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Holmes Beach adopts formula business ban. 4

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On the government calendar. 4 Center names interim director. 5

Op-Ed

The Islander editorial, reader letters. 6

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Bradenton Beach ends building moratorium. 8 Anna Maria market lacks vendor interest. 8

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AME, HBPD take steps to improve school security

By Bianca Benedí Islander Reporter Manatee School District isn’t taking chances in the aftermath of a school shooting Feb. 14 in Florida.

Local public schools, including Anna Maria Elementary, have ramped up security to address fears and concerns about school shootings.

AME updated its visitor policy, mandating that people visit the front desk as they enter and leave the building, requiring visitors to receive a new pass on every visit and collecting the passes on departure.

Previously, AME did not require visitors to return to the front desk before leaving and regular visitors re-used passes.

The Holmes Beach Police Department will continue to undergo active shooter training to prepare for worst-case scenarios, according to Chief Bill Tokajer.

Tokajer said he recently reached out to the Manatee County Sheriff’s Office and the Federal Bureau of Investigation to arrange more training for his officers.

Representatives from law enforcement agencies in Manatee County met Feb. 26

Holmes Beach Police Officer Josh Fleischer leads a fifthgrade class March 2 on DARE at Anna Maria Elementary.

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with school district officials to discuss security, including placing 35 additional officers in district schools.

This plan won’t change much for AME because the school has a law enforcement officer on-site, Tokajer said.

HBPD provides the school resource officer at AME and has done so since 2000.

“We will continue to do the training that we do, increasing our lock-down drills at different times of the day so we can have live training with the kids,� the chief said.

Tokajer said changing the times that drills take place would prepare children for different scenarios, such as a shooter arrivPLEASE SEE AME-HBPD PAGE 3

Queue up: Expect long, longer lines on AMI

By Sandy Ambrogi Islander Reporter A line is a line is a line.

Like a line in the sand.

Or the long line of cars on Manatee Avenue that stretches to 63rd Street West on the mainland. A line of patrons forms at the order window. People stand three deep at the bars. Shoppers with carts jam the check-out lines in Publix and the line never seems to go down at ice cream shops until long after the sun goes down.

One way to describe life on Anna Maria Island: It’s downright busy. Queue up.

The consensus among business owners is business is booming and has been since the end of January, when an unseasonable cold snap headed north and chamber-ofcommerce weather settled on AMI. “We are definitely busier than last year and be patient, because we are going to get busier,� Holmes Beach Police Chief Bill Tokajer said Feb. 27. He said officers are seeing spring vacationers even with the start of spring break still a week or two away.

Visitors crowd the Manatee Public Beach Feb. 28 amid temperatures in the 80s. Islander Photo: Sandy Ambrogi Eric Irons, co-owner of AMI Beach Fun Rentals and Adventure Center, 3228 E. Bay Drive, Holmes Beach, said rental equipment is moving briskly in and out of the store on a daily basis. Weekends are leaving certain inventory scarce and his concessionaires,

Zegway and Surf’s Up Watersports, are benefiting from the uptick of visitors. “There’s at least one Segway tour going out every day,� Irons said. “And somedays, more.�

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QUEUE CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 In Anna Maria, hungry patrons fill the seats at eateries and lament the loss of the Anna Maria City Pier Restaurant, closed since September 2017.

Meanwhile, in Cortez, Liza Kubik, director of marketing and events for the Seafood Shack Marina, Bar and Grill, said it is “busier this winter than last year.”

Kubik offered one of several theories regarding the influx of visitors. In addition to seasonal snowbirds, who come year after year, new visitors have found the area beautiful, accommodating, easy to access and undaunted by storms.

“I think we are getting visitors who used to frequent areas fArther south, like Marco or even the Caribbean. People know there was a lot of damage in these areas left behind by (Hurricanes) Irma and Maria.

They don’t want to take a chance going where it might not be easy or repaired,” Kubik said Feb. 27.

“We are tourist-driven here. People have found us.” Kubik said. “We are just keeping our fingers of a lot more business than last year” at his shops. crossed it lasts for a long season.”

“Dan Alderson is one happy man,” he said Feb. Dan Alderson, who is part of the family-owned 26. He said January was slower than January 2017, but Tyler’s Homemade Ice Cream stores in Cortez, Long- when February hit, it was game on. boat Key and Bradenton, says he is seeing “way heck “It’s been a really bad winter up north. Maybe

folks just had enough and came on down. Either way, it’s great for us here,” Alderson said.

Suzette Buchan and husband John own the newly remodeled Rod and Reel Motel, 877 N. Shore Drive, Anna Maria.

They say business is good since the motel reopened Jan. 11 — reporting Feb. 27 they were booked 87 percent in February and March is at 93 percent.

“It’s strong,” Suzette Buchan said. “And going very, very well. We know there will be tough months ahead, but right now, we are very happy with what the property is doing.”

Likewise, other resort properties and short-term rentals are booming, as are real estate sales.

Jen Bowman of Keller Williams real estate reports placing contracts on eight properties between Feb. 21 and March 1. The offers include condos, villas and single-family homes.

“It’s been crazy busy all of a sudden. I’m not sure why but I’m hoping all our hard work is paying off,” Bowman said.

Across the board, local businesses reported “busy, busy, busy” around the island.

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At the Star Fish Company Market and Restaurant, 12306 46th Ave. W., Cortez, long lines and crowds at the dockside picnic tables are the norm for seafood lovers.

Seating is at a premium at about 3 p.m. Feb. 27 at the Anna Maria Island Beach Cafe at the Manatee Public Beach, 4000 Manatee Ave., Holmes Beach.

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Schooner ends long voyage

Holmes Beach Police Officer Josh Fleischer, Anna Maria Elementary resource officer, leads the first bus load of students Aug. 10, 2017, into the school for the first day of class. Islander File Photo: Sandy Ambrogi AME-HBPD CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 ing while they’re on the playground.

“It’s unfortunate that we have to do things like this, but it’s obvious in this day and age that we have to prepare and we have to do everything we can to safeguard our children,” Tokajer said.

AME’s LEO on scene: Officer Josh Every morning, HBPD Officer Josh Fleischer is waiting at the bus drop off or the front door of AME to greet students.

Fleischer said he makes an effort to get to know

The 21st century proved too much for the 148-year old Italian schooner San Francesco, moored to the seawall at the Seafood Shack Marina, Bar and Grill on 127th Street West in Cortez. The schooner sank at the marina and was raised several times before the Shack took over ownership in fall 2017. After exploring restoration options, demolition resulted.

Workers from the Seafood Shack spent March 1-3 on the project, saving the mast, wheel and other fixtures as they razed the ship.

Islander Photo: Courtesy Seafood Shack/Liza Kubik every child on a first-name basis, and he tries to keep Fleischer said the 2017-18 school year is his up with the parents as well. second full year as AME’s police resource officer on Along with making him a familiar face at school, site and in the classroom. He has served 14 years as his morning greetings also help him determine who a law enforcement officer, including eight years with should and shouldn’t be on campus. the HBPD. Fleischer, who’s known to students as “Officer Josh,” said after school begins, his routine includes Join Islander for coffee, making sure all exterior doors are secured and the classroom doors are locked. conversation with a cop After patrolling the halls, he said he usually parThe Islander will host “Coffee with a Cop” ticipates in classroom lessons, helping students with 7:30-9:30 a.m. Wednesday, March 7. everything from drug education to practicing writing A public invitation from The Islander and the skills.

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Holmes Beach hopes to ground flying shuttle business

By Terry O’Connor Islander Reporter This business is soaring.

It can fly over traffic and drop in on waves.

But Holmes Beach says don’t take off just yet.

Holmes Beach Police Chief Bill Tokajer said he’s spoken with Hans Brown, owner-operator of a small light-sport aircraft, who has been shuttling passenger air fares between Kingfish Boat Ramp, 752 Manatee Ave., and Manatee Public Beach, 4000 Gulf Drive, in Holmes Beach.

“My guys had a conversation with him,” Tokajer said at the March 1 meeting of the Holmes Beach City Commission. “They told him that’s something we weren’t permitting.”

Holmes Beach ordinances, however, leave the chief with nothing to enforce.

“I’ve looked at our ordinances and there’s nothing that says he cannot,” Tokajer said.

The flights will continue, although to alternate destinations.

Brown, a licensed pilot, said he has been told not to land his LSA at the Manatee Public Beach for now.

He intends to comply until he can establish an understanding with the city, he said.

“I’m seeking a win-win for everybody,” Brown said. “We want to operate lawfully where it’s a winwin and works for everybody.”

Commissioners expressed safety and noise concerns.

“He goes low, slow and loud,” said Chair Judy Titsworth.

City attorney Patricia Petruff said there is no ordinance preventing the pilot from picking up passengers at the boat ramp.

The pilot must comply with Federal Aviation Administration guidelines regarding flights paths over populated areas and noise levels, Petruff said.

Introductory flights cost $20 and Brown offers longer flights, including a high-definition wing-cam video of the customer’s flight. Instructional courses are available along with more information on Brown’s operation at letsfly.info.

The commercial flights continue for now, Brown said, originating out of Sarasota-Bradenton International Airport, 6000 Airport Circle, Sarasota, and Air-

port Manatee, 14108 U.S. 41, Palmetto. Just not to the public beach in Holmes Beach.

Brown wants to change that.

“Anna Maria Island is the most beautiful island in the world,” Brown said. “It’s where I go when I want to hang out.”

Hans Brown, not shown, owner-operator of this motorized light-sport aircraft shown, has been using the LSA to shuttle fares between Kingfish Boat Ramp to city hall days earlier.

“On behalf of our 6,500-plus local and the Manatee Public Beach in Holmes Beach. members, please, record our objection Islander Courtesy Photo to the proposed ordinance,” Owens emailed to city hall.

The added language also apparently placated Benderson DevelopOwens ment Co. officials and another landAnna Maria City owner who had threatened lawsuits.

• March 8, 6 p.m., commission.

Attorney Matt Brockaway rep• March 13, 4 p.m., planning and zoning. resents the owner of the property at • March 22, 6 p.m., commission.

503 Manatee Ave., site of a former Anna Maria City Hall, 10005 Gulf Drive, 941Regions Bank. Brockaway called the 708-6130, cityofannamaria.com. ordinance “over-reaching, unconstiBond tutional and illegal” at the Feb. 15 Bradenton Beach commission meeting.

• March 7, 9:30 a.m., CIP. CANCELED Two weeks later, Brockaway said he was satisfied • March 7, 9:30 a.m., CRA. with the city’s adopted formula business ban.

• March 7, 11 a.m., pier team.

The ordinance was tweaked between the first and • March 7, 2 p.m., Scenic WAVES. second reading following consultations by city attorney • March 8, 1 p.m., department heads.

Patricia Petruff with Brockaway and attorney Bradley • March 12, 10 a.m., variance hearing.

Ellis of Icard & Merrill Attorneys and Counselors of • March 15, noon, city commission.

Sarasota, who represents Benderson.

• March 20, 1 p.m., city commission.

While the city apparently satisfied some attorneys, • March 21, 1 p.m., planning and zoning. one small business owner remained concerned.

Bradenton Beach City Hall, 107 Gulf Drive “If you allow Benderson to have something, and N., 941-778-1005, cityofbradentonbeach.org. take from someone else, it’s not fair,” said Skipper Bond of Skipper & Associates Inc., a real estate office Holmes Beach at 301 Manatee Ave., Holmes Beach. “We have to start • March 7, 6 p.m., planning commission. being more fair.”

• March 13, 6 p.m., city commission.

Commissioners adopted a temporary formula • March 15, 6 p.m., city commission. business moratorium June 14, 2016, following Bend• March 27, 6 p.m., city commission. erson’s announcements that Smoothie King and • March 29, 6 p.m., city commission.

Dunkin’ Donuts/Baskin-Robbins had signed leases in Holmes Beach City Hall, 5801 Marina Drive, its 60,000-square-foot Anna Maria Island Centre shop941-708-5800, holmesbeachfl.org. ping plaza on East Bay Drive.

The temporary ban was extended twice before it West Manatee Fire Rescue expired Feb. 28. The ordinance was adopted unani• None announced. mously a day later although Commission Chair Judy WMFR administration building, 6417 Third Titsworth recused herself, citing her father’s ownership Ave. W., Bradenton, wmfr.org. interests in two Holmes Beach shopping plazas.

Commissioner Carol Soustek said the ordinance Manatee County did not go far enough.

• March 20, 9 a.m., county commission.

“I understand we walk a line,” Soustek said. “It’s Administration building, 1112 Manatee Ave. not always what we want to do, but it’s the best we can W., Bradenton, 941-748-4501, mymanatee.org. do.”

The commissioners said they tried to develop a Of interest legally defensible ordinance.

• March 14, 1 p.m., Coalition of Barrier Island “The objective of the commission is to preserve Elected Officials, Bradenton Beach City Hall. the charm and character of Holmes Beach,” said Com• March 19, 2 p.m., Island Transportation missioner Rick Hurst. “It’s not to protect the mom-andPlanning Organization, Anna Maria City Hall. pop shops. That would be illegal.”

• March 20, special election, Manatee County “I think everybody realizes this is not an easy School District tax referendum, 7 a.m.-7 p.m. pollissue,” said Commissioner Jim Kihm. “One of the ing. For more, go to votemanatee.com. criteria I set is something that would protect the char• March 30 is the Christian observance of acter of the community to the best extent we could and Good Friday. Many government offices, includcome up with an ordinance that would be defensible ing the island city halls, will be closed. and winnable in court. That’s really a difficult ask.”

Send notices to calendar@islander.org and The city commission will next meet at 6 p.m. Tuesnews@islander.org. day, March 13, at city hall, 5801 Marina Drive.

HB adopts formula business ban; legal threats recede

By Terry O’Connor Islander Reporter The Holmes Beach City Commission repeatedly has been warned it will face legal repercussions if it passes a formula business ban.

An 11th-hour amendment to the business ban, however, appears to have appeased opponents and made legal action much less likely.

“I’m very much relieved,” said Greg Owens, president of the Realtors Association of Sarasota and Manatee.

Commissioners approved ordinance 18-05, banning formula businesses at their March 1 meeting, but only after making one last edit in an attempt to avoid possible legal reprisals.

The following clause was added: “The intent of this ordinance is to only regulate the establishment of new formula businesses within the city’s mixeduse overlay district, which covers the downtown/city center, and is not intended to prohibit or otherwise regulate formula businesses outside the city’s mixeduse overlay district.”

The ordinance, which the commission spent more than a year developing, allows formula businesses to apply for exceptions.

Owens said his concerns were assuaged after real estate companies were exempted from the ordinance.

His change of heart contrasted with an email sent

Holmes Beach commission spikes public beach pier

The 300-foot Manatee Public Beach pier will not be reconstructed in Holmes Beach.

Responding to an inquiry from the Manatee County Commission, the Holmes Beach City Commission briefly considered at the March 1 work session and unanimously discarded rebuilding the once-popular pier.

The pier was removed by the county eight years ago due to deterioration and storm damage that resulted in safety concerns.

Concerns cited include the cost to build and maintain the structure, its vulnerability to storms and the likelihood it would add to parking and traffic issues.

Building the pier would cost between $1.5 million and $2.5 million, according to 2013 estimates.

“If the county has extra money that they are looking to share for a pier construction, our sister city of Anna Maria has a pier they are looking to rebuild that they could use additional funding for,” said Commissioner Jim Kihm.

Not one commissioner spoke in favor of rebuilding the structure demolished in 2009 after sustaining storm damage and a lack of general maintenance.

The 2010 county permit to rebuild the pier has expired.

The pier was installed by the county in the 1960s to help stem beach erosion.

— Terry O’Connor

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Community center names interim executive director

of committed people to work with,” he said.

Weeks sees his role as supporting staff efforts.

“I just want to be able to meet people, greet people and show them the wonderful things happening at the center,” he said.

Holmes Beach wants to tap county’s ‘surplus’ beach fund

The Manatee County budget for beach concession funds holds a $1.144 million surplus and it’s time to tap into it, according to Anna Maria Island officials.

The Holmes Beach City Commission “wish list,” which includes projects benefiting all three island cities, came to roughly $1.1 million at its March 1 work session.

Projects include bike- and pedestrian-safety improvements, the Anna Maria City Pier rebuild, beach patrols, dog park upgrades, Grassy Point Preserve improvements and skateboard park upgrades.

Funding requests by city: Anna Maria, $333,000; Bradenton Beach, $298,230; and Holmes Beach, $342,290.

Another $100,000 is requested for infrastructure needs at the Center of Anna Maria Island.

The requests will be forwarded to the Manatee County Commission for consideration.

Beach concession funds are collected by the county from United Park Services Inc., which holds the lease with the county for two concessions, Anna Maria Island Beach Cafe, 4000 Gulf Drive, Holmes Beach, and Coquina Beach Cafe, 2650 Gulf Drive S., Bradenton Beach.

The beach surplus fund is derived from excess lease payments, which includes a percentage of the cafe profits paid by the concessionaire to the county, which manages and maintains the two public beaches.

Concession fund projects must benefit all island cities.

— Terry O’Connor

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according to a news release issued March 1 by the center.

Weeks said he agreed to “keep the seat warm” for the next executive director in a phone call March 1.

Weeks took the reigns as the center undertakes a three-month search for a permanent replacement.

Weeks Weeks said a conversation with Manatee County Commissioner Carol Whitmore and center board chair David Zaccagnino, as well as a tour of the facility, convinced him it was “the right thing for (him) to do.”

Previous interactions with the center were “from afar,” he said. In the 1970s, he brought boys from the DeSoto Boys Club of America to play in baseball tournaments at the Anna Maria Youth Center.

His term as interim executive director began Feb. 27 and he held a staff meeting Feb. 28.

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By Bianca Benedí Islander Reporter The Center of Anna Maria Island has named someone to take the helm — for the time being.

Carl Weeks, former longtime president of the Boys and Girls Clubs of Manatee County, accepted the position of interim director in late February.

He succeeds Kristen Lessig, center executive director since July 2015, who announced in January she accepted a position at the Sarasota YMCA. Weeks worked at the Boys and Girls Club for 42 years. In 2000, he became executive director, a title he held until January 2011, when he became president, according to the Boys and Girls Clubs of Manatee County.

His accolades include the Edgar H. Price Jr. humanitarian award in 2014, the Boys and Girls Club of America National Professional Service Award in 2006 and recognition of 40 years of national service to youth from the Kiwanis Club of Bradenton in 2010,

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Opinion

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Too little, too late

Surely you remember the White Rabbit in “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland.” He appears at the very beginning of the book, muttering “Oh dear! Oh dear!

I shall be too late!”

Quickly, Alice follows him down the rabbit hole into Wonderland.

The adventure begins.

Remember the little ditty about time?

“I’m late, I’m late” ... sings the White Rabbit in Disney’s “Alice in Wonderland.”

“For a very important date!

No time to say ‘Hello,’ goodbye!

I’m late! I’m late!

And, when I wave I lose the time I save …

There’s danger if I dare to stop and here’s the reason why …

You see I’m overdue. I’m in a rabbit stew.

Can’t even say ‘Good-bye,’ hello I’m late, I’m late, I’m late.”

So in thinking about time, no time, too little time, times past, time well spent and time wasted — and even some thoughts about daylight saving time — I feel like maybe we missed some opportunities to improve on paradise.

We haven’t all been in agreement for a long time.

People in Anna Maria were evenly split by impulses of a city official who was quickly whisked out of office.

People in Holmes Beach were divided by the rapid influx of vacation rentals in traditionally residential neighborhoods.

Bradenton Beach is nearly evenly split on everything — evidenced by more than one card draw for a conclusion and a city lawsuit against city officials.

So why don’t we have committees to open the discussion to ideas. All ideas.

I think there’s plenty to be said for opening the Anna Maria City Pier expeditiously and then taking the time to plot replacing the historical icon.

There could be a lot said about banning formula businesses citywide — or allowing them in one zone of Holmes Beach — if we sat down for a discussion.

And maybe folks in Bradenton Beach should have a go-round with their officials about what they want running along the residential streets. Swales, rocks, bike paths, divided lanes?

There’s also the whole matter of the sun rising an hour later so people can stay up for sunset.

Every time daylight saving time rolls around, I feel as if I’ve gone down the rabbit hole.

— Bonner Joy

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Cycling for life

I live on 69th Street in Holmes Beach. My father purchased the property in 1986 and lived here to found the Anna Maria Island Concert Chorus and Orchestra.

He was an avid cyclist. He and mom rode their bicycles around the island — not to be speed bikers, but to live their daily lives. They shopped, visited and did everything possible to reduce traffic congestion. As the island changed from primarily residential to primarily commercial rentals, the traffic burden increased.

My parents found safe means to maneuver the automobile traffic while they bicycled.

Three years ago, I followed their example.

I would come to the island without renting a car or driving. It was quicker to travel by bicycle and stay off the treacherous main roads.

I worked to develop a personal bicycle map, which I shared with the Holmes Beach city planner. The insightful city planners and public safety officers had already done most of the work. It was a great plan.

Unfortunately, I was not able to attend the public meeting March 1, but I would strongly endorse the work to make the island safer for pedestrians and casual bicyclists.

In my 66 years, I have seen too much incidental injury. A bicycle rider is no match for a 3,000-pound vehicle traveling 25-30 mph.

We have an opportunity to create a walkway and bikeway on top of the stormwater right of way. Let’s not squander this opportunity.

Bart Bartelsman, Holmes Beach

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Election ahead

Regarding the sign at AMOB: It continues to amaze me how absurd our city commissioners can be.

First they approve the sign and then complain about it.

Seems to me that since the city derives income from the AMOB, that they would want more advertising, a bigger sign.

But now they want to reduce it so they can get less income.

They complain it doesn’t meet the character of the neighborhood.

Neither does the Bridge Tender Inn where there is virtually no landscaping in the parking areas and the bay-side dining area and the cars and trucks hang out onto the road because they now have been allowed to add another 100 dinning seats with no additional parking.

Sounds like our commissioners — the ones who file suit against the city’s volunteers for political reasons.

Boy, they can sure waste your money.

They will have their day soon.

November is coming.

Reed Mapes, Bradenton Beach

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Sunbathing on the shore

Four women pose for a photo on the beach in Anna Maria in the 1920s, possibly on the bayside near the Anna Maria City Pier. Beachgoers wore more clothing but brought fewer furnishings back then.

This photo and many other historical images can be found in “Images of America: Anna Maria Island” by Islander publisher Bonner Joy. Islander Courtesy Photo

Idling by the pier

I love sitting in the gazebo at the entrance to the Anna Maria City Pier since we’ve lost our happy-hour pier and I scarcely see all the members of my pier group.

I often joke that I’m sitting there waiting for the pier to open.

There’s just one awful drawback at my spot.

The trolleys arrive regularly. Some stay for only a few minutes, but others will sit there for as long as 15 minutes and drivers do not turn off their engines.

During this time, the air grows increasingly less breathable. Where I come from up north, the law is that if a motor is idling for more than three minutes, the fine is more than $200.

Can someone please talk to the drivers of the trolleys?

There are usually children at the pier pavilion and some older people for whom such pollution is a real health threat. But it’s awful for everyone.

Can something be done?

Iris Litt, Anna Maria

Daylight saving time begins March 11

Daylight saving time will begin at 2 a.m.

Sunday, March 11, with most of the country springing forward an hour.

Though some U.S. territories and states do not observe daylight saving time, most do, as well as about 70 countries.

DST is known in the European Union as “the summertime period,” and DST is observed in the southern hemisphere from about October to March.

The primary reason given for following daylight saving time is to conserve energy — demand for power is directly tied to when residents go to bed and when they get up. By moving the clock ahead an hour in the spring, timekeepers make the sun set an hour later.

Public safety officials say it’s a good idea to change batteries in smoke detectors when you change the clocks.

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10&20 years ago In the headlines: March 4, 1998

• Holmes Beach Mayor Bob VanWagoner declined to sign an agreement to settle a lawsuit with GTE and Smith Realtors. The parties sued the city over the mayor’s refusal to sign GTE’s site plan for a cell tower.

• An island trolley service was interrupted due to the departure of the “trolley man,” an owner’s surgery and a golf tournament. The service was associated with the Trolley Systems of America and not Manatee County Area Transit.

• Three people were running for mayor and four for city commission in a spring election in Holmes Beach. Mayoral candidates included Joy Courtney, Carol Whitmore and Ron Robinson.

In the headlines: March 5, 2008

• The Holmes Beach Planning Commission took up the topic of affordable housing as it reviewed the city comprehensive plan for possible amendments. The state required cities to address affordable housing in the plan.

• Manatee County Area Transit was asking the county commission to approve a rate schedule for advertising inside the trolley. MCAT had tested interest in paid advertising with a free ad campaign inside the fare-free trolleys.

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Building moratorium concludes in Bradenton Beach

By ChrisAnn Silver Esformes Islander Reporter Pencils down, time is up.

After more than a year spent testing measures to tighten vacation rental regulations, the moratorium on building homes containing more than four bedrooms in Bradenton Beach will end March 7.

However, due to resident concerns that not enough was done to address problems with short-term rentals in residential districts, the commission directed city planner Alan Garrett and city attorney Ricinda Perry to start work on a historic preservation ordinance similar to the one in Anna Maria.

During a meeting March 1, Commissioner Marilyn Maro presented an agenda request to extend the moratorium a fourth time. She said she was approached by people who said the city hasn’t done enough to halt construction of large vacation homes.

“The residents just don’t want party houses,” Maro said.

Former Commissioner Jan Vosburgh, who supported the moratorium during her term in office, commented to commissioners that “there are still items that have to be cleaned up.”

Vosburgh Mayor John Chappie said before the meeting he spoke with Garrett, who confirmed the city has done everything it can legally do to regulate vacation homes.

The city amended the land development code and quality-of-life ordiGarrett nance and created a transient public lodging ordinance to deal with noise, trash and parking problems.

“It is my understanding we’ve accomplished all we talked about and said we’d do,” Chappie said. “There’s nothing we can do about existing party houses except enforce the noise, trash and parking ordinances.”

Additionally, the city received a letter March 1 from Najmy Thompson Attorneys at Law of Bradenton, that said the city would be pushing its luck by extending the moratorium.

Large vacation homes in Bradenton Beach similar to these homes on Avenue B have drawn complaints from residents who say short-term rentals should not be allowed in neighborhoods.

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The letter threatened Bert Harris claims if the city approves another extension.

The moratorium, approved Nov. 8, 2016, by a supermajority of voters, halted permitting and construction for six months for homes containing more than four bedrooms in the R-1 and R-2 residential zones.

It was extended three times, for three months each time, while the commission worked with the planning and zoning board on LDC amendments — regulations designed to prevent large-scale short-term rental

housing.

Perry said delays caused by Hurricane Irma and changes to the planning and zoning board make up were legally defensible reasons for the moratorium extensions, but another extension would take it too far.

The city could be sued, she said.

She suggested the commissioners and mayor consider seeing “what the citizenry wants” and addressing it through other means.

Commissioner Ralph Cole suggested creating

a historical preservation ordinance similar to one Anna Maria enacted in August 2017.

The ordinance provides incentives and a procedure for restoring historic homes instead of tearing them down, Cole according to Cole.

Maro supported Cole’s suggestion and said that as older, smaller homes in Bradenton Beach sell at top dollar, people are concerned the structures will be demolished and replaced with large vacation rentals.

Garrett said he wrote the historic preservation ordinance in Anna Maria during his time there as city planner, so he could draft a similar measure for Bradenton Beach.

“We would have to get state approval and establish a historic commission, but it can be done,” Garrett said.

Chappie suggested Garrett and Perry draft an ordinance and the mayor and commissioners agreed Cole would be the commission liaison.

A motion to direct Garrett and Perry to develop a preservation ordinance was unanimously approved.

The next commission meeting will be at noon Thursday, March 15, at city hall, 107 Gulf Drive N.

‘Aging’ permit process in Holmes Beach under scrutiny

By Terry O’Connor Islander Reporter In 1748, Benjamin Franklin published the quote: “Time is money.”

The phrase still rings true today in complaints to Holmes Beach about the building department.

Some applicants complain the time required to secure site-plan approvals and building permits is too long and costs them money.

Building official James McGuinness proposed a solution at the Feb. 15 work session of the Holmes Beach City Commission, which he said would bring the city application review process into the 21st century.

“The significance of this proposed legislation is it creates for the first time in the history of this city a development review committee,” McGuinness said.

McGuinness wants to chair a five-member committee comprising a building official, the police chief, a fire marshal, the city engineer and planner.

The committee would review and critique major

commercial and multi-family development applications in Holmes Beach before sending them to the commission for consideration.

“By the time you receive a major site plan, it will no longer be a lump of coal,” McGuinness said. “It will be practically a finished diamond for you to consider.”

Holmes Beach site plans are approved by resolutions adopted by the commission. Site plans can either be approved, approved with stipulations or denied.

Home and duplex building permits do not require site plans or commission approval.

The city also is considering imposing a 30-day deadline for applicants to sign and record resolutions passed by the commission.

“Do you remember AMI Plaza?” McGuinness asked.

AMI Plaza owner Mike Hynds failed to sign or record a resolution for months in 2017, while haggling over terms of a site-plan resolution already passed.

Hynds was not at the two meetings where the site plan

Anna Maria farmers market lacks vendor interest

By Bianca Benedí Islander Reporter A planned farmers market for Anna Maria has been pushed back.

The city announced March 2 that the market, which was scheduled to begin March 6, lacks vendors.

Six vendors had expressed interest in Anna Maria’s market but just one submitted an application, according to Anna Maria deputy clerk Debbie Haynes.

Michael Smith, who owns AMI Aquaponics, a microgreen company in Holmes Beach, is the only vendor to apply, Haynes said March 1.

The five vendors who expressed interest include a home decor business, Plain and Fancy in Cortez;

Suncoast Florist, Steve O’s Salsa and Cosmos Coffee in Bradenton; and Milagros Produce, a Bradentonbased fruit and vegetable business that takes part in the Coquina Beach Market.

The city is still seeking interested vendors, Haynes said.

The city planed to operate the market through May at City Pier Park, at the corner of Pine Avenue and North Bay Boulevard.

Mayor Dan Murphy made a proposal in January to launch a farmers market focused on produce, bread and other food items.

Murphy said there could be no prepared foods, such as sandwiches or ice cream, at the market because it would amount to competition for Anna Maria businesses.

was discussed and adopted by the commission.

“This is a lesson learned from that,” McGuinness said. “It’s very important. Otherwise, they lose approval if they do not sign and record it.”

Commissioner Rick Hurst questioned why no time limits are imposed on the building department to process applications.

“We have a lot of daily requirements,” Hurst said.

“The commission has 120 days to approve, the applicant has 30 days to sign it and 90 days to apply for a building permit.

“But we don’t have how long for you to issue that building permit.”

Hurst said the open-ended application process potentially is a giant black hole.

“Should we not have some pressure on the building department to come through with something?” he asked.

McGuinness said the building department is continually working to reduce the permit “aging process,” which the mayor uses to clock the amount of time it takes to complete reviews.

But, he said, application turnaround time is directly related to the quality of the submittal. An arbitrary approval date would create “an unreasonable time line” in some instances, he said.

“That’s why there is no set time for permits to be issued,” McGuinness said. “Because of that great variable in submittals.”

Deadlines are important for applicants, McGuinness said, otherwise they could obtain site-plan approvals for properties and never acquire permits. If a permit expires, site plan approval does, too, he said.

The development review committee proposal will be considered again after reviews by planner Bill Brisson and city attorney Patricia Petruff. No action was taken during the work session.

The commission will next meet at 6 p.m. Tuesday, March 13, at city hall, 5801 Marina Drive.

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â&#x20AC;&#x153;Down by the Seaâ&#x20AC;? and other work is featured this month at Island Gallery West in Judy Saltzmanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s exhibit, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Sea Escapes: Celebration of the Sea and Sail.â&#x20AC;? The public is invited to a reception 5:30-7:30 p.m. Friday, March 9, as part of the Holmes Beach Art District ArtWalk. IGW is at 5368 Gulf Drive.

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March ArtWalk set for downtown Holmes Beach

The Holmes Beach Art District will host an ArtWalk 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Friday, March 9.

Participating art galleries and retail businesses include Waterline Marina Resort and Beach Club, Restless Natives, Artistsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Guild Gallery, Anna Maria Island Art League, Island Gallery West and SteamDesigns Studio.

These locations will feature special exhibits of local art, complimentary refreshments, music and fun for all those who enjoy strolling through downtown Holmes Beach, according to a release.

The plans include: â&#x20AC;˘ Waterline Marina Resort & Beach Club Gallery, 5325 Marina Drive, will host artist Charles Townsend and exhibit his oil paintings of misty mornings, hazy days, blended twilights and water. â&#x20AC;˘ Restless Natives, 5416 Marina Drive, will feature

St. Patâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s parade date set

Years ago Sean Murphy loaded up his kids and neighborhood friends into an old green lawn trailer and, carrying a parade permit and blasting music from a boom box, drove down the middle of Gulf Drive to the amusement and consternation of bystanders.

This was the first annual Anna Maria Island St. Patrickâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Day parade, according to Murphy, the owner of three Holmes Beach establishments â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Beach Bistro, Eat Here and the Doctorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Office.

A few years later, the parade had grown to include bands and floats and to attract thousands of paradegoers.

This year, Murphy and the bistro again will present the parade, which will begin at 4 p.m. Sunday, March 18. The parade will assemble in the Eat Here parking lot at Marina and Gulf drives, starting at about 2 p.m. The parade will travel north on Marina and Palm drives, ending at 78th Street.

Murphy invited everyone to â&#x20AC;&#x153;get with the St. Pat spiritâ&#x20AC;? and join in the parade â&#x20AC;&#x201D; itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s free to stroll with the bag pipers, pirates, leprechauns, marching bands and community groups. Parade participants should arrive to the assembly area at 2 p.m. to join the celebration.

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Photographer Chris Collinsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; work, including â&#x20AC;&#x153;Two Sisters,â&#x20AC;? is featured in March at the Artistsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Guild Gallery, 5414 Marina Drive, Holmes Beach. Collins will attend a reception at the gallery 5:30-7:30 p.m. Friday, March 9, during the Holmes Beach Art District ArtWalk. Islander Courtesy Photo

The Islander will host â&#x20AC;&#x153;Coffee with a Copâ&#x20AC;?

7:30-9:30 a.m. Wednesday, March 7.

A public invitation from The Islander and the Holmes Beach Police Department reads, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Letâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s share a cup of coffee and touch on the topics of the day. Join your neighbors, the HBPD and staff from The Islander for a discussion about anything trivial and some of the dayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s pressing matters.â&#x20AC;?

The newspaper office is at 3218 E. Bay Drive, Holmes Beach.

For more information, call The Islander at 941-778-7978.

artist Tish Mihelarakis demonstrating glass-cutting and displaying elements used in the fused glass process. â&#x20AC;˘ Artistsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Guild Gallery, 5414 Marina Drive, will exhibit the work of Chris Collins, who will attend the reception to discuss his work. â&#x20AC;˘ Anna Maria Island Art League, 5312 Holmes Blvd., will exhibit the paintings of Bradenton artist Brandon Scott, who will attend the reception to discuss his work in the exhibit â&#x20AC;&#x153;Under the Influence of Us.â&#x20AC;?

Refreshments from Bradentonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s The Chop Shop will be offered. â&#x20AC;˘ Island Gallery West, 5368 Gulf Drive, will feature Judy Saltzmanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s watercolor paintings in an exhibit titled â&#x20AC;&#x153;Sea Escapes: Celebration of the Sea and Sail.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;˘ SteamDesigns Studio, Suite 600, 5343 Gulf Drive, specializes in producing giclee prints â&#x20AC;&#x201D; up to 5 feet wide.

For more information, call or visit any of the participating venues.

Center organizing annual tour of homes

Five island homes will be showcased in the 25th annual Anna Maria Island Tour of Homes to benefit the Center of Anna Maria Island.

The tour will be 10-4 p.m. Saturday, March 17.

An announcement from the center boasted the homes have â&#x20AC;&#x153;distinctive architecture, elegant interiors and stunning waterfront views.â&#x20AC;?

Homeowners who placed their properties on the tour include Wooley and Art Dutton, Don and Leah Purvis, Ron and Peggy Jude, Jane and Tom Gauld. A fifth property is described as â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Magnolia Home.â&#x20AC;?

In addition to visits to homes, a sixth stop on the tour will be the center, 407 Magnolia Ave., Anna Maria, where an arts-and-crafts boutique and food vendors will be set up.

Also, the raffle of a quilt created by the Eyeland Needlers group will take place at the center. Raffle tickets â&#x20AC;&#x201D; $1 each or six for $5 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; are on sale at the center. Another raffle will be for a free center membership.

Tour tickets are $30 and can be purchased at the center and some local retailers.

For more information about the tour, including where to buy tickets, call the center at 941-7781908.

Mar Vista hosts book signing

Local author Michael Jordan will sign copies of his debut thriller, â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Company of Demons,â&#x20AC;?

3-5 p.m. Friday, March 9, at Mar Vista Dockside Restaurant.

The restaurant is at 760 Broadway St., Longboat Key. For more information about the event, call the restaurant at 941-383-2391.

For more about Jordan, go online to michaeljordanbooks.com.

Island happenings Waterline to welcome author for signing

Author Brad Parks will sign copies of his new book, “Closer Than You Know,” at 5 p.m. Monday, March 12, at the Waterline Marina Resort and Club, 5325 Marina Drive, Holmes Beach. Islander Courtesy Photos

Thieves Market on March 10

The Anna Maria Island Privateers will host a Thieves Market 8 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday, March 10, at Coquina Beach in Bradenton Beach.

Vendors will offer unique merchandise and wares and the Privateers will serve food and beverages and a good time.

This will be the last market of the 2018 season.

Proceeds benefit scholarships for collegebound youth and also the Privateers’ “kids and community” programs.

For more information, call Privateer Cindy “Bubbles” Swagger at 941-747-5968.

Springfest set for March 10-11

The Anna Maria Island Art League will present the 30th annual Springfest Festival of Fine Arts and Crafts March 10-11 at city field, 5801 Marina Drive, Holmes Beach.

The festival — a juried art show that benefits the league’s educational programs — is 10 a.m.-5 p.m.

Saturday and Sunday.

Springfest admission and parking are free.

Festivalgoers will find more than 100 local, regional and national artists, who work in a variety of mediums.

The festival also will feature live music and local food favorites, as well as displays by local nonprofit groups. Koko Ray will provide musical entertainment March 10.

The event also features raffles for work donated by festival artists to benefit AMIAL’s scholarship fund.

Tickets will be $1 each or six for $5.

For more information, call AMIAL at 941-7782099.

Brad Parks will discuss and sign copies of his new book, “Closer Than You Know,” at 5 p.m. Monday, March 12, at the Waterline Marina Resort and Club, 5325 Marina Drive, Holmes Beach.

Paradise Found AMI bookstore in Anna Maria is sponsoring the event.

“We are pleased to join with the Waterline to bring an author of this caliber to our beautiful community,” said bookstore owner Kate Brenne in a news release.

A former reporter, Parks found the roots of this novel in a real-life case that “exemplified how severe the consequences can be when social services gets it wrong,” the release said. “Two kids — filthy, starving and covered in burns — were discovered locked in a basement in Newark, New Jersey. After one of the children told the police that he hadn’t seen his twin brother in weeks, they searched the basement and found the mummified remains of Faheem Williams. The case led to a complete overhaul of the state’s child protective system and stayed with Parks long after he left Newark.”

Parks also wrote the Carter Ross mystery series.

All of his books will be on sale at the resort March 12, as well as at Paradise Found, 505 Pine Ave. For more information, call the bookstore at 941213-9687.

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Duffy’s hosts benefit clothing drive

It isn’t too early for some spring cleaning in the closets.

The Women’s Resource Center of Bradenton will benefit from an annual clothing drive 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday, March 10, at Duffy’s Tavern, 5808 Marina Drive, Holmes Beach.

Organizers will collect “gently used” women’s apparel and accessories for women who may need help interviewing for employment.

The center operates The Unique Boutique in Bradenton.

An announcement said, “Donors will receive a little something from Duffy’s toward a burger and a beer!” and the event provides an opportunity to clean out the closets.

For more information, call the center at 941747-6797.

Off Stage Ladies to meet, lunch

The next Off Stage Ladies lunch meeting will be at 11:30 a.m. Wednesday, March 14, at IMG Academy Golf Club, 3450 El Conquistador Parkway, Bradenton.

The program will include remarks by a representative of Southeastern Guide Dogs in Palmetto.

The cost for lunch and the program will be $16.

The group provides volunteer support and funding for the Island Players of Anna Maria.

For more information, call president Roe Duncan at 941-932-2798.

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Thursday, March 8 1-3 p.m. — Meet the author opportunity, Bob Bachner and Marie Corbett, Island Library, 5701 Marina Drive, Holmes Beach.

Information: 941-778-6341.

8 p.m. — Island Players opening night, “The Curious Savage,” 10009 Gulf Drive, Anna Maria. Fee applies. Information: 941-7785755.

Friday, March 9 5:30-7:30 p.m. —ArtWalk, Holmes Beach Art District around Gulf and Marina drives, various venues. Information: 941-7786648.

Saturday, March 10 8 a.m.-3 p.m. — Anna Maria Island Privateers Thieves Market, Coquina Beach, Bradenton Beach. Information: 941-747-5968.

10 a.m.-5 p.m. — Anna Maria Island Art League Springfest, city field, 5801 Marina Drive, Holmes Beach. Information: 941-7782099.

Sunday, March 11 10 a.m.-5 p.m. — Anna Maria Island Art League Springfest, city field, 5801 Marina Drive, Holmes Beach. Information: 941-7782099.

4 p.m. — Roser Memorial Community Church concert series program, 512 Pine Ave., Anna Maria. Information: 941-778-0414.

7:30 p.m. — Island Players auditions, “An Inspector Calls,” 10009 Gulf Drive, Anna Maria. Fee applies. Information: 941-7785755.

Monday, March 12 5 p.m. — Author Brad Parks, discussion and signing, Waterline Resort, 5325 Marina Drive, Holmes Beach. Information: 941-2139687.

ONGOING ON ANNA MARIA ISLAND • Throughout March, Judy Saltzman exhibits her artwork in “Sea Escape — Celebration of Sea and Sail,” Island Gallery West, 5368 Gulf Drive, Holmes Beach. Information: 941-778-6648.

• March 7-April 7, “Wild,” a visual celebration of the extraordinary wildlife of Florida, Studio at Gulf and Pine, 10101 Gulf Drive, Anna Maria. Information: 941-778-6694.

• March 9-April 8, Anna Maria Island Art League exhibits Brandon Scott’s “Under the Influence of Us,” 5312 Holmes Blvd., Holmes Beach. Information: 941-778-2099.

• Throughout March, Artists’ Guild of Anna Maria exhibits work by photographer Chris Collins, Artists’ Guild Gallery, 5414 Marina Drive, Holmes Beach. Information: 941-778-6694.

LOOKING AHEAD ON AMI

March 25, Roser Memorial Community Church concert, Anna 10 a.m.-4 p.m. — Origami mini convention, Island Library, 5701 Maria. March 17, Center of Anna Maria Island Tour of Homes, island- Marina Drive, Holmes Beach. Information: 941-778-6341. wide. April 13, ArtWalk, Holmes Beach. April 14, Anna Maria Island Tuesday, March 13 Chamber of Commerce Beach ’N Food Truck and Music Festival, 10 a.m. — Preschool Storytime, Island Library, 5701 Marina Bradenton Beach. May 3-13, Island Players’ “An Inspector Calls,” Drive, Holmes Beach. Information: 941-778-6341.

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ONGOING ON AMI OFF ANNA MARIA ISLAND • Wednesdays, 5:30 p.m., Wednesday Night Blast, CrossPointe Fellowship, 8605 Gulf Drive, Holmes Beach. Information: 941-778Friday, March 9 3-5 p.m. — Author Michael Jordan signs copies of “The Com- 0719.

• Tuesdays, 3:15 p.m., after-school children’s choir, Roser pany of Demons,” Mar Vista Dockside Restaurant, 760 Broadway Memorial Community Church, 512 Pine Ave., Anna Maria. InformaSt., Longboat Key. Information: 941-383-2391.

6-8 p.m. — Music in the Park, Mosaic Amphitheater on the tion: 941-778-0414.

• Third Tuesdays, 10 a.m., Winter Time Turtle Talks with Anna Riverwalk, downtown Bradenton. Information: 941-621-6471.

Maria Island Turtle Watch and Shorebird Monitoring, Waterline Sunday, March 11 2 p.m. — Christ Church of Longboat Key Winter Concert Series Marina Resort and Beach Club, 5325 Marina Drive, Holmes Beach. performance, 6400 Gulf of Mexico Drive, Longboat Key. Information: Information: 941-778-5638.

• Terrific Tuesdays for community and families, 5:30 p.m., Roser 941-383-8833.

4 p.m. — Captain Craig’s Showboat Spectacular, Longboat Memorial Community Church, 512 Pine Ave., Anna Maria. InformaIsland Chapel, 6200 Gulf of Mexico Drive, Longboat Key. Informa- tion: 941-778-0414. tion: 941-383-6491.

LOOKING AHEAD ON AMI ONGOING OFF AMI

• Through May 6, “How People Make Things,” South Florida Museum, 201 10th St. W., Bradenton. Fee applies. Information: 941-746-4131.

• “Sea Debris: Awareness Through Art” exhibit, Mote Marine Aquarium, 1600 Ken Thompson Parkway, City Island, Sarasota. Fee applies. Information: 941-388-4441.

• Second Wednesdays, Think + Drink (science), South Florida Museum, 201 10th St. W., Bradenton. Fee applies. Information: 941-746-4131.

• 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.

March 18, St. Patrick’s Day Parade, Holmes Beach.

ONGOING OFF AMI • First Saturdays, Family Night at the Museum, South Florida Museum, 201 10th St. W., Bradenton. Fee applies. Information: 941-746-4131.

• Fourth Wednesdays, Stelliferous Live star talk, South Florida Museum, 201 10th St. W., Bradenton. Fee applies. Information: 941-746-4131.

GAMES, SPORTS & OUTDOORS ON ANNA MARIA ISLAND

LOOKING AHEAD OFF AMI

Wednesday, March 14 4 p.m. — Chess club, Island Library, 5701 Marina Drive, March 25, Anna Maria Island Concert Chorus and Orchestra Holmes Beach. Information: 941-778-6341.

Opera Concert, Bradenton. April 7, Manatee River Garden Club ONGOING ON ANNA MARIA ISLAND “Bradenton in Bloom” garden tour, Bradenton. April 8, Sea to Shore Alliance cocktail party, Bradenton. April 28, De Soto Grand Parade, • Wednesdays and Saturdays, 9 a.m., horseshoes pitched, Bradenton.

Anna Maria City Hall, 10005 Gulf Drive, Anna Maria. Information: KIDS & FAMILY 941-708-6130.

• Thursdays, 7-9 p.m., through March 29, Annie Silver ComON ANNA MARIA ISLAND munity Center bingo games, 103 23rd St. N., Bradenton Beach. Fee Friday, March 9 applies. Information: 941-778-3580.

10 a.m. — Forty Carrots parenting program, Island Library, • Fridays, usually at 11:30 a.m., mahjong games, Island Library, 5701 Marina Drive, Holmes Beach. Information: 941-778-6341.

5701 Marina Drive, Holmes Beach. Information: 941-778-6341.

Saturday, March 10 • Second and fourth Fridays, 6 p.m., Center of Anna Maria Island bingo games, 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.

• Tuesdays, 11:30 a.m., mahjong games and instruction for

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beginners, Island Library, 5701 Marina Drive, Holmes Beach. Infor12:45 p.m. — Gulf Coast Writers, Island Library, 5701 Marina mation: 941-778-6341.

Drive, Holmes Beach. Information: 941-778-6341.

• Tuesdays, 12:15 p.m., duplicate bridge, Episcopal Church Friday, March 9 of the Annunciation, 4408 Gulf Drive, Holmes Beach. Information: 2 p.m. — Alzheimer’s Caregiver Support Group, Island Library, 941-779-0881.

5701 Marina Drive, Holmes Beach. Information: 941-778-6341.

Saturday, March 10 OFF ANNA MARIA ISLAND 8:30 a.m. — Kiwanis Club of Anna Maria Island breakfast board Tuesday, March 13 meeting, Anna Maria Island Beach Cafe, 4000 Gulf Drive, Holmes 9 a.m. — Kayaking for first-timers, Robinson Preserve, 1704 Beach. Information: 941-778-1383.

99th St. NW, Bradenton. Information: 941-742-5757.

11 a.m.-3 p.m. — Women’s Resource Center of Manatee cloth6 p.m. — Sunset tai chi, Mosaic NEST, Robinson Preserve ing drive, Duffy’s Tavern, 5808 Marina Drive, Holmes Beach. Inforexpansion, 99th Street Northwest and Ninth Avenue Northwest, mation: 941-447-8326.

Bradenton. Fee applies. Information: 941-742-5923.

Wednesday, March 14 Noon — Adult coloring club, Island Library, 5701 Marina Drive, ONGOING OFF ANNA MARIA ISLAND Holmes Beach. Information: 941-778-6341.

• Through March 26, Pittsburgh Pirates spring training, LECOM ONGOING ON ANNA MARIA ISLAND Park, 1611 Ninth St. W., Bradenton. Fee applies. Information: 941747-3031.

• Wednesdays, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Anna Maria Island Historical • First and third Wednesdays usually, Roser Memorial Commu- Society sales of Settlers Bread, 402 Pine Ave., Anna Maria. Fee nity Church Golfing for God, IMG Academy Golf Club, 4350 El Con- applies. Information: 941-778-0492. quistador Parkway, Bradenton. Fee applies. Info: 941-778-0414.

• Second and fourth Wednesdays, 11 a.m. Just Older Youth/ • Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays, 1-4 p.m., ACBL Open JOY Brown Bag Lunch Series, Roser Memorial Community Church, Pairs Duplicate Bridge, The Paradise Center, 6200 Gulf of Mexico 512 Pine Ave., Anna Maria. Information: 941-778-0414.

Drive, Longboat Key. Fee apples. Information: 941-216-9600.

• Thursdays, 9 a.m.-noon, Manatee County Veteran Services Divisions counseling and assistance, Island Library, 5701 Marina LOOKING AHEAD OFF AMI Drive, Holmes Beach. Information: 941-778-6341.

April 4, Rotary Club of Anna Maria Island golf tournament, • Third Thursdays, 11:45 a.m., Successful Women Aligning Bradenton. April 28, Moonracer Animal Rescue golf tournament, Together meets, Bridge Street Bistro, 111 Gulf Drive S., Bradenton Palmetto. May 18, Anna Maria Island Chamber of Commerce 19th Beach. Fee applies. Information: 941-345-5135. annual Golf Tournament, Bradenton.

• Fridays, Senior Adventures usually meets to carpool on an adventure or for an activity, Annie Silver Community Center, 103 CLUBS & 23rd St. N., Bradenton Beach. Information: 941-538-0945.

COMMUNITY • Saturdays, 8:30 a.m., Kiwanis Club of Anna Maria Island ON ANNA MARIA ISLAND breakfast meeting, Anna Maria Island Beach Cafe, 4000 Gulf Drive, Holmes Beach. Information: 941-778-1383.

Wednesday, March 7 • Tuesdays, noon, Rotary Club of Anna Maria Island, Bridge 7:30-9:30 a.m. — Coffee with a Cop, The Islander newspaper Street Bistro, 111 Gulf Drive S., Bradenton Beach. Information: 941office, 3218 E. Bay Drive, Holmes Beach. Information: 941-778518-1965.

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• Tuesdays, 1-3 p.m., through March, Anna Maria Island Irish Ceili dance social, Sandpiper Mobile Resort, 2601 Gulf Drive N., Bradenton Beach. Information: 941-779-1416.

LOOKING AHEAD ON AMI March 16, Annie Silver Community Center fish fry dinner, Bradenton Beach. March 21, Anna Maria Island Garden Club Penny Flower Show, Anna Maria. April 18, Anna Maria Island Garden Club Fashion Show, Anna Maria.

OFF ANNA MARIA ISLAND Saturday, March 10 8:30 a.m. — Southeastern Guide Dogs Walkathon, Rossi Waterfront Park on the Manatee River, downtown Bradenton. Information: 941-729-5665.

11 a.m. — American Legion Auxiliary Unit 24 Fashion Show, 2000 75th St. W., Bradenton. Fee applies. Information: 941-4657381.

Wednesday, March 14 11:30 a.m. — Off Stage Ladies luncheon and meeting with a speaker from Southeastern Guide Dogs, IMG Academy Golf Club, 3450 El Conquistador Parkway, Bradenton. Fee applies. Information: 941-932-2798.

ONGOING OFF ANNA MARIA ISLAND • Second Wednesdays during season, Off Stage Ladies meeting and luncheon, various venues, Bradenton. Information: 941-9322798.

• Saturdays, 9 a.m.-2 p.m. — Bradenton Farmers’ Market, Main Street, downtown Bradenton. Information: 941-621-6471.

GOOD TO KNOW SAVE THE DATES • Sunday, March 11, daylight saving time.

• Saturday, March 17, St. Patrick’s Day. • Friday, March 30, Passover begins.

• Sunday, April 1, April Fools’ Day. • Sunday, April 1, Easter.

• Tuesday, April 17, Tax Day. • Sunday, April 22, Earth Day. • Friday, April 27, National Arbor Day.

GOOD DEEDS

Wild things are coming to the Studio at Gulf and VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES Pine, which is hosting a benefit exhibition for Wildlife Inc. of Bradenton Beach.

Looking for volunteer opportunities on or around Anna Maria “Wild” will feature the work of 14 area artists: Island? These organizations are seeking help: Susan Curry, Joanne Brown, Charlotte Mansur, Evelyn • The Roser Food Bank needs donations of cash and nonperPeters. Craig Rubadoux, Jean Blackburn, Linda Hunishable food. The pantry is administered by Roser Memorial Comsaker, Joyce Eli Walker, Nancee Clark, Tim Jaeger, munity Church, 512 Pine Ave., Anna Maria. Information: 941-778Ines Norman, Tom Hawkaas, Penelope Bowdry Sand0414. ers and Nancy Matthews.

• Moonracer Animal Rescue seeks volunteers to offer foster and The exhibit will open Wednesday, March 7, and forever homes for rescued animals. Information: 941-345-2441. continue through April 7.

Seeking volunteers for an organization or an event? Email A portion of the sale of art works featured in the calendar@islander.org with the details. Please include a contact exhibit will be donated to Wildlife Inc., the largest “Octopus” by Penelope Bodry Sanders, an artist name and phone number. wildlife rehabilitation and rescue center in Manatee featured in “Wild.” Islander Courtesy Photo County.

A reception for the artists and the public will be 6-8 p.m. Thursday, March 15.

The Anna Maria Island Art League presents the 30th Annual Also, Wildlife Inc. will show animals at the Studio noon-2 p.m. Thursday, March 8.

The Studio at Gulf and Pine is at 10101 Gulf Drive, Anna Maria. For more information, call the gallery Fine Arts & Fine Crafts Festival at 941-778-1906 or go online to studioatgulfandpine. com.

March 10th & 11th, 2018 Sat. & Sun. 10am - 5pm

“Springfest”

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Anna Maria hosts movie night finale

The city of Anna Maria will show the 2017 movie “Wonder” at 7 p.m. Wednesday, March 7, at City Pier Park, at the corner of Pine Avenue and North Bay Boulevard.

The film, rated PG, depicts the heartwarming story of a boy with Treacher Collins syndrome attending a mainstream school for the first time in his life.

Popcorn, courtesy of the city, will be available.

Bring your own beverages and blankets or lawn chairs for seating.

NOTE: The Islander office has moved to 3218 E. Bay Drive next to Paradise Bagels.

City Hall Field

Juried Art Exhibit

Live Music (Saturday) with

“Koko Ray”

“Young at Art” Face Painting 11:30am - 2pm Children’s Exhibit & Activities

Artwork Courtesy of John Cheer

Raffle, Community Booths, Food Court Free Admission & Parking

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Parrish man awaits sentencing for murder of former islander

By Kathy Prucnell Islander Reporter Next in the case of Eugene Matthews will be his sentencing.

A Manatee County jury found the 84-year-old man guilty Feb. 23 for killing former Anna Maria Island hairstylist Rebecca Rawson and shooting at two of her family members outside his Parrish home.

A three-man, three-woman jury rendered guilty verdicts Feb. 23 against Matthews after a four-day trial and an hour of deliberation.

The jury convicted Matthews on three counts: a second-degree murder count for killing Rebecca Rawson and two counts of attempted murder in the second degree for shooting at her daughter, Kathryn Rawson, and brother-in-law Rodney Rawson.

Rebecca Rawson was in a vehicle in the Matthews driveway when a bullet shattered the windshield, struck and ended her life. The other Rawsons, Kathryn, in the vehicle with her mother and, Rodney, coming down the driveway, were not hit in the spray of bullets from Matthews.

Twelfth Circuit Court State Attorney Dickey Hough expects Matthews’ sentencing sometime in April to allow for a pre-sentencing investigation ordered by Judge Brian Iten.

Iten may consider the investigation by the Florida

Milestones

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Submit your announcements and photographs with captions for publication — along with contact information — to news@islander.org.

Also, visit us on Facebook and join the 10,700-plus friends who “like” The Islander and share their social news.

Eugene Matthews’ case ended Feb. 23 with a second-degree murder conviction for killing a former Anna Maria Island hairdresser.

Islander File Photo: Courtesy Tiffany Tompkins/Bradenton Herald

Department of Corrections because Matthews is a firsttime felon, Hough said, adding the report will include Matthews’ criminal history and interviews with the defendant, victims and others.

Hough said he expects Kathryn Rawson and others to testify at the sentencing hearing.

The jury’s verdict was governed by 44 pages of instructions, including those related to Matthews’ “stand-your-ground” defense.

Matthews’ attorney, Scott Rieth, contended Matthews was justified in the use of deadly force in defense of his home against the Rawsons, who had come to retrieve their family dog.

Before the shooting, the Rawsons arranged to meet

Matthews at his residence, where he lived with Juanita Sills, to retrieve the dog that had belonged to Ed Rawson, who died about a week before the shooting.

Ed was Kathryn Rawson’s father and a former Holmes Beach resident.

In prior proceedings, Manatee County investigators testified the crime scene was consistent with Rawsons’ vehicle backing out of the driveway to flee after Matthews came out shooting.

Matthews faces a maximum penalty of life in prison and, according to the state’s sentencing standards, a 25-year minimum sentence, according to Hough.

Hough said he plans to talk to the victims before making his sentencing recommendation to the judge.

Rebecca Rawson was a Holmes Beach resident who worked 30 years at Head Quarters Salon in Holmes Beach and at an Anna Maria salon, Lor-Ells Hair Design, which closed in 2016.

Kathryn Rawson worked for a boutique on Pine Avenue.

Matthews remains at the Manatee County jail, where he’s been since the Jan. 10, 2017, shooting.

The sentencing will be held in the Manatee County Judicial Center, 1051 Manatee Ave., W., in Bradenton.

A new face at AM City Hall

The city of Anna Maria added a new member to its clerk staff.

Stephanie Janney, 26, was hired Feb. 12 as administrative assistant in Anna Maria.

She began work Feb. 20. Her duties include handling accounts receivable, payroll and other clerical responsibilities at city hall, 10005 Gulf Drive.

Janney is a Bradenton native who grew up spending time on Anna Maria Island, which she described as “paradise.”

Working at city hall is “a complete 180” from her previous assignment at a call center, Janney said.

Janney said her experience thus far was fastpaced and varied. “It’s different from day to day,” she said, adding there’s no downtime on the job.

Janney said she spends most of her free time with her two children.

To contact Janney, email amadmin@cityofanna-

Stephanie Janney, newly hired administrative assistant for the city of Anna Maria, sits at her desk March 1 at city hall. Islander Photo: Bianca Benedí maria.com or call 941-708-6130, ext. 121.

— Bianca Benedí

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A suncatcher by Cindy Fielding. Islander Courtesy Photo

‘Suncatcher’ workshop set for Studio

Instructor Cindy Fielding will teach a fused-glass workshop Thursday, March 8, at the Studio at Gulf and Pine, 10101 Gulf Drive, Anna Maria.

Students will create a small glass suncatcher during the class and learn to use basic glass tools.

Also, Fielding will discuss the types of glass and how they react with one another, as well as the four types of firing glass.

The cost to enroll is $42 per person and the class is limited to 12 students.

For more information, call the gallery at 941-7781906.

AMI Paddlers from Paradise show off their medals, won March 3 in Apollo Beach. Islander Courtesy Photo

Island paddlers medal at dragon boat fest

AMI Paddlers from Paradise brought home medal from dragon boat festival March 3 in Apollo Beach.

The group put two local teams on the water in the Mira Bay Dragon Boat Festival. A mixed team — men and women — won gold in the community division.

Another team won silver in the all-women’s premier division, described as “highly competitive.”

Island Players opens ‘The Curious Savage’ March 8

The next presentation by the Island Players is “The Curious Savage,” written by John Patrick almost 70 years ago. But the subjects remain pertinent in today’s world — avarice, greed and vanity.

Patrick spins a comedic look at money and what people will do to get control of it. After Ethel P. Savage’s husband dies and leaves her $10 million, her stepchildren commit her to a sanitarium, hoping to get control of the funds and bring the older woman to her senses. What ensues is a comedy where kindness and affection battle greed and dishonesty.

“The Curious Savage” will open Thursday, March 8, and runs through Sunday, March 25.

Cathy Hansel-Edgerton as Ethel joins other Island Players regulars on stage — Jeannie Hudkins as Florence, Joanie Anton as Fairy May, Susan Belvo as Mrs.

Paddy, Jim Faltot as Titus, Thomas Carson as Samuel, Jennifer Kwiatkowski as Lily Belle and Candace Artim as Miss Willie.

The Island Players is at 10009 Gulf Drive, Anna Maria. Performances are 8 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday and 2 p.m. Sundays. The box office is open 9 a.m.-1 p.m.

Monday-Saturday and one hour before curtain.

For more information, call 941-778-5755.

AMI Paddlers from Paradise participants include John Stuckey, Andre Essington, Marty Hurbi, Rick Jensen, Patty Reed, Joann Yacono-Brandt, Connie Doughty, Jill Schultz, Cerise Jensen, Lori Stuckey, Susan Lee, Denise Gardner, Courtney Nunemaker, Bonnie Jo Hakala, Judy Gidus, Vanessa Burns, Brenda Rose, Debra Takajy, Gail McCall, Diane Goolsby, Evelyn Silverthorn, Wanda Raible, Mileah Hudgins, Gail Trombley and Melinda Bradway.

Also at the festival, two local paddlers — Joann Yacono-Brandt and Connie Doughty — received gold medals in the “break-the-plank challenge.”

AMI Paddlers from Paradise will be back in action April 21 at Nathan Benderson Park in Sarasota for the Sarasota International Dragon Boat Festival.

For more information, contact Melinda Bradway at 941-462-2626 or mrbradway@gmail.com.

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Join your neighbors, the Holmes Beach Police Department and staff from The Islander for a discussion about anything trivial and some of the day’s pressing matters. Coffee — maybe a doughnut or bagel — and conversation. No agenda, no speeches. Just a chance to ask questions, voice concerns and get to know some of the officers on our dedicated law enforcement team, including Chief Bill Tokajer.

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FWC invites reporting on horseshoe crab spawning

Spring is peak mating season for horseshoe crabs and biologists with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission encourage sighting reports with the FWC Reporter app.

Horseshoe crabs mate year-round and it is most common to see groups of crabs along the shore in March and April.

To identify mating pairs, look for a pair of the crabs moving in sync, a smaller male on top of a larger female.

Beachgoers will likely have the best luck spotting horseshoe crabs around high tide, within three days of a full or new moon. The next new moon will be Saturday, March 17.

The sighting reports provide information about population distribution to the FWC. Although horseshoe crabs have existed for about 450 million years, their numbers have declined due to overfishing and loss of habitat.

The FWC asks the public to report sightings through one of several options.

Go to myfwc.com/contact and go to â&#x20AC;&#x153;horseshoe crab nesting activityâ&#x20AC;? for the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Florida Horseshoe Crab Spawning Beach Surveyâ&#x20AC;? link.

Also, the FWC Reporter app is free to download on Apple or Android smartphones or tablets from the App Store and Google Play.

Findings also can be reported via email at horseshoe@myfwc.com or by phone at 866252-9326.

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I heard the voice, small and eager, coming from the living room. And yet, I was home alone.

I heard the voice again and discovered it was broadcasting from my Amazon Echo Dot, a wireless smart speaker about the size of a hockey puck beside my TV. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Is your refrigerator running?â&#x20AC;? the voice asked again, and I recognized it as belonging to Gavin, my youngest nephew. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Yes,â&#x20AC;? I said with uncertainty, Neff speaking into the Dot. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Well, you better go catch it!â&#x20AC;? he shouted. Then, with a big laugh, he was gone and the Dot powered down.

How fantastic, I thought, for a 5-year-old boy to use the latest tech fad for a crank call, for a gag as old as electric â&#x20AC;&#x153;runningâ&#x20AC;? refrigerators.

Later that day, my sister-in-law informed me that Gavin and her two other kids like to play hide-and-seek with their smart speaker. They hide the gadget and their mom wanders around the house saying, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Alexa?

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On a recent lazy morning, I learned a new trick with my Dot. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Alexaâ&#x20AC;? accurately helped me identify the bird singing outside my kitchen window as a cardinal.

Sure, I knew the song came from a cardinal, but I wanted to test â&#x20AC;&#x153;Alexaâ&#x20AC;? and the systemâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s access to the National Audubon Society bird-song library.

If I think I hear a pileated woodpecker, I can say, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Alexa, ask Audubon what a pileated woodpecker sounds like.â&#x20AC;? If I want to know how a raven sounds, I can say, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Alexa, ask Audubon to play a raven.â&#x20AC;?

I wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t carry an Echo Dot into the field, but I do carry an iPhone with all sorts of outdoors apps.

Some of my favorites: â&#x20AC;˘ LeafSnap, a field guide developed by researchers from Columbia University, the University of Maryland and the Smithsonian Institution. The app uses visual recognition software to help identify tree species from

Is that a live oak? LeafSnap is a free smartphone app to identify tree species. Islander Courtesy Photo photographs.

From a photograph, the app can identify a species and show images of that treeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s leaves, flowers, fruits, seeds and bark. â&#x20AC;˘ PocketRanger, a free guide to state parks in Florida created by the parks department and ParksByNature Network. The app features GPS maps containing trail details and park amenities, as well as includes a compass and an alert to send GPS coordinates in an emergency. â&#x20AC;˘ Merlin Bird ID by Cornell Lab, a free guide that helps the user identify birds by answering a few questions or based on a photograph. The app is tailored to the userâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s location and date. â&#x20AC;˘ eBird, also from Cornell, is one of the best apps for keeping track of bird observations and also find-

ing out what other users are seeing â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and where. The information recorded goes into a database used by hundreds of thousands of birders around the world. â&#x20AC;˘ AudubonBirds, the best free bird field guide available for smartphones. A person can use the app to identify birds, keep observation lists, track birding locations, report bird sightings to other users, read about birds and even donate to the National Audubon Society.

As Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m working at my desk, I can see on my Audubon app that someone is observing an Eastern bluebird in Bradenton Beach and a blue grosbeak in Anna Maria. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Alexa, ask Audubon what a blue grosbeak sounds like?â&#x20AC;?

De Soto National Memorial plans re-enactment

De Soto National Memorial will explore five Visitors will be encouraged to poke around a Civil centuries of Florida history 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday, War encampment or have coffee with soldiers from the March 24,.

Sunshine State, meet Spanish conquistadors and 19th The west Bradenton park will host period re-en- century craftspeople. actors demonstrating their crafts, skills and historic Admission is free. weapons.

De Soto National Memorial is at 8300 De Soto Memorial Highway, Bradenton.

The visitor center is open daily 9 a.m.-5 p.m. The $2 @ The park grounds are open from sunrise to sunset.

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Local pitchers win medals Wildife Inc. rescues bald eagle from road Anna Maria Island horseshoe players show off their medals Feb. 15 from the Gulf Coast Games for Life at

G.T. Bray Park in Bradenton. They are, front row, from left, Sam Samuels (gold), Dom Livedoti (gold), John Devon Straight, Wildlife Inc. volunteer and grandCrawford (bronze), Bob Palmer (gold). Back row, from let, are Neil Hennessey (silver), Jay Disbrow (bronze), son of founders Ed and Gail Straight, holds a bald Gene Bobeldyke (gold), Gary Howcroft (silver), Bob Rowley. Islander Photo: Courtesy Sam Samuels eagle Feb 24. He rescued the bird the night before in downtown Bradenton, where it appeared to be suffering injuries from being struck by a car. Straight took the eagle to Connor Bystrom, a veterinarian at Palma Sola Animal Clinic in Bradenton, who determined the bird’s wounds mostly were superficial.

The eagle was transferred to the Audubon Center for Birds of Prey in Maitland for rehabilitation. “We wish them good luck and hope for the eagle’s speedy recovery,” Straight wrote Feb. 24 on the Wildlife Inc. Facebook page. Islander Photo: Courtesy @ami_islander Wildlife Inc.

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The CanAmGer Dixieland jazz band will perform Tuesday, March 13, at Gloria Dei Lutheran Church in Holmes Beach.

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But the tradition is about to come to an end, as the Canadian, American and German musicians’ perforChapel presents mance at 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 13, at Gloria Dei is ‘Showboat Spectacular’ the last stop of their farewell tour.

The Longboat Island Chapel will host “CapProceeds from the concert will benefit Manatee tain Craig’s Showboat Spectacular” Sunday, March County Habitat for Humanity’s Interfaith Build that 11. is underway in Bradenton’s Washington Park area.

The “afternoon of fun, music, historic tales, Gloria Dei is providing work hours and funding comedy, costumes” and a surprise guest will begin for the project. at 3:30 p.m. with a wine-and-cheese social, folThe concert will take place in the sanctuary. lowed by the 4 p.m. show.

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Roser Memorial Community Church will present the Celtic Fest at 4 p.m. Sunday, March 11. First Brass of Sarasota will perform the concert, featuring brass, bagpipes, an organ and Irish dancers.

The church is at 512 Pine Ave., Anna Maria. For more information, call the church at 941-778-0414.

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Christ Church of Longboat Key will host Lorraine Wallace and Chris Westfall performing a concert at 2 p.m. Sunday, March 1, in the third and final concert in its winter series.

Wallace is a cellist and Westfall an organist and pianist. They will perform a recital of music from the Baroque period through the 20th century.

The concert and parking are free.

The Presbyterian church is at 6400 Gulf of Mexico Drive, Longboat Key. For more information, call 941-383-8833.

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The Pines Trailer Park will host a celebration of life honoring Robert â&#x20AC;&#x153;Ohio Bobâ&#x20AC;? McClannan at 10 a.m. Saturday, March 17, on the dock at the park, 103 Church Ave., Bradenton Beach.

McClannan, 71, of Bradenton Beach, died May 8, 2017, when hit by an automobile while mowing his yard at his summer home in Piqua, Ohio.

He had visited Anna Maria Island since his childhood and resided at the Pines Trailer Park in Bradenton Beach, where his grandparents had lived before him.

He was known for helping his neighbors in the park and picking up trash in the city while bicycling.

He had a talent for fixing things, particularly small appliances. He was the go-to guy for restoring the vintage Budweiser-Clydesdale carousel lamps.

In December 2016, then-Mayor Bill Shearon issued a certificate of appreciation honoring McClannan for his service to the city. â&#x20AC;&#x153;He was kind of a Bradenton Beach icon,â&#x20AC;? Shearon said.

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McClannan receives a certificate of appreciation Dec. 1, 2016,All from then-Mayor Bill Shearon for his are welcome service to the city. McClannan died May 8, 2017, in Ohio. Islander File Photo: Bonner Joy

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By Kathy Prucnell Islander Reporter Cortez commercial fisherman Mark Coarsey will take his passion and petition to oppose the gill net ban to a statewide audience March 13.

Coarsey, a native of the fishing village, is president of Fishing for Freedom of Manatee County, a Cortezbased nonprofit with a mission to protect the marine ecosystem and the rights of commercial fishers.

Backed by FFF and 1,000 petition signatures, Coarsey will attend a March 13 meeting of the Constitution Revision Commission at the University of South Florida Student Center, 200 Sixth Ave. S., St. Petersburg. He invites others to join him at the session, which starts at 1 p.m.

Coarsey is fighting to revamp restrictions promulgated by state agencies he considers out of touch with the commercial fishing industry.

State regulations imposed with the ban fail to give commercial fishers a voice and, according to Coarsey, the current 2-inch mesh nets fail to protect the juvenile fishery.

The historic fishing village of Cortez, founded as Hunterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Point by North Carolina fishers following the mullet run in the 1880s, lost half of its fishing economy within two years of the ban, according to the Florida Institute for Saltwater Heritage 2016 publication, â&#x20AC;&#x153;It Takes a Village.â&#x20AC;?

FFF and Coarsey oppose sportfishing interests, including the Coastal Conservation Association of Florida, which touts the need for the ban, claiming the entanglement nets reduce the fisheries and ensnare dolphins, turtles and other marine life.

But, as to whether the ban solved the perceived problems, the jury is out, with mullet up statewide, but other fisheries inconclusive, according to an article, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Net Ban Turns 20 on July 1, but was it a success?â&#x20AC;? in Florida Today, June 30, 2015.

Millions was spent on state programs to ease the transition for out-of-work gill-netters and some, who continued to net fish.

Coarseyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s message: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Give fishermen back their

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FFF, Coarsey and his petition support a Wakulla fisherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s proposal to the commission numbered 700500 and titled â&#x20AC;&#x153;Protecting Floridaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Traditional Fishermen and Restoring Sound Science and Best Management Practices to Floridaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Fisheries.â&#x20AC;?

The proposal seeks to eliminate the 22-year-old net ban amendment and other commercial fishing prohibitions, including allowing nets larger than 500 square feet and more than two nets per vessel.

With Facebook posts, Coarsey hopes to alert other fishers to the commission meetings. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We have all complained about the net ban for 20 years. Now is the time to speak up and let your voice be heard,â&#x20AC;? Coarsey wrote Feb. 12 on Facebook.

The CRC is charged with recommending proposals for the 2018 ballot, which require 60 percent of the vote to pass.

Gov. Rick Scott appointed Carlos Beruff as the chairman of the 37-member commission. Beruff is a Manatee County developer who recently won approval for Aqua by the Bay, a 529-acre high-rise mixed-use development near Cortez on Sarasota Bay. The 2017-18 commission is only the third in Floridaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s history. The process began when voters ratified a new constitution in 1968, requiring 20-year reviews.

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MCSO links stolen car to Cortez, island burglaries

By Kathy Prucnell Islander Reporter Property stolen in Bradenton Beach and western Manatee County may soon go back to the owners.

Following a Feb. 19-20 rash of burglaries, the recovery is “the good news,” said Dave Bristow, Manatee County Sheriff’s Office public information director.

A report of suspicious activity at a residence in the 3800 block of 116th Street West near Cortez led authorities to what they believe was property taken in Bradenton Beach and west Bradenton burglaries the same night.

MCSO deputies responded and, in addition to a man and woman found trespassing at the residence, discovered a stolen car — loaded with electronics, tools, clothing and a large amount of mail — idling in the vicinity, according to Bristow.

Todd W. Carey, 32, of Sarasota, and Taylor Allison Moran, 20, of Bradenton, were arrested for trespassing at 2:26 a.m. Feb. 20.

“There is some evidence linking them to a burglary in Bradenton Beach or burglaries in Bradenton Beach. We’re investigating the possibility they’re connected to vehicle burglaries in west Bradenton,” Bristow said.

Bradenton Beach Detective Sgt. Lenard Diaz reported four vehicle burglaries and a home burglary Feb. 19-20: • A home was burglarized in the 2400 block of Avenue A. A $400 television and two fishing poles,

Palmetto man gets 60 days for striking BBPD officer

A onetime homeless man who fought last year with a police officer outside a Bradenton Beach convenience store was sentenced Feb. 28 to 60 days in Manatee County jail.

Twelfth Circuit Judge Edward Nicholas found James Wallace, now 30 and listing a Palmetto address, guilty after he pleaded no contest to counts of battering a law enforcement officer, resisting arrest with violence and open container.

The case stems from a May 5, 2017, altercation with BBPD Officer John Tsakiri on the stairs leading to the Circle K, 103 Gulf Drive N., where Wallace was drinking a beer after the officer warned him to get off the street with the alcohol.

Wallace pushed the officer and they tumbled down the stairs, fighting. As Tsakiri attempted to handcuff him, Wallace struck the officer in the chest several times, escaped and ran.

Police caught up with Wallace near Bridge Street and transported him to jail.

Wallace is now serving his sentence in jail.

valued at $100 and $300, were stolen.

• A Toyota SUV parked in a lot at the LaCosta condos, 1800 Gulf Drive N., was burglarized and a registration card and tool kit, valued at $40, were reported stolen.

• A Volvo parked at the Tortuga Inn, 1325 Gulf Drive N., was burglarized and two pairs of sunglasses, bike gear, an atlas and a vehicle tag valued at $481 were stolen.

• Two vehicles in the 200 block of Highland Avenue at a Coquina Reef condo were burglarized. The convertible top of a 2003 Ford Mustang was slashed and, from a 2013 Chevy van, a GPS, SiriusXM radio and bags were stolen. The damage to the Mustang was estimated at $1,500. Items stolen from the van were valued at $570.

Diaz said the Avenue A residence and all vehicles — except the Mustang — had been left unlocked.

As of Feb. 28, the detective was unsure how much of the property was recovered.

“The best part is we’ll at least get some of the property back to the victims,” he added.

HBPD busts Bradenton man for DUI in Holmes Beach

A 41-year-old Bradenton man was nabbed for driving under the influence in Holmes Beach.

J. Maye was arrested at about 10 p.m. Feb. 12 in the 7000 block of Palm Drive by a Manatee County sheriff’s deputy on routine patrol, according to police reports.

Deputy Richard Snyder III clocked Maye at 36 mph in a 25-mph Maye zone and reported him drifting out of his lane of travel.

The reports state Maye told the deputy he’d had one drink with dinner.

Snyder called for assistance and MCSO Deputy Andrew Vanover responded.

Maye agreed to perform the field-sobriety tests requested by Vanover, who noted signs of Maye’s impairment and made the arrest.

Maye was transported to jail, where he twice refused to provide a breath sample.

The 12th Circuit Court State Attorney filed formal charges Feb. 28, adding aggravating factors of minor in the vehicle and a prior conviction to the DUI charge.

In addition to the DUI, he was charged with driving on an expired license.

He posted a $620 bond and was released.

His arraignment is set for 8:25 a.m. Wednesday, March 14, at the Manatee County Judicial Center, 1051 Manatee Ave. W., Bradenton.

A Rod & Reel Pier patron upset about kids doing drugs on the pier and how her complaint was handled by the restaurant staff was arrested for punching a restaurant server.

Jessica Nunemaker, 28, was arrested Feb. 25 by Holmes Beach police officers, who were called to the restaurant at 875 N. Shore Drive in Anna Maria, according to police reports.

Rod & Reel employees called 911 for help and told the dispatcher no medical attention was needed at Nunemaker the scene.

H B P D O ff i c e r s C h r i s t i n e LaBranche, Tom Fraser and Alan Desantis were dispatched at 10:18 p.m. and found Nunemaker sitting on a pier bench.

Witnesses told police Nunemaker pushed a person on the pier before twice punching a restaurant server in the face in the inside dining area.

Desantis’ report states Nunemaker “appeared to be heavily intoxicated and hysterical” and allegedly admitted she’d “hit someone.”

Officers reported a red mark above the server’s jaw bone.

“I was leaving work when she came up to another customer and started getting rowdy with him. We separated her from the customer and tried to hold her down,” server Adina Vasquez of Bradenton wrote in an affidavit.

“That was when she punched me on my chin.

People grabbed her and tried to restrain her when she hit me again,” Vasquez’ affidavit continued.

Nunemaker allegedly told police she was drinking and fishing with her family and got “very angry” after observing young people doing drugs.

She told Desantis she had reported her observations to Vasquez and struck her because she didn’t like the server’s response.

After reading Nunemaker her Miranda rights, Desantis asked her to tell him again what happened and why she hit the server.

According to Desantis’ report, “She stated again, she got really upset because of the kids doing drugs on the pier” and added, “the victim was being an (expletive deleted) to her.”

David Cochran, restaurant general manager, witnessed the battery and asked for a trespass warning, according to the police reports. He described Nunemaker as “out of control” in an affidavit.

She was transported to the Manatee County jail, posted a $500 bond and was released.

Nunemaker’s court arraignment is set for 8:30 a.m. Tuesday, March 27, in the Manatee County Judicial Center, 1051 Manatee Ave. W., Bradenton.

Island watch: To report information on island crime, call the MCSO Anna Maria substation, 941708-8899; Bradenton Beach police, 941-778-6311; or Holmes Beach police, 941-708-5804.

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By Kathy Prucnell

Island police blotter

Anna Maria Feb. 25, 900 block of North Shore Drive and the beach, suicide attempt. A Manatee County sheriff’s deputy, assisted by officers from HBPD, found a man holding a box cutter and blood on his neck, shirt and hands. EMS responded and the man was transported to the hospital.

Anna Maria is policed by MCSO. Bradenton Beach Feb. 24, Gulf Watch condos, 601 Sixth Street N., stolen tag. A man reported the New York license tag was stolen from his vehicle.

Feb. 24, 100 block of Bridge Street, drug violation.

Bradenton Beach police stopped a vehicle for driving without headlights after dark. The officer found several open containers of alcohol and determined the driver and passengers were under 21. An 18-year-old passenger who showed the officer a 14-gram bag of marijuana was issued a notice to appear in court. No violation was issued for the open containers.

Feb. 26, Bridgeport condominiums, 501 Gulf Drive N., burglary. Tennis clothes, car registration, insurance records and Sun Pass cards were stolen from an unlocked Cadillac SUV. Bradenton Beach is policed by BBPD. Cortez Feb. 12, 3900 block of 116th Street West, domestic disturbance. Deputies were dispatched to a call about two male family members arguing at 8:30 p.m. The argument did not turn physical and no injuries were reported.

Feb. 18, 3800 block of 118th Street West, domestic disturbance. A report of a man pushing a woman sent deputies to a residence, where the parties denied any physical contact and the officers observed no injuries.

Feb. 20, 3800 block of 116th Street West, trespass. A 20-year-old woman and 32-year-old man were

arrested after deputies and a K9 were dispatched to a possible burglary. The pair told the officers they were allowed to stay the night but, an investigation revealed they had no such permission.

Cortez is policed by MCSO. Holmes Beach Feb. 22, 500 block of Manatee Avenue, warrant.

After stopping a motorist without a valid driver’s license, a Holmes Beach officer determined the Bradenton man was wanted on an attempted murder warrant out of Manatee County. The driver had given the officer consular cards with different birth dates and the law enforcement database came back with another date. A $50,000 bond was assigned to the man and an immigration hold reported Feb. 23, according to court records. The man was in custody March 3 at the Manatee County jail.

Feb. 22, 100 block of 50th Street and the beach, alcohol. Dispatched to a loud argument at 8 p.m., an officer found people carrying coolers and bottled alcoholic beverages off the beach. Four men and four women from the Orlando area were issued citations for violating the city ordinance against alcohol on the beach.

Feb. 23, Kingfish Boat Ramp, 752 Manatee Ave., camping. While on patrol at 2:49 a.m., a Holmes Beach officer observed a personal watercraft tied up at the ramp and found hammocks where two men were sleeping near the shore. The men told police they’d been living on a sailboat that was being repaired. The officer issued a citation for camping against city ordinance.

Feb. 25, 100 block of 50th Street, battery/drug. A couple was arrested after police found them arguing near the road. The woman said the argument was over family matters. The man told police they were arguing about him refusing to give her car keys after she had several drinks. The woman was arrested for striking the man. The man was arrested for possessing 1 gram of marijuana and paraphernalia.

Feb. 26, 700 block of Manatee Avenue, warrant.

Holmes Beach police arrested a man on an outstanding warrant from Hillsborough County. The arrest came after the officer ran the South Carolina tag attached to

Dog owners warned against tethering

A female yellow Labrador retriever, known as Jackson, is left tethered Feb. 28 to the wheel of a GMC Yukon with Ohio tags at the Anna Maria Island Centre shopping plaza on East Bay Drive in Holmes Beach. Holmes Beach police responded to the parking lot, where HBPD Officer Joel Pierce informed the dog owners, who returned about a half hour after the dog was first observed, about the antitethering law. The law is a 2012 county ordinance adopted and enforced by the city of Holmes Beach that prohibits tying, chaining or tethering a dog or cat in any manner that could injure it. Islander Photo: Rebecca St. Jean a black Ford Expedition that came back assigned to a Pontiac Sunfire. The officer reported the SUV had a windshield crack from side to side. The man was taken into custody and ticketed for unsafe equipment and issued a summons for no valid license, an unassigned tag and no vehicle registration. The tag was seized.

Feb. 28, Manatee Public Beach, 4000 Gulf Drive, alcohol. An officer observed a couple having sex and drinking on the beach. The officer issued them citations for possessing alcohol against the city ordinance.

Holmes Beach is policed by HBPD. Streetlife is based on incident reports and narratives from the BBPD, HBPD and MCSO.

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Heritage festival celebrates island history Nancy Deal, AMIHS volunteer, bags up strawberries and onions for Barbara Picard March 3 at the AMIHS heritage festival.

Fruits, vegetables and herbs sold at the festival were grown by Geraldson’s Family Farm in Bradenton.

LEFT: Jayden Sparks, 9, and Gabriella Gilbert, 10, get their scavenger forms filled out March 3 by Cindy Walter, who creates crafts on display at Anna Maria Island Historical Society’s annual heritage festival.

University of Florida master gardener Kevin Lausman hands Tom Hutchings a sample of raw honey he collected March 3 while at the AMIHS heritage festival.

BELOW: Kathy Oliver, a representative from the University of Florida, tells Janet Lamar to pick a prize March 3 after correctly guessing the trivia question on which historic plant is too poisonous to consume.

Lynn Overton spins yarn March 3 as she talks shop to Martha Hopkins, a snowbird from Maryland, at the AMIHS heritage festival.

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Island wildlife rehab center prepares for spring influx

By ChrisAnn Silver Esformes Islander Reporter It appears the week of winter quickly came and went on Anna Maria Island. â&#x20AC;&#x153;After this comes the rude awakening,â&#x20AC;? Ed Straight, Wildlife Education and Rehabilitation Inc. president said regarding a lull in rescues, which he expects to end with the arrival of spring.

Spring means rescuing and rehabbing baby animals and birds.

The rescue service has operated at Straightâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s home in Bradenton Beach for nearly 31 years, where he and his wife Gail, with the help of volunteers, rehabilitate birds, mammals and reptiles rescued in Manatee and Sarasota counties.

The largest wildlife rescue and rehabilitation center in Manatee County, the nonprofit runs on donations and grants to feed and provide medical care for the animals and fuel for rescue vehicles.

Currently, Wildlife Inc.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s menagerie of animals includes baby rabbits, raccoons, tortoises, a monkey, a bobcat, a pair of ball pythons and a variety of birds.

This is a slow time for the facility, but within a

week or two, spring babies will need help, Straight said Feb. 28.

Straight said the recent warm weather signals the influx of rescue calls that usually starts mid-March, but could come a little early.

He said tending the baby mammals and birds is time-consuming because they require constant feeding, and some must be handfed.

There are precautions people can take to protect young wildlife.

Straight said feral cats are the primary threat to baby birds and mammals in the county, but house cats also can be a problem.

He advised people to â&#x20AC;&#x153;keep cats inside,â&#x20AC;? adding this is a safeguard for housecats, due to an increase in the local coyote population.

A peregrine falcon perches Feb. 28 in a cage at Wildlife Inc. in Bradenton Beach. According to president Ed Straight, this is the second peregrine falcon ever rescued by the organization.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;The population has increased and coyotes definitely eat cats,â&#x20AC;? Straight said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Keeping it indoors also can lead to a longer life span for a cat,â&#x20AC;? he added.

Straight said if a baby bird or mammal appears abandoned, one should not leave it in the hope that its mother comes back â&#x20AC;&#x201D; it would likely become prey for a cat or dog.

However, he warned not to pick up a baby bird of prey, as a protective mother could be nearby.

Some baby mammals, including bats and otters, have sharp teeth, so they also should not be picked up. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s always best to just give us a call,â&#x20AC;? Straight said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I prefer to err on the side of caution.â&#x20AC;?

For more information or to report a sick or injured animal, call Wildlife Inc. at 941-778-6324.

A young bobcat looks into the lens Feb. 28 from inside its enclosure at Wildlife Inc. in Bradenton Beach. The bobcat was rescued in east Sarasota County at Nathan Benderson Park. It will be rehabbed at Wildlife Inc. until it is ready for release. Islander Photos: ChrisAnn Silver Esformes

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Snowbird golfing buddies share 1st holes-in-one

By Kevin P. Cassidy Islander Reporter Anna Maria Island snowbirds Dave Ingebritson of Apple Valley, Minnesota, and Don Sabol of Cleveland, fairly new golfing buddies, recently experienced some excitement on their golf outings at Timber Creek Golf Course in Bradenton.

The 67-year-old Ingebritson knocked in his first hole-in-one Jan. 15 on the 100-yard fifth hole, using an 8-iron. Six weeks later, Feb. 25, his partner on the links, Sabol, 68, got his first hole-in-one on the 100-yard ninth hole with a 9-iron shot to the cup.

Cassidy Timber Creek is a nine-hole, par three course geared for players looking for a short game. The course, 4550 Timber Lane, Bradenton, butts up against the Manatee Golf Course with the Timber Lane entry from Cortez Road.

Ingebritson, a retired finance specialist for the state of Minnesota and Sabol, who retired seven years ago after working in the shipping department at Lubrizol for 39 years, met last year when they were in neighboring vacation rentals on Palm Avenue in Anna Maria.

The two men and their wives hit it off and spent time together while staying on the island — and they stayed in contact throughout the year.

Ingebritson, who comes from a golfing family, has some work to do to earn any family cred. His hole-in-

one tied him for second place with his mother, while his father has managed three holes-in-one.

Ingebritson and Sabol are hoping history repeats next winter when they return to Anna Maria Island.

Adult football update The final seedings are set as the regular season of adult flag football came to a close March 1 at the Center of Anna Maria Island.

Bins Be Clean rolled to a 35-14 victory over Cabb Cleaning to nail down the top seed, while Beach House Real Estate defeated Moss Builders 26-21 to earn second seed.

Both Bins Be Clean and Beach House earned a first-round bye. Bins Be Clean awaits either No. 4 seed Moss Builders or No. 5 seed Cabb Cleaning, who play each other in an 8:30 p.m. matchup March 8, while Beach House Real Estate takes on the winner of the 7:30 p.m. matchup — either No. 3 Beach Bums or No. 6 seed Lancaster Design.

Semifinal and championship games are scheduled for 6:30 p.m., 7:30 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. Thursday, March 15, when the champs will be crowned.

Key Royale golf news It was another beautiful week for golf on Anna Maria Island at the Key Royale Club.

The men played a regular nine-hole, modified Stableford system match the morning of Feb. 26. Gerry

LEFT: Dave Ingebritson, a retired financial specialist from Minnesota, poses Jan. 15 at the marker for 100yard fifth hole at Timber Creek Golf Course in Bradenton to commemorate his first hole-in-one. Witnessing the historic shot was Don Sabol. RIGHT: Don Sabol, a retiree from Cleveland, poses Feb. 25 after his first hole-in-one on the 100-yard ninth hole at Timber Creek. Witnessing his historic shot was fellow hole-inoner, Dave Ingebritson. Islander Photos: Courtesy Barb Ingebritson

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Dahl earned first-place individual honors with a score of plus-6. Barry Anderson, Barry Izzard and Jim Menzies finished in a tie for second place with matching scores of plus-4.

The women got out for a nine-hole individual-lownet match Feb. 27 with a side game based on the most fives on a scorecard.

Joy Kaiser fired a 5-under-par 27 to earn top honors in Flight A. Helen Pollock took second place with a 3-under-par 29, and Pam Lowry took third with an even-par 32. Mary Lou Dreier was the top producer of fives in the flight.

Fran Barford had the low-net round of the day with a 7-under-par 25 to earn the top spot in Flight B. Marcia Helgeson was right on her heels with a 5-underpar 27, while Gloria Ladue was alone in third place with a 2-under-par 30. Sue Wheeler won the most fives contest in the flight.

Carol Duncan carded a 6-under-par 26 to win first place in Flight C. Jana Samuels was two strokes back in second, and Sharon Tarras took third place with a 1-under-par 31. Samuels, Kathy Porter and Joyce Lathrop tied for the most fives in the group.

Anne Klein’s 3-under-par 29 gave her first place in Flight D, two strokes ahead of second-place finisher Marty Clark. Eileen Witzgall took third place with a 1-over-par 33, while Kathy Miller won the most fives contest.

Forty-seven men got back on the course March 1 for a nine-hole shamble. The team of Gary Alvord, George Smith, Fred Miller and Blake Ress combined on a 3-under-par 29 to earn clubhouse bragging rights for the day.

The team of Gary Duncan, Bob Longworth, Bob O’Brien and Gary Risner matched the 1-under-par 31 carded by Lou Pagano, Chuck Patrick, Doug Jones and Larry Pippel for a two-way second place tie.

Horseshoe news Four teams emerged from pool play and battled for the day’s supremacy during Feb. 28 horseshoe action at the Anna Maria City Hall horseshoe pits.

The team of Gary Howcroft and Bob Lee eliminated Tom Farrington and Jerry Disbrow 24-8 while Tennessee Bob and Dan Belden edged Steve Hooper and Steve Shue 21-17. Howcroft and Lee stayed hot in the finals as they rolled to a 22-6 win over Tennessee Bob and Belden.

Three teams advanced to the knockout round during March 3 horseshoe action. The team of Bob Mason and Hank Huyghe drew the bye into the finals and watched as Myles Macleod and Dom Livedoti advanced to the finals with a 21-15 victory over Farrington and Steve Doyle. Macleod and Livedoti rolled to a 23-11 victory over Mason and Huyghe in the finals to earn the day’s bragging rights.

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March welcomes clear waters, great fishing

By Capt. Danny Stasny Islander Reporter Fishing around Anna Maria Island keeps getting better and better as the days grow warmer and the waters remain clear.

Fishing the lush grass flats that carpet the surrounding bays and Intracoastal Waterway is exceptional.

Snook season is open and the fish have all but invaded the shallows with an unmatched presence. Free-lining live shiners in areas where the snook are present is making even the novice angler feel as if he or she is a pro.

Spotted seatrout also are taking up Stasny residence on the flats, although they prefer slightly deeper water. Sarasota Bay — south of Tampa Bay and Anna Maria Sound — starts south of the Cortez bridge and is host to a bevy of world-class trout fishing spots. With a majority of the bay ranging in depths of 4-8 feet, trout find it most hospitable. So do the eager anglers who fish there on a daily basis.

On my own Southernaire charters, I’m taking advantage of both the snook and trout bites. For the snook, I’m fishing morning incoming tides around spoil islands. In these areas, the current seems to wrap around the little islands, creating great staging points for the hungry linesiders. Most catches are 20-26 inches, although a few bigger fish are being caught by lucky anglers. As for the trout, I’m finding respectable numbers of 12-16 inch fish in deep potholes and troughs throughout Tampa Bay. I’m also finding large “gator” trout, some up to 26 inches, but these fish seem to be rogues — solitary fish roaming shallow grass flats in search of a meal and probably a mate, too.

Other species showing up on the flats include jack crevalle, ladyfish and bluefish — all of which are mixed in when targeting trout on the deep grass flats.

I’m also seeing a few flounder on the end of the line, especially coming from around the channel edges and

Diana Liccardi, visiting Anna Maria Island from Rutland, Vermont, shows off a nice trout, caught — and released — Feb. 27 in Sarasota Bay using a live shiner for bait on a fishing charter with Capt. Aaron Lowman. The day also produced catch-and-release snook for Liccardi and her group of anglers. the sandy potholes.

Jim Malfese at the Rod & Reel Pier is seeing sheepshead dominate the bite at Anna Maria’s northern-most pier. Pier fishers using live shrimp, fiddler crabs or sand fleas are finding success on the convictcolored fish. Other species worth targeting at the R&R include flounder, which can be caught on live shrimp, and Spanish mackerel, which will readily take a silver spoon or small jig.

Capt. Aaron Lowman is flats fishing with clients throughout Tampa Bay and beyond. Snook fishing is making up a majority of the catch during his morning

Snook season reopens

Richard Scanlon of Minnesota shows off his snook, caught March 1 on a guided fishing trip with Capt. Danny Stasny of Southernaire Fishing Charters. The slot size for keeper snook is 28-33 inches total length. Anglers are limited to one harvest per day, while the captain and crew “for hire” are limited to a “zero” harvest.

The “catch” season runs to the end of April.

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charters, providing great action for anglers.

Spotted seatrout are being caught throughout the flats, mainly around deep sandy potholes where good current exists. The deeper grass flats are hosting pompano this time of year and, to catch these elusive little morsels, Lowman is baiting small jigs tipped with a fresh-cut piece of shrimp.

Capt. Rick Gross of Fishy Business is suffering from spotted trout fever. He eats, sleeps and dreams of trout. This is probably due to the fact that he’s catching so many. Fishing deep grass flats in 4-6 feet of water is yielding a phenomenal trout bite, according to Gross.

Free-lining live shiners or jigging in these areas is resulting in respectable numbers of the speckled favorites, with most measuring between 15-18 inches. Larger trout — “gator” trout as we refer to them — usually in the 20-inch range and up, are being caught, too, but in shallow areas mixed in with redfish and snook.

Speaking of reds and snook, both are being caught aboard the “Fishy Business.” Most snook are falling between 22-26 inches. As for the reds, slot fish are common.

Capt. Warren Girle is working his charters on the flats of Sarasota Bay, resulting in a variety of species for his client’s enjoyment. On the deeper grass flats, Girle is finding pompano, bluefish, ladyfish and large jack crevalle. To catch these species, Girle is drifting and jigging with small pink or chartreuse jigs tipped with shrimp. Spotted seatrout also are providing action in Sarasota Bay, where free-lining live shiners on the grass flats and over sandy potholes is providing excellent action on trout 14-22 inches. Some deeper potholes are holding even bigger trout. Girle likes to practice catch-and-release with these large female fish — some in excess of 26 inches.

Capt. Jason Stock is fishing the springtime offshore bite, which includes a variety of migratory species. Kingfish and amberjack are just a couple of the drag-screamers you may experience on a charter with Stock. Cobia and permit also are on the agenda, which is a great combination for those looking for dinner and some bragging rights.

Capt. David White of Anna Maria Charters is concentrating his fishing time on snook. Most catches are in the 22- to 26-inch range, although slot- and over-slot fish are mixed in. To target these snook, White is using two methods. The first is the tried and true method — live shiners. The second is slightly more challenging — he’s using a fly rod.

Other species in White’s crosshairs include spotted seatrout, which are being caught quite regularly. Again, live shiners or a fly rod will attract a bite. Lastly, fishing over structure with live shrimp as bait is resulting in sheepshead and mangrove snapper.

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AME-PTO invites patrons â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Under the Seaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;

Anna Maria Elementaryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Spring Fling gala takes place March 9.

Hosted by the Parent-Teacher Organization, the annual gala is themed â&#x20AC;&#x153;Under the Sea.â&#x20AC;?

Parents and caregivers of students at AME are invited to the fundraiser set for 7-11 p.m. Friday, March 9, at the South Florida Museum, 201 10th St.

By Bianca BenedĂ­, bianca@islander.org

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â&#x20AC;˘ Through Friday, March 16, Manatee County School District elementary school choice enrollment period. â&#x20AC;˘ Wednesday, March 7, 1:15 p.m. early release â&#x20AC;˘ Friday, March 9, 7-11 p.m. AME-PTO Spring Fling, South Florida Museum, 201 10th St. W., Bradenton. â&#x20AC;˘ Tuesday, March 13, 5 p.m. PTO dinner by Waterfront Restaurant and 6:30 p.m. play. â&#x20AC;˘ Thursday, March 15, picture day. â&#x20AC;˘ Thursday, March 15, last day for CrossPointe Fellowship after-school tutoring â&#x20AC;˘ Friday, March 16, record day, no school. â&#x20AC;˘ Thursday, March 22, 4-7 p.m. parent-teacher conference night. â&#x20AC;˘ Thursday, March 22, 8 a.m.-7 p.m., kindergarten registration for new students. â&#x20AC;˘ Friday, March 23, 12:30 p.m. early release. â&#x20AC;˘ Monday, March 26-Friday, March 30, spring break.

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

For more information, call the school at 941708-5525.

W., Bradenton.

Tickets are $60, including dinner and an open bar.

Dinner is being catered by Mattisonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s City Grille of Bradenton.

The gala will feature music and dancing.

There will be a silent auction to raise funds for the PTO. Items include vacation stays, fishing charters and beach accommodations. Students at AME are creating class projects to contribute to the auction â&#x20AC;&#x201D; always a popular bid item.

The event is semi-formal and guests are encouraged to dress for the theme, Under the Sea. Tickets can be purchased at the front desk of AME, 4700 Gulf Drive, Holmes Beach.

The PTO is still accepting sponsors for the event.

A primary sponsorship, which costs $5,000, includes 15 tickets to the gala, recognition on all promotions, and special signage at the event.

Other opportunities include a $2,500 gold, $1,500 silver and $1,000 bronze levels.

For tickets and information, contact Emily Wettstein at 941-224-9781 or emilypwettstein@icloud. com, or Emma Stringer, 941-993-3526 or emmacarter101@hotmail.com.

Take a blast to the past with AME 2nd-graders Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s show time.

You can hear students practicing their scales and putting on their performance faces.

AMEâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s second-grade class will put on â&#x20AC;&#x153;Jukebox Time Machine,â&#x20AC;? the blast to the past that explores music hits from the past few decades, at 6:30 p.m.

Tuesday, March 13, in the school cafeteria, 4700 Gulf Drive, Holmes Beach. The public is welcome.

Before the play, the Parent-Teacher Organization will host a dinner catered by the Waterfront Restaurant.

The childâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s entree is chicken tenders and the adult dinner is smoked-pork shoulder. Both meals will be served with barbecue sauce, sweet honey cornbread or dinner rolls, mac and cheese and a salad.

Adult dinners are $8 and the child dinner is $5.

Those who pre-order dinners at the AME front desk before Monday, March 12, will be entered into a drawing for two gift certificates to the Waterfront Restaurant.

Call AME at 941-708-5525 for more information.

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Anna Maria Island Garden Club officers Dusty Crane and Zan Fuller join Anna Maria Elementary students and media specialist Lynn McDonough in the school library for the clubâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s donation of a childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s book on gardening. The book was presented in memory of Marion Hall, whose daughter, Janet Gaston, attended.

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Mad Science demonstrates the ecosystem at AME “Robotic” Richard Copenhaver hands rainforest noise-making instruments to AME students during his Feb. 26 presentation on ecosystems. Islander Photos: Bianca Benedí

“Atomic” Tom Andry from the Mad Science Group demonstrates to students at Anna Maria Elementary how the food web touches all in an ecosystem. AME had a Mad Science assembly educating students on a variety of ecosystems.

AME fifth-graders Ryan Morales and Ethan Sackett hold up their rainforest noise-making instruments Feb. 26 during the school’s Mad Science assembly.

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A whole lot of moving and shaking going on

Now you can eat lunch here, too The casual partner to Sean Murphy’s award-winning Beach Bistro is now opening for lunch on weekends.

Eat Here, 5315 Gulf Drive, Holmes Beach, is serving 11:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. Highlights include the delish fish tacos and a top-of-the-line burger.

Dinner is served nightly beginning at 5 p.m. and reservations are suggested.

Eat Here also is now offering carry out, with online ordering from the website at eathereflorida.com.

Eat Here prepares daily specials and local fresh catches in addition to a chef-driven menu.

For more information or reservations, call 941778-0411.

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Who wouldn’t love a bacon bar? This one was presented at the SWEL business event Feb. 28 at the Seafood Shack in Cortez.

We hope it’s not a drive through Holmes Beach did finally pass a formula business ban but, we have to hope the former Bank of America building attracts a suitable tenant to the East Bay Boulevard-Manatee Avenue location in Holmes Beach.

The property is listed by JLL in Miami. The company website did not disclose the asking price.

Broker John Van Lith, who is handling the transaction Hey, who painted that Lobstah green? for BOA, had not furnished the requested price by March 1 arrived, and Scott Lubore had conquered The Islander press time. The prankster who placed the the permitting wars, hammered, nailed and painted his “McDonald’s Coming Soon” sign out front in January way into the new Freckled Fin Irish Pub, now open at better not be psychic.

5337 Gulf Drive N., Holmes Beach.

The exterior has been painted a standout green and Wedding, event folks have a swell time there’s a new look and new menu inside.

The Neptune Room at the Seafood Shack in Cortez Lubore, who operated Freckled Fin in Bradenton was packed Feb. 28 as almost 200 event specialists, Beach, parted ways with his landlord at the round- members of the Suncoast Wedding and Event Leadabout on Gulf Drive six months ago and his business ers, checked in for a networking event, “Mermaids & closed.

Mimosas.”

The new Fin menu is heavy on seafood, but also Planners, photographers, vendors and event supincludes a variety of offerings. port personnel enjoyed a presentation by Seafood Patrons also will enjoy live music — nightly offer- Shack executive chef Gerard Jesse and guests feasted ings are a posted on the website — and a full bar, wine on a brunch buffet with a bacon bar. and a variety of craft beers.

One guest was overheard saying she arrived in her Work continues on the front half of the building — boat to avoid any traffic jams clogging the roads to the the former Lobstahs dining room — and guests must event. Now that’s planning. enter the Fin through new doors on Holmes BouleDo you have business news? Contact Sandy vard.

Ambrogi at sandy@islander.org. Stay busy!

The Freckled Fin opens daily at 11 a.m. Call 941251-3930 to freckledfin.com for more information.

Executive chef Gerard Jesse, Seafood Shack, Marina Bar and Grill, 4110 127th St. W., Cortez, addresses wedding and event specialists from the Suncoast Wedding and Event Leaders, known as SWEL, Feb. 28 during a networking event. Islander Photos: Karen Riley-Love

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Chamber events accelerate as spring nears

Scott and Eileen Lubore are all smiles at the March 1 grand opening of their Freckled Fin Irish Pub, 5337 Gulf Drive, Holmes Beach. Lubore operated a restaurant-bar with a similar name at 101 Bridge St., Bradenton Beach, until August 2017. The new pub opens daily at 11 a.m. and offers live music at night. Islander Photo: Terry O’Connor

The Islander hosts cops, coffee, conversation

The Islander will host “Coffee with a Cop” 7:309:30 a.m. Wednesday, March 7.

A public invitation from The Islander and the Holmes Beach Police Department reads, “Let’s share a cup of coffee and touch on the topics of the day. Join your neighbors, the HBPD and staff from The Islander for a discussion about anything trivial and some of the day’s pressing matters.”

The newspaper is at 3218 E. Bay Drive, Holmes Beach.

Winter’s almost gone and spring is just around the corner, bringing events and celebrations.

The March Anna Maria Island Chamber of Commerce calendar kicks off with a ribbon-cutting at 5 p.m.

Thursday, March 8, at Body & Sol Spa and Wellness, 9805 Gulf Drive, Anna Maria. Light bites and refreshments will be served to celebrate new ownership.

RSVPs are required for the chamber’s early riser breakfast at 7:45 a.m. Wednesday, March 14, at Olympic Cafe, 6408 Manatee Ave. W., Bradenton. Only a few days are left to sign up with the chamber office.

The AMI Chamber is accepting applications for its annual scholarships. Students who are graduating seniors from Manatee County high schools are eligible to apply for one of four $1,000 awards. Winners will be named in May. For applications and information, go to the chamber website, drop down to “About the Chamber” and click on scholarship forms. The application deadline is April 30.

Save the dates! The Beach ‘N Food Truck and Music Festival is 10 a.m.-8 p.m. Saturday, April 14, at Coquina Beach and the 19th Annual AMI Chamber Golf Tournament is Friday, May 18.

For more information, call the island chamber at 941-778-1541, visit the office and tourist center at 5313 Gulf Drive, Holmes Beach, or visit the website at annamariaislandchamber.org The Longboat Key Chamber of Commerce will hold its 59th Annual Meeting and Awards Luncheon at 11:30 a.m. Tuesday, March 13, at Zota Beach Resort, 4711 Gulf of Mexico Drive, Longboat Key. The new Zota resort and its culinary team, as well as the chamber award-winners, are worth the price.

Cost to attend is $35. The deadline for RSVPs is Friday, March 9.

Cathy Schmidt of the Golf Boot Camp demonstrates putting at the Feb. 28 Anna Maria Island Chamber of Commerce business card exchange. The monthly mixer, held at the Manatee County Golf Course in Bradenton, featured a short lesson, beer and brats.

Islander Photo: Courtesy AMI Chamber An LBK Chamber 360-Degrees New Member and Refresher Breakfast will be held at 8:30 a.m. Tuesday, March 20, at the chamber office, 5390 Gulf of Mexico Drive, Longboat Key. Breakfast is provided, but RSVPs are required. This is a new members event and limited to 20 guests.

For information about the Longboat Key Chamber of Commerce or to register for events, call the chamber at 941-383-2466, visit the website at longboatkeychamber.com or the office at 5390 Gulf of Mexico Drive, Longboat Key.

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GARAGE SALE: 8 a.m.-1 p.m. Friday and Saturday, March 9-10. Six-piece wicker queen-bed set, side-by-side refrigerator, ice and water in door, collectibles. Items galore, holiday and art.

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LOST: CAR KEYS. Customer accidentally picked up while at Bridge Street Interiors, Bradenton Beach, Jan. 23. If found, call 941-979-0113.

Lost: Fitbit on Bradenton Beach. Feb. 22. Plumcolored wristband. 440-901-8586.

LOST CAT: NEAR Holmes Beach boat ramp.

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BOATS & BOATING BIMINI BAY SAILING: Small sailboat rentals and instruction. Day. Week. Month. SunďŹ sh, Laser, Windrider 17 and Precision 15. Call Brian at 941685-1400.

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HELP WANTED DELIVERY DRIVER/WAREHOUSE man. Work on Anna Maria Island. Part- or full-time. Resume to: annamariaisland@hotmail.com.

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BUSY, SUCCESSFUL AND growing Anna Maria Island business seeking applicants for a reservation agent and a maintenance technician. Must be a people-person with experience and skills appropriate for the position. Earn above-average pay at an above-average company! Email: careers@annamariaparadise.com. No phone calls, please.

REPORTER WANTED: Full- to part-time. Print media, newspaper experience or journalism degree required. Apply via email with letter of interest to news@islander.org.

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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 ofďŹ ce, 3218 E. Bay Drive, Holmes Beach.

SERVICES ISLAND COMPUTER GUY, 37 years experience.

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YOU CAN HELP! Fosters, volunteers, retailtype help needed for Moonracer No Kill Animal Rescue. Please email: moonraceranimalrescue@ gmail.com.

PIERLY MAID CLEANING Service: Two former City Pier employees looking to make your home, vacation rental, ofďŹ ce spic and span! Please, give us a call, 941-447-2565 or 941-565-0312.

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BUSINESS-TO-BUSINESS JDâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Window Cleaning looking for storefront jobs in Holmes Beach.

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ISLAND GATER RESTORATIONS: Interior/exterior, painting, pressure cleaning, drywall repair, textures, stucco. Danny, 941-720-8116. islandgater@gmail.com.

BEACH SERVICE air conditioning, heat, refrigeration. Commercial and residential service, repair and/or replacement. Serving Manatee County and the Island since 1987. Call Bill Eller, 941795-7411. CAC184228.

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ISLAND LAWN SPRINKLER Service: Repairs, installs. Your local sprinkler company since 1997.

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STRAIGHT SHOT LANDSCAPE: Shell, lime rock, palms, river rock, construction demolition, fencing, pressure washing, hauling debris and transport. Shark Mark, 941-301-6067.

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

CUSTOM REMODELING EXPERT. All phases of carpentry, repairs and painting. Insured. Meticulous, clean, sober and prompt. Paul Beauregard, 941-730-7479.

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

GRIFFINâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S HOME IMPROVEMENTS Inc. Handyman, ďŹ ne woodwork, countertops, cabinets and wood ďŹ&#x201A;ooring. Insured and licensed.

941-722-8792.

JERRYâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S HOME REPAIR: Carpentry, handyman, light hauling, pressure washing. Jack of all trades.

Call 941-778-6170 or 941-447-2198.

ISLE TILE: QUALITY installation ďŹ&#x201A;oors, counters, backsplashes, showers. Licensed, insured. Call Chris at 941-302-8759.

ANNA MARIA HOME Accents: 20 years experience in building and remodeling. Local, licensed and insured. No job too small. We accept all major credit cards. 786-318-8585.

SOUTHWEST HOME IMPROVEMENT: Michigan builder, quality work guaranteed. Affordable, timely, within budget. Call Mike, 1-616204-8822.

ARTISAN DESIGN TILE and Marble LLC. Quality craftsmanship since 1983. Professional, courteous service at a fair price. Our customers are our top priority! www.ArtisanDesignTileAndMarble.com. Call Don, 941-993-6567.

WEEKLY/MONTHLY/ANNUAL rentals: wide variety, changes daily. SunCoast Real Estate, 941-779-0202, or 1-800-732-6434. www.suncoastinc.com.

SEASONAL RENTAL: NORTHWEST Bradenton.

1BR/1BA open living room, kitchen, washer and dryer in unit. No pets/smoking. $450/weekly, $1,600/monthly. Call 941-792-0258.

HOLMES BEACH: VACATION hideaway. 1-2BR, limited availability. 49 steps to beach. Pick up your phone and call Mike about our special rates.

727-999-1011.

AVAILABLE WINTER SEASON 2018 and 2019: 2BR/2BA ground level with carport and patio.

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2019 SEASON HOUSE for rent: One block from beach, old Florida bungalow, 2BR/2BA, singlelevel, private yard and driveway, screen room. $1,400/week. 210 64th St., Holmes Beach. Call 813-833-4489.

ANNUAL: RENTAL 2BR/1BA duplex, Anna Maria.

Simple, quiet island place. Porch, no washer/ dryer hookup, good for 1 or 2 mature adults, Available now, $1,250/month plus utilities. 941778-7003, please, leave message.

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PINE AVENUE BAYOU condo for sale by owner.

Steps to shops and city pier. Newly renovated, ground-ďŹ&#x201A;oor, two-bedroom unit. Great northend location! $320,000. 941-321-5454.

ISLAND REAL ESTATE deals: Key Royale 3BR/2BA two-car garage home features large lot, caged, heated pool and spa. Boat dock and lift, cathedral ceiling, greatroom. $765,000. Also, condo near Anna Maria. Ground ďŹ&#x201A;oor, pool and beach access, 2BR/2BA updated, good rental. $330,000. Call agent direct, Real Estate Mart, 941-356-1456.

PERICO REMODELED 2BR/2BA: Loft, lanai, garage, furnished, gated community, pools.

Seasonal or annual. 941-545-4033.

FOR SALE: 14 units, transient apartments. Cash buyers only. Call Joe, 941-794-1238.

ON THE BEACH: Westbay Point. 2BR/2BA 1,426 sf. Move-in ready condo with beautiful water views of Intracoastal and boat slip, $537,000. www.turnerren.com. Contact Avery Ellis, 941-545-4848. Turner Real Estate Network.

CONDO WITH NO fee: Primary or vacation home or weekly rental investment. Easy walk to public Gulf access. $304,900. 4909 Gulf Drive, #5A, Holmes Beach. Chrisi Adamson, Remax Alliance, 941-806-9562.

2BR/2BA ONE-car garage and 2BR/1BA duplex with new roof, like two cottages, tons of potential! $619,000, priced to sell. 406 72nd St.,. Holmes Beach. 941-778-7003, please, leave message.

YOUR PLACE IN the sun: Remodeled 2BR/2BA plus den and screened lanai, two-car garage.

No HOA fees, minutes to beach. $254,900. Real Estate Mart, 941-356-1456.

BRADENTON: BAY HOLLOW . Waterfront property with individual boat docks, direct Gulf access from private marina overlooking Tidy Island. 2BR/2BA second ďŹ&#x201A;oor, cathedral ceiling, ďŹ replace, walk-in closets, large eat-in kitchen, formal dining room, extra storage room in attic, spacious screened and glass enclosed balcony/lanai, heated pool, covered parking, 10 minutes to beach. One animal allowed.

Fully funded reserves. $299,000. Call 941727-1083, 941-704-5967 or email rikki.uw@ gmail.com.

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Tiffany Place is one of the most desirable condominium complexes and beach locations on Anna Maria Island. Heated pool, elevator, covered parking. David Moynihan and Miguel Rosa (941) 720-0089. #A4202587. $639,500

No expense has been spared in the remodel of this Anna Maria Island Club condo! Spectacular Gulf views, elevator, Make sure to see this one of a kind beach unit. Karen Fineout (941) 518-3682. #A4209319. $1,100,000

Bridgeport condo 2BR/2BA with great view of the Gulf of Mexico. Under building parking, elevator, pool, beach access. Rae Ellen Hayo (941) 920-0364. #A4210168. $330,000

Perico Bay Club 3BR/2BA end unit with sweeping vista view. Gated community with pools, active clubhouse, tennis, trails.

Updated and gorgeous. Penny Bray (941) 795-6685. #A4206189. $419,000

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HOME FOR SALE by owner: 3BR/2BA two-car garage home. Vaulted ceilings, 10,300 sf lot, new roof, air conditioning. 403 72nd St., Holmes Beach. $759,000. 941-778-7003, please, leave message.

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By Jesse Brisson Special to The Islander 2306 Canasta Drive, Bradenton Beach, a 2,413 sfla / 3,954 sfur 4bed/3½bath/2car Bayfront pool home built in 1998 on a 9,000 sq ft lot was sold 02/05/18, Lopez to Sanford for $1,477,500; list $1,599,999.

108 Los Cedros Drive, Anna Maria, a 1,826 sfla / 2,728 sfur 3bed/2bath/1car canalfront home built in 1967 on a 12,160 sq ft lot was sold 02/06/18, Jeronimo to Oneill for $1,140,000.

7322 Gulf Drive, Unit 11, La Casa Costiera, Holmes Beach, a 2,046 sfla / 2,266 sfur 2bed/2½bath.2car condo with shared pool built in 2005 was sold 02/09/18, Alden to Poulos for $1,120,000.

112 81st St., Holmes Beach, a 1,590 sfla 4bed/3bath pool home built in 1941 on a 5,120 sq ft lot was sold 02/08/18, Eldridge to Beach Escape LLC for $950,000; list $999,000.

8710 Gulf Drive, Holmes Beach, a 2,348 sfla / 3,596 sfur 3bed/2bath/2car pool home built in 2007 on a 5,000 sq ft lot was sold 02/09/18, Yetter to Hays for $950,000; list $995,000.

727 Holly Road, Anna Maria, a 2,321 sfla / 5,442 sfur 3bed/2½bath/2car canalfront home built in 2003 on a 8,240 sq ft lot was sold 02/08/18, Mischker to Windmiller for $930,000; list $950,000.

423 Magnolia Ave., Anna Maria, a 1,809 sfla 3bed/3bath canalfront pool home built in 1972 on a 12,632 sq ft lot was sold 02/02/18, Nelson to Linder for $930,000; list $949,000.

769 Jacaranda Road, Anna Maria, a 1,064 sfla / 1,498 sfur 2bed/2bath/1car home built in 1975 on a 5,000 sq ft lot was sold 02/14/18, Coolidge Family Jacaranda Road LLC to Holleway for $860,000; list $879,000.

3018 Ave. C, Holmes Beach, a 7,800 sfur warehouse/office built in 1979 on a 10,000 sq ft lot was sold 02/13/18, 3018 Avenue C LLC to Florida Gulf Coast Vacation Homes LLC for $607,216.

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

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Runaway Bay ground-ďŹ&#x201A;oor condo, turnkey with washer/dryer. Resort amenities: heated pool, tennis, bay front ďŹ shing pier, beach access, active clubhouse and more.

Becky Smith and ElďŹ Starrett (941) 7731954. #A4181526. $290,000

Fabulous views from this direct 1BR-1BA updated Gulffront unit with heated pool in quiet area at end of 73rd Streetm Holmes Beach. Excellent rental, daily on-site management ofďŹ ce. 2017 income: $51,293. For additional information, call Dave Moynihan, 941-720-0089 Or Miguel Rosa, 941-4475928. #A4209975. $499,500

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