline in grants supporting a fare-free trolley system.

Manatee County was working to expedite a plan to demolish the pier at the Manatee Public Beach in Holmes Beach due to its deteriorated condition.

Manatee County commissioners called for a meeting to reach a mutual agreement over a proposed natural gas pipeline from the Gulf of Mexico to Port Manatee.

Anna Maria Elementary students scored above the district average on achievement tests administered during the 2008-09 school year.

The weekly archives for The Islander are online at ufdc.ufl.edu. Some archived stories also are online at islander.org.

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Repairs begin on bridge linking Bradenton Beach, LBK

By Lisa Neff Islander Editor Bridges to Anna Maria Island routinely get the maintenance equivalent of an oil change, but every 10 years or so the structures require significant repairs. a contractor with the florida department of transportation planned to begin major repairs June 10 on the Longboat Pass Bridge linking Bradenton Beach and Longboat Key on State Road 789. dot engineers said the $5.2 million project might be the last major repair to the bascule bridge, built along with the Anna Maria Island and Cortez bridges

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the florida department of transportation and Manatee County posted the following notices for the week of June 10: Longboat pass Bridge: Major repairs on the Longboat pass Bridge on gulf drive between Bradenton Beach and Longboat Key take place through the summer. Overnight work will require decreasing lane sizes, flagging operations and occasional closure of lanes.

Bradenton Beach: Milling and paving continues, with work on 10th Street North east of gulf drive; 26th Street north from gulf drive to avenue c; and avenue c from 26th Street to gulf drive.

Holmes Beach: Milling and paving continues, with work on 39th Street from gulf drive to fourth avenue; fourth avenue from 39th to 35th streets; 35th Street from fourth avenue to Sixth avenue; and avenue e from gulf drive to 28th Street.

For the latest road watch information, go online to www.fl511.com or dial 511.

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“Hopefully it’s the last major rehab,” said Tara A. Rodrigues, an engineering section manager with the dot’s structure maintenance office in tampa the dot’s project development and environment study of options for the Longboat Pass Bridge begins in February 2020, according to Rodrigues. the dot’s pd&e studies take about three years to complete and examine the social, economic, natural and physical environmental impacts associated with a proposed transportation improvement project.

The study follows procedures in the U.S. National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 and federal and state laws and regulations and involves engineers, planners scientists and community members. a pd&e study for the cortez Bridge recommends a high, fixed-span bridge, according to the dot, which projected the study’s release to the public this summer. a pd&e study for the anna maria island Bridge on State Road 64/Manatee Avenue resulted in the same

recommendation and is in the design phase.

Writing the pd&e study for the Longboat bridge will involve data collection, developing and analyzing project alternatives — including the no-build alternative.

Meanwhile, the repairs planned should add 10-15 years of life to the drawbridge, according to an outline for the project.

Improvements include repairing concrete, upgrading the electrical system, installing a new poll and mast arm for traffic signals, repairing the fender system and cleaning and painting the steel.

Rodrigues said painting the steel stops corrosion and protects the bridge from the elements, including salt spray. the contractor on the project, Southern road & Bridge, entered an 80-day contract to complete the repairs, which requires overnight lane closures, 9 p.m.-6 a.m., as well as sidewalk closures.

Some staging for the project will be at Coquina Beach Bayside in Bradenton Beach.

Tara A. Rodrigues, an engineering section manager with the Florida Department of Transportation, discusses the Longboat Pass Bridge repair project June 4 as colleagues Juan Carrillo and Lauren Hatchell await visitors to a DOT open house at the Longboat Key Town Hall.

Islander Photo: Lisa Neff on the web For more about the bridge project, go online to swflroads.com.

Bradenton Beach rejects Sunshine suit settlement offer

By Ryan Paice Islander Reporter Another round of compromises offered to the city by the six defendants in a Bradenton Beach suit over the Sunshine law has failed.

Bradenton Beach commissioners voted 5-0 June 6 to reject the offers from the defendants for $81,345.52 from the city and co-plaintiff Jack Clarke.

The lawsuit alleges the defendants, consisting of former Bradenton Beach officials, violated florida’s government-in-the-Sunshine Law while in office.

City attorney Ricinda Perry said the proposed settlements did not include an admission of wrongdo-

ing or errors regarding compliance with the Florida Sunshine Law on the defendants’ part.

At press time, defendant and former planning and zoning board member John Metz said he had learned from his attorney that perry had filed a motion consisting of more than 400 pages, asking to amend the city’s suit.

Metz delivered his offer May 28 to attorney Robert Watrous, asking for $42,000 from the city and $14,000 from Clarke. The requested payments would amount to about 40% of his attorney fees and costs through April.

The offer also said any future proposals from Metz would require the city and Clarke to pay a higher per-

Bridge Street development put on hold again The Hynds Group must wait until August for a verdict on its proposed development at 119 Bridge St., Bradenton Beach.

City commissioners voted 4-0 June 6 to continue a quasi-judicial public hearing for the planned major development to noon Thursday, Aug. 15, at city hall, 107 gulf drive n.

The motion also directed Hynds Group owner/ agent Michael Hynds to meet with city planner Alan Garrett to review plans for the project.

Vice Mayor Jake Spooner recused himself from the vote because he owns adjacent properties.

Hynds’ proposal would add four second-story residential units, which the developer has stated would be used for vacation rentals.

Hynds first asked for a continuation at a public hearing in March, seeking time to work with city staff to add more parking to the property.

Bradenton Beach resident Mary Bell spoke June 6, during public comment, and told commissioners she is concerned with Hynds’ parking plans, as well as a proposed refuse area.

Bell suggested commissioners require a buffer for the property using plants to shield from the “stark, unattractive space.”

— Ryan Paice

Bradenton Beach resident Mary Bell speaks June 6 to city commissioners, expressing her concerns regarding a development project at 119 Bridge St. Islander Photo: Ryan Paice

centage of their costs for the lawsuit. offers from the other five defendants followed, with language similar to Metz’s offer and requiring payments to recompensate the defendants. former p&Z board member reed mapes asked for $14,000 from the city and $8,400 from Clarke. former p&Z member patty Shay asked for $901.52 from the city and $444 from Clarke. former p&Z member Bill Vincent and his wife, Rose Vincent, a former Scenic WAVES Committee member, presented a joint offer, asking the city to pay them $4,000 and seeking $1,000 from Clarke.

Former Scenic WAVES Committee member Tjet Martin sought $1,000 from the city and $600 from Clarke.

The offers were a response to a settlement offer the city commission made April 23, which would have required the defendants collectively pay $203,118 to reimburse attorney fees and legal costs. The city’s offer also proposed defendants acknowledge errors might have been made with regard to the Sunshine Law. The city’s previous offer, extended to defendants in March, required them to acknowledge errors regarding compliance with the Sunshine Law and for each of the defendants to pay the city $500. defendants rejected that offer, making a counteroffer to instead say errors may have been made, as well as a donation of $10,000 to the Annie Silver Community Center in Bradenton Beach.

Perry said she brought the most recent settlement offers to city commissioners to ask if they wanted to schedule a shade meeting to discuss them with Thomas Shults, the defendants’ attorney.

Mayor John Chappie said he felt comfortable rejecting the offer outright. the civil lawsuit began in 2017 when it was filed

by Clarke and then joined by the city. The lawsuit has cost the city $203,118 as of May 22, but Clarke was absolved by the city from paying legal fees.

The case will go to a nonjury trial beginning July 15, after a city-requested summary judgment hearing on June 20.

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Throughout June, “Bring Dad Home a Sunset” display, Artists’ Guild Gallery, 5414 Marina Drive, Holmes Beach. Information: 941778-6694.

Reception June 14 for June exhibit of Larry Felder’s “Realism in Oils,” Island Gallery West, 5368 Gulf Drive, Holmes Beach.

Information: 941-778-6648.

Second Fridays, downtown Holmes Beach art walk, various venues. Information: 941-778-6694, 941-778-6648.

Through July 31, youth indoor soccer, Center of Anna Maria Island, 407 Magnolia Ave., Anna Maria. Fee applies. Information: 941-778-1908.

Wednesdays and Saturdays, 9 a.m., horseshoes pitched, Anna Maria City Hall, 10005 Gulf Drive, Anna Maria. Information: 941708-6130.

Wednesdays and Fridays, 9:15 a.m.-10:30 a.m. pickleball, Center of Anna Maria Island, 407 Magnolia Ave., Anna Maria. Fee applies. Information: 941-778-1908.

Thursdays, Saturdays and Tuesdays, 10:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m., Legends Tennis, Center of Anna Maria Island, 407 Magnolia Ave., Anna Maria. Fee applies. Information: 941-778-1908.

Most Fridays, 11:30 a.m. or 1 p.m. (call for times) mahjong games, Island Library, 5701 Marina Drive, Holmes Beach. Information: 941-778-6341.

Saturdays, 9 a.m.-12 p.m., pickleball, Center of Anna Maria Island, 407 Magnolia Ave., Anna Maria. Fee applies. Information: 941-778-1908.

Mondays, noon, bridge, Roser Memorial Community Church, 512 Pine Ave., Anna Maria. Information: 941-778-0414.

Mondays, AMI Dragon Boat Fun and Fitness Club, time depends on tides, 417 63rd St., Holmes Beach. Information: 941462-2626.

Mondays-Saturdays, 7:30-10:30 a.m., Round Robin Tennis, Center of Anna Maria Island, 407 Magnolia Ave., Anna Maria. Fee applies. Information: 941-778-1908.

Most Tuesdays, 11:30 a.m., mahjong games and instruction for beginners, Island Library, 5701 Marina Drive, Holmes Beach.

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Second and fourth Thursdays, 2-4 p.m., Shanty Singers, Florida Maritime Museum, 4415 119th St. W., Cortez. Information: 941-708-6120.

First Fridays, 6-9 p.m., ArtWalk in the Village of the Arts, around 12th Street West and 12th Avenue West, Bradenton. Also, Saturdays after the first Fridays. Information: villageofthearts@gmail.com.

Second and fourth Saturdays, 1-4 p.m., Music on the Porch, Florida Maritime Museum, 4415 119th St. W., Cortez. Information: 941-708-6120.

Through Sept. 8, “Interpolations: Artwork from the Ringling and Monda Collections,” John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, 5401 Bay Shore Road, Sarasota. Fee applies. Information: 941- 3595700.

Through Sept. 29, “Natasha Mazurka: Order Systems,” John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, 5401 Bay Shore Road, Sarasota.

LOOKING AHEAD ON AMI Through Dec. 31, “Always Ready” U.S. Coast Guard exhibit, Florida Maritime Museum, 4415 119th St. W., Cortez. Information: June 14-16, Tachi Palace World’s Strongest Man competition, 941-708-6120.

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June 20, Coquina Coastal Cleanup, Bradenton Beach.

LOOKING AHEAD OFF AMI June 23, Manatee County Parks and Natural Resources’ paddle July 13, Katt Hefner “Sophisticated Lady: The Songbook of from Anna Maria to Passage Key, Anna Maria.

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June 27, 9 a.m., Coquina Beach Mollusks Monthly conversaJuly 13-Aug. 25, Marie Selby Botanical Gardens glass show, tion, Bradenton Beach.

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10 a.m. — Youth program, “Showtime for Kids: The Great 9 a.m.-noon — Summer Saturdays at the Center for Nature, Space Adventure, Island Library, Exploration, Science and Technology, Robinson Preserve, 10299 5701 Marina Drive, Holmes Beach.

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Tuesday, June 18 Friday, June 14 8 a.m.-noon — Oyster reef-building, Perico Preserve, 11700 10 a.m. — Forty Carrots parManatee Ave. W., Bradenton. Information: 941-737-2254. enting program, Island Library, 5701 ONGOING OFF AMI Marina Drive, Holmes Beach. Information: 941-778-6341.

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Through Sept. 30, “Hippos: A Truly Big Show” poster exhibit, John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, 5401 Bay Shore Road, Sarasota. Fee applies. Information: 941- 359-5700.

Wednesday, June 12 Noon — Coloring club, Island Library, 5701 Marina Drive, Holmes Beach. Information: 941-778-6341.

6:30 p.m. — Island Time Book Club, Island Library, 5701 Marina Drive, Holmes Beach. Information: 941-778-6341.

Friday, June 14 2 p.m. — Alzheimer’s Caregiver Support Group, Island

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Island happenings Sweet Adelines chapter names director

Magic of Manatee, the Bradenton chapter of Sweet Adelines, named a new director, Stephen ditchfield. ditchfield succeeds Lois Van Beek, who sings with the chorus but for health reasons no longer directs the performance group. ditchfield is a principal in the ditchfield family Singers and “is uniquely qualified to help the Ditchfield Magic of Manatee continue to achieve their full potential and make the process a lot of fun,� according to a news release. the group — including islanders Jeanette rothberg and Judy mcclarren — rehearses tuesdays at 7:30 p.m. at Bradenton Christian School, 3304 43rd St. W., Bradenton.

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Kiwanis to hear about All Island Denominations

The Kiwanis Club of Anna Maria Island will meet Saturday, June 15, for breakfast and to hear from Peggy Nash about All Island denominations.

The club meets at 8:30 a.m. most Saturdays at the Anna Maria Island Beach Cafe at the Manatee Public Beach, 4000 gulf drive, Holmes Beach.

However, the club is on an abbreviated summer schedule and not meeting every Saturday.

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The Sarasota Bay Estuary Program in collaboration with Sarasota County will host the “Seagrass: Keeps the Bays Alive� festival and seagrass survey Saturday, June 15.

The festival will be at the squadron building, 1717 Ken Thompson Parkway, City Island, Sarasota, 11 a.m.-2 p.m.

The festival will include nature-related activities, music, food and beverage sales and more.

The seagrass survey will be 8 a.m.-noon.

Registration for the survey is online at 2019-seaLibrary, 5701 Marina Drive, Holmes Beach. Information: 941-778- grasssurvey.eventbrite.com.

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8:30 a.m. — Kiwanis Club of Anna Maria Island breakfast meeting with talk by Peggy Nash of All Island Denominations, Anna Maria Island Beach Cafe, Manatee Public Beach, 4000 Gulf Drive, Holmes Beach. Information: 941-778-1383.

11 a.m. — Meditation session, Island Library, 5701 Marina Drive, Holmes Beach. Information: 941-778-6341.

Wednesday, June 19 Noon-3 p.m. — U.S. Census Bureau hiring, Island Library, 5701 Marina Drive, Holmes Beach. Information: 941-778-6341.

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Third Thursdays, 11:45 a.m., Successful Women Aligning Together meets, Bridge Street Bistro, 111 Gulf Drive S., Bradenton Beach. Fee applies. Information: 941-345-5135.

Second Fridays, 6 p.m., AMI Resident Community Connections, Center of Anna Maria Island, 407 Magnolia Ave., Anna Maria.

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Tuesdays, noon, Rotary Club of Anna Maria Island, Bridge Street Bistro, 111 Gulf Drive S., Bradenton Beach. Information: 941718-0291.

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Island songstress heard ’round the world

By Sandy Ambrogi Islander Reporter One never fully knows the riches of Anna Maria Island.

Take for instance, the talents of Marianne Cathomen.

She and her husband, Markus Siegler, own Florida dreams realty of anna maria island in Holmes Beach.

He’s a broker, and the company handles real estate and vacation rentals in the area. She does decor and guest services.

But Cathomen’s quiet, welcoming demeanor belies her true calling. it’s not sand or surf or vacations — it’s entertaining.

The singer has toured extensively. Fluent in four languages, she performs in English, French, German and Italian. She has been a hit-maker in Europe for the past 20 years and is preparing to celebrate her 20th Jubilee in the European market.

Cathomen traded in the “snows of her homeland Switzerland for the beaches of Anna Maria Island in 2012,” she likes to say, but not before performing in concerts, appearing on television and radio broadcasts and recording best-selling singles and albums.

took to the stage as a child, performing with her father, a professional musician, and wooed audiences with her warm voice and easy stage-presence.

Later, she studied management.

She spent time in Florida as an au pair and worked in hotel management, tourism marketing and as a flight attendant. She also married and had two children.

Then, in 1998, a call to perform came tugging at her heartstrings.

A friend, who was a producer, started her on a solo career in Europe and just three years later, she won the International European Grand Prix of Folk Music in Vienna.

The next 14 years brought acclaim and success to Cathomen and though she tried to step away from her professional music career several years ago, fate had another idea.

A new collaboration was in the making for Cathomen in her new Florida home.

“It was destiny and it was meant to be. This was no coincidence,” Cathomen said of meeting the members of the international Europa Band in Orlando in 2015.

“We hit it off right away,” she said. “We’ve been touring every fall since.”

On one tour, Cathomen and the band performed Singer Marianne Cathomen prepares in May for a for the U.S. troops at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. video shoot on Anna Maria Island for her single, an early trip to the stage “it was unforgettable. it definitely was the event cathomen grew up in davos, Switzerland. She “Good Times.” of a lifetime,” she said of the concert. in preparing for the european Jubilee, she filmed a music video for “Good Times,” a European maxiThe Islander’s 2019 Top Notch photo contest launches single, which offers a listener three or four songs.

The Islander’s Top Notch contest begins anew. the video, shot in mid-may, was filmed at locaThe contest celebrates what still is known as the tions on Anna Maria Island, including on the beach and “Kodak moment,” despite the widespread switch from at the Beach House Restaurant in Bradenton Beach. film to digital technology. members of Wilson’s dance club international of The contest includes six weekly front-page winBradenton appeared in the video, which will premiere ners. Each will claim an Islander “More than a mullet on Cathomen’s new website, mariannecathomen.com, wrapper” T-shirt or coffee mug. this month.

One weekly shot will take the top prize in the Top Cathomen’s music also may be streamed on Notch contest, earning the photographer a $100 cash iTunes, Spotify, YouTube and other music sites. prize from the islander and certificates from local Right now, Cathomen and the Europa Band are merchants. preparing for a short tour through Switzerland and A pet photo winner is announced in the final Germany in July. week.

“We are going for 10 days, with four or five conPlease, note, each original JPG must be included cert dates,” Cathomen said. “For some of the guys in in a single email with the name of the photographer; europa, this will be their first trip to Switzerland. So date the photo was taken; location and description, that’s exciting.” names of recognizable people; and address and phone In Switzerland, Cathomen will catch up with her number for the photographer. parents. She added it will be fun to see her dad, still More rules and deadlines can be found online at performing at age 74. www.islander.org.

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Bradenton treasure hunter recovers ring lost on beach

By Sandy Ambrogi Islander Reporter Elyse Leren’s one morning of yoga exercise at Cortez Beach turned into three days of searching the sand for a keepsake.

Leren took off a diamond and sapphire engagement ring and placed it in her hat May 28 for safekeeping.

After yoga, she picked up the hat and other belongings, trekked across the beach, crossed Gulf Drive and froze.

“I remembered I had put my ring in my hat at that moment,” Leren said. “It was a moment of panic.”

Leren, visiting from Denver, retraced her steps to the yoga spot, but didn’t find the ring.

Two women strolling the shoreline saw Leren searching and joined. Soon, more people joined, including three girlfriends from Denver who had traveled with Leren to Anna Maria Island for a week’s vacation.

One of the searchers suggested calling a service that uses metal detectors to hunt for lost items. The group searches at no cost.

Leren called, said a man with a detector searched for several hours, but to no avail.

Leren and her friends printed flyers to post in Bradenton Beach, hoping someone would find the ring and return the treasure.

Then the women put social media to work.

Elyse Leren, left, exudes excitement May 30 after Deborah Rosenberry Magnin located her diamond and sapphire engagement ring on Cortez Beach in Bradenton Beach. Islander Photo: Courtesy Elyse Leren They posted on Facebook pages and groups, including AMI Life, AMI Friends and AMI Lost and Found.

One post caught the eye of Bradenton resident Deborah Rosenberry Magnin, a longtime treasure hunter who offered to search for free with her metal detector.

Magnin bought her first detector more than 20 years ago in Pennsylvania, then traded it in for a beach-

friendly model when she relocated to Florida.

“The beach-friendly model is different from the regular ground-penetrating metal detector. It’s made to look through sand and it uses different technology,” Magnin said.

Magnin has been beach hunting for years — three days a week and sometimes more.

She was confident she could find Leren’s ring.

The first day proved a bust. Magnin guessed at the location, but was slightly off.

On the second day, Leren led Magnin to the spot.

Ten minutes later, the ring was on Leren’s hand.

“It wasn’t hard,” Magnin said. “I just had to have the right place.”

Magnin has found several interesting items. The most unusual, she said, was a piece of sword estimated to be between 3,000-3,500 years old and located in the United Kingdom. Locally, a man’s heavy gold 14K chain made for a good day’s work on a beach hunt.

As for Leren, she’s thrilled to have her engagement ring back on her finger. She hopes there are no more ring mishaps before her wedding in July 2020.

The girl’s week is over, and all have returned to Colorado.

“We’ll be back,” Leren said. “This was our second trip to Anna Maria Island. We just love it there.”

BB kid learns to umpire in the big league

Matthew Winsper, 8, of Bradenton Beach, shakes hands with MLB umpire Ron Kulpa before a Rays game June 1 at Tropicana Field. Matthew attended the UMPS Cares event. Islander Photo: Courtesy Will Vragovic/Tampa Bay Rays

By Brook Morrison Islander Reporter Matthew Winsper umpires at his brother Luke’s baseball games.

Whether Luke plays a pickup game at Herb Dolan Park in Bradenton Beach or at Bradenton’s G.T. Bray fields during Manatee West Little League, Matthew likes to call the games.

He even dresses the part.

During the winter-spring Little League season that ended in May, Matthew, 8, of Bradenton Beach, received a makeshift chest protector from Josh Conn, a board member of Manatee West Little League, who spotted the boy calling a game.

Matthew learned to ump from Ken Machol of Braden River Little League.

“Machol taught him for an entire evening and gave Matthew rule books to study,” said Greg Winsper, Matthew’s father.

“Many people have noticed Matthew at his brother Luke’s baseball games and they have all been very nice,” added Winsper.

One man, Tim Tremblay, suggested Matthew attend a Major League Baseball UMPS Cares event.

In May, Tremblay, a coach in the Lakewood Ranch Little League, noticed a kid dressed as an umpire at a game and paid it no mind until the third inning, when “the Manatee team balked the

plate and the umpire didn’t call it, the kid behind the screen did” said Tremblay.

“Later I found out his brother plays on the team,” he added.

Tremblay works with UMPS Cares.

When called to coordinate a meet-andgreet at a Rays game, “I knew he would be the perfect candidate for the experience,” he said.

UMPS Cares is a nonprofit formed

by MLB umpires to provide comfort and support to sick kids and their families, but Matthew was selected because of his desire to be an umpire when he grows up.

“Everyone asks my children which sport they like to play, and Matthew answers that he likes to play piano and umpire,” said Caroline Winsper, the boy’s mom.

Matthew arrived June 1 to Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg to hang out with MLB umpires before the Rays game against the Twins.

“My favorite part was learning two new things,” said Matthew. “In Major League Baseball, the umps travel together in a group and they rotate positions on the field clockwise.”

Matthew described his experience with UMPS Cares as “awesome.”

When asked whether he wants to an ump when he grows up, he said, “Yes.”

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By Kathy Prucnell

Island police blotter

anna Maria May 28, Manatee County Sheriff’s substation, 207 pine ave., information. three wallets — containing credit, debit and insurance cards — were turned into the MCSO. June 1, Slim’s place, 9701 gulf drive, confiscated property. deputies observed a man in a parked vehicle with a vape device in a cup holder while responding to an alarm. Asked about the contents of the vape device, the man acknowledged the substance was THC oil. The deputies confiscated the vape device and drug, placing them in an MCSO property locker to be destroyed.

June 3, Cypress Avenue and Tuna Street, beach ordinance. dispatched for a vehicle stuck in the sand, a deputy determined a man had driven the vehicle onto the beach to retrieve fishing gear. the man was cited for violating an ordinance that prohibits vehicles on the beach.

June 3, address redacted by MCSO, domestic.

Sheriff’s deputies responded to a disturbance where a person was transported to a medical facility.

Anna Maria is policed by the MCSO. Bradenton Beach May 31, Bayview Terrace condominiums, 117 Seventh St. N., vehicle burglary. More than a dozen tools valued at $2,000 — a generator, skill saw, drill set, chop saw, hammers, blowers and batteries — were stolen. duncan Seawall of Sarasota reported the theft from a locked trailer.

June 2, coquina Beach, 1600 gulf drive S., battery. Two men who were drinking vodka squabbled and one man struck the other man with a branch. Police arrived and observed a man bleeding. Lifeguards and emergency services treated the injured man and transported him to Blake Medical Center in Bradenton. A suspect was found under the Cortez Bridge, arrested and taken to jail.

Bradenton Beach is policed by BBPD. cortez May 30, 3700 block of 115th Street Court West,

Police, EMS respond to elevator injury

Bradenton Beach police and emergency medical services respond to an injured 77-year-old man who fell into a first-floor elevator shaft at about 8 p.m. June 5 at 105 Fourth St. S., Bradenton Beach. He was transported to Blake Medical Center in Bradenton for treatment. Islander Photo: Tjet Martin battery and resisting arrest. A 30-year-old man was arrested by deputies after an argument with his girlfriend turned physical. While being handcuffed, he pulled away and an officer restrained him. He was transported to jail.

June 1, 3700 block of 115th Street West, burglary/ resisting arrest. A 59-year-old man went to a neighbor’s house appearing intoxicated and asking for beer. The woman refused and the man allegedly threw an empty beer container at her. Later, the woman found the man on her lanai, banging on her door and demanding beer.

He continued banging and broke the glass. deputies found the suspect, with cuts on his hands and blood on his shorts, at his residence. The man was transported to jail.

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May 30, 100 block of 47th Street, beach ordinance.

An 18-year-old Bradenton man drove his vehicle onto the beach to listen to music and was ticketed for a first offense of driving on the beach.

June 1, 100 block of 55th Street, fraud. A vacation homeowner reported an unauthorized advertisement after she found people trying to open her door. The agent at Vacasa who handles her property told her the agency had no information pertaining to the renter. The renter told police Florida Vacation Rentals was paid $1,470 for the rental based on an ad on Craigslist.

June 2, 3200 e. Bay drive, assault. Juveniles reported a man in a toyota tundra flashed a 6-inch knife while they were waiting for a trolley. License plate recognition cameras and footage from Walgreens assisted police in locating a suspect vehicle, although no arrest was made at that time.

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Bret Hoffman, 34, was arrested at 6:23 p.m. May 27 for resisting arrest with violence and defrauding an innkeeper. His tab was $88.

BBpd officer Steve masi was called to the Sports Lounge, 118 Bridge St., to assist the bartender with the recalcitrant customer.

Hoffman Hoffman refused to pay the bill, swore at the officer and became combative, according to the police report.

When Masi attempted to take Hoffman into custody, the report states Hoffman pulled away and a struggle ensued. the officer warned the man to stop fighting or face an electric shock, but Hoffman continued to fight, according to the report.

Masi deployed an electrical device and Hoffman complied, the report stated.

BBpd detective Sgt. Lenard diaz said Hoffman was tased twice and received a 5-second shock. No medical services were required. according to diaz, medical treatment is required when a suspect is shot three or more times with the electric shock weapon.

Police transported Hoffman to the Manatee County jail, where he posted a $1,620 bond and was released.

Hoffman’s arraignment is set for 9 a.m. Friday, June 21, at the Manatee County Judicial Center, 1051 Manatee Ave. W., Bradenton.

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Judge rules for county, throws out owner claims

By Kathy Prucnell Islander Reporter Manatee County was the take-all winner in June 4 pretrial skirmishes against Bradenton Beach property owners.

Twelfth Circuit Judge Edward Nicholas dismissed counterclaims for inverse condemnation — actions against the county alleging its taking of private property without just compensation — brought by Shawn Kaleta for 116 11th St. S., and his companies, BB Bayfront, which owns 112 11th St. S. and 114 11th St. LLC. And though Kaleta and his companies’ three properties are the only owners in the suit, a surveyor’s affidavit brought to the court’s attention suggests owners of 32 additional lots would be impacted by a 2001 Bradenton Beach resolution the county wants to see invalidated.

Nicholas dismissed the claims with prejudice — meaning the owners cannot re-plead. Remaining in the Kaleta amended counterclaims are counts for trespass and ejectment.

The judge also denied the owners’ motion to dispose of count I of the county’s complaint, which seeks to invalidate a 2001 Bradenton Beach resolution. Other counts ask the court to impose an implied easement and prevent pool construction and other uses of the right of way.

The resolution vacated Bay Shore Drive, also known as Bay Drive South, which was platted but never constructed, and transferred the land to adjacent property owners.

With its complaint, the county is seeking a judge’s order to obtain control over property around a sewer installed 40 years ago under the three Kaleta properties, alleging the city resolution was invalid and the

properties remain subject to the right of way.

According to surveyor affidavits brought to the judge’s attention June 4, the resolution impacts 32 other lots whose owners have not been made parties to the suit.

Attorney Christopher DeCarlo spoke for the county June 4.

Attorney Jason Gaskill, of the Sarasota law firm of Adams and Reese, represented Kaleta and his companies.

The city of Bradenton Beach is a party to the proceedings but did not participate in the hearing.

Gaskill asked the judge to dispose of count I because it fails to include the numerous owners affected by the resolution.

DeCarlo contended the surveyor who identified the encumbrances improperly took an adversarial position to the county based on another contract.

In ruling on the partial summary judgment, Nicholas found insufficient evidence to establish indispensable, unnamed parties would lose title to property if the judge invalidates the 2001 resolution and the county should take up its issue with the surveyor in another way.

Following a half-hour break, the judge heard Kaleta’s inverse condemnation claims.

The county’s position, according to DeCarlo, is that the counts filed in August 2018 were past a fouryear statute of limitations.

He contended the clock began to run with the recording of the resolution Oct. 31, 2001, when it was “made known to all.”

Gaskill contended the resolution was not part of his counterclaim and shouldn’t be considered under a rule limiting the judge to the “four-corners” of a pleading.

Additionally, he argued an exception to the fouryear rule based on the discovery of the sewer line in September 2016, when Kaleta applied to the city for swimming pools and was denied permits.

DeCarlo countered that the discovery exception doesn’t apply because, if it did, every time properties changed hands, it would spur claims of new knowledge, rendering statutes of limitations ineffectual.

In the end, the judge sided with DeCarlo.

“This isn’t like a pipe that was buried. This was an official recording. And it puts people on notice that the statute of limitations could be running,” Nicholas said in ruling.

After the hearing Gaskill told The Islander, “I’m shocked by that ruling,” adding he plans to appeal the dismissal of the claims after the case ends in circuit court.

At a June 6 city meeting, Bradenton Beach commissioners decided to maintain their support of the 2001 resolution, with Mayor John Chappie and Commissioner Jake Spooner saying they would decline a county offer to settle the case.

Judge gives BB boater time for repairs

A new court date was scheduled for a man cited under a state law targeting boats at risk of becoming derelicts on the water.

Bradenton Beach police cited Jeremy Thomas, who lives on a boat anchored south of the Historic Bridge Street Pier, for violating the statute March 26 because his 30-foot 1977 cabin cruiser had no means of propulsion during an inspection.

“I’m getting harassed more than anyone else,” Thomas testified, adding he’s in the process of repairing a motor and can move the boat if necessary.

Later in the hearing, Thomas told Judge Doug Henderson he moved his boat by tying it to another boat.

Henderson said that wasn’t good enough and continued the proceeding to July 3. He instructed Thomas to bring “proof you have the motor running.”

“We just want compliance,” BBPD Officer Eric May and Jeremy Thomas appear before 12th Circuit Judge Doug Henderson June 6 on a Bradenton Beach citation that their boat failed to possess means of propulsion. Islander Photo: Kathy Prucnell

Hill said, adding Thomas was cited about a year ago under the same law that fines violators $100 for a second offense.

Hill also told the judge that Thomas owns five other boats in various states of repair. Thomas said they all run.

In an April 25 letter to the judge, Thomas asked for the hearing and accused BBPD of harassing him, issuing more than 30 tickets.

State law prohibits any person to store, leave or abandon a vessel that is wrecked, junked or dismantled on state waters.

The Bradenton Beach anchorage is in Sarasota Bay, where BBPD received state authority in June 2006 to exercise police powers in the bay, 500-800 feet from its mainland borders to the Intracoastal Waterway and 500 feet into the Gulf of Mexico.

— Kathy Prucnell

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The Just Older Youth group at Roser Memorial Community Church will learn about storm season and hurricane readiness from a master disaster planner.

Bradenton Beach Police Lt. John Cosby will address the Roser Memorial Community Church group’s lunch meeting Wednesday, June 12, in the fellowship hall.

Cosby has experience as the lead in emergency preparations in Bradenton Beach.

A news release said Cosby will “explain how the island prepares for hurricanes and will give us an idea of what goes on behind the scenes to keep us safe during stormy times.”

Attendees should bring a brown-bag lunch. Roser will provide desserts and beverages.

The church is at 512 Pine Ave., Anna Maria.

For more information, call the church at 941-7780414.

Christ Church of Longboat Key Presbyterian (USA), 6400 Gulf of Mexico Drive, Longboat Key. Sunday service 8:30 a.m. and 10 a.m.; men’s Monday Bible study 9 a.m.; women’s Wednesday Bible study 10 a.m.

Cortez Church of Christ, 12111 45th Ave. W., Cortez. Sunday Bible study, 10 a.m.; Sunday worship, 11 a.m.; Wednesday Bible study, 7 p.m.

CrossPointe Fellowship, 8665 Gulf Drive, Holmes Beach.

Sunday worship 9 a.m.; Sunday life group 10:30 a.m.; women’s Tuesday prayer 9:30 a.m.; men’s Wednesday Bible study 7 a.m.

Episcopal Church of the Annunciation, 4408 Gulf Drive, Holmes Beach. Sunday worship 9 a.m.; men’s Wednesday breakfast 8 a.m.; Thursday worship 9:30 a.m.

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Roser Memorial Community Church, 512 Pine Ave., Saturday service 5 p.m.; Sunday service 9:30 a.m.; Sunday fellowAnna Maria, will celebrate Father’s Day during ship 10:30 a.m.; Wednesday prayer partners 11:30 a.m.; women’s worship services Sunday, June 16. Fathers attending Thursday Bible study 10 a.m. the 8:30 a.m. or 10 a.m. services at the church will Harvey Memorial Community Church, 300 Church Ave., Brareceive $3 gift certificates to Holy Cow Ice Cream denton Beach. Sunday services 8:30 a.m. and 10:15 a.m. and Other Cool Stuff in the Island Shopping Centre Longboat Island Chapel, 6200 Gulf of Mexico Drive, Longboat at 3234 E. Bay Drive, Holmes Beach. For more Key. Sunday service 10 a.m.; fellowship afterward. information, call the church at 941-778-0414.

Roser Memorial Community Church, 512 Pine Ave., Anna Maria. Sunday worship 8:30 a.m. and 10 a.m.; adult Sunday school 8:45 a.m.; Sunday adult book study 9 a.m.; Just Older Youth/JOY Send announcements and listings for Gathering to Brown Bag Lunch Series second and fourth Wednesdays, 11 a.m. news@islander.org, as well as calendar@islander.org.

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Laite Fiefia, 14, of Bradenton, left, poses June 4 with cousins from Palmetto Silia,15, and Caleb Matelau,12, off of 79th street in Holmes Beach. Islander Photo: Brook Morrison

Looking for volunteer opportunities on or around Anna Maria Island? These are ways to help: Volunteers are needed to provide supplies for Anna Maria Elementary School before the 2019-20 school year begins in August. Supplies in demand include 24-count crayon boxes, pencils, wide-ruled notebook paper, colored pencils and washable markers. Information: 941-708-5525.

The Roser Food Bank needs donations of cash and nonperishable food. The pantry is administered by Roser Memorial Community Church, 512 Pine Ave., Anna Maria. Information: 941778-0414.

Moonracer Animal Rescue seeks volunteers to offer foster and forever homes for rescued animals. Information: 941-345-2441.

Anna Maria Island Historical Society museum seeks docents, 402 Pine Ave., Anna Maria. Information: 941-778-0492.

Anna Maria Island Chamber of Commerce seeks volunteers to assist at the office and visitor information center. Information: 941-778-1541.

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Fatherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Day brings fond memories of beach days

By Sandy Ambrogi Islander Reporter Men will unwrap ugly ties and coffee mugs with their childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s photos printed on them.

Dads will be treated to a Sunday lunch.

Fathers and the contributions they make to family life will be recognized on Fatherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Day, which is June 16.

My â&#x20AC;&#x153;Popâ&#x20AC;? loved his family. He doted on his children and disciplined with a strong, velvet hand.

Pop loved the outdoors, and he loved animals. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a special place in hell for people who mistreat children and animals,â&#x20AC;? he said often.

Once he struck a bird while driving and pulled over to retrieve its body from the road. He was upset the rest of the day.

Pop bought ice cream cones for kids and dogs at the Dairy Freeze drive-thru. He coached baseball for my brother and his friends. He built a trailer so I could take my horse to shows, then often made several trips to cart other kidsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; horses there, too.

He was busy every Saturday â&#x20AC;&#x201D; doing something for his kids.

But he was most happy when we took our yearly trips to the beach on Anna Maria Island.

He had a couple of pairs of long cotton pants he would don for long walks on the sand. They were loose-fitting and faded, yellow and dingy white. They

billowed when he walked. and danced in the air bright around him. Back then, no He stood in the waves and kept an eye out while one cared if you fed the birds. we boogie-boarded ourselves into exhaustion.

He made road trips from Tennessee to Florida an He fed seagulls, and delighted when they skittered adventure, yelling â&#x20AC;&#x153;helloâ&#x20AC;? out the car windows at workers in the fields of south Georgia, taking bets on how long it would be before we found the next Stuckeyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, stopping for roasted peanuts from roadside stands and stealing ashtrays from the Howard Johnsonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, the lodging of choice in those days.

At the beach, he relaxed. He sat with Mom for long stretches and his face would be beet red by the end of the day if he forgot the zinc oxide.

As the years went on and his hair turned white, he wore the same beach pants.

We teased and taunted him about his pants, even as he ambled up and down slowly in the sunshine. He made his last beach trip at 80.

Today, I have an image in my mind: My father, with his arm outstretched high, one leg in front of the other as he tosses a cracker. Black and white wings surround him. He is a young man, with dark hair and a wide smile, in his element on the beach on Anna Maria Island.

Pop died almost 10 years ago.

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Scouts, community building bridges in FISH Preserve

By Kathy Prucnell Islander Reporter “It was so exciting. They were working so hard.”

Florida Institute for Saltwater Heritage vice president Jane von Hahmann reported on Matthew Kurutz’s Eagle Scout project on the west side of the FISH Preserve June 3 to the nonprofit’s board of directors.

To earn the rank of Eagle Scout, Matthew, 16, fundraised, planned and is now rebuilding three small pedestrian bridges and clearing exotics from a corner of the FISH Preserve.

The project took off in June.

The first work day, June 1, produced one rebuilt bridge and cleared much of the site. The goal is to make the site suitable for scout camping, Matthew said.

“We would let them if they make that request,” von Hahmann told the board who gathered at Fisherman’s Hall in Cortez for its monthly meeting Matthew spent two years raising $3,000 from donations and concession sales at Cortez festivals.

Probuild/Builders First Source of Bradenton supplied $2,000 in materials at a discount, including Trex decking and provided free delivery.

Other items in the project’s budget included food, drinks and miscellaneous supplies. Any money left over will go to FISH, Matthew said.

The three bridges are being built on existing posts, after the dismantling of decks from bridges built out of pressure-treated wood in 2007 by other scouts. Matthew said the new bridges will need less maintenance than the wooden structures.

Troop 76 Scouts Cory Barnouski, Nathaniel Gregory, Trenton Hermann, Braeden Kraft, brother Nicholas Kurutz, and parents of the scouts assisted Matthew.

They laid planks, hammered nails and slashed through invasive species.

Manatee County Ecological and Marine Services division manager Damon Moore helped with the

Cory Barnouski and Matthew Kurutz explain Matthew’s Eagle Scout project June 1 while Braeden and Bill Kraft nail boards for a bridge the scouts are building on the Florida Institute for Saltwater Heritage Preserve in Cortez.

Matthew Kurutz reaches for a buttonwood tree at the FISH Preserve. He and others cleared invasive species from the preserve — but left indigenous plants, such as the buttonwood.

removal of exotic plants.

Moore showed the scouts how to identify and eradicate invasive Brazilian pepper and carrotwood trees.

“He taught them so much,” von Hahmann said, adding Moore hoped to inspire “a couple future

arborists.’”

Shari and Steve Kurutz, mentored their son, as did Eagle Scout coach Bill Kraft, providing expertise, leadership and labor.

Another workday is planned for June 29, when Matthew hopes to finish the project. But, if not, another weekend will be scheduled.

“This has taught me a lot about planning, budgeting and (the) background needed for projects,” Matthew said.

He thanked his friends, his coach and FISH, “for their patience because it took a long time.” He also thanked the leaders of the Cortez Cultural Center, including Bob Landry, who provided storage and electricity.

The Bay Shore High School junior was uncertain about his future career path, but he had a few ideas.

“I have a couple of years to figure it out, but I might like doing something in nature. It’s a thought,” he said.

Hammerhead shark presence in local waters turns heads

By Sandy Ambrogi Islander Reporter They look prehistoric, with oddly shaped heads and protruding eyes.

They unnerve seasoned mariners.

They are hammerhead sharks.

As islanders settle into hot summer days on the coast of Florida, so do hammerhead sharks.

The warm coastal waters of Anna Maria Island and south Florida serve as nurseries for the sharks, which generally arrive around March and move on by July.

Locally, the sharks feast on tarpon and stingrays.

Memorial Day weekend, one hammerhead — estimated at more than 10 feet long — swam around a boat about 100 yards off the beach of Anna Maria Island.

Corrine Lough and her family had stopped the boat and were contemplating a swim in the shallow water off Bean Point on the north end of Anna Maria Island when she saw the hammerhead.

The family filmed and then posted a video of the encounter. A social media frenzy ensued.

Also, May 28, 27 miles to the south at Nokomis, lifeguards cleared the water for an hour after a hammerhead came close to the shoreline in the swim zone.

The following day, a group of boaters with the Pasco County Sheriff’s Office spotted a hammerhead off Anclote Key near Tarpon Springs. Again the shark was seen in shallow water.

Last year, a father and son filmed a hammerhead trolling the beach near Bayfront Park in Anna Maria.

According to the International Shark Attack File, a global database, 17 people have been subject to unprovoked attacks by hammerheads in the genus Sphyrna, the type found along coastal waters, since 1580.

No human fatalities have ever been recorded from hammerhead bites according to the file, the world’s only scientifically documented, comprehensive database of all known shark attacks.

Robert Hueter, director of the Center for Shark Research at Mote Marine Laboratory in Sarasota, suggested people remember one rule: Don’t get between

• Don’t swim among large schools of fish. Predators might be feeding.

• Don’t wade in shallow water where stingrays are present since they are sought by sharks as tasty treats.

• Avoid brightly colored bathing suits, especially neon yellow and green. Sharks can see these colors from long distances.

• Avoid wearing jewelry while swimming. Sunlight glinting off metal can look like scales on bait fish to predators.

Hammerheads sometimes congregate by the hundreds, but tend to hunt solitarily.

Today’s odd-looking model of the hammerhead had an ancestor that likely appeared some 20 million years ago, according to livescience.com, a science news website.

So if you see one swimming off Anna Maria Island this summer, remember the hammerheads were here first.

And enjoy the show.

A photo collage of an 11- to 12-foot hammerhead hark at the dock in Cortez. The shark was found in a net under the catch of bait, where it was unintentionally entangled and died. Islander Graphic: Bonner Joy a shark — or any predator for that matter — and its food.

Some additional rules to stay safe: • Don’t swim at night and don’t swim in murky waters.

• Pay attention to surroundings.

• Don’t swim where people are fishing. You might get mistaken for bait.

A hammerhead shark skims the shore at Bean Point in Anna Maria. Capt.

Aaron Lowman caught the photo in 2016 while tarpon fishing.

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AMOB shuts down breakfast griddle on BB city pier

By Ryan Paice Islander Reporter The Anna Maria Oyster Bar at the Historic Bridge Street Pier in Bradenton Beach is on break from breakfast.

The restaurant’s ownership announced the decision to stop serving daily breakfast and weekend brunch in a May 31 newsletter by email to customers.

Owner John Horne stepped into the kitchen June 2 to cook during the restaurant’s final day of breakfast.

“Unfortunately, the response to offering a morning menu at the pier hasn’t been what we’d hoped,” read the notice in the newsletter. “After more than three years servicing breakfast and brunch, we’ll shift our hours back to better serve the island demographics of both locals and visitors.”

Horne said in a June 4 interview with The Islander he dropped breakfast and brunch because the service was not profitable. He said brunch was profitable on weekends, but breakfast on the weekdays was not.

“I think you need to do it seven days a week or none at all,” Horne said. “And the demographics on the island are that there are a lot of people on vacation and, shoot, I don’t get up for breakfast when I’m on vacation. I want to watch the sunset, then go have dinner, relax and sleep a little late.

Former Mayor Bill Shearon said in a June 4 interview with The Islander that city commissioners

AMOB owner John Horne, right, cooks pancakes at his restaurant on the Historic Bridge Street Pier in Bradenton Beach March 15, 2018, for PACE Center for Girls members Jennifer Henry, Hope Matthews and America Arrieta.

Islander File Photo: Sandy Ambrogi

wanted the restaurant to serve breakfast, lunch and Shearon said he sympathized with Horne, who has dinner when they chose AMOB as the pier tenant in dealt with the lack of a floating dock for around two September 2015, after the city evicted Cast-N-Cage years, limiting access to the restaurant via boat. co-owner Roland Peña for nonpayment of rent.

However, the former mayor said he wished the Shearon said the city collects 2% of the restau- decision was brought up for discussion with city offirant’s gross revenue with the rent, so ending breakfast cials during a meeting. will lower the restaurant’s monthly rent payments to “I think it would have been proper for the pier team the city, regardless of amoB’s profitability. to review it and, at a minimum, I think there should However, the lease for the property does not have been discussion with notification to, or blessings require the restaurant to offer breakfast. from the city commission on this,” Shearon said.

Horne said some commissioners and community Mayor John Chappie said in a June 5 interview members stated a preference for breakfast services with The Islander that he isn’t sure what the lease Almost everything is in place for the installation of when AMOB was selected, and he promised to offer requires, but he and city attorney Ricinda Perry would meet to look into the issue.

Bradenton Beach’s floating dock at the Historic Bridge it for as long as it was profitable.

But after three years, he found breakfast wasn’t Shearon added that AMOB was one of his favorStreet Pier. profi table and the time came to call it quits for the ite spots in Bradenton Beach to walk his service dog All that remains is delivery. morning shift.

Reece and enjoy breakfast.

City commissioners voted 5-0 June 6 to accept an interlocal agreement with Manatee County allowing July 4 Freedom Fest parade on tap for LBK gibsonton-based Hecker construction — the contractor hired to deliver and install the dock — to use the it’s about time to wave the flag in honor of uncle 10 businesses are entered.

North Coquina Boat Ramp to load dock materials onto Sam’s birthday — and maybe pocket some cash in the Floats may be any motorized vehicle with four a work barge. process. wheels. Registration is $25 for businesses and there The agreement allows contractors hired by the city The Longboat Key Chamber of Commerce invited is no charge for nonprofit entries. to use the ramp for two years as a loading facility for residents, visitors and businesses to show off their Bicycles, strollers, cars and pets are all welcome. the floating dock and for planned finger docks and a patriotic best red, white and blue at 9 a.m. Thursday, Participants should assemble by 8:30 a.m. in the police boat lift at the pier.

July 4, in the annual Freedom Fest Parade. parking lot between SunTrust Bank and Bank of AmerThe boat ramp is within city limits, but owned Cannons Marina will award $500 to the most patri- ica on Bay Isles Road. and maintained by the county, which required the two otic business entry in the parade — but only if at least For more, call the chamber at 941-383-2466. governments to agree to specified uses.

The new city dock will consist of 25 composYou can catch all the news online at islander.org ite piling to support the floating deck, which will be attached to the pilings with rollers.

Pilings for the dock are scheduled for delivery to the loading facility within 30 days, at which point Hecker will begin installation.

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Nesting news

Curled loggerhead tracks June 3 indicate a false crawl at Manatee Public Beach. â&#x20AC;&#x153;A false crawl is where a turtle comes onto the nesting beach and does not nest,â&#x20AC;? says Suzi Fox, executive director of AMITW. â&#x20AC;&#x153;People need to stay 100 feet away and stay silent if they come onto a nesting sea turtle.â&#x20AC;? Islander Photo: Courtesy AMITW/Suzi Fox

Sea turtle trackers discuss disrupted nesting

By Brook Morrison Islander Reporter donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be an intruder.

This could be a banner season for sea turtle nesting in Florida, but the need to educate people intruding on sea turtles remains paramount. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s happening is people are running after them with their phonesâ&#x20AC;? to take photos or video, Suzi Fox, executive director of Anna Maria Island Turtle Watch and Shorebird Monitoring said June 6 before the most recent Turtle Talk series at CrossPointe Fellowship in Holmes Beach. â&#x20AC;&#x153;People need to stay 100 feet away and stay silent if they come onto a nesting turtle.â&#x20AC;?

Fox said turtle watch volunteers spotted a number of false crawls from the Manatee Public Beach southward to 26th Street in Holmes Beach. False crawls are when a sea turtle comes onto a nesting beach but aborts nesting. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I consulted with FWC staff and we concur that this is only caused by people walking up to turtles on the beach at night,â&#x20AC;? Fox said.

Only females come ashore, and only to nest. It is strange territory to the sea turtles and distractions can easily send them retreating, back to the Gulf of Mexico.

Harassing sea turtles is a punishable offense.

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Luciano Soares, research scientist with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, left, and Suzi Fox and Skip Coyne of AMITW, gather June 6 at CrossPointe Fellowship in Holmes Beach to discuss sea turtle nesting season. Soares presented nesting information during the Turtle Talks program. Islander Photo: Brook Morrison

The first green sea turtle tracks of the 2019 nesting season are found June 3 at Coquina Beach in Bradenton Beach. Islander Photo: Courtesy AMITW/ Suzi Fox

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Luciano Soares, research scientist with the FWC, talks with turtle watch executive director Suzi Fox and volunteers about loggerheads and green sea turtles during the weekly Turtle Talk June 6 at CrossPointe Fellowship in Holmes Beach. Islander Photo: Brook Morrison

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Columnist Lisa Neff’s campsite at Lake Louisa State Park, a 4,372acre park south of Clermont, in the northeast corner of the Green Swamp on the southwestern shore of Lake Louisa.

By Lisa Neff

Happy campers pitch a tent Bug spray?

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Matches?

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Sleeping bags?

Check.

At least two times a year, wife Connie and I pack our hatchback with food staples and supplies and speed off to sleep in the woods amid raccoons, rabbits and other critters common to state parks in southwest Neff Florida.

Work schedules allow us to put up the “Gone Camping” notice for about 24 hours, but we pack for a week in the wilderness rather than an overnight in a Florida state park.

We’re not glampers outfitted with mattresses, solar chandeliers and a tent the size of an island cottage — or rather what used to be the size of an island cottage.

But we don’t “rough it.”

Resources for turtle nesting season

To report unattended property or large holes on the beach, call code enforcement: • anna maria, 941-708-6130, ext. 139 or 129.

• Bradenton Beach, 941-778-1005, ext. 280.

• Holmes Beach, 941-708-5800, ext. 247.

To read about turtle-friendly lighting, visit: • myfwc.com/seaturtle and click on “Sea turtles and Lights.”

To report sick, injured, entangled or dead sea turtles, call: • fWc Wildlife alert Hotline, 1-888-4043922, #FWC or *FWC on a cellphone or text Tip@ MyFWC.com.

To reach Anna Maria Island Turtle Watch, contact executive director Suzi Fox: • 941-778-5638 or suzifox@gmail.com.

To learn more about sea turtles and conservation around the world, visit Sea Turtle Conservancy: conserveturtles.org.

We pitch a tent in a camping spot with a water pump, electrical outlets, campfire circle, grill and picnic table and say “hello” to happy campers on both sides of us.

A typical trip involves setting up camp, hiking a trail, cooking dinner over an open fire, chatting with other campers, roasting marshmallows, stargazing, playing poker and then drifting off to sleep in the tent.

We’re miserable campers when the bugs swarm or a thunderstorm hits, but our bad trips have been few.

We’re the happiest of campers when we get treated to a wildlife encounter.

On an outing to Little Manatee River State Park June 1, a hawk watched us set up camp. We saw two deer, an armadillo, three gopher tortoises, four pileated woodpeckers and an owl. I spotted a red-headed woodpecker — an addition to my birder’s lifelist. and we listened to a whip-poor-will as darkness fell.

Only twice have we been frightened in a Florida campground — once by a growl outside the tent at Oscar Sherer State Park, which turned out to be from a rabbit; and once by a scurrying mole, also at oscar Sherer, located off the Tamiami Trail near Osprey and one of our favorite destinations.

Our first camping trip in Florida was at Oscar Sherer, where we woke up to six pileated woodpeckers working on the trees above our tent.

I’d camp more often if opportunities existed even closer to home than the 40-plus minute drive to Little Manatee River or the hourlong drive to Myakka River State Park.

But public camping is limited in west Bradenton to group outings at Robinson Preserve and prohibited

on Anna Maria Island, with exceptions for events such as the sleepover at Coquina Beach for a now-defunct fundraiser.

Leffis Key at coquina Beach Bayside would be an ideal spot. Perico and Neal preserves on Perico Island also would be ideal for camping, even if opportunities were limited to a few weekends a year.

So how do we make for more happy campers?

Pippa Neff, 9, niece of writer Lisa Neff, stands outside her tent at a campground near Orlando. Camping in Florida’s state parks often is a family activity.

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Island soccer, golf, horseshoes, strongest man? You bet

By Kevin P. Cassidy Islander Reporter With summer unofficially here for this school teacher/reporter, it’s vacation time.

I’ll be beaching it with a book or two, working on household projects and searching for sports action.

This weekend, things will heat up with the World’s Strongest Man competition in Bradenton and at the public beaches on Anna Maria Island — and Cassidy I expect to be in on that action.

My summer got off to an early start with a flight to Chicago to transport Jack, an 8-week old Mastiff puppy, and attend my nephew’s graduation ceremony, along with sisters Mo Cassidy and Theresa Cassidy Collins, who came up from Florida, and niece Ericka Collins, who flew in from Washington, D.C. Daniel and Ethan Cassidy Silets finished eighthgrade, while Joshua Cassidy Silets graduated from high school and soon will be attending the Illinois Institute of Technology.

It’s good family time for the Cassidys.

And anytime I make it to Chicago, attendance at a Cubs games is a must, and this time was no different. Many thanks to my sister, Illinois state Rep. Kelly Cassidy and wife Candace Gingrich for their hospitality and for providing great seats at the game along with access to the Makers Mark Barrel Room.

As for summer content, please help this writer through summer, and send notices of sporting events throughout the season.

Happy summer to everyone!

Adult soccer action continues After eight weeks of action, the standings are tight at the top for teams in the adult soccer league at the Center of Anna Maria Island.

Gulfview Windows and Doors continues to lead the pack with a 6-1-1 record, but Duncan Real Estate is on their heels with a 6-2 record. Ross Built sits in third place with a 5-2-1 record with Flynn Law at 5-3 and Blalock Walters at 4-3-1 right behind. Jiffy Lube holds down sixth place with a 4-4 record, just ahead of seventh-place Sato Real Estate at 3-4-1. Solid Rock Construction follows with a 3-5 record, while Beach House Real Estate at 2-6 and Moss Builders at 0-8 complete the standings.

Action June 6 kicked off with Flynn Law rolling to a 4-0 victory over Blalock Walters behind a goal and an assist from Tyler Robinson and goals from Chris Culhane, Kevin Roman and Lexi Sato. Josh Bernet and Olaf Krause contributed assists, while Mark Rudacille

Bystrom and Vince Circharo scored a goal each to lead Ross Built, which also received an assist from Chris Klotz and eight saves from John Hagerty in the loss.

Jiffy Lube defeated Beach House Real Estate by a 3-1 score to close out the night’s soccer action. Anil Bkbulut, Daniel Anderson and Ricky Anderson each scored goals to lead Jiffy Lube, which received eight saves from Robb Marshall in the victory.

Adam Bujarski scored the lone goal in the loss and Cliff Powell had six saves to lead Beach House.

A Colorado Rockies player was initially called safe but, if you look closely, the ball already is in Cubs first baseman Anthony Rizzo’s glove. Manager Joe Maddon challenged the call, which was overturned during action June 6 at Wrigley Field in Chicago.

Islander Photo: Kevin P. Cassidy made nine saves for the shutout.

Scott Rudacille made 13 saves in goal to lead Blalock Walters in the loss.

The second match of the evening saw Duncan Real Estate roll to a 7-3 victory over Moss Builders behind six goals from Joey Hutchinson. Clancy Vaughan added a goal to the victory, while Trey Horne made seven saves.

Diego Felipe scored two goals to lead Moss Builders, which also received a goal from Jake Parsons and nine saves from Scott Bear in the loss.

Gulfview and Ross battled to a 2-2 tie in the night’s third match. Gulfview was led by Keith Mahoney’s two goals and 10 saves from Jordan Demers. Connor

Golf news Key Royale Club action teed off June 3 with the men playing a nine-hole, modified-Stableford System golf match. Terry Schaefer earned clubhouse bragging rights with a score of plus-7, edging Bill Brodie by a point.

The women played a nine-hole, individual-low-net match in two flights. Lori Waggoner took Flight A with a score of 2-over-par 34 to edge a trio of players — Margrit Layh, Debi Wohlers and Carol Duncan — by a stroke.

Sue Wheeler, with a chipin on the ninth hole, and Roxanne Koche both carded 2-under-par 30s to finish in a tie for first place in Flight B. Amy Tripp and Terry Westby a shot back, tied for second place.

The men were back on the course June 6 for a nine-hole scramble. The team of Gary Alvord, Bill Brodie, Ken Nagengast and Marie Taddeo combined on a 5-under-par 27 to earn clubhouse bragging rights for the day.

Horseshoe news Two teams met in the finals after advancing from pool play during June 5 horseshoe action at the Anna Maria City Hall horseshoe pits.

The team of Steve Doyle and Sam Samuels jumped out to an early lead and held on for a 21-5 victory over Tim Sofran and Neil Hennessey.

There was no need for a playoff to decide a champ June 8, as Hank Huyghe and Rod Bussey were the outright winners on posting the lone 3-0 record during pool play.

Play gets underway at 9 a.m. every Wednesday and Saturday at the Anna Maria City Hall pits. Warmups begin at 8:45 a.m. followed by random team selection.

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Halfthor Bjornsson competes in the World’s Strongest Man contest in 2018. He will participate in the 2019 competition in Bradenton, Bradenton Beach and Holmes Beach June 13-16 in coordination with the Bradenton Area Convention and Visitors Bureau. A news release stated that “25 of the world’s best will now compete for this year’s crown over a progressive four-day schedule.” Plans include three days of qualifiers and a one-day final. For more information, go online to theworldsstrongestman.com. Islander Photo: Courtesy IMG Southernaire Fishing Charters

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Tarpon are the attraction, but plenty of species take the hook

By capt. danny Stasny Islander Reporter Tarpon are the main attraction again for Anna Maria Island.

The Gulf beaches, Passage Key inlet and around Egmont Key are producing stellar action. Live pass crabs and live threadfin herring are the go-to baits, although switching presentations may be a good idea as the bite wears on.

Stasny i have found live pinfish works when the tarpon are hanging close to the bottom, especially in the passes.

And there’s always the “anchor up and chum” method, cutting threadfin herring to churn up a chum slick. This method is effective when the tarpon are not as active as they could be. And hey, let’s face it, a hookup is a hookup with a silver king.

With the opening of American red snapper for commercially permitted charter captains, reports are pouring in. Limits of these tasty snapper are being caught daily. And, with gag grouper also in season, you have the opportunity to catch two of the best tasting fish in our waters.

Also offshore are yellowtail and mangrove snapper, as well as permit.

On my Southernaire charters, I’m following the catch-and-release snook bite around Tampa Bay and the surrounding waters. Swift moving tides shortly after sunrise are producing a great bite from the popular backcountry fish. free-lining live shiners around mangroves edges, where deep water exists, is where I’m seeing the best action. Most snook landings are 22-26 inches, although i’ve had a few fish exceed 30 inches.

Spotted seatrout are being caught and released by my clients with regularity. deeper grass flats where clean swift currents are flowing produce the best action.

Again, free-lined shiners are the bait of choice. after spending a couple hours on the flats, i’m switching tactics and moving into deeper water. Fishing rock piles and wrecks in Tampa Bay is good for catching Spanish mackerel and mangrove snapper. For the macks, a live shiner combined with a longshank hook is a good bet. As for the snapper, a 1/2-ounce knocker rigs works well.

Capt. Warren Girl is spending his days tarpon fishing along the gulf beaches of anna maria island, Longboat and egmont keys. finding schools of fish that have not received a lot of pressure is key to get-

Fishing tip! If you hook a bird: Reel, remove and release!

Jeremy Nance and son Carter show off the sailfish they caught June 4 on a fishing trip in the Gulf of Mexico.

They fished about 20 miles offshore with father-in-law/ grandfather Johnny Rigney aboard his boat. They attracted the sailfish with a lure made by Jeremy Nance, who said it “put up quite a fight.” The fish was released after the trophy photo: Islander Photo: Johnny Rigney ting a bite. Early morning tarpon trips are producing numerous hookups for Girle’s clients. For bait, he uses either live crabs or live threadfin herring. average size of the tarpon catches: 80-120 pounds.

After the search for the silver kings, Girle is venturing offshore to reefs and ledges for mangrove snapper. on good days, limits of these fish are going in the cooler.

Capt. Aaron Lowman is putting clients on takehome gag grouper in Tampa Bay. Live bait and trolling artificials are producing action on these hard-fighting, tasty fish for Lowman’s anglers. fishing bridges, rock piles and reefs are good places to hunt the highly sought fish. mangrove snapper are showing in the same areas as the gags. Lowman’s key to success with snapper is a light fluorocarbon leader, a small hook and lots of chum. While chumming, he is attracting Spanish mackerel to his clients hooks.

Lastly, Lowman is targeting tarpon along the beaches and in the passes, where live crabs and threadfin herring attract the bite.

Capt. Jason Stock is enjoying some time inshore, on the hunt for tarpon. Casting live bait, especially during early morning hours is producing fish in the 100-pound range, and bigger silver kings are in the mix for Stock’s sport fishers. also, while inshore, Stock is putting anglers on keeper-size shallow-water gag grouper.

Moving offshore, American red snapper are bending rods and hitting the limits. Next up, Stock is moving onto yellowtail snapper and mangrove snapper. capt. david White is spending a lot of time pursu-

ing tarpon. White, a seasoned guide, is honest enough to admit that he’s had some great tarpon days and some not so great days.

On the good days, when the fish are chewing, White is achieving numerous hookups with many fish exceeding 100 pounds. pass crabs are his bait of choice.

Moving offshore, White is putting clients on plenty of American red snapper, as well as gag grouper on live and frozen bait.

Jim malfese at the rod & reel pier is enthusiastic about how clear and clean the water is at the pier. And when I was there recently, it was like looking into an aquarium.

Large schools of small shiners are gathering in the pristine waters and are sure to attract a local favorite — mangrove snapper.

You can count on seeing Spanish mackerel and jack crevalle as the bait schools become more abundant in Tampa Bay. Peering into the depths over the side of the pier, you’ll also see some big snook, although catching them is not easy. After all, if you can see them, they can see you. try medium-sized bait, such as lizard fish, mojarras or pinfish to entice the snook. But don’t bother to target the large linesiders unless you have stout gear and strong arms.

Lastly, with live shrimp as bait, some sheepshead, flounder and a few big over-slot catch-and-release redfish are on the hook at the r&r.

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Members and guests at the June 5 Anna Maria Island Chamber of Commerce lunch listen to announcements. The group gathered at Pier 22, 1200 First Ave. W., Bradenton.

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Businesses move into summer with changes

Chiles Group takes Gamble Farm organic Some of the fresh veggies on the plates at the Beach House, Sandbar, Mar Vista restaurants grow at Gamble Farms.

Now the Parrish farm, owned and operated by Ed Chiles, has transformed from a hydroponic farm to a fully organic farm.

The farm produces the Calabash squash, basil and cabbage found in the restaurants’ salads and greens and other items, including Oysters Rockefeller.

The farm allows for seasonal changes to menus based on the crops growing at the time. Local farming stimulates the local economy and organic products are free from pesticides and synthetic fertilizers. They also have a lower cost and carbon footprint, according to the Chiles’ newsletter.

So, like mother said, “Eat your veggies!”

No more pancakes at AMOB The Anna Maria Oyster Bar on the Historic Bridge Street Pier closed the pancake griddle.

The restaurant stopped serving breakfast and instead will stay open later, 11 a.m.-10 p.m. SundayThursday and 11 a.m.-11 p.m. Friday and Saturday.

Gone, too, is the weekend brunch.

Sorry, early risers.

Stay busy, islanders!

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Thursday, June 13 Noon — Lunch & Learn, the Center of Anna Maria Island, 407 Magnolia Ave., Anna Maria. $10. RSVP. Information: 941-778-1541, info@amichamber.org.

Wednesday, June 26 5 p.m. — Business mixer, Acqua Aveda Lifestyle Salon & Spa, 5311 Gulf Drive, Holmes Beach. Members $5, guests $10. RSVP. Information: 941-778-1541, info@amichamber.org.

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By Jesse Brisson Special to The Islander 639 Key royale drive, Holmes Beach, a 3,883 sfla / 8,620 4bed/4bath/3car bayfront pool home built in 2018 on a 15,656 sq ft lot was sold 05/15/19, Pierce to peppard for $3,725,000; list $3,800,000.

235 Willow ave., anna maria, a 1,024 sfla / 1,335 sfur 2bed/2bath canalfront home built in 1974 on a 15,910 sq ft lot was sold 05/16/19, demott to Sugar penny LLc for $1,335,000; list $1,249,000.

309 iris St., anna maria, a 1,566 sfla / 2,361 sfur 3bed/2bath/1car canalfront pool home built in 1969 on a 8,250 sq ft lot was sold 05/06/19, drigan to 309 iris LLc for $1,275,000; list $1,349,000.

406 n. Shore drive, anna maria, a 2,056 sfla 4bed/4bath canalfront duplex built in 1968 on a 15,000 sq ft lot was sold 05/13/19, West Coast Bungalows LLC to SWC Ban Casa Holdings LLC for $1,200,000.

6700 gulf drive, unit 2, gulfplace, Holmes Beach, a 1,603 sfla / 1,702 sfur gulffront 3bed/2bath condo with shared pool built in 1976 was sold 05/13/19, Folisi to ofH group LLc for $1,150,000; list $1,160,000.

216 69th St., Holmes Beach, a 4bed/4bath/2bath duplex with shared pool built in 1984 on a 9,646 sq ft lot was sold 05/16/19, c & c island girl LLc to Short for $1,100,000.

9405 gulf drive, a vacant canalfront 11,615 sq ft lot was sold 05/08/19, Kaleta to 9405 Gulf LLC for $1,020,000.

229 gladiolus St., anna maria, a 2,496 sfla / 3,074 sfur 4bed/3bath/2car canalfront pool home built in 1972 on a 7,500 sq ft lot was sold 05/14/19, Lipinski to Warmbier for $825,000; list $899,000.

674 Key royale drive, Holmes Beach, a 2,624 sfla / 3,392 sfur 3bed/2bath/2car pool home built in 1974 on a 14,000 sq ft lot was sold 05/06/19, Scholz to Ruby for $800,000.

403 n. Shore drive, anna maria, a vacant 7,500 sq ft lot was sold 05/17/19, Gatewood to Bodnar for $800,000.

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306 56th St., Unit 1, Seamist, Holmes Beach, a 1,980 sfla 3bed/2bath/3car land condo with pool built in 2004 was sold Brandon to Brill for $790,000; list $824,500.

8316 marina drive, Holmes Beach, a 1,440 sfla 3bed/2bath/1car pool home with deeded boat slip was sold 05/10/19, OHB Properties LLC to Olmstead for $730,000; list $775,000.

708 rose St., anna maria, a 1,012 sfla 3bed/2bath home built in 1971 on a 4,200 sq ft lot was sold 05/16/19, Larsen to Johnson for $632,000; list $644,000.

316 Spring Ave., Anna Maria, a 1,274 sfla 2bed/2bath home built in 1957 on a 7,569 lot was sold 05/10/19, Pressman to Spring Beach Cottage LLC for $620,000; list $599,000.

210 67th St., Holmes Beach, a 2,830 sfla / 3,342 sfur 3bed/4bath/1car pool home built in 1963 on a 7,875 sq ft lot was sold 05/16/19, Zink to tZ Holmes LLC for $576,000. This is believed to not be an armslength transaction.

412 Spring ave., anna maria, a 948 sfla / 1,832 sfur 2bed/2bath home built in 1935 on a 7,540 sq ft lot was sold 05/06/19, Beard to gulfside development LLC for $540,000.

238 17th St., Unit 32, Bradenton Beach Club, Bradenton Beach, a 1,268 sfla 2bed/2bath condo with shared pools built in 2005 was sold 05/07/19, Sharpe to Seifert for $480,000; list $495,000.

7100 gulf drive, unit 104, nautilus, Holmes Beach, a 1,081 sfla / 1,185 sfur 2bed/2bath condo with shared pool built in 1973 was sold 05/08/19, 7100 gulf drive unit 104 LLc to clinton for $460,000; list $489,000.

4307 gulf drive, unit 204, cayman cay, Holmes Beach, a 1.027 sfla / 1,123 sfur 2bed/2bath condo with shared pool built in 1974 was sold 05/06/19, Gone Coastal AMI LLC to Hubbell for $350,000.

8402 marina drive, Holmes Beach, a 1,211 sfla 2bed/2bath home built in 1957 on a 8,500 sq ft lot was sold 05/08/19, uS Bank to nayyar for $343,440; list $381,600.

Jesse Brisson, broker/associate at Gulf-Bay Realty of Anna Maria, can be reached at 941-778-7244.

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I S L A N D E R C L A S S I F I E D S FISHING

SERVICES Continued

RENTALS Continued

AMI WANNA GO Charter fishing and echo tours, shark charters, feed-the-stingrays and sharks, porpoise watching. 24-foot pontoon.

Call Judy for info, 941-757-7246.

ANYONE CAN TAKE a picture. A professional creates a portrait. I want to be at your wedding! www.jackelka.com. 941-778-2711.

ANNUAL 2BR/1BA: HOLMES Beach. $ 1 , 6 9 0 / m o n t h . Av a i l a b l e n o w, Close to beach. 941-705-7318.

CITY OF ANNA MARIA, part-time parking and code enforcement officer needed. Holidays and weekends are required. Please, call or email 941-708-6130, ext. 121. amadmin@ cityofannamaria.com.

REPORTER WANTED: Full- to part-time.

Print media, newspaper experience required.

Apply via email with letter of interest to news@islander.org.

KIDS FOR HIRE KIDS FOR HIRE ads are FREE for up to three weeks for Island youths under 16 looking for work. Ads must be placed in person at The Islander office, 3218 E. Bay Drive, Holmes Beach.

SERVICES

LAWN & GARDEN CONNIE’S LANDSCAPING INC. Residential and commercial. Full-service lawn maintenance, landscaping, cleanups, hauling and more! Insured. 941-778-5294.

Family Owned and Operated since 1975

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HOME IMPROVEMENT

Windows & Doors

VAN-GO PAINTING residential/commercial, interior/exterior, pressure cleaning, wallpaper. Island references. Bill, 941-795-5100. www.vangopainting.net.

I DON’T CUT corners, I clean corners. Professional, friendly cleaning service since 1999. 941-779-6638. Leave message.

JERRY’S HOME REPAIR: Carpentry, handyman, light hauling, pressure washing. Jack of all trades. Call 941-447-2198.

NEED A RIDE to airports? Tampa $65, St. Pete, $55, Sarasota, $30. Gary, 863-4095875. gvoness80@gmail.com.

ISLAND HANDYMAN: I live here, work here, value your referral. Refinish, paint, tile. Just ask. JayPros. Licensed/insured. References.

Call Jay, 941-962-2874.

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZER AVAILABLE for your summer projects. I can help you declutter, organize and/or downsize. 941301-8017. Home Tweet Home Organizing Services. Bradenton.

AMI RESIDENTS, 35 years cleaning and 15 years CNA. Personal care, shopping, cleaning, transportation, yardwork, windows, handyman. Will also do babysitting. Need a night out? References. 941-224-2444.

HOLLANDS PAINT, DRYWALL and handyman services: Interior/exterior paint, drywall repair, wall/ceiling textures, stucco repair, pressure washing. Over 25 years’ experience. All work guaranteed. References.

Licensed/insured. Call Dee, 256-337-5395.

941-730-5045 WEATHERSIDE LLC

Bed: A bargain!

King, Queen, Full & Twin, pre-owned from $30 new/used.

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RENTALS ONE BEDROOM CONDO: Beautifully furnished. Bradenton Beach. Annual. Big pool, small complex, one block to beach. Includes electric, water, cable, Wi-Fi. $1,550/month.

No pets. 941-447-3071.

FURNISHED 2BR/2BA CONDO: Upgraded annual rental. Holmes Beach. Westbay Point and Moorings. Bottom floor, waterfront. $1,800/month plus electric and cable. Contact 813-362-5881.

BUSINESS-TO-BUSINESS JD’s Window Cleaning looking for storefront jobs in Holmes Beach. I make dirty windows sparkling clean.

941-920-3840.

FURNISHED 1BR/1BA NEWLY renovated 55-plus ground floor. No smoking, no pets. $1,100/month or $2,000/month short-term.

Fifth Street West and Cortez Road, Bradenton. Call Gary, 585-748-3866.

BEACH SERVICE air conditioning, heat, refrigeration. Commercial and residential service, repair and/or replacement. Serving Manatee County and the Island since 1987. For dependable, honest and personalized service, call Bill Eller, 941-795-7411.

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HOLMES BEACH: WESTBAY Cove. Second floor, 2BR/2BA, large lanai. Pools, tennis, one block to Gulf beach. July-Oct. 15, $2,400/ month, November, December, $2,800/ month, April 2020, $3,200/month. Thirty-day minimum. terryaposporos@gmail, 941-7788456.

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HURRICANE

TILE -TILE -TILE. All variations of ceramic tile supplied and installed. Quality workmanship, prompt, reliable, many Island references. Call Neil, 941-726-3077.

U FLY I drive your car anywhere in the USA. Airport runs, anywhere. Office, 941-4476389. 941-545-6688.

CLEANING: RESIDENTIAL, COMMERCIAL, vacation rental. We also offer power washing for pavers and windows. 941-744-7983.

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SHELL DELIVERED AND spread. $55/yard.

Hauling all kinds of gravel, mulch, top soil with free estimates. Call Larry at 941-7957775, “shell phone” 941-720-0770.

GRIFFIN’S HOME IMPROVEMENTS Inc. Handyman, fine woodwork, countertops, cabinets and wood flooring. Insured and licensed. 941-722-8792.

B-SAFE-RIDES: Peggy, R.N I live on Anna Maria Island. Airport, casino, cruises, racetrack, golf course and personal rides. Minivan, leather, seats up to 6 people. Don’t risk it! Call or text, 727-902-7784. Unavailable May 22 until June 15.

CHRISTIE’S PLUMBING

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HOUSEKEEPER: 30-40 HOURS per week.

Must know how to handle daily housekeeping operations for a small motel. Must speak English and be a non-smoker. Family owned motel, great place to work. Tom at 941-7785405.

VILLAGE GREEN VILLA: Annual rental by owner. 2BR/2BA, 2154 sf, two-car garage, unfurnished, full appliances, very clean. Many updates, lake view, heated pool, over-55 residence. $1,900/month, first, last, security. $100 HOA application fee. Available July 1.

Call Jim, 781-603-2861, jimreilly@townisp. com.

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HELP WANTED

RELAXING MASSAGE IN the convenience of your home or hotel. Massage by Nadia, more than 20 years on Anna Maria Island.

Call today for an appointment, 941-5188301. MA#0017550.MA#0017550.

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I S L A N D E R C L A S S I F I E D S RENTALS Continued

REAL ESTATE

REAL ESTATE Continued

PERICO BAY CLUB: 2BR/2BA, one-car garage. Available December $1,500. January 2020, $3,500. Real Estate Mart, 941-3561456.

CONFORMING DUPLEX! OVER 2,500 sf of living with 2BR/2BA and 2BR/1BA. Easy walk to beach and room for pool! Now only $699,900. Call Kathleen White at 941773-0165. Island Real Estate. KWhite35@ tampabay.rr.com.

ANNA MARIA ISLAND: 3BR/2BA with large open floor plan and caged pool. Can be seen on Zillow. 218 82nd St., Holmes Beach. $719,000. 813-390-5747.

WATERFRONT CONDO AT Westbay Cove.

Monthly rental at off-season rates under $3,000. 973-208-0020 or paulreed46@msn. com.

2BR/1BA HOLMES BEACH: Annual rental, single-story, $1,400/month, ďŹ rst, last, security. 941-451-7403. msjuliesunshine@gmail. com.

TOWNHOUSE WITH BOAT slip, 2BR, heated pool. $212,000. Real Estate Mart, 941-3561456.

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WATERFRONT FIXER-UPPER: Single-family home. 3BR/2BA, caged heated pool and spa, dock and lift. Oversized two-car garage and workshop. $719,900. Real Estate Mart, 941-356-1456.

Full Service Property Management & Sales Dina Franklin (owner) Licensed Sales Associate & Property Manager

EXPERIENCE REPUTATION RESULTS SALES/RENTALS Professional Service to Anna Maria Island Since 1974

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New York Times Sunday Magazine Crossword

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