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Town, north-end neighbors work together to upgrade popular seaside spot . PAGE 2

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Ruff’s last set

Bob Ruff’s family and friends played one last set for “the professor of tennis” on Oct. 16. Ruff, who notably organized the Ruff Group on Longboat Key and organized thousands of men’s tennis games over the years, died in July at age 93.

Those celebrating came dressed in their best tennis whites — which Ruff’s daughter Kay said he himself preferred to wear — and played one last set as a memorial at the Longboat Key Club’s Tennis Gardens, where Ruff sometimes sent players from the Ruff Group.

The Key Club General Manager Rick Konsavage and Director of Tennis Briana Francois presented the Ruff family with a portrait of Ruff by Mary Lou Johnson. As friends and family, including Ruff’s daughters, Kay and Liz Rutledge, shared stories of the man, Kay said there was a lot of “love” on the court that day.

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Residents worry rules might require raising new mobile homes more than 10 feet off ground. PAGE 3 Mark Bergin

Norma and Tom McCarthy stand outside their Gulfshore home. The couple has lived in Longboat Key since 2001 and made Gulfshore their full-time residence in 2009.

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Until Oct. 24, you can enter your own photo of Longboat Key into a contest to win a spot of honor on the wall of Town Hall.

In honor of Florida City Government Week, the town is hosting the photo contest to capture the essence of Longboat Key. To enter, post your photo to Instagram with the hashtag #BestOfLBKPhoto. The winner will be announced Oct. 25, and their photo will hang in the hallway at Town Hall through the end of the year.

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Taylor Engineering captured this drone footage of the public beach entrance at 100 North Shore Road.

Plans begin to take shape for new North Shore beach entrance North-end residents have advocated for improvements to the beach entrance at 100 North Shore Road.

MARK BERGIN STAFF WRITER

There probably isn’t anyone who can better express the desires Longboat Key residents have for a new north-end beach entrance than a man who lives next door.

Roger Field, a resident of the 360 North town home community, is helping assist the communication between the town and the LBK North community group in the plan to update the beach entrance at 100 North Shore Road.

“When people drive up or come up to it, we want it to be aesthetically pleasing,” Field said.

“Right now, it’s not an eyesore.

It’s just that we’ve done this beautiful beach, and we need to have a nice entrance to the beach, and we don’t have that right now.”

The town is finishing its $36

million beach renourishment project, work that came in more than $2 million under budget.

With some of the savings, town officials hope to spruce up the island’s favorite beach spot.

Co m m i ss i o n e r M a u re e n Merrigan said the project is needed but that she was happy the town planned to add posts and rope to the entrance in the interim.

“When we were going through the budget review process, there was a commitment from the town and agreement from the commissioners that when we finish up, as

we’re doing the beach renourishment project, that should be one of the last pieces that’s do on it,” Merrigan said.

Town Projects Manager Charlie Mopps declined to provide an estimated cost on the cost to update the North Shore beach entrance.

However, Mopps said the estimated the $2.85 million in savings from beach renourishment would be put toward the project.

“This … was never really part of the beach nourishment project but as part of the commission listening to the north-end residents and north-end coalition about doing a beautification on one of the heaviest-used public access points that we have,” Mopps said.

Mopps met with Omar Lopez of Taylor Engineering last week at the beach entrance along North Shore Road to discuss the town’s needs and for the company to provide aerial drone footage of the vicinity. Mopps said the plan would be to develop 3D renderings of beach entrance designs based on Taylor’s footage.

“Between now and December, all of the chain-link fence is coming down,” Mopps said. “The majority of the signs, because we have a lot of sign pollution in here, those will come down.”

Once the renderings are developed and a design agreed upon, Mopps said the Florida Department of Environmental Protection typically takes 30-90 days for the permitting process.

Mopps said Public Works has already purchased the posts and rope to replace the fencing as part of the overall face-lift. The plan is the new system would direct beachgoers to the new entrance and away from private property.

“We want to protect 360

North’s property,” Mopps said.

Field said the proximity to Greer Island makes the North Shore entrance appealing to the public.

“This is a drop-off beach,” Field said. “In other words, people drive up, and they’re on the beach when they get out the vehicle, and then there’s a roundabout, and they drive away.

“The other beaches, you park, you walk through a path, and you go 50 yards, and you get to the beach. Then you go 50 yards you get to the ocean. Here, you’re at the ocean when you get here.”

Additionally, the sand dredging on the north end created a much larger beach than what had previously existed. Mopps said it also allows for access for emergency vehicles to the north tip of Greer Island.

The consensus among town leaders and residents was the kind of message a new entrance would send to beachgoers.

“I think it’ll make a huge difference for the residents who are proud of our beaches and have family down and want to show off our beaches, and it sets the stage for visitors or people who come to that area,” Merrigan said. “It sets the stage for how we care about our beaches.”

Field explained how it felt to make a difference in his community in a collaborative effort.

“All of us on the team want to have a beautiful beach for everyone,” Field said. “That’s kind of what’s driving the whole effort.

“We’re proud of what’s been done, and we’re proud of this whole area. We want people to enjoy the beach.”

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A STEP TOO FAR? Potential new rules that hold the line on flood-insurance rates concern owners of mobile homes, who say the new standards would be expensive, hard to navigate.

MARK BERGIN STAFF WRITER

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orma and Tom McCarthy have lived in Longboat Key’s Gulfshore community since 2001, years before they decided to make their Florida home permanent in 2009.

Now they fear that new requirements on the height for new or renovated mobile homes could force them to find a new slice of retirement paradise elsewhere.

“We’d no longer be able to live here,” Norma McCarthy said. “If every house has to be that height, look at us. There’s no way we can Above: Iris White demonstrates how much higher she would need to elevate her home if the new height regulations are approved by the Town Commission and if she wanted to make changes to her home.

Right: Donita Anderson’s family has called Gulfshore home for nearly 40 years

Many homes in Gulfshore are already elevated, but none meets the proposed requirements the Longboat Key Town Commission is considering.

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do 16-17 steps.”

On Nov. 1, the Longboat Key Town Commission is set to hold a second reading to consider whether to change the town’s code to eliminate a height exemption for mobile homes and make them follow similar elevation rules as site-built homes. At issue is whether the town is willing to reduce its federal discount on flood insurance to help Longboat Key’s two mobile home parks, Gulfshore and Twin Shores.

The proposed changes would not affect existing units. They would only affect new units and those renovated beyond 50% of their value.

The town participates in the National Flood Insurance Program and the supporting Community Rating System. Longboat Key is rated a Class 6 community, providing 20% discounts on about 9,700 applicable flood insurance policies townwide.

Based on changes in the NFIP CRS made Jan. 12, the town is required to amend its code to eliminate height exceptions for manufactured homes, or the town would be downgraded to a Class 9 community with a 5% discount.

The latest NFIP policy report indicates the town’s CRS status as a Class 6 Community has resulted in an average discount per floodinsurance policy of $188, and total cumulative community savings for all NFIP policies of about $1.8 million. If Longboat Key sticks with the status quo and falls to Class 9, average policy savings would be approximately $47 per policy, and the aggregate savings total would be $456,877. “(It’s) a fairly significant penalty,” Planning, Zoning and Building Director Allen Parsons told the Town Commission on Oct. 4.

The exemption on the books for FEMA flood zone requires 3 feet above grade if replaced.

The actual heights required by the new rules depend on location, even within a particular community.

Closer to Sarasota Bay, where land is lower, there is the potential for new heights in the 8- or 9-foot range above the existing heights, which are mostly in the 1- to 3-foot range. Elsewhere, on land higher, the requirements would be less.

The town is required to have the new policy in place before the next CRS audit, which can happen any time after Jan. 1, 2022.

Gulfshore community Association Manager Fred Bez said conversations began with the town last fall. Bez and Iris White, the president of Gulfshore of Longboat Key, said that the proposed changes would be difficult to complete.

“I think it’s putting such a hardship on a community that is

confined in the space we have,” White said.

Bez said none of Gulfshore’s 178 homes fit the new height criteria the town is considering. In addition to raising the homes, residents could be required to increase the height of both stairwells to their homes, relocate air conditioning units and manage to keep space for parking.

“It’s the cost,” White said.

“There’s multiple hardships here for a community that’s been … incorporated since 1996. It’s been here since 1948.”

White has lived in Gulfshore since 1992, served as the president for 14 years and been on the board for 16 years. She said that she hasn’t had problems with flooding.

“I live out on the end, and only once have we had water that’s came into the grassy area,” White said. “I feel safe, but it can happen anywhere as far as that goes.”

Bez believes that if the Town Commission approves the changes, it will result in the depreciation of property values in the Gulfshore community. He said some people will not put in a new unit because of physical and financial restrictions.

Donita Anderson, 68, said her family has called Gulfshore home for nearly 40 years. Anderson’s family lives right across from the McCarthys.

“The proposed changes are pushing the envelope — and that’s being kind,” Anderson said.

“Right now, all the growth on this island is very obvious, and it’s a push I feel to get rid of this site and build up something.”

Anderson’s fiance, Alan Ross, agreed on the hardships the proposed changes would have.

“They’re basically saying that we have to raise these 11 feet,” Ross said. “I think what they’ll find is a lot of these old people cannot climb those stairs.”

Bez and White pointed out how many people in the Gulfshore community voted to incorporate Longboat Key in 1955. Bez said that he found it ironic given the current situation.

“We supported this community,” Norma McCarthy said. “We continue to support it and hope our children will be able to continue to support our way of living.

“It’s not just a trailer park. It’s a community.”

Norma McCarthy’s husband had another way of putting it.

“It’s close to heaven,” Tom McCarthy said of the Gulfshore community. “If heaven is this nice, I’d like to go there one day.”

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Commissioners discuss future plans at retreat Longboat Key leaders discussed several projects, including future of the town center.

Harmer said the town has decided to look into pursuing a roundabout at Longboat Club Road as part of the GMD Corridor Study.

There was also some discussion about reducing speed limits on GMD and about the state’s plans for a pilot program testing out different kinds of crosswalks along GMD.

MARK BERGIN STAFF WRITER

The Longboat Key Town Commission on Monday set aside some time to discuss 2022 initiatives in a retreat setting at the Seaplace clubhouse.

Although no votes were possible, commissioners covered a broad range of topics, including: TOWN CENTER DEVELOPMENTS

Completing the outdoor town center venue along with phase two improvements and building a stage are among the town’s 2022 strategic plan initiatives.

Phase two work includes walkways, lightning, bathrooms and land preparations for the planned addition of a performance stage.

The Longboat Key Foundation is helping the town coordinate private fundraising for the 50-foot-wide permanent stage between the Longboat Key Public Tennis Center and the Shoppes of Bay Isles.

“I’ve had one contact so far from a family that sounds very interested in doing a namingrights-size contribution to the project,” Mayor Ken Schneier said.

Schneier did not specify which

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Although the Longboat Library lease runs to June 15, 2024, the commission discussed the possibility of adding a Sarasota County-operated library.

The town’s library at 555 Bay Isles Road is a privately run, nonprofit staffed and operated by volunteers. Longboat Key is the only municipality in Sarasota County without a public library.

Longboat Key’s lease where the current library sits at 555 Bay Isles Road has a 90-termination clause for the town to transition to a county-operated system.

Town Manager Tom Hamer said the town has had discussions with Sarasota County leaders “for

years” about a county-operated library, though no commitments have been made.

On Monday, commissioners discussed what purpose a new library would serve.

“We need like the equivalent of a student union center or a community center, and the students are the community,” Commissioner Sherry Dominick said.

Commissioners discussed a need for a place to gather, hold presentations and classes.

“I am a little skeptical about our library because as soon as you built it, it’s almost obsolete,” Dominick said. “I mean, that’s been my experience with libraries, and in this day and age, you build it, and then your equipment isn’t up to date.

“But if it’s just a meeting facility, that’s a different issue.”

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Commissioners discussed the possibility two roundabouts on Gulf Mexico Drive: one at Broadway and another at Longboat Club Drive, both long-discussed potential projects.

“The Broadway roundabout is first,” Harmer said. “That project, we’ve already gone through what’s called a (Project Development and Environment) study with the state, and we’re now moving into the design.

Harmer said the town is funded to do the design of the GMD/ Broadway roundabout.

“Once the design is done, then we do lobbying the state for funding the actual construction,” Harmer said. “We haven’t done any of that advanced planning or design with the (proposed) Longboat Club roundabout.”

Following the town’s June 2020 sewage-line break, commissioners determined that dealing with the town’s single pipeline to the mainland should be the highest priority.

Longboat Key leaders waiting to hear back from the Florida Department of Environmental Protection on plans to conduct a pipe reassessment, which Harmer said the town planned to conduct even before the sewage leak.

“We’ve presented to them the methodology and technology, and we just need to get their thumbs up,” Harmer said.

Harmer said the FDEP leaders in Tallahassee are reviewing the town’s plans. In July, the state approved the town’s proposed environmental projects totaling about $290,822 to fulfill a consent order. It includes adding an upgraded flow meter and three pre-eminent bypass pumps at lift stations in the wastewater collection system.

“You’d think that would be a pretty urgent thing for them,” Commissioner Penny Gold said.

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and others are accustomed to Zoom, Goldfarb is looking forward to a strong season. About 95% of the former Longboat Key Education Center’s teachers came to the temple with Goldfarb, and there are 15 new ones speaking to a variety of subjects including how to love your dog and an inside look at the CIA. “We’re doing very, very well with memberships,” Goldfarb said. “People are supporting us.

They’re sending their memberships, and they’re just thrilled to think that they can come back to a place that’s still going to be there for them. I think that the gratitude is showing up in the membership because they’re just thinking, ‘Wow, we’re just so happy that the Education Center is being restructured and being everything we had enjoyed in the past.’ Hopefully, there will be a lot more, too, because I now have Isaac Azerad and the temple guys to help me, and now we’ve got a lot more input people.”

There are a lot of class topics carrying over from the past Education Center, but the teachers are bringing the usual new spin to them — American history courses change every year so students can keep taking classes with their favorite teachers.

The switch to Zoom due to the pandemic hurt the Education Center on Longboat Key during its final season. Goldfarb used to see hundreds of students pass through the halls every day during season, while in 2020 she saw about five live people a week.

The classes at the TBI Education Center will be both in person and virtual, and the lecture hall is bigger and can accommodate more students safely.

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Brandi Johnson will take students through movements that mimic getting out of a car, going up and down stairs, and walking on uneven ground. Class is $66 for members and $78 for nonmembers.

Welcome to the CIA: From 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Feb. 4-11, John Rixse will teach students about the CIA, going deeper than what’s typically available. Rixse was a former member of the national intelligence community and will share his personal experiences. Class is $40 for members and $45 for nonmembers.

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classes, there would be 700 or 800 in a season, but there are about 175 different programs,” Goldfarb said. “We don’t know from registrations whether people are going to mostly take Zoom or mostly be in person, but we have provided a hybrid for about 90% of our programming, except for the concerts.”

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‘Under the rule of fools’ POLITICIANS AND ECONOMISTS IGNORE THIS LESSON — AT OUR EXPENSE The following is excerpted from “Economics in One Lesson,” by Henry Hazlitt, published in 1946:

MATT WALSH

Today’s inflation shows the ignorance and stupidity of politicians.

History is rife with its tragic consequences.

F

or the past few months, we have abandoned what typically was our priority in this space — to comment on local, regional and Florida affairs.

We have done so in large measure because not since the malaise spawned by President Jimmy Carter in the late 1970s have we seen national affairs so off course and heading in the wrong direction.

At the same time, it often appears much of the news media have failed to report and/or expose the dire consequences that are about to befall us as a result of decisions the politicians are making in Washington, D.C. Indeed, when you think about all that is going wrong with the U.S. economy now — and certainly Florida and Floridians are feeling the effects — all of these maladies are government inflicted. They are a result of politicians who apparently have scant or no knowledge of history or, worse, who ignore the realities of history.

Just consider a few of these maladies that are most top of mind among Americans today: n Higher gasoline and oil prices. n Higher food prices. n Higher construction prices. n Labor shortages. n Food shortages. n Construction material shortages. n Retail merchandise shortages. n Supply-chain bottlenecks (e.g., not enough truck drivers to deliver everything). n Rising labor costs and strikes.

We’ll stop there. We see and feel those ailments every day.

But the list actually is much longer (student loans in default, cost of college tuition, rising housing prices, lack of antiCOVID medicines other than

“There is a second main factor that spawns new economic fallacies every day. This is the persistent tendency of men to see only the immediate effects of a given policy, or its effects only on a special group, and to neglect to Henry Hazlitt inquire what the long-run effects of that policy will be not only on that special group but on all groups.

“It is the fallacy of overlooking secondary consequences.

“In this lies almost the whole difference between good economics and bad.

“The bad economist sees only what immediately strikes the eye; the good economist also looks beyond.

“The bad economist sees only the direct consequences of a proposed course; the good economist looks also at the

government-funded vaccines, and on and on).

Let’s not ignore, either, the criminally high national debt and annual federal deficits.

We’ll say it again: Our federal government — President Joe Biden, former President Donald Trump, Congresses past and present in 2020 and 2021, and the Washington bureaucrats — is the cause of all of our economic ills.

It is as simple as this: Whenever government intervenes in the marketplace, it tilts the table off balance.

And at this moment, from March 2020 through today, Washington politicians have caused all of our economic ills by doing what governments have always done: resorted to inflation — the printing of too much money — to make the citizenry feel good now.

Last week we reminded you how that was one of the causes of the fall of the Roman Empire around 400 A.D. Even before that, the Greeks’ supreme leader, Solon, tried inflating the money supply as early as 594 B.C. And you can make a list longer than the one above of governments that have resorted to inflation

Shame on America’s newspapers Like many millions of Americans, we are among those disappointed, disheartened and often disgusted with the decline and deceit in American journalism — mostly at the national level.

And now this: Tucked in the bowels of Congress’ reconciliation bill is the Local Journalism Sustainability Act.

It sounds like a good cause, but it is legislation that would provide three tax credits (e.g., subsidies) intended to benefit newspaper companies with fewer than 1,000 employees — in short, most newspapers.

The credits (for five years): n Up to a $250 tax credit per year to consumers who buy

longer and indirect consequences.

“The bad economist sees only what the effect of a given policy has been or will be on one particular group; the good economist inquires also what the effect of the policy will be on all groups.

“The distinction may seem obvious. The precaution of looking for all the consequences of a given policy to everyone may seem elementary. “… Yet when we enter the field of public economics, these elementary truths are ignored.

“From this aspect, therefore, the whole of economics can be reduced to a single lesson, and that lesson can be reduced to a single sentence. The art of economics consists in looking not merely at the immediate but at the longer effects of any act or policy; It consists in tracing the consequences of that policy not merely for one group but for all groups.

“Nine-tenths of the economic fallacies that are working such dreadful harm in the world today are the result of ignoring this lesson.”

as a quick fix to the economic disasters they have created: France in the late 1780s; Germany and France, 1920s; China, 1940s; the U.S., 194648, 1950-51, 1969-71, 1973-82, 2008 and 2020-21. Of course, in South America, inflation is a life-destroying way of life.

But the people running our government and the world’s governments never learn. And the reason they don’t learn is they are always concerned more about themselves, their popularity and the here and now than they are concerned about the long-term consequences of what they do.

The late Henry Hazlitt (18941993), one of this nation’s greatest economic journalists, chief editorial writer for The New York Times when it was a respectable newspaper and a founding board member of the Foundation of Economic Education, captured this ignorance of consequences in his seminal book “Economics in One Lesson.”

Hazlitt described it as “the fallacy of overlooking secondary consequences” (see box).

“The bad economist sees only what immediately strikes the eye;

subscriptions. n A $25,000 tax credit for the newspaper company for every journalist it employs for the first year; up to a $15,000 credit for subsequent years. n Up to a $5,000 tax credit for businesses that advertise in newspapers in year one; $2,500 per year thereafter.

No surprise, newspaper trade organizations and newspapers (not this one) are strongly supporting this.

Shame on them. These credits

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the good economist also looks beyond,” Hazlitt wrote in 1946.

While Hazlitt lit into bad economists, you can easily replace the word “economist” with “politician.”

When the pandemic spread in early 2020, and the Washington politicians and health officials panicked, they led the charge to shut down the nation’s economy.

What did they do to solve the problem? Predictably, they printed billions of billions of new dollars and handed out the money to people and businesses.

They flooded the market with dollars at the same time productivity was contracting.

For all of 2021, we have had more dollars trying to buy fewer goods. Demand for goods is far outstripping supply. Voila!

Prices for everything are rising.

There is no end in sight to this, either. Biden, in fact, is making the economic situation worse with every step he takes. Firing workers who are not vaccinated?

That will compound the shortages. Brilliant.

With inflation running at 5.4% and headed higher, economists polled by The Wall Street Journal are forecasting years of rising prices and interest rates and years before supplies of goods and labor come into balance.

You know it’s going to get worse. We’ve been there. We saw it under Jimmy Carter, a misery index that popped off the charts.

Brace yourselves.

Compounding the misery are the Democrats in Congress trying to force into law $2 trillion, $3 trillion, $5 trillion in new federal spending. That tells you how little history they know, how little they think of consequences beyond today and how dangerously stupid they are.

All of this reminds us of the famous warning from Plato: “If you do not take an interest in the affairs of your government, then you are doomed to live under the rule of fools.”

are exactly what newspapers have railed about for decades — special favors for special interests.

Why not credits for small retailers? Restaurateurs? Small grocers? Construction companies?

Sadly, many publishers don’t see the hypocrisy. As Milton Friedman noted about subsidies: What unearned benefit you give to one, you must make another pay more.

— M.W.

“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.”

Friedrich Hayek

“Road to Serfdom,” 1944

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investigate reported seeing and hearing only guests leaving and saying their goodbyes. The person who called to complain was informed about the outcome of the officer’s investigation.

TRY A LITTLE SOAP 4:45 a.m., 2100 block of Gulf of Mexico Drive Rescue assist: Police were called to accompany fire-rescue personnel on a call involving a person struggling to remove a ring from their finger. Fire-rescue units arrived and began helping with the jewelry removal and relayed to a police officer that law enforcement assistance on the case was not necessary.

NO FISHING 12:20 a.m., Longboat Pass Bridge Juvenile: A group of juveniles left by the time an officer could arrive in response to a call about people fishing from the span.

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ALL IS WELL 9:51 p.m., 6300 block of Gulf of Mexico Drive Welfare check: Police began re-

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GREEN FOR GO (TOO FAST) 12:30 p.m., near Greer Island Boating warning: An officer on marine patrol duty spotted a green vessel proceeding faster than allowed in a slow-speed, minimum-wake zone. The officer stopped the boat and instructed its operator on proper procedures in such restricted areas. The operator was also served with a verbal warning.

SSSHHH! 9:56 p.m., 600 block of Broadway Street Noise complaints from land: Police responded a second time to a noise complaint at a party.

Upon arrival, the officer sent to

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STANDING BY 12:12 p.m., 500 block of Sutton Way Citizen assist: An officer was dispatched to a home to be present while a person retrieved personal property under a court order. The officer assisted the person without incident.

ALL GOOD 4:30 p.m., Gulf of Mexico off Broadway Street beach Miscellaneous boating: The town’s marine patrol officer was requested to assist with the potential rescue of a personal watercraft operator about 1,000 yards off the beach who seemed to be in distress. Upon his arrival at the scene, beach patrol officers from Bradenton Beach advised all was in order and there was no need for emergency services.

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H2-OH 9:42 a.m., 700 block of Fox Street Citizen assist: Fire-rescue personnel and police came to a home experiencing water problems. As the police officer arrived, a fire-rescue staffer said the problem had been repaired at the residence’s water meter.

CAR PARTS UNKNOWN 7:30 p.m., 600 block of Gulf of Mexico Drive Roadway hazard: An officer on patrol removed a large plastic automotive part from the travel lanes. The work was captured on the officer’s patrol vehicle camera.

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A FEW BRICKS SHORT 12:17 p.m., 2300 block of Gulf of Mexico Drive Citizen dispute: A man who came to Longboat Key from out of town to pick up 2,400 square feet of used brick told a police officer he had only been given half of what he was promised and was unable to get the remainder. The contractor who had made arrangements with the man was not available, and the man said he had no receipt

for the cash transaction. Police told him the matter was civil in nature and would have to be handled in the courts. The man said he would try to work it out with the contractor and left with a case number and a police business card with which to refer.

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BUBBLING FORTH 7:58 a.m., 600 block of Rountree Drive Citizen assist: Callers to police alerted officers to water rising out of a storm drain and flooding the street, though it was not raining. An officer arrived, assessed where the water was coming from and contact the Public Works Department. Town workers determined a nearby construction project might have damaged a back-flow water line.

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NO SUPPLY-CHAIN CRISIS THIS MORNING 7 a.m., 6800 block of Longboat Drive South Noise complaints from the land: Police came to a neighborhood to investigate a report of work noise before permitted hours but learned the workers had simply made a noisy delivery of materials and left.

No one was present when an officer arrived.

NO ONE TO BE FOUND 5:10 p.m., 7000 block of Gulf of Mexico Drive Juvenile problem: Police were sent to the Longboat Pass Bridge on a report of two young jumpers from the bridge. A check of the area around the bridge and in the nearby water revealed no one who might have jumped.

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Community Outreach and Marketing Manager Donna Sharp Blaney said that more than 50 people became part of the LBK Paradise Striders team for the morning. The Longboat Key team was one of the top 10 fundraising teams for the October walk and raised $5,800 for the American Cancer Society. Usually, the team joins the larger Sarasota walk at Nathan Benderson Park, but Sharp Blaney and Executive Director Suzy Brenner organized a satellite walk right at home this year.

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said. “Not only was it more convenient to walk right here on Longboat Key, but with COVID, we thought our Longboat team might be more comfortable in a smaller gathering.”

After the walk, sponsors set up tables with Turtle Coffee Bar’s coffee and bagel bites, Thirsty Snail’s bubble teas, Nature’s Gem’s CBD, Luminary Dermatology’s sunscreen, Total Air Solutions’ bottled water and Gold Coast Distributors sparkling wine. Walkers could also get a free mini-massage from Longboat Massage’s Liz Yerkes and Feel Good Yoga and Massage’s Debby Debile.

“We had beautiful weather for the walk and really had a great time,” Brenner said. “Lots of fun photos with silly props, and a few dogs joined the walk too, which always makes people smile.

“We’re already looking forward to doing it again next October.”

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mid Sarasota’s blockbuster creative outlets resides a smaller, funkier venue that aims to stay that way.

Urbanite Theatre offers creative, out-of-the-box shows “written by the next generation of playwrights that write culturally and socially relevant material,” says Brendan Ragan, the theater’s co-artistic director. “These are the people who are on the verge of fame.”

This season, called “Radiance,” includes themes that range from an Irish immigrant looking to make it as an American writer to a wake for a drag queen. All the plays are staged in the theater’s 75-seat venue at 1487 Second St., a black-box-style performance space that offers directors flexibility in staging.

Ragan says that the hiatus brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic gave Urbanite Theatre a chance to “reflect, reorganize and polish our model and policies to be better for all,” referring to a $300,000 fundraising initiative to assist in the move to a five-day workweek, raising the minimum wage so all actors are paid at Equity Union scale “and interns earning a decent living.”

Over the summer, as a means of satisfying a goal to perform safely amid COVID-19, Urbanite hosted outdoor play readings at both Hermitage Artist Retreat and at Selby Botanical Gardens at Spanish Point.

Eventually, weather brought those outdoor productions to a halt. Still, the group has kept busy.

Another creative production offered during the pandemic was “Safe House” — an interac-

tive, walk-through experience.

The production did not feature a traditional theater seating, there were no live performers, and the presentation could be seen only by four people indoors at Urbanite Theatre.

“We also hosted an online, female playwright festival that was a playwright contest celebrating women in theater,” Ragan says, adding that Urbanite received 300 national submissions. “We whittled the submissions to three finalists, and they had only a week of development to put it together. It was our part in leveling the playing field” in an industry where most playwrights are men.

A gem emerged. “A Skeptic and a Bruja” will be a full production this year at Urbanite and tells the story of Priscilla who buys a home in the middle of nowhere with hopes of turning it into a bed and breakfast. When she starts having paranormal experiences, she calls Sam and Jess from a hit ghosthunting show to help. No one is prepared for the haunting they encounter thereafter. The play is a world premiere and written by Rosa Fernandez.

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from Oct. 29 to Dec. 5. Written and performed by Terry Guest, the play features a drag star in rural Georgia who welcomes the audience to her wake after recently dying of complications from AIDS. “This show opens our season and is one of those rare productions that is immensely funny and joyful while exploring complex, meaningful cultural matters,” Ragan says. “It’s the perfect show to reopen with after what we’ve all been through over the last 18 months.

“Even as it contemplates death, it’s full of life.”

Ragan directs another show in the season called “The Smuggler” about an Irish immigrant who wants to be a writer in America but struggles to find his path.

This show’s theme is appealing because the actor plays 10 characters and uses 9,000 words of rhyming verse.

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Ragan says he and his co-artistic director, Summer Wallace, expect their new season to be sensational.

“We started Urbanite in 2015 and recognized at the time that while Sarasota has a tremendous arts and culture scene, there was a niche left unserved,” Ragan says. “We realized contemporary plays in a black-box theater would be a perfect fit. When we opened, we sold out to a full house, and the response from the patrons was, ‘What took you so long to start this?’”

Small, intimate theater in a black-box format is its product, and Urbanite wants to stay that way.

“We don’t want to grow so big that we have to find new, bigger home,” he says. “It would change both the product and what we produce. Small makes us special.

We have to appeal to a smaller slice of the overall pie and keep our theater at 75 seats versus 500 or more like other venues.”

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ith the help of several task forces, St. Armands Key Lutheran Church is looking at the future of the church post-pandemic. Church leaders, such as Membership Development Chair Michael Bodnyk and Post-COVID Chair Steve Gunderson, realize that now that the floodgates of technology in church have opened, they can’t be shut.

“The task forces were a byproduct of COVID, and the reason for them was we realized early on that the church will be different after COVID settles,” Bodnyk said. “I think every nonprofit organization, every arts organization, every business is dealing with the same thing.

“There’s just these new realities that you have to confront, and I was one of the people championing these conversations because it’s kind of easy to get left behind, and I wanted to make sure that we as a church were discussing this and planning for it and that we would be ready to move when things opened up a bit.”

The biggest thing the church learned is that it can’t move forward without a virtual presence in pretty much all the programs offered. More than a year of virtual services and online exercise classes made it inevitable. Each task force focuses on this in a different way — the governance task force is figuring out how to bring the voices of virtual members into the bylaws, the membership development task force is looking at expanding the virtual programs for both those who are flung far

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Left: Michael Bodnyk and Justin Kaiser, who runs audio and video for the church. Kaiser’s role has magnified in the past year and a half, and the bigger scope is here to stay.

Above: Catalina and Sienna Campbell bop balloons with Nina Vannucci at a community movie night.

“I wanted to make sure that we as a church were discussing this and planning for it and that we would be ready to move when things opened up a bit.”

— Michael Bodnyk

and wide and those who prefer to stay safe at home, and the postCOVID task force is redefining some classic church activities to fit them into a virtual landscape.

“It’s very exciting to redefine the mission and the ministry of a church based on all that we have learned during the pandemic,”

Gunderson said. “In particular, we have learned that we must become a church that serves both on-site and online, which also means that we expand the territory of our congregation or our church from mainly in Sarasota to one that literally serves people who are located across much of the country.”

Gunderson, who is also the president of the congregation, said that the church is trying to focus on bringing in new members. There’s a lot of outreach geared toward new residents who moved to the area during the pandemic, as well as families looking for more community.

“We have a lot of destination attendees, but we also know that we are the only church on the island, and we need to serve that community and be a church available for them, even if it’s just for using the facilities,” Gunderson

said. “In other words, being the good neighbor we claim to be.”

There is some overlap between Gunderson and Bodnyk’s task forces. The membership development task force is looking at two big areas: how to reach out into the community and how to keep church attendees and members engaged. That means developing a combination of religious and community programs, such as bridge, movie nights and concerts on Bodnyk’s end. For Gunderson, that means ramping up the focus on the audio and video quality of church services and finding ways to keep virtual members engaged in communion and Christian education programs including Bible study and fellowship.

“Two weeks ago, we had a baptism, and one of the sponsors was a couple that stood up online,” Gunderson said. “They were not in the church, but we literally had the tablet there, and they did the vows as a sponsor. … That’s a really good example of what a post-COVID church will prob-

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“Imagine, even if there’s not a pandemic, and you have a baptism here in Florida from a family that moved from the Midwest, and the sister and brother in law that they want to sponsor, … now they can be sponsors via technology.”

The task forces have been busy for months developing plans that are now being put into place. The governance task force is moving forward with an annual meeting to revise bylaws, while the postCOVID and membership development task forces are starting to implement best practices.

“As you walk around St. Armands and Bird Key and Lido Key, St. Armands (Key Lutheran Church) is the sort of neighborhood church, and we would like to work with our local communities and see how we can serve them, not just at church on Sunday mornings but what can we do during the week that can be beneficial to them too,” Bodnyk said.

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early eight out of 10 Longboat Key residents no longer work — for pay — but keeping busy with packed volunteering and philanthropic

schedules often demands more time than a 40-hour workweek. Retirement is a participation sport, as far

You won’t find island residents propping up their feet and watching the days go by.

as many on Longboat are concerned. Many island residents with high-powered past lives see the postcareer years as extra opportunities for fulfillment.

BOB GAULT

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Stress had become Bob Gault’s enemy by the time he retired in 2006 from a 44-year career in the theme park industry. The last 15 years had been with Universal Studios as the CEO of Universal Orlando Resort, and after years of opening Universal Studios Japan and serving as president of SeaWorld, he figured he’d had a good run.

“Shannon was smart,” Gault said of his wife. “She said, ‘Look, if I’m going to Japan, I’m going to have some property back here where we can plant the flag.’

And I said: ‘Yeah, let’s find out. Let’s find a place to retire before we make this major commitment.’ So we bought property here in ’97, which is the smartest thing we ever did on Longboat.”

In the corporate world, Gault couldn’t really shift responsibilities to other colleagues as he prepared to retire bit by bit.

So one day he went to work, and then the next day he didn’t.

Although Gault’s job had become a seven days a week, 12 hours a day affair, he was ready to let go. He stayed active during his working years and retired

looking forward to starting fresh hobbies.

“There’s an old saying: ‘If you are what you do, and then you don’t, you’re not,’” Gault said. “I’ve always been active. I love boating. I love golf. I love a lot of this stuff. I couldn’t do what I wanted to when I was working, so I was really happy to have the freedom of time. I wasn’t one of those people who had my whole sense of meaning so wrapped up in what I did.

I had other interests.”

Gault had the freedom to fill his time differently. Like many, he didn’t take much of a pause before pursuing passion projects. He joined the Kiwanis Club of Longboat Key and took his career talents in marine life and finance to the board of Mote Marine Laboratory and Aquarium and the Longboat Key Chamber of Commerce and even joined the finance committee at his church in Sarasota.

“That’s basically my life plus just enjoying a beautiful view of the bay and the birds and the dolphin and the manatees,” Gault said. “I’m on all kinds of boards, and I’m just so active all the time, but the stuff I do is meaningful.”

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Carol Erker and her husband, Bob, retired in 2014 and decided that they didn’t want to just be snowbirds flying back and forth every year to escape Chicago winters.

Erker knew joining a Rotary Club was part of the plan for retirement, so when she saw a blurb in the Longboat Observer that a group was starting a club on Longboat Key, she jumped in and became part of the founding group in October 2014.

“I figured it was a good way to meet

people and to understand what’s going on in the greater community and have an opportunity for service too because I figured, ‘Wow, now that I’m not working 60 hours a week, I’ll have time for service,’” Erker said. “Sometimes it gets busy, but for the most part, it’s a positive focus, and I’ve made some very good friends in the organization over the years.”

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Erker was a transactional attorney in her life before Longboat and had her own firm. Some of her expertise still comes in handy when writing club bylaws or coming up with a use agreement for event facilities.

“I find that that background is helpful,” Erker said. “I didn’t think I would be doing that much ‘work’ in my retirement.”

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“I just turned 73, but at age 71 I decided I wanted to play a musical instrument,” Rich said. “I mean, I didn’t even make my eighth grade choir, but I decided to learn how to play an organ. Actually, we’ve upsized a couple of times on organs. I have an audience of two when I play — our two little Havanese dogs.”

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COMMUNITY MONDAY, NOV. 1

BLOOD DRIVE From 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Christ Church of Longboat Key, 6400 Gulf of Mexico Drive, donate blood with OneBlood. All donors receive a free blanket, $10 e-gift card and wellness checkup.

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RECURRING EVENTS MONDAYS

STRETCH & STRENGTHEN From 10-11 a.m. at The Paradise Center, 546 Bay Isles Road.

Focus is on strength-training and flexibility for balance. Suzy Brenner leads the class. Fee is $10. Walk-ins are welcome. Call 383-6493.

THINKING OUT LOUD: TIMELY TOPICS WITH MIKE KARP From 1-2:30 p.m. at The Paradise Center, 546 Bay Isles Road.

Topics will include U.S. and world current affairs, popular culture and topics relevant to seniors. Cost is $10. Walk-ins are welcome. Call 383-6493.

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Qi gong is a mind-body-spirit practice designed to improve mental and physical health.

Class is outdoors, weather permitting. Cost is $10. Walk-ins are welcome. Call 383-6493.

MAHJONG From 1-3 p.m. at The Paradise Center, 546 Bay Isles Road. Fun time for experienced players.

To check availability at the tables or to be put on a waitlist for a beginner class, RSVP by emailing MaryAnnBrady@ TheParadiseCenter.org or calling 383-6493.

ROTARY CLUB Meets at 5 p.m. virtually on Zoom, every first and third Tuesday. Call Nancy Rozance at 203-605-4066, or email info@ LongboatKeyRotary.org.

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TUESDAYS

GRIEVE NOT ALONE At 2 p.m. at The Paradise Center, 546 Bay Isles Road. This new peer-support group will bring together people who have experienced the loss of a loved one. Refreshments are served.

RSVP by calling 383-6493.

QI GONG From 10-11 a.m. at The Paradise

SUNDAY, OCT. 31

FRIGHT NIGHT ON ST. ARMANDS From 6-8:30 p.m., head to St. Armands Circle for the 13th anniversary of this event.

Storefronts hand out candy and host ghosts in their windows, while statues are dressed in their most spirited couture. Call 388-1554.

HULA From 11 a.m. to noon at The Paradise Center, 546 Bay Isles Road. Join Debby White for a hula class. Cost is $10. Call 3836493.

TAI CHI From 10-11 a.m. at The Paradise Center, 546 Bay Isles Road.

Class is outdoors, weather permitting. Cost is $10. Walk-ins are welcome. Call 383-6493.

LORD’S WAREHOUSE THRIFT STORE The thrift store will be open from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at 6140 GMD. Donations are accepted during business hours. Call 383-4738.

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KIWANIS CLUB OF LONGBOAT KEY At 8:30 a.m. at Lazy Lobster, 5350 Gulf of Mexico Drive. This service organization meets every first and third Thursday of the month for breakfast and a speaker. Breakfast is $10. Email Lynn Larson at LynnLarson@ comcast.net to register.

ST. ARMANDS KEY LUTHERAN CHURCH BRIDGE CLUB Every Thursday beginning at 1 p.m. at St. Armands Key Lutheran Church, 40 N. Adams Drive, join an ACBL-sanctioned game of contract bridge with a certified teacher and director, Peter Cleaves. All skill levels are welcome. There is an $8 suggested donation for each session. Refreshments will be provided. RSVP to Cleaves at 952-9251.

ZUMBA AND MAT PILATES FOR SENIORS From 10-11 a.m. at The Paradise Center, 546 Bay Isles Road.

The class, designed for active seniors, starts with Zumba and shifts to all-level mat Pilates at 10:30 a.m. Come for 30 minutes or the full hour. Cost is $10. Walk-ins are welcome. Call 383-6493.

FRIDAYS

MEDITATION AND STRESS RELIEF From 11 a.m. to noon at The Paradise Center, 546 Bay Isles Road, take a meditation and stress-relief class with Sandi Love. She will take you through a visualization that uses all of your senses and allows you to calm down. Cost is $10 for nonmembers, free for members. Walk-ins are welcome. Call 383-6493.

TAI CHI From 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at The Paradise Center, 546 Bay

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VIRTUAL COCKTAIL HOUR 5 p.m. on Zoom with Temple Beth Israel, join for a themed cocktail hour. The Temple is holding “My Jewish Journey,” a series of talks from congregation members. The hour leads into the temple’s virtual Shabbat dinners. Contact iazerad@ tbi-lbk.org or info@tbi-lbk.org for information.

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LONGBOAT KEY 25 Lighthouse Point Drive 4 Beds 6/1 Baths 6,025 Sq. Ft. Sherri Mills 941-350-7112 A4503359 $5,200,000

SARASOTA 473 Partridge Circle 4 Beds 3/1 Baths 3,226 Sq. Ft. Drew Russell 941-993-3739 A4511642 $3,095,000

VENICE 721 Granada Avenue 4 Beds 3 Baths 3,287 Sq. Ft. Margaret Kennedy 941-713-5000 A4511866 $2,950,000

SIESTA KEY 1660 Summerhouse Lane 503 3 Beds 2/1 Baths 2,400 Sq. Ft. Kevin Wiegand 941-350-7345 A4510014 $2,795,000

LONGBOAT KEY 230 Sands Point Road 3207 2 Beds 2 Baths 1,602 Sq. Ft. Thomas Cinquegrano 941-284-5049 A4511867 $1,995,900

SARASOTA 505 S Orange Avenue 1103 3 Beds 3/1 Baths 3,003 Sq. Ft. Susan Fox & Jonathan Fox, PA 941-544-6648 A4510482 $1,850,000

LONGBOAT KEY 647 Marbury Lane 4 Beds 4/1 Baths 2,651 Sq. Ft. Sandi Layfield 941-914-2807 A4503569 $1,799,000

HOLMES BEACH 4003 5th Avenue 3 Beds 3 Baths 2,200 Sq. Ft. Stacy Haas 941-587-4359 A4514159 $1,750,000

SIESTA KEY 6512 Midnight Pass Road 405 2 Beds 2/1 Baths 1,665 Sq. Ft. Greg Larson 941-404-1969 A4513655 $1,600,000

ANNA MARIA ISLAND 2719 Gulf Drive 3 Beds 2/1 Baths 2,119 Sq. Ft. Melinda Alvarez 941-704-0633 A4506596 $1,599,900

LONGBOAT KEY 3540 Gulf Of Mexico Drive 303C 3 Beds 3 Baths 2,568 Sq. Ft. Sean Clark 941-312-1146 A4512315 $1,390,000

LONGBOAT KEY 1445 Gulf Of Mexico Drive 201 3 Beds 2/1 Baths 2,274 Sq. Ft. Kathy Callahan 941-900-8088 A4504369 $1,137,000

SARASOTA 1899 Buccaneer Circle 3 Beds 2 Baths 1,942 Sq. Ft. Jami Kellogg 941-809-6931 A4505815 $995,000

SARASOTA 5925 Anise Drive 4 Beds 3/1 Baths 3,487 Sq. Ft. Lorraine Neal 941-350-0997 A4509323 $995,000

PALMETTO 610 16th Avenue E 2 Beds 2/1 Baths 1,957 Sq. Ft. Rachelle Golden 941-538-8998 A4514336 $919,900

SARASOTA 17773 Deer Prairie Drive 3 Beds 2 Baths 2,360 Sq. Ft. Tina Von Kessel & Brigitte Von Kessel 941-266-2848 A4504988 $899,999

PARRISH 3911 Twin Rivers Trail 4 Beds 3/1 Baths 3,557 Sq. Ft. Cheryl Roberts 941-266-1450 A4510445 $865,000

LONGBOAT KEY 1125 Gulf Of Mexico Drive 304 2 Beds 2 Baths 1,503 Sq. Ft. Connie Lyke Brown 941-302-1214 A4513304 $850,000

SARASOTA 1518 Bel Air Star Parkway 4 Beds 4/1 Baths 3,475 Sq. Ft. Cheryl Roberts 941-266-1450 A4506654 $835,000

LONGBOAT KEY 691 Broadway Street 2 Beds 2 Baths 1,189 Sq. Ft. Cindy Fischer 941-465-1124 A4511396 $789,000

ST PETE 400 4th Avenue S 1004 2 Beds 2 Baths 1,384 Sq. Ft. Cheryl Roberts & Cathy Palmer 941-266-1450 A4512905 $789,000

BRADENTON 7712 10th Avenue NW 3 Beds 2 Baths 1,858 Sq. Ft. Victoria Sperounes 941-960-3773 A4514151 $550,000

SARASOTA 555 S Gulfstream Avenue 303 1 Bed 1 Bath 913 Sq. Ft. Marybeth Flynn 941-704-1477 A4512357 $500,000

BRADENTON 1510 Scarlet Oak Lane 3 Beds 2 Baths 1,825 Sq. Ft. Kathy Valente & Gregory Zies, LLC 941-685-6767 A4511677 $475,000

BRADENTON 3118 38th Terrace E 3 Beds 2 Baths 2,101 Sq. Ft. Rachelle Golden 941-538-8998 A4512923 $384,900

PALMETTO 4715 69th Court E 4 Beds 2/1 Baths 2,086 Sq. Ft. Karla Davidson 941-356-1061 A4514406 $375,000

SARASOTA 5301 Mahogany Run Avenue 1011 2 Beds 2 Baths 1,684 Sq. Ft. Anja Deichmann 941-284-7987 A4511724 $295,000

ROTONDA WEST 144 Rotonda Circle 2 Beds 2 Baths 1,192 Sq. Ft. Elisa Gersman 941-735-0595 A4509277 $250,000

PALMETTO 2915 8th Street Court W Debbie Vogler 941-705-3328 A4512663 $225,000

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ANNA MARIA ISLAND 102 Cedar Avenue 4 Beds 3/1 Baths 2,290 Sq. Ft. Hannah Hillyard & George Myers 941-744-7358 A4507978 $3,995,000

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home in Corey’s Landing tops all transactions in this week’s real estate. Tracy Sherrill Henderlight, trustee, of Corryton, Tennessee, sold the home at 3402 Fair Oaks Lane to Becky O’Neil, of Longboat Key, for $1.43 million. Built in 1995, it has three bedrooms, four-anda-half baths, a pool and 3,510 square feet of living area. It sold for $800,000 in 2002.

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EVEA I LLC sold the Unit 405 condominium at 1095 Gulf of Mexico Drive to Alan Lestz, trustee, of Armonk, New York, for $1.35 million. Built in 1981, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 1,819 square feet of living area. It sold for $625,000 in 2015.

Gulf of Mexico Drive to Carlos Caldera Fernandez and Michelle Diaz, trustees, of Tampa, for $800,000. Built in 1981, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,503 square feet of living area. It sold for $515,000 in 2003.

LIDO SURF AND SAND

Michael Ames, trustee, sold the Unit 204 condominium at 1100 Benjamin Franklin Drive to Elizabeth Eberbach, of Columbus, Ohio, for $1.33 million. Built in 1976, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,456 square feet of living area. It sold for $450,000 in 2015.

BIRD KEY

Rickco Holdings Ltd. Inc. sold the home at 518 Bird Key Drive to Lido Acquisitions LLC for $1.18 million. Built in 1965, it has three bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 1,861 square feet of living area.It sold for $480,000 in 2009.

BAY ISLES

Rae Seife, of Sarasota, sold the home at 3300 Bayou Sound to Catherine Avery, of Longboat Key, for $950,000. Built in 1987, it has three bedrooms, four baths, a pool and 2,924 square feet of living area. It sold for $435,000 in 1990.

Thomas and Dale Due sold their Unit 103 condominium at 1095

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John Ernst, of Sarasota, sold his Unit G7-411-B condominium at 1935 Gulf of Mexico Drive to Steven Aron, of Longboat Key, for $899,000. Built in 1979, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 1,492 square feet of living area. It sold for $607,000 in 2013.

CEDARS WEST OF LONGBOAT

Jay and Deborah Dittmer, of Venice, sold their Unit 207 condominium at 5655 Gulf of Mexico Drive to AnaMaria Barahona, of Tampa, for $673,000. Built in 1975, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,274 square feet of living area. It sold for $330,200 in 2011.

WINDWARD BAY

Jeffrey Branson and Susan Marie Branson, of Parkland, sold their Unit PH-5 condominium at 4900 Gulf of Mexico Drive to Wendy Lynnette St. John, of Longboat Key, for $650,000.

Built in 1975, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,312 square feet of living area. It sold for $485,000 in 2019.

LONGBEACH REVISED

Patrick Canavan and Nancy Greenhouse, trustees, of Longboat Key, sold the home at 740 Fox St. to 740 Fox Street LLC for $585,000. Built in 1965, it has two bedrooms, one-and-a-half

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Richard and Nancy Bresnahan sold their home at 580 Companion Way to Thao Nguyen, of Saint Clairsville, Ohio, for $580,000. Built in 1963, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 1,792 square feet of living area. It sold for $160,000 in 2000.

FAIRWAY BAY

Ileana Alvarez-Jacinto, of Longboat Key, sold her Unit 452 condominium at 2020 Harbourside Drive to Robert Fischer and Marjorie Lane, of Potomac Maryland, for $575,000. Built in 1984, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,192 square feet of living area. It sold for $385,000 in 2020.

SARASOTA HARBOUR EAST

Richard Rapold and Stella Woon Ming Siu sold their Unit 21 condominium at 775 John Ringling Blvd. to David and Renee Dean, of Sarasota, for $545,000. Built in 1965, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 938 square feet of living area. It sold for $330,000 in 2014.

TOP BUILDING PERMITS These are the largest building permits issued by the Longboat Key Planning and Zoning Department for the week of Oct. 8-14 in order of dollar amounts.

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L O N G B OAT K E Y ADDRESS 621 Neptune Ave.

440 Gulf of Mexico Drive | Longboat Key | 941.356.0437 941.554.5413 PERMIT New single-family

APPLICANT Peter H. Mitchel

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AMOUNT $1.1 million

residence 548 Cutter Lane

Replacement single 548 Cutter Lane LLC

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6920 GMD

New construction

site work

500 Harbor Cove Circle

Pool

5655 GMD Unit 1051

Interior alterations Sherry R. Seward

$979,000

High Ground LBK LLC $200,000 IT Living Trust

$85,000 $76,000

2020 Harbourside Drive #421 Glass doors

Barbara H. Bahr TTEE

$59,527

3600 Fair Oaks Lane

Robert C. Goree

$39,970

Re-roof

7165 Longboat Drive N.

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Revocable Trust

Windows and doors Adil Can, Marianne

$26,992

Detullio-Can A/C change-out

Kenneth C. Schneier

Revocable Trust

3582 Fair Oaks Lane

William J. Montgoris

Windows

$26,000 $19,000

Revocable Trust

690 Hibiscus Way

A/C change-out

Craig V. Walters

718 Spanish Drive N.

Re-roof

Bennett J. Struzenberg $16,482

771 Marbury Lane

Deck

Hollis C. Henry, Jr.

726 Norton St.

Electrical

John S. Kaull

$14,878

280 N. Shore Road Unit 8

Electrical

Andreas Gocksch

$14,640

2089 GMD #105

Electrical

Julie S. Bateman

$14,000

Revocable Trust

610 Bowsprit Lane

Michael Gervasi

A/C change-out

2120 Harbourside Drive #656 A/C change-out

$17,056 $16,000 SOLD

LONGBOAT KEY PENDING/Backups Desired 370 Gulf Of Mexico Drive 423 2 Beds 2.5 Baths 2,350 SF A4511785 $1,200,000

LONGBOAT KEY 603 Longboat Club Road 1103N 2 Beds 2 Baths 1,458 SF A4506271 $1,150,000

SOLD

LONGBOAT KEY 1095 Gulf Of Mexico Drive 404 2 Beds 2 Baths 1,503 SF A4502167 $775,000

$13,488

3060 Grand Bay Blvd. #182 Interior alterations Stephen D. Vcice

$12,000

5280 GMD Unit 603

Windows and doors Robin R. Ellis

$10,086

3527 Mistletoe Lane

A/C change-out

LONGBOAT KEY 1211 Gulf Of Mexico Drive 905 2 Beds 2.5 Baths 2,135 SF A4503364 $1,579,000

Buttonwood Consultants $13,000

Gloria H. Hartman

$9,100

Revocable Trust

2425 GMD #11F

A/C change-out

Stana Family Trust

$7,163

4500 GMD Unit 202

A/C change-out

Robert Ferrara

$6,937

6750 GMD Unit 168

A/C change-out

John D. Hatch

$6,400

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BIRD OF THE WEEK A closer look at the feathered friends with which we share Longboat.

Blue-gray gnatcatcher

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t 4 inches long, blue-gray gnatcatchers are tiny yearlong residents of Florida and the only gnatcatcher found here.

But given their proclivity for constant motion, many never set eyes on them. The odds of spotting this charming bird are higher in the winter, when our population is augmented by migratory gnatcatchers heading south from the rest of their extensive range in North America.

Look for them rapidly moving through woodland trees, flicking their long tails this way and that, as they search for food. It is suggested that they do this to scare small insects and spiders out from their hiding places. Despite their name, they do not limit themselves to gnats: Gnatcatchers forage on a wide range of small insects and spiders.

Blue-gray gnatcatchers nest in trees, where couples jointly construct a compact, cup-shaped structure out of grass, weeds, plant fibers and strips of bark.

They line their nest with soft materials, such as plant down, animal hair and even feathers.

Interestingly, they go to great lengths to camouflage their construction: Using spider web silk as a binding material, gnatcatchers coat the outsides of their nest with lichen.

A lichens is a complex life form that is a symbiotic partnership of two separate organisms, a fungus and an alga. Importantly, because lichen grows on solid surfaces (such as rocks or the bark of trees), by using it as a coating, from a distance, gnatcatchers’ nests look like nothing more than a knot in the tree.

And if, despite the precautions, a threat to the young still appears, they will completely dismantle and reassemble their nest else-

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