Longboat Observer 5.26.22

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VOLUME 44, NO. 42

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YOUR TOWN

Storm season coming Emergency experts urge Longboaters to be ready if ordered to leave. PAGE 3

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Town Manager Tom Harmer officially has a check from the Rotary Club of Longboat Key by way of dog-lover Irene Hess’ foundation, the Paul Klingenstein Family Foundation.

Artificial turf will be installed on three-quarters of the big dog side of the park.

Parks and Recreation Manager Mark Richardson said they hope to start and finish construction sometime between August and September.

Out of Hess’ donation of $125,000, $123,000 was presented to the town. The remaining $2,000 will help add new features to the dog park, such as benches. Carol Erker made Tuesday’s presentation.

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One final concert

For Dale Hooey, the organist at All Angels by the Sea Episcopal Church, a long string of Sunday services came to an end May 15. Hooey retired with a reception in his honor.

Hooey had been playing at the church since 2006 and was instrumental in raising the funds for the new Allen organ that was installed last year. He knew his time at the church was winding down and that no one would want to come play on an old organ — plus, he had always wanted to play the massive instrument.

The church is now interviewing candidates for a new organist and has a temporary player learning the rhythm of the All Angels service.

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Shawn and Julia Nagell were all smiles at his retirement celebration last week at the Longboat Key Police Department.

A+E Artful embrace.

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Turtle tracks LONGBOAT May 15-21 Nests False crawls

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Totals since April 24 2022 2021 Nests 108 98 False crawls 139 105 Source: Mote Marine Laboratory

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Bayfront Park’s recreation center is in line for a new roof in the next budget year.

Above all else: roofs, pipes, rides Town’s capital budget looks into the future of spending. PAGE 4

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Longboat ready to move ahead on condos if Legislature doesn’t Inspection regimens are expected to be raised this week during a special legislative session.

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eeping an eye on the Florida Legislature’s special session discussions this week on property insurance, Longboat Key town leaders also are hopeful the state takes the lead on building inspections for high-rise condos.

But even if it doesn’t, they are ready to move ahead.

Lawmakers in Tallahassee opened a session on Monday largely focused on property insurance and roofing lawsuits intended to run no later than 11:59 p.m. Friday. Town commissioners heard last week from their lobbyist that condominium inspections could also be brought up, as noted deep in Gov. Ron DeSantis’ proclamation calling for the special session, he said.

“Everybody talks about it being an insurance call, (but) there’s two or three other things in there, too,” said lobbyist David Ramba. “Building code issues that can help insurance and condo building codes. Don’t believe everything you read in the newspaper. They read the first line of the proclamation, but there’s like 30 more behind that.”

Since the deadly collapse in 2021 of a 13-story condo tower in Surfside, the issue of safety of taller, older condominium buildings, especially by the shore, has come into sharp focus. Although communities around Florida urged the Legislature to act in its most recent session, no bills were passed.

Differences in House and Senate bills in the most recent session largely focused on requirements for condominiums to hold reserves large enough to pay for structural repairs.

The House bill pertained to buildings needing to be recertified after 30 years if three stories or higher or

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Newer buildings would be phased in over 18 months to two years.

Town commissioners had planned last week to delve into the proposed set of local rules but set it aside for potential future discussion in light of learning the Legislature would take it up. If nothing develops in Tallahassee, the town could move ahead as early as July 1, with adoption potentially in September.

“Obviously, we’d rather not do that and have it come from the state,” Commissioner Mike Haycock said.

Ramba said he was confident the issue would come up, potentially leading to a new set of statewide rules, largely based on the Senate bill.

“If the state doesn’t do something, I think the legislative history will inform what we then go ahead and do,” said Commissioner Sherry Dominick. “Why did they reject it, if they reject it still? If they go ahead, then we don’t want to be in conflict with them. I think we gain something by waiting a little bit.”

David Lapovsky, president of the Federation of Longboat Key Con-

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Islands West, one of the tallest buildings on the island, is among 39 town condominiums built in the 1970s.

dominiums, said the organization has received a draft copy of what the town proposes.

Appearing before the Town Commission, Lapovsky said inspection reports that would be submitted to the town likely would be open to the public, a fact he would support personally, although the organization has not yet weighed in.

“I would welcome – I think we would welcome – having those inspections be a matter of public record,” he said. “Our members should be upfront and open about what is the condition of their association.”

Though the town regulations would not govern financial reserves, Mayor Ken Schneier said the inspections’ public access might make the issue of reserves moot, even if the reports are made public possibly after repairs were made.

Rich Pearce, the federation’s vice president, said the organization was dismayed at the Legislature’s first crack at the issue and hopes either the state or town can move quickly toward setting up some kind of inspection regimen.

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The Senate bill pertained to buildings three stories or more, at least 20 years old and 3 miles from the coast.

Recertifications under the Senate bill would have been every seven years.

In the meantime, the town has drafted an initial set of its own recertification rules, modeled from recommendations of a working group of Florida building professionals, in case the Legislature comes up empty again.

Among the town’s provisions: n Establishes recertification requirements for buildings at least three stories tall, at least 20 years old, every seven years. n Does not address financial reserves. n Obligates building owners to submit to the town Building Department a summary of the recertification inspection findings and recommended actions. n Obligates the town to notify building owners a year in advance and six months in advance of a recertification deadline. n Requires buildings 50 years of age or more to report first, a year after a

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HURRICANES AND RECENT STORMS

Ready for anything Evacuation orders don’t come lightly, so follow them when issued, leaders say.

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t’s not so much the thought of evacuating that brings consternation to Longboat Key residents during hurricane season, though the notion of leaving home in front of a looming storm is nothing to take lightly.

It’s most often the un-evacuating that can deliver higher levels of anxiety: returning to the island from an inland hotel, a family member’s home or an evacuation shelter to unknown circumstances and conditions.

But Longboat Key Fire Chief Paul Dezzi and Sarasota County Emergency Director Ed McCrane want everyone to know they understand and have taken into account that angst when planning how, when and under what circumstances island residents will be asked to leave during hurricane season, which opens June 1 and runs through November.

Experts expect an active season, with four major storms, nine hurricanes and 19 named storms foreseen overall. Although split between Manatee and Sarasota counties, the town of Longboat Key follows the lead of Sarasota’s Emergency Management officials in determining when to issue evacuation orders but communicates extensively with both counties.

“It’s very important not to wait to the last minute. It’s important to have a plan now,” McCrane said.

“As we approach hurricane season, you want to start buying those supplies, put that disaster kit together, stay informed and then be ready to enact your plan.”

Like the rest of Sarasota County’s barrier islands, Longboat Key falls into the area’s first-to-evacuate zone, the most vulnerable to storm surges that can wash ashore over dune lines, bayfront seawalls and across Gulf of Mexico Drive.

“If we ask people to evacuate, we want you to evacuate,” Dezzi said.

“We wouldn’t tell you unless we thought it was necessary.”

The most recent order to leave came in 2017 when Hurricane Irma, at the time a Category 4 storm, was forecast to ride up the Gulf Coast, just a few miles offshore. Though the storm took a turn inland, Dezzi said he understands residents’ frustration over predictions of mayhem that don’t always materialize.

“The worst part of this is you wake up in the morning of a storm, then you begin to plan,” he said.

Dezzi said it shouldn’t matter where or in what you live. High-rise condominiums have their own set of perils, as do manufactured homes and single-family residences. He said wind speeds increase even a few floors off the ground, and people could be trapped in upper floors if lower floors flood. He said a change of heart as the storm lands isn’t a

2004: HURRICANES CHARLEY, FRANCES, IVAN AND JEANNE SYNOPSIS: Four hurricanes threatened the island over the course of August and September. Charley posed the biggest peril but curved inland to strike at Punta Gorda and Port Charlotte, not as originally forecast much closer to Longboat Key. EVACUATIONS: Yes (for Charley)

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Tropical storm Eta brought floodwaters to the north end of the island.

HEAR FROM THE EXPERTS The Longboat Key Chamber of Commerce’s 20th annual Disaster Preparedness Seminar is planned for 3:15-6 p.m. Thursday, June 2, at the Harbourside Ballroom, 3000 Harbourside Drive. Bob Bunting, CEO of Sarasota’s Climate Adaptation Center, is the keynote speaker, alongside Steve Litschauer, director of Manatee County Emergency Management; Ed McCrane, director of Sarasota County Emergency Management; and Bob Harrigan, a chief meteorologist with ABC-7. RSVP at 383-2466 or visit LongboatKeyChamber. com/dp. The event is free.

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“We’ll have people who refuse to leave, then call us to ask us to help them leave,” he said, adding that typically first responders will also evacuate to the mainland and won’t operate when winds rise beyond 45 mph.

Returning to the island from an evacuation has become an orderly process, Dezzi said, governed by a three-tiered schedule that opens with fire, police and public works staffers working their way from one end of Gulf of Mexico Drive to the other, assessing damage and clearing the way. On the return trip, which could take hours or days, inroads are made on major side streets.

The second tier is intended to bring back personnel from key island businesses, such as bank employees, insurance representatives, grocery store workers and health care workers, in preparation for residents.

Once conditions are safe, people who can establish their credentials as residents will be allowed back and issued a sticker identifying themselves, Dezzi said.

Dezzi said the re-entry process likely won’t be a lot of fun.

“This is a process. This is going to take time,” he said. “You think there’s traffic now; it’s going to be hot and humid, but please be patient.”

2017: HURRICANE IRMA SYNOPSIS: Probably the biggest threat the island has faced in the last five years, Irma’s potential for a coast-scraping disaster didn’t materialize, as the storm moved up the middle of the Florida peninsula instead. Where it did strike, near Naples and throughout Central Florida, Irma did significant damage. By the time Irma reached latitudes equal to Sarasota-Manatee, the storm had fallen from Category 4 to Category 2, with its strongest winds well inland.

EVACUATIONS: Yes. EFFECTS ON THE ISLAND: Irma’s effects were largely wind-driven.

Signs toppled, trees were uprooted. “A 10 foot-surge wouldn’t have been cute,” one resident told us.

2020: TROPICAL STORM ETA SYNOPSIS: Although no evacuations were ordered, the November storm created serious seawater flooding issues on the northern half of the island. Water rushed through the streets of Longbeach Village, swamping homes, yards and swimming pools. High tides combined with storm surge to form a potent mixture.

EVACUATIONS: No, though several people were rescued and taken to shelter during the storm’s flooding.

EFFECTS ON THE ISLAND: About 200 homes experienced some level of flood waters, and flood depths were as high as fire hydrants in portions of Longbeach Village; no wind damage was reported, though sustained speeds of 45-50 mph were recorded, and between 5 and nearly 9 inches of rain fell on Longboat Key. Storm surge was estimated at 3 feet above normal high tide.

2021: HURRICANE ELSA SYNOPSIS: Most of the July storm’s worst weather remained offshore.

EVACUATIONS: No.

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EFFECTS ON THE ISLAND: Charley’s passage was largely damage free; Frances brought heavy rains and pulled off the roof of a home on Gulf of Mexico Drive; Ivan turned away from the island; Jeanne brought 70-mph winds to the Key, tearing off a roof, wrecking a carport and blowing away clay surfaces from the Longboat Key Public Tennis Center.

Flood waters rose nearly as high as fire hydrants in Longbeach Village in 2020.

EFFECTS ON THE ISLAND: Some beach erosion took place, which washed away a few dozen sea turtle nests, though significant damage was not reported islandwide. The next morning, town residents arose to find palm fronds and branches down, along with some ponding of water. As Fred Kagi of Longbeach Village said in comparison with the damage done less than a year earlier by Eta, “It’s not even the same storm. Not even close.”

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s town leaders work their way through the formulation of a budget for fiscal year 2023, they typically head down two parallel paths: one is the operating budget, from which salaries, benefits and normal costs of performing the town’s business are paid, while the other is the Capital Improvement Program, made up of big-ticket purchases or town projects that can last years. That side of the budget looks five years into the future, accounting for expected spending, equipment replacements, construction and maintenance costs.

Capital typically costs more than $5,000 and is intended to last a year or more.

Below are some of the more noteworthy projects in the town’s capital budget and how they’re expected to be financed. All told, the town expects to spend about $44.1 million in 2023 on capital projects, though $37 million of that was carried forward from the previous year.

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Through fiscal year 2025, the town expects to spend about $24.8 million on its redundant sewer main project under Sarasota Bay to mainland Manatee County. The existing pipe broke in 2020 on the mainland side, prompting the town to move ahead with plans to build a parallel line.

About $1.82 million of American Rescue Plan Act money granted to the town is earmarked for the project, as is another $1.25 million grant.

Millions more are in the state budget awaiting Gov. Ron DeSantis’ signature, though he does have veto power over line items in the spending plan.

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Here is a schedule of budget-related public meetings planned between now and the adoption of the town’s budget in September.

June 1: Preliminary property values from both counties.

June 20: Budget workshop for commissioners, focusing on the general fund budget.

June 27: Additional budget discussions if warranted. Could be canceled.

July 1: Deadline for Manatee and Sarasota counties’ property appraisers to certify final property values. At a 9 a.m. meeting at Town Hall, commissioners set a maximum millage rate after the town’s finance department recalculates proposed budget. (Note, this Friday meeting is mandated by state law).

Aug. 1: Town manager delivers to Town Commission the recommended budget and his budget message in accordance with the town charter.

Sept. 12: Certification of annual assessment rolls for both the neighborhood and Gulf of Mexico Drive portions of the underground utility project, as mandated by the town.

Sept. 12: First public hearing and vote on the budget and millage rate. (Note, state law requires this meeting take place after 5 p.m.).

Sept. 27: Second public hearing and adoption vote on the budget and millage rate (Note, state law requires this meeting take place after 5 p.m.).

Oct. 1: New fiscal year begins.

GOING ELECTRIC

The town proposes to purchase three electric pickup trucks in the next budget under a pilot program to see how well they perform and assess potential savings on fuel and maintenance: two for the building department and one for the town’s fire marshal.

The $180,000 estimated costs for the trucks would be paid from different, non property-tax based sources. Additionally, $30,000 would be spent for a charging station in the Town Hall complex for the trucks and another $30,000 for a station at the town’s public safety complex.

The fire department’s electric vehicle would be paid for from the Sarasota County Surtax III funds,

revenue from which will come to an end on Dec. 31, 2024, to be replaced in the following year with a new round of surtax revenue, should voters countywide approve the measure.

The building department vehicles would be paid for from the town’s building fund, which is largely financed by cost fees by builders and developers in town.

The building department additionally is seeking $10,000 to develop a drone program for tall building and roof inspections.

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Bayfront Park’s recreation center is expected to get a new roof in the next budget cycle, an accelerated budget line item based on the needs of the building.

The budget calls for $35,000 to that end from the Sarasota County Surtax III fund. The money was originally slated to be spent in 2024, but the need is too great.

“Best to do it now before things get worse,” Public Works Director Isaac Brownman said, adding the floor of the building will likely now get redone in the 2024 budget.

The roof of Fire Station 91, which was not addressed in its recent remodeling, is scheduled for 2024 at a cost of $175,000, which would come from the Manatee County Surtax Fund.

CANALS

As one of its top priorities, the town is heading toward a funding strategy for dredging canals. Though $6 million is budgeted to be spent on construction by the end of the 2027 fiscal year, that part of the spending doesn’t begin until 2024 at the earliest. Town leaders have yet to settle on a formula for how to assess property owners. In the meantime, about $185,000 is earmarked for seagrass mitigation management and monitoring, which was carried over from previous budgets.

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Funding is included for bathrooms at Joan Durante Park, to the tune of $25,000 in 2023, and an additional $75,000 is included in fiscal year 2027 for new playground equipment in the popular park.

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Joint meeting with Manatee delayed Longboat Key leaders have canceled their joint meeting with the Manatee County Commission, which was scheduled for Thursday afternoon in Bradenton.

No makeup date has been scheduled, though Town Manager Tom Harmer in an email to commissioners on Monday said it could be as late as the fall, following the Town Commission’s normal summer break in July and August.

At the last assembly of the Town Commission, a May 16 budget workshop and regular workshop, three commissioners said they would be unavailable for the May 26 joint meeting at the Manatee County government center.

On Monday, the town learned a fourth commissioner also would not be available from the seven-member panel. Without a quorum, the town requested the meeting be rescheduled.

Harmer said depending on commissioners’ schedules in June, the joint meeting might have to be moved to after the summer break, which typically culminates in September with budget hearings and adoption.

Among the items on the agenda are discussions about Greer Island, a unified public transit system on Longboat Key, the town’s proposed library/community center on the Town Center Green and the proposed roundabout at Broadway Street and Gulf of Mexico Drive.

Body of swimmer found off Longboat The body of a 24-year-old swimmer reported missing Saturday evening from Lido Beach was recovered from the waters off of Longboat Key on Sunday, about 24 hours later, police said.

Everliz Valentina Vega Medina was reported missing when a friend returned to shore after a swim but Medina, who is from Venezuela, did not. Police said there is no reason to suspect foul play. Family members were notified after the discovery around 9 p.m. Sunday.

Sarasota Police, the U.S. Coast Guard and other law enforcement agencies took part in the search, beginning Saturday night. Longboat

Key police were called Sunday evening to join the search.

On Monday morning, Sarasota police reported the body of Medina had been located and recovered.

Road projects alter traffic flow in Sarasota A few road project updates on the Sarasota side of the Ringling Bridge should be of note to Longboaters.

Among them: n Dubbed the Ringling Trail project, Ringling Boulevard will be reduced from two lanes to one in each direction in order to accommodate protected bicycle lanes that will connect Legacy Trail and Payne Park to the downtown core. The city of Sarasota has projected as many as 1,000 bicyclists a day using the bike lanes.

Work on the $2.4 million project was set to begin Monday, with project completion scheduled by the end of the year. n Continued construction of the roundabout project at U.S. 41 and Gulfstream Avenue will mean closure of three intersections for several months. The Florida Department of Transportation reports the intersections of Palm Avenue, First Street and Second Street at U.S. 41 will be closed in both directions once traffic is shifted against southbound traffic on U.S. 41. The work to make the shift will occur during the nights of May 24-26. The intersection closures will allow for work on the east side of U.S. 41. Exiting downtown via Cocoanut Avenue and Fruitville Road is recommended.

Safe Boating Week is coming up Mayor Ken Schneier today will present a proclamation to Jim Barnard, commander of Longboat Key’s U.S. Coast Guard Auxilliary flotilla on the occasion of Safe Boating Week.

Barnard and Zac Tapp, the flotilla’s public education instructor, will accept the proclamation.

The ceremony is planned for 1:30 p.m. at Town Hall.

New reporter steps into Longboat Observer role One community reporter leaves while another gets to work.

NAT KAEMMERER STAFF WRITER

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t’s too hot here. I’m heading north. The transition to snowbird has begun.

Just kidding. I’m not heading north because it’s too hot; it’s because I’m moving to Philadelphia. My time at the Longboat Observer has come to an end, but the impact on this young reporter will last a lifetime. As many of you know, I’ve bounced between Florida and Missouri my whole life.

It’s time to bounce elsewhere.

At the Observer, I went from foolishly asking, “What’s the Colony?” to covering the construction of St. Regis, from attending Kiwanis meetings to covering a recordbreaking Lawn Party fundraiser, and from sweating profusely at the 2019 Freedom Fest desperately trying to get names to knowing most of the people at most events. The Longboat Observer and the countless sources made a knowledgeable and passionate community reporter out of a curious and clueless college graduate.

“Observer Girl” couldn’t go to Publix without chatting about something with someone. Her secret power was a notebook with story ideas scribbled in the margins of names taken while covering an event, and her cape was a camera strapped around her shoulders. The “Bat Signal” came in different forms — press releases, emails, texts about events, Facebook messages — and was always appreciated.

The residents make this place what it is: a passionate, particular, philanthropic, personable hub of people who work hard to make a difference in their corner of the world. They’re

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eager to share important stories but often reluctant to toot their own horns. They’re welcoming, kind, understanding and not afraid to keep a young reporter apprised of every happening. They’re people I will miss.

But I’m proud to introduce you to the new Observer Girl. Lesley Dwyer is a longtime Sarasotan and former freelancer. She’s been away from the journalism game for a while, but she’s eager to bust the rust and give Longboat Key all she’s got.

“I am just really excited to be back to work,” Dwyer said. “I woke up Monday like, ‘Yay, I’m working out of the house!’”

Dwyer, a University of South Florida-Sarasota graduate, has spent her adult life in Sarasota. Her son, Aidan, is 8 and loves being by the water.

“I’m excited about being close to the water,” Dwyer said. “Quick Point Preserve is why I was so excited to work on Longboat, because that is our favorite spot. My son catches the most critters he can catch anywhere there, like calico crabs and seahorses and jellyfish.”

Dwyer already has a list of story ideas brewing, but of course, send more her way when something piques your interest: LDwyer@YourObserver.com, for future reference.

Nat Kaemmerer has been showing Lesley Dwyer around Longboat Key over the last few days.

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We’ve been asked a lot lately about what to do with delivery of the Observer while readers are gone for the summer or in the case of the many avid travelers flying in and out of SRQ (Hello, new concourse in 2024!). We want to share the multitude of ways that you can continue to receive the Observer’s hyperlocal news and information or in some cases even take us with you.

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on June 6 to consider the Longboat Key Club’s request to build

four pickleball courts adjacent to Harbourside’s Tennis Gardens, a measure recommended for approval by the town staff and via a unanimous vote by the Planning and Zoning Board in April.

Concerns about the game’s noise have

been raised by neighbors, as have concerns about mailed notifications about the public meeting that met the town’s 14-dayin-advance requirement but in many cases didn’t arrive or arrived too late.

For many who wrote to the Observer or to Town Hall, the issues of the game’s growing popularity and limited island facilities were raised by supporters. Here’s a sampling of the reactions received in advance of the June commission meeting: I am concerned what the impact of pickleball games will be on Winding Oaks, the neighborhood in which I live. It is my understanding that pickleball games are quite loud because the paddles used are solid and make the game considerably louder than tennis games.

I am sure the town of Longboat has noise restrictions. What are the parameters of those restrictions?

I frequently see in the Longboat Observer that police are called because of noise disturbances such as loud music, barking dogs, etc.

Also, I understand that noise from golf course maintenance equipment has an exception to the town restriction on noise. Will such an exception need to be made for

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pickleball game noise? Will police need to be called to report loud pickleball games?

I am grateful for and appreciate your efforts to help keep Longboat the community we all love and enjoy. So, I respectfully offer my thoughts and questions. I hope you will factor them into your deliberations.

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Because I will be unable to attend the upcoming meeting regarding the new pickleball courts at LBKC, I wanted to express my support for the construction.

Although there is no denying there is some noise created by a pickleball match, I would argue it is neither loud nor unpleasant.

If the residents who are objecting lived near open space or a quiet park that had decided to install courts, their complaints would be easier to understand. However, their complex is near a country club. Obviously, there will be some activity and yes, sometimes you will be able to hear that activity. The addition of pickleball courts to a country club is certainly not outside its purpose and should be permitted. nnn

I took up pickleball last season and enjoy it thoroughly. This year I have seen an explosive growth of players, and the excitement for the sport is amazing. LBK Club is in desperate need of new courts. I am being told that the club will be putting up fencing with sound dampening screens and has promised to shield any lighting to satisfy complaints of noise and lighting. I am hoping you will allow the club to do whatever is needed to maintain harmony in the area and allow them to build the new courts. nnn

The courts at the Marina are located next to a condominium building, and I can’t recall ever hearing any complaints from these residents. In fact, several other condo buildings on LBK have successfully converted their tennis courts, with the

approval of their residents.

I play tennis, pickleball, and I am an avid walker. The leaf blowers seem to follow me from court to court and along the sidewalks of Bay Isles. To me, their noise is a lot more disturbing than the noise from pickleball.

I am sure that as a good neighbor, the LBKC will do its utmost to mitigate the concerns of the Winding Oaks residents, and I am looking forward to a new pickleball facility at the club. nnn

I am writing to express my disappointment and concern about both the LBK’s decision and location of the pickleball courts, as well as the way this process has unfolded. This was recommended and approved by the Longboat Key planning board without any notification to the communities and homes that would be most affected.

This is just wrong.

I love pickleball, so this isn’t about whether there should be more courts; there should be. Ones that are accessible to the general public would be in order, too, but that’s another story. If this is to be something for the benefit of the whole Bay Isles community as stated, then all of us who reside here should be able to partake in some way, not just those who can afford the astronomical fees of the Longboat Key Club.

There should be knowledgeable planning for these courts being built by the LBK Club that specifically

addresses and considers the proximity to Winding Oaks. Making some plans for smartly relocating these proposed courts and creating some type of sound buffer would be in order, at a minimum. We need a specific plan for preventing unobstructed sound of the pickleball game and the players. nnn

The club is catering to a very real need for courts. The sport has become very popular. The lovely courts built by the township at Bayfront Park are very busy, too busy to accommodate everyone during the season. The club’s new courts will help to alleviate that situation. I hope that the club will be permitted to proceed with its plan. I appreciate your kind consideration of this request. nnn

People who oppose these courts are basing their objections on misinformation. The game does not create even as much noise as the blowers that the landscaping services use every day on the grounds of every condo and community within the confines of LBKC. Pickleball is the fastest-growing sport in the country. We do not want to be a community or town that lags behind the trends in active living. We want to be the premier town for people who are enjoying life to the fullest.

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SPECIAL NIGHT 10:53 p.m., 600 block of Dream Island Road Noise: Complaints about loud music prompted a response by officers, who found the source of the tunes was a wedding reception. One of the officers spoke with staffers, who had the music turned off for the evening.

SUNDAY, MAY 15

BOOM TIMES 8:21 a.m., 5800 block of Gulf of Mexico Drive Suspicious incident: After finding a Florida Power and Light crew nearby, police were able to ascertain that reports of a boom in a neighborhood could be traced to a blown electrical transformer.

FRIDAY, MAY 13

JACKETS REQUIRED 10:30 a.m., near Jewfish Key Boating: The town’s marine patrol officer stopped a boater in a slowspeed, minimum-wake zone and cited him for his inability to produce the required number of life jackets for the people aboard. The officer explained the reason for the stop and delivered a warning for operating on plane in the slow-speed zone as well.

Above: Shawn Nagell thanked the community for welcoming him. Right: Jeff Bullock, who used to work with Nagell, said a few words at his departure.

TUESDAY, MAY 17

THE MANATEES WERE SMILING 1:14 p.m., 5000 block of Gulf of Mexico Drive Animal call: A caller to police was concerned about a group of manatees possibly stranded on the beach.

The officer noted the manatees were neither stranded nor injured; manatee mating season runs from March to late October.

SATURDAY, MAY 14

MOM TO THE RESCUE 3 a.m., 7200 block of Gulf of Mexico Drive Suspicious vehicle: While on routine patrol, an officer encountered a vehicle stopped on the roadway at the intersection of Gulf of Mexico Drive and North Shore Road. The vehicle’s driver explained he was a food-delivery worker who had run out of gas. He also explained that he had a pizza with him, with which two friends had left to deliver on foot, a story the officer confirmed via relevant text messages on the driver’s phone. The officer told the driver he could not leave his vehicle in the roadway and should make arrangements for gas delivery. The driver called his mother, who agreed to do so.

HELPING OUT 1:15 p.m., near Sister Keys Agency assistance: The town’s marine patrol officer was alerted to a collision between two personal watercraft in which no one was injured, but one vessel was damaged to the point of sinking. The officer notified the Florida Wildlife Conservation Commission about the crash and stood by with Manatee County Sheriff’s deputies to assist the state officers.

BAD LUCK 6:42 p.m., Gulf of Mexico Drive and Triton Boulevard Traffic hazard: An officer located a large amount of broken glass in the roadway, as reported by a caller.

The officer swept the hazard off the roadway.

WEDNESDAY, MAY 18

FLASHING LIGHTS 8:43 p.m., 3700 block of Gulf of Mexico Drive Citizen assist: A resident called police to report a town-owned vehicle was parked at a Public Works Department site with its yellow flashing light still operating even though no workers were around. An officer was not immediately able to find the switch for the light on the vehicle and notified Public Works.

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Officer Nagell retires (sort of)

RELAYING THE CALL 11:38 p.m., 5500 block of Gulf of Mexico Drive Citizen assist: An officer relayed a plumber’s call to Public Works following a report to police of trouble repairing a leaking water main.

Nagell will take a break for six months but be back as a part-time officer.

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MUSIC? OH, MUSIC 12:09 a.m., 600 block of Broadway Street Noise: A pair of officers sent to investigate a report of music playing spoke to a resident in the home’s pool area. The resident told officers he did not realize his music was as loud as it was and agreed to turn it off for the night.

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sually, when police officers retire, they get a retirement badge, but at his retirement ceremony on May 18, Longboat Key Police Officer Shawn Nagell didn’t get one. He got a plaque instead for his 21 years of service on the island.

Don’t worry, he’ll be sorely missed; the lack of badge is not a snub. Nagell is retiring — sort of. He’s entering retirement for now, but he’ll be back as a part-time officer for the town in a few months.

“I don’t know whether mentally I’ll be able to tolerate this or not,” Nagell said. “But I do have a honeydo list as big as Brooklyn.”

Nagell will be back in September or October after taking time off to spend with family, go boating with his wife and visit Ireland. When he comes back, he’ll take on random

HOME, JEEVES 3:48 p.m., 1700 block of Gulf of Mexico Drive Traffic hazard: Police stood by while a mechanic responded to the scene of a disabled school bus along Gulf of Mexico Drive. A second school bus also came to transport one remaining student.

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Nagell started his career in 2001 on Longboat Key as a dispatcher and put himself through the police academy.

“We’d hate to lose that experience and that knowledge and dedication to the town,” Police Chief George Turner said.

About 50 people came to the police station to celebrate with Nagell, including firefighters, paramedics and Public Works employees.

There was much good-natured reminiscing, such as the time that Nagell, while on marine patrol, stopped a civilian boat with a police department employee aboard to tell her to keep her feet inside the vessel for safety purposes.

While he’s away, Nagell said he will miss his co-workers, whom he said are like family. The staff and people of the town have made his career a satisfying one, he said.

“I don’t think I’ve really had to work a day in 21 years,” Nagell said.

“I get to see these people.”

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Art installations serve as a border between Patriot Plaza and the cemetery and describe acts of service over the life of the American military.

Sarasota National Cemetery’s Patriot Plaza provides visitors a place to sit down and reflect.

“What makes this unique is this was the first time ever in the United States that the federal government allowed a charitable foundation to use their money to pay for an enhancement on a national cemetery.”

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“At the end of the presentation, they’re leaving to go to their bus and they thank you for doing the tour and everything,” says Gates. “These two girls as they walk away, they were saying, ‘No, you do it!’ I thought, ‘What are they up to?’

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t’s a shaded place of solemn reflection, bordered by palm trees and headstones and covered by steel and glass.

Sitting on a stone bench and shielded from the elements, you can block out the whole world for a few moments of respite.

Patriot Plaza, the 2,800-seat amphitheater at Sarasota National Cemetery, was built to be an oasis in a sea of grief. It was intended to honor veterans and celebrate their lives, and it was funded by philanthropy with art as a main ingredient.

The Patterson Foundation, a charitable organization endowed in 1997, funded Patriot Plaza with a $12 million budget plus $2 million for art. The plaza was later gifted and dedicated to the National Cemetery Administration. Linda Gould, a retired U.S. Army colonel and community consultant for the Patterson Foundation, says Patriot Plaza is the first of its kind.

“What makes this unique is this was the first time ever in the United States that the federal government allowed a charitable foundation to use their money to pay for an enhancement on a national cemetery,” says Gould. “There are enhancements on other cemeteries, but this was the first, and now it’s being replicated in Alabama and Georgia.”

Today, the American flag is visible from everywhere in the plaza, usually at half-staff.

Since Sarasota National Cemetery’s opening in 2009, 25,000 veterans have been laid to rest, and every weekday an average of 15 funerals takes place here. The cemetery has 16 employees who assist with

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Tour guide Ed Gates stands in front of the flag and rostrum at Patriot Plaza.

administration and maintenance of the 295-acre facility, and around 30 volunteers help in interacting with the public.

The plaza also has a crew of tour guides who lead school groups around the facility and teach them about the art arrayed around it.

One guide, Ed Gates, says he loves the moment when he’s able to con-

nect with youngsters about the importance of service.

Gates, on a recent visit to Patriot Plaza, recounted his encounter with a pair of middle school kids.

He taught them some basic drill commands and the specific greetings for Marines and Army soldiers, but he wasn’t certain whether they had really grasped them.

Ellen Driscoll’s “Night to Day, Here and Away” mosaic, a 50-foot-long art piece, lines the bottom of the rostrum in Patriot Plaza.

Patriot Plaza, built by Hoyt Architects, opened to the public in 2014, a few years after the cemetery.

The east entrance to the plaza welcomes visitors with a pair of sculptures by Ann Hirsch, an instructor at the Rhode Island School of Design.

The installation, titled “Home,” takes up the space on two curved walls that funnel you into the plaza; the sculptures are made of cast bronze and meant to evoke a bird’s nest.

On the north wall, two bald eagles sit on curved branches. An older eagle is sheltering and protecting a younger eagle that might be about to leave the nest.

On the south wall, there’s another nest of branches without birds. The south wall is emblazoned with a quote from Abraham Lincoln’s second inaugural address.

Both walls have branches from the artist’s native New England worked into the sculpture, and Gates explains how she created it.

“This is an art process that’s over 300 years old; it’s known as the lost wax process,” says Gates. “Picture a very large solid tube of hard wax. The artist basically chisels out the art piece from the wax. All the images and the delineations you see are in that wax.

“There’s a team of people that works with the artist when the artist has completed their work that essentially comes in with a molten metal they spray over the wax. Before the wax can start melting and destroying the art piece, the molten metal is SEE PLAZA, PAGE 14

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immediately cooled off with a misty spray of cold water. That’s a very old process and it’s still used today.”

The same process was used to create the imposing sculptures at the west entrance to the plaza.

Pablo Eduardo, a graduate of Tufts University, sculpted two gigantic eagles to watch over Patriot Plaza.

The majestic birds of prey, 7 feet tall and 12 feet wide, are called the “Guardian Eagles.”

The sculptures are oriented sideways, which means that one watchful eye is pointed toward the plaza and the other is gazing out toward

the gravesites.

The seals for the five branches of the armed services — Army, Navy, Marines, Air Force and Coast Guard — are emblazoned on the wall. Gould says the display will never change, regardless of what happens in the future.

“One of the questions we get from visitors quite a bit is that there’s now a sixth Armed Force with Space Command; will there be another seal added? The answer is no,” she says.

NIGHT TO DAY, HERE AND AWAY

When you’re seated in the amphitheater, your eyes are immediately drawn to the stone rostrum and 80-foot flagpole. But if you peer down toward the bottom of the stage, running left to right, you’ll see a beautifully colored mosaic.

The 50-foot-long piece titled

“Night to Day, Here and Away” is meant to remind visitors that they share the same sky with their loved ones who might be serving halfway across the world.

The artist, Ellen Driscoll, is a professor at Bard University in New York and weaved in both the everchanging horizon and symbolic emblems representing unit citations and medals.

You can find ribbons including the Medal of Honor, the Purple Heart, the Silver Star and Bronze Star and others in the mosaic, and the mosaic also features laurel leaves and stars: blue for service members and gold delineating those who died in service.

The mosaic is especially meaningful to Gates and his wife, Nancy, who are Gold Star parents.

Their son, the late Russell J. Gates, was a Navy aviator who flew combat missions in the Persian Gulf War and died in October 2000.

Gates, after explaining some of the elements, eloquently describes the artist’s intent.

“If you notice starting over in the left here, look at the sky. It’s dark,” he says. “As you move to the center,

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Driscoll’s art piece also serves to balance the entire plaza. Her mosaic, which began life as a 15-foot watercolor painting, was also turned into a pair of 20-foot-tall spires. The spires repeat the theme but stretch the story upward.

“Remember,” says Gates, “that artist started with a 15-foot watercolor. Every one of these little glass pieces was manually inlaid. Needless to say, it took some time.”

There’s also another feature near the rostrum that draws a lot of attention: a five-pointed star called a Berghaus Star Projection that signifies the worldwide reach of the U.S. military. There’s a star on the map to pinpoint Sarasota and one for Washington, D.C., where the commander in chief resides.

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Interestingly, if you stand between plinths, you can see service experiences from different eras.

One plinth, for example, is of a soldier wearing an ancient prosthetic device, and the one facing it shows a modern version.

That exhibit was designed by artist Larry Kirkland, as was the “Testimonies” exhibit that lines the pedestrian path. Each of the 16 8-foot-6inch-tall marble slabs contains a service-related word and personal testimonial from service members or family members of service members.

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WORLDS: A PART 6 p.m. at Conservation Foundation of the Gulf Coast, 400 Palmetto Ave., Osprey $5, registration required Visit HermitageArtistRetreat.org Hermitage fellows Pauchi Sasaki and Monica Youn are poised to give you an inside look at their creative process. Sasaki, a composer, is working on an original opera inspired by NASA’s mission to transport the first woman to the moon, and Youn, a poet, is the winner of the Poetry Society of America’s William Carlos Williams Award.

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IN THE ROUND: MAY INTENSIVE 7 p.m. at Sarasota Contemporary Dance Studios, 1400 Blvd. of the Arts $20 Visit SarasotaContemporaryDance.org The participants of the SCD Summer Intensive program will take on the choreography of several rising practitioners of the craft, including Laura Chambers, Rachel Eurom, Hannah Thompson and SCD Company member Xiao-Xuan Dancingers. The Sarasota Contemporary Dance company might even wind up taking some of these performances and polishing them for a performance at the Cook Theatre in October. There will be a virtual showing of the performance on Saturday.

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It’s a Memorial Day celebration and commemoration with the Venice Symphony. Put your hand over your heart as music director Troy Quinn leads the orchestra in a concert of patriotic songs as a salute to veterans in and out of the community.

Rockapella, a world famous a cappella group, will be the orchestra’s special guest.

‘THE LITTLE MERMAID’ 5 p.m. at Venice Performing Arts Center, 1 Indian Ave. $25-$60 Visit InternationalBalletOfFlorida.org Come see the timeless story of “The Little Mermaid” conveyed by the classic choreography of Vadim Fedotov. The International Ballet of Florida presents the show, full of beautiful costumes and scenery, with a host of performers from around the world. Rebecca Kimsey, an IBF student since age 11, will perform as the Sea Witch.

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ISABEL ANCHIN BECKER 2-4 p.m. at Arts Advocates Gallery, 3051 S. Tamiami Trail Free Visit ArtsAdvocates.org Isabel Anchin Becker, a veteran of quilting and sewing, is creating art out of fabric, thread and a sewing machine. Her works will he admired for much of the next month as part

BEYOND VAN GOGH Beyond Van Gogh is staying right where it is due to popular demand. The exhibit, which takes you on an immersive tour of the master’s catalogue, has already been extended once, and now it’s expected to run until Aug. 5.

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TUESDAY LAUGHING MATTERS: PARANOIA ON PARADE 6 p.m. at John C. Court Cabaret, 1265 First St. $34 Visit FloridaStudioTheatre.org Do you have your laughing shoes on? The cast of Florida Studio Theatre’s Laughing Matters brings you a topical musical sketch comedy show full of laughs from the world and everyday Sarasota situations.

Nick Anastasia, Richie McCall, William Selby and Jenna Cormey bring the funny in this sketch show written

by Rebecca Hopkins, Kevin Allen, Sarah Durham, Stephan deGhelder, Tony Hendriks and Jim Prosser.

This show, the sixth variation on Laughing Matters, is to run until June 12, and it might be a year or two before Laughing Matters returns.

FLOWERS, POETRY AND LIGHT Patti Smith just can’t quit Selby Gardens.

The celebrated poet, author and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee has twice visited the exhibit devoted to her early career work and love of the late photographer Robert Mapplethorpe, and she’s signed on to be an artist in residence with the botanical garden.

Smith is the first artist in residence designated by Selby Gardens and will return to play shows in 2023 and 2024.

But the exhibit will not still be up when she next returns.

Flowers, Poetry and Light will run through June 25, so get out there and see the floral displays inspired by Smith’s words and music and by Mapplethorpe’s unparalleled artistic eye.

IF YOU GO When: Runs through June 25 Where: Selby Gardens, 1534 Mound St. Tickets: Free with museum admission Info: Selby.org

WEDNESDAY ‘COASTAL IMPRESSIONS’: PAINTINGS BY SHARON LENNOX WOELFLING 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Island Gallery West, 5368 Gulf Drive, Holmes Beach Free, visit IslandGalleryWest.com Cool blues are on the itinerary at Island Gallery West, where Sharon Lennon Woelfling is showing her paintings inspired by the shapes and colors of the West Coast of Florida.

Woelfling is Island Gallery West’s featured artist for June, and her collection will be displayed until June 30. The artist will be present at the exhibit from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. June 2 to answer questions about her art and creative process.

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This armadillo lizard is known for rolling into a ball to protect itself, and the CT scan shows the animal’s bony armor plates.

Let there be light The Bishop Museum of Science and Nature is showing visitors how science and technology have brought researchers new insight into the natural world.

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ou’re drawn to the vividly colored image from across a room, and you need to move closer to understand what you’re seeing. Just like that, the Bishop Museum of Science and Nature has pulled you into an exhibit that feels more like an art gallery than science education.

The exhibit, dubbed “Picturing Science,” is a collaboration with the American Museum of Natural History in New York and allows visitors to see the many ways that the application of light and technology have changed what scientists know about

These biofluorescent images of coral allow zoologists to study the pattern and function of fluorescent proteins.

the world.

Visitors will learn about scientific imaging technologies such as electron microscopes and CT scanning and see how researchers use those developments to shed light on everything from chemical composition of meteorites to the dental structure of

a long-extinct rodent.

Hillary Spencer, CEO of the Bishop, says most of the displays arrived on loan intact from the Museum of Natural History, but the curators in Bradenton have utilized their own artifacts and equipment to add even more heft to the exhibit.

“They’re a really great partner,” says Spencer, who previously worked at the Museum of Natural History.

“It’s been really easy to get these assets from them and really easy to get feedback on what we’re doing.

We also get great planetarium content from them, too.

“They really encourage us to expand the story so it fits our audience. We’re encouraged and allowed to add objects, to add our own research, to add our own collections to the research they do.”

The exhibit, which will be on display for the rest of the year, is the opening salvo in The Bishop’s “Year of Light,” a themed series of collections designed to celebrate the institution’s 75th anniversary.

When you enter the room, you’re immediately greeted by a number of brightly colored displays. There’s a prominent one displaying the path of a fish’s circulatory system and another showing enlarged images of scorpions.

As you make your way around the room, you’ll learn about biofluorescence in corals and the microscopic features of insect anatomy.

“You can come in and enjoy it for the beautiful images, and you see the merging of science and art,” says curator Tiffany LaBritt. “But if you want to take it to the next level and learn something deeper and under-

Scientists can use an electron microprobe to determine the mineral composition of meteorites that fall to Earth.

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PICTURING SCIENCE: MUSEUM SCIENTISTS AND IMAGING TECHNOLOGIES Where: Bishop Museum of Science and Nature, 201 10th St. W., Bradenton When: Through Dec. 31 Cost: Museum admission is $16 for children, $25 for adults with student and senior discounts available Info: Visit BishopScience.org

The exhibits also show the inner skeleton of an armadillo lizard, which is known for rolling itself into a ball as a method of protection from predators. And there’s another display that shows the minute differences in anatomy between yellowjackets, hornets and wasps.

On yet another wall, there’s a stark and arresting image of an extinct rodent’s teeth produced by scanning electron microscopy.

You’re peering into the mouth of a mouse that’s been gone for 16 million years, but it looks more like a rocky outcropping.

“Once you get that level of detail, you go, ‘Whoa,’” says LaBritt of the entrancing black-and-white imagery. “It’s one of those images where if you didn’t know what you were looking at, you might think it was an alien landscape.”

On and on the exhibit goes, alternating between studies of anatomy and discoveries from outer space.

Spencer says the Bishop is working toward a pair of complementary goals: to be a thought leader in research and science education but also to be a fun place where people can have a nice day with their family.

The “Year of Light” continued in April with a photography exhibit by local photographer Scott Odell entitled “Illumination: Seeing Beyond the Shell,” and the planetarium anticipates hosting infrared images from NASA’s recently launched James Webb Space Telescope this fall. And thanks to the partnership with the Museum of Natural History, “Picturing Science” kicks it all off.

“I think we all agreed this was a great place to start, and we could use the stories that are told in this gallery to help inform the stories we tell to our tours and to our field trips,” says Spencer. “We’ll have eight different installations throughout the year using light in one capacity or another for joy and discovery and wonder, but also just to get people to look at our collections in new ways.”

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LaBritt gestures to a display of a knife inside a leather sheath that has shrunk over time. The knife cannot be taken out, she says, without damaging the sheath.

So what did scientists do? They took a CT scan that allowed them to examine it without breaking it, and that technology revealed an intricate pattern of Arabic lettering on the edge of the blade.

“You protect the integrity of the object,” she says. “But you still find out what’s going on with it and see some of those extra details that might have been lost to time.

“Otherwise, you may have had to damage the object.”

The same thing is true of meteorites and fossils. Prior to advancements in technology, you probably wouldn’t be able to analyze the layered chemical composition of a meteorite without slicing it open.

Now, thanks to the advent of the electron microprobe, scientists can agitate the atoms on the surface of the space rocks and learn exactly what they’re made of.

Consider the case of an extinct primate’s brain. The exhibit includes an image of a 2-inch skull of a primate that existed about 20 million years ago and is the only one of its kind ever discovered.

And because the researchers did not want to damage the object, they used a CT scanner to peer inside and learn about the anatomy of an animal that has been gone a long time.

“You can kind of judge from the outside of a skull — especially a primate — the size of their brain,” says LaBritt. “But in order to really understand the size of it, in the past you’d have to use destructive methods to basically cut the skull open.

“With something rare like this extinct animal, you don’t want to have to do that. So they were able to CT scan it, which allowed them to see the size of the braincase and also figure out how well they were able to walk bipedally.”

Think about that for a second. Let that marinate.

Just by taking a scan of a 2-inch skull, scientists were able to determine how well a tiny monkey that hasn’t existed for 20 million years was able to walk on its own two feet.

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Her turn Carol Doenecke chooses the artists for All Angels gallery, and for June, she chose herself.

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arol Doenecke isn’t one to boast about her accomplishments, so it felt odd for the Longboat Key artist and All Angels by the Sea Episcopal Church gallery coordinator to choose herself as the church’s featured artist. But she figured in the slow months of May and June, not many people would mind.

“It seems self-serving, but I thought, ‘Why not me?’” Doenecke said. “Nobody had a complaint.”

So through June, Doenecke’s art covers the walls of the All Angels gallery. As an artist who primarily works in pastels with figures and plenty of color, she has bright faces and striking backgrounds popping off the walls. She’s been a working artist for years and has shown in many other shows, so she selected a plethora of her favorite pieces.

“I wanted to put together different periods from my life and artistry, but

“It seems self-serving, but I thought, ‘Why not me?’

Nobody had a complaint.”

— Carol Doenecke

they all had to be colorful,” Doenecke said. “They’re things I particularly like or things that have won prizes.”

Doenecke has been an artist since she was a child — one of those kids who started drawing and never really stopped. She went to art school and majored in fashion design but disliked that it didn’t seem like a very serious industry. Instead, she set art aside for years, worked in the retail industry and got married. Doenecke and her husband, Justus, have been in the area since about 1980, when Doenecke picked up art again at the Manatee Art Center. There, she rediscovered an endless supply of muses in the models who sat for classes.

“I was a little rusty, but I would go every week and draw,” Doenecke said. “Then I started organizing models and did more single figures.

I have to have a human form in there, and color is definitely a requisite.

Color and the human form, I’ve been drawn to that from the beginning.”

The result is an assembly of faces staring out from the walls of the gallery. There’s a solitary woman sitting on a patio as a storm draws near, a flamenco dancer inspired by her travels with her husband and a jazz singer with music notes flying through the air behind her. However, Doenecke’s favorite is “I’ve Got the Bird,” a piece that combines three models in a room. It was inspired by old films like “The Maltese Falcon,” and whoever purchases it will also take home a falcon statuette. It was one of her only pieces that she had a title for before she began working on it. With help from models at the Longboat Key Arts Center, her vision came to life.

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“I Don’t Want to Leave the Jungle” is part of Carol Doenecke’s “Jungle” series.

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“This model was always fun to draw and paint, but she didn’t like it when I did her profile because she said I did her nose too accurately,” Doenecke said.

Doenecke likes art because of the challenges that come with it. She works in pastels because she doesn’t find paint to be challenging enough; you can easily paint over mistakes, but you can only erase pastel marks so many times before you ruin the paper.

And she tries to keep doing different things. Some models can be challenging, but she’s learned the importance of keeping a fresh perspective on things and changing the angle.

“There was a model I was so sick of seeing, but I drew him from the back one day and won an honorable mention in a show,” Doenecke said.

“You can always create something with anybody.”

One piece in her All Angels gallery was born out of a bit of an artistic slump. “A Night at the Opera” was inspired by an outing with a friend.

The model came easily from a class, but when she thought about creating a broader piece, her mind wandered to the ridiculous plots from the operas she’s seen. Fantastical elements play out behind the model, which bring more attention to the background than Doenecke usually goes for.

“I sometimes get tired of doing things a certain way,” Doenecke said.

“Maybe some artists grind it out and keep doing the same thing, but I can’t. I have to have fun with these.”

ART, MEET ARTIST Carol Doenecke has been coordinating artists’ displays in the All Angels gallery since 2012, but the tradition goes back further than her. A previous church member who wasn’t an artist put together displays since the early 2000s and primarily pulled from artists at the Longboat Key Arts Center.

Doenecke now pulls a lot from her community of artists at the Sarasota chapter of the National League of American Pen Women.

“There’s no real criteria of what they have to display, but all I tell them is, don’t put their pieces on top of each other,” Doenecke said.

Doenecke just wants to help artists get experience presenting in shows and showcase her artist friends. She enjoys connecting with other creators in the community. As an artist who’s been presenting her work for years, she understands the importance of just getting it out there.

“You just have to do it,” Doenecke said. “You have to have a good perspective about it and all the parts of presenting.”

Her work will be at the All Angels by the Sea Episcopal Church gallery from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on weekdays except Friday. The show runs until the end of June.

Carol Doenecke stands with her pieces in All Angels.

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Kiwanis cleans up at brunch The club put together a brunch for its 50th anniversary to replace the pancake breakfast.

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hen Kiwanis Club of Longboat Key Club President Michael Garey asked for feedback on the club’s 50th anniversary brunch on May 15, the biggest qualm from members was that there was so much food they couldn’t try it all.

The club’s brunch brought in 165 diners and grossed a total of $5,410.

Garey, who owns the Lazy Lobster, where the brunch was hosted, donated half of the money to the club, who then paid Garey for supplies he purchased. In total, the Longboat Key Kiwanis Foundation took home about $1,600. This brunch replaces the pancake breakfast, which Kiwanians hosted and cooked themselves.

“We did a lot of work on the pancake breakfasts, and if we were lucky, we netted about $600,” club member Lynn Larson said.

The brunch was planned on short notice because Kiwanis member John Wild only realized in March that the club’s 50th anniversary was fast approaching. Garey got down to work as fast as he could but wishes he could’ve contributed more time and planning efforts. There will be some changes next year, but the brunch will return. Money this year will go toward the foundation, but there might be a specific future recipient.

“I learned a lot as a restaurateur,” Garey said. “I’ve never really done a brunch here before, so that was a learning experience for me. A lot goes into it. How quickly tables turn is a key factor in how many people you can take, and we never did it before.

So, all that data and detail. It’s going to make next year’s brunch better.”

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Michael Garey, John Wild and Jo Bell

“How quickly tables turn is a key factor in how many people you can take, and we never did it before. So, all that data and detail. It’s going to make next year’s brunch better.”

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THINKING OUT LOUD: TIMELY TOPICS WITH MIKE KARP From 1-2:30 p.m. at The Paradise Center, 546 Bay Isles Road. Topics will include U.S. and world current affairs, popular culture and topics relevant to seniors. Cost is $10.

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There will be a half-price sale on the library’s collection of used books every Wednesday. Call 383-2011 for information.

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LONGBOAT KEY 2161 Gulf Of Mexico Drive PH3 4 Beds 4/1 Baths 6,002 Sq. Ft. Jenifer Schwell 941-780-0968 A4534425 $8,950,000

SIESTA KEY 5400 Ocean Boulevard 14-3 3 Beds 4 Baths 2,374 Sq. Ft. Carol Thomas 941-349-3444 A4535547 $3,499,000

SARASOTA 1547 Sandpiper Lane 3 Beds 3/1 Baths 3,136 Sq. Ft. Michael Hays 941-376-1826 A4531554 $2,699,000

SIESTA KEY 3913 Roberts Point Road 4 Beds 4/1 Baths 2,793 Sq. Ft. Denise Mei 941-685-3198 A4535487 $2,699,000

SARASOTA 650 Golden Gate Point 302 2 Beds 2/1 Baths 1,949 Sq. Ft. Dana Westmark 941-356-5091 A4531159 $2,600,000

BIRD KEY 628 N Owl Drive 3 Beds 2 Baths 2,534 Sq. Ft. Kathy Valente & Gregory Zies, LLC 941-685-6767 A4526783 $2,495,000

LONGBOAT KEY 311 Firehouse Court 3 Beds 3/1 Baths 2,352 Sq. Ft. Cindy Fischer 941-465-1124 A4534473 $2,395,000

SIESTA KEY 6326 Midnight Pass Road 508 3 Beds 3 Baths 2,318 Sq. Ft. Karen Chandler 941-544-4919 A4523199 $2,159,000

LONGBOAT KEY 518 Bayview Drive 3 Beds 2 Baths 1,740 Sq. Ft. Cathy Meldahl & Susan Smith 941-724-7228 A4534262 $2,000,000

LONGBOAT KEY 1465 Gulf Of Mexico Drive 504 3 Beds 3 Baths 1,837 Sq. Ft. Lindsay Nock 941-735-7005 A4534263 $1,875,000

LAKEWOOD RANCH 7410 Mizner Reserve Court 3 Beds 3/1 Baths 3,648 Sq. Ft. Tina Ciaccio 941-685-8420 A4534317 $1,590,000

LONGBOAT KEY 775 Longboat Club Road 906 2 Beds 2 Baths 1,524 Sq. Ft. Lenore Treiman 941-356-9642 A4527843 $1,299,000

SARASOTA 1651 4th Street 2 Beds 2 Baths 2,640 Sq. Ft. Valarie Wadsworth 941-780-3858 A4533056 $1,250,000

SIESTA KEY 6140 Midnight Pass Road 502 2 Beds 2 Baths 1,521 Sq. Ft. Barbara Dumbaugh & Victoria Lear 941-951-6660 A4532193 $1,200,000

SARASOTA 1685 Laurel Street 9 3 Beds 2/1 Baths 1,914 Sq. Ft. Lenore Treiman 941-356-9642 A4535266 $1,150,000

SIESTA KEY 5760 Midnight Pass Road 404D 2 Beds 2 Baths 1,361 Sq. Ft. Joseph McDonald 941-375-9646 A4531860 $1,100,000

BRADENTON 2112 51st Street W 4 Beds 3 Baths 3,805 Sq. Ft. Jodene Moneuse 941-302-4913 A4529879 $998,000

LONGBOAT KEY 1926 Harbourside Drive 1304 3 Beds 3 Baths 2,135 Sq. Ft. Cindy Fischer & Mark J Baron 941-465-1124 A4528490 $995,000

SARASOTA 4889 Carrington Circle 3 Beds 3/1 Baths 3,358 Sq. Ft. Lee Byron & Sue Keal 941-350-5542 A4534618 $979,000

SIESTA KEY 6500 Midnight Pass Road 509 2 Beds 2 Baths 1,086 Sq. Ft. Rudy Dudon 941-234-3991 A4534472 $900,000

LIDO KEY 2110 Benjamin Franklin Drive 104 2 Beds 2 Baths 1,248 Sq. Ft. Drew Russell 941-993-3739 A4532913 $899,000

LONGBOAT KEY 4600 Gulf Of Mexico Drive 205 2 Beds 2 Baths 1,312 Sq. Ft. Ann Martin & Joanna Benante 941-356-7717 A4529849 $875,000

SIESTA KEY 6236 Midnight Pass Road 107 2 Beds 2 Baths 1,150 Sq. Ft. Tara Lamb & Judy Greene 941-266-4873 A4528175 $849,000

SARASOTA 2275 Arlington Street 3 Beds 2 Baths 1,452 Sq. Ft. Denise Gagne 941-400-6358 A4532616 $679,000

LONGBOAT KEY 4400 Exeter Drive J106 2 Beds 2 Baths 992 Sq. Ft. Malihe Karimi 941-376-5099 A4534112 $595,000

LONGBOAT KEY 3060 Grand Bay Boulevard 1101 4 Beds 5/1 Baths 4,413 Sq. Ft. Stacey Fredericks 239-823-0277 A4535637 $5,250,000

ANNA MARIA ISLAND 820 N Shore Drive 4 Beds 4/1 Baths 3,953 Sq. Ft. Kathy Harman 941-900-9828 A4524887 $4,350,000

LONGBOAT KEY 540 Harbor Cove Circle 3 Beds 2/1 Baths 2,081 Sq. Ft. Julie Klick & Beverly St Hilaire 941-780-6001 A4534178 $3,600,000

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condominium in Regent Place tops all transactions in this week’s real estate. Regent Place 14B LLC sold the Unit 14B condominium at 655 Longboat Club Road to Peter and Marilee Bell, of Longboat Key, for $4 million.It sold for $1.85 million in 2005.

GRAND BAY

Lawrence Coleman, of Longboat Key, sold the Unit 191 condominium at 3060 Grand Bay Blvd. to RG Trust Services LLC, trustee, for $3.6 million. Built in 1994, it has three bedrooms, three-and-a-half baths and 2,781 square feet.

COREY’S LANDING

Robert Dennis Staton, of Fargo, North Dakota, sold his home at 3420 Fair Oaks Lane to Douglas Rhodes and Thayer Rhodes, trustees, of Longboat Key, for $2,210,000. Built in 1990, it has four bedrooms, five baths, a pool and 4,801 square feet.

JOHN RINGLING ESTATES

Kelly Lane, trustee, of Forney, Texas, sold the home at 130 S. Blvd. of the Presidents to Joseph and Susan Hohenleitner, of Wyndmoor, Pennsylvania, for $1.9 million. Built in 1952, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 1,576 square feet.

LONGBOAT KEY

Stephen and Carolyn Kranz, of Longboat Key, sold their home at

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MAY 9-13

711 Tarawitt Drive to Brian and Jacqueline Fox, of Rochester, New York, for $1.56 million. Built in 1960, it has three bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 1,676 square feet.

LONGBOAT HARBOUR TOWERS

Ronald and Mary Anne Moniz, of Saint James City, sold their Unit 904 condominium at 4401 Gulf of Mexico Drive to Terry and Catherine Andrus, of Oconomowoc, Wisconsin, for $1.3 million. Built in 1972, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,524 square feet.

Hildegard Belawski, trustee, of Albany, New York, sold the Unit 606 condominium at 4401 Gulf of Mexico Drive to Barbara Osher, trustee, of Franklin, Michigan, for $1.1 million. Built in 1972, it has two bedrooms, one bath and 1,251 square feet.

CASTILLIAN

Ellen Ambtman, of Ontario, Canada, sold her Unit 208 condominium at 4545 Gulf of Mexico Drive to Jeanne and Joseph Danubio, of Middletown Township, New Jersey, for $1.25 million. Built in 1979, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,398 square feet.

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Built in 1995, Unit 14B has three bedrooms, three-and-a-half baths and 3,139 square feet of living area.

Donald and Betty Rimbey, trustees, of McDonald, Pennsylvania, sold the Unit M1-604-J condominium at 2045 Gulf of Mexico Drive to Steve Pittman and Shelly Pittman, trustees, of Carmel, Indiana, for $1.2 million. Built in 1974, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 1,532 square feet.

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THE AQUARIUS CLUB

Barbara Christofer, trustee, of Avon, Connecticut, sold the Unit B-508 condominium at 1800 Benjamin Franklin Drive to JMA Legacy LLC for $1.1 million. Built in 1996, it has two bedrooms, two-and-a-half baths and 1,700 square feet.

Carol Carrigan, of Quincy, Massachusetts, sold her Unit 501 condominium at 2179 Harbouside Drive to Douglas and Peggy Hoerr, of Morton, Illinois, for $1,105,000.

Built in 1984, it has three bedrooms, three baths and 2,219 square feet.

L’ELEGANCE ON LIDO BEACH

2124237 Ontario Inc. sold the Unit 1-C condominium at 1701 Gulf of Mexico Drive to George Arvanitis, of Plainfield, Indiana, for $1,175,000.

Built in 1975, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,551 square feet.

TOP BUILDING PERMITS These are the largest building permits issued by the Longboat Key Planning and Zoning Department for the week of May 13-19 in order of dollar amounts.

L O N G B OAT K E Y ADDRESS 4955 GMD Unit 101

PERMIT Interior alterations

APPLICANT Denise Anne MacNeil

2111 GMD

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Bay Isles Association Inc.

300,000

James C. Norton

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KEY TOWERS SOUTH

Nancy Levine, of Sarasota, sold her Unit 7-F condominium at 1750 Benjamin Franklin Drive to Victor Ventura Jr. and Tina-Louise Ventura, trustees, of Deaver, North Carolina, for $880,000. Built in 1970, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,781 square feet.

SILVER SANDS

Steven and Marianne Tremaroli, trustees, of Huntington, New York, sold the Unit 250 condominium at 5841 Gulf of Mexico Drive to Sands 250 LLC for $727,000. Built in 1972, it has one bedroom, one bath.

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W. Gar Richlin Revocable Trust 210,120

3070 Grand Bay Blvd #642 Interior alterations

Douglas T. Burke

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Concrete repairs

Islander Club of Longboat Key 155,084

3533 Fair Oaks Lane

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Carla M. Muggio

199,828 150,000

Revocable Trust

791 Emerald Harbor Drive

Seawall

David Edell

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4324 GMD Unit H2

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Ralph B. Stoy

130,000

1145 GMD #304

Interior alterations

Phil and Debra St. Jean

110,000

530 Jessmyth Drive

Seawall

Maiden Lane Property LLC

102,150

3440 GMD

Building alterations

Dock on the Bay Assoc Inc

88,909

584 Yawl Lane

Re-roof

Jeffry S. Snauwaert Trust

81,190

3580 Fair Oaks Lane

Interior alterations

Karl Douglas Romine

81,153

Revocable Trust

2185 GMD #243

Interior alterations

Linda A. Fiorelli

79,923

521 Birdie Lane

Dock and lift

Zentra Castle Inc

79,353

1065 GMD #305

Windows and doors

Judith D. Reed

75,622

650 Norton St.

Dock and lift

Magnus and Christina Almtum

67,941

415 L’Ambiance Drive

A/C change-out

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57,849

280 N. Shore Road Unit 9

Windows and doors

Donald J. Haas

49,998

3610 Fair Oaks Place

Re-roof

Robert J. Simmons

48,600

603 Longboat Club Road

Electrical

Longboat Key Towers Assn

610 Longview Drive

Seawall

Green Heron Development

36,775

3483 Byron Lane

Re-roof

Joseph M. Steim

32,821

3240 GMD #B201

Interior alterations

Mary Brady McGinn

30,000

1975 GMD #311

Windows and doors

Thomas G. Michaelides

28,828

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Claws for a Cause beats rain Businesses in the north-end plaza partnered to donate money to the Longboat Key Turtle Watch.

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here were few flaws at the Claws for a Cause event at Whitney Plaza on May 20.

Businesses in the shopping center, including Driftwood Beach Home and Garden, Design 2000, Longbeach Cafe and Ultra-Yacht, organized to donate 10% of profits to the Longboat Key Turtle Watch from the event. Irina LaRose at Design 2000 and Heather Rippy at Driftwood Beach Home and Garden also worked to bring the Maine Line food truck to the plaza.

Despite the threat of rain, the weather stayed sunny and breezy for most of the event. Volunteers from LBKTW set up educational displays about turtle nesting season, including the shells of a green and loggerhead turtle and a display about the importance of keeping beaches dark so turtles don’t get discouraged. Inside Driftwood Beach and Ultra-Yacht, several items were marked down to help drive sales for the fundraiser.

Merchants said there was more foot traffic in the plaza than there

normally would be on a Friday in May. Plenty of people were drawn in by the Maine Line food truck, which has been a hit at other Longboat Key events, such as the Market on Longboat Key and the Longboat Island Chapel Earth Day event.

“It’s definitely stirring up traffic, so that’s good,” Rippy said. “We have to be creative in the summer. Obviously, there are still people here, but we have to bring them out.”

The event brought a hustle and bustle to the plaza, from hungry people seeking lobster rolls at the Maine Line food truck to curious browsers looking at Ultra-Yacht’s electric boats and attendees getting schooled on the ins and outs of turtle nesting.

Artist Stephanie Troxler, whose work is in Driftwood Beach, worked on a mural of Longboat Key on a piece of plywood outside of Design 2000.

Depending on the turnout, LaRose and Rippy plan to have two more events in the summer with the Maine Line to raise money for other organizations, like Save Our Seabirds.

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Cyndi Seamon explains a display to Paula Skillman and D’Arcy Arpke.

Above: Heather Rippy set up a sale table inside Driftwood Beach Home and Garden. Right: Artist Stephanie Troxler works on a mural of Longboat Key outside of Design 2000.

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60 “Me too!”

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52 Product line?

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127 Made a boo-boo 128 Go faster 129 Oahu and others 130 Like some hair or T-shirts 131 Game officials?

132 Racy messages

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Puzzle One Clue: D equals V

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