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END OF THE LINES WHAT HAPPENED

Voters approved a referendum to issue bonds not to exceed $25.25 million to bury Gulf of Mexico Drive utilities.

WHAT IT MEANS GMD utilities won’t vanish from sight right away. Work will begin in 2017 and last three years.

WHAT’S NEXT

The Town Commission will discuss the fairest funding formula for burying aboveground utilities in neighborhoods and side streets.

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TREATS AND FRIGHTS Trick-or-treaters haunt the Circle for St. Armands’ seventh annual Fright Night.

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A raggedy Halloween Mary Lou Johnson’s granddaughter, Carlin Mackintosh, enjoyed her first Halloween dressed as a Raggedy Ann Doll.

“She’s such a baby doll,” Johnson said. “She’s really the cutest.”

Johnson is excited for next week, when she will spend five days taking care of the 14-week-old in Tallahassee.

“Our daughter and her husband are going to a wedding, so I get her for five whole days,” Johnson said. “I can’t wait.”

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Chloe Wozney, 4, and Skylar Caldwell, 4, as princesses during Fright Night on St. Armands on Halloween.

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“The greatest generation really was ours.” SEE PAGE 4A Aaron Cushman, 91, is one of the 130 veterans who will participate in the Rotary Club of Longboat Key’s Veterans Day Parade. Each of them has a story.

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Voters: Strip the poles SOUND OFF

The town’s electorate approved a referendum to issue bonds not to exceed $25.25 million to bury Gulf of Mexico Drive utilities.

“It’s very good news, and it’s a bold move for Longboat Key. It’s a huge step forward for enhancing the aesthetics of the island. And now, we have to take a strong look at the neighborhoods.”

– Mayor Jack Duncan

KURT SCHULTHEIS

“The voters of Longboat Key keep looking to make the future better. They have done that in the last three commission elections, the Key Club referendum and now this referendum. I think that speaks well for our future.”

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ay goodbye to power lines and poles on Gulf of Mexico Drive.

The town’s electorate officially buried the debate over whether to approve a referendum that asked if the town can issue bonds not to exceed $25.25 million to bury the road’s utilities.

Voters approved the referendum Tuesday night by 562 votes.

Town Clerk Trish Granger reported that 1,399 voters, or 62.6%, voted in favor of the referendum, and 835 voters, or 37.4%, voted against the referendum.

A simple majority of 50% plus one of the returned ballots was needed for the referendum to pass. The referendum was needed because a town charter amendment requires the town to obtain voter approval via a public referendum to issue bonds of more than $800,000.

The vote also approves a fiber optic network and enhanced street lighting along Gulf of Mexico Drive.

Overall, 37.34% of the town’s electorate participated in the election. (See “A Fine Line” for a breakdown of votes.)

Approximately 98% of the island’s property owners will pay less than $3,000 over 30 years as part of their tax bill. The average annual extra cost to taxpayers is between $153 and $182.

“I’m absolutely thrilled,” said Country Club Shores resident and undergrounding supporter Bob Gault. “It’s the right thing to do to improve electrical service, make our real estate market competitive and keep our island a top place to live.”

Mayor Jack Duncan said the voters have spoken.

“It’s very good news, and it’s a bold move for Longboat Key,” Duncan said. “It’s a huge step forward for enhancing the aesthetics of the island.”

The approval officially derails Florida Power & Light Co.’s plans to install larger, heavier concrete poles along the island’s main thoroughfare. FPL, though, is responsible for ongoing repair and maintenance of the under-

RESULTS

62.6% in favor 1,399 votes

37.4% against – 347 votes

– Vice Mayor Terry Gans

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Mary Dee and Don Klingenberg vote Tuesday at Longboat Key Town Hall.

ground system once it’s installed.

Debates about burying the Key’s utilities have switched on and off for years. The Longboat Key Town Commission decided to put the issue to the voters, though, when FPL announced plans to install larger poles that withstand hurricane force winds as part of its Storm Secure program.

The Gulf of Mexico Drive project, though, was met with skepticism from some who believe a townwide undergrounding project should have been put before the voters.

The commission considered an islandwide project but opted to separate the GMD project from a potential neighborhood/side street project.

The split was due in part to concerns about fairness: A majority of the Key’s utilities are already underground. Commissioners worried the $42.2 million price tag of an islandwide project would cause voters, many of whom already paid for their underground utilities, to reject it.

Town Manager Dave Bullock told the commission at its regular meeting Monday that referendum approval would mean scheduling of surveys and design work will begin immediately, and the Nov. 9 workshop will include an ordinance to review for the funding assessment framework.

Construction for the project will begin in 2017 and take three years to complete.

Residents worried about how the town will craft a second referendum to bury the rest of the town’s overhead utilities won’t have to wait long.

The commission wants to hold public meetings to discuss the fairest funding method for a referendum to bury the rest of the island’s utilities as soon as possible.

“Now, we have to take a strong look at the neighborhoods and we will do that with a lot of public input,” Duncan said.

The commission previously discussed a neighborhoods project once estimated at $18.8 mil-

A FINE LINE Support for the Gulf of Mexico Drive undergrounding project came heavily from the south end of the Key. In Manatee County, 392 voters, or 53%, approved the referendum, and 347 voters, or 47%, opposed it.

In Sarasota County, 1,007 voters, or 67.3%, were in favor of the referendum, and 488 voters, or 32.6% opposed it.

However, the turnout rate was higher on the north end of the Key. Manatee County voters had a 38.2% voter turnout rate.

Sarasota County voters had a 36.91% voter turnout rate.

BY THE NUMBERS

$25.25 million What taxpayers will pay

$2,476.03

The lowest estimated total cost to a typical Longboat Key single-family homeowner for undergrounding costs, paid over 30 years.

$153 to $182

The average annual cost to taxpayers over 30 years

lion that would only be voted on and funded by residents of aboveground communities. But commissioners want to find a fairer, more equitable way to fund that project.

Bay Isles resident Lenny Landau, who has been skeptical of the way the undergrounding process has unfolded, says it’s time to focus closely on how remaining utilities will be buried.

Landau has always believed it makes more sense to bury the neighborhoods instead of Gulf of Mexico Drive.

“When people come on the island, they’ll notice the big electrical boxes at eye level and not the power lines up in the air,” Landau said “My motive turns to how we manage this and how we address the rest of the island because this is a bigger deal, I think, for the neighborhoods.”

Commissioner Jack Daly said Tuesday’s results only propel him and the commission to keep the momentum moving.

“It’s a good first step,” Daly said.

“Undergrounding all the utilities Keywide is the ultimate goal.”

Gault is glad to hear the commission will move quickly to address the neighborhoods.

“From a Country Club Shores standpoint, we want to get our neighborhoods done next as expeditiously as possible to reduce the cost if it’s done with along with the GMD project,” Gault said. “If it’s not addressed quickly, we’re ready to do it ourselves.”

“It’s a great day for the town and this island. The commission gave the public the opportunity to make this decision. The voters spoke, and they wish to make the investment to make our town current and competitive in the marketplace while enhancing the natural beauty of the island without wires to spoil the view. This time, they will enjoy the investment for generations.”

– Commissioner Lynn Larson

“It’s my hope that Broadway will definitely be looked at to be done along with the Gulf of Mexico Drive project that passed. I would hope we will not look at the rest of the island undergrounding in piecemeal fashion. It’s not a good idea to do the rest of this neighborhood by neighborhood. It would be bad to have pockets not undergrounded. It should all be done.”

– Commissioner Pat Zunz

“I’m extremely happy for a lot of reasons. This is a health, safety and welfare issue, and it’s also great for the future of the Key. It protects the valuation of properties going forward, and it’s a good investment. We did a good job framing it from both sides. It’s a win-win”.

– Commissioner Irwin Pastor

“We have put it out to the electorate and they have made their decision. I’ve told everyone it’s a decision they have to make for themselves.”

– Phill Younger

“It’s a good first step. My thought has been we should underground all the utilities Keywide. Gulf of Mexico Drive is a major step toward that goal.”

– Jack Daly

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Aaron Cushman almost wasn’t in the Army Air Corps.

“I was enlisted, and I had to take a physical, and I thought it was no big deal,” he said. “I was in great shape. I passed everything, but the final test was an eye test because you need good vision to be able to fly.”

Cushman, then 18, flunked the test but was determined to pass.

“I sat in the chapter room of my fraternity house all night practicing the test and eating carrots because my mom always said carrots are good for vision,” Cushman said. “I went back the next day and passed it.”

Cushman, 91, is one of 130 veterans who will walk in the Rotary Club of Longboat Key’s Veterans Day parade Nov. 11.

Last year, he marched with veterans of World War II, Korean War, Cold War and Gulf War eras.

In addition to participating in the parade, Cushman will speak of his experience in the Air Force during the honor program following the parade.

“The greatest generation really was ours,” Cushman said. “I get a strong sense of pride on Veterans Day. I’ve done a lot of things. It’s been a wonderful life.”

Cushman was a sophomore at

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Aaron Cushman is a Grand Bay resident who served during World War II and the Korean War.

the University of Illinois when he enlisted in the Army Air Corps in 1942.

“When we were going overseas, I sent a telegram to my folks in code,” Cushman said. “I wasn’t supposed to, but I had to tell them somehow I was going.”

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“You’d make friends with these guys and have fun together. You think it’s not going to happen to you, but it always struck me after a mission, when you see an empty bed and know they’re not coming back.”

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Cushman was honorably discharged in May 1945. Upon his arrival to the U.S., he signed up to be in the reserve.

When he returned to Illinois, Cushman finished his education at the University of Illinois.

“My mother and father had said to me that they want me to go to college to be a professional man, which meant a lawyer, doctor or CPA,” he said. “Before the war, I

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Polebrook, England, as an aircraft commander. He had bombing missions in the German cities of Berlin, Nuremberg and Aachen.

“One of the things that always bothered me about the war was empty beds,” he said. “Out of 12 planes that might go on a mission from Polebrook, you’d probably lose one. You’d make friends with these guys and have fun together.

You think it’s not going to happen to you, but it always struck me after a mission, when you see an

was going to be a CPA, but during the war, I realized after all this, how can I go back to numbers?”

Cushman earned his degree in advertising and marketing. He worked for three years with Essaness theaters in Chicago before deciding to start his own public relations firm, Aaron D. Cushman and Associates.

At the time, the company was just him and his wife, Doris.

“She was the secretary,” Cushman said. “We had one desk, two chairs and one typewriter.”

In October 1950, Cushman was recalled into service for the Korean War, where he was made a public information officer in El Paso, Texas. His base was required to raise $50,000 for the Air Force Aid Society and held a meeting to discuss how to raise the money.

“It was a very large meeting that went by rank,” Cushman said.

“All the way down at the bottom was me. No one knew how to raise $50,000, but after going all around the table, I said, ‘Colonel, I can get you the money. Let me go to Hollywood, and I will bring some stars back and raise you the money.’ Everybody just looked at me like I was crazy.”

No one believed Cushman, but he was sent to Hollywood anyway.

His previous work with Essaness and his own company had exposed him to many celebrities, and Cushman was able to bring 36 celebrities, including the Three Stooges and Eddie Bracken, to El Paso. They raised $55,000.

When his 18 months of service ended in March 1952, Cushman moved back to Chicago and continued to expand his company. It eventually became the 10th largest independent agency in the U.S. His company represented many recognizable names, including the Chicago Bulls, Quaker Oats, Chrysler Corp., Ford Motor Corp., city of St. Louis, and presidents Harry Truman and Dwight D. Eisenhower. It also represented six foreign governments, promoting the countries’ tourism from the U.S. His favorite brands he represented were the Chicago White Sox and the Marriott Corp.

“We started with the Marriott Corp. when they had three tiny motels in Washington,” Cushman said. “We opened the next 65 for them all over the world. My other favorite was the White Sox. The day I was born, the nurse wrapped me in a blanket with the White Sox logo, and the logo never wore off. I’ve been a fan my whole life.”

Now a Grand Bay resident, Cushman is looking forward to this year’s Veterans Day. “I hope there will be a good turnout at this year’s parade,” he said. “It’s a wonderful thing to be honored like this.”

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Town staff gets pay hike

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The average raise as part of a new merit-based system: 3.8% for town employees, who did not get raises in four of the last eight fiscal years.

KURT SCHULTHEIS SENIOR EDITOR

Town employees recently got a pay raise. And for the first time in the town’s history, employees did not get the same percentage increase just because of a budgeted line item.

Raises vary by employee, but townwide, general employees received an overall 3.8% increase in pay for 2015-16.

Town Manager Dave Bullock allotted $214,800 for wage increases for approximately 100 general employees. Increases became effective Oct. 1.

Not everyone automatically received a raise.

But for the first year of Bullock’s new plan, only one general employee didn’t receive a raise.

Raises ranged from as low as 1.5% for a general employee to as high as 8.6% for Information Technology Director Jason Keen, whose salary rose from $93,017.60

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last fiscal year to $100,984 this fiscal year as he shed the interim director role he assumed in the last fiscal year to become the IT Department’s permanent director.

And the only manager for the town who didn’t receive a raise was Bullock.

Bullock’s annual salary is $180,000, and he hasn’t received a raise since he was hired five years ago this month.

“I told the commission when my contract was negotiated that when they agreed to my salary, I wouldn’t request or accept anything more,” Bullock said. “That will continue as we move forward.”

Bullock’s new program focuses on what employees have done in the past year to earn a raise instead of giving increases based on whether they’re in the budget.

Bullock worked with Human Resources Manager Lisa Silvertooth and Key resident Ross Alander for more than a year to create a merit-based concept.

Employees, managers and Bullock used an intranet site to formulate employee evaluations and wage increases.

Bullock ranked all employees on a score sheet of 0 to 3, with a “0” meaning performance was flat and a “3” meaning the employee exceeded expectations.

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BY THE NUMBERS

1

Town employee didn’t receive a raise

1.5%

The lowest raise given

8.5%

The highest raise given

$180,000 Highest salary

The merit increases differ from employee step wage increases, which used to be given to employees based on years of service with the town. Employees have not received those step increases since 2008.

General employees last received a pay hike in 2013, when all town employees received a one-time 3% wage increase.

In four of the last eight fiscal years, employees received no wage increases.

Police union employees will receive 2% wage increases as negotiated through a union contract, and firefighter/paramedic wage increases are still under negotiation as part of a new three-year contract.

Firefighter/paramedics are also open to considering a hybrid version of Bullock’s new merit-based system during contract negotiations this summer.

Bullock said he was pleased how the system worked the first year.

“No one got up and ran out the door,” he said.

Bullock said he’s meeting with department heads soon to get input from them on the raises given to employees.

“That will give me good feedback to see how we can improve upon the process for next year,” Bullock said.

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TOWN EMPLOYEE SALARIES

The following is a breakdown of director salaries: TOWN MANAGER’S OFFICE Town Manager Dave Bullock Old salary $180,000 New salary $180,000 % change 0%

Sue Smith

Paul Dezzi

FINANCE DEPARTMENT Finance Director Sue Smith Old salary $95,014.40 New salary $98,051.20 % change 3.2%

FIRE AND RESCUE DEPARTMENT Fire Chief Paul Dezzi Old salary $95,160 New salary $98,196.80 % change 3.2%

Jason Keen

Juan Florensa

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY Director Jason Keen Old salary $93,017.60 New salary $100,984 % change 8.6%

PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT Director Juan Florensa Old salary $109,262.40 New salary $112,756.80 % change 3.2%

Trish Granger

Pete Cumming

Alaina Ray

TOWN CLERK’S OFFICE Town Clerk Trish Granger Old salary $88,379.20 New salary $91,208 % change 3.2%

POLICE DEPARTMENT Police Chief Pete Cumming Old salary $92,705.60 New salary $95,492.80 % change 3%

PLANNING, ZONING AND BUILDING DEPARTMENT Director Alaina Ray Old salary $88,379.20 New salary $91,208 % change 3.2%

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Assistant to the Town Manager Susan Phillips Old salary $78,873.60 New salary $81,390.40 % shange 3.2%

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Three debates are telling. But they also are only a snapshot of Florida’s homegrown candidates. Indeed, it’s a long journey. There’s more to them to get to know.

MATT WALSH

It’s almost like “Groundhog Day.” Every day: the latest Republican presidential poll results; the latest dump of lies from the Hillary Clinton emails; the latest ISIS-Syria-Putin advancement. Over and over and over.

And it’s almost like the “The Truman Show” — the movie about the minute-by-minute life of Truman Burbank, whose life is filmed as a daily reality show in the idllyic town of Seahaven. Everyone in town tuned in; they couldn’t help themselves, regardless of how boring Burbank’s life may have been.

That’s September, October and soon, November 2015.

Except for a few breaks from the Groundhog-Truman routines, every time you sit with family or friends, the conversation inevitably succumbs to the magnetic pull of politics.

“Where are you on the Republicans?”

Most likely, if you’re one of those who can’t resist the daily news cycle, your inclination was to side early on with one of the candidates. But now, we bet, even though you still have your leanings, you’re beginning to agree with the Republican candidates who say it’s a long race.

You want to see and know a lot more before you ultimately commit.

For Florida Republicans, especially those with strong loyalties to the state’s Republican Party, this waitand-see posture probably is especially true. Let’s admit it, everyone would like to have his native-son or nativedaughter become president of the United States. But in Florida, which native son? Jeb Bush or Marco Rubio?

Today, Rubio is the rage. The consensus is he was superb in the CNBC television debate, while Bush tanked.

That makes for great storytelling in the national monkey-see-monkey-do media. They love the ratings storyline of winners and losers. Play up Rubio the winner and Bush the bungler.

But put that moment and their performances in the three debates in context — over their lifetimes of decision making, choices and actions in the public eye. Compare and contrast.

Past, as they say, is prologue.

To be sure, how Bush and Rubio performed on stage is telling. But it’s a snapshot. There is much more to both of them.

If, for instance, you have the fortune of knowing Florida legislators who worked with Bush and Rubio in Tallahassee, they would tell you stories of two politicians who have close, conservative philosophical beliefs but who behave far differently.

“Showman and doer.”

That’s how one former lawmaker who served in Tallahassee with Bush and Rubio summarized the difference.

Rubio, of course, is the showman.

“One of the finest speakers you will ever see,” the ex-lawmaker said. And indeed, he has been living up to that on the presidential campaign trail.

When Rubio addressed the Sarasota Tiger Bay Club while serving as House speaker, he mesmerized the audience, speaking extemporaneously, flawlessly, with passion and clarity of

his ideas. You sensed this young man would go places.

Indeed, he has been an ambitious politician from the moment he entered the public arena in West Miami.

Soon after he was elected to the Florida House of Representatives in 2000, Rubio began campaigning among his peers for the House speakership.

From 2001 to 2005, when he became speaker, Rubio pursued a strategy of building alliances among the many House members he would need to win the speakership. There are stories of how he traveled far and wide all over Florida to meet with lawmakers and ask for their support.

His Florida legislative peers also will tell you, from the start in Tallahassee, they could sense Rubio eyed a higher prize.

As speaker, he tried to be innovative. On the day he became speakerdesignate in 2005, he gave House members a hardcover book, “100 In­ nov­at­ive Ideas For Flor­ida’s Fu­ture.” It was blank inside. He asked his fellow lawmakers to fill it up with ideas to be considered and implemented when he took over the speakership in the 2006 session.

A reader of Jim Collins’ “Good to Great” book, Rubio’s term as speaker was different than most of predecessors. He was a delegater of power. But he also liked the trappings of power.

He took a lot of criticism for the amount of money he spent renovating the speaker’s office.

What was Rubio’s signature accomplishment as speaker? That’s difficult to answer. His term coincided with the governorship of Charlie Crist, with whom Rubio frequently clashed.

Rubio attempted one of the most innovative tax ideas in Florida history when he proposed eliminating the state’s school property tax and raising the state sales tax — a measure that won praise from economists but that’s about it.

With his speakership ended and reaching term limits after the 2008 session, Rubio, now a career politician, aimed for the next step. He took on Charlie Crist for the Republican

nomination for U.S. Senate. Elected in 2010, here he is five years later, a freshman U.S. senator, running for president of the United States.

Now contrast that with Bush. He followed the Bush family practice of entering the private-sector business world, securing experience and a level of economic comfort, before seeking public office. To that end, Bush left Texas in 1980 and settled in Miami.

He teamed up with a prominent developer, Armando Codina, and made his mark with several Miami projects.

Bush entered state politics in 1986, when was appointed Florida’s secretary of commerce, a position he held for two years. Bush returned to the private sector in Miami for nearly eight years. And then he lost his first bid for governor against Lawton Chiles in 1994. The second time around, he beat Chiles’ lieutenant governor, Buddy MacKay. In his eight years as governor, Bush developed a “get-it-done” reputation. You’ve heard him recite his rap sheet — billions of dollars in tax cuts; one of the fastest growing states in terms of job creation; the leader in education reform, in particular the creation of school accountability grades and giving families schoolchoice options.

These were all on Bush’s agenda, that he took the lead on pushing through the Legislature. One former lawmaker told us: “He’s smarter than his brother.” Another said: “He’s an amazing multitasker.” You could be in his office talking to him, and he’d be watching a debate on the House floor, type an email, and just when you think he’s not paying attention to you, ask you a penetrating question.”

But this same lawmaker concedes: “He’s absolutely horrible on stage.

One-on-one, terrific.”

Neither Bush nor Rubio is the perfect candidate. None of them is, for that matter. At this point, it looks like we’re going to have to endure “The Truman Show” and “Groundhog Day:” Tune in for the journey to see whose character turns out to be the right stuff.

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And they should, deservedly so.

When every man and woman dons or donned our military uniforms throughout American history, whether as volunteers or draftees, they made the statement they were willing to sacrifice their own lives because they were unwilling to let us live as the conquered slaves of enemy forces.

This is one of the highest virtues.

Thank goodness many Americans still recognize this and hold our veterans in a place of honor.

To that end, it was special last year on Veterans Day — the day honoring all of our nation’s living military veterans — when the Longboat Key Rotary Club organized its first Veterans Day parade on Longboat Key. In typical Longboat Key fashion, the parade may have been small in number, but many of its spectators were overcome with profound gratitude for those who served. And those who marched showed the humility of American patriots.

The Rotary Club’s parade is all set to march again next week on Veterans Day along Bay Isles Road.

To those who march, to those who served, we salute you.

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Yablon proposes selling Colony land at auction The best way to maximize the price of the coveted Colony Beach & Tennis Resort property?

The association’s president believes it’s selling the land to the highest bidder.

KURT SCHULTHEIS SENIOR EDITOR

Colony Beach & Tennis Resort Association President Jay Yablon believes the 237 unit owners of the resort should consider dissolving their condo association and selling their 15 acres to the highest bidder.

In an Oct. 27 email to unit owners, Yablon explained that his proposal, which he says he is putting forth as a unit owner and not as president of the association, is the best option that would yield the highest maximum price for unit owners.

“I can see the jockeying to grab cash already materializing, so I need to call it out for what it is so that nobody can hide behind the rationalization that it is otherwise: a potential intramural feeding frenzy over money that can be extremely dangerous to all of us,” wrote Yablon in his email.

To make an auction of the land fair, Yablon proposes the following: n Half of the sale of the land would be split among unit owners equally;

“I can see the jockeying to grab cash already materializing...”

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To sell 15 acres of Colony Beach & Tennis Resort property at auction, at least 80% of unit owners would need to vote in favor of dissolving the condo association, according to Yablon.

n The other half of the sale would be distributed through an appraisal funding mechanism that recognizes some owners purchased units with premium views and larger units.

Using a $50 million auction sale price for the 15 acres of land as an example, Yablon said “each of the 237 unit owners would get north of $105,000 from the one unit-one dollar split of the first $25 million, and the remaining $25 million would be split based on the unit value appraisal methodology that needs to be agreed upon.”

Yablon also proposes that any owner who still wants to have a unit at the new Colony “can opt to leave their money in the pot with the winning bidder of the auction.”

He suggests any owner who has agreed to invest in the new Colony must be allowed to purchase his unit at a price “that lists substantially below like offerings to the general public not already at the Colony.”

The beachfront units, which can’t be rebuilt under today’s building codes, Yablon says, should remain and be renovated.

To sell the 15 acres at auction, at least 80% of unit owners would need to vote in favor of dissolving the condo association.

Yablon told the Longboat Observer Monday the association is still debating the proposal as bankruptcy matters continue and appeals of estate acquisitions the association purchased in September are pending.

In the meantime, the association board is up for re-election in six weeks. Yablon said the new board must approve the proposal before any vote to dissolve the association goes before owners.

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To add insult to injury, the vets who worked were paying taxes used to fund the paid holiday for many non-veterans.

I will participate in the second Longboat Key Veterans Day parade on Nov. 11 but will be saddened by the pathetic condition of the VA Healthcare System and its failure to meet the needs of those of us who gave some of the best years of our lives and risked our lives for our country.

If you expend some time and effort, you will see that the dysfunctional Veterans Healthcare System is a national disgrace.

Some of the problems predated our current president, but he was the man who promised to fix things; he has not only failed the fix but has presided over further deterioration of the VA. President Obama appointed a totally unqualified Army general officer, Eric Shinseki, to head the VA and left him in place for five years continually expressing confidence in him as the VA continued to deteriorate under

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Obama was forced to accept his resignation only when immense pressure was put on him due to a cover-up scandal, which attempted to hide the fact that veterans were dying while waiting for appointments for care.

In 2014, the president appointed a replacement who had been terminated as CEO of a major private-sector company.

The facts of the situation are far too extensive for me to cover in this letter, but consider the following, which was reported in the Washington Post and elsewhere: While the VA is constantly excusing its horrible performance by claiming it is understaffed, there are more than 100 union representatives who are paid by the taxpayers who spend 100% of their time performing duties for the union and zero time helping vets who need care.

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Urban planning veteran Bill Spikowski brought this warning from his more than two decades of planning Oct. 29 to a Downtown Sarasota Alliance speaker series event: To successfully implement a new zoning code, getting buyin from affected neighborhoods is crucial.

“It’s legitimate for people to be scared about this,” Spikowski said. “If you can’t make a compelling argument that it’s good for your neighborhood as well as the whole city, you’re probably not going to get anywhere with it.”

Today, that fear is real in several pockets of Sarasota. As the city’s Urban Design Studio consults with neighborhoods to get feedback on the form-based code it’s developing, critics say some resident feedback is being ignored.

On St. Armands Circle, in particular, prominent figures have expressed concerns about the potential impact of the new code.

At the Oct. 13 St. Armands Business Improvement District meeting, Co-Chairman Marty Rappaport aired his grievances with the Urban Design Studio’s planning approach, which began in 2013 and will be completed next year. Rappaport suggested Urban Design Studio Director Karin Murphy was making plans

without regard for the interests of St. Armands stakeholders.

“They come out and say, ‘We’re going to hold our public meeting — we’re now going to tell you what we suggest,’” Rappaport said. “They don’t listen.”

The Urban Design Studio has hosted three events focused on St. Armands this year. In March, the group walked through the residential area to get feedback from neighborhood leaders before presenting their findings and recom-

mendations later that month. In August, the studio held a workshop to get feedback from merchants on sign regulations.

Rappaport rattled off a list of specific problems that have arisen this year. The studio suggested implementing lines that mark individual spaces for parking around the Circle — once an unpopular institution among Circle businesses and shoppers, and one the city eliminated in 2012. A March presentation showed par-

allel parking along the median of John Ringling Boulevard, which would actually reduce the parking stock on special events weekends.

Diana Corrigan, executive director of the St. Armands Circle Association, agreed the interests of merchants weren’t being properly addressed.

“St. Armands is different, and they need to recognize that,” Corrigan said. “We know what works, and we know what doesn’t work.”

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Rappaport worried that, if the CT district was eliminated, certain regulations specific to the Circle would be eliminated. For example, the Circle bans the use of A-frame signs, but downtown businesses want to encourage the use of those signs.

In a brochure handed out at the August signs workshop, a map lists the “St. Armands Business District” as a special segment of the city. Murphy confirmed that would include regulations specific to the Circle. She doesn’t want to throw away existing rules where they work, but she does want to streamline the current code. On St. Armands, that could mean removing design guidelines that aren’t enforceable.

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“I think it’s very plausible that we’ll have a fine working relationship when the time comes,” Fiore said.

Ultimately, the draft code Murphy will present next year is just a series of recommendations to the Sarasota City Commission.

When it’s complete, she plans to be transparent about what portions received a strong resident endorsement and which ones were more controversial. Already, she knows the document won’t have universal support.

Until that moment arrives, she continues to invite feedback from all interested parties.

“You try to give the most open, inclusive process you can,” Murphy said. “No matter what you do, you can never win with everybody.”

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Murphy said anyone with questions or concerns about the code can stop by the Urban Design Studio. Residents are encouraged to participate at any point of the process. So far, she said, she hasn’t heard any direct complaints from the St. Armands leaders. When the time comes, she’ll work to address any issues they have — although she acknowledges there may be points of disagreement.

The BID selected St. Armands Residents Association President Hugh Fiore as a liaison to make the Urban Design Studio aware of these concerns. Fiore, who has discussed the residential aspects of the code with Murphy, believes an improved dialogue between the two sides could help solve the

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One proposed change that drew ire from St. Armands stakeholders was the return of lines that mark individual parking spaces along the Circle.

with representatives from every city neighborhood, bristled at the allegation that she was unwilling to listen to resident feedback.

In addition to the direct engagement, Murphy has gone back through years of feedback regarding certain neighborhoods — such as a 2014 study that suggested the storefronts and signage on St. Armands Circle are outdated. What she presents is her attempt at synthesizing the (occasionally conflicting) information she’s gathered.

Everything is subject to change at this point, Murphy said. She recently threw out plans to introduce a commercial property in Siesta Key’s Bay Isles neighborhood following negative feedback. She knows new regulations will touch on sensitive subjects — but it’s her job to move ahead with recommendations she believes will improve the community.

“Everybody likes progress,” Murphy said. “Nobody likes change.”

That’s why she’s suggested reinstituting boxed parking: For an area that’s short on parking spaces, it could be a fast and inexpensive way to grow the supply.

She believes installing more parking on John Ringling Boulevard would achieve the same goal, and she’s open to making the spaces diagonal rather than parallel.

Some problems might be tied to communication issues. Rappaport suggested that, by eliminating the Circle’s Commercial Tourist zoning designation, the studio wanted to use the same regulations for the St. Armands and downtown Sarasota — a claim rebuked by Murphy and refuted by planning documents shared with St. Armands stakeholders.

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Both women, who were visiting the area on vacation, were transported to their hotel without further incident.

PRISON FAKE 8:45 a.m. — 700 block of Emerald Harbor Drive Fraud: A man got a call from someone who sounded like his grandson, who was crying and asking for $1,500 to get out of a Dominican Republic jail.

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DEPTH OF THE PROBLEM 11:17 p.m. — 700 block of Marbury Lane Public Service: Police found 6 inches of water in front of the Public Works Department and called Public Works employees to report a possible water break. A strong wind combined with high tide caused the flooding.

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HOOKED ON THE BEACH 12:40 p.m. — 4600 block of GMD Rescue: Police and firefighter/ paramedics found a woman sitting on the beach with a fishing hook sticking out of her leg. She told police she was walking in the Gulf when she stepped on the hook, and it got stuck in her leg.

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Fresh & Fresh Cafe owner Werner Wegener aims to add variety to Longboat Key dining.

New eatery gives diners fresh option STAFF WRITER

With Longbeach Café, Harry’s Continental Kitchens and Blue Dolphin Café, residents on the north end can easily get their breakfast fix. Those who live midKey or on the south end, however, didn’t have any conveniently located breakfast locations — until recently.

Werner Wegener, a Germany native, opened the 12-seat Fresh & Fresh Café next to Michael Saunders & Co.’s mid-Longboat Key location in October, after finding the space in July.

“I’m here because residents need it,” Wegener said. “We’re trying to give people something they need.”

The restaurant serves breakfast items such as omelets, bagels, pancakes and waffles. It also serves various sandwiches and salads, and Wegener plans to begin serving soup in the future.

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The most popular item on the menu is crepes, which are available in both sweet and savory flavors. Wegener also makes freshly squeezed juice each morning.

Wegener worked in the restaurant industry for more than 40 years in Frankfurt, Germany, before moving to Florida 10 years ago. In addition to Fresh & Fresh, he owns the German American Bakery in Cape Coral and Fresh Fresh Café in the Dominican Republic.

Since opening, Wegener has seen a steady stream of diners.

“It’s going great,” Wegener said. “Every week, we get a little bit more people. I expect it to be packed when season comes.”

Wegener’s ultimate goal is to provide Longboat residents with another breakfast option to enjoy.

“I think the other restaurants here are good, but people need different,” he said. “They don’t want the same thing every day. I think I can provide that variety.”

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Former Commissioner Gordon Haglund’s best-known work came before his term, when he devised the 80/20 beach funding formula the town still uses today.

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“People didn’t want to pay for beach projects originally,” Webster said. “But Gordon’s idea gained traction, and without it, our beaches wouldn’t be known for their pristine condition.”

Since October 1992, Key property owners have paid for beach projects using Haglund’s funding model: District A voters foot 80% of a beach project bill, and District B voters pay the remaining 20%.

District A includes all residential properties west of Gulf of Mexico Drive (i.e., the Gulf side) and all commercial properties on the island, while District B consists of all other Key properties.

In 1989, a time when the Key’s shoreline was severely

eroded, the Town Commission put a straw poll beach renourishment question on the 1989 ballot, asking voters to pay for a beach project across the board uniformly. It was rejected by a vote of 2,156 against and 1,606 in favor. A similar straw poll failed again in January 1990.

According to Ralph Hunter’s “From Calusas to Condominiums,” the commission, town staff and a committee worked throughout the year to finalize and advertise a plan that consisted of the 80/20 beach project funding plan. A vote was scheduled for December 1990, and the town’s 2,190 registered voters at the time passed the controversial measure by a margin of 15 votes.

Key voters in October 1992 officially approved a $14 million beach project using Haglund’s funding formula through a referendum. Several other beach projects have been paid for with the same 80/20 funding split.

Haglund was preceded in death by his son, Ric. He is survived by his wife, Marilyn, of Crosslake, Minn. and Sarasota; son, Rob, of Crosslake; daughters, Karen Kropp, of Paonia, Colo., and Julie Yates, of Duluth, Minn.; and 12 grandchildren.

Services have not been announced. Brenny Funeral Home, in Crosslake, is responsible for arrangements.

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Donna Jean Swan, 86, of Longboat Key and Torch Lake, Mich., died Oct. 26.

Born in 1929, in Lansing, Mich., she graduated from Eastern High School. After raising six children, she returned to college and graduated from Michigan State University at age 55.

Mrs. Swan was active in golf, water sports and snow skiing.

She was a master bridge player who wrote the Longboat Observer’s “Deal Us In” column for many years. She loved to travel and visited several countries with her husband, Harry.

Mrs. Swan was preceded in death by Harry, who died in February. They were married 64 years. She is survived by her son, James, of Seattle, and daughters Susan Gustomski, of Bradenton, Wendy Hobbie, of Truckee, Calif., Margaret Davies, of Okemos, Mich., Donna Swan Jr., of Haslett, Mich., and Kathy Cunningham, of North East, Pa.; brother, Ronald Morgan, of East Lansing, Mich.; 14 grandchildren; and 10 great-grandchildren.

The family would like to thank Hospice Care of Michigan for its compassionate care. The family would also like to acknowledge her caregiver of two years, Sarah Moore, of Bradenton.

In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to Hospice of Michigan or the American Humane Society.

A memorial service will take place in July 2016, in Michigan.

Arrangements were handled by the Bellaire Chapel of Mortensen Funeral Homes. Sign the online guestbook at mortensenfuneralhomes.com.

— Former Longboat Key Mayor Joan Webster

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Gordon Haglund may not have been on the Longboat Key Town Commission for long, but his two years of service and behindthe-scenes work produced a lasting impact for Longboat Key’s shoreline.

Haglund is considered the mastermind behind the town’s 80/20 beach funding mechanism that’s been in effect since October 1992.

“The beach funding formula was his idea,” said former Mayor Joan Webster. “He realized early on the beaches are what make this island great, and it behooved us to be responsible caretakers of that shoreline.”

Haglund died Oct. 26. He was 89.

Born June 3, 1926, in Opstead, Minn., he served in the U.S. Navy and graduated from the University of Minnesota with a degree in business management.

He later worked for the Federal Reserve Bank and for Shell Oil Co. before becoming co-owner of Consolidated Oil Co. and Merit Enterprises.

Haglund served on the commission from 1998 to 1999, but his greatest achievement was developing the beach funding formula before he took a commission seat.

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He served on the Longboat Key Town Commission from 1998 to 1999.

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The seventh annual event included trick-or-treating for children, frightening characters and Sarasota High School’s performance of Michael Jackson’s “Thriller.”

Brooks Trumble, 6, as a superhero, with brothers, Porter, 11, as nature show host Chris Kratt, and Kai, 4, as Marshall from “Paw Patrol.”

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Cora Messer, 3, as Olaf Center: Bella Amador, 4, with sister, Devyn, 5, as Minions

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Former Longboat trainer opens Sarasota studio

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MOLLY SCHECHTER CONTRBUTING WRITER

If you have been on Longboat Key for any length of time and are interested in fitness, chances are the name Cinde Carroll is familiar to you. She came here from Chicago in 1988 to be the fitness director at the Colony Beach & Tennis Resort. She also worked independently, training clients in their homes and condo gyms up and down the Key. After 15 years on Longboat, Carroll opened her own studio in the Rosemary District downtown.

She thrived there for several years until building issues made the space unsuitable for her purposes.

Then, she taught at various studios around town.

The big news for Carroll and her clients is her new studio, which opened just last month in the Gold Tree Plaza on Ringling and Tuttle, upstairs from the Garden of the Heart Yoga Studio.

Carroll had a good deal of

experience before she came here. A student of anatomy and physiology, she taught her first fitness class at age 16. She was an athletic trainer and physical therapy assistant. She took balance-training seminars before Reebok popularized the concept, studied three kinds of martial arts for a total of eight years and spent three months in Toronto becoming certified in Stott Pilates in its earliest days. Most recently, she has advanced to the level of “pre-trainer,” meaning she trains trainers of Gyrokinesis and the Gyrotonic Expansion System, which together comprise an emerging discipline that stresses natural, circular movement to increase strength, flexibility, coordination, balance and posture.

Carroll’s new studio is an interesting place to see, with a long row of six reformers, Trapeze Table (also known as a Cadillac) and other Pilates apparatuses on one side and an equally impressive lineup of Gyrotonic equipment on the other.

But what is most interesting about the studio is Carroll herself. She taught her first class in 1975. Not many fitness professionals here or anywhere else have four decades of experience.

She started teaching after her sensei (martial arts instructor) recognized her gifts, not just as a student but also as a potential instructor. He had to talk her into teaching a strength-training class for men, and her macho students gave her more than a

bit of attitude — as in “What can this little slip of a girl teach us?”

They got over it when they discovered that anything they could do, she could do better.

Carroll’s gift is recognizing what her clients need and caring passionately about helping them achieve it. She can look at someone and how he or she moves and know intuitively what they need to be more comfortable and function better in their own bodies.

Her clients put it this way: Rob Lyons: “I play golf and tennis, and I’ve had back problems over the years. My back has never felt healthier than it does now.”

From Pamela Fendt: “Cinde has not only given me a path to finding a pain-free life, she has helped me to be more body aware, and as a result, I can walk my dogs, kayak, paddleboard,and cycle with greater ease.”

Kimberley Summers: “She is obsessed with having your body be in balance and feel good.”

Cinde Carroll Studio offers group classes and duets and personal training in Pilates, Gyrotonics, TRX, BOSU and other modalities. Prices range from $20 for a walk-in Pilates reformer group class to $65 for a package of five to $90 per hour for private training, or $600 for a package of eight.

Studio is at 2886 Ringling Blvd., Suite D (second floor).

Visit www.cindecarroll.com.

Molly Schechter

Molly Schechter is an ACEcertified personal trainer with a specialty in older-adult fitness plus YogaFit Instructor Training, SCF Yoga Fundamentals I and II and Power Pilates™ Mat Certifications. She teaches classes at Bayfront Park Recreation Center.

Email her at mschechter@YourObserver.com.

Studio owner Cinde Carroll demonstrates the Gyrotonic Expansion System, one of the many modalities that she teaches in her studio. It employs spiraling, circular movements with corresponding breath to strengthen and make supple the spine.

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3BR/3BA & an open floor plan with 14’ ceilings. Sparkling pool and large entertaining area. 2-car garage & assigned boat slip. Tiled floors throughout main living areas. Floor to ceiling windows and sliders let in natural light. $998,000

Laurel Oak Country Club Executive Home situated on a 1 acre lot. 4 bedrooms 6 baths + study and entertainment room. Beautiful interiors, resort style screened pool with summer kitchen & 4-car garage. $999,998

Bay Isles - Longboat Key Waterfront Located in the exclusive gated Harbor Section and featuring classic, timeless architecture, this Guy Peterson original designed masterpiece will wow you with its 3,172 square feet of luxury in 3BR/5BA, and walls of glass overlooking the water with views of Sarasota Bay. 2-car garage, boat dock. $3,150,000

Eagles Point at The Landings Water views from every room of this South-facing three bedroom, two bath residence with washer/ dryer, oversized terrace, private enclosed garage + extra parking space. $739,000

Windward Bay - Unobstructed water views from every room of this 2 bedroom / 2 bathroom apartment with enclosed lanai. All new windows. Fitness, boating & tennis, plus boat docks and 2 community pools. $439,000

Sanctuary - 4th Floor Furnished 3BR/2.5BA residence in the desirable North building. Sunsets & Gulf and Sarasota Bay views. This building is a pet-friendly, socially-active community located behind the gates of the Longboat Key Club Islandside $1,035,000

Vista Bay Point - On Golden Gate Point Downtown Sarasota residence lives like a home!

Enjoy supreme elegance, tranquility and privacy combined into four stunning full bedrooms, four bathrooms, a private elevator foyer and gorgeous Sunset and Bay views. Gourmet kitchen with gas cook top, granite and stainless steel appliances. Become a part of the cultural, dining and social energy of downtown Sarasota! $1,450,000

Lakewood Ranch Country Club Private lake and nature preserve views from this maintenance free pool home in the Whitemarsh neighborhood. Two bedrooms, two baths, plus den. High ceilings, tile floors, open floor plan. $429,000

Beachplace – Building 6 Turnkey furnished residence on the 5th floor with Gulf & Bay views. Neutral ceramic tile and carpeting, updated bathrooms and a flexible rental policy.

Gated complex with excellent community amenities. $625,000

Promenade - Sweeping Gulf Views Totally remodeled 2 bedroom, 2 bath, open concept residence. Meticulous attention to detail in every room. Top of the line fixtures and finishes.

Remodeled kitchen, with Quartz counters and stainless appliances. Secure under building parking. $949,000

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YOU O B S ERV ED Bird Key Yacht Club and Longboat Harbour celebrate Halloween

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Longboat Harbour held a combined welcome back and Halloween party Oct. 31.

Residents sampled tasty hors d’oeuvres and desserts as they welcomed new residents and greeted old friends. Bottles of wine and treat bags were awarded for the most creative, funniest and best costumes of the evening.

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“It was a great night of fun for all as we welcomed back many of our snowbird friends,” social chairwoman Karen Murphy said.

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Orchid Beach Club condo sells for $1.65 million

RESIDENTIAL REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS

OCT. 19 - OCT. 23

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condominium in Orchid Beach Club Residences tops all transactions in this week’s real estate. Nicola Kobritz, trustee, of Sarasota, sold the Unit B-704 condominium at 2050 Benjamin Franklin Drive to Thomas Gardner and Barbara Vanderkolk Gardner, of Sarasota, for $1.65 million. Built in 2005, it has three bedrooms, three baths and 2,936 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $1.55 million in 2012.

GRAND BAY

Irma Eison, trustee, of Sarasota, sold the Unit 153 condominium at 3060 Grand Bay Blvd. to Joseph Battista and Pamela Schultz, trustees, of Pewaukee, Wis., for $900,000. Built in 1994, it has three bedrooms, three-and-a-half baths and 2,369 square feet of living area.

SLEEPY LAGOON PARK

Todd Stevens and Scott Stevens, trustees, of Scottsdale, Ariz., sold the home at 662 Norton St. to Alex Weinberger and Margo Parisi, trustees, of Tampa, for $660,000. Built in 1993, it has three bedrooms, two-and-a-half baths and 1,896 square feet of living area.

LONGBOAT SHORES

555 Triton LLC sold the home at 600 Buttonwood Drive to Ward and Patricia Maxson, of Sarasota, for $465,000. Built in 1960, it has two bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 1,483 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $612,000 in 2006.

LONGBOAT LANDING

Joel and Ersilia Leonard, of Ocala, sold their Unit 204 condominium at 5320 Gulf of Mexico Drive to Elizabeth Yerkes, of Longboat Key, for $455,000. Built in 1981, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,323 square feet of living area.

It previously sold for $260,000 in 2012.

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The Unit B-704 condominium at 2050 Benjamin Franklin Drive has three bedrooms, three baths and 2,936 square feet of living area.

PELICAN HARBOUR AND BEACH CLUB

Lisa Leftkovitz, trustee, of Fairlawn, Ohio, sold Unit L-2 at 4234 Gulf of Mexico Drive to Steven and Mandy Phillips, of Reston, Va., for $385,000. Built in 1973, it has two bedrooms, one bath and 1,150 square feet of living area. It last sold for $350,000 in 2002.

LONGBOAT HARBOUR

Anthony and Sarah Pennachio sold their Unit 104 condominium at 4430 Exeter Drive to Federal National Mortgage Association for $265,500. Built in 1970, it has one bedroom, one bath and 775 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $385,000 in 2005.

741 Hideaway Bay Drive A4103504 $2,650,000 Saint Cacchiotti & Marie Monsky

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3060 Grand Bay Boulevard PH 1101 A4109140 $2,600,000 Michael Moulton

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535 Sanctuary Drive C706 A4135097 $2,599,990 Carol Cohen Pa

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571 Putting Green Lane A4133920 $1,994,900 Maureen Horn

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413 S Blvd Of Presidents A3994759 $4,825,000 Klaus Lang & Nora Johnson

6540 Gulf Of Mexico Dr A3997271 $1,895,000 Saint Cacchiotti

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435 L Ambiance Drive H202 A4113356 $1,750,000 Klaus Lang

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705 Jungle Queen Way A4128784 $1,699,000 Jenifer Schwell

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572 Gunwale Lane A4112296 $1,599,000 Jenifer Schwell

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455 Longboat Club Rd # 508 A3996566 $1,395,000 Michael Moulton

SPANISH MAIN YACHT CLUB

Maureen Stark sold her Unit 193 condominium at 716 El Centro to Bonnie and Stephen Huebner, of Hawthorne, N.J., for $247,500. Built in 1968, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,399 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $125,000 in 1999.

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3563 Fair Oaks Lane A4109427 $1,200,000 Brigitte Von Kessel

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1425 Westway Dr A3993944 $3,990,000 Stephanie Church

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2450 Harbourside Drive 242 A4133323 $1,125,000 Carol Cohen Pa

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535 Sanctuary Drive A102 A4126070 $1,098,000 Maureen Horn

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3040 Grand Bay Boulevard 215 A4134596 $949,000 Richard Perlman

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541 Chipping Lane A4121363 $825,000 Jonathan Fox

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695 Marbury Lane A4109609 $798,000 Jenine Meyer

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1145 Gulf Of Mexico Drive 402 A4119959 $789,000 Jenifer Schwell

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2231 Harbourside Drive 205 A4133832 $779,000 Jenifer Schwell

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2425 Gulf Of Mexico Dr # 5 A3995790 $735,000 Mel & Jan Goldsmith

Longboat Key 941-388-4447 941-356-6673

2425 Gulf Of Mexico Drive 13C A4134946 $685,000 Mel & Jan Goldsmith

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Ian Addy & Gail Wittig

440 Gulf of Mexico Drive • Longboat Key 941.961.8850 | 941.228.1985 #1 Longboat Key Real Estate Team

L O N G B OAT K E Y ADDRESS PERMIT APPLICANT 1000 Longboat Club Road Re-roof Privateer South Condo Assoc.

510 Harbor Gate Way Re-roof Steve Carter 3030 Brand Bay Blvd., No. 334 Alteration Jack Gibson 6326 Laguna Drive Alteration Tom Baugher 2045 GMD, No. 305 Alteration Stacey Warren 595 Dream Island Road, No. 26 Grand Mariner LLC Boat lift 562-570 Spanish Drive S. Alteration Mark Pinardi 1000 Longboat Club Road, Doors Ralph Joseph Verdino No. 905 3564 Fair Oaks Lane Lift and dock Naumann Hans-Juergen 6844 GMD Interior alterations Whitney Plaza LLC 2525 GMD, No. 5-B Doors Jay Claeys 3453 GMD, No. 200 Re-roof Andrew Verboys 521 Harbor Point Road Garage door Wendy Lipstein 740-748 Spanish Drive N. Doors John Leuchter 3710 GMD, No. E-6 Windows William Crowley 1465 GMD, No. 201 Garage door Robert McNeilly Jr. 4052 GMD Temporary event Town of Longboat Key

The Addy & Wittig team has garnered recognition as the top sales team company-wide with Michael Saunders & Company and top sales team on Longboat Key for the last five consecutive years. As a consistent top producing Realtor® and Sarasota native, Gail has more than 33 years of local real estate experience. Ian brings a robust financial management background focused on valuation to complement his abilities as a skilled negotiator.

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25 Lighthouse Point Dr A4108131 $5,200,000

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560 Chipping Lane A4125400 $2,150,000

BEACH HARBOR CLUB

Kevin and Michelle Pingel, of Longboat Key, sold their Unit A-205 condominium at 3802 Gulf of Mexico Drive to Robert and Rita Stevens, of Cocoa Beach, for $226,000. Built in 1970, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,007 square feet of living area. It last sold for $152,000 in 2000.

560 Broadway Street A4134821 $579,000 Ingrid Caruso

615 Dream Island Road 308 A4110859 $475,000 Sylvia Zimmerman

4900 Gulf Of Mexico Drive PH3 A4128584 $429,000 Sharon Freeman

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490 N Shore Road 7 A4131411 $559,000 Bill Anderson

2000 Harbourside Drive 1504 A4119984 $450,000 Tammy Mast

527 Sutton Place A4119419 $299,900 Anna Kaminski

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4725 Gulf of Mexico Dr 319 A4130274 $699,000

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1000 Longboat Club Road 603 A4121022 $549,000 Catherine De’Ath

475 Ben Franklin Drive 201 A4135192 $450,000 Terry Goodman

3806 Gulf Of Mexico Drive C210 A4115590 $249,900 Stephen Harris

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6695 Gulf Of Mexico Drive A4128398 $3,995,000 Bobbi Banan

Longboat Key 941-388-4447 941-356-2659

6051 Gulf Of Mexico Dr A3983113 $3,950,000 Ann Martin & Joanna Benante

Longboat Key 941-388-4447 941-356-7717

5372 Sandhamn Place A4112016 $3,498,000 Richard Perlman

Longboat Key 941-383-7591 941-228-8580

4975 Gulf Of Mexico Drive 303 A4123393 $3,450,000 Debra Lee Rugh

Longboat Key 941-388-4447 941-320-0677

3174 Gulf of Mexico Drive A3999542 $3,300,000 Ingrid Caruso

Longboat Key 941-383-7591 941-539-6233

625 Dream Island Road A4126153 $3,000,000 Rinat Sikdar

Longboat Key 941-383-7591 941-993-9292

Sarasota 941-388-4447 941-374-6442

Longboat Key 941-388-4447 941-780-2352

VA C AT I O N R E N TA L S 1560 Harbor Cay Lane A4128433 $5,495,000 Ian Addy Pa

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BIRD KEY - Renovate or build new on this prime canal-front lot located on one of Bird Key’s finest streets, with open water views. $1,650,000

MONDAY, NOV. 9

LONGBOAT KEY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE NETWORKING AT NOON Takes place from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at Tommy Bahama, 300 John Ringling Blvd. Cost is $25 for members; $35 for guests and future members. Call 383-2466.

OPEN SUNDAY 1-4!

THURSDAY, NOV. 12

LONGBOAT KEY - New Construction - “Acqua Vita - Water of Life,” a collaboration of the awardwinning firms Perrone Construction, Clifford M. Scholz Architects & Rowntree Enterprises.

AcquaVita-LBK.com $8,400,000

OPEN SUNDAY 1-4!

ISLAND TIME ON ST. ARMANDS Takes place from 6:30 to 11 p.m. at Daiquiri Deck, 325 John Ringling Blvd. Help Sarasota in Defense of Animals in its mission of caring for rescued, abused and abandoned animals. There will be a dinner, open bar, tropical music, live auction and 50/50 raffle.

Cost is $100. Call 924-2505.

BIRD KEY - Pre-construction - Canal & Bay Views - a Dutch West Indies-style 4BR/4.2BA residence by architect Stofft Cooney & Perrone Construction $3,200,000

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FRIDAY, NOV. 13

BAY ISLES - 3BR/3.5BA pool residence with large master bedroom, gorgeous outdoor space, cathedral ceilings, and 2-car garage. $799,000

SEAPLACE - 2BR/2BA - Condominium residence with Gulf view from living area and master bedroom. Updated, 9’ Ceilings. $495,000

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VETERANS DAY PARADE What: The Longboat Key Rotary Club invites veterans and their families to participate in the quarter-mile parade route. The event will conclude with an honor program at Temple Beth Israel. Cost is free.

Call 383-5659, or email eugenelu@ comcast.net.

When: 2:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 11 Where: Bay Isles Road

FERRARIS ON THE CIRCLE Takes place from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at St. Armands Circle Park. More than 75 Ferraris will compete for Best of Show. Call 727-460-8998 or 727-798-3267, or visit focfloridaregion.com

LONGBOAT KEY DEMOCRATIC CLUB Meets at 11:30 a.m. at the Longboat Key Club Harbourside Dining Room, 3000 Harbourside Drive. U.S. Rep. James Clyburn, D-South Carolina, who is assistant Democratic leader of the U.S. House of Representatives, will speak. Cost is $25. Call 3834899.

BIRD KEY - One-of-a-kind 30,000 square foot Bayfront lot with the only private beach on Bird Key! Gorgeous bridge, bay & sunset views.

Cleared and ready to build your masterpiece! $1,750,000

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SATURDAY, NOV. 7

TUESDAY, NOV. 10

OPEN SUNDAY 1-4!

BIRD KEY - Only one of a handful of garden lots on Bird Key. 15,000 square foot, amazing value, central location! $675,000

PROTECTING YOURSELF AGAINST FRAUD AND SCAMS Takes place from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Aging in Paradise Resource Center, 6200 Gulf of Mexico Drive. Michael Jones, of Comfort Keepers, and Dave Norris, of Fifth Third Bank, will teach seniors about avoiding fraud and scams, including concerns related to banking. A $5 donation is suggested. RSVP to maryannbrady@ aginginparadise.org or 383-6493.

LIFE LINE SCREENING PREVENTIVE HEALTH Takes place beginning at 8 a.m. at All Angels by the Sea Episcopal Church, 563 Bay Isles Road. Life Line Screening will help residents identify their risk of stroke, vascular disease and osteoporosis before the conditions occur. To register for a screening, call 800324-9458.

BUILDER PLANS AVAILABLE OPEN SUNDAY 1-4!

OPEN SUNDAY 1-4!

BIRD KEY - Canal-front 16,700 sq ft lot ready for your dream home. 121 waterfront feet, new dock with lift along Tarpon Canal. $1,349,000

THURSDAY, NOV. 5

‘THE INTERPRETED LANDSCAPE’ EXHIBIT OPENING Takes place from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the Longboat Key Center for the Arts, 6860 Longboat Drive S. The exhibit will feature landscape art from Cindy Mason and Malcolm Robertson. Call 3832345, or email lbkca@ringling. edu to RSVP.

SATURDAY, NOV. 14

LONGBOAT KEY’S 60TH ANNIVERSARY Takes place from 5 to 8 p.m. at Bayfront Park, 4052 Gulf of Mexico Drive. Celebrate the town’s 60th anniversary with live music from The Sarasota Jazz Project and fireworks. Attendees can pack a picnic or enjoy local food trucks. Cost is free; VIP tables are available for $20 per person or $160 for a table of eight. Buy tickets at longboatkeychamber.com or 383-2466.

SATURDAY, NOV. 14 AND SUNDAY, NOV. 15

ST. ARMANDS CIRCLE FALL ART FESTIVAL Takes place from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at St. Armands Circle Park. More than 175 artists and craftsmen will display and sell their artwork.

Call 388-1554.

RECURRING EVENTS TUESDAYS

LINE DANCING Takes place from 2 to 3 p.m. at Aging in Paradise Resource Center, 6200 Gulf of Mexico Drive.

People with all levels of fitness can learn line dancing. Cost is $10 per lesson. Call 383-6493.

ROTARY CLUB OF LONGBOAT KEY Meets at 5:15 p.m. at All Angels by the Sea Episcopal Church, 563 Bay Isles Road. Cost is $8. Contact Sydelle Pittas at sydellelaw@ aol.com.

TUESDAYS AND THURSDAYS

FEEL GOOD YOGA THERAPEUTICS Takes place from 10 to 11 a.m. at Bayfront Park Recreation Center, 4052 Gulf of Mexico Drive. Cost is $10 for members; $15 for nonmembers. Call 316-1988.

THURSDAYS

KIWANIS CLUB OF LONGBOAT KEY Meets at 7:30 a.m. at the Longboat Key Club’s Tavern & Whiskey Bar. Cost is $10 and includes a breakfast buffet. Call Donna at 388-2847.

SCIENCE FICTION FILMS & SOCIETY Takes place from 1 to 4 p.m. Nov. 12 to Dec. 10, at the Longboat Key Education Center, 5370 Gulf of Mexico Drive, Suite 212. View and discuss American and foreign science fiction films. Cost for the four classes is $75 for members; $85 for nonmembers. Call 3838811.

RABBI MICHAEL EISENSTAT MINIVERSITY Takes place at 2 p.m. Nov. 5 to Nov. 19, at Temple Beth Israel, 567 Bay Isles Road. Steven Derfler, Ph.D., will speak about the Middle East and whether the past will be a prologue. Call 383-3428.

SHIFTING SANDS SUPPORT GROUP Takes place from 3 to 4:30 p.m. in the Ruth Cushing Room at Longboat Island Chapel, 6200 Gulf of Mexico Drive. This group is open to any adult going through a difficult transition. Call 383-6491.

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#1 LONGBOAT KEY REAL ESTATE TEAM FEATURED LISTING

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Tina Rudek

Tina Rudek joins Michael Saunders & Co. Tina Rudek recently joined Michael Saunders & Co.’s Longboat Key South office.

A barrier island and waterfront property specialist, Rudek began her real estate career on Longboat Key in 1996. In 2005, she was responsible for one of the highest-priced property sales on Southwest Florida’s Gulf Coast, according to a news release.

Rudek was born in Germany, where she obtained a real estate license, and lived in New York and New Jersey before relocating to Sarasota. She currently volunteers her time and efforts by promoting Manatee and Sarasota counties at tourism conventions in Germany.

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Enjoy breathtaking views of the Gulf of Mexico from this penthouse corner condo at The Resort at Longboat Key Club. This unit is currently in the hotel program and earned over $131,000 in gross income for 2014. The Resort pampers owners and guests with six exclusive restaurants, award winning golf and tennis, a marina, spa and fitness center, concierge and friendly staff to make your stay a memorable one.

The Met hosts designer Peter Cohen The Met Fashion House hosted designer Peter Cohen Oct. 29.

Cohen gave a private breakfast presentation to 10 clients and remained at the store all day.

Known for his cut-to-order clothing, he revealed his resort and spring collection.

“It’s made for you,” The Met Marketing Director Christina Sadler said of Cohen’s clothing.

“It’s cut to your fit. That’s what makes the brand really special.”

Cohen’s designs are limited to specialty stores and are not found in larger chain stores.

“He comes here once every three years, and it’s pretty exclusive when he does show,” Sadler said.

LIGHTHOUSE POINT

$5,200,000 BAY ISLES HARBOR SECTION

560 CHIPPING LANE

$2,150,000

SAND CAY #319

$5,495,000

$699,000

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Executive Chef Andrea Bozzolo

Amore by Andrea will celebrate its first anniversary Nov. 14.

To celebrate, the restaurant will give each customer a complimentary glass of wine.

The Italian restaurant, located at 555 Bay Isles Parkway, is owned by executive chef Andrea Bozzolo and businessman Howard Rooks.

BAY ISLES HARBOR SECTION

$2,150,000

EMERALD HARBOR

$815,000

Visit us at www.longboatlife.com for more info on our properties.

Michael Saunders & Company 440 Gulf of Mexico Drive, Longboat Key, FL 34228 PH 941.387.0100

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Nov 5 (Medium, difficulty rating 0.52) Thursday, November 5, 2015

Items Under $200 For Sale ADVERTISE YOUR MERCHANDISE with the total value of all items $200 or less in this section for FREE! Limit 1 ad per month, 15 words or less. Price must be included next to each item. No commercial advertising.

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Garage/Moving/Estate Sales

Condos/Apts. For Rent

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LONGBOAT KEY: 2BR/1BA cottage apartment near Centre Shops, $1100/mo. annually. Call 941-350-4604.

LBK TOWERS: 2BR/2BA condo. Direct Gulf view, fully furnished and recently renovated. Call for info.

Shawn, 502-644-7833.

WATERFRONT LBK: beautiful, large, 3BR, fully renovated, pool. Close to St. Armands. Rent/Sale.

941-961-4981.

LONGBOAT ARMS: 2BR/2BA, pool, tennis courts, club house, boat slip available, covered parking.

Available now. Minimum 1/mo. 860-921-6000.

ESTATE SALE Friday, Nov. 6 - 8:45a.m. – 2p.m.

697 Key Royale Dr. - Holmes Beach Bronzes, FL style furniture including twin beds, settee, dresser, full bed, media cabinet, pr. chairs, 4 panel Chinese screen, queen bed, painted cabinet, king bed, dresser, mirrors, pr. wicker chairs, pr. rattan chairs, barometer, desk, bookcases, sofa, dinette, model boat, area rugs, patio set, lounges, cabinets, lots of framed art work, exercise bike, tiger maple chest, clocks, lamps, coffee tables, high boy & lots more.

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ALBINO SPORT Rider Low mileage Health Rider, painted white, $25. (941) 376−1999.

Antiques/Collectibles PURCHASING EAMES, Knoll, Danish, Dunbar, Evans, Laverne, Nakashima, Parzinger furniture, glass, pottery and designer clothing. Tommy McDonnell 772-643-3209.

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ADULT TRIKE: excellent condition, fully equipped, priced to sell, $550. Call 941-343-3812.

Merchandise Wanted

CASH FOR Old Military Items. Swords, uniforms, insignia & old guns. Call 941-416-3280.

Autos Wanted WE BUY CARS. TOP $$ PAID FOR YOUR VEHICLES. Call Hawley Motors, 941-923-3421.

Boat Slips For Rent/Sale BOAT SLIP on Longboat Key, Boat House.

Unit-2124, on first level. For Rent/Sale. $250/mo.

Minimum 6/mos. 708-267-6704.

LBK MOORINGS Slip Rental, 60’x18’ Open Water View (R/8) Dock, $500/per month annual.

Robin, 727-403-6670.

Boats Boats Are Selling Very Well.

Let Us Sell Your Boat - Fast.

Easy - “Business On A Handshake” www.Islandboatsales.net 941-228-3489

Garage/Moving/Estate Sales ESTATE SALE Estate of Alice DeCaprio Saturday, November 7 - 8:45a.m.-3p.m.

3963 Country View Dr., Country Place 19 carousel animals, 270 framed and unframed paintings & photographs, ANTIQUES: 60+ pieces of Fiestaware, marble top tables, Victorian rocker & chairs, chests, sewing stands, spool bed, washstand, wicker stand, writing table, carved Continental buffet, oak Wetzel 40 drawer cabinet, shelf clock,Waterbury clock, Chinese chest, miniatures, high chair, tools, toys, kitchenware, bird cage & wood banana boxes; Other: Florida rattan sofas, tables & chairs; Kling dressers & mirrors, patio set, lamps, 100s of circus, carousel items & memorabilia, Mickey & Minnie Mouse collection, Black Forest carved wall box, nest of Chinese tables, pie safe, 30" paper cutter, mat cutter, lots of art books & art supplies, file cabinet, computer stands, wind surfer & gear, twin bed, camping gear, cameras, light box & kitchenware.

Sale by Julie McClure Pictures & details: estatesales.net

GET RESULTS! PLACE YOUR AD ONLINE TODAY classifieds.yourobserver.com

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COINS, STAMPS, GOLD & SILVER WANTED. IMMEDIATE PAYMENT. Suncoast Stamp Company, 8520 South Tamiami Trail, Sarasota.

941-921-9761. Open Monday thru Friday 10-5.

WANTED signed and numbered prints

by Keith Haring or Damien Hirst.

Top Prices Paid. acposter@acposter.com

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A NEW RETAIL SHOPPE, Artisan Treasures.

Consignments, 16+ Artists, Vintage, Jewelry, Housewares and Gifts.

5851 Cortez Rd. W., Bradenton.

Corner of 58th St. W and Cortez Rd. W. Open Tues. through Sat., 10a.m.-5p.m.

Closed Sundays and Mondays.

941-216-3703

Personals *ADOPTION*: A former Pro Ice Skater (StayHome-Mom) & Devoted Successful Dad long for baby. FLBar 42311. 1-800-552-0045. Expenses paid. *Karen & Steve* WANTED: WOODSTOCK, NY artist seeks studio space for winter months, solo or share. Robert, 646-483-7208.

Storage STORAGE FACILITY Boat/ RV/ Trailer. Secure facility, low monthly rentals, Clark Rd area.

941-809-3660, 941-809-3662.

Business Opportunities JAN PRO CLEANING FRANCHISE: $950 Down Required, Financing Available for growth, Includes customers. Earn up to $10,000 Month+.

Call 941-907-8141.

Help Wanted COMMERCIAL PLUMBERS NEEDED. GULF MECHANICAL CONTRACTORS IS SEEKING PLUMBERS FOR COMMERCIAL PLUMBING PROJECTS. EXCELLENT BENEFIT PACKAGES OFFERED. APPLY NOW ONLINE. WWW.GULFMC.NET (352)460−4176.

SEASONAL RETAIL Sales Associates − Women’s Apparel − Blue Stripe, LLC dba Fresh Produce seeking SEASONAL Sales Associates for our Sarasota, FL retail store location. Energetic individuals needed to merchandise and sell in an ever−changing mix of products that reflect the coastal vibe of our clothing. Send resume to: careers@fpcolor.com. www.freshproduceclothes.com

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LONGBOAT KEY CLUB. Newly remodeled club suite, 650/sq.ft. Turnkey. Tennis/ golf course view. $66.5K+ income. $309,500. Info on Zillo.

708-267-6704.

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Pool, tennis, beach, beautiful views, 5th floor.

Available Jan-April. 631-332-1509 WANTED: 2BR/2BA unit for 2 singles woman.

February & March 2016. Non-smokers, no pets.

732-548-4985 or E-mail: mhgolin@yahoo.com

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PHILANTHROPISTS, PURCHASING a Home or Condo? Brooke O'Malley gives closing rebates from CLUB REALTY to make a Donation from $2,000.00 - $50,000.00, to the charity of your choice. Call to interview 941-726-2677.

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COMPANY NEEDS 4-5 houses to lease long-term.

941-724-5907.

“Your Home by the Sea”

Vacation/Seasonal Rentals

www.casadelmar.net

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2016 SEASONAL GULFFRONT CONDO. lonGBoAT TERRACE 2BR/2BA condo. Tastefully decorated.

321-279-3610

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KINGSTON ARMS: 2BR/2BA, lanai, recently renovated, heated pool and hot tub. Designated covered parking spot. Available January through April, 2016. 3/mo. minimum $3000/mo. +taxes.

770-685-8154, susanradcliffe@comcast.net L’AMBIANCE, LONGBOAT KEY Beach front 2BR/3BA condo on high floor with wrap-around terrace, 270 degree views over the Gulf, Sarasota Bay and LBK Club. Sunrises, sunsets through floor to ceiling windows.

View at: www.thephotos.smugmug.com Call John at: 203-984-8477 or E-mail: garment@optonline.net

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Weekly/ Monthly/ Seasonal Rates Beachfront, Bayfront and In Between Houses or Condos Reservations 941-383-6127 Visa/ MC 800-352-0367

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4621 Gulf of Mexico Drive Longboat Key, FL 34228

Fully equipped 2BR/2BA condos with washer and dryer, and wireless internet in each unit.

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Extra Large Heated Gulf View Swimming Pool!

OUR GUESTS RETURN FROM GENERATION TO GENERATION.

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Margaret Chase Smith Nov 5 (Medium, 0.52) This week’s difficulty Sudokurating answers

5360 Gulf of Mexico Dr., Suite 101 Longboat Key, FL 34228 Rental office 9a.m. - 5p.m. M-F Ask about our special rates!

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Reservations: 941-383-5549 Fax: 941-383-7925

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LIDO BEACH CONDOMINIUMS Weekly - Monthly - Seasonal Resort Properties, Inc. Licensed Real Estate Broker Full Service Condominium Management Accepting New Accounts for Management

L’AMBIANCE: LBK. Luxury beachfront 2BR/3BA. See details under Seasonal/Vacation rentals. View at: www.thephotos.smugmug.com

941-650-1857 Visit us at: resortproperties.pro 2015

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LONGBOAT KEY: Beachfront Condos, 1st floor, 2BR/2BA, W/D in units, free Wi-Fi, heated pool, covered parking. Available for 2016 Season.

Minimum $5600/mo. 941-383-3338.

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Vacation/Seasonal Rentals

Cleaning

Computer Services

Painting/Wallpapering

WANTED: LBK resident looking for 2BR furnished condo on LBK from Jan. - March 2016. E-mail: arlene@gfhglobal.org

ARELIS CLEANING Services Inc. Really Clean, Arelis Clean! Excellent references. Residential/ Commercial. Licensed/ insured. 941-822-4114

OWN A MAC/iPHONE/iPAD? MacTutor has 21+ years experience teaching Apple products.

I speak English, not “Geek�! (941) 323-2363 www.FLMacTutor.com

Home Improvement/ Remodeling

CARLO DATTILO PAINTING. Licensed & insured.

Interior/ Exterior painting including drywall repair and retexturing. Wallpaper installation & removal, pressure washing. Residential & commercial, condos. Honest & reliable. Free estimates.

941-744-1020. 35+ years experience.

JOHN GUBERNAT SERVICES Residential/ Commercial. Handyman Repairs, Roof Repairs, Coatings, Painting, Power Washing, Property Management, Home Watching. LBK Resident. Lic./Ins. 941-962-4867.

DOGGY HOTEL/GROOMING. 24 Hour Daycare.

FREE Daycare with groom (we are the best).

3925 Brown Avenue behind Sleep King. doggyhotel.net 941-554-4620.

Adult Care Services

BRAZILIAN CLEANING Service by Maria.

Residential. Meticulous Cleaning. Excellent References. Free Estimates. Reliable. Lic./ Ins. 941-400-3342.

CLEANING BY Brazilian Lady. Meticulous, reliable, deep cleaning specialist. Residential. Commercial.

New Construction. 941-400-2866.

CLEANING. RESIDENTIAL, COMMERCIAL. We take pride in pleasing customers.

Vacation Homes, Resorts, Schools, Churches, 941-756-4570.

CAREGIVERS, COMPANIONS, HOMEMAKERS. Our rates start at $16/hr. Call Perfect Solutions For Seniors. 941-378-5553.

SUNCOAST’S BEST HOUSECLEANING Murphy’s Mates with over 25yrs in the cleaning business. Lic/Bonded/Ins. We make it sparkle!

(941) 321−0513 www.murphysmatesfl.com

Auto Transport

Computer Services

RETIRED LONGBOAT KEY police officer. Drive your car North or South and back. 941-713-1596.

Cmagik - LBK resident, servicing our island year round for over 12 yrs. Bachelors Degree with 20 yrs. experience, PC or MAC. Professional help with computers, iPad/iPhones and tutoring.

References upon request.

Call Cort: 383-3878, 587-5588 cmagik.com

SHIP YOUR CAR, TRUCK OR SUV anywhere in the United States. Great rates, fast quotes. Call Hawley Motors, 941-923-3421.

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Pressure Cleaning AUTHORITY ONE PROFESSIONAL PRESSURE WASHING AND WINDOW CLEANING. Residential and Commercial. Roof cleaning and coating, paver cleaning and sealing, pool areas, etc.

941-251-5948.

KEY HOME SERVICES (Insured) Home Checking − thoroughly check all exterior and interior; will meet repairmen, deliveries, service personnel; seasonal open and close up services; before and after hurricane check (shutter installation available); empty spoiled food from refrigerator after a power outage. Any noted problems will be conveyed to owner through email and pictures. (941) 525−7625.

Professional Services WI−FI GOT YOU CRAZY? WHO YOU GONNA CALL??

GreenWave Wi−Fi Solutions provides professional engineering services to resolve problems with your EXISTING System: Slow Speed/Drops/Dead Spots, etc.

G. Heber Weller, P.E. (Professional Engineer) FREE Wi−Fi Analysis (727) 343−9688

Items Up to $200 Sell for Free! classifieds.yourobserver.com

CHRISTIE’S 778-3924

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FurnitureSales Sales &&Repairs Furniture Repairs Cushions • Slings • Re-powdercoating #USHIONS s 3LINGS s 5MBRELLAS

Every Thursday 3:00-4:00 p.m.

Taxes, Accounting, New Business Advice Space is Limited

• Small Business Accounting & Taxes • Payroll Processing • Individual Income Tax Returns • IRS Help/Problem Resolution Specializing in helping small business owners. Reasonable fees.

2801 Fruitville Road, Ste. 135

941-504-0903

• REPAIRS & REMODELING • NEW CONSTRUCTION • EMERGENCY SERVICE • WATER HEATERS Family Owned & Operated • SEWER & DRAIN CLEANING 2 Florida State Cert. Master Plumbers #CFC1426596

Since 1975

KITCHEN/BATH REMODELING

INSTALLATION & CERTIFY

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Diesel & Gas Engine Repair/Maintenance

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727-417-6835 • 941-726-0712 Cert. & Ins.

CLEANING

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FREE Estimates

Owner Operated Ken Marshall

• We Use Only Phifer Products • Insured Mention this ad for discount

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DOCKSIDE BOAT REPAIR AND MAINTENANCE SMS Mobile Marine Service GPS/Fishfinder Installation • Outboards I/O’s • Inboards Call for appointment • 941-232-3523

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PATIO REPAIRS, INC PATIO REPAIRS

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Home Services

FURNITURE REPAIR

ACCOUNTING

941-556-9090

Pet Services

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2BR/2BA LONGBOAT Key Enjoy this beautifully and completely renovated 2br/2ba villa offering one floor living. Just steps from the Gulf of Mexico, the Sarasota Bay and 2 beautiful pools.

Avail. Nov. thru the 2016 season.Monthly rentals only. Boat slips avail. $5,500 (845) 838−5666.

BLUE FISH CLEANING INC. 941-705-3812.

Insured, Bonded. Affordable reliable home cleaning, $80, 2 cleaners, 2 hours.

184782 38056

WEEKLY RENTALS. Luxurious, fully furnished 1 - 4 bedrooms. Condominiums and Cottages.

Beach to Bay. On-site management. Pools, tennis, boat slips. Visit: www.FloridaRent.com for information and virtual tours. 800-333-7335, 941-383-3117.

Advertise your business in The Observer Service Directory Call 941-955-4888 to advertise

PERSONAL SERVICES

WINDOWS

EveFeldman 941-312-5405 www.LetMeHelpSRQ.COM

(941) 927-2128

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Environmentally Friendly

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941-447-0127 • 941-284-5880

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ROGER SELLS LUXURY WATERFRONT PROPERTIES

ROGER PETTINGELL IS THE #1 REALTOR IN SARASOTA FOR THE 5 TH YEAR

1232 NORTH CASEY KEY ROAD

638 BAYVIEW DRIVE

New on the Market! The luxuries offered at this Casey Key Gulf-to-bay estate will astound you. This Tuscan-inspired home rests on more than one-acre of property that fronts to the Gulf of Mexico and rests along Sarasota Bay (100’ of frontage on both sides). Beautifying every room are the highest quality finishes including coffered ceilings, custom millwork, faux-painted walls, stone pillars, travertine and marble flooring. Contact Roger today for an exclusive tour!

New on the Market! This pristine bayfront oasis is a flourish of custom details, offering a serene setting to enjoy year-round. Built to the highest standards (solid concrete up to roof level), this four bedroom, elevated home boasts 157’ of water frontage. Solid-wood Mahogany entry door and staircase railings, Chobani wood and ceramic tile flooring, Mahogany marble gas fireplace and three-stop elevator are just a few designer details.

List price: $7,500,000 Website: www.1232NorthCaseyKeyRoad.com

List price: $2,695,000 Website: www.638BayviewDrive.com

530 HARBOR GATE WAY

3340 SABAL COVE LANE

3040 GRAND BAY BOULEVARD #223

Contemporary gem! Brand new, never-lived-in home with 200 ft. of water frontage. Built by Murray Homes, featuring spacious bedroom suites, imported porcelain tile, computer-controlled “smart home”, infinity-edge pool and teak summer kitchen.

This expansive lakefront villa is a unique chance to enjoy a single-family lifestyle, offering tranquil lake views and deeded access to a private beach club. The generous layout features living, dining and family rooms, eat-in kitchen plus a den.

New on the Market! This lovely Cayman residence is ready for you to move right into. Beautiful updates, custom built-ins and designer wood finishes adorn every room. Bamboo hardwood flooring, newer kitchen, hurricane shutters and more.

List price: $3,995,000 Website: www.530HarborGate.com

List price: $1,530,000 Website: www.3340SabalCoveLane.com

List price: $1,150,000 Website: www.GrandBay223.com

3590 Fair Oaks Lane

Impressive 4BR/4BA, waterfront home in Queens Harbour welcomes you with an expansive layout and designer details.

List price: $1,795,000 Website: www.3590FairOaksLane.com

3060 Grand Bay Boulevard #196

1211 Gulf of Mexico Drive #904

Promenade Penthouse offering 2,600 sq. ft. of stunning Gulf-to-bay views! The ninth-floor luxuries in this updated residence are immaculate and sure to impress.

List price: $1,495,000 Website: www.PromenadePenthouse904.com

1211 Gulf of Mexico Drive #108

Beautiful southern Gulf views greet you from this Immediately fall in love with the 9th-floor luxuries 2BR/2BA beach residence. Furnishings included, that this spacious Antigua offers. Panoramic views plus a generous layout. and designer finishes.

List price: $729,000 List price: $1,695,000 Website: www.Promenade108.com Website: www.GrandBay196.com

3060 Grand Bay Boulevard #123

You will enjoy the direct bay views offered at every turn from this Cayman residence. Delightful updates include custom built-ins and a new kitchen.

List price: $889,000 Website: www.GrandBay123.com

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1281 Gulf of Mexico Drive #801

415 L’Ambiance Drive #B802

Stunning Gulf-to-bay views! This south-facing residence offers panoramic views, stylish furnishings and two secure parking spaces.

List price: $1,595,000 Website: www.415LAmbianceB802.com

1965 Gulf of Mexico Drive #406

Penthouse living at Seaplace is a unique chance to enjoy a direct Gulf-front, true three bedroom residence offering two terraces and stunning panoramic views. Furnishings included.

List price: $1,150,000 Website: www.SeaplaceG5406com

It is a rarity to find a high-floor, direct Gulf-front Arlington residence in the southwest location of the second building at The Water Club! This three bedroom plus den layout is a must see!

603 N Longboat Club Road #503N List price: $3,295,000 This 2BR/2BA wonderful beach retreat, includes Website: www.WaterClubNorth801.com direct Gulf views, freshly painted walls and new carpet. Just a few steps to pristine Gulf shores.

1281 Gulf of Mexico Drive #508 List price: $879,000 This luxurious, 5th-floor Water Club residence is Website: www.LongboatKeyTowers503N.com in a prime location to offer stunning, panoramic Gulf-to-bay views from every room.

List price: $1,795,000 Website: www.WaterClubNorth508.com

571 Wedge Lane

Third home in from Sarasota Bay! This beautiful 4BR/3BA waterfront home is ready for your personal touches. Great updates throughout.

List price: $1,195,000 Website: www.571WedgeLane.com

511 Putting Green Lane

This 3BR/2BA home, situated on sailboat water, offers lovely upgrades throughout.

List price: $869,000 Website: www.511PuttingGreenLane.com

609 Halyard Lane

Wonderful waterfront opportunity. This 3BR/2BA home offers a new seawall cap and new roof.

List price: $789,000 Website: www.609HalyardLane.com

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1280 Hidden Harbor Way - Siesta Key Take advantage of this opportunity to enjoy more than a half-acre of property situated on an oversized homesite with two sides of water frontage. This immaculate estate is a must see!

List price: $4,600,000 Website: www.1280HiddenHarborWay.com

1111 Ritz Carlton Drive #1702

Enjoy luxurious penthouse living at the renowned Ritz Residences. This residence lives like a singlefamily home with almost 5,000 square feet of interior space, plus two terraces.

List price: $3,295,000 Website: www.RitzPenthouse1702.com

1800 Ben Franklin Drive #PH-A02

Gulf-to-bay views from every room of this penthouse residence! Featuring walls of glass and An ideal location to begin a home renovation lovely upgrades. Two terraces offer breathtaking project or build your dream home. Includes newer bay, city and Gulf views. dock and seawall cap.

List price: $1,999,000 List price: $699,000 Website: www.LElegancePHA02.com Website: www.524HalyardLane.com

524 Halyard Lane

5055 Gulf of Mexico Drive #115

245 Bird Key Drive

True three bedroom at Club Longboat is an excellent, furnished retreat. Active community with a wide array of amenities.

List price: $449,000 Website: www.ClubLongboat115.com

From top to bottom, every aspect of this immaculate, three bedroom, garden home is upgraded! Featuring meticulous modernizations throughout the interior and exterior.

List price: $1,095,000 Website: www.245BirdKeyDrive.com

4330 Falmouth Drive #C102

555 South Gulfstream Avenue #901

Charming waterfront value in the socially-active Longboat Harbour community. This furnished, 2BR/2BA residence is waiting to move right into.

List price: $279,000 Website: www.LongboatHarbourC102.com

Ideally situated in the heart of downtown, this customized three bedroom residence at Royal St Andrew offers impeccable views from every room.

List price: $999,000 Website: www.RoyalStAndrew901.com

201 Gulf of Mexico Drive Suite 1 Longboat Key, Florida 34228 office: (941) 387-1840 cell: (941) 586-6668 fax: (941) 827-9444 website: longboatrealestate.com e-mail: roger@longboatrealestate.com

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