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The Holiday Inn’s closing affected Key businesses.

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Without the Sarasota Orchestra, the city would b-flat.

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Is Colony settlement near?

A settlement agreement submitted to the Tampa-based U.S. Bankruptcy Court’s Middle District of Florida last week is missing two things: signatures and dollar amounts.

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+ Couple celebrates 50 fabulous years Longboat Key residents Ian and Audrey Sharp celebrated 50 golden years Aug. 10, at the Deerhurst Resort, in Ontario, with their family.

The couple married Aug. 10, 1963, in Toronto.

At the anniversary celebration, the couple found a flower arrangement in their room that looked familiar. Their family had sent a photo of the original arrangement of pink gladioli and carnations from their wedding to a florist who recreated the arrangement for the special occasion.

Three Dr. Murray “Murf” Klauber-owned entities filed a “Global Compromise and settlement” Aug. 26, for Colony Beach & Tennis Resort parties with the Tampa-based U.S. Bankruptcy Court’s Middle District of Florida.

There’s only one problem. The settlement is not signed by any

of the parties. And where dollar signs and numbers should exist, there, instead, are black marker redacted lines.

When reached for comment Aug. 30, several Colony parties insisted negotiations are ongoing and could be finished soon — possibly this week.

Longtime Colony General

Manager Katie Klauber Moulton said that a bankruptcy hearing scheduled for Thursday in Tampa to review the reorganization plan could possibly be the venue used to announce the signed agreement.

“We are absolutely making progress and are hopeful we will have a signed agreement soon,”

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Moulton said. “It’s been agreed to in theory by some of the parties.”

“Some of the parties” are the key words in that statement, though, according to Colony Lender LLC principal David Siegal.

SEE COLONY / PAGE 10A

Brenner won’t seek another term With six months left in his second term, Vice Mayor David Brenner announced Tuesday he will not seek re-election for his seat.

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+ Cookout is labor of love Wicker Inn Beach Resort staff and guests labored to create an event that attendees would love.

Guests celebrated Labor Day weekend Sunday, Sept.

1, with a poolside cookout.

“Everyone had a wonderful time munching on grilled hot dogs, watermelon and home-baked cookies,” said Lissy LaFlamme, of the Wicker Inn Beach Resort.

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Vice Mayor David Brenner will not seek a third and final two-year term in March for the District 3 seat on the Longboat Key Town Commission.

Brenner told the Longboat Observer Tuesday afternoon that he spent 10 days in France with his wife, Maggie, enjoying a summer vacation and mulling whether he wanted to spend another two years as a town commissioner.

“I was kind of leaning this way before we left on our trip,” Brenner said. “I just feel like it’s time.”

In an email he sent to Key residents and supporters Tuesday night after the regular commission meeting at Town Hall, Brenner said: “At the end of this term I will be 78 years of age. In two more years, I’ll be 80. There are so many things I want to do with my life that remain, and taking it all up with commission business is not my first choice.”

Brenner is a Philadelphia native and certified public accountant who retired in 1983 at age 47, but he left retirement be-

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BRENNER / FROM PAGE 1A hind three years later when the mayor of Philadelphia asked him to become his director of commerce.

During his three years on staff, the city secured a lease for a developer on land that revitalized the city’s waterfront and helped relocate several failing businesses from the east side of town to secure their stability.

He returned as the city’s finance director in 1991, at a time when the city’s revenues were shrinking drastically.

Noting his past retirements in the email, Brenner said, “The common denominator in all three situations was that I was at the top of my game. I never want to leave regretting I had stayed too long.”

He and his wife bought a unit at the newly redeveloped Colony Beach & Tennis Resort in 1974 and vacationed on the Key for years. They bought their unit at the Islander Club in 1999 and became full-time residents in 2001.

Brenner got involved with town politics when he and other Islander Club residents successfully advocated for the installation of two groins to control erosion of the property’s beach. He served a threeyear term on the Longboat Key Planning and Zoning Board, beginning in 2006, and eventually became its chair.

In 2010, he defeated incumbent Peter O’Connor to win the District 3 seat. He won re-election two years later, defeating challenger Ray Rajewski by just 90 votes.

Brenner was at the dais for a number of key decisions, including the 2010 approval of the Longboat Key Club and Resort’s $400 million renovation-and-expansion plan, a decision that was overturned in appeals; the approval of plans for the new 49,000-square-foot Publix; and the hiring

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Other Seats Up for Grabs Town Clerk Trish Granger said interested candidates have until noon Nov. 18 to file for commission seats up for re-election in March. The following incumbents are also up for re-election in March for second-year terms: • District 2 Commissioner Lynn Larson • District 5 Commissioner Pat Zunz • At-large Commissioner Terry Gans Commissioners told the Longboat Observer it’s too soon to announce whether they are running for second terms.

Granger said neither incumbents nor challengers have expressed interest in the seats by taking out papers at Town Hall. * District 3 Commissioner David Brenner’s seat is also available. of Town Manager Dave Bullock.

Asked about his proudest achievements in an interview last year with the Longboat Observer, he listed accomplishments such as building inroads with Sarasota and Manatee counties on the various boards he sits on and the adoption of the town’s Vision Plan.

With six months left in his final term, Brenner says, “I’m not folding up my tent yet.”

“We’ve got a lot of work to do, and I am gung ho about the work the Urban Land Institute will be starting here next month,” he said.

Brenner called ULI’s consultant work “the game plan for Longboat Key’s future for the next 20 years.”

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10 YEARS LATER

by Robin Hartill | City Editor

Closing time

Closing sale

The Longboat Key Holiday Inn closed in September 2003 to make way for the luxury 29-unit Positano condominium.

Ten years later, how has that closing impacted the Key?

ow much impact can 146 hotel rooms have?

Just ask longtime Longboat Key residents and business owners who remember the island’s Holiday Inn. The 146-unit resort closed Sept. 1, 2003. This past Sunday marked 10 years without the hotel’s existence on the Key. In its place, construction began on the luxury, 29-unit Positano condominium, where sales have ranged from $2,025,000 to $4.05 million since they hit the market in 2007.

In the decade since, both past and current business owners have repeated some version of this story: They opened shop on a Key that was once bustling.

Then, the Holiday Inn closed.

“You can directly attribute the decline to the day the Holiday Inn closed,” said Marnie Matarese, a former Longboat Key resident.

Matarese is now a Realtor but previously owned a gym, Aerobics and Iron, on the Key in the 1990s. She’s been active in the Longboat Key Chamber of Commerce for the past two decades, having served multiple terms as its president.

“To me, it was a bigger hit than the Colony,” Matarese said, referring to the Colony Beach & Tennis Resort, which closed in 2010 amid ongoing lawsuits.

“By the time the Colony happened, we were already in decline. When the Holiday Inn closed, that was still a moderately priced destination, and it brought a lot of people to the island who couldn’t necessarily have the means to go to the Key Club.”

“People used to go there all summer long for the weekend,” said Harry Christenson, owner of Harry’s Continental Kitchens. “It was huge for summer tour-

General Motors/Delphi Group met at the Holiday Inn for about 10 years. Pictured is Harold “Nick” Nichols, chairman of the IUE-GM Conference Board, J.T. Battenberg III, president, CEO and chairman of the board of Delphi Automotive Systems, and Carole Nikla, Holiday Inn’s director of sales. ism.”

Longboat Key Vice Mayor David Brenner summed up his concerns about the loss of 146 rooms, saying: “For the next generation of folks who are going to come here, it doesn’t have the same attractiveness that it did 10 years ago.”

Carole Nikla never had trouble selling rooms at Longboat Key’s Holiday Inn during her 16 years as its director of sales.

She credits the resort, which was built in 1972, with putting Longboat Key on the map. It was a higher-priced Holiday

Inn with Gulf beach access. It had an indoor playroom and swimming pool, along with an upstairs bar area called the Crow’s Nest, where people could watch their children in the pool while they drank a cocktail.

But families with children weren’t the resort’s only guests.

“In the winter, we had upscale corporations and affluent tourists,” Nikla said.

Approximately 20% of the resort’s bookings were groups.

General Motors held union negotiations at the Holiday Inn. Companies such as AT&T and Bell Labs held corporate meetings at the resort, as did countless other companies and associations.

The average stay was around threeand-a-half days. Occupancy ranged from more than 90% at peak season to less than 70% in September.

A typical guest would eat breakfast at the hotel but would usually venture out for lunch and dinner, while also shopping at local businesses.

Nikla explained the difference between a condominium and a hotel when it comes to the impact on their local community.

“A condo renter is a different kind of renter,” she said. “When they come to a hotel, they expect to go out to eat and see the sights.”

The Holiday Inn also employed nearly 100 people, many of whom shopped on the Key or stopped for a drink after work at island restaurants.

Ethna Lynch, who owns Lynches Pub & Grub on St. Armands Circle with her sister, Chris Lynch, worked as a bartender at the Holiday Inn from 1982 until 1986, when she and her sister opened their first restaurant, Lynches Landing, on Longboat Key. In the early years, she got most of her customers from the Holiday Inn. “It changed Longboat tremendously,” Lynch said. “We thank our lucky stars that we had already left Longboat when it closed.”

Longboat Key has experienced a drop in business over the past decade. The most recent data for the U.S. Census Business Patterns Survey is from 2010. Over the prior decade, the Key lost 40 businesses and 780 jobs.

Although it gained businesses in fields such as real estate and leasing, the number of retailers fell from 38 in 2001 to 19 in 2010. The number of businesses classified as accommodations/ food services went from 29 in 2001 to 22 in 2010.

It’s hard to determine how much of that slump is the result of the Holiday Inn’s closing. The condominium conversion came less than two years after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks that brought nationwide tourism to a lull. It was also part of a wider real estate trend in which

The phrase “everything but the kitchen sink” didn’t apply to the Holiday Inn’s closing sale.

There were, in fact, 20 kitchen sinks for sale at the resort’s liquidation sale in September 2003.

A few highlights from the sale: The hotel bar, where a bartender told police she sold Sept. 11 terrorist Mohamed Atta a drink, was for sale for $8,500.

The hotel’s aquarium, along with the blowfish, eel and other aquatic species inside, was priced at $1,250.

There were also 25-inch TVs for $109 and a mini-fridges for $55.

Especially popular were the $15 shower curtains and $12 hair dryers that sold out within a few days.

During the first week, an estimated 2,000 people stopped by the hotel in search of bargains.

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Richard Groh rolls out his purchases at the public sale held Sept. 11, 2003, at Longboat Key Holiday Inn.

small mom-and-pop motels converted to luxury condos with just a fraction of the units.

Then came red tide. Then there was a global recession. Many business owners also experienced a slump following the BP oil spill in 2010.

Art Falls, who died in July and owned the Sea Stable, Brightwater Boutique and Susan Stribling’s New Traditions on the Key, described the impact of the closing in a “My View” in the Longboat Observer.

He estimated that 10% of Holiday Inn visitors shopped at the Sea Stable and that the loss of the rooms would result in 3,520 fewer shopping visits and a loss of $91,676 per year.

Still, not everyone is singing the Holiday Inn blues.

Christensen’s wife, Lynn, said that their deli lost some traffic from the Holiday Inn, although most of the resort’s customers didn’t dine at the restaurant.

In fact, when she looked at the numbers in 2002 and 2003 to compare with 2004 and 2005 after its closing, business increased overall.

“What Holiday Inn?” asked Cannons Marina owner David Miller, when the Longboat Observer asked him about the impact of the hotel’s closing.

“There are still lots of tourists around and there are still lots of people around,” Miller said. “There possibly was some fallout from it, but nothing dramatic at all.”

The closing, Miller says, may have even been good for Cannons Marina.

“The people who live there now buy boats from us,” Miller said. “The people who stayed at the Holiday Inn used to rent boats from us.”

Census stats According to U.S. Census data, the Key experienced a loss of businesses in the past decade through 2010, the most recent year in which data were available.

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NEWSBRIEFS + Fire Rescue calls increase 12.6% in 2013 Longboat Key Fire Rescue Chief Paul Dezzi released a fire department call summary for the first six months of the year that shows emergency medical service (EMS) calls increased 12.6% for the first six months of 2013 when compared to a year ago.

Statistics revealed that 79% of the fire department’s calls were for EMS calls.

The department transported 55% of patients seen to area hospitals.

Patient treatment is categorized by either advanced medical care or basic medical care.

Of those patients transported to a hospital in the first six months of the year, 60% received advanced medical care.

The department treated three major trauma patients, five major cardiac emergencies and six major stroke emergencies.

The department had a decrease in firecall activity during the time period, which Dezzi credits to his department’s continued fire prevention by all personnel through fire inspections.

The department reported a fire loss of $741,500 during the time period that included two boat fires, five structure fires and three vehicle fires.

In total, the department had a 5% increase in total call volume for the first six months of 2013.

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by Kurt Schultheis | Managing Editor

Town manager recommends 4.5% millage rate increase GAme of musical chairs comes to an end The Longboat Key Firefighter Pension Board has two new board members to replace outgoing firefighters Keith Tanner and Matt Taylor.

New board members/firefighter representatives, appointed by Town Manager Dave Bullock, include Brandon Desch and Jason Berzowski. Berzowski, who took Taylor’s seat, took his oath of office at a Aug. 28 quarterly board meeting at Town Hall.

When the new seven-person board first met May 15, firefighter/paramedic and Longboat Key Fire Rescue District Vice President Keith Tanner didn’t repeat the oath of office and walked out of the meeting after claiming the board went against state statutes. Desch replaced Tanner on the board.

When the board met again June 12, it lost another member.

Firefighter/paramedic and board member Matt Taylor walked out of the meeting as soon as it started.

“I don’t feel comfortable moving forward with any actions,” Taylor said June 12. “The state is not agreeing with what the town is doing. I don’t feel comfortable being up here.”

Although Bullock asked both firefighters to make a decision about if they would return to the board by July 18, neither responded in time, prompting Bullock to make new appointments.

Tanner and Taylor have concerns about the board being formed before their current pension plan is frozen.

by Kurt Schultheis | Managing Editor

Town and police union are at odds about new contract The Longboat Key union-represented police officers turned down three separate offers from town officials.

Negotiations are over; impasse has been declared; and the town and the Longboat Key Police Union are barely on speaking terms. In fact, they have been urged not to speak outside a negotiation table.

In an Aug. 27 email to Mayor Jim Brown, police officer and union representative Chris Skinner sent an email to Mayor Jim Brown, asking for a meeting “to share concerns and to provide some information specifically about each officer’s job knowledge, training and experience they have obtained in their law-enforcement careers.”

Although Skinner said the union’s attorney said it was “completely acceptable” for commissioners to meet with union representatives before a special magistrate reviews the issues of the contract negotiations next month, Brown politely declined the invitation in a follow-up email to Skinner. Brown also explained the town’s labor attorney advised against the meeting.

“Although I can understand your frustration, I’m sure you understand as a member of the bargaining committee that I cannot meet with you to discuss anything to do with the current negotiations,” Brown wrote. “If you have a proposal to offer, your group should call for a bargaining session to discuss it with our bargaining committee. Under the rules of bargaining this is the only way to bring your proposal forward. I hope you can understand my position.”

The union opted not to accept any of the town’s three retirement options when it held a vote of its 11 members in July.

The town must wait for a special magistrate to hear the issues and render a decision moving forward. A meeting is scheduled for 9 a.m. Oct. 16 to discuss the issues and set a magistrate hearing date.

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Bullock had previously recommended keeping the millage rate flat for another year.

“The town may choose to address a portion, or all of this increase, in this proposed budget in order to lower the impact in the following fiscal year,” Bullock wrote.

If the commission chooses to wait, Bullock said a tax increase is not necessary this year.

Before the announcement, Bullock’s latest recommended budget revealed that pension plan costs for fiscal year 201314 were set at $2.6 million annually. It’s up to the commission to address just a portion, or all of the $400,000 increase in next year’s budget. If the commission agrees with the town manager’s recommendation to address the entire $400,000 pension increase this year, pension costs will be reduced the following fiscal year.

“The potential budget impact of this issue is noted in your budget report and continues to unfold daily,” Bullock wrote in his recommended budget.

The commission is scheduled to discuss the issue and adopt a millage rate and 2013-14 fiscal year budget on first reading and public hearing at its 7 p.m. regular meeting Tuesday, Sept.

3, at Town Hall. For a complete recap of the meeting, visit www. yourobserver.com.

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Town Manager Dave Bullock is reversing course and now recommends a 4.5% millage increase for Longboat Key taxpayers in fiscal year 2013-14 to pay for rising pension costs.

That’s because the state of Florida’s Division of Retirement is questioning the assumption rates for two pension plans the town is trying to freeze by the end of the month.

State officials believe an 8% rate of investment return for the firefighters’ pension plan and a 7.75% rate of return for the general employees’ pension plan is not attainable moving forward.

Since state officials are pushing for a 7% rate of return for both closed plans moving forward, Bullock is now calling for a millage rate increase. The town, meanwhile, will work with actuaries to make revised assumption rates in the coming weeks.

On Friday, Bullock sent a new budget recommendation to the Longboat Key Town Commission that calls for a 0.878 millage rate increase. The recommendation would boost the current millage rate from 1.8872 mills to 1.975 mills, for a 4.5% millage increase. If approved, the recommendations would generate $400,000 in the town’s pension reserves account to pay for the increase in pension costs.

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PIC’s voice is changing to comply with a state bill The Public Interest Committee could reorganize next month following changes to statewide campaign-finance laws and a ruling from the Florida Elections Commission.

The Longboat Key Public Interest Committee’s (PIC) newsletter is called “The Voice of Longboat Key.” The organization formed 27 years ago to provide a voice — in the form of factual, nonbiased information — to residents about town issues.

Now, that voice is changing.

PIC’s board will meet in October to discuss possible reorganization.

The reason, first and foremost, is that PIC has typically reported to the Florida Elections Commission as a committee of continuous existence (CCE). But a bill Gov. Rick Scott signed into law eliminates CCEs, a type of quasi-political action committee that virtually anyone, including candidates for office, could create. Critics argued they were ripe for abuse because they lacked limits on what expenditures were allowed.

As a result, PIC — and all other CCEs — must cease all operations and have a zero bank-account balance by Sept. 30.

At the same time the Legislature was passing broad changes to the state’s campaign finance laws, the Florida Elections Commission (FEC) was investigating a complaint former Longboat Key Town Commission candidate Gene Jaleski filed.

Jaleski alleged that PIC failed to register as a political committee when it advertised its endorsements for the March election.

The FEC determined that PIC “failed

to register as a political committee and published a political advertisement that did not comply with statutory disclaimer requirements.”

PIC agreed to pay a $600 fine after a hearing.

The organization’s Co-President, Ann Roth, described the violation as “not intentional” and said the violation stemmed from advertisements in both Key newspapers.

“There were minor unintentional violations stemming from our paid advertisements and we had never done paid advertisements previously,” said Gaele Barthold, PIC co-president.

Although PIC could register as a political committee, that’s not the path the board believes the organization should take — in part because of the extensive reporting requirements and constant legal changes.

Next month, the board will meet to discuss reorganizing as a 501(c)(3) or 501(c) (4) organization “with the intent of continuing our educational mission without political overtones,” according to a letter the board sent PIC members last week.

The new organization will be unable to advertise its endorsements if it’s not a political committee, although it could continue to hold debates and educational forums.

“We’ve always been a civic, not-forprofit organization that discussed topics of interest for decades,” Roth said.

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In July, the Longboat Key Turtle Watch experienced its largest crowd for an excavation.

More than 400 people were in attendance.

Turtle Watch will monitor audience size at openings

At the request of a state agency, Longboat Key Turtle Watch will limit the number of onlookers at nest openings.

Since this season’s sea turtle-nest season began, the Longboat Key audiences for nest excavations have grown. In July, the Longboat Key Turtle Watch experienced its largest crowd for an excavation —more than 400 people were in attendance.

The amount of participants showing up at the excavations has not dwindled since, with nest openings attracting an average of 300 onlookers each time.

But that’s about to change.

Due to the large numbers gathering on the beach for these excavations, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission has stepped in and asked the Longboat Key Turtle Watch to limit the number of participants at its nestopening activities.

To adhere to the request and draw smaller audiences, the Longboat Key Turtle Watch has reduced the number of places it publicizes nest openings, and it is holding openings at nests in areas where large crowds are not likely to form.

The Longboat Key Turtle Watch feels

that for the educational awareness to be a good takeaway message, the audience at the nest openings must be smaller, but not non-existent.

“We want to have all who are participating get as much out of the opportunity as possible,” says Cyndi Seamon, a Turtle Watch volunteer.

Not every turtle-patrol organization that holds a Mote Marine Laboratory Turtle Permit advertises and invites the public to attend nest openings. The Longboat Key Turtle Watch is one of the only groups in the state that has publically promoted and conducted excavations.

The Longboat Key Turtle Watch developed the excavation program through a coordinated subgroup of Mote Marine Laboratory volunteers, which patrols the northern end of Longboat Key. “Public education is still very important to Mote,” said Hayley Rutger, public relations coordinator at Mote Marine.

“We are grateful for the Turtle Watch’s ability to carry out their programs at the northern end of the Key.”

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LBK’s unavoidable tax hikes

This is a first …

As this was being composed, it preceded the Longboat Key Town Commission meetings Tuesday night. Commissioners were expected to vote on a town millage rate for the 2013-14 fiscal year on first reading. And if we were a betting sort, we would have bet commissioners would vote Tuesday night to increase Longboat Key’s property-tax rate.

Here’s the first: It pains our fingers to type these words, but we agree with the increase.

In fact, of the five options Town Manager David Bullock presented to commissioners (see top box at right), the best options are D and E. They would keep the town from digging a deeper pension hole and also shore up the town’s rainy-day contingency funds to handle a 90-day storm event.

Option E would actually do all of D, plus give the town an additional $111,275 that could be used to begin doing what must be done — pay down the town’s $27 million unfunded pension liabilities.

To be sure, none of the tax-hike options is the preferred course at all. Tax increases should be a last, desperate step. Indeed, in a world unfettered by politics and driven purely by economics, the preferred course would be to shut down Town Hall and start over. Outsource to private providers and contractors every typical service taxpayers need, except the town manager’s job and maybe one or two other managers’ jobs.

Our bet — one we would place confidently in Las Vegas — is Longboat Key residents could obtain all of the services they now receive and at the same level for significantly less money than they are now paying.

Of course, the politics of scrapping everything and starting over are too great to overcome and, alas, unrealistic.

So we’re stuck with reality, which is this: It’s time to begin paying. For the next 30 years, Longboat Key taxpayers will likely be paying higher taxes than now to eliminate the town’s accumulated pension liabilities.

It’s virtually unavoidable.

Sure, if you’re in your mid-70s, 80s or 90s and your income is more or less fixed, you might be inclined to say: “Don’t make me pay; let the next generation pay.” And then you would be almost as bad as the louses in Washington who have saddled future generations with debt and lower standards of living.

Let’s face it, in truth, responsibility for the town’s pension liabilities falls on the Key’s voters. After all, they elected the commissioners who granted the padded pensions. It follows the burden is theirs.

Mind you, the town manager’s millage options don’t directly address the town’s pension shortfall decisively. His Options B, C, D and E simply keep the pension hole from getting deeper. The town’s Finance Advisory Committee is preparing the next step — a long-term pay-down plan that will bring stability and predictability for taxpayers.

In the end, this year’s millage options and proposed $400,000 pension reserves are a real-estate issue. You can be sure prospective buyers are asking their Realtors: Is Longboat Key a hidden Detroit? Will future property taxes be saddled with paying for previous mistakes?

Welcome to reality. We have all known for a long time: Taxes are going up.

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LONGBOAT KEY MILLAGE OPTIONS

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Impact on Operating Fund Balance Days

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0%

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B. Millage based on Increased Pension Reserve ($400,000)

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$100,000

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C. Millage to cover Expenditures (Less Contingency, Red Tide) Millage required to generate $400,000 Pension Reserve Total D. Millage to cover Expenditures (Includes Contingency, Red Tide Millage required to generate $400,000 Pension Reserve Total E. * Maximum Millage (may use $400,000 for Pension Reserve)

* Requires a Two-Thirds Vote of the Commission

ASSESSED VALUES, MILLAGE HISTORY

MILLAGE RATES BY YEAR Fiscal Year

Taxable Value

Millage Rate

Tax Revenue

2003

$4,028,202,211

2.0000

$7,782,385

2004

$4,618,875,625

1.8500

$8,166,762

2005

$5,014,504,388

1.5500

$7,468,162

2006

$5,695,624,611

1.4650

$8,031,529

2007

$6,555,048,538

1.4175

$8,953,270

2008

$6,606,809,366

1.4062

$8,970,156

2009

$5,954,878,099

1.5000

$8,639,024

2010

$5,350,393,405

1.4903

$7,697,326

2011

$4,868,600,933

1.8872

$8,863,270

2012

$4,647,670,792

1.8872

$8,499,099

2013

$4,582,642,068

1.8872

$8,379,912

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by Nolan Peterson | Staff Writer

Sadly, Americans are apathetic again Why? My younger brother is going back to war, and I’m not sure how I feel about it.

But I’m pretty sure I know how the rest of the country feels.

Three weeks ago, three U.S. soldiers were killed by hostile fire in Afghanistan. I challenge you to find their story in any national media website. If you do, it likely won’t be more than a few sentences. Another sour note in a war by which most Americans are hardly affected and have already tuned out.

But I feel something different. I check the casualty reports every morning. This war is real to me. It’s my younger brother going over there, for God’s sake. Won’t somebody pay attention? Doesn’t anybody care?

I bought a “Red Friday” shirt a few weeks ago. It’s a trend, probably not widespread, to wear a red shirt every Friday to honor the men and women still deployed. The usual question I get when I wear the shirt is, “What’s that for?” When I explain, the response is typically, “Oh.” I also bought a yellow ribbon pendant to wear on my lapel, I changed my Facebook profile picture to one of my brother and me hugging after he got back from his first deployment to Afghanistan. I wear a wristband that says “support our troops.” I put

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an American flag sticker on the back of my car. I’m screaming as loud as I can, but my voice is mute.

The fact is our country is tired of war. The sadness of it has drained us.

The anger and sense of patriotism that fueled our interest in the aftermath of 9/11 is mostly forgotten now, and we have fallen into the same old trap of underestimating the threats to our country and not wanting to interrupt our comfortable lives with the uncomfortable reality of the big bad world outside our borders.

Think about what’s going on in Afghanistan, Iraq, Egypt, Syria, Mali, Pakistan, Somalia, Sudan, Tibet and on and on and on and on. There are dark, violent places in this world.

You wouldn’t know it, though, based on the faces of people I saw at P.F. Chang’s on a recent Wednesday night.

Or, when you watch the nightly news and the endless bloviating about this party or that one and whether so and so will run for president 32 years from now.

We forget that our sons and daughters are still in the sand of the lifeand-death arena of combat against a savage and determined enemy.

We put them there. Yes, we, and that means you, too, and it is our apathy toward the blood and treasure spilled in our name that has kept them there.

We call them heroes. Some old

veterans might give them a hat and a few candy bars when they step off the plane. But as a country, we have figured out that it’s easier to call someone a hero on their return than to have the courage to do the right thing and pay attention to the harder, uglier part of the story — to actually care about the war.

I had a conversation with an old friend the other night. She told me she respected why I, as a veteran, became a journalist, and she understood my reasons for wanting to write a book about the wars. But she also told me something I didn’t want to hear: “People don’t care. You won’t change anything.”

She may be right. In fact, I’m pretty sure she is. I’m fighting against reality TV, multibillion-dollar political machines fighting for airtime and a national attention span the length of a commercial break.

But I don’t care. He’s my brother, damn it, and I’m proud and scared about him going back to war. Until he comes home, I’ll continue to scream and shout as loud as my voice will carry, and maybe, just maybe, someone will ask why.

Nolan Peterson, news editor for the Sarasota Observer and Pelican Press, is a graduate of the U.S. Air Force Academy and a veteran of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars. He was an Air Force special operations pilot with more than 250 hours of combat flight time. He is a Sarasota native.

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“I haven’t gotten one phone call or one email regarding a settlement,” Siegal said. “As far as I’m concerned, what was filed in court means nothing.”

Apparently the U.S. trustee assigned to the case agrees with Siegal’s assessment.

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4:12 a.m. — 4100 block of GMD. Fire. A man who lives in an apartment above a restaurant woke to the smell of smoke. Longboat Key Fire Rescue determined the smoke was from a pot that was left on a stove. The pilot light on the stove had already turned off.

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7:37 p.m. — 5100 block of GMD. Missing Person. A man told police he had left his wife in the car while he went back to his room to make sure it was locked. When he returned, his wife was gone. A half hour later, an officer spotted her on the beach.

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Because the bankruptcy cases were filed prior to Colony Lender’s scheduled trial, the debtor’s assets have been preserved while a reorganization plan was created.

“The debtors intend to enter into a Global Compromise and settlement with the Association, the Partnership Trustee and the Klauber parties to resolve all outstanding litigation issues and disputes with such parties,” the reorganization plan states. “The resolution of such issues is intended to place, directly or indirectly, all strategic assets located at, related to or needed in connection with the successful operation of the resort in the hands of one party so that the resort can be returned to a minimum four star-resort level. Creditors will be paid, satisfied or released consistent with the Global Compromise.”

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Siegal, meanwhile, is still pursuing his foreclosure action on the debt owed to Colony Lender, both in a Tampa bankruptcy court and in a 12th Judicial Circuit courtroom.

Last week, Colony Lender made its case in Sarasota for why it’s owed its money, and a judge will render his decision, possibly this week, as to what that exact dollar amount should be.

On Thursday, Colony Lender has its own bankruptcy hearing in Tampa to see if a U.S. bankruptcy judge will lift the stay afforded to the Klauberowned entities and allow its foreclosure sale to occur.

Asked if Colony Lender has been contacted for settlement discussions yet, Yablon said, “We are dealing with settlements one at a time. The dispute at the Colony started between the Klabuer family and the Association. Those are the parties that need to take the first step toward ending the dispute. Once that dispute is settled, we will wake up the next morning and see what the world looks like then.”

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Thomas Bramble

Thomas Edwin Bramble, 101, of Bradenton and formerly of Longboat Key, died Aug. 17.

Born July 31, 1912, in Philadelphia, he was a graduate of Gerrard College, a private boarding school for boys, and of Juniata College in Huntington, Pa., where he majored in sociology and botany.

He was an avid golfer and tennis player, who played tennis well into his 90s at various places on Longboat Key. Mr. Bramble worked in various capacities for the Tuberculosis Foundation and worked as a high school counselor upon his retirement from the foundation. He moved in 1980 to Bradenton and also rented a home on Longboat Key. He is preceded in death by his wife of 67 years, Catharine.

He is survived by his son, John; daughters Barbara and Margaret Robinson; and two grandchildren.

There will be a celebration of life service at 3:30 p.m. Sept. 10, at Freedom Village in Bradenton, where he lived since 2005.

Contributions in his memory may be made to a charity of your choice.

Margie Kallmeyer

Margie A. Kallmeyer, 85, of Longboat Key, died Aug. 28.

A longtime employee of the Michigan Bell Telephone Co., she retired in February 1980 to Longboat Key. Mrs. Kallmeyer was a member of the Longboat Island Chapel and an avid tennis player. She played on the Tri City team for Cedars Tennis Club.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Alvin. She is survived by three daughters, Sharon LaVigne, of Orlando, and Linda Swarz and Brenda Fisher, both of Sarasota; four grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.

In lieu of flowers, please make donations in her name to Manatee Meals on Wheels.

More information can be obtained by emailing service@mealsonwheelsplus.org.

A service will be private.

Kevin C. Landry

Kevin C. Landry, 69, of Boston and Longboat Key, died Aug. 1. He was born April 18, 1944.

Mr. Landry graduated in 1962 from Middlesex School in Concord, Mass. He received a bachelor’s degree from Harvard College in 1966 and an MBA from the Wharton School of Finance, University of Pennsylvania, in 1968. He had a home on Longboat Key since 2000.

Mr. Landry is survived by his wife, G. Barrie Landry; son Christopher Landry, of New

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A memorial service was held Aug. 15.

Memorial donations may be made to the Landry Cancer Biology Consortium. Checks should be made payable to Harvard University, referencing the Landry Cancer Consortium, and sent to Recording Secretary Office, Harvard University Development, 124, Mount Auburn St., Cambridge, MA, 02138.

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

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.

Marjorie G. Morris

Marjorie G. Morris, 91, of Lafayette, Ind., and Longboat Key, died Aug. 22.

Born July 14, 1922, in Woodmere, N.Y., she was the daughter of Edwin and Dorothy Guiterman.

Mrs. Morris spent her winters on Longboat Key and was involved with many activities on the Key and in Lafayette.

Mrs. Morris was preceded in death by her husband of 58 years, Ralph.

She is survived by daughters Kathy Busch, of West Lafayette, Ind., and Betsy Applebaum, of Plano, Texas; son Chip Morris, of Jacksonville; and seven grandchildren.

A funeral took place Aug. 29. Memorial contributions may be made to Temple Beth Israel on Longboat Key, the Lafayette Symphony in Indiana or the Greater Lafayette Museum of Art in Indiana.

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. 388-1234.

St. Mary, Star of the Sea, Catholic Church, 4280 Gulf of Mexico Drive, holds Sunday Masses at 8:30 and 10:30 a.m.; and Saturday Masses are at 5 p.m. Msgr. Gerard Finegan is the priest. 383-1255.

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bEaChES - Enjoy breakfast in your spacious eat-in kitchen and fabulous direct Gulf views from this beautifully updated 2BD/2BA condominium home with a luxuriously crafted master suite. $675,000

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ISlanDEr Club – Lovely bay view from this east-facing residence with a ‘peek of the Gulf’ from the master bedroom! This condo was renovated in 2006 and is fully furnished. $405,000

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Offered furnished. This is a Ritz Carlton managed property....................................................................................$3,895,000 LOnGBOaT KeY - charming 3/3/waterfront home privately situated across from a 7 acre preserve..........$515,000 LOnGBOaT KeY - Lowest priced vacant lot on the Key. Beach access............................................................$179,000 WindWaRd BaY - Penthouse with amazing bay views, tennis, 2 pools, boat docks, deeded beach access. 2 pets

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Mainland Sarasota University Park $679,000 Carolyn Donnelly, 941-387-1835 Pristine 3BR/3BA lakefront pool home, den, summer kitchen, & many upgrades.

MLS#A3982084 )74439 One Watergate $550,000 Lou Salvatori, 941-366-8070 1736 SF 2/2 condo w/beautiful bay views. Enjoy the sunsets on your balcony. MLS#A3983379 )37670 Alinari $325,000 Martina Coppenrath, 941-387-1853 Follow your heart to this impressive condo. Walk-in closet, central H/A. MLS#A3976953 )79230 Golden Gate Pt $224,900 Mary Ann Dabney, 941-366-8070 1/1 condo.

Newly renovated. Near beaches & downtown Sarasota. MLS#A3980222 )73012

Longboat Key, Bay Isles $1,950,000 3/3.5 Gwen Kruse 941-366-8070 MLS#A3983229 )79163

The Keys Lighthouse Point $3,995,000 Linda Weber/Bruce Myer, 941-3871863/941-387-1859 4BD+Office/4.5BA 5,000 SF custom home with pool/ dock on peninsula enclave! MLS#A3970900 )79225 Country Club Shores $1,750,000 Judy Kepecz-Hays, 941-387-1825 For gracious amenities see this enchanting 4BR/4BA residence. Tile-roofed.

MLS#A3973740 )95177 Bay Isles $1,699,000 Linda Weber, 941-387-1863 4300 sq.ft. custom home Longboat Key Club Harbourside Golf Course. MLS#A3951531 )79246 Tangerine Bay Club $895,000 Gene DePoris, 941-388-3966 Reward yourself with rich styling in this wonderful 3BR/3BA condo. MLS#A3981978 Shore Acres $725,000 Gabe/Charles Buky, 941-387-1864 One block to Bean Point beach, renovated like new; 3BR/2BA, pool. MLS#A3977360 )79283

Sarasota, The Beach Residences $1,829,000 3/3 Judy Kepecz-Hays 941-387-1825 MLS#A3953059 )73037

Longboat Key, Beaches $1,275,000 2/2 Michelle Musto 941-387-1882 MLS#A3965925 )74437

Bird Key $649,000 Barbara Miller, 941-388-3966 Picture yourself luxuriating in this fenced 3BR/3BA home. Mature foliage. MLS#A3983397 Westchester Condo $600,000 Toni Giliberti, 941-383-6411 Reward yourself with elegance in this irresistible 2BR/2BA condo. MLS#A3976372 )79249 Country Club Shores $535,000 Kathy Scott, 941-388-3966 Verify for yourself the charms of this exceptional 2BR/2BA home. MLS#A3983198 Beachplace $449,000 Bruce Myer, 941-387-1859 2BD/2BA with private walk-down and 2 parking spaces in Beachplace Bldg #11. MLS#A3974556 )79194 Price Reduced $295,000 Michael/Mary Nell Moore, 941-321-8594/941266-7740 Cedars East updated 2BR/2.5BA townhouse; fulltime residence/ rental income. MLS#A3958914 )79271 Longboat Harbour $265,000 Lynne Koy, 941-387-1803 Experience the many delights of this distinctive 2BR/2BA condo. Dock. MLS#A3973987 )79227

Venice/Osprey/Nokomis Sarasota, Just Reduced! $949,000 3/3 Sandy Endres 941-387-1861 MLS#A3957930 )74436

Sorrento Shores $1,995,000 Roger Pettingell, 941-387-1840 Enjoy the special charm of this tile-roofed 7BR/5+BA waterfront home. MLS#A3977120 )73029

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By Adam Hughes | Research Editor

Bird Key home sells for $2,023,400 Editor’s note: The Sarasota County Property Appraiser’s website did not list pool information for the residential transactions for this week.

The following residential real-estate transactions took place between Aug. 19 and Aug. 23. A home on Bird Key tops all transactions in this week’s real estate. R. Craig Adams Corp. sold the home at 631 Mourning Dove Drive to LGA Fudi Inc. for $2,023,400. Built in 1963, it has three bedrooms, three-and-a-half baths and 3,755 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $2.8 million in 2004.

Queens Harbour

Maureen Savaiano, trustee, sold the home at 3625 Fair Oaks Place to Carole Reed Strong, of Longboat Key, for $925,000. Built in 1998, it has three bedrooms, two-and-a-half baths and 2,841 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $554,000 in 1998.

Islands West

Sylvia Cohen, of Sarasota, sold her Unit 8-C condominium at 2525 Gulf of Mexico Drive to VVC Rentals LLC for $562,500.

Built in 1972, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,468 square feet of living area.

Harbour Oaks at Longboat Key Club

Deborah Anderson, trustee, sold the Unit 603 condominium at 2201 Harbourside Drive to Alison Engel, of Dallas, for $565,000. Built in 1984, it has three bedrooms, three baths and 2,219 square feet of living area.

Promenade

Joan Sinder sold her Unit 408 condominium at 1211 Gulf of Mexico Drive to Morton Potoff and Jeanne Guertin-Potoff, of Deep River, Conn., for $550,000. Built

Heather Merriman

This home at 631 Mourning Dove Drive has three bedrooms, three-and-a-half baths and 3,755 square feet of living area. It sold for $2,023,400. in 1985, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,827 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $370,000 in 1997.

Grand Bay

Randal and Jill Marie Phillips, of Nokomis, sold their Unit 632 condominium to 3070 Grand Bay LLC for $530,000. Built in 1995, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,276 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $719,000 in 2006.

Windward Bay

Robert and Vicki Havel, of Marion, Ind., and William and Cathy Bishop, of Sarasota, sold their Unit 301 condominium at 4900 Gulf of Mexico Drive to Steven Kaufman and Nalini Sharma, of Jamaica

Plain, Mass., for $280,000. Built in 1975, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,337 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $340,000 in 2004.

Sutton Place

Margaret Marxhausen, trustee, of Avon, Ohio, sold the Unit A-204 condominium at 605 Sutton Place to Sheila Martin, of Longboat Key, for $269,300. Built in 1973, it has two bedrooms, one bath and 992 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $129,000 in 1995.

Drive to Alexander Yushkevich and Sanya Zezulin, of Sarasota, for $1.86 million.

Built in 2012, it has four bedrooms, threeand-a-half baths and 2,657 square feet of living area.

The Presidential

James and Ruth Shields sold their Unit 309 condominium at 845 Benjamin Franklin Drive to Kelly Kearns, of Sarasota, for $215,000. Built in 1974, it has one bedroom, one bath and 756 square feet of living area.

LIDO KEY Lido Beach

Thomas McArdle and Glenn Burke, of Hazlet, N.J., sold their home at 168 Bryant

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LICENSED REAL ESTATE BROKER

2204 Harbour Court Dr #A3972270 $999,000 Michael Yawitz

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

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

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

6338 Laguna Dr #A3957942 $795,000 Audrey Singer

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

8263 Archers Ct #A3938017 $2,995,000 Sylvia Zimmerman

1942 Wisteria St #A3974548 $749,000 Dede Curran

Sarasota 941-388-4447 941-928-3255

250 Sands Point Rd # 5401 #A3921919 $699,000 Gail Wittig

Longboat Key 941-383-7591 941-228-1985

4600 Bay Shore Rd #A3983290 $699,000 Nancie Kalin

Sarasota 941-388-4447 941-928-8833

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

Sarasota 941-388-4447 941-724-5448

7260 N Serenoa Dr #A3982070 $525,000 Ann Martin

Sarasota 941-383-7591 941-350-5022

Sarasota 941-388-4447 941-356-7717

2612 Mulberry Ter #A3983179 $499,900 Anna Kaminski

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2109 Gulf Of Mexico Dr # 1201 #A3957661 $489,000 Hannerle Moore

The Ritz-Carlton Beach Residences # 503 #A3981871 $2,950,000 Julia McClung

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

450 Gulf Of Mexico Dr # B101 #A3970985 $459,000 Diana Kryszak

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

Lido Key 941-388-4447 941-356-6499

3240 Gulf Of Mexico Dr # 103 #A3975227 $365,000 Sylvia Zimmerman

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

1930 Harbourside Dr # 124 #A3982406 $359,900 Saint Cacchiotti

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

615 Dream Island Rd # 306 #A3969421 $349,000 Barbara Dumbaugh

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

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

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

5120 Treesdale Ct #A3979195 $329,000 Brigitte Von Kessel

Sarasota 941-383-7591 941-266-2174

4960 Gulf Of Mexico Dr # 202 #A3979213 $324,500 Diane Otis Stirling

Longboat Key 941-388-4447 941-320-4261

4390 Exeter Dr # 301 #A3983420 $289,999 Tama Traberman

Longboat Key 941-383-5502 941-225-3351

4540 Gulf Of Mexico Dr # 202 #A3979332 $279,900 Sharon Freeman

Longboat Key 941-388-4447 941-545-0899

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BUILDING PERMITS These are the largest building permits issued by the Longboat Key Planning and Zoning Department for the week of Aug. 23 through Aug. 29, in order of dollar amounts. (GMD = Gulf of Mexico Drive) Address Permit Applicant Amount

Harbor Villa Club 615 Dream Island Road Re-roof Condo Association $203,545 4995 GMD Alteration William Heckethorn $150,000 LB500 LLC $128,900 361 Longboat Club Road Alteration Alteration Margaret Williams $118,000 5201 GMD Pool Donald Foss $439,450 5919 GMD Alteration Janet Lynn Rush $95,000 4500 GMD Deck repair Peter Wolf $70,000 3381 Bayou Sound Dock and seawall Stephen Madva $43,923 541 Bowsprit Lane 6505 GMD Re-roof David Fagerlee $35,640 $35,000 2110 Harbourside Drive Bathroom alteration John Doster Lanai alteration Longboat Terrace Condo Assoc. $29,500 5391 GMD Neal Horne $27,450 672 Dream Island Road Pool Patio deck repair Benedict Maniscalco $14,475 6565 Gulfside Road

Window replacement Diocese of Venice $13,500 4280 GMD Maurice Orlando $12,000 624 Dream Island Road Cabana Re-roof Fernando Viteri $10,300 641 St. Judes Drive $10,000 2004 Harbourside Drive Kitchen alteration Gary Ehlers Paul White $7,378 771 Old Compass Road Alteration Hurricane shutters Michael Mullihan $3,675 4325 GMD Alteration Whitney Beach Condo Assoc. $3,300 6750 GMD Winding Oaks $1,800 3420 Harbourside Drive Alteration 1000 Longboat Club Road Hurricane shutters Mario Parker $1,630

556 Sutton Pl #A3975937 $269,900 Robert Dardas

3465 Gulf Of Mexico Dr # 105 #A3983303 $239,000 Ian Addy Pa

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

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

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Longboat Key 941-951-6660 941-650-0337

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4340 Falmouth Dr # 304 #A3979534 $239,000 Marianne Lebar

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

1111 Ritz Carlton Dr # 1505 #A3966943 $7,200 Diane Lyons

Sarasota 941-552-4200 941-552-4200

4311 Gulf Of Mexico Dr # 201 Longboat Key #A3960667 $2,500-$5,000/month, 90 day min Diann Thelen 941-552-4200

4500 Gulf Of Mexico Dr # G302 #A3980097 $257,900 Bobbi Banan

2800 Harbourside Dr # E-14 #A3954322 $135,000 Bruce & Jenine Meyer

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

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

1281 Gulf Of Mexico Dr # 703 #A3982353 $1,849,000 Julie Jordan

Longboat Key 941-388-4447 941-388-4447

561 Spinnaker Ln #A3975981 $1,690,000 Michael Moulton

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

101 Ben Franklin Dr # 9N #A3980634 $1,538,000 Douglas Parks

Lido Key 941-388-4447 941-400-9087

572 Gunwale Ln #A3980750 $1,499,000 Jenifer Schwell

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

3349 Sabal Cove Way, Bay Isles #A3971449 $1,175,000 Judy Nimz

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

7175 Gulf Of Mexico Dr # 24 #A3978960 $1,149,000 Sandi Layfield

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

7792 Holiday Dr N #A3981288 $1,125,000 Marcia Salkin

Sarasota 941-383-7591 941-376-6121

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

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

551 Putting Green Ln #A3978393 $949,500 Hannerle Moore

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

1085 Gulf Of Mexico Dr # 505 #A3978387 $825,000 John August

Longboat Key 941-388-4447 941-320-9795

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

Longboat Key 941-383-5502 941-266-8152

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

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6750 Gulf Of Mexico Dr # 172 Longboat Key #A3968001 $2,800-$3,500/month, 30 day min Diann Thelen 941-552-4200

VA C AT I O N R E N TA L S 1435 Westway Dr, New Construction #A3960472 $6,500,000 Stephanie Church

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TemperatureS

Record Temperatures

High

Low

High

Low

Tuesday, Aug. 27

89

73

97 (1923)

65 (1930)

Wednesday, Aug. 28

91

72

98 (1938)

65 (1984)

Thursday, Aug. 29

92

73

98 (1938)

68 (1960)

Friday, Aug. 30

88

75

96 (1998)

64 (1930)

Saturday, Aug. 31

88

76

97 (1970)

65 (1927)

Sunday, Sept. 1

89

76

95 (1952)

63 (1927)

Monday, Sept. 2

90

75

95 (1962)

63 (1960)

Average Gulf water temperature: 88

MOON PHASES

Sunrise / sunset

Sept. 12 First

Sunrise

Sunset

Thursday, Sept. 5

7:11a

7:47p

Friday, Sept. 6

7:12a

7:46p

Sept. 19 Full

Saturday, Sept. 7

7:12a

7:45p

Sunday, Sept. 8

7:13a

7:44p

Sept. 26 Last

Monday, Sept. 9

7:13a

7:43p

Tuesday, Sept. 10

7:14a

7:42p

Wednesday, Sept. 11

7:14a

7:41p

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Highs

Lows

Thursday, Sept. 5

12:41a

12:41p

6:47a

7:30p

Friday, Sept. 6

12:57a

1:19p

7:25a

7:54p

Saturday, Sept. 7

1:17a

2:01p

8:06a

8:19p

Sunday, Sept. 8

1:43a

2:48p

8:51a

8:45p

Monday, Sept. 9

2:15a

3:42p

9:42a

9:13p

Tuesday, Sept. 10

2:52a

4:51p

10:43a

9:43p

3:37a Wednesday, Sept. 11

6:30p

11:57a

10:16p

ACROSS 1 Beat down, as loose dirt 5 Something bestowed 9 Door-fastening device 13 Dance derived from the twist 17 “Sacro” addition 19 Half of a TV transmission 20 Rounds and clips 21 “... in ___-horse open sleigh” 22 Station identification 24 Make a big stink 25 Opposite of polite 26 Witty reply 27 Autoworkers’ places 30 Character in “Beowulf” 31 True and actual 32 Late “Giant” wrestler 33 Pointed out incorrectly 40 Lung-related 42 Prefix meaning “bone” (var.)

43 Old gold coin 44 Infamous Roman emperor 45 Lummox 48 ___ a church mouse 51 Workplace honcho 52 Wretched 54 Prefix with “lateral” 55 Fingerprint made visible by dusting 57 Certain opera singer 58 Place for a planter 59 Parcel 61 Desertlike 62 Classic record material 63 “Odds are ...”

69 10-pitch types 72 Having no

TAKE THE L TRAIn by Alex Cohagglen perceptible weight 73 Like Gabriel 77 Bard of ___ (Shakespeare’s title) 78 Sanctuaries (var.)

80 Lady Liberty, e.g.

83 Here, in Spain 84 Fictional king with an enormous appetite 86 “... so shall ye ___” 87 Get into easily, as a dress 89 Finish, as a game 90 Clip with scissors 91 Female elephant seal group 93 Celeb’s accomplishment 94 Black thrush (var.)

96 Uses a rhetorical technique 100 Ritchie Valens classic 102 Durable floor, for short 104 Go far and wide 105 They study the early development of living organisms 110 Cause of unusual weather 113 Color deficient 114 Time-honored ceremony 115 Keeping detailed drilling records 118 “___-Team” (Mr. T’s old squad) 119 Churchill’s “___ Country” 120 Sunburn-relieving plants 121 Pull along heavily 122 Take by truck 123 Minus 124 Face up to, as a challenge 125 Tracy’s Trueheart

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1 Little spasm

2 Withdrawn apple spray 3 Frequent flier’s unit 4 Smaller, as a sum 5 Stomach, in slang 6 Inventor’s brainchild 7 Common evergreens 8 Carnival-game motion 9 Caused damage to 10 Biology 101 subject (var.)

11 Not giving off a scent 12 Inclined to dawdle 13 Hot breakfast fare 14 Like some tournaments 15 Subordinate to 16 “Fly Away Home” flyers 18 Sun obscurer 19 Be part of the crowd?

23 Bird around the shore 28 Before, in a sonnet 29 Delivery preceder 33 Finish, as a military operation 34 ___ roll (keeps winning) 35 Having a stiff upper lip 36 Ointment container 37 Mouse’s target, often 38 Take part in a hunger strike 39 “... for what ___ worth” 41 Cookie with only one consonant 44 Japanese immigrant’s child 46 Friend in wartime 47 What Jack and Jill did 49 Alda and Rickman 50 Sweeping story 52 Crumbly clay mixture used as fertilizer 53 Place for all kidding?

56 ___ Aviv 57 Stinging insect

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

LBK: SEAPLACE. Totally renovated 3BR/2BA, 1600/sq.ft., 2 pools, tennis, clubhouse. First floor, end unit with 2 lanais and private garden seating area. Full Gulffront views! Covered parking.

Contact: distreal@aol.com offered for $749,000.

Musical Instruments GRAND PIANO: Yamaha C-3, 6'3" Conservatory model. Satin ebony. Exc. cond. Superb, stable instrument. Replacement value now: $54,999.

P'vt. Sale appraisal: $14,800. Moving; will sell for less. Info: 941-794-5345.

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Autos Wanted WE BUY CARS. TOP $$ PAID FOR YOUR VEHICLES. Call Hawley Motors, 941-923-3421.

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BOAT SLIP FOR RENT, up to 25’. High, dry, indoor marina. Excellent boating location. By the month or yearly. Private owner, 941-371-1866.

THRIFT SHOP: Longboat Island Chapel, 6140 Gulf of Mexico Dr. Open Wednesdays & Saturdays, 9a.m.-1p.m. Volunteers welcome! 941-383-6491.

LBK MOORINGS: 73ft. Boat Slip $149,000. Easy in and out, unobstructed bay view, water, cable, wireless included. Owner Financing. Other slips available 45ft. to 194ft. Bettie R. Perry, Broker/Owner.

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SLIP RENTAL- LBK Moorings. By Owner.

M18, premier slip, 58 ft. $600 month.

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Boats Boats are selling very well. Let’s talk about selling yours. Please visit: www.Islandboatsales.net I also buy boats.

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Furnishings PERSIAN AND Tribal carpets from our personal collection acquired over a 20 year period while living abroad. Room size carpets, runners, and smaller carpets. Photographs by E-mail. Carpets can be seen by appointment in Longboat Key. Cash only. E-mail: waa1204@gmail.com or vcabahrain@gmail.com

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2BR/2BA with inside laundry. Completely renovated including new kitchen and granite. $1500/mo. 865.603.3126.

2BR/2BA LONGBOAT Key (LBK) condo on the bay with ocean/bay views. 2 Balconies, modern and renovated with brand new kitchen. Building has pool, tennis court and private beach access.

1/4 Mile from grocery store and LBK shopping center. Available January-April 2014. $4500 a month for 4 months. One month minimum.

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“If you were going to compare it to the product that exists now, you couldn’t — there would be no comparison,” says founding member Robert Kimbrough of the early orchestra. Here the orchestra is pictured at its first public appearance in the 50s under Alexander Bloch.

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InstrumentaL Anniversary What started as a community orchestra full of housewives and retired businessmen grew to be the Sarasota Orchestra, a 65-year-old professional ensemble and cultural gem of the city.

 Alexander Bloch, first permanent conductor, 1951 to 1961  Leif Bjaland, third permanent conductor, 1997 to 2011

 Paul Wolfe, second permanent conductor, 1961 to 1995  Anu Tali, fourth permanent conductor, 2013 to present

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n an economy with orchestras facing musician strikes, closures and bankruptcy, the current news for orchestras is not always positive. Call it strong management, smart, no-borrow budgeting, a variety of programming or a city hungry for music — whatever the reason — our powerhouse orchestra has proven to be an instrumental part of this city.

The appointment of a new energetic and promising artistic director, Anu Tali, along with the 50year celebration of Sarasota Music Festival and 65-year anniversary of Sarasota Orchestra, proves it’s a new era for the Sarasota Orchestra. It’s hard to believe that, at one point in time, Sarasotans had to drive nearly 50 miles to see serious music.

Chip off the old Bloch

“Why couldn’t we do this in Sarasota?” Ruth Cotton Butler, a Sarasota piano teacher, thought during a Tampa Symphony Orchestra (TSO) concert in 1948.

Then, TSO consisted of volunteers who had been playing together for just two years under Dr. Lyman Wiltse.

By intermission, Butler had an orchestra planned. She was persistent in having Wiltse also direct her orchestra. He politely declined, but, eventually, Butler prevailed — Wiltse would dedicate one year to the then-unnamed community orchestra.

Butler realized few people thought the idea of a symphony could be successful. Even Wiltse said, “I must have been out of my mind,” about taking the job.

The first formal concert of the FWCS Youth Orchestra was he ld in 1960.

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Sarasota Orchestra founders Dr. W.D ton Cot h Rut Sugg, George Gibbs, Butler and Sam Hill

Nonetheless, Butler, with some help from George Gibbs, Sam Hill and Dr. W.D. Sugg, collected an eclectic group of 50 volunteers, who met Jan. 2, 1949, in the band room of Sarasota High School.

They were her friends, fellow instrumentalists and piano pupils, such as 15-year-old Robert A. Kimbrough. Kimbrough, now 79 years old, was one of a handful of wind players recruited from the high school band.

On March 12, 1949, the group made its first public appearance to an at-capacity audience in Sarasota Municipal Auditorium.

On Jan. 19, 1950, Wiltse led a 65-piece orchestra in the official first concert of a three-concert season.

“I would say the whole effort

was meager,” Kimbrough says. “But the community seemed to think it was wonderful.

There was music talent in town, and this was an outlet for some of it.”

Wiltse would not return the following year. Instead, 68-year-old composer, violinist and conductor Alexander Bloch, or “Allie,” as his musicians called him, signed on as the first permanent conductor in August 1950, a position the then-Siesta Key resident would hold for 11 years.

Bloch insisted an entire symphony be included in every concert, and he believed he shouldn’t play down to the audience by including popular music in his programs.

For the first six years, the group would meet in whatever space

was available — the majority of its budget went to rental fees. In 1954, the City Commission approved the idea of constructing a rehearsal building in the city’s civic center near the municipal auditorium. Florida West Coast Symphony’s was completed in November 1955.

The Wolfe pack

In 1961, Bloch announced his retirement. Paul Wolfe was selected as conductor from more than 100 applicants from as far as Europe. The 35-year-old professional musician played violin, piano, harpsichord and oboe and had previously conducted the Bronx Symphony Orchestra for five years.

He was demanding, but improved the musicianship of the

orchestra through doubling (sometimes tripling) the number of rehearsals before each concert.

The new time restraints caused a few musicians to leave, and Wolfe brought in paid professionals. He developed a small staff and established a budget. The first year, the orchestra’s budget was $1,200; by the 1968 season it exceeded $70,000.

Wolfe also introduced a 15-piece chamber orchestra and a string quartet. He began conducting the Youth Orchestra. The Youth Orchestra flourished under Wolfe. In 1965, his interest in helping young musicians led him to found the Sarasota Music Festival at New College — a festival that continues to bring young music students from around the world to learn under the professionals each June.

Robert Vernon, current principal violist of the Cleveland Orchestra, got his start in Sarasota; he was a student at The Juilliard School when he first auditioned for the Sarasota Music Festival in the late 1960s. Soon after, Wolfe encouraged Vernon to audition for the New College string quartet, which he did. He joined the faculty of New College, as well as played with FWCS as principal viola for one season. In 1978, he joined the Sarasota Music Festival as faculty, and he continues to return as faculty yearly. In 1985, Sarasota Music Festival merged with FWCS. It has remained an important branch of Sarasota Orchestra to this day, and will celebrate its 50th anniversary in June. Vernon

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In 1995, Wolfe retired from the conductor position after a dedicated 35-year tenure. Kimbrough chaired a search committee for a new conductor (he served on the board from 1979 through 2003); principal tuba with Sarasota Orchestra since 1987 Jay Hunsberger was also on the committee.

Hunsberger remembers it as a diplomatic, positive experience; the committee created a list of candidates from the applications and visited those conductors onsite. If the committee liked what it saw, the conductor was invited to guest conduct. Hunsberger went to Buffalo, N.Y., with executive director at the time Gretchen Serrie for one on-site evaluation and re m e m b e r s it as a real Gretchen Serrie chance to get to know each other.

“She was a terrific leader … and suddenly one day found herself at the helm of this orchestra,” Hunsberger says. “She was a real nurturing, smart and savvy leader.

She was a real positive force.”

Kimbrough remembers the search that resulted in Leif Bjaland’s appointment a little differently. After one full season of guest conductors, he says they didn’t select any candidates.

“We had people writing us letters saying we ruined the orchestra and no noteworthy conduc-

tor would ever come back,” he laughs.

The next season they worked with the American Symphony Orchestra League’s conductors liaison department for suggestions of ideal candidates — one was Bjaland, head of the New World Symphony in Miami.

Bjaland rose to the head of the candidates’ list that second season. He was named the third permanent artistic director (fourth, if you count Wiltse) in 1997.

Kimbrough remembers watching Bjaland conduct entire symphonies from memory without missing a cue. Hunsberger remembers the times following concerts when Bjaland would socialize with the musicians and how he’d try to make rehearsals fun with his campy sense of humor.

In 2002, the musicians elected to go full-fledged professional and be represented by the Ameri-

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can Federation of Musicians. Current Executive Director Joe McKenna had only been with the organization for a short time.

Principal trom- Joe McKenna bone for Boston Symphony Orchestra and Boston Pops Toby Oft was a member of FWCS then, and he remembers McKenna as being a positive force throughout the unionization. Oft says he had “a gentleman of character.” McKenna continues to be a strong leader today, and the orchestra remains in the black. In 2008, the FWCS changed its name to the less-cumbersome Sarasota Orchestra. Three years later, in 2011, Bjaland announced he would step down from his position.

In the 15 years he guided the Sarasota Orchestra, Bjaland brought unfamiliar works to audiences. For instance, he created the series Journeys to Genius, what is today the multimedia Innovations series that Dirk Meyer leads. And Bjaland commissioned new music and brought rarely performed music to Masterworks concerts.

Anu journey begins

For two seasons, guest conductors directed in the interim between artistic directors. The first to arrive following the announcement that Bjaland would retire was Anu Tali, co-founder of the Nordic Symphony Orchestra.

Hunsberger remembers it as an emotional time for the orchestra, but that the week with Tali was a positive experience for everyone.

She connected with the musi-

Timeline

David Cohen, the concertmaster in the early years of FWCS and a man who did everything from manage business to stagehand, was a city commissioner and mayor in 1970 that led the movement along with the Allied Arts Council to build what is now Van Wezel Perofrming Arts Hall. He was devoted to the orchestra for more than 30 years, and in 1971 they honored Cohen by naming the rehearsal hall in his name. cians and the audience.

During the interim was an 18-month closed search for a new director. Guest conductors led Sarasota Orchestra — some were candidates, others were not. The search would end when the proper candidate was selected.

On June 11, the committee announced that Tali signed a threeyear contract with the orchestra, effective Aug. 1. She will conduct her first concert as music director in the first Masterworks of this season, “Dawning of a New Season,” starting Nov. 9. The tagline?

A new journey begins. Here’s to another successful 65 years.

1949 — Florida West Coast Symphony performed its first public performance March 12.

1950 — Jan. 19 marked the first concert of the three-concert season.

1951 — In August, Alexander Bloch became the second music director of FWCS. 1953 — 1,500 children attended the Children’s Concerts program to give children their first taste of orchestral music.

1955 — The Florida West Coast Symphony Orchestra Rehearsal Hall was completed in November.

1959 — Youth Orchestra Program was founded through sponsorship of the Symphony Women’s Association (founded by Lota Mundy in 1957).

1961 — Paul Wolfe began his tenure as the third music director.

1964 — Wolfe founded the Sarasota Music Festival at New College 1977 — FWCS introduced its Summer Music Camp 1985 — Sarasota Music Festival merged with FWCS 1990s — FWCS evolved into a fully paid professional orchestra 1997 — Leif Bjaland was appointed as fourth music director 2001 — Executive Director Gretchen Serrie retired, and Joseph McKenna becomes administrative leader of FWCS 2002 — FWCS was unionized under the American Federation of Musicians 2008 — FWCS rebranded, taking the name Sarasota Orchestra 2013 — Anu Tali was appointed fifth music director of Sarasota Orchestra

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dation started as a party for 30 people and has evolved to packing the Ritz-Carlton, which has been good for Sarasota. The Dick Vitale Gala takes more than a year to organize; 100% of its proceeds is donated to pediatric cancer research.

Charity work for me has become important in the last eight years since I have become a mom — I see things differently and all the needs around me.

I’m definitely more like my mom, more reserved. My dad needs to be surrounded by people — he’s larger than life, like a corporation. My mom was always the calming figure — she balances my dad.

My sister, Sherri, and I are always mistaken for twins, and we do have similar names. It’s ironic that she ended up having twins

because we grew up like twins.

Sports is just part of the con-

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We are big tennis fans — last year my daughter and I went to Wimbledon, and this year we are taking Sydney to the US Open.

People would be surprised to know that I am obsessed with reality TV on HGTV— I love “Property Brothers,” “Love It or List It” and “House Hunters.”

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I had a set vision and was thrown into a situation that wasn’t what I thought I wanted, but it ended up perfect. Gainesville is such a special place for us.

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The Details Bride’s parents:

Casey Gonzmart and Mary Lynn Jourdet essica Scarlette Gonzmart and Andrew David Matheny are self-proclaimed geeks.

They each have a love for computers and everything that they can achieve. In 2009, both of them decided to leave fate up to online dating. The chats between the couple became emails, which became texts and calls, which led to a meeting, and the rest is history.

The Proposal: The May 22, 2011, proposal came as a total surprise to Jessica. It began with a family scavenger hunt and ended up with Jessica opening the front door to find Andrew on one knee.

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The Wedding: Jessica and Andrew were married April 27, at The John and Mable Ringling Museum. The couple’s friend Renee

First dance: “She is Love” by Parachute Floral design: Flowers by Fudgie Photographer: Vita Belle Photography Cake: Montilio’s Bakery, Boston Dress: Zac Posen from L’elite Couture in Boston

Groom’s parents: Joseph Matheny and Loris Matheny

Causey officiated the ceremony.

The reception, catered by Jessica’s family restaurant, The Columbia, followed in the courtyard. Guests enjoyed a double rainbow (without the rain) just as the couple said “I do.”

The Honeymoon: The couple enjoyed a honeymoon in Santorini, Greece, and Paris. The couple’s favorite stop was celebrating Greek Orthodox Easter in Santorini and seeing the candle-lit streets that stretched all the way across the island.

Fun Fact: The cake was from Montilio’s Bakery, in Boston. Jessica’s aunt and uncle, George and Christine Montilio, own the bakery. The flowers were made in Boston, and the cake was constructed in Tampa before being driven to Sarasota. It tasted just how the couple wanted, like a big cannoli.

Photos by Vita Belle Photography

Casey Gonzmart walks his daughter down the aisle.

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