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VOLUME 44, NO. 14

Eye to eye on traffic issues Longboat and Sarasota leaders chat about how we get from the mainland to the islands and back again. PAGE 2

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No lazy summer Welcome back! We dug up plenty of blockbuster, warm-weather news while you were away.

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Happy 99th, Stan

When you’re 99, the party comes to you.

And come to Stan Horwich it did last week.

The 99-year-old — sporting a T-shirt that said “This is what an awesome 99-year-old looks like” — was never alone at his party Nov. 5. Friends surrounded him at his table on his birthday all evening, bringing him snacks and well-wishes.

Later in the evening, Horwich was serenaded by Connie Scardelli, a performer who had sung at Beachplace before.

Horwich is a longtime Longboater and a veteran of World War II. In 2019, he was reconnected with someone from his wartime past when Australian Marilyn Atkinson reached out with a pack of letters her mother had kept from Horwich.

Illustration by Marty Fugate

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Best of the best

When in doubt, take a picture of the beach.

Photographer Jason McConnell took the winning snapshot of the sands of Longboat Key in the town’s recent #BestOfLBKPhoto contest. The town encouraged citizens and visitors to put their best photographic foot forward in honor of Florida City Government Week from Oct. 18-24.

The prompt was to take a photo that best captured the beauty and essence of the town. A quick scroll through the hashtag reveals that McConnell was far from alone in thinking of the beach, but his shot of a wide-open swath of sand and a perfectly placed umbrella was the winner.

McConnell’s snapshot will be displayed in Town Hall until the end of December.

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Cyndi Seamon and Carlyn Vigil gear up for a pre-season turtle walk.

Turtles still dig Longboat Nesting season strong despite a series of obstacles. SEE PAGE 3

The arts return to the stage.

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City, town leaders address downtown transportation Longboat Key and Sarasota leaders discuss roundabout construction, a new trolley and other possibilities to improve transportation.

THEY SAID IT

Here’s a sampling of what else city and town commissioners said during Monday’s joint meeting:

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tate and city officials were adamant Monday in a joint meeting between Longboat Key and Sarasota leaders that roundabout construction at U.S. 41 and Gulfstream Avenue is on schedule to wrap up in about a year.

Longboat Key Mayor Ken Schneier said it would have been “problematic” had Sarasota city commissioners decided to change the roundabout design as it was being constructed, as had been requested by a group of residents.

“There have been some reports recently about issues raised by one of the condominiums in the zone of construction looking for a change in design, which might result in a delay of construction to put not too fine a point on it,” Schneier said. “But I just wondered what the current status to that is with the city.”

Some Sarasota residents advocated for the city to change the roundabout design, expressing their concerns about drivers’ ability to navigate the reconfigured intersection.

Sarasota Commissioner Jen Ahearn-Koch said the City Commission voted against the proposed changes to the roundabout on Nov. 1.

“I’m not sure that I knew this,” Schneier said.

Florida Department of Transportation Construction Manager Jim Nichols said the plan is to finish the project by fall 2022.

Nichols said construction has taken away pedestrians’ ability to cross the streets near the roundabout construction for two reasons: n Ensuring safety and protection of pedestrians; and n Allowing contractor Russell Engineering more space to complete the

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The Longboat Key Town Commission and Sarasota City Commission held a joint meeting on Monday afternoon.

work.

FDOT hired Russell Engineering for the $8.6 million project.

“The project originally was designed to be 650 contract days, but with innovative (Maintenance of Traffic) methods as well as making adjustments to the pedestrian movements, we’ve been able to chop that down to the original 450 days as part of this contract,” Nichols said.

Schneier said after a rough few days of temporary traffic flow through the junction, things have smoothed out.

“Now we’ll see what happens as people come back more and more,” he said.

MICRO-MOBILITY

On Monday, city and town leaders discussed a trolley to take people to and from downtown Sarasota to South Lido Key, the completion of Sarasota’s water taxi feasibility study, and Sarasota’s proposed bikeshare and electric scooter-share program.

Sarasota Parking Manager Mark Lyons said the same company that runs the Siesta Key Breeze trolley will manage the city’s trolley service.

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“They’re very familiar with the type of operations that’s required,” Lyons said.

Lyons also said the city envisions water taxis someday operating between Ken Thompson Park, Sarasota’s Bayfront Park, St. Armands Circle and the Bay Project.

“Parking is always important where a water taxi would operate,” Lyons said.

Schneier and Town Manager Tom Harmer didn’t fathom a guess of where specifically a water taxi stop could go in Longboat Key. “We’re interested in staying involved with you and understanding what your research is showing to the extent that Longboat Key might be able to a participant, maybe even a landing point,” Schneier said.

Town Manager Tom Harmer said the coming mid-island Buccaneer restaurant has proposed a potential landing dock, and north-end stops, such as the Shore Longboat Key and Mar Vista Dockside, are also possibilities.

Lyons said eight companies have approached the city about the bikeshare and e-scooter program. He said the city planned to operate the

program from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. with specific geofencing to control where the scooters could operate.

Sarasota Commissioner Hagen Brody said he thought it was critical for the city to work with the town, other nearby municipalities and Sarasota County on their bike-and scooter-share programs. He said it wouldn’t make sense to have different programs in different cities.

“We all have locations where I think people would want to visit, so I really tried to keep an open dialogue with the town and other municipalities, and I’m encouraging staff to do the same on particularly the bikeshare and scooter-share program,” Brody said.

Schneier said the bike-share company Bird and another company have approached the town.

“There’s no point of reinventing whatever wheel the city has invented, and that may even involve us collaborating with them on one provider, which would be great if we decide to do it at all,” Schneier said.

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The town sent notices on Monday about trucks attempting to

n Longboat Key Commissioner BJ Bishop on U.S. 41 and Gulfstream Avenue construction: “Obviously, one of our chief concerns is the impact on traffic. We suffered through the nightmare of the circle in the first phase, and we’d like to know how you’re going to ensure sure that we have two lanes coming on and off St. Armands throughout this project.” n Longboat Key Mayor Ken Schneier on U.S. 41 and Gulfstream Avenue construction: “Most of what we had today was a broad overview. There weren’t any real surprises. I think we’ve been kept up to date pretty much on, well very much on, what’s going on with Gulfstream (Avenue and U.S.) 41, so no surprises there.” n Longboat Key Planning, Zoning and Building Director Allen Parsons on the St. Regis project: “Some of the units will have swimming pools on their balcony, so that will be something new for us.”

park along Gulf of Mexico Drive to offload,a perennial problem along the road that has led to fatalities in past years.

“Vehicle transport trucks are not permitted to unload vehicles on GMD,” Longboat Key Support Services Director Carolyn Brown wrote.

“If you are utilizing a car carrier to deliver your vehicle to Longboat Key, please advise them to not unload on or along Gulf of Mexico Drive.”

Longboat Key police are ticketing drivers for failure to comply.

The town asks anyone seeing a truck parked along GMD to call police at 316-1977.

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HELPING HAND HANDS Photos by Nat Kaemmerer

Tim Thurman records a code violation while walking the beach recording turtle nests on Longboat Key.

Volunteers keep an eye out for potential obstacles during a turtle nesting season that included red tide, storms, beach work and rule-breakers.

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ongboat Key turtle watchers this nesting season tried to strike a delicate balance.

One one hand, nature took its toll on nests as storms and red tide rolled close to a shoreline that itself was changing throughout the summer. Humans, as they often do, didn’t always follow the rules, either.

On the other, volunteers and scientists worked to make nesting turtles’ paths as easy as possible.

And whether or not turtles noticed, they came. In numbers similar to strong years in the past.

“The nourishment project, obviously, was huge, but for how big it was, things went well,” said Melissa Bernhard, a Mote Marine senior biologist in sea turtle conservation and research. “We didn’t have any major issues or anything crazy memorable. It was just like: ‘Oh, we moved nests. We put them here. We did that again the next day.’ As far as nesting numbers go, it’s on par with other recent years, which are all the highest years that we’ve had. Overall, not just for Longboat but for all five of the islands we look at, it was the fourth-highest nesting that we’ve had in our 40 years.”

Nesting females, though they were disoriented at a higher rate than normal, weren’t really affected by red tide. Although nest numbers were high, the percentage of hatched nests is a different story. Raccoons and other animals, nest relocation and storm washout conspired against healthy hatchlings.

“We had a lot of nests,” Bernhard said. “I don’t know how well they did. I haven’t gotten into that analysis yet, but nothing really stood out

LBKTW President Tim Thurman spot checks a nest toward the end of turtle season.

to me as the season was happening.”

Although red tide might stick out in human memory as the most memorable part of the summer, the nesting turtles might disagree. The renourishment project on Longboat Key required turtle patrollers to move each nest that was laid in a section that would be getting covered with sand soon. If patrollers found a nest, they would dig down to find each egg, gently remove it and place it in a bucket with sand from the nest.

Many nests had eggs in the 70s, but Longboat Key Turtle Watch Vice President Cyndi Seamon said some had as many as 120. Those nests get wire cages over them to give them a leg up against predators after the disruption of being moved. Bernhard noted many nests were moved out of an area with high predation in the past, but overall predation was still on par with high recent numbers.

“Depending how far we have to go, we would walk them or drive in cars or ATVs,” Seamon said. “Once we get to a location we think is a good location, we’ve taken measurement of what Mama did as far as depth and width of cavity, and we dig basically the same measurements. And we use the same sand we gathered from the bottom of her nest and put it in the bottom of our nest.”

In the past, Seamon said they have had a good ratio of relocation success. FWC will study the impacts of the renourishment for several years.

Even though the activity is heavily permitted to try for the least disturbance, Mote will collect data on hatch success and false crawl ratios to see how nesting is impacted.

“We’re collecting hatch success and that sort of thing on both the relocated nests and the nests that are laid in that new sand afterwards,” Bernhard said. “Then it’s the next two or three years that we will continue to monitor for these to ensure that the sand that has been placed there (is suitable), and the slopes are equilibrating too, and all of that is not impacting the nesting too much.

There’s always going to be some impact because it’s not how Mother Nature created it, but it’s a matter of, is this an impact that is tolerable? Or is it horrible?”

The nesting success is the percentage of false crawls to actual nests laid. If females are coming up the beach and leaving without nesting more often, that might have something to do with how the renourished beach feels to them, whether

BY THE NUMBERS NESTS IN 2021

Longboat: 1,032 Overall: 3,763 Loggerheads: 3,673 Greens: 89 Longboat false crawls: 1,441 Overall false crawls: 4,686

2020

Longboat nests: 1,136 Overall nests: 3,747

2019

Longboat nests: 1,342 Overall nests: 5,108

2018

Longboat nests: 993 Overall nests: 3,183

that means the slope or grain shape is off. Bernhard said that renourishment projects take time to settle back to the natural slope.

“It can have to do with other factors too, so they don’t blindly look at that, but nesting success is big,” Bernhard said. “Then they also will look at emergence and hatch success, which is the actual number of hatchlings that hatch out of eggs, and the number of hatchlings that actually emerge from the nest because not all are going to make it to the surface.

“They take data from everywhere and say: ‘OK, which projects are more successful than others?

What’s the common theme between those? We’re not going to allow this kind of stuff. We’re going to promote this kind of nourishment.’ That sort of thing.”

Relocating nests was difficult on the north end of the beach, Seamon said. Some of the first nests they relocated on the north end suffered from the flat beach and got inundated with water. If nests are underwater for too long or get tumbled in the surf, it’s basically a death sentence.

Bernhard hasn’t delved into the analysis this year but said that nests fared better from storms than in 2020. Tropical Storm Elsa was the most impactful. About 60% of nests were impacted by the storm, but not many were lost.

“Even though a lot of them got hit by water, that didn’t necessarily mean that they were killed because they have some capacity to be underwater for short periods of time during high tides,” Bernhard said. “The number we actually lost to the storm was much lower. I think it was a single-digit percentage. Even though our beaches were underwater for a few days, a lot of the nests were able to survive it. It was kind of unique in that way compared to last year.”

CODE ENFORCEMENT The town’s turtle ordinance will change in January 2022, and starting soon, Code Enforcement Officer Chris Kopp will host public awareness classes about the changes.

But for now, the old ordinance is still in effect. Kopp, in his second year of turtle season code enforcement, hit the sand running to keep hatchling disorientations down, even though adult female incidents were up.

“This year, we got a new email address set up so that way (LBKTW volunteers) can start sending potential violations to me,” Kopp said.

“They were coming in, and they were coming in daily, which really allowed me to focus throughout those 11 miles to go look for the lights, and we were able to hit them a lot more effectively and efficiently. … As soon as we knew that there were potential violations, (volunteers) tell me, and we tried to come fix it that night.”

More properties had employees checking beach furniture at night on their stretch of beach as well as other properties.

“The numbers of violations and inspections, I think, increased mainly because of the cooperation that we had with our volunteers,” Kopp said. “We were able to pinpoint where those potential violations are. There could be a chair out on the beach, and I might not get to it for a week or two. … But this way, we were able to find out exactly where the items were. We did impound a bunch of items as well. Lounge chairs, umbrellas, signage, all kinds of things that were left out on the beach that the town felt was a safety hazard that needed to be immediately removed.”

Kopp said there were 362 total violations observed this turtle season, and 266 were lighting-related.

LIFE CYCLE OF NEST The final nest on Longboat Key was declared a washout on Nov. 1, two days before it reached 70 days. Nesting mothers lay eggs anywhere from mid-April to November. A mother crawls onto the sand, usually not far from where she was born, and if she likes the sand she feels, she’ll lay her nest. The eggs will incubate

anywhere from 45-70 days, but LBKTW and Mote give each nest 70 days.

“Hopefully, they get through the incubation without any or too much water damage from storms or any predator activity,” Bernhard said. “We do have a lot of, particularly, raccoons but also armadillos and coyotes in our area, and they

do tend to have the taste for turtle eggs. … Hopefully, the nest makes it through that incubation time, and then they’ll hatch.”

It’s best if the babies hatch at night, so they crawl to the brightest horizon: the moon over the ocean. About three days before they hatch, they absorb the rest

of their yolk, which acts as a food sac for the hatchlings as they swim for days through the water out past the weed line.

“The best nests are the ones that we, for lack of a better word, almost forget about because nothing happens to them,” Bernhard said.

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But whether you noticed our new size or not, the question you are probably asking is: Why? And maybe: So what? Who cares?

Both are excellent questions, particularly given that everything in our industry is tending to get smaller these days. A few years ago, it seemed like the attack of the incredible shrinking newspaper. Tabloids were in! Broadsheets were out! Look how innovative we’re being!

The truth is, we always had a little size envy. Although the Observer has always been a nice, convenient friendly size, it has meant that a lot of content ends up on the cutting room floor each week. Pictures are cropped, text is trimmed. At times, it can be limiting.

So when we were reevaluating our printer options as a normal course of business and learned that The Villages Media Group just installed a brand-new, state-of-the-art Koenig & Bauer press — the only new press installed in the U.S. in the past decade — it had our interest. Then we learned it can print broadsheet more efficiently than our current size, so we decided to, as our president and

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At a time when the industry is in contraction mode — whether it’s the size of newspapers, the number of days a week printed or just the size of newspapers’ newsrooms — we felt it was a no-brainer to make this investment. Because we are not interested in just preserving. We want to grow.

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Florida Department of State records show Rumble’s top officer, Chris Pavlovski, has an office at 444 Gulf of Mexico Drive.

Video platform Rumble to move headquarters to Longboat Key Town leaders have expressed their optimism about new business opportunities coming to the island.

MARK BERGIN STAFF WRITER

Toronto-based video and social media platform Rumble is set to call Longboat Key home.

It’s unclear when specifically the conservative-leaning platform will officially move into its headquarters.

However, state records show the company’s top officer, Chris Pavlovski, has an office at 444 Gulf of Mexico Drive.

“Honestly, I had never heard of them until I saw that they were coming in, but my understanding is they’re like YouTube, only a conservative YouTube,” Longboat Key Chamber of Commerce President Gail Loefgren said.

As of August, the independent and privately owned company in the online video-sharing platform industry says it had more than 40 million monthly average users. The company plans to hire 20-25 people immediately for the new office and estimates the company will invest more than $50 million in Florida during the next few years.

“Moving to Longboat Key is a winwin for Rumble and the Sarasota community,” Pavlovski said in a news release. “Sarasota County is growing rapidly, and we are excited to be part

of the growth.”

Loefgren said Rumble shouldn’t affect traffic along Gulf of Mexico Drive.

The Sarasota County Economic Development Corp. is responsible for courting, retention and bringing in new businesses to the county.

“It was a little bit of a surprise,” Longboat Key Mayor Ken Schneier said. “Mainly, I guess, because the Sarasota EDC was working on this under wraps, as they often do.”

The office building listed in state records for Rumble is one of three buildings in Sailboat Square, according to a listing for the property on commercial real estate website Loopnet.

The two-story, 8,200-squarefoot complex, built in 1981, “boasts the ability to take your boat to work

“Over the past year, we have seen businesses flock to Florida from across the country because, as long as I am governor, our state will be free and built for opportunity. We wish Rumble all the best in their endeavors in Florida, and we look forward to watching their success.”

— Gov. Ron DeSantis

and dock at a private dock outside your office,” states the listing, from Ian Black Real Estate. It’s next to Dockside Restaurant and across the street from The Resort at Longboat Key Club.

If parking becomes an issue at Sailboat Square as Rumble grows, Loefgren said the company could

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look into the possibility of opening satellite offices in the nearby area.

“We all have begun to realize that the demographics of Longboat are changing, and if you’re bringing in younger companies that probably employ younger people, that will be part of the change of the area,” Loefgren said. “And a lot of these younger employees may end up buying homes here.”

Schneier discussed the importance of having businesses on Longboat Key that are not impacted by the seasonality.

“It’s sort of amazing — especially after the COVID crisis we’ve been through for a couple of years — the number of things that are popping up and happening now all over the region,” Schneier said.

Rumble’s release cites the county’s business-friendly climate, the proximity to Tampa and the potential for further development as the deciding factors for the move.

“I think it’s great if a business wants to come here and locate on the island and bring high-paying jobs, more residents, more shoppers,” Schneier said. “It’s great.”

State officials, including Gov. Ron DeSantis — an outspoken critic of how traditional social media companies handle conservative-leaning viewpoints and news — have acknowledged the importance of the platform by joining Rumble. And DeSantis, for one, said in a release that he is enthusiastic about Rumble’s move to the Sarasota area.

“We are thrilled to welcome Rumble to Florida, and we support its mission to promote free expression and stand up to Big Tech censorship,” DeSantis said in the release.

“Over the past year, we have seen businesses flock to Florida from across the country because, as long as I am governor, our state will be free and built for opportunity. We wish Rumble all the best in their endeavors in Florida, and we look forward to watching their success.”

This isn’t the first big news Rumble has made recently. Last month, Rumble announced the acquisition of Florida-based Locals Technology Inc., a subscription-based video platform and multimillion-dollar investment by billionaire Peter Thiel.

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Town leaders to consider Verizon plans Town leaders will consider a plan to help improve cell service with placement of nine poles.

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On Tuesday, Nov. 16, the Planning and Zoning Board is set to consider a special exception and site development plan to build nine small-cell poles and antennas to improve the north end’s cell service.

Shane Thorson is an authorized agent on behalf of Verizon and is requesting poles at: n West side of the 6100 block of Gulf of Mexico Drive n Southeast corner of Broadway Street and Lois Avenue n West side of the 6900 block of GMD n West side of the 6600 block of GMD n South side of Binnacle Point Drive n West side of the 6400 block of GMD n West side of the 5500 block of GMD n West side of the 5000 block of GMD n West side of the 7100 block of GMD To construct the poles, the Town Commission must also provide final approval of changes to the Town Code.

On Monday, Nov. 15, the Town Commission is planning to hold its second reading of proposed changes to regulations of pole-mounted equipment. The approval is necessary to allow equipment that doesn’t meet town size standards for installation on poles. Also, wireless facilities differ from the town’s lighting infrastructure.

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Do not vax your children That was the most emphatic warning leading doctors gave at the Florida Summit on COVID.

MATT WALSH

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t’s a good bet that most of you reading this were not among the 800 people who attended or watched the all-day Florida Summit on COVID-19 on Nov. 6 at, of all places, the World Equestrian Center in Ocala. You’d rather get a swab stuck up your nose.

But if you did attend or watch, you could not have left that sevenhour summit without being convinced and persuaded.

Convinced that if you have children or grandchildren, you will not let them be vaccinated for COVID-19.

Likewise, you would have been convinced that conquering COVID-19 — not eradicating it — will not come from Washington or Big Pharma. It will come from the grassroots doctors, researchers and experts who are on the front lines of this epic battle, the physicians seeing and treating patients every day.

And if you listened that whole day to the extraordinary doctors who spoke at the summit, you couldn’t help but be persuaded — persuaded to help these front-line COVID-19 warriors in their efforts to let the world know there are other effective ways to treat COVID-19 than only with vaccines.

You would have been convinced that doctors should have the freedom to practice medicine as they see fit for each patient and that these doctors should not be defrocked, fired, ruined and forced to accept a “one size fits all” orthodoxy out of Washington that, in truth, has caused the deaths of thousands and thousands of people in this country unnecessarily, as well as around the world.

There was so much powerful, convincing, persuasive, invaluable information shared at the summit that Americans have not heard — and that they should hear and know.

Unfortunately, it’s impossible to cram all of it into this space. So we are sharing with you this week the verbatim comments of two accomplished physician/researchers on what was one of the most forceful messages at the summit: whether to vaccinate children.

This issue is on the verge of exploding into the next major battle in America’s cultural civil war.

Indeed, when you deal with children’s health, there will be more than enraged momma bears bearing their teeth.

Leading the discussion Saturday on child vaccinations were Drs. Paul Alexander and Peter McCullough.

They were two of four speakers who explicitly and unabashedly said: “Do not vaccinate children.”

Alexander and McCullough have been scorned for speaking out against the Washington medical and scientific establishment and accused of spreading misinformation about the vaccines. Baylor University fired McCullough last February, and Alexander earned scorn from Politico for his recommendations during his time as a COVID-19 adviser in the Trump administration.

Even so, McCullough is recognized in medical circles as a leading U.S. cardiologist and epidemiologist. Alexander holds a master’s degree in epidemiology from the University of Toronto, a master’s in evidence-based medicine at Oxford and a doctorate in evidence-based medicine and research methods from McMaster University in Canada and has worked as an

epidemiologist for the World Health Organization.

Mind you, the following comments are their side of the story.

They are in complete contradiction to what the CDC is saying about the safety of vaccines for children.

But these two accomplished doctors should make you think: Why would they stand in front of 800 people and unabashedly say to not vaccinate children? Here’s why: As Dr. John Littell of Ocala and one of the organizers of the summit told us: “because no one knows the long-term effects these vaccines will have on children.”

What’s more, these are doctors and researchers who have handson evidence that early-treatment regimens are effectively preventing hospitalizations and saving lives.

Read what they say. Do more research. Had you attended the summit, you couldn’t help but be convinced and persuaded.

Dr. Paul Alexander

Epidemiologist, researcher “Not now, not in the future, no vaccines. Under no condition must we allow this.” “(I’m going to) touch on research

by Ankit Patel that looked at the nasal passages of children, showing children’s nostrils have limited expression of the (cell surface enzyme angiotensinconverting enzyme 2), and that helps explain why partly children have such a low risk of being infected initially and passing on this infection and becoming severely ill.

“Dr. (Robert) Malone hit it out of the park by stating clearly that under no condition must a child be vaccinated with these vaccines.

Because children bring near statistical zero risk to the table.

“These vaccines offer only an opportunity for harm and no real opportunity for benefit.

“We looked at all of the data.

We’ve been going at this now … for about 15 months solid.

“We’ve looked at all the data on issues around lockdowns, school closures, mask mandates.

“We could find no evidence, none, not one location in this entire world, not one second, I can say and I have published, where lockdowns worked to curb the spread or death, where school closures worked, to where mask mandates worked. In fact, they did the opposite. They pushed the transmission much further.

“So those were very suboptimal approaches, and many people died.

Many business owners, many children died because of the lockdowns and school closures.

“We must never allow our public officials, our governments, this type of emergency powers to impose these types of actions.

“I want to focus on kids at risk.

There were studies done in Sweden, middle of last year, (that) looked at all of the Swedish kids from 0 to 16, all of the kids going to school.

No lockdowns, no mask mandates, nothing. And they found of 2 million children, there were zero instances of death.

“There was a good study in the French Alps, … and they found that one child infected symptomatic, moved around to three different schools, contaminated a bunch of teachers and other kids, 120 close contacts. They followed through contact tracing, and there were no instances of secondary transmission.

“So we had that data for over 15 months. So when Rochelle Walensky (head of the CDC) and (Dr. Anthony) Fauci, etc., come to the podium and state that this is new data coming to their attention now, they are misleading the public and misleading the world.

“They have known for over one year now that children bring nearzero risk to the table. Children don’t readily spread this virus to other children or to adults. We see that the transmission is from adult to child.

“Children don’t get severely ill, and children don’t readily die from

this infection. … We are being fed a lot of misleading information constantly.

“I wrote a recent op-ed, and basically the title was ‘We must consider our children today to be vaccinated and fully immune.’

“My thesis was this: If you look at research by Patel, which was limited to two receptors in the nostrils, … work that showed that children have this preactivated, innate immunity that is already primed to respond, … work that also found the B cell responses in children were already primed due to past coronavirus exposure, … work that showed that children’s T cell immunity was very, very positioned to be able to be trained properly and respond to the SARS-V2, … findings at Yale, and their study showed that children’s innate immunity … puts them in a much better position to SARS-V2 in terms of responding, higher levels than adults.

“So my argument was that collectively, children biologically from a molecular point of view have this defense already.

“This is the argument: If children come with a natural protection in their nostrils, I think it’s a very good hypothesis, that if we introduced the vaccine into the deltoid as Dr. Malone was explaining, we have evidence from the Japanese biodistribution study that shows that the contents of the vaccine gets into systemic circulation.

“So we know the content of the vaccine and the spike is getting into the bloodstream. “… So the question is very simple: If the spike protein — based on all these experts, from what they explain to us, and I have no reason to disbelieve because I’m reading the science carefully— if the spike protein is operating as a pathogen and potentially damages the vasculature and can lead to blood clotting, bleeding, Guillian Barré syndrome, why would we bypass the natural protection that children have in their nostrils?

“Children have been spared by COVID today.

“If we introduce the vaccine into the deltoid, we run the risk of getting spike and content into the system.

“My argument has been — and I have published this — we might run the risk of killing thousands of American children and children across the world with these vaccines. “… The CDC, the NIH, the FDA and all the vaccine developers are protected by liability protection.

The only persons at risk in this are the children.

“So if these agencies bring liability protection to the table and say we are going to remove it, then we should have a conversation.

“But children were at such low risk to begin with. The children are not candidates for these vaccines. Children should be able to ride this out on their own, and they will be fine.

“So I’m saying not now, not in the future, no vaccines. Under no condition must we allow this.”

Dr. Peter McCullough Cardiologist, epidemiologist

“Now the menace, particularly over our children, is the vaccine.”

“I just have a few comments to add to what Dr. Alexander said.

“We have millions of children in the U.S. The estimate is the majority of them actually have had COVID-19.

Thank goodness. They’ve already been through it.

“Most parents have missed it because it was a drippy nose.

It was so mild that the children in a sense have been spared from this plague. And this is absolutely a real blessing.

“Importantly, there are now two analyses that I think everyone should be aware of. One is by Tracy Hoeg from the University of California at Davis. It was published in late August, where she used the VAERS data. She analyzed reports of myocarditis. This is heart

RESOURCES Here are websites that can serve as resources on COVID-19 treatments, discussion on vaccinations for children, natural immunity, early treatment protocols for COVID-19 and related articles: n FLCCC.net: Front Line COVID-19 Critical Care Alliance n Papers on child vaccination by Dr. Paul Alexander: AIER.org/staffs/paul-e-alexander n Declarations of the International Alliance of Physicians and Medical Scientists: DoctorsAndScientistsDeclaration. org n RESCUE.substack.com: News of life-saving COVID-19 doctors and treatments Next week: what doctors and researchers said about postCOVID-19 immunity and earlytreatment protocols.

inflammation. “… It’s now known that the vaccine itself from preclinical and clinical observations causes myocarditis. It is not a conjecture. The vaccines cause myocarditis. “… What does this mean? This means, although it’s rare, that, in fact, it can happen. What Tracy Hoeg showed is it’s more likely for a child to be hospitalized with myocarditis than taking your chance with COVID-19 and having the rare circumstance that a child gets hospitalized with COVID-19.

“And it doesn’t assume anything with respect to treatment. So if we had a child who developed COVID-19 with some mild treatments, easy-to-administer treatments, those with severe symptoms can be spared the hospitalization.

“So the Hoeg analysis was heard on two occasions in September and October by the U.S. FDA, by presenters who are in a sense on our team, among individuals in this room and closely aligned.

“So what I am telling you is our experts know this. Our CDC and FDA know this. They know that children, your children, your grandchildren are more likely to be harmed with the vaccines than they are to be helped in terms of being spared COVID-19 hospitalization and death.

“A second major analysis, published in Toxicology Reports, the title of the paper, ‘Why are we vaccinating children for COVID-19?’

“This analysis dealt with mortality. And across every age group, an individual who took the vaccine, more prominently in the older age groups, was more likely to die after the vaccine than actually take your chances with COVID and ultimately die of COVID. “I can tell you the application of these data are going to translate.

There will be children lost with the vaccines.

“There will be far more children lost with the vaccines than ever having the threat of COVID. “For the children, we will look back, and we’ll say we were better off before than when the vaccines came in.

“COVID-19 has been a menace for our population, but largely for seniors. Seniors have suffered. …

Now the menace, particularly over our children, is the vaccine. “… Think about the virus, and think about the vaccine. With respect to exposure to the spike protein and how the spike protein basically translates pathogenesis into the human body, in a sense they are one in the same.

“Dose one is the pathogenic respiratory virus. The second dose if people get them are actually spike protein through the vaccine.

“So I agree with Dr. Alexander, and I agree with premises that Dr. Malone has created: Childhood vaccination is off the table.

“Children will not have the ability at age 12 to make their own decisions regarding the potentially fatal administration of an injectable product you cannot get out of the body.

“Do not let a child make a decision at that age.”

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

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uy Vincent has traveled the world, driven all over the country, owned an art gallery in Key West and still would rather be in Sarasota and Longboat Key than anywhere else. The area and the business community feel the same way about him, as the Wyland Gallery owner took home the award for Small Business Person of the Year for 10 or fewer employees on Nov. 4.

“I loved the business from the getgo,” Vincent said. “I’ve been here for about 23 years. I was an employee of the company, I was the director of the gallery here, and we turned this into the second-biggest selling Wyland Gallery in the country out of 20 galleries. I’ve had a consistent staff here, and about four years ago,

we took full ownership. … I have to tell you, I’ve been all over the U.S., and I wouldn’t live anywhere else.”

Vincent was one of four smallbusiness owners honored during the Longboat Key Chamber of Commerce’s annual Small Business Awards luncheon. Longboat Key Chamber Board Chair Willie McLaughlin said the purpose of the day was to celebrate and highlight the success of the organization’s members after the “most challenging 18 months of (their) business lives.” The luncheon was the largest in-person gathering of chamber members since before the pandemic.

“Resiliency and revival,” chamber President Gail Loefgren said.

“That’s what we’re talking about today. You’re all still standing, so congratulations.”

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ceremony was held less than a year ago, in conjunction with the chamber’s Annual Meeting, after it was pushed back due to the pandemic and Hurricane Eta. As the Small Business Council worked to narrow the nominees to come up with their winners through the interviewing process, they asked several questions about how each business had dealt with the pandemic and managed to innovate and stay afloat.

“There were a couple of these that were within one or two points — that’s how close it was. So everybody’s a winner as far as I’m concerned,” council Chair Al Benincasa said while giving out the award for Small Business Person of the Year with 11 or more employees, which went to E.J. Ledesma of 360 Orthopedics.

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WELCOME BACK

SHORE WAS A LONG SUMMER

While you were gone, there were plenty of blockbuster news stories and fun little tidbits to keep us going.

Here’s what you missed.

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ife’s a beach.

At least that’s what sassy middle-of-the-roaders claim while trying to sound “hip,” though the delivery often comes off more “artificial hip” than “I was there” Woodstock hip.

It’s also a phrase commonly sighted at craft sales and touristy T-shirt shops, where rough-wood wall hangings compete with teal souvenir-ware to deliver a Jimmy Buffettesque message that all is good where the water meets the land.

Amen, you might say.

Ahem, you might say if you were around Longboat Key during the Hot Months, when crowds take a break but news rarely does.

Why? Because as we prepared to present our annual look at the events that took center stage while you were gone, something struck us.

So many of our headlines, so much of our attention, focused on the beach in the spring and summer of 2021.

There was the town’s project to return about a million cubic feet of sand to the shore.

There was red tide, which mani-

fested itself in the usual way but included a bizarre twist.

There was noise, made by boaters and fought by residents.

And there were questions of private property and public access, which still prompt acrimony in the one place on Earth there should only be Good Vibrations.

To be sure, there were plenty of stories that didn’t involve sand in your shoes. (What?! You wear shoes?) But it should be no surprise that a community named the fifth-best island in the country (Take that, Manhattan!) should concern itself with the sea from time to time.

A list of your Longboat Key friends, family and neighbors who died between May and October begins on Page 16.

So find yourself a spot by the breakers, settle in, and catch up on the news that everyone who’s been here all summer is talking about.

Oh, and welcome back!

The sands of time

Bright, white, new sand seems to be everywhere along Longboat Key beaches, though sunset photographers might lament the disappearance of driftwood on the island’s north end. Still, the reviews are in for the town’s renourishment project and they’re boffo.

About 1 million cubic yards were pumped and dumped on town beaches, widening them along with the smiles of visitors and residents alike. Most recently, sand-saving structures were completed around North Shore Road, and spaces between filled with sand, creating perhaps the biggest visual impact of the project.

Town Projects Manager Charlie Mopps said the town will have moved 8.7 million cubic yards of sand in the history of its beach renourishment projects, which are necessary every six to eight years.

Mopps said the project will come in under his February estimate of about $38.85 million. Residents will be paying the bill for years to come, with those owning property west of Gulf of Mexico Drive paying a higher tax rate than those on the east side.

And if the Bob the Builder in you regrets missing out, you’re in luck. In winter 2021 or early 2022, the town is looking to hire a contractor to conduct maintenance of the New Pass groin on the south end of the island.

Town staff is planning to finish construction before the 2022 start of bird and turtle nesting seasons.

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No (real) storms, but a new truck

The tropical weather season treated Longboat Key well this season, but the town is oh-so-ready to deal with rising waters that might someday come.

Tropical Storm Elsa in July stayed farther offshore than initially forecast, dispelling worries still raw from 2020’s floods from Eta. With future floods in mind, though, the town satisfied a long-running goal of adding a highwater rescue vehicle to its fleet and did so with a hulking ex-military machine designed to roll through the Fulda Gap (look it up, kids) as easily as down a flooded Juan Anasco Drive.

The 1998 Stewart & Stevenson M1078 cargo truck is a light- to mediumduty tactical military File photo transport to haul soldiers and cargo. Its Austrian designers built into it the capability of fording a 1-meter-deep body of water and climbing a 60% gradient.

And the best part: It was free. Although still the property of the Florida’s Department of Agriculture, the truck is the town’s for as long as it cares to keep it.

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EMILY WALSH IS NOW OUR PRESIDENT

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In July, Observer Media Group CEO Matt Walsh announced he was ready to pass the baton to the next generation.

Although Walsh is retaining his position as CEO, he announced the promotion of his daughter and Longboat Key resident Emily Walsh as president.

Emily Walsh is no stranger to Observer Media Group, where she has served as publisher of the company’s Sarasota-based newspapers, magazines and websites since 2016. She joined the company 20 years ago as a photographer for the Black Tie section of the Longboat Observer, later serving as editor of the Black Tie and Arts + Entertainment sections, an advertising sales executive and chief digital officer.

The Longboat Key Police Department thought it had its chief for years to come with the October 2020 hiring of Kelli Smith.

Smith brought nearly three decades of police experience with her to the town. She had held leadership positions at Northern Arizona University and the University of Central Florida.

At the end of April, Smith resigned to become police chief at Florida Gulf Coast University in Fort Myers.

To replace Smith, the town hired former Longboat Key police captain and former Brooksville Police Chief George Turner in late April on an interim basis.

Turner told the Observer in September he hopes to be named the permanent police chief as he helps guide the Longboat Key Police Department through the state accreditation process.

The town has not advertised a job opening for the permanent police chief role since Turner started.

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Noisy weekends

North shore residents were mad. Really mad. Mad enough to call police. Mad enough to email town commissioners.

Mad enough to hire the pioneering law firm of Marantz, Bang & Olufsen in their fight against loud music coming from boats and boaters anchored nearby. (OK, that last one was an 1980s stereo joke.)

But, still mad.

And town leaders listened to the level of proposing noise-ordinance changes designed to put a cork in “a few bad apples that are playing at a rock-concert level,” one commissioner said.

Among the ideas was adding specific allowable decibel levels to residential and commercial areas, though that comes with a requirement to buy about $50,000 in equipment and training to actually measure sound levels.

Over the summer, five citations were levied against boaters totaling $1,850, and appeals to each were denied.

These proposals were expected to come before the Town Commission two weeks ago but were delayed.

Ed Center opens up in a new home

Like the town’s firefighters, the Longboat Key Education Center has a new home.

Formerly located at the Centre Shops, the popular adult-learning organization is now under the roof of Temple Beth Israel.

The Education Center found itself struggling financially and in April agreed to merge with the temple instead of closing after 35 years of operation. For now, the plan is to operate much like The Paradise Center operated before it established its new location a few blocks up Bay Isles Road. The ultimate goal is to launch a fundraising campaign to find the center its own home, too.

But for now, programming that should sound familiar to clients of the Education Center will be offered at TBI. Familiar instructors and staff, including Director Susan Goldfarb, will be there as well.

Goldfarb started welcoming students into the new space in October.

There are more than 400 members who carried over from the Longboat Key Education Center, and more than 500 TBI members get automatic membership, so it could be a busy season.

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After 34 years, Tina’s Beauty Salon closed its doors, much to the chagrin of its loyal customers. Owner Tina Panagiotopolous said the customers had become like a family, one that was brought together by mutual kindness, an interest in each other’s lives and an appreciation for the hairdressers’ and barbers’ skill with scissors.

The salon crew was a cut above the rest. Manny Ninos and Panagiotopolous came down from Massachusetts together and built a devoted customer base over the years by way of friendly chatter and damngood haircuts.

Now they’re dispersing. Ninos will finally retire for good after cutting the hair of three generations of Longboaters, while Panagiotopolous and Liz Reed will go to Design 2000. The space will eventually become a restaurant.

Underground, power that is. The town’s underground utilities project is humming along with some neighborhoods on the south end of the island now devoid of overhead cables and utility poles.

Next up is the north end, which is working south to Dream Island Road as part of the town’s overall enterprise to remove all overhead cables. Verizon is also working with the town to tap into those underground cables to build out a small-cell network on the north end to improve reception.

The town launched the $49.1 million project in 2019 and expects to be complete by 2022.

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Born in New York, New York, in 1925, she was the second daughter to Wallace and Edith Boyce. Her residence would change in the years to come, finding her in Mt. Vernon, NY where she attended Davis High School, and was a member of the Community Church on the Circle, Mt. Vernon, NY. After graduation, she attended Mary Washington College, and had fond memories of singing with the Victory Chorus. Upon completing college she met, Frederick S. Carleton, Jr. who was a returning Marine from WWII, on a blind date, and was the love of her life for 67 years.

They took up residence in Bronxville, NY, where Jean was active with both the Jr. League and the League for Service at the Reformed Church, and President of the Aloha Club in Bronxville.

She was very active and loved her sports. Upon joining Knollwood Country Club she took up golf, winning the 9 hole championship, and then continued playing at Siwanoy Country Club, the Longboat Key Club, in Flori-

da, and at Sankaty Head Golf Club, on Nantucket Island, MA, and through all her practice and perseverance had a Hole in One of the 6th hole in 1996 at the age of 71!.

She also had many hours of fun with her bowling league at the Bronxville Field Club.

After her husband’s retirement, they moved to Longboat Key, Florida and summered at their home on Nantucket, where they joined the First Congregational Church, and enjoyed extensive traveling.

Jean kept herself busy with her bridge groups, and loved her daily exercise classes throughout her life. Especially those she attended at Freedom Village, a lovely senior retirement community in Bradenton, Fla, where they moved almost twelve years ago. At the age of 96 she even won the Bronze Medal awarded during a competition for the residents who attended the

Jean was dearly loved by all who knew her, and most of all by her close family... most classes.

Jean was dearly loved by all who knew her, and most of all by her close family, her deceased husband, Fred, her two daughters, Jan Carleton Carr, of Bradenton, Fla. and Marcie Carleton McGovern and Marcie’s husband, Terry McGovern, of Longboat Key Fla., who was like a son to her. She also leaves behind her Granddaughter, Jennifer Byrne, her two Grandsons, Philip Carleton and Michael Patrick McGovern, and her Grandson Phil’s wife, Dr. Erika Veth, and their two children, Jean’s Great Grandchildren, Quinn and Juniper Veth-McGovern.

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Jean Boyce Carleton, a beloved wife, Mother, Grandmother, Great Grandmother, and friend, passed away quickly and peacefully under Hospice care, of pneumonia on October 27th, 2021, at the age of 96 years old.

on November 15th, 2021 where face coverings will be required, and this coming summer a private burial service will be held at the Prospect Hill Cemetery on Nantucket where she will be joining her husband.

Jean was known for her generosity and had a long list of charities, among some were the Nantucket Cottage Hospital, Our Daily Bread in Bradenton, Fla, the Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquarium of Sarasota, Fla, Trout Unlimited for whom her Grandson Phil is currently employed, The Salvation Army, Boys Town, National Police Association, Arthritis Foundation, National Diabetes Foundation, St. Jude Children’s Research, Alzheimer’s Disease Fund, Tunnels to Towers, Make a Wish, Susan Komen, Wounded Warrior Project, Paralyzed Vets of America, March of Dimes, National Federation of the Blind, American Cancer Society, Easter Seals, St Joseph’s Indian School, Cheyenne River Indian Outreach, and Marine Toys for Tots.

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In a case of beach, interrupted, the owners of a unique property broke with years of tradition and posted signs banning passage along their private-property seawall. Among the warnings: “Not a public beach” and “Bad dog guarding.”

A representative of the Ohana Trust, owners of the property, did not wish to be interviewed but released a statement via email from an account bearing the name “Michele Ohana.”

“We have been in frequent dialogue with the town of Longboat Key in reference to public safety concerns and actual incidents involving injuries at the seawall as it relates to liability imposed on the Trust,” the email said. “During these communications, we have proposed multiple notions including indemnification by the town of public injury, a safety guard rail, concrete barriers, renourishment of sand seaward of the seawall to provide pedestrian access behind the wall, as well as groins that would hold in that sand permanently.”

Public outcry over the owner’s take on their private property came quickly. On Oct. 7, a dust-up between a beach walker and one of the property owners resulted in battery charges and a cellphone thrown into the gulf.

Town officials have been working on solutions to regain access past the property, though nothing formal has been proposed.

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Longbeach Village resident Lark Rippy has many talents.

The 11-year-old operates the pet section of her mom’s shop, Driftwood Beach Home and Garden at 6838 Gulf of Mexico Drive. She also walks neighbors’ dogs in the Village neighborhood and for some residents who live near Whitney Plaza.

Rippy’s love of animals prompted her to write to Town Commissioner Maureen Merrigan in June to ask about the possibility of raising chickens in her backyard.

If Rippy decides to continue to advocate for the change, she would have a lengthy process ahead. However, she did look up the specific ordinance about the town’s rules about livestock when writing to Merrigan.

Not bad for an 11-year-old.

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Real estate goes nuts

We heard recently about a house on fire that attracted four offers from the firefighters putting it out, three of them over asking price.

OK, not really, but that’s the thing about real estate jokes. They don’t always stay jokes.

Real estate has been going like a house afire (see what we did there) around here for some time. Sage Longboat Key Residences, a luxury complex of 16 units at 4651 Gulf of Mexico Drive, sold out in July, though it’s not expected to be movein ready until the time you’re back in Longboat Key again next year. Four penthouses sold for between $5.8 million and $6.3 million each. Lowerfloor unit prices range from mid-$4 million to about $5.5 million.

The Residences at the St. Regis Resort Longboat Key were about 70% sold out before the first ceremonial shovel broke ground.

As for single-family homes, try these: $9.1 million on the north end; $7.5 million in Country Club Shores; $5.25 million in Bay Isles.

Meanwhile, inventory of available properties plummets to less than a month in many places.

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Sarah Bauer and Greer Mackebee might have started as fierce trivia rivals when they faced off on the 2012 Jeopardy! College Tournament, but now they’ll go forward in life as unstoppable trivia night partners.

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Mackebee recently proposed to Bauer in front of the Beachcomber. Neither lives on the Key, but Bauer has been coming here since she was a kid.

Mackebee’s first trip was when he proposed, but he said it is now special for both of them.

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Red tide, with a twist

Yes, red tide returned this summer, with its usual smells, throat irritation and dead fish. But the outbreak wasn’t as consistently odious as in past years, and residents employed serious gear and pool noodles to keep the floaters out of their canals.

What they couldn’t keep out of their canals were sharks.

Hundreds of them, schooling around in residential waterways hiding from the red tide. The Observer first told you about this weird phenomenon in July, and our reporting went viral. If you read about it or saw it on TV in Michigan or Wisconsin or New York, ahem, you can thank us.

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TRIBUTES Sandra Gjerde Frisoli 1947-2021 Sandra Gjerde Frisoli, aged 73, passed away on October 27, 2021, in New York City.

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FREEDOM FEST RIDES AGAIN

July 4 marked the return of Freedom Fest, a beloved Longboat Key tradition dubbed as the “world’s smallest parade.”

The COVID-19 pandemic prompted the cancellation of last year’s event.

It’s safe to say people missed Freedom Fest, especially considering this year’s event had four grand marshals: Sarasota Memorial Health Care System Chief Nursing Officer Jean Lucas, Fire Chief Paul Dezzi, cardiologist Dr. Colleen Hardy and Publix Store Manager Willie McLaughlin.

Hundreds of Longboaters flooded Bay Isles Road to watch the short parade and subsequent festival on the morning of Fourth of July. The Hot Diggity Dog! parade and contest, hosted as always by the Rotary Club of Longboat Key, had 33 patriotic pups walking Bay Isles Road — a parade record.

Tony, Nancy and Biscuit Roberts won Most Patriotic in the Hot Diggity Dog! contest.

With stoic courage she fought a decades-long battle with cancer. Born December 6, 1947 in Plainfield, NJ, she was the daughter of the late Myhren I. Gjerde and Marie P. Van Veggelen. Growing up in West Caldwell, New Jersey, she spent her youth climbing trees, catching snakes, and fishing. A part of her always remained a child of the woods.

She was famous among the neighborhood kids for her soap-box derby car, self-built and painted pink.

Her creativity was inborn and enduring, in many ways defining her life. Her industriousness and fun-loving spirit were likewise reflected in the purchase of her first car, a 1963 Triumph TR3 convertible, bought and paid for with money earned at Grunings Ice Cream parlor.

After graduating from James Caldwell High School in 1966, Sandra attended Berkeley Secretary School in East Orange. Her first job was secretary to the VP of Sales at Titanium Metals, followed by Assistant to the President of Litton Industries, a job she truly loved.

A sales position took her around the country before finding great success as a licensed real-estate broker.

Sandra’s easy combination of conviviality and sharp in-

telligence made her a natural fit for these positions, her gifts for creative problem-solving and nurturing relationships obvious to all.

Equal parts city and country girl, Sandra’s love of nature took her home to Hunterdon County, NJ in 1979, where she married her husband, John D. Frisoli, Jr. in 1980. The two went on to undertake many projects together, including the restoration of Dogwood Farm, a seven-acre farmstead on Lower Kingstown Road in Franklin Township. Subsequent projects included the purchase and restoration of a 107-acre estate along the South Branch of the Raritan River, partially subdivided

by Sandra into 5 tracts of land to develop the impressive neighborhood of Coach ‘N Four.

John and Sandra lived together on Riverview Farm until John’s passing in 2015. It was their pride

and joy, a great labor of love approached by both with pure devotion. Adam, their only child, was born in 1983 to run free over 75 acres of rolling fields and old-growth forest, among animals both wild and domestic. Sandra’s bountiful gardens produced vegetables sold alongside legendary farm-fresh eggs from a roadside stand.

Neighbors and strangers alike were trusted with the honor system, which they never betrayed.

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be quenched, but she was far too down to earth for navel-gazing, wasting not a single moment in advertising her self-education.

Sandra’s spirit for volunteerism led her to the Hunterdon County Board of Social Services for 10 years and the Franklin Township Board of Adjustment for 13 years.

She also served as president of the Hunterdon Hills Garden Club and devoted many hours to the Delbarton Mothers’ Guild. She thoroughly enjoyed the responsibility of these positions and became well-known for her reasonableness, intelligence, and poise. Sandra’s giving nature readily included her friends and family, and she was always willing to lend a helping hand, offer advice, or provide financial support.

Sandra’s hospitable and loving spirit mean that her earliest friends from childhood remain so to this day.

She is survived by her son, Adam Frisoli and his wife, Justine, and grandson, Kai, of Longboat Key, FL; sister-in-law Diane and stepdaughter Pamela Frisoli of Franklin Township, NJ, and step-granddaughter Charlotte. She is preceded in death by her husband of thirty-five years, John, stepson John III and her sister Patricia Martinsen of Ridgefield, CT. www.martinfh.com DONATIONS: In lieu of flowers, donations may be in Sandra’s name through IN MEMORY OF for the Women’s Association for Morristown Medical Center or Tabby’s Place Cat Sanctuary in Ringoes, NJ, at www. inmemof.org

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Jerald N. Aaron died April 21 at age 74. He was the “lawyer who rides” in Michigan and was a legal champion for motorcyclists. He is survived by his wife, Ruth, and daughter.

Diane Hoffman Amaducci died May 19 at age 77. She loved the coast and owned Tinkertown Cottages on Cape Cod for decades before coming to Longboat Key, where she walked the beach and volunteered at Mote Marine Laboratory and Aquarium. She is survived by her four children and granddaughter.

Nancy Blair Aschaffenburg died Aug. 10 at age 89. She is survived by her three children.

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Gerald “Jerry” Baker died May 31 at age 89. He spent many winters at Club Longboat and was an avid runner, walker and bird watcher.

He is survived by his wife, Lynne, as well as his children, stepchildren, grandchildren, great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren.

Alden F. Barker III died June 9 at age 92. He and his wife, Arlene, were longtime members of local clubs including the Longboat Key Club, Bird Key Yacht Club and Cedars Tennis Club. He is survived

by Lynne, a daughter, a stepdaughter and six grandchildren.

Sylvester James Beko died May 22 at age 74. He was the assistant treasurer for the Winding Oaks Condominium Association and is survived by his wife, Robin, as well as his daughter, stepsons and grandchildren.

Suzanne “Sue” Borgelt died in August at age 88. She was a charter member of Christ Church of Longboat Key and found the site where the church was built. She is survived by her husband, Burt, as well as seven children, 16 grandchildren, 23 great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild.

Joan Loris Brown died July 16 at age 91. She loved painting and traveling to Longboat Key in winters.

She is survived by her four children, five grandchildren and one great-grandchild.

Paul Caroline Burns died April 24 at age 91. She loved to travel and the beaches of Longboat Key and is survived by her children and grandchildren.

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Kathleen “Kathi” Clarey died Sept. 15 at age 77. She enjoyed international travel with her husband, Jack, and was active in her church in all communities. She is survived by her two daughters and two grandsons.

Gaye L. Conway died June 14 at age 85. She moved to Longboat Key in the 1960s to work with her father, Merv Gherman, at the Buccaneer Inn. She eventually moved to the Smoky Mountains with her

husband, Jack. She is survived by her two children and three grandchildren.

Robert James “Coop” Cooper Jr. died July 3 at age 62. He was the lead maintenance man at Club Longboat for years but lived on Anna Maria Island and enjoyed fishing and playing pool. He is survived by his partner, Louise Schippers; two children; and one granddaughter.

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Dolores Edgar died April 6 at age 92. She loved biking and fishing on Longboat Key in the winter with her husband, Chuck. She is survived by her daughters, four grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.

Harold A. Engelke died July 19 at age 91. Born in Milwaukee and raised as a Green Bay Packer fan, he was a New Jersey resident who spent winters on Longboat Key. He was a member of St. Mary, Star of the Sea, Catholic Church and is survived by his wife, Dolores, as well as three children, seven grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.

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Frank Fleischer died Sept. 10 at age 83. He grew up during World War II and became a nationally recognized corporate lawyer who eventually moved to Tampa. During retirement, he served on several boards around Sarasota and worked from home on Longboat Key. He is survived by his wife, Barbara; two children; and four grandchildren.

Rolland “Bud” Freeman died Oct. 3 at age 91. He was devoted

Ruth O. Frank died June 13 at age 99. She is survived by her five children, five grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.

Paul Louis Glosser died Aug. 22 at age 91. He was an avid outdoorsman, golfer, crossword puzzler, Steelers fan and “Jeopardy!” enthusiast. He is survived by his wife, Ria, as well as four children, 10 grandchildren and one greatgrandchild.

to community and military service and served in the Air Force. He is survived by wife Vera and two sons.

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Sheila “Shelly” Goldblatt died July 21 at age 86. She was a painter and active in the arts community in Sarasota and along with her husband, Sy, was a huge sponsor of Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe.

She is survived by her children and grandchildren.

Lois Mason Greco died July 2 at age 96. A devoted mother and grandmother, she was social and energetic and loved skiing, boating, golf and playing cards. She is survived by three children and four grandchildren.

Joanne Gordon died Aug. 11 at age 78. She is survived by her children and grandchildren.

Suzanne Greer died May 28 at age 95. She was an active member of St. Mary, Star of the Sea, Catholic Church. She is survived by her son,

Jeannette May Graubner died Aug. 12 at age 95. She had lived on Longboat Key since 1979 and operated the newsstand in the Southgate Plaza in Sarasota. She is survived by her children and grandchildren.

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YOUR NEIGHBORS SWINGING BACK INTO THE SEASON

JOIN IN THE FUN Tennis for Fun is from 4-5 p.m. every Wednesday at the Longboat Key Public Tennis Center, 590 Bay Isles Road. Terihay will run the program until May, when it gets too hot to play in the afternoons. In case of holidays, there is no practice the Wednesday prior.

For information, call her at 813503-2976 or email BTerihay@terihayagency.com.

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Chris Goodwin feeds Bryanna Schmidt a ball across the net.

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herever Bryanna Schmidt went to chase down a tennis ball at Tennis for Fun on Nov. 3, at least two coaches followed. The beginning of the second season of the local Special Olympics program began as an unexpected private lesson for Schmidt, but everyone was in high spirits as Schmidt ran for shots and lobbed them across the court.

“Once it takes off, it takes off,” Coach Brenda Terihay said. “I think that we might have more people next Wednesday.”

The story of Tennis for Fun is one with “build it and they will come” at its heart. The program started in Brandon in 2000 with just one athlete.

Now, more than 100 are involved, and the program has merged with Special Olympics. Terihay started the Sarasota chapter on Longboat

Ron Shields feeds Bryanna Schmidt a ball.

Key in early 2021 and garnered a group of several athletes.

“I had to get certified (by Special Olympics) to make me the head coach and the director,” Terihay said.

“But I’m lucky because my fiance is actually a tennis pro, and he comes to help coach. … I know that Nico (Moschini, an athlete from the first season) is going to be back next week because his mom reached out, and they did some beautiful flyers, and they’re getting those out to everywhere too. They already had a couple people that have reached out to them saying that they’re interested.”

Terihay is working on finding places where future athletes might be, and she and fiance, fellow coach and tennis pro Ron Shields, have sent out flyers to the Boys & Girls Club in Sarasota and local groups for children with disabilities.

Terihay has retained all her volunteers from the previous season and even had others approach her wanting to join.

“I have more and more people wanting to volunteer,” she said. “I just need the athletes at this point. Like I said, that’s a part that takes a bit.”

The athlete of the day, Schmidt, was surrounded by coaches.

Shields, a pro at the Longboat Key Public Tennis Center, started to work with her on moving in lanes on the court and even on her backhand. After a while, Schmidt’s tennis memory started to come back, and Terihay, Chris Goodwin, Susie Singer and Tamara Wright moved around the court to match their athletic charge as she returned more and more balls.

Goodwin and another coach, Molly Gleason, are getting certified by Special Olympics to run the program in case of Terihay’s absence.

Tamara Wright, Susie Singer, Bryanna Schmidt, Brenda Terihay and Chris Goodwin

“These ladies are so wonderful for everything they do, and they’re so encouraging,” said Rosanna Schmidt, Bryanna’s mom. “She’s been looking forward to it for weeks. Other than (ballroom) dance, this is her exercise.

It’s good for her coordination, social skills. It’s definitely good for her selfconfidence.”

Bryanna Schmidt and her covey of coaches practiced for about 40 minutes before breaking to stretch and cool down after the first practice back. Although it’s been several months, Schmidt said she was excited to be back.

“I learned now that I love tennis,” she said. “First I found a racket in my favorite color, and my sister plays,and she taught me some because I said I was interested. I had a ton of fun, so I decided to come back.”

Bryanna Schmidt swings for a ball.

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stepchildren, 16 grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.

Stephen Grimes died Sept. 10 at age 93. He was a former Florida Supreme Court justice and served in the Navy.

He is survived by his wife, Fay, as well as four daughters, nine grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.

Claudette Grubelich died May 23 at age 90. She was active in her community as a member of the League of Women Voters and loved to travel, both abroad and to national parks.

She is survived by her three children and nine grandchildren.

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Joan A. Haggerty died Sept. 25 at age 85.

to the beach and swimming with her grandchildren. She is survived by three children, 10 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.

Star of the Sea, Catholic Church. He is survived by his wife, Mary, three children, grandchildren and a greatgrandson.

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John E. Mischi died Sept. 17 at age 88.

Robert Paul Karz died Oct. 12 at age 90. He was a member of St. Mary, Star of the Sea, Catholic Church and is survived by his wife, Patricia, as well as his son, four grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.

Sanford Kingsly died May 13 at age 96. He worked at the Guggenheim Clinic during World War II and was an orthodontist and real estate agent. He is survived by his wife, Sy, as well as two children and three grandchildren.

Richard “Dick” Kohl died June 30 at age 74. He worked in the stone industry and was active in his Akron, New York, community. When he and wife, Myra, retired, they spent time at home on Longboat Key fishing with grandchildren. He is survived

by Myra, three children and grandchildren.

P Donald Howard died at age 91. He is survived by his son and two grandchildren.

Kenneth A. Hecken died Sept. 9 at age 90. He served in the Navy and later built a career in the insurance industry in Warren, Connecticut.

He is survived by his wife, Audrey, as well as three daughters and two grandchildren.

Richard “R” Miles Hyland died May 7 at age 71. He was a veteran of Vietnam and made a life with his wife, Lili, in New York with three children. He was paralyzed in 1995 after a ski accident and given five years to live. He embraced the challenge and lived another 26. He is survived by Lili and his children.

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Myrna Leigh Jensen died Sept. 21 at age 76. She was active in church and one of the first women to be

Lucia Longo died May 11 at age 84. She and her high school sweetheart, Mark, moved to Longboat Key from New Jersey in 1999 and enjoyed island life.

She is survived by Mark, three children, six grandchildren and one great-grandchild.

Lichtenstein and Co. Since retiring in 2000, he and wife Marjorie spent winters on Longboat Key. He is survived by Marjorie, three children and eight grandchildren.

Patricia Luedtke died July 16 at age 88. She was a librarian and lifelong reading enthusiast. She is survived by her two children and two grandchildren.

Herbert H. Ludlam Jr. died April 22 at age 63. He worked for the town of Longboat Key early in his career and retired in Bradenton with his high school sweetheart, Patricia, in 2000.

He was an avid outdoorsman and always planned the family’s annual Key West road trip. He is survived by his mother, wife, son and two grandchildren.

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John McGrath died June 28 at age 80. On Longboat Key, he was a guardian ad litem for foster children,

Thomas H. W. Jones Jr. died July 9 at age 77. He was a professor at the University of Connecticut and spent time in Longboat Key after retiring, where he served as president of the Sarasota County Historical Commission, chair of the Longboat Key Police Pension Board and member of the Longboat Key Code Enforcement Board. He also enjoyed opera, dog shows, baseball, tennis and traveling with wife Alison. He is survived by Alison and other family.

Martha Ellen “Miss Marty” Macallister died May 24 at age 84. She was raised in Philadelphia, where she raised her own two adopted daughters and founded Miss Marty’s PreSchool. In Florida, she became a guardian ad litem for foster children. Throughout life, she enjoyed bridge, arranging flowers and being with her family most of all. She is survived by her daughters and five grandchildren.

nominated as elder in her Massachusetts church. She was also an avid outdoorswoman who loved camping, fishing, biking and, later in life, going

as well as an active member of the Kiwanis Club of Longboat Key, the Longboat Key Public Tennis Center and the Men’s Club of St. Mary,

Robert Ruff died July 13 at age 93. Also known as the “professor of tennis,” he organized the Ruff Group since the 1980s and organized about 30,000 tennis games among about 40 men.

He had a dry and quick wit and once started a tennis association meeting with the joke, “A termite walks into an English pub and asks, ‘Where is the bar tender?’” but was never remembered as anything other than a gentleman. His daughter Kay said he was the smartest person she knew and that he couldn’t get through a family meal without grabbing an encyclopedia to double check something. The Ruff Group continues.

Patrick Roman Nudo died Sept. 14 at age 57. He was a car enthusiast and enjoyed life by the water. Nudo loved boating, tubing and jet skiing as well as watching sunsets on the beach and looking for manatees. He is survived by his two children and companion Jacqueline Russell.

Robert R. Lichtenstein died May 19 at age 85. He was from Queens and was a founding partner of Corroon,

Sally Jane Hardy died July 14 at age 96. She lived in Milwaukee with her husband, George. When the Hardys were on Longboat Key, they were members of Christ Church. She is survived by her son and grandson.

Helen Sherman died July 6 at age 97. She was actively involved in JFCS in Sarasota and is survived by six children, five grandchildren, three stepchildren and six step-grandchildren.

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Harry Hampton, Jr., died April 20 at age 97. He was a veteran of World War II and spent winters on Longboat Key later in life with his wife, Peg. He is survived by Peg, as well as four children, two stepchildren, 10 grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.

well as his three children and seven grandchildren.

Albert C. Parker died July 11 at age 88. He served in the Navy and then became an OB/GYN in Rye Brook, New York. He was a Mayflower descendent and enjoyed sailing, as well as computer technology. He is survived by his wife, Eileen, whom he met at age 4, as well as his three children, seven grandchildren and great-granddaughter.

Beverly Peterman died Aug. 1 at age 90. She taught for years and became involved in the civil rights movement in the 1960s as she worked to integrate schools and neighborhoods.

She developed an exemplary reading program in Stamford, Connecticut, for Title I schools and in Florida served as a board member for several organizations including the Education Center of Longboat Key. She is survived by her two children, four grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

Frank Petralito II died July 19 at age 85. He was a lawyer and VP and Director of Taxes at American International Group. Petralito was an avid biker, lover of fine wines and the opera, and collector of vintage movie posters and Chihuly glass.

He is survived by his two children, six grandchildren and two greatgrandchildren.

in the northern suburbs of Chicago as Reed worked as a banker for Continental Illinois National Bank. He loved playing tennis and baseball and rooting for the Chicago Cubs. He is survived by his wife, three children, seven grandchildren and two greatgrandchildren.

Elizabeth Riedinger died Aug. 30 at age 83. Riedinger loved working with children and was a teacher and reading consultant. She even taught English as a second language toward the end of her career. After retiring she became a watercolor and pottery artist. She is survived by her husband, Alfred, and other family.

Donald Henry Roberts died Aug. 7 at age 94. He was the former owner of The Centre Shops of Longboat Key. He is survived by his four children, eight grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.

Samuel Rubinovitz died July 10 at age 91. He split his time between Longboat Key and Lexington, Massachusetts, with his wife, Phyllis, where they collected art glass in both homes. Rubinovitz was an executive in the semiconductor industry and inspired his sons. He is survived by his wife and sons.

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Maureen Duggan Petroni died July 17 at age 71. She was born in Boston and was a devoted wife and mother. She is survived by her husband, Vincent, as well as four children and eight grandchildren.

Ronald Thomas George Platt, OBE, died June 16 at age 94. He lived on Longboat Key and traveled the world for all 30 years of his retirement after working for the Ford Motor Company for 45 years. Queen Elizabeth II conferred on him membership of the Order of the British Empire for his services to British exports. He enjoyed time with his 18 young grandchildren on Longboat Key and is survived by them and his five children.

Penny Pozulp died June 24 at age 71. She was originally from Illinois and met the man she would marry, Keith, while in third grade. Pozulp was an elementary school teacher for years before stepping into her most beloved role as mom to two kids.

She was an avid volunteer, involved mother and adventurous outdoors.

On Longboat Key, she loved spending time with family and friends and walking the beach. She is survived by Keith, two children and three grandchildren.

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Raymond Jay Quick died Oct. 9 at age 84. He was passionate about boating and flying, and his first job was at Southwest Airport in Springfield, Illinois. Quick is survived by his wife, Carolyn; two children; and two grandchildren.

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Caren “Jeff” Reed died July 27 at age 86. He and his college sweetheart, Judy, spent most of their lives

Ian Patrick Sharp died July 16 at age 89. He was born in Dublin and became a fighter pilot in the RAF before studying at Cambridge University.

He emigrated to Canada and became a chief programmer at Ferranti in Toronto, then later founded I.P.Sharp Associates, a computer software consultancy. In his retirement years, he and wife Audrey became tennis fanatics, and Sharp only hung up his racket eight weeks before his death. He is survived

by Audrey, two children and three grandchildren.

Jerome Morton “Jerry” Salle died June 24 at age 83. He was a beloved father and is survived by his wife, Lee Ann; one of his two children; and four of his five grandchildren.

Myron “Mike” Serling died May 15 at age 92. He was a veteran of the Navy and practiced dentistry for decades in Albany, New York. He was adventurous in a saddle, on skis or on a boat and eventually discovered a love for sculpting in his retirement.

He is survived by his wife, Millie, as

Reeva Shoengood died Sept. 30 at age 95. Originally from St. Louis, Missouri, she moved to Evanston and Quincy, Illinois, throughout her life.

When on Longboat Key, she was an avid golfer and member at Temple Beth Israel. She is survived by her three children, eight grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.

Dr. Donald J. Shutello died June 4 at the age of 84. He was a veteran of the Air Force and served in the Vietnam War. Shutello practiced orthopedic surgery for more than 40 years in New Jersey and spent winters on Longboat Key fishing, giving lectures and spending quality time with his family until he and his wife, Patricia, moved to the island permanently in 2005. He is survived by his wife, three children and four grandchildren.

Shirley Steinberg died July 17 at age 99. Steinberg spent winters in Longboat Key away from her home in Chicago, where she moved from her native Staten Island. In Florida, she was president of the local ORT chapter, an organization training youth for technical vocational skills in the U.S. and Israel.

Janet L. Svaral died Aug. 12 at age 75. She lived in Sarasota and on Longboat Key during retirement, where she enjoyed the beach. She is survived by her two children and three grandchildren.

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Sally Twinem died April 1 at age 84. Twinem was originally from Maine but lived in the Longboat Key/ Sarasota area for 40 years, making friends at the Longboat Key Club and Meadows Country Club as she played golf and tennis, sailed and took photographs. She is survived by her husband, Pat; three children; eight grandchildren; and 10 greatgrandchildren.

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Herbert A. Vogel died Sept. 10 at age 90. He was a former lawyer and lifelong outdoorsman who always lived near the water. His wife, children and grandchildren were always his top priority in life, and he organized family trips even after his children were grown with their own families.

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Isaac Welch Whitesell Jr. died Aug. 4 at age 92. Before opening a private law practice, he was the attorney for the town of Longboat Key for 12 years after a career as a lawyer in Tampa and the Englewood Water District. Whitesell is survived by four children, 12 grandchildren and 18 great-grandchildren.

Arthur Wolcott died Sept. 24 at age 95. Wolcott was a veteran of World War II and had a career in the food processing industry that spanned seven decades with Seneca Foods.

He was an avid skier and sailor and vacationed on the slopes of the Rocky Mountains and the waves of Sarasota. He is survived by his wife of 72 years, Audrey, as well as four children and 12 grandchildren.

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Rudy Yessin died June 18 at age 95.

Yessin was originally from Lexington, Kentucky, and was the youngest player to play for the University of Kentucky’s basketball team under Adolph Rupp. He left school after one year to join the Army Air Corps and eventually returned to Kentucky and became a prominent lawyer in Frankfort. Yessin is survived by his wife of 66 years, Jean Brent Warren Yessin, as well as his son, granddaughter and brother and sister.

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Hope Zawatsky died June 23 at age 88. Zawatsky was a lifelong Rhode Islander who loved traveling, bridge and art, but most of all she loved making and enjoying a meal with family. Zawatsky married her college sweetheart, Martin, and they traveled the country in their motorhome named Cum Spe (With Hope). She is survived by three sons, 10 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.

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Ultra-Yacht launches boating store in town Ed and Terry Kolodzieski finally host a grand opening after COVID-19 delays.

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With the snip of a red ribbon, the old post office building on the north end of Longboat Key became an ecoconscious boating store. Although Ultra-Yacht has been open at 522 Cedar St. for more than a year, owners Ed and Terry Kolodzieski hosted a grand opening Nov. 5.

“With COVID and everything, it just wasn’t a really good time to have the grand opening because no one was leaving the house,” Ed said.

Mayor Ken Schneier thanked the Kolodzieskis for their “consummate wisdom” in opening their store at the Cedar Street building and for their public service in renovating the building. Before the Kolodzieskis moved in, it had been sitting abandoned for years.

“There was no power, no sewer, no water,” Terry said. “It was literally just a shell.”

The Kolodzieskis painted the beams on the inside and added peg boards to display fishing items. From the inside, you wouldn’t recognize the place, but as Key residents themselves, the Kolodzieskis said their goal was to keep the outside looking the same.

“The Village has its own look and feel and charm, and this is the entrance to the Village, so we just restored it to its original look on the outside,” Ed said.

Along with the fishing gear inside, clothing racks feature UPF shirts and dry-fit outerwear. Beach and boat

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Ed and Terry Kolodzieski (in yellow) welcome in as many as could fit for their ribboncutting.

floaties hang from the walls and ceiling. Drink coolers, snacks and wine bottle openers are nearby.

The outside doesn’t quite look like a typical boating store. There’s no giant parking lot full of luxury boats. Their boat business is more of an online deal; they educate you on the boat ahead of time and then take you out on the water on your preferred model so you can see the boat in nature.

They also rent boats. The Kolodzieskis both have a background in retail and are self-described environmentalists, and the boats they sell are electric. With almost no hum on the Duffy models, dolphins and manatees are more apt to check out the giant floating curiosity. Boaters are more likely to have good experiences with marine life and vice versa.

As a lifelong ocean guy, Ed said that’s important to him.

“For me, when I was 14 doing wildlife rescues for Suncoast Seabird Sanctuary (in Clearwater), and us being people who are out on the water a lot, we always had a fascination over the years,” Ed said. “You see the best of nature and not the best of people. ” The Kolodzieskis are looking into partnering with Mote Marine Laboratory and Aquarium, helping with beach cleanups on Longboat Key and working with the Longboat Key Turtle Watch.

Eventually, Ed even wants to put solar panels on the roofs of the Duffys they sell.

“When I say there’s more things to come, we want to talk about things in the future,” Ed said. “There are ways to have a much smaller impact on the environment and still have a great time, and maybe even have a good impact on marine life.”

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Bells will ring on Longboat Key sooner rather than later, and the Kiwanis Club of Longboat Key got a brief introduction to the season when representatives from the Salvation Army spoke at the Nov. 4 meeting.

Starting Nov. 26, the day after Thanksgiving, the Kiwanis Club of Longboat Key will be outside Publix collecting coins and cash for Salvation Army. Chris Sachs will organize the club’s Red Kettle campaign for the second year in a row.

“You’ve been either the No. 1 or No. 2 producers, as far as revenue from the kettles, as long as I’ve been with the Salvation Army, which is starting in 2007,” Development Director Glenda Leonard said at the meeting.

“So you’ve got a long history of being in one of the top two spots.”

Leonard was joined by another representative from Sarasota’s Salvation Army organization, Captain Ashish Pawar, who began working for this chapter about two weeks ago. However, his story with Salvation Army goes much further than even the 15 years that he’s been an employee. Both of his parents were dropped off at the Salvation Army orphanage in Mumbai, India, and they grew up in the organization and have now served 45 years.

“I am the product of the people’s generosity and the product of people’s grace towards me and my family,” Pawar said. “Brigadier Stiles (in the Salvation Army) was from America, serving as a missionary in India. … I used to call her Grandma, and I’m so inspired by her life, and I’m so grateful that she took this yearold boy outside the Salvation Army

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Pawar watched his parents love and care for as many people as they could as they served in the Salvation Army throughout his life, and although he didn’t always understand why, his father assured him that one day he’d know. Pawar eventually went into the Salvation Army and met his wife through his service in Sydney. Now he and his family have been called to Sarasota.

“There’s so many stories that I’ve seen, but I know why (my father) did what he did: He was saved from that place to serve others,” Pawar said.

“My wife and my children, we want to do that. I want to become like him and my mom, who serve with all their heart.

“Sometimes you want to see the fruit or the result of it, but I’m telling you, there’s things happening in here. Lives change, there’s hope.

Thank you for being the change into the community and the things that you do.”

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VETERANS DAY CONCERT At 6 p.m. at Longboat Island Chapel, 6200 Gulf of Mexico Drive. The duo Siren Song will put on a performance of opera, Broadway and classic folk music, as well as a tribute to the armed forces. The concert is free. Call 383-6491.

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CHRISTMAS BAZAAR From 9 a.m. until 1 p.m., stop by St. Mary, Star of the Sea, Catholic Church’s Father Edward Pick Parish Hall, 4280 Gulf of Mexico Drive. There will be secondhand gifts for the whole family, handmade gifts for kids and handmade Christmas decorations galore.

THE FORCES DRIVING SARASOTA’S REAL ESTATE FUTURE From 9:30-11 a.m. at Temple Beth Israel, join the men’s club for a breakfast meeting and hear from four panelists about the future of local real estate. Broker Lee Mirman, attorney Elizabeth Diaz, associate broker Julia DeCastro, and Purmont and Martin Insurance Agency Vice President Jeff DeJongh discuss if another crash is imminent, the importance of hedge funds in Sarasota and more. Cost is $15. RSVP to Temple Beth Israel by Nov. 11. Call 383-3428.

WEDNESDAY, NOV. 17

OUR DAILY BREAD FOOD DRIVE From 9-10:30 a.m. at Christ Church of Longboat Key, 6400 Gulf of Mexico Drive. Bring to the church nonperishable foods or household items, such as diapers, toilet paper and hygiene products, that will then be distributed to Our Daily Bread in Bradenton, which provides meals to those in need. Call 383-1791.

FRIDAY, NOV. 19

TEMPLE BETH ISRAEL THANKSGIVING FOOD DRIVE From 3-3:30 p.m. at Temple Beth Israel, 567 Bay Isles Road, bring nonperishable food and household items, which will then be distributed to Second Chance, Last Opportunity in Sarasota. The organization provides education, food and other services to those in need.

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HOPE SEEDS From 1-3 p.m. at Christ Church of Longboat Key, 6400 Gulf of Mexico Drive, pack seeds in Fellowship Hall.

Hope Seeds is a Christian organization providing garden seed to the poorest in the world. Call 383-1731.

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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 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 welcome. Call 383-6493.

GENTLE CHAIR YOGA From 9-10 a.m. through Dec. 20 at the Education Center at Temple Beth Israel, 567 Bay Isles Road. Emme Shapiro leads yoga. Cost is $66 for members and $78 for nonmembers.

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The Women’s Guild hadn’t met since before the pandemic began in early 2020, so a party was long overdue. Members mingled or perused the merchandise and crafts for the upcoming Christmas Bazaar before finding their seats for lunch.

After the prayer and before the meal, there was some business to take care of. The Women’s Guild was in need of a new president, and a committee had nominated longtime member Cindy Noble.

After Mary Elizabeth Carey led a vote, there was an overwhelming amount of support for Noble to take the lead.

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SELLING LOCAL LUXURY WITH G L O B A L C O N N E C T I O N S

$2.3 BILLION IN CAREER SALES

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ISLANDER CLUB • 2295 Gulf of Mexico Dr #55S

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2BR/2BA, Bright & open with floor-to-ceiling hurricane impact glass throughout, wood floors in main living area, newer kitchen, and bathrooms. Generous 38ft terrace. $788,000 | www.IslanderClub55S.com

Open floor plan, living room with fireplace, elevator, family room, formal dining room, 4 bedrooms plus den or 5 bedrooms 5 baths en-suite. Lower level could be flex space for 6 plus cars or a gaming room and fitness room $10,880,000 | www.6211GulfofMexico.com

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3BR/3BA, Beautifully updated and furnished. Bay and Gulf views, two small pets welcome. Corner residence with almost 3000 sq. ft. spacious floor plan and sunrise/sunset views. Enjoy the miles of pristine beaches and resort-style living. $2,350,000 FURNISHED | www.TheWaterClub408.com

3BR/3.5BA, Rarely available in Tangerine Bay! Southern exposure, partial bay view, guard gate, 2-car garage, 2 small pets welcome, resort like amenities with 25-meter pool lagoon spa, waterfalls, deeded beach access, day dock and fishing pier. $1,200,000 | www.TangerineBay421.com

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SARASOTA 4645 Ainsley Place 7 Beds 6 Baths 4,272 Sq. Ft. Kim Ogilvie 941-376-1717 A4514309 $22,000,000

SARASOTA 483 Meadow Lark Drive 4 Beds 3/2 Baths 5,468 Sq. Ft. The Walter Group 941-232-2000 A4510572 $6,950,000

SARASOTA 345 S Polk Drive 5 Beds 5/2 Baths 4,991 Sq. Ft. Barbara May & Fred Sassen 404-822-9264 A4515494 $6,250,000

MYAKKA CITY 3005 233rd Street E 4 Beds 3/2 Baths 4,164 Sq. Ft. Chris Baylis 941-735-4713 A4510152 $5,800,000

SARASOTA The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Residences, Penthouse 1701 3 Beds 3/1 Baths 4,951 Sq. Ft. Beth Afflebach & Joan Dickinson 941-737-1756 A4499645 $5,795,000

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

CORTEZ 12925 42nd Terrace W 4 Beds 4/1 Baths 5,138 Sq. Ft. Ann Martin & Joanna Benante 941-356-7717 A4502107 $4,750,000

SARASOTA 2052 Benjamin Franklin Drive D202 3 Beds 3/1 Baths 3,697 Sq. Ft. Kim Ogilvie 941-376-1717 A4503738 $4,600,000

ANNA MARIA ISLAND 112 Mangrove Avenue 4 Beds 2/1 Baths 3,577 Sq. Ft. Hannah Hillyard & George Myers 941-744-7358 A4502423 $4,150,000

LONGBOAT KEY 2377 Gulf Of Mexico Drive 2D4 3 Beds 3 Baths 2,915 Sq. Ft. Ian Addy, PA & Gail Wittig, LLC 941-961-8850 A4515831 $3,450,000

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

SARASOTA 650 Golden Gate Point 502 2 Beds 2/1 Baths 1,949 Sq. Ft. Douglas Parks 941-400-9087 A4515165 $1,775,000

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

BRADENTON 20504 65th Avenue E 4 Beds 2/1 Baths 3,738 Sq. Ft. Aaron Corr & Leslie Emery 941-840-2346 A4509727 $1,599,000

ANNA MARIA ISLAND 2719 Gulf Drive 3 Beds 2/1 Baths 2,119 Sq. Ft. Melinda Alvarez 941-704-0633 A4506596 $1,549,900

SARASOTA 1520 Ridgewood Lane 4 Beds 3 Baths 3,437 Sq. Ft. Stacy Liljeberg & John Garmong 941-544-6103 A4514956 $1,499,000

LONGBOAT KEY 1445 Gulf Of Mexico Drive 303 2 Beds 2/1 Baths 1,982 Sq. Ft. Jonathan Fox & Susan Fox, PA 941-544-6649 A4515949 $1,330,000

VENICE 2602 Firetree Lane 4 Beds 3 Baths 3,196 Sq. Ft. Dawn Durell 941-202-8922 N6118056 $1,000,000

BRADENTON 1523 1st Avenue W 4 Beds 3 Baths 3,500 Sq. Ft. Fran DeDona & Pam Goodwin 941-812-5023 A4505327 $999,750

LONGBOAT KEY 4835 Gulf Of Mexico Drive 304 2 Beds 2 Baths 1,393 Sq. Ft. Ian Addy, PA & Gail Wittig, LLC 941-961-8850 A4516420 $895,000

PALMETTO 8907 Amen Corner Place 4 Beds 3 Baths 2,864 Sq. Ft. Diane Fogo Harter 941-445-2431 A4515781 $595,000

SARASOTA 1111 S Allendale Avenue 3 Beds 2 Baths 1,556 Sq. Ft. Barbara May & Fred Sassen 404-822-9264 A4515934 $589,000

BRADENTON 5155 San Palermo Drive 4 Beds 2/1 Baths 1,997 Sq. Ft. Rachelle Golden 941-538-8998 A4515613 $489,000

SARASOTA 6514 Kimlinda Lane 3 Beds 2 Baths 1,846 Sq. Ft. Lee Byron & Sue Keal 941-350-5542 A4516397 $475,000

SARASOTA 4619 Oak Trail Drive 48 3 Beds 2/1 Baths 2,124 Sq. Ft. Sally Piccolo 941-525-8295 A4509346 $330,000

CASEY KEY 712 N Casey Key Road 8 Beds 9/1 Baths 13,553 Sq. Ft. Brian Loebker 941-735-4393 A4503358 $20,000,000

SARASOTA 401 Quay Commons 1903 4 Beds 4/1 Baths 6,131 Sq. Ft. Nora Johnson & Klaus Lang 941-809-1700 A4513907 $11,250,000

BRADENTON 8499 Lindrick Lane 6 Beds 8/4 Baths 15,223 Sq. Ft. Stacy Haas 941-587-4359 A4475594 $10,850,000

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Bird Key property sells for $3.9 million

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home in Bird Key tops all transactions in this week’s real estate. Rebecca Kohne, trustee, and James Kohne, of Sarasota, sold the home at 367 W. Royal Flamingo Drive to Richard Norman Uhler and Irma Terrazas-Zambrana, of Bradenton, for $3.9 million.

Built in 1967, it has four bedrooms, two-and-ahalf baths, a pool and 4,143 square feet of living area. It sold for $725,000 in 2001.

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The home at 367 W. Royal Flamingo Drive was built in 1967.

BIRD KEY

Monia Joblin sold the home at 374 Bobwhite Drive to SRQ Home Holdings LLC for $2.88 million. Built in 1969, it has four bedrooms, fourand-a-half baths, a pool and 3,409 square feet of living area. It sold for $460,000 in 1988.

L’ELEGANCE ON LIDO BEACH

Paul Rupert and Frank Krasovec Jr., trustees, sold the Unit A-605 condominium at 1800 Benjamin Franklin Drive to Diane and Rodney Sawyer, of Chesapeake, Virginia, for $1.51 million. Built in 1996, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,350 square feet of living area. It sold for $255,000 in 1996.

SEA GATE CLUB

Patricia Raymond and Kenneth Raymond Jr., trustees, of Watervliet, New York, sold the Unit 5-F condominium at 2425 Gulf of Mexico Drive to Mark Brennan, of Belmont, Massachusetts, for $1.47 million. Built in 1973, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,513

square feet of living area. It sold for $750,000 in 2016.

WINDING OAKS

Wayne Beale and Debra Audette, of Clifton Park, New York, sold their Unit 52 condominium at 3410 Winding Oaks Drive to Kevin and Suzanne Zavaglia, of Longboat Key, for $875,000. Built in 1988, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 2,039 square feet of living area. It sold for $635,500 in 2019.

KEY TOWERS SOUTH

Nancy Lynn Laudando, of Sarasota, sold her Unit 11-G condominium at 1750 Benjamin Franklin Drive to Robert Meyers and Shannon Howson Meyers, of Louisville, Kentucky, for $815,000. Built in 1970, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,403 square feet of living area. It sold for $160,000 in 1998.

THE AQUARIUS CLUB

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Mark Currie, of Boston, sold his Unit 3-C condominium at 1701 Gulf of Mexico Drive to Leslie and John Spencer, of Austin, Texas, for $800,000. Built in 1975, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,551 square feet of living area. It sold for $540,000 in 2016.

Karen Lee Plater, trustee, of Sacramento, California, sold the Unit A-202 condominium at 5211 Gulf of Mexico Drive to Stacey and Thomas Langenbahn, of Colleyville, Texas, for $590,000. Built in 1976, it has two bedrooms, one bath and 986 square feet of living area.

Roberta Markowicz, of Sarasota, sold her Unit 202 condominium at 4600 Gulf of Mexico Drive to Dean Monin, trustee, of Bardstown, Kentucky, for $500,000. Built in 1975, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,096 square feet of living area. It sold for $392,000 in 2019.

Robert and Zena Maldonado, of Rochester Hills, Michigan, sold their Unit 26 condominium at 651 Cedars Court to Ellis Hyman, of Alexandria, Virginia, for $430,000. Built in 1988, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,440 square feet of living area. It sold for $289,000 in 2017.

In with the new SALES GALLERY OPEN

TOP BUILDING PERMITS These are the largest building permits issued by the Longboat Key Planning and Zoning Department for the week of Oct. 29 to Nov. 4 in order of dollar amounts.

L O N G B OAT K E Y ADDRESS PERMIT APPLICANT 565 Sanctuary Drive #B606 Windows and doors Robert Adam Serling

Longboat Key

AMOUNT $167,458

834 Bayport Way

Interior alterations Richard and Nancy Pollock $ 127,950

2525 GMD #14A

Interior alterations IW14A LLC

501 Yawl Lane

Pool/spa

James Lebaron

$87,756

3598 Fair Oaks Lane

Mechanical

James D. Nuber

$65,427

761 Lands End Drive

Interior alterations Ellen Haft

$65,000

5840 GMD

Pool/spa

$63,470

821 Bayport Way

Interior alterations James A. Truitt

$56,000

2251 GMD

Electrical

$54,000

$125,273

Susan M. Graf Aria Longboat Key

The Residences at the St. Regis | 941.213.3300 | From the $2,000,000’s | Call for appointment. SRResidencesLongboatKey.com

SALES GALLERY NOW OPEN

Condominiums 1485 GMD #504

Windows and doors Leon H. Loewenstine

$52,298

500 Hornblower Lane

Interior alterations Ronell W. James

$44,500

655 Tarawitt Drive

Interior alterations Pam Rogers Revocable

$44,035

Downtown St. Petersburg

Trust 750 Tarawitt Lane

Interior alterations William F. Brown

$39,000

600 De Narvaez Drive

Polyglass over roof Anthony J. Marterie

$38,900

4401 GMD Unit 902

Door

Tedone Gaetano, Sr.

$38,000

1101 Bogey Lane

Re-roof

Wesley C. Walraven

$36,025

450 GMD #202B

Door

Phyllis A. Baber TTEE

$28,000

3040 Grand Bay Blvd. #2102 Motorized louver

William E. Ruppert

$25,000

canopy

Revocable Trust

5321 GMD Unit 2

Windows

Marvin M. Trietsch

$20,235

4330 Falmouth Drive Unit

Door

Douglas G. Lambert

$19,806

3614 Fair Oaks Place

A/C change-out

Russell V. Meloche

400 Central | 727.209.7848 | From the $1,000,000’s | Call for appointment. | Residences400central.com

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Downtown Sarasota

306 $17,267

500 Yawl Lane

Interior alterations Golson Family Trust

$16,500

3131 Bayou Sound

A/C change-out

Scott E. Tonnesen

$15,569

3608 Fair Oaks Place

Dock

Leeds Investments of

$14,177

Sarasota 4235 GMD Unit T50

Interior alterations LBK501 LLC

2410 Harbourside Drive #123 A/C change-out

$12,730

Allen S. Lichter Living

$12,003

The Collection | 941.232.2868 | From the $2,000,000’s | Call for appointment. | thecollection1335.com

Sales galleries open and available for virtual or in-person presentations.

Virtual home tours | OnDemand local experts | Interactive site and floorplans

Trust 1101 Bogey Lane

Electrical

3030 Grand Bay Blvd. #345 A/C change-out

Wesley C. Walraven

$11,769

Arthur Family Irrevocable

$11,337

5372 Sandhamn Place

Electrical

7085 GMD Unit 21

Windows and doors Joseph E. Chafens

Junwei Song

$10,469 $10,097

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FLAWLESS EXECUTION FLAWLESS EXECUTION An insectivore, this member of the flycatcher family forages using a “sit and wait” strategy. You might spot them sitting on a low perch, tail wagging. When prey is spotted, off they dart, catching their food in mid-air.

Because their diet includes many insects us humans could happily do without (such as wasps, flies, centipedes and ticks), though somewhat plain, these birds make for fantastic yard guests.

Famed ornithologist John James Audubon was quite fond of phoebes. In 1803, he carried out one of the earliest bird-banding experiments in North America when he attached silver thread to the legs of eastern phoebe nestlings before they migrated. He did this to determine whether the same birds come back to that particular nesting area every year. The next spring, Audubon recaptured two of the banded phoebes, which had indeed returned to the same location, illustraing a phenomenon now known as site fidelity.

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Carl Sagan Puzzle Three Solution: “You work your way, you reach that peak, and you know the time’s going to come when you go back down.”

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This week’s Sudoku answers

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ROGER SELLS

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MORE THAN $200 MILLION PENDING AND SOLD IN 2021

3731 INDIAN BEACH PLACE

$6,495,000

1241 GULF OF MEXICO DRIVE #805

Built in 2006 with the exceptionally high standards of Triangle Construction, designed with energy efficient and sustainable materials, this 5BR, lavish bayfront residence is the epitome of luxury waterfront living. The perfect place to escape, with its enviable central location minutes from downtown, verdant gardens protecting the nearly one-acre of property, extensive updates, and a beautifully elaborate interior that is ready for you to immediately enjoy.

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15111 GADDY UP RANCH ROAD

$4,895,000

1300 CASEY KEY ROAD

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862 GRANDE PASS WAY

$3,100,000

$1,899,000

1300 BEN FRANKLIN DRIVE #907

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$3,495,000

$2,950,000

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Bright and sunny views welcome you to this 2BR Beach Castle Resort residence overlooking the Gulf of Mexico, ready to experience as a rental property or personal vacation retreat.

Immediately start enjoying this lovely resortstyle residence at Sand Cay, located directly on the Gulf shores of Longboat Key. Boasting weekly rental options (3-day minimum).

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