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NEIGHBORHOOD Longboat Island Chapel parishioners celebrate building’s storied past.

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by Kurt Schultheis | Managing Editor

Firefighters ratify new contract The Longboat Key Fire Rescue Union ratified a new three-year contract that freezes pension plans and shifts union members into the Florida Retirement System.

The Ellis home on Jewfish Key is featured on this year’s tour.

After more than three years, too many meetings to count and more than one impasse, the Longboat Key Fire Rescue Union has ratified a new three-year contract with the town. The contract freezes the current firefighter pension plan and caps the town’s financial responsibilities.

Human Resources Manager Lisa Silvertooth and Fire Rescue

+ Get a sneak peek at H&G Tour

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It’s that time of year when six homeowners open their doors to the community for the Longboat Key Garden Club’s Home & Garden Tour.

And this week’s Longboat Observer includes a special section that offers a window into the big day.

The tour takes place from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, March 2. Tickets are $20 for the five mainland homes or $50 for all six homes, including a Jewfish Key residence accessible only by boat. Reservations are required for the Jewfish Key tickets.

For information, check out the Observer’s H&G Tour special.

+ Even at 6’6”, Fiat is perfect fit Blue Dolphin Café owner Robbie Ball stands at 6 feet, 6 inches, but his car — a Fiat 500 — is just the right size.

“I fit better in that than in my wife’s SUV,” he said.

Even though the car is miniature-sized at just under 12 feet long, the interior is configured just right to give maximum space, he says.

One place you won’t find him, however, is in one of the car’s two back seats, where space is tighter.

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Chief Paul Dezzi confirmed the ratification noon Thursday, Feb. 21, at Town Hall.

The town’s 30 union members voted in shifts at the town’s two fire stations Feb. 20 and Feb. 21.

The vote was 16-14.

When asked about the close vote, Longboat Key Fire Rescue District Vice President Keith Tanner said, “My goal was to

bring something to the table that would benefit everybody. I think it benefits everyone in this department, but you can see some people might not agree with me.”

Town Manager Dave Bullock and the Longboat Key Town Commission must officially sign the contract at a future meeting.

“In my opinion, it’s the best deal we were going to get from

the town, and it’s good for everyone in the department,” Tanner said. “It’s a much better option than what was originally offered and secures a defined benefit plan for firefighters.”

The union vote comes a month after the Longboat Key Town Commission unanimously

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by Robin Hartill | City Editor

The villa

on the sea

The old Gulf-side home intrigued Joy Baker for more than a decade. Finally, in 2010, she set out to learn about the home and its history.

Joy Baker believed the seaside home had once been beautiful.

It had stained glass windows, hand-painted ceramic tiles and a spiral iron staircase leading to a rooftop patio.

She pictured children building sandcastles on the beach outside it, as adults watched from the patio while sipping piña coladas.

Its name, Villa Am Meer, means “Villa on the Sea” in Italian.

It was built in 1935; high-rises and McMansions sprouted up around it in the decades since.

Eighteen years ago, Baker began vacationing on the Key every year with her family for a week in March.

She often walked the beach and dreamed of winning the lottery and moving into one of the palatial homes.

But, it was Villa Am Meer that captivated her.

“It was the only one left that was small and quaint,” Baker said. “It’s charming … I figured it must be a family place.”

In March 2010, she saw the home was surrounded by construction equipment. The property’s owners had granted the neighboring Islander Club con-

The iron gates outside the property date back to 1935.

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Because of the popularity of Joy Baker’s blog, the current residents at Villa Am Meer say trespassing has become a problem. dominium an easement during the construction of its two groins.

Baker thought the property had sold and would soon be demolished.

So, she ran back to her hotel room, grabbed her camera and returned, hoping to capture a snapshot of Longboat Key history.

“The problem is, photograph-

ing the house only caused me to fall more in love with it,” she wrote March 21, 2010, on her website, joybaker.com, in her first blog about the property. “I wanted to know more: who lived here; who played here; who slept here. What was life like on Longboat Key, before the condominiums, before the ‘CrackBerry,’ before the chaos of our 21st-century lives?”

Solving the mystery

Villa Am Meer’s rusty iron gates stand out between signs for the Islander Club to the north and Villa di Lancia to the south.

Behind them is thick vegetation and a private dirt road, leading to the houses that are invisible from Gulf of Mexico Drive.

“Everyone goes by it, but no

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VILLA AM MEER / FROM PAGE 1A one knew anything about it,” says Chet Pletzke, a Longboat Key Historical Society board member. “People really didn’t know that there’s a mystery.”

Baker, who has a journalism degree but owned an advertising agency at the time she launched her investigation, didn’t find anyone who knew about the property at the Longboat Library or Historical Society.

She never noticed the gates until she found the entrance while looking for the propBaker erty’s address on Gulf of Mexico Drive.

She learned that the Northbrook, Ill.based BBC Key LLC owned the home and that the phone number listed was disconnected.

But through Google, she unearthed a few basic details: A German immigrant named Dr. Hermann Kohl built Villa Am Meer in 1935. He went on to invest what different accounts say was either $7,500 or $15,000 for a 49% stake in what would become Tropicana Products Inc. in the 1940s.

Baker discovered that Kohl immigrated in 1910 from the Prussian Empire in present-day Germany.

By 1920, Kohl and his wife, Hertha, had moved from Manhattan, N.Y., to East Orange, N.J. From Baker’s research, it appears that Kohl, a druggist, partnered with the Winter Brothers of the Orange Brewery during Prohibition to create a carbonated drink sold and marketed like champagne called Jo-La Cola before founding Norda Inc., a beverage flavoring-and-additive company, in 1924.

He was indicted in 1930 on federal bootlegging charges, but charges were dropped after Prohibition ended in late 1933.

An August 2006 story stated that Kohl’s

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been told,” Baker wrote.

Want to learn more?

Historic inspiration

Joy Baker will speak to the Longboat Key Historical Society about Villa Am Meer Thursday, March 7, at Christ Church of Longboat Key, Presbyterian, 6400 Gulf of Mexico Drive.

Check out her blog at joybaker.com/ villa-am-meer. adopted daughter, Elena, married into the Benedict family, which is why the property also became known as the Benedict Estate.

In 2006, The Tampa-based Statewide Associates purchased the property for $18 million from Edward and Elena Benedict’s daughter, Elise Browne. The company planned to build 30 townhomes on it and renovate the original home into a community clubhouse.

The development would be called Villas Am Meer.

Retired Longboat Observer real-estate columnist Kent Chetlain provided additional history in a 2006 column after the $18 million sale.

Original John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art architect John H. Phillips probably designed Villa Am Meer.

The main home was ornate, with white lion statues flanking its entrance.

In 1993, the family sold the southern parcel of just under seven acres to the developers of the 38-unit Villa di Lancia.

That part of the property once held tennis courts and a swimming pool.

Court records show that BBC Key LLC became the owner of the property in 2009, after it went into foreclosure three years after the $18 million sale.

But Baker’s curiosity went beyond property records.

She scoured U.S. Census records and obituaries in search of information about Elena Benedict.

Less than two weeks after Baker began blogging about Villa Am Meer, Elena Benedict’s granddaughter, Cristina,

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Two lion statues once flanked the entrance of the main home.

emailed Baker with more information.

Elena Benedict’s biological parents, Romeo and Mary Amaducci, were the Italian gardeners to the childless Kohls. The couple fell in love with Elena and adopted her.

But the granddaughter ended the email on a sad note: Elena Benedict had died that week at 93.

Baker blogged about the property for seven months. Many of the stories she found didn’t come from archives and public records. They came from contact with family members and associates of the Kohls and Benedicts.

They told her about Christmases at Villa Am Meer with homemade ravioli and summer parties with friends, sangria, brie cheese and strawberries.

They also told her about the little carriage house.

“It had a tiny fish pond in front of it, and a wrought iron bridge you had to cross in order to get to the front door. The ‘real magic’ took place here, from what I’ve

Baker will speak about Villa Am Meer March 7, to the Historical Society.

The Historical Society approached the family who currently lives in the home about the possibility of having the talk there. They declined.

The owner’s representative, Robert Manning, wrote in an email to the Longboat Observer the current residents often encounter trespassers and that issues have increased since Baker began blogging about the property.

“The current residents are a busy family of a firefighter husband and a mother active in the school activities of their three children and the intrusions on their life has been truly unseemly,” he wrote.

Baker hopes the public will respect the privacy of the current residents. She has tried to respect the privacy of everyone involved in the course of telling the story, including the Benedict family. She hasn’t written about anyone still living.

“I tried to go by the golden rule,” she said. “If this was my family, would I want somebody writing about me?”

In the course of telling Villa Am Meer’s story, Baker discovered more than just history.

She realized that writing and investigating were her true passions. So, in 2011, she sold her advertising agency and spent the next year as a freelance writer.

Last year, she took a position as communications director for Rice Memorial Hospital, in Willmar, Minn., although she continues to write and blog as a hobby.

Most recently she interviewed two lead witnesses in a 20-year-old child abduction cold case and wrote about it. She’s also been blogging about two brothers and their quest to find their biological mother.

But her blog contains a separate tab for the little house on Longboat Key and how it inspired her to find her voice as a writer.

“Villa Am Meer is where it all began,” it states. “I invite you to share the journey.”

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by Kurt Schultheis | Managing Editor

by Robin Hartill | City Editor

MW Group unveils development proposal Pit bull fight An engineer report the group commissioned says redevelopment frightens of existing units at the Colony is not economically feasible. neighbors Colony Beach & Tennis Resort Association board members and unit owners are meeting behind closed doors this week at Temple Beth Israel to discuss what to do with the Colony and to debate redevelopment proposals.

Meanwhile, Manfred Welfonder’s Longboat Key-based MW Development Group continues to push for a new resort that involves tearing the shuttered resort down and rebuilding.

A September 2012 engineer’s report requested from MW Group shows it’s not feasible to renovate the Colony’s existing 232 units for financial and regulatory reasons.

Florida Emergency Management Association (FEMA) mandates owners are limited to spending no more than 50% of the value of an existing structure that doesn’t adhere to current flood regulations.

According to Welfonder’s engineer report, regulations, codes and limitations by FEMA make it impossible to renovate the existing property.

The report, prepared by Winter Park-based Fugleberg Koch LLC, shows what it would cost to bring each unit up to code.

The report states the following minimum investments are needed: • Elevator service to all floors of multi-level buildings and ramp access to lowest levels above grade would cost $80,000 per building ($10,000 per unit) • Fire protection systems — $3,500 per unit • Structural wind and surge protection — $8,000 per unit • Window replacement for wind-loading standards — $5,000 per unit

The owner of the 6-yearold pit bull believes he was agitated when he fought another dog.

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Longboat Key-based MW Development Group has developed a Colony Beach & Tennis Report proposal that calls for the construction of 160 hotel units built in one or two mid-rise buildings developed and/or managed by an international hotel company and owned by the developer.

• HVAC energy code compliance — $6,500 per unit • Electrical service load needs and distribution system upgrades — $2,500 per unit • Internal accessibility mandates (accessible kitchens, restrooms and internal door and hardware needs) — $4,500 per unit Independently, the report states each unit also needs new kitchen cabinetry and countertops; new flooring; painting; removal of hazardous materials; and mildew and mold removal.

At the very least, the report suggests it would cost a minimal investment of $56,000 per unit.

“That’s well over all projected cost thresholds,” the report states. “Therefore, even

a phased renovation program would not be doable.”

Welfonder’s proposal calls for three options for owners: • A one-thirteenth co-ownership at no cost to current owners and prices for units ranging from $99,000 to $179,000 for new buyers.

• A 100% ownership option would be available for current owners between $331,000 and $686,000 per unit.

• Current owners can also choose a buyout at an average of $75,000 to $85,000 per unit.

The plan calls for the construction of 160 hotel units built in one or two mid-rise buildings developed and/or managed by an international hotel company and owned by the developer; the construc-

tion of 180 vacation ownership units/residences; 10 private residence clubs; and a three-meal restaurant, pool bar, ballroom, meeting rooms, spa, Har-Tru tennis court and an agreement with nearby golf courses allowing for the use of the facilities.

Colony Beach & Tennis Resort Association President Jay Yablon declined to comment on MW’s proposal or its past engineer findings.

Yablon also said he could not discuss what kind of redevelopment proposals unit owners were debating this week, although he confirmed the MW proposal has been submitted for the owners’ review but has never been accepted by the board.

DEMOLITION DERBY by Kurt Schultheis | Managing Editor

Woman crashes car into Key home A New York woman told police she thought she had miles to go to get to Gulf of Mexico Drive, but slammed, instead, into a house.

A New York woman and a passenger heading west on Birdie Lane in Country Club Shores after 10 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 23, slammed directly into a home without braking, barreling through the garage door, a concrete block wall, hot water heater and refrigerator, finally coming to rest in the closet of the master bedroom.

Town officials declared the home uninhabitable.

The driver, Kay Wight, 71, told police she never braked.

She said her engine kept surging.

Wight, 71, was attempting to head home in a 1999 four-door burgundy Jaguar when she failed to stop at the stop sign at the intersection of Birdie Lane and Bogey Lane. Instead, Wight drove the car up the driveway of a home at 1100 Bogey Lane and through the garage door and part of a concrete wall. Four to five of the home’s interior walls suffered major damage.

“There was no sign of braking prior to impact with the house,” the Florida Traffic Report states.

Wight, who was not wearing a seatbelt, according to a police report, stated her car’s engine

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A home at 1100 Bogey Lane in Country Club Shores received more than $25,000 in damage Saturday night when a woman rammed into the house with her car. “surged several times” when initially started “before returning to normal.” She told police the engine surged again and “took off and didn’t stop until she ran into the home.”

Longboat Key Police Chief Pete Cumming, though, said police determined Wight’s vehicle had no defects when it was examined closely Monday.

Wight received a careless driving citation Monday.

Wight’s passenger, Mary

Manilla of Sarasota, received a minor laceration to the hand.

Wight received no injuries. Airbags were deployed at the time of the crash.

The police report stated the vehicle “crashed through the garage door/exterior block wall and came to rest inside of the garage, impaled into the interior wall of the home.”

Longboat Key residents Becky and Bill Oneil, owners of the damaged home, arrived at

the home early Sunday morning after being called about the damage. The tenant, Emily Walsh, was out of town at the time of the crash.

Cumming reported that alcohol didn’t appear to be a factor in the incident. A Breathalyzer test was not conducted, and Wight declined medical treatment by Longboat Key Fire Rescue.

When the Oneils arrived, bystanders apparently were standing in the street talking and laughing about what had happened. “It didn’t seem appropriate in light of what happened to my home, which now can’t be lived in right now by my tenant,” Mrs. Oneil said.

Cumming said police concluded there were no symptoms of Wight being impaired at the time of the accident.

Cumming said a time lapse occurred between the time of the crash and the police response, because police were also responding to another report of an injured person at the time of the crash.

Longboat Key contractor Rusty Chinnis said exploratory work still needs to be performed to investigate the extent of the home’s structural damage. Oneil said the house has more than $25,000 in damage.

A fight broke out Thursday morning in Joan M. Durante Park, causing one brawler to get a ride home in a police cruiser.

His name was Arlo then, although he’s been renamed Apollo, and he’s a 6-year-old pit bull.

According to a Feb. 21 report, Christine Regal was walking Apollo in the park when she saw Frederick Emrich and his 3-year-old blackmouth cur mix, Gustie. Both dogs were on leashes.

When the dogs came together, Apollo bit Gustie and wouldn’t let go, the report states.

“It probably lasted just a few seconds but it seemed like forever,” Emrich said. “The dog just latched on.”

Regal, who had just adopted Apollo the night before, fell on the sidewalk when she tried to pull the dogs apart.

“With assistance from good Samaritans and a small dose of pepper spray, Apollo finally let go,” the report states.

Emrich took Gustie to his veterinarian’s office, where the dog was treated for open puncture wounds to the left side of his throat.

After Apollo returned to his home on Gulf Bay Road. Manatee County Animal Control followed up to investigate, but no further action was taken.

But, according to reports, Apollo was involved in another incident Saturday.

Gulf Bay Road resident Alvan Kamis wrote an email to Longboat Key Police Chief Pete Cumming that another incident occurred when Apollo nearly attacked a small dog. Kamis urged police to take action to remove the dog from the Key. Cumming told the Longboat Observer that police follow state statutes about aggressive dogs.

Those regulations, however, are limited to animal attacks on humans.

“As far as anything goes statutorily, it does not address dogs biting dogs,” he said.

Police can document incidents, such as the two that were reported, to build a future case and enforce existing restrictions, such as leash laws, but can’t act on a dogfight alone.

Regal, who agreed to pay Gustie’s vet bill, said that she had just adopted Apollo 12 hours before the Durante Park incident and that he was still agitated. In the second incident, the smaller dog came into her yard and the dogs simply barked at each other, according to Regal.

She said that she has found Apollo to be obedient since adopting him and is keeping him away from other dogs.

“At this point, my dog will not leave the house without a muzzle and a 30-pound leash,” she said.

Emrich said that Gustie is recovering well with antibiotics and doesn’t seem fazed by the incident.

“His attitude toward life is as good as usual,” Emrich said.

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NEWSBRIEFS + Early voting in election begins Saturday

ELECT

Early voting for the town’s March 12 municipal election begins this Saturday at Town Hall.

Longboat Key voters can vote for all candidate races, regardless of the district, at Town Hall, 501 Bay Isles Road, from March 2 through March 8, during early voting.

Hours are 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday and Sunday; and 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday.

The town’s municipal election will be held 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 12, at the Key’s two polling locations: Longboat Island Chapel and Town Hall.

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+ Mote announces new international consortium Mote Marine Laboratory and Aquarium will host a new coalition of aquariums, zoos and governmental agencies to address critical needs for the conservation of marine mammals, sea turtles, seabirds and other species worldwide.

Mote senior scientist Dr. John Reynolds will lead the new International Consortium for Marine Conservation.

Reynolds, who is the immediate past chairman of the U.S. Marine Mammal Commission, announced the consortium this week during the Second Signatory State Meeting of the Dugong MOU of the Convention of Migratory Species of the United Nations Environment Programme in Manila, Philippines.

“Traditional thinking has been that if you do good science, conservation will follow as a natural outcome,” Reynolds said in a prepared statement. “But, in reality, the translation from science to conservation is far from automatic. If the social and political will to

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 Firefighters’ Retirement System Quarterly Board Meeting — 1:30 p.m.

Wednesday, Feb. 27.  Town Commission Regular Meeting — 7 p.m. Monday, March 4.  Zoning Board of Adjustment Regular Meeting — 9:30 a.m. Thursday, March 14.  Planning and Zoning Board Regular Meeting — 9 a.m. Tuesday, March 19.  Town Commission Regular Workshop — 1 p.m. Wednesday, March 20.  Town Commission Regular Meeting — 7 p.m. Monday, April 1.

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

make change isn’t there, then the conservation measures that are needed will never be enacted. Science is extremely valuable to inform conservation decisions, but conservation takes much more than just the science to succeed.”

Instead of focusing only on science, the group plans to bring in groups with social, economic, cultural and policy specialties to work proactively on environmental issues.

+ Arpke named semifinalist for James Beard award The James Beard Foundation named Beach Bistro chef Peter Arpke a semifinalist for Best Chef of the South.

Nominees will be announced March 18.

The awards will take place May 3 and May 6, in New York City.

Let’s Talk Remodeling

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TOP KEY ISSUES by Kurt Schultheis | Managing Editor

Candidates tell voters where they stand on issues Wage increases for employees Jim Brown — For it; if the

town manager recommends it and money exists come budget season Larry Grossman — For costof-living increases; “but not necessarily an across the board merit increase.”

Terry Gans — For it; if money exists come budget season Irwin Pastor — For it; if money exists come budget season Phill Younger — For it; if money exists come budget season Gene Jaleski — For it; if money exists come budget season

BIGGEST ISSUE

Dogs on the beach Jim Brown — Against; doesn’t think it would be problematic but isn’t willing to divide the community concerning it.

Larry Grossman — Against; has concerns about the impacts on sea turtles and birds.

Terry Gans — Against; doesn’t believe it’s something the Key needs right now.

Irwin Pastor — Against; worries about whether people would pick up after their dogs and also about wildlife impacts.

Phill Younger — Against; believes the majority of citizens doesn’t want dogs on their beaches.

Gene Jaleski — Against; has concerns about turtles and birds but supports looking into park property for a dog site.

Community Center Jim Brown — For it; previously chaired a community center advisory committee and believes that most people want a community center that voters must approve.

Larry Grossman — For it; but only if the community approves it.

Terry Gans — For it; as long as voters agree it serves population and plan for financing it doesn’t burden the taxpayers.

Irwin Pastor — For it; as long as it’s approved by voters and a fiscal plan for it justifies the cost. It also must be selfsustaining.

Phill Younger — Wants voters to decide on the issue and supports it if funds from sources other than taxpayers are found.

Gene Jaleski — Suggests the town try out a community center at the old Mattison’s and build a community center that’s self-sustaining if voters approve one.

What’s the biggest issue facing the town in the next year?

Jim Brown — Code and Comprehensive Plan changes

Phill Younger — Code and Comprehensive Plan changes

Larry Grossman — Code and Comprehensive Plan

Gene Jaleski — The current Longboat Key Town Commission; “The town needs new people with new ideas.”

changes

Terry Gans — Code and Comprehensive Plan changes

Would you approve another Colony Beach & Tennis Resort rebuild extension deadline?

Jim Brown — Strongly considering whether it’s in the best interest of Key residents to not continue the extension.

Larry Grossman — No; the town needs to focus on redeveloping the site through Comp Plan amendments and new zoning regulations with public input.

Terry Gans — Not unless there were a real and imminent prospect of a solution of the disputes between the parties.

Irwin Pastor — More background information is needed before he will commit to a decision.

Phill Younger — Prefers to let situation play out in the courts; “diminishing or destroying property rights would result in a myriad of town lawsuits.”

Gene Jaleski — No; the Colony is a non-conforming entity that needs to be resurrected, and recreating the 1960s ambience of beach cabins is no longer the best use for the property.

CELLULAR TOWER If a cellular tower is deemed the only way to improve cellular communication on the Key, would you approve the tower?

Jim Brown — Yes; but only as a last resort.

Larry Grossman — Absolutely not.

Terry Gans — Yes; within the confines of how this question is worded, but does not think proposed chapel site is desirable.

Irwin Pastor — No; not unless neighbors who have to look at it agree to it.

Phill Younger — “The question is moot because other solutions to improve communications exist, and a tower doesn’t solve the entire island’s communication problems.”

Gene Jaleski — No; there is no way to make a case for anything other than newer technologies.

Does the town need improved cellular communication?

Jim Brown — Yes; needs improvement, especially for safety reasons.

Larry Grossman — Yes; a connectivity study paid for by taxpayers proves the need for increased cellular communications.

Terry Gans — Yes; “it’s what visitors expect and it’s needed for emergency services.”

Irwin Pastor — Yes Phill Younger — Yes; the town is addressing the issue.

Gene Jaleski — Yes; especially Wi-Fi for residents and travelers Keywide.

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Irwin Pastor — Good governance to help undertake the code and Comprehensive Plan changes

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election 2013

by Kurt Schultheis | Managing Editor

Candidate Contributions

With less than a month to go until the town of Longboat Key’s Tuesday, March 12 municipal election, campaign contributions continue to climb.

Listed below are the names of contributors to general election candidates.

Contributions are listed for all contested races on the Key — District 4 race between incumbent Jim Brown and Larry Grossman; the at-large race between incumbent Phill Younger and Gene Jaleski; and the at-large race between incumbent Terry Gans and Irwin Pastor.

Editor’s note: Contributions and in-kind donations were added to these totals, which don’t necessarily reflect totals on campaign reports.

As of press time, candidate Gene Jaleski’s reports were awaiting an addendum that could change his current number of contributions.

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Phillip Younger............................$500 Samir Ragheb................................300 Ann Zaltman.................................250 Laurence Saslaw............................200 Lenny Landau................................200 Thomas Black................................200 Debbie Duncan..............................200 Walter Hackett...............................200 Leonore Patterson..........................200 Phillip Younger..............................200 Angelo Furgiuele............................200 Stan Melowic.................................200 Harvey Steinberg...........................200 Richard Pelton...............................150 Milan Adrian..................................150 Kip O’Neill....................................100 Laurin Goldner...............................100 Murray Blueglass...........................100 Alan Fishbein................................100 Rosemary Hodges .........................100 Ron Johnson.................................100 Richard Schlorf.............................100 EM-LBK Corp................................100 Paul Freiwald................................100 John Wild......................................100 Linda Aitken..................................100 John McMahon..............................100 Kathy Powers.................................100 Richard Antoine.............................100 Richard Hershatter.........................100 Robert Betagole.............................100 Eric Hammersand..........................100 Jeremy Whatmough.......................100 John Beeman..................................75 Gale Levin.......................................75 John Daly........................................50 Jeremy Whatmough.........................50 Randy Clair.....................................50 George Symanski.............................50 George Symanski.............................50 Peter Aden......................................50 Madelyn Spoll.................................50 Susan Upton...................................50 Rae Seife........................................50 Robert Spitzer.................................50 Scott Hase......................................40 Regina Gurland................................25 Virginia Sanders...............................10 TOTAL CONTRIBUTIONS:................$5,875

John Mitchell...................................$500 A.L. Carroll........................................ 500 Ulysses Brualdi.................................. 250 Louis Bevilacqua............................... 250 Edward Ewing.................................... 200 Robert Bernhard................................ 200 Robert White..................................... 200 John Carusso..................................... 150 Donald Berstein................................. 100 Peter O’Connor.................................. 100 Robert Blumberg............................... 100 Herman Frankle................................. 100 Bradford Saivetz................................ 100 Martin Rich....................................... 100 Ron Platt........................................... 100 Bert Criste......................................... 100 Larry Merriman.................................. 100 Marsha Roth........................................ 75 John Summers.................................... 75 Gene Jaleski........................................ 60 Karen Skaff......................................... 50 Carmel Izzo.......................................... 50 Julian Hansen...................................... 50 Charles Jennings.................................. 50 Mary Mitchell.................................... 33.3 Marc Fors......................................... 33.3 Bob White........................................ 33.3 Jim Zakovi........................................ 33.3 TOTAL CONTRIBUTIONS:....................$3,693

JIM BROWN DISTRICT 4

Burton and Suzanne Borgelt...$500 Mehtap Aygun.........................500 Cengis Aygun..........................500 George Rauch.........................500 Frank Trulaske.........................300 Joe Wolfer...............................300 Bob and Shannon Gault...........250 Judy Graham...........................250 David Edell.............................250 Jack Black..............................250 Walter Hackett........................200 Dale Strohl.............................200 Nora Patterson........................200 Lawrence Saslaw.....................200 Michael and Lyn Haycock.........100 B.J. Webb...............................100 George Symanski.....................100 Jane Hyslop............................100 Linda Aitken...........................100 Jeremy Whatmough.................100 Laurin Goldner........................100 John Daly.................................50 Murray Blueglass.......................50 TOTAL CONTRIBUTIONS: .............$5,200

LARRY GROSSMAN DISTRICT 4 A.L. Caroll............................$500 Mandell Berman......................300 Louis Bevilacqua.....................250 Ulysses Brualdi.......................250 Alycia Craft.............................250 Larry Merriman........................200 Robert White...........................200 Arthur Coren...........................200 Charles Ewing.........................200 Terry DuCray...........................121 Dimitar Georgiev......................100 Marshall Nurnberg...................100 Donald Kallman.......................100 Thomas Berstein.....................100 James Gardner........................100 Bob White...............................100 Petar Sibinkic.........................100 Martin Rich.............................100 Harold Ronson........................100 Herman Frankel.......................100 Bradford Saivetz......................100 Ellen Jacob.............................100 R.L. Blumberg.........................100 Donald Bernstein.....................100 Murray Blueglass.....................100 John Summers..........................75 Marsha Roth.............................75 Barbara Brizdle.........................50 Charles Jennings.......................50 Julian Hansen...........................50 Peter O’Connor..........................50 Kamam Skaff............................50 Jean Zakovec............................50 Bob White.................................33 Larry Grossman.........................25 Larry Grossman.........................23 TOTAL CONTRIBUTIONS:...............$4,502

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Sheila Zinder...................................... $500 Merrill Zinder........................................ 500 Virginia Carroll...................................... 500 Michael Esposito.................................. 500 Deborah Petchul................................... 500 Marie Clare Schmitt.............................. 500 John Mitchell........................................ 500 Benjamin Krause.................................. 500 Richard Seidel...................................... 500 David Stowe.......................................... 500 Irwin Pastor.......................................... 500 Terry Neis............................................. 500 Gary Cohen........................................... 400 Larry Merriman..................................... 300 Mandell Berman................................... 300 Mary Ann Fair....................................... 300 Ron Smythe.......................................... 300 Barbara Orkin....................................... 300 Alycia Craft........................................... 250 Dave Decker......................................... 250 Charles Ewing....................................... 250 Louis Bevilacqua.................................. 250 Charles Barker...................................... 250 Ulysses Brualdi..................................... 250 Cheryl Clark.......................................... 250 Donald Bernstein.................................. 250 Charles Cotros....................................... 250 Richard Levine...................................... 250 Laurence Levite.................................... 200 Marilyn Shuman................................... 200 Arthur Coren......................................... 200 James Ware.......................................... 200 Doris Kaplan......................................... 200 Norman Muse....................................... 200 Rudolf Mueller...................................... 200 Theresa Blumberg................................ 200 Carole Feiger......................................... 200 Thomas Bernstein................................. 200 Karen Fors............................................ 200 Janice Tibbals....................................... 200 Robert White........................................ 200 Maria Georgiev...................................... 200 John Caruso.......................................... 200 Bette Hoffman...................................... 200 Marsha Roth......................................... 180 Martin Marcus...................................... 150 H.F. Criste............................................. 100 James Adometto................................... 100 William Centers.................................... 100 John Caruso.......................................... 100 John Flaherty........................................ 100 Thomas Cornell..................................... 100 Dorothy Lill........................................... 100 Charles Kahn........................................ 100 Molly Schechter.................................... 100 Charles Jennings................................... 100 Isabel Gold........................................... 100 Martin Rich.......................................... 100

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Rita Glosser.......................................... 100 Frank Child........................................... 100 Herman Frankel.................................... 100 Harold Ronson...................................... 100 Nancy Skadron..................................... 100 Lavonne Shedivy................................... 100 Barbara Bonina..................................... 100 Bonney Libman.................................... 100 Joan Wissing......................................... 100 Charlotte Paley...................................... 100 Edward Rhawn..................................... 100 James Sullivan...................................... 100 Fremajane Wolfson............................... 100 Jean Zakovec........................................ 100 Barbara Karafin.................................... 100 Peter Sibinkic....................................... 100 Anita Rosenblum.................................. 100 Dee Pinski............................................ 100 Ellen Jacob........................................... 100 Francis Robinson.................................. 100 Bradford Saivetz................................... 100 Joyce Cooper........................................ 100 Gerald Lawlor........................................ 100 Morton Siegler...................................... 100 Leonard Weiner........................................75 Anne Summers........................................75 Sandra Rifkin...........................................50 Sue Jabobson..........................................50 Karam Skaff............................................50 Marilyn Naiditch......................................50 Rochelle Bernard.....................................50 Bernard Levine........................................50 Brian Rushton.........................................50 William Carter..........................................50 John Cohen.............................................50 Ann Glickman..........................................50 Suzanne Lutkoff......................................50 Julian Hansen..........................................50 Carmel Izzo..............................................50 Seymour Klionsky....................................50 Jane Newman..........................................50 Steve Schewe..........................................50 Peter O’Connor........................................50 Joel Fedder..............................................50 Mary Mitchell...........................................33 Marc Fors................................................33 James Zakovec........................................33 Robert White...........................................33 David Gallagher.......................................25 Stanley Horwich.......................................25 Marsha Frank...........................................25 Sidney Friedman.....................................25 Francine Jacobs.......................................25 Samuel Seager........................................25 Ted Boyer................................................20 James McGonigle....................................10 Debra Duncan........................................0.0 TOTAL CONTRIBUTIONS:.......................$18,902

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Terry Gans........................................$5,000 Edward Chiles....................................... 500 Richard Reiman.................................... 500 Terry Gans............................................. 500 Cheryl Taub........................................... 500 Melvin Taub.......................................... 500 Jeremy Gans......................................... 500 Brenda Patton...................................... 500 Diane Gans........................................... 400 Bruce Rosene....................................... 300 Paul Solomon....................................... 250 Thomas Cail.......................................... 250 Daniel Gans.......................................... 250 Ginny Sykos.......................................... 250 Dale Strohl........................................... 200 Anne Weintraub.................................... 200 Laurence Saslaw................................... 200 Leonore Patterson................................. 200 Richard Pelton...................................... 150 Jeffrey Lenobel..................................... 150 Colleen Leonard.................................... 150 Daniel Idzik.......................................... 100 Kathleen Osborne................................. 100 Jeremy Whatmough.............................. 100 David Kaplan........................................ 100 John Forch........................................... 100 Laurin Goldner...................................... 100

Stephen Schroeder............................... 100 Martin Zimmerman............................... 100 Everette Howell Jr................................. 100 Mark Kauffman.................................... 100 Barbara Nelson Osmon......................... 100 Gold Coast Eagle Distributing................ 100 Grimail Crawford Inc............................. 100 Barry Scher........................................... 100 Paul Freiwald........................................ 100 Madelyn Spoll....................................... 100 James Honsal....................................... 100 Richard Levin..........................................75 Ron Johnson............................................60 Earl and Ann Mumford............................50 Suzanne Reiman.....................................50 Randall Clair............................................50 Jay Greenblatt..........................................50 Tina Rudek..............................................50 Alan Fischbein.........................................50 John Daly................................................50 Daniel Levy..............................................50 Murray Bluegrass.....................................50 Maureen Horwitz.....................................50 George Symanski.....................................25 Diane Gans..............................................10 TOTAL CONTRIBUTIONS........................$13,820

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Recommendations Three competitive races with six candidates vying for the Longboat Key Town Commission are a sign of community engagement. It’s healthy.

Likewise, the outcomes of the three races will be important for a variety of reasons, not the least of which is they will send a message to Longboat Key taxpayers, residents and voters. Taxpayers and commissioners alike will know, definitively, for the first time in two years which direction voters want the town to go.

In truth, you can argue the town’s sitting commission doesn’t exactly reflect the will of the voters. Three of the seven current commissioners were appointed to their seats — Commissioners Pat Zunz, Terry Gans and Phill Younger. And Commissioner Jack Duncan has run unopposed twice. You can interpret Duncan’s victory as a testament to his effectiveness.

Indeed, unless a commissioner errs, Longboat voters have shown a willingness to let incumbents run unopposed. Certainly, former Mayor Hal Lenobel comes to mind. In more than a decade on the commission, he encountered only one opponent, Phill Younger, in 2010, with Lenobel winning that race as well.

So it is good for Longboat Key voters to have choices, particularly as the town continues to move through a generational change and toward a new age. To paraphrase the old advertising line: This is not your father’s Longboat Key any more.

Indeed, it’s not. And as we sense from conversations among many Longboaters, there is an overwhelming desire for the town government to take the necessary steps to create a framework and foundation that will allow Longboat Key to remain one of Florida’s premier, high-value residential resort communities — in tune with the consumers of the 21st century. Longboaters want the Key to “up its game.”

Who best to lead that transition? That is one question on which to base your vote.

But we’ll add a second question, one that, in spite of his prickliness, former Longboat Key Commission Al Green said he often used when judging Town Commission candidates: Which candidate do you think will perform best in those tough, unpredictable situations that inevitably arise? Which candidate has the wisdom to do what’s right and best?

And let’s not forget the other test. We like to invoke the wisdom of economist Arthur Laffer. As he contends, in the end, every election is a referendum on the incumbent’s performance. It is indeed.

Given all of the above as the backdrop, we offer some observations and comments and our recommendations on the six candidates in this year’s town elections:

AT-LARGE (one-year term)

Terry Gans (incumbent) / Irwin Pastor If you remain stuck on old news and hold grudges, you are likely to judge these two candidates on which side they stood in the Longboat Key Club and Resort expansion dispute. In short, Gans supported it; Pastor opposed it.

Pastor, in fact, did more than oppose it.

He was and is vice president of the Islandside Property Owners Coalition, the group that was the most strident and organized opponent to the Key Club’s proposal. Or, depending on your point of view, Pastor was vice president of the coalition that argued in public hearings and showed in the courts the Town Commission wrongly adjudicated the Key Club’s application, overstepping the bounds of the town codes.

There is much more to these two candidates than the Key Club dispute, however.

And they should be judged on those merits.

In his one year of serving in the seat vacated by Commissioner Lenobel, Gans has shown a strong understanding of the nuances of the issues confronting the Town Commission. This comes from Gans being an engaged and interested citizen; for the past few years he has been a fixture in the audience at Town Commission and planning board meetings. You would be hard-

VOTE! YOU CAN AFFECT LONGBOAT’S FUTURE If history is a guide, voter turnout in the March 12 Town Commission election should be 40% or more. That would be nice; even better if it is higher.

The last time voter turnout in a town election exceeded 40% was in 2010, when six candidates were vying for three Town Commission seats.

Longboat Key’s registered voters total 6,413.

LONGBOAT VOTER TURNOUT Registered Votes

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2008: Bob Siekman-Gene Jaleski 6,410 2,688 41.9% 2009: Gene Jaleski-Randy Clair 6,502 2,688 41.3% 2010: David Brenner-Peter O’Connor, Hal Lenobel-Phill Younger, Lynn LarsenLee Rothenberg 6,329

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2011: Beach bonds, charter change 6,296 1,176 18.6% 2012: David Brenner-Ray Rajewski 6,413 2,334 36.4%

2013 CANDIDATES

AT-LARGE, ONE-YEAR TERM Terry Gans (incumbent) Irwin Pastor

AT-LARGE, TWO-YEAR TERM Gene Jaleski Phill Younger (incumbent)

DISTRICT 4, TWO-YEAR TERM

Jim Brown (incumbent) Larry K. Grossman All Longboat Key voters can cast votes

pressed to find anyone outside of the town commissioners and town managers who is more attuned than Gans and on top of such issues as the town budget, beach renourishment, town attorney replacement, zoning codes, union pensions, you name it.

Gans is a student of the town.

Here are other Gans attributes: He has an ability to cut to the quick of an issue and apply straight-forward common sense to resolving them. If you have read any of his op-ed contributions to this paper, he demonstrates clear thinking.

On this next point, it’s a toss-up between Gans and Pastor: They are equally passionate about Longboat Key and fostering a bright future here. They want to make Longboat Key better.

Gans has been a positive contributor to problem solving on the commission. He has commission experience over Pastor.

But those who know Pastor know that problem solving — taking struggling companies and rebuilding them, or creating startups and growing them — has been the hallmark of an impressive career.

Pastors’ two primary business ventures were that of CEO of the Pepsi-Cola Buffalo Bottling Corp. in Buffalo, N.Y., and South Jersey Distributors Corp., a beer distributor based in Pleasantville, N.J. In addition, he served as founder and CEO of five other companies; and CEO or board chairman of three not-for-profit associations, including founder of the Buffalo Niagara Sports Foundation. Pastor has repeatedly tried to convey in public forums that he has spent nearly 50 years of his business career negotiating to bring sides together to move forward. He is big on making deals from which all parties walk away satisfied.

To be sure, Pastor would bring an astute business perspective and wisdom to the Town Commission. He is qualified.

But here’s what voters need to think about: Pastor hasn’t been involved in town government until the Key Club dispute. In forums, he acknowledged not being on top of details on some town issues.

And there’s the obvious question some residents ask: Would he be a shill for IPOC. On this, Pastor is insistent he is his own man. Pastor says he served IPOC as the peacemaker-negotiator between IPOC and Loeb Partners, a buffer between IPOC’s combative president, Bob White, and Loeb’s tough CEO, Joseph Lesser.

If you accept the regimen that elections are referenda on incumbents, we would argue Gans has shown he is and would be a good commissioner. At the same time, so would Pastor. This is a tough call.

Recommendation: Gans has earned the one year left on the term. We encourage Pastor to stay involved and run again. He has a lot to offer Longboat Key.

AT-LARGE (two-year term)

Gene Jaleski / Phill Younger (incumbent) Phill Younger is one of the best analytical thinkers and one of the smartest members of the Town Commission.

While he was among the group of commissioners who voted in favor of the Key Club expansion application, Younger has a breadth of contributions that shows he is an independent thinker and willing to challenge the status quo. This has been especially so on the town’s finances and beach strategy. Longboat taxpayers should feel comfortable having Younger watch over town spending.

For all of Younger’s attributes, you could say the same about his opponent, Gene Jaleski. He is always analyzing town issues.

And he, more than anyone on Longboat Key and longer than anyone on Longboat Key, has urged the Town Commission to challenge the status quo on just about every major issue. We all know his trigger points: cellular service and beach renourishment topping the list. Like Younger, he is well versed on virtually every issue that confronts the Town Commission.

But Longboat Key taxpayers have already experienced what happens when Jaleski sits at the dais. He gets marginalized.

To a great extent, Jaleski’s best contribution to the town and its taxpayers is to do what he does best — coax, nudge and cajole those in charge to think harder, be smarter and constantly look for the better way; to watchdog and bulldog the sitting commissioners.

Recommendation: Younger.

DISTRICT 4

Jim Brown / Larry Grossman This race is similar to that of Phill Younger and Gene Jaleski — the experienced incumbent, Brown, versus the coaxer, the challenger, the idea man who hasn’t quite been able to prove yet to the voters that he could move the town forward in a meaningful way, Grossman.

Mayor Brown, understandably, is the bull’s eye for those who don’t want to forget the Key Club dispute. He has the big title.

And he’s not afraid to be blunt-spoken about the way he feels. Sometimes he gets passionate, with a boldface, capital “P,” if you get our drift.

But that’s all right. If voters put aside the Key Club and think about all that Brown has taken on and had thrown at him in the past two years as mayor, it’s a wonder the guy hasn’t said: “Here, take this job and shove it.” To wit: The departure of Bruce St. Denis and hiring of David Bullock; the controversy over former planning Director Monica Simpson and the late Police Chief Al Hogle; the death of Hogle; the Colony Beach and Tennis Resort dispute; the employee pensions; beach erosion on the north end; Publix redevelopment; and, of course, the aftermath of the Key Club lawsuits.

Knowing what’s ahead for the Key, Mayor Brown, architect and planner, has a clear vision of what direction the town needs to go. He has proven himself to be an actionoriented leader.

Recommendation: Keep Brown. And urge the commission to tap into Grossman’s planning expertise as it embarks on rewriting the town’s zoning codes.

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Dear Editor: I am a long-standing member of the Longboat Key Public Interest Committee. When I first joined PIC, it was an organization devoted to protecting the interests of Longboat Key residents. In recent years, I believe it has become a voice for commercial/development interests both on and off the island. As I see it, PIC would best be labeled as the “Chamber of Commerce Auxiliary.”

I have maintained my membership in PIC only because I hope someday to help return PIC to the “voice of the residents” that it was in its “glory days.” It’s not surprising that PIC’s membership has declined from around 600 at its peak to fewer than 100 paid memberships today.

I deeply resent PIC’s board continuing to represent its views as those of its members while not surveying its members on important issues in advance of its position statements. PIC’s board has never taken advantage of my longstanding offer to provide the survey research expertise required to conduct surveys of PIC’s members on important issues before the board takes a public stand on issues.

I am particularly offended that PIC’s board would place a “paid election letter” and a political advertisement in the Longboat Observer without consulting its members.

To claim that the commissioners did nothing wrong in dealing with the Longboat Key Club proposal is simply outrageous in view of the fact that one judge characterized their behavior as a “miscarriage of justice.”

On the other hand, in view of the fact that I predicted the board’s candidate endorsements the day that the incumbents announced their candidacy, I found the description of its deliberations quite humorous.

The PIC board must realize residents are gain-

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4:30 p.m. — 6100 block of GMD. Suspicious Circumstance. The same commission candidate who called police 36 minutes prior called police because two more of his signs were pulled out of the ground. There were still no suspects.

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Feb. 19 Signing out 6:25 p.m. — 7000 block of GMD. Larceny. A resident reported that someone took six campaign signs for two sitting commissioners. Police agreed to monitor the signs.

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Dear Editor: I find it interesting that the Longboat Key Public Interest Committee is taking a financial stake in the town election by paying for a half-page ad and a paid election letter.

Because it seems to be a serious matter, I would like to clarify and refute some of the stated facts in PIC’s ad and letter.

Your paid advertisement trumpets: All town legal expenses associated with the club’s proposal were covered by the applicant. According to correspondence with the previous town finance director, as of the end of the year 2012, the town actually paid $224,176.71 in tax dollars for its dealing and involvement with the Key Club expansion program. This consisted of $159,190.32 to Town Attorney David Persson and $64,986.39 for “hearing expenses.”

This does not include payroll for staff or other in-house expenses incurred after the completion of the initial staff report. Staff was heavily involved during this period, as well.

On the matter of density, Ordinance 2012-08, states that now within the Key Club’s two planned unit developments, 1,884 additional units can be constructed therein at the whim of the Town Commission. And, how will that affect our traffic and town infrastructure?

In regard to the cost of beach renourishment, the commission is just kicking the can down the road. Do you know what the cost of beach maintenance have been since it was made the law of Longboat Key? The original mantra of “sand or seawalls?” has now become “sand AND permeable groins!”

In addition, the town’s “Vision Plan” was conjured up by a small group of people who have succeeded in occupying the body politic of our town.

It really is time for a change.

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’TIS THE SEASON

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 2013

by Robin Hartill | City Editor

LONGBOAT KEY CENTER FOR THE ARTS

The best 2013 attractions Snowbirds and spring breakers and sunbathers … oh, my!

It’s March, the busiest time of an already busy season.

And, whether you’re in town for a long weekend or enjoy Longboat life yearround, you’re probably seeking to make the most of the season.

Here’s our guide to the top 10 can’t-miss activities and destinations on Longboat and its surrounding keys.

In no particular order, we suggest you …

Visit the Longboat Key Center for the Arts, a Division of Ringling College of Art and Design, 6860 Longboat Drive S. The last day to see the historic Florida Highwaymen exhibit is Thursday, Feb. 28.

Next up is the annual Community Juried Exhibition that will open to the public Friday, March 8. If you do head out to the Arts Center, consider exploring the surrounding historic Longbeach Village by visiting all the stops on a walking tour developed last year. Stops are available at the Longboat Key Historical Society’s website, longboatkeyhistory.com. You might also catch a glimpse of the neighborhood’s famed peacocks, but be warned: It’s mating season. For information, call 383-2345.

MOTE MARINE LABORATORY

Flip for sea lions at the aquarium at Mote Ma- Kitty rine Laboratory, 1600 Ken Thompson Parkway. Mote has more than 100 species of marine life at its aquarium, including manatees, sharks and sea turtles. But, this year, the real stars of the sea are the sea lions that are part of “Sea Lions: On the Water’s Edge,” which runs through April 28. The exhibit started out with sea lions Stella, Rose and Kitty, although other sea lions from the Myakka City-based rescue group, Squalus Inc., will rotate in and out of the spotlight.

NATURE PARKS

Experience Longboat Key’s great outdoors at its nature parks.

Bicentennial Park, 2730 Gulf of Mexico Drive, located outside of Longboat Key Town Hall, offers shaded seating and a butterfly garden. Overlook Park, located at the southern tip of the Key on the bayside, is a good spot for picnics and fishing, while Quick Point Nature Preserve, across the street, is a good place for bird watching or scoping out local critters such as conchs, juvenile crabs and many types of fish, along with native fauna. Joan M. Durante Park, 5550 Gulf of Mexico Drive, is a 32-acre wetland and coastal hammock forest with walking and biking trails, a pavilion and a playground. Leashed dogs are welcome there, as well — there are even special water fountains for dogs at Durante Park.

SAVE OUR SEABIRDS

Wing it at Save Our Seabirds, 1708 Ken Thompson Parkway.

The old Pelican Man’s Bird Sanctuary has approximately 250 resident birds, representing more than 30 species, in its Wild Bird Learning Center that is open to the public. Guided tours are also available.

Call 388-3010. On Saturday, March 2, and Sunday, March 3, be sure to check out the Sarasota Wildlife Festival, a juried art show that benefits Save Our Seabirds, on Ken Thompson Parkway. Visit sarasotawildlifefest.com.

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Going to the beach is a no-brainer whether you’re visiting Longboat Key or you’re lucky enough to live here. Finding the beach? Well, that’s another story.

Here’s your map to Longboat Key’s most hidden treasures: • 2825 GMD* (parking at Town Hall, 501 Bay Isles Road) • 3175 GMD (parking onsite) • 3355 GMD (parking onsite) • 3495 GMD (handicap-accessible onsite; parking across the street) • 4001 GMD (parking at Bayfront Park, 4052 GMD) • 4711 GMD (handicap-accessible parking onsite) • 4795 GMD (handicap-accessible parking onsite) • 6399 Gulfside Road (parking at General Harris Street) • 6847 GMD (parking at Broadway access) • 100 Broadway (handicap-accessible parking onsite) • 7055 Seabreeze Ave. (no parking available *GMD stands for Gulf of Mexico Drive.

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LONGBOAT LIBRARY

Check out the Longboat Library, 555 Bay Isles Road. The private, non-profit library offers memberships for as little as $25 a year. Internet access is also available for free to members and for a small fee for non-members. Here are the top-10 books patrons are reading this season: • “The Time Keeper,” Mitch Albon • “The Forgotten,” David Baldacci • “The Innocent,” David Baldacci • “The Black Box,” Michael Connelly • “Gone Girl,” Gillian Flynn • “The Spymasters,” W.E.B. Griffin • “Unbroken,” Laura Hillenbrand • “Defending Jacob,” William Landay • “Killing Kennedy,” Bill O’Reilly • “Safe Haven,” Nicholas Sparks For information, call 383-2011.

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Improve your tennis game. The Longboat Key Public Tennis Center, 590 Bay Isles Road, offers one-and-a-half-hour, walk-on sessions for $12 per person. The facility has 10 soft-clay courts, a specialized teaching court, teaching professionals, daily organized events and a match-making service. Clinics, lessons, ball machines and leagues are also available. For 24-hour advanced reservations, call 316-8367.

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Stroll St. Armands Circle. Of course, you’ll want to shop and dine at the famed shopping district. But, entertainment and events bring St. Armands full circle. “Buskers” — defined as street performers, troubadours or entertainers who perform in public places for gratuities — will circle St. Armands from 6 to 9 p.m. Wednesday, March 14. The “Buskers on St. Armands” tradition will continue on the first Wednesday of each month beginning in April.

As you stroll the Circle, check out the restored historic John Ringling statues.

Longboat Key Education Center

Live and learn at the Longboat Key Education Center, 5370 Gulf of Mexico Drive, Suite 212. It may be spring-break time, not school time, but this nonprofit’s motto is, “Like college … only better.” The spring semester begins March 4 and offers classes such as yoga, movie discussion, painting and an iPad/iPhone boot camp, plus lectures and concerts. Visit lbkeducationcenter.org.

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Get an inside look at Longboat life during the Longboat Key Garden Club’s Home & Garden Tour Saturday, March 2. This year’s tour features five mainland homes, plus a rare chance to visit a sixth home on Jewfish Key, accessible only by boat. Tickets for the five mainland homes are $20 and $50 for the Jewfish home and the other five homes.

Reservations for the Jewfish home must be made in advance.

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+ Commission names Quick Point a nature preserve The Longboat Key Town Commission approved a nature preserve at Quick Point at its March 4, 1991, meeting.

Prices effective Thursday, February 28 through Wednesday, March 6, 2013.

D-Mia/Jax/Lakeland 4C-Thursday

The tour will be held from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, March 2. It includes five homes on mainland Longboat Key. Guests who buy tickets before tour day will also get to tour a home on Jewfish Key. Regular tickets are $20; tickets including the Ellis home on Jewfish Key are $50.

Tickets may be purchased at the Longboat Key Chamber of Commerce, 5570 Gulf of Mexico Drive, or by calling club President Madelyn Spoll at 383-4818. The Home and Garden Tour is a major source of the Garden Club’s funds for scholarships and grants to Florida college students. in environmental fields.

The Sprintz home features orchids.

by Robin Hartill | City Editor

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Pirate Ransom Webster, Buccaneer Inn founder Herb Field and Longboat Key Mayor Will Le Page The commission rejected uses such as picnic shelters and bicycle accesses, along with restrooms, while emphasizing the site as a place where visitors could learn about the local ecosystem.

+ Police play hardball about stolen softball A softball used during a Longboat

Key police/firefighter game, which firefighters won, mysteriously disappeared from the front desk of the North Fire Station.

According to the March 2, 2000, issue of the Longboat Observer, the fire department received taunting letters and two threatening photographs of the stolen ball.

Police Chief John Kintz assigned a detective to investigate.

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Liquor items are only available at Publix Liquors.

Visit publix.com/store to find the store nearest you.

Must be 21 years of age or older to purchase alcoholic beverages. Quantity limits per customer apply.

St. Patrick’s Celebration — runs all weekend at Lynches Pub and Grub, 19 Blvd. of the Presidents.

Entertainment will include dancers, bagpipers and a live band. Monday will be a hangover party, with bloody Marys served starting at noon. For more information, call 388-5550.

Longboat Key buried a piece of its treasured history March 3, 2005, when developers razed the Buccaneer Inn to build the LONGBOAT Grand Mariner condominium.

LORE The late Herb Field, who also developed the old Colony and Far Horizons resort, bought the bar known as the Sleepy Lagoon Rendezvous in 1957. Before that, it was known as the local dive bar, with women of “dubious reputation,” according to Ralph Hunter’s “From Calusas to Condominiums.”

Field hired a one-legged man named Ransom Webster to dress as a pirate with a peg leg and greet guests as they came in for dinner. He expanded the buccaneer theme to the resort’s décor and restaurant’s dinner menu.

Tom Hires purchased the Buccaneer Inn in 1992 and closed it in 2001.

But, there’s still a touch of pirate’s life for the Key: The old pirate statue from the Buccaneer Inn still stands on Dream Island Road.

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Longboat Key Historical Society — meets at 7 p.m. at Christ Church of Longboat Key, Presbyterian, 6400 Gulf of Mexico Drive. Joy Baker will speak about the Villa Am Meer property. Contact the Historical Society at longboatkeyhistoricalsociety@gmail. com.

Longboat Key Chamber of Commerce Brown Bag Lunch — takes place from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., at SunTrust Bank, 510 Bay Isles Road.

Call 383-2466.

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Another Season, the 2013 Lord’s Warehouse Fashion Show and Luncheon — starts at noon at the Longboat Island Chapel, 6200 Gulf of Mexico Drive. Tickets are $25 and can be purchased in the church office or at the Lord’s Warehouse next door.

Office hours are 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

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Aging in Paradise Health Fair — runs from 9 a.m. until noon at the Longboat Island Chapel, 6200 Gulf of Mexico Drive. The fair will feature educational booths and screening stations. For more information, call 224-8766.

Meet the Designer — takes place from noon to 4 p.m. at Island Pursuits, 357 St. Armands Circle.

Bryan and Becky Voekel, creators of Mahi Gold, will be in the store to visit with customers. For more information, call 388-4515.

Annual Community Juried Exhibition Opening Reception — takes place from 4:30 to 7 p.m. at the Longboat Key Center for the Arts, a Division of Ringling College of Art and Design, 6860 Longboat Drive S. RSVP is required. Call 383-2345 or email lbkca@ringling.edu.

St. Mary, Star of the Sea, Rummage Sale — runs from noon to 4 p.m.

Friday for early birds and from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, at Stella Maris Hall, 4280 Gulf of Mexico Drive.

Early-bird sale cost is $5. Regular sale is free. For information, call 3831255.

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A Rabbinic Forum on Post-Election Israel — will start at 2 p.m. at Temple Beth Israel, 567 Bay Isles Road. Four rabbis will address the “stranglehold” Orthodox Jewish authorities have on religious life in Israel. The rabbis will give their perspective and take questions. For information, call 224-7339.

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by Katie Hendrick | Community Editor

Alec Murray, Sharon Levy Hardaker and Lynn Cook

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Alvin and Kathy Neumann with Mike Boozer and Sally Mauldin

Country Club Shores III holds its annual meeting, dinner

Capping Rising Pension Costs

Jan Grzep and Joyce Harsche

The town and firefighters will split required Florida Retirement System (FRS) contributions 50/50 with the town’s maximum contribution capped at 13%, according to the new contract.

For example, the current FRS employer contribution is 14.9%. Employees and the town would each pay 7.45%. (Employees would also pay an additional 3%, which is their required contribution toward the plan.)

If the required contribution rose to 28%, the town would pay 13%, while firefighters would be responsible for 15%, in addition to their required 3%.

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Country Club Shores III residents mixed business with pleasure, bookending a meeting with a cocktail hour and dinner.

Residents heard from Commissioner Lynn Larson, Town Manager Dave Bullock and Police Chief Pete Cumming on topics such as firefighter pensions, beach-renourishment plans and an upcoming license platerecognition system. Residents Bob and Nancy Guernsey hosted the meeting, and Jay Greenblatt, neighborhood assoCommissioner Lynn Larson, Neighborhood Association ciation president, led dinner preparations.

President Jay Greenblatt and Joan Dempsey

ratified the contract at a Jan. 22 special meeting.

The town and its firefighters reached a tentative agreement in December to freeze the firefighters’ current pension plan and enroll current and future firefighters in the Florida Retirement System (FRS) plan.

The town and firefighters will split required FRS contributions 50/50, with the town’s maximum contribution capped at 13%, according to the agreement.

The Florida Division of Retirement and FRS have also agreed that firefighters can make after-tax reimbursements to the town toward their employee benefits and won’t have to make pre-tax reimbursements toward their new pensions, which would have reduced their wages.

Longboat Key commissioners are pleased with the hybrid pension solution. The town is expected to offer a similar plan to the Longboat Key Police Union when it begins meeting in March to discuss a new three-year contract. A goal of the commission has been to freeze the current pension plans and begin paying off more than $27 million in unfunded pension liabilities.

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

Commissioner Jack Duncan was also pleased with the vote.

“This was a huge accomplishment for this commission and the firefighters and will help solve a lot of problems,” Duncan said.

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+ Arts Center seeks entries for show Have you made a masterpiece? Could your painting pass for a Picasso? Well, then we have just the place for your showstopper.

The Longboat Key Center for the Arts, a Division of Ringling College of Art and Design, is seeking entries for its annual Community Juried Exhibition.

Receiving will take place from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesday, March 5.

The entry fee is $17.50 for members and $25 for nonmembers. Entries are limited to four per person. Six cash prizes ranging from $150 to $500 will be awarded. For information, call 383-2345.

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+ Christ Church hits second high note More than 100 Christ Church of Longboat Key, Presbyterian members gathered Sunday, Feb. 24, to enjoy a concert by Jeremy and Katie Silverman, of Brandon, during which they performed classic and pop standards.

It was the second in a trifecta of concerts. The third concert is scheduled for Sunday, March 10.

+ Making history, one page at a time In the fall, Longboat Key Historical Society board member Chet Pletzke began the project of scanning all Longboat Observer archives for historic preservation.

But history isn’t made overnight — and recording it takes time, as well.

At the Historical Society’s Thursday, Feb. 21 meeting, Pletzke reported that he’s currently up to 1983 — meaning he’s made five years’ worth of progress in the past few months, because the newspaper was founded in 1978.

“I’m going to have to live to be 100,” he joked.

Still, by our calculations, Pletzke has scanned at least 200 issues of Longboat Key’s weekly newspaper.

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The Thomas Carabasi Samba Jazz Quintet attracted a packed house Friday, Feb. 22, to the Longboat Key Center for the Arts, a Division of Ringling College of Art and Design. Band members Thomas Carabasi, Patrick Bettison, Phill Fest, Kenny Drew Jr. and Terezinha Valios delighted the crowd with vocals, drums, a harmonica, piano and guitar.

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TBI performs play for Purim

Congregants at Temple Beth Israel observed Purim Sunday, Feb. 24. The celebration started with a reading of the Megilah, which tells the story of a Jewish girl named Esther who became queen of Persia and thwarted Haman, vizier to the king, who planned to commit genocide against her people.

Following a lunch break, a cast of 16 acted out the story as a play, written and directed by temple member Judy Goldstein.

Titled “Princess,” it focuses on young Esther, “Essie,” played by Emma Katz, as she comes of age and prepares for her royal future.

Goldstein wrote it as a radio play, similar to the “Little Orphan Annie” show from the 1930s, and incorporated several Broadway melodies in musical numbers.

Emma Katz, Rabbi Michael Eisenstat and Shirley Fein

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Nancy Eisenstat, Florence Katz and Judy Vigder

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Emily Hosley Levine

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Mrs. Levine was an active member of the Daughters of the American Revolution for 68 years, most recently of the Sara DeSoto Chapter.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Larry; daughter, Elena Levine Smith; son, Richard; and one granddaughter.

She is survived by her brother, Henry Hosley; children, Joseph Groff Brillinger, Jeffrey Paul Brillinger and Anne Hall Levine; two grandchildren; and one greatgrandchild.

A funeral service was held Sunday, Feb. 24, at Toale Brothers Funeral Home.

Memorial donations may be made to the Cape Cod Center for the Arts at capeplayhouse. com.

Emily Hosley Levine, 88, of Sarasota, died Feb. 18.

Mrs. Levine graduated in 1943 from Larson Junior College in Hamden, Conn., and became a successful fashion buyer and merchandiser for Macy’s, G. Fox and Burdines.

She later founded Emily Lawrence Stores, a chain located in Cape Cod, Mass., upstate New York and Colorado.

A lover of the arts, Mrs. Levine served on the Asolo Repertory Theatre’s board of directors and enjoyed performances at Sarasota West Coast Symphony, the Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe, Florida Studio Theatre, the Sarasota Opera and the Ringling School Library Association. In Massachusetts, she served as president of the Raymond Moore Foundation, which runs the Cape Playhouse, the Cape Cinema and the Cape Museum of Art. Mrs. Levine became one of the country’s first female yacht club commodores in 1990, when she was named commodore of the Dennis Yacht Club. She was also a member of the Sarasota

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Helen “Sissy” Glennon Malloy, 75, of Manasquan, N.J., and Longboat Key, died Dec. 30.

Born in New York, Mrs. Malloy was a graduate of The Ursuline School in New Rochelle, N.Y., and Trinity Col-

lege in Washington, D.C. She retired as a trust officer from Bank of America.

The Malloys raised their family in Warwick, R.I., and retired in 1998 to Four Seasons at Wall in New Jersey, where Mrs. Malloy sold real estate.

Mrs. Malloy also enjoyed winters spent on Longboat Key. A devout Catholic, she served as a Eucharistic minister at St. Mary, Star of the Sea, Catholic Church and was a member of the church’s Women’s Guild. She was a gracious hostess, who loved to listen and dance to Irish music.

She is survived by her husband of 53 years, Thomas; siblings, Marion Glennon, Nancy McIntosh, Patricia Whamond, Stephen Glennon, Charles Glennon and Frances Dunlop; children, Michael, Anne Latour, Elizabeth Parks, Julie Hildebrand and Christine Gaudreau; and 10 grandchildren.

A Mass will be held at 10 a.m. Friday, March 8, at St. Mary, Star of the Sea, Catholic Church, 4280 Gulf of Mexico Drive.

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GOLDEN ANNIVERSARY by Katie Hendrick | Community Editor

Tom Sabow dressed as Carnac the Magnificent for a skit that incorporated member trivia.

Above: Betty Rahm and Dick Adkins Claire Marsh with Arlene and Retired Brigadier Gen. John Casey

Anne and John Summers helped with chapel renovations.

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Daniel Herz and Claire Skerrett

Mike and Rosemarie Hodges, members since 1974, participated in chapel renovations because they wanted to help ensure its future.

and fabulous Five decades after establishing its new home, chapel members celebrate their church.

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If the walls of Longboat Island Chapel could talk, they’d tell stories of couples vowing to love each other till death do them part; Boy Scouts learning life skills; friends counseling each other through grief and transitions; women collecting consignment items for needy families; countless musical performances; aging seminars; christenings; funerals; holiday parties; and Sunday services.

The church, which began in 1956 with 28 friends gathering in each other’s homes on a rotating basis, cemented itself as a Longboat Key institution in 1963 with the construction of a permanent meeting place at 6200 Gulf of Mexico Drive.

Fifty years later, 120 members packed its fellowship hall Friday, Feb. 22, to commemorate the building’s golden anniversary with a dinner, history lesson, music and skit.

Many of the church’s original members have died, but several of their descendants, who have since joined participated in the festivities. Among them: Pauline Schroeder, who first attended while visiting her parents, starting in 1969.

Ten years later, she relocated from Hillsborough County to Longboat Key and became a church regular until last April, when she moved to

a retirement home in Fort Myers.

“This place has been the site of some happy events and some sad ones,” Schroeder said. “Here the Rev. Jim Marsh christened one of my grandchildren and also conducted my parents’ memorial service when they died in an accident.”

Board President Sue Reese also got her start attending the church while visiting her parents in the late 1960s. A member for the past 15 years, she has hundreds of fond memories, but counts the congregation’s work during the past year as the reason to celebrate. The fruits of their labor: an elevator; an outdoor staircase to the “Aging in Paradise” suite on the second floor; a refurbished roof; and an irrigation system and landscaping.

“This time last year, if you were a stranger, you’d run out when you saw a pile of rubble where the elevator now is or noticed the leaking roof,” she said. “But people performed miracles, and now this place is sparkling and ready for the future.”

Parishioners donated $91,000 for renovations and dozens “constantly volunteered for manual labor,” she said. “With this group, there’s an inclination to serve, but this was a night to sit and enjoy ourselves.”

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HALLOWED GROUND: A TIMELINE OF LONGBOAT ISLAND CHAPEL 1961-1963: The Rev. Edward Williams leads the congregation.

January 13, 1963: The chapel’s dedication and first service; 425 attend.

1963-1972: The Rev. Lamar Kincaid leads the congregation.

November 3, 1965: First formal meeting of the Women’s Auxiliary takes place.

1973-1996: The Rev. James Marsh leads the congregation.

1976: Chapel initiates landscaping project and construction of a garden.

Late 1980s: Chapel adds a minister’s study, “little” chapel, fellowship hall and kitchen.

January 1996: Grand opening of “The Lord’s Warehouse,” a church-run consignment store in adjoining lot, takes place.

May 1997: The Friendship Garden is dedicated.

1997-1998: The Rev. William Grossman leads the congregation.

1998-2000: The Rev. Charles Shook leads the congregation.

2000-2012: The Rev. Dr. Kenneth Gill leads the congregation.

April 22, 2012: Ribbon-cutting ceremony for new elevator for Aging in Paradise Center takes place.

January 2013: The Rev. Dr. Vince Carroll is named pastor.

The three tenors, the Rev. Dr. Vince Carroll, the Rev. Dan Maiden and the Rev. Charlie Shook capture the night’s joyful atmosphere by singing “When the Saints Go Marching In.” Hear them online at YourObserver.com.

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“I live for this,” she said. “Entertaining — it’s what I love to do.”

A fan of details, she laid down a red carpet, printed off Oscar ballots and stocked up on Goldenberg Peanut Chews, a Phila-

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Beaches of Longboat Key Sweeping Gulf, City and LBKC Golf Course views from this lovely SW corner sixth floor apartment with three bedrooms and three full baths.

Updated wood & granite kitchen. Hurricane shutters. $1,250,000

The Players Club - Gulf Views Fully furnished apartment in beautiful condition Gulfside on Longboat Key in a gated community.

1,800 SF, two bedrooms + a den off of the kitchen that could be a 3rd sleeping area. $699,000

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by Jean Gruss | Business Observer

Naples-based Premier Sotheby’s International Realty, fresh off a banner year in 2012, moves into South Tampa’s luxury market with its first office there.

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Judy Green, president and CEO of Premier Sotheby’s International Realty, says she’s scouting locations in the Tampa Bay area. or Naples, where homebuyers are mostly affluent retirees.

Tampa’s luxury homebuyers are business executives, doctors, lawyers and sports professionals.

But Premier’s franchise agreement with Sotheby’s extends from Tampa to Marco Island. “It’s the next phase of our long-term plan,” says Green, who lives on Marco Island.

Premier is a division of The Lutgert Companies, a privately held development company the Lutgert family operates out of Naples. Premier has 450 agents in 19 offices in luxury enclaves such as Marco Island, Bonita Springs, Sanibel, Longboat Key and, now, South Tampa.

Green says she’s scouting other parts of the Tampa Bay

region. “St. Petersburg would be a target,” she says.

Still, Green is quick to note that much of the work Premier agents do is via the Internet. “I don’t want a lot of offices,” she says. “I’ve been the biggest, and it’s not what’s important. I’ve managed 200 offices.”

In fact, Premier already has an office in the Tampa Bay area in Belleair Bluffs near Largo and Clearwater. The news of a new office in Tampa has already boosted Belleair’s profile by attracting five new agents, Green says.

Currently, Green says the Sarasota market is leading the region in the luxury residential real-estate market. But, she’s quick to point out that every market is improving.

“There are jewels in every price range,” she says.

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Can a single brokerage firm dominate the luxury residential real-estate market from Tampa to Marco Island?

If anyone can accomplish this task, it’s Judy Green, the president and CEO of Premier Sotheby’s International Realty in Naples.

Premier recently announced that it plans to open an office in South Tampa in March, fresh off a banner year in 2012, when the firm achieved $2.3 billion in residential sales on the Gulf Coast, a 35% increase from 2011.

Green is a veteran of the residential real-estate market.

The former CEO of Coldwell Banker Residential Real Estate of Florida from 1997 to 2004 orchestrated 28 acquisitions during her tenure there, including Arvida Residential Real Estate.

Green says she’s been keeping a close watch on the Tampa market and likes what she sees.

“I’ve been watching it since 2008,” she says. “We’ve seen it come back to life.”

For example, she’s encouraged by the fact that January home sales in Tampa rose 18% and prices were up 11% over the same month in 2012. “South Tampa is where the action is,” she says.

Green says she’s not deterred by the presence of some well-established local players in South Tampa, such as Smith & Associates and The Toni Everett Co. “I know a lot of people there,” she says. By the end of the year, Green says she hopes to have 35 agents in Tampa.

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By Adam Hughes | Research Editor

Water Club condominium sells for $2.8 million The following residential real-estate transactions took place between Feb. 11 and Feb. 15.

A condominium in The Water Club at Longboat Key tops all transactions in this week’s real estate. Burl and Susan Horton, of Rome, Ga., sold their Unit PH 02 condominium at 1281 Gulf of Mexico Drive to Sanctuary Finance Ltd. for $2.8 million. Built in 1999, it has three bedrooms, four baths, one half-bath and 3,435 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $1,602,400 in 1999.

Grand Bay

Joseph Gibbs, of Windermere, sold his Unit 386 condominium at 3030 Grand Bay Blvd. to David Nitschke and Frances Nitschke, trustees, of Longboat Key, for $1.35 million. Built in 1998, it has three bedrooms, three baths, one half-bath and 2,781 square feet of living area.

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H&I Real Estate Ltd. sold the Unit 104 condominium at 1075 Gulf of Mexico Drive to Steven and Vanessa Baker, of Lewisville, Texas, for $495,000. Built in 1981, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,503 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $645,000 in 2004.

Longbeach

Margaret Tong, of Bradenton, sold her home at 7157 Longboat Drive N. to Henry and Cheryl Fraser, of Longboat Key, for $426,000. Built in 1966, it has four bedrooms, three baths and 2,137 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $200,000 in 1994.

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BUILDING PERMITS These are the largest building permits issued by the Longboat Key Planning and Zoning Department for the week of Feb. 15 through Feb. 21, in order of dollar amounts. (GMD = Gulf of Mexico Drive)

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Unit PH 02 at Water Club has three bedrooms, four baths, one half-bath and 3,435 square feet of living area. It sold for $2.8 million.

Address

Permit Applicant Amount

3309 Sabal Cove Circle

Pool

Thomas Geyman

672 Marbury Lane

Addition

Paul Geck

$45,000

565 Sanctuary Drive

Shutters

Ian Sharp

$12,017.05

540 Sutton Place

Stairs and handrails Richard Marcella

7130 Longboat Drive E.

New roof

Sarazone Ltd.

$9,870

$50,500

$10,555

Built in 1969, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,399 square feet of living area.

It previously sold for $368,000 in 2005.

668 Lyons Lane

Lift

Donald Niederpruem

$8,284

617 Buttonwood Drive

Pool

William Cooney

$7,500

871 Spanish Drive S.

Repairs

Conrad Wilcoxson

$6,500

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537 Norton St.

Re-roof

Rebecca Ross

$4,800

2171 Harbourside Drive

Replace windows

Anna McCann

$2,242

Daniel Camp III and Nicholas Camp sold their Unit 8 condominium at 763 John Ringling Blvd. to Charles and Wanda Geidner, of Dayton, Ohio, for $245,000.

Built in 1963, it has two bedrooms, one bath, one half-bath and 816 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $210,000 in 2000.

3115 GMD

Repair concrete

William Davenport

$1,000

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BIRD KEY

Brian Harvey and Laura Abbott, of Sarasota, sold their home at 205 Bird Key Drive to David Green, of Ontario, Canada, for $730,000. Built in 1962, it has three bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 1,817 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $630,000 in 2008.

Thomas and Cynthia Massey, of Solon, Ohio, sold their Unit 51 condominium at 909 Spanish Drive N. to Anthony and Laura Musso, of Park Ridge, Ill., for $272,000.

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+ Four Coldwell associates named to Legends Society

+ Michael Saunders & Co. launches quarterly magazine Michael Saunders & Co. recently launched the new SaundersBEST magazine to showcase residential properties in Southwest Florida.

The winter 2013 issue features realestate and company news, trends and shopping and dining information.

The inaugural edition includes homes on the mainland and barrier islands such as Longboat Key, Lido Key, Siesta Key and Casey Key. But, the cover features an island that can be yours for a price: Little Bokeelia Island, located between Sarasota and Naples, is for sale at a listing price of $29.5 million.

+ Sale is the largest in Manatee County since May 2011 Premier Sotheby’s International Realty’s Shellie Young represented both the buyer and seller of the home at 7012 Riverview Blvd., Bradenton, that sold for $3.8 million last week.

The sale was the highest price recorded

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450 Gulf Of Mexico Dr # B306 #A3934244 $275,000 Bobbi Banan

3808 Gulf Of Mexico Dr # 103 #A3957718 $199,900 Stephen Harris

for a home in Manatee County since May 2011, when the home at 6477 Gulfside Road sold for $4.8 million.

The Bradenton property has nearly five acres and features a 7,676-square-foot main home, 4,271-square-foot second home and a riverfront guest cottage that was built in 1921 and recently renovated.

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+ SAR reports 22% increase in January YTD sales The Sarasota Association of Realtors reports that January 2013 sales were up 22% from the previous January.

Members sold 626 properties in January — 466 single-family homes and 160 condominiums — compared with 365 single-family homes and 148 condos in January 2012.

Single-family home prices were also up year-to-date, with a median price of $183,800, compared with $162,000 last January, while condo prices were down, with a median price of $130,000, a decrease from last January’s median price of $180,000.

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6750 Gulf Of Mexico Dr # 179 #A3897503 $179,000 Sandi Layfield

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963 S Osprey Ave #A3971718 $1,029,000 Jenifer Schwell

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

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Barbara Ackerman, Judy Kepecz-Hays, Lynne Koy and Roger Pettingell, all of Coldwell Banker’s Longboat Key office, were each named to Coldwell Banker Florida’s highest level of achievement, the Legends Society.

“This recognition is particularly unique because it is a top performance level that is achieved by only a handful of agents from the ranks of 4,600 Coldwell Banker Residential Real Estate agents in Florida,” said office manager Bob Stanley in a prepared statement.

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941.284.7373 annetterogers@michaelsaunders.com

Michael Saunders & Company, SARABANDE DOWNTOWN BAYFRONT $1,395,000 GATED BAYFRONT ESTATE $2,295,000 8th Floor corner w/views of bay, marina, skyline & gulf sunsets. 4BR home w/billiard room, pool, dock & views of the city lights.

94064

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Licensed Real Estate Broker

Longboat Key South • 440 Gulf of Mexico Drive, Longboat Key, FL 34228

Extraordinary Location and Size

Beach, Golf, Tennis, Pool, Boating and Fishing

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

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

3 Bed, 3.5 Baths, 4,500 sq. ft.

Open Floor plan with wrap around Terraces

EXQUISITE BEACH ESTATE $6,895,000 INN ON THE BEACH CLUB SUITE $345,000 Gulfront 3BR home plus 3BR guesthouse & tropical pool. Completely updated deluxe unit w/bay and sunset views.

Developers Realty Inc. Lic. R.E. Broker • 1266 1st St., Suite 9, Sarasota, FL 34236

Brooke O’Malley - John Gill

www.MyClubRealty.com

941-726-2677

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Ian Addy & Gail Wittig

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Longboat Key Club & Resort #5401

Longboat Key Club & Resort #1103

1st Floor Walk-Out To Pool Area | Gross Income $90,000+ | $950,000

Solve the puzzle by placing the numbers 1 through 9 in each row, column and box. See answers on page 13B.

941.387.0100

Longboat Key Club & Resort #3101

Longboat Key Club & Resort #3302

Gorgeous Sunset Views All Year Round | Gross Income $74,000+ | $439,000

Peg and Joe Homel admire a 2013 Jaguar.

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Hundreds of visitors visited St. Armands Circle Saturday, Feb. 23, to ogle Ferraris, Rolls-Royces, Lamborghinis, Bentleys, Alfa Romeos and other vehicles reaching well into the six-figure price range. The display, part of a full weekend of events with the Sarasota Exotic Car Fest, benefited United Cerebral Palsy of Southwest Florida Inc.

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Only Deluxe 2 BR in Hotel Program | Gross Income $113,000+ | $1,149,000

Photos by Katie Hendrick

Monty Yale sits in a DV-9 Aston Martin.

Breathtaking Bay & Golf Course Views | Gross Income $73,000 + | $699,000

WWW. ATHOMESARASOTA.COM

Longboat Key Club & Resort #4303

Michael Saunders & Company Licensed Real Estate Broker

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

• Leading Specialists at Longboat Key Club & Resort • 61+ Years of Combined Real Estate Sales Experience • Team Sales Exceed $195 Million Since 2005 • 2010, 2011& 2012 Top Sales Team Michael Saunders & Company, Longboat Key

Longterm & Vacation rentaLs ProPerty management

Barbara Milian, Ian Addy PA, Gail Wittig

We invite you to take advantage of our team’s experience and

Leasing distinctiVe ProPerties to extraordinary PeoPLe

allow us the opportunity to present you with a complimentary market analysis of your property.

Four office locations in Sarasota & Manatee counties

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96945

Sarasota - 129 N. Pineapple Ave., SRQ, 941-953-6000 S. Sarasota - 7222 S. Tamiami Tr., Ste. 104, SRQ, 941 - 927 - 7222 E. Manatee/ LWR - 5899 Whitfield Ave., Ste. 200, SRQ, 941 - 359 - 3435 W. Bradenton - 5917 Manatee Ave. W., Ste. 609, Bradenton, 941-792-6900

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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 2013

Temps.

SUNRISE SHOT

Record Temps.

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Low

High

Low

Tues., Feb. 19

62

48

86 (1990)

32 (1958)

Wed., Feb. 20

77

57

85 (1977)

32 (1916)

Thurs., Feb. 21

69

58

87 (1977)

32 (1958)

Fri., Feb. 22

81

60

87 (1990)

30 (1977)

Sat., Feb. 23

81

67

86 (1962)

33 (1978)

Sun., Feb. 24

78

67

87 (2001)

32 (1964)

Mon., Feb. 25

82

65

87 (1922)

28 (1989)

Average Gulf water temperature: 72

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Sunrise 6:56

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Sat., March 2

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John Pan submitted this sunrise photo, taken over the eighth hole at the Longboat Key Club golf course.

WEATHER PHOTOS: Enter your sunset, sunrise or weather-related photos and it could be published in one of The Observer’s newspapers. To enter your photos, visit YourObserver.com, and click on the “Contests” tab in the upper-right corner. Make sure to include where the photo was taken.

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20 Prosecuting attorney’s role 21 Balkan republic (var.)

22 Retirement advice (Part 1) 23 Retirement advice (Part 2) 25 Risk takers, in Hollywood 27 Early Japanese immigrant 28 Do lawn work 29 Mata Hari, for one 30 “Goldengirl” Susan 32 Early Mongolian 36 Willing sacrifice 38 Like some glasses?

44 Japanese delicacy 46 Smells 48 Chicago paper 49 1 of 100 in D.C. 50 “Uh-huh, uh-huh” 53 “I ___ Symphony” (Supremes hit) 55 Act of gluttony 56 Field’s companion?

58 “Dynamic” prefix 60 Broken-bone stabilizer 63 Bride’s path 64 “Ninotchka” name 66 Fencer’s blade 67 Weeder’s tool 70 Cold War news agency 71 Retirement advice (Part 3) 73 Champagne type 74 Manning at QB 75 Geese formations 76 1,000 millimes 77 An ancient truth?

78 Animals with black-tipped tails

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9 Boasters have big ones 10 Birds’ beaks 11 “I can’t deny that” 12 Toast specification 13 Coke companion 14 Org. with an influential journal 15 Cuckoopint 16 Wife of Geraint, in Arthurian lore 17 Bilbo Baggins’ find 18 Wise guy 20 Entertainer’s advocate 24 Location 26 “61 in ‘61” slugger Roger 31 Conquistador’s cache 33 Play a part 34 Rocky crag 35 “I was at home all night,” e.g.

37 “Take ___!” (“Beat it!”)

38 Lobster eggs 39 “Is it a boy ___ girl?”

40 Pre-1991 map abbr.

41 Rehearsal 42 Chang’s twin 43 Ruby of Hollywood 44 Story that’s “to be continued” 45 Like the rarest triple plays 47 Hindu loincloth 49 One of America’s 50 51 “Bald” baby 52 Spooky to the max 54 Road-paving material 57 Mercedes-Benz model 59 Guns, in the driver’s seat 61 “Little black dress” go-with 62 “___ there be light” 65 It often comes between partners 66 Europe’s highest active volcano 68 Start-up costs 69 Cultural value system

71 “Mogambo” actress Gardner 72 Flamenco band, The ___ Kings 73 Hulk Hogan neckwear 77 Pole to extend a sail 79 Lost it 80 Hollywood award 83 Metric speedometer letters 84 “Richard ___” (Shakespeare) 86 Greeting for Caesar 87 Thanksgiving dessert 88 It looks good on paper 90 “Halt!” on the seas 93 Bowie collaborator Brian 94 Banned bug-killer 96 Feline zodiac sign 98 Cousin of the tilde and umlaut 100 Parched 102 Slithering hissers 103 Jingles 105 See red 107 Poem describing the siege of Troy 108 Small and sprightly 109 Voiced approval, in a vote 110 Unaccompanied 111 ___ Stream (warm current) 113 Approx. takeoff times 114 Home to the Mormon Tabernacle Choir 115 “Brave New World” feel-good drug 117 Chopped diner side 118 Dispatched 120 “Verb” or “malt” add-on 121 QB protectors 122 Setting at 0 degrees long.

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Items Under $200 For Sale

Garage/Moving/Estate Sales

ADVERTISE YOUR MERCHANDISE with the total value of all items $200 or less in this section for FREE! Limit 1 ad per month, 15 words or less. Price must be included next to each item. No commercial advertising.

Ad runs 2 consecutive weeks in 1 Observer.

(No phone calls please.)

(Please provide your name and address) Email ad to: classified@yourobserver.com Online at: www.yourobserver.com Or mail to: The Observer Group P.O. Box 3169 Sarasota, Fl 34230

ANNUAL FLEA MARKET, Saturday, March 2, 9a.m.-3p.m. Mt. Vernon Clubhouse, 4701 Independence Dr. South off Cortez Rd. Baked Goods, Clothing, Jewelry, Linens, Books, White Elephants, Furniture.

PACK AND Play, Evenflo w/bassinet, $45, almost new. 941-383-8900.

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.

LBK MOORINGS: Slip N10 for discount rent, 48’ slip. Hurry, won’t last! Call 630-421-0000.

Boats 28’ 2004 Chaparral Signature 260 Cruiser $39,500. 38 Hours, Generator, A/C, TV, DVD, full head, camper enclosure, GPS, windlass, CD player, cockpit table, sink, lift. kept by year round LBK resident. Call 941-302-4089.

Boats are selling very well. Season is busy, busy, busy. I have buyers looking for boats now.

We need boats, lots of boats. Big or small, we sell them all. We also buy boats! Keeping the process simple, without the dealer hassles. “Business On A Handshake”. Call Dave, (owner) 941-228-3489.

Please visit: www.Islandboatsales.net ChitwoodCharters.com Cruise or Fish Hyatt Sarasota Docks 32’/53’ Yachts - 2hrs./2 months 941-383-5232

Consignments MANATEE AUCTIONS. Furniture, antiques, collectibles, etc. Don’t give your items away, let us sell them for you. Delivery and pick-up available.

941-527-6571. AB3263, AU4284.

Furnishings GOLDEN MEDICAL Bed, $4200 new, $3000/obo.

Pride Lift Chair, $800 new, $400/obo.

941-955-8970, Cell: 941-879-7884, leave msg.

HIGH END Wicker over metal furniture.

Five pieces for $1200/obo. Will separate.

941-792-1168, For Details!

Garage/Moving/Estate Sales ALWAYS LBK’S BIGGEST & BEST! ROYAL RUMMAGE SALE VI ST. MARY STAR OF THE SEA 4280 Gulf of Mexico Dr. SAVE THE DATES Friday, March 1, noon to 4p.m. $5 Admission Saturday, March 2, - 9a.m.-1p.m.

Free Admission

This week’s Sudoku answers

HOUSE CLASSIFIEDS LP # 87127

Condos For Sale

Vacation/Seasonal Rentals BEACHPLACE

LONGBOAT KEY

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

BEAUTIFUL ISLANDS WEST OVERLOOKING THE GULF

COLOSSAL ESTATE SALE WITH MANY 1 OF A KIND ITEMS. • Friday, Saturday & Sunday, March 1st, 2nd & 3rd, 9a.m.-5p.m.

• Friday numbers out at 8am.

Mill Creek Subdivision 207 137th St. NE, Bradenton, FL, 34212.

Off Upper Manatee River Road.

Moorcroft Pottery, Depression Glass, Oriental Area Rugs, Outstanding collection of English art deco furniture, Magnificent Art Collection by listed artist include Dali, Rembrandt, Tarkay & Sehring, Disney Sericels, Extensive Antique Beer Can Collection including Cone Tops, Signed Mike Alstott Jersey, A Signed Tiger Woods Golf Shoe, Many sets of Franklin Mint Collectibles, 2 Bedroom sets with mattresses, 2 Flat Panel TV's, Laptop Computer, Roll-top Desk, Oriental Mother of Pearl Room Divider, Recliners, Art Deco Ink Wells, Princess House Crystal & Stemware, Extensive Occupied Japan Collection, Table Lamps & Sofas, A Beautiful Dining Room Set, Outdoor Patio Furniture, Kitchenware, Garage Tools, Riding Lawn Mower,Bric-a-Brac.

Too many numerous items to list.

Please contact Ken: 941-356-3318 for any additional information.

Estate sale conducted

by Antiques & Chatchkes.

Pictures & more information visit: estatesales.net Look under: “Colossal Estate Sale with many 1 of kind items."

MOVING IN Surplus Sale: Country Club Shores IV, 550 Bowsprit Lane - Friday, 9a.m.-2p.m., Saturday 9a.m.-noon. Many miscellaneous items.

2BR/2BA, 1450/SQ.FT. - $675,000 CALL 941-387-9747 OR 262-957-6789

CASA DEL MAR BEACH RESORT

LONGBOAT KEY Condo For Sale By Owner.

Turnkey apartment, 5th floor end unit. $550,000.

1455sq.ft. Under Air. Direct Gulf view, see the sunrise over Sarasota Bay through your bedroom window and panoramic sunsets over the Gulf from your balcony. A truly million dollar view at half the price. For appt. call Al, 941-383-1741.

RENTALS 4 NIGHT MIN. GULF FRONT/ GULF VIEW Reservations: 941-383-5549 Visa/ MC Fax: 941-383-7925

WINDWARD BAY Penthouse. FULL BAY VIEWS. 2BR/2BA, lanai under CAC, hardwood floors.

Updates include custom closets, appliances, CAC & electric. Sunset views from kitchen. Mid-island; beach access; community pools, tennis & clubhouse. $395,000. Lynn Parker, Broker Associate, RoseBay International, Inc. 941-321-2736.

“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

Fractionals

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

LONGBOAT KEY CLUB FLOATING WEEK, every other odd year. Beautiful large 2 bed/2 bath with private Balcony over looking tropical bay cove/directly across street from Gulf of Mexico.

Price includes this year use Week 28, July 13th.

Only $1000. Sandy, 407-234-9551.

“Where People Return Year After Year”

Homes For Rent

“INTENTIONALLY BETTER”

3BR/3BA ACROSS from Longboat private beach.

Single car garage, updated, granite/ stainless kitchen. Private ground level patio. $1950/mo.

Annual. $2700/mo. Seasonal. 941-232-1357.

CONDO: 2BR/2BA, on bay with beautiful view, beach access. Available May 2013 through May 2014. Bob, 502-216-5255.

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.

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.

FREE Wireless High Speed Internet

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 FLORIDA VACATION CONNECTION www.FLvacationconnection.com 941-387-9709 877-705-2460

Merchandise Wanted 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.

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

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

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.

Positions Wanted SEEKING A job as a Personal Assistant. Willing to travel abroad. Excellent qualifications, super references. Can multi task, type 125 wpm, great with people and very organized!

Sandra 508-725-7945.

Condos/Apts. For Rent 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.

L’AMBIANCE, LONGBOAT KEY. Beach front 2BR/3BA condo on high floor with wrap-around deck, 270 degree views over the Gulf, Sarasota Bay and LBK Club. Sunrises, sunsets with light all day through floor to ceiling windows in all rooms.

View at: www.thephotos.smugmug.com Call John at 203-984-8477 E-mail: garment@optonline.net LONGBOAT BAYPORT BTC- 2BR 2BA Gulf front views- wifi-Monthly rentals 813-541-8876.

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

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

FALL RENTAL. THE CASTILLIAN. Beautiful 4th fl. Gulf front unit, 2BR/2BA. Available Sept.-Dec. monthly. Contact: rmarkey3@comcast.net 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.

Mobile Homes 55+ ACTIVE ADULT COMMUNITY Village on the Greens Vacation homes $5,000 & up Co-Op land owned www.villageonthegreens.com Licensed RE Brokerage 941-758-4955

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.

L’AMBIANCE, LONGBOAT KEY. Beach front 2BR/3BA condo on high floor with wrap-around deck, 270 degree views over the Gulf, Sarasota Bay and LBK Club. Sunrises, sunsets with light all day through floor to ceiling windows in all rooms.

3 month minimum.

View at: www.thephotos.smugmug.com Call 203-984-8477 E-mail: garment@optonline.net

This week’s Crossword answers

Real Estate Wanted WANTED LUXURY ANNUAL RENTALS For Qualified Waiting Clients Contact - Sarasota Luxury Rentals 941-225-1356

HOUSE CLASSIFIEDS LP # 56733

email: info@sarasotaluxuryrentals.com Personalized attention with professional honest advice.

25 Years Experience - References available 2013

Vacation/Seasonal Rentals 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 December 2013-January 2014. 954-476-1137, bayportapt@gmail.com

This week’s Cryptogram answers 1. Don’t limit your challenges. Instead, challenge your limits.

2. It’s a very good bet that in about forty years we will have thousands of old ladies running around with tattoos!

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Vacation/Seasonal Rentals

Vacation/Seasonal Rentals

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Home Improvement/ Remodeling

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.

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

Beach to Bay. On-site management. Pools, tennis, boat slips. Visit: www.FloridaRent.com for information and virtual tours. 800-333-7335, 941-383-3117.

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

SKEDMAR HANDYMAN SERVICES. Tile, hardwood flooring, painting, pressure cleaning, window cleaning, light electrical, light plumbing.

No job too small. Licensed and insured.

941-914-8508.

LBK: BAYFRONT, 2BR/2BA, clean turnkey furnished condo, recent upgrades. Spectacular water views from every room, ground floor, end unit. Covered parking, 5 pools, tennis, fitness center. Gulf/ private beach house access.

No trucks/ pets/ smoking. LB Harbour, 4440 Exeter, in #N106. Available April 10th through December 10th: 8 months. $800/mo. +utilities.

Also, 1BR unit, $700/mo. or $12,000 year round.

734-216-6622 or 734-425-8245.

Weekly/ Monthly/ Seasonal Rates Beachfront, Bayfront and In Between Houses or Condos

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

5360 Gulf of Mexico Dr., Suite 101 Longboat Key, FL 34228 Rental office 9a.m. - 5p.m. M-F

 LIVE MAINE LOBSTER  BLUE FIN CRAB CAKES  PRIME RIB  SEA SCALLOP SCAMPI

Ask about our special rates!

Wagner Realty Since 1939 www.wagnerrentals.com

ALL ENTREES SERVED WITH CHEF’S CHOICE STARCH & VEGETABLE

LIDO BEACH CONDOMINIUMS Weekly - Monthly - Seasonal Resort Properties, Inc. Licensed Real Estate Broker Full Service Condominium Management 941-388-3921 - 888-388-3921 941-650-1857 Visit us at: resortproperties.pro 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

Reservations 941-383-6127 Visa/ MC 800-352-0367

Waterfront Property WATERFRONT LOT: 1 Acre, Direct Access to Manatee River. Rare Opportunity. Boating, Fishing, Gulf Beaches. WebPro Realty. Call Robert, 863-602-6413.

Adult Care Services

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

BONDED PROFESSIONAL GUARDIAN available for Caregiving to Elderly and Dev. Disabled.

Errands, Bill Paying, Companionship Services and Light Housekeeping. Bonded & Compassionate.

Call SueAnn, 941-915-3797.

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

NEED HELP?

SIESTA BEACHFRONT 2BR/2BA ground flr.

Condo at Gulf & Bay Club. Available March 2013.

Non-smoking, no pets. Call 349-3000 for more information, Gulf & Bay Club Realty LLC. SUNSET BEACH, LBK. 2BR/2BA. Pool, Spa, 2+ mo. rentals. No pets. Available May-Dec., 2013, Jan.-March, 2014. 248-330-7675.

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.

Masonry

FRIDAY NIGHT DINNERS ARE BACK AT OUR LONGBOAT KEY CENTRE SHOPS LOCATION!!

ALL TYPES OF MASONRY Specializing in concrete driveways, pavers, decorative concrete, stone work, patios.

Call for free and honest estimates.

941-525-2435

FRIDAY **MARCH 1**

Painting/Wallpapering

FRIDAYS NOW OPEN 8A.M.-8P.M. FULL MENU AVAILABLE BREAKFAST LUNCH DINNER

EDLA’S CLEANING SERVICES: Residential Commercial, New Construction. Meticulous, deep cleaning top to bottom. We Guarantee. Affordable & Reliable. Excellent References. Free Estimates.

Licensed & Insured. 30% off first cleaning.

941-536-7447.

Caregivers/Companions Hourly 24/7 Care Phone: 941-809-3725 Toll Free: 877-507-4040 License #230506 & #30211577 SUSAN SHAUGHNESSY, RN. Your private nurse for home/hospital. MA/FL Licensed (RN3001642).

References. 941-761-2656.

OWN A MAC/IPHONE/IPAD? MacTutor offers 21 years experience. Unlimited free telephone follow up. (941)812-3887 www.FLMacTutor.com

ISLE TILE

WE WANT TO BUY YOUR VEHICLE!!!

Any Make, Any Model, Any Condition.

No Title - No Problem! Bank Lien - No Problem!

Paying up to $30,000 for Vehicles. Call AJ now at 813-335-3794 for a Free Quote or 813-531-4298.

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Sarasota, Coral Cove. $2,995,000 5/4.5 MLS#A3968463 Barbara Ackerman 941-387-1820

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Mainland Sarasota Sarasota, Indian Beach. $1,995,000 Elliott Mitchell, 941-387-1876 Spectacular views from this 3/4 acre bayfront home in historic Indian Beach MLS#A3957644 Sarasota, One Hundred Central. $749,000 Scott Norris, 941-387-1880 10th floor at 100 Central with den, 2 garage spots, upgrades, & bay view.

MLS#A3970662 Sarasota, Deer Creek. $429,000 Anita Caravello, 941-387-1885 4BR/3.5BA; pool home, 2 fire places, formal dining room, 3CG. MLS#A3969679 Sarasota, Sunbeam Acres. $349,900 Ellen O’Day, 941-894-7767 3BR/3BA Florida living in a private country setting. Close to everything! MLS#A3972508

Longboat Key, Longboat Key Towers. $995,000 2/2 MLS#A3973012 Roger Pettingell 941-387-1840

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Sarasota, St Armand Towers. $659,000 2/2 MLS#A3972832 Kathy Hoonhout 941-388-3966

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MLS#A3973032 Longboat Key, Seaplace. $284,000 Maggie Hicks, 941-387-1860 Spice up your life with this wheelchair-accessible 2-bedroom condo. MLS#A3967636

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Longboat Key, Seaplace. $519,000 2/2 MLS#A3970464 Lynne Koy 941-387-1803

Venice/Osprey/Nokomis Osprey, Oaks. $949,000 Lynn A. Luken, 941-388-3966 Stunning Oaks lake front home, elegantly appointed custom kitchen. 4700 sq. MLS#A3972718

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