Longboat Observer 9.22.22

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Lawn Party flies south in fall

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Kiwanis Club site search lands on City Island’s wider-open spaces. PAGE 4A

SAIL SCHOOL Luffing Lassies set course for new enthusiasts with 10 days of learning, launching and laughing. PAGE 1B

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Fundraiser makes a splash Rick Konsavage is a good sport.

The managing director of the Longboat Key Club recently sat in a dunk tank at a summer associate appreciation event.

Konsavage let the employees take their best shot at soaking his designer suit. For a good cause, of course.

The other directors sat in the tank, too, and the employees stepped right up.

Each of the 135 staff members got three throws for free, but they happily paid for extra chances. And for $20, a staffer could skip throwing entirely and just slap the target that sent someone’s boss into the drink.

The dunk tank raised $270 for Save Our Seabirds, a bird rescue and education center on City Island.

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The Luffing Lassies practice by racing each other solo aboard Sunfish sailboats before their next race season.

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Sometimes, a book is a mystery. And sometimes, the mystery is the book.

Not long ago, a Little Free Library popped up on the corner of Gulf of Mexico Drive and Sloop Lane without anyone taking credit.

Enter 20-year residents Roslyn and Scott Schindler, who live just down the street in Country Club Shores. A visit to Denver inspired the idea to install the give-and-take library, which are popular in the MileHigh City. Six months ago, the couple put one up in their own neighborhood for neighbors to enjoy.

“Some neighbors have come over and said how much they like it,” Roslyn said.

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Both police officers and the town’s Code Enforcement officer are empowered to enforce town codes.

Town considers a new way to code Initial OK given to changes that would end anonymous calls. PAGE 3A

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Town enters agreement for GMD roundabout The design, permitting and construction documents of the roundabout at Broadway Street and Gulf of Mexico Drive are expected to be complete in November.

LAUREN TRONSTAD STAFF WRITER

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he Town Commission last week entered an agreement with Manatee County to begin working toward construction of the roundabout at Broadway Street and Gulf of Mexico Drive.

Since the project’s start in October 2021, design is about 65% complete.

The design, permitting and construction documents are expected to be complete in November.

Funding sources and the timeline for construction are to be determined. Construction must be coordinated with the Florida Department of Transportation as the project is on a state road, though state officials typically look for local spending before considering funneling state dollars into a project.

Based on background provided in the memorandum for the agreement, on Jan. 11 the Manatee County Commission approved transfers from the reserves in the transportation trust fund to the highway capital projects fund for the Broadway roundabout project.

The agreement between the town and Manatee County states that the county will fund and reimburse the town 50% of design costs or $150,000, whichever is less.

The town’s portion of the agreement requires staff to complete the project through its own forces or through contracted service providers. The town will submit written requests and invoices each month to the county for payments made.

The project is being designed and

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The roundabout at Gulf of Mexico Drive and Broadway Street is intended to improve safety at the intersection.

permitted by consultant of the town Kimley-Horn and Associates Inc. INITIAL BUDGET APPROVAL

The commission last week participated in a special workshop to discuss elements of the proposed budget in greater length and to tentatively pass each portion of the budget on to the Sept. 27 meeting, which starts at 5:01 p.m.

Following approval of the proposed budget, the budget will take effect Oct. 1 and end Sept. 30, 2023.

The budget calls for $17.85 million in general fund spending against $18.5 million in general fund revenue. The budget that also includes capital project funds, enterprise funds, debt service and special revenue funds, calls for $85 million in spending, $49.5 million in revenue, a beginning fund balance of nearly $91 million and more than $55 million in the fund balance at the end of fiscal year 2023.

The main topic of discussion at the

first hearing centered on the town’s proposed millage rate. According to the staff presentation, the town has the lowest millage rate of any municipality in the area.

The proposed operating millage of 1.99 produces a 7.17% change from the rolled-back rate of 1.8568 for 2022. The rolled back rate is the rate which, exclusive of new construction, will provide the same property tax revenue as was levied during the prior year.

The lower millage rate, Harmer said, is likely due to the value of town property. The town is one of few local municipalities that funds police, fire and ambulance services with funds accrued from general operating millage.

If the new millage rate is passed, the resulting increase to ad valorem revenue is $999,819 to fund the fiscal 2023 recommended budget.

The staff presentation compared the Key’s millage rate to surrounding municipalities on the basis taxes paid

on a home with a $500,000 taxable value. Earlier this year, the median sales price for a Longboat Key home was about $2.6 million; the median price for condos was up to $930,000, though a property’s taxable value can be significantly lower.

With the proposed mill rate, a Longboat Key homeowner would owe $995 in tax dollars per $500,000 in taxable value.

The following lists surrounding town millage rates and taxes owed on a $500,000 home from tax year 2022: n Anna Maria: 2.0500; $1,025 n Holmes Beach: 2.2500; $1,125 n Bradenton Beach: 2.3329; $1,166 n Sarasota: 3.0000; $1,500 n North Port: 3.7667; $1,883 n Punta Gorda: 3.9500; $1,975 n Venice: 4.3600; $2,180 n Bradenton: 5.8976; $2,949 n Palmetto: 5.9671; $2,984 The 1.99 millage rate goes toward general operating purposes for the town. Additional mill rates were also tentatively passed and include:

n 0.0494 mills for general obligation facility improvement bonds, n 0.7115 mills for beach management in the Longboat Key Gulfside District, n 0.1779 mills for beach management in the Longboat Key Bayside District The adoption of the rates would result in a total millage rate of 2.7509 for Gulf-side properties and a total millage rate of 2.2173 for bayside properties.

The staff presentation provided quick-hit highlights for the upcoming fiscal year’s budget. The certified property values increased 14.39%. In the budget for capital improvement projects, funding for the hybrid vehicle pilot program is included for fire marshal and building inspection vehicles. Final costs associated with completing the underground utility project as well as the development of the canal dredging program are also included.

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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

CRACKING THE

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Longboat leaders consider changes to the way it accepts, investigates and enforces its own rules and regulations.

LAUREN TRONSTAD STAFF WRITER

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hanges in the way town code violations are reported and handled could be on the way.

After initial approval this past week, town commissioners are expected again to discuss the package of changes in a public hearing on Oct. 3. A vote to approve then will set the new plan in motion.

The ordinance reflects revisions to the make-up, organization and hearing process. The majority of changes follow the termination of the Code Enforcement Board, which sunsetted at the end of the 2019 fiscal year and was replaced by a special magistrate, who hears the town’s side of a case, an accused offender’s side of the case and then renders a ruling.

The package of changes before the town also clarifies provisions regarding the role of the special magistrate.

“With changes, new things that we learn, new techniques and new state legislation that comes out, in order to stay on top of it, we need to make sure that all of our code enforcement ordinances are up to date,” Code Enforcement Officer Chris Kopp said.

The frequency of changes is dependent on the code itself. For example, the short-term rental code has not been changed since 1982 and remains one of the town’s hallmark regulations. In its most basic form, the rule forbids home or condo rentals of fewer than 30 days in residential zones. However, the sea turtle protection regulations have been changed about every four years following new research.

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One of the most noteworthy changes to the code enforcement involves violation reporting. Because of a state bill that went into effect July 1, 2021, anonymity of those reporting a violation is no longer optional.

“There’s two ways to look at it,” Kopp said. “One is now you’re going to get less people calling because they don’t want their name attached to it. There is a concern there because people want to do the right thing, but they don’t necessarily want any potential backlash of them being the whistleblower.”

While Kopp raised concerns about important reports deterred from being made, he did vouch for the change in terms of civil disputes between neighbors arguing with one another.

“There’s also the other side where there are small civil disputes between neighbors and they try to call code enforcement to tell on each other sometimes,” he said. “They can turn out to be frivolous complaints, which then clog up our government system and our manpower.”

Multiple commissioners said they weren’t comfortable with the state’s ban on anonymity, but Planning, Zoning and Building Department Director Allen Parsons said officers may still be able to practice discretion when investigating violations regardless of reporter identity.

Commissioner BJ Bishop also presented concern with compliance time, presenting the example of loud music being turned back up shortly after officers have left.

As of Sept. 16, Kopp had about 180 open cases. Each day he is able to close some along with new ones coming in. Along with Kopp, the Key’s police officers are also able to enforce code violations.

“We are always aiming for compliance,” Parsons told the commission. “We are not aiming to have a revenue generating source. Our first line of presenting someone who may be violating our code is not to issue a citation.”

Additional codes could also be added to the list of those that qualify for an immediate citation rather than needing to go through the hearings process. Examples of the new list include dogs or cats prohibited on beaches, property maintenance standards, sound regulations, spotlights or floodlights and the town’s code that regulates size and placement of temporary signs.

According to a staff memorandum, such point-in-time violations are those that are inherently transitory such as short-term rental violations that are corrected once the occupancy ends. Staff expressed that such violations are ill-suited for the town’s typical code enforcement process that provides a violator multiple opportunities to correct a violation prior to receiving an order from the special magistrate.

POINT-IN-TIME VIOLATIONS

Among those already on the list for point-in-time violations: unpermitted construction activities, turtle-protection regulations, commercial vendors and other prohibited activities in town parks, public beaches and public beach accesses.

Once passed, staff will launch outreach efforts to make the public aware of additional code provisions enforceable by civil citations.

Typically, fees are dependent on the number of violations. The first violation is a fine of $100. The second violation is $250. The third and each subsequent violation is a $500 fine.

Fines can vary and are left up to the discretion of the magistrate. For example, a violation of the town’s short-term rental program would typically garner a fee of $100 a day of violation.

Special magistrate powers were outlined in the code changes, which include the authority to establish procedures for presentation of cases, control cases and enforce authorized town code provisions.

Among the changes proposed for the special magistrate were language indicating it is the town’s burden to demonstrate a violation occurred, allowing multiple violations to be heard and for the magistrate to allow for extensions for returning to compliance.

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Among the town’s code violations that could be subject to an immediate fine are elements of the marine turtle protection plan, such as leaving open holes on the beach sand during nesting season.

HOW CODES ARE ENFORCED Code Enforcement Officer Chris Kopp and Longboat Key Police Department officers are able to enforce code violations, which typically follow a similar path from violation to an appearance before the Special Magistrate.

STEP 1 Speaking with the property owner about a violation or the issuance of a courtesy violation notice. About 90% of violations are corrected in the courtesy notice phase, Kopp said. The amount of time given to correct the issue is dependent on the code violated.

STEP 2 If a violation remains in place after an initial conversation, a notice of violation can be issued that lays out a timeline that property owners must follow to comply.

STEP 3 (OPTION A) If violation persists, the owner can be called before the town’s special magistrate. Similar to a court of law, the town is able to state its case, followed by the property owner. The special magistrate typically sees five to 10 cases during monthly meetings, which are held at Town Hall.

STEP 3 (OPTION B) If violation persists, property owners in violation of some codes can be immediately issued a civil citation, instead of a notice of violation. These citations are accompanied by fines dependent upon the severity of the issue.

The town is in the process of adding an additional 10 codes to the list that would be eligible for a citation rather than a visit with the magistrate. Opposition to a civil citation heads directly to circuit court, bypassing the town’s special magistrate.

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Milan Brkich presides as the town’s Special Magistrate in monthly meetings at Town Hall.

MOST FREQUENT VIOLATIONS 1. Short-term rental violations 2. Property maintenance, example: grass height 3. Marine turtle protection: The majority of calls for this violation come from sea turtles

volunteers that walk the beaches each morning, Kopp said.

4. Signs: The town has strict rules on where temporary signs can be placed along rods and on town right-of-way for events such as garage sales

STEP 4 If a property owner goes before the special magistrate, the magistrate has the opportunity to decide whether to provide the owner with more time to return to compliance and order a date compliance must be reached or issue a fine. Appeals of a fine go to circuit court.

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Kiwanis looks to City Island for this year’s Lawn Party

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Added capacity, construction on Longboat Key’s Town Center Green prompt move.

LESLEY DWYER STAFF WRITER

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hile it’s not moving very far, the Longboat Key Kiwanis Club’s Lawn Party is headed off the island for the first time to City Island for 2022, pending final approval by the city of Sarasota.

Ken Thompson Park, the site for the club’s signature fundraising event on Saturday, Dec. 3, offers a view of Sarasota Bay and allows for additional vendor booths, guests and parking.

Last year’s site, the Town Center Green adjacent to Town Hall and the Public Tennis Center, is expected to be under construction by December.

Kiwanis President Michael Garey told club members about the location at this month’s meeting Sept. 15.

Garey, along with Lynn Larson, scouted resorts, golf course sites and churches on Longboat Key before visiting the City Island site, within the boundaries of Sarasota.

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More parking and room for tents to accommodate restaurants are available at City Island, Garey said.

“We are very excited because we think this can take our event to the next level, the regional level,” Garey said.

The official approval has not been granted, but the Kiwanis Club filed an application, paid associated fees and met with city officials to address concerns, including alcohol being served and valet parking. Final approval of a site plan is pending.

“All of it’s been addressed,” Garey said, “There’s no reason I could think of, nor could they, that this would not be approved. We’re optimistic.”

Last year’s event generated about $90,000 in donations from the club to the Children’s Guardian Fund, and the 2020 party was cancelled amid COVID-19 concerns.

The 2019 Lawn Party, which featured a salute to Murf Klauber, the owner of the iconic Colony Beach & Tennis Resort, was held at the Longboat Key Club Harbourside. Previous versions have been held at Temple Beth Israel, the practice range at the Longboat Key Club’s Links golf course and other locations at the Longboat Key Club.

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The final $1.8 million given to the town will go toward floodwater projects in Buttonwood and Sleepy Lagoon neighborhoods.

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ongboat Key received the second half of its American Rescue Plan Act funds Aug. 15, which the Town Commission officially adopted into the town’s budget.

ARPA provided $350 billion to state and local governments. The town was awarded $3,654,228 and received the first half in 2021.

The town is allowed to use the funding on eligible projects, which fall into four categories. n Government services to the extent of lost public sector revenue n Public health and negative economic impacts n Premium pay for essential workers n Improvements in water, sewer and broadband infrastructure Based on guidance from town auditors, the commission amended the ARPA Special Revenue Fund in March, transferring the first half to the general fund. The second half of the relief funds go directly into the general fund, increasing the unappropriated fund balance by more than $3.6 million.

At a recent commission meeting, Town Manager Tom Harmer reminded the six commissioners present about the funding and how they decided to allocate it.

During the November 2021 commission retreat, commissioners opted to use funding to aid in improving two long-term issues: the underwater sewer line from the island to the mainland, along with sea level rise and stormwater management control projects.

“Now that we have received this

SO MANY MISSING WALLETS 9:45 a.m., police headquarters Citizen assist: A man came to the police department inquiring if a wallet had been turned in because he believed he lost his a few days earlier at a supermarket. The man was told to check with the market but that an item similar to the one he described had been found, not at the supermarket but rather near the police station, and was turned in. The officer told the man he could return during business hours to check.

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final payment, it is placed based on what commission direction previously was,” Harmer said.

Last week’s commission approval moved the remaining ARPA funding to the streets fund for stormwater management control projects, which include the sea level rise study, Buttonwood Harbor neighborhood and Sleepy Lagoon neighborhood studies.

Commissioner BJ Bishop cited photographs sent to Harmer of the road closures and flooding Buttonwood neighborhood residents experienced the weekend before the meeting as a result of high tide and heavy rain hitting the area.

“The sea level rise issues at full moon now are almost an every month flooding problem for the Buttonwood (Harbor) neighborhood and Sleepy Lagoon as well,” Bishop said.

At the time of the meeting, the town was unsure how close the funding received from ARPA will put the town to being able to fund the flooding projects, but the town has been working to apply for state and federal grants that would further aid costs associated with the projects, Harmer told commissioners.

Town commissioners identified priorities for the funding at the November 2021 retreat.

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NOT YOURS, YET 8 a.m., 700 block of Lyons Lane Trespassing: The owner of a home asked police to hear her story of apparent trespassing. The owner said the home was nearing the completion of sale, but she arrived after three months to find some of her belongings moved around. She said she had heard from neighbors that the soon-to-be owner visited several times without her knowledge. In one instance, the owner said, property had to be retrieved from a trash bin by a real estate agent. The owner, requesting periodic patrols of the home, said no one other than a cleaning crew and a floor-repair craftsman were expected to be inside until the sale was final.

RISING WATERS 4:18 p.m., 6500 block of Gulf of Mexico Drive Citizen assist: An officer spoke to a resident who reported a concerning rise of water and a potentially blocked storm drain. The officer, while noticing the neighborhood often gathered water in heavy rain, noted no obvious blockages but that the water was deep enough to possibly hide an obstruction. The town’s Public Works Department staff said it planned to examine drains soon.

SUNDAY, SEPT. 11

PUMP UP THE VOLUME 12:37 p.m., 3700 block of Gulf of Mexico Drive Citizen assist: A resident complained to police that a pumping station was making noise. A police supervisor contacted the Public Works Department, a staffer from which said the noise was that of a generator powering the installation,

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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

THAT WAS EASY 9:36 a.m., 2100 block of Gulf of Mexico Drive Road hazard: An officer was alerted to the presence of bedding on the highway and drove to investigate, finding a man who was re-securing a mattress into the bed of a truck. The man said the bedding shifted while underway and then fell out.

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SAFETY, UH, FIRST? 1:20 p.m., near Buttonwood Harbor Boating: A boat operator stopped for operating the vessel in violation of a slow-speed, minimum-wake zone was cited in connection with missing safety gear.

TUESDAY, SEPT. 13

FLOATING, BUT NOT REALLY 3 p.m., North Lido Key beach Boating: While on marine patrol, an officer encountered a boater signaling him. The boater said he had run aground, but there were no injuries and his boat was undamaged. A towing service was enroute.

MOTORCYCLE = SUSPICIOUS 5:20 p.m., 2800 block of Gulf of Mexico Drive Suspicious person: Police stopped to speak with a man who had moved his poorly running motorcycle to a beach public-access point to ascertain what repairs it needed. The man told the officer he was awaiting the arrival of a part to make his motor run properly. A routine records check with a crime-information database indicated the 39-year-old was the subject of a no-extradition warrant from South Carolina.

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Seeing Pink in October One of eight women will be found to have breast cancer in their lifetimes.

LETTERS Editorial hit the right Commissioners show tone cavalier attitude Your editorial of Sept. 15 and letters from Bob Gault and Joel Schleicher were powerful.

Lies told often enough become truth, or so the propagandists hope. We can go down the line: Lenin, Stalin, Hitler, Mao, President Obama, President Biden, CNN, MSNBC. But within each, the inherent lie manifests itself for all to see, but the people’s response in protest is suppressed by the power of the state.

And that’s what communism, socialism and fascism all have in common and that’s the utopia for the few at the top. Pretend to rally for the proletariat, the peasants, the minorities for their good. Do whatever it takes to achieve power and then stop. No need to fulfill anything for them; you’ve already hit your nirvana.

Then pit every group you can identify against the other to create maximum social unrest, which of course can only be attributed to the failings of your opponents, your enemies. Vilify them, blame them for every social, societal ill. Then preach the gospel of redemption, that only you and your kind represent hope for the future and lasting peace and prosperity for everyone who swallows your gospel.

Obama had Saul Alinsky (Chicago communist and “community organizer”) and Elijah Mohammad (Black Muslim leader in Chicago in the 1960s and beyond) as his mentors. Much of it has rubbed off on Biden after eight years under his tutelage. We’re experiencing the ongoing effects of these teachings to our great societal detriment and acrimony.

Bob Gault is right: “Ignorance of history is our true enemy.”

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am the one in eight women in the United States who will develop breast cancer in her lifetime. Never thought it would be me, I have no family history, no real connection with the disease.

I do like the color pink, though.

I had a neighbor tell me in June that she needed more testing for breast cancer, and my heart broke for her. How scary! I also remembered a neighbor from Titusville in her last Christmas card mentioning breast cancer, too.

I reached out and texted her that “cancer sucks!” but I really didn’t know what else to say. My daughter-in-law’s mother was diagnosed four years ago, so I do know “sorry” is not what anyone wants to hear.

That was my only connection … until the end of July. Talk about a life-changing month!

I had my annual mammogram on a Monday and on Wednesday received the call no woman wants: “We need more imaging.”

They saw a mass on left side.

That Friday was an ultrasound and more mammogram images. By the end of the day, I had an appointment for the next Tuesday with a surgeon, followed by a biopsy two weeks later, and the results a week after that.

Then the news: It is cancer.

Sh_t!

My husband bought me a boxing glove charm I wear around my neck with a cross. Between the two, I felt like I was ready. I’m in a club I never wanted to be a part of — but I am not alone. I’m among some of the most extraordinary women on the planet.

An MRI was scheduled the next

Friday and surgery a week later.

The surgery went well, but that’s a whole other story. The surgeon removed the tumor and did take out several lymph nodes to biopsy to see if the cancer has spread.

I am thankful to Sarasota Memorial Hospital for its investment in oncology, and my surgery was performed in their new oncology wing. The experience was stressful, and no one wants to go through this, but I knew I was in good hands, and it was as positive an experience as it could be under the circumstances.

It has been less than a month and a half since my journey first started, though I told my sister I feel like I’ve aged 10 years.

I’m grateful things have moved so quickly because your first instinct is to want the cancer out immediately, but I’m still trying to wrap my head around the whole thing. Family has been so supportive: My younger sister, whom I dearly love, my mom, and my two brothers, who I don’t think really know what to say to me.

It was difficult for me telling our two sons. I did not have a need to tell anyone besides family until I knew the final diagnosis.

A week after surgery, I learned the cancer had not spread, but I know the journey is not over. I know radiation is in my future. I know there will be more checkups. But I consider myself very fortunate.

Before this journey started, our life was already pretty hectic.

After months of trying to talk my husband into retiring, he finally agreed. We put our house up for sale on a whim and it sold. We were in the middle of packing and trying to find a new place to live, and he has been busy working on his work transition.

All before I discovered that I have joined the One in Eight Club.

The past two months have highlighted how important it is to focus on the really important things and reaffirmed our original plans. As we continue on this journey, with renewed optimism, we look forward to moving closer to Central Florida where our kids/grandkids are … family is everything!

Reminder: Don’t miss your mammogram appointments.

Regarding Sarasota County’s new headquarters plans: Putting aside the value of the land (downtown on Ringling Boulevard versus Fruitville Road east of Interstate 75), the County Commission showed its negotiating prowess in deciding on the new county headquarters building.

New: 120,00 square feet for $74 million ($616 per square foot) But no worries, they sold the existing 170,000 square foot building for $25 million ($147 per square foot).

They will pay four times more for the new building. The real value of the package, though, with the land, is probably closer to 10 times.

What the commission really showed is its cavalier attitude toward taxpayers.

To them, it’s not real money.

And besides, all the budget decisions are made in the summer, when many taxpayers aren’t here.

I used to think that government only worked at the local level. I’m starting now to question that.

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It’s all ‘Planned Chaos’ If the White House wizards and congressional Democrats knew anything about history, they would know all of their policies will bring economic and social chaos and are doomed to fail.

MASSES AREN’T ASKING FOR SOCIALISM

MATT WALSH

“Ignorance of history is our true enemy.”

It is not true that the masses are vehemently asking for socialism and that there is no means to resist them. The masses favor socialism because they trust the socialist propaganda of the intellectuals. The intellectuals, not the populace, are molding public opinion.

It is a lame excuse of the intellectuals that they must yield to the masses. They themselves have generated the socialist ideas and indoctrinated the masses with them. No proletarian or son

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hat was the closing statement last week in a letter to the editor from Bob Gault, a Longboat Key resident, former CEO of Universal Studios and Sea World and diehard Constitutional patriot.

He nailed it.

Ignorance of history is indeed one of the more destructive enemies of our time. And it runs far and wide among Americans. Perhaps worse, it evidently runs deep within the highest ranks of American government, including the occupants of all wings of the White House.

We all know, of course, our president, Joe Biden, is senile. Even so, he should not get a pass for his historical ignorance; he is, after all, president of the United States.

Nor, especially, should his behindthe-scenes Wizards of Doom be excused. Their apparent ignorance of history — or their willingness to ignore it and the truth — is ruining the United States.

Their out-of-touch arrogance blinds them to what has been so obvious: Practically every policy measure they have forced and inflicted upon Americans has proven what the great Austrian economist Ludwig von Mises wrote in 1951 in his analysis of the Socialist movements in Europe from the early 1900s, through and after World War II. The editors at the Ludwig von Mises Institute in Alabama summed up perfectly von Mises’ 1951 book, “Socialism: An Economic & Sociological Analysis,” when in 2009 they published 83 pages of excerpts from von Mises’ book. They aptly entitled the booklet: “Planned Chaos.”

It is a marvelous play on words.

As Mises revealed with historical fact and astute analysis 70 years ago, all the central planning that European Socialists, Fascists, Communists and Nazis imposed and dictated on the masses in Eastern Europe and Western Europe resulted in economic and social chaos — chaos that made their countrymen suffer and poor.

Practically everything they did made conditions worse and chaotic.

Fast forward to the U.S. today.

Take a look at the accompanying box. It is a list of the chaos that has followed as a result of the policies and mandates that Biden and his behind-the-scenes masters have inflicted on Americans. Sadly, this list will continue to grow. The end of the chaos is nowhere in sight.

But our Washington elites are oblivious.

When Joe Biden spoke to Americans on Sept. 1 in Philadelphia, for example, he said the “work of my presidency” is to “build an America

that is more prosperous, free and just” — “a mission I believe in with my whole soul.”

But either Biden knew that was a brazen lie to try to fool Americans.

Or, he is oblivious to reality. Or, a combination of both.

Think back over the past 19 months. If you reflect and examine what has transpired in every facet of American life and in the U.S. economy, the evidence shows that practically everything Biden, his wizards and the Democratic Party Congress have done has had the opposite effect of that mission.

Americans are less prosperous — and growing poorer (see box).

Americans are far less free. When the federal government continues to print money and spend and borrow at the rate it has under Biden, the resulting inflation and national debt are insidious taxes that sap Americans’ standard of living. And finally, everyone knows without a doubt, the United States, with its multi-tiered system of justice, is far less just than it was. Americans no longer believe there is equal justice under the law.

The cause of this misery, Mises wrote, begins with interventionism — when the government interferes with the market to effect the political elites’ quest for their imagined utopia.

“The authority seeks to influence the market by the intervention of its coercive power, but it does not want to eliminate the market altogether. It desires that production and consumption should develop along lines different from those prescribed by the unhindered market, and it wants to achieve its aim by injecting into the working of the market orders, commands and prohibitions for whose enforcement the police power and its apparatus of coercion and compulsion stand ready.”

of a proletarian has contributed to the elaboration of the of the interventionist and socialist programs …

The intellectual leaders of the peoples have produced and propagated the fallacies which are on the point of destroying liberty and Western civilization. The intellectuals alone are responsible for the mass slaughters which are the characteristic mark of our century.”

Ludwig von Mises “Planned Chaos”

“[But] all the methods of interventionism are doomed to failure,” Mises wrote. To wit, wrote Mises: “Government spending cannot create additional jobs. If the government provides the funds required by taxing the citizens or by borrowing from the public, it abolishes on the one hand as many jobs as it creates on the other.

“If government spending is financed by borrowing from the commercial banks, it means credit expansion and inflation. If in the course of such inflation the rise in commodity prices exceeds the rise in nominal wage rates, unemployment will drop. But what makes unemployment shrink is precisely the fact that real wage rates are falling.”

Sound familiar?

“No economist,” Mises stated unequivocally, “ever dared to assert that interventionism could result in anything other than in disaster and chaos.” And he wrote that after studying the disasters and chaos that led to wars and destruction in Europe over a half century.

But here in the U.S., the political elites, academia and media have no clue of history or pay no attention to it. They keep spreading the coerciveness of government — shut down fossil fuel energy; force unaffordable EVs; take over the delivery of health services; socialize all education; forgive college loans; militarize the IRS; regulate business to the point of strangulation.

Nowhere in this chaos has any of them articulated what the end game of all this will look like. What will success look like?

There will be no success. Mises: “What these people fail to realize is that the various measures they suggest are not capable of bringing about the beneficial results aimed at. On the contrary they produce a state of affairs which from the point of view of their advocates is worse than the previous state which they were designed to alter.”

As we all know, it’s a law of politics: When the first round of intervention fails or produces more unintended consequences, the politicians add more regulations and restrictions.

“Proceeding step by step on this way,” Mises concluded, “it finally reaches a point in which all economic freedom of individuals has disappeared. Then socialism emerges.”

How do we end this chaos?

“What is needed,” Mises concluded, “… is common sense and moral courage.”

It will take more than that — a complete purge of the perpetrators, starting Nov. 15.

The chaos of failed immigration policy Ha. The hullabaloo over Gov. Ron DeSantis sending illegal Venezuelan immigrtants to Martha’s Vineyard explicitly proves what economist Ludwig von Mises explained about “planned chaos” and interventionism and what the late Milton Friedman described as the law of laws.

When the consequences of Joe Biden’s reversal of Trump immigration policies (interventionism) resulted in the flood of illegal immigrants across our Southern border, what did Joe Biden expect was going to happen — that the hordes of illegal immigrants would be welcomed

with parades and Welcome Wagon barbecues?

The results and consequeencs were blindingly predictable.

Chaos would ensue. And it has for the past 19 months.

It is no surprise whatsoever that we have witnessed states feeling the adverse effects of Biden’s policies have been compelled to respond with their own intervention.

Ths is the way it always goes.

One bad law or intervention begets another intervention. And when the unintended consequences of that second intervention become appar-

ent, they spawn more intervention and more laws.

And on and on it goes. Chaos upon chaos.

One choice Biden had early on was to go back to the beginning — President Trump’s policies, which staunched the flow of illegal immigrants.

Logic would say go back and do what worked. But no, politicians can never admit their opponents were right. They must always intervene, inevitably making things worse.

— MW

CHAOS FROM CENTRAL PLANNING You remember 2019. The U.S. economy was rocking — across almost all sectors.

But the consequences of two events brought rising prosperity to a halt. The events: The U.S. Center for Disease Control’s investment in and work with the Wuhan lab in China on coronavirus research and the election of Joe Biden.

Chaos ensued — all of it triggered because of government interventionism. With the spread of COVID-19 and the federal government’s mandates and interventions, Americans have been enduring 19 months of economic and social chaos.

Just pick up the Wall Street Journal each day. The daily dose of negative economic headlines illustrates the chaos. A recent sampling: n “Flat-declining household income (“Americans as a whole have experienced two years in a row of flat or declining household income, government data showed.” n “S&P suffers worst day in over two years, as investors consider rate oulook” n “Electric bills rise nationwide as natural-gas prices climb” n “Mortgage rates jump past 6%, hit highest mark since 2008” n “Housing slowdown weighs on retailers” n “Strike threat triggers supply concerns” n “Supplier inflation remains elevated” n “Health-plan premiums set to rise sharply” n “FedEx sales drop below expectations” n “Schools adopt four-day weeks to attract, keep staff” n “Aviation crisis is now regional — staff shortages, capacity cuts strain sector”

CHAOTIC EFFECTS OF INTERVENTIONISM Here are some of the obvious effects of policy actions and mandates since the spread of COVID and Biden’s election in 2020: n Businesses forced to close because of shutdown mandates; n Labor shortages (People earning more from government checks than their jobs; quitting the work force) n Goods shortages (toilet paper, cleaning supplies, foods) n Restaurant food shortages — not enough truck drivers to deliver to restaurants n 40-year inflation records n Skyrocketing gasoline, energy and food prices n Gasoline and energy shortages n Rising interest rates n Home sales coming to a halt n FedEx CEO: Coming worldwide recession n Baby formula shortage n Mandated vaccines: people quit work, more labor shortages n CDC COVID-19 vaccine mandates and policies: hundreds of thousands of unnecessary deaths (e.g. Remdesivir) and illnesses n Hospital worker crises n Censorship, ostracization and ruined lives of doctors who questioned CDC n Recruitment shortage in military because of vaccine mandates and social engineering n Oil and gas production employees out of work because of Biden policies to stop drilling and production n Open border issues: Rising crime; strains on local communities; record drug overdose deaths n Inflation effect: Rampant crime (car thefts at record levels)

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Friedrich Hayek

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FRAMING YOUR FAMILY

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The Ladd brothers celebrate their familial connection and their childhood memories in their art.

Steven and William Ladd spend their lives doing what they love, and they make sure their artwork reflects that.

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conversation with artist brothers Steven and William Ladd is a window into their creative process. They’re spitting out ideas in rapid-fire bursts and finishing each other’s sentences, sometimes coloring in the gaps and sometimes contradicting each other.

They’re laughing, hamming it up and being as open as they can be. And when it’s over, they ask for a hug.

The Ladd brothers, separated by one year in age, began collaborating in a high school ceramics lab and they’ve never really stopped.

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Museum, “Lead With a Laugh,” represents the past decade of their work with textiles and beads.

There are huge wall hangings of various shaded colorings and a floor display that represents their property in upstate New York.

Another wall display is a mock family tree with beaded portraits of their various family members, each representing about 60 hours of work.

William Ladd, who constructs most of the artwork, says he wakes up at 5 a.m. and works out before he heads to his studio. Then he works about eight hours at beading and weaving before he goes home, and ultimately he works even more once he gets there.

“I’ll work studio hours, then I go home,” he says. “Usually I’m hanging out with my kids; I’m playing with them for a couple hours. And then when they’re like, ‘OK, we’ve had enough Dad,’ I’ll start working on beaded portraits. You make time for a little bit of everything.”

At root, the brothers say, they love what they do, so it doesn’t feel like work. Their work ethic comes from their father, they say, who was a top electrician in St. Louis who worked 70 hours a week for most of their childhood. And it wasn’t just that; he worked with his brothers, providing a family template for William and Steven that lasts to this day.

Their mom, meanwhile, provided them and their two siblings with love and affection and nourishment. And that’s why much of their art is rooted in family nostalgia and sentimentality but also with a biting sense of humor and an ear for subversion.

“Our mom and dad were like 20 and they had four kids,” says William, telling a long story about the green panel in a multicolored wall display. “We spent a lot of time at our grandparents. My grandfather was a baker, and my grandmother would watch us. It was four of us.

“We would be running around and we’d be like ‘What’s for dinner?’ and she’d be like ‘Poison.’ So we titled the green one ‘Poison’ after Grandma.’”

PERSONAL TOUCH

Steven Ladd, older than William by one year, handles the business end of their art practice now, and he says their industry really began accidentally. They were working in the advertising business and living together in Bushwick, New York. During their free time, they were making intricate accessories and handbags that took hundreds of hours apiece.

And then, one day, when they were working as set assistants for a Neiman Marcus catalogue photo shoot, an executive saw their sidework and asked to include it in the catalogue.

“The next day, we got incorporated as a handbag and accessory company,” says Steven Ladd. “That’s the company we’re still incorporated as today. That was January of 2000.”

Now, 20-plus years later, their lives have changed and so has their art. The Ladd brothers work together in their studio five days a week, and they work together at their property in upstate New York.

It’s gotten to the point that they enlist student interns to help them with their artwork, and their parents and uncles and cousins also have spent time beading and weaving.

“Work for me, work for free,” jokes William of his family and friends assembly line. “You have to wait until they volunteer. If you draft them, people will start dodging that.”

One of their latest works, the representation of their property, began seven-and-a-half years ago but never really took shape until recently.

William Ladd says he began weaving the trees at his son’s gymnastics lessons, and the next thing he knew he had a veritable forest.

Then, when the plans for their exhibit at Sarasota Art Museum came around, the brothers knew exactly how to use their trees.

They’d use them to depict the place that inspires them.

“We have this property in upstate New York called Santa Poco,” says Steven, hovering over the model.

“We built a shed for me, one for William and one for my Mom and Dad. We’re always kind of up there together hanging out and brainstorming and thinking. And we have two kind of distinct areas of the property; we have like a wood forest where we have those sheds. And then we have a like a creek bisecting the

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property and then a whole hillside over here.”

The family tree project happened just as organically. William did a beaded portrait of his son Mateo about three-and-a-half years ago, and then he did one of himself.

Soon after, he found himself doing a portrait of his wife and he figured he’d keep on going and do his entire family. But there are a lot of Ladds.

That extended family tree grew to 20 beaded portraits, all on display at “Lead With a Laugh.” William jokes that at the end of the project, when they were considering expanding the family tree to 25 frames, he had to prioritize whose face was worth spending 60 hours depicting.

“It’s better to do younger kids because their faces are smaller,” he says of the beading process.

“But all the kids are grown now.”

SCROLLATHON

The Ladd family takeover of the Sarasota Art Museum will continue in October with an exhibit chronicling the history of the Scrollathon, an interactive art experience that has reached more than 10,000 artists nationwide.

That endeavor — which the brothers started 17 years ago in St. Louis — encourages people to make personal artistic statements and then weaves them all together to tell a greater narrative of our society.

The theme this year is grandiose:

It’s the story of America and what binds us together as citizens.

The project started local, but now it has a national footprint, mirroring the brothers’ art trajectory. They’ve managed to show their work in galleries as far-flung as Hawaii and Sheboygan, Ill., and now they have the hard job of summing it all up.

“When the community comes here, they’re going to be able to walk through this whole exhibition and see this artwork before they go into the Scrollathon,” says Steven.

“A lot of times when we’re working with the communities that we work with on the Scrollathon, they don’t necessarily have the sense that artists exhibiting in museums are actually alive. And they also don’t think that the things they make can be exhibited in museums. So here they’ll be able to experience the artwork we made, meet us and know that we’re alive and not dead. And then also contribute to a collaborative master work that they helped to make.”

Steven and William Ladd have been collaborating on art their entire adult lives.

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HOMEMADE BBQ SAUCE: They’re also making their own barbecue sauce at Stottlemyer’s, but it only goes on the meat at the customer’s request.

The sauce has a ketchup base and is tinged with brown sugar, molasses

USING THE WHOLE BUFFALO: The meat is all over the menu. It starts in the authentic barbecue section and stretches into pretty much every dish. Morales says you can get a salad or a vegetarian taco plate at Stottlemyer’s, and there’s also fish options like salmon, catfish and mahi mahi for people who don’t want to eat barbecued meats.

But for the people who do? You’ll find a wealth of options here.

Rodriguez says smoked meat will find its way into tacos, chili dishes, pizzas, meaty macaroni and cheese sandwiches. It’s even found its way into the vegetables.

“Our cabbage, our collard greens, our green beans all come with bacon and onions,” she says. “If you have a pork religion, our vegetables aren’t going to be it. Stick to the fried okra.”

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SIT-DOWN OR TAKEOUT: Stottlemyer’s is equipped with a takeout window at the front for anyone who wants to grab a meal and go.

But if you want to stick around for a while, the Tiki bar and main seating area is ready for you to eat in and covered by the thatched-roof Chickee Hut in case of rain.

SOMETHING DIFFERENT: You’ve had jalapeño. And you’ve had bacon.

Have you had bacon-wrapped jalapeño?

At Stottlemyer’s, they take the jalapeño pepper and mix it with seasonings, including cheddar cheese and creamed cheese, then wrap it in bacon and smoke it.

“When the order is made,” says Rodriguez, “we flash-fry it to crisp up that bacon, but that whole jalapeño with the filling and the bacon is initially smoked.”

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smoker, and it will stay there for 12 hours before it’s ready to be served.

The baby back ribs, by contrast, come out of the smoker in just twoand-a-half hours.

“We do it at a low temperature, so it takes a long time to cook,” says Morales. “Once it comes out of the cooker, it’s perfect.”

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and corn syrup and mixed with granulated onions, garlic and applesauce.

The mixture sits overnight, and then it’s ready for the brisket in the morning. Morales says they make the sauce every other day, and they usually make two to five gallons of it at a time.

Can you buy it?

It’s not in a bottle. But they’ll find a way to get you some if you want it.

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“I always tell people when they come here they need to come prepared. Do not come with buttons or zippers or snaps. Elastic waist is the dress code here.”

WHAT’S THE DISH: You might be sleeping, but the brisket is slowly cooking.

Stottlemyer’s Smokehouse, an open-air Tiki bar and barbecue eatery on Fruitville Road just east of I-75, is smoking 40 pounds of brisket every night, pushing the meat into the cooker at 6 p.m. and then rescuing it from the heat when they open back up the next morning.

The brisket is the star attraction on the restaurant’s BBQ Sampler, which also includes a half-chicken and your choice of two long bone ribs or a half-rack of baby backs.

You also get your choice of two sides with the sampler.

And that’s why Monica Rodriguez, the assistant general manager at Stottlemyer’s, tells people to arrive on an empty stomach.

“I always tell people when they come here they need to come prepared,” she says. “Do not come with buttons or zippers or snaps. Elastic waist is the dress code here.”

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EQUINOX: A CELTIC CELEBRATION Celebrate the changing of the seasons with Key Chorale. The symphonic choral group is welcoming a group of artists who specialize in traditional Celtic sounds, and they’ll be playing a tribute to the old country on tracks like “Danny Boy” and others you may not have heard yet. Tenor Brad Diamond will join the group, as will Irish fiddle champ Dylan Foley.

IF YOU GO When: 4 p.m., Sept. 24 Where: Church of the Palms, 3224 Bee Ridge Road Tickets: $35-$45 Info: KeyChorale.org.

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BISHOP AFTER DARK: HAVANA NIGHTS 6 p.m. at Bishop Museum of Science and Nature, 201 10th St. W., Bradenton $45 Visit BishopScience.org.

Join Pete Carney and his SCF student Jazz Ensemble as they explore the syncopated rhythms of salsa, bossa nova and tango. Carney, the director of jazz studies and applied saxophone instructor at SCF, will lead his charges through music celebrated in Cuba and around the Latin world.

It’s time to get sweaty and learn some salsa. The Bishop Museum’s After Dark series kicks off with an evening of dance in the museum’s courtyard. Instructors from the Jae Phillips Dance Studio will teach you the steps for the first hour, and the last two hours are open dancing.

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JULIE SCOGGINS 7 p.m. at McCurdy’s Comedy Theatre, 1923 Ringling Blvd. $25 Visit McCurdysComedy.com.

You’re probably familiar with Jimmy Stewart as an icon of decency. But have you seen him when he’s having delusional fantasies about a gigantic man-sized rabbit? Stewart chews up scenery in this 1950 comedy about an eccentric man who may or may not wind up committed to a mental hospital and about his family members who may or may not see the rabbit, too.

Julie Scoggins spent the first arc of her career selling Doritos on a tropical island. Now she travels around the country making people laugh for a living. Scoggins, the self-styled “Queen of Clubs,” bills herself on her website as a “former trucker, pooper scooper and charm school graduate.” She’s been honing her act for decades, and she’ll be at McCurdy’s for six shows running through Sunday.

CARIBBEAN RHYTHMS 7:30 p.m. at Recital Hall, 5840 26th St. W., Bradenton $15, $5 students and staff Visit SCFMusic.Info.

CLASSIC MOVIES AT THE OPERA HOUSE: ‘HARVEY’ 7:30 p.m. at Sarasota Opera House, 61 N. Pineapple Ave. $12 Visit SarasotaOpera.org.

IN-STUDIO PERFORMANCE WITH JENNIFER NUESI 7 p.m. at Sarasota Contemporary Dance $20, $10 virtual for Saturday performance Visit SarasotaContemporaryDance. org.

Guest artist Jennifer Nuesi is ready to bare her soul. Nuesi’s performance will tackle all the big emo-

SUNDAY HD AT THE OPERA HOUSE: DER ROSENKAVALIER 1:30 p.m. at Sarasota Opera House, 61 N. Pineapple Ave. $22 Visit SarasotaOpera.org.

tions as she navigates love, loss, heartbreak and divinity of self. Nuesi will perform on both Friday and Saturday evenings, and the latter performance will be available via streaming.

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Step back in time six decades for a 1960 performance of a Richard Strauss masterwork. This threehour spectacle features the standout work of conductor Herbert von Karajan and singers Elisabeth Schwarzkopf and Otto Edelmann, not to mention the talents of the Vienna State Opera Ballet, the Vienna State Opera Chorus and the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra.

‘RENT’ 2 p.m. at Manatee Performing Arts Center, 502 Third Ave. W., Bradenton $30 Visit ManateePerformingArtsCenter. com.

FST IMPROV: WE’RE DOOMED 7:30 p.m. at Bowne’s Lab, 1265 First St. $12-$15 Visit FloridaStudioTheatre.org.

Jonathan Larson never got to see his masterwork become a success. But decades later, you can enjoy it in a way he never could. Larson died the night before his musical — loosely based on Puccini’s “La Boheme” — made its Off Broadway debut in 1996, and he was posthumously awarded the Pulitzer Prize. Twentyfive years later, his creation is still thrilling audiences.

Pick a disaster movie. Any disaster movie. Put it in a blender. And press spin. That’s what the improv crew over at Florida Studio Theatre does every Saturday night under the “We’re Doomed” marquee. The audience suggests a title, then the improv crew is off and running to make it funny. They may even wind up recruiting the audience to join them to flesh out the cast.

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MERRILY FROM CENTER STAGE 7:30 p.m. at Studio 1130, 3501 S. Tamiami Trail $25 Visit ThePlayers.org.

Join Broadway veteran Ann Morrison for her captivating one-woman show that reprises Stephen Sondheim songs that she brought to the stage four decades ago. Morrison, who starred as Mary Flynn in “Merrily We Go Along,” will tell you tales from the character’s perspective.

HANDMADE PASTA AND SAUCES 6 p.m. at Publix Aprons Cooking School, 2875 University Parkway $60 Visit ApronsCookingSchool.Publix. com.

It’s time to put Chef Boyardee out of business. The talented kitchen crew at Aprons Cooking School will teach you how to make homemade pasta and sauce one ingredient at a time.

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mushroom agnolotti and lasagna alla Bolognese. And then you’ll eat them too.

WEDNESDAY HIGHLIGHTS TOUR 11:15 a.m. at Sarasota Art Museum, 1001 S. Tamiami Trail Free with museum admission Visit SarasotaArtMuseum.org.

What’s better than an opportunity to digest art at your own pace? How bout a walkthrough with a guide who knows all about the exhibits?

The museum offers highlight tours on Friday and Wednesday, and you can get an inside look on the themes that tie the exhibits together.

the John & Mable Ringling Museum of Art, and she’ll chat a little about what’s next in her career.

IF YOU GO When: 5:30 p.m., Sept. 23 Where: Sarasota Art Museum, 1001 S. Tamiami Trail Tickets: $5, registration required Info: HermitageArtistRetreat.org.

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Let’s get nautical

Women’s club promotes sailing and racing, but it all starts with a two-week introduction to knots, tillers and more.

Carrie Seven is new to the Lassies, while Donna Hillmyer was practically born into the group. Her mother joined in 1979.

The current Lassies out on the water while the prospective Lassies learn on land for the day.

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n all-women’s club has been sailing the waters around Sarasota and Longboat Key for 50 years, but somewhere along the line, Luffing Lassies became a more suitable name than the original, Sarasota Sailing and Sinking Society.

Luffing means to steer a boat up into the breeze and is a more apt moniker for this group that not only enjoys the wind-driven, nautical pursuit but also teaches it every September during a two-week course.

“A lot of times, women crew for their husbands or boyfriends or on other boats,” Donna Hillmyer said.

“With this, you are the one driving the boat, going where you want to, and it’s your challenge that you’re taking on. It’s really empowering.”

The first week is spent on the basics. The second prepares prospective Lassies to race. The Lassies operate under the larger umbrella of the Florida Women’s Sailing Association and every Thursday during race season, they race a different club from the association.

Some Lassies start off knowing how to sail, while others start from scratch. But they all have to attend the learning sessions.

“We like them to come in for these two weeks because they create a bond with those women. The camaraderie is just stronger.” Hillmyer said. “It’s like going through hell week together. They have a really good time.”

The first day takes place under the pavilion at the Sarasota Sailing Squadron, the Lassies’ home base on City Island. Prospective Lassies rotate through three stations on land before a swim test.

Lassies learn to sail on Sunfish, personal-sized craft with a single sail. One is set up on land so the women can learn how to hold the tiller, which steers the boat. Another station is set up to learn how to tie

One station is set up to teach knot tying.

sailing knots. And the final station offers practice on ducking under the sail when changing direction — or jibing.

After practice on land wraps up, the women are told to jump off the dock into Sarasota Bay, once wearing a life vest and once without.

“It’s so we know and they know that when they hit the water, because you often swim more than you sail in the beginning, that they aren’t nervous and won’t react adversely,” Hillmyer said.

Carrie Seven moved from St. Louis this past year and is one of the 10 women enrolled this year. She heard of the Lassies in 2018 when her sailing club in St. Louis, the Flying Scots, participated in the squadron’s Midwinter Regatta.

“I absolutely fell in love with the place,” Seven said, adding she had a Sunfish at home and was told about the local racing club. “I said that’s where I want to be in the next four to five years, whenever my boys are out of the nest.”

The boys left the nest last year, and at age 51, Seven headed for Sarasota.

Thirty women applied this year, but there were only 10 spots available. Some women realize before and during the classes that sailing isn’t for them, but the class size is intentionally kept small because it’s easier to teach a smaller group.

Adding this year’s recruits to the roster makes a total of 100 Lassies.

Ages in the group vary from the mid40s to the 80s.

If a member can’t sail anymore,

Photos by Lesley Dwyer

they can stay on as a social Lassie and continue to attend parties.

Retired Lassies also have their own club called the Anchors. They meet for lunch once a month.

Rita Steele, Hillmyer’s mother, has been in the club since 1979 and is still an active Lassie.

But Steele hadn’t sailed a day before joining. During her first race, everyone else had made it through the course and were waiting to start the second race.

“They came out and said you have to go back to the start, so that’s how I started,” she said. “So it’s possible for everybody to learn how to sail, and we have so much fun.”

The prospective Lassies jump off the dock at the Sarasota Sailing Squadron for the mandatory swim test.

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Adam Burnside, Todd Stubbs and Jason Gongaware. Stubbs said he was coming back with a bang after COVID-19 put a damper on previous years’ expos.

Gino Orellana, Emerson Robbins and Grace Stelmashenko mingle in front of Orellana’s sales training booth.

Juliette and Andrew Evans attend the expo with their dad, Jason Evans.

Evans’ office is around the corner from Robarts Arena.

Beach, Ranch chambers mingle Charles Kaine, with Children First, and Alan Hazley stop by the Home-Tech booth to network with Margo McQueen and Kim Urbuteit.

DJ Alex Li, from Complete Weddings and Events, is an alliance member and offered the entertainment in-kind.

Photos by Lesley Dwyer

Brittany Lamont chats up Lauren Tominelli at the East Meets West Expo at Robarts Arena.

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usinesses from both sides of Interstate 75 gathered at Robarts Arena on Sept. 15 to market their goods and network with other area businesses at the East Meets West Expo.

The expo is organized by the Lakewood Ranch Business Alliance and the Longboat Key Chamber of Commerce. The numbers are still bouncing back after COVID-19, but 80 booths lined the arena and about 500 people walked through.

“This is an opportunity for our members to showcase their products and services to the region and for consumers to meet businesses who are giving back to the community,” President of the LWRBA Brittany Lamont said.

“And (giving back) is really a lot of being a part of these organizations, whether it’s the Longboat Key Chamber or us.”

Several area nonprofits had booths. Restaurants were serving up their best dishes. A bar, DJ and lounge area encouraged the crowd to mingle while snacking and filling

goodie bags. In its 14th year, the expo has evolved from the early days.

“Now, it seems like it’s just the restaurants that bring food, but they used to have everybody bring food.” Margo McQueen of HomeTech said. “There was a ton of food and a lot of alcohol, too. It’s changed a lot over the years, but it’s still good.”

Sales manager Todd Stubbs from Good News Pest Solutions had a blast. The fan favorite dressed up in a cockroach costume, donned black sunglasses and danced through the aisles shaking his antennas.

“This is the first expo since Covid,” Stubbs said, “I wanted to come back with a bang.”

Last year’s expo only saw about 100 people and ended early.

“I’m pleased with the turnout, especially after last year,” Longboat Key Chamber of Commerce President Gail Loefgren said. “It’s just nice to see people coming out again.”

—LESLEY DWYER

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Barbara was born in Chicago, IL to the late Virgil Hodges and Gladys (Potter) Hodges and was an older sister to Connie (Hodges) Pagano, who predeceased her. Barbara grew up in the southern part of Chicago, living with her grandmother, Elsie (Petersen) Potter, during the Great Depression. She later lived with her mother and father and attended Thornton High School in Harvey, IL. She had many good friends there, and in addition to participating in the theater, she was a member of the Jays, a social group at school.

After high school she attended the University of Colorado, where she was a member of the sorority, Alpha Omicron Pi. It was at CU where she met her future husband, and after Lynn’s graduation in 1952, the two were wed, settling in Chicago and beginning their 63-year marriage. In the early 1960’s, Lynn’s work prompted the couple to relocate their young family

Throughout her life, Barbara volunteered wherever she felt she could do the most good, especially at her children’s schools. She and her husband remained avid boaters and were long-time members of the Mianus River Boat Club. In the early 1980’s they became snowbirds and enjoyed the Florida sunshine, wintering at their residence in Longboat Key. She loved to volunteer for various social events at Spanish Main Yacht Club and at Christ Church. She loved to visit with the residents that lived around her.

Barbara is survived by her children: Lynette Mathias and her husband Stephen (Ridgefield, CT) and David Moore and his wife Enza (Darien, CT); grandchildren Jason (Anne) Mathias, Brian Mathias, and Sara (Matt) Josephson, Victoria Moore, and Ryan Moore. She was very proud great grandmother to Jack, Kate, and Molly Mathias, and to Leah and newborn Isaac Josephson.

A memorial service will be held at a later date for her family. Memorial donations may be made to Christ Church of Longboat Key, 6400 Gulf of Mexico Dr., Longboat Key, FL 34228.

DONATIONS: Memorial donations may be made to Christ Church of Longboat Key, 6400 Gulf of Mexico Dr., Longboat Key, FL 34228.

Lesley Dwyer

Lobsters star at latest food truck event L

obsters were being served and worn at the recent Claws for a Cause food truck event at Whitney Plaza. The Maine Line food truck pulls into the parking lot every third Friday and participating plaza merchants donate a portion of the day’s sales to a different charity each month.

The women of the Longboat Island Chapel were so excited their charitable outreach program was chosen to benefit this month that they donned matching lobster earrings and hats they found on Amazon.

While their earrings sparkled and they had a great time at the event on Sept. 16, this group is serious about giving back yearround. Volunteers operate the Lord’s Warehouse, a thrift shop that raises money for the chapel and its outreach program, which supports 19 nonprofits.

“We focus on different chari-

ties each month of the year,” Anne Summers said. “For the month of September, it’s ‘Sock it to ’Em’ and ‘Tie ’Em Up’ for children who don’t have shoes or shoelaces for the school year.”

October is “Support the Girls” month. The group will collect new bras to distribute to charities across Sarasota and Bradenton.

Most months, the collections come in during a drive hosted at the chapel. Refreshments are served in the dining hall, and guests are asked to bring a gift.

The outreach’s last drive benefited Riverview High School’s Cyesis program for pregnant teens and parents still seeking high school diplomas. At the end of the afternoon, there was a mountain of diapers, wipes, baby blankets and toys ready for delivery.

Judy Achre, Anne Summers, Sandra Johnson and Karen Pashkow wear matching lobster hats and earrings to Claws for a Cause.

—LESLEY DWYER

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Barbara G. (Hodges) Moore 90, of Longboat Key, FL and Stamford, CT, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, August 30 --the date that marked the 70th anniversary of her marriage to her beloved husband, Lynn Moore, who passed away six years ago.

to Rye, NY. Barbara embraced being a wife and mother and proudly supported her husband’s career, which culminated with a top executive position with the Hertz Corporation.

During her time in Rye, Barbara became active in the United Hospital Twig organization and at Harrison Presbyterian Church, and it was in Rye that she began many of the friendships that she cherished throughout her life. During the summers in Rye, she also enjoyed taking care of her niece who would come from the Chicago area for extended stays. The family were avid boaters, spending time on the Long Island Sound at every opportunity.

Continuing to support her husband, but now as an entrepreneur, Barbara relocated the family to Littleton, CO, In 1972. The family enjoyed the outdoors, boating and camping.

Barbara also picked up her studies, earning a paralegal certificate at a local college.

Health concerns and a new entrepreneurial opportunity led the family to move to Greenwich, CT, after four years.

Barbara partnered with her husband as they opened Management Recruiters of Fairfield County and Management Recruiters of Manatee County, FL. She helped lead their companies to great success on a strategic level, but in her day-to-day focus on recruiting administrative positions, she led by example as a top producer, earning accolades within the industry.

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EMERALD POINTE SOUTH - NEW PRICE $1,495,000 1906 HARBOUR LINKS CIRCLE • LONGBOAT KEY, FL Completely updated 3BR/3.5BA courtyard residence featuring a separate casita. The kitchen is spectacular, and open to the expansive living room, with a full wall of sliders leading out to a screened lanai and private pool.

GRAND BAY III 3030 GRAND BAY BLVD. #316 • LONGBOAT KEY, FL • NEW PRICE $2,895,000 Breathtaking panorama of the Harbourside golf course, the city skyline, Sarasota Bay and the Longboat Key Moorings serve as the dramatic backdrop from most rooms of this spacious 3BR/3BA, 2,925+/- sq. ft. residence.

WATER CLUB 1241 GULF OF MEXICO DR., #201 • LONGBOAT KEY, FL • $6,495,000 Double the luxury and lifestyle with two sweeping stories of front-row views of the Gulf of Mexico from this 5BR/6.5BA, 2-level residence. The lower level boasts three open terraces with front-row water views plus a stairwell walkdown leading directly to the beach.

LIDO SURF & SAND - $669,000 1102 BENJAMIN FRANKLIN DR., #409 • SARASOTA, FL Beautifully redone 1BR/1BA, 4th floor residence with Gulf views, an open and bright floor plan, and a spacious and comfortable master retreat.

VIZCAYA - $4,745,000 2333 GULF OF MEXICO DR., #1C2 • LONGBOAT KEY, FL Sweeping views of the tropical grounds, pool, the Gulf of Mexico and sunsets from the wraparound terrace of this luxurious and sprawling 4BR/4.5BA residence with a separate guest suite, 2-car garage, and private elevator.

TWO NEW HOMES TO BE BUILT - $1,895,000 2315 WEBBER STREET • SARASOTA, FL The Laurel Oak model is a 4BR/5.5BA, 3,250+/- sq.-ft. contemporary-style residence by Vertical Design+Build, professionally designed for entertaining and elegant living. Private gate entrance, 20,000+sq. ft. lot.

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Chamber touts charities, each other

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ore than 30 members of the Longboat Key Chamber of Commerce spent their lunch hour networking Sept. 15 at the Lazy Lobster.

Everyone had a chance to offer updates on their businesses, but many took the time to applaud charities and their fellow members first. Debbie McCaig, from Coldwell Banker, talked up the Ameris Bank on Cortez Road that Brad Marner manages before talking about real estate.

“It’s worth the 15-minute drive since they closed this branch over here,” McCaig said of the bank branch that closed in 2019. “Everyone knows your name, and they answer the phone.”

Marner paid it forward by thanking the luncheon’s sponsor, Hearing Aids of Sarasota, because he brought his mother to see Dr. Kelly Breese.

“She can’t hear,” Marner said of his mother. “And then when we got the hearing aids, my dad and I had to really whisper because she can hear everything.”

Irina LaRose reminded the group of Claws for a Cause, the charitable food truck event at Whitney Plaza every third Friday of the month. September’s proceeds will benefit the Longboat Island Chapel’s outreach program.

Becky Smith, who has been with Wagner Realty for 20 years, let members know about the company’s fifth annual Golf Classic on Oct. 7 at Tara Golf and Country Club in Bradenton. The golf tournament raises money for the Bradenton Blue Foundation.

“It’s an auxiliary for anything they need that’s not in the budget,” Smith said. “One year, they needed to buy ballistic vests for their police dogs, and the foundation was able to supply the money for that.”

Smith said sponsorship opportunities are still available and thanked Lazy Lobster owner and luncheon host Michael Garey for his donation.

—LESLEY DWYER

Photos by Lesley Dwyer

More than 30 people dine at the Lazy Lobster for the chamber’s Networking at Noon event on Sept. 15.

Brad Marner cracks a joke that his mother’s hearing aids from Hearing Aids of Sarasota work a little too well.

Jim Turk wins a raffle gift donated

by Debbie Schaefer.

Dr. Kelly Breese of Hearing Aids of Sarasota and her office manager, Yesenia Retamozo. Breese was this month’s sponsor for the luncheon.

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SARASOTA 1378 Harbor Drive 4 Beds 5/3 Baths 6,238 Sq. Ft. Michael Hays 941-376-1826 A4546357 $14,000,000

LONGBOAT KEY 3060 Grand Bay Boulevard 1101 4 Beds 5/1 Baths 4,413 Sq. Ft. Stacey Fredericks 239-823-0277 A4535637 $4,999,999

SARASOTA 1111 Ritz Carlton Drive 1703 3 Beds 3/1 Baths 4,276 Sq. Ft. The Walter Group & Steve Walter 941-232-2000 A4537226 $4,995,000

ANNA MARIA ISLAND 520 58th Street 5 Beds 3/2 Baths 3,414 Sq. Ft. Hannah Hillyard & George Myers 941-744-7358 A4545105 $4,500,000

ANNA MARIA ISLAND 820 N Shore Drive 4 Beds 4/1 Baths 3,953 Sq. Ft. Kathy Harman 941-900-9828 A4524887 $3,999,999

SARASOTA 1718 Bay View Drive 6 Beds 5/1 Baths 4,644 Sq. Ft. Mackenzie Longueuil & Pat Mudgett 941-961-4023 A4536016 $3,650,000

LONGBOAT KEY 545 Sanctuary Drive B604 3 Beds 3/1 Baths 3,115 Sq. Ft. Robert Dardas 941-376-7591 A4547445 $3,650,000

SARASOTA 1919 Irving Street 6 Beds 5/1 Baths 4,956 Sq. Ft. Stacy Hanan 941-266-0529 A4546099 $3,499,000

LONGBOAT KEY 830 Tarawitt Drive 4 Beds 3 Baths 2,447 Sq. Ft. The Walter Group & Steve Walter 941-232-2000 A4545868 $3,100,000

LONGBOAT KEY 609 Halyard Lane 3 Beds 2/1 Baths 2,069 Sq. Ft. Tryla Brown Larson 941-962-1122 A4546210 $2,950,000

ST. ARMANDS KEY 315 Jackson Drive 2 Beds 2/1 Baths 2,514 Sq. Ft. Terri Derr & Rita Holbrook 941-356-6694 A4546074 $2,550,000

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

ANNA MARIA ISLAND 218 82nd Street 3 Beds 2 Baths 1,802 Sq. Ft. Kathy Harman 941-900-9828 A4541555 $1,845,000

LONGBOAT KEY 569 Rountree Drive 3 Beds 2/1 Baths 1,832 Sq. Ft. The Walter Group & Steve Walter 941-232-2000 A4545250 $1,595,000

LONGBOAT KEY 2067 Harbour Links Drive 4 3 Beds 3/1 Baths 2,643 Sq. Ft. Ian Addy, PA 941-961-8850 A4547738 $1,575,000

LONGBOAT KEY 4545 Gulf Of Mexico Drive 509 2 Beds 2 Baths 1,340 Sq. Ft. Jodene Moneuse 941-302-4913 A4542694 $1,488,000

BRADENTON 383 Aruba Circle 401 2 Beds 2 Baths 1,456 Sq. Ft. Ken Kavanaugh, Jr 941-799-1943 A4546638 $1,048,000

LONGBOAT KEY 3240 Gulf Of Mexico Drive B402 2 Beds 2 Baths 1,505 Sq. Ft. Sean Clark 941-312-1146 A4544923 $990,000

LONGBOAT KEY 4311 Gulf Of Mexico Drive 401 2 Beds 2 Baths 1,293 Sq. Ft. Victoria Lear 941-350-1064 A4522542 $899,000

LONGBOAT KEY 4800 Gulf Of Mexico Drive PH4 2 Beds 2 Baths 1,312 Sq. Ft. Tryla Brown Larson 941-962-1122 A4539305 $875,000

LONGBOAT KEY 4725 Gulf Of Mexico Drive 213 2 Beds 2 Baths 1,071 Sq. Ft. Ian Addy, PA & Gail Wittig, LLC 941-961-8850 A4539173 $869,000

LONGBOAT KEY 3806 Gulf Of Mexico Drive C404 2 Beds 2 Baths 1,514 Sq. Ft. Stephen Harris 941-780-2352 A4536940 $845,000

LONGBOAT KEY 730 Spanish Drive S 2 Beds 2 Baths 1,255 Sq. Ft. Sean Clark 941-312-1146 A4541965 $740,000

ANNA MARIA 522 Pine Avenue 4D 2 Beds 1 Baths 822 Sq. Ft. Hannah Hillyard & George Myers 941-744-7358 A4546914 $699,000

LONGBOAT KEY 3320 Gulf Of Mexico Drive 203-C 2 Beds 2 Baths 1,187 Sq. Ft. Sandi Layfield 941-914-2807 A4542770 $519,000

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 4205 Higel Avenue 4 Beds 4/1 Baths 8,571 Sq. Ft. Maurice Menager & Lin Dunn 941-238-8119 A4539090 $7,750,000

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home in John Ringling Estates tops all transactions in this week’s real estate. Janes Browning Van Meter, of Louisville, Kentucky, sold the home at 424 N. Washington Drive to Watermark Properties LLC for $3.24 million. Built in 1974, it has six bedrooms, four-andtwo-half baths, a pool and 4,465 square feet of living area. It sold for $2.25 million in 2015.

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The home at 424 N. Washington Drive was built in 1974. It has six bedrooms, four full baths and two half-baths.

SANCTUARY AT LONGBOAT KEY CLUB

702048 Ontario Ltd. sold the Unit C-807 condominium at 535 Sanctuary Drive to Robert Elmes and Lindsay Ann Wardman, of Longboat Key, for $2.85 million. Built in 1990, it has three bedrooms, twoand-a-half baths and 2,580 square feet of living area.

SANDS POINT

Barbara and Julian Hansen, trustees, of Sarasota, sold the Unit 314 condominium at 100 Sands Point Road to Benjamin Rodriguez and Maritere Rochet, of Longboat Key, for $2,133,000. Built in 1966, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 2,432 square feet of living area.

GULF OF MEXICO DRIVE

John Hines, of Longboat Key, sold his home at 5960 Gulf of Mexico Drive to TOP LBK LLC for $1.9 million Built in 1980, it has four bedrooms, two-and-a-half baths and 2,624 square feet of living area.

JOHN RINGLING ESTATES

Victoria Giannotti, of Sarasota, sold her home at 514 S. Boulevard of the Presidents to 514 S BLVD LLC for $1.9 million. Built in 1950, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 1,576 square feet of living area.

SEA GATE CLUB

Ana Tenreiro, of Longboat Key,

sold the Unit 14-B condominium at 2425 Gulf of Mexico Drive to Yury Benin, of Rockway Park, New York, for $1,509,700. Built in 1973, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,470 square feet of living area.

sold the Unit 304 condominium at 615 Dream Island Place to 615 Dream Island #304 LLC for $845,000. Built in 1985, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,293 square feet of living area.

BIRD KEY

INN ON THE BEACH

Steven and Kelli Kamm and William and Elizabeth Kamm, of Sarasota, sold their home at 424 Pheasant Way to CCSHOREWATERFRONT LLC for $1.36 million. Built in 1961, it has three bedrooms, three baths and 1,964 square feet of living area.

FAIRWAY BAY

Joan Gottesman, trustee, sold the Units 454 and 455 condominiums at 2020 Harbourside Drive to Lido Acquisitions LLC for $1.3 million.

Built in 1984, it has three bedrooms, three baths and 2,462 square feet of living area.

Chelsey and Donald Hooton, of Colleyville, Texas, sold their Unit 6102 condominium at 225 Sands Point Road to FL Properties LLC for $745,900. Built in 1983, it has one bedroom, one bath and 642 square feet of living area.

WINDWARD BAY

Lynn Marmer, of Cincinnati, sold the Unit PH-3 condominium at 4960 Gulf of Mexico Drive to Catherine Jones, of Thompsons Station, Tennessee, for $699,000.

Built in 1975, it has two bedrooms,

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two baths and 1,152 square feet of living area.

EMBASSY VILLA

Lidoranch.com LLC sold the Unit 3 condominium at 800 S. Boulevard of the Presidents to Tamara Purgatorio, of Naperville, Illinois, for $570,000. Built in 1972, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,060 square feet of living area.

Lisa Maavara, of Ontario, Canada, sold the Unit 6 condominium at 800 S. Boulevard of the Presidents to Donda Mullis, of Sarasota, for $570,000. Built in 1972, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,090 square feet of living area. It sold for $300,000 in 2012.

In with the new

Gary Wolf and Carol Vickers, of Bradenton, sold their home at 701 Penfield St. to Gary Weisberg, of Longboat Key, for $1,225,000. Built in 1981, it has four bedrooms, twoand-a-half baths, a pool and 2,728 square feet of living area. It sold for $342,500 in 1998.

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TOP BUILDING PERMITS These are the largest building permits issued by the Longboat Key Planning and Zoning Department for the week of September 9-15 in order of dollar amounts.

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535 Sanctuary Drive C308 Interior alterations

KFM Revocable Trust

650 Norton St.

Magnus and Christina Almtu

$73,294

565 Sanctuary Drive A203 Interior alterations

SLK Family Trust

$65,000

1445 GMD 502

Beth S. Bromberg

$63,629

Seawall Windows and doors

$225,000

Revocable Trust

1115 GMD 201

Windows and doors

Restated Anthony F. Raim.

3449 Winding Oaks Drive

Electrical

Christina M. Landry

$47,482

2675 GMD 504

Windows and doors

Raymond J. Ball

$43,368

1930 Harbourside Drive 117 Interior alterations

Anthony D. Bevilacqua

$42,500

2251 GMD

Aria Longboat Key

$36,834

Roof

Downtown St. Petersburg

$56,656

Condominiums

531 Chipping Lane

Sewer

Stephen S. Karp

$28,500

510 Bowsprit Lane

Remodel

Rachel Diane Ghormley

$25,000

655 Longboat Club

Demolition

Peter W. Bell

$25,000

615 Dream Island Road

Windows and doors

Keith Gerding

$24,258

4825 GMD 106

Hurricane shutters

James A. Eckert

$23,550

585 Schooner Lane

Boat lift

Michael S. Schmidt

$21,175

1926 Harbourside

Repipe

Eveli Balen Forcelini

$21,100

55 Winslow Place

Interior alterations

Edward J. Kolodzieski

$19,500

540 Companion Way

Interior alterations

Patricia E. Cannon

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