Longboat Observer 9.22.22 by The Observer Group Inc.

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

Luffing

YOUR TOWN

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

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

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.

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

Fundraiser makes a splash

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

The Luffing Lassies before their next race season.

Bound to help their neighbors

practice by racing each other solo aboard Sunfish sailboats

Entercredit.20-year residents

Courtesy photo

Lesley Dwyer

Observer YOU YOUR NEIGHBORS. YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD. Longboat Key’s weekly newspaper since 1978 LONGBOAT VOLUME 45, NO. 7 File photo Both police officers and the town’s Code Enforcement officer are empowered to enforce town codes.

Lawn Party flies south in fall

Lesley Dwyer

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.

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

Sept.LONGBOATtracksTurtle11-17 2022 2021 Nests 0 0 False crawls 0 0 Totals since April 24 2022 2021 Nests 1,300 1,032 False crawls 1,521 1,441 Source: Mote Marine Laboratory A+E 9APAGESEEofLoveart. Initial OK given to changes that would end anonymous calls. PAGE 3A Town considers a new way to code

Rick Konsavage is a good sport.

Lassies set course for new enthusiasts with 10 days of learning, launching and laughing. PAGE 1B SAIL SCHOOL PAGElobsters.Rockin’4B

Courtesy rendering

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

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.

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

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

The commission last week partici pated 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 pro posed budget, the budget will take effect Oct. 1 and end Sept. 30, 2023.

n 0.0494 mills for general obligation facility improvement bonds, n 0.7115 mills for beach manage ment in the Longboat Key Gulfside District, n 0.1779 mills for beach manage ment in the Longboat Key Bayside DistrictTheadoption 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.Thestaff presentation provided quick-hit highlights for the upcom ing 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.

2A LONGBOAT OBSERVER | THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2022 YourObserver.com * On Purchases $300 or more with the Furniture Warehouse credit card made between September 22, 2022 and September 21, 2023. Interest will be charged to your account from the purchase date if the promotional purchase is not paid in full within 12 months, by September 2023. Minimum Monthly Payments required. Offer applies to only single-receipt qualifying purchases. No interest will be charged on promo purchase and equal monthly payments are required equal to initial promo purchase amount divided equally by the number of months in promo period until promo is paid in full. The equal monthly payment will be rounded to the next highest whole dollar and may be higher than the minimum payment that would be required if the purchase was a non-promotional purchase. Regular account terms apply to non-promotional purchases. For new accounts: Purchase APR is 29.99%; Minimum Interest Charge is $2. Existing cardholders should see their credit card agreement for their applicable terms. Subject to credit approval. Furniture must be delivered by 12/31/22 for all financing offers. All prices include Hot Buys, Coupon savings or any promotional discounts. Terms of promotions - Previous purchase excluded, cannot be combined with any other promotion or discount. Promotion offers exclude Hot Buys, floor models or clearance items, sales tax, furniture protection plans, warranty, delivery, or service charge. heraldtribune.com W INNERTheFurnitureWarehouse.comPICKUPTODAY OR NEXT DAY DELIVERY AVAILABLE 12 MONTHS NO INTEREST*$99999Relaxing escape Queen headboard, footboard, rails, dresser and mirror. Also in white. $89999Gorgeous and modern Queen headboard, footboard, rails, dresser and mirror. $69999Queen headboard, footboard, rails, dresser and mirror. Smooth and functional Cottage style $139999Easy to arrange and configure. Loveseat and accent chair available. SOUTH SARASOTA 5252 S. Tamiami Trail (at Phillippi 941-260-9601Creek) NORTH SARASOTA 4027 N Washington Blvd (Hwy 941-351-8600301) BRADENTON 1100 Cortez Rd W (corner US Hwy 941-749-606941) ELLENTON 5814 18th Street East (across Premium 941-479-7900Outlets) VENICE 550 S Seaboard Ave (US Hwy 41 941-485-3211Bypass) PORT CHARLOTTE 1241 El Jobean Rd (across 941-764-8700Sam’s)Stores Hours: Mon-Sat 9-9, Sun 11-6 379655-1

he Town Commission last week entered an agree ment 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 con struction documents are expected to be complete in November.

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

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

The 1.99 millage rate goes toward general operating purposes for the town. Additional mill rates were also tentatively passed and include:

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

The2023.main topic of discussion at the

The budget calls for $17.85 million in general fund spending against $18.5 million in general fund rev enue. The budget that also includes capital project funds, enterprise funds, debt service and special rev enue 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

Funding sources and the timeline for construction are to be deter mined. Construction must be coor dinated 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.

The town’s portion of the agree ment requires staff to complete the project through its own forces or through contracted service provid ers. The town will submit written requests and invoices each month to the county for payments made. The project is being designed and

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

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

Town enters agreement for GMD roundabout

LAUREN TRONSTAD STAFF WRITER

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 construc tion, will provide the same property tax revenue as was levied during the priorTheyear.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 mill age.If the new millage rate is passed, the resulting increase to ad valorem revenue is $999,819 to fund the fiscal 2023 recommended budget.

INITIAL BUDGET APPROVAL

LONGBOAT OBSERVER | THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2022 3AYourObserver.com

example: grass height

According to a staff memoran dum, such point-in-time violations are those that are inherently transi tory such as short-term rental vio lations that are corrected once the occupancy ends. Staff expressed that such violations are ill-suited for the town’s typical code enforce ment process that provides a viola tor multiple opportunities to correct a violation prior to receiving an order from the special magistrate.

1. Short-term rental viola2.tionsProperty maintenance,

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

MOST FREQUENT VIOLATIONSHOWCODES

File photo

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.

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 Specialviolation.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.

STEP 1

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.

STEP 2

YOUR NAME, PLEASE? One of the most noteworthy chang es 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.

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.

STEP 3 (OPTION A)

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

“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.”WhileKopp 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 Multiplemanpower.”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 discre tion 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.

3. Marine turtle protection: The majority of calls for this violation come from sea turtles

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

POINT-IN-TIME VIOLATIONS

Among those already on the list for point-in-time violations: unper mitted construction activities, turtle-protection regulations, com mercial vendors and other prohib ited activities in town parks, public beaches and public beach accesses.

LAUREN TRONSTAD STAFF WRITER

THECRACKINGCODE

STEP (OPTION3B)

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

“We are always aiming for com pliance,” Parsons told the commis sion. “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.”

volunteers that walk the beaches each morning, Kopp said.

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.

STEP 4

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

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

“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 rent als of fewer than 30 days in residen tial zones. However, the sea turtle protection regulations have been changed about every four years fol lowing new research.

ARE ENFORCED

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

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

Lesley Dwyer John

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.

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

Kiwanis President Michael Garey told club members about the loca tion 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.

4A LONGBOAT OBSERVER | THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2022 YourObserver.com 384859-1 PUBLIC NOTICES The Sarasota/Siesta Key, East County and Longboat Observers meet the legal requirements to publish legal and public notices in Sarasota & Manatee counties, per F.S. 50.011. AUDITOR INFORMATION Verified Audit 1101 Fifth Ave., Suite 270 | San Rafael, CA 94901 (415) 461-6006 | www.verifiedaudit.com383682-1 384701-1 Happy Fall, Ya’ll! LIC #CFC1429635 • CPC1459826 • CAC 18118472 www.lapenseeplumbing.com 775.5622 • 401 Manatee Ave, Holmes Beach 1915 Harbour Links Circle Emerald Pointe South~ LBK ▪ 2476 Sq Ft Villa/Townhome ▪▪ Lives like a home ▪ 2 Floors Primary Bedroom on First Floor ▪ 2BR w/ Ensuite baths on 2nd floor ▪▪ Private Pool ▪▪ Original owners ▪▪ Impeccably Maintained ▪ Lagoon View Call me today to schedule a showing 941-993-3695Call me toda Just Listed in Bay Isles Luxury Property Realtor Premier www.gigisarasota.comInternationalSotheby’sRealty *seller requests showingsbegin 8/19 387736-1 Luxury Property Realtor Premier www.gigisarasota.comInternationalSotheby’sRealty 5608 MARINA DR., HOLMES BEACH, 34217 (NEXT TO DOMINOS PIZZA) 941-896-7898 • GROOMSAUTO.COM 384181-1 TAKE CARE OF YOUR CAR AND SAVE BUY 3, GET $25 BUY 2, GET $20 Get a Prepaid Visa® Card* when you buy a qualifying NAPA oil, air and cabin air filter or Get a $20 prepaid Visa® Card* when you buy a qualifying NAPA oil and air filter Open Tuesday - Friday 11am to Saturday9pm3to 9pm Closed Sundays & Mondays 1812 S. Osprey Ave. Sarasota, FL 941-444-796834239OpenTuesday-Friday11amto9pmSaturday3to9pmClosedSundays&Mondays1812S.OspreyAve.Sarasota,FL34239941-444-7968 ORDER ReefCakes.comORDERReefCakes.comONLINEONLINE EAT LOCAL EAT FRESH SEAFOOD EATERY IN SOUTHSIDE VILLAGE 386129-1

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

The Ken Thompson Park site can accommodate an additional 200

tion.Clubtheco-chairingLaudicinafromthankreceivesWildayouKrystalforKiwanisFounda-

LESLEY DWYER STAFF WRITER

The 2019 Lawn Party, which fea tured a salute to Murf Klauber, the owner of the iconic Colony Beach & Tennis Resort, was held at the Long boat 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.

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

“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.

people beyond the 800 who attended last year at the Town Center Green. More parking and room for tents to accommodate restaurants are avail able at City Island, Garey said.

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

“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.”

SUNDAY, SEPT. 11 PUMP UP THE VOLUME 12:37 p.m., 3700 block of Gulf of Mexico Drive

n Government services to the extent of lost public sector revenue

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

n Premium pay for essential workers

During the November 2021 com mission retreat, commissioners opt ed to use funding to aid in improving two long-term issues: the underwa ter sewer line from the island to the mainland, along with sea level rise and stormwater management con trol“Nowprojects.that we have received this

Town plans flooding projects with final ARPA funding

LAUREN TRONSTAD STAFF WRITER

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.

Town

SATURDAY, SEPT. 10

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

n Public health and negative eco nomic impacts

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

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

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

The town is allowed to use the funding on eligible projects, which fall into four categories.

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.

NOT YOURS, YET

CORNERCOPS

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.

THAT WAS EASY 9:36 a.m., 2100 block of Gulf of Mexico Drive

LONGBOAT OBSERVER | THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2022 5AYourObserver.com OPEN FOR IN-HOUSE DINING • 5350 Gulf of Mexico Dr. lazylobsteroflongboat.com • 941-383-0440 XNLV20411 NOW FEATURING! Smooth. Sweet. Classic. This tropical, pineapple treat is the original DOLE SOFT SERVE® flavor that is craved around the world. Twist with ourTwist with our Dairy-free VanillaDairy-free Vanilla Almond Milk Swirl!Almond Milk Swirl! Oops! We're Closed Sundays, so we're celebrating MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 26TH Lobster Day!Lobster Day! National SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 25TH Lobster Risotto $34 sautéed fresh lobster meat with mushrooms, truffle oil & a sherry lobster cream risotto OFFERING OUR REGULAR SELECTION OF MAINE LOBSTER ENTREES PLUS THESE LOBSTER SPECIALS: plus... a complimentary glass of Dopff & Irion, Alsace, "Crustaces" Wine with the purchase of any l obster entrée RESERVATIONS RECOMMENDED CALL 941-383-0440 Charleston Style Lobster Tail & Grits $34 fried lobster tail atop creamy smoked gouda grits & sautéed spinach, finished with a cherry tomato bacon gravy EARLY DINING & HAPPY HOUR AT THE LAZY LOBSTER featuring $7 house brand cocktails or house wines $4 domestic beers, $8 martinis, manhattans & call brand cocktails (excludes premium brands) EXCLUDING: THANKSGIVING, CHRISTMAS EVE, CHRISTMAS DAY & NEW YEAR'S EVE MON - SAT 3:30 5til 10 complete entrees under $20 4 lobster dishes under $30 RESERVATIONS RECOMMENDED CALL 941 383 0440 DINE-IN ONLY plus 385218-1 Monday - Saturday: Dinner: 3:30 - 9:00 Early Dining Menu & Happy Hour: 3:30 - 5:00 Closed Sundays 5600 Gulf of Mexico Drive|941-383-0777|www.HarrysKitchen.com A Longboat Key Landmark SuggestedReservationsRestaurant Harry's Catering Booking Parties For All Occasions Party Specialties Reopening September 22nd! Harry’s Caymus Wine Dinner Thursday, October 20th | 6:30pm | $175/person+tax+gratuity Harry's Restaurant Breakfast, Brunch, Lunch, Dinner Wine Wednesday - 25% off Bottles of Wine(Restaurant) Tuesday + Thursday - Steak and Frites Special $32.99 4 Course Dinner Prix Fixe $49 with Wine Pairings $66 Harry's Gourmet Deli 11 AM-7PM Take-Out/Curbside Pickup 388160-1388686-1 Sarasota’s BestVoted One of 28 Years in a Row! DRAPERIES•WALLCOVERINGSBLINDS•SHUTTERS Janet and Curt OwnersMattson Wallcoverings & Blinds, Inc. Since 1989 941-925-7800 mmwallcoveringsblinds.com4801S.TamiamiTrail,SarasotaAcrossfromTheLandings YOUR HunterDESERVESHOMEDouglas! Silhouette® Alustra® Operating Systems PowerView® Automation Motorization

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

SATURDAY, SEPT. 10

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, But tonwood Harbor neighborhood and Sleepy Lagoon neighborhood stud ies.Commissioner

RISING WATERS

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

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.

At the time of the meeting, the town was unsure how close the fund ing received from ARPA will put the town to being able to fund the flood ing 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.

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,

n Improvements in water, sewer and broadband infrastructure

8 a.m., 700 block of Lyons Lane

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.

File photo retreat.vemberattheprioritiesidentifiedmissionerscom-forfundingtheNo-2021

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 unap propriated fund balance by more than $3.6 million.

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.

Commissioners show cavalier attitude

DEE

The past two months have high lighted 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 for ward to moving closer to Central Florida where our kids/grandkids are … family is everything!

Courtesy photo Dee Harmer with DJ

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.

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 sup portive: 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.

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.

TIM CLARKE LONGBOAT KEY

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.

6A LONGBOAT OBSERVER | THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2022 YourObserver.com 1-3pm Thinking Out DiscussionLoudGroup Walk Ins Welcome 1-3pm Mah Jongg Required:RSVP @TheParadiseCenter.orgMaryAnnBradyOR941.383.6493 540 546 Bay Isles Rd, Longboat Key 941.552.7546TidewellFoundation.org The Empath Tidewell Foundation welcomes you to the Tidewell Foundation Building showcasing an outstanding group of health and wellness organizations ready to brighten the lives of the Longboat Key community: MONDAYS TUESDAYS WEDNESDAYS THURSDAYS FRIDAYS 10-11am Stretch Strengthen& (No class 9/26) 10-11am Qi Gong 10-11am BeginnerTaiChi 10-11am Zumba & Mat Pilates 10-11am Intermediate Tai Chi 11:15 12:15 Qi Gong Meditation& 546 Bay Isles Rd, LBK 941.383.6493 More Info: TheParadiseCenter.org Walk-Ins Welcome for Fitness Classes! $10/Person . FREE for Members MATINEEMOVIE Fresh-popped popcorn & soft drinks included. Bring a friend! Walk-Ins FREE$10/PersonWelcomeforMembers MEDICAL SUITE 544 Bay Isles Rd, LBK Call each practice directly to make your appointment! MONDAYS &PrimaryTHURSDAYSCareCOMINGSOON Daren Spinelle, MD WEDNESDAYSPodiatry941.921.3000 SarasotaFootDoctors.com DermatologyFRIDAYS941.926.6553 LuminaryDermatology.com AcupunctureTUESDAYS941.556.8006 DorianDACMKramer, 1pm SeptemberThursday22 Snow Falling on Cedars Friday, October 14 Parkinson’s Combined Support Group held at TPC on the 2nd Friday of each month. Presented by Neuro Challenge Foundation for Parkinson’s Saturday, October 22 Making Strides Against Breast Cancer Walk on LBK! Join our team. Sponsors needed. Wednesday, October 26 Benefits of Juvent: everything you need to know about our Micro-Impact Platforms. Thursday, October 27 FREE Memory Screening Sponsored by Roskamp Institute For More Details: Call 941.383.6493, M-F 9:30-3:30 Doc Side Audiology Empath Tidewell Foundation Essence of Soleil Massage Fitness Quest Physical Therapy JFCS of the Suncoast The Paradise Center & Medical Suite Youthful Aging Home Care 540 Bay Isles Road, #207 Dr. Kelly Breese Call or Text: 941.366.2240 384989-1 DowntownToCall727AldermanOaks.comHudsonAvenueSarasota,FL34236AL#89799419559099ScheduleaTourSarasota’s Premier Senior Rental Retirement Residence 386497-1 HAIR • NAILS • SPA 388841-16 N Blvd of the Presidents | St Armand’s Circle | Above Columbia | 941-388-2176 SUMMER SPECIALS ON SPA SERVICES!! Call for reduced prices on all packages! %OFFTOUP FACIAL30PACKAGES! www.LCSalonSpa.com LES CISEAUX

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

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

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 invest ment in oncology, and my sur gery 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 theItcircumstances.hasbeenlessthan a month and a half since my journey first started, though I told my sister I feel like I’ve aged 10 years.

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.

VIEWMY

To them, it’s not real money. And besides, all the budget decisions are made in the summer, when many taxpayers aren’t here.

HARMER

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.

SUBMIT YOUR OWN

Have something to say? We and the readers of the Longboat Observer want to hear it. Email your letter, with your name and hometown, to Managing Editor Eric Garwood at yourobserver.com.egarwood@

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.

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 appoint ment for the next Tuesday with a surgeon, followed by a biopsy two weeks later, and the results a week afterThenthat.the news: It is cancer.

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 remem bered a neighbor from Titusville in her last Christmas card mention ing breast cancer, too.

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

Sh_t!My husband bought me a box ing 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

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

Seeing in October

Dee Harmer and Tom Harmer have lived in Longboat Key since 2018.

Reminder: Don’t miss your mammogram appointments.

Editorial hit the right tone

Your editorial of Sept. 15 and letters from Bob Gault and Joel Schleicher were powerful.

MILAN V. ADRIAN LONGBOAT KEY

I do like the color pink, though.

Pink

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.Beforethis 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.

LETTERS

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

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.

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.

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

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).

“Ignorance of history is our true enemy.”

n Skyrocketing gasoline, energy and food prices

“Road to Serfdom,” 1944

n Mandated vaccines: people quit work, more labor shortages

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

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

n Rising interest rates

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-

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.

Observer Media Group Inc. is locally BaldwinWestSarasota/SiestaEastLongboatPublisherowned.oftheObserver,CountyObserver,KeyObserver,PalmCoastObserver,OrmondBeachObserver,OrangeTimes&Observer,SouthwestOrangeObserver,BusinessObserver,JacksonvilleDailyRecord,LWRLifeMagazine,ParkLivingMagazineandSeasonMagazine

n Baby formula shortage

ent, they spawn more intervention and more laws.

Senior Advertising Executive / Laura Ritter, LRitter@YourObserver.com Advertising Executives / Richeal Bair, RBair@YourObserver.com; Beth Jacobson, BJacobson@YourObserver.com; Jennifer Kane, JKane@YourObserver.com; Honesty Mantkowski, HMantkowski@YourObserver. com; Toni Perren, TPerren@YourObserver. com; Brenda White, BWhite@ YourObserver.com

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.

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 Practicallypoor.everything they did made conditions worse and chaotic.

— MW

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.

Senior Editorial Designer / Melissa Leduc, MLeduc@YourObserver.com Editorial Designer / José Valle, JValle@YourObserver.com

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.

You remember 2019. The U.S. economy was rocking — across almost all sectors.

n Open border issues: Rising crime; strains on local communities; record drug overdose deaths

with parades and Welcome Wagon barbecues?Theresults and consequeencs were blindingly predictable.

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.

n “Electric bills rise nationwide as natural-gas prices climb”

Classified Advertising Sales Executive / Lexi Huelsman, YourObserver.comLHuelsman@ Sales Operations Manager / Susan Leedom, SLeedom@YourObserver.com Sales Coordinator/Account Manager / Lori Downey, @YourObserver.comLDowney

Ignoranceit.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.

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

“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?

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.

CHAOTIC EFFECTS OF INTERVENTIONISM

“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.

n “Schools adopt four-day weeks to attract, keep staff”

n “Housing slowdown weighs on retailers”

n Restaurant food shortages — not enough truck drivers to deliver to restaurants n 40-year inflation records

OPINION / OUR VIEW

MATT WALSH

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.

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

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

n “Strike threat triggers supply concerns”

Ludwig von Mises “Planned Chaos”

n Gasoline and energy shortages

CEO / Matt Walsh Vice President / Lisa Walsh Chairman Emeritus / David Beliles 1970 Main St. Sarasota, FL 941-366-346834236

Digital Fulfillment Specialist / Emma Burke, EBurke@YourObserver.com Tributes Coordinator / Kristen Boothroyd, Tributes@YourObserver.com Director of Marketing / Robin Lankton, RLankton@YourObserver.com Marketing Specialist / Melanie Melone, MMelone@YourObserver.com Director of Creative Services / Caleb Stanton, CStanton@YourObserver.com Creative Services Administrator / Marjorie Holloway, MHolloway@ YourObserver.com Advertising Graphic Designers / Luis Trujillo, Taylor Poe, Louise Martin, Shawna Polana Digital Developer / Jason JCamillo@YourObserver.comCamillo, Director of Information Technology / Adam Quinlin, AQuinlin@YourObserver.com Chief Financial Officer / Laura Strickland, LStrickland@YourObserver.com Controller / Rafael Labrin, RLabrin@ YourObserver.com Office and Accounting Coordinator / Donna Condon, YourObserver.comDCondon@

Just pick up the Wall Street Journal each day. The daily dose of negative economic headlines illustrates the chaos. A recent sampling:

n Home sales coming to a halt n FedEx CEO: Coming worldwide recession

Here are some of the obvious effects of policy actions and mandates since the spread of COVID and Biden’s election in 2020:

Copy Editor / Gina Reynolds GRHaskins@YourObserver.comHaskins,

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

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.

n CDC COVID-19 vaccine mandates and policies: hundreds of thousands of unnecessary deaths (e.g. Remdesivir) and illnesses

n “Health-plan premiums set to rise sharply”

A+E Editor / Spencer SFordin@YourObserver.comFordin, Black Tie Editor / Harry HSayer@YourObserver.comSayer,

“What is needed,” Mises concluded, “… is common sense and moral courage.”Itwilltake more than that — a complete purge of the perpetrators, starting Nov. 15.

Friedrich Hayek

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.Itisalame 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

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.

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.

He nailed

MASSES AREN’T ASKING FOR SOCIALISM

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.”

Director of Advertising / Jill Raleigh, JRaleigh@YourObserver.com

Executive Editor and COO / Kat Hughes, KHughes@YourObserver.com

Chaos.”Itisa

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 “S&P suffers worst day in over two years, as investors consider rate oulook”

There will be no success. Mises:

n “FedEx sales drop below expectations”

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.

Regional Digital Director / Kathleen O’Hara, KOHara@YourObserver.com

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.

n “Supplier inflation remains elevated”

Managing Editor / Eric EGarwood@YourObserver.comGarwood, Staff Writers / Lesley Tronstad,LDwyer@YourObsever.com;Dwyer,LaurenLTronstad@YourObsever.com

“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.”

President and Publisher / Emily Walsh, EWalsh@YourObserver.com

n Hospital worker crises

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

n Goods shortages (toilet paper, cleaning supplies, foods)

CHAOS CENTRALFROMPLANNING

Digital & Engagement Editor / Kaelyn Adix, KAdix@YourObserver.com

n Oil and gas production employees out of work because of Biden policies to stop drilling and production

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.”

It’s all ‘Planned Chaos’

n “Mortgage rates jump past 6%, hit highest mark since 2008”

n Censorship, ostracization and ruined lives of doctors who questioned CDC n Recruitment shortage in military because of vaccine mandates and social engineering

n Inflation effect: Rampant crime (car thefts at record levels)

The chaos of failed immigration policy

Sales Manager / Penny PNowicki@YourObserver.comNowicki,

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

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.

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.”

“[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.

n “Aviation crisis is now regional — staff shortages, capacity cuts strain sector”

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.”Howdo we end this chaos?

conversation

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

SPENCER FORDIN A+E EDITOR

spend

lives

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

These textured and colored wall boxes all have a detailed story behind them.LADDS, 10A

they make

SEE

Photos by Spencer Fordin

Steven and William Ladd their doing what they love, and sure reflects

PAGE

The Ladd brothers, separated by one year in age, began collaborat ing in a high school ceramics lab and they’ve never really stopped. Their new exhibit at the Sarasota Art

A with artist broth Steven and William Ladd is a window into their creative pro cess. 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.

FRAMING YOUR FAMILY www.manasotaonline.com 385010-1 OUR SHOWROOMS ARE OPEN Special Financing Available 1734 South Tamiami Trail Venice, FL 941.493.744134293 4551 N. Washington Blvd. Sarasota, FL 941.355.843734234 2510 1st Street West Bradenton, FL 34208 941.748.4679 SEPTEMBER 22, 2022 ARTS + ENTERTAINMENT

ers

their artwork

that.

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.

“Our mom and dad were like 20 and they had four kids,” says Wil liam, 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.

388223-1

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 sentimental ity but also with a biting sense of humor and an ear for subversion.

“But all the kids are grown now.”

“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.’”

Key Life is a new magazine publishing three times a year from Observer Media Group.

Key Life will shine a light on the people, experiences, culture, arts, architecture and business that set the keys apart –and makes them so special.

Celebrate the joy COASTALINSPIREDofLIVING

“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.”

Steven Ladd, older than William by one year, handles the business end of their art practice now, and he says their industry really began acciden tally. They were working in the adver tising 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.

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, provid ing a family template for William and Steven that lasts to this day.

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

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

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

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 gal leries 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.

STEVEN AND WILLIAM LADD: LEAD WITH A When:LAUGHRuns through Feb. 5, 2023

IF YOU GO

Where: Sarasota Art Museum, 1001 S. Tamiami

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

Trail Tickets: Free with museum admission Info: SarasotaArtMuseum.org.

ENTERTAINMENT+ARTS

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.

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.

There are huge wall hangings of various shaded colorings and a floor display that represents their prop erty 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.

One of their latest works, the rep resentation of their property, began seven-and-a-half years ago but nev er really took shape until recently.

10A LONGBOAT OBSERVER | THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2022 YourObserver.com When there’s a cost-of-living crisis, healthy food can be the ﬁrst to go. Help your neighbors balance things out. To support our produce program, visit allfaithsfoodbank.org941.379.6333 374129-1

PERSONAL TOUCH

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

“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 art ists exhibiting in museums are actu ally 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.”

Ladds FROM PAGE 9A

SCROLLATHON

Spencer Fordin Steven and William Ladd have

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

The Ladd family takeover of the Sarasota Art Museum will continue in October with an exhibit chroni cling the history of the Scrollathon, an interactive art experience that has reached more than 10,000 art istsThatnationwide.endeavor — which the broth ers started 17 years ago in St. Louis — encourages people to make personal artistic statements and then weaves them all together to tell a greater nar rative of our society.

lives.entireoncollaboratingbeenarttheiradult

“I’ll work studio hours, then I go home,” he says. “Usually I’m hang ing 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.”

“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 brain storming 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

The theme this year is grandiose:

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

property and then a whole hillside overThehere.”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.

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

BBQ SAMPLER AT

“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.”

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

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.

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.

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

Ambiance: Old Florida, Tiki bar, chickee hut

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 Cantime.you buy it?

Photos by Spencer Fordin

— Assistant general manager Monica Rodriguez

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

KITCHEN MANAGER FELIX MORALES

“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.”

HOW IT’S MADE: The meat at Stot tlemyer’s is seasoned with a dry rub, says kitchen manager Felix Morales.

— SPENCER FORDIN

Info: StottlemyersSmokehouse.com

Address:SMOKEHOUSESTOTTLEMYER’S

WHAT’S THE DISH: You might be sleeping, but the brisket is slowly cooking.Stottlemyer’s Smokehouse, an open-air Tiki bar and barbecue eat ery 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 rescu ing it from the heat when they open back up the next morning.

19 East Road

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.Thesauce has a ketchup base and is tinged with brown sugar, molasses

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

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

LONGBOAT OBSERVER | THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2022 11AYourObserver.com 388799-1 Downtown Venice Sidewalk Sale September 23 – 24 10 AM – 4 PM Participating Stores:ShopSmallSaveBIG! Boutique by the Beach – 237 W. Venice Ave Celebration Corner – 303 W. Venice Ave Dana Tyler Jewelry – 233 W. Venice Ave The Island Bookshop – 206 W. Miami Ave Patchington – 136 W. Venice Ave Sandy’s Designer Clothing – 128 W. Venice Ave Scarlet Macaw – 225 W. Venice Ave Seaside Chic Boutique – 310 W. Venice Ave Sun Bug – 141 W. Venice Ave Twist Boutique – 137 W. Venice Ave Venice in Vogue – 310 W. Venice Ave Sandy’s 388684-1 DISTINCTIVE DISHES An occasional series on signature dishes from local restaurants.

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 cov ered by the thatched-roof Chickee Hut in case of rain.

There’s garlic, onion powder, paprika, salt and cayenne pepper. But it isn’t spicy. The brisket will be totally raw when it goes into the

and corn syrup and mixed with gran ulated onions, garlic and applesauce.

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.

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

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.

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

SOMETHING DIFFERENT: You’ve had jalapeño. And you’ve had bacon. Have you had bacon-wrapped jala peño?AtStottlemyer’s, they take the jalapeño pepper and mix it with sea sonings, including cheddar cheese and creamed cheese, then wrap it in bacon and smoke it.

“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.”

Price: Entrees from $12 to $29

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.

1:30 p.m. at Sarasota Opera House, 61 N. Pineapple Ave.

HOUSE: ‘HARVEY’

Visit$45ton BishopScience.org.

12A LONGBOAT OBSERVER | THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2022 YourObserver.com MUSIC AND LYRICS BY FRANK LOESSER BOOK BY JO SWERLING AND ABE BURROWS BASED ON A STORY AND CHARACTERS BY DAMON RUNYON DIRECTED BY JIM WEAVER OCT 5–NOV 20, 2022 A Musical Fable of 941-366-1505westcoastblacktheatre.orgBroadway1012NORANGEAVE,SARASOTA YOURGETTICKETSNOW! 388954-1 For more information: Contact Guy 727-776-3442 • 2guysshows.com Guns, knives, accessories, ammo, parts and so much more! Robarts Arena • 3000 Ringling Blvd • Sarasota Saturday 9am - 5pm • Sunday 9am - 3pm GUN SEPTEMBERSHOW24&25—2Guys—$1OFFadmission Tickets sold at the door Parking!FREE2 ClassesCWPHour 388321-1

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.

Visit$12

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

NIGHTS

7 p.m. at McCurdy’s Comedy Theatre, 1923 Ringling Blvd.

FSTSATURDAYIMPROV:WE’RE DOOMED

6 p.m. at Publix Aprons Cooking School, 2875 University Parkway

Visit$60

ENTERTAINMENT+ARTS THIS

OUR EQUINOX:PICKACELTIC CELEBRATION

‘RENT’ 2 p.m. at Manatee Performing Arts Center, 502 Third Ave. W., Bradenton

pardelle,andYou’llandyouatbusiness.It’scom.ApronsCookingSchool.Publix.timetoputChefBoyardeeoutofThetalentedkitchencrewApronsCookingSchoolwillteachhowtomakehomemadepastasauceoneingredientatatime.workwithfreshpastadoughyou’llmakeacreamypap-aspinachandricottagnudi,

Visit$22 SarasotaOpera.org.

You’reSarasotaOpera.org.probablyfamiliarwith 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.

HAVANA

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

JULIE SCOGGINS

Visit$30 thrillingfiveawarded1996,—basednightwaydecadesmasterworkJonathancom.ManateePerformingArtsCenter.Larsonnevergottoseehisbecomeasuccess.Butlater,youcanenjoyitinahenevercould.Larsondiedthebeforehismusical—looselyonPuccini’s“LaBoheme”madeitsOffBroadwaydebutinandhewasposthumouslythePulitzerPrize.Twenty-yearslater,hiscreationisstillaudiences.

7:30 p.m. at Sarasota Opera House, 61 N. Pineapple Ave.

AT THE OPERA

6 p.m. at Bishop Museum of Science and Nature, 201 10th St. W., Braden-

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.

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.

7:30 p.m. at Bowne’s Lab, 1265 First St. themupmakeimprovaudiencethedoescrewpressterPickVisit$12-$15FloridaStudioTheatre.org.adisastermovie.Anydisas-movie.Putitinablender.Andspin.That’swhattheimprovoveratFloridaStudioTheatreeverySaturdaynightunder“We’reDoomed”marquee.Thesuggestsatitle,thenthecrewisoffandrunningtoitfunny.Theymayevenwindrecruitingtheaudiencetojointofleshoutthecast.

IF YOU GO

Visit$25 McCurdysComedy.com.

HDSUNDAYATTHEOPERA HOUSE: DER ROSENKAVALIER

CLASSICFRIDAYMOVIES

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

CARIBBEAN RHYTHMS

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.

IN-STUDIO PERFORMANCE WITH JENNIFER NUESI

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.

HANDMADETUESDAYPASTA AND SAUCES

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.

BISHOPTHURSDAYAFTERDARK:

7 p.m. at Sarasota Contemporary $20,Dance$10 virtual for Saturday performancetoGuestorg.VisitmanceSarasotaContemporaryDance.artistJenniferNuesiisreadybarehersoul.Nuesi’sperfor-willtackleallthebigemo-

SCALE AND BEAUTY

DON’T MISS

Where: Sarasota Art Museum, 1001 S. Tamiami Trail

Tickets: $5, registration required Info: HermitageArtistRetreat.org.

LONGBOAT OBSERVER | THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2022 13AYourObserver.com THE BAHAMA 1625 Hansen Street, Sarasota, FL 34231 3,157 Sq. Ft. | 4 Bed | 4½ Bath | 3-Car Garage Study | Bonus Room | Spacious Outdoor Living Pool and Spa | West of Trail | $2,589,000 Estimated Completion Fall 2023 Contact for More Information THE LITTLE PALM 1616 N. Lakeshore Drive, Sarasota, FL 34231 4,657 Sq. Ft. | 4 Bed | 4½ Bath | 4-Car Garage Dual Studies | Media Room Expansive Outdoor Living | Pool and Spa Designer Furnished Model Home Stunning Lakefront Location WEST OF TRAIL HOME NOW AVAILABLE WEST OF TRAIL MODEL HOME COMING SOON! ESTATE & WATERFRONT HOMES From the $1 Millions Award-Winning Floor Plans Portfolio of Pre-Priced & Fully Developed Designs One-of-a-Kind Home Design Services Contact us for Details CUSTOM HOMES ON YOUR LOT All designs are the property of Heritage Builders of West Florida, LLC. CBC1259307 Plans, pricing and specifications subject to change without notice. Renderings are artist’s conception and not intended to show specific detailing. Square footages are estimated and may vary in actual construction. HB Realty Group, Inc. | Licensed Real Estate Broker Legendary Luxury. Innovative Design. Complementing Heritage Builders’ unparalleled reputation for refined luxury homes and white-glove customer service is a stunning collection of innovative custom home designs. Homes by Heritage Builders reflect cutting edge design trends, while maintaining an eye for timeless architectural styling, unprecedented livability and flawless quality. Please contact us today to learn about our available new homes, portfolio of plans and custom home design-build services. Custom Homes | West of Trail Homes Available Visit us at HeritageBuildersWFL.com or call (941) 328-8272 WEST OF TRAIL HOME NOW AVAILABLE MLS A4540574 MLS A4538727 THE NASSAU Sunshine Avenue, Sarasota, FL 34231 2,642 Sq. Ft. | 3 Bed | 3 Bath | 2-Car Garage Study | Spacious Outdoor Living Pool and Spa | West of Trail | $1,898,000 Estimated Completion Fall 2023 Contact for More Information 380307-1 LAST CHANCE— CLOSES SEP 25 INFORMATION + TICKETS ringling.org Enomoto Chikatoshi (Japanese, 1898–1973), Florida (detail), ca. 1935. One of a set of six paintings mounted as framed panels; ink, color, and gold leaf on paper, 45 5/16 × 77 1/2 in. (115.1 × 196.9 cm) Gift from the collection of Robert and Mary Levenson, 2019, SN11671.3. 380835-1 ZAGAT “Top restaurant in America” www.BeachBistro.com941.778.6444 387020-1 mushroom agnolotti and lasagna alla Bolognese. And then you’ll eat them too. HIGHLIGHTSWEDNESDAYTOUR 11:15 a.m. at Sarasota Art Museum, 1001 S. Tamiami Trail Free with museum admission Visit thatcanonTheknowsbouttoWhat’sSarasotaArtMuseum.org.betterthananopportunitydigestartatyourownpace?Howawalkthroughwithaguidewhoallabouttheexhibits?museumoffershighlighttoursFridayandWednesday,andyougetaninsidelookonthethemestietheexhibitstogether. SEEING THE INVISIBLE 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Selby Gardens Historic Spanish Point Campus, 401 N. Tamiami Trail Free with museum admission

When: 5:30 p.m., Sept. 23

IF YOU GO

Visit You’llSelby.org.havetodownload the Seeing the Invisible app before you arrive, and make sure your phone or tablet is fully charged. Once you’ve handled those basics, you’ll be treated to an immersive augmented reality contemporary art exhibition that will bring you the work of more than a dozen celebrated artists from all around the world.

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

Hermitage fellow Anne Patterson will give you a peek behind the curtain at how artists bring their creations to life. Patterson, a former set designer, is a multidisciplinary artist who works in both watercolors and large-scale multimedia installations that sometimes fill huge buildings. Patterson has had her work displayed at

14A LONGBOAT OBSERVER | THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2022 YourObserver.com ROGER PROPERTIESWATERFRONTLUXURYSELLS MORE THAN $206 CLOSEDMILLIONIN2021 CALL TODAY FOR YOUR EXCLUSIVE TOUR (941) 387-1840 443 John Ringling Boulevard, Suite F | Sarasota, FL 34236 595 Bay Isles Road, Suite 250 | Longboat Key, FL 34228 Pettingell.com | www.bestSarasotarealestate.net Twitter.com/RealRoger | Instagram.com/RogerPettingell | Roger@Pettingell.com Owned by a subsidiary of Realogy Brokerage Group LLC 3040 GRAND BAY BOULEVARD #224 Contemporary updates, stylish furnishings (some included!) and stunning direct views welcome you to this 3BR Cayman residence at Grand Bay. Behind the exclusive gates of Bay Isles, this move-in ready retreat with two parking spaces is close to first-rate community amenities and is a sunny bike ride away from the private beach club. www.GrandBay224.com $2,495,000 97 SOUTH WASHINGTON DRIVE Experience this stunning bayfront estate in person! Just a sunny walk from famed St. Armands Circle. Resting on two lots in a corner location, spanning more than a half-acre, this impressive 5BR residence is set among lush, professionally managed greenery beside the coastal landscape of Sarasota Bay. www.97SouthWashington.com $11,995,000 862 GRANDE PASS WAY Sunset views abound in the exclusive Hill Tide Estates community! This spectacular parcel boasts more than a 1/4-acre of direct beachfront property in a gated community to make your own. www.862GrandePassWay.com $2,795,000 1265 BOULEVARD OF THE ARTS Modern downtown living in newer construction is a special treat, especially on Sarasota’s Cultural Coast. This 2017-built, 3BR townhouse is within walking distance to downtown Sarasota. www.1265BlvdoftheArts.com $999,000 15111 GADDY UP RANCH ROAD Country breezes rustling through century old oaks and pines welcome you to this unique, 821/2-acre property known as the Gaddy Up Ranch, offering many possibilities for family ranch living. www.GaddyUpRanchSRQ.com $3,995,000 5249 CAPE LEYTE DRIVE Southern exposure! This 5BR modern John Cannon home on Siesta Key is currently under construction. Built to the highest standards, plus brand new dock, lift and seawall. Bike to the beach! www.5249CapeLeyte.com $4,890,000 513 SLOOP LANE This charming 3BR waterfront cottage in Country Club Shores is close to famed Longboat Key Club and a short sunny walk to Gulf beach access. Ready to renovate or enjoy as is! www.513SloopLane.com $1,500,000 816 JUNGLE QUEEN WAY Turnkey furnished and move-in ready! This beautifully updated 3BR waterfront on Longboat Key is ready to enjoy today! You will love the deeded beach access and easy boating access to Sarasota Bay. www.816JungleQueenWay.com $1,675,000 384983-1

384631-1

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

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.

“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.

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

Photos by Lesley Dwyer

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.

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

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022 Classifieds 12B Games 11B Real Estate 9B Weather 11B

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

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

Women’s club promotes sailing and racing, but it all starts with a tillersintroductiontwo-weektoknots,andmore.

“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.”

LESLEY DWYER STAFF WRITER

YOUR NEIGHBORS

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

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.

they can stay on as a social Lass ie and continue to attend parties. Retired Lassies also have their own club called the Anchors. They meet for lunch once a month.

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.

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

“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.”

If a member can’t sail anymore,

Let’s nauticalget

One station is set up to teach knot tying.

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 Sep tember during a two-week course.

“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.

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

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

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

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

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

“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.”

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

“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.”

Urbuteit.Adam

Juliette and Arena.fromtheisEvans’JasontheirtheEvansAndrewattendexpowithdad,Evans.officearoundcornerRobarts

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 Salesgood.”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.

Beach, Ranch chambers mingle

—LESLEY DWYER

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.

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

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.

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

Charles Kaine, with Children First, and Alan Hazley stop by the Home-Tech booth to network with Margo McQueen and Kim

Photos by Lesley Dwyer

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

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.

YourObserver.com2B LONGBOAT OBSERVER | THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2022 Sharing Values, Friendship, and Faith You are invited to join us this Fall for High Holy Day services at Longboat Key’s only Jewish Temple. Led by Rabbi Stephen Sniderman and accompanied by an outstanding choir, our services reflect the spiritual meaning of the holiday in a beautiful and uplifting way. For more information, to purchase tickets, or inquire about membership , please give us a call. We’d be delighted to talk with you. 567 Bay Isles Road Longboat Key, FL 34228 941 383 3428Questions? info@longboatkeytemple.org 384769-1 384756-1 Would like to Welcome & Invite You, Your Family Members & Friends to Celebrate Mass with Our Parish Community SUMMER MASS SCHEDULESaturday:(May-December)4:00PM Sunday: 8:30 AM and 10:30 AM Daily Mass at 9:00 AM; Rosary at 8:30 AM Monday - Friday Daily Chaplet of Divine Mercy following Mass St. Mary, Star of the Sea, Catholic Church 4280 Gulf of Mexico Drive Longboat Key, FL 34228 383-1255 • www.stmarylbk.org Rev. Robert Dziedziak, Pastor 385973-1 St. Armands Key Lutheran Church • 40 North Adams Dr., Sarasota, FL • 941.388.1234 • Questions? Contact: michael@saklc.com JOIN US Saturday at 5pm - Contemporary Style Worship Sunday Worship at 10am - (Coffee Hour at 9am) All are Welcome 6200 Gulf of Mexico Drive • Longboat Key, Florida 34228 • 941-383-6491 Follow us on Facebook • www.longboatislandchapel.org The Lord’s Warehouse will be CLOSED the month of September. Please join us for worship in person on Sunday at 10 a.m. or online at our website and Facebook Live Stream at 10 a.m. An Ecumenical Church that Welcomes all People Founded in 1956 384714-1 6400 Gulf of Mexico Dr. 9 41.383.8833 (oﬃce) www.christchurchof lbk.org Growing in Jesus’ Name Worship With Us at Our Church SundayService 10:00 AM The Rev. Dr.Norman Pritchard Masks Are Optional Visitors & Residents Welcome Watc hO ur 10:00 AM Service Live : www.bit.ly/cc lbksermons or www.christchurchof lbk.org (follow YouTube link) WorshipWithUsAtOurChurch SundayService10:00AM TheRev.Dr.NormanPritchard Men’sBibleStudy:Monday@9:00 Women’sBibleStudy:Wednesday@10:00 Visitors&ResidentsWelcome WatchOur10:00AMServiceLive: www.bit.ly/cclbksermonsor www.christchurchoflbk.org (followYouTubelink) 384673-1384644-1 All are welcome at All Angels no exceptions • We’ve ramped up, anyone of any mobility is welcome • In-person worship services Sunday at 10 a.m. • Live-stream at AllAngelsLBK.org to participate on-line • Discussion Groups on Tue & Wed at 10 a.m. 563 Bay Isles Rd • AllAngelsLBK.org941-383-8161

YourObserver.com LONGBOAT OBSERVER | THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2022 3B • PERSONALIZED SERVICE 2067 HARBOUR LINKS DRIVE, #4 Longboat Key | Offered at $779,000 MLS# A4178487 2067 HARBOUR LINKS DRIVE, #4 Longboat Key 2067 HARBOUR LINKS DRIVE, #4 Longboat Key | Offered at $779,000 MLS# A4178487 2067 HARBOUR LINKS DRIVE, #4 Longboat Key | Offered at $779,000 MLS# A4178487 2067 HARBOUR LINKS DRIVE, #4 2067 HARBOUR LINKS DRIVE, #4 Longboat Key | Offered at $779,000 MLS# A4178487 2067 HARBOUR LINKS DRIVE, #4 Offered at $779,000 2067 HARBOUR LINKS DRIVE, #4 Longboat Key | Offered at $779,000 2067 HARBOUR LINKS DRIVE, #4 Longboat Key | Offered at $779,000 MLS# A4178487 #1 LONGBOAT KEY TEAM 2021 Michael Saunders & Company & TOP 1.5% OF AGENTS NATIONWIDE! BENCHMARK RESULTS • STRATEGIC MARKETING • PERSONALIZED SERVICE 2067 HARBOUR LINKS DRIVE, #4 Longboat KeyMLS# A4178487 2067 HARBOUR LINKS DRIVE, #4 Longboat KeyMLS# A4178487 2067 HARBOUR LINKS DRIVE, #4 Longboat Key | Offered at $779,000 MLS# A4178487 2067 HARBOUR LINKS DRIVE, #4 Offered at $779,000 2067 HARBOUR LINKS DRIVE, #4 Offered at $779,000 2067 HARBOUR LINKS DRIVE, #4 Longboat Key | Offered at $779,000 MLS# A4178487 2067 HARBOUR LINKS DRIVE, Offered at $779,000 MLS# A4178487 2067 HARBOUR LINKS DRIVE, Offered at $779,000 MLS# A4178487 2067 HARBOUR LINKS DRIVE, Offered at $779,000 MLS# A4178487 IAN ADDY, PA REALTOR ®, MBA GAIL WITTIG BROKER- ASSOCIATE IanAddy@MichaelSaunders.com941.387.0100GailWittig@MichaelSaunders.com FINDING INVENTORY IS OUR SPECIALTY • CONNECTIONS MATTER! 384727-1 701ACTIVITYRECENTPENFIELDST|$1,225,000SOLD 750 PENFIELD ST | $3,000,000 SOLD 240 SANDS POINT ROAD #4403 | $949,000 SOLD EMERALD POINTE NORTH IN BAY ISLES 2067 HARBOUR LINKS DR | OFFERED AT $1,575,000 This 3 bed/3.5 bath condo lives like a single family home in the intimate maintenance free community behind the gates of Bay Isles. The residence has been recently updated and offers serene golf course views, a heated pool, 2 car garage and private beach access. SAND CAY BEACH RESORT 4725 GULF OF MEXICO DR. #213 | OFFERED AT $869,000 This 2 bedroom vacation getaway earned over $63K in gross income for 2021 and comes fully furnished. The beachfront community of Sand Cay offers owners excellent amenities including a heated pool, shuffleboard, tennis courts, barbeque area and over 340’ of white sand beach to enjoy. MLS# A4539173 EXCELLENTUNDERCONTRACTINCOME

Barbara Moore(Hodges)G. 1932-2022 Longboat Key • Anna Maria Island • Sarasota Lakewood Ranch • East & West www.WagnerRealty.comBradenton Call today for a no-obligation, no-cost market analysis! Home values are up. Inventory is low...it’s a seller’s market. Get the most trusted source of local market conditions from your local area real estate professionals at Wagner Realty. Consider Selling Your Property In This Robust Market Call our experts at Wagner 941.383.5577RealtyDia Wilson Rae Ellen Hayo More than 35 years of combined experience Longboat Key Office • 5360 Gulf of Mexico Drive, Ste 101 • Longboat Key, FL 384776-1Longboat Key • Anna Maria Island • Sarasota Lakewood Ranch • East & West www.WagnerRealty.comBradenton Call today for a no-obligation, no-cost market analysis! Home values are up. Inventory is low...it’s a seller’s market. Get the most trusted source of local market conditions from your local area real estate professionals at Wagner Realty. Consider Selling Your Property In This Robust Market Now is a GREAT time to WHY?SELL!Oursellersarereceiving multiple offers and top dollar! Call our experts at Wagner 941.383.5577RealtyDia Wilson Rae Ellen Hayo More than 35 years of combined experience Longboat Key Office • 5360 Gulf of Mexico Drive, Ste 101 • Longboat Key, FL Consider Selling Your Property In This Robust Market 388778-1

Lobsters star at latest food truck event

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.

industry.earningexampletiveonbutsuccessleadateeagementFairfieldManagementheryears.Greenwich,ledentrepreneurialHealthcertificatestudies,Barbaradoors,familyLittleton,raanherContinuingopportunity.tosupporthusband,butnowasentrepreneur,Barba-relocatedthefamilytoCO,In1972.Theenjoyedtheout-boatingandcamping.alsopickedupherearningaparalegalatalocalcollege.concernsandanewopportunitythefamilytomovetoCT,afterfourBarbarapartneredwithhusbandastheyopenedRecruitersofCountyandMan-RecruitersofMan-County,FL.Shehelpedtheircompaniestogreatonastrategiclevel,inherday-to-dayfocusrecruitingadministra-positions,sheledbyasatopproducer,accoladeswithinthe

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

Lesley Dwyer

—LESLEY DWYER

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

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 Depres sion. 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.

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.

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.Whiletheir 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 schoolOctoberyear.”is

Judy Achre, Anne Summers, Cause.toandlobstermatchingkowKarenJohnsonSandraandPash-wearhatsearringsClawsfora

TRIBUTES

YourObserver.com4B LONGBOAT OBSERVER | THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2022 388969-1

to Rye, BarbaraNY.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

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.

“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.

YourObserver.com LONGBOAT OBSERVER | THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2022 5B 941.387.1847 Bruce MyerRealtor ® Bruce@BruceMyer.com • www.BruceMyer.com REAL ESTATE BY A REAL EXPERT OVER $134 MILLION SOLD IN 2021 • OVER $78 MILLION PENDING, AND SOLD IN 2022

JUST LISTED THE ATRIUM - FAIRWAY BAY 2120 HARBOURSIDE DR., #628 LONGBOAT KEY, FL $1,375,000

Bay and city skyline views from your open bayfront terrace of this 3BR/2.5BA residence offering 2,616 sq. ft. of sumptuous living space. Additional features include an in-residence laundry room and coveted under-building parking.

Exceptional quality, untouched refinement, 2-story, 5BR/5BA, 3,815 sq. ft. residence Features abound, including a separate in-law suite and large 3-car garage. Expansive outdoor area with heated pool and spa.

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. 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. 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 luxu rious and sprawling 4BR/4.5BA residence with a separate guest suite, 2-car garage, and private elevator. 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 com fortable master retreat. 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. 385441-1

JUST LISTED UNDER CONSTRUCTION 2945 PYRULA DRIVE LONGBOAT KEY, FL $3,345,000

Chamber touts charities, each other

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.

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

Jim Schaefer.bygiftwinsTurkaraffledonatedDebbie

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.”

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

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

Photos by Lesley Dwyer

“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.”

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.

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

YourObserver.com6B LONGBOAT OBSERVER | THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2022 INFINITE POSSIBILITIES. ONE SOURCE. ™ TILE & STONE | MOSAICS | CABINETRY | COUNTERTOPS | FLOORING INFINITE POSSIBILITIES. ONE SOURCE. ™ VISIT OUR SARASOTA SHOWROOM 941.355.2703 | 4500 Carmichael Ave., Sarasota, FL 34234 FLORIDA DESIGN WORKS .COM 386886-1 CathyMeldahl@michaelsaunders.com941.724.7228 • Consistent top producer on Longboat Key • In-depth knowledge of the real estate market • Active in our community with Longbeach Village Association Longboat Key Historical Society Longboat Key Chamber of Commerce Longboat Key Garden Club Living and Working on Longboat Key for 40 Years Cathy C. Meldahl, P.A. YourLongboatKeyCommunityRealtor 384741-1 2542 17th St., Sarasota, FL 34234 For pricing and services, go to www.catdepot.orgCATCARECLINICAffordable Veterinary Services Open to the Public By Appointment Only - 941.366.CATS (2287) 379615-1

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 ben efit the Longboat Island Chapel’s outreach program.

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

“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.”

—LESLEY DWYER

Better than new! This masterpiece home has been completely remodeled to perfection with all new appliances, updated kitchen, bathrooms, flooring, and more! Be prepared to be HYPNOTIZED & MESMERIZED in this residence with 30 feet of walls of glass offering vistas of Sarasota Bay, Her Islands, & sunsets into the Gulf of Mexico.

www.2509MarbleheadDrive.com

Thinking of selling your Residence? Please call me! JUDY KEPECZ-HAYS TEAM EMBASSYSARABANDEHOUSEMARBLEHEAD

www.Sarabande75.com

Offered for $1,247,600

34236 595

770 Palm Ave #1802

YourObserver.com LONGBOAT OBSERVER | THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2022 7B

Armands Circle |

3 bed, 3.5 bath | 2,761 Sq Ft

340 South Palm Ave #75

Offered for $1,299,000 St. Sarasota, Florida Bay Longboat Key, FL 34228

LongboatKeyLuxury.com | (941) 587-1700 423

SUNDAYOPENHOUSE1PMTO4PM 388840-1

Offered for $3,025,000

3 bed, 3.5 bath | 2,869 Sq Ft

2509 Marblehead Drive

Isles, Suite 250|

This stunning contemporary home is on Palm Avenue, in the heart of downtown. Instant enjoyment is yours in this 3 bedroom en-suite plus a powder room with a bonus of 2 underbuilding parking spaces & storage. Stunning views with wraparound, floor-to-ceiling windows, & doors bringing the outside in. Just a short walk to Marina Jack, restaurants, the opera, theaters, & Whole Foods Market.

Be amazed at every detail in this beautiful upgraded home in the heart of Sarasota. Quiet location within walking distance to Riverview High School a short distance to Phillippi Shores Elementary, Landings Shopping Center, downtown & Siesta Keys' world-famous beach. This home is beyond expectation & ready for instant enjoyment!

2 bed, 2 bath | 1,400 Sq Ft EmbassyHouse1802.com

YourObserver.com8B LONGBOAT OBSERVER | THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2022 LONGBOAT KEY 2161 Gulf Of Mexico Drive PH3 4 Beds 4/1 Baths 6,002 Sq. Ft. Jenifer 941-780-0968Schwell A4534425 $8,950,000 ANNA MARIA 101 Mangrove Avenue 5 Beds 1/1 Baths 2,522 Sq. Ft. Hannah Hillyard & George Myers 941-744-7358 A4545903 $6,000,000 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 SARASOTA 1378 Harbor Drive 4 Beds 5/3 Baths 6,238 Sq. Ft. Michael 941-376-1826Hays A4546357 $14,000,000 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 LONGBOAT KEY 3060 Grand Bay Boulevard 1101 4 Beds 5/1 Baths 4,413 Sq. Ft. Stacey 239-823-0277FredericksA4535637 $4,999,999 ANNA MARIA ISLAND 820 N Shore Drive 4 Beds 4/1 Baths 3,953 Sq. Ft. Kathy 941-900-9828Harman A4524887 $3,999,999 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 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 941-465-1124Fischer A4534473 $2,395,000 ANNA MARIA ISLAND 218 82nd Street 3 Beds 2 Baths 1,802 Sq. Ft. Kathy 941-900-9828Harman 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, 941-961-8850PA A4547738 $1,575,000 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 941-376-7591Dardas A4547445 $3,650,000 SARASOTA 1919 Irving Street 6 Beds 5/1 Baths 4,956 Sq. Ft. Stacy 941-266-0529Hanan 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 941-962-1122LarsonA4546210 $2,950,000 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 941-780-2352HarrisA4536940 $845,000 LONGBOAT KEY 730 Spanish Drive S 2 Beds 2 Baths 1,255 Sq. Ft. Sean 941-312-1146Clark 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 941-914-2807Layfield A4542770 $519,000 LONGBOAT KEY 4545 Gulf Of Mexico Drive 509 2 Beds 2 Baths 1,340 Sq. Ft. Jodene 941-302-4913MoneuseA4542694 $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 941-312-1146Clark A4544923 $990,000 LONGBOAT KEY 4311 Gulf Of Mexico Drive 401 2 Beds 2 Baths 1,293 Sq. Ft. Victoria 941-350-1064Lear A4522542 $899,000 LONGBOAT KEY 4800 Gulf Of Mexico Drive PH4 2 Beds 2 Baths 1,312 Sq. Ft. Tryla Brown 941-962-1122LarsonA4539305 $875,000 888.552.5228 | MICHAELSAUNDERS.COM 387857-1

HARBOUR VILLA CLUB AT BUCCANEER Belinda Hudmon, of Bradenton,

Ringling Estates property sells for $3.24 million

File photo

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.

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.

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. Wash ington 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 mil lion in 2015.

ADAM HUGHES RESEARCH EDITOR

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. LONGBOAT KEY ADDRESS PERMIT APPLICANT AMOUNT($) 2161 GMD 1 Interior alterations Fred Lawson Declaration $400,000 535 Sanctuary Drive C308 Interior alterations KFM Revocable Trust $225,000 650 Norton St. Seawall Magnus and Christina Almtu $73,294 565 Sanctuary Drive A203 Interior alterations SLK Family Trust $65,000 1445 GMD 502 Windows and doors Beth S. Bromberg $63,629 Revocable Trust 1115 GMD 201 Windows and doors Restated Anthony F. Raim. $56,656 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 Roof Aria Longboat Key $36,834 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 Road 14B 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 Drive 1304 55 Winslow Place Interior alterations Edward J. Kolodzieski $19,500 540 Companion Way Interior alterations Patricia E. Cannon $18,788 600 Bay Isles Road New porch/deck Town of Longboat Key $15,000 1281 GMD 606 Air conditioning David W. Gallagher $14,562 5490 GMD Front doors - Town of Longboat Key $13,391 fire house 595 Bay Isles Road Air conditioning Med Plaza LTD $13,300 102 Twin Shores Blvd. Air conditioning Diane M. Brandlein Trust $12,673 1910 Harbour Links Circle Pool cage Edward J. Melando $12,150 TOP BUILDING PERMITS Source: Town of Longboat Key

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

SLEEPY LAGOON PARK 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.

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.

INN ON THE BEACH 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.

JOHN RINGLING ESTATES

TRANSACTIONSREALRESIDENTIALESTATE SEPT. 5-9

ATSANCTUARYLONGBOAT 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.

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,

BIRD KEY 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.

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

ESTATEREAL

SEA GATE CLUB Ana Tenreiro, of Longboat Key,

From 10-11 a.m. at The Paradise Center, 546 Bay Isles Road. Class is outdoors, weather permitting. Cost is $10. Walk-ins welcome. Call 3836493.

RECURRING EVENTS

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. Walk-ins welcome. Call 383-6493.

THURSDAY, SEPT. 22

The Longboat Library is open from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Tuesdays and Fridays at 555 Bay Isles Road. Call 383-2011 for information.

WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 28

TUESDAY AND FRIDAY

MAH JONGG

LONGBOAT LIBRARY

THINKINGMONDAYSOUT

SOUND BOWL MEDITATION AND PICNIC 8-10 a.m. at Joan Durante Park, 5550 Gulf of Mexico Drive. Celebrate National Women’s Health and Fitness Day with a meditation provided by Dharma Yoga SRQ and a picnic provided by Sun Served Bespoke Picnics. Gift bags included, $120 a person. Call (609) 947-5732.

ROTARY CLUB

to improve mental and physical health. Cost is $10. Call 383-6493.

QITUESDAYSGONG

From 1-3 p.m. at The Paradise Center, 546 Bay Isles Road. Fun time for experienced players. To check availability at the tables, email nBrady@TheParadiseCenter.org.MaryAn-

MOVIE MATINEE 1-3 p.m. at The Paradise Center, 546 Bay Isles Road. “Snow Falling on Cedars,” a 1999 movie starring Ethan Hawke, James Cromwell and Max von Sydow, will be shown. Popcorn and refreshments are provided. Free for members, $10 for others. Call 383-6493 for information.

From 10-11 a.m. at The Paradise Center, 546 Bay Isles Road. Qi gong is a mind-body-spirit practice designed

TUESDAY AND THURSDAY BREATH BALANCE AND BLISS YOGA

From 10:30-11:30 a.m. at Bayfront Park Recreation Center, 4052 Gulf of Mexico Drive. Cost is $10 for members, $15 for nonmembers. Call 361-6411 ext. 2212.

OFF THE CLOCK

Meets at 5 p.m. on first and third Tuesdays in All Angels Parish Hall, 563 Bay Isles Road. Call Nancy Rozance at 203-605-4066 or Info@LongboatKeyRotary.org.email

BEGINNERWEDNESDAYSTAICHI

5-6:30 p.m. at Fleming’s Prime Steakhouse & Wine Bar, 2001 Siesta Drive in Sarasota. Network with the Longboat Key Chamber of Commerce. $5 for members, $10 for prospective members and guests. Call 383-2466 to photo

SATURDAY, SEPT. 24

YourObserver.com10B LONGBOAT OBSERVER | THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2022 Air Conditioning Electrical Water TreatmentPlumbing SEE HOW MUCH MORE YOU CAN SAVE! The Home Service Pros Who Care Lic # cAc1816020 • PLbg cFc1428223 • ELEc Ec13009313 or www.AquaPlumbingSarasota.comvisit & FREE Water Quality Analysis ($99 value) $100 Credit towards a New Whole House Filtration System Installed Cannot be combined with any other offers. Must be present coupon at time of service. Offer expires 9/30/2022. Veterans & First Responders HVAC Discount First Responders & Veterans receive a 10% discount on all HVAC service labor only. Cannot be combined with any other offers. Offer expires 12/31/2022. $100 OFF Reme Halo Air Purifier The Reme Halo is more effective than most air purifiers and filter technologies on the market. Cannot be combined with other offers. Contact Aqua Plumbing & Air for details. Offer expires 9/30/2022. $50 OFF GARBAGE DISPOSER Installation of PRO750 Garbage Disposer Cannot be combined with other offers. Contact Aqua Plumbing & Air for details. Offer expires 9/30/2022. 941.866.6210 CALL NOW! $99 OFF Hot Water Heater Installation* *Must be purchased through Aqua Plumbing & Air* Cannot be combined with any other offers. Contact Aqua Plumbing and Air for details. Offer Expires 9/30/2022. No FinancingInterest*AvailableonSelectCarrierA/CSystemsCalltodaytolearnaboutournointerestorlowinterestfinancingoptions.Cannotbecombinedwithanyotheroffers.Offerexpires12/31/2022. 381419-1 The Area’s most Trusted Name since 1974 440 Gulf of Mexico Dr | Longboat Key, Florida Water Club #402 | Longboat Key 3,400sf | 3BR | Gulf Front | $3,850,000 384910-1 845 Longboat Club Road | Regent Court 19,300sf | 140’ on the Gulf | $16,500,000 845 Longboat Club Road 19,300 SF | A4440615 | $19,750,000 Water Club #401 3,400 SF | A4421764 | $2,575,000 65 Lighthouse Point Drive 4,933 SF | A4438181 | $3,795,000 501 Halyard Lane 2,340 SF | A4448464 | $1,995,000 EXTRAORDINARY properties UNRIVALED expertise EXCEPTIONAL results MichaelMoulton@michaelsaunders. Certified Residential Specialist 941.928.3559Broker-Associate SARASOTAS finest PROPERTIES.com440 Gulf of Mexico Dr | Longboat Key, Florida 35 Lighthouse Point Drive | Gated Community 4,430sf | 4BR | Bay Front | $3,300,000 845LongboatClubRoad 19,300SF|A4440615|$19,750,000 WaterClub#401 3,400SF|A4421764|$2,575,000 65LighthousePointDrive 4,933SF|A4438181|$3,795,000 501HalyardLane 2,340SF|A4448464|$1,995,000 EXTRAORDINARYproperties UNRIVALEDexpertise EXCEPTIONALresults comMichaelMoulton@michaelsaunders. CertifiedResidentialSpecialist Broker-Associate941.928.3559 SARASOTASfinestPROPERTIES 440GulfofMexicoDr|LongboatKey,Florida EXTRAORDINARY UNRIVALED EXCEPTIONAL MichaelMoulton@michaelsaunders.com 70 Lighthouse Point Drive | Gated Community 5,474sf | 4BR | Gulf Front | $8,000,000 SOLD JODENE MONEUSE – YOUR LOCAL REALTOR® • 32 year Longboat Key Resident • Top Agent - 2019, 2020, 2021 Mid-Longboat Key office • Top 1.5% Florida Realtors - Real Trends America’s Best Realtors • Professional Stager • Certified Luxury Home Marketing Specialist • Voted Sarasota Magazine Best in Customer Service 941.302.4913 385986-1 JoDeneMoneuse@michaelsaunders.comLongboatKeyLiving.com

CALENDARYOUR

Oct.First2 Oct.Full9 Oct.Last17 Oct.New25

Thursday, Sept. 22 12:08a 10:23a 4:53a 6:14p

Saturday, Sept. 24 7:20a 7:24p

SUNRISE / SUNSET

Monday, Sept. 26 7:21a 7:22p

High: 86 Low: ofChance74rain:19%

FRIDAY, SEPT. 23

Highs Lows

Celebrity Cipher cryptograms are created from quotations by famous people, past and present. Each letter in the cipher stands for another. “INGTL CVO, NVEYWEGXSYN, ZVE DWSTK TWSINWE G EGXSYN TVE G NVEYW. JNGI CVO GEW SY G HSGE ZVVX.”–FSUUC ZGHHVT “M NVMUVN XBFVT M LIGJTMAU XBFVT PVDGNV IV UBVT. ... LIV OMA KIG AVFVN NVMUT XBFVT GAXR GAV.” – ZVGNZV N.N. OMNLBA “V MLKVZ MVYHNPD NPG TLXA FZPVDUEA, VD YNLFCN UY MPGP VZ FZGPEUVTEP VEEA UZ YNP TVYYEP SLG ELRP.” EPLZVGX HLNPZ © 2022 NEA, Inc. PuzzleOneClue:KequalsG PuzzleTwoClue:PequalsB PuzzleThreeClue:RequalsV ENTER: YourObserver.com/contests 387846-1 KITCHEN | OUTDOORCABINETRYPAVERS Sponsored by The WeatherObserver’sNature& 2022-23 PHOTO CONTEST A REFLECTION OF NATURE’S BEAUTY

NATURE’S BEAUTY WITH

Tuesday, Sept. 27 12:59a 2:00p 8:07a 8:12p

FORECAST

By Luis Campos

Submit your photos at com/WeatherYourObserver. All giftwillthesubmissionphoto,youryouFebruarycontest.NatureWeatherforwillsubmissionsbeenteredthe2022-23andphotoIn2023,willvoteforfavoriteandthewithmostvoteswina$500card. WEATHER

Friday, Sept. 23 7:19a 7:26p

Tuesday, Sept. 27 7:21a 7:21p

High: 88 Low: ofChance75rain:15%

SUNDAY, OCT. 25

Diane Suner captured this image of a white egret in the mangrove tunnels of Lido Key.

Sunday, Sept. 25 7:20a 7:23p

Sunrise Sunset

Sunday, Sept. 25 12:34a 12:34p 6:50a 7:30p

Monday, Sept. 26 12:44a 1:15p 7:27a 7:51p

YourObserver.com LONGBOAT OBSERVER | THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2022 11B 9-22-22 celebrity cipher sudoku Complete the grid so that every row, column and 3x3 box contains every digit from 1 to 9 inclusively. ©2022 Andrews McMeel Syndicate crossword ©2022 Universal Uclick ACROSS 1 Almanac contents 6 Desktops with a Pro 11modelJessica of “Machete” 15 Downsides 19 Last words on the job 20 Deck with 78 cards 21 Golf outing spoiler 22 Tribe that lived by the Platte River 23 You can’t tell when it’s working (In this answer, unscramble letters 10-13) 26 “___ girl!” 27 Major inconvenience 28 “Sure, honey” 29 Store business 31 “None for me” 33 Lodging by the road 34 Costa del ___ 35 Sorrow 36 Maker of Stan Smith 39sneakersAlaskan home of many bears (... letters 2-7) 42 North Carolina college 43 Mislead 46 Kind of basin or wave 47 Rapper ___ Cat 48 Single malt liquor, 51perhapsSponsored posts, e.g. 52 Per person 56 Dazed state 59 Ready for takeoff? 61 Essential ___ acids 62 Scattered widely 64 Number before dos 65 Pilots a plane 67 Ballet division 69 American plants? (... letters 1-8) 73 Hibachi residue 74 Alligators’ cousins 76 Obama health law, 77brieflyPungent ingredient in 79kimchiAncient Peruvians 80 Paper work? 83 One who takes all the 86blanketsConsider to be 87 www.medicare.___ 89 Swiss city on the Rhone 91 Irritate 92 “Still Alice” star Julianne 94 “Finally done!” 96 Tablet for FaceTime 97 Raw meat dish similar to yukhoe (... letters 3-8) 103 Like a blank stare 105 Hydroelectric project 106 Unagi, at a sushi bar 107 Flamenco cheer 108 Fluid thicker than water 110 Noisy insect 112 Language in which “uhuru” means “freedom” 114 Fingernail application 119 Imitated 120 Don’t have any effect (... letters 3-7) 123 Saxophonist’s item 124 “Passages” author 125Sheehy___ Carlo 126 Stick that’s twirled 127 Talk trash about 128 Apple crisp grains 129 “TED Talks Daily” host 130Hu Cheetah features DOWN 1 Striped bass, e.g. 2 Greenish blue 3 Baby bears 4 Muscle spasms 5 Unemotional 6 “___ been a minute” 7 Store with a star logo 8 Sign before Taurus 9 Dove sounds 10 Disney or Universal 11 Giorgio of fashion 12 Dragon’s hideout 13 Bulk food container 14 Humanlike robots 15 Puffer jacket or parka 16 Ontario’s second-largest 1817cityConceptLikesome adoption 24recordsCountry with a danger ous airport near Mount 25EverestMail out 30 “Frozen II” queen 32 Yard sale caveat 34 Slide on an icy road 36 Oodles 37 Portray adequately (... letters 1-4) 38 Not appropriate 39 Hoda on TV 40 Barely 41 Alpaca cousin 42 Mag staffers 44 ___ Lodge (budget motel chain) 45 Truck weight unit 49 What the Cowardly Lion 50lackedTennis great Mandlikova 53 Hummus scoopers (... letters 2-7) 54 Dollar bills 55 Fancy-schmancy 57 They’re larger than pilot 58whalesJockey’s strap 60 Turn in the kitchen? 61 Plane seat option 63 “What ___ that?” 65 “13th” director DuVer 66nay“Rise” or “fall,” at times 67 Corrosive liquid 68 Mr. Peanut prop 70 Birdie plus one 71 Vaper’s stick 72 “Enough already!” 75 “___ Mia! Here We Go 78Again”Elba of “Zootopia” 80 Done with 81 Pay for a poker hand 82 “Whatevs” 84 Neutrogena rival 85 H.S. diploma alternative 87 Cheerleader’s shout 88 Like some tribal lore 90 2012 thriller set in 93TehranSigned off on 95 Run off with rings? 97 Camera chip 98 Capital served by China 99AirlinesGame show hosts 100 Hair dryers 101 Jackson of country 102 Find a new place for, as a pet 104 Totes cute 108 Russian pancakes 109 Pumps iron 111 Tacks on 112 Improv piece 113 Person you worship 115 Get off the ground? 116 Wild about 117 Get off ___-free 118 Chick tenders 121 Top bond rating 122 Service charge MIXED MARTIAL ARTS by Doug Burnikel and Zhouqin Burnikel. Edited by David Steinberg

Wednesday, Sept. 28 1:19a 2:51p 8:51a 8:32p

MOON PHASES

High: 86 Low: ofChance73rain:38%

Wednesday, Sept. 28 7:22a 7:20p

Friday, Sept. 23 12:18a 11:11a 5:35a 6:43p

Saturday, Sept. 24 12:26a 11:53a 6:13a 7:08p

Thursday, Sept. 22 7:19a 7:27p

SATURDAY, OCT. 24

TIDES

LONGBOAT KEY: Beachfront Condos, 1st or 2nd floor, 2BR/2BA, W/D in units, free Wi-Fi, heated pool, & parking. Call 941-383-3338.

RENTAL gentleman kids, pets LBK or 6 to 12 month commencing November 1st. (619) 347-1888

home

condo for

or smoking) seeks

WANTED Retired

2BR/2BA LONGBOAT KEY 3-week rental (12/17/20221/7/2023). Second oor unit facing the Gulf of Mexico. Spectacular sunsets, steps from the water. Tennis, pool, bikes, putting green and shing. 50% non-refundable deposit required. Final payment 14 days before move-in. $7,500 (312) 961-5629

SeasonalVacation/Rentals WEEKLYSEASONALMONTHLY Rates Beachfront, Bayfront and In 5360wagnerlbkrentals@gmail.comReservationsHousesBetweenorCondos941-383-5577Visa/MCGulfofMexicoDr.,Suite101LongboatKey,FL34228Rentalofce9a.m.-5p.m.M-FAskaboutourspecialrates!WagnerRealtySince1939www.rentalsonlongboat.com hom e serv ice s AdultServicesCare CNA: 22 years experience, with doctors recommendations. Available for days, nights, and traveling. COVID 941-536-5339vaccinated. Auto Transport SHIP YOUR car, truck or SUV anywhere in the United States. Great rates, fast quotes. Call Hawley Motors: 941-923-3421. Painting CARLO DATTILO Painting Licensed & insured. Interior/ Exterior painting including drywall repair and retexturing. Wallpaper installation & removal, pressure washing. Residential & commercial, condos. Honest & reliable. Free estimates. 941-744-1020. 35+ years experience. SEARCH the RED PAGES for great YourObserver.com/RedPagesVisitdeals. Use the RED PAGES to clean out your garage CALL 941-955-4888

(no

Additional perks at the adjacent Pier 77 Marina, Compass Hotel, and Floridays Wood Fire Grill & Bar. Strong rental income potential. No CDD. Schedule showing or video preview any time. Kim Jatich, Broker-Owner, QUARTZ COAST REALTY INC $1,650,000 (941) www.quartzcoastrealty504-3874.com

Rentals Wanted LBKRetiredcoupleANNUALseeking rental 33BR upscale turnkey fur nished Condo or home Been renting on LBK for 14 years Non smokers no pets Excellent credit 941 387 0270 Advertise as low as $17.50 per week! STUFFSELL941-955-4888CALLYOURFAST! GARAGESALE YourObserver.com/RedPages

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2022 RED PAGES Made for where you live. Here! INFORMATION & RATES: 941-955-4888 redpages@yourobserver.com • yourobserver.com/redpages The Longboat Observer reserves the right to classify and edit copy, or to reject or cancel an advertisement at any time. Corrections after first insertion only. *All ads are subject to the approval of the Publisher. *It is the responsibility of the party placing any ad for publication in the Longboat Observer to meet all applicable legal requirements in connection with the ad such as compliance with towncodes in first obtaining an occupational license for business, permitted home occupation, or residential rental property. Notice: All real estate advertised herein is subject to the Federal Fair Housing Act, which makes it illegal to advertise any preference, limitation, or discrimination because of race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status, or national origin, or intention to make any such preference, limitation or discrimination. All persons are hereby informed that all dwellings advertised are available on an equal opportunity basis. DEADLINES: Classifieds - Monday at 2PM Service Directory - Friday at 3PM • PAYMENT: Cash, Check or Credit Card placepeekers’ yourself.cheatingonlyYou’re This week’s Celebrity Cipher answersThis week’s Crossword answers ©2022 Universal Uclick This week’s Sudoku answers Puzzle One Solution: “Thank you, horseradish, for being neither a radish nor a horse. What you are is a liar Jimmyfood.”Fallon Puzzle Two Solution: “A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies. ... The man who never reads lives only Georgeone.”R.R. Martin Puzzle Three Solution: “A woman watches her body uneasily, as though it were an unreliable ally in the battle for Leonardlove.”Cohen©2022NEA,Inc. TO ADVERTISE CALL 941-955-4888 OR VISIT WWW.YOUROBSERVER.COM/REDPAGES RED PAGES. MADE FOR WHERE YOU LIVE. HERE! stu Items Under $200 ADVERTISEMERCHANDISEYOUR with the total value of all items $200 or less in this section for FREE! Limit 1 ad per month,15 words or less. Price must be included next to each item. No commercial advertising. Ad runs 2 consecutive weeks in 1 Observer. Call 941-955-4888 Or Email ad to: classified@yourobserver.com (Please provide your name and Oraddress)Onlineat: www.yourobserver.com Or mail to: The Observer Group 1970 Main St. - 3rd Floor Sarasota, Fl 34236 FLUIDITY BARRE system- still in box $150. Wood corner desk, $30. Nativity creche, $20. 941-387-8001 FOR OCTOBERFEST: lederhosen from Salzburg w/suspenders, socks and Alpine hat. Worn once. $165.00. 941-921-0512 PIONEER SPEAKERS (2) encased in real wood. $199 for both. 941-924-8583 QUEEN SIZE slay bed, solid wood bed frame, 941-483-0207$185. STORAGE CONTAINERS (qty 23) 20 gallon black, plastic storange containers w/ lids. $4 each. 941-932-1172 EstaMoving/Garage/teSales LAURELWOOD WATERFRONT Florida Estate Sale 803 26th Avenue West Palmetto, FL 34221 September 23rd to 25th Friday, Saturday, Sunday From 9am to 6pm #’s out 8am Collection of Estate Jewelry, J.Taylor Case Clock, Sterling Silver, Period Antique Furniture, L.C. Tiffany Vases & Bronzes, Gallé, Listed Artist Oil Paintings, Rose Medallion China, Cloisonné Pieces, Signed Bronzes, Baccarat, Porcelain, Waterford Crystal, Knabe Grand Piano, Chinese Fish Bowls, Mid Century Lamps, New in box Samsung Washer & Dryer, Oriental Rugs, High Fidelity Speakers, Flow Blue, Linens, Ladies Hats, Murano Chandelier, Chinese Woodblock, Dining Room Table & Chairs, Three Bedroom Suits, Chest Drawers, Leather Living Room Furniture, ForSetJukebox,Furniture,Kitchenware,Glassware,PatioWickerLamps,WurlitzerExerciseEquipment,CompleteWorkshopLapidaryupwithKiln,Clocks,GarageItems,LotsofFurniture,GateLegTables,RattanFurniture,clothes&shoes.MoreInformationCallKenat:941-356-3318.Antiquesandchatchkes.comEstateSalesConductedBy:Antiques&Chatchkes MerchandiseWanted BUYING BASEBALL card collections! Looking to free up space and make $$? Need to sell sports cards? Collector looking to expand collection. Pay top dollar. Text/call 941 548 6492 with photos. ESTATE DEALER Cash for Coins, Sterling Flatware, Jewelry, Comics, Toys, Collectibles, Military, Antiques, Bronzes, Marbles, Stamps, Circus, Antique Guns, 941-209-2136Zippos SENIOR LOOKING to purchase precious metals, diamonds, time pieces, coins, jewelry, antique and estate jewelry, and some collectors plates. Personal and confidential. Please call Marc: 941-321-0707 auto Autos Wanted CASH FOR YYOUR CAR We come to you! Ho Ho Buys 941-270-4400.cars. SELLERSBUYERSFINDANDHERE! 941-955-4888 YourObserver.com/RedPages STORAGE FACILITY Boat/ RV/ Trailer. Secure facility, low monthly rentals, Clark Rd area. 941809-3660, 941-809-3662. WE BUY cars top $$ paid for your vehicles Call Hawley Motors: 941 923 3421 real esta te Condos/Apts.forRent FLOAT YOUR boat in the Ritz/ Hyatt basin from your beautiful marina townhome. 3BR/3.5BA, furnished, 2/car garage, 3/balconies, 24/hr security. Large boat dock available. Annual $5,500/month +utilities. Available October 1st. Service pets only. No smoking. 847-331-6961 Want Some Mad Money? Sell Your Item for Free! $200 or less YourObserver.com/RedPages Condos/Apts.forSale PENTHOUSE CONDO for sale on Anna Maria Sound! Quite the lifestyle in this Margaritaville 3bd 3ba, turnkey furnished Oceana condo. Exquisite nishes. Taller ceilings. Extra windows. Sunsets and natural saltwater wildlife views from the private screened lanai. Original owner gently lived in. Owners receive 2 parking spaces, 16'X8' storage, private beach club, tness, four community pools, kayak and paddleboard launches, outdoor grilling, lounging cabanas, playgrounds, splash pads, event lawn, activities and more!

SeasonalVacation/Rentals

rental

4BR/3BA LONGBOAT KEY Five weeks, January 7 - February 11, 2023 in a 4 bed/3 bath home directly on Sarasota Bay. Private, enclosed pool, hot tub, bbq grill and amazing view. Private dock, bikes, tennis, putting green on property. $15,000 for the entire 5 weeks in prime season. 50% non-refundable deposit required, nal payment 14 days before check-in. $15,000. (312) 961-5629

LONGBOAT KEY beachfront Seaplace 2BR/2BA turnkey furnished condo with greenbelt & bay views, W/D in unit, guard gated, heated pools, no smoking/pets, $4100/mo + elec & internet, Sept thru Nov 2022. Jim 440-623-9068

YourObserver.com LONGBOAT OBSERVER | THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2022 13B Auto Service 388361 SELL YOUR CAR! FAST • EASY • SAFE WE COME TO YOU HoHoBuysCars.com941.270.4400 5-Star Rated Doors Sliding Glass Door Repair New Deluxe Rollers Will Make Your Doors Roll Better Than Ever Call Mark 928-2263 proslidingglassdoorrepair.com “FIX IT - DON’T REPLACE” 387681 Estate Sales gulfcoastestateauctions.com Free Consultations 941-274-6537 Gulf Coast EstatE auCtions Let Gulf Coast Estate Auctions organize & hold an estate sale for you. ESTATE SALES • DOWNSIZING SENIOR TRANSITIONS • ONLINE AUCTIONS 388405 Furniture Repair 388134 Patio Furniture Repairs.com Furniture Sales & Repairs Cushions • Slings • Re-powdercoating 941-504-0903 FREE PICKUP / DELIVERY • FREE ONSITE QUOTES Golf GOLF CART RE P AI R LIT H IUM BAT TE RY CO NV E RS ION LIFT K IT S BL UETOOTH SP EA KERS GEN E RA L RE PAIR cwccustomscarts@gmail com 20 07 Wh it f ie l d P ar k Ave Sa r aso t a, FL 3 4 24 3 (941) 704 - 7512 CHAS E C OU RNAN 388407 Health “Loving Care, That’s The Difference” 388289 Private home healthcare in the safety and security of your own home. Providing long-term, short-term, palliative care and end of life care. After 32 years of being a Pastor, I know firsthand the difference loving care can make. CNA Services, LLC Philip Polson- Licensed CNA (941) 545-3493 “Loving Care, That’s The Difference” Philip with Client Howard Tibbals CREATE BUZZ! Advertise your business or services in the Red Pages. Call 941-955-4888 YourObserver.com/RedPages Health Board Certified in the specialty of non-surgical spinal decompression Give Us a Call - We Can Help FREE CONSULTATION 941.358.2224 Recognized Among the Best Non-Surgical Spinal Decompression Physicians in America DR. DAVID CIFRA, DC University Health Park 2415 University Parkway Bldg. 3, Suite 216 Sarasota, FL TheDrCifra@SarasotaDiscCenter.comwww.SarasotaDiscCenter.com34243OnlyThingYouHaveToLose...IsThe Pain!! GET YOUR LIFE BACK! Do You Have Neck or Low Back Pain? Do You Want To Avoid Surgery? 387504 Health & Fitness 387940 FUNCTIONAL FITNESS TRAINING Helping seniors stay fit and independent since 2009 Clinical Exercise Specialist · Private In-Home Services Brian M Simpson NASM, AMFPT, CPR, AED & First Aid Certified (614) 395-5854 · linkedin.com/in/brian-simpson-aba37093 Insurance MIC INSURANCE SOLUTIONSKNOWLEDGEEXPERIENCE 595 Bay Isles Rd. Suite 215 941.554.8909 | www.micinsurancefl.com Home • Condo • Auto • Umbrella • Boat • Flood Our team of professionals provides superior service and expertise for all of your insurance needs. Mike Mailliard ~ Lacey Weaver Allen Hovis ~ Marshall Bruce Matthew Mailliard ~ Julia McIlrevey Haley Jestings ~ Samantha Ryan Jaimie Simpkins 387941 Massage Chrissy StitesLMT, CMCE Rest your mind & body. Connect with your spirit. MediCupping & Massage Therapy services for healing 388408 Heart & Sole Healing Space, LLC 5610 Gulf of Mexico Dr Unit 2 Longboat Key, FL 34228 941-263-3948 Painting 387965 PAINTING,INTERIORSARASOTALLC High-End Interior Painting Services CALL OR TEXT 941-900-9398 TODAY! OWNER: DON HUBIAK We only use the finest quality Benjamin Moore paints! FULLY INSURED • OWNER OPERATED Power Washing 387959 ABRACADABRA PRESSURE CLEANING Houses | Cages | Decks Driveways | Roofs | Paver Sealing Douglas | 941.405.5615 | Over 1 5 Years Experience Insured I Free Estimates Rescreening & Repairs 388409 941-345-5264 • Pool Cage Restoration • Rescreening Specialists • Specialty Screens • Paint • Doors and more! Satisfaction ManufactureGuaranteeandWorkmanship Warranties Satisfaction guarantee Pool cage Restoration/ Rescreening specialists specialty screens / eplacement / paint Doors and more! Manufacture and WarrantiesworkmanshipRoofing • Aluminum, Vinyl, & Wood Soffit & Fascia Repair & Installation • Roofing Repair & Installation • Metal Roofing & Tile Roof Repair Specialists Kenneth Fuhlman Inc. Building & Roofing Contractor 941-626-3194 Licensed & Insured CCC - 058059 CBC - 1253936 Transportation 388476 CK LABEL CAR SERVICE Luxury for Less Airport Rides for First Time Customers Next Ride with Booked Referral All Airports, Hourly & www.blacklabelcarservice.comTours 10% off 941-248-4734 Windows 388410 Res./Com. Lic./Ins. Sunset Window & Pressure FCleaning ormerly known as Sunrise WindowsServing Longboat Key Since 2005 Call Tibor for FREE ESTIMATES | 941- 284 - 5880 Purified water window cleaning available!! $150UPTO 25 STANDARD WINDOWS INCLUDING SCREENS, TRACKS, MIRRORS & FANS SPECIAL$500 www.sunsetwindowcleaningsrq.com senior citizen discount. YOURGROWBUSINESS Advertise as low as $85 per week. Call to reserve your ad space: 941-955-4888 YourObserver.com/RedPages Sandra Smith | 941.383.3388 510 BAY ISLES ROAD, SUITE 1 • LONGBOAT KEY, FL (Next to SUNTRUST BANK) CHUBB, AIG, UNIVERSAL, UNITED, SAFECO, PROGRESSIVE, VAULT, FLOOD, WE HAVE YOU COVERED! SECUR-ALL INSURANCE AGENCY 388364 Insurance RED PAGES Bring Results | 941-955-4888

YourObserver.com14B LONGBOAT OBSERVER | THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2022 ■ Total Home Creation ■ Designers on Staﬀ ■ One-of-a-Kind Rugs ■ Chic Gift Boutique ■ World Wide Shipping ■ In-Stock Furniture Styles ■ Immediate Delivery ■ and much more! 3055 FRUITVILLE COMMONS BLVD. 941.900.HOMECLIVEDANIEL.COM(4663) Going east on Fruitville Rd. make a U-Turn at light (Lakewood Ranch Blvd.), then make a right on to Coburn Rd. Go around the circle to Fruitville Commons Blvd., pass Cooper’s Hawk and you will see Clive Daniel Home on the right. inspiration starts here! Monday-Saturday: 10am – 6pm Sunday: 12pm – 5pm NOW INSPIRING IN SARASOTA AWARD-WINNING | INTERIOR DESIGN | FINE FURNISHINGS Fruitville Rd. CoburnRd.Fruitville Commons Blvd. Rest.HawkCooper’s Blvd.RanchLakewoodatU-TURNLight. BlvdRanchLakewoodClive Daniel Home U IB26001785 Customer Parking BestArtsWINNER!AwardShowroomNationwide! CDH-OBSERVER-FP SAT-SEPT22-2022.indd 1 9/17/22 12:44 PM 388150-1