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Top Notch Grand prize. 3 Astheworldterns head back to school. 6

Tracking turtles. 22

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AMITW Aug. 3: 507 nests, 586 false crawls, 96 hatched nests.

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HB commissioners consider pay increase. 8 BB submits Qs for November election. 8 HB magistrate issues rental violations. 9

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Happenings community announcements, activities. 11 showtime, scholarships for island Players. 12 Am preservation board meets with expert. 13

Streetlife. 14 BB reviews flood control plans. 15 getting around Ami. 16-17

Gathering. 18 officials air concerns over Palma sola Bay water quality. 19

scientists study great little shark. 23 center field action. 24 fishing sizzles. 25 movers and shakers. 26

PropertyWatch. 28 CLASSIFIEDS. 28 NYt crossword. 31

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Bradenton Beach on deck for floating dock launch By ryan Paice islander reporter

Good things eventually come to those who wait.

Gibsonton-based contractor Hecker Construction finished construction of a floating dock for the Historic Bridge Street Pier in Bradenton Beach Aug. 1 after twoand-a-half years of turbulence generated by Technomarine Construction, the company originally contracted to build and install the dock.

CRA Chair Ralph Cole, a city commissioner, led a ribbon-cutting ceremony alongside other elected officials Aug. 2 to open the dock for public use.

“We’re all very excited about the floating dock finally coming to fruition,” Mayor John Chappie said in a July 31 interview.

“It’s been a struggle, but we’re there, and that’s a good thing.”

The floating dock replaces a dock damaged by a storm and removed in 2017 for public safety. The city also plans to install finger docks at the pier and a boat lift to hold the city’s marine patrol boat for the exclusive PleAse see Dock, PAge 2

Bradenton Beach crA chair ralph cole, center, cuts the ribbon Aug. 2. He was joined by manatee county deputy administrator John osborne, left, county commissioner Betsy Benac, gary tibbetts of u.s. rep. Vern Buchanan’s office, county commissioner carol Whitmore, cole, county commissioner steve Jonsson, mayor John chappie, city attorney ricinda Perry, treasurer shayne thompson, city commissioner Jake spooner and Anna maria oyster Bar owner John Horne at an opening ceremony for the new floating dock at the Historic Bridge street Pier.

Resort corrects ‘unfriendly’ sea turtle lighting By chrisAnn silver esformes islander reporter

Nesting sea turtle numbers on Anna Maria Island continue to rise each year.

As of Aug. 4, there were 507 nests on the island, compared with 504 on the same date in 2018.

The increase in nests is due to increased education and better sea turtle-friendly lighting practices, according to Anna Maria Island Turtle Watch and Shorebird Monitoring executive director, Suzi Fox. “They come here because the beaches are dark at night,” Fox said. “If we want them to keep coming back, we have to make sure it stays that way.”

As of Aug. 4, 96 nests had hatched, with 411 remaining on island beaches.

When sea turtles hatch, they are drawn by their instincts to the reflection of the stars on the Gulf of Mexico, and from now PleAse see SEA TURTLES, PAge 3

Lighting the way A conceptual graphic from a florida department of transportation video depicts “elegant” lighting on the sunshine skyway Bridge, part of a $15 million project to outfit the bridge profile and underside with color changeable, high-efficiency led fixtures. the dot expects to complete the project this fall using toll money. the skyway, visible from many points on Anna maria island, is florida’s “flagship bridge,” according to the dot. see story, page 4. islander Photo: courtesy dot

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piles, on the dock.

Installation of the gangway involved reinforcing the pier before placing sections of the gangway with a crane.

Shaffer said installing the gangway wasn’t included in the scope of services of their contract with the Bradenton Beach Community Redevelopment Agency — which funded the dock project — but Hecker installed it at no additional cost to the CRA. “I’m not going to do a change order or something like that, that’s not how our company operates,” he said.

Child rescued from pool in Anna Maria

By Kathy Prucnell Islander Reporter

Deputies responding to a call for a lost child, quickly learned the 3-year-old had been found in a swimming pool.

The toddler was expected to make a full recovery after being found in the pool at about 5 p.m.

July 28 in the 11000 block of Gulf Drive in Anna Maria.

The family, vacationing from Tampa, first called 911 to report they had lost track of a child.

First on the scene was Manatee County Sheriff’s Deputy Robert Desch, who arrived to see the father holding the child — conscious, crying and coughing — according to the MCSO report.

Josiah M. Argote, 3, was quickly cared for by medical personnel at the scene.

According to Desch’s report, medics feared Josiah was at risk for “dry drowning,” which can cause a spasm and closure of the airway.

From Anna Maria, he was taken by ambulance to city field in Holmes Beach for transport by medical helicopter to Bayfront Health St. Petersburg and transferred to Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital, also in St. Petersburg, according to Rodney Kwiatkowski, an inspector and information officer with West Manatee Fire Rescue.

Josiah’s mother accompanied her son on the flight to the hospital, Kwiatkowski said in an Aug. 2 text to The Islander.

“We are pleased to report, the last we heard, the child is doing well and is expected to make a full recovery, he said.

His father performed CPR before help arrived, according to the WMFR report.

As for safety precautions, Desch reported the pool has a gated 6-foot fence.

Elected officials from Bradenton Beach and Manatee County as well as some members of the Anna Maria Island Chamber of Commerce step Aug. 2 onto the new floating dock at the Historic Bridge Street Pier. Islander Photos: Ryan Paice Dock continued from page 1

Problems with drift vessels Boats that break anchor and drift and unattended boars have been a problem in the past despite the efforts of Bradenton Beach Police Officer Eric Hill, who patrols the navigable waters near the pier.

“Just while we’ve been building there have been three or four that have gotten loose and ended up getting stuck on the side of the floating dock,” Shaffer said. “They need to look into that.”

“The floating dock isn’t meant for that, it’s for unloading and loading people onto vessels, not boats smashing up against it,” he continued.

Please see Dock, Next page use of the Bradenton Beach Police Department.

“It’s been something where we’ve waited and waited almost two-and-a-half years,” Sherman Baldwin, owner of the Paradise Boat Tours that operates from a storefront at the foot of the pier, said in an Aug. 2 interview. “Both as a business owner and as well as the vice president of the Bridge Street Merchants group, this is unquestionably a good day for all of Bridge Street.

Baldwin, who has planned for years to launch a 149-passenger water taxi between the new floating dock, Sarasota and Bradenton, declined to comment on progress of the water taxi venture.

Eric Shaffer, a project manager from Hecker, said in a July 30 interview with The Islander that workers Hecker Construction works from a barge July 30 on only had to install the gangway attaching the dock to the installation of the floating dock at the Historic the pier and put the finishing touches, such as capping Bridge Street Pier.

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City commissioners met July 31 to discuss repealing and replacing the current city ordinance to allow for more comprehensive regulations, including those for loose vessels that damage the dock.

Lt. John Cosby said BBPD is doing all it can do to regulate the waters, but lacks the ability to enforce the law for derelict vessels on boats that people use as a residence. He said the city should meet with the county to discuss legislative changes to allow the police more enforcement powers.

Other changes the city is pursuing include rewording the definition of a dinghy, limiting the amount of watercraft that can be attached to a main vessel and prohibiting beaching of vessels on public property.

Chappie directed city attorney Ricinda Perry to work with lobbyist David Ramba, and for Perry and Cosby to attend the next Manasota League of Cities meeting to push for legislative changes. “It’s part of our ongoing effort to improve and clean up the city anchorage area that we have,� Chappie said Aug. 1. “It’s all about any kind of regulations that we may be able to have and use to improve and clean the area, and to make sure rules and regulations are being followed.�

SEA TURTLES coNtiNued from PAge 1

through October, hatchlings are emerging from nests in the sand by the thousands.

Lights visible from the shoreline can disorient hatchlings away from their journey to the Gulf, leading to death from dehydration, exhaustion or predation. “Unfriendly turtle lights� at the Anna Maria Beach Resort, 6306 Gulf Drive, formerly the Blue Water Beach Club, were the apparent cause of disorientations over the July 4 holiday.

Fox wrote the lights were still out of compliance in a July 25 email to Holmes Beach Police Chief Bill Tokajer.

At a July 31 code violation hearing, attorney Michael Connolly, Holmes Beach special magistrate,

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granted a continuance of a hearing for the corporate owner, Blue Water Resort AMI LLC, on two possible violations, including one concerning turtle-friendly lighting.

Attorney Aaron Thomas, representing the owner, asked that the case be continued pending compliance.

Thomas said the problem lights were replaced with turtle-friendly bulbs July 29, which was confirmed by Holmes Beach code compliance supervisor JT Thomas.

Connolly continued the case to 10 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 11, at city hall, 5801 Marina Drive.

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and Wildlife Conservation Commission-approved bulbs. She spoke July 31 with resort representative Allen Pullen, who said the resort is willing to work with Fox to ensure the property is turtle-friendly. “They said they were willing to go the extra mile,�

Fox said.

She said grant money from the Sea Turtle Conservancy helps with the cost of the bulbs.

She also said garage lights at the resort’s neighbor to the north, La Plage, 6424 Gulf Drive, as well as several properties in Bradenton Beach, need amber bulbs. “We just need to get them set up and get those lights changed out,� Fox said. “We are almost there and the island is looking good — for people and sea turtles.�

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Anna Maria faces ADA compliance issue on new pier By cory cole islander reporter

Former Anna Maria Commissioner Gene Aubry protested at city hall, and then made a complaint in July based on what he said is a deficient design for the new Anna Maria City Pier.

Aubry, who also is an architect, filed a U.S. Americans with Disabilities Act complaint based on the design and plans for the new Anna Maria City Pier walkway and T-end that lack handrails.

The ADA was put into law in 1990 to alleviate discrimination based on disability. The purpose of the act is to give people with disabilities equal rights and opportunities in public life, including, jobs, schools, transportation and any public or private places open to the general public.

The ADA includes building code requirements, which Aubry said the city will not meet if it constructs the new pier as planned.

Aubry filed his complaint July 15 with the U.S. Department of Justice Civil Rights Division in Washington, D.C., writing the city is discriminating against the disabled by refusing to install a handrail along the pier walkway.

1924 that depict a handrail. The pier was originally built in 1911 to promote tourism to the city.

He says that if the city wants to replicate the original pier — and provide safety for people who want to enjoy the amenities — it should have a handrail.

He initially presented his concern about the lack of handrails on the pier in January to the city commission and mayor. But, he said, city officials did not give him a response.

At the time, Commissioner Brian Seymour told The Islander the city officials heard Aubry’s concern, but most of the public was against a railing.

Mayor Dan Murphy told The Islander Aug. 1 that the city has followed government guidelines for construction, including ADA regulations.

The pier also is a boat landing, permitting boats to An archival photograph, circa 1924, of the Anna dock and tie-off. And, according to ADA regulations, maria city Pier shows railings, which former Anna boat landings do not require handrails, according to maria city commissioner gene Aubry says should Murphy. be installed on the new pier. islander file Photo Aubry told The Islander he would not consider other action until after the ADA processed his com“It’s not safe walking on a pier over water without a railing, especially if you’re blind,” Aubry said July plaint.

As of Aug. 2, The Islander was unable to reach the 31 in an interview with The Islander.

Aubry points to photos of the pier dating back to DOJ with regard to Aubry’s ADA complaint.

Toll payments will illuminate Florida’s ‘flagship’ Sunshine Skyway Bridge By lisa Neff islander editor

When the sun sets west of Anna Maria Island, “sunset” lights will shine to the east on the Sunshine Skyway Bridge.

The state transportation department is outfitting Florida’s flagship bridge — visible from many locations on AMI’s north end and bayfront vistas — with 1,824 LED fixtures.

The bridge across Tampa Bay on Interstate 275 has long been outfitted with lights shining upward on the yellow cables, but the new fixtures are high-efficiency and color changeable and they will light the underside of the bridge and pilings.

In addition to “sunset” colors, the lights will change to “new year,” “verdant green,” “waves,” “gateway” “patriotic,” “purple majestic” and “elegant.”

The DOT is installing the fixtures — varying between 48 and 205 watts — on the bridge profile and underside columns.

The lighted section of the bridge will include the slopes and main span for a total of 8,860 feet — or 1.7 miles.

Profile lights along the main span and high-level approaches are being mounted on brackets.

As for the columns, they will be illuminated by floodlighting fixtures mounted to the underside of the deck and box girders, washing along the height of each column and fading near the waterline, according to DOT spokeswoman Kristen Carson.

“The Skyway is the gateway to Tampa Bay and the flagship bridge of Florida,” read an outline for the project provided Aug. 1 by Carson. “The Skyway lighting project is a unique enhancement, unlike any other in the world. The project will stand for the Tampa Bay region as an inspiration for residents and all who visit.”

Many newer bridges in the state feature aesthetic lighting, including the Pensacola Bay Bridge, the Fuller Warren Bridge and Main Street bridges in Jacksonville, Hathaway Bridge in Panama City, 17th Street Bridge in Miami, five bridges crossing the Hillsborough River in Tampa and the John Ringling Causeway Bridge in Sarasota.

The Skyway Bridge lighting promises aesthetic value, but also will add safety and security to the underside of the bridge, which is dark now, according to Carson’s outline.

Tolls collected on the Skyway paid for the project, expected to cost about $15 million.

And it’s coming soon.

The DOT says the project will be completed this fall.

On the web To see the DOT videos of how the different light themes will look on the Sunshine Skyway Bridge, go to islander.org.

examples of “elegant,” “Patriotic” and “sunset” led lighting on the sunshine skyway Bridge across tampa Bay on interstate 275. the dot expects to complete the $15 million lighting project this fall. islander Photos: courtesy dot

Meetings

941-708-5800, holmesbeachfl.org.

Anna Maria City Aug. 8, 6 p.m., commission.

West Manatee Fire Rescue Aug. 13, 4 p.m., planning and zoning.

None announced.

Aug. 19-30, candidate qualifying.

WMFR administration building, 6510 Third Ave. Aug. 21, 5:30 p.m., special magistrate.

W., Bradenton, wmfr.org.

Aug. 22, 6 p.m., commission.

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

Aug. 20, 9 a.m., county commission.

Administration building, 1112 Manatee Ave. W., Bradenton Beach Bradenton, 941-748-4501, mymanatee.org.

Aug. 7, 9 a.m., CIP committee. CANCELED Aug. 7, 9:30 a.m., CRA. Of interest Aug. 7, 2 p.m., Scenic WAVES. CANCELED Aug. 20, 2 p.m., Coalition of Barrier Island Aug. 8, 1 p.m., department heads.

Elected Officials, Anna Maria City Hall.

Aug. 15, 11 a.m., pier team.

Sept. 2 is Labor Day, when most government Aug. 15, noon, commission. offices will be closed, as will The Islander office.

Aug. 20, 10 a.m., commission.

Sept. 16, 2 p.m., Island Transportation Planning Aug. 26-30, candidate qualifying.

Organization, Bradenton Beach City Hall.

Aug. 21, 1 p.m., planning and zoning. CANSept. 16, 9 a.m., Manatee County Tourist DevelCELED opment Council, Sarasota-Bradenton International Bradenton Beach City Hall, 107 Gulf Drive N., Airport, 5900 Airport Lane, Sarasota.

941-778-1005, cityofbradentonbeach.org.

Sept. 24, 9:30 a.m., Sarasota-Manatee MPO, Holiday Inn-Sarasota-Bradenton International AirHolmes Beach port, 8009 15th St. E., Sarasota.

Aug. 7, 6 p.m., planning commission.

Aug. 27, 6 p.m., commission.

Aug. 26-30, candidate qualifying.

Send notices to calendar@islander.org and Holmes Beach City Hall, 5801 Marina Drive, news@islander.org.

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“Our little school by the bay.”

I read the words leading this week’s story about kids heading back to school after summer vacation at Anna Maria Elementary School with a smile.

I was proud to see my kids and my granddaughter attend AME, where a community of caregivers and educators first welcomed my family in the 1970s.

As a young, single mom with two kids on Anna Maria Island, the school and the community center became our focus. The families we met gave us a sense of belonging. The teachers, staff and especially principal Jim Kronus, reassured us along our way.

T-ball was an essential activity, where moms sat on the sidelines, expounding on the island way of life.

We flourished on the island team.

Surfing, skateboarding and soccer — none of which were part of our thread in Illinois — brought us together. We took tennis lessons together, played Frisbee and glided on skimboards at the beach and fished at the Rod & Reel Pier.

At the little school by the bay, parents got to know the teachers and staff and lunched — often on grilled cheese sandwiches — and learned with our kids.

As the soap opera goes, those were the days of our lives.

Back-to-school time meant looking for new “tennies,” T-shirts and shorts, a sturdy backpack, a cool lunchbox and a round of fresh haircuts.

Was it the lunchbox or the haircut that launched the most laughs? My son was so “into” the “Six Million Dollar Man” on TV back then, he sent me looking for a million-dollar lunchbox. And, once in hand, he headed over to the barber shop, where he asked for “The Six Million Dollar Man” haircut, just like the character Col. Steve Austin, played by Lee Majors, pictured on the sides of the metal container.

There are many good — yes, great — memories of AME back in those days.

I still appreciate the nurturing I found there, especially from Mr. Kronus, who convinced kids with birthdays to bring him a cupcake or slice of cake.

He had the wisdom to see my young son, who had skipped a day of school, was loving his punishment — condo communities need helping the janitor — and sent him back to recess. to care for coast For me, a working mom, AME was a godsend.

I trusted everyone at the school to help educate my I recently returned home to Northern Ireland after children and guide them to a better life. a 10-day visit to Anna Maria Island.

Not once did I have concerns for their safety at our I have stayed there almost every year for the past little school by the bay.

11 years and have noticed a steady increase in the Let’s make it a great school year! — Bonner Joy amount of trash left on the beach.

In particular, I noticed cigarette butts.

The worst areas seemed to be in the private access areas where condo complexes provide beach loungers.

AUG. 7, 2019 • Vol. 27, No. 41 Do you feel these complexes would consider ▼ Publisher and Editor providing trash cans, perhaps attached to the sun Bonner Joy, news@islander.org ▼ Editorial loungers? lisa Neff, editor, lisa@islander.org Or perhaps they should take responsibility for sandy Ambrogi, sandy@islander.org clearing up after their lodgers?

Joe Bird, editorial cartoonist Arthur Brice, arthur@islander.org I was not staying at these condo communities, and Kevin cassidy, kevin@islander.org my family cleared trash everyday while leaving the cory cole, cory@islander.org beach.

Jack elka, jack@jackelka.com chrisAnn silver esformes, chrisann@islander.org I just don’t understand people’s lack of respect for Brook morrison, brook@islander.org the island’s natural beauty and wildlife. ryan Paice, ryan@islander.org Deborah Logan, Larne, Northern Ireland Kathy Prucnell, kathyp@islander.org

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New on the island block, writer joins Islander beat

10&20 years ago

Arthur Brice has been a journalist for more than 40 years, spending the last 11 as an executive editor and executive producer at cNN. Before that, he was a national desk editor and reporter at the Atlanta Journal-constitution for 20 years. Previously, he was political editor at the tampa tribune and also worked at the clearwater sun, the Bradenton Herald and the Winter Haven News-chief. He lived in Holmes Beach in 1981-82 while working for the Herald. After 30 years in Atlanta, Brice and his wife, sarah, moved to Anna maria island a few weeks ago. He thought he had retired, but the islander put him to work.

In the headlines: Aug. 4, 1999

• The Islanders’ Market — known for decades as Ernie’s IGA and currently the sight of Ginny’s and Jane E’s at the Old IGA — closed at the end of a business day and didn’t reopen.

• Bradenton Beach officials learned “most” city buildings were inadequately insured, as well as some city-owned equipment. The insurance values were based on assessments two years earlier and not based on costs to rebuild to new codes.

• Holmes Beach planners opposed a draft ordinance to allow vendors at art shows and other events to camp overnight on city property. Planners said the city should encourage visiting vendors to pay for island lodging.

‘North Point’ on Key Royale the north end of Key royale is slated for development as North Point Harbor in November 1982. the photo, showing a section of undeveloped land, looks east toward Anna maria island’s Bimini Bay and marina isles developments.

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In the headlines: Aug. 5, 2009

• Manatee County commissioners voted to extend for one year the contracts with P.S. Beach Associates for concessions at the Manatee Public and Coquina beaches.

• The majority of people to testify before a panel of federal officials favored a proposed deepwater port and natural gas pipeline about 28 miles from Anna Maria Island in the Gulf of Mexico.

• Manatee County commissioners voted to accept $24,000 from the island cities to keep the island trolley fare-free for another year. More money — nearly $1 million — was due from county and state sources to fund the trolley.

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HB commissioners consider pay increase to boost candidacies By chrisAnn silver esformes islander reporter

Holmes Beach commissioners want more candidates for their seats.

And they say an increased monthly stipend could be the key.

Commissioner Carol Soustek suggested July 23 an increase in pay could encourage more candidates to step up for the Nov. 5 election.

A commissioner serves a two-year term and receives $6,000 per year.

The mayor’s stipend is $24,000 per year and was not discussed.

The city has three seats open for the Nov. 5 election.

Soustek and incumbents Jim Kihm and Rick Hurst are up for re-election.

Soustek told The Islander July 31 she plans to run for re-election, as does Kihm. Hurst has not committed to a bid for a second term. soustek Soustek, who attended some of the charter review commission meetings earlier this year, said the topic of a pay raise for commissioners came up several times.

“One of the things that came to mind when I was listening to the arguments was that it might induce more people to come forward and run for office if the compensation met some of the requirements that the office holds,” she said, adding the position requires commitment.

Kihm, the commission’s chair, agreed.

Petruff “I know, personally, I spend an awful lot of time preparing for meetings, going to meetings and doing research,” he said. “It’s a lot of work I think everyone on this commission does.”

City attorney Patricia Petruff said the last commis-

sion raise was about 10 years ago and went from $300 to $500 per month per commissioner.

Soustek suggested increasing the monthly commission stipend from $500 to $750, totaling $9,000 per year.

The commission reached consensus for the change.

Kihm said he would bring the recommendation to the mayor and city treasurer Lori Hill for inclusion in the 2019-20 budget, which will be voted Kihm upon in September.

Petruff said the increase must be enacted by ordinance, and the commissioners adopting the ordinance cannot receive the remuneration for themselves this term. So the increase would go to the next group of elected — or re-elected — officials.

“Until the seats go through a general election, you’re at where you’re at,” she said.

If Soustek, Kihm and Hurst are re-elected, they would receive the raise, but the sitting commissioners would not.

manatee county clerk of the circuit court and comptroller staffers and their leader, Angel colonneso, take library patrons through the department’s new website at the island library, 5701 marina drive, Holmes Beach. islander Photo: Kathy Prucnell

Court cases, county board and property records, plats, animal cases and a host of other information is available by surfing the website at manateeclerk. com.

Angelina “Angel” Colonneso, Manatee County clerk of the circuit court and comptroller, spoke July 31 to patrons at the Island Library in Holmes Beach about the website and other information available from her department headquartered at 1115 Manatee Ave. W., Bradenton.

She highlighted “rolling alerts,” which began three years ago to notify a registrant “when anything gets filed with your name on it.”

Asked by a patron why registration is necessary, Colonneso said laws mandate certain notifications, but when people are named in recorded documents.

Registration with the circuit clerk also gets people into family court records otherwise closed to the public, she said.

Updates to the website in December 2018 continued through July, enabling the public to electronically certify official records.

The qualification period to run for city commission in Anna Maria in the November election will open Monday, Aug. 19.

Municipal elections on Anna Maria Island will be Tuesday, Nov. 5.

Three commission seats with terms of two years will be up in Anna Maria. Qualifying for office in the city will be noon Aug. 19-noon Aug. 30.

Seats held by Doug Copeland, Carol Carter and Dale Woodland are up for election. Copeland is not seeking re-election. Woodland and Carter are running again.

Three commission seats with terms of two years will be up in Holmes Beach. Qualifying for office in the city will be noon Aug. 26-noon Aug. 30. Seats held by Jim Kihm, Carol Soustek and Rick Hurst are up for election.

Two commission seats — held by Jake Spooner and Randy White — and the mayoral post held

by John Chappie will be up in Bradenton Beach.

Qualifying for office in the city will be noon Aug. 26-noon Aug. 30.

The last day to register to vote in the election will be Oct. 7.

For more information about becoming a candidate or registering vote, go online to votemanatee. com.

Election qualifying Commission candidates must be registered Manatee County voters who have lived in Holmes Beach for one year as of the qualifying date.

The qualifying period starts at noon Monday, Aug. 26, and ends at noon Friday, Aug. 30.

The qualifying fee for commission candidates is $240, or signatures from 1% of the city’s electors, to be verified by the Manatee County Supervisor of Elections Office at a cost of 10 cents per signature.

As of March 31, there were 2,813 registered voters submitted to the SOE. The final day to register to vote in the municipal in Holmes Beach.

Candidates can pick up paperwork at city hall, election is Oct. 7.

The city election will be Nov. 5.

5801 Marina Drive, or the Manatee County Supervisor For more information, go online to votemanatee. of Elections Office, 600 301 Blvd. W., Bradenton.

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court clerk introduces website to islanders

By Kathy Prucnell islander reporter

Election 2019

Bradenton Beach passes koRN ballot measures By ryan Paice islander reporter

Colonneso introduced staffers, who walked the attendees through the website and some offline records.

Tax deeds, foreclosures, evictions — the office is the repository for records that “touch so many lives,” Colonneso said.

Historical records are yet another division.

Cathy Slusser, director of historical resources, spoke at the library, introducing the history of Manatee County, which began as 5,000 acres carved out of Hillsborough County in 1855. DeSoto County split in 1888 and Sarasota County left in 1921, she said.

Historical maps and cultural information, including probate inventories, criminal records “with bullets inside the file,” school attendance records and marriage licenses are part of the repository at 1405 Fourth Ave., Bradenton.

“We’ve got the old stuff,” Slusser said.

Colonesso said she’s hoping to spotlight the Fourth Avenue location and start a speaker’s bureau as a means to reach out to the community.

Colonesso was appointed clerk in 2015, elected in 2016 and is running for re-election in November 2020.

A grass-roots campaign is almost reality.

A trio of petition initiatives aimed at changing the city charter have made their way through Bradenton Beach and to the Manatee County Supervisor of Elections Office.

City commissioners voted 5-0 Aug. 1 for a resolution to place three questions on the referendum ballot for the Nov. 5 general election. The Keep Our Residential Neighborhoods political action committee petitioned Perry for the initiatives.

The charter amendment questions for the 2019 city ballot, include: • Prohibit construction of a multilevel parking garage in the city; • Require city commission vacancies be filled by election; • Prevent construction within setbacks.

A fourth question, to establish a full-time city manager, had an insufficient number of petition signatures, according to the SOE. City attorney Ricinda Perry said KORN’s proposed ballot language exceeds the required word limits, but needed to be submitted to the SOE by Aug. 5. The city was given discretion by Judge Lon Arend of the 12th Judicial Circuit Court to determine the language, but KORN attorney Robert Hendrickson advised against changing the petition language.

Perry said she met with SOE Michael Bennett July 31 to discuss the initiatives and express her concerns regarding the excessed word limits. She said Bennett told her that his office might not be able to process the initiatives if they violate state law.

Perry said if the initiatives can’t be processed, the city may need to take further action.

However, she said it might be several weeks after submitting the initiatives before the city hears back from the SOE.

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Bradenton Beach CRA discusses projects, spending plans

By Ryan Paice Islander Reporter

The Bradenton Beach Community Redevelopment Agency’s plans for the new budget year are coming into focus.

CRA members met July 30 to discuss a tentative budget for the 2019-20 fiscal year, including $2,139,034 in revenue and $1,910,753 in spending.

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

The CRA includes the mayor, city commissioners and two appointed members — Beach House Restaurant-owner Ed Chiles and David Bell, a full-time resident of the district.

Expenses in the budget plans include $90,000 for finger docks and a police boat lift, additions to the Historic Bridge Street Pier; $20,000 to promote arts in the district; and $126,900 for beautification.

City engineer Lynn Burnett, who presented the preliminary budget, said the CRA could partially fund $38,000 for an additional police officer who partly would be dedicated to the district. The CRA currently covers 20 hours a week of police street patrol and 10 hours a week of boat patrol.

“I’m all for it,” Mayor John Chappie said. “It’s a very busy, dense area, and we need to make sure everyone’s safe and things don’t get out of hand for some reason.”

CRA Chair Ralph Cole, a city commissioner, said the CRA aims to increase the marine boat presence by installing a police boat lift at the floating dock to better enforce the district.

Public works manager Tom Woodard requested another worker, who primarily would be dedicated to

Bradenton Beach Community Redevelopment Agency members discuss July 30 potential projects to budget for the CRA’s 2019-20 fiscal year. Islander Photo: Ryan Paice

the CRA district, but did not have a cost estimate.

Cole asked Woodard to return to the CRA’s next meeting with the cost of a full-time public works employee.

Bell asked Woodard to include a job description for the new position.

Burnett said the CRA must deal with changes to the agency’s budget approval process with the county.

She said the most important change allows the county to take unbudgeted funds, creating a “use it or lose it” approach to CRA spending.

If CRA members want to redirect funds from a budgeted item to a newly approved project, the agency must notify the county of the change within 10 days of the motion.

Commissioner Jake Spooner said if the CRA’s goal is to budget to capacity, members should begin planning wish list items, such as enhancing the living

shoreline with reef balls and oysters.

Cole said he too wants to plan for the living shoreline, and added that he would like the agency to pursue better lighting for the district, as well as encourage alternative transportation.

Chappie said he would like to expand the CRA’s plans to install pavers on Bridge Street to include any city-owned parking spaces, for an enhanced visual theme.

He added that the agency also could aim to create sidewalks of pervious pavement on both sides of First Street North and Third Street South due to heavy pedestrian traffic on both streets.

Burnett said she would adjust the budget and return to the next meeting for another review.

The CRA’s next discussion of the budget is scheduled for 9:30 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 7, at city hall, 107 Gulf Drive N.

Holmes Beach special magistrate issues rental violations

judge’s discretion, from the date of the notification until the properties are brought into compliance.

Dorsey asked if friends and family can stay at the properties for less than 30 nights.

Thomas said, “Yes, but in the last two weeks, it seems like they have had a lot of friends and family coming weekly.”

Connolly determined Anthony Properties Inc. was guilty of violations for illegal advertising and renting for an illegal minimum stay.

He said the violations must be corrected by Aug. 7 and ordered the violator to pay $127.24 in administrative costs for each property. And, if the violations are not corrected by Aug. 7, a $250 fine per day for each property would commence Aug. 8 and continue until the city determines the properties are in compliance.

Connolly suggested Thomas check advertisements Aug. 7 and Aug. 8, as well as attempt to book a shorter stay and visit the properties to see if there is evidence of short-term rentals. If there is such evidence, the properties would be brought back to the Sept. 11 special magistrate hearing to begin the fee imposition.

By ChrisAnn Silver Esformes Islander Reporter

Holmes Beach is cracking down on short-term rental violations.

At a July 31 hearing, special magistrate Michael Connolly ruled that two rental properties with the same owner violated city codes by advertising and renting for a three-night minimum stay in a residential zone that limits rentals to a 30-night minimum stay.

Six of eight cases were continued to 10 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 11, at city hall, 5801 Marina Drive.

The two cases heard by Connolly were cited for two alleged violations each at two properties on 28th Street, both owned by Anthony Properties Connolly Inc. of Tampa.

Stacy Dorsey, executive assistant to Anthony Properties owner John Anthony, asked July 31 for a continuance because Anthony was on vacation through Aug. 5.

Connolly did not grant the request, saying the hearing notice was posted July 2, providing Anthony enough time to seek continuance for a case already continued several times.

JT Thomas, code compliance supervisor, testified that the properties violated regulations for the R1 zoning district, where property owners are limited to a 30-night minimum stay.

Thomas said he posted the notice of violation May 23. He presented photographs of different vehicles coming and going from the property every few days.

Additionally, Nate Brown, the code officer who monitors vacation rental advertising, said the property owner advertised a three-night minimum stay for both properties, including on Airbnb.com, VRBO.com and FlipKey.com.

He said the properties were flagged by the websites as possible violators. He then investigated by attempting to book three-night stays at both properties, which he accomplished online until July 31.

Thomas said for the property owner to be compliant, he needs to change minimum stay for the properties to 30 nights, and he recommended a fine of $127.24 for administrative costs and $100-$250 per day, at the

JT Thomas, Holmes Beach code compliance supervisor, and Stacy Dorsey, a representative of Anthony Properties Inc., attend a July 31 hearing at city hall.

Islander Photo: ChrisAnn Silver Esformes

Anna Maria adjusts for 2019-20 budget error

By Cory Cole Islander Reporter

With the slip of a finger, the numbers can change.

After Anna Maria officials realized a clerical error in a draft for the 2019-20 revenues, it was too late to stop the presses.

The error occurred after a rate of 2.5 rather than 2.05 was calculated into the city’s 2019-20 revenue projections. The error resulted in an estimate of $3,000,369 for the property taxes rather than $2,460,302 at the 2.05 rate.

Anna Maria Mayor Dan Murphy told The Islander Aug. 1 that it’s embarrassing when mistakes happen, but the city commissioners were made aware of the error and the information was corrected.

LeAnne Addy, city clerk and treasurer, told The Islander the 2019-20 revenues are tentative.

A 2.05 millage rate would result in a property tax increase, with the city receiving $2,460,302 in property tax revenue, a 10% increase or $214,865 more than last year.

Property tax revenue would account for 37% of the $6,688,819 in city-projected 2019-20 revenues.

Anna Maria expects $6,688,819 in revenues, which is $1,037,618 less than collected in 2018-19.

Part of the decrease is due to funding the city received to build the new Anna Maria City Pier for the 2018-19 budget.

The date and time of the first budget hearing has not been announced. Two hearings will be in September.

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Throughout August, “Red Hot Summer” exhibit, Island Gallery West, 5368 Gulf Drive, Holmes Beach. Information: 941-7786648.

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

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LOOKING AHEAD ON AMI Aug. 24, Kilts on Coquina Beach, Bradenton Beach.

Sept. 19-25, Island Players present “Steel Magnolias,” Anna Maria.

Oct. 19, Anna Maria Island Chamber of Commerce Bayfest, Anna Maria.

Nov. 7-18, Island Players present “Relatively Speaking,” Anna Maria.

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Through Aug. 25, Marie Selby Botanical Gardens “In Dialogue with Nature: Glass in the Gardens” show, 900 S. Palm Ave., Sarasota. Fee applies. Information: 941-366-5731.

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

Information: 941-708-6120.

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

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

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

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

Through Dec. 31, “Always Ready” U.S. Coast Guard exhibit, Florida Maritime Museum, 4415 119th St. W., Cortez. Information: 941-708-6120.

Maria City Hall, 10005 Gulf Drive, Anna Maria. Information: 941-7086130.

Wednesdays and Fridays, 9:15 a.m.-10:30 a.m. pickleball, Center of Anna Maria Island, 407 Magnolia Ave., Anna Maria. Fee applies. Information: 941-7781908.

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

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

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

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

Information: 941-462-2626.

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

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

Information: 941-778-6341.

ONGOING OFF AMI Various dates and times through Aug. 29, Bradenton Marauders baseball games, LECOM Park, 1611 Ninth St. W., Bradenton. Fee applies.

Information: 941-747-3031.

CLUBS & COMMUNITY ON ANNA MARIA ISLAND Thursday, Aug. 8 9-11 a.m.— Edward Jones hosts the Eye Associates’ SightMobile, offering free vision screenings, Anna Maria Island Centre, 3226 East Bay Drive, Holmes Beach. Information: 941-779-2499.

Noon-5 p.m. — Cupcake Delights hosts One Blood’s “Big Red Bus” for a blood drive, Anna Maria Island Centre shopping plaza, 3324 E. Bay Drive, Holmes Beach. Information: 888-9-DONATE. Wednesday, Aug. 14 Noon — Coloring club, Island Library, 5701 Marina Drive, Holmes Beach. Information: 941-778-6341.

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

ONGOING ON AMI

First Wednesdays, 10 a.m., Ask A Master Gardener in collaboration with the Manatee County Agriculture and Extension Service, KIDS & FAMILY Island Library, 5701 Marina Drive, Holmes Beach. Information: 941778-6341.

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Women Aligning Together meets, Bridge Street 2 p.m. — Lego club, Island Library, 5701 Bistro, 111 Gulf Drive S., Bradenton Beach. Fee Marina Drive, Holmes Beach. Information: 941applies. Information: 941-345-5135.

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Second Fridays, 6 p.m., AMI Resident ComTuesday, Aug. 13 munity Connections, Center of Anna Maria Island, 10 a.m. — Preschool storytime, Island Library, 5701 Marina 407 Magnolia Ave., Anna Maria. Information: 941-778-1908.

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Tuesdays, 2-4 p.m., Tech Help, Island Library, 5701 Marina Drive, Holmes Beach. Information: 941-778-6341.

ONGOING OFF AMI OFF ANNA MARIA ISLAND Through Aug. 3, “Summer Circus Spectacular” show, Historic Asolo Theater, 5555 N. Tamiami Trail, Sarasota. Fee applies. Infor- Monday, Aug. 12 mation: 941-351-9010.

1-3 p.m. — Free memory and lifestyle screenings, the Paradise Through Sept. 30, “Hippos: A Truly Big Show” poster exhibit, Center, 567 Bay Isles Road, Longboat Key. Information: 941- 383John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, 5401 Bay Shore Road, 6493.

Sarasota. Fee applies. Information: 941- 359-5700.

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center of Anna maria island executive director chris culhane, left, development director Jim mcdaniel and board chair david Zaccagnino attend a July 26 donor party at the Waterline marina resort and Beach club in Holmes Beach. islander Photo: ryan Paice

center closes for maintenance, training

The Center of Anna Maria Island is closed through Saturday, Aug. 10, for maintenance and staff training.

The closure, which began Aug. 5, marks the end of the center’s summer programming.

The center, 407 Magnolia Ave., Anna Maria, will reopen for the launch of its 2019-20 after-school program Aug. 12.

The program is for children ages 5-12 years.

Staff will pick up participants from Anna Maria Elementary at the end of the school day and transport children to the center.

Hours will be from school dismissal until 6 p.m.

The center will provide snacks, as well as assist children with homework.

The center also will offer day camps on certain school holidays.

Weekly fees for Beyond the Classroom include two days for $40, three days for $60, and four-five days for $80, with a discount offered to center family members.

For more information, contact Ashley Friszman, youth program manager at the center, at 941-778-1908 or ashley@centerami.org.

AMIcco announces 2019-20 concerts

The Anna Maria Island Concert Chorus and Orchestra has announced several 2019-20 performance dates and issued a call for vocalists.

The first performance will be at 4:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 9, and is the “Symphony on the Sand A Musical Event in the Key of Sea,” traditionally part of the islandwide ArtsHOP celebration.

The schedule also includes: • 2 p.m., Sunday, Dec. 8. “A Glorious Hallelujah!

Selections form Vivaldi’s Gloria and Handel’s Messiah.”

• 2 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 16, 2020, “Symphony Off the Sand Opera, Broadway and Popular Favorites.”

The announcement did not include locations for performances.

The audition notice from AMICCO, posted on Facebook, stated, “Symphonic chorus singers: Come experience the excitement of performing with a full symphonic chorus and orchestra.”

To audition, contact artistic director/chorus master Daniel Hoffman at 941-586-8282 or hoffmanlaw2003@yahoo.com.

The advisers at the Edward Jones office in Holmes Beach will set their sights on more than stock tickers Aug. 8.

From 9-11 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 8, the Eye Associates will park its SightMobile outside the Edward Jones office at the Anna Maria Island Centre, 3226 East Bay Drive, Holmes Beach, to offer free eye exams.

The Eye Associates will screen for glaucoma and distance vision in exams that will take less than five minutes.

For more information, call Edward Jones at 941-779-2499.

Blood drive at cupcake Delights

After the blood drive comes the sugar rush.

Cupcake Delights invites the public to join the blood drive at One Blood’s Big Red Bus, which will be parked noon-5 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 8, outside Cupcake Delights in the Anna Maria Island Centre shopping plaza, 3324 E. Bay Drive, Holmes Beach.

Blood donors will receive a wellness checkup that includes cholesterol screening, blood pressure, iron count and pulse reading.

Donors also will receive a cupcake.

For more information about One Blood, call 888-9-DONATE or go online to oneblooddonor. org, where appointments may be made using the code 41288.

Paradise center offers free ‘brain health’ screenings

The Paradise Center will offer free memory and lifestyle screenings 1-3 p.m. Monday, Aug. 12.

The Center for Brain Health will conduct the screenings, providing one-on-one assessments.

Additionally, the center, 567 Bay Isles Road, Longboat Key, offers fee-based classes in stretch and strength Mondays at 10 a.m., yoga for seniors Tuesdays at 10 a.m. and Zumba and Pilates for seniors Thursdays at 10 a.m.

For reservations or more information, call the center at 941-383-6493.

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Island Players honor college-bound scholars

Showtime for drama campers children enrolled in the center of Anna maria island’s summer drama camp perform Aug. 2 for an audience at the island Players theater, 10009 gulf drive. islander courtesy Photos

center of Anna maria island executive director chris culhane accepts some “funny money” from children and also a $2,000 donation from the island Players, presented onstage Aug. 2 by island Players president sylvia marnie. the children in the center’s drama camp, conducted in collaboration with the island Players, performed two free shows at the end of camp.

camp instructor Pam sikkema addresses an audience for a production concluding the center of Anna maria island’s summer drama camp for children. the campers performed two free shows Aug. 2 at the island Players theater, 10009 gulf drive, Anna maria.

BB Scenic WAVES adds member, seeks more By ryan Paice islander reporter

A familiar voice has joined the Bradenton Beach Scenic WAVES Committee.

City commissioners voted 5-0 Aug. 1 to appoint Ingrid McClellan to Scenic WAVES starting in September. The move brings the committee to six members — one short of its seven-member minimum.

McClellan, who was absent, serves as executive director emeritus of Keep Manatee Beautiful and has a master’s degree in natural resources. She also serves on the board of directors for Citizens for a Scenic Florida and is a member of the Palma Sola and Tamiami scenic highway committees.

McClellan, a resident of Bradenton, isn’t available to attend meetings in January, April, July and October, according to her application.

“We’re glad to have her,” said Commissioner Marilyn Maro, who serves as the commission liaison to the committee. She welcomed her back, adding that McClellan is a former chair of the Scenic WAVES Committee.

“I have worked with Ingrid for many, many years,

and she’s always done a great job,” Mayor John Chappie said.

Scenic WAVES is an advisory committee to the city commission created to manage state and federal funding gained from the designation of State Road 789/Gulf Drive as a scenic highway under the Florida Scenic Highways Program to facilitate planning along the roadway, as well as preserve and enhance history and natural resources.

A five-member quorum is required for a vote by the committee, which hasn’t met a quorum in more than seven months.

The committee can vote to change the quorum requirements, but former chair Jennifer Hoffman has previously said committee bylaws require a minimum of seven members, so the committee cannot exist and act without seven approved members, regardless of meeting a five-member quorum.

People interested in applying for a position on the Scenic WAVES Committee can contact the city by phone at 941-778-1005 or at city hall, 107 Gulf Drive N. The city commission appoints applicants.

The Island Players recognized four college-bound students with $2,000 scholarships, named for the late Dolores Harrell, who was a board member and longtime volunteer for the theater group.

“Each year, as part of its community outreach and mission to encourage youth to pursue their interest in the arts, the Island Players provides scholarships to graduating seniors who have demonstrated excellence in some aspect of the arts and who have been accepted for the following academic year in a school of higher learning,” reads a news release from the group.

The 2019 scholars are Reese Bell, Anna Fleece, Marshall Knapp and Benjamin Lages.

Bell has been acting since age 7. He attended Manatee School for the Performing Arts, where he demonstrated a love for the theater, especially acting. He studied theater, acting, screenwriting, directing and editing.

While in high school, he performed onstage and wrote stories, Bell screenplays and stage plays.

He was a member of the National Honor Society throughout high school, maintaining a 4.3 GPA, and also was an officer in the school’s Ambassador Program, as well as a member of thespians and film clubs.

He will study performing arts and fleece dramatic writing at the Savannah College of Art and Design.

Fleece’s interest in theater began when she was a girl taking classes at the Florida Studio Theatre and continued throughout high school.

She studied voice, ballet, tap, gymnastics, flute, acting, swordKnapp fighting and karate.

She performed in more than 16 musicals and plays at Manatee Performing Arts Center, Manatee School for the Arts, Players Centre for the Performing Arts, Manatee High School, Center Montessori School lages and with the Spotlight Broadway Show Troupe.

In addition to theater, she has a strong history of community service.

She graduated with a 4.0 from Manatee School for the Performing Arts and was on the honor roll all four years and also was an officer in the drama club.

She’s now pursuing a degree in musical theater at Jacksonville University.

Marshall Knapp graduated from Braden River High, where he excelled as a student, leader, teacher, mentor and musician.

An advance-level player of both piano and alto sax, he won awards in numerous competitions.

He graduated with a 4.2 and also received the John Philip Sousa Band Award, the Fine Arts Department Director’s Award and the Braden River High School Band and Guard Director’s Award.

He was chosen as a teacher’s assistant in band, as well as drum major, band president, teacher’s aide for the concert band and was a member of the Tri-M Music Honor Society.

His other interests include playing guitar, reading, composing music, writing, photography, athletics and community service.

He will be attending the College of Music at Florida State University, majoring in music education.

Benjamin Lages, a graduate of Manatee High School, excelled as a musician and an academic.

He was co-captain of the Manatee High School drumline and excelled in competitions. He is selftaught on the piano and bass guitar and was a member of the high school ballroom dance club.

He graduated with a 4.4, was a member of the National Honor Society and stood in the top 10% of his class while taking mostly advanced placement classes.

Serving the community is another interest.

He has been accepted into the Florida State University honors program.

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Anna Maria preservation board meets with state expert By cory cole island reporter

The Anna Maria Historic Preservation Board heard firsthand what it means to be part of the Certified Local Government program, including the ability to delay the demolition of locally registered historic properties.

The National Park Service and the Florida Historic Preservation Office administers the program. To become a part of the program, a municipality must maintain its historic preservation ordinance and an active historic preservation board, as well as have an active system to survey, identify and designate historic resources. Educating the public about historic preservation also must be a priority.

Megan McDonald, program coordinator from the Florida Division of Historical Resources in Tallahassee, met with the Anna Maria board members July 31 to review the program and answer any questions. The board had decided June 5 to invite McDonald.

During the presentation, a concern arose among board members after McDonald provided an example of a community that amended its historic preservation ordinance to include a provision that an owner with

property on the Florida Master Site File could face a delay of demolition.

“That is a gross misunderstanding of what the site file is and a perfect example of why it should not be included in your ordinance,” McDonald said.

The Florida Master Site File is the state’s inventory of historical and cultural sites, including archaeological sites, historic structures and districts.

Board member Jack Brennan asked McDonald if the city needed to amend its ordinance to include the option for delaying the demolition of properties.

McDonald said the ordinance could be amended to require a demolition delay for any property 50 years old that qualifies for historic registration.

Though any property on the local historic registration, set up by the historic preservation board, could have a demolition delay imposed.

Anna Maria’s historic preservation ordinance currently states that registering properties is voluntary. If a property is sold, the registration passes to the new owner and continues to protect the structure’s historical value.

McDonald said most demolition delays are 30-60 days, providing time for a preservation planner to review the project and ensure it is historically significant. Then the plan passes to the historic preservation board to look for ways to save the site. However, a structure can still end up demolished, she said.

McDonald also explained to board members that

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as a part of the Certified Local Government Program, they would have access to training, technical assistance, a support network and grants.

One type of grant, awarded up to $50,000 for public properties, could be used to perform surveys, planning, national register nominations, education and publication. As part of the Certified Local Government program, the city could apply twice a year for the grant, and a matching dollar amount would not be required as a member of the program.

Special category grants could be awarded up to $500,000 as matching grants for public entities to acquire a historical or archaeological site or perform significant restoration and rehabilitation of the historic structure.

Almost certified In July 2017, Anna Maria adopted its preservation ordinance.

In April 2018, city commissioners appointed members to the historic preservation board, which consists of Chair Sissy Quinn and members Jack Brennan, Gary McMullen, Pat Copeland and Thomas Wagner.

The only process required for Anna Maria to be part of the Certified Local Government Program is the application process, which is in the works.

The next board meeting will be at 10 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 28, at city hall, 10005 Gulf Drive, Anna Maria.

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Holmes Beach man arrested for crime spree

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Island police reports

Anna Maria July 17, Gagne Construction, 214 Pine Ave., fraud.

A complainant reported an attempt to cash a fraudulent check. The bank notified the business before cashing the check and there was no loss of funds.

July 20, 300 block of Hardin Avenue, domestic disturbance. An argument between vacationers was called into the Manatee County Sheriff’s Office. A deputy responded, interviewed the parties and determined the couple was arguing but no physical contact occurred.

Anna Maria is policed by MCSO. Bradenton Beach July 23, Drift In, 120 Bridge St., trespass. Flagged down by a bartender, a Bradenton Beach police officer assisted in trespassing a 33-year-old woman who evidently had too much to drink. Officers waited until an Uber driver picked up the woman.

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A Manatee County K-9 sheriff deputy literally took a bite out of crime.

Mason Bannister, 26, of Holmes Beach, was arrested by deputies for carjacking, aggravated battery and burglary of unoccupied conveyances.

Law enforcement was dispatched to the Shell gas station, 8471 Lockwood Ridge, Sarasota, at 9:58 a.m. July 20 after a store clerk was “viciously and suddenly headbutted” by a man who met the description of Mason Bannister, according to an Bannister MCSO report.

MCSO arrived at the Shell and found a victim with a swollen and bloody lip, holding one of his front teeth in a paper towel.

Witnesses told police a man tried to pay with a card that wouldn’t process, attacked the store clerk and knocked him to the floor.

The attacker was seen on a store video, grabbing

his food and ducking under a camera as he exited the store.

MCSO dispatchers broadcast a be-on-the-lookout report for Bannister, who was later reported as the perpetrator in a nearby attempted carjacking in which the victim refused to leave the car and also an attempted car burglary.

At Lockwood Ridge and Vintage Drive, MCSO searched and apprehended the suspect with help from a K-9 deputy. The K-9 bit the suspect.

Bannister was transported to Lakewood Ranch Medical Center for treatment.

At Bannister’s first appearance in 12th Circuit Court, a probable cause hearing was postponed for 48 hours due to his hospitalization.

He was next transported to the Manatee County jail, where he was held without bond as of Aug. 2.

His arraignment is set for 9 a.m. Friday, Aug. 23, in the Manatee County Judicial Center, 1051 Manatee Ave. W., Bradenton.

Florida Credit Union, 5700 26th St. W., Bradenton, stolen and recovered vehicle. A Bradenton man left his 2005 Buick running when he went into the convenience store and returned to find it gone. A day later, the vehicle was found in the credit union parking lot.

The victim’s personal belongings, including a wallet, $200 and an Android phone, were still in the vehicle.

July 29, Via Roma Beach Resort, 2408 Gulf Drive N., battery. A woman pressed charges against a man who struck a cellphone out of her hand while she was recording him on the beach. She told Bradenton Beach police officers she was prompted by an incident with the man the night before. The man told police he did not intend any harm, but he didn’t want to be recorded.

Later in the day, members of the man’s family allegedly taunted the woman and gave her the finger while in the swimming pool. She again called police. Bradenton Beach officers responded and advised her it was not against the law to call names and gesture.

July 29, Tingley Memorial Library, 111 Second St. N., trespass warning. A 32-year-old woman and 33-year-old man were trespassed after they were found sleeping beneath the elevated building.

July 29, LaCosta condominiums, 1800 Gulf Drive N., loitering, trespass and burglary. Witnesses reported a man walking in the condo parking garage and enter-

ing a maintenance closet. The man, 32, was arrested after a surveillance video showed him pulling at vehicle door handles in the garage.

Bradenton Beach is policed by BBPD. Cortez July 23, 4600 block of 119th Street W., theft. A complainant reported that a man he paid $9,000 to work on his boat had not started work.

Cortez is policed by MCSO. Holmes Beach July 30, 2900 block of Avenue B, disturbance.

Holmes Beach police officers were called to a disturbance of a man and woman after the woman came back from the airport and found the man in the residence with another woman. The returning woman claimed she was on the lease and the man was not. The woman was later found walking on Avenue C and told police she was going to her mom’s but would start the eviction process in the morning. The man advised he would move out later in the day.

July 30, 200 block of Harbor Drive, thefts. Two boat owners reported fishing gear stolen from their vessels.

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commission reviews flood control plans for Bradenton Beach roads By ryan Paice islander reporter

Three roadway flood control projects are lined up over three years in Bradenton Beach.

City engineer Lynn Burnett presented preliminary plans July 31 to city commissioners. The projects, which will cost the city $3,267,275 over the next three fiscal years, involve drainage improvements to Gulf Drive, Avenue B and Highland and Church avenues.

Gulf Drive project The largest of the projects will cost $2,494,248 over three years and is funded through state appropriations approved by Gov. Ron DeSantis in June.

The project involves installing drainage trenches along Gulf Drive, from the northern city limits to 13th Street South, and several roads branching off the state road.

Burnett said the Gulf Drive project remains in the design phase.

She reviewed with commissioners three options for infiltration trenches: • One option involves installing an 8-inch trench drain topped with a grate on the roadside and in the right of way.

• A second option is to dig up sidewalks, install stormwater infiltration systems and replace the top with pervious pavers.

• A third option uses a stormwater infiltration system from Oldcastle Infrastructure that incorporates vegetation.

The Florida Department of Transportation found the second option, involving pervious pavers, to be the more effective of the two in a study city commissioners requested for Gulf Drive from north of Ninth Street North to Avenue C. The study concluded that the pervious pavers would have less ponding than the trench drain and the pavers would be less expensive and easier to maintain.

Burnett said the third option was not a part of DOT’s study, but provides a green choice for commissioners.

Burnett is finalizing a scope of work, budgeting and a timeline for the project for commission consideration. Work on design and permitting will begin in October, with construction beginning in early 2020 and ending in the city’s 2021-22 fiscal year.

On Church and Highland A second project involves evacuation route drainage and street improvements planned for Highland Avenue and Church Avenue, from First Street to Second Street.

The project also entails improvements for outfall pipes — discharge points for wastewater and stormwater into Sarasota Bay — at Bridge Street and Second Street.

The project will cost $450,000 over the next two fiscal years, with 75% of the cost to be reimbursed from the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s Hazard Mitigation Grant Program. After reimbursement, the city will have spent $112,500 to complete the project.

Avenue B work A third project involves installing infiltration trenches on both sides of Avenue B, as well as replacing driveway aprons in the right of way with pervious pavers.

Burnett recommended using the infiltration systems used for Avenue C, which she said has reduced flooding. She said commissioners could choose a design after holding community meetings to gather feedback.

The third project will cost $323,027 over the next two years, with the Southwest Florida Water Management District reimbursing 50% of the cost. The city will have spent $161,513.50 on the project after reim-

Holmes Beach considers standards for ancillary structures By chrisAnn silver esformes islander reporter

Holmes Beach has limits for building height.

However, the city is considering amending its regulations on primary structures to further restrict the height and design of ancillary structures, such as detached garages and sheds.

At a July 23 work session, Commission Chair Jim Kihm said he was approached by resident Ben Azerli about ongoing construction of a neighbor’s “megagarage.” The height of 37 feet is allowed under the city’s land development code.

Kihm said Azerli suggested the city amend the code to prohibit such structures in the future.

Azerli, who lives on 75th Street, behind the garage, said July 23 that he was surprised to learn the city land development code allows such a large garage.

He said, because the code pertaining to a garage is brief, it allows the property owner freedom to build almost anything, as long as the height does not exceed 37 feet and the 10-foot setback is met.

“I’m the sacrificial lamb, but I have to be faced with this for the rest of my life,” he said Azerli, a 37-year Anna Maria Island resident, said he does not think the structure is suitable to his residential community and suggested the city set up criteria for the future for height and use.

“I think we could address this, because it falls into the neighborhood description we have in the comprehensive plan,” Commissioner Carol Soustek said, adding the comp plan states that a structure should be “in harmony with its surroundings.”

“The comprehensive plan is the bible,” Soustek said.

Kihm said the garage is adjacent to a single-story house, which seems off-kilter, and the structure has no windows or other features to soften its look.

He said he spoke with building official Neal Schwartz and city engineer Lynn Burnett about regulations and they suggested language stipulating that an ancillary structure cannot exceed the height of the primary structure. However, Kihm has concerns that regulations could trigger Bert Harris claims regarding

A map presented July 31 to the Bradenton Beach city commission by city engineer lynn Burnett shows locations for flood controls planned to take place over three fiscal years, beginning in fiscal year 2019-20. islander courtesy image

bursement.

Burnett said the design and permitting phase of the project is scheduled for completion by April 2020. She said the contractor award is to be issued by June 2020, with construction beginning in July 2020 and finishing March 2021.

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A 37-foot-tall, two-bay garage on 76th street in Holmes Beach is a concern for neighbors, who say the structure is too large for the neighborhood, although it is allowed by city code. islander Photo: chrisAnn silver esformes

private property rights.

City attorney Patricia Petruff said the city could require accessory structures have architectural features, such as windows.

She said Manatee County has aesthetic standards.

“You’re not allowed to have a solid wall,” she said.

“You have to put chases on them or fake windows. You have to do something to make that building look more palatable to the people driving by.”

Petruff also said some cities regulate such structures by limiting them to a certain percentage of the primary structure.

She said when city planner Bill Brisson returns from vacation, he should address the matter and the city should hold a workshop to consider adding regulations.

The commissioners agreed.

The next city commission meeting will be at 6 p.m.

Tuesday, Aug. 27, at city hall, 5801 Marina Drive, with a work session to follow.

The Florida Department of Transportation and Manatee County posted the following for the week of Aug. 5: • Longboat Pass Bridge: Major repairs on the Longboat Pass Bridge on Gulf Drive between Bradenton Beach and Longboat Key take place through the summer. Overnight work requires decreasing lane sizes, flagging operations and occasional lane closures. Work will end in September.

• State Road 684/Cortez Road: Crews are installing new lighting at various locations along State Road 684/Cortez Road from Gulf Drive in Bradenton Beach to Ninth Street West in Bradenton. Expect nighttime/overnight lane closures.

PowerCore Inc. is the contractor.

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

To view traffic conditions, go online to smarttrafficinfo.org.

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Gathering

derrick Williams plays the piano. roser church recently announced the addition of Williams as the “praise and worship leader.” islander courtesy Photo

Roser to worship with soul

Roser Memorial Community Church wants to take worshipers on a soul journey.

And this month, Roser is auditioning for a band to take worshippers higher.

The church recently announced the launch of “SoulJourn,” beginning at 5:30 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 6, and previewing Sunday, Sept. 15, at 10 a.m.

Roser, in a news release, described “SoulJourn” as a unique, casual worship experience where churchgoers will “discover answers to life’s questions and find an anchor for your soul.”

The worship, Sundays at 5:30 p.m. in the sanctuary, will include teaching and insight by the Rev. Dr. Bob O’Keef and the Rev. Neil Crowell and music led

by Derrick Williams.

Williams, Roser’s new praise and worship leader, is the host and creative director of “The Gospel Voice,” a weekly music TV show produced by the Christian Television Network. He also has won regional awards

and performed in stage musicals, including “The Rock and the Rabbi.”

Roser also recently announced it is seeking volunteers for “SoulJourn,” including a stage manager, vocalists and musicians who play drums, keyboards, guitar and horns.

For more information, call Williams at 813-2203929.

The first audition will be at 5:30 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 11.

Roser Church is at 512 Pine Ave., Anna Maria.

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

crossPointe Fellowship tests trivia knowledge

CrossPointe Fellowship will host a trivia night at 6:30 p.m. Friday, Aug. 23. A notice on crosspointefellowship.church stated everyone is invited.

The church is at 8605 Gulf Drive, Holmes Beach.

For more info, call the office at 941-778-0719.

Gathering Send listings to news@islander.org.

The deadline is the Wednesday prior to the publication date. Please, include a contact name and phone number.

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9 a.m. — Episcopal Church of the Annunciation, Holmes 9 a.m. — Adult book study, Roser.

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10 a.m. — Bible study, Cortez Church of Christ.

Monday-Friday 10 a.m. — Longboat Island Chapel, 6200 Gulf of Mexico Drive, 10:30 a.m. — Life group, CrossPointe.

8:30 a.m. — St. Bernard Catholic Church, 248 S. Harbor Drive, Longboat Key. Information: 941-383-6491.

Tuesday Holmes Beach. Information: 941-778-4769.

11 a.m. — Cortez Church of Christ, 12111 45th Ave. W., Cortez.

9:30 a.m. — Women’s prayer, CrossPointe.

Thursday Information: 941-216-6286.

9:30 a.m. — Roser-robics, Roser.

9:30 a.m. — Episcopal Church of the Annunciation, 4408 Gulf ONGOING SAVE THE DATE Drive, Holmes Beach. Information: 941-778-1638.

Saturday Wednesday Friday, Aug. 23, trivia night, CrossPointe.

4 p.m. — St. Bernard, Holmes Beach.

7 a.m. — Men’s Bible study, CrossPointe.

Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2020, travel cruise departs, St. Ber5 p.m. — Gloria Dei Lutheran Church, 6608 Marina Drive, 8 a.m. — Men’s breakfast, Church of the Annunciation. nard.

Holmes Beach. Information: 941-778-1813.

10 a.m. — Women’s Bible study, Christ Church of Longboat Send listings to news@islander.org. The deadline is the WednesSunday Key Presbyterian (USA). day prior to the publication date.

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Judge defers ruling in three Holmes Beach-Bert Harris cases

By Kathy Prucnell Islander Reporter

One court ruling was pushed down the road.

A 12th Circuit judge put his decision on hold after attorneys sparred over a consolidated pretrial motion in three Holmes Beach cases over the Bert J. Harris Jr. Private Property Rights Protection Act. Representing three property owners, Aaron Thomas, of the Najmy Thompson law firm in Bradenton, argued July 30 the city of Holmes Beach “knew what it was getting into” when it failed to offer changes in the allowable uses or settlements for his clients’ claims.

Since 2016, more than 80 property owners invoked the Bert Harris law against Holmes Beach by filing claims at city hall, and 11 lawsuits — eight represented by the Najmy firm — sprung from the claims.

Thomas asked Judge Charles Sniffin to enter judgments finding the city liable under the act that allows landowners to seek the loss of fair market value due to unfair government actions.

Sniffin told Thomas he wasn’t denying his motion, but rather allowing the parties time for discovery and to append their arguments after depositions, inspections and other discovery.

“The case law is very clear that the court commits irreversible error if it grants summary judgment when discovery is outstanding,” Sniffin said.

He deferred ruling for 90 days.

Under the act, the city was required to respond to claimants within 150 days of the filings.

In response to each claim, the city sent a letter suggesting no settlement or compromise to the then-new 2015-16 rental laws, enacted by the city after residents complained of parking, noise, garbage and other quality-of-life issues.

Thomas argued his clients were eligible to recover under Bert Harris when the city enacted a May 1, 2016, regulatory scheme to enforce a Sept. 8, 2015, twoperson per bedroom ordinance.

12th Circuit Judge Charles Sniffin, left, holds an off-the-record discussion with attorneys for the city of Holmes Beach and attorneys for the property owners suing the city under the Bert J. Harris Jr. Private Property Rights Protection Act. Islander Photo: Kathy Prucnell

He also disputed the city’s defenses, including a statute of limitations running from the September 2015 enactment and appraisals, saying the judge could rule on such legal questions.

Thomas said his clients lost investment expectations, including: • Brian Wien rented his five-bedroom rental home at 111 81st St. to at least 12 occupants until the law restricted him to 10.

• 307 66th LLC and Robert and Michelle Carl rented their six-bedroom units at 118 50th St. and 307 66th to at least 16 guests, respectively, until the law restricted them to no more than 12 guests.

Thomas argued the city inordinately burdened his clients for three-four years.

Jay Daigneault, the city’s attorney, argued back.

He called the plaintiffs’ motion premature due to “an undeveloped record,” saying the exchange of documents, depositions and inspections is incomplete.

Daigneault also argued the owners failed to make

Officials air Palma Sola Bay water-quality concerns

By Kathy Prucnell Islander Reporter

Manatee County Commissioner Carol Whitmore aired concerns July 30 for the health of Palma Sola Bay at the Council of Governments meeting at the Bradenton Area Convention Center in Palmetto — and she’s looking for answers.

“I don’t really know who has jurisdiction of what,” she said, urging the council “to work together” to improve water quality in the bay.

“I get slammed on social media, emails, but mainly social media. …

Whitmore They think it’s all our fault,” Whitmore said, referring to a recent Florida Health Department no-swim advisory based on high bacterial counts from fecal matter in the bay.

Whitmore pointed to the dogs, boats, horses and people in the bay, saying, “We’re all part of the probBenac lem.”

People have expressed interest in clam and oyster projects aimed at cleaning up the bay, she said, adding she’s looking at state funding to support the county.

“These pilot programs would filter our water, our runoff. It’s seed money to start. It would be up our rivers, as well as along our shoreline in Sarasota Bay,” she said.

Charlie Hunsicker, director of Manatee County’s parks and natural resources department, provided some jurisdictional answers and previewed an oyster project in Robinson Preserve, east of the old Palma Sola Bridge.

“There’s a very active tidal area there that will support oysters. We intend to introduce many more oyster shells. With that, we expect to see water-quality improvement through the water column by the good work oysters do 24-7.”

Manatee Avenue West includes a stretch of road that dissects Palma Sola Bay and is known as the Palma Sola Causeway, owned and maintained by the state and in Bradenton’s jurisdiction.

On the south side, Manatee County maintains a boat ramp, which representatives said is impaired by a buildup of sand that inhibits docking. Responsibility for the ramp was transferred early this year from Bradenton to the county.

County Commissioner Stephen Jonnson, the council of government’s president, said the county is looking at moving the dock to the east of its existing location.

The county leases the area that includes bathrooms, docks and parking at the northwest corner of the causeway from the state, he said, adding the city and county share responsibility for stormwater discharge from their jurisdictions under a federal permit.

Hunsicker said discharges come from a number of sources, including the Cedar Hammock canal into Puertosueno Park and a stream behind King Middle School in Northwest Bradenton.

“We are in compliance. But our mission continues,” he said, crediting the county’s fertilizer ordinance and watering restrictions for the compliance as far as stormwater nutrients in the bay.

“I just want us to all work together,” Whitmore said. “I hear (Palma Sola Bay) only circulates every 22 days, because it’s like a bowl and it doesn’t go out so fast. I would love to work with the city of Bradenton and state … on ways to improve the water quality.”

Manatee County Commissioner Betsy Benac asked which agency permits the horse businesses that regularly take riders into the waters on the northside of Palma Sola Bay. Bradenton Commissioner Gene Gallo said the city looked to ban the practice in 2011, and the Florida Department of Transportation said no, as horses “are considered a vehicle.”

At the end of the discussion, Benac asked whether any state agency issued the businesses permits or looked at the environmental impact from the horses.

“We don’t allow cars to drive into the water for good reason. I’m not sure why we should allow horses into the water,” she said.

Hunsicker said Pinellas County is looking at the same issue near the Sunshine Skyway Bridge.

a formal denial.

He also pointed to the city’s two person per bedroom restriction in the comprehensive plan.

Thomas countered the comp plan isn’t a local ordinance or regulation contemplated by Bert Harris.

As far as pre-suit requirements, Thomas said the plaintiffs should be able to invoke the “futility exception” based on takings, since the city had no means to grant a variance under its rental laws.

Addressing the not-yet completed exchange of records, Thomas said many items sought by the city are not relevant, such as names of hundreds of renters, insurance policies and detailed financial information.

Daigneault argued a host of issues surround the owners’ claims, such as how the law was applied to the properties and the plaintiffs’ claims on bedrooms.

Daigneault estimated the parties would need foursix months to complete discovery.

After hearing the arguments, the judge singled out the issue of discovery and agreed to allow time for completion, “but not four-six months.”

AM city pier contractor runs up on design flaw

By Cory Cole Islander Reporter

Yes, Anna Maria, we have a problem.

Five utility conduits that fail to meet code on the new Anna Maria City Pier must be relocated.

Anna Maria Mayor Dan Murphy told The Islander Aug. 1 about a design error that is resulting in a change and relocation of Murphy the electrical conduits — at no cost to the city.

The design firm, Ayres Associates, will cover any expense due to the error.

Also, Murphy said the relocation of the conduits by the electrical contractor would not delay construction on the pier, and i+iconSOUTHEAST still is on track to finish the pier’s walkway and T-end in September.

The next stage in the project involves construction of the shell structures for the restaurant, bait shop and restrooms on the T-end, which Murphy said will be completed by late December or early January by Holmes Beach-based contractor Mason Martin.

Murphy estimated Aug. 1 work on the restaurant-bait shop would begin within the next 30 days.

Mason Martin is contracted to finish the building within 200 days, putting the deadline at Feb. 10, 2020.

Still to be resolved is the contract with the leaseholder of the pier, Mario Schoenfelder, according to the mayor.

Murphy said the city is negotiating with Schoenfelder on the terms of a new lease and city commissioners are engaged in the process.

When completed, the replacement pier is estimated to cost $5.9 million, including demolition and construction.

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AME, PTo prep for 2019-20 school year

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School calendar

• Thursday, Aug. 8, 4:30-5:15 p.m., Backto-School Night, kindergarten, first- and secondgrades.

• Thursday, Aug. 8, 5:15-6 p.m., Back-toSchool Night, third-, fourth- and fifth-grades.

• Monday, Aug. 12, first day of school.

• Monday, Sept. 2, Labor Day, no school.

• Wednesday, Sept. 11, early release.

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

For more information, call 941-708-5525.

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Alana fleischer, co-secretary of the Ame Pto, and daughter tegan share a “welcome back to school” message. fleischer, who is married to Ame school resource officer Josh fleischer of the Holmes Beach Police department, is serving her first year on the Pto board. islander courtesy Photo

as possible while working in partnership with teachers, the principle and support staff, the SRO, local law enforcement and the PTO board.”

She encouraged “all to participate and feel welcomed as part of the AME family” because “this year is going to a great year.”

Plummer also is serving her first year on the board, but she’s not new to AME. “I attended Anna Maria as an elementary student and grew up on the island,” she said.

Plummer is looking forward to welcoming families to the PTO during back-to-school night.

“The PTO has a great responsibility of assisting teachers and staff this school year, as well as to provide learning experiences for our students,” she said.

Palmer’s children are the fourth generation in her family to attend AME. “I have fond memories of my family’s involvement in the school throughout the years and want to ensure my children have the same,” she said.

She described the volunteer team as “amazing.”

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Summertime ends Aug. 11, as class time begins Aug. 12 at the little school by the bay.

Staff and volunteers are preparing to welcome at least 220 students to their classrooms Monday, Aug. 12, for the 2019-20 school year at Anna Maria Elementary, 4700 Gulf Drive.

At the end of 2018-19, AME’s enrollment was 240 students.

The 2019-20 enrollment number could change.

“We have students that continue to enroll five days into school starting,” said AME principal Jackie Featherston.

About 54% of AME’s students enrolled through the school choice program or by hardship requests, according to Featherston.

In the Manatee County School District, students can enroll in the school for their zone, which is determined by residential address, or enroll in the school of their choice during open enrollment in the spring or by submitting a hardship request.

Featherston said AME’s largest classes would be in the fourth- and fifth-grades, with 22 students per class.

Students learned their classroom assignments Aug. 1 and were to meet their new teachers Thursday, Aug. 8, during AME Back-To-School Night.

Classes will begin at 8:25 a.m. Aug. 12.

Some children will be attending their last year at AME and some their first year, including AME Parent Teacher Organization president Jamie Hinkle’s kindergartner, Grayson.

“I have some very big shoes to fill, but can’t wait to see what this year will bring,” Hinkle said of her new post.

She is serving her first year on the board but has been involved in other volunteer activities at the school, where daughter Kiley is entering fourth-grade.

“I hope to continue the enjoyable, fun and educational PTO-sponsored events of the past, as well as some new ideas,” she said.

The PTO board also includes vice president Janae Rudacille, treasurer Lauren Palmer and co-secretaries Nicole Plummer and Alana Fleischer.

Fleischer, serving her first year as a board member, said she wants to make “AME the best experience for our children that we can by keeping them safe, interactive and by having as much parental involvement

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Don’t be late for the first bell.

The School District of Manatee County adjusted hours at elementary schools, including Anna Maria Elementary, for the 2019-20.

When the school year begins Monday, Aug. 12, the first class will be at 8:25 a.m., five minutes earlier than in 2018-19. The cafeteria will open for breakfast at 7:55 a.m.

Also, the school day will end at 3:15 p.m., also five minutes earlier than last year.

The school year includes only five early release days at AME — Sept. 11, Nov. 6, Dec. 4, Feb. 5 and May 6.

Generally, hours for middle schools in the district will be 8:25 a.m.-3:15 p.m. and hours for high schools will be 7:30 a.m.-2:25 p.m.

Back-to-school Night set

Before the first day of school, students and their families attend “night” school at Anna Maria Elementary.

AME will host 2019-20 students and their families for Back-to-School Night Thursday, Aug. 8.

Kindergartners and students in the first- and second-grades will attend with their families at 4:30 p.m.

The second session, for students in third-fifth grades, will begin at 5:15 p.m.

Families should arrive to the front office and check-in proceeding to the classrooms.

Apps assist at AME

Chicken sandwiches, cheese lasagna, peach cups, chef salads and a “welcome back treat” are on the lunch menu for Day 1 of the 2019-20 school year at Anna Maria Elementary.

Where’s the menu?

On an app for School District of Manatee County families and educators called MySDMC, which is available in app stores for smartphones.

The app contains news, “hot topics,” calendars, notices, supply lists, sports scores and school menus, as well as a link to district videos.

Students and educators also can use an app to immediately and anonymously report safety concerns to law enforcement agencies and school administrators.

FortifyFL can be download to smartphones from Apple’s App store and Google Play.

Tips about unsafe or criminal activities — or the threat of harmful activities — can be reported on the app, as well as online at getfortifyfl.com.

Additionally, school information can be found on social media: • The school district is on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter at manateeschools and on YouTube at #WeManatee.

• Anna Maria Elementary is on Facebook at AMEwaves, and the AME-Parent Teacher Organization is at amepto.

Academic achievements

The 2019-20 school year is about to begin.

Throughout the year, The Islander welcomes announcements of scholastic achievements. Share student honors, stories and photographs by emailing news@islander.org.

Back to School

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School starts Aug. 12. Please, watch out for island kids!

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A group gathers to observe Aug. 1 as AmitW volunteer lena Whitesell excavates a loggerhead nest on the beach near 74th street in Holmes Beach. the nest contained 23 hatched eggs, 65 unhatched eggs and four live hatchlings, which were released to the gulf of mexico. islander Photos: AmitW

Nesting news

By ChrisAnn Silver Esformes

Nests hatch, data collected through rain, high tides

Heavy rain and high tides are part of summer on the Gulf Coast.

Suzi Fox, Anna Maria Island Turtle Watch and Shorebird Monitoring executive director, said Aug. 1 that some people have concerns over sea turtle nests that appear to be precariously close to the waterline, considering recent storm events. esformes Fox said about 40 nests were washed over by waves in storms and high tides, and she couldn’t be sure how many nests were flooded or washed out, or the viability of the eggs in the clutch.

In washed-over nests, sea turtle eggs can absorb water and the hatchlings can drown before they emerge.

As of Aug. 3, 96 nests had hatched since July 3, and 411 remain to hatch.

Fox said if a nest doesn’t show signs of hatching after 70 days, AMITW volunteers excavate it and record the data.

Normally, the volunteers excavate a nest 72 hours after it hatches to record the number of eggs hatched, how many failed to hatch, or if live hatchlings remain.

Live hatchlings are released to the Gulf of Mexico.

Based on Manatee County contracts with state and federal agencies for beach renourishment, Turtle Watch shares its data.

Fox said if volunteers excavate a washed-over nest and the eggs look as though they could still hatch, they cover the nest with sand — and wait.

She said a clutch, which contains about 100 eggs, can run up to about 24 inches deep in the sand, making some eggs less vulnerable to flooding.

“You never know what will hatch,” she said.

“They were here doing this way before we came along.

Mother Nature is full of surprises.”

AMITW sea turtle stats as of Aug. 3: 507 nests, 586 false crawls, 96 hatched nests and about 6,054 hatchlings to the sea.

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Book signing proceeds to benefit turtle watch

three hatchlings — discovered Aug. 1 in a nest during an excavation on the beach near 74th street in Holmes Beach — make their way to the gulf of mexico. islander Photo: courtesy AmitW

The public is invited to join author R.T. Wolfe, of Illinois, at a reception 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 7, at the Island Coffee Haus, 5350 Gulf Drive, Holmes Beach.

Wolfe will sell and sign copies of her latest novel, “Island Pursuit,” the Wolfe second book in her “Island Escape” series, at the reception.

The main characters in Wolfe’s books are sea turtle conservationists thanks to consultations with Suzi Fox, Anna Maria Island Turtle Watch executive director, and other research on the topic for her series.

Wolfe will donate 20% of the proceeds from the sales of her book to AMITW. — chrisAnn silver esformes

the cover of “island Pursuit.”

Resources for turtle nesting season

To report unattended beach gear or large holes on the beach, call code enforcement: • Anna Maria, 941-708-6130, ext. 139 or 129.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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the American pocket shark — mollisquama mississippiensis — is a newly identified species found in the gulf of mexico. islander courtesy Photo

By Lisa Neff

Scientists study great little shark

This is a shark story, but don’t fear, it won’t keep you from wading into the Gulf of Mexico.

The shark in this story is almost pocket-sized.

In fact, it’s named the American pocket shark.

Mollisquama mississippiensis is a species newly identified by a team of scientists that published their research in the animal taxonomy journal Zootaxa.

Neff The male kitefin shark measures less than 6 inches and the researchers said it has features not seen in the only known specimen that’s similar, a pocket shark caught in the Eastern Pacific Ocean in 1979 and housed at the Zoological Museum in St. Petersburg, Russia.

“In the history of fisheries science, only two pocket sharks have even been captured or reported,” said Mark Grace, one of the lead authors of the study. He’s with the National Marine Fisheries Service under the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

“Both are separate species, each from separate oceans. Both are exceedingly rare,” Grace said in a news statement.

Grace studied the Gulf and Pacific specimens along with scientists from Tulane University Biodiversity Research in New Orleans, the University of Florida Program for Shark Research in Gainesville and the American Museum of Natural History in New York City.

The researchers identified differences between the two pocket sharks, leading them to conclude they are not the same species. For example, the Gulf shark has fewer vertebrae than the Pacific shark and numerous light-producing photophores cover much of its body.

Both species have two small pockets — one on each side near the gills — that produce luminous fluid and lend the sharks their names.

The Gulf specimen was collected in February 2010 during a NOAA mission to study sperm whale feeding.

Grace discovered the shark in 2013, while examining

specimens collected three years earlier, and sent the fish to Tulane.

An effort to identify the fish followed.

To identify the shark, scientists examined and photographed external features with a dissecting microscope.

They also studied radiographic images and highresolution CT scans.

Their most sophisticated images of the shark’s internal features came from the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility in Grenoble, France, which used an intense light to produce images 100 billion times brighter than x-rays from a hospital.

“The fact that only one pocket shark has ever been reported from the Gulf of Mexico, and that it is a new species, underscores how little we know about the Gulf — especially its deeper waters — and how many additional new species from these waters await discovery,” said researcher Henry Bart, from Tulane University.

News of the research team’s study broke in mid-

July, ahead of the Discovery Channel’s Shark Week 2019, a weeklong series of documentaries, movies and reality TV programs about all types of sharks.

Also in July, scientists with the Florida Program for Shark Research published a new study based on an old shark bite.

In 1994, a surfer at Flagler Beach suffered a bite on his foot in the Atlantic Ocean. He suspected he was bitten by a blacktip shark.

The surfer recovered within a few weeks, but in 2018 developed a blister-like bulge on his foot. Using tweezers, he removed a tiny piece of tooth, which he offered to the research center for DNA testing.

Researchers didn’t know what they’d find using a fragment of a tooth in the surfer’s foot for 24 years, but they were able to identify the shark species, a blacktip, or carcharhinus limbatus.

Gavin Naylor, director of the research program, stated, “I had put our odds of success at slim to none.”

Robinson Preserve’s NEST offers August adventures Robinson Preserve continues to host “Summer Saturdays at the NEST” in August.

The program set for 8 a.m.-noon Saturday, Aug. 10, at the Mosaic Center for Nature, Exploration, Science and Technology involves walking on a canopy boardwalk among banyan trees.

The program is suitable for all ages.

“Summer Saturdays” also take place 8 a.m.-noon Aug. 17, Aug. 24 and Aug. 31.

The NEST is at the Robinson Preserve expansion, 840 99th St. NW, Bradenton.

At 8 p.m. Aug. 10 at the NEST, the Local Group

of Deep Sky Observers will set up and share telescopes for planetary astronomy. The program is suitable for all ages.

At the NEST at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 13, the public is invited to join Brian Nell, a fifth-degree blackbelt, in “Sunset Tai Chi.” There is a $5 fee.

And at 10:30 a.m. Sunday, Aug. 25, Brandy Gray will lead “Rise and Shine Power Flow Yoga” at the NEST. The cost is $10.

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Soccer goes to playoffs, football plays on, horseshoes, golf, too

By Kevin P. Cassidy Islander Reporter

The summer indoor youth soccer league at the Center of Anna Maria Island came to an end in July for the three teams in the advanced division.

Meanwhile. the five teams in the intermediate division will hold a wild card playoff game to set up semifinal matchups that will kick off Aug. 6 — after press time for The Islander Cassidy Cloud Pest Control posted a 5-0 victory over Solid Rock Construction July 23 and earned a matchup with top seed Moss Builders. Cyrus Ryan led the way with two goals, while Braelyn Curtis, Cala Ryan and Brady Thompson each added goals in the victory.

The advanced division wrapped up its regular season with two matches, though the seedings already were set. G&G Yardscaping holds an insurmountable lead.

G&G showed it’s the team to beat in two blowout victories. They opened the evening July 23 with a 7-0 victory over Ugly Grouper behind three goals and two assists from Connor Samblis and three goals and an assist from Ryan Joseph. Cale Rudacille added a goal and Hudson Green chipped in with an assist in the victory.

High tide, king tide markers

A king tide washed over parts of Anna Maria Island in the past week, submerging some streets and turning more than a few houses into instant waterfront property.

King tides form when the gravitational forces of the moon, sun and rotation of the Earth that create normal tides are stronger than usual in a particular location. They occur naturally about once or twice a year and are predictable, said Richard Rude, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Tampa.

If sea levels continue to rise at their current pace, scientists at the Environmental Protection Agency say king tides are an indicator of the levels normal high tides will reach in the future.

Today’s king tide will become tomorrow’s normal high tide.

For more information about king tides, go to: https://www.epa.gov/sites/production/files/2014-04/ documents/king_tides_factsheet.pdf.

For an interactive map showing how rising sea levels could affect Anna Maria Island, go to: http:// slrmap.sarasotabay.org.

— Arthur Brice

G&G next saw Samblis explode for eight goals and two assists to lead the team to an 11-1 victory over AMI Locals. Rudacille, Joseph and Ava Harlan each added goals in the victory.

Elec Brisson notched the lone goal for the Locals in the loss.

Advanced playoff action was set to kick off at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 6, with Ugly Grouper taking on AMI Locals. The match winner will then take on G&G in the advanced division championship, which is set for Tuesday, Aug. 13.

Semifinal action in the intermediate division was set for 5 p.m. Aug. 6 with Moss Builders taking on Cloud Pest Control. No. 2 Ugly Grouper will battle third seed Island Vacation Properties at 5:45 p.m.

The division winners next meet in the finals at 5 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 13.

Adult flag football continues The standings in the adult flag football league at the center tightened up after week two of action. Progressive Cabinetry held the top spot in the standings with a 2-0 record, just ahead of Hashmark Sports, Moss Builders, Gulfview Windows and Doors and Lancaster Designs, all at 1-1. Ugly Grouper is in last place with an 0-2 record.

Progressive Cabinetry held onto first place, but the team barely outscored Hashmark Sports 33-32 to open Aug. 1 action.

Connor Haughey accounted for four touchdowns, throwing one and catching three to lead Progressive Cabinetry to the win. Brandon Kull added an extra point, while Joey Carder added a sack.

Matthew Briley threw for two touchdowns and caught a touchdown to lead Hashmark Sports, which also received two touchdown receptions from Octavious Cole and a touchdown pass and reception from Chase Richardson in the loss.

Lancaster Design rolled to a 38-18 victory over Moss Builders behind three touchdown passes from Tim Shaughnessy and four touchdown receptions from Karri Stephens. Joseph Ball added a touchdown reception and Jay Hoffmeister finished with a two-point conversion in the victory.

Mike Gillum threw for one goal and added a receiving touchdown to lead Moss Builders in the loss.

The last game of the evening saw Gulfview Windows and Doors roll to a 42-12 victory over Ugly Grouper behind three touchdown passes from Ryan Moss. Jordan Demers finished with a touchdown

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Key Royale news Persistent rain plagues the endeavors of golf enthusiasts at the Key Royale Club in Holmes Beach, but players managed to get in a couple of rounds in the week of July 29.

The men played their weekly nine-hole, modifiedStableford system match July 29. Ken Nagengast torched the course to the tune of a plus-8, meaning he was eight points higher than his average point total. Art McMillan and Tom Nelson finished in a tie for second place with matching plus-2s.

The women got out July 30 for a nine-hole, individual-low-net match in two flights.

Jana Samuels and Ellen Boin finished in a tie for first place in Flight A on matching 2-under-par 30s.

Flight B also ended in a tie for first, as Sue Wheeler and Terry Westby matched the top cards from Flight A at 2-under-par 30. Peggi Clauhs was alone in Flight B in second place with a 3-over-par 35.

The men’s Aug. 1 scramble was rained out.

Horseshoe news Two teams advanced from pool play and battled for the day’s championship during July 31 horseshoe action at the Anna Maria City Hall horseshoe pits.

The team of Sam Samuels and Steve Doyle rolled into the finals thanks to a 22-0 victory in the final poolplay match, but had the tables turned on them as Hank Huyghe and Tom Skoloda earned a dominating 24-0 victory in the finals.

The Aug. 30 games saw Huyghe win his fourth championship in a row, this time teaming up with Jay Disbrow to earn a 22-17 victory over Doyle and Jerry Disbrow.

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

There is no charge to play and everyone is welcome.

Tidal water from the mangrove swamp at the eastern end of 29th Street and on Avenue B in Holmes Beach rose onto driveways and covered an entire block of roadway during the Aug. 4 king tide event.

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reception and an extra point, while Jason Sato and Tyler Lancaster each finished with touchdown catches.

Brandon Holcomb completed the scoring in the victory with an extra point.

Matthew Manger nailed touchdown passes to Anthony MaCance and Cooper Rosier for Ugly Grouper.

The games will continue on the center field, 407 Magnolia Ave., Anna Maria, at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 8.

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As summer winds down, fishing sizzles in- and offshore By capt. danny stasny islander reporter

Fishing around Anna Maria Island is hot for a variety of species inshore and offshore.

Fishing offshore in the Gulf of Mexico in depths of 50-120 feet is proving to be good. In shallower depths of 50-60 feet, mangrove and yellowtail snapper seem to be prevalent. Bottom fishing and free-lining baits in a chum slick is getting the stasny best results.

Going slightly deeper, to depths of 60-80 feet, anglers are hooking into success by free-lining live crabs for permit.

And still deeper, in depths of 100-plus feet, bottom fishing with live or frozen baits is attracting red grouper and African pompano to the hook.

Moving inshore to Tampa Bay, Spanish mackerel and mangrove snapper are being caught around shallow wrecks and reefs in Tampa Bay. And, in the skinny water, catch-and-release snook are biting, especially where mangrove edges and lush grass exist. Catchand-release redfish are being found in these areas, but not as apparent as the snook.

On my own Southernaire charters, I’m fishing Tampa Bay. The wrecks and reefs are providing ample action on mangrove snapper and Spanish mackerel.

Moving to the flats, catch-and-release spotted seatrout are in abundance with ladyfish and macks rounding out the bite.

Finally, fishing close to the mangrove shorelines is yielding some good action on catch-and-release snook, as long as the tide is swiftly moving and the water temps aren’t too high.

Lastly, spotted seatrout are taking the hook with regularity over the deeper grass flats in the bay.

Capt. Aaron Lowman is targeting catch-andrelease snook in areas where oyster bars, potholes, channel edges or mangrove edges exist. Chumming heavily with live shiners is enticing the linesiders, which makes it easier to get one on the hook.

reid goetz and son trippe, 8, of fort Worth, texas, show off one of a few nice redfish caught and released Aug. 2 using live shiners for baitin tampa Bay on a charter with capt. Aaron lowman. lowman said the anglers also had countless snook releases and invited enough mangrove snapper home for a tasty dinner.

While targeting snook, Lowman is encountering an ample supply of keeper mangrove snapper and some catch-and-release redfish. Fishing around structure in Tampa Bay is providing action on Spanish mackerel, gag grouper and mangrove snapper. Lowman warns that this bite has been day to day — some days the action is really good, while others are average.

Lastly, Lowman is hunting permit in the Gulf.

Alan King of Kansas shows off a whopper redfish caught July 31 in the nearshore waters using shiners for bait. King and friend, Jerik monhollon, were guided to their share of catchand-release action by capt.

Warren girle.

Fishing reefs and wrecks with live crabs or jigs is resulting in fish up to 10 pounds for his clients.

Capt. David White of Anna Maria Charters is taking his anglers offshore for a variety of species.

While bottom fishing with live pinfish, shiners or frozen sardines, White is putting clients on red grouper, mangrove and yellowtail snappers. Also, while offshore, White is hooking into some large 20-30 pound African pompano. Most bites on the pompano are occurring while bottom fishing, especially when the bait is on the drop.

Moving inshore, White is catching Spanish mackerel and mangrove snapper around shallow water structure in Tampa Bay. Going even shallower around mangrove edges in 2-3 feet of water is resulting in catch-and-release snook and redfish.

Capt. Jason Stock is targeting permit on offshore wrecks with good results. Casting live free-lined crabs over wrecks is yielding what Stock considers “stellar” permit fishing for his clients. Most catches are 10-15 pounds, with bigger fish in the mix.

Also offshore, Stock is bottom fishing for mangrove and yellowtail snappers. Both species are cooperating nicely, finding their way into the fish box. He reports some large red grouper can be found while bottom fishing, especially over hard bottom and ledges.

Lastly, Stock was excited for the opening of amberjack season, which was Aug. 1.

Jim Malfese at the Rod & Reel Pier is seeing catchand-release snook fishing for anglers at the pier getting better and better, as more snook are migrating toward the Gulf beaches to spawn. Using large baits such as ladyfish, mojarras and pinfish are attracting fish 30-35 inches. Using smaller baits — live shiners and shrimp — is resulting in snook in the 20-inch range.

While targeting the snook with shiners or shrimp, pier anglers are hooking into keeper mangrove snapper and flounder. On days when bait schools are gathered around the pier, fishers are enjoying action on ladyfish, jack crevalle and macks.

Capt. Warren Girle is working nearshore structure, which is host to a variety of species.

Free-lining live shiners over structure is resulting in macks. Chumming heavily with live shiners is keeping the fish feeding within casting distance of the boat.

While this is occurring, Girle has his clients casting baits into the frenzy for a hookup.

Bottom fishing in the same areas is proving to be good, especially for mangrove snapper. Snapper 12-16 inches are readily responding to shiners. Moving closer to shore, Girle is putting sport anglers on redfish in Tampa Bay. Most hookups are in the 18-27 inch slot, while reds 32-35 inches are common.

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New Anna maria island chamber of commerce members â&#x20AC;&#x201D; emma stringer of Beach retreats Vacation rentals, theresa Kern of tmK cleaning, Penelope mabry of drypro, April Pyle of Alliance Print services and craig stapp of cWs Handyman services â&#x20AC;&#x201D; converse at the chamberâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s July 24 mixer at Anna maria Beach resort in Holmes Beach. islander courtesy Photo

Movers and shakers

Poppoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Taqueria is branching out â&#x20AC;&#x201D; again.

A new restaurant in the family-owned franchise opened July 19 in the Edge District in St. Petersburg at 1033 Central Ave. The original taqueria opened at 212 Pine Ave., Anna Maria, in 2013 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; a Mexican-inspired restaurant that traced the roots of Micheal and Jane Colemanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s family, then residents of Pine Avenue â&#x20AC;&#x201D; to their former home in San Francisco and its Mission District.

The name was chosen to honor Jane Colemanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s grandfather, Frank Harris, nicknamed â&#x20AC;&#x153;Poppo,â&#x20AC;? a diedin-the-wool newshound for many years at the Boston Globe.

The St. Pete location is No. 7 for the franchise.

The menu consists of build-your-own tacos, burritos, quesadillas and bowls with ingredients cooked fresh and served up â&#x20AC;&#x153;cantina style.â&#x20AC;? Meat, veggies and sauces, including pico de gallo, salsa and verde sauce are added as customers progress at the food bar.

Poppoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Taqueria also operates in Bradenton at 5942 34th St. W.; at the Shoppes at University Center, 8471 Cooper Creek Blvd., Bradenton; Lockwood Commons, 4220 53rd Ave. E., Bradenton; Northwest Promenade, 6777 Manatee Ave. W., Bradenton; downtown Sarasota at 1433 St.; and one to come in the Landings in Sarasota.

Kudos R. Mark Adkins has joined Wagner Realtyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Anna Maria Island Office as a sales agent.

Adkins was born and raised on the eastern shore of Maryland. He also lived in California and Colorado before making the move to Florida. He is the owner/ operator of Colorcraft Painting.

He specializes in serving homebuyers and sellers in Manatee County.

He also is a VRBO SuperHost, who Adkins achieved the five-star ratings on the vacation rental site, as well as HomeAway.

Adkins can be reached at the realty office at 2217

Gulf Drive N., Bradenton Beach, by phone at 970-333- and Peace of Mind Home Inspections.

New members also included the Sertoma Club of 3169 or by email at rmadkins@wagnerRealty.com.

Bradenton; Pirate Adventures of Cortez; TMK Cleaning & Consulting; Thompsonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Produce of Cortez; Just New members The Anna Maria Island Chamber of Commerce for Girls; Captain Peteâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Charters; and Island Garden welcomed new members in July, including: CWS Services.

For more information, contact the chamber at 941Handyman Services; Alliance Print Services; McGriff Insurance Services; Beach Retreats Vacation Rentals; 778-1541.

Heads in beds generate $1.6M in tourist tax in June Overnight stays in Manatee County generated more than $1.6 million in bed taxes in June.

The county bed tax of 5%, also known as the tourist development tax, is collected on overnight rentals of less than six months.

The Manatee County Tax Collectorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s office released on Aug. 1 the tourist development tax collection numbers for June, the most recent month available.

They showed $12,937,076 collected between the beginning of the fiscal year, October 2018, and June.

In June, the total tax collected was $1,653,009, up from the $1,527,732 in June 2018.

About 26.71% of the tax collected, $441,504, was generated in Holmes Beach.

The tax collected from Anna Maria in June was $291,648, about 17.64% of the total.

Bradenton Beach produced about 8.85% of the tax collected in June â&#x20AC;&#x201D; $146,271.

Some more numbers for June:

â&#x20AC;˘ Bradenton, $109,303, 17.64% of the collection. â&#x20AC;˘ Longboat Key, $171,063, 10.35%. â&#x20AC;˘ Palmetto, $5,809, 0.35%. â&#x20AC;˘ Unincorporated Manatee County, $487,410, 29.49%.

So far this fiscal year, which will end Sept. 30, the month for the largest tourist tax collection was March, coinciding with spring break. The county collected $2,725,570 that month.

The second largest amount, exceeding $1.8 million, was collected in February.

The tax revenues must be used to boost and develop tourism, including funding for the Bradenton Area Convention and Visitors Bureau and the Bradenton Area Convention Center and tourism-related entities such as Realize Bradenton and the Pittsburgh Pirates, as well as supporting projects, such as island beach renourishment and construction of the new Anna Maria City Pier. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; lisa Neff

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AMI Chamber of Commerce ambassadors include Katy Demick of Anna Maria Resorts, Barbara Murphy of Travel Now, Joann Baker of Fidelity Bank and Susanne Arbanas of Waterline Marina Resort and Beach Club. They gathered July 24 for a business card exchange at Anna Maria Beach Resort, 6306 Gulf Drive, Holmes Beach.

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Wednesday, Aug. 7 11:30 a.m. — Luncheon, Solo’s Pizza, 3244 E. Bay Drive, Holmes Beach. Members $18, guests $30.

Tuesday, Aug. 13 5 p.m. — Ribbon-cutting, Vinny’s Italian Kitchen, 5337 Gulf Drive, Holmes Beach. Light bites, live music and raffle. Ribboncutting at 5:30 p.m.

Thursday, Aug. 15 Noon — “Lunch & Learn: Growing your business with Visit Florida,” Center of Anna Maria Island, 407 Magnolia Ave., Anna Maria. $10 includes lunch. RSVP required by Aug. 13.

AMI CHAMBER ONGOING Through Aug. 31 Anna Maria Island Chamber of Commerce membership drive, with incentives for recruitment and new members.

Through Sept. 30 Anna Maria Island Chamber of Commerce offers sponsorships for Bayfest, set for Saturday Oct. 19.

Info and RSVP: 941-778-1541, info@amichamber.org.

LBK CHAMBER OF COMMERCE Thursday, Aug. 8 11:30 a.m. — Networking@Noon, Lazy Lobster of Longboat Key, 5350 Gulf of Mexico Drive, Longboat Key. Members $25, guests $35.

Info and RSVP: 941-383-2644, info@lbkchamber.com.

OTHER EVENTS Thursday, Aug. 8 9-11 a.m.— Edward Jones hosts the Eye Associates’ SightMobile, offering free vision screenings, Anna Maria Island Centre, 3226 E. Bay Drive, Holmes Beach. Information: 941-779-2499.

Noon-5 p.m. — Cupcake Delights hosts One Blood’s “Big Red Bus” for a blood drive, Anna Maria Island Centre shopping plaza, 3324 E. Bay Drive, Holmes Beach. Information: 888-9-DONATE. Thursday, Aug. 22 6 p.m. — Nautical networking, combined chamber event on

Visit Florida to visit center

Marketing is on the lunch menu for island businesspeople.

The Anna Maria Island Chamber of Commerce and Center of Anna Maria Island partnered to create the Lunch and Learn series.

The next seminar will be at 11:45 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 15, and features a talk by Jen Carlisle of Visit Florida.

Carlisle will discuss the benefits of partnering with the state marketing agency, as well as share updates on cooperative programs — “many at little to no cost,” according to the release.

Attendees should block out 11:45 a.m.-3 p.m. on their calendars for the program, which includes a box Amy Tobin of Rite Technology, Mike LaPensee of lunch.

LaPensee Plumbing, Pools and Air and Tommy The presentation will be noon-1 p.m., followed by Kilpatrick of Island Coffee Haus attend the chamber opportunities to meet with Visit Florida representatives of mixer July 24. to discuss business listings. the Anna Maria Princess, Bradenton Beach Marina, 402 Church The cost to attend is $10 and includes lunch.

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GARAGE SALES roser tHrift sHoP open 9:30 a.m.- 2 p.m. tuesday, thursday, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. saturday. Annex until noon. donations preferred 9 a.m.-11 a.m., Wednesdays. 511 Pine Ave., Anna maria. call 941-779-2733.

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PETS HelP rescued Pets! Volunteer, foster! moonracer Animal rescue. email: moonraceranimalrescue@gmail.com.

BOATS & BOATING

AdoptA-Pet

BimiNi BAY sAiliNg: small sailboat rentals and instruction. day. Week. month. sunfish, laser, Windrider 17 and Precision 15. call Brian at 941-685-1400.

PoNtooN BoAt reNtAl create life long memories. call 941-778-2121 or see boatflorida.net.

GORGEOUS GIRL! Latte is a 3-year-old mixed-breed dog.

She’s shy with people, and loves other dogs.

Apply to adopt her at www.moonraceranimalrescue.com.

Call Lisa Williams at 941-345-2441 or visit The Islander office in Holmes Beach for more about pet adoption.

BoAt sliP for rent: Key royale, Ami. Parking, no bridges, sailboat water. $300/month.

941-518-4281.

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PropertyWatch

By Jesse Brisson

Island real estate transactions

By Jesse Brisson special to the islander

505 72nd St., Holmes Beach, a 2,045 sfla / 2,948 sfur 4bed/3bath/2car canalfront home built in 1973 on a 11,625 sq ft lot was sold 07/12/19, Corbett to Beidel for $775,000; list $799,900.

209 Palm Ave., Anna Maria, a 960 sfla / 2,520 sfur 2bed/2bath home built in 1988 on a 5,742 sq ft lot was sold 07/19/19, Pichette to Howe for $747,500; list $799,000.

317 N. Bay Blvd., Anna Maria, a 2,209 sfla 3bed/3bath pool home built in 1974 on a 6,325 sq ft lot was sold 07/16/19, Hagedorn to Long Family LLC for $725,000; list $749,900.

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

HANdYmAN/cleANer looKiNg for several men or women who want to grow with us. Hourly rate of $10 to $20 an hour, based on experience. Jay Pros, 941-962-2874. rePorter WANted: full- to part-time.

Print media, newspaper experience required.

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

KIDS FOR HIRE Kids for Hire ads are free for up to three weeks for island youths under 16 looking for work. Ads must be placed in person at the islander office, 3218 e. Bay drive, Holmes Beach.

BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY Ami’s #1 BrANd howluckyami! trademark license available! Bridge street location. turnkey, under $50,000 includes inventory, fixtures, equipment, transferable lease. Additional limited brand licenses available at your retail location. All inquiries, Jane: howluckyami214@yahoo.com.

SERVICES u flY i drive your car anywhere in the usA. Airport runs, anywhere. office, 941-4476389. 941-545-6688.

Need A ride to airports? tampa $65, st.

Pete, $55, sarasota, $30. gary, 863-4095875. gvoness80@gmail.com. cleANiNg: resideNtiAl, commerciAl, vacation rental. We also offer power washing for pavers and windows. 941-744-7983. lPN/cAregiVer AVAilABle for part-time help. excellent references. call lisa, 508826-1561. does Your dog need a walk or some indoor exercise while you’re at work? call 4 Paws Professional at 941216-6199 or visit us at www.facebook. com/4PawsProfessional/ to learn more!

BusiNess-to-BusiNess Jd’s Window cleaning looking for storefront jobs in Holmes Beach. i make dirty windows sparkling clean.

941-920-3840.

BeAcH serVice air conditioning, heat, refrigeration. commercial and residential service, repair and/or replacement. serving Ami since 1987. for dependable, honest service, call Bill eller, 941-795-7411. cAc184228.

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

HOME IMPROVEMENT Continued

RENTALS Continued

SENIOR CAREGIVING AVAILABLE: 15 years’ experience cooking, cleaning, errands and more. Nicole 941-405-8988.

R. A. GONZALEZ CONSTRUCTION: Re-roof and leak specialist. Residential/hotels/commercial. Repairs, shingles, tile, metal, flat.

Quick response. Quality work at reasonable rates. References. Insured/licensed. #CCC1330056. Call Bryan at 727-2779502.

2BR/2BA UPDATED BEACHY condo available August - December in Holmes Beach (Playa Encanatada). New appliances, beds, baths and TVs. Two-week minimum. Call Joe, 617-633-6360.

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

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

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

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

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

BLINDS, SHUTTERS, SHADES: Motorization. 30 years on AMI. Call Keith Barnett, Barnett Blinds, 941-730-0516.

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

Call Jay, 941-962-2874.

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

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

RENTALS VILLAGE GREEN VILLA: Annual rental by owner. 2BR/2BA, 2154 sf, two-car garage, unfurnished, full appliances, very clean.

Many updates, lake view, heated pool, over-55 residence. Just reduced! $1,800/ month, first, last, security. $100 HOA application fee. Available now. Call Jim, 781-6032861, jimreilly@townisp.com.

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SEASONAL RENTAL: ONE-level home, 4BR/2BA, pool, garage, exercise room, close to beach. 7808 Third Ave. W. Bradenton, 34209. Call 703-587-4675.

ANNUAL RENTAL: 3BR/2BA at 7510 15th Ave. NW, Bradenton. Call 703-587-4675.

ANNUAL NW BRADENTON: 3BR/1BA (second bath coming). $1,500/month. Real Estate Mart, 941-356-1456.

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Bed: A bargain!

ROOMMATE WANTED: 1BR/1BA. Owner gone two weeks/month. $900, plus half utilities. AMI 10 minutes. Deed restricted. Two cats only allowed in the sunroom, outside.

One sweet, quiet dachshund. 941-2240681.

ANNUAL RENTAL: 2BR/2BA, Two-car garage, boat lift, indoor laundry room, newly remodeled, Key Royale. $3,000/month. 813624-2664.

V A C A TIO N RE N T A L : H OLMES Beach.

Newly r e m o d e l e d 2BR/1BA half-duplex. Large pool and spa.

Short walk to beach, shops, restaurants, trolley. $1,400/week. Eileen, 732-492-6946. www.palmperch.com. palmperch@gmail. com.

TROPICAL WATERFRONT PARADISE: Anna Maria Island. 2BR/2BA, pool, boat lift, annual, $3,150/month. Call 941-704-7336 or 941-730-1086.

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RELAXING MASSAGE IN the convenience of your home or hotel. Massage by Nadia, more than 25 years on Anna Maria Island.

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

LOOKING FOR ANNUAL rental on Anna Maria Island. I have one large well-behaved dog, need spacious, upgrades, pool, lots of windows. Gladly put extra pet deposit. Call, Marie, 214-854-6496.

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

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

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REAL ESTATE Continued

ANNuAl reNtAl Needed: owner, Beach Blossoms flower shop needing 2Br, first floor with two parking spaces on Ami. small dog and cat, wonderful, house trained! Need sept. 1. 720-308-6227.

ANNuAl 3Br/2BA, BrAdeNtoN Beach. great opportunity. Authentic island house, elevated, washer/dryer. large gulf-view porch! fantastic location, $1,495/month, first, last, $1,000 deposit. email info to thehummingmask@gmail.com. 941-778-1098 or 267-566-8577.

iNVestor WANted: looKiNg for $100,000 to remodel island waterfront home and share profit. 941-356-1456.

ANNuAl reNtAl, BrAdeNtoN Beach. one bedroom, bay in back, gulf in front, walk or take trolley. sept.1 occupancy. No smoking, no pets, application required, $1,250/month. call 603-969-6840. siNgle-fAmilY ANNuAl rental: 2Br/2BA updated, 10 minutes to Holmes Beach. $1,700/month. 6407 first Ave. W., Bradenton. 941-792-6493.

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Holmes BeAcH: 3Br2BA, caged pool. open concept, large kitchen. see on Zillow.

218 82nd st. $699,000. 813-390-5747.

All real estate advertising herein is subject to the fair Housing Act, which makes it illegal to advertise any preference, limitation or discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status or national origin, or intention to make any such preference, limitation or discrimination familial status includes children under age of 18 living with parents or legal custodians, pregnant women and people securing custody of children under 18. this newspaper will not knowingly accept any advertising for real estate which is in violation of the law. our readers are hereby informed that all dwellings advertised in this newspaper are available on an equal opportunity basis. to complain of discrimination, call Hud toll-free at 1-800-669-9777 or for the hearing impaired, call 0-800-543-8294.

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