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YOUR TOWN Dr. Murray ‘Murf’ Klauber

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Roger Pettingell is keeping tradition alive, and we’re sure his customers are extremely thankful. Every year during the week of Thanksgiving, Pettingell, a Coldwell Banker Residential Real Estate agent, hosts “Pie Day,” when he gives out pies to customers. This year, Pettingell and his team gave out more than 130 pies, and for those who were out of town, Pettingell gave them the chance to donate the pie to a local food bank in the form of a contribution.

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Primary election set for January With three candidates now in the race, first balloting takes place on last Tuesday of the month. SEE PAGE 5A

Sleigh bells jingling, ring-ting tingling When walking through St. Armands Circle, it might sound like Santa’s sleigh is about to land. But it isn’t reindeer or Santa’s sleigh. It’s Glenn Ocock of St. Armands Key Lutheran Church. Ocock is one of the many volunteers who will be ringing bells for The Salvation Army until Christmas.

Ocock has a special set of bells to ring. Instead of a kettlebell, Ocock is using a set of sleigh bells purchased by his grandfather in the 1870s. Ocock and his family sold his grandfather’s farm in 2002, but the sleigh bells stayed within the family.

Ocock will be ringing the bells on Tuesdays for the next month. Anyone interested in ringing the bell in the Sarasota area may call 552-5175.

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‘He had a zest for life’ MARK GORDON AND KATIE JOHNS LONGBOAT OBSERVER

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child of the Great Depression, Dr. Murray “Murf” Klauber took all kinds of jobs to make money in the 1930s: soda jerk, gravedigger, paperboy, to name just a few.

When he made $200, he bought a car — the first in his family to have a set of wheels.

Another gig: altar boy for the neighborhood Catholic church where he grew up in Buffalo, N.Y. He worked there for four years, getting a quarter per service. One thing that didn’t come up in the job interview? Klauber’s religion.

“The priests and I never talked about me being Jewish,” Klauber chuckled, recalling those days in a video biography published on YouTube earlier this year.

Klauber went on to have a long line of varied jobs. The list includes father of three children who grew up to be uber-successful adults; nationally known, ahead-of-his-time orthodontist; clothing store operator; restaurateur; never-take-no-for-ananswer salesman; ski instructor and lifelong expert skier who could be seen, and heard, yodeling down the mountains of Aspen; hotelier; developer; and, even when he couldn’t get people to buy into his vision, master urban planner.

And, possibly most notably, Klauber, behind the rise of the Colony Beach & Tennis Resort, was a forerunner in turning the Sarasota-Bradenton region into a global destination for leisure travel. (The Klauber family, after a series of disputes and lawsuits, lost control of the Colony in federal bankruptcy court in 2010 after nearly four decades of ownership.)

Considered a true renaissance man and a visionary thinker by many who knew him — and a sartorial standout who was rarely not seen in a colorful tropical shirt and loafers on his feet, never socks — Klauber died Nov. 22. He was 91.

“He had a zest for life,” said wine entrepreneur Jack Daniels with Wilson Daniels in Napa Valley, Calif., a longtime family friend and Colony vendor.

Daniels and his wife, and Klauber and his second wife, Susie, vacationed together and often went for long walks together on each other’s respective coasts and beaches. “He thought big about everything. There will be a big hole in that community with Murf gone.”

The zest also led to a life, above all else, that focused on fun for Klauber and his first wife Joanna’s three children: Michael, Katie and Tommy.

That dates back to the days the kids grew up in Buffalo. One example: Klauber would choose one of the children, usually as a reward for good schoolwork, to ride in the Corvette to or from the family ski chalet for one-on-one dad time.

“He’s unforgettable and irreplaceable to us and so many others,” said Michael Klauber, now co-proprietor of Michael’s On East in Sarasota.

The joy the family patriarch had in life was true to the end, too. Last year, Klauber and Susie

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“We pursued our careers because of the lessons and laughter and love we learned from him. It got in our blood.”

Born: Feb. 9, 1927 Died: Nov. 22, 2018 Hometown: Buffalo, N.Y. Profession: Orthodontist Survivors: Michael, Katie, Tommy Married to: Sue BassettKlauber. (His first wife, Joanna Brown Klauber, died June 13, 2017.)

Education: University of Buffalo and degree in orthodontics from University of Pennsylvania in 1953.

Military service: Enlisted in the U.S. Navy in 1945 while in college.

Moved to Sarasota: 1969 Purchased Colony Beach & Tennis Resort: 1970

— Daughter Katie Klauber Moulton

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joined Michael Klauber and his wife, Terri, on a South African safari trip. A gift from a group of friends, the trip was announced at a surprise 90th birthday party family members put together in February 2017 for the elder Klauber at Michael’s On East. The party planners re-created the famous Monkey Room from the Colony inside Michael’s Wine Cellar to celebrate the occasion.

“This is the best thing that’s ever happened to me in my life,” Murf Klauber told the packed room while tearing up, talking into a microphone held by Michael. “I love all of you.”

KIND AND GENEROUS

Dr. Murray “Murf” Klauber was born Feb. 9, 1927, the son of Dr. Philip Klauber, a dentist, and Lillian Samuels Klauber. It was from his parents, early on, that Murf Klauber discovered the intrinsic value of giving back to people with no expectation of anything in return. Dr. Philip Klauber, for example, would often do dental work for free for people devastated by the Great Depression. Some patients would later come by the Klauber house with fruit or a plate of food in thanks.

“His kindness impacted so

many people, and he was willing to give everyone a second chance” said Katie Klauber Moulton, recalling free meals, small neverpay-back “loans” to people down on their luck and his mentorship of many who worked at the Colony. The list of Murf Klauber mentees includes some of the region’s most noted restaurateurs, such as Sean Murphy with Beach Bistro; J.P. Knaggs with Bijou Café and the late Titus Letschert of Café L’Europe.

The Klauber children went on to successful hospitality careers themselves.

“We pursued our careers because of the lessons and laughter and love we learned from him,” said Katie Moulton. “It got in our blood.”

Murf Klauber’s kindness manifested itself often in rewarding Colony employees for good work.

There were the two cars he bought one of the Colony’s early employees, Phil Mancini, now co-proprietor of Michael’s On East with Michael Klauber. One car, Mancini said, was a Mustang convertible. The other was a Corvette. Klauber also bought Mancini a 60-inch TV in the mid-1970s, “back when having a TV that big,” Mancini says, “was

for the elite.”

Another time, Mancini recalled, Klauber took his protégé on a shopping spree for a new wardrobe, to a men’s shop Klauber owned on St. Armands Circle. “He hated the way I dressed,” said Mancini, a Providence, R.I., native who favored short ties and Italian shoes at the time. “He spent thousands of dollars getting me new clothes.”

The Mancini makeover, full of slacks and polo shirts, made a big impression on one of the Colony’s most famous unit owners: national tennis reporter and broadcaster Bud Collins. “Every time Bud saw me after that,” said Mancini, “he called me Polo Phil.”

In addition to his jobs, Klauber excelled in academics and sports growing up. He starred in rowing and squash at the University of Buffalo, and helped both teams win national championships. He later became a 5-handicap golfer.

Klauber also enlisted in the U.S. Navy in 1945, breaking up his undergraduate years. He worked in a Navy pharmacy toward the end of World War II and then returned to college. After Buffalo, he earned his orthodontics degree in 1953 from the University of Pennsylvania.

Tommy Klauber said his dad got his passion for life, and his positive and tireless work ethic, from his mom, Lillian Samuels Klauber.

“I think she saw a future for him and pushed him hard to make his dreams reality,” said Tommy Klauber, who like the other Klauber children worked at the Colony and later went into the hospitality business on his own.

Passion and a positive attitude, along with fun and kindness, is a theme in Klauber’s life that comes up often in conversations with friends.

“Everybody would say that Murf is a visionary, and he certainly was, but if I would describe him in just a few words, he was somebody who was completely committed to whatever he was working on,” said Icard Merrill attorney Charlie Bartlett, who met Klauber in 1981 and represented him during the Colony legal disputes from 2006 to 2016.

“And he was always working on something.”

Bill Kelley, an area painter, said Klauber, whom he met in 2000 and became fast friends with, “was a good soul” and probably the most positive person he’s ever met. “He never had a bad day,” Kelley said.

That passion carried over to what would be Murf Klauber’s first career love: being an orthodontist. He had a practice, Crown and Bridge, in Buffalo, N.Y., and he also invented several tools and devices to improve the industry.

With that background, Klauber was often asked to speak at orthodontist conferences nationwide.

It was on his way to an orthodontist conference, in St. Louis in 1967, when Klauber discovered Sarasota and Longboat Key. His first wife, Joanna, came to town with some friends to recover from an illness. She called her husband and encouraged him to come to the paradise she had discovered as soon as possible. Klauber did, and like his wife, was smitten with Sarasota.

‘BIG AND BOLD’

Klauber’s life in Buffalo was an American dream come true — in addition to the successful orthodontist practice, he ran a restaurant, three clothing retail stores and developed some condos there. But it was the discovery of SEE KLAUBER, PAGE 12A

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What happened this week in: 1992

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Today the tennis center offers 10 Har-Tru courts.

NEWS OF THE DAY If you like tennis and enjoy playing at the town’s Public Tennis Center, Nov. 19, 1992, should hold special significance.

The Town Commission on that day voted to approve development of the center on Bay Isles Road, setting into motion work to initially build eight Har-Tru courts on 2.3 acres donated by Arvida/JMB Partners. The courts would be built with an underground irrigation system.

At the time, a singlemember user card cost $240 annually, with a family card costing $360 a year. Nonmembers could buy a daily play card for $5.

Officials estimated the courts would be ready in three months at a cost of

$200,000. This was the amount donated by Arvida/ JMB Partners, in addition to the land donation, in exchange for a density swap and a zoning change. Two donated trailers were initially planned to serve as a pro shop and office space.

In addition to the Tennis Center approval, Town Commissioners also approved two hard-surface courts to be built at Bayfront Park. It was hoped Arvida/JMB Partners would fund the construction of those courts, too.

At a previous town workshop, some residents balked at a proposed reservation system for the new courts, but ultimately the need for some kind of court-management system was deemed necessary for the facility’s smooth operation.

FROM THE FILES OF COPS CORNER Animals are frequently a cause for concern on the island, and the week of Nov. 26 was no exception.

Listed in Cops Corner that week: n A call about a snake.

The harmless reptile was chased off a property on Buttonwood Drive. n A call about a barking dog. The dog had hushed by the time an officer arrived to the 6400 block of Gulf of Mexico Drive. n Four calls about loose dogs. Two owners were warned and two dogs were found secure upon the officer’s arrival.

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A pair of community workshops are planned Dec. 17 to discuss recent coyote sightings on Longboat Key. The events are planned for two locations and times: n 10 a.m. to noon, at All Angels Episcopal Church, 563 Bay Isles Road n 2-4 p.m. at Christ Church, 6400 Gulf of Mexico Drive The presentation will be similar to one held Aug. 30 after numerous sightings were reported to authorities. A question and answer session will also take place.

Colony mid-rise building demolished The centerpiece of the former Colony Beach & Tennis Resort is gone.

Workers for Unicorp Developments Inc., which is planning to redevelop the property in the coming years into a five-star hotel and condominium complex, this week leveled the mid-rise building with a wrecking ball.

Work began in late July tearing down the mostly wooden residential units as part of a 120-day agreement with the town to demolish the structures following a municipal emergency demolition order.

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Longboat Key commissioners are expected on Dec. 3 to name a replacement for Stephen Madva, who resigned from the town Planning & Zoning Board in October.

“Steve and his wife have been spending more time at their home in North Carolina,” said B.J. Bishop, chairwoman of the Planning & Zoning Board.

“We have some strong candidates in the pool,” Bishop said.

Six people have applied for the P&Z opening. They are: n Terrie DuCray, a retired bank manager and insurance agent.

DuCray was a member of the town Architectural Review Board. n Penelope Gold, the former chief executive officer of the Kentucky Society of Certified Public Accountants. Gold also owns a home in Kentucky. n David Green, a lawyer with more than 30 years of experience working with local governments on land-use permitting. In private practice, Green was involved with real estate, land use and environmental law and is president of Green Group Holdings LLC. n David Lapovsky, a retired market research executive.

Lapovsky is active in the nonprofit Preserve Longboat and was on the Planning Board in Bradley Beach, N.J. n Margaret Nuzzo, a real estate appraiser and a licensed Realtor in Florida and New Jersey.

She also has a home in Marlton, N.J. n Charles Resnick, a retired attorney and former arbitrator.

Each applicant will be interviewed by the commission at a special workshop meeting scheduled for 12:15 p.m. Dec. 3.

The commission will name a replacement for Madva at its 1 p.m. regular meeting Dec. 3.

Madva, an attorney from the Philadelphia area, was appointed to P&Z in 2015. He was reappointed in April 2017. His term was set to expire in May 2020.

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Randy Langley and Mike Haycock received extra time to submit paperwork.

January primary will determine two who run for at-large seat Haycock and Langley resubmit paperwork.

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fter some initial confusion stemming from the supervisor of elections offices, there are now three candidates running for the at-large seat in the Longboat Key Town Commission,

which means a primary election is necessary in January.

Mike Haycock, vice chairman of the town’s Planning & Zoning Board, and Randy Langley, a general contractor and former investor in the Colony Beach & Tennis Resort, along with incumbent Jim Brown will all be in an islandwide primary slated for Jan. 29, the last Tuesday in January.

The top two vote getters will face off in the general election March 19.

“That’s democracy, the more the merrier,” said Langley, a Manatee County resident who ran against Commissioner Ed Zunz in March for the District 5 seat. Zunz received 52% of the vote, Langley, 48%.

For a few days last week, it appeared there might be no election for Town Commission candidates at all — both Haycock, a Sarasota County resident, and Langley were told they failed to qualify by Monday’s deadline.

Two incumbents, George Spoll and Jack Daly, are unopposed.

Officials said the applications of Haycock and Langley were overlooked at the Supervisor of Elections offices in Sarasota and Manatee counties as teams scrambled to meet recount deadlines in the statewide races for U.S. Senate and governor. When work began on certifying both men’s Longboat applications, there was insufficient time for the candidates to address a handful of petition signatures that could not be verified.

“It was a simple mistake, no big deal,” Manatee County Supervisor of Elections Michael Bennett said.

With two candidates technically missing the deadline in a three-candidate race, a town code kicked into effect, allowing seven extra days for them to straighten out their applications. The new deadline was set for noon Nov. 28, and both candidates say their applications are in order and filed with Town Clerk Trish Shinkle.

Haycock, a former executive with Tropicana Corp., said he is happy to have a second opportunity to run for Town Commission.

“I have enjoyed representing Planning & Zoning for the last two years,” said Haycock, who has been a resident of the town for 20 years. “Now, it’s time for me to make a larger contribution.

“The voters are going to have some interesting choices,” he said.

According to Shinkle, the last primary took place in 2010 when former Commissioner Lynn Larson defeated former Mayor Lee Rothenberg and Lee Pokoik, a resident of Country Club Shores for a seat on the commission.

The 2010 primary cost the town $15,326, while the general election cost $22,521. The totals include costs incurred by the county Supervisor of Elections offices, rental of election-precinct space in Manatee County and legal advertising required.

“The differences would be additional early-voting costs and the additional rental of the Island Chapel — $550,” Shinkle said.

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Work at Key Club nearing completion Unexpected delay in rerouting sewer lines sets Thanksgiving timeline back, board leader says.

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Work on the Resort at Longboat Key Club’s south entrance should be completed in mid-December, said Robert Goodman, president of the Longboat Key Association.

The project had been slated for completion around Thanksgiving, but builders ran into some difficulty in relocating sewer lines in concert with the road construction, setting the timeline back, said Goodman, who leads the board that controls Longboat Club Road.

“A couple of minor problems, that’s all,” he said.

The project includes rerouting the south entrance roadway to the north, installing new landscaping and building a water feature along Longboat Club Drive. A new gatehouse, in line with the new roadway, and a new sign at Gulf of Mexico Drive, which town records list as a $100,000 component, are

NOV. 17

WEB OF INTRIGUE 8:34 a.m., 6500 block of Gulfside Drive Property damage: A beachfront resident called police to report damage done to beach chairs left near the high-water line the previous evening. In meeting with the responding officer, the caller said she had left three chairs on the beach and discovered damage to one of them in the morning. She theorized someone had purposely cut the chair’s webbing.

The officer, after inspecting the chair, instead theorized that the webbing had become weakened in the cool overnight air and someone sat in the chair, breaking the webbing.

STOP FOR THE LIGHTS 9:29 a.m., 900 block of Gulf of Mexico Drive Traffic: With yellow lights flashing in a crosswalk, a driver was seen by police driving through the signal on Gulf of Mexico Drive.

The driver from Lakeland told the officer he didn’t see anyone in the crosswalk, so he drove through.

The officer reminded him to stop for the flashing lights first, then determine if anyone is trying to cross before proceeding. The driver was issued a warning.

also part of the construction.

Adjacent to the road project, changes are also planned for the golf club area. Construction of a 10,158-square-foot cart barn and a new pro shop will replace structures built in 1976. Plans filed with the town show the pro shop will be built within two years.

The driving range is being moved north to make room for the rerouted Longboat Club Road, which includes widening the intersection with Gulf of Mexico Drive to 110 feet, where the Florida Department of Transportation could decide to build a traffic circle.

Moving the road has been described as an “in-furtherance” of the Resort at Longboat Key Club’s plans to someday convert 300 residential units within Islandside to tourism units and build a $100 million hotel south of Longboat Club Road. The proposed hotel would be 259 rooms and 93 condominiums.

The 2015 referendum for the hotel was approved six percentage points. To date, plans for the hotel, which would sit along New Pass, have not been submitted to the town.

WRONG WAY 10:30 a.m., 2700 block of Gulf of Mexico Drive Traffic: While assisting with traffic control at the scene of downed power lines on Gulf of Mexico Drive, an officer stopped a Cadillac driving south in the northbound lanes for about a quartermile, passing stopped traffic.

The officer reported the driver was upset for being stopped and didn’t believe that a wire was down. He was cited for driving on the wrong side of the road.

NOV. 18

TALKING TRASH 10:58 a.m., 700 block of Broadway Street Disturbance: A man called police to report a dispute he’d had with a boater over trash. The caller said he had seen a man aboard a sailboat throw trash overboard at the Linley Street moorings.

NOV. 17

HIS PAPERS WERE IN ORDER 11:27 a.m., 7000 block of Longboat Drive East Suspicious circumstance: Police were called to a neighborhood to investigate a report of a remotely controlled drone flying nearby.

An officer located a car described as being connected to the flight and spoke to the drone operator. He produced a valid FAA droneoperator certificate and said he was photographing a home for a real estate agent and had not strayed from the boundaries of that assignment. No other complaints about improper overflights were received.

The drone operator left for another assignment without incident.

When the caller confronted the boater, the caller reported he was threatened with a gaff pole.

NOV. 20

PLEASE LEAVE 8:53 p.m., 4700 block of Gulf of Mexico Drive Disturbance: A guest who was causing a disturbance at the hotel bar was asked to stay in his room for the rest of the night.

Police found him wandering the sixth-floor hallways and was asked to return to his fourth-floor room.

WHAT WAS THAT? 11:49 p.m., 4700 block of Gulf of Mexico Drive Rescue: A caller to police reported flares over the Gulf of Mexico.

A sergeant reported seeing a lantern on the water, but no flares or vessels in distress. Police also heard from Venice Police via a messaging system that a meteor shower could have been mistaken for flares over the gulf waters.

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Roughly the same time, on Jan. 6, 1989, Klauber and the town skirmished over a real estate office on the property. The Code Enforcement Board ruled the real estate office could not deal in properties beyond the boundaries of the resort, and gave the Rose and Klauber firm 10 days to stop doing such business or face fines of $250 a day.

“It isn’t like we’re conquering the world from there,’’ Charles Rose told the board, but the company complied.

Then, nearly two decades after acquiring the Colony, Klauber wanted to build the Reserve, a resort spa where the Vizcaya is now located. But in 1990, the town revoked his building permits, and Klauber sued. He claimed some members of the Town Commission opposed him and his political views, according to a March 27, 1997 story in the Longboat Observer.

“He thought his civil rights were violated,” Wolverton said.

A federal grand jury in Tampa — in December 1996 — awarded Klauber $8.9 million: $2.6 million for out-of-pocket expenses; $6 million for lost profits and $290,000 for mental distress.

That amount was eventually reduced to $6.5 million, including $4.5 million in cash and $2 million to be paid in increments during a seven-year period.

In an interview with the Longboat Observer published May 29, 1997, after the lawsuit was concluded, Klauber said, “I was here to build a better, nicer, more refined, more fun island, and they don’t want anybody on this island.”

Klauber bought the former Far Horizons Resort and donated its old tennis clubhouse to the town.

He also paid to move the building — now the town’s recreation center — to Bayfront Park.

Wolverton said Klauber talked him into running for Town Commission in the early 1990s and Key resident Dick Smothers, as well as his brother, Tom, and comedian Pat Paulsen would support him.

“You could write a book about Murf,” he said.

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When Longboat Key town officials ruled that a Tiki hut over the Colony Beach & Tennis Resort’s deck was not permitted in 1988, more than 300 resort employees formed a circle around the structure in solidarity.

Klauber was often a thorn in the side of town officials SUZANNE ELLIOTT STAFF WRITER

Woody Wolverton went on a trip to China years ago with Dr. Murray “Murf” Klauber.

Wolverton, a former Longboat Key Commissioner who was friends with Klauber for more than 30 years, said the owner of the former Colony Beach & Tennis Resort brought a telephone with him that enabled him to call directly to the United States and vice versa.

Wolverton said Klauber wanted

to stay in contact with his daughter, Katie, who was running the resort. But because of the time difference — 12 hours — and the number of calls back and forth between the two, Wolverton said his friend quickly tired of the gadget.

“He said to remind him to never take it on another trip,” Wolverton said.

A Colony employee helped launch Wolverton’s friendship with Klauber. He said he was new to the Key and had volunteered to work a local golf tournament.

“We were both drinking beer and watching to make sure no one cheated,” he said of the employee. “She then told me I needed to meet her boss.”

The rest is history.

“I had a million drinks with him,” Wolverton said. “We had a hell of a good time.”

The coincidence of Klauber dying a day after the last building was demolished at the site of his beloved Colony Beach & Tennis Resort last week was not lost on Maggie Hicks, a Longboat Key Realtor and daughter of former longtime Longboat Police Chief Wayne McCammon.

“He died of a broken heart,” she said. “I guarantee it.”

During his nearly 50 years on Longboat, Klauber made a name for himself, especially with the Colony. But he was an occasional thorn in the side of town leaders.

Klauber was not afraid to challenge or be generous with his adopted hometown, friends said.

In 1988, when the town’s Code Enforcement Board ruled that a Tiki hut over a beachside deck at the Colony was not permitted and needed to be removed, Klauber and the town battled back and forth for about a year. At one point, more than 300 employees formed a symbolic, hand-inhand ring around the structure in solidarity with their boss.

Ultimately, Klauber dismantled the hut, but a single pole remained and became a sticking point with the town for months.

The town contended it was part of the structure and had to go.

Klauber pointed to photos that indicated it had been there since the early 1970s. By early 1989, the town ruled enough was enough and allowed the pole to stand.

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“If we are to build a better world, we must remember that the guiding principle is this — a policy of freedom for the individual is the only truly progressive policy.”

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Murf Klauber’s family and friends gathered at sunset Sunday for a memorial service on the Colony’s Makepeace groin.

Murf Klauber and the Colony are gone. But the treasures he prized — his beach and Makepeace groin — will remain as lasting legacies.

MATT WALSH

“M

r. Walsh, it’s AnnaMary. Can you take a call from Dr. Klauber?”

For 15 years, up until 2010, when the Colony closed, that was the routine. Some months, it was weekly. It depended on whatever had him riled up. Or it might be his next grand vision that consumed his passions and energy.

It felt like being summoned by the king, the king of the island, sitting atop his castle, in his fifth-floor penthouse office, overlooking his kingdom: his priceless beach, his world-class resort, his Makepeace groin and the vast blue sky and aqua Gulf of Mexico that stretched over the horizon.

Of course, I took the calls. I loved them.

The best ones, which were most of them, were when “Murf” — aka Dr. Murray “Murf” Klauber — ranted about the town … the town commissioners or the town manager … and wanted the Longboat Observer to do his bidding.

“Matt,” he would say, “we’ve got to make sure we get the right people elected in the next town election. We’ve got to get the word out about [candidate he liked] … We can’t let those PIC

(Public Interest Committee) people get elected. They’ll ruin the town.”

Or, frequently: “Matt, we’ve got to do something about those people at Town Hall. They’re going to ruin our beaches. How many times do I have to tell them if they would just do what I’ve done at the Colony with the Makepeace groin, they wouldn’t have to waste millions and millions of taxpayers dollars on beach renourishment? Can’t they see that we have the biggest and most beautiful beach in front of the Colony?”

And lo and behold, if you saw the Colony beach from his penthouse vantage point, he was right. While condominiums up and down the Key fretted year after year over their disappearing beaches that needed newly dredged sand, the Colony’s beach was always wide and crystal white.

Sometimes, the phone calls were invitations to his penthouse office to see his pride-and-joy beach. “Look at that,” he would say, surveying the Colony’s expansive beach. “It’s so simple to do.” Or, they were invitations to hear about and see his next visionary idea.

His office actually was not the marble palace fit for a king. It was cramped and cluttered, with room for a couple chairs close to his desk, walls and shelves covered with memorabilia and a desktop disheveled with newspapers, magazines and stacks of documents that looked more like an editor’s nest than that of a worldly restaurateur and hotelier.

When he took you into the room adjoining his office, this was pure Murf Klauber.

Those who knew him knew he always was striving for superlatives — the biggest building, the best restaurant, the tastiest food, the most fabulous fireworks show. Many of his great ideas and visions came to life in this adjoining office, where a large table displayed miniature architectural renditions of his next project. Even they were “the best” renditions.

Before the Colony’s demise, Klauber envisioned creating, as

Murf Klauber

he would say, “the most hightech” conference communications center in the country, with a new Colony high-rise conference center abutting Gulf of Mexico Drive. At one point in the early 2000s, he decided to go bigger. His rendering room featured a model consuming an entire block of Second Street in downtown Sarasota devoted to bringing his vision to life. He went so far as to present this grand vision at an elaborate reception at the Sarasota Opera House, only to have the Sarasota City Commission summarily reject it.

To hell with them. Klauber took his vision to Tampa to be developed at Channelside. But there as well he was ahead of his time. Now a decade later, Tampa Bay Lightning owner Jeff Vinik is transforming Channelside.

“When he made up his mind,” said 40-year friend Bruce Bozzi Sr., “it was impossible to dissuade him.”

Klauber and Bozzi, one of the owners of the famed Palm

“Passion upon passion.

Vitality and energy. I left when he was 77, and he was still tireless and positive.”

— Michael Garey, former Colony restaurant manager

Restaurants, had a daily ritual for 40 years whenever Bozzi was on Longboat Key: after a round of doubles tennis (often with the late Bud Collins), they would refresh with cocktails at 5:30 p.m. at the Colony bar, toward the end at Pattigeorge’s. Klauber: Rob Roys; Bozzi: Dewar’s and soda.

They talked about everything, a lot about the restaurant business. “He was the most upbeat and innovative person I’ve ever met,” Bozzi said.

“Passion upon passion,” said Michael Garey, former Colony restaurant manager and now owner of restaurants on Longboat Key and in Sarasota. “Vitality and energy. I left when he was 77, and he was still tireless and positive.”

Garey has never forgotten what Klauber showed him about devotion to employees.

“If he saw you with your spouse or child, he would make them believe you were the one who made the Colony great,” Garey remembered. He recalled New Year’s nights, after the stroke of midnight, Klauber, his daughter Katie Moulton and her husband, Michael, would leave the Colony Restaurant and head to the kitchen, where they made celebratory drinks for the staff.

“Legitimately heartwarming and unselfish.”

Bozzi: “A lot of people saw him as an opportunist and selfserving, but he was not that. He really had the best interests of the Colony, Longboat Key, Sarasota and his employees.”

To be sure, Klauber lived and played in rarefied, worldly circles of celebrities, successful entrepreneurs and legacy families.

His second wife, Sue Carling Bassett-Klauber is a descendant of the Canadian Carling beer family. He frequently entertained Mary Lou Whitney, an heiress to the Vanderbilt fortune and horse-racing royalty. He dined with the late Klaus Jacobs, a Swiss billionaire candy baron.

He skied in Aspen, spent summers in Toronto, went on wine and travel safaris in South Africa.

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But not all of them could get a coveted table in the Colony Dining Room.

EMILY WALSH

F

or many of us, it’s probably hard to distinguish our memories of Dr. Murray “Murf” Klauber and The Colony Beach & Tennis Resort separately. They are one and both in the same.

If anyone was going to give Kevin Bacon a run for his “six degrees of separation,” it was Murf Klauber. Whether you stayed, ate, played tennis, celebrated a special event or worked at The Colony, practically everyone has some connection to Murf.

Here’s a great example: My best friend, Knickole Barger’s daughter, Katherine Curtis’s grandfather, Paul Curtis, was Murf’s helicopter pilot in the 1980s. Surely there are many similar lineages. That’s also because everyone was Murf’s best friend.

Trust me, I know. That’s what everyone told me when they made reservations in the Colony Dining Room or when they were trying to secure the prestigious Table 50, the corner window table overlooking Longboat Key’s beautiful white beach. I’m sure many of you have special memories of that table.

I took my role as restaurant hostess in the late 1990s and early 2000s seriously. I felt as though I was Murf’s gatekeeper.

I was protective of the man with his characteristic unruly eyebrows who would raise both his brightly colored, clothed arms in the air every night when he came in the restaurant for his 5 o’clock cocktail and exclaim with his enthusiastic booming voice, “There she is!” before engulfing me with a big embrace. Plus, we had a bond. We shared the same birthday, Feb. 9.

So no dollar amount or hundred-dollar bill slipped across the hostess stand would convince me that you were actually Murf’s best friend and deserved a prized window table. In fact, I knew exactly who Murf’s best friends were, because we had a list of those VIPs taped to the inside back cover of our reservation book. Whose names were on that list will go with me to the grave. Like I said, I don’t take bribes. OK, maybe I did accept a few Jacksons, but those were rare instances when the nightly VIP count was low. Rare.

“Doc,” as we employees called him, didn’t want to just offer fine dining for his guests. He wanted them to have an experience. Providing this unique experience every evening was orchestrated and choreographed down to every detail. It was a production. The actors were the wait staff divided into teams, each consisting of a busser, runner, front waiter and a captain.

These teams worked exclusively with each other. If members of one team couldn’t work, another

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Murf Klauber and Emily Walsh celebrating his 90th birthday on their shared birthday date of Feb. 9, 2017.

team was called in.

The lead actors (captains) back in those glory days were Mirco, MooMoo, Alvin and Tito.

Dressed in tuxedos, they knew how to put on a show. Mirco was the Italian wine connoisseur. Alvin was the comedian.

MooMoo was the teddy bear.

And Tito dazzled as the ringmaster, always requested specifically by Murf to wait on him and his guests.

“Doc was very particular about how we told the guests about the specials,” recalled Tito Vitorino, former captain from 1997 to 2000 and restaurant manager from 2000 to 2003 and again from 2005 until its closing in 2010. “We had to name every ingredient in every dish with no notes like a speech.” Before dinner service began, the captains would walk through their tables rehearsing their lines.

Just in time for the show to begin, Murf would take his seat at Table 55. Nestled in the back corner of the Dining Room — nicknamed “The Gallery” where Bill Kelley paintings and awards hung, Murf could take in the expanse of the entire restaurant’s operations.

From there he could watch guests being entertained with tableside preparation of Caesar salad, cherries jubilee, crepes suzette, mixed berries Colonystyle or five different coffees flambé. Or for the seasoned guest who knew to order offthe-menu tableside items only by reservation and request: steak and tuna tartar, Steak Diane or steak au poivre. Each tableside act always ended with a round of applause, to which Murf would toast a job well done with a glass of Bushmills Irish Whiskey.

Vitorino remembered that Thanksgiving was a tradition for the Klauber family. It was the only holiday they all would be together and celebrate in the private dining room at the Colony.

God works in mysterious ways.

Murf died Thanksgiving evening.

Murf and I shared more memories together as my landlord for the Longboat Key waterfront

Murf Klauber and Emily Walsh share a dance at her wedding at the Colony Beach & Tennis Resort in 2006.

“shack” my sister and I rented from him. He told us $900 a month was a steal! But that’s a whole other story, including bees and pterodactyls (ask my sister, Kate Honea, about that one). I’ll never forget going to pay our rent at his penthouse office where he would show me plans of his new Sarasota Bayfront idea encased in glass or another plan he was concocting. His enthusiasm was contagious.

As I look back, my fondest memories are being cast in each night of Murf’s magnificent production and sharing the special occasions and memories made in the dining room at the Colony Restaurants. I loved it so much that many of my own and family’s momentous occasions were held there, including my wedding in 2006. Now that was a party!

And I saved a special dance for Murf that night. Murf, I sure hope I’m on your VIP list to get in the Pearly Gates, and this time, you’re saving a dance for me.

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deeply around two places dearest to his heart, the Colony Beach & Tennis Resort and the town of Longboat Key. The three —Klauber, the Colony and Longboat Key — were so intertwined they were one in the same. By force of his energy and will that he pulsed through the Colony, Klauber’s daughter, Katie Moulton, is not exaggerating when she told us: “He built the brand of Longboat Key.” He built it worldwide.

You cannot go through the annals of Longboat Key and find any one person more responsible for bringing more people — and the extraordinary caliber of them — and more positive notoriety to Longboat Key over as a long a period as Murf Klauber. And you would be hard-pressed to find anyone with passions for Longboat Key as strong as Klauber’s.

When he took his 4-mile, sunrise walks along the beach and Gulf of Mexico Drive, his body leaning forward, gait swift, collar up on his polo, he was not walking only for his health. He was inspecting the kingdom, especially keeping watch over what he knew to be the most important treasure on this 11-mile island: the beach.

Murf Klauber was proud of a lot of things at the Colony — being the No. 1 tennis resort in the world; giving Nick Bollettieri his start; the Colony Restaurant and its Sunday brunch; hosting presidents and other celebrities; creating a family-like atmosphere; being the first establishment on the Key to serve Starbucks coffee. But especially prized were the Colony’s beach and the protector of that beach, his Makepeace groin.

Standing on the groin late Sunday afternoon with members of the Klauber family, her arm sweeping the expanse of the Colony beach, Michael Saunders said, “This is what drew him here. This is what he loved.”

It had to be divine providence.

Murf Klauber’s Colony is gone and soon will be replaced. But the piece of his legacy, the part that drew him from Buffalo to Longboat Key, the beach and its protector, the Makepeace groin, will survive.

“We’re survivors.” That was always Klauber’s greeting to Dora Walters, retired senior editor of the Longboat Observer.

“We’re survivors, Dora.”

And it had to be divine providence that the day after the final brick of Colony’s mid-rise building and Klauber’s penthouse fell to the precious beachfront ground, on Thanksgiving night, surrounded by four generations of family, Murf Klauber said goodbye.

It was as if the voice from above said, “Your work is done, Murf. Let the memories and your legacy live on in the next generations. It’s OK to come home now.

Welcome to the No. 1 resort of all time.”

MEMORIES OF MURF The Longboat Observer will publish readers’ memories of Murf Klauber as we receive them. Send them to Managing Editor Eric Garwood at egarwood@ yourobserver.com

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Camelot at the Colony Dr. Murray ‘Murf’ Klauber and his family were, in many ways, indistinguishable from the Colony.

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Dr. Murray “Murf” Klauber with his children Michael, left, Katie and Tommy.

CELEBRITIES MID-1970S TV sports broadcaster Bryant Gumbel was a frequent guest, pictured here with Klauber, along with a long and distinguished list of other famous guests from the world of sports and entertainment.

NATIONAL AUDIENCE 1980 Nick Bollettieri came to the Colony in 1977 to create a tennis academy, ultimately training some of the top junior players into mainstays of the professional game. Sports Illustrated took notice in 1980 with a feature story. Bollettieri said he shared Klauber’s vision of the game, which included youngsters and women.

A FAMILY BUSINESS 1972 Dr. Murray “Murf” Klauber got his whole crew into the act when publishing the Colony Beach & Tennis Resort’s first print ad, in a 1972 issue of Tennis. Dressed in proper tennis white, Murf, daughter Katie, sons Michael and Tommy and then-wife Joanna Brown, looked like they were ready to take the courts. The magazine eventually named the Colony the best tennis-centric resort in the nation.

A TOURNAMENT FOR HACKERS 1992 Sports journalist Bud Collins was a frequent guest at the Colony and promoted tennis through his broadcast and print-reporting career. It was Collins who suggested to Klauber that the Colony host a tournament of some kind.

The site was too small for a pro-tour event, so Collins suggest an everyman event, which came to be known as The Bud Collins Hackers Tournament.

Collins, in front with a Santa suit, hosted the event for years to follow.

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FAST COMPANY 1992 The Klaubers, Murf on left and Katie on right, hosted the U.S. Olympic track team in preparation for the 1992 games in Barcelona. Part of their motivational training included some time on the tennis courts, but the likes of Gail Devers and Jackie JoynerKersee had trouble keeping the ball inside the fences.

ELEGANT BUFFET 1973 Klauber and then-wife Joanna Brown, right, grab a bite with the Eaton family from the United Kingdom at one of the Colony’s buffets. It was dining like this that helped create the Colony’s worldwide reputation as a relaxed but elegant place to stay.

PRESIDENTIAL VISIT 2001 George W. Bush, posing with Klauber and his daughter, Katie, spent the night of Sept. 10, 2001, at the Colony Beach & Tennis Resort, heading to Sarasota the next morning for a school appearance.

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY 1999 Employees delivered celebratory balloons to Klauber’s office all day in anticipation of the 30th anniversary of his ownership of the Colony Beach & Tennis Resort.

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Sarasota soon after he turned 40 that redefined both his life and his adopted hometown.

That starts and ends with the Colony.

Katie Klauber Moulton recalls her dad, back in Buffalo, announcing at the dinner table he was going to buy the Colony and the family was going to pack up and move to Florida. Excitement, not dread of leaving school and familiarity, ran through the house.

“For three kids,” Moulton said, “it was magical.”

Murf Klauber then set upon the task of turning the Colony into a unique destination.

“The Colony when dad bought it was basically held together with chewing gum,” Michael Klauber said in a video tribute to his dad posted on YouTube. “It was pretty rustic.”

Katie Moulton, in recalling those early years at the Colony, said her dad’s visionary side was what made it all gel.

“Sometimes his vision was so big and so bold it took a while to bring it something deliverable,” she said. “But he always thought big. He always dreamed big.”

Changes included making the Colony one of the first resorts or hotels in the country to go allsuite. Another big change: Klauber hired his friend Nick Bollettieri to run a tennis academy there, back when tennis was volleying between a fringe and niche sport.

Bollettieri went on to launch the IMG Academy in Bradenton, and remained friends with Klauber.

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Terri Klauber, Michael Klauber, Dr. Murray “Murf” Klauber, Max Klauber and Susie Klauber celebrate Murf’s 90th birthday in February 2017.

“Crazy people do things that people say can’t be done, and that’s why Murf and I got along,” said Bollettieri. “It’s too bad the world doesn’t make more Murf Klaubers.”

In addition to tennis, Klauber used his customer-service instincts to create an atmosphere of warmth at the Colony — with a side of Florida kitsch.

“He had a vision of a casual relaxed playground,” said Katie Klauber Moulton. “He didn’t want to be a Ritz-Carlton or a Hyatt.”

That gave way to a pair of nicknames: shack elegance and beach chic.

Nicknames aside, the Colony

under Klauber’s stewardship grew into something bigger and better every year through the mid-2000s. Guests ranged from football coach and announcer John Madden to families worldwide to, the night before the Sept.

11 terrorist attacks, President George W. Bush.

“The Colony was my fun every day of my existence in that era,” Klauber told the Longboat Observer in August, in a special section on the property.

The relaxed vibe of the Colony and Klauber’s kindness belies another side. He also was a shrewd businessman who sometimes rubbed people the wrong way with his grandiose plans

and ideas, and inability to stick with the status quo. Mancini, who worked for Klauber and has remained a close family friend, said “love him or hate him, everyone loved him. No matter who says what about Murf in business, as a person, everyone loved him.”

Klauber, looking back at the Colony in an August 2015 Longboat Observer interview, said the good outweighed the bad, even though the financial issues and disputes were a “shame” that could ruin his day when he walked by it.

“When I created that, the most important thing was having fun every day,” Klauber added. “We succeeded in that.”

“He had a zest for life.

He thought big about everything. There will be a big hole in that community with Murf gone.”

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Klauber’s ex-employees carry on his legacy of service The Colony developer influenced many local restaurateurs, tennis pros as their manager.

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Dr. Murray “Murf” Klauber wasn’t above picking up trash.

Ken Byers recalls Klauber’s unwavering insistence that service at the Colony be impeccable. So if he saw something out of place, he’d fix it himself.

Today, Byers thinks of Klauber when he tends to a small matter in an office building he owns.

“He was not such a big shot to be too good to help out,” said Byers, who owned a neighboring unit to Klauber’s at the Colony.

Likewise, one of Klauber’s sons, Tommy, said he would carry bags to guests’ rooms and help with check in.

Tommy Klauber and his siblings, Katie Moulton and Michael Klauber, all worked for their father at a young age. Tommy Klauber said they did everything at the resort from washing windows and cleaning the beach to shaking hands, holding the door and dressing up for their father’s Sunday night cocktail parties.

That attention to detail was all for the guests, as Klauber once explained to tennis coach Nick Bollettieri, who recalls Klauber telling him that it was all about making the guests get more than

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Along with his siblings, Tommy Klauber began working at the Colony when he was 15.

they paid for when they visited.

Bits of Klauber’s managerial style are found in the Sarasota area today, and not only from his three children. The list of chefs and restaurateurs who worked for Klauber is distinguished — Michael Garey at The Lazy Lobster, Sean Murphy at Beach Bistro, Tito Vitorino at Amore, Harry and Lynn Christensen at Harry’s Continental Kitchens, Ray and D’Arcy Arpke at Euphemia Haye and Jamil Pineda at Michael’s On East to name a few.

Pineda, who worked at the

Colony for 10 years, said Klauber once asked him how he manages people. Pineda said Klauber was happy with the response: He likes his staff to serve the customers while having fun.

“It’s boring to have somebody who just comes in and does the job,” Pineda recalls Klauber telling him. “I want these people to have fun and enjoy themselves because if they enjoy themselves, they’ll enjoy what they do.”

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Murphy said Klauber, whom he called a mentor, taught him to have a hospitable attitude all the time, which is something Klauber literally bore on his chest every day with a pin on his lapel that

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And whether that something was as small as putting flowers in long, thin vases so conversations aren’t blocked or as lasting as the persistence of being present, Klauber’s former employees carry his lessons with them today.

“I think he was proud of how we all moved on,” D’Arcy Arpke said.

Outside of the kitchen atmosphere, Klauber influenced his employees on the tennis courts, too. Sammy Aviles came to the Colony in 1976 with Nick Bollettieri when Klauber allowed Bollettieri to open a tennis academy there.

“He was almost ahead of the industry,” Aviles said of Klauber. “(He was) always a little step ahead and knew what we want to do and how we’re going to do it when people didn’t believe that was going to happen.”

When asked what Klauber taught him, his answer was simple.

“Not to take ‘no’ for an answer and to keep working at what you believe and go forward with it,” Aviles said.

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Klauber’s real estate ambitions stretched into downtown Sarasota Ringling Park One was offered as a downtown hub, but city leaders rejected the proposal as too grandiose.

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Though he will be best known for creating what Tennis magazine for years called the best tenniscentric resort in the United States, Dr. Murray “Murf” Klauber’s most ambitious — and personality-defining — real estate project was one that was never built.

Two decades ago, Klauber conceived a plan to develop a 210,000-square-foot conference center, a pair of high-rise hotels, retail and residences on 22 acres in downtown Sarasota bounded

by First Street, Orange Avenue, Boulevard of the Arts and Central Avenue.

The futuristic Ringling Park One, as the $750 million concept came to be known, would be tied together through a high-speed telecommunications network that Klauber saw as critical to the project’s success in setting it apart from other cities’ meeting space.

Klauber also pushed forward the idea, in part, to smooth out the then-severe undulations in tourism that crippled area hotels and restaurants during summer months.

He envisioned the conference

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center — an idea that had been debated for more than a decade by then and still is today — as fitting for a city with a cultural heritage, visitor magnets such as beaches and aspirations for growth.

“He had visions for downtown, the Bayfront, Longboat,” said Michael Saunders, the founder and CEO of Michael Saunders & Co., the area’s largest residential real estate brokerage.

“No one was better at seeing a parcel of land and envisioning what it could become.”

Klauber spent more than $100,000 to develop videos, architectural renderings and a scale model of Ringling Park. He held a series of charrettes for the community to weigh in.

Proponents applauded the concept as one that would serve as the scaffolding for a 21st cen-

tury Sarasota.

Critics, however, excoriated Ringling Park One as too grandiose, too complex and too costly.

Its modern architecture was derided as “’50s Buck Rogers” and compared to buildings from the animated TV show “The Jetsons.”

Sarasota’s City Commission agreed, and refused to hold hearings on the proposal, claiming it

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In January 2000, Klauber significantly scaled down the proposal, but again failed to gain traction with city officials.

Ever the fighter, Klauber slapped back in April 2000 and filed lawsuits in state and federal courts against the city and top officials, contending he had been denied due process and equal protection under the law. More than two years later, a federal judge ruled against him, according to November 2002 court records.

Undaunted, Klauber then took his proposal to Tampa and negotiated with Port of Tampa officials to build a version of Ringling Park on 11 acres within the Channelside District — not far from where Strategic Property Partners is today planning a $3 billion, mixed-use development that would include hotels and an expanded convention center.

By 2007, however, with the region’s real estate market showing signs of withering, Klauber pulled the plug, saying the project’s building costs had become too inflated.

The setback was nothing if not temporary, though.

“You never sat down with Murf where he didn’t end up saying, ‘Let’s do this and let’s do that,’” said Kerry Kirschner, a former Sarasota commissioner and president of the Argus Foundation, a Sarasota business group, when Ringling Park One was proposed.

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Nancy Kane (née Hollander) 1941-2018

Sarasota approves plans for a 304-room Lido Key hotel over some parking and traffic concerns.

Nancy Kane (née Hollander), born December 4, 1941, of Longboat Key, FL and formerly of Newton, MA, died peacefully at home after a long illness on November 23.

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“Her strength, humor and infectious spirit will be missed by many.”

SERVICE: Tuesday, November 27, 11:30AM Temple Beth Israel, 567 Bay Isles, Longboat Key DONATIONS: If people wish to send a remembrance, donations may be made to Planned Parenthood of Southwest and Central Florida, 736 Central Avenue, Sarasota 34236; Jewish Family and Children’s Service, 2688 Fruitville Road, Sarasota 34237; or Tidewell Hospice, 5955 Rand Boulevard, Sarasota 34238.

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She is survived by her deeply devoted husband, Roger Driben with whom she shared more than 34 years together, beloved children Brian Kane of Boca Raton and Laura Kane of Delray Beach, stepchildren Stacey (Driben) and husband David Chason of Westborough, MA and Greg Driben of NYC and two adored grandchildren, Abby and Zach Chason of Westborough, MA, loving sister Susan Sidel and her husband Jim, of Chestnut Hill, MA, as well as caring nieces, cousins and a huge flock of friends.

A graduate of the University of Maryland and Boston University School of Law, Nancy was a highly respected and successful real estate broker for over 40 years. Her strength, humor and infectious spirit will be missed by many. Services will be held on Tuesday, November 27 at 11:30 AM at Temple Beth Israel, 567 Bay Isles, Longboat Key. If people wish to send a remembrance, donations may be made to Planned Parenthood of Southwest and Central Florida, 736 Central Avenue, Sarasota 34236; Jewish Family and Children’s Service, 2688 Fruitville Road, Sarasota 34237; or Tidewell Hospice, 5955 Rand Boulevard, Sarasota 34238.

As the Sarasota City Commission considered plans for a new 10-story, 304-room hotel on the site of the Lido Sandcastle Resort, it questioned whether Lido Key could handle the traffic the project would generate.

The commission voted 5-0 Nov. 20 to approve the proposed hotel at 1540 Benjamin Franklin Drive. But before that unanimous decision, multiple commissioners expressed concern about the intensity of the project.

Since 2017, Ocean Properties Hotels Resorts & Affiliates has been working to build a new hotel to replace what was formerly known as the Helmsley Sandcastle Resort. The developer has said that building, constructed in 1953, is outdated.

The plans for a new four- or five-star hotel will increase the height from four to 10 stories and the number of rooms from 176 to 304. The project will also include a 5,000-square-foot restaurant and about 22,000 square feet of ballroom and meeting space.

Although city staff and the Sarasota Planning Board recom-

mended approval of the project, commissioners were worried about how the 6.1-acre property would handle the increased scale of the new hotel. Commissioners Shelli Freeland Eddie and Hagen Brody pointed out the city’s traffic study didn’t consider the ballroom and meeting space as a distinct use from the hotel, assuming most of the activity in those spaces would come from hotel guests.

Eddie and Brody both took issue with that assumption.

“I do support the project,” Eddie said. “I know they’ve taken into account a lot of the concerns that have been raised by the community. I just think this is going to be a great tourist attraction, and for folks that are local, they’re going to want to use the facility.”

Project representatives said they worked to anticipate any issues with traffic in the area.

The hotel will include 601 parking spaces, 19 more than required in the code.

But some commissioners remained skeptical.

“A ballroom, if it’s going to be used as other comparables in this area are, is going to have hundreds of people showing up to it at one time and leaving at one time,” Brody said.

City staff said ballrooms are usually not considered separately from a hotel in traffic studies, because the metrics used account for other amenities in the building.

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Randal and Ray LaFlamme on his 81st birthday Sept. 2.

Ray LaFlamme remembered for ‘family man’ personality The former owner of Tiny’s Lounge on Longboat Key died Nov. 19 at age 81.

KATIE JOHNS COMMUNITY EDITOR

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ay LaFlamme landed his first job when he was 15.

He lied about his age back then because as his wife, Joan LaFlamme said, he was ambitious and wanted to work.

Ray LaFlamme worked from then until his death Nov. 19, at age 81.

“He couldn’t retire,” Gary LaFlamme said of his father.

“He tried like three times, and he couldn’t do it. He liked being around people, and he liked interacting with people. That’s what

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kept him going, his interactions with people.”

LaFlamme was always a hard worker. In Connecticut, he owned three movie theaters and more than 30 video-rental stores. He worked at the same printing company for 22 years, where he worked his way up to vice president.

But locally, LaFlamme is most known for his ownership of Tiny’s Lounge and Longboat Key Package and Video from 1989 to 2003.

“It was a great place to go,” Joan LaFlamme said. “We had people of all ranks, from lawn service people to the chief of police. We had lawyers and judges. We had just all kinds of people … Everybody knew everybody, and it was a lot of fun.”

Every Friday at Tiny’s, LaFlamme would host happy hour and make sure there was food for all his customers. Whether it was lasagna, hot dogs, chili or “Tiny’s Pepper Night” when everyone brought in a hot pepper dish, people gathered at the lounge that became a hub for locals.

Randal LaFlamme said those who visited Tiny’s weren’t just his father’s customers but his friends, too. When he was done at the liquor store, he made sure to stop by the lounge and visit.

Much like his work ethic, his love of family never wavered.

When the family lived in Connecticut, LaFlamme would take them to a lake house for the summer where he would invite his siblings and their children to come, too.

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The family would have a large picnic, with extra bushels of corn for LaFlamme’s sisters, who Lori LaFlamme Cooper said could each eat a dozen, and spend time water skiing.

As his kids got older, the family stopped exchanging Christmas gifts because LaFlamme only wanted one thing.

When his family was gathered around the dinner table for the holiday, he’d get emotional and explain that was his Christmas gift. All he wanted was for his family to be together.

No matter where his ambitions took him, LaFlamme made sure he was a man people could go to. For the past seven years, LaFlamme has worked and managed a branch of Publix Liquors.

While he was in the hospital last week, a young woman from the Publix where he worked visited him and told his family he was like the grandfather she never had. “...When you needed anything or were having a tough time, he was the guy you could go to,” Randal LaFlamme said.

That supportive trait is one he left with his children, too.

“He taught us to be honest and to work hard, to achieve our goals and to be sure to love one another,” Lori LaFlamme Cooper said.

LaFlamme is survived by his wife, Joan; children, Randal and Gary LaFlamme and Lori LaFlamme Cooper; and six grandchildren. There are no services planned at the time.

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You are invited to experience the beauty and wonder of the Advent season with a celebration through word and music sure to warm your hearts. Featured are the Chapel Choir, vocal and instrumental soloists, brass, and the Ringside Handbells.

Admission is free and includes seasonal refreshments following the performance.

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Fit for a president Andy Maass’ Theodore Roosevelt souvenir collection spans decades.

KATIE JOHNS COMMUNITY EDITOR

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ndy Maass never wrote his thesis for his master’s degree.

His subject was going to be about Theodore Roosevelt as a hero. He could still write it if he wanted. He has all the notes and a preliminary draft.

But, he’s choosing not to spend his time on that. Instead, he’s honoring Roosevelt in a different, perhaps, more fun way.

His thesis would not have been the first time he wrote about Roosevelt.

Andy Maass’ fascination with the 26th president began when he had to do a book report in eighth grade. He read and reported on “The Roosevelt Family of Sagamore Hill.”

“I liked it so much because I liked his relationship to his children,” Maass said. “He could always be interrupted to go play with his kids.”

Since then, Maass has collected various items on Roosevelt. He has no idea how many items, but he does have 1,000 envelopes, which leads itself to the assumption that Maass has thousands of items.

Walking into Andy Maass’ study is like walking into a museum. From a Teddy Roosevelt multiplication game and commemorative spoons to children’s plates and puzzles and posters, Maass’ study is filled with all things Roosevelt.

Not to mention his labradoodle, who is aptly named Teddy, who wanders around.

One of the most prized possessions in his collection is an original page from Roosevelt’s campaign speech from the day he was shot in 1912. Roosevelt’s glasses and speech caused the bullet to ricochet elsewhere in his chest,

Maass said. Maass has the article from Munsey’s Magazine about Roosevelt’s “marvelous escape” from death and page 9 of Roosevelt’s 50-page speech that he gave later that day.

Maass acquired the page from a friend of his father’s who was a manuscript collector, which is something his parents did as well.

Maass’ mother collected letters from presidents’ wives and had every one except for a letter from Roosevelt’s first wife, who died two days after the birth of their daughter, Alice.

So, as collectors themselves, his parents supported his collecting.

Following his book report, his parents took him on a trip to Oyster Bay, N.Y., to see Roosevelt’s house on Sagamore Hill.

Later, they gave him autographs, clippings and letters of Roosevelt from the newspapers.

As Maass got older, he better understood politics, which means he knows Roosevelt wasn’t always sure of himself.

“As I learned more and I read more of the biographies, there are many, many conflicts,” Maass said. “He was not an unconflicted person, which actually makes him more interesting. His mind was so quick, and he knew so much that he had an opinion about anything, anybody and much of that gets used today, but the character and the time has changed.”

Maass said one of the reasons he admired Roosevelt was because of his senior thesis in the 1880s about women’s right to vote.

When Maass said the character and time has changed, he points to Roosevelt’s quote about being a brave American.

“Teddy was thoughtful most of the time,” Maass said. “He was very egotistical, but he cared and he was smart. One of the smartest I think if you measure the different IQs, but he was a 20th

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Andy Maass read “The Roosevelt Family of Sagamore Hill” in eighth grade and has collected Roosevelt items ever since.

While his office walls are lined with posters, plaques and paintings, Maass fills shelves with smaller items, like dolls, bottles and pins.

century person coming out of the 19th century and he understood the media.”

Originally, Maass built his collection through dealers who specialized in presidents. Now though, he said it’s easy to find treasures on Ebay.

Over time, Maass has strayed away from collecting political items and focused on Roosevelt

as a “hero” in pop culture.

“I wanted more focus on Roosevelt hero popular culture, and the fact that Obama and George W. Bush both said that one of their heroes, and their political hero, was Theodore Roosevelt, so he is still an attraction,” Maass said. “It was about intellect and involvement with people, and he stood tall for that.”

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Interfaith Service brings community together

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hile the Thanksgiving Interfaith Service brings the community together for an evening, the clergy used the event as a time to call for unity throughout the year.

The call for solidarity comes after the shooting at the Oct. 27 Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh.

Rabbi Stephen Sniderman, who served as the preacher for this year’s service, explained to the crowd that a week after the shooting, the clergy gathered for a previously planned meeting.

While it might have been preplanned, the meeting came at a time when support was needed most, Sniderman said. He shared with the crowd that his fellow clergy members offered

him words of solidarity during that meeting.

The messages preached Nov. 20 at the Interfaith Service at Temple Beth Israel echoed those sentiments.

“We need to stand together.

We (need) to support each other as we support ourselves,” Sniderman said.

Following words from Sniderman, the Revs. Norman Pritchard of Christ Church Presbyterian of Longboat Key and Kenneth Blyth of St. Armands Key Lutheran Church called on their congregants to show unity every day instead of just in the wake of tragic acts of violence.

“How much different our lives would be if our lives were lived in solidarity,” Blyth said.

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The Rev. Dee De Montmollin, Rabbi Stephen Sniderman, the Rev. Bill Freiderich, MiMi Horwitz and the Revs. Norman Pritchard and Kenneth Blyth

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s the sun rose over the Gulf of Mexico, triathletes warmed up under its increasing glow.

On Nov. 18, athletes competed in the annual Longboat Key Triathlon at the Resort at Longboat Key Club.

Athletes competed in both sprint and international triathlons and duathlons. The race started off with swimming, followed by biking and running.

Following the race, athletes enjoyed brunch, beer and a wine tasting on the resort grounds as music played in the background.

Todd Carpenter placed first in the international triathlon.

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FRIDAY, NOV. 30

HOPE SEEDS WITH CHRIST CHURCH Takes place from 9 a.m. to noon at Christ Church of Longboat Key, 6400 Gulf of Mexico Drive.

Hope Seeds’ mission is to provide garden seeds to less fortunate countries. At this event, help pack seeds that will be sent to Haiti and other countries. Call 3831731 for information.

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DON’T MISS BREAKFAST WITH SANTA Takes place from 8:30-11:30 a.m. at The Old Salty Dog, 1601 Ken Thompson Parkway. Enjoy horsedrawn carriage rides, a hot chocolate bar, reindeer food bar and take pictures with Santa and Mrs. Claus.

Donations will be collected for Nate’s Honor Animal Rescue. Call 388-4311.

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Dramatic pool w/jacuzzi. New dock & lift. Walking distance to St. Armands

UNIQUE LBK BEACHFRONT ESTATE $12,500,000 On 200 ft of pristine gulf beach. 4 en-suite guest rooms plus a secluded master wing. Multiple terraces, elevated gulfside pool & spa. Perfect for indoor/outdoor entertaining.

GULF FRONT PENTHOUSE $5,895,000 6,000 SF 4BR/4.5BA on Lido Key Spectacular Views of the city, Bay & Gulf of Mexico 6 terraces, private 4 car garage.

Suberb ammenities including full service concierge.

NEW BAY ISLES HOME $4,495,000 New construction behind the gates of Bay Isles harbor section. 5BD with 3 car garage. Deepwater dock w/bay access and deeded beach. Beautiful bay & city views.

NEW MODEL HOME $1,495,000 Lease back opportunities with this new model home in The Preserve At Longbeach, a new 12 home community in Longboat Key.

SANCTUARY LBK CLUB $1,294,000 Behind the gates Gulf Front 3 BR/2.5BA 2580 SF condo.

Magnificent views from multiple terraces. Master suite Gulfside & two guest suites bay side. 24 hour amenities.

BAYFRONT HOME $1,995,000 Exceptional open waterfront 2BR/2BA in Hideaway Bay on sailboat water 165’ seawall, w/L-shaped dock. Mooring for up to 80’ yacht + 66,000 lift & 2nd lift w/25’ cradle.

GULF FRONT LONGBOAT KEY CLUB 2BD/2BA 7th floor, beautiful views. $1,145,000 2BD/2BA 1st floor corner unit $1,095,000 Great ammenties, beach & rental opportunities.

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TRI-CHAMBER AFTER HOURS Takes place from 5-7 p.m. at Harbour Isle Beach Club, 220 Martinique Drive, Bradenton. Join the Anna Maria Island, Manatee and Longboat Key chambers of commerce for an evening of networking. There will be free hors d’oeuvres catered by Mattison’s.

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3BR/3.5BA open plan w/ Master beachside. Private 2 car garage.

WEDNESDAY, DEC. 5

GLASS PAINTING Takes place from 10 a.m. to noon at The Paradise Center at Temple Beth Israel, 567 Bay Isles Road.

Get in touch with your creative side and paint a plate, martini glass, vase and freestyle or trace a design. Cost is $15 with supplies provided. Call 383-6493 to RSVP.

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L O N G B OAT K E Y 524 Spinnaker Lane Julia McClung 941-356-6499 A4215922 $1,899,000

L O N G B OAT K E Y 3461 Bayou Sound Janice Perry 941-228-0848 A4194111 $1,700,000

L O N G B OAT K E Y 280 N Shore Road 5 Janet Walter 941-232-2000 A4418028 $1,495,000

L O N G B OAT K E Y 6933 Longboat Drive S Jonathan Abrams 941-232-2868 A4417866 $1,499,000

L O N G B OAT K E Y 200 Sands Point Road 1103 Ian Addy, PA 941-961-8850 A4402351 $1,150,000

L O N G B OAT K E Y 210 Sands Point Road 2703 Maureen Horn 941-539-3384 A4408249 $1,125,000

L O N G B OAT K E Y 5481 Gulf Of Mexico Drive 207 Janet Walter 941-232-2000 A4207880 $899,000

L O N G B OAT K E Y 730 Penfield Street Saint Cacchiotti & Marie Monsky 941-809-0787 A4205383 $849,000

L O N G B OAT K E Y 530 Putting Green Lane Sylvia Zimmerman 941-350-5022 A4416635 $845,000

L O N G B OAT K E Y 2341 Harbour Oaks Drive Beverly St Hilaire 941-504-3303 A4416012 $825,000

L O N G B OAT K E Y 1145 Gulf Of Mexico Drive 202 Ian Addy, PA 941-961-8850 A4406041 $799,000

L O N G B OAT K E Y 2425 Gulf Of Mexico Drive 3E Mel & Jan Goldsmith 941-356-6673 A4410035 $799,000

L O N G B OAT K E Y 361 N Shore Road Jodene Moneuse 941-302-4913 A4416955 $725,000

L O N G B OAT K E Y 770 Russell Street Cathy Meldahl 941-724-7228 A4418985 $720,000

L O N G B OAT K E Y 2425 Gulf Of Mexico Drive 2F Mel & Jan Goldsmith 941-356-6673 A4167488 $679,000

L O N G B OAT K E Y 100 Sands Point Road 323 Lawrence Zeigler 941-228-2612 A4400827 $599,000

L O N G B OAT K E Y 1910 Harbourside Drive 503 Julie Klick 941-780-6001 A4409634 $599,000

L O N G B OAT K E Y 5601 Gulf Of Mexico Drive 7 Joanna Benante & Ann Martin 941-356-7717 A4406118 $525,000

L O N G B OAT K E Y 4500 Gulf Of Mexico Drive PH6 Cindy Schatzle 941-587-7556 A4418795 $515,000

L O N G B OAT K E Y 1906 Harbourside Drive 303 Denise Mattmuller 941-232-8055 A4418974 $510,000

L O N G B OAT K E Y 3660 Gulf Of Mexico Drive 104 Maureen Horn 941-539-3384 A4413680 $499,999

L O N G B OAT K E Y 823 Evergreen Way 823 Bobbi Banan 941-356-2659 A4410384 $450,000

L O N G B OAT K E Y 1945 Gulf Of Mexico Drive M2-105 Jonathan Fox 941-544-6649 A4414709 $449,000

L O N G B OAT K E Y 3440 Gulf Of Mexico Drive 12 Susan Smith 941-302-3440 A4418426 $369,900

L O N G B OAT K E Y 225 Sands Point Road 6301 Ian Addy, PA 941-961-8850 A4419334 $349,000

L O N G B OAT K E Y 3808 Gulf Of Mexico Drive E107 Cecile Coutret 941-735-4444 A4407765 $260,000

L O N G B OAT K E Y 571 Saint Judes Drive 6 Malihe Karimi 941-376-5099 A4417650 $198,500

L O N G B OAT K E Y 2251 Gulf Of Mexico 504 Jenifer Schwell 941-780-0968 A4197085 $6,100,000

L O N G B OAT K E Y 4975 Gulf Of Mexico Drive 304 Debra Lee Rugh 941-320-0677 A4417274 $3,600,000

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LIDO KEY 1255 Westway Drive Mark Huber 941-356-2435 A4408169 $8,500,000

L O N G B OAT K E Y 561 Harbor Cove Circle Julie Klick 941-780-6001 A4401974 $2,799,000

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dward Webber, trustee, sold the home at 529 Putter Lane to Kathleen Lex and Loraine McEvoy, of Phoenixville, Pa., for $3 million.

Built in 2006, it has four bedrooms, four-and-a-half baths, a pool and 4,917 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $3.3 million in 2008.

DREAM ISLAND

Donald Johnson Jr., trustee, and Sally Johnson, of Pekin, Ill., sold the home at 781 Emerald Harbor Drive to Blair Carter and Jeanette Day, of Lookout Mountain, Tenn., for $2.5 million. Built in 1961, it has three bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 3,205 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $1.3 million in 2009.

HARBOUR COURT

Gailyn and Linda Larsen, of Delray Beach, sold their home at 2282 Harbour Court Drive to Gregg Kaplan, of Longboat Key, for $1,325,000. Built in 1988, it has four bedrooms, four baths and 3,252 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $1.05 million in 2012.

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Marjorie Sandler, trustee, of Tampa, sold the home at 531 Bowsprit Lane to Stephen and Brenda Baril, of Richmond, Va. for $1,003,000. Built in 1966, it has three bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 2,935 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $540,000 in 1998.

SEA GATE CLUB

Wendy Anderson, of Ontario, Canada, sold her Unit 15-B condominium at 2425 Gulf of Mexico Drive to Christine Humphrey, of Bradenton, for $849,900. Built in 1973, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,470 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $785,000 in 2014.

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Troy Myers Jr., trustee, of Sarasota, sold the home at 3610 Bayou Circle to Thomas and Rosemarie Harmer, of Longboat Key, for $795,000. Built in 1993, it has three bedrooms, four baths, a pool and 3,192 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $700,000 in 2004.

BIRD KEY

Patricia Ann Ballou, trustee, of Pike, Ky., sold the home at 541 Blue Jay Place to Robert and Deborah Colantuoni, of Lakewood Ranch, for $772,500. Built in 1968, it has two bedrooms, three baths and 2,612 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $260,000 in 1995.

LONGBOAT KEY

Bruce Eaton and Anne VaranoEaton, of Dallas, sold their home at 726 Jungle Queen Way to Bruce Welch, of Longboat Key, for $585,000. Built in 1963, it has two bedrooms, one bath and 1,384 square feet of living area.

It previously sold for $250,000 in 2002.

FAIRWAY BAY

R. Lee and Sharon Stucky, trustees, of Lenexa, Kan., sold the Unit 431 condominium at 2020 Harbourside Drive to Deborah Pryce, of Longboat Key, for $549,000. Built in 1984, it has

two bedrooms, two baths and 1,442 square feet of living area.

It previously sold for $550,000 in 2003.

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Michael Steinhauer and Janice Curtis, of Clermont, sold their Unit 303 condominium at 4401 Gulf of Mexico Drive to Van Cornett, of Louisville, Ky., for $307,000. Built in 1972, it has one bedroom, one bath and 725 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $280,000 in 2011.

SPANISH MAIN YACHT CLUB

Ronald Currie and Luann Marcero-Currie, of Algonac, Mich., sold their Unit 45 condominium at 861 Spanish Drive N. to Walter Smith and Lorraine Buscareno-Smith, of Longboat Key, for $353,000. Built in 1970, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,184 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $282,000 in 2014.

LIDO DORSET

Richard Evans and David Evans, of Austintown, Ohio, sold their Unit 115 condominium at 475 Benjamin Franklin Drive to Nadine Raab, of Wayne, N.J., for $242,000. Built in 1963, it has one bedroom, one bath and 593 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $72,500 in 1990.

These are the largest building permits issued by the Longboat Key Planning and Zoning Department for the week of Nov. 19-23, in order of dollar amounts.

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Don Sensabaugh

$49,000

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$48,000

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798 Jungle Queen Way

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Stanislav Tarasov

$45,000

3600 Fair Oaks Lane

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Robert Goree, trustee

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3303 Gulf of Mexico Drive

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Donald Meagher

$26,850

5481 Gulf of Mexico Drive

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Anthony Vlahides

748 Dream Island Road

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Henry Ehrlich

$12,815

CarolCohen@michaelsaunders.com

$12,000

replacements 1912 Harbour Links Circle

Screen enclosure

Playle Investments Inc

600 Yardarm Lane

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Pietro and Kimberly

$11,212 $10,809

Cuomo 545 Sanctuary Drive

A/C changeout

MBN Property LTD

$7,682

PRTSHP Relocate condenser Four Winds Beach Resort $7,000

5600 Gulf of Mexico Drive

Entry doors

4401 Gulf of Mexico Drive

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valve pan

2425 Gulf of Mexico Drive

Bathroom

Jane Goldban

$6,500

6037 Gulf of Mexico Drive

A/C changeout

Marcel Barhey

$5,998

2525 Gulf of Mexico Drive

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Weinbern Property Inc

$5,912

watersource unit

3810 Gulf of Mexico Drive

A/C changeout

Barry Logue

$5,712

775 Longboat Club Road

A/C changeout

Marie Fazzary

$5,254

3240 Gulf of Mexico Drive

A/C changeout

Thomas Masse

$4,535

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Bonnie Yeager

$4,400

Continental Kitchens Inc $6,699

3080 Gulf of Mexico Drive

Source: Town of Longboat Key

L O N G B OAT K E Y 2161 Gulf Of Mexico Drive Unit #6 A4203630 $3,700,000

L O N G B OAT K E Y 545 Sanctuary Drive B706 A4416513 $1,159,000

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L O N G B OAT K E Y 545 Sanctuary Dr., B-705 A4417855 $1,591,000

L O N G B OAT K E Y 3040 Grand Bay Boulevard 264 A4414879 $875,000

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Connie Farkas, Barb Torrence and Sandi Herr

Longboat Library welcomes back volunteers

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he Longboat Library volunteers are beginning a new chapter.

Or rather, a new season.

About 20 volunteers gathered Nov. 14 for a welcome back party.

As the volunteers mingled and enjoyed drinks and appetizers, Longboat Library Co-President Mary Baker recognized the volunteers who have been with the library the longest.

Two of the volunteers couldn’t make it, but Ruth Strauss, Joan Pisoni and Marcia Sexton were on hand to be recognized. Pisoni has been volunteering the longest at 30 years.

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Photos by Katie Johns

Longtime library volunteers Joan Pisoni, Ruth Strauss and Marcia Sexton

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NEW LISTING

DOWNTOWN SARASOTA THE JEWEL 1301 Main St. #502 3BR/3.5BA | 2,144 SQFT

$2,375,000 MAINLAND $1,899,000 LONGBOAT KEY $4,150,000 WEST OF TRAIL - HILLVIEW AREA BEACHFRONT ESTATE 1905 Datura Street 6061 Gulf of Mexico Dr. 4BR/3.5BA | 3,711 SQFT 6BR/6BA + Detached Casita | 3,203 SQFT www.1905daturast.com

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www.6061gulfofmexico.com

LONGBOAT KEY CLUB LONGBOAT 5055 Gulf of Mexico Dr. #536 3BR/3BA | 1,484 SQFT

$975,000

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COLDWELL BANKER RESIDENTIAL REAL ESTATE, • 201 DRIVE, KEY, 34228 Coldwell Banker Residential Real LLC Estate, LLCGULF • 201 OF GulfMEXICO of Mexico Drive,SUITE Suite11••LONGBOAT Longboat Key, FLFL 34228

Owned and operated by NRT, LLC

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