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Colony conditions still concern neighbors.

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Andrew Lane cheers on the success of the Sarasota Orchestra.

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Longboaters celebrate ‘Dora Walters Day’ at Longboat Key Arts Center. PAGE 1B

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by Kurt Schultheis | Managing Editor

Beach project permit arrives The town of Longboat Key will perform a hot-spot beach project this summer to help combat three high-erosion areas.

Courtesy Lou Newman

+ Hooters coming to Plymouth Harbor?

Don’t worry: The famed restaurant chain isn’t coming to Plymouth Harbor.

But there might be other shocking news: Someone at Plymouth Harbor might be expecting.

Plymouth Harbor resident/ retired veterinarian/photographer extraordinaire Dr. Lou Newman photographed the community’s new resident great-horned owls, Hootie and Hooter. They’re frequently heard but rarely seen because they’ve taken up residence high up in the banyan tree at the northeast corner of the building.

They likely have a nest in the tree, but it’s impossible to tell, for now, because of dense foliage.

Sand is officially coming to the north end of the island this summer.

Town Manager Dave Bullock signed a beach permit Thursday, Jan. 3 that allows the town to renourish its beach in three areas.

The permit also allows the town to place sand on the Key for the

next 10 years. Town staff is modifying the permit to allow sand to be placed Key-wide as needed for the duration of the permit.

“This is the last major hurdle to the upcoming beach project,” Bullock wrote in a Friday, Feb. 1, email to the Longboat Key Town Commission.

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severely eroded North Shore Road Beach Access north to Beer Can Island, Public Works Director Juan Florensa said the town would hold off in that area until structures are permitted and built to hold sand there.

The town placed a bid for the beach project last week to solicit contractors. Bullock said the

The beach project, expected to commence this summer, will place sand at the Broadway Beach Access to Gulfside Road, and from The Islander Club condominiums to the Colony Beach & Tennis Resort. Although the permit also allows for sand to be placed at the

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by Robin Hartill and Kurt Schultheis | Observer Staff

First impressions

+ Dakota gets early taste of business Dakota Rose Fischer is off to an early start in the restaurant business.

Born Dec. 28, 2012, she celebrated her 1-month birthday with a patio luncheon at Mar Vista, and followed it up three days later with a sunset dinner at the Sandbar, during which she got a personal welcome from owner Ed Chiles.

Her proud parents are Justin Fischer and former Longboater Kyle Riter Fischer.

The restaurant business is clearly in the youngest Fischer’s genes: Her mom, along with her mom’s three siblings, have all worked at the Sandbar.

Chiles guaranteed Dakota her first job — in approximately 16 years. Until then, we assume that it’s her job just to be cute.

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The Islandside golf course has gotten new seeding and grass in the past three months.

Jeff Mayers believes in being seen beyond the gates in his new role as general manager of the Longboat Key Club and Resort.

Here’s one place you won’t see Jeff Mayers for more than a couple of hours each day: his office.

The new general manager of the Longboat Key Club and Resort might tour a golf course, do a walk-through of a department, inspect condo units or meet members on a given day.

He estimates that he logs just two or three hours in the office most days.

He believes in being seen beyond the Key Club’s gates.

Since assuming the position in November, Mayers has joined

INSIDE: Jeff Mayers bio SEE PAGE 2A the board of Visit Sarasota County, spoken at a Longboat Key Public Interest Committee revitalization forum and attended Longboat Key Town Commission meetings.

Last week, he strolled the runway as a model in the Longboat Key Garden Club’s “Taste of the Keys” fashion show.

“One of the things I learned early on was that the impor-

tance of being visible at the club and in the community can’t be understated,” Mayers said.

But, even if you haven’t seen Mayers, who admits he sometimes gets mistaken for Robert DeNiro, on the golf course or at a meeting, you might have seen his influence — even if you didn’t know it.

When he first arrived at the Key Club, he gave each department an assignment: Submit two ideas on how to immediate-

SEE MAYERS / PAGE 2A

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Jeff Mayers, pictured at the Islandside golf course, which has gotten new seeding and grass since his arrival three months ago.

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MAYERS / FROM PAGE 1A ly improve customer service.

Now there are water bottles in each golf cart. You can get your car washed while you play golf on Wednesdays and Fridays.

Book a reservation and you’ll get a sneak peek of resort amenities and local Jeff Mayers attractions, courtesy of an email sent four Age: 50 days before your arFamily: Wife, rival.

Elizabeth; two sons Mayers identiHometown: fied other areas that Baltimore needed focus: The golf courses Residence: were a top priorDowntown Sarasota ity and now include College: University more lush, greener of Maryland, politigrass and refreshed cal science sand traps to go Hobbies: Exercising along with new cart and walking in the paths. garden Now, bright-red geraniums greet visInteresting Fact: itors at the resort’s Mayers was a entrance. bouncer for a A Rolex clock just Maryland nightclub. arrived in the Harbourside golf course staging area.

Wi-Fi and new pool-and-beach furniture are on their way to Inn on the Beach, as is new restaurant equipment and a new fleet of club vehicles.

Some of the changes are subtle.

Employees will soon sport new uniforms that will include evening jackets for males, for example.

“Perception is a reality,” Mayers said.

“How we present ourselves tells people who we are.” …

Mayers’ first impressions of Longboat Key didn’t come from the Key Club. He vacationed on the island in the past but stayed at other hotels, including the Longboat Key Hilton Beachfront Resort.

don’t want to lose what they have,” he said. …

The resort’s pool area, along with the beach areas, will soon get new furniture.

A 27-year veteran of the hospitality industry, he got his start as a night manager at a Washington, D.C., hotel, in what he thought would be a one-year break before law school.

His career since then has taken him to communities such as St. Pete Beach, Orlando and Key West, before his most recent position from 2008 to 2012 as general manager of the Sawgrass Golf Resort & Spa, in Ponte Vedra.

When the Key Club position became available, Mayers saw similarities between the Key and Ponte Vedra.

“It’s a barrier island that strives for quality of life and is a community that is philanthropic for some great causes,” he said.

He gave further insight about his thoughts on Longboat Key during the Jan. 24 PIC revitalization forum, during which he explained what the island needs to maintain its quality of life.

He spoke about the need to maintain business year-round and the importance of effectively marketing the Key to the younger generation known as the “millenials.”

“Millenials want to be active,” he said during the forum. “We have great beaches, fishing, swimming and the things they want to do. We just need to drive

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Mayers told the Longboat Observer that he has heard stories from people who discovered the Key when they visited the Key Club or Colony Beach & Tennis Resort and stayed for its quality of life.

“They really enjoy this area, and they

While Mayers gives the Key Club a refresher, the question still looms: Will Ocean Properties attempt to give the Key Club a more extreme makeover?

Since Ocean Properties purchased the resort from the New York-based Loeb Partners Realty in October, Ocean Properties officials have declined to offer details about what the sale means for the resort and the $400 million Islandside renovation-and-expansion project application, which the 2nd District Court of Appeal quashed in August.

His predecessor, Michael Welly, became especially visible to the community as he advocated for the project.

Mayers, however, is quick to say he’s not a part of any discussions that Ocean Properties may be having about any future development application.

“In terms of a bigger project, I’m not engaged in development conversations taking place,” Mayers said. “My focus is on the resort we have right now.”

In 2013, that means surpassing membership expectations for a club that has about 2,000 memberships; increasing hotel occupancy (the club has already redesigned its website and implemented new hotel marketing strategies); implementing effective training programs for the entire staff; continuing to improve golf-course conditions; and working closely with Inn on the Beach owners.

Asked what his ultimate vision is for the club, Mayers said: “I envision seeing what we can do today that’s going to make us even better tomorrow. It’s about maintaining, growing and effectively implementing and integrating our business strategies to make us grow.”

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by Kurt Schultheis | Managing Editor

Commission to solicit town attorney services The town attorney selection process will take four to six weeks.

For the first time in 23 years, a new town attorney will soon sit on the end of the dais.

At its regular meeting Monday, Feb. 4, at Town Hall, the Longboat Key Town Commission agreed to move forward with a bid for a new town attorney.

Town Manager Dave Bullock was given direction to place a bid for the services of the attorney. The bid will remain for 30 days before the town schedules one or two commission work sessions to review the firms that apply.

In total, it could take the commission four to six weeks to go through the process and select a new attorney.

“It all depends how many proposals we get,” Bullock said. “If we get 10 proposals, you may only want to review the

top three to five.”

A debate centered on how the commission should choose its next attorney.

Bullock said the commission, which has the ultimate say for the charter official position, could decide on its own or create an advisory committee of citizens and staff that could whittle the list.

Commissioner Jack Duncan supported the commission to go it alone.

“This is a position the commission hires and we are the commission,” Duncan said. “We are certainly capable of looking at applications and making the assessments from beginning to end.”

Commissioner Pat Zunz, however, suggested forming a committee that could include Bullock, a retired Long-

boat Key attorney and retired Longboat Key CEOs. Although that group didn’t receive support, the commission did agree to use Bullock and Planning, Zoning and Building Director Robin Meyer to provide input for a new attorney selection.

“In the end, though, the commission is the customer and the commission has the need,” said Commissioner Terry Gans. “The commission should be the selection process in all facets of this.”

Town Attorney David Persson will stay on in his capacity as town attorney no later than June 30, to give Bullock and the commission time to interview replacement candidates.

Persson accepted the Venice city attorney position last month.

Town Attorney Duties The town of Longboat Key’s charter says the town attorney shall: • Serve as legal adviser to the town, the Town Commission and all of the governmental and proprietary functions of the town and its departments, divisions, officers, boards and committees.

• Prepare and review all proposed ordinances and resolutions of the town.

• Prosecute and defend all legal actions wherein the town is a party in interest.

• Perform such other legal services the Town Commission or town manager requests.

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by Robin Hartill | City Editor

FIRE ENGULFS HOME ON NORTH END OF THE KEY

Aging in Paradise begins healthy discussion Longboat Key Fire Rescue and Aging in Paradise Resource Center officials are discussing ways they can work together to promote wellness on the Key.

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Longboat Key Fire Rescue responded to a report of a house fire at 6430 Gulfside Road at 2:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 5. The home, which was rented by a couple and their 3-year-old daughter, was engulfed in black smoke upon arrival. Fire Rescue teams had to vent the roof to help put out the fire. The inside of the home was engulfed in flames and is no longer habit-

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able, according to Building Official Wayne Thorne. Damage estimates and the cause of the fire, which is believed to have started in the kitchen, were unknown at press time.

Fire Rescue Chief Paul Dezzi said the family was not at the home at the time of the fire, although the family's dog died inside. Dezzi said it was Longboat Key's first fire since a Westchester Condominiums

fire in July 2011.

The fire was under control in 20 minutes. Both Longboat Key Fire Rescue stations responded to the call, as well as two West Manatee Fire District crews and one Sarasota County Fire Department crew.

Traffic was backed up in both directions on Gulf of Mexico Drive while crews cleaned up and assessed the structure.

by Robin Hartill | City Editor

Subcommittee strives to determine focus The new P&Z subcommittee is exploring whether the town needs stricter codes.

The house next door sold.

Gone is your old neighbor and her neatly manicured lawn.

Your new neighbor replaced it with dirt, on which he parks his giant Hummer. He partially knocked down a wall, but the other half has remained.

He also installed a shower nozzle in the front yard so that he can rinse off before going inside.

It doesn’t matter if everyone on the block complains to code enforcement, because the property isn’t in violation of current town codes.

The newly formed Planning & Zoning Property Maintenance Code Subcommittee discussed the home, which does, in fact, exist, at its first meeting Thursday, Jan. 24.

The subcommittee’s mission is to review the town’s property-maintenance codes to determine if stricter regulations are needed.

Currently, town codes are limited to weeds-and-grass violations and life-safety issues.

A revised code could address issues that the town hears complaints about but can’t enforce — such as peeling paint, ripped screens, caving roofs and broken doors, stairways, windows and railings.

But, there’s also the alternative scenario that comes with a stricter code. Suppose the paint on your garage door is chipped, or your window doesn’t open, and your neighbor has a grudge.

It wouldn’t matter how miniscule the violation.

“If (they) can show you that this is on the books, then I can’t tell Amanda (Nemoytin) not to enforce the codes,” said Longboat Key Planning Zoning & Building Director Robin Meyer, referring to the town’s code-enforcement officer.

At the Jan. 24 meeting, the subcommittee discussed the need to address the problematic issues without becoming Big Brother.

“I think what we need to define now is how far we want to go,” Meyer said.

Subcommittee member Len Garner said that most property owners respond when code enforcement notifies them that their property is in violation of codes.

“Our focus here is to try to identify specific issues that need focusing,” Garner said.

Another member, John

Wild, suggested that a reasonable approach could be enforcing violations if they’re visible from the road, along with life-safety issues.

The town’s Code Enforcement Department is reactive rather than proactive, according to Meyer, meaning that it primarily reacts to reported violations rather than actively searching for violations.

Changing that policy would require more staffing, because Nemoytin the town’s only code-enforcement officer.

The subcommittee has now met for three weeks in a row and gotten halfway through the ordinance it’s seeking to bolster. Future discussions will be held to discuss trailers and parking issues.

The subcommittee hopes to be finished with its review before the Planning and Zoning Board holds its 9 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 19 regular meeting.

Suppose someone falls or gets sick and has no one to call.

There’s a good chance they’ll dial 911, and Longboat Key firefighter/paramedics will respond. In fact, falls are the department’s No. 1 reason for calls, according to Longboat Key Fire Rescue Chief Paul Dezzi.

In some cases, the caller needs someone to talk to more than emergency medical treatment. Often, they could benefit from the services offered by the Longboat Island Chapel’s Aging in Paradise (AIP) Resource Center, such as senior-focused wellness programs, counseling and individual assessment/homecare services.

That’s the idea behind a conversation about collaboration that’s taking place between the Fire Department and AIP. Dezzi met with AIP Director Cindy Clay and chapel board member Dick Pelton Monday morning to discuss ways to work together. He plans to have a representative attend future AIP meetings.

“I think we, as a fire department/EMS agency, can do well with the agency,” Dezzi said.

The department will include information about AIP when it distributes medical information door-to-door and participate in a March 9 health fair at the chapel.

Dezzi also gave AIP more than 200 File of Life magnets, which allow residents to post vital information, such as medications and emergency contact numbers, on their refrigerators.

Dezzi believes that working with the AIP and promoting its preventative programs could even reduce 911 call volume.

“That person who calls because they’re lonely, or where people are falling down … maybe we can prevent that from happening again,” he said.

Aging in Paradise Resource Center Health Fair When: 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, March 9 Where: Longboat Island Chapel, 6200 Gulf of Mexico Drive Contact: 383-6491; aginginparadise. org

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+ Sarasota man arrested after GMD crash Police arrested Billy Atchley, 45, of Sarasota, on charges of driving with a suspended license after he crashed into a vehicle driven by Louise Rich, 90, of Bradenton, Wednesday, Jan. 30, near the Centre Shops.

Atchley dropped his cellphone on his Ford truck’s floorbed and was trying to retrieve it when the crash occurred, according to a police report.

Firefighter/paramedics transported Rich to Blake Medical Center, in Bradenton. She had minor injuries.

Atchley was not injured.

Police issued Atchley citations for careless driving and driving with a suspended license and transported him to the Manatee County Jail.

Police were on the scene for more than six hours.

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A pedestrian was injured Monday afternoon after being hit by a car. The accident occurred in the 3100 block of Gulf of Mexico Drive.

Susan Serphos, 71, of Mamaroneck, N.Y., was injured.

As of Tuesday morning, she was listed in stable condition in the intensive-care unit of Blake Medical Center, in Bradenton.

No further details were immediately available.

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+ New Pass Bridge painting under way S&D Industrial Painting began work on the deck and steel sections of New Pass Bridge last week.

The main channel for boat access remains open.

Motorists should expect intermittent lane closures from 9 p.m. to 5 a.m., weather permitting. Use caution while traveling near these work zones. Project completion is expected in late spring.

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by Robin Hartill | City Editor

Colony conditions still concern neighbors The Colony Beach & Tennis Resort has gotten a makeover, at least from the vantage point of Gulf of Mexico Drive.

The unsightly potted palm tree is gone, along with the sign with its missing letters.

But neighbors, especially those who live at the Aquarius Club next door, have a different perspective.

Greg Van Howe, one of two vice presidents of the Aquarius Club’s board, said the Colony Association has made improvements, such as landscape and irrigation updates, and placing rodent traps around the property.

But the property’s condition continues to frustrate residents.

“The disrepair from the beach is continually getting worse,” said Van Howe, who walked the adjacent beach last week with Town Manager Dave Bullock and Commissioner Jack Duncan.

The canvas from the former pool area is tattered and can be seen blowing in the wind, according to Van Howe, and siding from beachfront units is visibly coming off the buildings. Broken windows are also visible from the beach.

“It’s amazing how many people who are walking the beach just stop and stare and start taking pictures,” Van Howe said. “My concern is that these are new people to Longboat Key and this is their introduction.”

In an email to Van Howe, Duncan wrote that he would continue to press for improvements in the Colony’s appearance.

“Looking at the Colony property from the beach certainly gave me a different perspective,” he wrote. “I agree with you.

The Association has done a lot to improve the overall appearance of the Colony sight, when traveling along GMD. However, I, too, think more can be done to reduce the blight that one witnesses when walking along the beach behind Colony.”

The Colony Beach & Tennis Association has made improvements to the property, but neighbors believe that further repairs are necessary.

The cabana tent at the pool is tattered and is visible from the beach outside the Colony Beach & Tennis Resort.

Van Howe told the Longboat Observer about other concerns of Colony neighbors.

The buildings aren’t secured, and the stairways and stairwells still need repair, which causes residents to worry that their buildings could be damaged if Colony structures collapse during a storm.

Van Howe planned to meet with Longboat Key Police Chief Pete Cumming Monday afternoon to discuss resident concerns.

According to Cumming, police increased patrols in the Colony after a string

of break-ins occurred in early 2012.

“A lot of people are concerned about what the potential is,” he said, referring to concerns about vagrancy, vandalism and theft.

“We’re not really having the problems that we could be having, and I think that’s because of the marked presence,” Cumming said.

Approximately a half-dozen Aquarius Club residents spoke at commission meetings last fall, while others emailed commissioners, as the commission discussed whether to grant an extension

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The commission replaced a three-year extension of the deadline for re-opening the property that the Colony Beach & Tennis Resort Association sought and replaced it with a one-year extension that terminates Dec. 31, 2013. Commissioners offered a three-year extension to the owner of the property that can redevelop the entire 18-acre property, not just the 15 acres that the Association currently controls.

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Brown wants rec center talks to evolve in third term Age: 67 Occupation: Architect. Brown currently has two homes under construction on the Key. Family: Wife, Joan Hometown: Huntsville, Ala. Hobbies: Sailing, fishing, hunting and golf Passion: Traveling the world; Brown has visited more than 45 countries.

Interesting fact: Brown has designed homes, shopping plazas, commercial buildings, restaurants and hotels all over the country. He also designed a military base in Saudi Arabia and homes in Japan. Brown still designs homes on the Key for friends and neighbors.

Comprehensive Plan changes and ‘solving the Colony mess’ top Longboat Key Mayor Jim Brown’s list should he get a third term as the town’s District 4 commissioner.

The past four years have been interesting for an architect who never thought he would become involved in town politics.

Longboat Key Mayor Jim Brown calls it all a “blur.”

The former Planning and Zoning Board chairman still marvels at how it all came to pass and how it still, to this day, revolves around a community center he covets for the Key. A longtime tennis player, Brown says he got to know the political players who urged him to join the planning board while playing at the Longboat Key Public Tennis Center.

Former Mayor Joan Webster approached Brown about becoming the chairman of the Community Center Advisory Committee in the late 1990s. The committee expressed its belief that the town should build a new $6 million recreational building at Bayfront Park Recreation Center.

Kurt Schultheis Brown, though, was on the losMayor Jim Brown is still hopeful a community center can be built at ing side of the battle after voters turned the center down in a local Bayfront Park. election.

Brown maintains his greatest More than two decades later, talk level.”

Today, Brown is working with strength as a commissioner is anaof a community center on the expanded park site that he can view others to develop a local commu- lyzing problems.

“As an architect, you’re an orfrom his front yard in Longboat nity foundation that could help generate funds for a project that chestra leader because you don’t Key Estates continues. play all the instruments, but you “The community center is still will cost millions.

“I think it has to be a great source keep them all together as a project a goal that I have for this town,” Brown said. “I recognize it’s a bit of private funding,” Brown said. “In comes together,” Brown said.

During the past four years what controversial but, done properly, turn, a center would create a great Brown has enjoyed the most is it would take this Key to another source of community pride.”

what he perceives as a changing Key attitude.

“We just wanted everyone to leave us alone,” Brown said. “Now, we realize the Key needs to evolve and grow to survive.”

Brown said a voluntary rebuild ordinance and a method to distribute 250 lost tourism units, both measures he worked with as a commissioner and a planning board member, show how the Key’s line of thinking has shifted.

Brown is also proud of a threeyear contract with the Longboat Key Fire Rescue that he’d like to see the union ratify soon.

“This group of commissioners was hell-bent on doing this,” Brown said. “We didn’t want to kick the pension debt down the road any longer.”

So, what’s next for Brown if he’s elected for a third consecutive twoyear term in March over challenger Larry Grossman?

Updating the town’s codes and Comprehensive Plan, for one.

Other top issues Brown wants to tackle include “solving the Colony mess,” reviewing a Longboat Key Hilton Beachfront Resort application, overseeing the 2013 beach project and working with the Police Department union on a new contract.

“We’ve accomplished a lot as a commission that’s willing to do things differently,” Brown said.

“I’m hopeful I can continue that work.”

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Grossman is ready to help plan the Key’s future Larry Grossman feels compelled to help.

A planner for more than 30 years for the city of Alexandria, Va., Grossman believes as a Longboat Key commissioner he can assist the town now more than ever.

Grossman, who is challenging Mayor Jim Brown for his District 4 seat in March, says he has the planning skillset the town needs to navigate its code change and Comprehensive Plan process.

For starters, Grossman calls the current town codes a “mess” and believes the town needs to change its way of thinking.

He doesn’t believe a planning consultant should be hired prematurely to help assist the town with its code changes.

“I don’t think the town has a vision yet of what it wants,” Grossman said.

Hiring an economic development consultant to assess the town’s current business climate, followed by an assessment of tourism and residential components, Grossman said, should come first.

“I think I can change the way things are done here and get better results,” Grossman said. “One of the top qualities of this island is its diversity, and we don’t want to lose that.”

To keep its diversity, Grossman believes the Planning, Zoning and Building Department is in need of more comprehensive demographic data to help zone the Key. “Instead of treating the island as a whole, we should break it down into sections, or neighborhoods, and look at the relationship of nearby properties to those neigh-

Longboat Key commission candidate Larry Grossman wants to use his experience to help guide the town in its future planning.

Larry Grossman wants a chance to review the town’s codes and Comprehensive Plan as a town commissioner. borhoods,” Grossman said. “It’s about being proactive and creating neighborhood plans that preserve character while also promoting change.”

According to Grossman, the town could be more proactive by promoting the sale and rejuvenation of properties such as Whitney Beach Plaza and the vacant gas sta-

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tion parcel on the north end of the Key. Grossman was so frustrated that the town and the Longboat Key Revitalization Task Force didn’t do more to try and convince Publix Super Markets Inc. to help create a town center with the outlying parcels near Bay Isles Road that he left the task force as a member in what

he called “a mutual decision.”

“If I’m going to keep living here, some things have to change and ways of thinking have to change,” Grossman said. “The town should be telling applicants, through its codes, as well, what it wants for certain properties.”

Grossman plans to use some of the traits he used as a planner in Alexandria to help the town move forward.

In 1992, he helped the historic seaport city grow by engaging with residents to help revamp the city’s Comp Plan. He also oversaw a sculpture program for the city’s transit program. In addition, he helped garner federal funding for a historic train station; reviewed the installation of underground utilities; helped acquire land for parks; and tailored development districts that enticed developers to bring projects to fruition.

“We need something similar here,” Grossman said. “We need to show developers what we want done so they can submit a concept plan that could lead to approval.

We need to think outside the box.”

Grossman has lived on St. Judes Drive since 2008 and frequently rides his bicycle the length of the Key. He takes mental pictures of what he sees and how the Key could be improved.

“As a planner, I lived and submersed myself in the community I planned for,” Grossman said. “I’m ready to help plan this community’s future.”

Larry Grossman Age: 64 Occupation: Retired city planner, former commercial realestate agent Family: Wife, Patricia; son, Aaron Hometown: Boston Hobbies: Yoga, bicycling and exercising Passion: Planning and visiting walkable cities Interesting fact: Grossman has an affinity for jazz music and singing international folk songs. He can sing in Italian, French, German, Hebrew and Arabic.

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It’s ‘code blue’ in Manatee When a patient goes into cardiac arrest or suffers extensive trauma, teams of cardiac or trauma doctors and nurses converge in a Code Blue rush. There is an extraordinary sense of urgency and intensity as all available resources are brought to bear to save or stabilize the patient.

This is how it should be with the financially teetering, leader-starved Manatee County School District.

But alas, it’s not. Or certainly doesn’t appear to be the school board’s approach.

That’s the obvious conclusion you can reach when you look at the lineup of the six finalists for the district’s vacant superintendent position. The six include: • The Minneapolis public schools chief executive officer; • Duval County (Jacksonville) public schools director; • Former superintendent for the Marion County School District (Ocala); • Chief academic officer, Lee County School District; • K-12 chancellor of public schools for the Florida Department of Education; • An elementary school principal who was a former school board member in St. Lucie County.

With all due respect to these candidates, who, no doubt, are qualified to lead a public school district, they are emblematic of what typically occurs in Florida’s public schools: Replace one long-time administrator with another — even though the circumstances call for much more dramatic action.

Put another way, this is the insanity adage: doing the same thing over and expecting different results.

First of all, Longboat Key taxpayers who reside in Manatee County should care about Manatee’s school board and schools.

After all, Longboat taxpayers send $10 million a year to the Manatee public schools.

And even though there are few children on Longboat Key attending Manatee’s public schools, the quality of the schools and reputation of the school district filter down to Longboat Key and affect property values.

So naturally, Longboaters, should want, as should all Manatee residents, the best their school-tax money can buy.

In that vein, we would urge the Manatee County School Board members to go out of their safe zone and take the trauma-center approach — bring extreme urgency and overwhelming resources to the scene.

The district’s finances and operations are in such disrepair and bleeding that the circumstances call for an expert at hard and fast turnarounds. Bring in a CEO/turnaround specialist to lead the rescue efforts, and give him or her a deputy — perhaps one of the six candidates — who can act as the turnaround specialist’s No. 2.

Find a turnaround expert who is willing to work hard and fast for two years to right the district and then be gone.

If the board goes down the path it’s pursuing now, here’s what it likely will get: an administrator who wants to please all of his constituents to keep his job.

Desperate times call for dramatic, urgent measures. Manatee County taxpayers have suffered far too long with an embarrassingly underperforming school district. If

STAN THE MAN, continued To no surprise, our recollections of the late Stan “The Man” Musial triggered memories in readers.

Our favorite came from part-time Longboater, George “Butch” Welsch. He wrote: My wife and I are native St. Louisians who get to spend two three-week sessions in Longboat Key each year. In addition, my wife has your paper sent to us here at home.

It was a very overwhelming situation here in St. Louis regarding the entire funeral process and especially the eulogy provided by Bob Costas — also a St. Louisian.

We are heating and air-conditioning contractors here in St. Louis, and Stan was a customer of ours. I had two special stories, which I posted on our Facebook page last week that I thought you might be interested in reading. Keep up the good work with your paper. We enjoy keeping up with the goings-on at “heaven on earth.”

George “Butch” Welsch Welsch Heating & Cooling Co. St. Louis Facebook 1/21/13 It’s time to celebrate the life of the greatest St. Louis Cardinal ever, Stan

the board is serious about creating a new culture and higher achievement, it must be far bolder than its list of six.

+ No need to throw dirt

C’mon, Bob. Pardon us, but do you really have to sling churlish turdballs into this year’s Town Commission election?

We’re referring, of course, to the letter Islandside Property Owners Coalition President Bob White sent last month, referring to Longboat’s incumbent commissioners as “law-breaking commissioners.” And his urging “to throw the rascals out!”

Longboat Key voters are smart. They don’t need, or want, the hyperbolic negativity they get from the national mudballers.

“Law-breaking commissioners”? Technically, yes; but when they voted it was with the belief they had the legal authority to do what they did. There was no malicious intent. Cool it. Keep it dignified.

+ Editor’s Note: New policy

As Longboat Key’s Town Commission election campaigns gain momentum and attention, it’s an appropriate time to introduce the Longboat Observer’s new policy regarding candidate-endorsement letters to the editor.

Effective with this edition, the Longboat Observer will now require a small payment is instituting paid letters of endorsement or opposition to candidates in all elections.

Letter writers who wish to endorse or

THE CASTAWAY by Jorge Blanco

Musial. A wonderful baseball player and an even more wonderful person.

I’m proud to say that for many years Stan was a customer of ours. Two instances, I believe, really tell a lot about the wonderful, really simple person he was.

The first occurred after Stan had retired, when our service technician was at his home and needed a part. I was dispatched to deliver the part.

When I arrived at 7:45 a.m. with the part, Stan himself was out in the flower garden next to the house pulling weeds, looking like the nextdoor gardener. We talked for a few moments, and he couldn’t have been nicer.

The second instance occurred a couple of years later. Stan spoke with our service department about needing a new humidifier pad. It offered to deliver it, but he insisted on picking it up.

So within an hour, here was my childhood hero standing in our lobby to pick up a humidifier pad. If only we had had telephones with cameras back then, I would have a photo memory.

Our condolences go out to the Musial family, as well as the entire Cardinal Community.

— MW

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Access is a concern for emergency vehicles Fire chief asks Key residents to ensure easy access for first-responder vehicles.

Longboat Key is a beautiful place to live, but with its luscious landscape and secluded home sites it can be difficult to gain access to locations in an emergency vehicle, especially a fire truck or ambulance.

When an emergency arises, the goal of the fire department and the needs of the community are the same, and that is a quick response to mitigate the situation.

The fire department conducted a survey of Longboat Key to determine if there is a concern in gaining access to both commercial and residential structures. The survey revealed the fire department needs to address certain concerns in its community. The main concern is overgrown trees and shrubbery. Emergency vehicles have a difficult time maneuvering around trees that encroach into the street, because the height of the 75-foot ladder truck

is 12 feet. During the rainy season, tree limbs hang lower than normal, which causes even more of a problem with access. Throughout the past few years, the fire department vehicles have been damaged when responding to emergency calls because of striking low-lying trees.

Other concerns found through the survey were landscape pavers at the entrance to complexes, as well as security gates. Before placing landscape pavers at the entrances, please contact the fire department to ensure that the largest truck will be able to gain access to the complex without too much difficulty. It is also important to make contact with the fire department when installing or replacing security gates to e n s u re they’re wide

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+ Pythons to rid Key of raccoons Dear Editor: Finally, I have a solution for the raccoon problem on Longboat Key — pythons! The Key should just import a few medium-sized pythons and the raccoons would be taken care of in short order. Rats probably would be eliminated, as well, as a bonus.

The pythons presumably would cost nothing, or perhaps, be available for a small trucking charge, and when the raccoons are gone, there would be a huge recreational challenge for the residents and, perhaps, even a

Dear Editor: Is there any law prohibiting old boats from anchoring on Jewfish Key? These boats have been anchored there for years without moving and are becoming a real eyesore. I can’t believe the city is letting the north end of Longboat Key become a junkyard.

Let’s not let this beautiful piece of real estate turn into a graveyard for old abandoned or forgotten boats. When a boat sinks at its mooring, who will be responsible for its removal? Do the

boats have a current license on them?

Do they have working anchor lights?

These are all factors that need to be considered. There must be a law to keep these boats from collecting in this beautiful neighborhood.

Mark Kargo Frequent Longboat Key visitor

+ Who are the ‘rascals?’

Dear Editor: Mr. Bob White and friends, whom I’m sure have the greatest of good intentions for our ENTIRE island community, have done more than ANYONE to ensure the further decline of Longboat Key as evidenced by the current redevelopment freeze. So just why should we to listen to them about who the “rascals” are? No thank you!

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enough for emergency vehicles to enter, as well as to ensure the gate opener has the proper code. The department has had issues with not being able to gain access, which causes a delay in the response.

The reason for this article is to inform residents and property managers the importance of ensuring proper access for emergency vehicles. The fire department will be making contact with property owners and/or associations that were found to be a concern and will ask for their help in providing better access. If an owner or association receives a letter and has questions or concerns, please feel free to contact the fire department at 316-1944 for clarification.

If we can prevent delays in the response time, then we have been successful as a community. Remembering to keep emergency access as a priority when beautifying your home or business with trees and shrubbery will prevent a delay in emergency response.

Paul Dezzi became chief of Longboat Key Fire Rescue in September 2010.

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by Edmund Adams | Guest Columnist

What country does the president love?

Obama administration ignores the rule of law in the U.S. The president doesn’t love the same country I do. As a former artillery battery commander, a career private sector lawyer and present-day visiting professor of law in Russia and Eastern Europe, I love the country that President Obama inherited. He loves the country he’s trying to transform it into.

One of the major differences between us relates to respect for the rule of law. The fundamental purpose of my foreign teaching is to advance the rule of law, as opposed to the rule of man, in countries formerly dominated by the Soviet Union. The president has made my endeavor more difficult by demonstrating, time and again, his lack of deference to our laws, including the U.S. Constitution. He’s constantly pushing the envelope. As National Review observed in September, “This president is testing the limits of our system.”

For example, not only does the president refuse to enforce the nation’s immigration laws concerning illegal aliens — contrary to his oath of office — he sued to stop Arizona from enforcing its own immigration laws.

His partial success in court has not induced him to step up law enforcement. In the same vein, he ordered the Justice Department to stop defending the duly enacted Defense of Marriage Act. The president decides what laws to enforce.

In the General Motors and Chrysler Chapter 11 cases, the federal government bludgeoned the parties into distorting the bankruptcy laws to ride roughshod over the bondholders and deliver control of GM to the government and Chrysler to its union.

In a state-of-the-union address given before U.S. Supreme Court justices, the presi-

dent disdained the court by stating that one of its decisions opened the floodgates to foreign political campaign contributions, which prompted Justice Samuel Alito to mouth “untrue.” The president was wrong in criticizing the court and wrong in the substance of his criticism. Foreign political campaign contributions were then, and are now, banned by federal law. Without respect for the courts, there can be no respect for the rule of law.

There seems to be no end to the examples of the president’s cavalier attitude toward the law. According to the Heritage Foundation, an independent American oil-and-gas company has sued him for blocking allegedly legitimate efforts to produce oil from offshore wells.

On the constitutional side, the administration, armed with a Democrat Congress, ramrodded through the Obamacare legislation, unconcerned about its constitutionality. The Supreme Court approved the bulk of that legislation as constitutional by a 5-4 vote, facilitated by a chief justice who pulled

his arms out of their sockets in stretching for a constitutional basis — the power to tax — that few people thought applied.

Next, the Department of Health and Human Services mandated that religious institutions suffer serious financial penalties unless they provide health-insurance coverage for sterilization, contraceptives and abortioninducing drugs, whether those practices offend core tenets of the institutions’ religions. The mandate is a frontal attack on the First Amendment right of freedom of religion, probably the most serious and unimaginable assault on religious liberty in our lifetimes. The assault prompted the filing of a flurry of lawsuits by the American Catholic Bishops, the University of Notre Dame and numerous other institutions and businesses to set aside the mandate. Although some of the suits have been dismissed, mostly for prematurity, several courts have held on substantive grounds against the implementation of that mandate.

That’s not the only attack of the Obama Administration on the Catholic Church. In 1979, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that religious institutions are exempt from the jurisdiction of the National Labor Relations Board. Notwithstanding, the NLRB has decided that Manhattan College, in New York, St. Xavier University, in Chicago, and Duquesne University, in Pittsburgh, are not sufficiently religious to qualify for the exemption. Not only is the NLRB thumbing its nose at Supreme Court precedent, it is arrogant for it to give itself the authority to decide which religious universities are religious enough.

We also have the president, after several years of refusal by the Congress to enact the Dream Act, announcing in lieu of deportation a work-permit program for 800,000 illegal immigrants. Indifferent to the constitutional separation of powers, the president has “enacted legislation” himself for which many observers fail to see any constitutional basis. The president’s disdain for the Supreme Court is exceeded only by his disdain for the Congress.

As a mark of that disdain, Eric Holder, Obama’s attorney general, whose job it is to enforce the law, stiffed the United States Senate with respect to the production of documents in the “Fast and Furious” gunrunning scandal, intransigence that led some senators to call for Holder’s resignation. The president asserted executive privilege to bail him out.

Finally, as recently as Jan. 25, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, hardly a conservative bastion, held unconstitutional the president’s three recess appointments to the NLRB last January, a holding which, if upheld, will invalidate NLRB decisions since then.

What country does President Obama love? A country bereft of constitutional limitations on his power; a country with a compliant Supreme Court unwilling to restrain governmental excesses; a country in which he can selectively enforce the law; a country in which he can ignore legitimate congressional demands; a country in which he can unilaterally enact and amend laws by executive order; a country ungoverned by the rule of law?

That’s not the country I know and love, the country I teach about.

Edmund Adams is a part-time Longboat Key resident and a fellow of the American College of Bankruptcy.

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Follow this command 2:26 p.m. — Gulf of Mexico Drive and North Shore Road. Dog on the Beach. A woman agreed to leave after police told her that dogs are prohibited on the beach.

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12:18 p.m. — 700 block of St. Judes Drive S. Public Service. A woman reported that an unknown person broke her water meter. Police spoke to three tree-company employees who were working nearby and said they hadn’t seen anybody near the water meter. Police noted the company’s work truck and piles of debris in the immediate area of the broken pipe.

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12:26 a.m. — 100 block of GMD. Juvenile Nuisance. After police saw them standing near an intersection, three youths told police they were waiting for a ride. They said that they had been to Lido Beach but decided to walk to a gas station, unaware that it was closed.

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4:23 a.m. — 1400 block of GMD. Traffic Violation. Police stopped a man driving a Chevrolet Astro van with only one headlight. The driver is a sex offender but isn’t wanted. He received a written warning.

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No dogs allowed 12:11 p.m. — 3800 block of GMD. Dog on the Beach. When police told a Massachusetts man that dogs are prohibited on the beach, he apologized and said that he wasn’t aware of the town’s ordinance.

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Suspicious Person. A young woman reportedly knocked on a resident’s door and asked to use the phone because her cell phone wasn’t working. The woman told police she was a college student and was working on a school project for which she was supposed to approach people in their homes and ask them about their careers.

She also tried to sell gift baskets as part of the project. Police told her that she needed a solicitation permit.

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The town of Longboat Key’s Investment Advisory Committee is planning for a future with capped pension plans.

At its Jan. 23 meeting, town staff and Commissioners David Brenner, Jack Duncan and Lynn Larson discussed the impact of unfunded pension liabilities and how to pay off pension-plan debt.

Town Manager Dave Bullock said the town will hold a workshop, most likely in February, to discuss how to pay off more than $27 million in unfunded pension liabilities.

“Once we have a ratified firefighter contract, we will no longer have the ability to protect any discussions about pension plans that are currently held in closeddoor executive sessions,” Bullock said. “In the public, we will discuss ways to resolve post-freeze pension obligations and lay out options to fund the unfunded liability.”

The debate will be whether to ask Longboat Key voters to fund a future bond to pay off the debt.

Part of the issue includes adding $27 million in debt to the town’s balance sheet, which town staff said will reduce the town’s net assets from $98 million to $71 million.

“If we recommend buying a bond, the net assets behind the bonds won’t be as significant as they appear to be right now,” Brenner said.

The Town of Longboat Key is accepting applications for appointments to the following Retirement System Boards:

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The Investment Advisory Committee had requested the audit of Information Technology Director Kathi Pletzke’s department be performed.

In January 2012, a forensics investigation at Sarasota City Hall revealed the city of Sarasota’s IT department had corrupt files that resulted in the loss of 100 unaccounted for public emails. The news prompted the town of Longboat Key and other municipalities to make sure their IT departments were safe and secure.

The audit showed the town’s IT Department needs to increase password lengths from five characters to seven characters and create password expirations every 180 days.

Town Manager Dave Bullock said Pletzke will implement the password changes.

Commissioner Jack Duncan and others were pleased with the results of the audit.

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Whitefly influx hits close to home, affects plants Whiteflies aren’t just impacting Key plants; they’re becoming an issue throughout the state.

Have you noticed honeydew on your plants?

What about the black sooty mold that grows where there’s honeydew?

Then your plants might be experiencing the influx of whiteflies that has been spreading throughout Florida in the past few years.

On Longboat Key, whitefly impacts have been reported in the Longbeach Village and also at a Sleepy Lagoon home, according to Public Works Director Juan Florensa.

Former Mayor George Spoll also expressed concern about whitefly at the Feb. 4 Longboat Key Town Commission meeting.

“There is an invasion on Longboat Key scattered throughout the Key attacking and destroying banyan trees. I don’t know what we can do as a town, but anything we can do to push landscapers to treat trees would be helpful or we could lose very valuable cover on Longboat Key,” he said.

Whiteflies excrete honeydew, which doesn’t harm plants, but can cause a black mold to grow. The honeydew can be messy and potentially impact painted objects it comes in contact with if it isn’t washed off, according to the town’s website, longboatkey.org.

The type of whitefly reported locally has been the spiraling whitefly, which is most common on barrier islands or areas close to the water, according to Florensa.

According to the town’s website, longboatkey.org, the impact of whitefly infestation isn’t clear. Although whiteflies can cause plant decline, defoliation and branch dieback, they generally aren’t lethal to the

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What is A whitefly?

Whiteflies are small winged insects that are similar to aphids, scales and mealybugs. They typically feed on the underside of leaves with their needlelike mouthparts, which can cause host plants to wilt, yellow, stunt and leaf drop.

There are approximately 75 whitefly species.

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“It’s not lethal, but it does spread like fire ants, in which you treat your lawn, then the fire ants go into your neighbor’s lawn,” Florensa said.

The town doesn’t treat whitefly because of practical considerations — the cost and the fact that most impacted plants are on private property.

Residents should monitor plants for early signs of infestation, because whitefly is easier to manage before it reaches high populations.

For more information, visit the FAQ section on the town’s website, longboatkey.org.

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+ Say hello, Neighbors Won’t you be our neighbor?

We’re restarting a new version of our “Neighbors” feature Feb. 14, and we want your suggestions.

If you or someone you know lives on Longboat, Lido, St. Armands or Bird keys and has an interesting life story, passion or claim-to-fame, we want to hear from you.

Email Community Editor Katie Hendrick at khendrick@ yourobserver.com.

+ Manatee Super Bowl pick on target again Mote Marine manatees Hugh and Buffett might want to try their luck in Las Vegas.

For the sixth consecutive year, resident manatee Buffett accurately picked the Super Bowl winner, selecting the Baltimore Ravens to win Super Bowl XLVII during a training session the Friday before game day.

Hugh also picked the Ravens as the winner, making it the fourth time in six years in which he wagered on the winning team.

The manatees made their Courtesy Mote Marine Laboratory bets by swimming to special targets marked with team logos. Both swam right to the Ravens, and Buffett nudged the target twice.

+ Wild voted Kiwanian of the Year The Kiwanis Club of Longboat Key board unanimously voted John Wild 2012 Kiwanian of the Year.

Wild is a past club president who currently serves as secretary, and, according to Past President Bob Gault, has taken leadership roles in many fundraisers. Recently, he took over the position of Kiwanis district lieutenant governor, meaning that he oversees multiple clubs.

The Kiwanis Club will honor Wild, along with 2012’s Citizen of the Year, the late Longboat Key Police Chief Al Hogle, at the Longboat Key Kiwanis Foundation’s Valentine’s Ball, from 6 to 11 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 14, at the Longboat Key Club and Resort’s Harbourside Dining Room.

The event will feature a raffle, live auction and silent auction.

The grand raffle prize is a two-night, three-day Universal Orlando VIP Experience package for four. Tickets are $25.

A Wyland sign lithograph and Muldoon painting will each be auctioned. About 25 items will also be up for silent auction.

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Sacred Dances from India to Bali — runs from 3 to 4:30 p.m. at the Longboat Key Education Center, 5370 Gulf of Mexico Drive. This performance explores the similarity and differences among sacred dances of India, Indonesia and Bali in historical context and multicultural perspective.

The cost is $20 for members and $25 for non-members. For reservations, call 383-8811 or visit lbkeducationcenter.org.

Kiwanis Club Valentine’s Dinner Dance — runs from 6 to 11 p.m. at the Longboat Key Club’s Harbourside Dining Room, 3100 Harbourside Drive. The 42nd Street Big Band will perform. The dinner will honor the late Police Chief Albert F. Hogle as the 2012 Citizen of the Year.

Tickets are $95, of which $50 is taxdeductible as a charitable donation.

Tickets are available at SunTrust, 510 Bay Isles Road, or by mail at P.O. Box 8097, Longboat Key, Fla., 34228

Monday, Feb. 11 Valentine’s Day Fashion Show — starts at 11 a.m. at Christ Church of Longboat Key, Presbyterian, 6400 Gulf of Mexico Drive. The church’s Women’s Club will model the latest cruise and resort-wear fashions.

To reserve a seat, call 778-4376 or email baxterdamonte@hotmail.com.

Community Cancer Support Group — meets from 2 to 3:30 p.m.

Mondays, at All Angels by the Sea Episcopal Church, 563 Bay Isles Road. The group welcomes cancer patients, long-term survivors and caregivers from Sarasota, Bradenton and Longboat Key. For information, call 383-8192.

Wednesday, Feb. 13 Las Vegas Casino Night — runs from 6 to 9 p.m. at the Longboat Key Club’s Harbourside Dining Room, 3100 Harbourside Drive. The event will feature dinner, dancing, a silent auction, a 50/50 raffle and games, such as roulette, blackjack and craps. Tickets are $25. For information, contact Lynn Walters, at 383-8991, or Cris Meyers, at 383-8901.

Saturday, Feb. 16 and Sunday, Feb. 17 Cortez Commercial Fishing Festival — runs from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. in Cortez Village, 46th Ave W., Cortez.

The festival will include live music, clog dancing, boat rides, marinelife exhibits, seafood stations, an arts-and-crafts show, tours of local marine life and the commercial fishing industry and beautiful views from the Cortez shoreline. Admission is $3; free admission for children under 12 years old. For information, visit cortez-fish.org or call 722-4524.

Thursday, Feb. 21 Longboat Key Historical Society Lecture — starts at 7 p.m. at Christ Church of Longboat Key, Presbyterian, 6400 Gulf of Mexico Drive. John Ginaven will lecture about his 14 years spent observing Longboat Key eagles.

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After reading about the debate, the residents of a Russell Street home responded by spicing up their mailbox with a nude mannequin. They put a bathing suit on the mannequin after learning that she could be in violation of the town’s sign-code prohibition on obscenity.

Still, to be in compliance with the new dimension requirements, the Longboat Observer reported that she would have to lose some height and weight.

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But, as Weiss soon FEBRUARY learned, being a big fish in a small town comes with 1996 disadvantages.

The mailbox at the resort, which is now the Sandpiper Inn, was the biggest fish commissioners had to fry during a January 1996 workshop.

Commissioner Bob Drohlich brought up the mailbox “with an outlandish fish on it,” saying: “If that’s not an advertising sign, then we leave ourselves open for the next person to put a dancing girl or a space man on top of their mailbox.”

At the center of the issue was whether the mailbox could be considered a sign.

Town Attorney David Persson explained that the purpose of residential mailbox embellishments was for decoration, while the same embellishment on a commercial property’s sign would be to draw attention to the business.

He told the commission that it could make the argument that such mailboxes were signs but warned, “You’re skating on pretty thin ice.”

After reading about the controversy in the Longboat Observer, Weiss decided to reel in his sign.

On Feb. 8, 1996, Weiss replaced the 8-foot fish on the mailbox with a 5-foot fish.

Weiss told the Longboat Observer at the time that the mailbox caused too much controversy.

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“This particular U.S. Army Corps of Engineers permit and the lease with the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management are the result of many months of work,” Bullock wrote. “Please join me in expressing our appreciation to Congressman Vern Buchanan for his assistance in both efforts.”

The permit allows the town to remove sand from a borrow site miles out in the Gulf where a natural-gas pipeline is being placed in the next couple of years.

The town will take approximately 300,000 cubic yards of sand for the beach project.

“The sand is a bit darker and coarser,” Florensa said. “That means it performs better and resists erosion.”

The project is estimated to cost the town $9 million, although it’s eligible for a $5 million reimbursement from Port Dolphin LLC if it moves forward with its pipeline project as anticipated.

In summer 2012, two tropical storms wiped out a $4.5 million sand project that was performed last year and took with it more than 150,000 cubic yards of sand.

As a long-term solution, commissioners have signed off on a project that Bullock recommends, which calls for the construction of two permeable, adjustable-type groins near North Shore Road on town property and a non-adjustable groin that would stick out into Longboat Pass on Manatee County property to keep sand from flowing north into the channel and into Sarasota Bay. Groin construction could begin as early as fall.

The town is currently obtaining permits for the three groins according to the Longboat Pass Management Plan. The

Longboat Key Beach Renourishment Project Description The Science and Technology Journal of the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management explains the town’s upcoming beach project as follows: “Longboat Key is a well-developed barrier island on the central Gulf Coast of Florida with approximately 10 miles of shoreline. Located in Sarasota and Manatee counties, its beaches have been renourished several times since 1993 — and have significantly eroded since 2004.

Additionally, Longboat Key beaches were impacted by three hurricanes in August and September 2008, when waves and elevated tides caused an accelerated erosion of the dry beach.

Longboat Key is seeking to complete multiple beach renourishments.

However, sand sources in south Florida are decreasing, and the search for ‘white sand’ with comparable grain size is moving farther from project areas. The purpose of the project is to provide beach nourishment for storm protection from the north end of Longboat Key in Manatee County to the south end in Sarasota County.”

sand-structure project will cost the town $6.2 million. The town might be able to procure more sand from the Port Dolphin sand site for that project.

Once the structures are in, sand from Longboat Pass will still need to be placed on the north end every four to eight years.

During a 20-year period, sand placement will cost the town anywhere from $4 million to $7.5 million.

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New study urges society to alter references to shark behavior Mote Marine scientist says sensational headlines distort real risks of shark ‘attacks.’

Few words, used in combination, conjure as much fear as “shark attack.”

Yet, the phrase appears year-after-year in news headlines to describe fairly benign occurrences.

“If you look at these ‘attacks’ incident by incident, few are serious,” said Dr. Robert Hueter, leader of Mote Marine Laboratory’s Center for Shark Research. Most often, a 2-foot shark nipped a surfer’s foot, “which is not the same as a 15-foot shark fatally biting a swimmer,” he said.

Additionally, “attack” implies malevolent intent, “and no shark is out hunting the ocean for human prey,” said Hueter.

Dramatic wording can have unintended consequences, such as a drop in tourism.

In 2001, during the so-called “summer of the shark,” Hueter fielded phone calls from people in Europe and South America, who were hesitant to vacation in Florida and wanted his assessment of the danger.

Those phone calls compelled Hueter to set straight the misconception reinforced with every viewing of “Jaws,” “Shark Week” and countless broadcast news segments.

Working with Christopher Neff, a Ph.D. student at the University of Sydney, Hueter analyzed shark statistics from around the world, as well as Associated Press articles in Florida from 2001, to determine how much reality deviates from public opinion.

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Dr. Robert Hueter, of Mote Marine, coauthored a paper that outlines four classifications to better describe human interactions with sharks.

reviewed Journal of Environmental Studies and Sciences. In the study, Hueter and Neff suggest four categories to describe shark incidents, rather than using the fear-mongering blanket term, “attack.” The categories include: • Shark sightings, when sharks are spotted in proximity to people and no physical contact occurs; • Shark encounters, when a shark bumps a person or an inanimate object containing a person, such as a surfboard or boat; • Shark bites, when a shark injures a human; • Fatal shark bites, when a shark bites a human and inflicts fatal injuries.

Using this classification, the perceived threat of swimming off Florida’s coasts goes way down: Of the 637 confirmed cases of shark “attacks” since 1882, only 11 have been fatal bites.

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Congregants at Temple Beth Israel got a taste of the old country Thursday, Jan. 31. Temple member Connie Mederos-Jacobs, an attorney in Bradenton, led a cooking class on mamaliga, a porridge made from yellow maize flour, which has been a staple in Romanian diets since the 17th century.

According to the Encyclopedia of Jewish Food, mamaliga is ideal for any meal because it can be served with either dairy or meat dishes. Romanians serve the polenta-like dish all day — with butter, kashkaval cheese, sour cream, honey or fruit preserves for breakfast; sliced on a sandwich with onions and pickles for lunch; and as a starchy base in meaty stews for dinner.

Temple Beth Israel will host another cooking class, “Puff Pastry Three Ways,” at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 19. The class features an appetizer, entrée and dessert “triple play,” said Rabbi Jonathan Katz.

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OBITUARIES Albert Bernard ‘Albie’ Frank

Albert Bernard “Albie” Frank, 80, of Sarasota, died Feb. 2.

Mr. Frank moved 30 years ago from Philadelphia to Longboat Key and then to nearby Sarasota. He worked in the furniture industry until his retirement in 2002.

Mr. Frank served on various Longboat Key town boards and gave his philanthropic support to several local non-profit organizations.

Mr. Frank was preceded in death by his daughter, Nancy.

He is survived by his wife, Andrea; brother, Burt; daughter, Ellen Sanders; sons, Ronald and Herbert Sivitz; and six grandchildren.

A memorial service will be held at 10:30 a.m. Sunday, Feb. 10, at Toale Brothers Funeral Home, 40 N. Orange Ave., Sarasota.

Memorial donations may be made to the Sarasota Manatee Association for Riding Therapy, 4640 County Road 675, Bradenton, Fla., 34211.

Charlotte Ann Lajos

Charlotte Ann Lajos, 73, of Longboat Key, and formerly of Grand Island, N.Y., died Jan. 25.

Born in Guelph, Ontario, Canada, she graduated in 1961, from Wellesley Hospital School of Nursing in Toronto. While working at the Wellesley Hospital as an R.N., she met Dr. Thomas Z. Lajos, whom she married in 1964. The couple moved to Buffalo, N.Y., where they raised their family.

While in Buffalo, Mrs. Lajos was a member of the Board of Trustees at the Cala-

sanctius School and the Buffalo Seminary.

She organized many fundraisers, including the annual Calasanctius Piarist Ball and the Buffalo Seminary Soiree auctions.

Mrs. Lajos is survived by her husband, Thomas; sister, Catherine Scott; daughters, Chery and Laura; and son, Paul.

A Mass was held Wednesday, Feb. 6, at St. Mary, Star of the Sea, Catholic Church.

Donations may be made to support lungcancer research through the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, P.O. Box 4486, Houston, Texas, 77210-4486. A donation form is available online at mdanderson.org/gifts.

John Hopson Nisbet

John Hopson Nisbet, 86, of Longboat Key, died Jan. 29.

A graduate of Illinois Wesleyan University, Mr. Nisbet was a newspaper editor and writer for the Washington Star in Washington, D.C.; the Bellows Falls Times in Bellows Falls, Vt; and the New Britain Herald in New Britain, Conn. In 1959, he built Tamarack Lodge, a resort hotel in Mount. Snow, Vt., which he owned and managed for 25 years, before retiring to Longboat Key. Mr. Nisbet served in the U.S. Army during World War II. He was preceded in death by his wife of 51 years, Mariann B. Nisbet.

He is survived by his sons, John and Michael; daughter, Joan; and two granchildren.

A requiem Mass was held Wednesday, Feb. 6, at Church of the Redeemer. Memorial donations may be made to Church of the Redeemer and Christ the King Catholic Church, Sarasota.

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Howard Phillips, 82, of Sarasota, died Jan. 25.

Mr. Phillips graduated magna cum laude from the Tuck School of Business at Darmouth and Harvard School of Law. He practiced law with Cahill, Gordon and Reindel in New York. He was a senior vice president of McCall Co. in New York, director of corporate finance and partner of Oppenheimer and Co. and the director of corporate finance at D.H. Blair and Co. Inc. He served in the U.S. Navy during the Korean War. Mr. Phillips was a member of the Longboat Key Club and served as board president of the Asolo Repertory Theatre.

He is survived by his wife of 27 years, Carol; brother, Gerald; daughter, Jan Davis; son, Rick; stepson, Alexander Napack; and four grandchildren.

Donations in his memory may be made to the Asolo Repertory Theatre, 5555 N. Tamiami Trail, Sarasota, Fla., 34243. A celebration of his life will be held at a later date.

All Angels by the Sea Episcopal Church, 563 Bay Isles Road, will hold Ash Wednesday services at 10 a.m. and 5 p.m.

Feb. 13. Sunday worship services are at 8 and 10 a.m. Wednesday communion and anointing services are at 10 a.m. The Rev. David Danner is the rector. 383-8161.

Christ Church of Longboat Key, Presbyterian USA, 6400 Gulf of Mexico Drive, will hold Sunday worship services at 9 and 10:30 a.m. The Rev. Bruce Porter is the pastor. 383-8833.

Longboat Island Chapel, 6200 Gulf of Mexico Drive, will hold Sunday worship services at 10 a.m. The Rev. Vincent Carroll is the minister. 383-6491.

St. Armands Key Lutheran Church, 40 N. Adams Drive, will hold an Ash Wednesday service at 5:30 p.m. Feb. 13.

Contemporary Sunday worship services are at 9 a.m., and traditional Sunday worship services at 11 a.m. The Rev. Mark Bernthal is the pastor. 388-1234.

Robert Michael Stanton

St. Mary, Star of the Sea, Catholic Church, 4280 Gulf of Mexico Drive: Ash Wednesday Masses are at 9 and 11:30 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. Feb. 13; Sunday Masses are at 8, 9:30 and 11:30 a.m.

Daily Masses are at 9 a.m. Saturday Masses are at 4 and 6 p.m. 383-1255.

Robert Michael Stanton, 64, of Sarasota, died Jan. 22.

A longtime Sarasota police officer, Mr. Stanton was in charge of the special events division on St. Armands Circle and served on the circle’s Holiday Night Committee.

He is survived by his wife, Jayne; parents, Jack and Caroline; sons, Robert and William; five sisters; eight brothers; and eight grandchildren. Memorial donations may be made to Tidewell Hospice or the Police Employees Assistance Fund, 2099 Adams Lane, Sarasota, Fla., 34237.

Temple Beth Israel, 567 Bay Isles Road, will hold Shabbat services at 8 p.m.

Fridays and 10 a.m. Saturdays. Rabbi Jonathan Katz is the rabbi. Call 3833428.

All Angels by the Sea The Episcopal Church on Longboat Key

563 Bay Isles Road, Longboat Key All are welcome. Please join us in worship!

Sunday Services

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

Sunday Worship 10 a.m.

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The Rev. Dr. Vincent Carroll Jazz Sunday February 10 Jazz Musicians Play the Great American Songbook

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

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

Traditional Worship Celebration • 11:00 a.m.

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Saturday: 4:00 PM & 6:00 PM Sunday: 8:00 AM, 9:30 AM & 11:30 AM Monday-Friday: 9:00 AM Ash Wednesday: 9:00 AM, 11:30 AM & 5:30 PM

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ROGER SELLS LUXURY WATERFRONT PROPERTY

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Light, open with walls of windows. $849,000 grandbay212.com 3BR/3½BA Biscayne plan with wraparound bay and pool views. In wonderful condition.

May be purchased furnished. $799,000

350southshoredrive.com Palatial estate with views of the bay and downtown Sarasota. 5BR plus office, formal living and dining rooms.

Heated pool. Spacious 3-car garage. $2,495,000

511puttinggreenlane.com Lovingly updated with designer finishes, this 3BR/2BA is ready to move right in. Open kitchen and deep water dockage. $849,000 510puttinggreenlane.com This 3BR home is on the sunny southern side of Putting Green Lane. $749,000

WINDING OAKS 3463windingoaksdrive32.com 3BR villa with lake and golf course views.

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BEACH HARBOR CLUB beachharborclub101.com An ideal retreat or investment property with its own private beach access, heated pool and wonderful clubhouse. $239,000

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

SANCTUARY 535Sanctuarydrive203.com This 3BR/3BA is light and bright. Includes one covered parking space. $799,000

seaplacem1313.com Lovely, renovated 2BR/2BA with sunset Gulf views. Covered parking. Furnished. $449,000 seaplaceg1211.com Spacious 2BR/2BA with upstairs living area.

Steps to the beach. Furnished. $349,000 seaplaceg4204.com Terrific value, this 2BR is located in the popular G-4 building. $309,000 seaplaceg3205.com Recently updated 2BR/2BA beach retreat.

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by Robin Hartill | City Editor

‘Dora Walters Day’

Jan. 29, 2013:

Extra, extra, read all about her:

Dora Walters celebrated a long and storied career last week with more than 100 friends.

Dora Walters addresses her fans.

Dora Walters wrote the news. She broadcast the news. She photographed the news. But she still can’t get used to one part of the news business: being the news.

More than 100 of Walters’ closest friends gathered Tuesday, Jan. 29, at the Longboat Key Center for the Arts, a Division of Ringling College of Art and Design, to celebrate her retirement from the Longboat Observer.

The newspaper’s founders, Ralph and Claire Hunter, hired her in 1987, but her career in journalism spanned more than six decades.

Observer Group Editor/CEO Matt Walsh spoke about Walters and her thirst for the news. He recalled how, after buying the paper from the Hunters in 1995, he sat with them to review their list of staffers.

When they reached Walters’ name, they warned him: “She’s a tough one.”

He remembered how Walters

looked at him with suspicion in the early days. He realized that he had to prove himself to a “consummate journalist,” such as Walters.

“Dora Walters was the Observer in the name of the newspaper, the Longboat Observer,” Walsh said.

Walters demanded more assignments than the newspaper’s 20-something-year-old reporters and was always the first on the scene during a hurricane.

“Not even a big huge, monstrous dump truck could stop this woman,” Walsh said.

He was referring to Walters’ 1998 trip to Mount Dora, when a dump truck nearly crushed her inside her Honda on I-4. But a few days later,

SEE DORA / PAGE 2B View a video of the “Dora Walters Day” celebration. www.YourObserver.com

Jean and Terry Griffin

Jinny Johnson and Virginia Sanders

Open letter Rabbi Michael and Nancy Eisenstat Photos by Katie Hendrick

Above: Dora Walters with the Longboat Observer founders, Ralph and Claire Hunter, and their daughter, Janet, left Left: Pat Arends and Barbara Bishop

Anne Summers and John Holtzermann

Thank you — for sha , thank you, thank y rin ou me and fo g my special day w r many m it ore years o h sharing th f e highs of your lives the not-so a -highs of your lives nd me. with All of you very specia made these years so l do my best to me. I assure you I’ll to keep on exploring .

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649 Dream Island Road, Longboat Key SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 10th • 1 - 4 Looking for an unobstructed view of Sarasota Bay or a place to dock your boat? Here it is!

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Walters was back to work.

Longtime friend Virginia Sanders presented Walters with a certificate of friendship on behalf of herself and her cat, Hoodypoo VI. Walters looked out at the crowd and told them the reason she stayed for 26 years: “You,” she told them.

She could tell the story behind each one — some good, some bad.

She recounted a few of her favorites.

She remembered meeting a resident (she doesn’t remember her name) who was part of the original cast of “My Fair Lady.”

She looked out at the crowd, which included H. Terrell “Terry” Griffin. She read his first book, “Longboat Blues,” when it was still in a notebook, at Tiny’s of Longboat Key. In January, Griffin published his seventh book. Last year’s novel, “Collateral Damage,” featured a character named Dora Walters.

She remembered her interview with Leo O’Neill, the late husband of Village resident Kip O’Neill. He was the president of Standard & Poor’s. She didn’t know much about S&P, but she got an interview with him. He had the story framed and told her he enjoyed his interview with her more than his interview with Dan Rather.

Mayor Jim Brown read a proclamation: It proclaimed that the town was fortunate to have Walters for 26 years.

It proclaimed that Walters covered more potlucks than anyone could imagine and that she was the only unofficial member of every church on the Key. It proclaimed that Walters provided a historical record of the residents and visitors to Longboat Key in her factual reporting of countless meetings.

Then, he proclaimed that Jan. 29, 2013, would be known as “Dora Walters Day.”

Former Mayors Jeremy Whatmough and Ron Johnson and Town Commissioner Jack Duncan

Dawn DiLorenzo and Lisa Hlywa

Gwen Mooney and Murf Klauber

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SARABANDE DOWNTOWN BAYFRONT $1,395,000 GRAND MARINER BAYSIDE $1,700,000 - $2,400,000 8th Floor corner w/views of bay, marina, skyline & gulf sunsets. Luxury 3,200 - 3,600 SF 3BR condos with boat docks.

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Behind ivy covered walls, this charming 4BR/4BA direct bay front residence is waiting for a new owner. The home was completely renovated in 2002 with exquisite quality and attention to detail and is close to Southside Village, downtown and the beaches. Direct bay views from your patio with spectacular sunsets. A protected boat basin and a 10,000 lb. lift provide the ideal place for your boat.

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L’AMBIENCE GULF FRONT 3BR CONDO $2,800,000 Southern exposure. Elegant designer upgrades.

Landings Carriage House

DREAM ISLAND ROAD $850,000 Tim Seibert School of Design 3BR home on wide canal.

Meticulously maintained and updated Landings Carriage House, granite counters, new appliances, new paint,crown moldings, maintenance free and lushly landscaped. West of the trail and close to downtown, shopping and Siesta Beaches.

$250,000

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EXQUISITE BEACH ESTATE $6,895,000 GATED BAYFRONT ESTATE $2,295,000 Gulfront 3BR home plus 3BR guesthouse & tropical pool. 4BR home w/billiard room, pool, dock & views of the city lights.

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Longboat Key residents celebrate Super Bowl XLVII

Photos by Katie Hendrick

Robert Endres mans the grill at the Seaplace Super Bowl party.

Anita Solov and Gary Kemper became friends at the Seaplace Super Bowl party.

Gino and Mary Delpup at the Seaplace Super Bowl party

No matter their football allegiances, Longboaters know how to party. Residents of the Seaplace and Beachplace condo associations filled their respective clubhouses to watch the big game, enjoy chicken wings and laugh at advertisements, as did members of the Longboat Key Club & Resort in the resort’s John Ringling room.

Revelers sported various teams’ logos, including the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, St. Louis Rams, Detroit Lions and Pittsburgh Steelers — along with a handful of fans cheering for one of the night’s competitors. At the end of an exciting game and unprecedented 35-minute delay for a power outage, the Baltimore Ravens emerged victorious, holding off the San Francisco 49ers 34-31.

Sherry and Kurt Hellweg at the Longboat Key Club’s party

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Lucetta Ganley and Betty Tilton at the Beachplace Super Bowl party

Stan Horwich and Bill Forcht at the Beachplace Super Bowl party

Budee Jacobs with Anita and Jim Hudepohl at Beachplace

Karyn Powell and Anne Mueller at the Longboat Key Club

Lynn Rosen and Shelley Enlow at the Longboat Key Club

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Wide open open Views Views of of Wide Hudson Bayou Bayou with with deeded deeded Hudson deep water water boat boat dock! dock! deep

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Open Floor plan with wrap around Terraces

$1,500,000

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in Downtown Sarasota sits directly on Hudson Bayou and is close to everything Sarasota has to offer. Walk to World Renowned Selby Gardens, Marina Jack/Island Park, fine dining and the Downtown Farmer’s Market. This Designer owned 3 bedroom, 3 bath, first floor condominium is the best in quality and refinement one could ask for. The tremendous custom built-in cabinetry and lightling adds to the beautiful open living spaces and creates an inviting home. Not to mention the Michael Hays Cook’s Kitchen with Wolf and Sub Zero appliances. To top this off is the extended Realtor® living space of the 1,000+- sf covered and open air terrace that overlooks the 941.376.1826 wide open views of Hudson Harbor and your own deeded deep water boat dock.

The private pool cabana also adds to the enjoyment of the heated pool and spa. michaelhays@verizon.net A private secure 2 car garage is also part of this home’s qualities.

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FOOD, FASHION, FUNDS

by Katie Hendrick | Community Editor

Taste of the Keys delivers eats, entertainment and goodwill

Photos by Katie Hendrick

Cheryl Loeffler

Duane and Karen Compton

Meike Dooley and Valerie Smith Thackray

Mary Curry, Palma Panza and Patty Sileo

Michael Drake

A flavorsome selection The best way to enjoy Taste of the Keys?

Arrive with an empty stomach. The following restaurants set up stations with samples: • Mar Vista Dockside Restaurant & Pub • Dry Dock Restaurant Waterfront Grill • Chart House Restaurant • Harry’s Continental Kitchens • Lazy Lobster • Longboat Key Hilton Beachfront Resort • Longboat Key Club and Resort • Old Salty Dog on City Island • Sarasota Yogurt Co. on St. Armands Circle • Lido Beach Resort • Bridge Street Bistro • The Feast on Anna Maria Island

Eddie Thomas and Sandy Backman

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Bringing People Home Since 1939

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

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Call 941-383-5577

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Mary Harper, Jill Caruso and Maryann Maier

Anyone who equates preppy with “stuffiness” has never attended Taste of the Keys. The fashion show, featuring sportswear by Island Pursuit, elicited plenty of hootin’ and hollerin’ Wednesday, Jan. 30, when 14 local celebrities paraded down the catwalk in sundresses, espadrilles, chino shorts and boat shoes, while emcee Matt Walsh shared fascinating facts about their pasts. (Who knew that restaurateur Ed Chiles enjoyed a stint as a zookeeper, or that Realtor Cheryl Loeffler was a former rodeo cowgirl?)

Prior to the show, the crowd of 200 mingled in a tent outside the Longboat Key Club’s Harbourside Dining Room, where they sampled dishes such as roasted lamb chops, gazpacho, sushi and raspberry frozen yogurt at 12 food stations manned by local restaurants.

The Longboat Key Garden Club, which hosts Taste of the Keys, uses funds from this event and others to provide scholarships and grants to students pursuing an environmental education. This year’s event raised approximately $7,000, said event Co-Chairwoman Susan Landau, who added, “We never planned Taste of the Keys to be annual, but every year gets better … ”

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

MAGNIFICENT GOLF COURSE ESTATE! 7,516SF/5-8Br/5FBa/3HBa/4CG w/the best in craftsmanship, marble, wood flrs, granite, built-ins, elevator, wet bars, wine cellar, gas fp, state-of-the-art syst., 4k SF lanai, outdoor kit., pool/spa & more in gated comm. Offered at $2,995,000

SPACIOUS AND DESIRABLE 2BR/2BA CONDO with great view of Sarasota Bay! TKF, tile floors, central vac. & upgraded kitchen. 2 pools, tennis, boat docks only $12 per mo. Beach access. 2 pets OK. Dorothy Cook $269,000 #A3969335

BAY AND CANAL VIEWS

9th FLOOR WITH BAY VIEWS - DOWNTOWN! Custom remodeled 2Br/2Ba/1CG w/ wood laminate flrs, tile, modern cabinets, built-ins, crown moldings, 2 pvt balconies, hurricane shutters & personal laundry in secure building with full service amenities! MLS#A3951357 $775,000

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

will inspire you from the spacious lanai of this well maintained 2/2 beauty, heated pool, tennis, deep water boat slip & private cabana w/deeded beach access.

Teresia Bradford $279,000 #M5832385

5TH FLR BAY VIEWS! Downtown split plan, 2Br/2Ba/1CG w/tile flrs, mirror walls, bonus space, eat-in kitch., master & guest wing, pvt laundry, balcony & hurricane shutters in secure bldg w/ amenities; concierge, valet, fitness ctr, pool & more! MLS#A3970528 $575,000

BEAUTIFUL 2 BR 2 BA water front condo w/a great view of the bay! Deeded 30’ boat slip, updtd. bath, kitchen & nicely furnished. Tennis, large heated pool, spa & comm. boat ramp. Turnkey furnished.

Marcia Bayard $379,500 #M5818101 NORTH END LOCATION on west

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

SHORT SALE! 5Br/4.5Ba/3CG on over half an acre, wood flrs, diagonal tile, granite, Corian, wood cabinets, French doors, gas fireplaces, built-ins, vaulted ceilings, skylights, plantation shutter, SS appls., 2,000SF lanai w/pool & spa overlooking wooded privacy! MLS#A3956218 $600,000

side of Gulf of Mexico Dr. Enjoy beach walks, lazy, sun filled beach days, colorful sunsets & beautiful landscaping. 3BR/3BA main house w/1BR/1BA in-law apt.

Van VanArtsdalen $649,000 #M5832791

PROTECTED DEEP WATER! Mainland 3-5Br/3.5Ba/3CG w/teak, mahogany & bamboo flrs, tile, granite, marble, detailed ceil., builtins, custom finishes, wood cabinets, aquarium glass, butlers pantry, gourmet kitch., comb fam rm, saltwater pool/spa & summer kitch on loggia, dock & lift MLS#A3971649 $1,799,000

SNEAD ISLAND RIVERFRONT ESTATE Amazing views from main home. 3BR/2.5BA with over 3100 SF. Big balconies, Spanish tile floors, fireplace, dock w/lift & boathouse. Historic guest house. Over an acre.

Foster Lewis $875,000 #M5832655

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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 $899,000

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Corner apartment, completely turnkey furnished with sparkling views of the Gulf of Mexico. 3 full bedrooms, new granite & stainless kitchen, and wood floors. $1,250,000

Ritz Carlton Hotel Residences - 12th Floor Water views from all rooms! 2,011 SF w/ wood floors, custom-fitted closets, & unique Venetian plaster walls. Large master suite with sitting area & marble bath. $1,098,500

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4BR/4.5BA Art Rutenburg home with 4,300+ square feet, beautiful lake and golf course views, and high $1,450,000 quality finishes throughout.

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Captivating City & Bay views with 4 bedrooms and 7,452 SF of quality and elegance. Outdoor living at its best! Infinity-edge pool, 2,460 SF of terraces, boat dock & lift.

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Siesta Cove - Waterfront Short Sale An incredible opportunity to live in a premier neighborhood, on a superb waterfront lot in a gorgeous 4,869 SF home. Open waterfront views. $2,495,000 E PRICSUN 1-4 NEW SE Drive U O N H er OPE 763 Tyl

Ringling Pointe – Stunning Direct Bay Front On 145 feet of deep water with 5BR/3.5 BA, a 2,200 SF master suite, 1,000 bottle wine room, private dock, wading & lap pool w.spa & 8-car garage. $3,490,000

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The Main house has a beautiful great room, a large Master suite with sitting area and a room size closet. The guest wing includes a bedroom plus study/3rd bedroom. Enjoy unobstructed Bay views, pool with fountain, & boat dock with lift.

Lido Beach - Best Waterfront Value Gated

Mediterranean inspired residence w/protected Bay views, within walking distance to Lido Beach and St. Armands Circle. 6BR/6.5BA on 148 ft of waterfront.

$3,149,000

On the grounds is a separate guest house ideal for privacy with a bedroom, bath, living room plus screened patio. Additional residences include a duplex where each apartment has 2 bedrooms, & screened patios ideal for rental income or guests. A private deeded beach access is directly across the street.

Sea Gate Club - Direct Gulf Front Feels like a beach house! Gulf, beach and sunset views from every room of this 2BR/2BA split floor plan. Offered entirely turnkey furnished. $680,000

Sleepy Lagoon - Direct Gulf Front

Beautiful Hampton Style 4BR/3BA home on 100 ft of pristine beach front. Renovated in 2007. Wood & marble floors, outdoor jacuzzi and 2-car $2,950,000 garage.

Ritz Carlton Hotel Residences - 14th Floor Amazing Bay & city views from this lovely furnished residence featuring two bedrooms + den and three full baths. Custom interiors, wood floors, lots of storage.

Lives like a home! $1,450,000

Kenilworth Estates - New Construction

Bay Plaza - Sparkling Bay Views Beautifully renovated 2BR/2BA residence w/ bamboo floors, granite & stainless appliances on the 11th floor in exciting downtown Sarasota. $799,000

The Bougainvillea House - Tudor Revival Renovated in 2006 on 3 lots with 4BR/3.5BA + separate guest house totaling 4,857 square feet. Home exudes old world charm while offering today’s modern conveniences. Wood floors, marble, pool, & 2-car garage. $1,159,000

www.barbaraackerman.com Coldwell Banker Residential Real Estate, LLC 201 Gulf of Mexico Drive, Suite #1, Longboat Key

Longboat Key - 150 Feet of Beachfront Gated privacy on 2+ acres directly on the Gulf of Mexico. 10,000SF, 7BR/6.5BA with attached guest wing.

All Barbara’s listings are linked Internationally in 13 languages.

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by DR Horton. 4,363 SF. $849,990

THE JOHNSON ESTATE DIRECT GULF FRONT $$10,450,000

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by Katie Hendrick | Community Editor

Bird Key women strut in style

MOULTON Certified Residential Specialist

Michael Saunders & Company

The ladies of Bird Key Yacht Club enjoyed brunch and a style show Thursday, Jan. 31. Members modeled designs

by Worth, a couture line available only by appointment with a consultant. Joni Bergs, who works for the company, hosted the show and offered each of the more than 100 attendees a gift certificate worth $100.

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BIRD KEY - Stunning remodeled, pristinely maintained 3BR canal front residence. A3972343 $1,675,000.

BAY ISLES - Spectacular 2011 built 4BR home, a must-see for its extraordinary beauty & design details. A3969494 $3,700,000

Patricia Redmond with her daughter, Maureen Schwartz, and niece, Pat Spon

CASEY KEY - Spectacular extensively remodeled gulf front residence on 1.25 acres. A3968932 $4,850,000

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Roberta Straff, Susan Master and Bettina Rosica

LBK BAYFRONT LOT - 100’ wide with deeded beach access. A3971918$1,975,000

ST. ARMANDS TOWERS - Sophisticated furnished 3BR Penthouse. A3953612 $1,595,000

440 Gulf of Mexico Drive, Longboat Key, FL 34228 Office 941.383.7591 | Mobile 941.928.3559 | SarasotasFinestProperties.com

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Lori Dickert

Bruce Myer 941.387.1859

SELLING

Theresa Abraham and Phyllis Shapiro

Carlene Baime

Longboat Key’s Top Realtor!

• First in Number of Homes Sold • First in Sales Volume of Homes Sold • First Class Results

Bruce@BruceMyer.com BruceMyer.com

Source: Mid Regional MLS for Longboat Key,, 2012

NEW LISTING!

JUST REDUCED!

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NEW LISTING!

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BEACHPLACE - Bldg. 8-#505 Direct gulf front 2BR/2BA completely remodeled and beautiful! $769,000

FAIRWAY BAY 222- 2BR/2BA beautifully updated and furnished 2nd floor home with bay views and one covered parking space . $389,000

Longboat Key for 33 years!

1980 - 2013

SEAPLACE - Furnished 2BR/2BA in M-1 LIGHTHOUSE POINT- 4BR/4.5BA + Office. COREY’S LANDING - 6BR/5.5BA, over building with tasteful updates and par- Beautiful home with pool, deepwater 4,800 SF of fine living with Bay and golf $1,495,000 tial Gulf views. $399,500 dock & serene water views. $4,150,000 course views.

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EMERALD POINTE SOUTH - Peaceful KEY TOWER SOUTH #10C - 2BR/2BA, 3BR/3.5BA newer lake front villa in the 10th floor Lido Beach home - direct $649,000 cul-de-sac. $699,900 gulf views.

JUST REDUCED!

PLAYERS CLUB - 2BR/2BA second floor GULF OF MEXICO DRIVE - 3BR/2.5BA home in the “A” building. $525,000 estate on large lot. Bay views & private canal. $1,979,000

OPEN HOUSE

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SIESTA KEY -Whispering Sands Sunset EMERALD POINTE S- 3BR/3.5BA pool SANCTUARY III - 5th Floor, 3BR/3.5BA House #106- Renovated 2/2 ground villa beautifully detailed and updated. corner residence with Gulf, golf and floor residence with carport. $349,000 NEW A/C 2013! $699,000 bay views. $1,799,000

PIERRE - 2BR+Den/3BA furnished residence. Modified, open floorplan with partial Gulf views. $949,000

PENDING SALE!

NEW LISTING!

JUST REDUCED!

FAIRWAY BAY - 2BR/2.5BA stylishly updated & furnished townhome with boat dock. $394,500

LIDO BEACH CLUB - 2BR/2BA furnished condominium home with partial Gulf views. $429,000

PENDING SALE!

1804 MORRIS STREET, SARASOTA LONGBOAT HARBOUR TOWER - Furnished FAIRWAY BAY 121 - 2BR/2BA Corner 4BR/3.5BA Mediterranean style court- 2BR/2BA home with direct Gulf front residence with great water views, $399,000 two terraces and one covered parking yard home on corner lot. $995,000 views and one carport. space. $439,000

Coldwell Banker Residential Real Estate • 201 Gulf of Mexico Dr., Ste. 1 • Longboat Key • At the Charthouse

SEAPLACE - 2BR/2BA, 2nd floor home in G3 bldg. PRICED TO SELL! $269,000

INN ON THE BEACH #5103 Golf Course view. $239,000 Club Suite #2202 Gulf front. $399,000 102221

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WATER CLUB - Direct Gulf front 3,400sf 3BR furnished condo. A3957287 $2,500,000

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Garden Club learns Japanese art of ikebana “It’s not all about the bloom,” said Shannon Gault, at the beginning of her ikebana demonstration for the Longboat Key Garden Club Tuesday, Jan. 29, at the Windward Bay clubhouse. “Ikebana makes you appreciate the flower for all that it is.”

That includes a flower’s stem and foliage, which ikebana flower arrangers use to emphasize shape and form. Gault spent 14 years in Kobe, Japan, where she studied at the Ohara School of Ikebana.

Ikebana favors minimal flowers architecturally designed. Gault demonstrated the five basic types of ikebana arrangements — upright, slanting, heavenly, contrasting and cascade — and sent participants home with flowers and instructions.

Above: Shannon Gault Right: Lynn Larson and Judy Williams

Coldwell Banker Residential Real Estate Agent in Florida 2012, 2010 and 2008

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1.Based on total sales volume for the 2012, 2010 and 2008 calendar years as reported by Multiple Listing Service in January 2013. Data is deemed reliable but not guaranteed. 2. Based on Coldwell Banker Residential Real Estate internal reporting for closed sales volume, December 2012 ©2013 Coldwell Banker Real Estate LLC. All Rights Reserved. Coldwell Banker Real Estate LLC fully supports the principles of the Fair Housing Act and the Equal Opportunity Act. Operated by a subsidiary of NRT LLC. Coldwell Banker, the Coldwell Banker Logo, Coldwell Banker Previews International, the Previews International logo and “Dedicated to Luxury Real Estate” are registered and unregistered service marks owned by Coldwell Banker Real Estate LLC. 6571-1/13

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LonGboat Harbour - Beach getaway, canal $ views & boat dock. Turnkey furnished.

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LonGboat Harbour - 2 bed/2 bath condo with serene water views & available boat dock as well as private beach access. Turnkey furnished ready to move in and $255,000 enjoy the Longboat lifestyle

One of the finest condo homes on Longboat Key. 3200 SF of sheer luxury in impeccable as new condition. 3 Bedrooms/3 baths. 2 car private garage.

Price Reduction noW $2,250,000

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By Adam Hughes | Research Editor

BUILDING PERMITS

This home at 673 Norton St. has four bedrooms, two-and-ahalf baths, a pool and 3,110 square feet of living area.

It sold for $719,000.

These are the largest building permits issued by the Longboat Key Planning and Zoning Department for the week of Jan. 25 through Jan. 31, in order of dollar amounts. (GMD = Gulf of Mexico Drive)

Katie Hendrick

Condominium at The Grande sells for $1.75 million The following residential real-estate transactions took place between Jan. 21 and Jan. 25.

A condominium in The Grande at Longboat Key tops all transactions in this week’s real estate. Paul and Sharon Steinwachs, of Longboat Key, sold their Unit 401 condominium at 4561 Gulf of Mexico Drive to Jonathan and Donna Perlin, of Nashville, Tenn., for $1.75 million. Built in 1999, it has three bedrooms, four baths and 3,260 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $2.3 million in 1999.

Sleepy Lagoon Park

Albert and Renee Connelly, trustees, of Longboat Key, sold the home at 673 Norton St. to Charles and Lisa Tyson, of Naperville, Ill., for $719,000. Built in 1995, it has four bedrooms, two-and-a-half baths, a pool and 3,110 square feet of living area.

It previously sold for $385,000 in 1996.

Petchul, of Oakland, Mich., for $255,000.

Built in 1969, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,073 square feet of living area.

It previously sold for $140,000 in 1999.

Mary Brune and Janet Brune, of Cincinnati, sold their Unit 120 condominium at 562 Spanish Drive S. to LuLu Lancaster LLC for $227,000. Built in 1969, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,403 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $148,000 in 2000.

Address 3309 Sabal Cove Circle 3411 Winding Oaks Drive 4805 GMD 748 Marbury Lane 700 Dream Island Road 806 Bayport Way 540 Yardarm Lane 601 Yardarm Lane 2295 GMD 2295 GMD 5461 GMD 3467 Winding Oaks Drive 2352 Harbour Oaks Drive 677 Lands End Drive 560 Putting Green Lane 700 Longview Drive 610 Bowsprit Lane 6231 GMD 750 Russell St. 2110 Harbourside Drive

Permit Applicant Amount New construction Thomas Geyman $1,333,000 Kitchen and bathroom Rosemary Dalgleish $80,000 Kitchen Lisa Lorito $32,590 Pool, spa and deck Helen Owen $24,000 Re-roof Carl Harris Jr. $20,010 Kitchen Arlene Scarlett $18,000 Window and sliders Keith Pozulp $16,100 Pool and spa John Forch $13,469 Door and window Mark Schneider $11,936 Door and window Gary Yee $11,936 Lighting and ceiling Alice Ptak $7,800 Pool cage Antoinette Maloney $6,962.24 Awning Michael Kilbride $5,272 Garage door Patricia Zunz $3,540 Dock Joseph Toy $2,476 Garage door Richard Christman $1,385 Garage door William Fogel $1,072 Shutters Stephen Spotte $990 Concrete pad Stephen Garrod $600 Change of contractor Peter Small $0

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Lido Beach Club

Paul Caciolo, trustee, of St. Louis, sold the Unit 708 condominium at 1212 Benjamin Franklin Drive to Paul Caciolo and Amalea Adzick-Caciolo, trustees, of St. Louis, for $490,000. Built in 1974, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,421 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $83,000 in 1978.

Spanish Main Yacht Club

Karen Deneberg, trustee, of Philadelphia, sold the Unit 117 condominium at 586 Spanish Drive S. to John and Deborah

Visit our website to see a map of this week’s transactions. www.YourObserver.com

LICENSED REAL ESTATE BROKER

571 Putter Ln #A3968685 $2,250,000 Linda A. Page

Longboat Key 941-951-6660 941-504-0123

2105 Gulf Of Mexico Dr # 3501 #A3952430 $995,000 Susan Mcleod

Longboat Key 941-388-4447 941-928-4445

166 Golden Gate Pt # 52 #A3932434 $899,000 Jenifer Schwell

Sarasota 941-388-4447 941-780-0968

800 N Tamiami Trl. PH 1608 #A3961090 $795,000 Linda A. Page

Sarasota 941-951-6660 941-504-0123

3461 Bayou Sound #A3939678 $1,999,000 Jeffrey Porterfield

6338 Laguna Dr #A3957942 $795,000 Audrey Singer

Longboat Key 941-383-7591 941-350-2588

601 Longboat Club Rd # 303S #A3960190 $749,000 Ian Addy Pa

Longboat Key 941-383-7591 941-961-8850

1932 Baywood Ter #A3966747 $699,000 Stephanie Church

Sarasota 941-388-4447 941-724-5448

2525 Gulf Of Mexico Dr # 3D #A3970894 $695,000 Tom Delaney

Longboat Key 941-383-7591 941-387-3990

1876 Goldenrod St #A3970060 $689,000 Tammy L. Garner

Longboat Key 941-907-9595 941-228-1047

Sarasota 941-388-4447 941-374-4161

1485 Gulf Of Mexico Dr # A401 #A3945458 $599,000 Christina Landry

Longboat Key 941-388-4447 941-376-4498

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4311 Gulf Of Mexico Dr # 201 #A3969075 $599,000 Bruce & Jenine Meyer

565 Sanctuary Dr # B104 #A3971860 $1,950,000 Hannerle Moore

Longboat Key 941-383-5502 941-266-8303

1005 Bogey Ln #A3956832 $529,000 David Simon

Longboat Key 941-388-4447 248-342-3551

Longboat Key 941-383-7591 941-387-7300

4621 Gulf Of Mexico Dr # 15C #A3964064 $499,000 Richard Perlman

Longboat Key 941-383-7591 941-228-8580

2109 Gulf Of Mexico Dr # 1201 #A3957661 $499,000 Hannerle Moore

Longboat Key 941-383-7591 941-387-7300

100 Sands Point Rd # 225 #A3968785 $469,000 Joan Boltax

Longboat Key 941-951-6660 941-350-6390

448 Gulf Of Mexico Dr # A305 #A3965898 $440,000 Diana Kryszak

Longboat Key 941-388-4447 941-993-4078

1925 Gulf Of Mexico Dr # 406 #A3959511 $439,000 Susan Matteoli PA

Longboat Key 941-951-6660 941-356-1335

230 Sands Point Rd # 3203 #A3958825 $429,000 Saint Cacchiotti

Longboat Key 941-383-7591 941-809-0787

2020 Harbourside Dr # 452 #A3963834 $339,900 Carol Cohen Pa

Longboat Key 941-383-7591 941-356-3829

4401 Gulf Of Mexico Dr # 203 #A3968563 $298,500 Sandi Layfield

Longboat Key 941-383-5502 941-914-2807

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REAL ESTATE REPORTS

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By Robin Hartill | City Editor donations to 23 organizations in Manatee, Sarasota and Charlotte counties.

+ Premier Sotheby’s reports 35% growth in 2012

+ Barrier Island Realty opens third Longboat office Barrier Island Realty opened its third Longboat Key office in January.

The new location at 4030 Gulf of Mexico Drive is located in the same shopping plaza as Ace Hardware and Quik-NEZ convenience store. The company also has offices at Cedars Tennis Resort and 7000 Gulf of Mexico Drive.

For information, visit barrierislandrealty. com or call 387-8888.

+ MS&Co. Foundation collects $23,750 The Michael Saunders & Co. Foundation collected $23,750 between June 30 and Dec. 10.

The foundation allocates funds to local programs twice a year that support its mission of improving lives by offering shelter, sustenance, education and a path to self-sufficiency.

Its December distribution included

535 Forest Way # None #A3969198 $298,000 Bobbi Banan

4261 Mackay Falls Ter #A3972297 $285,000 Maureen Horn

600 Sutton Pl # 103 #A3958356 $259,000 Donna Baranowski

The Sarasota Association of Realtors (SAR) reported that 2012 sales were the fourth highest in the group’s 90-year history, with 9,169 sales. The all-time highest year was 2004, when SAR members sold 11,267 properties.

December 2012 sales increased 28% from December 2011, while the median home price also rose by 18% for singlefamily homes and 21.6% for condominiums.

Sarasota 941-383-7591 941-539-3384

Longboat Key 941-951-6660 941-504-3951

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4330 Falmouth Dr # 207 #A3953706 $275,000 Lawrence Zeigler

Longboat Key 941-388-4447 941-356-2659

+ Sales in 2012 are the fourth highest in SAR history

565 Sanctuary Dr # A202 #A3970839 Diann Thelen

Longboat Key $7,500 941-552-4200

1770 Benjamin Franklin Dr # 706 Sarasota #A3952777 $2,500-$5,000/month, 30 day min Diann Thelen 941-552-4200

4504 Deer Trail Blvd #A3971717 $280,000 Jon Partridge

1620 Gulf Of Mexico Dr # 634 #A3965224 $40,500 Susan Fox

1241 Gulf Of Mexico Dr # 402 #A3957287 $2,500,000 Michael Moulton

Longboat Key 941-383-7591 941-928-3559

870 Jungle Queen Way #A3938200 $1,599,000 Sylvia Zimmerman

Longboat Key 941-383-7591 941-350-5022

373 S Washington Dr #A3965863 $1,549,000 Douglas Parks

Sarasota 941-388-4447 941-400-9087

649 Dream Island Rd #A3962661 $1,450,000 Cathy Meldahl

Longboat Key 941-383-5502 941-724-7228

1752 Lincoln Park Cir #A3967502 $1,349,500 Klaus Lang

Sarasota 941-383-7591 941-320-1223

1800 Ben Franklin Dr # B-310 #A3959712 $1,150,000 Carol Aviles

Sarasota 941-388-4447 941-356-6777

1605 Pocatello St #A3935106 $1,100,000 Anna Kaminski

Sarasota 941-388-4447 941-374-3200

2204 Harbour Court Dr #A3972270 $1,100,000 Michael Yawitz

Longboat Key 941-383-7591 941-587-8091

7552 Conservation Ct #A3966382 $995,000 Sharon Ross

Sarasota 941-388-4447 941-320-4190

3040 Grand Bay Blvd # 242 #A3972082 $975,000 Bibi-Ann Allard PA

Longboat Key 941-951-6660 941-685-0422

230 Sands Point Rd # 3101 #A3960738 $950,000 Ian Addy Pa

Longboat Key 941-383-7591 941-961-8850

Sarasota 941-388-4447 941-388-4447

Longboat Key 941-383-7591 941-544-6648

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The new Barrier Island Realty office is located at 4030 Gulf of Mexico Drive.

Premier Sotheby’s International Realty announced sales of more than $2.3 billion through the end of 2012, a 35% increase over 2011.

The company was involved in half of the top 10 sales in Sarasota County during 2012, according to a prepared statement, and also expanded its presence with new offices in Lakewood Ranch and Longboat Key. “The high-end market has recovered tremendously. Reduced inventory as a result of buyers coming off of the sidelines as the market improves has generated more demand to purchase now, and foreign investment has been a significant driver of this activity, particularly from Canada and the United Kingdom,” said Premier Sotheby’s president and CEO Judy Green in a prepared statement. “Supply and demand are returning to equilibrium in many communities within our Naples and Sarasota regions, and we expect this trend to continue in 2013.”

4720 Gulf Of Mexico Dr Longboat Key #A3969967 $2,000-$2,900/month, 30 day min Diann Thelen 941-552-4200

VA C AT I O N R E N TA L S 6677 Gulf Of Mexico Dr #A3965683 $3,599,000 Deborah Beacham

Mid Longboat 383.5502 • South Longboat 383.7591 • St. Armands 388.4447 Main Street 951.6660 • Palmer Ranch 966.8000 • Siesta Key 349.3444

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White Sands of Longboat whitesandsoflongboat.com 800.230.2428

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SPICE BAY Located in the private gated community of Spice Bay on Siesta Key is the Bonaire a truly luxurious residence with a Dutch West Indies style built by Perrone Construction. With four en suite bedrooms, guest quarters and your own boat slip this beautiful home offers the best of everything!

$2,349,000

USE HO-5 N OPESUN 1 Photos by Mark Wemple

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. $1,999,000

BAY ISLES - Graceful 3BD/3.5BA home overlooking tranquil lake. This

is Florida living at its best! Volume ceilings, crown molding, marble gas fireplace with raised hearth, wood flooring and dramatic Master Suite are a few of the lovely features in this lovely residence. $799,000

Jim Michaels runs the Sturgeon Aquaculture Program at Mote Marine Laboratory in Sarasota. The sprawling aquaculture park, where nine employees operate a caviar operation, opened in 1998.

KEITH POINTE - Remarkable Sarasota Bay front home surrounded by

Caviar Dreams

lush tropical landscaping. Open bay views, gourmet kitchen, spacious patio with summer kitchen on 175’ of waterfront with oversized dock. $3,899,000

Forget widgets. The manufacturing inside a rural aquaculture park in Sarasota County is all about potentially lucrative sturgeon egg harvesting.

PLAYERS CLUB Fabulous Gulf views with endless winter

sunsets from this 2BD/2BA furnished condominium with courtyard entry and additional storage. $545,000

RepoRt CaRd foR 2012: 40 SaLeS $40,000,000 IN SaLeS VoLUMN 40 MILLIoN “tHaNK YoU’S” to MY CUStoMeRS aNd CLIeNtS foR tHeIR SUppoRt!

SEAPLACE - Northwest winter sunsets and sultry breezes will greet you from your two spacious terraces in this beautifully updated, furnished 3BR/2BA condominium home. $519,000

ISLANDER CLUB - Direct Bay to beach views! Kitchen and baths have been upgraded to include granite and stainless steel with rich wood cabinetry. This 2BR/2BA, 1,235 Sq. Ft. condominium home is located in the South $389,000 tower and is priced to sell.

BEACHES Enjoy breakfast in your spacious eat-in kitchen and fabulous direct gulf views from this beautifully updated 2BD/2BA condominium home with a beautifully crafted master suite. $795,000

SEAPLACE – Completely remodeled and beautifully furnished, 2BD/2BA with NW gulf views and spectacular sunsets. Every creature comfort is waiting for you, just bring your bathing suit. $429,000

INN ON THE BEACH - Direct Gulf Front views! 1BD/1BA Club Suite with first class amenities and a fabulous rental $389,000 program.

SEAPLACE – Updated kitchen with warm pecan cabinetry and granite counters in this 2BD/2BA condominium home with Southwest Gulf and bay views and miles of sand and beach. $375,000

The plan was largely on target until a sweltering summer night almost derailed it.

That night was July 20, when the nonprofit Mote Marine Aquarium, was struck by what could be any organization’s worst nightmare: a fire.

In Mote’s case, the fire, for which the cause was never determined, destroyed one building at its Mote Aquaculture Park off Fruitville Road, seven miles east of I-75.

That lone 25,000-squarefoot building, though, represented eight years and more than $3 million in work toward Mote’s caviar goal. The building housed 16 separate 19,000-gallon fiberglass tanks, plus filtration and feeding systems. It also housed about one-third of Mote’s total caviarproducing sturgeon stock.

“That was a very tough time,” says Jim Michaels, the director of the Sturgeon Aquaculture Program at Mote, who wrote

the business plan in 2002. “It was a huge loss. It’s not like making widgets, where you can always put more on the shelf. We almost had to restart. We had to push the go button again.”

But the do-over was nearly spoiled two years later, when the recession slashed the value of caviar — salted eggs of sturgeon fish sometimes called black gold — worldwide by at least 50%. Michaels and his team persevered, however, and now he projects 2013 could be the year the program reports its first profit. “We are getting close,” says Michaels, a onetime NASA employee, “but we are not there yet.”

Mote Marine Laboratory, founded in 1955, had $18.2 million in revenues in fiscal year 2011 against $19.7 million in expenses, according to the nonprofit tax return forms it files with the Internal Revenue Service. About 7% of Mote’s annual budget, or $1.3 million, comes from

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The push was close to a pull in another direction.

That goes back to the 2006 fire, when Mote executives and board members had to make a tough call. The organization considered shutting down the program. But Slimak says Mote ultimately decided to carry on, despite the added expense of rebuilding. That effort took more than $1 million.

“One of our key goals at Mote Aquaculture Park is to develop land-based alternatives for fish farming that don’t harm the environment,” Slimak said in an email to the Business Observer. “At the farm, we are developing new technologies and methods that focus on maximizing water resources.”

Mote launched its caviar and aquaculture program in 1998. It chose sturgeon, one of the oldest and rarest freshwater fish in the world, because that species goes through cycles of overfishing. Mote executives believed their aquaculture park could alleviate some of that pressure.

Michaels, with a master’s degree in oceanography from Old Dominion University, in Virginia, was hired in 2002.

He previously worked for commercial-fish operations in California, and in the 1980s, he was part of a group of pioneering scientists who worked on growing tilapia.

Michaels says he was attracted to Mote because the organization was serious about advancing the field.

“They were willing to take an economic risk,” he says, “which is really amazing for a nonprofit research lab.”

Mote sold its first batch of caviar in 2006. Today it sells both sturgeon meat and caviar. The high-end caviar can be found in a variety of Sarasota-Bradenton eateries, in addition to Whole Foods, Costco and Dean & Deluca stores. Michaels adds that Mote caviar is sold in all four corners of the U.S.: Miami, Seattle, Los Angeles and in Maine.

Michaels says another key factor behind the lab’s progress, besides perseverance, has been its pursuit for the best-tasting caviar on the market. It’s a combination of art and science that includes several intricate steps.

“The devil is in the details,” says Michaels. “We strive to make a quality product. We strive for perfection.”

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Mote’s sturgeon and caviar program, the organization says. The program, adds Nadine Slimak, the laboratory’s communications director, is about 80% self-sustaining.

Grants and donations cover the rest.

The Mote program, moreover, represents some unique firsts in both national marine technology and local manufacturing.

On the latter, the Mote Aquaculture Park is certainly an unusual find: It’s a full-fledged Siberian sturgeon caviar and meat-production facility. It has nine employees, and it partners with seafood wholesale companies and caviar houses that sell the final product to select grocery chains, restaurants and resorts. Some of the Mote caviar retails for $55 an ounce.

The aquaculture park where the caviar is made is a sprawling assortment of tan-andbrown-colored hangars. The structures, built in 1998 on what was pastureland, house the tanks, labs and offices.

The manufacturing includes harvesting eggs, managing a highly regulated ultra-clean environment and maintaining a precision packaging system. Mote’s finely tuned and precision-timed caviar manufacturing process, further, was featured in April, on the TV show “How It’s Made” on the Science Channel.

Says Michaels: “We are doing some really neat work here.”

The technology side, meanwhile, is no less neat. The park, overall, is one of the largest recirculating aquaculture research facilities in the U.S. The overarching goal of the program, Mote executives say, is to prove that unlimited water access isn’t necessary for large-scale food fish-and-shellfish production.

“We aren’t trying to corner the market in terms of production of caviar,” Michaels says. “Our goal is to push the envelope on this kind of technology.”

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OUTBOARD MOTOR - 1999 Johnson 8HP w/20" shaft. Excellent condition. Low usage as sailboat aux. Some extras. $575. captainbushman@yahoo.com 941 383 1630.

BICYCLE: 21", TREK 18/Speed. All Terrain Mountain Track, bell, side mirror. Excellent condition, $95. (941)383-0167.

CALLAWAY BIG Bertha Full Set Clubs & Bag, Excellent condition, $150. 941-383-5398.

General Merchandise THRIFT SHOP: THE LORD’S WAREHOUSE. Next to Longboat Island Chapel. Season Opening October 1, 2012: Mon., Wed., & Sat., 9a.m.-1p.m.

Clothes, jewelry, furniture, other items. 6140 Gulf of Mexico Drive. 941-383-4738.

Medical Supplies/Equipment PRIDE LIFT CHAIR: new 2012, used one month.

Reclines or stands up with push of a button. $750 firm. 941-377-3500.

CASH FOR Old Military Items. Swords, uniforms, insignia & old guns. Call 941-416-3280.

SENIOR LOOKING to purchase precious metals, time pieces, coins, jewelry and antiques. Please call Marc, 941-321-0707.

HEALTHMASTER BRAND new Montel Williams with DVD and recipe book. $175. Come and Get it!

941-924-2370.

Announcements

Autos For Sale

AUCTION AUCTION AUCTION SUNDAY, February 10 2013 1 pm VIEWING, 1pm AUCTION Estate, Antiques, Collectibles, Household Items Join us for our Bi-Weekly Auction!

Food, Wine Refreshments! Dealer and Public Auction AT: 2044 WHOLESALE WAREHOUSE 2044 47th St.,Sarasota FL 34234 (941-928-3447) Auctioneer: C. Ivan Stoltzfus AU3144

Schools/Instruction WILKINSON ELEMENTARY KINDERGARTEN CAMPUS TOURS We are open for School Choice!

Come by and visit our Kindergarten Classrooms.

DATES: January 23 - 31st TIMES: 8:45am - 9:30am Call to schedule - Cara Barnett, 941-361-6477 Walk-Ins are always welcome!

2008 LEXUS RX350 Perfect Condo Car. Silver/grey Leather. Navigation, Bluetooth, Backup Camera, Power Liftgate. Excellent Condition.

72,000 highway miles. $20,500. 941.809.3260.

Autos Wanted AUTOS WANTED! Let me take the hassle out of selling your car. Cash offered today! Call Mike, 941-713-2277.

Boat Slips For Rent/Sale 45/FT. SLIP. LONG OR SHORT TERM. BEAT SEASONAL RATE BY 50%. The Moorings at Longboat Key. Private setting, spotless and secure.

Amenities available. Great parking, only steps to your boat. 941-713-8443, Owner.

BOAT SLIP FOR RENT. High, dry, indoor marina.

Excellent S. Longboat boating location.

Call 941-371-1866.

BOATHOUSE ON LBK. Unit 1224, 31', 2nd level. For Sale/Rent. If interested, call Melissa, 941-383-0308.

BY OWNER: PREMIER LONGBOAT KEY INDOOR BOAT STORAGE FOR SALE BY OWNER: BOTTOM RACK, NEAR DOOR. WILL ACCOMMODATE UP TO A 25 FT. BOAT. $32,900. CALL 941-927-9321.

LBK MOORINGS: Slip N10 for discount rent, 48’ slip. Hurry, won’t last! Call 630-721-0000.

Boats Boats are selling very well. Many references.

Island Resident. Wide Exposure. We also buy boats. “Doing Business on a Handshake.”

Islandboatsales.net, 941-228-3489.

PLAYERS CLUB PENTHOUSE. Full Gulf & Sunset Views, 3BR/4BA +2 Home Offices.

2 Under Building Parking Spaces. Updated Kitchen & Baths. Offered at $1,199,000 (Furnished).

BEACHPLACE GULFFRONT PENTHOUSE Largest 2BR/2BA, beautifully appointed.

Available Nov. through April, 2014 917-846-4416 or 941-383-2220

COREY'S LANDING VILLA. 3BR/3BA. Behind The Gates of The Longboat Key Club.

Community Swimming Pool, Har-Tru Tennis and Private Beach Club. Offered at $499,000 (Furnished).

CASA DEL MAR BEACH RESORT

Barbara Shapiro, Lic. RE Broker/Owner. Sarasota Style Realty, Inc. Call for Photos/Details 941-388-2135.

RENTALS 4 NIGHT MIN. GULF FRONT/ GULF VIEW

Homes For Rent Reservations: 941-383-5549 Visa/ MC Fax: 941-383-7925

BAY ISLES - LONGBOAT New Contemporary Home with Boat Dock and Pool.

Fabulous uninterrupted views over Bay. 4 beds/3 baths. Separate guest apartment.

3+ car garage.

Annual Rental $7795 per month.

Call: Sarasota Luxury Rentals - 941 225 1356

“Take our video tour at” www.casadelmar.net Office Open 7 Days, 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.

4621 Gulf of Mexico Drive Longboat Key 34228

WASHER/ DRYER IN EVERY UNIT BEAUTIFUL KITCHENS LARGE HEATED POOL GULFSIDE

Homes For Sale CONRAD BEACH. Upscale Island home built in 2004. 1961sf 2BR + Loft. Quaint Gulfside neighborhood. Community pool & beach access, no busy roads to cross. $715,000. www.LuxuryHomes-Condos.com 941-544-0214, Owner/Agent.

LBK: SPANISH MAIN YACHT CLUB. Villa, on lake, 2BR/2BA, sunroom. Walk to beach. By Owner. Linda Adrian, 941-383-6650.

FREE Wireless High Speed Internet

“Where People Return Year After Year” “INTENTIONALLY BETTER” DIRECT GULF FRONT at Beachplace: 2BR/2BA, nicely furnished, wireless internet. Available April, Nov. & Dec. 2013 and for the 2014 Season.

Non-smoking. Call Diane or Mike 847-913-4562.

Exceptional Vacation Rentals Since 1994 Homes & Condominiums Studios to Six Bedrooms Beachfront, Intercoastal or Garden Excellent Service & Staff

Storage STORAGE FACILITY Boat/ RV/ Trailer. Secure facility, low monthly rentals, Clark Rd area.

941-809-3660, 941-809-3662.

FLORIDA VACATION CONNECTION

Business Opportunities PICTURE FRAME SHOP on Longboat Key for sale. Established 15 year customer base. Only business of it’s type serving all 3 Island Communities. For more details, call 941-928-4845.

Condos/Apts. For Rent 1BR/1BA OR Efficiency. Walk to Whitney Beach, adult community. Non-smoker preferred. Small pet. Application. 1st plus security. 941-565-1401.

BEACH-TO-BAY CONDO at Bayport. Newly decorated 2 bed/2 bath. First floor, end unit.

Free local phone, cable, wi-fi. Monthly rentals beginning mid-May 2013. Contact after 6:00 pm: 317-896-2334.

GORGEOUS LIDO KEY CONDO. Beachfront, 2BR/2BA. Bright - Beautiful. Pool. Garage Parking. Feb. 1st., 6 mo. minimum. 443-829-0287.

LONGBOAT BAYPORT BTC- 2BR 2BA Gulf front views- wifi-Monthly rentals 813-541-8876.

www.FLvacationconnection.com 941-387-9709 877-705-2460 LONGBOAT KEY: Waterfront: 2BR/2.5BA, City/Bay Views; elevator; hardwood floors; 2200sq.ft., 2 docks. You will be Surprised!!

Bank approved. $1,247,000. Brokers paid 4%.

941-650-9761.

NEWEST 2012 CONSTRUCTION ON NORTH LIDO PARK Mid 21st Century Eco-House 30 secs to beach, 3 mins to Circle, Reverse FPL meter, 4/3.5, south pool. $1,999,000. Glenn Callaghan Re/Max Alliance Group, 941-928-9020. www. SARASOTA PROPERTY DEALS .com Call 941-225-1356 NOW IS THE TIME TO BUY!

GULFFRONT: LONGBOAT TERRACE 2BR/2BA condo. Seasonal rental. Tastefully decorated. One month minimum. Available March 15th and on.

321-279-3610.

ISLANDER CLUB: 11th floor, full bay view, Gulf front condo, 2BR/2BA, updated granite kitchen, heated 75/ft. pool, Har-Tru tennis, exercise room, clubhouse. Seasonal 2014 or Annual beginning April 2013. 516-458-8758.

LBK C.C. SHORES. VACATION PARADISE HOME w/ dock, 3BR/2BA/2CC, recently renovated and furnished. Wireless high speed internet, cable, plasma TV, phone. huge heated pool, lanai/ electric shutters, W/D, walk to beach. No pets. Non smoking. Sleeps 5. For photos: homeawayrental.com, Property ID#257978. $4500/mo. Owner, 941-504-1492.

PALMER RANCH condo: 1BR/1BA, $940/mo.

Gated, W/D, new carpet/ paint, pool, parking, gym, tennis. 941-302-0621.

Real Estate Wanted

LBK: BEACHFRONT. BOOK NOW for your next season rental. 1BR & 3BR condos. Starting at $1250. The Outrigger Resort, 941-383-3844.

SIESTA KEY 2BR/2BA across from Siesta Key Beach. View of Beach/Gulf, Cable and Internet included. Updated. Available April 1st, (1 month min.) 618-534-1791 for details and pictures.

Non-smoking, No pets.

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HOUSE CLASSIFIEDS LP # 87127

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FURNISHINGS: RATTAN Queen Futon, $75.

Blue leather club chair with ottoman $50.

941-383-2242.

JEN KEN Kiln: For jewelry making. Cost new $450. Slightly used. Perfect condition. $80.00.

941-383-6891.

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LONGBOAT KEY: Fairway Bay. Light, bright, open feeling, larger end unit with 2 verandas and garage space. Enjoy beautiful view. $430,000. Call owner for appt. 941-383-5029.

BAYPORT, LONGBOAT KEY. Beautifully furnished 2BR/2BA, direct Gulf view, lanai, sundeck, tennis, pool, fitness center, premium cable TV, hi-speed wireless internet & more. Available Dec. '13-Jan. '14. bayportapt@gmail.com

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BEACHPLACE 3BR, UPDATED, TASTEFULLY DECORATED. GULF & BAY VIEWS. CALL CYNTHIA 407-492-5749

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LIDO BEACH CONDOMINIUMS Weekly - Monthly - Seasonal

ML SCREENING. Family owned and operated.

Over 15/yrs. exp. Lic./Ins. Pool cage screens replaced, screen doors, lanais. No job too small.

Call for free estimate, (941)232-0565.

Resort Properties, Inc. Licensed Real Estate Broker Full Service Condominium Management

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Auto Transport

Floors, bathrooms, showers, backsplashes, patio and pool decks.

RETIRED LONGBOAT KEY police officer. Drive your car North or South and back. 941-713-1596.

20 years design background.

Licensed - Insured - LBK Resident References upon request.

941-383-2659

Catering

941-388-3921 - 888-388-3921 941-650-1857 Visit us at: resortproperties.pro

Pet Services DOGGY HOTEL. 24 Hour Daycare. Brown Avenue near Bee Ridge and 41 behind Sleep King (new owner). First day FREE. Grooming by Mark.

Meet and greet and get a treat. 941-554-4620.

TOP DOG Pet Service- Experienced, and responsible woman will provide dog walking or pet sitting services within 10 mile radius of Siesta Key. 941-321-5290.

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BLUE DOLPHIN CAFE LIDO BEACH SPECTACULAR GULFVIEW 9th Floor/Balcony Turn-key Furnished 1059sqft 1 Bed/1.5 Bath 60 Day Minimum 941-356-1855 Available 4/1/13 www.VRBO.com/419009 LIDO BEACH Vacation paradise. 1 & 2 bedroom condos overlooking beautiful Lido Beach.

Weekly rates. Lido Dorset. Rental condo.

1-800-734-3370.

LONGBOAT KEY BEACH FRONT, 1BR, 2BA Sands Point condo with Gulf views, large living room, den and beautifully renovated kitchen.

2-3 Month minimum. Call 203-984-8477 or email: garment@optonline.net 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 PORTOBELLO BEACH FRONT 2BR/2BA Condo. Details and Virtual Tour at www.BeachAbodeLBK.com Phone 815-919-5357 ON THE Gulf w/pool. 1BR condo, sleeps 4. Nicely furnished, cable, phone, full kitchen, living, dining area, W/D in building. Weekly or Monthly. May through January. $1600/mo. 351-5101.

THE PIERRE: Behind the gates, 2BR Gulf Front condo for rent for the season. Available 1/1/13.

90 day minimum. Full amenities and covered garage. 865-603-3126 or 865-549-5070.

WEEKLY RENTALS. Luxurious, fully furnished 1 - 4 bedrooms. Condominiums and Cottages.

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North Longboat Key. $10,450,000 7/6.5 MLS#A3969165 Barbara Ackerman 941-387-1820

Sarasota, Bird Key. $4,495,000 4/5.5 MLS#A3972221 Roger Pettingell 941-387-1840

Sarasota, Keith Pointe. $3,899,000 4/4.5 MLS#A3971752 Lynne Koy 941-387-1803

Sarasota, Spice Bay. $2,349,000 4/4.5 MLS#A3968053 Lynne Koy 941-387-1803

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Mainland Sarasota University Park, Price Reduced!. $1,399,000 Joe Cinque, 941-387-1805 Exceptional 4BR/4.5BA 5920sqft w/elevator, 3 car gar. lake front, gated com MLS#A3954230 Open Sun 1-4pm. 3635 Flores Ave, Sarasota. $549,000, 941-387-1829 Choose the stylish ambiance of this tile-roofed 3BR/2+BA residence. MLS#A3970498 Sarasota, Serenoa. $439,000 Louis Wery, 941-387-1816 Savor life in this tile-roofed 4BR/3BA residence in a gated community. MLS#A3966695 Open Sun 1-4pm. 800 North Tamiami Trl 1506, Sarasota. $339,900 Martina Coppenrath, 941-387-1853 Elegant Alinari downtown condominium w/tons of high end developer upgrades. MLS#A3962912

Sarasota, Bird Key. $1,495,000 4/3 MLS#A3969823 Judy Kepecz-Hays 941-387-1825

Sarasota, Lakes Ests. $329,999 Kim Klee, 941-366-8070 Gardener’s Paradise, contemporary feel, 3/2/2 updated kitchen and baths. MLS#A3972111

The Keys Sarasota, Lido Beach. $3,100,000 Ellen Orlop, 941-388-3966 Incredible 3/4+ home, charm & elegance, finest in craftmanship and design.

MLS#A3960047 Longboat Key, Pelton Place. $2,950,000 Barbara Ackerman, 941-3871820 Unique Longboat Key Bay Front compound w/main residence directly on the Bay. MLS#A3972031 Longboat Key, Pelican Harbour. $895,000 Phil Schneider, 941-387-1889 Gorgeous direct Gulf views! 3BR/2.5BA, pets ok; 3 lanai’s; SW Gulf views.

MLS#A3960447 Open Sun 1-4pm. 573 Halyard Ln, Longboat Key. $735,000 Carolyn Donnelly, 941-387-1835 Open plan 3BR/2BA canalfront pool home, many updates. MLS#A3970500

Open Sun 1-4pm 3314 Bayou Rd Longboat Key, Bay Isles. $1,750,000 4/4.5 MLS#A3951531 Linda Weber 941-504-2000

Sarasota, Sarasota Bay Club. $1,200,000 2/2 MLS#A3968184 Andree Huffine 941-232-4053

Sarasota, Lido Harbour Towers. $599,000 Inger Lill, 941-388-3966 Great location! 2/2 Wheelchair accessible. Close to shopping and dining.

MLS#A3967035 Longboat Key, Tiffany Plaza. $534,900 Phil Schneider, 941-387-1889 Direct Gulf; 2BR/2BA; Pets OK; Rentals up to 12 times per year. MLS#A3960076 Sarasota, Siesta Harbor III. $437,500 Kim Klee, 941-366-8070 Gorgeous views of Intracoastal, boat dock, pool, 2/2 condo, move in ready MLS#A3972258 Sarasota, Bay Oaks. $369,000 Carolyn Donnelly, 941-350-9900 Siesta bayfront, remodeled 2BR townhome w/super views, new windows & doors.

MLS#A3968364 Sarasota, Lido Towers. $279,500 Barbara Miller, 941-388-3966 Partial Gulf view! Beautiful 1/1.5 condo. Gated community. Excellent rental MLS#A3969517 Longboat Key, Cedars East Condo. $239,000 Maggie Hicks, 941-3871860 2BR/2+BA Southern exposure; cool beach breezes; lots of amenities.

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Open Sun 1-4pm 1912 Harbour Links Cir #11 Longboat Key, Bay Isles. $699,900 3/3.5 MLS#A3967472 Bruce Myer 941-387-1859

Sarasota, Siesta Key. $595,000 2/2 MLS#A3969740 Kathy Hoonhout 941-388-3966

Manatee Bradenton, Barrington Ridge. $240,000 Leah George, 941-387-1810 Move up now to this hospitable 4BR/3+BA home. Play area, garage. MLS#A3972225

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