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Mar Vista hearing stalled again A hearing for a Mar Vista Dockside Restaurant & Pub site-plan exception request was postponed after a Longbeach Village resident raised an objection.

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+ Resident’s birthday takes the cake Whether she’s at a fashion show, wine tasting or card party, Longboat Harbour resident Rose Tomason always manages to get her picture in the Longboat Observer.

That’s why when Tomason celebrated a big birthday over the weekend, her family decided it was big news.

They had a cake made

by Cakes by Design in Lakewood Ranch that looked like a stack of Longboat Observers, with Tomason taking her rightful place on the front page.

The headline announced, “Family gathers in celebration.”

And the top Our Town of the special issue proclaimed, “Rose Tomason appointed social director of Longboat Key.”

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+ Challah soars to new heights Temple Beth Israel member Connie Mederos-Jacobs crafted a challah during the recent High Holy Days in the shape of a dove, based on this verse from Isaiah: “As hovering birds, will the Lord protect Jerusalem.”

It’s not the first time Mederos-Jacobs has crafted challah with symbolic meaning in keeping with tradition.

Last year, she made a ladder challah to recall Jacob’s dream of being linked to God.

Mar Vista Dockside Restaurant & Pub owner Ed Chiles is having trouble getting a restaurant renovation-and-expansion application for an additional 11 seats to be heard at Town Hall.

On Tuesday morning, those troubles continued.

At the recommendation of town attorney Maggie MooneyPortale, a hearing for an amend-

ed special exception to allow Chiles to move forward with building a second-story tree house and adding 11 seats to his restaurant was postponed as soon as the Longboat Key Planning and Zoning Board’s Tuesday meeting began.

That’s because Longbeach Village resident Corinne Ragheb submitted an objection to the

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plan around 4 p.m. Monday that town officials want more time to review.

The objection states that a special exception that the Planning and Zoning Board recommended and the Longboat Key Town Commission approved in 2010 that previously allowed for the additional 11 seats at Mar Vista expired Nov. 16, 2011.

The objection states that neither Mar Vista nor the commission sought an extension of the original site-plan exception.

Therefore, the objection states, the planning board can’t amend the plan or recommend its approval to the commission.

Staff and the town attorney

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Former manager gets three years Judy Paul was ordered to serve 10 years probation and pay $200,000 in restitution to Sand Cay after she completes her prison sentence.

Former Sand Cay manager Judy Paul was sentenced Sept. 13 to three years in prison followed by 10 years of probation on a charge of scheming to defraud.

Judge Thomas W. Krug also ordered Paul, 49, to pay $200,000 restitution to Sand Cay. Krug also agreed to allow Paul to post a supersedeas bond of $100,000 while her attorneys appeal the case on the conditions that she live with her parents in Ohio and doesn’t take a job that involves handling money while her case is pending.

A Manatee County jury convicted Paul in July on charges of grand theft of more than $100,000 and of scheming to defraud in the amount of $50,000 or more.

The conviction stems from a series of checks totaling more than $200,000 that Paul allegedly deposited into her personal account during the three-anda-half years she worked at the 60-unit Longboat Key resort.

Paul was fired in 2010 after a routine audit revealed inconsistencies. When confronted, she insisted she had a verbal agreement with the board’s treasurer, which police said records did not support.

Prosecutors sought a 10-year sentence followed by 20 years of probation.

Attorneys for Paul, who has been held in Manatee County Jail since her conviction, argued for a sentence of time served followed by 10 years of probation.

Krug sentenced Paul, who has no previous criminal record, on the lesser of

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Judy Paul testified on her own behalf during a sentencing hearing Friday at the Manatee County Judicial Center. The former manager of Sand Cay was sentenced to three years in prison.

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MAR VISTA / FROM PAGE 1A believe that because work on the Mar Vista application has been ongoing for years (this is Chiles’ fourth attempt at getting a version of his project approved), there wasn’t a need to extend the special exception. But Portale wants more time to review the objection, and the board agreed to postpone the hearing until further notice.

“We need to go back through our records and put together a chronology of this project,” Portale told board members Tuesday. “Staff needs to determine whether an issue exists.”

Although the project could be back before the planning board in October, board

PAUL / FROM PAGE 1A the two charges.

Three Sand Cay board members testified for the state during the twohour hearing about the financial troubles the theft had caused the association and about how they once considered Paul a friend.

Board member Bob Fisher said he believed Paul came to Sand Cay with the intent of stealing, noting that she wrote the first check to herself just seven days after she was hired. He said that Paul’s purchases with Sand Cay money included spa treatments, Victoria’s Secret items, custom accessories for her Corvette and plane tickets for her family.

Court records also show that Paul wrote a $12,847.20 check to MRHD — an acronym for Manatee River Harley-Davidson — but subsequently insisted the letters stood for Mariner’s Risk Homeowner’s Division.

Joseph DiMario, the board’s treasurer with whom Paul claimed to

members agreed to postpone it until staff is comfortable with proceeding. A new public hearing will be advertised to give the public notice to attend.

Chiles is seeking to increase his restaurant’s seating from 169 seats to 180 seats. The original site-plan exception that Ragheb claims expired had the second story in a slightly different location.

Staff worked with Chiles to make minor changes to the application over the last couple of years.

Chiles also took time to submit a revised application earlier this year that asked the planning board to review an application with the historic Rufus P. Jordan house being used as a meeting place.

The commission eventually approved

have an agreement, testified that he suffered physical and mental anguish as the result of the “baseless and false allegations” Paul made in her own defense. He testified that Paul produced forged documents of a nonexistent agreement between them in her defense.

“I was stunned that Ms. Paul could be so devious,” DiMario said.

But Judge Krug also received at least 10 letters of support from Paul’s family members and friends.

Paul’s aunt, Christine Linder, told the judge that her niece has worked hard since she was a young teenager, starting her career in the hotel industry and working her way up to property management.

“Judy is a good and decent person,” she said. “This is not her. We’re all hoping that, eventually, the truth is going to come out.”

Paul, who wept frequently throughout the hearing, testified on her own behalf and maintained her innocence.

that project on first reading, but Chiles rescinded that application before second reading in June after receiving complaints from residents who were away for the summer and couldn’t attend the public hearing.

Residents of the Village who complained about noise and parking problems when Chiles sought to add meeting space to the Jordan House are still concerned about the revised plan. In May, residents packed Town Hall to oppose a plan that called for adding a meeting room and a small deck in the Jordan house that could be used for private parties.

Thirty-three residents signed a June 10 letter to the commission, planning board and town officials opposing the expan-

“I loved my job at Sand Cay, and I loved all of you,” she said to board members from the witness stand. “I trusted all of you.”

She maintained the board told her when she was hired that she would communicate issues to a single board member to streamline processes because most of the board lives out of state.

She argued that she could begin paying back whatever restitution the judge ordered sooner if she didn’t go to prison.

“I’m not afraid of working hard,” Paul said. “I’ve worked hard my whole life. I wasn’t a thief my whole life, and I wasn’t a thief at Sand Cay.” But Judge Krug explained when sentencing Paul that restitution without punishment wouldn’t have a deterrent effect.

Fisher expressed satisfaction with the ruling after court.

“I think it’s fair and adequate,” he told the Longboat Observer.

sion for the 11 seats.

Chiles, meanwhile, isn’t having the same problem renovating his other two restaurants, which are located on Anna Maria Island.

In the city of Anna Maria, the Sandbar Restaurant recently completed a major renovation project that lasted for more than a year..

And, just last week, Chiles announced a complete renovation of the BeachHouse restaurant in Bradenton Beach that will occur in two phases. Those plans include a second-story, open-air bar and a new waterfront seating area to the outdoor seating area. The BeachHouse’s renovations, though, will not increase the restaurant’s seating.

APPELLATE ARGUMENTS Judy Paul’s attorneys filed a notice of appeal Sept. 16. A Sept. 9 motion filed by Paul’s attorneys states that her appeal will be “based on at least three legitimate assignments of error.”

Paul has claimed that she fronted the association money and that the prosecution didn’t account for the advances. The motion argues that there was “insufficient evidence for the jury to find that a theft occurred” and there was no way for the jury to determine whether the checks written to Paul were thefts or “good-faith reimbursements.”

The motion also challenges the admissibility of check copies that were entered into evidence instead of the original checks.

It also states the jury heard improper testimony about bookkeeping from a board member who was not familiar with the system.

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P&Z recommends revised boat ordinance New vehicles The ordinance that made waves between Village and Country Club Shores residents will now set sail toward the Longboat Key Town Commission. drive canal discussion The Longboat Key Planning and Zoning Board agreed Tuesday to recommend a revised ordinance that will soon prohibit boat owners from anchoring their vessels on front lawns.

The planning board agreed with a boat and trailer subcommittee’s recommendation that mandates boats be placed in side or backyards, along with certain conditions.

Currently, you can park a boat or a trailer in an open space outside a Key home as long as it’s in a designated parking space. But what constitutes a parking space isn’t clarified in the code, and trailers and/ or boats can sit in a front lawn legally. The code also doesn’t mandate how many boats or trailers can be parked on a resident’s property.

Residents of Country Club Shores and Longbeach Village

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disagree about the issue of boat trailer parking enforcement. Country Club Shores residents, who let their deeds and covenant restrictions lapse years ago, want the town to ban trailers and boats from being parked in their driveways, while Longbeach Village residents say a ban on boat-and trailer-parking in a historic boating community where many lots don’t have water access is unfair.

“It would be nice to exclude the Village from this, purely from a selfish standpoint,” said Longbeach Village Association President Michael Drake.

At the urging of Planning, Zoning and Building Director Robin Meyer and town attorney Maggie Mooney-Portale, though, changes that affect the whole Key were crafted “The idea of communities

reinstating their covenants and deed restrictions is a solution that makes some sense,” said planning board member Leonard Garner. “But, now, we have an ordinance to fall back on in the meantime.”

The ordinance states that those with corner lots can’t park their boats and trailers on side yards that also have access to the street.

Boats and trailers parked in side yards must also be screened so they are not as visible from the road.

Planning board member George Symanski Jr. suggested the town allow boats in front yards if they are screened by a fence, but his suggestion didn’t receive enough support.

“I have grave concern that would create more issues than solve any problems,” Meyer said. “A 6-foot fence going

around a boat in a front yard is not something I’m so sure neighbors would want to see also.”

Commissioner and subcommittee member Pat Zunz urged the planning board to consider recommending the town open up town-owned alleys in the Village that boat owners who don’t have a lot of land to park their boats could use.

Several Village property owners don’t have access to townowned alleys that haven’t been accessible by car for years.

Town Manager Dave Bullock is investigating the matter.

“The town needs to reclaim the alleys,” Zunz said.

The commission will now review the recommendation at an upcoming workshop. Ultimately, the commission will decide whether to approve the changes.

by Robin Hartill | City Editor

Turtles finish 2013 with strong numbers Preliminary nest counts show numbers are in and are just behind last year’s record-breaking totals.

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Cyndi Seamon holds the turtle we nicknamed “Bubba” in honor of his rescuer.

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Tiny loggerhead hatchlings emerge from nests and make their way to the water at night.

Sea turtles have finished nesting for the 2013 season, but that doesn’t mean turtles are experiencing empty-nest syndrome.

Nests continue to hatch, meaning it’s important to keep lights out and beaches clear through October, the end of nesting season.

Mote Marine Laboratory reports a strong season for loggerhead turtles, with 2,240 nests in its 35-mile patrol area this year, just behind last year’s 2,462 nests — a record in Mote’s 31 years of patrolling local beaches.

On Longboat Key, nesting numbers were slightly ahead of last year’s totals, with 639 documented nests compared to 628 in 2012.

Green turtles, which are unusual on local beaches, laid 30 nests in Mote’s patrol area — more than double their past record of 14 nests in 2007 and 2010. Three of this year’s green-turtle nests were on Longboat Key, which didn’t have any documented green-turtle nests last year.

Statewide numbers for loggerheads began declining in 1998 but started rebounding in 2008 on Florida beaches, according to a Mote news release. Loggerhead nesting in Florida has gone through decadal cycles of increases and decreases that may be influenced in part by broadscale patterns in the North Atlantic.

Long-term research such as Mote’s seaturtle monitoring program help scientists to better understand these overall population trends because the species takes decades to mature. It will take approxi-

mately 30 years before the hatchlings born on local beaches return as nesting adults.

“We’re very happy that green sea turtles broke their 31-year record this summer; that loggerheads had another outstanding season; and that our local numbers seem to be part of a broader upswing in the southeastern U.S.,” said Kristen Mazzarella, manager of Mote’s Sea Turtle Conservation and Research Program. “Although these increases might have many causes, it’s exciting to consider how our local conservation and education efforts may be helping with this positive change.”

We’ve had lots of dogs visit us at the Longboat Observer over the years, but this was a first: Longboat Key resident Bubba Fox brought a disoriented hatchling to the Longboat Observer office that he found while walking the beach.

We contacted longtime Longboat Key Turtle Watch volunteer Cyndi Seamon, who picked up the hatchling and released it after dark that night.

Fox did what Turtle Watchers typically ask beachgoers to do when they find a hatchling: He placed the turtle in a bucket with sand and water, and covered it with a towel. We kept the turtle outside — out of the air-conditioning — until Seamon arrived.

In the hour or so in which the young turtle was in our care, we nicknamed him Bubba in honor of his rescuer.

To report problems with sea turtle nests, eggs, hatchlings or adult nesting turtles, call Mote’s Sea Turtle Conservation and Research Program at 388-4331.

2013 NESTING NUMBERS The following numbers are Mote Marine Laboratory’s preliminary totals for the 2013 number season. The numbers are not final and could be adjusted slightly after nesting season ends Oct. 31.

Loggerheads

Nests False crawls 266 LBK (Manatee) 327 212 LBK (Sarasota) 312 Lido Beach 66 83 Siesta Key 324 254 Casey Key 894 666 Venice 317 207 Total 2,240 1,688

Green

Nests False crawls 0 0 LBK (Manatee) 3 2 LBK (Sarasota) Lido Beach 0 0 Siesta Key 10 3 Casey Key 16 12 Venice 1 0 Total 30 17

The commission took a turn into the merits of canal dredging when it debated a $356,000 budget item for new police cars.

Gear up for a discussion on canaldredging.

The topic wasn’t on the agenda of the Longboat Key Town Commission’s Monday, Sept. 16 regular workshop but came up when a discussion on funding new police vehicles and radios veered off in a different direction.

The commission ultimately reached consensus to forward the ordinance that reallocates funds to provide the $356,000 needed for new police vehicles and equipment.

And, commissioners agreed that canal funding should be a topic for future workshop discussion.

So, how did the paths of the two topics cross?

Both are funded by infrastructure surtax — i.e. Sarasota County’s onecent sales tax.

The commission approved new police vehicles and radios last year, but town staff inadvertently left the cost out of the budget.

Town Manager Dave Bullock presented an ordinance to commissioners that would reallocate infrastructure surtax funds to provide for the $356,000 by reducing funds for other projects — including a reduction of $100,000 each for comprehensive beach management and canal dredging.

The debate ultimately turned in three directions.

Commissioners wanted a breakdown of the replacement schedule, which is based on a formula of both mileage and hours on the road, because police vehicles spend a large amount of time idling, placing wear and tear on the vehicles.

They also discussed whether alternative funds were available.

Bullock explained that other sources beyond infrastructure surtax funds and the general fund would be limited.

“The money has to come from somewhere,” he said. “It will either come from the general fund, which is unrestricted money, or it can come from a revenue source that is eligible for use here but has some restrictions on its use. Philosophically, my experience is the general fund will always face the most pressure.”

They also debated how funds should be spent, with Commissioner Phill Younger questioning whether the town should be funding canal dredging.

“The people in the condos and the high-rises don’t have a canal, so we’re basically charging them to clean somebody else’s canal,” he said.

Commissioner Pat Zunz argued, however, that the Key is a waterfront community.

“We take care of the Gulf front, and I think we have an obligation to take care of our canals,” she said.

The commission agreed to forward the ordinance providing for the allocation of $356,000 for police vehicles and radios to its October meeting.

Town staff will gather additional information related to vehicle replacement, including the formula that’s based on mileage and hours on the road, used to determine when to replace vehicles.

Canal dredging will be a topic for a future workshop.

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NEWSBRIEFS + Town attorney announces her upcoming maternity leave Town attorney Maggie Mooney-Portale is expecting her second child in mid-November.

She informed Mayor Jim Brown in a Sept. 10 email that she will be on maternity leave after the baby is born.

Portale and her husband, Chris, have a 2-year-old daughter and are expecting another girl.

Portale anticipates working until her delivery date and plans to return in January. In the meantime, Longboaters will see a familiar face in the town attorney chair on the right side of the dais while she is gone. Former town attorney David Persson, who is a partner in the same law firm as Portale and is now the city of Venice’s attorney, has agreed to fill in for Portale while she is on leave.

+ Fire Rescue announces promotion of fire lieutenant

Chef Ezequiel “EZ” Gramajo prepares a gulf seafood pasta, made with shrimp, scallops and steamed mussels.

Longboat Key Fire Rescue has announced the promotion of firefighter/paramedic Bryan Carr to the rank of lieutenant.

Carr joined the department in 2008 and has previously served the city of Bradenton’s Fire Department for two years.

Carr is a certified paramedic, fire inspector, U.S. Coast Guard boat captain and has been a member of the department’s Emergency Medical Services Quality Assurance Committee.

Carr will be assigned to the north fire sta-

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+ Town seeks citizen involvement for ULI study The town is seeking residents, property owners and other concerned citizens to participate in an upcoming Urban Land Institute (ULI) study.

To apply, review the 10 questions the Longboat Key Town Commission approved for discussion by going to longboatkey.org/ ULI, then click on the link with application information.

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Town could dissolve ZBA Town moves to fix charter snafu A Key property owner has been unable to schedule a hearing because the ZBA Board can’t reach a quorum to hold a meeting.

The future of the town’s Zoning advertisements from the Town Clerk’s Board of Adjustment is in limbo. office, they remain vacant.

A property owner’s application has “But that’s not why they haven’t held been on hold since May because of a meeting,” Town Clerk Trish Granger the board’s inability to hold a meet- said. “They could still get a vote, but ing, leaving town officials to wonder if they don’t have four people around to the board should be dissolved. schedule a meeting and hold a vote Diane Goll owns a piece of property until October.” at 321 North Shore Road and needs Granger has suggested the town a variance to build a new house on a consider reducing the zoning board’s small lot. The variance is needed be- total number of seats from seven to cause town code doesn’t five. allow Goll to build the At the Longboat home without exceeding ZONING BOARD Key Town Comthe maximum lot covermission’s Sept. 3 OF ADJUSTMENT age under the town’s code. regular meeting, Seat 1 — Ben Feole Town planner Alaina commissioners diSeat 2 — Vacant Ray said the application rected Town ManSeat 3 — Jean White was received May 3 and ager Dave Bullock Seat 4 — Vacant was processed quickly to to come back to the Seat 5 — Thomas Bijou get it in front of the sevencommission with a person zoning board beSeat 6 — Chuck Fuller strategy at a future fore its summer hiatus in workshop.

Seat 7 — Gaele Barthold July and August.

“There seems to Town staff deemed the be a history of Zonapplication complete May 16 and ing Board of Adjustment members recommended the variance, but the going on extended vacations, and meeting still hasn’t been held. there’s not a history of Planning and That’s because the zoning board Zoning Board members doing that,” didn’t have a quorum in June, before said Commissioner Pat Zunz Sept. 3. the two-month summer hiatus, and it “We should look into that board instill doesn’t have enough board mem- corporating the ZBA’s duties.” bers to meet this month to produce a Planning, Zoning and Building Divote for the variance request. rector Robin Meyer told the Longboat “We did everything we could to get Observer he will recommend the comthe application turned around and mission consider future board memcomplete in 13 days,” Ray said, “but bers who are year-round residents or we couldn’t get a quorum.” dissolving the zoning board and alThere are two seats that need to lowing the planning board to take on be filled on the board, and, despite its variance-and-zoning request duseveral attempts to fill the seats with ties.

A referendum the town’s registered voters approved in November 2012 is null and void unless the Legislature reverses its course.

The referendum approval process the town has used for more than 25 years is now useless thanks to an unintended consequence of a bill the Florida Legislature passed earlier this year.

Now, the town is spending between $15,000 and $30,000 to correct the issue.

The charter is currently ineffective in regard to future density increases because the Legislature approved at its spring session a two-page bill that nixes the referendum process statewide and also renders any referendum approved on or after June 1, 2011, moot.

That’s a problem, because the charter states you can’t increase density without voter approval.

As a result, the approval process, along with a referendum the island’s registered voters approved Nov. 6, 2012, are now null and void.

That referendum allowed two properties to convert from commercial to residential use, allowing for a maximum of six dwelling units per acre. All other referenda approved in previous years are not affected.

Town Manager Dave Bullock and town attorney Maggie Mooney-Portale began working weeks ago to determine how to correct the issue.

They have been working with lawmakers who sponsored the bill to try to persuade the Legislature to reverse its course when it meets again in early 2014.

Commissioners have made it clear they want the charter to remain in effect as is, especially in regard to future density approvals from the Key’s voters.

Two state legislators with ties to the community have agreed to sponsor a bill that amends the bill to allow the town’s charter to remain in effect, essentially preserving the Key’s charter.

RESTRICTIVE DENSITY REQUIREMENTS The town of Longboat Key’s charter and the 1984 Comprehensive Plan requires that voters approve any density increase.

The town charter states: “Present density limitations provided in the existing Comprehensive Plan as adopted on March 12, 1984, shall not be increased without the referendum approval of the electors of Longboat Key.” District 71 Rep. Jim Boyd has agreed to sponsor the bill, and District 26 Sen. Bill Galvano has agreed to be the bill’s Senate companion sponsor. Both legislators are Manatee County residents. Galvano’s district also contains a portion of Sarasota County.

Portale told commissioners that a Tallahassee-based lobbyist who charges $225 an hour has been hired and has already secured Boyd and Galvano as the amended bill’s sponsors.

“The bill is already being drafted for the Legislature,” Portale said.

The town has also engaged special litigation counsel to obtain an opinion from a judge that will provide the town declaratory relief. That attorney’s bill is unknown at this time.

The move gives the town a legal opinion that can be used if any applicant comes forward to increase town density and is unable to do so because of the hindrance in the charter.

Bullock called the local legislators sponsoring of the bill “a big step toward our objective.”

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Cameras produce major hits for police The license-camera system has flagged approximately 5,000 vehicles since it went live in August, meaning police must often prioritize what vehicles to stop.

Fire fleet adds new 75-foot-ladder truck Longboat Key Fire Rescue has a new apparatus that replaces a yellow ladder truck with maintenance issues.

Longboat Key Fire Rescue hit the streets last week in a new fire apparatus.

The new addition to the department’s fleet is a ladder truck with a 75-foot ladder and 500-gallon water tank. The truck carries all emergency-medical services equipment with the exception of a stretcher.

A committee of five department personnel helped design the vehicle.

“It is unique to what we need,” said Longboat Key Fire Rescue Chief Paul Dezzi. “It’s not just a cookie-cutter vehicle.”

The $750,000 apparatus replaces a yellow ladder truck that was stationed at the South Fire Station and was costing the town

several thousand dollars annually in maintenance, according to a memo from Dezzi to the Longboat Key Town Commission.

The vehicle was funded through infrastructure surtax funds, i.e. the onecent sales tax.

Typically, ladder trucks last approximately 15 years, according to Dezzi.

The apparatus is the same type of vehicle as the department’s second ladder truck, which allows personnel to switch between trucks or stations without going through additional training.

All department personnel have been trained on the operation of the truck and have completed a driving program.

serious violation license cameras have flagged.

Approximately 80% of the traffic stops officers initiate based on license-camera alerts are related to criminal violations, according to Cumming. Of license camera-generated stops, approximately 20% result in citations.

A total of six cameras are located on town-owned property on the New Pass Bridge and Longboat Pass Bridge.

Cameras capture license-plate data, but not images of cars or drivers. The images are stored for a year on a secure server, but police don’t see them unless they become part of an investigation.

Since the cameras began capturing data, they’ve identified at least two stolen vehicles and have assisted in other criminal investigations, including a domestic-violence case in which they helped police to confirm the suspect was on the island at the time a woman said she had been victimized.

Cumming believes that other data, such as traffic counts, could be useful to Florida Department of Transportation and other agencies.

Data has revealed that approximately 13,000 vehicles are currently crossing onto the Key daily.

“The total volume of vehicles is being captured by the hour, so it shows us how much traffic is on the island,” Cumming said. “It shows us trends and the fluctuation of people on the island.”

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Longboat Key Police Chief Pete Cumming estimates he would have to add 10 to 15 officers per shift if his department were to respond every time the island’s new license plate-recognition cameras produce a “hit.”

On a given shift, three or four officers are on duty.

And, in the seven weeks since the camera system went live, the cameras have produced nearly 5,000 hits — which means that state-andfederal crime databases notified police that the registered owner of a vehicle had an arrest warrant, suspended or expired driver’s license or expired tag, or that the tag came from a stolen vehicle.

The cameras went into operation Aug. 9, and, in August alone, police made nearly double the number of traffic stops they made in July.

“We definitely prioritize numerous times on a shift,” said Cumming, who estimates that officers are currently initiating traffic stops for approximately 10% of hits.

Typically, between 10% and 15% of hits are misreads. The scanner might mistake an “I” for a “1,” for example. Dispatchers verify the data so that officers don’t make stops based on erroneous data.

When the cameras generate multiple hits within a short timeframe, dispatchers and supervisors often have to determine which violation is most serious. Frequently, officers who are on a traffic stop are called off of that call to deal with a more

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February

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March

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April

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May

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June

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July

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Traffic stops since camerasystem implementation Aug. 7 to Aug. 31

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Sept. 1 to Sept. 13

53

Approximate average after implementation

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Source: Longboat Key Police

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Flood insurance: catastrophe Politicians do a lot of dumb things in this country.

For at least the past 150 years, our national politicians increasingly have enacted the lies that they can give people something for nothing (or something for less than it really costs) and that it’s OK to confiscate the property of one to give an unearned benefit to another.

Or, you just print more money and make future generations pay.

This, of course, is why the nation is $17 trillion in debt.

And this, of course, is why Floridians’ rising flood-insurance rates are causing coastal property owners to squeal.

Since 1968, the start of the National Flood Insurance Program, Congress has never charged the real cost of flood insurance. It’s not inaccurate to say, thanks to Congress (and the American taxpayer at large), virtually everyone on Longboat Key and along all of America’s coasts lives less expensively than they otherwise would.

And thanks to this politically expedient policy, Congress has allowed the National Flood Insurance Program to fall $18 billion in debt.

But finally, recognizing the insanity of their way, Congress in 2012 adopted the Biggert-Waters Act, a phased-in plan that will increase flood-insurance rates up to 25% per year for four years for vacation homes, businesses and repetitive-loss properties located in the most vulnerable

flood zones. The idea is to make those who choose to live and do business in harm’s way carry the full financial burden of their decision. What a concept.

Predictably, lawmakers from states with the highest flood claims and largest number of flood-prone properties are now feeling backlash from constituents. Take U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson, D-Florida. In a recent letter to two committee chairman, Nelson penned classic political double-speak: “I’m not opposed to making the floodinsurance program more financially stable, but it won’t do much good if it turns out folks cannot afford coverage.”

Nelson wants the rate increases delayed a year to allow Congress to “gather more information” about how many people will be affected and the cost.

Unfortunately, senator, you can’t have it both ways — fiscally sound and low cost.

Fact is, there is no easy, painless way out.

Many municipal commissioners and coastal property owners alike now worry that the rising flood-insurance rates are going to do more than cost property owners in higher premiums. They worry that higher insurance costs are going to make coastal communities less attractive and thereby adversely affect property values.

Perhaps so. But here’s what we’re also seeing: Having witnessed the devastation that comes from weakly constructed homes and businesses on the coasts, those who choose to buy and tear down the

REMEMBER NEVILLE CHAMBERLAIN? As you witness the Obama administration’s foreign-policy fiascos with Syria, Iran and Vladimir Putin, it’s worth reviewing history. As we know, history repeats.

We’re thinking of Neville Chamberlain, the British prime minister who negotiated with Adolph Hitler. The following excerpts on Chamberlain are from Spartacus Educational, a British online encyclopedia: — Ed.

specifically forbidden by the Treaty of Versailles. Some members of the House of Commons, including Anthony Eden and Winston Churchill, now called on Chamberlain to take action against Hitler and his Nazi government.

Hugh Christie, an MI6 agent based in Berlin, met with Hermann Goering. He reported his conversation with Goering and included information that Germany intended to take control of Austria and Czechoslovakia. He also told Christie that Anthony Eden, Germany mainly wanted “a free Chamberlain’s foreign sechand in Eastern Europe.” retary, did not agree with In March 1938, Christie told [Chamberlain’s] policy of the British government that appeasement and resigned Adolf Hitler would be ousted in February, 1938. Eden was by the military if Britain joined replaced by Lord Halifax who forces with Czechoslovakia fully supported this policy. against Germany. Christie Winston Churchill, warned that the “crucial quesChamberlain’s leading critic tion is: ‘How soon will the next within the Conservative step against Czechoslovakia be Party, argued in the House of Chamberlain tried?’ … The probability is that Commons: the delay will not exceed two or “The resignation of the late three months at most, unless foreign secretary may well be a milestone France and England provide the deterin history. Great quarrels, it has been well rent, for which cooler heads in Germany said, arise from small occasions but selare praying.” dom from small causes.

International tension increased when “The late foreign secretary adhered to Adolf Hitler began demanding that the the old policy which we have all forgotSudetenland in Czechoslovakia should be ten for so long. The Prime Minister and under the control of the German governhis colleagues have entered upon anothment. In an attempt to solve the crisis, er and a new policy. The old policy was the heads of the governments an effort to establish the rule of law in of Germany, Britain, France Europe, and build up through the League and Italy met in Munich in of Nations effective deterrents against September, 1938. the aggressor.

On Sept. 29, 1938, “Is it the new policy to come to terms Chamberlain, Adolf Hitler, with the totalitarian powers in the hope Edouard Daladier and Benito that by great and far-reaching acts of Mussolini signed the Munich submission, not merely in sentiment and Agreement, which transferred pride, but in material factors, peace may to Germany the Sudetenland, be preserved?” a fortified frontier region that In February, 1938, Adolf Hitler invited contained a large GermanKurt von Schuschnigg, the Austrian chan- speaking population.

A.H. cellor, to meet him at Berchtesgarden.

When Eduard Benes, Hitler demanded concessions for the Czechoslovakia’s head of state, Austrian Nazi Party. Schuschnigg refused who had not been invited to Munich, and after resigning was replaced by protested at this decision, Chamberlain Arthur Seyss-Inquart, the leader of the told him that Britain would be unwillAustrian Nazi Party. ing to go to war over the issue of the On March 13, Seyss-Inquart invited Sudetenland. the German Army to occupy Austria and The Munich Agreement was popular proclaimed union with Germany. The with most people in Britain because it union of Germany and Austria had been appeared to have prevented a war with

30- and 40-year-old homes in flood-prone areas are rebuilding better, storm- and flood-resistant structures. They’re lowering the risk, which in time will reduce the cost of insurance and incentivize private investors to take the risk.

The best scenario over time is for the federal government to get out of the floodinsurance business altogether. If Sen. Nelson and his colleagues in Washington were governed by the threat of term limits rather than the next election, they might have the courage to do exactly that — end the National Flood Insurance Program.

Take a page from the late President Calvin Coolidge. When floods ravaged his home state of Vermont in 1927, Coolidge declined to send his fellow Vermonters any federal aid. Natural-disaster relief, Coolidge believed, was not the job of the federal government. Indeed, here’s proof it’s not: Taxpayers gave the National Flood Insurance Program a $17 billion loan to cover claims after Hurricane Katrina. A few years later, because interest payments were so large, the flood insurance program had to borrow another $1.7 billion. Seven years later, only $600 million in principal has been repaid. Government officials say they doubt the loan will ever be paid off.

Shut down the National Flood Insurance Program and watch how the private sector fills the void. Better and fewer homes will be built on the coasts. A win for taxpayers and the environment.

Nazi Germany. However, some politicians, including Winston Churchill and Anthony Eden, attacked the agreement.

These critics pointed out that no only had the British government behaved dishonorably, but it had lost the support of Czech Army, one of the best in Europe.

Chamberlain told his private secretary: “If Hitler signed it and kept the bargain, well and good … if he broke it, he would demonstrate to all the world that he was totally cynical and untrustworthy … this would have its value mobilizing public opinion against him, particularly in America.” …

In March, 1939, the German Army seized the rest of Czechoslovakia. In taking this action, Adolf Hitler had broken the Munich Agreement … … Chamberlain now realized that Adolf Hitler could not be trusted, and his appeasement policy now came to an end. After the invasion of Poland, Chamberlain was forced to declare war on Germany. On the outbreak of the Second World War, public opinion polls showed that Chamberlain’s popularity was 55%. By December, 1939, this had increased to 68%. However, members of the House of Commons saw him as an uninspiring war leader.

On May 7, 1940, Leo Amery, the Conservative MP, argued in the House of Commons: “Just as our peace-time system is unsuitable for war conditions, so does it tend to breed peace-time statesmen who are not too well fitted for the conduct of war. Facility in debate, ability to state a case, caution in advancing an unpopular view, compromise and procrastination are the natural qualities — I might almost say, virtues — of a political leader in time of peace. They are fatal qualities in war.

“Vision, daring, swiftness and consistency of decision are the very essence of victory.”

Looking at Chamberlain, Amery then went onto quote what Oliver Cromwell said to the Long Parliament when he thought it was no longer fit to conduct the affairs of the nation: “You have sat too long here for any good you have been doing. Depart, I say, and let us have done with you. In the name of God, go!”

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Government bonds: financial disaster happening to those states is the same thing that has happened to the city of Detroit. They are insolvent. The stock market is way overpriced. If the Dow were selling at average values, the market would be at 9,000 points, not the 14,800 points today. The stock market’s excessive values are a result of government making $85 billion of new money a month available to the “too-large-to-fail” banks. This new money is made out of nothing but paper, without a lick of sweat or hard work involved.

Easy money always finds its way into the hands of speculators first, whose trading activities keep the stock markets at unrealistic levels … until the market crashes and reminds us what the words “average values” mean.

Interest rates have increased more than a point since April. Our best bet for investing money over the next several years might be to retain strong cash positions and have a healthy amount of hard assets such as real estate, gold and silver. At our increasing pace of government spending and commensurate printing of millions of dollars every day, we’ll experience much more inflation in the next 25 years than we have in the past.

Why not move the amount paid by the top 10% of taxpayers to 80%?

Capital always flees from confiscatory taxation, taking jobs and investment with it. Furthermore, and, unfortunately, an increase to 80% of all income taxes, paid by the top 10% of taxpayers, would provide only a modest dent in the government’s deficit.

Look at three “leadership states”: New York, Illinois and California,represent almost 25% of our population. They are all broke.

There are more people on welfare than there are people working. Taxes have become so great that the most productive and wealthiest citizens have moved to other states. What is

If we don’t own many bonds, why should an investor be concerned?

Total U.S. outstanding debts are $53 trillion. Federal government debt alone represents $17 trillion. At last year’s interest rates, the government paid almost $400 billion a year in interest costs. Reasonable interest rates of 6%, which is where the market is heading, would increase the cost of government borrowing to interest payments in excess of $1 trillion annually. Those increasing interest burdens will lower corporate earnings.

Lower corporate earnings means falling stock markets. The interest burden on non-U.S. government debt would increase an additional $1.5 tril-

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lion. Added to the increased federal government financing burden of $600 billion, the GDP would theoretically have to absorb additional interest costs of $2 trillion annually — impossible in a $15 trillion GDP. Can’t the Fed just continue to make money until things smooth out?

Yes, however, a good deal of the banking industry’s capital is comprised of federal government debt.

Banks make loans collateralized by that debt. As interest rates increase, bonds decrease in value, so the banking industry’s capital is shrinking.

Outstanding loans will have to be called in so that the bank’s capital ratios are met. Leveraged businesses will be in trouble if their loans are suddenly liquidated and short-term borrowing ceases to be available. This has happened in every crisis the last 40 years.

The public thinks that earnings move markets, but that’s not true.

What moves the market is what people are willing to pay for those earnings.

That is referred to as the price-earnings ratio. The current price-earnings ratio on the Standard and Poor Index of 500 stocks is almost 20 times earnings.

We have seen a huge deflation in the price of overvalued hard assets, the best example of which is real estate. Those markets are in the process of correcting their values to reasonable levels. This correction (deflation) in paper assets, such as stocks and bonds, is only in the beginning stages.

The “new money” put into the banking system of $1.2 trillion annually the last several years has “propped up” paper asset’s values.

Earnings don’t move markets.

Caveat Emptor.

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The Fed has controlled interest rates as long as it could; now the law of supply and demand is taking over the bond market. Of all federal government annual expenditures, 43% must be borrowed. There is no way out of the dilemma without drastic cuts in government spending. Because the entire 43% deficit goes to welfare recipients, politicians are unwilling to cut the deficit and risk the loss of votes of the 40% of our population that is receiving welfare benefits.

Politicians want us to believe a “modest” tax increase is needed to close the gap between government expenditures and the income taxes.

The top 10% has increased total income taxes paid from 55% of all income taxes in 1986, to 71% of all taxes paid today.

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You can impact not only your children’s generation, but your grandchildren’s generation, so that one day, no one will have to hear the words, ‘You have cancer.’

— DAVE STRICKLAND, MANATEE COUNTY AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY

DAVE STRICKLAND Board chairman // Manatee County American Cancer Society

Dave Strickland is doing 30 years. The board chairman of the Manatee County American Cancer Society has just volunteered to participate in Cancer Prevention Study-3; a 30-year, 300,000-person study, designed to determine what causes cancer, as well as discover new treatment methods. But, for him, it’s not a sentence — it’s a chance to make a difference.

Cancer Prevention Study-3 is the third in a series of nationwide studies, which seek volunteers between the ages of 30 and 65. The study spans 30 years and consists of an initial blood sample and survey, followed by additional questionnaires every two to three years. The research conducted in the studies pro-

vides highly valuable information that can be used to treat and prevent different forms of cancer. The first study provided the research that linked cigarette smoking to cancer; the second study found a correlation between obesity and cancer.

As board chairman, Strickland is a champion for the study, which means he’s responsible for actively seeking participants, but he also personally decided to volunteer. The Bradenton native says he sees the study as one of the most meaningful ways in which he can give back to his community.

“I live here; I grew up here,” he says.

“It’s a chance to make a difference in a very important way.”

Strickland says that, like many people, he’s also driven by personal reasons to donate his time to the ACS. “Like just about everybody, I’ve been affected by cancer,” says Strickland.

“I’ve lost two aunts in the prime of their lives. Three weeks ago, my brother was diagnosed with a third-stage, rare form of incurable cancer. I see the effects it has on folks, and this is my chance to make a difference.”

Strickland says he hopes that through this study, researchers might discover a cure for this form of cancer or new ways to treat it. For him, the study has personal significance, but

WHERE TO ENROLL Cancer Prevention Study-3 enrollment dates are: • 4 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 24, at Doctors Hospital, 5731 Bee Ridge Road • 6 to 10 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 25, at Blake Medical Center, 2020 59th St. W. Bradenton • 4 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 26, at Manatee Memorial Hospital, 206 Second St. E., Bradenton. he also takes pride in knowing that the study will impact not only the next generation, but also generations to come.

Eventually, he hopes nobody will be affected by cancer.

“I’m a champion for this study, mainly for my brother,” says Strickland. “I’m my brother’s champion, because I want to see this impact of what he’s going through, so people like my kids and myself never have to hear someone tell them over the phone, ‘I have cancer.’”

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SEPT. 5 WAKE-UP CALL 12:29 a.m. — 1200 block of GMD. Welfare Check. A condo security officer responded to a smoke alarm and couldn’t wake up the woman who was sleeping in the unit. The resident was fine and said she is a heavy sleeper and didn’t hear the alarm.

CALL POLICE IF YOU ‘C’ THIS 11:54 a.m. — 600 block of Penfield Street. Larceny From Residence. A woman reported that a necklace with a gold rectangular pendant with eight diamonds forming the letter “C” was taken from her home in July. Police couldn’t find the necklace or pendant in local pawn shops or on Craigslist or eBay.

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SEPT. 6 FALSE ALARM 1:44 a.m. — 800 block of GMD. Suspicious Circumstance. A security guard called police after hearing what sounded like a traffic crash. Police found no evidence of a crash but noted that a vehicle may have braked for an animal before heading north.

SEPT. 8 PAWS-ITIVE ENDING 7:34 a.m. — 5500 block of GMD. Animal. Police trapped an injured German shepherd that a woman found in the pavilion of Joan Durante Park and transported

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1:02 p.m. — 4700 block of GMD. Suspicious Circumstance. A caller reported a suspicious vehicle at a beach access. The couple inside the car said they were transients and often sit at various beach locations during normal hours but leave the beach at closing time.

SHUT UP AND DRIVE 9:50 a.m. — 4600 block of GMD. Traffic Violation. The driver of a trailer with an expired registration didn’t pull over when police activated emergency lights. The driver finally stopped and admitted he was talking on his cellphone and wasn’t paying attention. He received citations for the expired tag and failure to yield to an emergency vehicle.

SEPT. 10 CLOSER TO KMART 2:29 a.m. — Gulf of Mexico Drive and Longboat Club Road. Suspicious Person. Police saw a man with a cut above his left eye walking in the bike lane of Gulf of Mexico Drive and asked him if he needed medical treatment. The man said he was fine and that the wound was a week old. He

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OBITUARIES Orville “Ditto” Andrews III, 78, of Longboat Key, died Aug. 19.

Born Sept. 7, 1934, he spent his early life in Kent, Conn., and proudly served his country, first as an enlisted U.S. Air Force soldier and, later, in the reserves. He served in both the Korean and Vietnam wars and retired in 1977.

Formerly a dedicated Andrews Northeasterner, he found bliss the first time he drove over the Longboat Pass Bridge more than 30 years ago and made Longboat Key his permanent home in 1984.

Mr. Andrews was an eternal optimist who always had a smile on his face and time to converse with anyone he encountered. He was a licensed real-estate broker in Florida, a member of Kiwanis, Sarasota Chamber of Commerce (including the Committee of 100), Manatee Chamber of Commerce, Longboat Key Chamber of Commerce and Florida Property Managers Association.

Mr. Andrews is survived by his wife, Maureen; children Alexandrea, Kendall and Scott; and four grandchildren.

A memorial gathering will take place at 3 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 21, at Lazy Lobster

Longboat Key, 5350 Gulf of Mexico Drive, his favorite restaurant and home away from home. He will be interred on top of Skiff Mountain in Kent.

Merle Warner Huntington Jr.

Merle Warner Huntington Jr., 92, of Longboat Key and Brevard, N.C., died Sept. 9.

Born Nov. 5, 1920, in the oil-boom town of Bradford, Pa., he was named Junior Huntington on his original birth certificate, and his family always called him “Bill” because he was born at the beginning of the month.

He attended Bradford High School and studHuntington ied at Jamestown Business College, in Jamestown, N.Y., and in 1941, he married fellow Jamestown graduate Barbara Griffin, who died in 1992. The couple had two sons, Jeffrey and Kevin.

Mr. Huntington joined the U.S. Navy in 1943 and trained stateside at Sampson Naval Base on Seneca Lake near Oneonta, N.Y., and continued serving in Buffalo, N.Y., until his discharge in 1946.

In Buffalo, Mr. Huntington worked for Brace Mueller Huntley, a steel warehouse before taking a position with newly

formed Kaiser-Frazer auto manufacturer in the enormous Willow Run plant built near Ypsilanti, Mich., to successfully build thousands of B-24 bombers. In 1953, Kaiser-Frazer sales collapsed, and Mr. Huntington took a sales-engineering position with Plymouth Stamping in nearby Plymouth, Mich., and eventually held an equity position with Warren Products, of Northville, Mich.

Eventually, he expanded his position to complete ownership of Warren Products, which he sold in 1992.

Mr. Huntington was a Cub Scout leader and active in Boy Scouts and enjoyed boating, hunting, skiing, fishing and camping. He was an elder in First Presbyterian Church of Plymouth, where he sang in the choir, taught Sunday school and was often chosen to sing “O, Holy Night” for the Christmas Eve midnight service.

Mr. Huntington fell in love with Longboat Key and, later, Brevard, and seasonally relocated to both towns. He played senior doubles tennis and was an active member of the Sarasota Bay Rotary Club.

His continued involvement with the Presbyterian Church and activities in Connestee Falls in Brevard led to his introduction to Evelyn “Evey” Bispham Spache. He took up motorcycle riding in his 70s and courted “his Evey” on his Harley, which worked. The couple married in 1997. She

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Mrs. Pla is survived by her daughter, Christina Christensen; brother, Wilfred DuFresne; two grandsons; and several nieces, nephews, great nieces and great nephews and many other relatives and friends.

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Gail Loefgren is back at the helm of the Longboat Key Chamber of Commerce. Her top priorities: a new location and website.

Turn onto Bay Isles Parkway from Gulf of Mexico Drive. If you’ve reached the Bay Isles guard gate, you’ve gone too far. Turn left onto Bay Isles Road, then make a right into the Mediterranean Plaza parking lot.

Head through the double doors, then make a left at the rear door inside the building.

You have arrived at the Longboat Key Chamber of Commerce.

Gail Loefgren, who returned Sept. 3 as the chamber’s executive director, thinks it’s a fine location — just not for a chamber of commerce. People often don’t plan to visit chambers. Instead, they notice the chamber while driving or walking and make a spur-of-the-moment decision to stop.

“This is a beautiful building,” she said. “It’s got a board room and a kitchen. But I’ve been back here seven days, and we’ve had two visitors.”

A new location, possibly at the Centre Shops, is one of Loefgren’s top-two priorities.

The second: a new website.

Like the physical location, Loefgren thinks it needs to be easy to find. She wants it to come up in the topfive search-engine results when visitors research

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“Obviously, if I’m looking up Longboat Key from Georgia or Minnesota, I’m going to be looking for tourist information,” Loefgren said. “I’m going to be looking for restaurants and accommodations and retail and the things you need to know if you’re visiting the area. It also needs to be useful to Realtors because that’s big business around here.”

Loefgren served as president of the chamber from 1993 through early 2008. Prior to that, she served as the mayor of Rochelle, Ill., and (at the time she was hired to lead the Longboat chamber) she was executive director of the Sunrise Chamber of Commerce in the south Florida city of Sunrise.

During her tenure on Longboat Key, the Florida Association of Chamber Professionals named the chamber the Best Small Chamber in Florida.

She led the chamber’s efforts to advocate for the approval of two town referenda, one allowing properties to rebuild to current density levels and the other to allow the addition of 250 tourism units to replace those lost in recent years.

Loefgren also initiated the placement of 2,974 flags along Gulf of Mexico Drive each year in honor of every individual who died in the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.

After resigning from the chamber in late 2008, Loefgren took two years to spend time with her family, which now includes six grandchildren.

Then, she went back to work as a career counselor with Suncoast Workforce — an experience she believes will be useful to her new job because she gained extensive knowledge about the workforce.

She reports that her first days back have been tiring — but exciting.

“I’ve worked for three chambers, and this was my favorite,” Loefgren said. “When I go home from a day at work, I go home excited.”

WITH GAIL LOEFGREN What have you been doing the last four-and-a-half years?

I spent the first two years getting reacquainted with my grandkids … but I love working. I don’t understand the concept of retirement. About two-and-a-half years ago, I went to work with Suncoast Workforce, a state and federal agency that helps people find work. We worked with veterans, victims of domestic violence and the long-term unemployed. They were desperate when they came to us.

We were their last-ditch effort. We really got to know the workforce, and that’s going to be useful here.

What is your dream location for the Longboat Key Chamber of Commerce?

With what I know that’s available, the Centre Shops would be great, and we’d be a great fit for them. Other places like Whitney Beach would be too far north, although, if something opened up and it was affordable, we might consider it.

The chamber is most grateful to Getzen Realty for providing space at Mediterranean Plaza. However, due to the nature of the mission of the chamber in general, the office really needs to be located in a highly visible area.

dential community.

People come to the island as visitors, buy property and become residents. We need to keep that going.

We don’t want to be Miami Beach. I love Longboat Key just the way it is. It’s beautiful and it’s quiet. But our businesses need to have visitors come and support them during season.

Do you think all 250 tourism units voters approved in 2008 will eventually be allocated?

I don’t know. I don’t think so.

I don’t know where they would be. There could be further loss of units at the Colony, which would then make it even harder.

Have you heard concerns from the business community about the state of the Colony?

Not yet, but I would guess it would be a concern of mine. It would especially be a concern of mine if it were rebuilt as a condo. I would want it rebuilt as a hotel.

Are there any areas in which the town and chamber can work together?

The upcoming ULI (Urban Land Institute) study is important for the future of business on the Key. We’re hoping we can get the business community involved.

Are there any new events that you’d like to see the chamber host?

A fishing tournament would be a natural fit. I want to be sure that events are successful and economically viable, but, at the moment, there’s nothing new planned. I’d also like to have educational seminars for businesses about issues that affect them.

I’m trying to organize a seminar about the Affordable Care Act, which goes into effect next month, and what it means for employers. We don’t want to get political; we want to educate.

Two of the ULI study questions for discussion address the role of tourism on the Key. What do you think that role should be?

Tourism is key. I know it’s a residential island, and we respect that. I would like to work within the perimeters of a resi-

How has Longboat Key changed since you left?

Longboat hasn’t changed a lot. The businesses that were here and successful are still here. The business community is pretty much the same and probably working with the same issues.

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Seaplace - Longboat Key Completely renovated, fully furnished largest two bedroom, two bath ground floor apartment in Lovely 3,700+ SF waterfront home at the end a beachfront building. of a cul-de-sac with 3 bedrooms plus study/4th Annual $2,900 Per Mo. bedroom, stunning open Bay views, infinity-edge Seasonal $4,700 Per Mo. pool and two car garage.

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by Heather Merriman | Black Tie Assistant Editor

Chamber members kick back at after-hours event

MOULTON Certified Residential Specialist

Michael Saunders & Company Licensed Real Estate Broker

The Longboat Key Chamber of Commerce held its Business After Hours meeting Thursday, Sept. 12, at Lynches Pub and Grub on St. Armands Circle.

Longboat Title Services sponsored the meeting.

Among those in attendance was Gail Loefgren, new executive director of the Longboat Key Chamber.

CASEY KEY - Spectacular extensively remodeled gulf to bay residence on 1.25 acres. A3968932 $4,650,000

BAY ISLES - Spectacular 2011 built 4BR home, a must-see for its extraordinary beauty & design details. A3969494 $3,550,000

Longboat Key Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Gail Loefgren, Andrew Vac, Re/Max Alliance, and Chris Lynch, of Lynches Pub and Grub

COUnTRY CLUB ShORES - Remodeled canal front 4BR residence on an oversize lot. A3975981 $1,695,000

WATER CLUB - Direct Gulf front 3,400 sf 3BR, 5BA, furnished condo. A3957287 $2,500,000

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Mainland Sarasota University Park $459,000 Michael/Mary Nell Moore, 941-321-8594/941266-7740 Updated 3B/2.5B great room plan w/heated pool/spa, granite kitchen counters MLS#A3981085 74459 Broadway Promenade $189,900 Martina Coppenrath, 941-387-1853 Discover the versatility of this rewarding condo. Elevators, central H/A. MLS#A3973826 79244

The Keys La Firenza $4,995,000 Roger Pettingell, 941-387-1840 Gorgeous, direct Gulf PH. ìTransitional coastalî design w/custom finishes. MLS#A3980841 74460

Longboat Key, Bay Isles $1,450,000 5/3 Gwen Kruse 941-3207373 MLS#A3982498 91343

Lighthouse Point $3,995,000 Linda Weber, 941-387-1863/941-387-1859 4BR+office/4.5BA 5,000 SF custom home with pool/dock on peninsula enclave! MLS#A3970900 79225 Beach Residences $2,249,900 Patrick DiPinto, 941-387-1866 Enjoy incredible views & the finest amenities in this 3BR/3BA residence. MLS#A3976369 79278 Bay Isles $1,699,000 Linda Weber, 941-387-1863 4300 sq.ft. custom home Longboat Key Club Harbourside Golf Course. MLS#A3951531 79246 Bird Key $1,395,000 Judy Kepecz-Hays, 941-387-1825 135’ on deep water. Bay views, south exp. 11’ ceil in most rms, 4 BR, pool. MLS#A3969823 95163 Tangerine Bay Club $895,000 Gene DePoris, 941-388-3966 Reward yourself with rich styling in this wonderful 3BR/3BA condo. MLS#A3981978

Longboat Key, Sunset Beach $499,000 2/2 Bruce Myer 941387-1859 MLS#A3979739 74454

Longboat Key, South Longboat Key $899,000 3/2.5 Judy Kepecz-Hays 941-387-1825 MLS#A3954792 74456

Longboat Key $872,999 James Brown, 941-366-8070 3BR/2BA beachfront condo. Private roof top deck with wonderful gulf views. MLS#A3963481 95018 Emerald Harbor $849,000 Vickie Lonborg, 941-388-3966 Sense the superb possibilities of this irresistible 3BR/2+BA Ranch. MLS#A3978100 Bird Key $799,900 Mary Ann Dabney, 941-366-8070 3/3+ 2 story w/pool.

Lush garden creates a private setting on corner lot! MLS#A3983897 91345 Promenade $588,000 Judy Kepecz-Hays, 941-387-1825 Gulf-front living in a prestigious community with floor-to-ceiling views! MLS#A3978914 79276 Gulf Drive Condo $249,000 Jackie Kleppinger, 941-388-3966 Wonderful Gulf/Beach front complex. Ground flr unit just steps to beach! MLS#A3980789 Diplomat $229,000 Joe Cinque, 941-387-1805 Fantastic location, walk out to beach, studio, 416sf, great income property MLS#A3979141 74457

Manatee Longboat Key, Bay Isles $749,000 3/3.5 Lynne Koy 941-3871803 MLS#A3972561 95164

Longboat Key, Seaplace $710,000 3/2 Sandy Endres 941-3871861 MLS#A3971086 79247

West Glenn $289,000 Mirta Klauber, 941-387-1817 Just sense the charm of this distinctive, 4BR/3BA Contempo. Ceiling fans. MLS#A3983454 74458 Wildewood Springs $109,900 Scott Norris, 941-387-1880 Downstairs, open kitchen, glass enclosed lanai, greenbelt view. MLS#A3981576 95185

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By Adam Hughes | Research Editor

L’Ambiance condo sells for $1,725,000 The following residential realestate transactions took place between Sept. 2 and Sept. 6.

A condominium in L’Ambiance at Longboat Key Club tops all transactions in this week’s real estate. Charles and Dorothea Barker, trustees, of Longboat Key, sold the Unit K505 condominium at 435 L’Ambiance Drive to Robert and Donna Seaman, of Atlanta, for $1,725,000. Built in 1994, it has two bedrooms, two baths, two half-baths and 2,634 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $1.6 million in 2010.

baths and 1,731 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $240,000 in 1995.

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Edward and H. Patricia Mock sold their home at 606 Buttonwood Drive to Martin Rometsch and Wilhelmine WieseRometsch, of Canton, Mich., for $560,000. Built in 1968, it has three bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 1,971 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $750,000 in 2005.

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Harris Properties of Sarasota Inc. sold the Unit B-302 condominium at 415 L’Ambiance Drive to Thomas and Laura Sweet, of Lutz, for $1,152,000. Built in 1992, it has two bedrooms, three-and-a-half baths and 2,385 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $725,000 in 2000.

Fairway Bay

Janet Rogers, trustee, of Isle of Palm, S.C., sold the Unit 625 condominium at 2120 Harbourside Drive to Gabriel and Bettina Rosica, of Solon, Ohio, for $1.06 million. Built in 1988, it has three bedrooms, two-and-a-half baths and 2,632 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $1.25 million in 2006.

Norman and Judith Sommers, of Bloomfield Hills, Mich., sold their Unit 543 condominium at 2110 Harbourside Drive to Lester Mangle and Pamela Mosser, of

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Unit K505 at L’Ambiance has two bedrooms, two-and-two-half baths and 2,634 square feet of living area. It sold for $1,725,000.

Longboat Key, for $700,000. Built in 1988, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 2,031 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $294,000 in 1988.

Grand Bay

Helen Wentworth, trustee, and David Wentworth, of East Sandwich, Mass., sold the Unit 222 condominium at 3040 Grand Bay Blvd. to Jack and Nancy Rozance, of Sacramento, Calif., for $799,000. Built in 1996, it has three bedrooms, three-and-ahalf baths and 2,143 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $840,000 in 2002.

NLW Family LLC sold their Unit 201 condominium at 4311 Gulf of Mexico Drive to Roland Jackson, of Longboat Key, for $525,000. Built in 1977, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,293 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $810,000 in 2005.

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Claud Pounds, trustee, of Decatur, Ga., sold the home at 501 Spinnaker Lane to Jaymarsco Holdings LLC for $630,000. Built in 1964, it has three bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 1,718 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $590,000 in 2004.

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David Sutherland and Lesley Huber, trustees, of Longboat Key, sold the Unit 203 condominium at 5645 Gulf of Mexico Drive to Fred and Deanna Ferrell, of Sorrento, for $575,000. Built in 1985, it has two bedrooms, two

F&E Farms Inc. sold the Unit 505 condominium at 4325 Gulf of Mexico Drive to Michael and Julie Hipp, of West Des Moines, Iowa, for $460,000. Built in 1975, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 1,456 square feet of living area.

Seaplace

Barton and Marsha Hove sold their Unit G1-211D condominium at 2089 Gulf of Mexico Drive to Glenn and Catherine Campbell, of Naperville, Ill., for $320,000. Built in 1974, it has two bedrooms, two-and-a-half baths and 1,214 square feet of

living area. It previously sold for $138,000 in 1996.

Sarienda Inc. sold the Unit G4-202A condominium at 1975 Gulf of Mexico Drive to George and Joan Heady, of Burr Ridge, Ill., for $310,000. Built in 1977, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,257 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $345,000 in 2009.

Betty Stas, of South Barrington, Ill., sold her Unit G6-106G condominium at 1955 Gulf of Mexico Drive to Michael Pariseau and Susan Pariseau, trustees, of $240,000. Built in 1978, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,068 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $118,500 in 1994.

Charles and Brenda Pate, of Sandy Springs, Ga., sold their Unit G4-104C condominium at 1975 Gulf of Mexico Drive to Jay and Michelle Schlorf, of Maple Grove, Minn., for $232,300. Built in 1977, it has two bedrooms, one bath and 933 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $125,000 in 1996.

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Richard and Roselane Marcella, trustees, of Sarasota, sold the Unit TU-4 condominium at 540 Sutton Place to Enos and Ligia Perez, of Pinellas Park, for $262,000. Built in 1972, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,930 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $104,000 in 1995.

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

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3532 Mistletoe Ln #A3981859 $1,795,000 Marcia Salkin

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531 Yardarm Ln #A3980172 $1,699,000 Maureen Horn

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551 Harbor Point Rd #A3969494 $3,550,000 Michael Moulton

114 N Warbler Ln #A3959493 $1,650,000 Timothy P. Field, P.A.

Bird Key 941-383-7591 941-350-0332

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

3481 Bayou Sound #A3981543 $1,475,000 Hannerle Moore

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

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

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

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813 Hudson Ave #A3976540 $889,000 Julia Mcclung

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1942 Wisteria St #A3974548 $749,000 Dede Curran

50 Central Ave # 17Phd #A3962527 $2,395,000 Stephanie Church

Sarasota 941-388-4447 941-928-3255

4401 Gulf Of Mexico Dr # 307 #A3972931 $534,900 Sandi Layfield

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

Sarasota 941-388-4447 941-724-5448

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

Sarasota 941-388-4447 941-356-7717

4485 Gulf Of Mexico Dr # 503 #A3979554 $519,000 Steve Magner

Longboat Key 941-383-7591 941-376-8559

2612 Mulberry Ter #A3983179 $499,900 Anna Kaminski

Sarasota 941-388-4447 941-374-3200

1188 N Tamiami Trl # 304 #A3977864 $485,000 Bernadette Caswell

Sarasota 941-951-6660 941-320-8265

8033 Via Fiore #A3982382 $450,000 Susan Mcleod

Sarasota 941-388-4447 941-928-4445

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

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

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

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

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

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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 Sept. 6 through Sept. 12, in order of dollar amounts. (GMD = Gulf of Mexico Drive)

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440 Gulf of Mexico Dr. • Longboat Key 941.350.5022

3070 Grand Bay Blvd.

Re-roof

Grand Bay Condominium Association $152,000

4401 GMD

Marie-Luise Marx

$122,800

711 Tarawitt Drive Interior

U.S. Bank National Association

$60,000

3471 Bayou Sound

Re-roof

John Dixon

$32,496

575 Sanctuary Drive

Kitchen

Robert Hendler

$21,000

1935 GMD

Hurricane shutters

John Ernst

$18,787

3580 Fair Oaks Lane

Lift

Douglas Barber

$16,373

Sylvia Zimmerman attributes her reputation as one of Southwest Florida’s most outstanding real estate agents to her extensive business background, as well as her intense focus on customer service.

A longtime Sarasota-area resident, Sylvia builds enduring client relationships, possesses a profound facility for bringing buyers and sellers together and offers an intricate knowledge of the many unique communities that beckon newcomers to both Sarasota and Manatee counties.

Drawn to Sarasota by its natural beauty, exciting culture and remarkable weather, Sylvia’s love for tennis and golf found the perfect fit. Having lived on the bay (Siesta Key), on the beach (Casey Key), on a canal (Bird Key) and in two golf course communities (Lakewood Ranch Country Club and Laurel Oaks Estates), she can personally identify with the variety of opportunities available on Florida’s Gulf Coast—a unique advantage she passes on to her clients.

With her years of experience in real estate sales, no one knows the area better!

3453 GMD

Kitchen

Paul Kaplan

$15,000

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5251 GMD Demolition

Wilson Capital Management LLC

$13,100

5055 GMD

Alteration

Charles Resnick

$11,000

571 Putting Green Lane

4141 GMD

Doors and windows

Patricia Forshey

$10,640

3453 GMD

Windows and door

Robert Guernsey

$7,580

MLS# A3984052 $1,995,500

3310 Sabal Cove

Pool resurfacing

Judith Christian, trustee

$6,775

2385 Harbour Oaks Drive Pool enclosure

Thomas Fitzgibbons

$6,725

3431 Bayou Court

Kitchen and bathroom

George Workman

$4,360

2111 GMD

Tiki huts repairs

Bay Isles Association

$4,172

2045 GMD

Hurricane shutters

Lauri Cicillioni

$3,336

1910 Harbourside Drive

Column repair

Anna Holloway

$2,300

3420 Harbourside Drive

Handicap ramp

Winding Oaks Association

$2,100

580 Jungle Queen Way

Garage doors

Maxine Bellas

$1,590

616 Buttonwood Drive

Window

Dennis Montero

$1,906

3441 Bayou Sound

Certificate of occupancy

448 Gulf of Mexico Drive #106

Thomas Cornell

n/a

MLS# A3968129 $410,000

Address

Permit

Applicant

590 Wedge Lane

New construction

Deborah Cook, trustee

Interior

Amount $699,076

4583 Windsor Park MLS# A3981469 $749,500

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4235 Gulf Of Mexico Dr # G203 #A3936274 $239,000 Eileen Burke

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556 Sutton Pl #A3975937 $239,900 Robert Dardas

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637 Spanish N Dr #A3976185 $244,900 Maruta Miluns

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

The Addy & Wittig team has garnered recognition as Michael Saunders & Company’s top sales team on Longboat Key for 2010, 2011 and 2012. As a consistent top producing Realtor® and Sarasota native, Gail has more than 33 years of local real estate experience. Ian brings a robust financial management background focused on valuation to complement his abilities as a skilled negotiator.

Longboat Key 941-383-5502 941-374-9702

With the highest sale on Longboat Key in over two years, accomplished with only 51 days from listing to contract and the uncontested leader in sales at the luxurious Longboat Key Club & Resort, this team sets themselves apart from the competition. Focusing on exceptional service, which includes personally accompanying on each and every showing, this results driven team has distinguished themselves as among the very best in the profession.

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

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

Please visit www.athomesarasota.com to learn more.

1111 Ritz Carlton Dr # 1101 Sarasota #A3979992 $8,700-$11,000/month, 90 day min Diane Lyons 941-552-4200

2301 Gulf Of Mexico Dr # 81 Longboat Key #A3964751 $4,000-$5,500/month, 90 day min Diann Thelen 941-552-4200

4822 Ocean Blvd # 9C #A3973050 $3,400 Lisa Gullick

Siesta Key 941-552-4200 941-321-6973

6001 Gulf of Mexico Drive Sold for $6,800,000 2012/2013 Highest Longboat Key Sale

6600 Bayou Hammock Road Sold for $1,360,000 Pending in 6 days

VA C AT I O N R E N TA L S 3315 Gulf Of Mexico Dr #A3984171 $3,850,000 Ian Addy Pa

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 941-961-8850

Sold for $4,750,000 2012’s Highest Siesta Key bayfront sale

White Sands of Longboat whitesandsoflongboat.com 800.230.2428 113701

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Veranda Beach Club verandabeachclub.com 800.411.5511

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Record Temperatures High

Low

High

Low

Tuesday, Sept. 10

92

75

97 (1948)

64 (1963)

Wednesday, Sept. 11

91

75

98 (1925)

62 (1924)

Thursday, Sept. 12

89

74

95 (1948)

65 (1956)

Friday, Sept. 13

89

73

95 (1963)

65 (1956)

Saturday, Sept. 14

90

75

95 (1997)

64 (1913)

Sunday, Sept. 15

94

73

95 (1951)

62 (1984)

Monday, Sept. 16

91

73

95 (1958)

64 (1976)

Average Gulf water temperature: 88

MOON PHASES

SUNRISE / SUNSET

Sept. 19 Full

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Saturday, Sept. 21

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Monday, Sept. 23

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Highs

ACROSS 1 Historical record 6 Synagogue official 11 Hop, ___ and a jump 15 Wild, desperate guess 19 Certain New Zealander 20 Field measures 21 Planning to vote no 22 Coastal flier 23 Bit of tomfoolery 24 Compartment in a stable 25 Big name in hotels or crackers 26 Mentally together 27 Toilet kit item 29 Lifeboat device 31 Century plants 33 Neatly arranged 36 Directory contents 37 It doesn’t pay 38 Alexander the Great conquered it 39 Maximum bet 40 Reddish-brown horses 42 Self-proclaimed “greatest” of boxing 43 Automobile feature 46 All’s fair in it 48 Mississippi restraint 50 Omega preceder 51 A billion years, in astronomy 52 Quote as fact 53 Commandments count 54 Clairvoyant’s claim 55 Puts in a concise form 60 Has a crush on 62 Terms of enlistment 63 Long-tailed American finch 64 Cigar residue 66 Bolt attachment

I GeT AROund by Jill Pepper 67 Helicopter sounds 68 Afghan coin 69 It could make a molehill out of a mountain 70 Battered 72 Pursue wild geese?

73 Angelic figure 75 Frantic or free 77 Coffee server 78 Always, to an old poet 80 Neap or ebb, for example 81 Teens may fake them 82 Say further 83 Ignored, as a bridge suit 85 Weep, and then some 86 Hospital posting 92 Old greeting for Caesar 93 Narrow, steepsided valleys 95 Philanthropist 96 “The ___ Josey Wales” 98 Unhealthy chest sounds 99 Make good on a debt 100 By ear 101 One awaiting a catch 103 Elite Navy group 104 Means of restraint 105 Prosperity, as of the public 106 Math branch, briefly 108 Down the road 111 Granolalike 115 Port between Buffalo and Cleveland 116 Very small amount 117 100, in Italy 118 Proclamation of the czar

119 Big name in electronics 120 Early Genesis victim 121 Tool put away for the winter 122 Pan-fry

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1 Org. for doctors 2 Miss Bobsey 3 “... she loves me ___” 4 Crops up 5 Black jelly bean flavor 6 Unpleasantly grating 7 Play part 8 Woman’s undergarment 9 Crone 10 Of the Muslim faith 11 Ranis’ wraparounds 12 Wrinkle, as one’s brow 13 “Addams Family” cousin 14 Conqueror of Peru 15 Bagel type 16 Commit a certain hoops infraction 17 Hathaway of Hollywood 18 Busy buzzers 28 Banned apple spray 30 White House “no” 32 Flower ___ (wedding party member) 33 Lustrous gem 34 Rent to another tenant 35 Negotiate well 36 Not yet final, as a decree 37 “The agony of de feet” 39 Calls a spade a thpade?

40 Airport landings 41 Shiny cotton fabric 44 Truman’s defeat of Dewey, e.g.

45 Closes in on 47 Stopwatch button

49 52 54 55 56 57 58 59 61 64 65 67 68 71 72 73 74 76 79 82 83 84 86 87 88 89 90 91 94 97 99 100 101 102 103 107 109 110 112 113 114

Ultimate point Raven remark Blow a fuse, say Frome of literature Hush breaker Like many hams Often illegal road action Entertainer Falana Heavy burden Borders on Prom attendee Bridge ancestor Concealed Concert souvenir Muslim magistrates The sweat of Caesar’s brow Compose Greets the day ABC, to CBS Greeting from Popeye Taking too much interest Damp at daybreak, as grass Repulsive Newton subject Inventor’s brainchild “There’s ___ like home” Ground, as teeth Lecherous man Area between mountains Japanese prime minister Kakuei Majestic Fervidness Astonishes Emperor who fiddled around?

Location A Reiner of Hollywood High school subj.

Did some noshing Fraternity letter Ultimate suffix Word before a maiden name

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CARPENTER, EXPERIENCED, own tools and transportation. Exterior/interior work, clean cut.

Own Ins. preferable. Paul @ 941-238-8033.

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Business Opportunities BUSINESS WANTED TO BUY By Private Party Sarasota or Manatee Counties.

Very Serious - Financially Sound Quick Settlement.

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BEAUTIFUL UPHOLSTERED Bench. French Provencial.

Excellent condition, rolled upholstered arms, 47"L, $120. 941-383-2018, ronldunlap@comcast.net BENCH: WHITE, outdoor, 5/ft., decorative, from Hayneedle, new condition. $99. 941-383-4576.

Autos Wanted

NEW STORE OPENING SOON IN SARASOTA

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

NOW HIRING:

COUCH: $75. Desk: $40. Chair: $35. Dinning table $50. 383 2373.

Boat Slips For Rent/Sale 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.

Associated Realty LBK. 941-961-0372

SLIP RENTAL- LBK Moorings. By Owner.

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

941-316-9372

Boats Boats are selling very well. We’re out of boats again. Please visit: www.Islandboatsales.net Buy-Sell-Consign Call Dave, (owner) 941-228-3489.

ChitwoodCharters.com Cruise or Fish Hyatt Sarasota Docks 32’/53’ Yachts - 2hrs./2 months 941-383-5232

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

Real Estate Wanted

CASHIERS

SALES SPECIALISTS DEPARTMENT SUPERVISORS DESIGNER WAREHOUSE SPECIALISTS WAREHOUSE SUPERVISOR PRO SERVICES MANAGER WE OFFER:

• Competitive salaries & benefits • On-the-job training • Flexible work schedules (Must be available weekends) • A fun working environment

HOUSEHOLD MANAGER/PRIVATE CHEF. Eight years of experience. Master's Degree.

Intelligent, reliable, responsible and experienced. lmbinteriordesign.com for resume.

Email lmbrei@gmail.com.

Condos/Apts. For Rent BEACHPlACE, lBk. Casual beachfront living in 2BR/2BA, balcony condo. Olympic pool, health club, tennis courts. Available June through December, $2000/mo. Also available January through March, $5000/mo. Call for info. Contact Elizabeth/NYC. 212-570-2950.

HOUSESITTING POSITION WANTED. Christian couple early 60’s, no tobacco or alcohol, annual.

918-407-8824 or 918-406-7302.

LBK: TIFFANY Plaza Beachfront Condos, 1st floor, 2BR/2BA, W/D in units, walk out to beach.

Furnished, heated pool, covered parking. 1 mo. min. 941-383-3338.

LONGBOAT KEY - FAIRWAY BAY - Two level townhouse available January-April. 2 master bedrooms, 2 ½ baths, two month minimum, no pets. Beautifully furnished. Pool, tennis and exercise room, private beach access. Call 303.440.7009 or 720.440.1779.

NEWLY REMODELED, 2BR/2BA Windward Bay condo with great bay view. Available 11/1513 to 1/31/14. $2,800 per mo. incls. wi-fi, HDTV & util.

Washer/dryer. Also avail. 5/1/14 to 10/31/14.

2 Pools, tennis, fitness room & clubhouse. Call Bob 860-705-0111.

SPANISH MAIN: Annual Rental or Lease Purchase.

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

THE LANDINGS, Sarasota. Like new 2BR/2BA +den. Totally renovated; new kitchen, baths, LED lighting, cork flooring, glass tile & sensor faucets.

Open floor plan, fireplace, garage, gated community, convenient to everything! Light, wonderful unit with beautiful lake view! Unfurnished annual $2000.

941.725.7255.

Condos For Sale

For consideration, please apply online at:

GULF CONDO: $547,500. Aquarius, Longboat Key. Luxury building, private entrance, tennis, huge pool, 2BR/2BA. sarasotafloridacondorental.com 504-251-7856.

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Homes For Sale

Equal Opportunity Employer/Drug Free Workplace

A HOUSE on Longboat Key for $279,000.

Marina, boat slips, pool, beach access.

Owner: 941-383-0285.

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WANTED LUXURY ANNUAL RENTALS For Qualified Waiting Clients Contact - Sarasota Luxury Rentals 941-225-1356 email: info@sarasotaluxuryrentals.com Personalized attention with professional honest advice.

25 Years Experience - References available

Vacation/Seasonal Rentals 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.

Contact: Shira Sternberg, 802-733-3076 shira.sternberg@gmail.com A BEACHPLACE LBK Condo. Beachfront, 2BR/2BA. Elegantly furnished, internet access, heated pool, covered parking, exercise room.

Available Dec., 2013 & Jan., Feb. & March, 2014.

Non-smoking/ pets. By owner. 941-383-1884.

Exceptional Vacation Rentals Since 1994 Homes & Condominiums Studios to Six Bedrooms Beachfront, Intercoastal or Garden Excellent Service & Staff FloRIDA VACATIon ConnECTIon www.Flvacationconnection.com 941-387-9709 877-705-2460

GUlFFRonT: lonGBoAT TERRACE 2BR/2BA condo. 2014 Seasonal rental.

Tastefully decorated.

BOOk NOW. 321-279-3610.

LBK CC Shores. Spacious 2,300/SF, recent major renovation, canal, short walk to beach, 3+- mos. beginning 1/15/14. Contact: CCshor@gmail.com LIDO BEACH CONDOMINIUMS Weekly - Monthly - Seasonal Resort Properties, Inc. Licensed Real Estate Broker Full Service Condominium Management

Garage/Moving/Estate Sales

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

DESIGNER GOING out of Business Sale/Separate Garage Sale. Friday, 9/20, and Saturday, 9/21, 8am to 6pm. 5774 Carriage Dr., Mote Ranch off University Parkway. Furniture and home decor, artwork to jewelry. 1000’s of items. Don’t Miss This Sale!

LIDO BEACH Vacation paradise. 1 & 2 bedroom condos overlooking beautiful Lido Beach.

Weekly rates. Lido Dorset. Rental condo.

1-800-734-3370.

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

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

Jewelry FREE, NO OBLIGATION APPRAISAL for your gold jewelry. I will pay 75%, the highest in the industry if you choose to sell. Mike, The Island Guy, 941-730-8803.

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

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

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708-203-2205.

OWN A MAC/iPHONE/iPAD? MacTutor has 21+ years experience teaching Apple products.

I speak English, not “Geek”! (941) 812-3887 www.FLMacTutor.com

ON THE Gulf w/pool. 1BR condo, sleeps 4. Nicely furnished, cable, phone, full kitchen, living, dining area, W/D in building. Weekly or Monthly. May through January. $1600/mo. 941-351-5101.

Home Improvement/ Remodeling

CARLO DATTILO PAINTING. Licensed & insured.

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941-744-1020. 35+ years experience.

RICK STEAKLEY PAINTING. Interior/Exterior.

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30+/years experience. References available.

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Lic./Ins. 941-228-7605, rlsteakley60@gmail.com

SEAPLACE – BLDG M-2, 2 Bed, 2 Bath, 4th floor bay view, fully furnished condo available for FebMarch. Close access to clubhouse, pool and beach. Newly carpeted bedrooms. King master, unit sleeps 6. Ceramic tiled kitchen, dining and living area including screened lanai. One covered parking spot. 2 Month rental, $3700/month.

Non-smoking. Call Joe at 309-696-7916 or email rjthurmond@yahoo.com.

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Weekly/Monthly Condominium Rentals 4 Night Minimum

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

Reservations: 941-383-5549 Fax: 941-383-7925

20 years design background.

Licensed - Insured - LBK Resident References upon request.

941-383-2659

Office Open 7 Days, 9a.m. - 5p.m.

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2BR/2BA, open, direct views, tennis court, 2 heated pools, steps away from the sand.

Recently remodeled.

941-228-5671.

Fully equipped 2BR/2BA condos with washer and dryer, and wireless internet in each unit.

WANTED: LBK, AMI or Bradenton, 1BR, pet friendly, February 2014. 724-863-1763.

OUR GUESTS RETURN FROM GENERATION TO GENERATION.

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

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

Extra Large Heated Gulf View Swimming Pool!

5360 Gulf of Mexico Dr., Suite 101 Longboat Key, FL 34228 Rental office 9a.m. - 5p.m. M-F Ask about our special rates!

Wagner Realty Since 1939 www.wagnerrentals.com

ONEY $AVE AM ND MAKE MONEY GARAGE SALE As low as $15 for 1 week!

Get a discount when you run your ad in more than one Observer.

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YOUR PERSONAL BOOKKEEPER, LLC Gail Sunray, Owner Personal & Business Bookkeeping Accounting/ Taxes

JOHN GUBERNAT SERVICES Residential/ Commercial. Handyman Repairs, Roof Repairs, Coatings, Painting, Power Washing, Property Management, Home Watching. LBK Resident. Lic./Ins. 941-962-4867.

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4 Bill Paying & Account Reconciliation 4 Organizing Personal and Business Files 4 Budgets & Financial Reports 4 Federal and State Tax Returns BONDED & INSURED Over 25 yrs. experience Telephone: 941-749-5646 yourbookkeeper@tampabay.rr.com

Pet Services

Weekly/ Monthly/ Seasonal Rates Beachfront, Bayfront and In Between Houses or Condos Reservations 941-383-6127 Visa/ MC 800-352-0367

Personal Services

TILE TILE TILE All Variations of Ceramic Tile Supplied & Installed.

Free Estimates & Custom Designs.

Provides home healthcare from as little as 4 hours to 24/7 care.

For more info Phone: 941-809-3725 License #230506 & #30211577

Expert Marble & Travertine Installation Floor & Walls Grout Cleaning & Sealing Service Available Call Ashdown Flooring, Inc. LICENSED (941) 726-3077 INSURED

Air Conditioning GULFSIDE A/C & Heating, LLC. SALES & SERVICE, FREE ESTIMATES! 10 MINUTE RESPONSE. Visa/MC/Disc. Lic. #CAC1816929 941-962-6863.

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

SHIP YOUR CAR, TRUCK OR SUV anywhere in the United States. Great rates, fast quotes. Call Hawley Motors, 941-923-3421.

Cleaning HOUSE CLEANING by mature, dependable lady.

20 years experience. Sarasota native, non-smoker. $17. Hourly, weekly or bi-weekly. PH. 328-9813.

Home Services CAPTAIN MIKE’S Home and Boat Watch Home and Boat Watch/ Sitting/ Management/ Maintenance. Home Repairs, Renovation, Handyman, Pressure Washing. Lic/Ins. 941-544-7788.

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

Call for free and honest estimates.

941-525-2435

Massage

Computer Services Cmagik - LBK resident, servicing our island year round for over 12 yrs. Bachelors Degree with 20 yrs. experience, PC or MAC. Professional help with computers, iPad/iPhones and tutoring.

References upon request.

Call Cort: 383-3878, 587-5588 cmagik.com

LONGBOAT MASSAGE rates. A one hour massage till October 1, 2013. 4134 Suite 208, Longboat Call 941-387-0857 or longboatmassage.com MM

announces summer for $65! Good June 1 Gulf of Mexico Drive Key, FL 34228. book online at: 12915

DOGGY HOTEL/GROOMING. 24 Hour Daycare.

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3925 Brown Avenue behind Sleep King. doggyhotel.net 941-554-4620.

TIKI TIME PET SITTING! In-Home Pet Sitting! Leave your fur kids in their environment with trusted, loving care! Providing quality pet care for 10 years! No extra charge for multiple pets & Holidays! Excellent references.

480-694-0756 tikitimepetcare@gmail.com

Transportation ISLAND SEDAN Serving Anna Maria Island, Longboat Key, West Bradenton and St. Armands Towncar Service Rates: To or From: Tampa International Airport: $80 St. Pete/Clearwater Airport: $75 Sarasota/Bradenton Airport: $35 Call for rates to other locations Local and Long Distance 941-730-8803 islandsedan@gmail.com www.islandsedan.com

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

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