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Mar Vista approval attracts opposition Longbeach Village residents flooded commissioners’ inboxes over the weekend. Dozens of residents asked the commission to reconsider the restaurant’s site-plan amendment.

Lee Fox says the Save Our Seabirds Board fired her, but board officials insist she rejected an extension of her contract.

+ St. Mary holds statue crowning St. Mary, Star of the Sea, Catholic Church celebrated Mother’s Day with its annual crowning of the statue of Mary.

This year, Women’s Guild member Claire Arbour received the honor of crowning the statue.

+ Look who-whowho we see Jessica Trumble-Nock submitted this photo of an owl she spotted on an early sunny morning on Longboat Key. The owl was fittingly perched on her bird of paradise plant.

+ Last call for graduates The Longboat Observer is seeking all 2013 high school and college graduates who live on Longboat, Lido, St. Armands and Bird keys for its annual graduation special.

If you or someone you know will soon be sporting a cap and gown, contact Robin Hartill at rhartill@yourobserver.com by Friday, May 17.

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Mar Vista Dockside Restaurant & Pub owner Ed Chiles, third from left, hosted a small gathering Tuesday at his Longboat Key restaurant to discuss issues some Village residents have with his project.

Only three people spoke out in opposition of a Mar Vista Dockside Restaurant & Pub site plan amendment and special exception approval at the Longboat Key Town Commission’s May 6 regular meeting. And only five people came out to a previous Planning and Zoning Board meeting during which board members reviewed the project.

Dozens more, though, have overloaded commissioners’ email accounts recently to oppose the project. The project increases restaurant seats by 11; includes a second-story waterfront dining addition; and adds a meeting room and a small deck to an adjacent historic house that could be used for private par-ties.

Currently, the restaurant at 760 Broadway has 169 indoor and outdoor seats.

The major difference in the application involves an old

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Longbeach Village residents are concerned with the number of people who can utilize both the Mar Vista restaurant and the Jordan House as part of the new site plan. house, dubbed the Jordan House, which sits behind the restaurant closer to Broadway. The house is currently used for storage, and Mar Vista owner Ed Chiles hopes to use it for small gatherings.

Village residents have expressed concern with the approval and are worried the

restaurant’s total maximum occupancy capacity (either sitting or standing) now reaches 331 total possible patrons.

Chiles, though, said the 331 number is one he will never come close to reaching. Chil-

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Lee Fox says the organization she founded fired her.

She sent out a news release Thursday, May 9, announcing the board of Save Our Seabirds terminated her employment.

“The board fired me,” Fox said in the statement. “They are hijacking the organization that I built over the years by hard work … They threw me out without just cause and want to keep the reputation and goodwill of SOS for themselves.”

But David Pilston, CEO of SOS, and RobFox ert Gaglio, president of the organization’s board, deny Fox was fired.

They insist they offered to extend Fox’s employment with SOS under terms she refused to accept.

Fox agrees she met with Pilston and Gaglio April 23 and received a contract agreement to extend her employment by one year, including her salary of approximately $28,000.

But, as part of the agreement, her operations would be based out of her smaller facility at her Wimauma home.

Fox rejected that agreement, along with a second offer, before sending out the release announcing her termination.

“She wasn’t fired, essentially,” Gaglio said. “She chose not to take employment under terms the board unani-

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Mission statement Save Our Seabirds’ website, saveourseabirds.org, states: “Our mission is to rescue, rehabilitate and release injured birds and to educate the public about nature and environmental sustainability.”

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FOX / FROM PAGE 1A mously decided were appropriate.”

Growing pains

Fox began doing volunteer bird-rescue work in 1987 and founded SOS in 1990.

She operated a facility in St. Petersburg and, later, out of her home in Wimauma before securing a lease from the city of Sarasota in 2008 for the vacant former Pelican Man’s Bird Sanctuary.

The City Island facility opened to the public Nov. 1, 2008, with approximately 50 birds and two paid employees. Today, the organization has approximately 250 birds, 15 paid staffers and 100 volunteers.

But Fox and the board, including Pilston, whom the board hired last summer, apparently disagreed on a number of issues over the past year.

Fox says the board limited her rescue work and accuses the board of departing from SOS’ original mission.

“There’s a big hole in wildlife rehab right now, whether you’re here or in Sarasota,” Fox said from her Wimauma home.

“Unfortunately, the birds are the ones that are suffering.”

The void in bird care was exacerbated earlier this year in Pinellas and Hillsborough counties when the Suncoast Seabird Sanctuary in Indian Rocks Beach closed, according to Pilston, and the board and Fox disagreed on how much to expand.

“There are other organizations that have gone out of business because they’ve overextended themselves,” he said.

The offer the board extended to Fox would have allowed her to care for some of those birds in Pinellas and Hillsborough counties out of her Wimauma facility using SOS funds.

“She would no longer have had an of-

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fice here, but she was never barred from coming here,” Pilston said.

Both Gaglio and Pilston described an organization that has expanded over the past year. Visitors used to think it was an exhibit of Mote Marine Laboratory and Aquarium, he said. Today, it’s a destination for school field trips and visitors.

This year, SOS will have three college interns — chosen from an initial pool of 50.

“This isn’t the same organization that existed on the Wimauma property,” Gaglio said. “SOS as it exists today is a culmination not just of Lee Fox but supporters, donors, volunteers and staff who have provided SOS with what it is today.”

The next chapter

In her statement, Fox wrote that the board changed the basic objective of SOS. “ … Now, it looks like only about 5% of their activity will be directed toward physically helping birds,” she wrote.

But Pilston insists the mission is clear.

“The mission of Save Our Seabirds has not changed,” he wrote in an email to the Longboat Observer. “We have a wonderful team of talented hospital technicians and dedicated volunteers in place to ensure that we continue to fulfill our mission of rescuing, rehabilitating and releasing injured birds, while educating the public about nature and environmental sustainability.”

Fox, too, plans to continue with her mission. She plans to continue caring for sick and injured birds out of Wimauma and intends to build relationships with other local organizations.

Fox hasn’t decided whether to challenge her separation from SOS. “That remains to be seen,” she said. “I didn’t get as far as I did by giving up, let’s just put it that way.”

She wasn't fired, essentially. She chose not to take employment under terms the board unanimously decided were appropriate.

— Robert Gaglio, president of Save Our Seabirds board

MAR VISTA / FROM PAGE 1A es said he would never allow more than 60 people in the meeting space above the Jordan House. If the restaurant is full in season, he said he will not schedule gatherings in the meeting room at the same time.

“There’s a lot of misinformation going around,” Chiles said. “The bottom line is, when we are at capacity in season, we won’t have an event in the meeting space.”

Chiles also said although the meeting space might be used to host small wedding receptions, he has no intention of making Mar Vista a wedding destination spot like his two restaurants on Anna Maria Island.

There will be no sit-down dining seats placed in the 1,000-square-foot meeting space above the Jordan House.

“It’s not for weddings and large parties,” Chiles said. “This is more of a meeting space that can even be utilized by our neighboring groups like the Village Association and the Historical Society.”

A contingency of the approval allows staff to pull outdoor dining seats if it observes too much congestion on Broadway and at the restaurant. If the restaurant doesn’t comply, staff also has the right to rescind the special exception.

“There are provisions I have agreed to that include the town being able to jerk my seats away if I’m out of line,” Chiles said. “The town has a gun to my head, and I would be stupid not to comply.”

Chiles also said he will have a valet service on standby if it’s needed during season.

The contingencies, though, don’t assuage the concerns of some nearby residents, who fear too much noise and traffic congestion in season.

“I would like to understand how you could approve a new events center at the restaurant that will hold 151 more occupants when there is clearly not enough parking for this many customers,” wrote Village resident Allan Luke to commissioners.

Wrote Village resident Chris Tatreau:

“This will change the entire look and feel of the Village.”

The Longbeach Village Association is also sending out a petition to residents, asking them to sign it if they “object to this growth in traffic, noise and parking.”

In a May 10 email, Longbeach Village Association President Michael Drake asked commissioners to reconsider the vote. He said the vote shouldn’t have occurred after many residents have left for the summer.

“I sincerely hope you will rethink this approval and go with the plans they originally submitted of an increase of 11 (seats) in the restaurant,” Drake wrote.

Vice Mayor David Brenner responded to some emails from residents. He alluded to the fact that he’s open to reconsidering the approval.

“Because only five people appeared at the April planning board meeting and even fewer at the May commission meeting, I believed there were few real concerns with this application,” Brenner wrote. “The flurry of recent emails suggests otherwise.

I am prepared to work with the applicant and concerned Village residents to find an acceptable accommodation.”

Commissioners Jack Duncan and Pat Zunz were the two commissioners who voted against the project. They cited parking, safety and site-congestion concerns in the residential neighborhood.

Chiles held a meeting with some Village residents Tuesday, at Mar Vista, to address their concerns. Both residents and Chiles called the meeting productive.

At that meeting, Chiles said he would consider writing a letter to the Town Commission, which the Village Association could sign off on, that stipulates the meeting space isn’t for weddings and won’t have more than 60 people inside of it for a gathering.

“Some people are legitimately concerned, and I understand that, but I am not doubling the size of the restaurant and this is not an event center,” Chiles said. “I have a history on this Key since 1989 of being a good neighbor and running a good operation. That’s not going to change.”

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by Robin Hartill | City Editor

The Colony

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The shuttered resort represents an unknown for potential buyers of Longboat Key properties.

“This is affecting our property values.”

Commissioners have heard fed-up residents say it whenever the Colony Beach & Tennis Resort is discussed.

The frustration is especially pronounced at the Colony’s next-door neighbor, the Aquarius Club, which has several units that overlook the shuttered resort. Residents of the condominium have emailed commissioners en masse, urging them not to approve an extension of the resort’s tourism use.

The commission has heard residents who live further away from the Colony, in neighborhoods such as Bay Isles and Country Club Shores, who have said their property values are also impacted.

But, emotions aside, is the perception that the Colony is adversely affecting Key real estate a reality?

Residents of Aquarius Club and Tencon Beach have complained about the property’s appearance, as well as rodents, trespassing and potential safety concerns.

It’s difficult to quantify the effect even on the properties adjacent to the resort: the 10-unit Tencon is located directly south of the property, and the Aquarius Club is located to its north.

At Tencon, sales have historically been rare. Four of the property’s 10

owners purchased their units new in 1978, and just two bought their units in the 2000s.

The 87-unit Aquarius Club has had four sales so far in 2013, ranging from $400,000 to $760,000. In 2007, before the economic downturn and the closure of the Colony, the property also had four sales, which ranged from $529,000 to $880,000.

Greg Van Howe, an Aquarius Club board member, has been vocal about the effects of the Colony on the condominium.

In an email to the Longboat Observer, he wrote: “ … there is no doubt our listings-tosales conversion over the past threeplus years has been extremely low, and the few units that have sold in our building have netted much less than one would expect from a well constructed, beautifully maintained, excellently managed building such as ours that also has the best beach on LBK. There is much anecdotal evidence from Realtors and potential buyers that the Colony mess is the culprit. When you look at that property from our vantage point, it’s not hard to draw the same conclusion.”

Still, sales at the 37-year-old condominium don’t appear to lag behind oth-

er Key condominiums on the Gulf that were built around the same time. (See map/sidebar.)

The effect is also difficult to measure, in part, because the Colony closed in 2010 — one of the slowest years for Longboat Key real estate in recent history. Along with the Colony and the recession, Longboat Key has many aging properties and has dealt with the loss of the Holiday Inn and some businesses leaving the island.

“There’s no way to specifically say that any one of these things is a negative impact on value,” said Tom Aposporos, a Realtor, Longboat Key Revitalization Task Force member and former president of the Longboat Key Chamber of Commerce. “But it’s hard to argue that the combination of events (isn’t) affecting us in a negative way.”

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Bruce Myer, of Coldwell Banker Residential Real Estate, has sold real estate on Longboat Key for 33 years.

“We’ve had a number of clients who have come through the Colony who have been owners,” he said.

Like many local Realtors, he often hears questions from buyers about what’s happening at the Colony. But the question is usually one of curiosity.

“If you’re right next to it, I can see how that might be a factor,” Myer said.

“I’ve never had one person say, ‘I’m not going to buy on Longboat Key because the Colony looks like hell.’”

“It definitely is a topic of conversation everywhere,” said Cheryl Loeffler, a top-selling Realtor with Premier Sotheby’s International Realty. “People are optimistic that something wonderful or magnificent could come at the Colony … The overall issue is, even in a rising market, it interjects a certain level in the conversation about an unknown.”

“When you have a curiosity, that can discourage a buyer from making a purchase,” Aposporos said. “That does become a factor in Longboat’s future.”

Another unknown: How many guests would have stayed at the Colony over the past three years and eventually purchased Longboat Key property?

In addition to being a Realtor, Loeffler is a Longboat Key resident and a member of the task force. Like many Longboaters, she got her introduction to the island when she stayed at the Colony.

“It’s a part of our heritage on Longboat Key,” Loeffler said. “Most people started here going to the Key Club or the Colony. Now (Longboat) has to be more of a buying destination.”

SALES SAMPLE To find out how sales at the Aquarius Club compared to other waterfront, medium condominium communities of similar age, the Longboat Observer compiled sales data from 2012 and 2013, along with 2007 — pre-recession and Colony collapse — from the Sarasota and Manatee property appraisers’ websites for eight other Key properties.

2013 total sales...............................Four Median...................................$502,000

2013 total sales...............................One Price.......................................$410,000

2013 total sales............................... Two Median...................................$532,500

2012 total sales.............................Three Median...................................$420,000

2012 total sales............................ Three Median...................................$420,000

2012 total sales............................Seven Year built................................$469,000

2007 total sales...............................Four Median...................................$730,000

2007 total sales...............................One Price....................................... $1 million

2007 total sales................................ Six Median...................................$697,500

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Islander Club 2295-2301 Gulf of Mexico Drive Total units........................................ 133 Year built....................................... 1970

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Castillian 4545 Gulf of Mexico Drive Total units...........................................60 Year built....................................... 1979

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2012 total sales..............................Five Median..................................$368,800

2012 total sales................................Two Median...................................$398,750

2007 total sales.............................Three Median...................................$900,000

2007 total sales..............................One Price......................................$795,000

2007 total sales.............................Three Median...................................$485,000

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Sea Gate Club 2425 Gulf of Mexico Drive Total units...........................................90 Year built....................................... 1973

The Shore 5757 Gulf of Mexico Drive Total units..........................................53 Year built...................................... 1974

Westchester 4835 Gulf of Mexico Drive Total units...........................................72 Year built........................................1970

2013 total sales...............................One Year built................................$300,000

2013 total sales..............................Zero Median..............................................n/a

2013 total sales................................Two Median...................................$520,000

2012 total sales............................. Eight Median...................................$619,500

2012 total sales..............................Five Median..................................$487,500

2012 total sales...............................Four Median...................................$440,000

2007 total sales............................... Two Median...................................$761,500

2007 total sales.............................. Two Median..................................$467,500

2007 total sales................................Two Median...................................$700,000

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2012 total sales............................... One Median...................................$925,000

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2013 total sales............................... One Price.......................................$322,100

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2013 total sales............................Three Price......................................$460,000

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2013 total sales............................... One Median...................................$575,000

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Portobello 3235-3240 Gulf of Mexico Drive Total units...........................................69 Year built........................................1975

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Longboat Harbour Towers 4401 Gulf of Mexico Drive Total units..........................................73 Year built...................................... 1972

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Islands West 2525 Gulf of Mexico Drive Total number of units..........................87 Year built........................................1972

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+ Linley Street boat ramp closes for construction

The Linley Street boat ramp in the Longbeach Village closed last week for a replacement project.

The town-owned, 30-year-old ramp is the only public boat ramp on Longboat Key. The project is expected to last 60 days and will be completed in July.

Replacement was initially planned for March but was rescheduled to avoid conflicting with season.

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+ Town sends summer beach project out to bid again The town of Longboat Key received no bids and one letter April 16, from a dredging company explaining why it chose not to submit a bid for the town’s summer beach project. One month later, the town is putting the project out to bid again to try to land a bid from a sand-dredging company.

After calling the dredge companies, Public Works Director Juan Florensa said he learned the companies didn’t bid because they were concerned about bid language stating sand couldn’t be scraped past a certain level. The town has altered the bid language in hopes of attracting some bids.

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 Planning and Zoning Board Regular Meeting — 9 a.m. Tuesday, May 21

All meetings take place at Town Hall, 501 Bay Isles Road, unless otherwise noted. the project, which was scheduled to begin in July, could be pushed back 30 to 60 days.

The beach project will place sand from the Broadway beach access to Gulfside Road, and from the Islander Club condominiums to the Colony Beach & Tennis Resort.

The town is also trying to obtain permits to place an additional 55,000 cubic yards of sand in two other places on the Key.

+ Longboat police seek bracelet’s owner Longboat Key police are seeking the owner of a 7.75-inch diamond-and-sapphire tennis bracelet found in late March in the Publix parking lot.

The bracelet will remain in police custody for 90 days, until late June, unless the owner claims it, as required by Florida state statutes.

If the bracelet’s owner isn’t located during that time, the individual who found the bracelet will be allowed to claim it.

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Town attorney ready to use knowledge Stone crabs tough Maggie D. Mooney-Portale’s specialization has become governments.

She plans to get to know each commissioner and his or her objectives. to crack this year

“I handled employee-discrimination cases, car crashes, injuries and everything in between,” Portale said.

“It was good experience, but I quickly learned it wasn’t for me.”

Before joining Hankin, Persson, McClenathen, Cohen & Darnell in January, Portale worked at the national law firm of Lewis, Longman & Walker for almost nine years, became a partner and opened the firm’s Bradenton office.

In law school, Portale’s specializa-

May 15 is the end of stone crab season.

That means diners will have to wait five months until they can tie on their bibs and crack open those claws.

But, this season, it’s been tougher than usual for hungry feasters to get their hands on stone crab claws.

The season started out strong Oct. 15, but, by midDecember, there was a lull.

Alan Moore, co-owner of Moore’s Stone Crab Restaurant in the Longbeach Village, said it’s the slowest stone crab season he remembers in 15 years. As a result, the price of a stone crab dinner that once cost $31 has gone as high as $40.

Karen Bell, general manager of the A.P. Bell Fish Co. and Star Fish Co., both in Cortez, said that most of the company’s crab trappers have ended their season early.

“They haven’t gone out in the last couple of weeks because it doesn’t pay their fuel,” she said.

The dry spell isn’t due to a lack of stone crabs, according to Moore. The stone crabs are plentiful in the waters, but octopi, Goliath groupers and sea turtles — the top-three predators of stone crabs — have gotten to them before fishermen and diners could.

When cold fronts come through, stone crabs bury themselves 1 or 2 feet deep in the sand, but in the absence of cold weather, they stay out in the open, allowing predators to find them.

“You need a cold front to come through every 11 or 12 days,” Moore said.

Still, Eric Hammersand, owner of Dry Dock Waterfront Restaurant, found that the local supply of stone crab improved following December’s lows.

Red tide impacted areas to the south of Sarasota, which experienced an even slower season.

“Locally here, we’ve had a consistent supply,” Hammersand said.

Although this year’s season was slower than usual, that doesn’t necessarily mean next year’s stone crab season will be a bust.

“There’s no rhyme or reason to it,” Moore said. “It’s just a guessing game.”

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The Longboat Key Town Commission selected Maggie D. Mooney-Portale, of Sarasota-based Hankin, Persson, McClenathen, Cohen & Darnell, as the town’s new attorney May 6.

tion was environmental/land use, and when Lewis, Longman & Walker, an environmental and land-use boutique law firm, was looking for an associate to help open its Bradenton office, Portale said “the stars aligned.”

Portale worked for the firm during the height of the building boom.

“Manatee County was exploding with development issues,” said Portale, who worked on a myriad of landuse challenges developers face.

“My specialty became more government-focused,” Portale said. “The more local government I did, the more I realized I really liked it.”

Portale accepted an offer in January from Hankin, Persson, McClenathen, Cohen & Darnell to further her government specialty, which led to her submitting her name to work as the town’s attorney.

Portale’s practice focuses on governmental law, special taxing districts, land use, administrative law and litigation.

She also serves as general and special counsel for special districts, including the Southern Manatee, North River and Parrish fire districts. Portale has also worked in the past as counsel for the Manatee County Port Authority. She helped with litigation concerning a dredging project at Port Manatee.

Portale says she expects “a good portion of her practice” will now be spent working for the town of Longboat Key. “It’s such an interesting town with a lot of active folks,” Portale said. “I look forward to learning all about it and serving the town in any way I can.”

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Maggie D. Mooney-Mooney-Portale knows she has big shoes to fill.

Last week the town chose Portale to replace 23-year town attorney David Persson, whom the city of Venice chose as its town attorney Jan. 22.

Portale is still discussing her start date with the town.

Although she’s keenly aware she was chosen, in part, because the Longboat Key Town Commission knows she can tap into Persson’s knowledge when needed (because she’s an attorney with the same law firm, Sarasota-based Hankin, Persson, McClenathen, Cohen & Darnell), she intends to form a bond with commissioners and make her own mark.

“My hope is to sit down with each commissioner,” Portale said. “They interviewed me, and now I would like to interview them to get a sense of who they are and what their objectives are.”

Born and raised in Coconut Grove, Portale received a bachelor’s degree in communications at Florida State University. During her time in Tallahassee, she worked full time for a lobbyist who represented many national and local corporations.

“I always thought I wanted to be a lobbyist, until I went to law school,” Portale said.

Portale received her law degree in 2002 from the University of Florida and completed an internship with the Florida Department of Environmental Protection while in school.

Upon graduation, she worked for two years with an insurance defense law firm, handling litigation.

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TOWN OF LONGBOAT KEY PLANNING AND ZONING BOARD NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING MAY 21, 2013 Please take notice that the Town of Longboat Key proposes to adopt the following ordinance: ORDINANCE 2013-10 AN ORDINANCE OF THE TOWN COMMISSION OF THE TOWN OF LONGBOAT KEY, FLORIDA, AMENDING CHAPTER 158, ZONING CODE, 158.145 - SCHEDULE OF LOT, YARD AND BULK REGULATIONS; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

A Public Hearing before the Planning and Zoning Board on the proposal will be held on May 21, 2013, at 9:00 a.m., or as soon thereafter as may be heard, at the Town Commission Chambers, Town Hall, 501 Bay Isles Road, Longboat Key, Florida. All interested persons may appear and be heard with respect to the proposed amendment.

Copies of the proposed amendment and related material may be viewed at the Planning, Zoning & Building Department, 501 Bay Isles Road, between 8:30 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. weekdays. Questions may be directed to the Planning, Zoning & Building Department at 316-1966. The proposed amendment will affect property within the corporate boundaries of the Town of Longboat Key as shown on the map appearing at the bottom of this advertisement. No verbatim record by a certified court reporter is made of these proceedings. Accordingly, any person who may seek to appeal any decision involving the matters noticed herein will be responsible for making a verbatim record of the testimony and evidence at these proceedings upon which any appeal is to be based (see Section 286.0105, Florida Statutes.). In accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act and Section 286.26, Florida Statutes, persons needing a special accommodation to participate in this proceeding should contact the Town Clerk’s office at 941-316-1999 forty-eight (48) hours in advance of this proceeding. If you are hearing impaired, please call 941-373-7002.

The St. Armands Circle Business Improvement District is seeking the Sarasota City Commission’s approval next week for another 10-year extension vote for its improvement district.

At its monthly meeting Tuesday, May 14, St. Armands Circle Business Improvement District Chairman Marty Rappaport said he and assistant city attorney Michael Connelly will go before the Sarasota City Commission May 20 to ask commissioners for permission to mail out ballots for a second referendum attempt.

In April, Rappaport announced the extension of the St. Armands Business Improvement District failed to receive adequate landowner approval.

Only 34 of the 65 landowners returned their ballots by the April 2 deadline (one of which omitted a required witness’ signature). Landowners who return ballots must collectively own more than 50% of the assessed property value within the district for the extension to be approved.

The problem, Rappaport said, was not disapproval of the BID. Instead, nearly half of the landowners didn’t get to vote: 28 of the ballots came back to the Sarasota City Auditor and Clerk’s Office stamped “not deliverable as addressed, unable to forward.”

Those ballots weren’t certified, and Rappaport said the same mistake won’t be made twice.

If the commission approves the BID’s request, new ballots will be mailed out Aug. 5 and be due back later that month.

The BID has requested the Sarasota City Auditor and Clerk’s Office certify the ballots this time.

BID board member Gavin Meshad said Tuesday board members were told the extension would be approved.

“We’ve got enough petitions back from landowners who have announced they support a new referendum ballot,” Meshad said.

Stakeholders — landowners, merchants and residents — have commended the BID, a special taxing district that St. Armands Circle property owners voted to create in 2003, to help pay for Circle improvements. Among their achievements: new street lighting, repaired sidewalks, sitting areas with landscaping and up lighting and Bose speakers to provide music. The BID has plans to alleviate parking woes if an extension is approved.

Diana Corrigan, director of the St. Armands Circle Association, told Rappaport she and her merchants are “100% behind the BID.” The St. Armands Residents Association also supports a renewal of the BID extension.

At the May 20 commission meeting, Rappaport is also expected to ask commissioners to support a Circle parking feasibility study that would be paid for with BID funds, not to exceed $50,000.

The study, which the city would put out to bid, would take a comprehensive look at the Circle’s existing parking situation and ways to address parking that include a Circle parking garage and a valet service.

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Town pension plans top the agenda for the Longboat Key Town Commission’s regular workshop Monday, May 20.

At the workshop, commissioners will review a proposed ordinance that freezes the Firefighters’ Retirement System pension plan. Pending discussion, the ordinance will be forwarded to a special meeting later that day for approval on first reading.

The freezing of the plan is the first step toward a commission-directed initiative to cap town financial responsibilities moving forward.

Human Resources Manager Lisa Silvertooth is working to enter the firefighters into the Florida Retirement System (FRS) pension plan as part of the terms of a new three-year contract that the town and firefighters reached in March. Silvertooth said the process is lengthy and requires a lot of time to complete.

The commission has already created a new pension board that will begin meeting to oversee the future of three pension plans the town is seeking to freeze — including the police and general employees pension plans.

At the workshop, commissioners will also review ordinances that modify the composition of the current General Employees’ Retirement System Board of Trustees and freeze the general employees’ pension plan.

Town Manager Dave Bullock told the Longboat Observer he polled general employees to see what kind of future retirement benefit they want.

Out of the 44 people, 34 general employees said they prefer a defined contribution plan over an option to move to the FRS pension plan.

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Let the vote stand To one extent, it really doesn’t come as a surprise. Longbeach Village residents flooded Longboat Key town commissioners with emails over the past weekend, begging commissioners to rescind their May 6 approval of the Mar Vista Dockside Restaurant & Pub’s site-plan amendment application.

Indeed, rare is the occasion when Village residents embrace Moore’s Stone Crab Restaurant, the Mar Vista or Longboat Key Center for the Arts proposing to move so much as a twig on their properties.

It’s a strange relationship. Village residents frequent and patronize the restaurants and Arts Center, but woe unto these institutions if they attempt to grow or improve their facilities. Villagers protest.

For observers, it seems as if they want time to stand still. We get it. They want to preserve the Village’s “Old Florida” feel. But it also seems illogical. Typically, property enhancements improve property values.

But here’s the real concern: Some protestors don’t want the Mar Vista to add seats to its restaurant or add a second-story dining area. And virtually all of the protestors don’t want owner Ed Chiles to renovate and open the second floor of the adjacent Jordan House to private meetings for the simple reason they don’t want more cars driving and parking in their neighborhood.

This brings us to history. Perhaps most Villagers know this, but the Mar Vista and Jordan House are two of Longboat’s most historic treasures. Rufus Jordan built all but one of the concrete-block, historic homes in Longbeach Village in the 1910s. The Jordan House is one of the 12 oldest surviving structures on Longboat Key. In the 1940s, it was converted to a rental apartment.

And then there’s the Mar Vista restaurant and pub. In the late 1940s, it operated as a fish camp, selling bait, tackle and beer.

When Charlotte and Ed Sibole bought the Mar Vista in 1950, they expanded the pub and began selling burgers and other dishes.

Chiles acquired the property in the late 1980s and has been operating the restaurant ever since. He closed down the Jordan House apartments and has used — we would say underutilized — the historic house as office space.

Throughout these 66 years, the Jordans, Siboles and Chiles have preserved the history and “Old Florida” ambience of the Jordan House and Mar Vista. We’d say they — especially Chiles — have been responsible neighbors and stewards of two important historical treasures on Longboat Key. We get it. Village residents don’t want traffic; they want a quiet neighborhood. But for more than six decades, fishermen with boats and Longboat residents and tourists have been dining and enjoying two of this region’s most historic restaurants at the end of Broadway — the Mar Vista and Moore’s.

And twice a year, when Mar Vista hosts a Fourth of July fireworks celebration and a fundraiser for the Longboat Key Historical Society, the larger-than-usual number of diners causes many of them to park in the public right of way in front of nearby homes. Public right of way. Twice a year.

It’s not as if this should be a surprise to the Villagers.

Now comes Chiles’ application to improve and slightly expand his property.

Villagers seem to have visions far beyond what the town has allowed.

To begin, we would recommend you read the accompanying text. Resolution 2013-12 expressly says that with all the conditions required by the town the Mar Vista application conforms to town codes.

What’s more, read what is required of Mar Vista. The conditions are such that if Chiles hosted raucous parties; brought in too many people to dine and use the Jordan House meeting space; or caused overbearing parking problems in the surrounding neighborhood, the town has the right to reduce his restaurant’s seating and revoke his site-plan amendment.

We hope the commissioners don’t capitulate. We understand the neighbors’ concerns. The Mar Vista has historic precedence. A thriving, improving Mar Vista adds value to the Village and Longboat Key.

Mar Vista owner Ed Chiles wants to renovate the second floor of the historic Jordan House to be able to offer private meeting space and small receptions.

TOWN COMMISSION’S RULING ABOUT MAR VISTA The following is what the Town Commission adopted in Resolution 2013-12: WHEREAS, the Planning and Zoning Board has reviewed the Application and has recommended to the Town Commission with its findings that the proposed development be approved with conditions; WHEREAS, the Town Commission makes these conclusions and findings of fact: a) With the recommended conditions of approval the plan is consistent with the comprehensive plan, and the purpose and intent of the zoning district in which it is located. b) With the recommended conditions of approval, the plan is in conformance with all applicable regulations of the zoning district in which it is located. c) With the recommended conditions of approval, the plan is in conformance with the Town’s subdivision regulations,

Chapter 157, and all other applicable Town requirements, including the design, adequacy, utility facilities and other essential services. d) With the recommended conditions of approval, the plan is consistent with good design standards in respect to all external relationships, including but not limited to relationship to adjoining properties; internal circulation, both vehicular and pedestrian; disposition and use of open space, provision of screening and buffering, and preservation of existing natural features, including trees; size and apparent bulk of structures; and building arrangements both between buildings in the proposed development and those adjoining the site. e) With the recommended conditions of approval, the plan is in conformance with town policy with respect to sufficiency of ownership, guarantees for completion of all required improvements and continued maintenance.

REQUIREMENTS MAR VISTA MUST MEET Here are excerpts of the 27 conditions the Mar Vista must meet to expand and open the second-floor of the Jordan house: 2) The second-story outdoor dining area located on the restaurant located at 760 Broadway with 1,978 square feet and a maximum of 60 seats shall be limited to the dimensions and location delineated on the submitted plans.

3) No more than 60 seats shall be placed in the second-story covered outdoor dining area.

4) No more than 62 seats shall be placed in the first-floor covered porch outdoor dining area.

5) No more than 46 seats shall be placed in the uncovered ground level outdoor dining area …

13) The private meeting room and second-story deck on the existing office/ storage building located north of the restaurant building cannot have dining seating and is not considered an outdoor dining area. It is restricted to private functions with limited service of hor d’oeuvres and drinks.

14) The hours of operation for the outdoor dining areas and private meeting room shall not be before or extend beyond the hours of operation of the associated indoor dining area. However, regardless of the hours of operation of the indoor dining area and because the restaurant property is within 250 feet of residential property, the hours of operation for the outdoor dining area shall not begin before 11:30 a.m. and extend beyond 10 p.m.

15) No music or amplified voices shall be allowed in the outdoor dining areas or private meeting room. Noise shall not be audible more than 50 feet from the property boundary and shall otherwise be in accordance with Section 130.02, Loud and Unnecessary Noise, of the town code, as may be amended.

16) All lighting used in conjunction with the outdoor dining areas and private meeting room shall be designed

and installed in a manner to avoid glare being directed toward a public or private right-of-way, adjacent property and the Gulf of Mexico pursuant to Chapter 100 of the Town Code, Sea Turtles, as may be amended.

17) The outdoor dining areas and private meeting room shall be screened from all adjacent properties and rights-of-way.

The required landscaped screening shall comply with the standards contained in Section 158.154(A) (1) and (2), except that the required screening in a street or waterfront yard shall have a maximum height of three feet and the required screening in the side, rear or non-required yards shall have a maximum height of six feet above the finished floor of the outdoor dining area. In addition, the required screening shall be at least 80% opaque.

20) Staff shall monitor the off-street parking needs of the property during all hours of operation and should the planning and zoning official determine, in accordance with 158.128 (M)(1)(a) of the town code, that the off-street parking for the land use is insufficient, then the planning and zoning official may require sufficient additional off-street parking be obtained through an allowable means and may require that the outdoor dining seating be reduced to proportionately decrease parking demands. Any additional off-street parking and reduction in outdoor dining seats required shall be in effect within 90 days of the planning and zoning official’s determination. Failure to comply with the planning and zoning official’s determination within the 90-day period shall result in a review, revision or revocation of the site plan amendment by the planning and zoning board.

27) A landscape buffer approved by the Planning, Zoning, and Building Department staff with minimum heights up to 14 feet and 30% opacity at installation shall be added along western facade of the restaurant building, located between the parking lot and the building.

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by Dr. David Rossin

Seniors oppose nuclear plants? Not so fast selfish lens of our potential public use based upon a cold calculation of our life span.

If these nuclear opponents were correct, seniors would be opposing development of other infrastructure that takes years to plan, develop and build, such as elementary schools, colleges, hospitals, water and sewer treatment facilities, roads or airports.

These people are simply wrong about us. Our parents and grandparents invested in these necessary assets. We care about our children and grandchildren, whether they choose to live up the street or in a different state.

Look, seniors do care about the future. We do care about clean air. We can see that nuclear power provides the one form of large-scale, base-load electricity supply with none of the smoke or sulfur dioxide emitted by coal plants and none of the CO-2 coal or natural-gas plants emit. We understand that these clean-air benefits will disappear if the activists persuade politicians to repeal legislation that helps to bring online future nuclear plants for us and our children.

During my career, I have seen previous examples where pay-as-you-go financing for power plants was implemented, only to have opportunistic politicians lead repeals and cause their states to end up paying a steep price for years thereafter.

Most of us seniors are wise enough to figure out that the current pay-asyou-go financing — also known in Florida as “alternative cost recovery,” or paying as costs are incurred — has saved billions of dollars that we would

have had to pay for fossil fuel necessary to power the alternatives. Nuclear opponents have tried to promote a contorted image that the current financing law is a “nuclear tax.”

Not so fast. We seniors are smart enough to figure out that politicians who vote for the current repeal effort would be voting to eliminate real cost savings and that would be the real nuclear tax on us.

A single nuclear plant in Florida reduces CO-2 emissions by an estimated 255 million tons over the life of the plant. The activists have tried to ignore this. Not so fast. We seniors realize that politicians who vote for the current repeal effort would be voting for more air emissions, and that would be a tax on seniors’ health.

As a senior, I am not swayed by antinuclear campaigns or even misguided endorsements by the AARP or any other political group.

When you see further reporting by anti-nuclear activists, politicians and associations claiming that we elderly persons don’t care about the future, we don’t care about clean air, we don’t care about electric bill cost savings, and we support legislation that would eliminate these benefits we get from nuclear energy, tell them “not so fast.”

+ Code Enforcement Board is not being used to its full potential Dear Editor: At the Longboat Key Town Commission’s special Colony Beach & Tennis Resort workshop in April, Town Manager Dave Bullock noted to commissioners the quickest way to get the Colony to respond to town code violations was to involve the Town Commission and schedule a meeting. In the same way, had the town’s Code Enforcement Board been involved, compliance may have been obtained sooner, and commissioners might have been spared the time dealing with such violations.

There is more “sugar than vinegar” on the code board, and its history will confirm that. There have been difficult cases requiring the code board to wield its authority with the threat of fines (the vinegar), as incentive to come into compliance quickly.

The goal of the code board, however, has always been to achieve compliance in a reasonable time period without resorting to fines (the sugar).

There is no question that the code-enforcement officer has resolved code violations. The question is how many of those cases could have been resolved sooner had code board meetings been held. If so, might the code-enforcement officer have helped to achieve complicity with the extensive violations at the Colony? Although there have been innumerable violations, the code board was not convened to deal with the issues for which they have been selected.

Beverly Shapiro Longboat Key resident and a Code Enforcement Board member

Dr. A. David Rossin is a retired engineer who lives in Sarasota. He is a recognized expert in the field of nuclear energy with degrees from Cornell and MIT. He holds a Ph.D. in metallurgy from Case Western. He formerly served as assistant secretary of energy (198687) and was president of the American Nuclear Society.

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Lately it seems every interest group and political candidate trying to win a public debate wants to claim that “senior citizens are on my side.”

As a senior, I’m flattered by this. But I’d rather these groups just stick to the facts and stop trying to exploit my advanced chronological status for their political gain.

Sometimes, I know a good bit about the subject from my own experience.

If we seniors must be drawn into the debate as a demographic group, perhaps we should provide some adult input for the discussion.

An obvious case in point is the publicity about nuclear energy in Florida.

It has ramped up recently, in part because of a well-managed campaign by out-of-town, anti-nuclear activists who have been trying to kill future nuclear plants by promoting legislation that would eliminate the current pay-as-you-go financing.

Duke Energy fanned the flames after it decided to retire the Crystal River Nuclear Plant after 29 years of operation — even though that decision had nothing to do with new nuclear plant development or the proposed legislation to repeal existing financing laws.

The nuclear opponents assume that senior citizens would support their cause. They figure that a typical elder Floridian would oppose new nuclear plants that do not generate electricity until eight to 10 years into the future, presumably beyond the point when this constituency is still alive.

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Unofficial swan keeper David Novak checked the nest of Stan and Wendy May 4 and found the nest had hatched.

He found Stan, Wendy and their six cygnets navigating the Harbourside waters more than a quarter-mile from the nest.

“Stan and Wendy really fooled me,” he said.

Four days later, another five cygnets made their debut from the nest of Alan and Beverly.

Stan and Wendy’s cygnets are already moving aggressively through the Longboat Key Club & Resort Harbourside waterways, according to Novak.

“Stan and Wendy are moving frequently and protecting them well,” he said. “They’re teaching them to graze, and when I approach, I’m challenged vigorously.”

As for Alan and Beverly, four cygnets appear to be healthy, but one is injured and is unlikely to survive.

Novak originally discovered the nests in late March. Because swan eggs have a 35-day incubation period, he expected the next generation of swans to hatch in late April.

But predicting a hatch date is difficult because a swan may lay eggs and then hold off on sitting on them for a few days. The 35-day clock doesn’t begin until the swans sit and stay.

There’s more happy news for the Harbourside swan family: As reported last month in the Longboat Observer, a male and female swan have entered official couple territory, meaning that Novak finally gave them names.

He dubbed the male Sully in honor of US Airways Capt. Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger, who successfully landed Flight 1549 in the Hudson River in New York City.

“If you’ve ever seen a swan fly, it’s extremely awkward,” Novak said. “They land in the water, and it’s almost a controlled dive. They

float down because their bodies are so heavy.”

Like Sullenberger’s famous landing, it isn’t graceful, but it gets the job done.

“Perhaps this is the first swan to be named for him,” Novak said.

Sully’s mate is Suzie, who’s named for two Key residents: Su-

Beverly sits with her five cygnets, one of which appears unlikely to survive. san Coyne, who has supported the Regal Swan Foundation, in Kissimmee, which has assisted with the swans’ care in recent years; and Sue Gilchrist.

“Sue is my strength, guidance, love and inspiration for 21 years,” Novak said. “No further explanation needed.”

Meet THE NEWEST SWAN PAIR Sully

He’s named for US Airways Capt. Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger, who successfully landed Flight 1549 in the Hudson River in New York City after his airplane struck a flight of Canadian geese.

But, unlike Sullenberger, Sully isn’t racking up frequent-flier miles.

“Sully is content to fly less,” David Novak said. “The two females will fly around Islandside, but he seems to be more involved in defending his territory. He will go out of his territory and fly with them, but then he sits back. Give him a remote control, and he’d be perfect.”

Suzie

Her first name is Suzie. Her middle initial? Q., of course.

She’s named after two Longboaters: Susan Coyne, a supSully, Suzie and their female friend that tried to pair with Sully.

porter of local causes, including the Regal Swan Foundation; and Sue Gilchrist, Novak’s “strength, guidance, love and inspiration for 21 years.”

Another female swan sought Sully’s affections, but, in the end, Suzie won his heart.

Suzie is more aggressive, especially in feeding, compared to the unnamed female, and seems to have a “Type A” personality.

“At the same time, she has a softer side, as evidenced when she was romancing Sully,” Novak said.

So, are cygnets in the future for this pair?

It could happen next season, according to Novak, although 2015 is more likely. That’s because their relationship is a May-December romance. Sully is 5, while Suzie is just 3 or 4, meaning that she’s still an adolescent in swan years.

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Katz signs off on pamphlet Temple Beth Israel Rabbi Jonathan Katz sometimes uses his day off to distribute copies of his pamphlet, ‘The Signing: a Civic Horror Picturebook.’

It starts off like a Florida fairytale.

“Once upon a time, a jewel of a city was immensely blessed by wonderful weather, a picturesque bay and spectacular beaches.”

But there’s no “happily ever after” — at least not yet.

“Sadly, though, people extolled the jewel so much that they began to ignore the deterioration of its setting,” the next paragraph reads. “How did this happen? How was the blessing squandered?”

That’s the beginning of “The Signing: a Civic Horror Picturebook,” a 20-page pamphlet Temple Beth Israel Rabbi Jonathan Katz created earlier this year to show what he describes as “clumps of insipid signage” throughout Sarasota and Longboat Key. On Wednesdays (his day off), Katz often hands out the pamphlets on Main Street in downtown Sarasota. He estimates he has handed out 250 booklets so far.

“Sarasota is this wonderful place to live,” Katz said. “You have all these natural assets.

But when you have all these attractive attributes, it would seem to me that the people who live in the community would want something better.”

This isn’t the first community where he’s seen signs he considers excessive or out of place.

He first noticed the proliferation of billboards in his hometown of Cincinnati. Later, while working as a rabbi, he led a protest of signs in Fort Wayne, Ind.

One example of offending signs named and pictured in the pamphlet: Downtown streets such as Main Street and Cocoanut Avenue “are lined with heaps of unsightly signage.”

There’s “sign overkill” in many locations, including a South Tamiami Trail intersection where five “right lane must turn right” signs appear in close proximity to another.

There’s the view of the back of five signs that are visible from Gulf of Mexico Drive just after driving northbound over the New Pass Bridge.

“This dreary hodgepodge of sign backsides is found just after crossing the bridge to Longboat Key from the south. Is this a suitable gateway for a place locals refer to as paradise?” the pamphlet reads.

Then, there are those “Adopt-A-Highway signs. Instead of putting up another sign that promotes a person who or business that occasionally picks up litter, why not note their efforts in a newspaper ad?” the pamphlet asks. “Or, better yet, encourage people to sponsor public art.”

The pamphlet praises some local signage, including signs on the Bayfront Multi-Use Recreational Trail and in Siesta Key Village.

Katz believes signage impacts people in ways they don’t always realize. Many drivers aren’t even aware of the signs that have popped up all around them.

“When the community is devalued in this way, I think it leads to other forms of indifference,” he said.

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7:49 a.m. — 100 block of N. Shore Road. Camping. Police found four teens camping in tents on Beer Can Island and called their parents.

The teens removed their tents and other belongings before leaving the area.

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Barking back 10:53 p.m. — 700 block of Dream Island Road. Animal Nuisance. A man complained that his neighbor’s dogs were barking. Police had been to the home multiple times for similar complaints. The dogs’ owner told police she lets them outside before bedtime and that the dogs bark occasionally at critters in the yard.

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Better safe than sorry 10:56 a.m. — Linley Street. Boat Violation. Police conducted a boating safety check and found the boater only had one fire extinguisher on board and didn’t have a copy of U.S. Coast Guard navigational rules. Police issued written warnings for the violations.

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12:50 a.m. — 7100 block of GMD. Trespassing. A caller reported cars were parked after hours on private property that possibly belonged to people on the beach. Police found seven people with a

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t age 70, David Gaw is finally putting the bachelor of fine arts degree he earned nearly five decades ago to use.

He thought he would use the degree in the advertising career that began with Joseph Schliltz Brewing Co. But when he was laid off, an executive invited Neighborhood: him to join the Spanish Main company’s human Yacht Club resources departNeighbor ment. It was the since: 2011 beginning of a 35year career in human resources, 25 of which he spent as human resources director of Hertz Corp.’s Southeast division.

That BFA didn’t come in handy when he was negotiating contracts with the Teamsters union.

But more than 15 years ago, he began painting “plein air” on the beaches while vacationing on Longboat Key. Gaw found that you don’t forget the brushstrokes and color-mixing techniques that are part of painting, even when you don’t use them for years.

He retired in 2009, moved to the Key from Orlando and has dedicated the past two-and-a-half years to painting.

Today, he is part of the Artists’ Guild of Anna Maria Island, which has a plein air group that meets every Wednesday morning at various locations. He does all of his painting on the beach; some of his favorite spots are Beer Can Island, Coquina Beach and the beach near Sea Club 1, where he used to vacation.

If you see him painting on the beach, don’t be shy.

“Every time I’m out painting, I always have people who want to talk about what I’m painting,” Gaw says. “Some artists don’t want to talk, but I like to have a few conversations.”

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by Robin Hartill | City Editor

Early island newspaper looked out for Longboaters Guy Paschal led the push for Longboat Key’s incorporation in 1955. But, less than a year later, attorney Glen Berry called LONGBOAT to tell him the town LORE was “falling to pieces,” according to Ralph Hunter’s “From Calusas to Condominiums.”

The town marshal had quit, and a councilman had resigned. There were 19 ordinances on the books, and the only way the public would know about them was if they saw the fine print of a newspaper ad in a Sarasota daily or the public notice on the Longboat Key post office bulletin board.

So, Paschal decided to publish a newspaper called the Longboat Look-out. Its first issue was May 17, 1955. The paper later became The Key Look-out, which also included the Siesta Outlook and Casey Key Picayunne, with each community’s section inverted. He later added the Key Sun monthly magazine.

Paschal closed the newspaper in 1961 and admitted he lost $127,000 on his publishing venture.

+ Longboat Key Chamber arrives at 55

On May 19, 1958, the Longboat Key Chamber of Commerce became official. That’s when Judge John Justice signed off on its charter.

The organization was also the brainchild of Paschal, who kept getting letters from visitors

+ Turtle season trumps wedding season

A Clearwater couple planned to marry on the Key’s beach May 16, 1998, but the town refused to say “I do” to their plans to place a tent on the beach for the ceremony and reception because it was turtle-nesting season.

The couple’s friends and family had already gathered from afar before they learned town officials objected to the occasion.

Fortunately, they found a last-minute spot where turtles don’t nest: the Longboat Island Chapel’s Friendship Garden.

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

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Thursdays, May 16 and May 23 Kiwanis Club of Longboat Key Meeting — takes place from 7:30 to 8:30 a.m. at the Longboat Key Club and Resort’s Tavern & Whiskey Bar. Cannons Marina owner David Miller will share Longboat lore at the May 16 meeting. Nikki Logan, director of events and community outreach at Mattison’s, will speak at the May 23 meeting. Cost is $10 and includes a breakfast buffet. Call Donna at 3882847.

Thursday, May 16 Longboat Key Chamber of Commerce Networking @ Noon Luncheon — takes place from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Holiday Inn Lido Beach, 233 Ben Franklin Drive. Cost is $20 for members; $25 for guests. Call Dawn at 383-2466.

DON’T MISS Republican Club of Longboat Key Poolside Barbecue What: The Republican Club of Longboat Key will celebrate the end of season poolside. The barbecue will include burgers, chicken and side dishes, as well as a band and a cash bar. Cost is $25. Email Phyllis Black at thecaptainsblack@verizon.net.

When: 6:30 p.m. Sunday, May 19 Where: Sarasota Yacht Club, 1100 John Ringling Blvd.

Tuesday, May 21 ‘Rescue in the Philippines’ Film Showing — takes place at 7:30 p.m. at Temple Beth Israel, 567 Bay Isles Road. The film tells the story of how Philippines President Manuel Quezon convinced his government to allow thousands of Jewish refugees into the country during World War II and donated his personal land for their resettlement. Cost for non-members is $10. Call 383-3428.

Friday, May 24 Longboat Key Invitational Golf Tournament — runs from 7 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at the Longboat Key Club and Resort’s Islandside Golf Course.

Entrance fee is $125 per person, or $400 for a foursome. Call Dawn at 383-2466.

Saturday, June 1 Bridge Street Night Time Market — takes place from 5 to 9 p.m.

Saturdays in June and July on Bridge Street in Bradenton Beach. The market will showcase local restaurants and desserts, live music, homemade arts and crafts, vendors, jewelry, clothes, home décor and more. For information, visit bridgestreetmerchants.com.

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The Longboat Look-out published its first edition May 17, 1955.

addressed to the Longboat Key Chamber of Commerce. The postmaster didn’t know what to do with them, so he delivered them to the newspaper, thinking it might have the answers.

One morning in 1956, after getting “one more letter than I felt any newspaper should have to answer,” as Paschal put it, he went downstairs and saw his friends, Snooks Morehead and Nell Shenkel. He suggested they join the chamber of commerce.

T h e y didn’t know there was a chamber.

“It’s happening now,” Paschal told them. “The dues are two bucks.”

For $2, they decided to risk it.

Although this week will mark the 55-year anniversary of the chamber, the celebration will likely take place in October with the theme, “We’ve arrived at 55.”

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All applications must be submitted to the Office of the Town Clerk by May 24, 2013, at 5:00 p.m.

The Town Commission will host an applicant “meet and greet” on June 3, 2013, at 10:00 a.m., in the Commission Chamber. All applicants must be registered voters of the Town of Longboat Key.

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Sherry Wiley, Shirley Noyes, Pam Eustace, Pat Ihlenburg, Dee Pelton, Angel Molaro and Joyce Mazurek

+ Hat’s off to Dee Pelton, volunteers Dee Pelton held a luncheon that will be tough to top.

That’s because in addition to it being a Kentucky Derby party, complete with traditional hats, it was a celebration of Lord’s Warehouse volunteers and Pelton’s retirement as manager of the Longboat Island Chapel thrift store.

Although she’s signing off as manager, Pelton will remain active with the Lord’s Warehouse.

+ Youth sailors descend on City Island Approximately 250 people hit the water Saturday, April 20 through Sunday, April 21, for Sailfest. The regatta, Sarasota Youth Sailing’s biggest fundraiser of the year, included four classes of competition — Optimus, 420, Laser and Multihull — and a barbecue feast.

We work to safeguard local water sources.

That’s our promise.

At Mosaic, our 3,000-plus Florida employees place the utmost value on the resources we all share. Before we begin phosphate mining operations, we work with regulators to identify key wetlands, streams and floodplains for preservation. In other areas that we mine, we restore water flows through state-of-the-art reclamation. Whether preserved or reclaimed, these waters are monitored to ensure their quality is sustained for future generations.

+ Book club sunsets for the season The Sunset Beach Book Club, in its 10th year, ended this season with a luncheon and discussion of the book “Gone Girl,” by Gillian Flynn, April 18, at Lazy Lobster. Discussion moderator was Ricki Carroll. Together, the group read five books this season.

Join in Mosaic’s promise at www.mosaicco.com/promise.

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Longboat Key Turtle Watch awarded scholarships to Anna Maria Elementary School students Grace Garza and Maggie Carter for a week of summer camp at Mote Marine Laboratory and Aquarium.

To date, Turtle Watch has sent 15 children to summer camp. (No telling how many future Turtle Watchers are among them.) Each year, Turtle Watch volunteer Lucinda Hathaway also presents winners with copies of her books, “Takashi’s Voyage” and “’Round the World: Takashi Sails Home.”

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The Longboat Key Chamber of Commerce held its first Business After Hours event at its new location Tuesday, May 7. The chamber’s new office is in the Mediterranean Plaza, 595 Bay Isles Road, Suite 120F. Guests enjoyed food from Cedars Café & Tiki Bar, while mingling on the back patio of the new office.

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OBITUARIES

Eugene Eckman

Eugene Eckman, 83, of Sarasota and formerly of Buffalo, N.Y., died May 1.

Born Sept. 5, 1929, he retired from General Motors in Buffalo and worked for many years at Longboat Key Publix after retirement.

Mr. Eckman is survived by his wife of 63 years, Hildegard; children David, Linda, Jennifer, Thomas, Victoria, Matthew and Christopher; 12 grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren.

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Eve Fekete, 86, of Longboat Key, died May

Born Jan. 10, 1927, in Hungary, she immigrated to the United States in 1956. She lived on Longboat Key since 1994.

Mrs. Fekete was preceded in death by her husband of 60 years, Paul. She is survived by her children Esther Howard, of Longboat Key, and Akos Fekete, of Seattle; four grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Tidewell Hospice & Palliative Care in Sarasota, tidewell.org.

David Schmidt

David Schmidt, 86, of Longboat Key, died May 1.

Born May 2, 1926, he was a World War II veteran and an attorney who was admitted to practice in New York and before the U.S. Supreme Court. He had a career in the FBI, specializing in criminal cases, and retired with the rank of inspector.

Mr. Schmidt served as director of the Survey & Investigations Staff of the Committee on Appropriations in the U.S. House of Representatives.

In retirement, Mr. Schmidt was the first owner elected to the board of directors at Inn on the Beach and served as president for four years.

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

Joan Wilson

Joan Wilson, of Longboat Key and formerly of Des Moines, Iowa, died May 7.

Born June 12, 1936, in Des Moines, she attended Monticello Women’s College, in St. Louis, and the University of Iowa, where she majored in English.

She met and married Frederick Wilson in 1956 and had two sons, Joseph and David.

After two years of military life, the couple lived and worked in Europe, Africa, Southeast Asia and Canada.

Mrs. Wilson’s international experience included serving as editor of an expatriate newspaper in Lagos, Nigeria, and the startup and development of an English as a second language program at the International School in Jakarta, Indonesia. During that time, she attended a master’s program on international education at Michigan State University provided through the Jakarta International School.

Mrs. Wilson received special recognition from the university for papers she wrote on Third World children.

A service will take place Thursday, May 16, in Des Moines.

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

St. Armands Key Lutheran Church, 40 N. Adams Drive, holds contemporary Sunday worship services at 9 a.m.; fellowship and education at 10 a.m.; and traditional Sunday worship services at 11 a.m. The Rev. Mark Bernthal is the pastor. 3881234.

St. Mary, Star of the Sea, Catholic Church, 4280 Gulf of Mexico Drive, holds Sunday Masses at 8, 9:30 and 11:30 a.m.; daily Masses are at 9 a.m.; and Saturday Masses are at 4 and 6 p.m. Msgr. Gerard Finegan is the priest. 383-1255.

Temple Beth Israel, 567 Bay Isles Road, holds Shabbat services at 5:30 p.m.

Fridays and 10 a.m. Saturdays. Jonathan Katz is the rabbi. 383-3428.

All Angels by the Sea

TOWN OF LONGBOAT KEY PLANNING AND ZONING BOARD NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING MAY 21, 2013

The Episcopal Church on Longboat Key

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

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10 a.m. Wednesday, Holy Communion and Anointing

Website: www.AllAngelsLBK.org

Please take notice that the Town of Longboat Key will hold a public hearing on the following Ordinance to adopt proposed amendments to the Longboat Key Comprehensive Plan:

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

ORDINANCE 2013-19 AN ORDINANCE OF THE TOWN COMMISSION OF THE TOWN OF LONGBOAT KEY, FLORIDA, PROVIDING FOR THE ADOPTION OF AMENDMENTS TO POLICIES 1.1.10, 1.1.11 AND TABLE 1 OF THE FUTURE LAND USE ELEMENT OF THE TOWN OF LONGBOAT KEY COMPREHENSIVE PLAN TO ALLOW AN ADDITIONAL STORY OF HEIGHT THROUGH THE FINAL SITE PLAN APPROVAL PROCESS FOR TRC-6 PROPERTIES THAT ARE GRANTED ADDITIONAL TOURISM UNITS THROUGH SECTION 158.180 OF THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE; AMENDING RELATED SECTION IV.D. OF THE SUPPLEMENTAL DATA AND ANALYSIS FOR THE FUTURE LAND USE ELEMENT; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

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A Public Hearing before the Planning and Zoning Board on the proposal will be held on May 21, 2013, at 9:00 a.m., or as soon thereafter as may be heard, at the Town Commission Chambers, Town Hall, 501 Bay Isles Road, Longboat Key, Florida. All interested persons may appear and be heard with respect to the proposed amendment.

Copies of the proposed amendment and related material may be viewed at the Planning, Zoning & Building Department, 501 Bay Isles Road, between 8:30 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. weekdays. Questions may be directed to the Planning, Zoning & Building Department at 316-1966. The proposed amendment will affect property within the corporate boundaries of the Town of Longboat Key as shown on the map appearing at the bottom of this advertisement. No verbatim record by a certified court reporter is made of these proceedings. Accordingly, any person who may seek to appeal any decision involving the matters noticed herein will be responsible for making a verbatim record of the testimony and evidence at these proceedings upon which any appeal is to be based (see Section 286.0105, Florida Statutes.). In accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act and Section 286.26, Florida Statutes, persons needing a special accommodation to participate in this proceeding should contact the Town Clerk’s office at 941-316-1999 forty-eight (48) hours in advance of this proceeding. If you are hearing impaired, please call 941-373-7002.

6200 Gulf of Mexico Drive • Longboat Key, Florida 34228 Telephone: 383-6491 • web: www.longboatislandchapel.org The Lord’s Warehouse THRIFT SHOP open Mon., Wed., Sat., 9 a.m. - 1 p.m.

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Helene Diener, 76, of Longboat Key and formerly of Brewster, N.Y., died May 5.

Mrs. Diener was an established business owner in the Brewster community for more than 30 years and an active member and former president of the Brewster Flower Garden Club. She retired in 2008 to Longboat Key. Mrs. Diener was preceded in death by her husband, Christian. She is survived by her daughters, Heidi Diener-Fleischer and Lisa Diener-Cristantiello.

A memorial service will take place at 11 a.m. Saturday, May 18, at Trinity Lutheran Church in Brewster. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, mskcc.org.

All Angels by the Sea Episcopal Church, 563 Bay Isles Road, holds Sunday worship services at 8 and 10 a.m. Wednesday communion and anointing services are at 10 a.m. The Rev. David Danner is the rector.

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Mr. Schmidt was preceded in death by his son, Doug.

He is survived by his wife of 60 years, Colleen, and son, Dave, of Key Biscayne.

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CLEANUP CREW Photos by Rachel S. O’Hara

The fifth annual Sarasota Bay Watch Sister Keys Cleanup reached its capacity of 75 volunteers.

Armed with garbage bags and gloves, 75 volunteers met at 8 a.m. Saturday, May 11, at Mar Vista Dockside Restaurant & Pub, for the fifth annual Sarasota Bay Watch Sister Keys Cleanup. Volunteers traveled by boat to pick up trash from the undeveloped mangrove islands, then enjoyed a complimentary lunch at Mar Vista.

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Mike McInerney shows off his halffull garbage bag.

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Longboat Island Chapel awarded scholarships to 18 students Sunday.

Longboat Island Chapel awards college scholarships The mothers of 18 Manatee and Sarasota County high school students received a heartwarming Mother’s Day gift: watching their children receive college scholarships Sunday, May 12, at Longboat Island Chapel.

The scholarship recipients included Longboat Key natives, as well as students born in Cuba and Israel. During the ceremony, Nathalie Treonis, chairwoman of the scholarship committee, read a few sentences about each recipient, and student Emma Carper spoke on behalf of the scholarship recipients.

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Emma Carper speaks on behalf of the scholarship recipients.

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The Keys Longboat Key, Country Club Shores. $3,500,000 Barbara Ackerman, 941387-1820 Waterfront home w/3,700+SF of style on Sarasota Bay; Infinityedge pool. MLS#A3975049 Longboat Key, Bay Isles. $1,699,000 Linda Weber, 941-387-1863 5200 sq.ft. custom home Longboat Key Club Harbourside Golf Course. MLS#A3951531 Longboat Key, Pierre. $1,525,000 Judy Kepecz-Hays, 941-387-1825 Beachfront with forever sunsets! Furnished 3BR; ensuite in Islandside.

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Longboat Key, Sunset Beach. $649,000 2/2 MLS#A3977536 Judy Kepecz-Hays 941-387-1825

Longboat Key, Country Club Shores. $425,000 2/2 MLS#A3970800 Bruce Myer 941-387-1859

Longboat Key, Beaches Of Longboat Key. $769,000 Taube Levitt, 941388-3966 Inviting & exciting. Charming 2BR/2BA condo. Walk-in closet, central air. MLS#A3960674 Longboat Key, Grand Bay. $759,000 Roger Pettingell, 941-387-1840 Achieve the gracious living that comes with this wonderful 3BR/3+BA condo.

MLS#A3969386 Longboat Key, Islands West. $699,000 Barbara Ackerman, 941-387-1820 Lovely 2BR apartment on 8th floor; SW side of building with Beach to Bay views. MLS#A3976862 Sarasota, Lido Surf And Sand. $359,000 Inger Lill, 941-388-3966 Gulf front condo complex 2BR/2BA corner unit with large screened balcony.

MLS#A3969902 Longboat Key, Seaplace. $324,900 Lynne Koy, 941-387-1803 Deluxe 2BR/2BA condo in a gated community. Elevators. Community tennis.

MLS#A3976410 Sarasota, Chateau Village. $239,900 Barbara Standish, 941-504-9458 1BR/1BA furnished. Close to the beach, shopping, and dining. MLS#A3976016

Longboat Key, Sands Point. $399,000 2/2 MLS#A3968299 Tom Fynes 941-387-1875

Lakewood Ranch, Greenbrook Village. $369,000 4/3 MLS#A3966410 Michelle Musto 941-387-1882

Longboat Key, Cedars East Condo. $239,000 Maggie Hicks, 941-3871860 2BR/2+BA Southern exposure; cool beach breezes; lots of amenities.

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by Katie Hendrick | Community Editor

Summer camp programs help kids beat the heat The islands are teeming with activities to keep your little ones entertained. So, slather them with sunscreen and send them off to camp, where they’re bound to burn off some energy, make friends and even learn a thing or two.

Cedars Tennis Resort The camp includes a mix of match play, drill work and strategy sessions.

Ages: 8 to 18 When: June 3 through June 7, or June 24 through June 28; 9 to 11 a.m. for ages 8 to 12; 1 to 3 p.m. for ages 13 to 18 Cost: $125 per week for ages 8 to 12; $155 per week for ages 13 to 18.

Contact: Cedars Pro Shop, 383-6426

Sarasota Yacht Club The club’s youngest members, ages 5 to 7, will spend their mornings swimming, fishing and making arts and crafts before exploring local waters by sailboat in the afternoon. Older kids, ages 8 to 16, will learn to sail on their own during morning sessions. Afternoon activities include trips to the beach, swimming, kayaking, paddle boarding and cooking.

Ages: 5 to 16 When: Two-week sessions from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., June 3 through Aug. 2 (for ages 8 to 16 only) Cost: $500 for ages 5 to 7; $550 for ages 8 to 16 Contact: Amanda.holm@sarasotayachtclub.org

Sarasota Sailing Squadron  Summer Sailing Program

Camps teach the joy of sailing, essential elements of boat handling, seamanship, water-safety skills and racing.

Ages: 5 and up When: Two-week sessions from June 10 through Aug. 16 Contact: Visit sarasotaysp.com; call David Livingston at 504-4236 or email sarasotayouthsailing@gmail. com.

 Junior Tennis Camp

This camp helps kids hone tennis fundamentals, with an emphasis on technique, strategy, footwork, conditioning, score keeping and tennis psychology. Key Club pros instruct groups of no more than five.

Ages: 8 to 17 When: June 3 to Aug. 16; full day (8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.) and half-day (8:30 to 11:30 a.m. or 1 to 3:30 p.m.)

Cost: $245 to $247 for half-day sessions; $500 to $540 for full-day sessions

 Kids Summer Sports Camp

Children learn the importance of teamwork and sportsmanship in this camp that includes tennis, golf, soccer, baseball and more. Instructors work with groups no larger than six.

Ages: 6 to 12; Pee Wee half-day camp for ages 4 to 5 When: June 3 through Aug. 16; full day (9 a.m. to 3 p.m.) and half-day (9 a.m. to noon or noon to 3 p.m.); Pee Wee is 9 a.m. to noon Cost: $180 to $200 for half-day sessions; $330 to $360 for full-day sessions

 Kids Klub

Three themed camps (Spirit Week, Wet and Wild Week and Ocean Explorers Week) are in the works. Daily activities will be determined.

Ages: 5 to 12 When: June 24 through June 29; July 15 through July 20; Aug. 5 through Aug. 10 Cost: $220 per week for members; $260 per week for nonmembers Contact: Call Briana Harris Francois at 387-1633 or email John Woods, john.woods@longboatkeyclub.com, for tennis and sports camps information. Contact Danny Moroney, danny. moroney@longboatkeyclub.com or 383.8821, Ext. 1048 for Kids Klub information.

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SELLING

Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquarium

Longboat Key Club & Resort

 AquaKids

Children get acquainted with dolphins, turtles and other marine animals in these weeklong camps.

Ages: Students entering first through fourth grade When: Weekly sessions from June 3 through Aug. 16 Cost: Members $225; non-members $245

 Digi-Know How Beginner

Students learn the basics of digital media, including camcorders, computers and the iPod Touch.

Ages: Students entering fifth through eighth grade When: June 10 through June 14; July 8 through July 12 Cost: Members $225; non-members $245

 Digi-Know How Advanced

Students build their technological knowledge and learn behind-thescenes techniques on digital media and ocean life.

Ages: Students entering fifth through eighth grade.

When: June 17 to 21; July 15 to July 19 Cost: Members $225; non-members $245

 Sea Sleuths

Explore the relationships of local marine life with kayaking, snorkeling, boat trips and field sampling, as well as activities inside the aquarium.

Ages: Students entering fifth through eighth grades When: Weekly sessions from June 10 through Aug. 16 Cost: Members $225; non-members $245

 Discovering the Florida Keys

Travel to Mote’s Tropical Research Laboratory on Summerland Key for a week of marine exploration that includes snorkeling, kayaking, exploring tidal pools and visits to Marathon’s turtle hospital and Dry Tortugas National Park.

Ages: Students entering seventh and eighth grade When: June 24 to 28; July 8 to 12; July 22 to 26 Cost: Members $955; nonmembers $1,005

 Marine Ecology of the Florida Keys

Participants use Mote’s Tropical Research Laboratory in Summerland Key as a base camp, with trips to Sombrero Reef and John Pennekamp State Park.

This program also includes tide pool walks, a fishing trip, a kayaking excursion and a visit to the Dolphin Research Center.

Ages: Students entering seventh and eighth grades When: Weekly sessions from June 10 through Aug. 2 Cost: Members $955; nonmembers $1,005; (an additional $100 for SCUBA) Info: mote.org/summercamp

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real estate | transactions

By Adam Hughes | Research Editor

L’Ambiance condominium sells for $6.75 million ette, Ind., sold their Unit 81 condominium at 4235 Gulf of Mexico Drive to John Behrend and Melissa Larson-Behrend, of St. Louis, for $201,000. Built in 1990, it has two bedrooms, one bath and 804 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $435,000 in 2004.

These residential real-estate transactions took place between April 29 and May 3.

A condominium in L’Ambiance tops all transactions in this week’s real estate. Michael and Joanne Masin sold their Penthouse M condominium at 435 L’Ambiance Drive to Peter Skokos, trustee, of Longboat Key, for $6.75 million. Built in 1994, it has three bedrooms, four baths and 4,912 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $5.95 million in 2005.

ST. ARMANDS John Ringling Estates

James Miller and Regan Stacey, of Sarasota, sold their home at 35 S. Washington Drive to CDA FLA Property LLC for $2,735,000. Built in 2008, it has four bedrooms, four baths, a pool and 4,295 square feet of living area.

MEB Capital Inc. sold the home at 535 S. Blvd. of the Presidents to Cheryl Woodruff, of Sarasota, for $662,400. Built in 1936, it has three bedrooms, three baths, two half-baths, a pool and 3,607 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $2.65 million in 2004.

LONGBOAT KEY Sabal Cove

Ralph Trine and Barry Trine, of Angola, Ind., sold their home at 3336 Sabal Cove Lane to John and Faith Quinn, of Longboat Key, for $1,495,000. Built in 1997, it has four bedrooms, four baths, a pool and 3,827 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $1,375,000 in 2002.

Grand Bay

3010 Grand Bay Blvd LLC sold the Unit 473 condominium at 3010 Grand Bay Blvd. to Robert Gold and Helga Gold, trustees, of Grafton, Wis., for $1,199,000.

Built in 1999, it has three bedrooms, three baths, one half-bath and 2,369 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $1.45 million in 2007.

Marina Bay

Angelo and Christine Furgiuele, of Sarasota, sold their Unit 222 condominium at 2450 Harbourside Drive to Seymour and Sheila Goldblatt, of Longboat Key, for $969,000. Built in 1990, it has three bedrooms, two baths, one half-bath and 2,830 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $1,115,000 in 2009.

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Robert and Maria Berta, trustees, of

BIRD KEY Courtesy of Premier Sotheby’s International Realty

Penthouse M at L’Ambiance has three bedrooms, four bathrooms and 4,912 square feet of living area. It sold for $6.75 million.

Sarasota, sold the Unit P-5-S condominium at 2295 Gulf of Mexico Drive to David Highet, of Teaneck, N.J., for $700,000.

Built in 1970, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,235 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $400,000 in 2011.

Beach Harbor Club

Linda Auteri, of The Villages; Judy Mills, of Merrick, N.Y.; and Gary Robbins, of Sag Harbor, N.Y., sold their Unit A-402 condominium at 3802 Gulf of Mexico Drive to Teresa Feldmann, of Longboat Key, for $275,000. Built in 1970, it has two bed-

rooms, three baths and 1,490 square feet of living area.

Seaplace

C. Robert and Maxine Spitzer and Deborah Cohen, of Longboat Key, sold their Unit G3-207A condominium at 2039 Gulf of Mexico Drive to Marc Gearin and Masako Nakamura, of Boston, for $239,000.

Built in 1974, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,257 square feet of living area.

It previously sold for $140,000 in 1995.

Michael and Katherine Moulton, of Sarasota, sold their home at 316 W. Royal Flamingo Drive to H. Bruce McClaren, of Hinsdale, Ill., for $2.2 million. Built in 1962, it has two bedrooms, two baths, one half-bath, a pool and 3,301 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $800,000 in 1998.

Playle Investments Inc. sold the home at 525 Blue Jay Place to John and Meredith Hamilton, of Blue Bell, Pa., for $685,000.

Built in 1966, it has three bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 2,452 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $830,000 in 2005.

Turtle Crawl

Jerry and Judith Downham, of Lafay-

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LICENSED REAL ESTATE BROKER

7552 Conservation Ct #A3966382 $995,000 Sharon Ross

Sarasota 941-388-4447 941-320-4190

7050 Firehouse Rd #A3977579 $959,000 Terri Derr

Longboat Key 941-383-7591 941-356-6694

3524 Fair Oaks Ln #A3970247 $895,000 Michael Yawitz

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

1800 Benjamin Franklin Dr # B308 #A3977399 $849,000 David Simon

Sarasota 941-388-4447 248-342-3551

347 W Royal Flamingo Dr #A3977913 $2,900,000 Barbara Dumbaugh

601 Longboat Club Rd # 403S #A3958183 $839,000 Judy Nimz

Longboat Key 941-951-6660 941-374-0196

500 Yawl Ln #A3975595 $799,000 Diana Kryszak

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

350 Gulf Of Mexico Dr # 228 #A3963795 $750,000 Saint Cacchiotti

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

1910 Harbour Links Cir # 12 #A3967793 $749,000 Bruce & Jenine Meyer

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

2525 Gulf Of Mexico Dr # 8B #A3968382 $735,000 Sandi Layfield

Sarasota 941-388-4447 941-350-3743

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

750 Tarawitt Dr #A3971896 $695,000 Sharon Freeman

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1135 Gulf Of Mexico Dr # 602 #A3976363 $695,000 Cathy Meldahl

3809 Founders Club Dr #A3973056 $2,499,000 Sylvia Zimmerman

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

392 Firehouse Ln #A3972882 $679,000 Mary Defrank

Longboat Key 941-388-4447 941-544-0214

Sarasota 941-383-7591 941-350-5022

707 S Gulfstream Ave # 408 #A3975825 $625,000 Stephanie Church

Sarasota 941-388-4447 941-724-5448

1125 Gulf Of Mexico Dr # 304 #A3971228 $539,000 Connie Lyke Brown Pa

Longboat Key 941-951-6660 941-951-6660

4485 Gulf Of Mexico Dr # 302 #A3977787 $539,000 Robert Dardas

Longboat Key 941-383-7591 941-376-7591

230 Sands Point Rd # 3302 #A3951782 $449,000 Ian Addy Pa

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

7149 N Longboat Dr #A3937245 $399,000 Timothy Field, P.a.

Longboat Key 941-383-7591 941-350-0332

615 Dream Island Rd # 306 #A3969421 $385,000 Barbara Dumbaugh

Longboat Key 941-388-4447 941-350-3743

2039 Gulf Of Mexico Dr # 204 #A3972416 $360,000 Tom Delaney

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

5778 Fossano Dr #A3976484 $339,900 Cathi Reali

Sarasota 941-388-4447 941-232-8200

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BUILDING PERMITS

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These are the largest building permits issued by the Longboat Key Planning and Zoning Department for the week of May 3 through May 9, in order of dollar amounts. (GMD = Gulf of Mexico Drive) Address

Permit Applicant Amount

1020 Longboat Club Road

Lift station alteration

Town of Longboat Key

2295 GMD

Kitchen and bathroom

Muriel Klosterman

$89,500

7095 GMD

Kitchen and bathroom

Judith Mulroy

$74,089

1701 GMD

Bathroom alteration

2254165 Ontario Inc.

$65,000

360 GMD

Pool alteration

Tangerine Bay Club

$46,000

2295 GMD

Alteration

Gary Yee

$35,000

3029 GMD

Pool

Randolph Cohen

$27,177

Rodger Rohde

$15,706

2410 Harbourside Drive Hurricane shutters

$141,389

610 Bowsprit Lane

Garage repair

William Fogel

$15,659.12

613 Cedars Court

Exterior siding

Greg McCain

$14,700

5145 GMD

Bathroom

Fairhaven Properties Inc.

$13,277

2295 GMD

Doors and windows

Derek Bok

$11,936

943 Spanish Drive South Alteration

Patricia Buck

$10,000

520 Harbor Cay Drive

Spardon Limited

$8,845

Harry Lipstein

$6,861

William Baxter

$5,905

Dock alteration

2117 Harbourside Drive Pool cage replacement Re-roof

5260 GMD 300 Firehouse Lane

Deck alteration

Martin Allen

$5,500

524 Cutter Lane

Hurricane shutters

Nancy Goudy

$4,537

2721 GMD

Doors and windows

Cynthia Durham, trustee

$4,280

Screen enclosure 6800 GMD

6750 GMD Screen enclosure

Screen enclosure 6700 GMD

Whitney Beach Condo Association Whitney Beach Condo Association Whitney Beach Condo Association

$3,000

6413 GMD

Re-roof

Richard Cox

$2,350

513 Norton St.

Lift and dock alteration Michael Walter

$2,000

4235 GMD

Window replacement

Island Gulf Properties LLC

$1,580

4800 GMD

Kitchen alteration

Jeff Grass

3448 Mistletoe Lane #A3975530 Diann Thelen

4540 Gulf Of Mexico Dr # 306 #A3976489 $298,900 Bobbi Banan

3876 Wilshire Dr # 13 #A3977388 $235,000 Peggy Mock

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

Sarasota 941-388-4447 941-356-3584

RE N TA L

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

RE N TA L

4380 Exeter Dr # 102H #A3976328 $278,000 Richard Perlman

Longboat Key 941-388-4447 941-266-8949

Longboat Key $10,000-$12,500/mth, 30 day min 941-552-4200

35 Watergate Dr # 601 #A3977925 Diane Lyons

$3,000

4765 Gulf Of Mexico Dr # A101 #A3974666 $3,100,000 Nell Leffel

Longboat Key 941-383-7591 941-932-0032

1748 Cherokee Dr #A3973717 $1,999,000 Tammy L. Garner

Sarasota 941-388-4447 941-374-4161

462 Bowdoin Cir #A3934801 $1,995,000 Michele C Burnett

Sarasota 941-383-7591 941-928-1542

531 Yardarm Ln #A3967349 $1,799,000 Maureen Horn

Longboat Key 941-383-7591 941-539-3384

1281 Gulf Of Mexico Dr # 307 #A3975182 $1,695,000 Deborah Beacham

Longboat Key 941-383-7591 941-376-2688

146 S Washington Dr #A3977458 $1,550,000 Carol Cohen Pa

Sarasota 941-383-7591 941-356-3829

3631 Bayou Cir #A3962300 $1,395,000 Hannerle Moore

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

3347 Sabal Cove Way #A3976159 $1,350,000 Nora Johnson & Denise Mattmuller

Longboat Key 941-951-6660 941-809-1700

3351 Sabal Cove Ln #A3970391 $1,275,000 David Simon

Longboat Key 941-388-4447 941.400.8764

1445 Gulf Of Mexico Dr # 502 #A3977178 $1,119,000 Jenifer Schwell

Longboat Key 941-388-4447 941-780-0968

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

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

$3,000

$500

556 Sutton Pl #A3975937 $279,900 Robert Dardas

6700 Gulf Of Mexico Dr # 108 #A3971108 $202,000 Kathy Simonds

Longboat Key 941-383-7591 941-376-7591

Longboat Key 941-383-7591 941-350-5292

RE N TA L

2002 Harbourside Dr # 1601 #A3931062 $339,000 Eileen Burke

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Sarasota $7,450 941-552-4200

1932 Harbourside Dr # 251 #A3967780 Diann Thelen

Longboat Key $5,000 941-552-4200

VA C AT I O N R E N TA L S 501 Harbor Point Rd #A3970216 $3,650,000 Michael Moulton

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

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

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THURSDAY, MAY 16, 2013

Submitted by Bird Key Yacht Club

BKYC saddles up for Derby Day Bird Key Yacht Club members raced to their “Old Bird Key Home” to celebrate the Derby Day “Run for the Roses” Saturday, May 4.

With a buffet, mint juleps and plenty of festive hats, you can bet that the occasion was one to remember.

Brenda Landry, Dee Kropf, Jeri Cushman, Sally Reed, Sally Jaret, Diane Martin-Gaillet, Barb MacLean, Becca Craig and Katie Cornell

BUSINESSOBSERVER

Malaka Hilton, president of Admiral Travel, presents Mike McAdaragh, president of the Sarasota Yacht Club Charitable Foundation, with a check for $11,656.

Vacations have many payoffs: reduced stress, lasting memories, cool souvenirs, a nice tan. Sarasota Yacht Club members can add a generous contribution to that list.

Admiral Travel International, which organized a 12-day Caribbean cruise in January for 28 club members, offered its thanks for their business by way of a check for $11,656 for the Sarasota Yacht Club Charitable Foundation’s scholarship fund.

That amount matched travelers’ contributions.

The SYCCF will award four $2,500 scholarships for students pursuing courses in seamanship, marine science and marine

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On Memorial Day Monday, May 27, St. Armands Circle businesses will honor veterans and those who are serving in the military with special discounts or offers.

Look for “military appreciation” identifiers at the following businesses: Uniquity, Ben & Jerry’s, Island Pursuit, The Flip Flop Shop, Sarasota Yogurt Co., Bennington Tobacconist, Terrace on the Circle, Café L’Europe, The Pepper Palace, Cha

+ Cedars Café switches to summer hours Cedars Café & Tiki Bar has switched to summer hours.

Hours are 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Wednesday through Sunday. The restaurant and bar are closed Monday and Tuesday.

For information, call the café at 3836428 or the pro shop at 383-6426.

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6600 River Club Blvd. Bradenton, FL 34202 • 751-4211 rivervieW scHool district

stunning 4b/ 3b/3 car garage

gated beacHfront

Waterlefe golf & river club

Pool/HotTub, 5 Bed 4 Bath 2 Car Garage, Granite, Stainless, Glazed Cabinetry with Mother in Law Suite Large Fenced Yard $350,000 Community on Longboat Key, 2 Bed 2 Bath Updated Kitchen, Appliances, Granite in Master Bath, Heated Pools, Tennis, Turnkey Furnished $284,500

Solar Heated Pool with Paver Deck, Lake View, Loaded with Upgrades. $275,000

Tile roof, Ceramic and Wood Floors, Lanai, 3 Bed 2 Bath. Landscaping maintained by HOA. Gated Community with Golf and Boating. $275,000

bird key oPulance $8.150 million

gated longboat key club

marina bay in bay isles

siesta key on grand canal

Wrap around Terraces, Largest Condo with Over 7,800 sq. ft. 5 Bed 5+ Baths.

3 bed 3.5 bath plus Den, Elevator into the Suitable for the Largest Yacht.

Foyer, Panoramic Views. $1,500,000 Best View, Location, Finishing Touches.

Visit www.SarasotaClubRealty.com to view additional photos, and properties including foreclosures

Brooke O’Malley - John Gill Club Realty

941-726-2677

Million $ Views 3 Bed 2.5 Bath Fully Funded Reserves $1,150,000

Key West with Pool and Spa Dock & Lift $1,100,000

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Cha Coconuts, Casa Smerelda, Natural Discoveries, Les Ciseaux Salon & Spa, Baron D’Orr, David O’Keefe Studios, Lynches Pub & Grub, Tommy Bahama Retail Store and La Malinche.

Proof of military service is required. For information, call 388-1554.

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engineering. Take Stock in Children is alerting students to scholarship opportunities and helping SYCCF identify worthy candidates.

We Have Golf Logix GPS

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Courtesy photos

Dee Kropf won the hat contest.

By Robin Hartill | City Editor

+ Donation helps SYC scholarship fund to set sail

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L’ambiance - 6th Floor northwest corner CHOICE SUNSET CORNER LOCATION & RARELY AVAILABLE largest 3,400 sq ft floor plan. 3 possible bedrooms with en-suite full baths, plus a powder room and a separate study. $2,650,000

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

Sea gate club - Direct gulf Front Feels like a beach house! Gulf, beach and sunset views from every room of this 2BR/2BA split floor plan. Offered entirely turnkey furnished. $649,995

Lido Beach - Best Waterfront Value Gated

Beach Front opportunity LongBoat Key

NEW

$2,595,000

LISTING

SRQ Airport is the proud sponsor of the 2013 “It’s Read Everywhere” contest.

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

$2,990,000

Just under an acre with 100 ft of pristing beach front.

3 bedroom / 2 bath South Beach style bungalow with attached garage.

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$4,900,000

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2BR/2.5BA turnkey furnished vacation getaway! Fresh, 2BR/2BA apartment on the 8th floor Southwest side and bright with ceramic tile, central vacuum, fireplace, of the building with beautiful water views of the Gulf bonus area and private 1 - car garage. Bring the family! of Mexico and Sarasota Bay. In perfect condition with

$339,000 new sliding glass doors!

$699,000 Captivating City & Bay views with 4 bedrooms and 7,452 SF of quality and elegance. Outdoor living at its best! Infinityedge pool, 2,460 SF of terraces, boat dock & lift.

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www.WagnerRealty.com

Bringing People Home Since 1939

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

Call 941-383-5577

VACATION RENTALS

WICKER INN GULF BEACH RESORT with charming cottage ambiance, decorated in Florida pastels, surrounded by gorgeous tropical trees and flowering landscape plants.

Each suite has white wicker rockers on the porch or patio. Heated pool surrounded by flowers & white sand beach provide absolute serenity.

Reservations: 941-387-8344

FANTASTIC INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU! This is the only unit offered for sale in this complex. Updated, directly on the beach, turnkey with upscale furnishings. Weekly rentals available. Dia Wilson & Mary Moore $259,900 #M5835428

CONRAD BEACH Incredible opportunity to own 2 adjoining lots west of Gulf of Mexico Drive. Conrad Beach boasts timeless architecture, com. pool & clubhouse. Purchase separately or w/M5815731. Peter Uliano $260,000 #M5815734

BAY AND CANAL VIEWS

will inspire you from the spacious lanai of this well maintained 2/2 beauty, heated pool, tennis, deep water boat slip & private cabana w/deeded beach access. Teresia $269,000 Bradford #M5832385

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Siesta cove - Waterfront Short Sale An incredible opportunity to live in a premier neighborhood, on a superb waterfront lot in a gorgeous 4,869 SF home. Open waterfront views. $1,900,000

apartment in beautiful condition Gulfside on

Just completed model home West of the Trail Longboat Key in a gated community. 1,800 SF, is beautifully staged with 5BR/4.5 Baths built two bedrooms + a den off of the kitchen that $649,000

by DR Horton. 4,363 SF. $774,990 could be a 3rd sleeping area. on west side of Gulf of Mexico Dr. Enjoy beach walks, lazy sun filled beach days, colorful sunsets & beautiful landscaping. 3BR/3BA main house w/1BR/1BA in-law apt. Van VanArtsdalen #M5832791 $599,000

in the secluded community of Hideaway Bay. Cul-de-sac peninsula style lot with deep sailboat water on 3 sides. Great location to build your dream home. Kelly Belisle $995,000 #M5836272

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$2,195,000

3,700+ SF waterfront home at the end of a cul-de-sac with 3 bedrooms plus study/4th bedroom, stunning open Bay views, infinityedge pool and two car garage. $3,500,000

Kenilworth estates - new construction the players club - gulf Views Fully furnished

NORTH END LOCATION

BEAUTIFUL DEEP WATER LOT

Beachfront Gated privacy on 2+ acres directly on the Gulf of Mexico. 10,000SF, 7BR/6.5BA with attached guest wing. $10,450,000

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the Johnson estate - 150 Feet of country club Shores - Direct Bay Front Lovely

Direct Gulf front 2 bedroom + Den/3rd bedroom with 2,800 SF. Sabal floor plan with gorgeous water views. 2 parking spaces included.

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TEMPERATURES

THURSDAY, MAY 16, 2013

Temps.

SHERBERT SENSATION

Record Temps.

High

Low

High

Low

Tuesday, May 7

77

57

93 (1995)

47 (1945)

Wednesday, May 8

79

60

93 (1929)

47 (1921)

Thursday, May 9

84

59

94 (1922)

48 (1911)

Friday, May 10

87

64

94 (1929)

47 (1911)

Saturday, May 11

85

71

95 (2002)

45 (1923)

Sunday, May 12

84

72

94 (2012)

50 (1928)

Monday, May 13

77

70

94 (1974)

46 (1924)

Average Gulf water temperature: 81

TIDE CHART

Thursday, May 16

Highs 6:26a 4:22p

12:00a

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Friday, May 17

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Saturday, May 18

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Sunday, May 19

8:25a

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Monday, May 20

8:58a

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Tuesday, May 21

9:30a

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4:34a

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Wednesday, May 22

MOON PHASES

Sunrise/sunset

Thursday, May 16

Sunrise 6:42

Sunset 8:12

Friday, May 17

6:41

8:13

Saturday, May 18

6:41

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Sunday, May 19

6:40

8:14

Monday, May 20

6:40

8:15

Tuesday, May 21

6:39

8:15

Wednesday, May 22

6:39

8:16

Mindy Towns submitted this sunset photo, taken on Lido Beach.

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Thursday, May 16, 2013

Thursday, May 16,

MEMORIAL DAY EARLY DEADLINES for May 30th edition CLASSIFIED ADS Deadline Friday, May 24th, 2:00pm SERVICE DIRECTORY DAY Deadline MEMORIAL Thursday, May 23rd, 12:00pm

EARLY DEADLINES

The Observer will be CLOSED Monday, for May 30th edition May 27th for the Memorial Day Holiday.

We will reopen Tuesday, May 28th at CLASSIFIED ADS 8:30am.

Deadline Friday, May 24th, 2:00pm Call 941-955-4888 SERVICE DIRECTORY To Place Your Ad Deadline MEMORIAL Thursday, May 23rd, 12:00pm DAY

Items Under $200 For Sale

EARLYwillDEADLINES The Observer be CLOSED Monday, ADVERTISE YOUR for May 30thMERCHANDISE edition May 27th for the Memorial Day Holiday. with the total value of all items $200 or less in We reopen Tuesday, at this will section for FREE! Limit 1 May ad per28th month, 15 words or less.ADS Price must be included next to CLASSIFIED 8:30am. each item.

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Deadline Friday, 24th, 2:00pm

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Call 941-955-4888 (No phone calls please.)

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Autos Wanted (No phone calls please.)

Call 941-955-4888 (Please provide your name and address) AUTOS WANTED! Let me take the hassle out of To Place Your to: Ad Email ad selling your car. Cash offered today! Call Mike, classified@yourobserver.com 941-713-2277.

Online at: For Sale Items www.yourobserver.com Under $200 Boat Slips For Rent/Sale ADVERTISE YOUR Or mailMERCHANDISE to: with the total value of all items $200 or less in LBK MOORINGS Slip Rental, 65’ Open Water The Observer Group this section for P.O. FREE! per month, View (R/8) Dock, $500/per month annual.

BoxLimit 31691 ad 15 words or less.

Price must be included next to 813-500-0566.

Sarasota, Fl 34230 each item. No commercial advertising.

LONGBOAT KEY: Indoorweeks boat slip rent. Top Ad runs 2 consecutive in 1 for Observer.

Autos Wanted Level, 30/ft. length x 8/ftcalls 6 beam x 9/ft. 10 height.

(No phone please.)

941-806-8500.

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selling your car. Cash ad to: today! Call Mike, Emailoffered Boats 941-713-2277. classified@yourobserver.com Online at: Boats are selling very well. Season is busy, busy, Boatwww.yourobserver.com Slips For Rent/Sale busy. “Big or Small, I Sell Them All, Quickly. I also Or mail to: LBK MOORINGS buy boats.

Please visit: Slip Islandboatsales.net Rental, 65’ Open Water The Observer Group Call Dave, ) 941-228-3489.

View (R/8)(owner Dock, $500/per month annual.

P.O. Box 3169 813-500-0566.

Sarasota, Fl 34230 LONGBOAT KEY: Indoor boat slip for rent. Top ChitwoodCharters.com Level, 30/ft. length x 8/ft 6 beam x 9/ft. 10 height.

Autos CruiseWanted or Fish 941-806-8500.

Hyatt Sarasota Docks AUTOS WANTED! Let me take the hassle out of 32’/53’ Yachts 2hrs./2 months selling your car. Cash offered today!

Call Mike, Boats 941-383-5232 941-713-2277.

Boats are selling very well. Season is busy, busy, Boat SlipsI Sell For Rent/Sale busy. “Big or Small, Them All, Quickly. I also buy boats. Please visit: Islandboatsales.net LBK MOORINGS Slip Rental, 65’ Open Water Call Dave, (owner) 941-228-3489.

View (R/8) Dock, $500/per month annual.

813-500-0566. Reserved Space LP Reserved Space LONGBOAT ChitwoodCharters.com KEY: Indoor boat slip for rent. Top Level, 30/ft. lengthCruise x 8/ft 6 orbeam Fish x 9/ft. 10 height.

941-806-8500.Hyatt Sarasota Docks 32’/53’ Yachts - 2hrs./2 months 941-383-5232 Boats

Boats are selling very well. Season is busy, busy, busy. “Big or Small, I Sell Them All, Quickly. I also buy boats. Please visit: Islandboatsales.net Call Dave, (owner) 941-228-3489.

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Garage/Moving/Estate Sales

Condos/Apts. For Rent

Homes For Sale

ESTATE AUCTION ART & ANTIQUES SUNDAY, MAY 19TH @ 1PM Inspection Sunday Day of Sale 11am-1pm The sale will be held at our Auction Gallery located on the Southwest corner of 301N & University Parkway.

2013 Quality Estate Auction Featuring: Victorian, Country, and Custom Furniture, including Longboat Key Estate,Jewelry, Paintings & Sculptures, Sales Garage/Moving/Estate Pottery, Garden Art, ESTATE AUCTION ART & ANTIQUES Oriental Rugs, and more!

SUNDAY, MAY 19TH @ 1PM 13% Buyer’s Premium Inspection Sunday Day of Sale 11am-1pm 3% Discount for Cash or Check The sale will be held at our Auction Gallery Elliott Bernstein Auctions AU3504 - AB2545 located on the Southwest corner of Gallery Phone: 941-351-3002 301N & University Parkway.

Photos & more: www.auctionzip.com Quality Estate Auction Featuring: Auctioneer ID#8290 Victorian, Country, and Custom Furniture, including Longboat Key Estate,Jewelry, PaintingsMerchandise & Sculptures, General Garage/Moving/Estate Sales Pottery, Garden Art, THRIFT SHOP: THE LORD’S WAREHOUSE. Oriental Rugs, and more!

AUCTION & ANTIQUES Next ESTATE to Longboat Island ART Chapel.

Mon., Wed., & 13%Clothes, Buyer’s Premium SUNDAY, MAY 19TH @ 1PM Sat., 9a.m.-1p.m. jewelry, furniture, other 3% Gulf Discount for or 941-383-4738.

Check Inspection Sunday DayCash of Sale 11am-1pm items.

6140 of Mexico Drive.

Elliott Bernstein AU3504 - AB2545 The sale will be Auctions held at our Auction Gallery Gallery 941-351-3002 located on Phone: the Southwest corner of Merchandise Wanted Photos & more: www.auctionzip.com 301N & University Parkway.

CASH Quality FOR Auctioneer Old Military Items. Swords, ID#8290 Estate Auction Featuring: uniforms, insignia & old guns.

Call 941-416-3280.

Victorian, Country, and Custom Furniture, including Longboat Key Estate,Jewelry, SENIOR General LOOKING toMerchandise purchase precious metals, & Sculptures, time pieces, Paintings coins, jewelry and antiques. Please THRIFT SHOP: THE LORD’S Pottery, Garden Art,WAREHOUSE. call Marc, 941-321-0707.

Next to Longboat Mon., Wed., & OrientalIsland Rugs,Chapel. and more!

Sat., 9a.m.-1p.m. jewelry, 13%Clothes, Buyer’s Premiumfurniture, other Storage items. 6140 of Mexico Drive.

3% Gulf Discount for Cash or 941-383-4738.

Check STORAGE FACILITY Boat/ AU3504 RV/ Trailer.

Secure Elliott Bernstein Auctions - AB2545 facility, Merchandise low monthly rentals, Clark Rd area.

Wanted Gallery Phone: 941-351-3002 941-809-3660, 941-809-3662. www.auctionzip.com CASHPhotos FOR & more: Old Military Items. Swords, Auctioneer ID#8290 uniforms, insignia & old guns.

Call 941-416-3280.

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

JEWEL BOX, top-of-the-line finishes, 2BR/2BA, dock, Pool, beach. $695,000.

Ahh, the Longboat lifestyle, just imagine!

Sharon Freeman, Michael Saunders, 941-545-0899

Help Wanted

SENIOR LOOKING to purchase precious metals, DRIVERS: NOW Hiring Qualified OTR Drivers.

General Merchandise time pieces, antiques. Please $1500 Signcoins, On! jewelry Apply:andwww.heyl.net or call Marc,SHOP: 941-321-0707.

800-973-9161 Heyl Truck Lines. WAREHOUSE. THRIFT THE LORD’S Next Longboat Island Chapel.

Mon., Wed., & PARTto TIME Beach Attendant wanted for Longboat Storage Sat., 9a.m.-1p.m. jewelry, furniture, other Key resort.

Must Clothes, have sailing experience, enjoy items.

6140 Gulf of Mexico Drive.

941-383-4738.

STORAGE FACILITY working outdoors and service oriented.

Boat/be RV/ Trailer.

Secure

To apply low call, 941-383-5511. facility, monthly rentals, Clark Rd area.

Merchandise 941-809-3660, 941-809-3662.Wanted CASH Condos/Apts.

FOR Old MilitaryFor Items.

RentSwords, Help uniforms, insignia & oldWanted guns. Call 941-416-3280.

ANNUAL RENTAL: 2BR/2.5BA, Cedars East DRIVERS: NOW Hiring Qualified OTRw/garage, Drivers.

Townhouse.

Beautifully remodeled, SENIOR LOOKING to purchase precious metals, $1500 Sign On! Apply: www.heyl.net or Bay views. $1800/mo.

941-807-2815. time pieces, coins, jewelry and antiques. Please 800-973-9161 Heyl Truck Lines. call Marc, 941-321-0707.

ASHTON LAKES: 3BR/2BA, cathedral ceilings, PART TIME Beach Attendant wanted for Longboat washer/dryer, 1car garage.

Annual rental.

Storage Key resort. 941-966-8826, Must have sailing experience, enjoy $1200/mo.

941-228-3946. working outdoors and be service oriented.

STORAGE FACILITY Boat/ RV/ Trailer. Secure To apply call, 941-383-5511. facility, low monthly rentals, Clark Rd area.

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

Condos/Apts. For Rent

Help 2BR/2.5BA, Wanted Cedars East ANNUAL RENTAL: Townhouse.NOW Beautifully remodeled, w/garage, DRIVERS: Hiring Qualified OTR Drivers.

Bay views. $1800/mo.

941-807-2815. $1500 Sign On! Apply: www.heyl.net or 800-973-9161 Heyl Truck Lines.cathedral ceilings, ASHTON LAKES: 3BR/2BA, washer/dryer, 1car garage.

Annual rental.

PART TIME Beach Attendant wanted for Longboat $1200/mo.

941-228-3946.

Key resort. 941-966-8826, Must have sailing experience, enjoy working outdoors and be service oriented.

To apply call, 941-383-5511.

LBK CONDO at Seaplace: 1369/sq.ft., 2BR/2BA, fully furnished, few steps from beach.

Enjoy Gulf Condos/Apts.

For Rent views and sunsets. Clubhouse, fitness center, KEY. L’AMBIANCE, LONGBOAT Beach tennis courts, 2 Gulfside heated pools, front spa 2BR/3BA on high with wrap-around included. condo Available Mayfloor 1, 2013. $2700/mo. deck, views over the Gulf, Sarasota Annual270 rentdegree preferred.

941-321-0915.

Bay and LBK Club. Sunrises, sunsets with light all LONGBOAT BAYPORT BTC2BR 2BA Gulf front day through floor to ceiling windows in all rooms. viewsrentals 813-541-8876.

View at:wifi-Monthly www.thephotos.smugmug.com Call John at 203-984-8477 LONGBOAT HARBOR: 2BR/2BA, elegant top E-mail: garment@optonline.net floor, furnished, bay/harbor views, W/D and whirlpool in unit, 4 pools, tennis, 2BR/2BA, activities, LBK CONDO at Seaplace: 1369/sq.ft., exercise roomfew w/ steps sauna, private fully furnished, fromclubhouse, beach. Enjoy Gulf beach, and beach house. Clubhouse, Available 15. 6/mos.

Condos/Apts.

ForApril Rent views sunsets. fitness center, or Annual lease.

Non-smoking.

No pets.

Call tennis courts, LONGBOAT 2 Gulfside heated pools, front spa KEY. Beach L’AMBIANCE, 941-544-4509. included. condo Available Mayfloor 1, 2013. $2700/mo.

2BR/3BA on high with wrap-around Annual270 rentdegree preferred.

941-321-0915. deck, views over the Gulf, Sarasota LOWEST-PRICED CLUB Suite at LBK Resort, Bay and LBKBAYPORT Club. Sunrises, with light all LONGBOAT BTC-sunsets 2BR 2BA Gulf front investment opportunity. day through floor to rentals ceiling windows in all rooms. viewswifi-Monthly 813-541-8876. $269,900 View at: www.thephotos.smugmug.com LONGBOAT HARBOR: 2BR/2BA, elegant top Call John at 203-984-8477 floor, views,furnished, W/D and Cityfurnished, chic meetsbay/harbor LBK! Renovated, E-mail: garment@optonline.net whirlpool in unit, 4 pools, tennis, activities, 2BR/2BA PH w/big bay views, $364,500.

LBK CONDO at Seaplace: 1369/sq.ft., 2BR/2BA, exercise room w/ sauna, clubhouse, private Ahh, the Longboat lifestyle, just imagine! fully furnished, few steps from beach.

Enjoy Gulf beach, beach Freeman, house.

Available April 15.

6/mos.

Sharon Michael Saunders views and lease. sunsets.

Clubhouse, fitness center, or Annual Non-smoking.

No pets.

Call 941-545-0899 tennis courts, 2 Gulfside heated pools, spa 941-544-4509. included. Available May 1, 2013. $2700/mo.

PLAYERS CLUB - LBK. Totally renovated, beautiAnnual rent preferred.CLUB 941-321-0915.

Suite LOWEST-PRICED at LBK Resort, fully furnished, 2BD/2BA w/ gorgeous SW Gulf investment opportunity.

LONGBOAT BAYPORT BTC2BR 2BA Gulf front views. Olympic pool, Har-Tru tennis, exercise rm., $269,900 viewswifi-Monthly 813-541-8876.

24 hr. security.

Avail.rentals seasonal or annual - $2,000 $5,000. (513)265-0988 LONGBOAT HARBOR:louise213@aol.com 2BR/2BA, elegant top City chic meets LBK! Renovated, furnished, floor, furnished, bay/harbor views, W/D and 2BR/2BA PH w/big bay $364,500.

Forviews, Sale whirlpool inCondos unit, 4 pools, tennis, activities, Ahh, the Longboat lifestyle, just imagine! exercise room w/ sauna, 3BR/3.5BA. clubhouse, private GRAND BAYFreeman, ANTIGA: Sharon Michael Saunders Prime beach, beach house.

April 15.

6/mos. southern view of city.

2Available parking spaces, $999,000.

941-545-0899 or lease. Non-smoking. No pets. Call CallAnnual David, 941-928-3447.

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Light and bright home on Sarasota’s open bay with 100-feet of water frontage.

Sweeping views of the bay and direct access to the Gulf. Newer roof, seawall and dock plus all new hurricane-grade windows and sliders throughout. Open the pocket-sliders and relish ideal bay breezes from nearly every room.

SOLD: 607 Mourning Dove Drive $3,600,000 655 Mourning Dove Drive $2,300,000 658 Mourning Dove Drive $980,697 $2,649,000 485 E. Royal Flamingo Drive $950,000 523 N. Spoonbill Drive $687,500 245 Bird Key Drive $590,000 $4,495,000 Total Activity $16,252,197

ACTIVE: 582 South Spoonbill Drive PENDING: 619 Mourning Dove Drive

GRAND BAY

SARASOTA BAY

SORRENTO SHORES

LONGBOAT KEY

grandbay156.com Southern exposure! 3BR/3½BA, Antigua plan offers sprawling bay, city and golf course views from every room. $1,390,000 grandbay246.com Light and bright 3BR/3½BA Antigua.

Wraparound terrace, far-reaching bay and city views, 4th-floor residence. $1,295,000 grandbay241.com Lovely 3BR direct bayfront Antigua with wraparound terraces and 2,900+ living space.

Many upgrades throughout. $1,195,000 grandbay325.com South side 3BR/3½BA Biscayne with marina and city views. Walls of windows. $829,000 grandbay315.com Charming 3BR/3½BA Biscayne with wonderful updates and views of the bay and twinkling lights of downtown. $829,000 grandbay212.com 3BR/3½BA Biscayne plan with wraparound bay and pool views. In wonderful condition.

May be purchased furnished. $759,000 grandbay542.com Wonderful 2BR/2BA, Bimini plan on the 4th floor has seeping views and wonderful upgrades. Furnished. $725,000

350southshoredrive.com Palatial estate with views of the bay and downtown Sarasota. 5BR/3½BA plus office, formal living and dining room. Heated pool.

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

2405bayshoreroad.com Expansive multi-faceted estate on more than 200' of water frontage. A main home, guest cottage and a private theater. $1,995,000

Perfect Gulf breezes and ideal sunsets from this 5BR/5½BA beachfront home. Situated on 1+ acre site with an extended, gated entry.

Also includes dock. $3,495,000

L’AMBIANCE

COUNTRY CLUB SHORES

SANDS POINT

1015bogeylane.com 4BR plus den with views down the canal out to the bay. Upgraded finishes. $1,895,000

435lambiancek505.com Gulf to bay views at every turn, 3BR/3BA, all new windows and sliders, 2 terraces, 2 covered parking spaces. $1,795,000

THE OAKS 332bananapatchcourt.com

LONGBOAT BEACHCOMBER II Cliff Scholz-designed 4+BR with over 5,000

www.longboatbeachcomber11.com 2BR/2BA direct Gulf front residence can be an ideal retreat or rental. Small community conveniently located, just steps to beach.

Furnished. $695,000

LONGBOAT BAYSIDE 7100longboatdriveeast.com A boater’s dream with deep-water dockage and multiple boat lifts, this property offers two separate homes. $1,295,000

RITZ TOWER RESIDENCES ritztowerresidences503.com Stunning sunsets from nearly every room in this 3BR residence. Furnished. $1,495,000

feet of quality construction on the bayside.

Spectacular outdoor living areas. $1,095,000

LONGBOAT KEY TOWERS longboatkeytowersn802.com Gorgeous 2BR/2BA direct Gulf residence.

Enjoy Gulf sunsets on one private terrace and bay breezes on the other terrace. $995,000

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

sandspoint116.com Gorgeous Gulf views, completely updated, 2BR residence. Furnished. $1,195,000

SEAPLACE seaplaceg8406.com Gulf views from this top-floor 2BR/2BA. Updated kitchen and 9' ceilings. $419,000 seaplaceg1211.com Spacious 2BR/2BA with upstairs living area.

Steps to the beach. Furnished. $339,000 seaplaceg4204.com Terrific value, this 2BR is located in the popular G-4 building. $309,000

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