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by Kurt Schultheis | Managing Editor

Beach project beats superstorm The town of Longboat Key’s beach maintenance program is comparable to a Nags Head, N.C., beach program that saved its coast from Superstorm Sandy.

Photo courtesy of Pat Shutello

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Pat Shutello snapped this bald eagle photo in early November.

+ Bald eagle causes hope to soar Longboat Key resident Pat Shutello was sitting on her patio, worrying about the damages Superstorm Sandy inflicted on her New Jersey home, when she received a good omen: She spotted one of Longboat Key’s bald eagles at a closer range than she had ever seen them and snapped a few photos.

Shutello was “feeling so blue” but took the bird’s appearance as a positive sign. At her request, we won’t name the condominium where she lives, because it already experiences its share of hawk gawkers.

+ Breaking news: Santa coming to town You read it first here: Santa Claus is coming to town.

And, although his visit isn’t scheduled for another six weeks, the town is already prepping for the visit.

Toys for Tots bins are located at Longboat Key Town Hall, 501 Bay Isles Road, and the Longboat Key Police Department, 5460 Gulf of Mexico Drive. Drop off a new unwrapped toy valued at $5 or more to either location to help a needy child have a merry Christmas and happy holidays.

Courtesy of town of Nags Head, N.C.

The beach width of Nags Head, N.C., left, was in poor shape prior to summer 2011. After a major beach renourishment that summer, right, the beach was widened on and off shore, which protected the town as Superstorm Sandy churned past the coastline in October.

A $36 million beach project performed last summer in Nags Head, N.C., widened the town’s beach profile anywhere from 50 feet to 150 feet. Much of that beach profile includes sand that can’t be seen by the naked eye, including large sandbars under water that help protect the shore.

For years, the narrow shoreline and beach profile at Nags Head worried residents, homeowners and business owners. Whenever a winter storm, let alone a hurricane, churned by, it devastated the slim shoreline and caused

Beach Comparison

Amount of Town Sand Project Sand Placed Nags Head, N.C. Summer 2011 4.6 million cubic yards Longboat Key 2005-06 1.6 million cubic yards

millions of dollars in damages.

But in summer 2011, the town of Nags Head undertook a project funded through town and county dollars (federal funds were not made available for the project) that brought up to 4.6 million cubic yards of sand to the

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Cost $36 million $21 million

shoreline. The project was expected to provide protection for the town for up to 10 years and did its job in October when Superstorm Sandy passed through.

The beach width of the shoreline, officials say, barely changed, partly because much of the sand

that was brought in sits under water and acts as a buffer.

After Sandy, repairs to Nags Head beach accesses cost $93, town officials reported. To put that in perspective, after Hurricane Isabel in 2003, damage to Nags Head accesses amounted to $300,000 to $400,000.

Overall, damage to homes throughout the town after Sandy added up to about $413,000, said Planning and Development

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by Kurt Schultheis | Managing Editor

Sarasota judge rules in IPOC’s favor Town attorney David Persson will not appeal a judgment that went against the town and will tell commissioners he thinks the Comprehensive Plan should be changed.

A Sarasota judge issued a judgment last week that mandates the town of Longboat Key must hold a referendum of its residents if it wants to grant future tourism uses within the Islandside Gulf-planned development.

The judgment also means changes must be made to the town’s codes and its Compre-

hensive Plan before a future Islandside application can be considered.

Sarasota County Clerk of the 12th Circuit Court Judge Lee Haworth issued the order Nov. 14, in an Islandside Property Owners Coalition declaratory relief action that challenged the town’s code changes. The changes were made, in part, to

make the Longboat Key Club and Resort’s Islandside renovation-and-expansion project clearer under town codes. The appeal moved forward in August, even though an appeals court quashed the development order for the most recent project application. No future application for an Islandside project is expected in the near future.

Haworth heard arguments from the town and IPOC Sept.

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IPOC attorney Robert Lincoln argued his client’s eight challenges to the town’s zoning code changes, explaining that amended zoning code changes are not permissible. One of Lin-

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BEACH / FROM PAGE 1A Director Elizabeth Teague. All of it was minor — mostly water in ground-floor enclosures.

Commercial damage in Nags Head was estimated at $202,000 to 11 properties.

The only major damage — about $30,000 worth — was next door to the Nags Head Fishing Pier, where the surf blew out a bulkhead. Nearby communities that didn’t perform a major beach project didn’t fare as well.

Kitty Hawk, N.C., is still in cleanup mode after Sandy flattened a dune line north of a restaurant, sending water two blocks west and across a highway. A section of U.S. 158 was closed for two days, and N.C. 12, the beach road, was buried in sand; asphalt in some places began crumbling.

A Nags Head maintenance plan submitted to FEMA calls for re-nourishing the beach after five years or a 50% loss of new sand, whichever comes later. The real test will be how the beach holds up over at least five years.

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IPOC / FROM PAGE 1A coln’s main arguments focused on the use of tourism units at Islandside and whether the town can count density in Islandside using both residential and tourism units.

“We contend that tourism uses other than what was grandfathered in at Inn on the Beach were not allowed in the Gulfplanned development (GPD known as Islandside) under the Comprehensive Plan,” Lincoln said. “We also contend the town needs to hold a referendum before it can allow tourism uses.”

Haworth agreed, stating in his judgment that only dwelling (residential) units can be counted for purposes of approving future tourism uses, although town attorney David Persson believes

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Juan Florensa called the Nags Head beach project a “mammoth” one that was needed to bolster a shoreline that wasn’t providing much beach for its residents.

“Believe it or not, we have a very similar beach profile and have the same sandbar defense under water,” Florensa said.

“Two-thirds of the sand we have in front of our island is under water and protecting this island.”

Florensa said a massive beach project like the one in Nags Head isn’t needed here, because the town performed a similar project years ago.

The town of Longboat Key placed 1.6 million cubic yards of sand island-wide for its last major beach project in 200506. And in summer 2013, the town is only expected to put down 300,000 cubic yards of sand because sand is holding steady along the majority of the island’s coastline.

“We do the same thing here, our beach is just already very well protected and we don’t need as much sand,” Florensa said.

“We really only have the north end to be concerned about, but that’s a different erosion animal that we’re working on.”

Two-thirds of Longboat Key’s beach sits under water in the Gulf of Mexico to protect the Key from storms.

Haworth’s judgment gives the town the ability to approve 245 more residential units in Islandside without triggering a referendum.

In an email to the Longboat Observer, Lincoln wrote, “In short, IPOC won.”

Persson didn’t disagree with Lincoln’s one-line assessment of the judgment.

“My interpretation has been that all units (tourist and dwelling units) should be counted, providing the lowest threshold before a vote was required,” Persson said. “I was obviously wrong.”

Persson said he will discuss the order with his client (the Longboat Key Town Commission), but won’t recommend appealing the order.

“The code changes were an attempt to maximize flexibility for this commission and future commissions under a Com-

prehensive Plan that was created more than 25 years ago for development and not the current redevelopment phase the town is undergoing,” Persson said.

In his judgment, Haworth explained he felt the town made the town’s codes and rules more confusing when it attempted to make code revisions to allow more flexibility when granting applications.

“The town must adopt clear and direct standards to guide the Town Commission in granting or denying the approval of outlining development plans,” wrote Haworth.

Persson said he will recommend the town “retreat to a much more conservative approach on how uses and departures are granted in the future.”

To do that, future changes to the town’s code and Comprehensive Plan must oc-

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cur and will be performed after the town hires a planning consultant, which could happen as soon as next month. Community meetings with that consultant will be held to gauge how the island wants to face future redevelopment challenges through its codes.

“The ultimate solution is an islandwide evaluation of what this community is and what it wants to become,” Persson said.

Vice Mayor David Brenner called the judgment “disappointing.”

“The good news is Ocean Properties isn’t ready to submit a new application tomorrow, and this will give them time to revisit in depth what the project was about before submitting something that won’t be an issue in the future,” Brenner said.

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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 2012

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by Robin Hartill | City Editor

Firefighter proposal sparks town interest Firefighters propose freezing their plan and placing current and new hires in the Florida Retirement System while requiring current employees to continue contributing to the frozen plan.

The town and its firefighters began bargaining in September 2011, and Town Manager Dave Bullock and the Longboat Key Town Commission won’t let it drag on much longer, town labor attorney W. Reynolds Allen said during Nov. 15 contract negotiations.

Still, firefighters presented a proposal Thursday that was “sufficiently interesting” enough for town consideration, Allen said, and warrants another meeting.

Firefighter union attorney Jim Brantley started out by outlining proposed pension modifications but emphasized that the changes would be part of a package proposal and couldn’t be considered independently.

The offer would freeze the town’s firefighter pension plan for current and future employees, as proposed by Bullock.

But, instead of switching firefighters to 401(a) accounts, as Bullock proposes, current and future employees would transfer to the Florida Retirement System, with employees contributing their required amount to the plan.

Two weeks earlier, town officials told firefighters that a different proposal that would place new hires in the FRS didn’t meet Bullock’s requirement of predict-

ability for future obligations. Instead, the town’s contributions would be determined by the Florida Legislature.

But Thursday’s proposal differed because it would include both current and future employees, who would also contribute 6% of their salaries toward the frozen plan until they retire, enter the Deferred Retirement Option Program (DROP) or have contributed toward the town’s plan for an amount of time equal to the amount of time they earned benefits under it.

The proposal would allow all employees covered by the current plan to become immediately vested. The current plan requires five years of service before vesting.

The plan would also include modifications that would allow Lts. Pete Collandra and Tom Batchelor and firefighter/paramedics Frank Stoudt and Rob Jacobs, who are nearing DROP eligibility, the option to enter the program. Firefighter/ paramedics Keith Tanner and James Martin are currently eligible for DROP. “It certainly is an interesting proposal,” Allen said, asking to see what else it encompassed.

The changes would be contingent on

firefighters receiving a 2.5% cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) in the first and second years with no step increases, followed by a step increase and a “me too” COLA provision in which firefighters would only receive the COLA if other town employees received it in the third year.

“We’re beginning to get a compression issue, which the step was beginning to address,” Brantley said, referring to the issue of longstanding employees receiving the same pay as new hires. “At some point, we need to get the step plan’s motor cranked up again.”

The town brought a counterproposal Thursday to a different proposal that firefighters had presented two weeks earlier.

The town proposed incorporating Bullock’s proposal and increasing firefighter pay by 1%. It also came to the table with a one-year deal that Allen said he was prepared to offer Thursday but did not present.

Allen asked to schedule a meeting with the union again in the next couple of weeks but added a cautionary note: “I don’t want you to misinterpret that what I’m saying is we are close to an agreement,” he said. “But your proposal is enough to tweak our interests.”

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Bullock still involved with negotiations Town Manager Dave Bullock was unable to sit in on the entire negotiation session Nov. 15, which prompted rumors among firefighters that he’s stepping back from the negotiation table to allow labor attorney W. Reynolds Allen to negotiate for the town.

Former Town Manager Bruce St. Denis rarely attended negotiation sessions, but Bullock has taken the opposite approach since he arrived a year ago.

Bullock told the Longboat Observer his negotiation style hasn’t changed.

“I just had a lot going on that day and couldn’t attend the entire meeting,” Bullock said.

PLANNED GIVING

by Robin Hartill | City Editor

Brenner, Aposporos explore foundation Longboat Key Chamber of Commerce President Tom Aposporos and Vice Mayor David Brenner are discussing possibilities for a Longboat Key community foundation.

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John Beyer from the city of Sarasota puts the finishing ornaments on the 51-foot St. Armands Christmas tree, which will be lit at 6:15 p.m. Dec. 7, during the Holiday Night of Lights.

Longboat Key already has the lion project, when he and othfoundation for charitable giving. ers discussed the possibilities It’s home to an active popula- for positive development if both tion that donates generously to sides put their money for attormany causes. ney fees toward a community What Longboat Key doesn’t foundation. have is an actual foundation — Aposporos listed the possii.e., a foundation focused on con- bilities in an April 2010 email on necting donors with which he copied Longboat Key-spethe Town Comcific causes. But that mission. He listed Despite the wealth could change. variety of possiof this community, I abilities, Vice Mayor David including believe there would a program similar Brenner and Longboat Key Chamber of to the Ringling be plenty of areas Commerce President of Art and in this community College Tom Aposporos met Design’s Town where funds could Hall Lecture Selast week to discuss the possibility of a ries, support for be expended.

Community Foundathe Longboat LiTom Aposporos, tion of Longboat Key brary and LongLongboat Key Chamber with representatives boat Key Center of Commerce president of the Community for the Arts, a Foundation of SaraDivision of Ringsota County. ling College of Art Brenner suggested the possi- and Design, establishment of a bility in February, when Commu- mentoring center and film comnity Foundation CEO and Presi- mission support group and endent Roxie Jerde spoke to the hanced entrances to the Key. Longboat Key Town Commission.

The potential role of a commuHe said that a community foun- nity foundation surfaced again dation could be a way to make a last month during preparations proposed community center a for Hal and Hazel Lenobel Apreality. preciation Day, according to “One of the things that’s ap- Aposporos, who discussed with pealing about this is that this Community Foundation officials is the private sector,” Brenner the possibility of establishing a told the Longboat Observer. “It fund for the purpose of honoring wouldn’t be a town function at a citizen annually. all.”

“Despite the wealth of this According to Aposporos, the community, I believe there would idea first surfaced during hear- be plenty of areas in this comings for the Longboat Key Club munity where funds could be exand Resort’s proposed $400 mil- pended,” he said.

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+ Longboat commission races take shape Longboat Key will have three commission races next year.

With the qualification deadline complete, the following races are confirmed: • Irwin Pastor will challenge incumbent Commissioner Terry Gans for the one-year at-large seat.

• Gene Jaleski will challenge incumbent Phillip Younger for the two-year at-large seat.

• Larry Grossman will challenge incumbent mayor and District 4 Commissioner Jim Brown.

District 2 Commissioner Jack Duncan is running unopposed for his seat.

+ Jaleski spars with the mayor In an email sent to Mayor Jim Brown Nov. 18, District 2 commission candidate Gene Jaleski asked Brown, “How long must the residents of Longboat Key suffer the current town lawyer?”

“It is past the time when the town needs to be put out of its legal miseries,” wrote Jaleski, referencing the recent judgment that favored the Islandside Property Owners Coalition in regard to a town code challenge.

“Too much bad legal advice has cost the taxpayers countless thousands of dollars and wasted years, from an unbroken string of land use court defeats, spanning decades.”

Brown responded by writing: “Since most of your accusations are either wrong or skewed I will not respond.

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 Police Officers’ Pension Board Quarterly Meeting — 8 a.m.

Wednesday, Nov. 28  General Employees; Pension Board Quarterly Meeting — 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 28.  Firefighters’ Pension Board Quarterly Meeting — 1:30 p.m.

Wednesday, Nov. 28.  Town Commission Regular Meeting — 7 p.m. Monday, Dec. 3.

All meetings take place at Town Hall, 501 Bay Isles Road, unless otherwise noted. a debate.”

In response, Jaleski wrote, “Being snide solves nothing.”

“This commission has created a legal mess that will take years to repair,” Jaleski wrote.

+ Thanksgiving holiday trash schedule affected There will be no town trash collection on Thanksgiving Day, Thursday, Nov. 22. The alternate garbage pickup will be Friday, Nov. 23, and trash should be curbside by 7 a.m. that morning. There will be no change in the Wednesday, Nov. 21 yard-waste collection or the Monday, Nov. 26 solid-waste and recycling collection.

Town Hall and its various departments will be closed Thursday, Nov. 22 and Friday, Nov. 23 in observance of the Thanksgiving holiday.

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REAL ESTATE

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by Robin Hartill | City Editor

Revitalization Task Force addresses age-old questions Tom Aposporos, a Longboat Key Revitalization Task Force member and president of the Longboat Key Chamber of Commerce, hopes to never read the following advertisement: “Cozy condo on Longboat Key! 2/2 1,200 sq ft with screened lanai. The complex is only 50 years old. Maintenance fees, insurance taxes & beach renourishment fees average ~ $3,300 monthly.

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But could it become a reality?

Aposporos presented a Revitalization Task Force report entitled “Real Estate Trends & Their Impacts on Longboat Key” at the Saturday, Nov. 17 Federation of Longboat Key Condominiums meeting. Much of the presentation focused on the island’s many aging structures and the challenges property owners will face if they choose to redevelop.

Of the Key’s 6,235 condominium units, 3,616, or 58%, were built in 1979 or earlier, according to data compiled by task force member Lenny Landau.

The age of the Key’s current structures, which could drive up maintenance and insurance costs is, in part, an unintended consequence of the town’s 1984 Comprehensive Plan, which prohibited any increase in allowable density on the island without voter approval.

Most existing structures on the Key were grandfathered but became nonconforming overnight.

As a result, condominiums with grandfathered status could be

limited to six units per acre if owners opted to rebuild.

The 2008 referenda questions that voters overwhelmingly approved allowed existing condos to rebuild at the same density in case of voluntary or involuntary destruction and created a pool of 250 additional tourism units.

However, Aposporos told the Longboat Observer that more still needs to be done.

The presentation also outlined information from Florida Realtor Magazine, summarized by task force member Tom Freiwald, about real-estate buyers of the future.

Renting will become more popular, more international buyers are interested in Florida, and a desire for certain lifestyles will outweigh the real-estate adage, “Location, location, location.”

Buyers, especially “millennials” — i.e. those 30 and younger — want high-end features, more open space and the ability to walk, bike or even kayak to community amenities.

The presentation also summarized a recent interview with Cheryl Loeffler, a task force member and Realtor with Premier Sotheby’s International Realty, about what high-end buyers want, including spectacular views, a chef’s kitchen, master bath with a spa and mini-gym.

Bird Key is popular because of its proximity to Sarasota, according to Loeffler. Although buyers find Longboat Key on the Internet, they sometimes visit the north end of Longboat Key but

More than half of the Key’s condominiums were built in or before 1979, which could create difficulty when owners want to sell their aging units.

wind up buying on Casey Key, instead.

Kim Freiwald, of ReMax Alliance Group, outlined the challenges these future buyers will face: They’ll face increased difficulty when they try to secure a mortgage.

Lenders will look especially closely at condominiums and their financial reserves, the percentage of units occupied by renters, expenses versus cash flow from monthly fees and the number of units in short sale or

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+ Maintenance facility progresses

+ Mowing woes reach Canal Road

+ Wetland restoration planned

Progress on Lakewood Ranch Town Hall’s new maintenance facility is finally getting traction.

Supervisors on Lakewood Ranch Community Development District 2 Board learned Nov. 15 Manatee County officials had signed off on site plans for the maintenance facility, which is slated to be built on 59th Avenue East, near Risen Savior Lutheran Church off Lorraine Road.

The board now can move forward with purchasing the land from Lakewood Ranch developer, Schroeder-Manatee Ranch, a deal that was slated to go through sometime this week, after the East County Observer went to press.

Financing for the project also is supposed to be finalized by the end of the month. Officials have secured a 12-year, tax-exempt, bank-qualified loan for the more than $2.4 million project.

Although CDD 2 is financing the deal, Lakewood Ranch Inter-District Authority is leading the project.

The agency was set up to handle joint issues on behalf of Lakewood Ranch’s five community development districts. The IDA, at the board’s Nov. 15 meeting, agreed to a 25-year lease agreement with CDD 2 for the property.

The proposed maintenance facility, which will replace Town Hall Operations department offices near the Pinnacle Academy, will be about 8,700 square feet.

Sarasota County has employees temporarily working to maintain median and right of way landscaping across the county, in places where contractors have neglected upkeep on streets such as Canal Road on Siesta Key. The county may create permanent mowing and landscaping positions and will hire as many as 28 temporary employees for mowing jobs that contractors were unable to handle, said County Facilities Director Spencer Anderson. County staff or the contractor in the north urban zone will tackle Canal Road by early December, he said.

Bloomings Landscape and Turf Management abandoned a single mowing contract that covered the entire county earlier this year. Anderson said they might be split further before long-term contractors are selected.

As part of a $1 million habitat restoration project, Sarasota County will restore 10 acres of wetlands within a 72acre preserve known as Red Bug Slough.

The restoration project will remove invasive flora, create additional habitat for birds and wildlife — including the otters — and improve the flow and natural filtration of water in a drainage basin that ultimately feeds into Sarasota Bay and was partially dredged in the early 1900s.

“Red Bug Slough is a 600-acre drainage basin,” said Matt Preston, project manager with the Southwest Florida Water Management District (SWFWMD), which is funding about half of the project’s cost. “That much acreage drains into Phillippi Creek, then Roberts Bay and eventually into Sarasota Bay.” Restoration work at Red Bug Slough is slated to start this summer and will take about a year to complete.

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+ Patchen starts with Sarasota County Donn Patchen, the new communications director for Sarasota County, started his position with a visit to the Nov. 13 open house that showcased the plans for the Siesta Key Public Beach improvement project.

County Administrator Randall Reid announced the choice Oct. 5, more than a year-and-a-half after current Education Foundation of Sarasota County Executive Director Susan Scott resigned from the position.

Patchen left a position with Miami-Dade County for the Sarasota County job.

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+ City Commission field takes shape Last week, incumbent Commissioner Terry Turner announced he would not be seeking re-election. Mayor Suzanne Atwell, the other incumbent holding one of two at-large seats to be filled during the upcoming March election, said she plans to run again.

Meanwhile, the list of challengers grew to four candidates, with Gillespie property owner Linda Holland filing pre-qualification papers to run.

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The first official Thanksgiving Our heritage is important.

It has shaped who we are as a nation and a people. It gives us a foundation and a compass for what we do.

That’s why we often devote this space in the week of Thanksgiving to historical reminders of our past and roots.

Some of you may remember that what follows appeared on this page Nov. 22, 2007. It’s the story of George Washington proclaiming the new nation’s first official Thanksgiving Day:

example, resolved on Nov. 19 that the chaplain ‘to this House, be accordingly requested to perform divine service, and to preach a sermon in the Capitol, before the General Assembly, suitable to the importance and solemnity of the occasion, on the said 26th day of November.’”

Most newspapers printed the proclamation and announced plans for public functions in honor of the day, according to Abbot and Twohig. Many “Our harvest being gotten in, our governor sent four churches celebrated by soliciting men on fowling, that so we might after a special manner donations for the poor. rejoice together after we had gathered the fruit of our The story of the Pilgrims’ first Washington’s secretary, Tobias labors.

Thanksgiving in October 1621 Lear, wrote to John Rodgers, They four in one day killed as much fowl as, with a in Plymouth, Mass., used to pastor of the two Presbyterian little help beside, served the company almost a week. be a history lesson that most churches in New York City, on At which time, amongst other recreations, we exercised Americans learned in elementary Nov. 28, that “by direction of the our arms, many of the Indians coming amongst us, and school.

President of the United States I among the rest their greatest King Massasoit, with some The short version is that have the pleasure to send you $25 ninety men, whom for three days we entertained and thanks to the advice of the Indian to be applied toward relieving feasted, and they went out and killed five deer, which Squanto (use fish as fertilizer), the poor of the Presbyterian they brought to the plantation and bestowed on our the Pilgrims’ corn crop proved Churches. A paragraph in governor, and upon the captain and others. bountiful that fall. So they the papers mentioned that a And although it be not always so plentiful as it was celebrated their first harvest with contribution would be made for this time with us, yet by the goodness of God, we are so feasting, games and prayer, an that purpose on Thanksgiving far from want that we often wish you partakers of our English custom.

Day; as no opportunity offered plenty.”

Edward Winslow, one of the of doing it at that time, and not Edward Winslow, leaders of the Pilgrim settlement knowing into whose hands the Mourt’s Relation, 1622, Plymouth, Mass. at Plymouth, Mass., described money should be lodged which that feast in his diary (see box). might be given afterward … The But less known than the first President of the United States congressional disagreements over the feast, and yet equally important, has directed me to send it to is how the designation of Thanksgiving Day separation of church and state. you, requesting that you will be so good “Why should the president direct the by our first president, George Washington, as to put it into the way of answering people to do what, perhaps, they have no came about. the charitable purpose for which it is mind to do?” Tucker said. “They may not be intended.”

Washington’s proclamation started with inclined to return thanks for a Constitution a proposal in Congress from Rep. Elias Washington enclosed the Thanksgiving until they have experienced that it Boudinot of Burlington, N.J., on Sept. 25, proclamation in his Circular to the promotes their safety and happiness. We do Governors of the States, written Oct. 3, 1789. Boudinot offered a resolution that a joint committee of both Houses be directed not yet know, but they may have reason to 1789, in New York: “I do myself the honor to be dissatisfied with the effects it has already enclose to your Excellency a Proclamation to ask that Washington recommend “to produced; but whether this be so or not, the people of the United States a day of for a general Thanksgiving, which I must it is a business with which Congress have public thanksgiving and prayer to be request the favor of you to have published nothing to do; it is a religious matter, and, observed by acknowledging, with grateful and made known in your State in the way as such, is proscribed to us. hearts, the many signal favors of Almighty and manner that shall be most agreeable to “If a day of thanksgiving must take place, God, especially by affording them an yourself.” let it be done by the authority of the several opportunity peaceably to establish a ••• States,” Tucker said.

Constitution of government for their safety Thanks to little known Rep. Elias But citing the Bible and resolutions of and happiness.”

Boudinot and greater known George the Continental Congress, the proponents The House was not unanimous on Washington, we, as a nation, have this of a Thanksgiving celebration prevailed. the resolution. Historians W. W. Abbot important, lasting tradition.

The Senate also agreed to the resolution, and Dorothy Twohig, in “The Papers of But the story of Washington’s delivering a joint resolution to President George Washington, Presidential Series” Thanksgiving Day proclamation serves Washington on Sept. 28.

(1993), quoted Rep. Aedanus Burke of as another important reminder: of our On Oct. 3, 1789, Washington issued the South Carolina, saying he “did not like nation’s umbilical ties to God. Washington proclamation (see box below), designating this mimicking of European customs, made 12 references to God in his a day of prayer and thanksgiving. where they made a mere mockery of proclamation.

According to historians Abbot and thanksgivings.”

This is our heritage. We are not a secular, Twohig, “Whatever reservations may have Rep. Thomas Tudor Tucker of South God-less nation. And that’s why, on been held by some public officials, the Carolina thought the House had no Thanksgiving Day, so many of us in the USA day was widely celebrated throughout business to interfere in a matter that did happily give thanks to God. not concern it, hinting at one of the earliest the nation. The Virginia assembly, for Happy Thanksgiving.

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THE FIRST OFFICIAL THANKSGIVING: GEORGE WASHINGTON’S 1789 PROCLAMATION WHEREAS it is the duty of all nations to acknowledge the providence of Almighty God, to obey His will, to be grateful for His benefits and humbly to implore His protection and favour; and Whereas both Houses of Congress have, by their joint committee, requested me “to recommend to the people of the United States a DAY OF PUBLICK THANKSGIVING and PRAYER, to be observed by acknowledging with grateful hearts the many and signal favors of Almighty God, especially by affording them an opportunity peaceably to establish a form of government for their safety and happiness:” NOW THEREFORE, I do recommend and assign THURSDAY, the TWENTY-SIXTH DAY of NOVEMBER next, to be devoted by the people of these States to the service of that great and glorious Being who is the beneficent author of all the good that was,

that is, or that will be; that we may then all unite in rendering unto Him our sincere and humble thanks for His kind care and protection of the people of this country previous to their becoming a nation; for the signal and manifold mercies and the favorable interpositions of His providence in the course and conclusion of the late war; for the great degree of tranquility, union and plenty which we have since enjoyed; for the peaceable and rational manner in which we have been enabled to establish Constitutions of government for our sasety and happiness, and particularly the national one now lately instituted; for the civil and religious liberty with which we are blessed, and the means we have of acquiring and diffusing useful knowledge; and, in general, for all the great and various favours which He has been pleased to confer upon us.

And also, that we may then unite in most humbly offering our prayers and

supplications to the great Lord and Ruler of Nations and beseech Him to pardon our national and other transgressions; to enable us all, whether in publick or private stations, to perform our several and relative duties properly and punctually; to render our National Government a blessing to all the people by constantly being a Government of wise, just and constitutional laws, discreetly and faithfully executed and obeyed; to protect and guide all sovereigns and nations (especially such as have shewn kindness unto us); and to bless them with good governments, peace and concord; to promote the knowledge and practice of true religion and virtue, and the increase of science among them and us; and, generally to grant unto all mankind such a degree of temporal prosperity as he alone knows to be best.

GIVEN under my hand, at the city of New York, the third day of October, in the year of our Lord, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-nine.

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by Terry A. Gans | Guest Columnist

The education of a commissioner There are two questions people ask over and over: “Is it what you expected?”

“Do you enjoy being a commissioner?”

The answer to the first is easy. Hal Lenobel’s decision to resign after long and iconic service was relatively sudden. B.J. Webb’s decision not to seek the position also came a few days before applications were due, and she had been my choice.

Everything happened so quickly that there were no expectations. Seemingly, in one moment I had applied, and the next I was been sworn in. Gans It was a bit stunning.

I had attended enough meetings and work sessions over the past few years that the fact there was time required and some level of preparation was not a surprise. Now, threeplus months have gone by and the amount of meeting time, homework, time with staff and the town manager, reading and responding to communications from residents is something I learned about only from experiencing it. To do the job properly is a big commitment.

As far as enjoyment, that is a fac-

LETTERS TO THEEDITOR + I consider this election a win for the people Dear Editor: I must comment on your editorial of Nov. 15.

“Liberty lost, Statism (whatever that is) won.”

My perception of the national election, which your paper ignores (except in editorial form), is that the following won: women’s reproductive rights, separation of church and state, equal rights for minorities (LGBT’s); preservation of public broadcasting; Planned Parenthood;

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tor — again — of trying to do the job properly, as well as the extreme comfort of knowing that a commissioner is not flying solo. A vote is certainly a solitary action. But the discussion that helps form decisions, the staff work and the town counsel guidance explaining background and options and the testimony from the public, all help provide the basis for the resulting vote and decision. Enjoyment, satisfaction, fulfillment — call it what you will — are results from putting in the effort and deliberating together to come up with what you believe to be the best decision for Longboat Key. In the interim, between being sworn in in July and the first meeting in September, the town’s department heads were generous in explaining and showing the newbie commissioner how Longboat functions on a daily basis. The commissioners, the town manager, sometimes the town attorney and the planning director get the press coverage, but there are scores of people putting in skill and effort to see that things flow smoothly. They do their job so well that most of the time we have no idea they are

FEMA; affordable access to health care (a right rather that a privilege); Medicare as we know and love; and a rational next Supreme Court nominee.

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+ Why not a toll to use Gulf of Mexico Drive?

Dear Editor: Graham Forbes recently submitted a letter on the high traffic patterns on Gulf of Mexico Drive; the danger created by the excessive speeds on this road for Longboat Key as a retirement community; and the use of GMD by a high percentage of the traffic as a “cut through/ short cut” from Sarasota to spots in the Bradenton area. I have been a neighbor of Graham’s for several years and completely understand

doing it.

It’s an obvious example, but when we turn the tap on the faucet, we do not think twice as to whether water will flow or how it gets to us. But a lot of people do, and they provide us the comfort of taking many of the conveniences of daily life for granted.

There are many issues facing Longboat Key. Time doesn’t stand still and the challenges keep coming. To list only a few: The Colony; The Key Club; Whitney Plaza; pensions and the unfunded pension liabilities; cellular service; infrastructure; comprehensive planning and zoning review, beaches; the balance of residential, tourism and commercial. We are not a single-issue town, and each issue must be addressed with full public participation and in accordance with laws and regulations. As a member of the audience, at times “solutions” seemed temptingly simple. Guess again, commissioner, guess again.

Terry Gans was selected to fill outgoing Commissioner Hal Lenobel’s seat in July after Lenobel resigned.

Gans is running against Irwin Pastor in the March general election to fill the remainder of Lenobel’s term, which expires in March 2014.

and support his commentary and the need for some solution. I would add that perhaps another solution might be the use of reduced speed limits, at least during the day from 6 a.m. util 6 p.m., or perhaps to impose a “toll” for non-Longboat Key residents not in possession of an appropriate permit for access (similar to the bridge charge imposed by Boca Grande for access to the island). I am suggesting to create a hassle factor to use GMD and thereby reduce the daily traffic from cut-through and truck traffic and to ideally make for a safer travel experience on Longboat Key, whether you are traveling by car, foot or bike.

I believe some correction is needed before our new season gets under way.

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Nov. 8 Past the expiration date 10:30 p.m. — St. Armands. Traffic Violation. A man said that he was coming home from work and didn’t know that his headlight was out when police stopped him. Police gave him a citation for an expired tag and a written warning for the headlight.

Running on empty

Corner Nov. 12 Reel it in for the night 11:39 p.m. — 700 block of Linley St. Parking. Police told two men fishing off a boat ramp that they weren’t allowed to park in a nearby area past 10 p.m. The men said they had lost track of time and agreed to leave.

11:14 p.m. — 4200 block of GMD. Traffic Violation. Police spotted several open containers of alcohol within the driver’s reach after pulling over a man whose car had a broken taillight.

The cans were empty and warm to the touch. The man received a written warning for the taillight.

reported that two emblems from the rear tires of his car have gone missing over the past week, but nothing else has been removed from the vehicle.

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turn OF EVENTS 8:29 a.m. — 500 block of Lyons Lane.

Civil Disturbance. A fuel truck turned around in a man’s driveway , caused the driveway to crack and left behind tire tracks. The man spoke to the driver and reported that he was short with him.

1:57 p.m. — Penfield Street and General Harris Street. Suspicious Circumstance. A woman reported a suspicious red vehicle driving down the street. It turned out to be an FP&L vehicle. The employee driving it was exchanging meter boxes.

Community strife

Nov. 10

10:36 a.m. — 3300 block of GMD. Civil Disturbance. A man threatened to have the board of his condominium arrested for moving his property from a community storage facility and to sue the board president and the board if his vehicle were damaged by a renovation the board approved. The board president reported the incident on the advice of the board’s attorney. She also reported that the man’s daughter glared at her throughout the meeting.

Missing emblems 12:02 p.m. — 4400 block of Exeter Drive. Suspicious Circumstance. A man

Source of the leak 8:11 a.m. — 700 block of Penfield St. Gas Leak. Police contacted firefighters, who deployed fuel-absorbent buoys around a boat to contain leaked fuel.

Bothersome bark 9:08 p.m. — 500 block of Gunwale Lane. Animal Nuisance. A woman called police about her neighbor’s barking dog. Police heard the dog barking intermittently and saw a black dog inside the home but could not make contact with the owner. They left a note stating the dog was bothering neighbors.

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The bell dated back to 1854 and came Here’s what we’re most thankful for at the from a U.S. tugboat.

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The Miller family purchased it at a govYou tell us your stories, smile for our pho- ernment surplus sale and used it to call the tos and let us know what’s on your mind family to dinner. In 1955, they placed it on with your letters and web comments. top of the Cannons Marina building.

So, in honor of Turkey Day, we slow days, customers would be LONGBOAT On share with you some of our favorite greeted with a sign stating: “Ring the LORE Thanksgiving stories from past edibell for service.” tions of the Longboat Observer.

But on Thanksgiving Day in 2000, an unknown person climbed up the … roof and stole the Cannons’ clinger.

The owner of the old Tru-Value Cannons owner David Miller said Hardware Store on Longboat brought a bird at the time that the bell had value only to the home on the day before Thanksgiving in family. And Cannons made it clear it wasn’t 1980 — but it wasn’t destined for the oven. harboring any grudges in a prepared stateMrs. Bertie Roan, owner of the old hard- ment that showed the spirit of the season: ware store, thought a man was joking when “We hope that wherever the bell ends up he pulled up in the parking lot and said: (although taken in an unjust manner), it will “Pardon me, lady, but what is the chicken bring the happiness to others that Cannons doing in your parking lot?” remembers.”

Sure enough, there was a chicken cluck... ing around. Roan and her daughter, Brenda, On this day: Who is the sexiest man alive chased the chicken down and built a cage on Longboat Key? We can’t answer that for it out of, you guessed it, chicken wire.

The next day, on Thanksgiving, they dis- question. Fortunately, People magazine ancovered a big reddish-brown egg in the cage. swered it for us in its November 1998 “SexiThe Roans were left wondering how the est Man Alive” issue.

Harrison Ford made the cover that year, chicken made its way to the property. Still, at least they didn’t have a chicken-and-egg but Longboater Mark Philippoussis, the Aussituation. Clearly, the chicken came before tralian-born son of a Greek father and Italian mother, was named one of the world’s sexithe egg this time. est shortly after he lost the U.S. Open to fel… low Aussie Patrick Rafter.

The following note was left at the front Sorry, Longboat ladies: Manatee County desk of the Longboat Observer after Thanks- property records show that he sold the last giving 1997: of his Hideaway Bay property in 2000.

“Rumor has it there was a loud splash as Channing Tatum is currently the sexiest one very burned turkey hit the canal on St. man alive, according to this week’s People, Judes due to (a) spouse falling asleep while on newsstands now.

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Kosher Thanksgiving on Lido Beach — takes place from 1 to 4 p.m. at the Lido Beach Pavilion.

The kosher meal will be accompanied by Jewish prayers and music and will be led by Rabbi Lazer Rivkin. Cost is $5 per person; $10 per family. For reservations, contact Congregation Aryeh Yehuda at 536-6636.

Sunday, Nov. 25

Beach Market at Coquina Beach — takes place from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at 1504 Gulf Drive, Bradenton Beach. Singer, songwriter and entertainer Karen Greenley will perform at the event, which also features fresh produce, arts and crafts, jewelry, local artists and more. Call 518-4431.

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Longboat Key Center for the Arts 60th Anniversary Celebration

Sunday, Dec. 2

What: The Longboat Key Center for the Arts, a Division of Ringling College of Art and Design, will celebrate its 60th birthday and receive a proclamation from the town in honor of the occasion.

The event will also feature the exhibit “The Journey is the Treasure,” by Lloyd Alexander. RSVP to 3832345 or lbkca@ringling.edu.

Sea Lion Soiree — takes place from 7 to 11 p.m. at Mote Marine Aquarium, 1600 Ken Thompson Parkway. The adult-only dance and cocktail event will celebrate the upcoming “Sea Lions: On the Water’s Edge” exhibit that opens Dec. 1 at Mote. Cost is $60. Make reservations at more.org/sealionsoiree.

Beth Israel Women Holiday Happenings — takes place from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Temple Beth Israel, 567 Bay Isles Road. The festival will include See’s Candies, babkas, hot dogs, orchids and more. Call 383-3428.

Wednesday, Dec. 5

Longboat Key Republican Club Christmas Party — takes place at 6 p.m. at Sarasota Yacht Club, 1100 John Ringling Blvd.

Dinner begins at 7 p.m. Cost is $30. Consider bringing a toy for a disadvantaged child. RSVP at SarasotaRepublicanClub.com or call Donna Arenschield at 3125279 or Phyllis Black at 3832567.

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Introduction to Swingolf — takes place from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the Longboat Key Education

Join us on November 28 as Mark Larsen of the American Association of Wartime Veterans presents a special seminar on Veterans Benefits.

If you are a veteran, or the spouse of a veteran, find out if you qualify for the many benefits that can help you with housing, healthcare and finances associated with assisted living. Also learn about the long-term care benefits that provide for assisted living and skilled nursing.

When: 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.

Friday, Nov. 30 Where: Longboat Key Center for the Arts, 6860 Longboat Drive S. Center, 5370 Gulf of Mexico Drive. Improve you golf game and learn to play safely with Swingolf creator Les Bolland. Cost is $40 for members; $45 for non-members. Call 383-8811.

34th annual Holiday Night of Lights — takes place at 6 p.m. at St. Armands Circle Park. The event begins with a Christmas carol sing-along, followed by a parade, the arrival of Santa Claus in his sleigh and a tree-lighting ceremony. Holiday entertainment and store specials will follow. Call 388-1554.

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Samuel Loshaek, 88, of Longboat Key, died Nov. 7.

Formerly of Chicago, he earned his Ph.D. in chemistry from the University of Wisconsin at Madison.

Dr. Loshaek was known as a brilliant inventor who had a remarkable ability to focus on the essentials and to analyze all possible outcomes and then choose the best one. He held 40 patents and led research and development teams at Borden Chemical and Wesley-Jessen, for which he invented an unsurpassed soft-colored contact lens that changed eye color Loshaek and catapulted the company to a major position in the industry.

Dr. Loshaek was a lifelong avid tennis player. He loved music, especially the Motown oldies. He is remembered for his clever, dry wit and sunny smile that lit up his entire face, along with his kindness, generosity, integrity, caring presence, wisdom and loving advice.

Dr. Loshaek is survived by his wife of 32 years, Risé; four daughters; five grandchildren; one greatgranddaughter; a sister; four sisters-in-law; and many nieces and nephews.

A private memorial service will be held. In lieu of flowers, donate to your favorite charity.

Robert Steichen

Robert Steichen, 77, of Longboat Key, died Nov. 12.

He was a charter member of St. Mary, Star of the Sea, Catholic Church.

A memorial Mass will take place at 11 a.m. Dec. 1, at St. Mary, Star of the Sea, Catholic Church, 4280 Gulf of Mexico Drive.

Griffith-Cline Funeral Home is responsible for arrangements.

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+ Sally and Sam Shapiro Day honors couple’s contributions

+ Owl pair seldom seen, often heard

Hear ye, hear ye.

Sarasota Mayor Suzanne Atwell has proclaimed that Nov. 11 be known as Sally and Sam Shapiro Day. Atwell made the proclamation at a “get acquainted” dinner at the Longboat Key Club and Resort in honor of the Longboat Key couple’s seed money donation for a new, 12,000-square-foot Sarasota County Children’s Health Center. Since their donation, Sarasota County, the Selby Foundation and Betty Schoenbaum have stepped up with additional funds.

The Sally and Sam Shapiro Babies’ and Children’s Medical Center is now two-thirds funded and could break ground as early as late 2013.

Nighttime at Plymouth Harbor has been a real hoot lately.

That’s because a pair of great-horned owls seem to have been roosting in the banyan tree at the northeast corner of the building for the past two weeks.

Plymouth Harbor resident and photographer Dr. Lou Newman, who is known for his bird expertise, reports that the pair is hard to see some days, but by night, residents hear lots of hooting.

+ Johnson wins top honors for Key photos Longboat Key photographer Mary Lou Johnson won first place at Saturday’s Sarasota Bay Water Festival for her photo, “Mystic Morning,” that she took early on a foggy morning on the north end of Longboat Key. Johnson also won third place for another picture taken on Longboat Key, “Entrance to God’s Morning.”

Courtesy of Mary Lou Johnson

All Angels by the Sea

Growing in Jesus’ Name The Reverend Dr. Bruce Porter Sunday Service 10:00AM

The Episcopal Church on Longboat Key

563 Bay Isles Road, Longboat Key

Sermon “What’s the Point”

All are welcome. Please join us in worship!

Sunday Services

383-8161

8:00 a.m and 10:00 a.m.

The Rev. David L. Danner, D. Min., Rector

Sunday Worship 10 a.m.

On the Circle

941-388-1234

Contemporary Service of Joy • 9:00 a.m.

Sunday School (Youth & Adult) • 10:12 a.m.

Traditional Worship Celebration • 11:00 a.m.

The Reverend Mark A. Bernthal

The LORD’S WAREHOUSE Thrift Shop Open Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday

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St. Mary, Star of the Sea,

Temple Beth Israel

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Come to Pinebrook Ironwood Golf Club where we have an excellent selection of quality rental sets at an affordable price.

We also have Juniors!

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40 North Adams Drive

Sunday Worship Schedule

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Saturday: 5:00 PM Sunday: 8:30 AM & 10:30 AM Daily Monday-Friday: 9:00 AM Confession before all weekend Masses Msgr. Gerard Finegan, Pastor

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Courtesy of Dr. Lou Newman

One of Plymouth Harbor’s great-horned owls

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ROGER SELLS RITZ TOWER RESIDENCES

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$1,695,000

3 bedrooms

3 baths

Enjoy stunning sunsets from nearly every room in this exquisite residence at the Ritz-Carlton Tower Residences. Stylishly furnished with access to the spacious terrace from every room. Life at the Ritz-Carlton is the epitome of luxury living.

Privileged residents appreciate first-rate amenities and 24-hour concierge service.

Includes 2 premium parking spaces.

BAY ISLES

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LONGBOAT BAYSIDE OPEN HOUSE

3386bayoulane.com This 4,500+ sq. ft. home overlooks the lakes on Harbourside Golf Course. $868,000

grandbay446.com Relish Gulf sunsets and wonderful vistas of the twinkling lights of downtown. Walk-in, fall in love and move right in. $1,495,000

sandspoint116.com Gorgeous, direct Gulf views from this completely updated 2BR beachfront residence. Furnished. $1,295,000

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535sanctuarydrivea603.com Southern corner with a huge wraparound terrace! City, golf course, and Gulf vistas. One covered parking space. $949,000 535Sanctuarydrive203.com This 3BR/3BA is light and bright. Includes one covered parking space. $799,000

510puttinggreenlane.com This 3BR home is on the sunny southern side of Putting Green Lane. Furnished. $779,000 1111bogeylane.com Charming 4BR/3BA on an over-sized corner lot with direct access to Sarasota’s open bay. $730,000

280northshoreroad9.com Direct Gulf front, beach home in a private community. Indoor swimming pool, elevator and a short walk to the beach. $1,095,000

SEAPLACE

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seaplaceg8301.com Spacious corner residence. Light and bright with plenty of winter sunsets. Located in the popular G-8 building. $609,000 seaplacem1313.com Lovely, renovated 2BR/2BA with sunset Gulf views. Covered parking. Furnished. $449,000 seaplaceg1211.com Spacious 2BR/2BA with separate upstairs living area. Light and bright and literally steps sandcay220.com to the beach. Furnished. $349,000 Two bedroom Gulf view residence with multi-year rental history. Fully furnished with seaplaceg4204.com on-site rental program. $349,000 Terrific value, this 2BR is located in the popular G-4 building. $299,000 BEACH HARBOR CLUB seaplaceg3205.com Recently updated 2BR/2BA beach retreat. New beachharborclub101.com master bath, newer carpet. Turnkey furnished, An ideal retreat or investment property with its own private beach access, heated pool and ready for your personal touches. Just steps to the Gulf shore. $289,000 wonderful clubhouse. $249,000

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beachplace7-103.com Light and bright 2BR/2BA with convenient walk-down to the beach. Turnkey furnished.

2 parking spaces. $519,000 beachplace3-303.com Drenched in sun, this southern-facing 2BR/2BA has views of the Gulf and pool.

Under-building parking space. $499,000

LONGBOAT HARBOUR TOWERS

casadelmar5b.com Wonderful beach getaway or investment property. Charming 2BR/2BA garden unit, longboatharbourtowers1101.com Direct Gulf, 2BR/2BA penthouse has stunning turnkey furnished. Just steps to the white sandy beaches. $285,000 views from nearly every room. Updated and redesigned. $625,000

Roger has listed and sold more than $1 billion in local property.

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Grand Bay residents mingle at welcome back homecoming.

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Tangerine Bay Club condo sells for $1,275,000.

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GOURMET DAY

See this week’s weather photo contest winner.

by Rachel S. O’Hara | Staff Photographer

Photos by Rachel S. O’Hara

Gosette Whiteneck, Edith Barr Dunn, Susan Randall and Norah Browne make sure guests have the chance to participate in the 50/50 raffle.

Linda Jackson, Rosie and Steve Petty and Steve Jackson show off their Kiwanis Club of Longboat Key trays.

The Kiwanis Club of Longboat Key hosted its Gourmet Lawn Party Saturday, Nov. 17, at the Longboat Key Club and Resort.

Twenty-eight restaurants from Sarasota, St. Armands, Longboat Key and Bradenton Beach participated in the event, and Blues Pig played live music.

Mark Johnson won $1,200 in the 50/50 raffle, and town employees Sandi Henley, Jo Ann Mixon, Rita Mazza and Traci Moore won the $20,000 raffle prize.

Joseph Casadio, of 15 South, serves octopus salad to attendees.

Mallory Sturm, 4, has fun putting.

Erika Matheis, Lynn Heuston, Snookie Register and Brenda and Weldon Frost

Jo Ann Mixon and Sandi Henley celebrate after winning $20,000 in the raffle.

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Top 1% Producer in Real Estate Sales for Sarasota & Manatee County!

real estate | transactions

By Adam Hughes | Research Editor

REID MURPHY Tangerine Bay Club condo Luxury on the Water sells for $1,275,000

Call Reid Today!

941.232.3304

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LIGHTHOUSE POINT VILLA Behind the gates of exclusive Longboat Key Club Islandside!

Exquisite 5,000 sq. ft. 5BR custom home behind the gates on a peaceful lagoon w/ boat dock. $4,150,000

The following residential real-estate transactions took place between Nov. 5 and Nov. 9.

A condominium in Tangerine Bay Club tops all transactions in this week’s real estate. Elaine Hargarten, of Fairfax Station, Va., sold her Unit 131 condominium at 340 Gulf of Mexico Drive to David Weinstein and Clare Villari, of Newton, Mass., for $1,275,000. Built in 1991, it has three bedrooms, four baths and 2,513 square

feet of living area. It previously sold for $1.26 million in 2010.

Seaplace

Murray and Claire Brinn sold their Unit G6-101-B condominium at 1955 Gulf of Mexico Drive to Phillip and Almedie Knight, of Crestwood, Ky., for $323,000.

Built in 1978, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 1,492 square feet of living area.

It previously sold for $92,500 in 1978.

BUILDING PERMITS

OPEN HOUSE SUNDAY 1 - 4pm

These are the largest building permits issued by the Longboat Key Planning and Zoning Department for the week of Nov. 9 through Nov. 15, in order of dollar amounts. (GMD = Gulf of Mexico Drive)

$8,900,000

MEDITTERANEAN BAYFRONT ESTATE $8,700,000 5BR 10,000 sq. ft. masterpiece. Views plus dock.

BAYFRONT POINT 4BR ESTATE $8,400,000 One private acre+ separate guest house. Boat docks.

EXQUISITE BEACH ESTATE $6,895,000 Gulfront 3BR home plus 3BR guesthouse & tropical pool.

TROPICAL BEACH PARADISE One acre estate. 4,000 sq. ft. 4BR home.

OLD FLORIDA CHARM BAYSIDE $3,250,000 4,400 SF home w/ open views, dock & private beach.

$4,550,000

GATED BAYFRONT ESTATE $2,850,000 4BR home w/billiard room, pool, dock & views of the city lights.

Permit Applicant Amount Interior Joanne Brooks $208,000 Re-roof Privateer Condo Association $66,998 Re-roof Privateer Condo Association $62,923 Electric Paul White $56,100 Door and window Douglas Barber $28,400 Glass door Charles Lefferson $13,149 Shutters and windows David Noble $12,290.55 Garage Stephen Kring $12,000 Shutters Robert Vorel Jr. $9,028.62 Re-roof Michael Convey $5,755 Re-roof Valerie Pickar $5,755 Window Francis Scardino $5,635 Overhang Diocese of Venice $5,000 Pool deck James Bearden $4,500 Window and door Frank Kaman $4,442 Interior wall Med Plaza Ltd. $4,200 Window Roger Goldstein $2,390 Pool Leah McCoy-Soderblom $2,300 Dock Gailyn Larsen $2,138

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Address 5757 GMD 1000 Longboat Club Road 1050 Longboat Club Road 771 Old Compass Road

3580 Fair Oaks Lane 4401 GMD

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Construction & Design RITZ CARLTON TOWER RESIDENCE $2,595,000 Southeast corner 10th floor 3,750 SF. Incredible bay views.

GRAND MARINER BAYSIDE $1,700,000 to $2,400,000 Luxury 3,200 - 3,600 SF 3BR condos with boat docks.

SABAL COVE LAKEFRONT $1,695,000 4BR w/first level master suite. Bay Isles w/deeded beach.

DREAM ISLAND ROAD $1,625,000 4BR canal home on sailboat water w/dock & lift.

HARBOUR VILLA CLUB CONDOS $465,000 & $495,000 Bayside 2BR/2BA penthouses w/ stunning views & dock.

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ORCHID BEACH GULF FRONT CONDO $2,595,000 Spectacular seventh floor corner 3BR 3,600 sq. ft.

Providing design services for Interiors, Kitchens & Baths

LeeHeineman.com

4134 Gulf of Mexico Dr. #206A

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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 2012

GOURMET LAWN PARTY CONTINUED FROM page 1B

by Robin Hartill | City Editor

Sarasota Bay Watch founder Rusty Chinnis, center, with Harry’s Continental Kitchens co-owners Harry and Lynn Christensen

Mark Johnson shouted, “Show me the money!” as he claimed his $1,200 raffle prize.

Irwin and Pat Kaplan

Sarasota Bay Watch volunteer Ronda Ryan works the raffle ticket table.

Sarasota Bay Watch gets wave of support

Robert and Miriam Vonk

Photos by Robin Hartill

Bryce Hurley gives his daughter, Eden, 4, a ride on his shoulders.

P.J. and Chris Smargisso, of Banana Cabana Angela, David and Lea Thierman Sue Stephen and Christine Olson

Talk to Tina Today - Longboat Key’s International Connection

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Michael Saunders & Company Cathy C. Meldahl P.A. Licensed Real Estate Broker

Updated Penthouse

Dazzling Bay views highlight this inviting 2BR/2BA with completely private terrace, nicely remodeled kitchen & bath.

Enjoy the ultimate carefree lifestyle in this gated community with incredible amenities. Offered at $379,900

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Kathy Gricius, Jason Drabant, 4, and Leah Drabant

Longboat Key Realty

Tina Rudek -

595 Bay Isles Road, Suite 120 E, Longboat Key GRI, TRC, CPC • 941-920-0303 • Tina@LBKRealEstate.com

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Longboat Key Chamber of Commerce President Tom Aposporos and Vice Mayor David Brenner

Sarasota Bay Watch made a splash Wednesday, Nov. 14, at Harry’s Continental Kitchens, with 59 people attending the group’s wine-tasting fundraiser.

The group is also making a splash in the bay. The week prior, it released more than 4 million juvenile scallops and is planning an even larger release in the coming weeks.

The next Harry’s wine tasting will take place from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 16, and will raise money for Save Our Seabirds.

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BUSINESSOBSERVER

Happy Thanksgiving

By Robin Hartill | City Editor

Ian Addy & Gail Wittig

+ Moore’s Stone Crab Restaurant and Marina celebrates 45 years

94575

www.WagnerRealty.com Call 941-383-5577

240 Sands Point Road #4307 | Longboat Key Club & Resort | $1,195,000 601 Longboat Club Road # S303 | Longboat Key Towers | $769,000

AMI Outfitters opened in October in the historic Sears Cottage at 505 Pine Ave., on Anna Maria Island.

The men’s clothing store provides gear for kayaking, fishing and Nordic-walking with a focus on sustainable clothing, such as bamboo/organic-cotton blends from TASC. It also carries some women’s clothing and accessories, such as Nomadic Traders and ChicoBags.

Owner Steve Traves began his career in retail as the manager of Mountain People, in Idyllwild, Calif., which grew to become the Eagle Creek travel gear company.

The Cortez resident went on to enjoy a 30-year career in architectural and outdoor photography before semi-retiring from photography and multimedia development and returning to retail.

FIND YOUR LITTLE PIECE OF PARADISE in this charming 1/1 home in Gulf Shores.

Affordable living, offering beach & bay access, boat slips and more. Minutes to world class shopping and dining.

Kelly Belisle #M5829396 $99,000

WATER VIEWS from this 2BR/2BA TKF condo. Updtd kitchen, W/D, new A/C June 2012, 2 pools, tennis & beach access. $12 a month for boat slip. Pets OK. Seller to pay 1 year main. fee from date of closing.

Dorothy Cook $249,000 #A3939881

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Cannons Marina won its 14th Admiral’s Circle Award from Grady-White Boats.

The award is given to dealerships that achieve a substantial amount in retail sales for the model year while also achieving customer satisfaction index scores of more than 9.25 on a 10-point scale.

“We are so honored to receive an award like this,” said David Miller, owner of Cannons Marina, in a prepared statement. “It just proves that we’re doing a good job. We love what we do and enjoy coming into work every day. We make sure that we give our customers the best service possible and offer them the best products available, like Grady-White.”

5360 Gulf of Mexico Dr., Suite 101, Longboat Key

210 Sands Point Road #1103 | Longboat Key | 1,100,000

+ Cannons Marina receives its 14th Admiral’s Circle Award

912 Boulevard of the Arts | Condo on the Bay | $795,000

WWW. ATHOMESARASOTA.COM 8347 Midnight Pass Road | Siesta Key | $4,490,000

Moore’s Stone Crab Restaurant turns 45 Wednesday, Nov. 21.

That might not sound that old, especially on Longboat Key. But the restaurant at 800 Broadway is the oldest restaurant on the island that is still under original ownership.

To celebrate, the restaurant will offer throwback prices to the 1970s for all-you-can-eat stone crab, along with select other meals beginning Nov. 26 and continuRobin Hartill ing for two weeks, although exact Moore’s co-owner Alan prices haven’t been set.

Moore; not pictured: In honor of its birthday, the co-owners Robert Hicks and Paul Moore restaurant recently gave its dining room a makeover with fresh paint, carpet work and new stone crab and sea turtle wall-hangings.

Co-owner Alan Moore reports that the first month-and-ahalf of this year’s stone crab season has been good.

“It’s very good,” he said. “It’s much better than last year.”

WAGNER REALTY

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941.387.0100

Michael Saunders & Company Licensed Real Estate Broker

440 Gulf of Mexico Dr., Longboat Key, FL 34228 GailWittig@michaelsaunders.com

• Leading Specialists at Longboat Key Club & Resort • 61+ Years of Combined Real Estate Sales Experience

ATTRACTIVELY FURNISHED in light colors. 2BR/2BA w/beautiful water views from LR, BR and balcony. Updated kitchen w/built-in desk, guest BR/den, pools, tennis, marinas. 2 pets OK. Dorothy Cook #A3968087 $255,000

• Team Sales Exceed $195 Million Since 2005 • 2010 & 2011 Top Sales Team Michael Saunders & Company, Longboat Key

Barbara Milian, Ian Addy PA, Gail Wittig

CONRAD BEACH Incredible opportunity to own 2 adjoining lots west of Gulf of Mexico Drive. Conrad Beach boasts timeless architecture, com. pool & clubhouse. Purchase separately or w/M5815731.

Peter Uliano $260,000 #M5815734

We invite you to take advantage of our team’s experience and allow us the opportunity to present you with a complimentary BEAUTIFUL WHITNEY BEACH Gulf to Bay community. Nice, bright 2BR/2BA, upstairs end unit with pool & peek-a-boo water views. Walking distance to the beach, shopping and dining.

Kelly Belisle $270,000 #M5832469

market analysis of your property.

2BR/2BA designer furnished, boat docks, beach cabana, pets welcome. A must see.

Great complex, shows like a model. Best value on LBK. Hurry!

Marc Turner $399,000 #A3926740

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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 2012

by Yaryna Klimchak | Staff Writer

Grand Bay celebrates residents’ return Rampart Properties sponsored this year’s Grand Bay welcomeback party Monday, Nov. 12, at the Grand Bay clubhouse. More than 100 residents attended the party, during which they caught up over wine, cocktails and appetizers.

Bill Lutes, Brooke Nelson, Ryan Osburn, Patti DuBuque and Kathy Podolsky Photos by Yaryna Klimchak

David and Ellen Flatow with Simon Glatz

Sandi Weaver and Stuart Scheyer

Riftka Glatz, Hilda Kesten and Jill Colton

Jim Wright with Nancy and Bush Abrams

John and Pat Castell

Aaron Cushman, Vacys Garbonkus and Joe Williams

It’s stIll Mrs. rogers’

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MOULTON Certified Residential Specialist

Grande Dame of Real Estate 39 Years of Experience

Michael Saunders & Company Licensed Real Estate Broker

Advising, Buying, and Selling with a Personal Touch!

941.284.7373 annetterogers@michaelsaunders.com

Michael Saunders & Company,

BIRD KEY - Custom 2001 built 3,500sf bay front home, top of the line throughout. A3963202 $2,575,000

WATER CLuB - Coveted southern exposure 3,000sf furnished residence w/city view. A3919693 $2,495,000

ST. ARMANDS TOWERS - Sophisticated furnished 3BR Penthouse. A3953612 $1,695,000

COuNTRY CLuB SHORES - Canal front 3,300sf 4BR new construction residence. A3958487 $1,395,000

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THE GRANDE - Exquisitely appointed Gulf front 3BR Penthouse w/ private garage. A3955033 $1,950,000

PAMPER YOURSELF and live on the beach at the Beach Residences, a Ritz Carlton managed property. This 4100+ sf residence has 3 bedrooms, a family room, formal living room and dining room. It is exquisitely finished and decorated and has remarkable views of the Gulf, the Bay, and downtown Sarasota.....................................................Furnished $3,895,000 WINDWARD BAY - Penthouse with amazing bay views, tennis, 2 pools, boat docks, deeded beach access. 2 pets allowed .............................................................................................................................................................................$249,000 MARINA AND BAY VIEWS at Bay Harbour on the south end of LBK – just minutes to St. Armand’s Circle. 2/2 with screened porch ...................................................................................................................................................................................$275,000 WhItNEY BEAch - a 1/1 with views of Bishops Bayou. Beach, bay, tennis, boat docks, fishing pier. Pets allowed.....$225,000 BRADEN RIVER - 1/2 acre lot with majestic oaks and stately palms on the river. Build your dream home or vacation home and enjoy a relaxed lifestyle kayaking, canoeing, or fishing. This unique location is secluded yet minutes from shopping and dining............................................................................................................................................................................. $95,000 LONG BEAch - 2 charming homes in historic Longboat Village. This is truly a family neighborhood in walking distance to the Art Center, beach, fishing pier and restaurants................................................................. $395,000 and $399,000 BLAcKBURN POINt WOODS - Beautifully appointed maintenance free 4/3 villa with its own pool in an attractive neighborhood close to Casey Key. Amenities include tennis, community pool and clubhouse. .........................................$374,500 BAYFRONt cONDO ON LBK - 2/2 immaculate condo in a community that offers 2 pools, tennis, fitness, clubhouse, docks and deeded beach access. Furnished. Pet friendly. ................................................................................................ $259,000 BEAch hARBOR cLUB - This 2/2 condo has been exquisitely renovated with new kitchen, new baths, new flooring, new windows. Beach to bay community located mid-key offers a pool, clubhouse & boat docks. Furnished. ....... $265,000 BOBBIE BANAN, REALTOR® 356-2659 • 383-2659

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LONGBOAT KEY TOWERS harming Elegance with Breathtaking Gulf, Bay and City Views from this 3BD/3BA Penthouse residence. This was the home of Mr. Arthur Ferrante of Ferrante & Teicher fame now being sold by his wife. Soaring ceilings, open floor plan and oversized windows welcome the sun and the sea. $2,175,000

BIRD KEY - Direct Bayfront home with fabulous Northwest views. This 3BD/2.5BA home flows seamlessly from room to room. Spacious kitchen w/family room and fireplace. 102 feet of recently reinforced seawall, with dock and 10,000 lb. lift. $1,600,000.

GRAND BAY - Enjoy expansive views across Sarasota Bay all the way to downtown Sarasota from this elegant 3BR/3.5BA furnished condominium residence. This custom home, on the market for the very first time, has been tastefully decorated and the two covered parking spaces right next to the elevator are an added bonus! $1,499,000

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PLAYERS CLUB Fabulous Gulf views with endless winter sunsets from this 2BD/2BA furnished condominium with courtyard entry and additional storage. $575,000

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SHOP ’TIL YOU DROP

by Rachel S. O’Hara | Staff Photographer

Leila and Leslie Dubow bought a coffee cake, chocolate sauce and strawberry jelly.

Mary McGrath, Carol Fischbein, Eileen Devine and Jan Davin

St. Mary annual bazaar brings holiday cheer

Esther Cook, Linda Dunaway and Dionne Reinert

Jeanne Kozlowski and Fran Hall

Shoppers stocked up on holiday items at the St. Mary, Star of the Sea, Catholic Church annual Holiday Bazaar Saturday, Nov. 17, at the church. The bazaar featured decorations, treats, clothing, jewelry and more.

Photos by Rachel S. O’Hara

Donna Leuchter sells pumpkin bread.

Barry Napiecek and David Carter work at the Men’s Club raffle table.

DOWNTOWN W/DIRECT BAY VIEWS! 3-4Br/3Ba/2CG w/pvt elevator, detailed & high ceil, crown molding, marble, builtins, gas fp, granite, imported cabinets, MBa w/jetted tub & bidet, state-of-theart sys, 2 balconies in secure bldg w/ amenities! MLS#A3943537 $1,369,000

Gloria Lionetti, Madeline Raftery, Kimmy Hartigan and Sandy Finnegan serve coffee and donuts.

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WATERFRONT PRESERVE VIEWS Luxurious 3Br/3Ba/1CG w/tray ceil., crown moldings, furn quality cabinets, custom tile, granite, pvt elevator, svc entrance, covered and screened balcony w/sunsets, furn is negotiable in gated golf comm. w/ amenities! MLS#A3949944 $285,000

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MANOR IN THE OAKS BAYSIDE! Over 4,300SF, 4-5Br/4Ba w/formal Lr, sep Dr, gourmet kitch., morning rm, study, fitness ctr & theatre rm seating 8, private picturesque grounds & time honored quality w/ fine finishes & custom details in gated CC comm.! MLS#A3963302 $1,295,000

LAKE & GOLF COURSE VIEWS 3+Br/3.5Ba/2CG, custom wood details, crown moldings, built-ins, wood flrs, diagonal tile, granite fp, wood cabinets, Corian, SS appls., surround sound, central vac, jetted pool, open-air porches, option of Oaks Membership! MLS#A3961057 $750,000

FURN W/PANORAMIC BAY VIEWS Downtown 2-3Br/2Ba/1CG w/faux & artisan finishes, crown moldings, wood cabinets, ceramic tile, granite, plantation shutters, walk-in closets, open-air balcony & pvt laundry in secure building w/ amenities! MLS#A3929596 $450,000

MODERN DOWNTOWN BAY FRONT! 2Br/2Ba/1CG w/marble, granite, Corian, tile & bamboo flrs, furniture quality cabinets, built-ins, architectural elements, fp, updated eat-in kitch. & baths, pvt balcony & laundry, secure building w/ amenities! MLS#A3942652 $400,000

FURN - DOWNTOWN! 2Br/1Ba/den + bonus rm, charming great rm plan w/ hardwood flrs, ceramic tile, mirrored accents, recessed lights, Palladian windows, wet bar, Corian, custom cabinets, built-ins & secure parking in historic bldg w/amenities! MLS#A3953067 $300,000

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PENTHOUSE W/WATER VIEWS! 3-4Br/3.5Ba/2+CG w/travertine & marble flrs, high ceil., crown moldings, plantation shutters, built-ins, furniture quality cabinets, granite, Corian, MBr w/lg walk-in + 2 baths & pvt balcony in gated comm. w/amenities! MLS#A3958973 $925,000

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The Views from this Privateer 8th Floor Southern Facing Corner Unit Provide a Wide Panorama of Gulf, Bay, City and Golf Course. $599,000

Exquisite Alinari 15th Floor Unit w/ Magnificent Views of Bay Out to Gulf! $499,000

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Three Bedroom Two Bath Pool Home with Mexican Tile Floors, Neutral Colors and Boat Dock.

Open and Bright with Mature Landscaping. Being Sold as a Short Sale. $699,000

LONGBOAT KEY

Tranquil and Very Private Resort-Like Beachfront Estate on the Gulf of Mexico. $4,495,000

ANNA MARIA GULF FRONT Casual Elegance on the Beach w/ almost 6500 SF of Detail & Amazing Views! Private and New Custom Pool Home w/ Charming 1940’s Detached Guest House. WOW! $4,495,000

BIRD KEY Perfectly Positioned for Wide Water Views, this Stunning Home has been Meticulously Remodeled and Updated. Over 4600 Sq. Ft. of spacious Waterfront Living! $2,395,000

DOWNTOWN SARASOTA

Historic Laurel Park Moderne Mediterranean Completely Updated and Loaded with Charm & Character. $399,000

LONGBOAT KEY

L’Ambiance Sabal with 3 Bedrooms, 2 Spacious Terraces and Huge Gulf Views. $1,690,000

DOWNTOWN SARASOTA

Gleaming Wood Floors and Panoramic Views of the City and Bay are Yours in this Plaza 5 Points 15th Floor 2 Bedroom with Office. $999,000

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Sunny Corner Unit at Beachplace with New Tile, New Carpet and New Furnishings. $438,000

Very Impressive Conrad Beach Beauty Just Steps to the Beach. $999,000

SIESTA KEY

Peacock Bay Estate with 5 En-suite Bedrooms, Guest Suite, Superb Views and Unparalleled Architectural Finishes! $8,595,000

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Longboat Island Chapel members get into holiday spirit Longboaters got a head start on their holiday shopping at Longboat Island Chapel’s second Holiday Bazaar Saturday, Nov. 17, at the chapel. This year’s theme was “Chic and Unique,” and the bazaar featured handmade items, as well as food and raffles.

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Beaches of Longboat Key - Direct Gulf Front Sweeping Gulf, beach, city, and LBKC golf course views from this SW corner sixth floor apartment. Private marble foyer, custom lighting, 3BR, updated wood & granite kitchen and wet bar. $1,250,000

Sleepy Lagoon - Direct Gulf Front Beautiful Hampton Style 4BR/3BA Bay Plaza - Sparkling Bay Views home on 100 ft of pristine beach front. Renovated in 2007. Wood & Beautifully renovated 2BR/2BA residence w/ bamboo floors, granite & stainless $799,000 marble floors, outdoor jacuzzi and 2-car garage. $3,390,000 appliances on the 11th floor in exciting downtown Sarasota.

Lido Beach - Best Waterfront Value Gated Mediterranean inspired residence Lido Shores - Direct Gulf Front Palazzo w/protected Bay views, within walking distance to Lido Beach and St. 200 ft. of sea-walled Gulf front with private Dock and Beach access. This Armands Circle. 6BR/6.5BA on 148 ft of waterfront. $3,499,900 7,415 SF residence has 5BR/8BA, his and her bath & studies, 50 ft. pool/ spa & 5-car garage.

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Homes For Sale MOUNTAIN TOP HOME - TRADE OR SELL Will do a whole or partial trade for Florida home or condo with water view/front. Low taxes & Insurance. Viewable at: www.118highbluff.com Info from Broker or owner at: rvkdmc@aol.com

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DIRECT GULF FRONT at Beachplace: 2BR/2BA, nicely furnished, wireless internet. Available February, March & April 2013. Non-smoking.

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DIRECT GULF! Upscale 2BR/3BA. Available December 1. Non-smoking. 4 month minimum.

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1-800-734-3370.

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2BR/2BA, updated, immaculate, 2-3 month min.

No pets. $1800-$2800/mo.

508-737-5801 or 941-383-1046.

LONGBOAT KEY. Gulf front, heated pool on beach, 1BR/1BA condo, full kitchen, dining, sleeps/4, king pillowtop. 617-328-7145, 857-939-1049.

LONGBOAT KEY: Sunset Beach condo, Gulffront, beautiful 2BR/2BA, completely updated, 2/mo. minimum. Available December through April.

708-203-2205.

LONGBOAT KEY: SUNSET BEACH condo: beachfront, direct Gulf, 3BR/2BA, 3 balconies, gated community, heated pool. 2 month min.

Available December 1 - April 30. $6500/mo. By owner, 860-633-3545 or 860-633-2502.

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1st floor unit. Private patio overlooking courtyard.

Botanical wonder. 3/mo. min., $2500 month includes everything. 215-859-3275.

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Orchestra conducts maestro search Friday, Nov. 9, guest conductor Jamie Laredo stood on the stage at the Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall and performed Vivaldi’s familiar violin solo, “The Four Seasons,” as part of the opening concert in Sarasota Orchestra’s Masterworks series.

Musicians and patrons throughout the program shared one recurring thought: “Could this be the next artistic director of Sarasota Orchestra?” That question will remain throughout the next six guest-conductor appearances, and possibly into next season.

The search for a new maestro began a little less than a year ago, when Leif Bjaland completed a devoted 15 years at Sarasota Orchestra.

It was determined that the position would be filled via closed search. The term “closed” means that a guest conductor may or may not be a candidate for the position.

“We thought it was important for all the candidates to have confidentiality to show their interest without disclosing their full interest to the world,” says Joe McKenna, president and CEO of Sarasota Orchestra.

This process offers a chance for the orchestra to try out potential candidates, but it’s also a chance to make a sales pitch to a conduc-

tor whose only intention is to be a guest conductor. Either way, the series will entertain with a showcase of talented conductors and musicians until the right person is found.

“Everyone has a strong feeling that we will keep searching until we find that magic,” McKenna says. The next artistic director will be chosen through a consensus — this person will have great chemistry with the orchestra.

The final say will come from a search committee of 10 members: two board members, four musicians, two staff members, a member independent of the organization and the search committee chairman, Edward Alley. Recently, the committee has been meeting as often as two times a week. They will eventually determine when a consensus has been reached and present their decision to the board.

The search committee is conducting formal and informal surveys of musicians and the audience following each performance.

Daniel Jordan, violinist and concertmaster on the search committee, and the other committee musicians have been fitting in as many conversations with their colleagues as possible.

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Maestro Jamie Laredo opened the Masterworks series as the first guest conductor Nov. 9, at the Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall.

— we get lots of feedback,” Jordan laughs.

The committee represents the organization as a whole, explains Jordan. “It’s not like one of those searches where we are the ones that hold the keys to the car.”

The committee also decided upon the credentials of the future artistic director. He or she must be a stellar musician, must lead Sarasota Orchestra into the future, and this person will build on the innovation already established at

the orchestra.

Until they find that ideal candidate, the orchestra will “date around,” so to speak. It could be that one of the seven guest conductors will be its next artistic director, but if the chemistry isn’t right, then the search will continue with the guest conductors being planned for next season.

“We intend to get this thing right,” says Jordan. “(Patrons) might feel like it’s taking a while, but this is the kind of search that can’t really move quickly because a lot of these conductors are booked a year or more in advance.”

There could be a new artistic director as early as the next performance, but it could take as long as spring 2014. Both McKenna and Jordan suggest that even though the search committee is waiting for the perfect fit, a sense of urgency remains.

But, let it be known that Sarasota Orchestra is not in limbo.

Instead of feeling directionless or leaderless, the organization is excited about the transition and its future.

“I think this is a time of incredible excitement and growth for the musicians in the orchestra because we are getting to work with really world-class conductors,” says Jordan.

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Here’s a look at the possible future maestro of Sarasota Orchestra: For full conductor biographies and program details, visit SarasotaOrchestra.org.

Maestro Alessandro Sicilani

Maestro Daniel Hege

Age: 47 Instrument: Oboe, by training, but now piano Current or most recent position: Director of Wichita Symphony Program: Feb. 1 to Feb. 3; “Turning Points” Program notes from conductor: Haydn uses humorous things like unexpected silences and interesting juxtapositions of harmonies …

After Haydn, the general orchestra textures get more lush and thick … (The Barber Violin concerto) is very challenging for the soloist and the orchestra. The last work on the program is perfect to follow Debussy, because it in many ways takes over where Debussy left off … Stravinsky uses a rich texture in the music and orchestration …

(Overall) the pieces work well together.

Career highlight: Carnegie Hall in 2003 with the Syracuse Symphony. Everyone was on his or her game for that performance.

Favorite composer or piece to conduct: The one I’m doing at that moment … When (a composer) is committed to a particular piece, all the commitment is there.

Maestro Andrew Grams

Age: 35 Instrument: Violin Program: March 14 to March 17; “Made in America” Program notes from conductor: It’s a program that is varied; it has something for everybody. There’s good fun on the first half with some Eurpoean-centric fun with an American taste to it. I’m sure the first two pieces, the Gershwin and the Fine, were both inspired by the Dvorák (the third piece in the program).

Career highlight: Pass!

There is no one thing. I have way too many awesome things that have happened to me … much more than any man is deserved of getting.

Favorite composer or piece to conduct: When it comes to purely conducting, it would be the works of Johann Strauss — I love waltzes and polkas.

*Maestro Anu Tali Current or most recent position: Music Director, Conductor, Nordic Symphony Orchestra Program: Jan 11. to Jan. 13; “The Emperor” *These conductors were unavailable for an interview by press time.

Maestro Peter Bay

Age: 55 Instrument: Retired flautist Current or most recent position: Director of Austin Symphony Program: April 5 to April 7; “East Meets West” Program notes from conductor: The Copland symphony is the culmination of his craft. It’s an exciting, powerful, emotional work and a very positive one. Tchaikovsky is a purely romantic piece of music, and it also wears its emotions on its sleeves. For a piece that was considered unplayable when it was first heard, it has become one of the most famous and most performed piano concertos.

Career highlight: The first time I conducted Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony.” That is a holy grail of classical music and the experience I had conducting that for the first time is one I’d never forget.

Favorite composer or piece to conduct: For this program, the Copland symphony is my favorite. It’s whatever is next, that’s my favorite piece.

*Maestro Jamie Laredo

Current or most recent position: Music Director, Vermont Symphony Orchestra Instrument: Violin Program: Nov. 9 to 11; The Four Seasons + 7

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Age: 56 Instrument: Cello and tuba Current or most recent position: Music Director Omaha Symphony; Principal Guest Conductor of the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra and Germeshausen Family; and Youth Concert conductor chair with Boston Symphony Program: Nov. 30 to Dec. 2; “The Planets’” Program notes from conductor: (Mozart’s “Jupiter”) is the last of three symphonies that he wrote in a threeweek period. It’s the end of his symphonic writing, but one of the most productive times in his musical life.

(This masterwork) affirms the fact that he was sort of the Michael Jordan of composers.

Career highlight: The moment when a concert-goer came to me and said the magic words we all love to hear, “I had no idea it could be this wonderful.”

Favorite composer or piece to conduct: My all-time favorite piece is Mahler’s First Symphony. But, interestingly, I have come to the conclusion, in the past few years, that the greatest conductor to ever live is Beethoven.

For me, whatever I’m conducting is my favorite at the time.

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Maestro Thomas Wilkins

Age: 60 Instrument: piano Current or most recent position: Former Music Director of the Columbus symphony orchestra Program: Feb. 28 to March 3; “Beethoven’s Ninth” Program notes from conductor: I have lots of experience with this one … This is the first example of a major work while using voice in a symphony — it was really a new thing. It’s a magic work.

Career highlight: My first concert in a little town in Deruta, Italy, was a great memory, and also my first (concert) at Carnegie Hall, in 2001, with Columbus Symphony.

Favorite composer or piece to conduct: The soup de jour.

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“I was always the psychologist,” Jacobson says of tapping into a woman’s mind to write the production. “Women wanted to talk to me about problems, but I just wanted to date them.” He says some of the show is based on his life experience, such as in college, during which he blew up like a balloon from campus dining because he wanted to beef up like the football players.

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The comedy is a musical revue of parodies. It’s about women struggling with self-consciousness, dating, dieting and weight

loss, and it was pretty spot-on — for being written by a man.

I’m sure you’ve never heard the version of “If I Were a Rich Man” from “Fiddler on the Roof” in which the lyrics are replaced with, “If I were a size two, I’d be an itty, bitty, bitty, bitty girl.” Or “Maria,” from “West Side Story” parodied

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The producers of the show, New Yorker John Finocchio and snowbird Stanley Browne, along with an area silent backer, are providing the funding to open the theater’s doors after it has been closed for two months.

‘Dave Koz and Friends Christmas Tour’ Get in the holiday spirit early with this show, which takes place at 8 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 24, at the Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall, 777 N. Tamiami Trail. Tickets are $50 to $65.

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The 20th annual Sarasota Craft Show is a juried show that brings the nation’s top clay, wood, glass, fiber, mixed-media and jewelry crafters to our backyard. It takes place Nov. 30 through Dec. 2, at Robarts Arena, 3000 Ringling Blvd. Tickets are $9, and you can find out more information by calling 800-834-9437.

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House full of Memories On a street lined with spectacular homes, it’s the one that makes you look twice. A symmetrical facade of pure modern lines set against a perfectly composed grouping of ancient, gnarled oaks, with the afternoon sun glinting behind — and sometimes through — the house, the Nelson residence in Harbor Acres has a style that its more opulent neighbors can’t quite match.

Robert and Mollie Nelson built their home in 1998 and it was here that they lived for the next 15 years, until Robert died in May. Though it’s an entertainer’s dream, it was first and foremost a family home for their combined broods. “Perfect,� Mollie says, “for raising — and chasing — kids.� And there were a lot of them: four children, six grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren. Now, with Mollie planning to move to smaller home nearby, the Sarasota landmark has come on the market for the first time.

When the Nelsons married 25 years ago, Robert gave Mollie a choice of living in

Sarasota or her native Naples, where her family has roots that go back four generations. She chose Sarasota. “It had a perfect location, plus all the arts activities and educational opportunities for my daughter,�

Mollie says. But the home, nevertheless, suggests the mansions of Naples’ famed Port Royal neighborhood, where modernist showplaces blend with homes in various historic styles.

The home’s true inspiration, though, is surprising. While on vacation in Bali, the Nelsons fell under the spell of Javanese architecture, where, as Mollie puts it, “you always felt like you were outside even though you were inside.� Although many Florida homes aim for this effect, few do it as successfully as the Nelson residence, where glass walls roll back so that the corners of certain rooms don’t need support columns. In two of the bedrooms, it’s hard to tell where the room ends and the spectacular terrace, overlooking the bay, begins.

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Robert Nelson was a radio and TV entrepreneur who pioneered many innovations during his distinguished career, including the development of “easy listening� radio. He is one of the founding fathers of the Sarasota media scene as the creator and original owner of WWSB,

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He and Mollie understood the importance of drama when it came to architecture, and the house, with its 18-foot ceilings, walls of glass and one of the most sensational views in town — encompassing the shorelines of Cherokee Park, North Siesta, Lido and Bird keys — has a theatrical air about it. Large groups are easily accommodated, and at a recent party for major donors to the Asolo Theater, actors from the company performed swordfights on the lower terrace.

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Many large homes are designed with entertainment in mind, but not many with the attention to detail that characterizes the Nelson house. The lower level contains vast areas for catering set-ups, plus an elevator to get the food and supplies upstairs. Mollie and Robert have hosted many benefits for the area’s nonprofits over the years, but their biggest event was, appropriately enough, the ultimate TV entertainment blow out: a Super Bowl party for 350 guests.

The lower level also contains a drivethrough garage with parking for 10 cars, several thousand square feet of storage, various hobby rooms, including a large one facing the bay for Mollie’s sewing.

Outside, on an acre-and-a-half of land, are the famous oaks that frame the house in front, and in the back, a multi-level ter-

race surrounded by green lawns that run down to the water, where there is a small beach (yes, it can be used for swimming) and two docks, each with a boat lift. “A lot of people have jumped off those docks,” Mollie remembers with a laugh. “Some clothed — and some not.”

After the deaths of both her husband and her mother in the same year, Mollie feels it is time to move on. Leaving such an important part of her life behind is a bittersweet feeling. “Living here has been a blessing,” she says.

“I just hope whoever gets it continues the legacy.”

The house is listed by Kim Ogilvie, of Michael Saunders and Co., for $7.9 million. (The house next door, on a smaller lot, just sold for $7.5 million.)

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Entertaining on Easy Street again: Wherever pigs in blankets are served — and they are served at some ohso-fancy parties! — they always get snapped up.

Here are some of the simplest and tastiest stalwarts of the cocktail party scene. Thanks to Renée Sheade and Jean Weidner Goldstein for their specialties — and happy holiday entertaining to all our readers.

Jean Weidner Goldstein’s Winner Appetizer Yield: 8 or more servings depending on size of salami Start-to-finish: 30 to 45 minutes Ingredients: • Hebrew National or other Kosher salami • Crusty peasant bread • Sweet mustard Istructions: Preheat oven to 450 degrees. Thickly slice the salami.

Score slices 1/4-inch deep in a basket weave pattern, taking care not to cut through. Bake at 450 degrees for 30 to 45 minutes. Serve with bread chunks and sweet mustard.

Jean Weidner Goldstein’s Killer Tenderloin Ingredients: • 1 whole beef tenderloin • 1/2 large onion, peeled and chopped • 1 bottle Bennett’s chili sauce Istructions: Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Tuck under the thin, tailend of the tenderloin and place in roasting pan. Spread the chopped onion over the meat and top with the chili sauce. Bake for 45 minutes.

Renée Sheade’s Meatballs Yield: About 70 meatballs Start-to-finish: 20 minutes

Herbed pita toasts … Cut large pita breads into eight wedges, brush with extra virgin olive oil and sprinkle with dried oregano and freshly ground black pepper. Bake at 350 degrees until crisp and golden, about 10 minutes. Serve with feta cheese drizzled with olive oil or with your favorite dip.

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guest winemakers. And there were also three demonstrations that taught the average person how to become a wine expert.

One of the demonstrations was a blending class led by Michael DeLoach, of Sonoma’s Hook & Ladder Vineyards, Nov. 10, on the beach. Attendees learned the art of blending wines and then had the chance to blend their own bottle.

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The blending class drew everyone from resort guests, to wine enthusiasts, to a winemaker from France.

DeLoach is the second generation of winemakers at Russian River Valley’s Hook & Ladder Vineyards. Before jumping into the blending seminar, DeLoach explained his family’s history: It date backs to 1970 when DeLoach’s father, San Francisco fireman Cecil DeLoach, bought the first 24 acres of what would expand to 900 acres of land. As a fireman, Cecil DeLoach worked 24 hours on, followed by 48 hours off. During his time off, he opted to grow grapes.

In honor of his career as a tillerman (the firemen who ride on the back of the truck), Cecil DeLoach created a blend called The Tillerman.

DeLoach told the group it’s important that every blend has a muse.

“Now smell it,” he said. The Cabernet-based blend leaves notes of spiced cherry.

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other varieties the winery offers and outlined a personality profile of wine-lovers: Sangiovese-lovers are classy, and people either love or hate the Franc — those who like it are strong-willed.

After sampling, the group recreated The Tillerman blend, made from each of the sampled wines.

Using a mouth-controlled pipette, individuals drew the correct measurement of each of the four wines into the tube and filled a beaker to 100 milliliters to recreate The Tillerman blend.

“It sucks to be a winemaker,” DeLoach joked.

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CasAntica, owned and operated by Peter Migliaccio, who, with his, wife, Susan, started Siesta Key’s Café Gabbiano, just opened at 1213 N. Palm Ave. in the Florida Studio Theatre section of town. Yes — it’s the same site that served the nowdefunct Jack’s Steakhouse, Aria and, for a short period last year, Zwiwwel, a German restaurant.

But Migliaccio is doing something different, and it should have staying power.

“The (restaurant) industry has lost the caring for people,” he told us on the phone a few days before the recent grand opening. “That’s the most important thing — that and the setting. That’s what counts most.”

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Not only does this inventive chef specialize in Laotian, Vietnamese and Thai cuisine, Lum has created vegetarian and gluten-free dishes.

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If you look at the diversity of Lum’s offerings, you’ll find some dishes amply seasoned with a spicy sense of humor. From the “Lum-plings” (homemade steamed dumplings with chicken, pork or fish, cabbage, chives and sesame flavor with special soy sauce), to the “Chix on da Beach” (chicken breast breaded and fried, served with mixed veggie fried rice and choice of house sauce) and “Crazy Bull” (marinated beef short rib grilled with ginger, aniseed and cinnamon, coupled with mixed veggie fried rice), you know Lum’s had a hand in everything.

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