Longboat Observer 3.17.22

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Issues on the waterfront Town leaders aim to tackle several beach and boating considerations. PAGE 3

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ELECTRIC & ECCENTRIC Steve Penn has no worries about getting into the wrong car. PAGE 6

Norm Wilcox was enjoying a routine round of golf recently when he looked down and was immediately amazed.

Not by a hole-in-one or anything, though we’re not ruling that out sometime in the future. Nope, the Longboat Key resident said he was captivated by what he saw on the ground alongside a tee area at IMG Academy in Bradenton.

About 4 to 5 inches across, the polyphemus moth stunned him with its beauty and inspired him to share his photo with us.

The polyphemus moth is a silk moth found in 46 of the lower 48 states (not in Nevada and Arizona).

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Steve Penn has enjoyed his electrically powered Arcimoto Fun Utility Vehicle for a few months.

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Shark Lady supports Shark Lady The legacy of the Shark Lady lives on even outside of Mote Marine Laboratory and Aquarium. And founder Dr. Eugenie “Shark Lady” Clark still inspires support to the science and research institution — this time with a drink named after her.

Gecko’s Hospitality Group gives back to Mote with its blue Shark Lady drink, which features blue curacao and a gummy shark on top. The drink can be found at all of Gecko’s restaurants, including Longboat Key’s own Dry Dock. Each time someone enjoys a Shark Lady, Gecko’s donates $1 to Mote.

This year, the donation totaled $13,189 and was presented by owners Mike Gowen and Mike Quillen. Gecko’s has donated more than $30,000 to Mote since 2018, when Gecko’s executive Anne Rollings came up with the idea as a way to support Mote’s red tide research.

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After a successful season, town market likely to return.

SEE PAGE 14

Charged up to conduct.

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The Siesta Pops truck blew bubbles and blasted tunes for the market.

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Above: Roksolana Tymiak-Lonchyna made pysanky to exchange for donations.

Left: Tymiak-Lonchyna, Vassyl Lonchyna, Oksana Bashuk Hepburn, George Mycak and Anisa Mycak

Ukrainians on Longboat Key organize donations, information As they try to help their people from afar, Longboat Key’s Ukrainian community has become de facto experts.

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“Easter eggs were banned in the USSR, so after its collapse people started to bring out the old traditions. The egg is the power of life, and the yolk is like the sun,” TymiakLonchyna said. “It’s a very powerful talisman.”

She’s made many and put them in Design 2000, owned by fellow Ukrainian Irina LaRose, and in Driftwood Beach Home and Garden, where she taught a class on them last year. For a donation of $50 that goes to Ukrainian orphanages and funds for soldiers’ equipment, those interested can pick an egg that Tymiak-Lonchyna made. It’s not the only talisman of hope and support she’s tried to bring to her community; she’s also made blue and yellow ribbons for LaRose to pass out at the salon.

“I had the idea when I was sitting in traffic to do ribbons for awareness, like for breast cancer,” LaRose said. “I

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he story goes like this: The more Easter eggs, or pysanky, that are made, the tighter the bonds on an evil creature of Ukrainian legend and the less evil that flows through the world. The fewer the eggs, the looser the bonds and the more evil that seeps out.

Roksolana Tymiak-Lonchyna is hoping to help tighten those bonds to help her homeland as the war in Ukraine rages on.

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called Roksolana (Tymiak-Lonchyna), whom I’d only met about twice, and by the time I made it through traffic, she had brought a batch.”

The Ukrainian community on Longboat Key might be hurting, but they’re trying to put their grief into donating, educating and speaking up to try to help their people. Oksana Bashuk Hepburn, who has lived in Longboat Key for 30 years, said her friends are holding demonstrations, talking to reporters and calling colleagues in Ukraine every day.

“I think we know how to help, and we’re good at it, but the bottom line is to stop Putin,” Bashuk Hepburn said. “The big players need to step in because our help is wonderful, but it’s not the way to stop it.”

There’s a sense of deja vu among Ukrainians, who heard their parents’ stories of fleeing as teenagers and watched the Revolution of Dignity

in the mid-2010s. Social media has helped the world tune in and realize what’s happening. Ukrainians have been fighting for their independence for years, and the world is now paying attention.

“It’s already been a difficult century,” Tymiak-Lonchyna said. “Their first attempt at independence was thwarted … Stalin instituted a forced famine on Ukrainian farmers, and he destroyed the Ukrainian churches … and Russia took over parts of Ukraine they had not previously controlled.

So, it’s been a difficult history, so when Putin says he wants to destroy the country, we believe him.”

Ukrainians such as Mycak, Bashuk Hepburn, LaRose and TymiakLonchyna have been serving as the resident experts on Ukraine in their communities, including directing donations. One pressing need is equipment for soldiers, Mycak said, and the need for humanitarian aid and medical supplies is dire as well.

“One friend said to me a week or two ago, ‘What can I do to help?

I would really like to buy a Javelin (anti-tank weapon) to send it straight up to Putin,’” Mycak said. “We can’t send that kind of equipment out of the country – it’s illegal – but as of yesterday, I know how he can buy armor and vests and helmets, so I’m going to give him that information and hopefully that will satisfy him.”

WHERE TO DONATE n Voices of Children, an organization working with children caught in the warzone. Visit Voices.org.ua/en. n Revived Soldiers Ukraine, an Orlando-based nonprofit that treats Ukrainian soldiers.

It has been able to send several ambulances to the front. Visit RSUkraine.org. n Razom for Ukraine, which is raising funds and supplies for an emergency response project. Surplus medical supplies are being shipped to Philadelphia, where they’ll be picked up by a rented airplane, flown to Poland and trucked into Ukraine. Visit RazomForUkraine.org.

There must be a creative international solution, Mycak said, and more must be done. Otherwise, there will be no end, said Bashuk Hepburn.

Ukrainians need help to try to prevail, and the best citizens can do is try to step in and urge the globe’s big players to do the same.

“You don’t have to be Ukrainian to fight for democracy,” Hepburn said.

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ON-THE-WATER ISSUES Eric Garwood

Noise, access and exclusion zones are all part of the conversation.

Boating along Gulf of Mexico beaches is unrestricted except for an area north of Gulfside Road in Manatee County.

ERIC GARWOOD MANAGING EDITOR

Powered or paddled.

Beached or anchored a football field or more offshore.

Signs, no signs; buoys, no buoys.

Or maybe more buoys.

Town leaders are working through the details and legalities of several boating considerations on the north end of the island but also along the length of Longboat Key’s Gulf-facing shoreline.

Most recently, Manatee County worked with the town to place signs in a small portion of the eastern side of Greer Island’s sand spit, designating the area a kayak and paddleboard launching and landing area while also intending to exclude powerboats.

The idea was to create space between Land’s End and other properties for noise reduction and allow freer access to residents who use their own docks on the north-facing shoreline.

In practice, though, boaters still routinely landed across the whole area. And although town police can point out the text of the sign and encourage boaters to move, they lack the authority to either order them to do so or issue a citation.

Commissioner B.J. Bishop said she crossed Longboat Pass Bridge recently and saw close to a dozen boats in the posted zone, “two of them tied to the sign that said, ‘No Motorized Vehicles.’ Either we have a lot of people out there with no ability to read or they truly pay no attention to the signage we have out there.”

It’s just one example of an ongoing effort between the town and Manatee County to address on-the-water issues, often made more complex by competing interests and layers of government.

And just this week, Manatee County authorities told the town it had removed the signs after about a month. According to Town Manager Tom Harmer, the county informed him that the signs had been added prematurely and a motorized-boat exclusion zone would have to be established by the town before the signs could return and the zone be enforced.

Enforcement of the zone on Greer Island had been problematic anyway. In a town workshop earlier this month, Harmer said because the land is owned by Manatee County, and because the town had no rules establishing a no-motor zone of its own, the enforcement was the county’s responsibility.

And Harmer said the Manatee Sheriff’s Department has made

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After about a month, Manatee County removed the no-motor zone signs on Greer Island, saying they were installed prematurely.

clear to the town that its deputies wouldn’t enforce the no-motor signs in the small area on Greer Island.

“We can’t write anything ourselves,” Police Chief George Turner said. “I had a sergeant walk out on to the bridge and asked him if it was feasible to make contact with people and tell them, but what’s he going to tell them? They’ve already seen the signs — or tied up to the signs half the time — and there’s no enforcement issue. It’s hard to enforce that.”

In an email to town commissioners, Harmer wrote: “County Commission Chair Kevin VanOstenbridge indicated that he continues to support the designation of that area and the County will work with the Town on what the next steps may be.”

Although no formal action is forthcoming, town commissioners generally agreed recently that they’d like to empower town police to enforce those boat-beaching rules by creating a town ordinance of its own. Also, commissioners said they favored creating a motorized-boat exclusion zone for the lagoon just west of

MAKING WAVES According to town code: “Within the waters of the Gulf of Mexico of the town, buoys and markers may be posted to delineate an area of restricted water activity from Longboat Pass south to the north access of Gulfside Road. The establishment of these buoys or markers shall be approved by the applicable state and federal agencies. No buoys or markers shall be placed south of the north entrance of Gulfside Road.”

the Longboat Pass Bridge while still allowing boats to and from properties on North Shore Road when the channel is deep enough.

Harmer said talks with Manatee County have made clear a desire to maintain Greer Island as a longestablished destination for boaters in the region, especially because Manatee and Sarasota counties restrict how close vessels can come to wide swaths of public beach. In Manatee County, it’s 400 feet in places like Coquina Beach Park. In Sarasota County, it’s 500 feet at public beaches, which include Lido Key, Siesta Key and Caspersen Beach.

He said Manatee officials were willing to designate a small portion of county-owned Greer Island as a nonmotorized zone and were fine with the town moving to restrict vessels in the lagoon. Town leaders also agreed generally to move forward with enabling regulations to restrict motorized boats in the lagoon.

“They said, ‘For the lagoon, we don’t care. It’s not our property,’” Harmer said, repeating the county’s position. “But we do have an opinion on our property.”

Some commissioners said they were surprised when they learned that the town’s Gulf-front beaches were generally unrestricted to boats, except for a segment along the beach in which vessels must operate at idle speed and create no wakes.

Vice Mayor Mike Haycock, a boater for 25 years, said the point is likely moot for traditional powerboats because the beaches are largely unapproachable.

“Because of the sandbar we spent so much money keeping, you can’t get a boat up there,” he said, adding that personal watercraft, such as jet skis or Sea-Doos, were capable of reaching the sand.

Buoys marking the no-wake zone

WHAT ABOUT THE NOISE? Town officials are still weighing signs that point seaward from the land advising boaters of the changes to sound rules that make fines possible for making noise above and beyond regulated limits. But it’s not just a matter of printing up some and sticking them into the water.

Town Attorney Maggie Mooney recently explained that such a posting requires multiple approvals from state and even federal agencies.

along the Manatee County beaches are codified in town regulations, limiting them from the north end of the island to the north access point of Gulfside Road, no more than a quarter-mile apart. Public Works Director Isaac Brownman said there are four such buoys in the surf now, spaced about a half-mile apart.

Although some commissioners expressed concerns about a proliferation of vessels coming ashore, others worried about the ability of the town’s police department to effectively be drawn into the Gulf of Mexico for enforcement while demands exist elsewhere on the island.

“To the north, we have Coquina, which has restricted motor (vessels).

And to the south, I’m assuming Lido Key and all of Sarasota, there’s no motorized (vessels) on the Gulf side as well, correct?” said Commissioner Debra Williams. “So, we’re the only section there. We’re saying, ‘So, come on.’ Are we inviting some of these problems we’re trying to solve?”

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Longboat Key’s Planning and Zoning Board voted on Tuesday afternoon to set aside a pair of measures that would have paved the way for redevelopment of a former hair salon into a restaurant and Tiki bar.

In front of a packed chambers, the board voted 7-0 to prepare an order of denial for a site-plan application and a special exception to land-use regulations put forward by owners of the proposed Lo’ Key Tiki Bar. The decision effectively puts off until April a vote to officially deny the proposal.

The restaurant would have featured an open-air, roofed Tiki bar on the west side of the building at 5620 Gulf of Mexico Drive, erected to the edge of the property line. The owners planned 144 seats.

“I’m worried about scale; I’m worried about compatibilty,” Planning and Zoning Board Chair David Green said before the vote.

“Too much, too far,” board Vice Chair David Lapovsky said.

Residents expressed concerns about parking, traffic on adjacent Tarawitt Drive, noise from the building that once housed Tina’s Hair Salon and use of a nearby deeded beach access. Many questioned the town’s 50-foot metric for sound disturbances for an outdoor business such as the one proposed.

“When you say ‘Tiki,’ everyone envisions this loud, raucous college bar,” restaurant owner Kevin Pass said. “And if you excuse me, I don’t see a lot of college kids here.”

Eleven residents spoke at the meeting, one of whom said he supported the proposal.

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Ashlie Thomison, who lives on St. Judes Drive, said a Tiki bar would change the way of life in her neighborhood. “If we all got together outside and started drinking, would you hear us from 50 feet away?” she said.

“Would you hear us from 150 feet away?”

Jessica Nock, who lives on Tarawitt Drive, said the “Lo’ Key Tiki Bar will be an attractive nuisance,” adding that she had concerns about “intoxicated, non-resident, transient” people on her street.

Resident John Connolly said with such new projects coming online on the island, such as the Sage and St. Regis condominiums, the town will need more island destinations.

Attorney David Smith, who represents property owner Shawn Hamilton, said his client was amendable to cutting off access to a private deeded beach access across Gulf of Mexico Drive if it assuages concerns about restaurant customers unsafely crossing the street or leaving vehicles in the parking lot.

Hamilton purchased the building in January 2019 for $1,125,000. In 2021, Hamilton accepted Pass’ offer for a five-year lease for the property.

La Villa Mexican Restaurant at 5610 Gulf of Mexico Drive Suite 5 was approved by the Planning and Zoning Board in December.

Town Hall was filled to capacity Tuesday morning at the Planning and Zoning Board meeting.

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It’s official: Turner is town’s new chief Former Longboat Key police captain says he’s proud to be back.

POLICE CHIEFS THROUGH THE YEARS The town of Longboat Key’s police chiefs and the month and date in which they were sworn in. Not included are interim police chiefs or time of service:

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t his swearing in as Longboat Key’s 13th police chief since 1956 on Monday, George Turner said it was never his desire to leave the town’s department in 2007, but a career opportunity about 50 miles north of Tampa just couldn’t be ignored.

“The only reason I ever left Longboat Key was because I wanted to pursue my career as a chief,” he said to the standing-room-only crowd of uniformed and retired police and civilian well-wishers in the Longboat Key Police Department’s community room. “So off I went to Brooksville.

(I) didn’t even know where Brooksville was when I first took that job. I had to take a ride up there, but it was bittersweet to leave Longboat Key back then. I’m really glad to be back.”

Saying he was proud of the work he accomplished as a captain in the Longboat Key agency from 20012007, Turner said he was looking forward to the newest chapter in a 40-year law enforcement career after serving about 10 months as the town’s interim chief. Salary for the position is $120,120.

Officer Shawn Nagle, whom Turner said was soon to retire, is the only officer remaining in the department from Turner’s previous time in town.

Former Chief John Kintz, who in 2001 swore in Turner at Longboat Key, was at the ceremony.

The department’s previous chief, Kelli Smith, served for about six months before taking the chief’s position at the campus police department of Florida Gulf Coast University in Fort Myers, leaving the town to begin a search for a new law enforcement leader.

Town Manager Tom Harmer said he brought in Turner, 65, to help

August 1956: Ansel McMichen October 1956: Gib Herringshaw January 1961: Charles Stowers January 1964: Sal Corsi September 1968: Red McGowan May 1969: Gerald Crady May 1973: Wayne McCammon May 1996: Tom Coons November 1996: John Kintz November 2002: Al Hogle May 2012: Pete Cumming October 2020: Kelli Smith March 2022: George Turner Source: Town of Longboat Key

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George Turner, the 13th police chief in town history, was sworn in on Monday.

smooth the transitional period brought about by two departures in less than a year. Smith replaced Pete Cumming, who retired in October 2020. Harmer said he hired Turner as interim chief, thinking about six months would be sufficient.

“Obviously, I’m very happy,” Turner said. “I was very happy to have the opportunity to come in as the interim. I think it’s a good start for me to get to know everybody in the department.”

Recalling one of their initial conversations, Harmer said the original focus was to reinstall stability and begin pushing ahead on some issues, such as accreditation and filling some employment gaps.

“We’re not going to talk about the chief position at all,” he said he remembered saying. “You’re just going to come in and kind of help settle down because there’s been a bit of a turnover in the chief position in a short period of time. And we have some things we want to keep advancing, and I need your help. So, let’s just come in and help with that.”

Harmer said six months soon became more like 10 months and that Turner has been helpful with everything.

“We’ve started down this path of accreditation, which is a really big deal for the department,” Harmer said.

Turner served as chief of the

now-disbanded Brooksville Police Department in Hernando County from October 2007 through March 2018. He also served in law enforcement in Ulster County, New York, from 1978 to 2000, rising to the level of captain.

Turner is a resident of Manatee County, has a bachelor’s degree in criminal justice from State University of New York and is a graduate of the National FBI Academy.

Turner was instrumental in helping the Brooksville Police Department gain accreditation and recently brought in Detective Thomas Baugher, who retired from the FBI as a supervisory special agent. He will help the department with accredi-

tation, training and investigations.

Also toward the goal of accreditation and training, the Barancik Foundation donated $274,850 to the department.

But foremost, Harmer said, was Turner’s commitment to the kinds of police work for which the Longboat Key department is best known, echoing what residents have told him. Although serious incidents have happened on the island, calls to help remove a snake or help with a garage door are among the ones that make impressions on residents.

“We’re very fortunate that he worked here before,” Harmer said.

“And so when I interviewed him for the interim position, we talked about concierge policing and community policing. And he’s like, ‘Well, let me tell you, I was the best garage door fixer in the police department.’”

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Longboat Key man’s ride turns heads

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On an island full of supercars, Steve Penn gets a lot of requests for rides in his tangerine machine.

ERIC GARWOOD MANAGING EDITOR

Steve Penn actually looks forward to driving these days.

He enjoys climbing into his openair two-seater, flicking it into gear and taking to the road to the shops or over the bridges to Bradenton or downtown Sarasota.

And although Penn’s love of the two-lane blacktop might not be an unusual feeling on an island filled with motoring machines that end in -rrari, -ghini and -rsche, his is likely unique, even in the formal MiriamWebster sense of the word.

He drives an Arcimoto, an AmerPhotos by Eric Garwood ican-made, three-wheel electric runabout. Instead of producing a molar-rattling, basso-profondo with a company that manufactures On the road, sound as he accelerates to the speed pharmaceutical packaging. He said the Arcimoto limit down Gulf of Mexico Drive and he and his wife stepped into the Fun Utilpast the town’s only gas station, all electric car world when they bought ity Vehicle nearby cyclists or joggers might hear a Tesla in Connecticut and loved the accelerates from him is a soft, high-pitched, experience. But in Longboat Key, the briskly and is faraway-jet-engine-reminiscent prospect of connecting a 220-volt steered with whine from Penn’s motor. charger in their condominium park- motorcycleSo it’s not the sound of a V8 or V12 ing garage was not feasible – some- like handleunder the hood that attracts crowds thing not unique to the surrounding bars and a twist-grip pretty much everywhere he goes. The community.

JEAN & ALFRED GOLDSTEIN EXHIBITION SERIES tangerine-orange color, the sporty With one car (a Subaru) in Florida throttle. look and Penn’s smile in the cockpit and no real way to efficiently charge probably play equal roles in gravita- their Tesla here, Penn turned to the tionally attracting the curious.

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“You don’t need to take a 2-ton vehicle out to get a bag of groceries or a cup of coffee,” he said.

When he’s on the road, Penn said, he drives defensively, even though his car attracts plenty of attention.

The little car accelerates briskly and can corner and dart from one lane to another like a sports car. But it has no side windows or doors, leaving the driver and passenger feeling a little exposed, something to which Penn said he’s beginning to get accustomed.

For Penn, the addition of the Arcimoto just makes sense in terms of practicality and world-view responsibility.

Oh, and there’s that drawing a crowd thing.

Penn said that not long ago he was in another Longboat neighborhood and was flagged down by a woman who said she was intrigued by the car.

“I gave her a ride and took her home, and she said, ‘My husband would like a ride, too,’” Penn recalled.

“And when she opened the garage door, there’s a convertible Bentley.

So I said to her husband, ‘I’ll give you a ride, but you have to give me one.’”

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Penn’s is the Fun Utility Vehicle model, which begins at around $18,000. It’s street legal (he enjoyed the use of windshield wipers for the first time just the other day), has a top speed of about 70 mph and a range of about 100 miles. There’s a small compartment in the back with enough capacity to carry a few grocery bags, and Penn is expecting an attachment soon to carry a pair of golf bags.

Its two seats are set in fighter-jet tandem style, with double shoulder belts that must be buckled to switch on the car’s systems. There’s a stereo, a digital dashboard and a clear, polycarbonate roof that lets the sun shine in.

It’s registered in a state-regulatory space between motorcycles and traditional cars and trucks. The seats are heated, and Arcimoto is working on air-conditioned versions.

Penn hired an electrician for about $500 to install a small charging box in his garage parking spot and pays his condominium complex about $10 a month for the electricity he consumes. He’s on the road three or four times a week running errands or simply enjoying himself.

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We’re sick of this!

Joe Biden says he is sick of being blamed for inflation. Well, Americans are sick of being lied to.

Our government is always the cause of inflation.

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

The following three graphs illustrate how inflation — and its effects — began in 2020 and 2021, not after Putin invaded Ukraine.

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We have focused on inflation multiple times, starting with our first warning April 22, 2021: “The insidious tax: inflation … Food prices are rising 8% to 10% a month for restaurants. Don’t blame the suppliers.

Blame the Washington looters for printing too much money.”

And we’ll continue to harp on inflation because it is one of the most evil, debilitating taxes of all. Most Americans don’t see it coming, and when it takes hold, it especially saps the living standards of the poor and middle class. They are helpless. They can do nothing to stop it. That’s where we are now.

Second, we’ll continue to harp on inflation with the hope — albeit even in a small way — of educating taxpayers on who is causing it, whom to blame for their declining standard of living and what it will take to stop it. Our leaders are spinning lies to protect themselves.

Putin didn’t cause inflation. This is not “Putin’s inflation.” Joe Biden and Congress caused skyrocketing consumer prices.

Please, do not buy their lying.

Even Larry Summers, Democratic Party loyalist, former secretary of the Treasury and respected economist, said last week, “Joe Biden was wrong” about inflation.

If you are at all familiar with the real causes of inflation, you know that its roots are always — always — a result of government actions.

Even back in February 2021, James Gwartney, respected economics professor at Florida State University, forewarned: “It is a virtual certainty that inflation will rise, perhaps to double-digit levels … Inflation is going to be the big story of the post-pandemic economy. Get ready for an inflationary ride.”

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Don’t expect bold action from the left-leaning Federal Reserve Bank to do either sufficiently. Its governors are clearly far too influenced by equity and inclusion policies and the fate of Democrats at the midterm elections to take the economy where it ultimately and inevitably will end up: in a recession.

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e’s sick of this?

What? He is sick of being blamed for inflation, skyrocketing gasoline and food prices?

Joe Biden apparently has no idea (or doesn’t care) how so many of us Americans are sick of his lying, denying, incompetence and stupidity. We’re sick of his and his colleagues’ destroying the value of our money, impoverishing millions of Americans with their spending and borrowing and besmirching the United States throughout the world.

What a colossal embarrassment to the American people.

The list of incompetent and stupid decisions is long and well known (take your pick: Afghanistan, southern border, Build Back Dumber, ruining energy independence, rushing to stand by Jussie Smollett, on and on). But the most galling ones now are inflation and his handling of Vladimir Putin — separate subjects but now inextricable in their effects on the American people.

Life in the United States is going to get economically worse for the remainder of 2022, with the U.S. economy more than likely falling into recession in 2023 before the effects of inflation can come to a halt. Crime, a consequence of inflation, will rise even more. And to borrow a Biden phrase, “make no mistake,” the United States and NATO are in a war with Putin, not with guns and soldiers (just yet), but an economic war that is making everyone but the leaders — the common men and women of the United States and Russia — suffer.

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To read Gwartney’s explanations for why, go to the online link in the accompanying box below.

Gwartney simply pointed out what economists have noted for centuries: Inflation is when your government increases the money supply. When Congress sent out COVID relief, the money supply increased 70% in a 12-month period, from $4 trillion to $6.8 trillion, the largest increase in history.

Famed Austrian economist Ludwig von Mises explained in the 1960s what an increase like that means: “If you are increasing the quantity of money, and you are not increasing the quantity of things which can be bought with money, you are only increasing the prices which can be paid for them.”

That’s exactly what occurred.

Biden and the Democrats flooded the market with dollars while turning off the spigots that produce domestic oil. Voila! — too much money chasing too little gas.

They flooded the Americans with relief money while COVID lockdowns ratcheted back the supply of consumer goods. Gwartney predicted that when people were no longer cooped up by COVID, they would spend “big time.”

You’ve seen the out-of-state license plates. Those people chose not to fly and instead drove here.

They increased the demand for gas just when Biden and the John Kerry Green Monsters ratcheted back domestic production.

So don’t buy the spin that we’re seeing rising gas prices because we no longer import Russian oil. As economist Alan Reynolds explained: “Formally ending the small and shrinking U.S. imports of Russian crude will not be noticeably harmful to the U.S. because that vanishing trickle of Russian crude can easily be replaced with oil from Canada, Mexico, Latin America or the Middle East… .” Or, God forbid, with increased production at home.

And yet, Biden, Pelosi, et al, are working the lapdogs in the media to claim innocence. It’s stunning.

Either they are such diabolical liars or they really are that stupid and incompetent not to understand and acknowledge they are unequivocally responsible for runaway price increases in everything.

What are they proposing to stop it? Of course, more government spending, more borrowing, more printing of declining-in-value dollars. Projections for the next fiscal year show a federal budget deficit of $1.5 trillion.

“If the practice persists of covering government deficits with the issue of notes (printing money), then the day will come without fail, sooner or later, when the monetary systems of those nations pursuing this course will break down completely.” So wrote von Mises in 1923.

There are two proven ways to stop this inflation. Von Mises: “The printing presses must be shut down in time, because a dreadful catastrophe awaits if their operations go on to the end.” Here’s a telltale warning sign of that coming catastrophe: Consumers begin buying wildly and hoarding because of the rapid declining value of their dollars.

The second way, which must occur in tandem with stopping the presses, is increased interest rates — the Paul Volcker prescription of the early 1980s.

Of course, exacerbating the effects of inflation on Americans are Putin and his invasion of Ukraine.

“Make no mistake,” as Biden would say, the United States and NATO are indeed directly at war with Putin and Russia. While the U.S. and NATO allies might not — as yet — have troops on the ground or pilots fighting in the air, they are at war — a war of economic sanctions and retaliations.

When we and the U.K. ban the importing of Russian oil, wheat, fertilizer, vodka and other products; when we cut Russia out of the world’s monetary transfer system or quit selling our own Americanmade products to Russians, we’re making the lives of Russian people unpleasant. Take that, Putin!

Or so we think.

The objective is to make the common people of the sanctioned nation so economically uncomfortable and painful that they rise up and force out the leaders in charge.

Good luck with that. How is that working for us in North Korea, Iran, Venezuela, Cuba?

What’s more, history also has shown that economic sanctions trigger another response in the affected nation: nationalism (See “The Great Delusion: Liberal Dreams and International Realities,” by John Mearsheimer). Native residents whose families have lived in the country for generations tend to stand up for the motherland.

At the same time, Putin, of course, doesn’t just sit in a corner and cry over the sanctions. He

goes around the world and sells all his country’s products to other nations that haven’t taken sides, predictably supplanting what they might buy from the United States and likely at more favorable prices.

Think of China, Mexico and Brazil, for example. Back at you, Biden!

Now flip the coin. U.S. sanctions on Russian products and the banning of doing business with Russian people and businesses inflict pain on common Americans — all the employees and businesses involved in importing Russian goods and selling them in the U.S.; all the employees and businesses involved in exporting American goods and services to Russians.

In the scheme of international trade, Russian imports and exports with the United States aren’t all that big — 26th among all nations; $26 billion in Russian imports to the U.S. and $6.3 billion in exports to Russia.

But as the sanctions war escalates, more and more Americans will feel the effects. Joe Biden and Nancy Pelosi won’t feel the effects.

You will.

That’s what you get in any war — ordinary, innocent people suffer because of the egos and/or incompetence of their leaders.

Sure, none of us wants to see U.S. service members pay the ultimate price. None of us ever wants war.

We know the cry: What if Putin unleashes nuclear warheads?

Wouldn’t we rather have an economic sanctions war than a war with nuclear bombs?

We’d rather have neither.

But we know this: Unfortunately, the bigger war that is inflicting damage on all Americans — inflation — is going to take an increasingly devastating toll on ordinary Americans, especially as Biden, et al, continue to blame Vladimir Putin and deny their role in the economic destruction of Americans.

We’re sick of this.

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Traffic complainers, look in the rearview mirror I was reading the article headlined “Traffic troubles return north and south” in the March 3 edition of the Observer and found it a bit frustrating that traffic issues are blamed on construction and pedestrian crossings.

As a long-tenured resident here on the Key, it is almost amusing to hear seasonal residents complain “the traffic is just horrible” or “it took me 80 minutes to get from downtown to back home.”

Why is it dreadfully amusing?

It’s because the primary reason for traffic congestion during “the season” is because of all the parttime residents and visitors on the Key. Yes, I realize that this is known by all but still amusing as they are complaining about themselves!

“Themselves” the additional traffic and all of the additional service people they have called to fix something in their condo, home or landscaping. Duh! When the exodus of all of our seasonal residents and guests is complete, we always return to somewhat of a normal traffic expectation for living on an island with only a two-lane road with only a bridge on the north and south end.

The solution to traffic is not roundabouts, lowering the speed limits, etc. The solution is either less density on the Key, which is not going to happen, or a mid-island bridge over to the mainland. That’s the only and best solution.

When someone I know tells me about the traffic problem, my answer is always, “It’s because of all the part-timers and guests we have on the island from the north clogging up our road, driving 30 mph because they don’t remember what their condo entrance looks like or don’t GPS the restaurant they are trying to get to, so they appear lost, consistently hitting their brakes and then going further to a destination they have little clue of where it’s located.”

When they ponder and realize it’s themselves that are in that

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CHRIS UDERMANN LONGBOAT KEY

Here’s another idea to solve traffic issues I would like to present a feasible yet expensive solution to mitigate both traffic and parking problems involving Anna Maria Island.

The county and the state need to partner on a plan to extend 53rd Avenue from 75th Street West to the south end of Anna Maria Island.

A low bridge would need to be constructed from the uplands to a point rising up to facilitate vessels navigating the canal servicing the Coral Shores community and surrounding neighborhoods, plus, of course, the Intracoastal Waterway.

This route would enhance travel from the mainland to Anna Maria and the north end of Longboat Key, alleviating traffic on Cortez Road.

A parking structure needs to be constructed over the existing parking areas of Coquina Beach and possibly extending over the top of Gulf Drive as far east as possible.

This might allow parking for more than 1,000 vehicles.

Going a step further, a tram or monorail could be constructed in conjunction with the 53rd Street extension to transport beachgoers.

This form of transportation could even be extended farther east to IMG and Lakewood Ranch.

The parking structures on the south end of AMI would not be an eyesore to any residential neighborhoods or negatively impact property values. Parking would not be free. Pay to park is common most places and was one of the main suggestions of the committee that studied parking problems years ago.

This proposal eliminates the need for a bridge from the mainland to Longboat Key that has been discussed for years.

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THAT’S NOT A BIRD 3:18 p.m., 1600 block of Harbor Sound Drive Citizen assist: An officer went to the home of a caller who reported what she believed to be a bird trapped in her attic.

The officer heard a chirping sound, which he followed into a pantry. In the pantry, the officer found a smoke detector with an expiration date of 2003. Batteries in the device were from 2009.

He recommended the chirping electronic device be replaced.

FRIDAY, MARCH 4

THAT’S NOT A BOAT 9:30 a.m., 4000 block of Gulf of Mexico Drive Abandoned vehicle: The town’s marine patrol officer responded to a report of what was originally thought to be a small boat entangled in mangroves near Buttonwood Harbour. The officer reported it was deep in the mangroves, surrounded by shallow water. Upon further inspection, the officer reported it was not a boat at all but rather a floating dock. The officer said an attempt to retrieve the dock would be made when tides were more conducive.

THAT’S NOT WHERE THEY LIVE 7:30 p.m., 3400 block of Bayou Court Welfare check: Two officers went to a house following a call from an outof-state person concerned about the well-being of grandparents from whom she had not heard in a while.

Officers found nothing wrong at the home and contacted its owner with information provided by public records. The homeowner was not the caller’s grandparent. A further check of public records revealed the property had been sold several times. The caller, when contacted by police, said she didn’t know her grandparents had moved.

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SSSHHH! THE NEIGHBORS! 11:30 p.m., 600 block of Buttonwood Drive Animal complaint: Police responded to a report of a barking dog and learned the puppy making the noise was new to a home. The owner said he had made most of his neighbors aware of the addition, but would bring the puppy inside for the night.

MONDAY, MARCH 7

SAIL AWAY 4:01 p.m., 700 block of Linley Street Citizen dispute: Officers went to Longbeach Village on a report of a dispute between two people over a small sailboat. Both parties had been in a dispute previously. This time, one of the parties said the other party threatened to cut loose a small sailboat beached in the dinghy area and let it drift away. The other party rode off on a bicycle and was not immediately identified.

TUESDAY, MARCH 8

DEBIT OF GRATITUDE 10:07 a.m., police headquarters Found property: A debit card found by a resident of Longbeach Village was dropped off at the police department. A civilian employee left a message with its owner, who eventually made arrangements to retrieve her card.

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Longboat Key voters were in agreement last week with countywide residents who approved one referendum and rejected another.

Town residents rejected a county charter amendment proposal to return to at-large voting for Sarasota County Commission seats by 23 percentage points and more broadly supported continuing a 1-mill additional property tax for Sarasota County Schools.

With all precincts reporting and absentee and mail-in ballots recorded, the countywide results on the charter amendment were: No: 57.22% (56,868 votes) Yes: 42.78% (42,523 votes) The results for the school millage rate were: Yes: 84.23% (84,807 votes) No: 15.77% (15,882 votes) According to the Supervisor of Elections office, countywide turnout was 28.95%. Longboat’s turnout was reported to be 39.49% (1,865 of 4,723 registered Sarasota County voters participating in town).

On Longboat Key, the millage rate was supported 89.1% (1,656 votes) to 11% (203 votes).

The voting on a county charter amendment to end single-member district voting was closer.

Longboat voters rejected the proposal by a margin of 61.76% (1,129 votes) to 38.24% (699).

Vote-by-mail balloting was the big difference among Longboat voters on that issue.

In in-person voting on election day and in a week of early in-person balloting, those supporting singlemember districts cast nine more ballots than those who voted to reject,

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319-310. But in mail-in voting, 829 cast ballots against the measure and 383 voted in favor.

Had the charter amendment been successful, it would have applied to this year’s general election, ensuring 2020 was the only year in which the county held single-member district elections.

“Our residents are clearly starving for local representation that understands the character and nuances of the communities they represent,” said Hagen Brody, who has filed to run against Mike Cosentino for the Democratic nomination in the race for the County Commission seat held

by Christian Ziegler in District 2.

Democrat Andrew Bevan has also joined the race between Brody and Cosentino. Ziegler has not yet filed.

Voters on Monday had the option of bringing vote-by-mail ballots directly to the Supervisor of Elections office in downtown Sarasota.

HOW LONGBOAT VOTED COUNTY CHARTER AMENDMENT TO REPEAL SINGLE-MEMBER VOTING DISTRICTS Yes 38.13% (702 votes) No 61.87% (1,139 votes) SCHOOL DISTRICT MILLAGE Yes 89.08% (1,656 votes) No 10.92% (203 votes) LONGBOAT TURNOUT 1,865 ballots cast of 4,723 registered voters (39.49%)

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Above: 1313 Westway Drive overlooks New Pass. Right: Bedrooms overlook the backyard and New Pass beyond.

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The property at 1313 Westway Drive in Lido Shores Estates, listed by Roger Pettingell of Coldwell Banker Global Luxury, was on the market for 11 days and originally priced at $11,995,000. Public records of the sale have not yet been recorded electronically. Pettingell also represented the buyer.

The 7,336-square-foot property overlooks New Pass and includes a new boat dock. There are six bedrooms, seven full baths and two half baths.

But beyond the numbers is the style of the two-story property.

The interior was styled by Adrienne Vittadini, a fashion designer who spends time in Sarasota and is known for bold colors and prints in her handbags, clothing, shoes and swimwear. The home was designed

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Above: The town put out cones to remind people not to park at Publix. Left: Amanda Champ from The Surfing Coconut cracks open fresh ones for her customers.

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Nancy Ambrose and Carolyn Brown worked together to host the three markets.

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Parking issues still arose as some attendees parked at Publix rather than in the Town Center Green lot, but the town attempted to alleviate problems by opening parking along the sides of Bay Isles Road, too.

Several new vendors populated Town Center Green, including beach-based jewelry company Driftheory, Longboat Key resident and stained glass artist Paul Jaffe and macrame maker Mary Lant with her business, Eden.

These vendors also have booths at the Coquina Market.

“I like the open air and the vibe from the community,” Driftheory owner Danielle Ferrantino said. “Everyone here is so friendly, and we have such friendly vendors.”

Attendees wandered the green with bags of vegetables, plants wrapped in plastic or trays of food from the trucks parked at the edge of the market. People rested in patches of shade to enjoy cool treats. The March market was less busy than the previous two had been, but organizer Ambrose said she’s looking forward to next season on Longboat Key. As of now, the market will likely return in the future, but this season’s trial is finished.

This month’s market was a little less crowded than previous months.

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3150 GMD LLC., is requesting a comprehensive plan amendment that will also be considered by the Planning and Zoning Board on March 15, 2022, at 9:15 a.m., or as soon thereafter as may be heard, at the Town Commission Chambers, Town Hall, 501 Bay Isles Road, Longboat Key, Florida.

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The Circus Arts Conservatory, Florida Studio Theatre, Sarasota Opera, Sarasota Orchestra and Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe announced that they will no longer require proof of vaccination or a recent COVID-19 test result to enter their premises.

Face masks, however, will still be required in their respective venues.

Ticket holders are encouraged to check an organization’s website to see how policies are being enforced.

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The #SafeArtsSarasota organizations released a joint statement regarding the protocols: “The arts and cultural organizations of Sarasota County are profoundly grateful to our audiences, patrons, artists, crews, and staff for their patience and generous support as we have navigated through the difficult waters of the COVID-19 pandemic,” it said. “It has been, to say the least, a difficult time for all.

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ANCIENT TEACHINGS AND THE SCIENCE OF HAPPINESS From 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the Education Center at Temple Beth Israel, 567 Bay Isles Road, learn about the intersection of science and ancient theories about happiness. $15 for members, $20 for nonmembers. Call 383-8222 or email EducationCenter@TBI-LBK. org to register.

BOOK SALE From 9 a.m. to noon at Christ Church of Longboat Key, 6400 Gulf of Mexico Drive, browse hundreds of lightly used, bargain-priced fiction and nonfiction books, jigsaw puzzles and more. Free coffee and cookies will be available.

RECURRING EVENTS MONDAYS

SPRING FLING From 3-4:30 p.m. at the Education Center at Temple Beth Israel, 567 Bay Isles Road, hear a performance by Joy Leitner and John Whittlesey. $20 for members, $25 for nonmembers. Call 383-8222 or email EducationCenter@TBI-LBK. org to register.

STRETCH & STRENGTHEN From 10-11 a.m. at The Paradise Center, 546 Bay Isles Road. Focus is on strength training and flexibility for balance. Suzy Brenner leads the class. Fee is $10. Walk-ins welcome. Call 383-6493.

HOLLYWOOD ICONS THROUGH THE DECADES (1920S-1950S) From 1-4 p.m. on Zoom and in person at the Education Center at Temple Beth Israel, 567 Bay Isles Road, with film critic Gus Mollasis.

View movies, followed by discussion. Available on a prorated basis. $75 for members, $85 for others.

Call 383-8222 or email EducationCenter@TBI-LBK.org to register.

DINNER AND A MOVIE Cocktail hour starts at 5:30 p.m., and “Planes, Trains and Automobiles” starts at 8:30 p.m. with this Longboat Key Garden Club Party at Bayfront Park, 4052 Gulf of Mexico Drive. Tickets are $75 per person and include a three-course dinner and drinks. Visit LBKGardenClub. org or call 387-1909 to purchase tickets.

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MUSCLES AND MORE WITH ANN ALVIS From 8:30-9:30 a.m. at the Bayfront Park Recreation Center, 4052 GMD, use strength equipment to build flexibility, endurance and balance. Class focuses on proper lifting technique. Class is $10 for members, $15 for others. Visit LongboatKey.org for information.

SAVOR THE SOUNDS Head to Town Center Green for the last concert of the series. Gates open at 4:30 p.m., and the concert with the Shantel Norman Group starts at 5:30 p.m. Tickets are $25 in advance, $35 at the door, or $250 for a VIP table of eight, which includes two bottles of wine. Beer and wine from Gold Coast Eagle will be available for sale. Tickets are available to purchase 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday at the Longboat Key Chamber office, 5390 Gulf of Mexico Drive, Suite 102. For information call 383-2466.

TUESDAYS

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

Qi Gong is a mind-body-spirit practice designed to improve mental and physical health. Class is outdoors, weather permitting.

Cost is $10. Walk-ins welcome. Call 383-6493.

TUESDAY, MARCH 22

MEET, GREET, EAT From 4-6 p.m. at the Harbourside Ballroom, 3000 Harbourside Drive, meet, greet and eat with members of the Longboat Key business community. This event is put on by the Longboat Key Chamber of Commerce.

HULA From 11 a.m. to noon at The Paradise Center, 546 Bay Isles Road.

Cost is $10. RSVP required. Call 383-6493.

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

ROTARY CLUB Meets at 5 p.m. on the first and third Tuesday in All Angles Parish Hall, 563 Bay Isles Road. To learn more, call Nancy Rozance at 203605-4066 or email Info@LongboatKeyRotary.org.

FEEL GOOD YOGA WITH DEBBY DEBILE From 10:30-11:30 a.m. at the Bayfront Park Recreation Center, 4052 GMD, get into this therapeutic yoga style, which combines gentle vinyasa, alignment and restorative yoga. Suitable for all levels. Class is $10 for members, $15 for others.

Visit LongboatKey.org for information.

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GREAT AMERICAN CLEANUP At 8 a.m. on the Manatee County beaches of Longboat Key, participate in a nationwide cleanup. Keep Longboat Key’s beaches clean and get a free T-shirt. This event is in partnership with Keep Manatee Beautiful; email Dawn DiFoggio at DDInParadise@ gmail.com to sign up for a section.

FRIDAYS

BEREAVEMENT GROUP From 2-3:30 p.m., weekly through March 23 at the JFCS office at 540 Bay Isles Road, facilitated by Community Chaplain Rabbi Jonathan R. Katz. Cost is $36 for the six-week program. To register, contact Katz at 366-2224 ext. 166 or jkatz@jfcscares.org.

MEDITATION AND STRESS RELIEF From 11 a.m. to noon at The Paradise Center, 546 Bay Isles Road, take a meditation and stress-relief class with Sandi Love, who takes you through a visualization using all of your senses and helps you to calm down. Free for members, $10 for others. Call 383-6493.

TAI CHI From 10-11 a.m. at The Paradise Center, 546 Bay Isles Road. Class is outdoors, weather permitting.

Cost is $10. Walk-ins welcome. Call 383-6493.

TAI CHI From 10-11 a.m. at The Paradise Center, 546 Bay Isles Road. Reuben Fernandez teaches the class outdoors, weather permitting. Free for members, $10 for others. Walkins welcome. Call 383-6493.

THURSDAYS

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

ST. ARMANDS KEY LUTHERAN CHURCH BRIDGE CLUB Every Thursday beginning at 1 p.m. at St. Armands Key Lutheran Church, 40 N. Adams Drive, join an

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

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FRIDAY – SUNDAY

ZUMBA AND MAT PILATES FOR SENIORS From 10-11 a.m. at The Paradise Center, 546 Bay Isles Road. The class, designed for active seniors, starts with zumba and shifts to all-level mat Pilates at 10:30 a.m.

Come for 30 minutes or the full hour. Cost is $10. Walk-ins welcome. Call 383-6493.

THE FOREIGN FILM FEST From 2-5 p.m. at the Education Center at Temple Beth Israel, 567 Bay Isles Road with film critic Gus Mollasis. View and discuss assigned films. Four sessions begin Feb. 3. $75 for members, $110 for others. Call 383-8222 or email EducationCenter@TBI-LBK.org to register.

WEDNESDAYS

• Live-stream - go to AllAngelsLBK.org to watch on-line

ACBL-sanctioned game of contract bridge with certified teachers. All skill levels are welcome. There is an $8 suggested donation for each session. Refreshments will be provided. RSVP to 952-9251.

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Attendees dropped raffle tickets and placed bids for baskets before lunch.

Thrifty fashions Models walked the Longboat Island Chapel runway in secondhand fashions.

Above: Carol Peschel shows off her flamingo hat. Left: June Hessel helps Jan Dube adjust her outfit.

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Pippa and Rev. Brock Patterson dress for a day of fishing.

Muriel Klosterman wears a statement scarf for her lunch outfit.

Raffle baskets like the Pamper Me Basket were drawn during the event.

ut of all the models, the tiniest and furriest one made the biggest impact.

Just when attendees to the Lord’s Warehouse Fashion Show on March 10 thought they’d seen all the fashions go past, two more surprise models entered the scene: The Rev. Brock Patterson of Longboat Island Chapel and his puppy, Pippa, came out in their own thrifted fits.

The tiny dog brought big cheers and “awws” as she dashed around dressed in outfits to match her dad.

“Remember, the outfits are for sale,” organizer Lesley Rife said during the show. “Pippa is not for sale.”

Throughout the show, the fashions were as green as the garden decor in the Longboat Island Chapel. All of the clothes were selected from donations to the Lord’s Warehouse thrift store and made into outfits for the fashion show, which featured a garden party theme this year.

“As soon as the decision was made to have it this year, everyone at the Warehouse is on alert for items like jewelry, purses, shoes, hats, that are put aside,” Rife said. “We just had that white Chico’s purse come in.

They keep their eyes out constantly.

The gals in the Warehouse know the look.”

Once the models are chosen, their sizes are taken and outfit building begins. Often, the organizers have

to go back into the Warehouse to finish an outfit, whether it’s shoes, accessories or the finishing touch to add elegance. Each model had three outfits, including accessories, shoes and bags.

“We don’t have any outfits in mind because we can’t begin to remember what’s pulled aside,” Rife said. “We do that with the models.”

From whence they came, the outfits returned. Each model was allowed to purchase one outfit from what she wore on the runway, and the rest was put on a rack to be sold at the Warehouse after the show. In the audience, attendees made notes on their programs of which pieces caught their eye.

Between the sets of outfits, presenter Jamie Peterson called out raffle and silent auction winners.

Attendees had browsed the baskets before the show started and eagerly waited to find out if they won. Fran Berman won the Pamper Me basket.

“My sister invited me to the luncheon, and we’re big thrifters, so this is really fun,” Berman said.

This was the first year the fashion show was held as a proper luncheon; in the past, attendees had balanced their meal and drink on their laps as they watched models walk on a stage. This year, the fashion show was integrated into the luncheon so models walked closer to the attendees. Women dressed in the garden party theme — complete with gauzy, flowery hats in many cases — sat at tables and were waited on by smartly dressed volunteers who brought them fruit, chicken salad and lemon squares throughout the afternoon.

“It feels like we’re out to lunch,” organizer Karen Pashkow said.

“Everybody looks like they’re having fun.”

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“I fell in love with what ITEC is doing ...

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happening with these kids going through the programs,” Greenspon said.

Four athletes who are either in programs at ITEC or have graduated and now serve as coaches spoke briefly about the impact the organization had on them, from learning the game of tennis to learning life skills off the court. Then, Jennifer Ibeto, Rotam Ashkenazi, Coach Tamir Geva and Noam Yitzchaki put on a show for the attendees. Ibeto and Ashkenazi topped Geva and Yitzchaki in the final.

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LONGBOAT KEY BOATERS DREAM $1,985,000 Waterfront 2BD/2BA renovated home on 135 feet of canal, second in from Sarasota Bay. Newer seawall, dock+ lift and room for other water toys. Deeded beach access.

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LONGBOAT KEY WATER CLUB PENTHOUSE $4,495,000 Completely remodeled 4BR/4BA in south tower. Designer touches w/ added windows offer unique Bay, city, and amazing sunset views. Just minutes shopping, golf, marinas, Mote Marine, St. Armands Circle & downtown Sarasota.

SARASOTA PENTHOUSE $6,995,000 Downtown Ritz Carlton 3BR Ensuite Residence. Magnificent 4,276 sf open floor plan. Spectacular views. World class amenities.

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LONGBOAT KEY BAYFRONT ESTATE $6,595,000 Rare opportunity! Build your dream home Bayfront on oversized lot, 100ft on the bay, beach access across the street & side canal for privacy. PLUS elevated separate guest house is a bonus structure no longer permitted for new builds.

BLACKBURN BAY OSPREY $3,195,000 Boater’s Dream 4BR/3.5Ba on .58 acres w/private dock + sandy launch for small watercraft. Direct access & extensive views of Intracoastal and sunsets over Casey Key. PENDING

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LONGBOAT KEY GULF FRONT $1,599,000 Players Club, remodeled & furnished 2BD/2.5BA. Gulf views, gorgeous beach and resort amenities +plus under cover parking w/storage area. Gulfside pool & spa.

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Residents took flower leis to get in the spirit.

Above: Michel Heutel and Judy Kottmeier matched leis to their outfits.

Left: Peggy Stitzenberger prepares an ice cream dish.

Luau know-how

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little rain never hurt a luau. Despite the storm that stewed over Longboat Key on March 10, the residents of Harbour Circle still put on one tropical party.

The neighborhood get-together was supposed to be at the pool, with floral arrangements by Karen Kennedy floating around and leis fluttering in the breeze, but plans had to change when the skies opened up. At the last minute, the party committee moved everything to one flexible resident’s house.

In total, about 35 residents came with Hawaiian shirts, donned grass skirts and pinned flowers in their hair to enjoy the party. Tiny key lime pies and an ice cream bar were the two main events after the savory snacks had been had, and guests found places to sit and catch up with old friends.

Above: Judy Posner and Deena Delmoro sip tropical drinks. Right: Charles Hawkins and Tom Heutel catch up with each other over snacks.

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The #1 sales team in the state of Florida $134 Million Sold in 2021

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Testimonial: “We have worked with Judy over many years, buying & selling property on Longboat Key. Each time, Judy and her team carry out their duties with honesty, integrity and respect – very often going that extra mile!

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ST. ARMANDS KEY 96 N Washington Drive 3 Beds 4/2 Baths 5,660 Sq. Ft. Eileen (Dee Dee) Burke 941-266-8949 A4525014 $7,899,000

LONGBOAT KEY 3606 Fair Oaks Place 5 Beds 3 Baths 3,842 Sq. Ft. Kathy Callahan 941-900-8088 A4523345 $3,500,000

SARASOTA 628 N Owl Drive 3 Beds 2 Baths 2,534 Sq. Ft. Kathy Valente & Gregory Zies, LLC 941-685-6767 A4526783 $2,595,000

LONGBOAT KEY 656 Tarawitt Drive 4 Beds 3/1 Baths 3,330 Sq. Ft. Ian Addy, PA & Gail Wittig, LLC 941-961-8850 A4524096 $2,495,000

SARASOTA 1335 Second Street Villa 2E 2 Beds 2/1 Baths 2,520 Sq. Ft. Brian Loebker & Jonathan Abrams 941-735-4393 A4522536 $2,399,900

SARASOTA 6326 Midnight Pass Road 508 3 Beds 3 Baths 2,318 Sq. Ft. Karen Chandler 941-544-4919 A4523199 $2,159,000

SIESTA KEY 4910 Commonwealth Drive 2 Beds 2 Baths 1,210 Sq. Ft. Barbara Dumbaugh & Victoria Lear 941-951-6660 A4512691 $1,750,000

LONGBOAT KEY 750 Fox Street 3 Beds 2 Baths 2,000 Sq. Ft. Cathy Meldahl 941-724-7228 A4525751 $1,495,000

BRADENTON 396 Aruba Circle 302 3 Beds 3 Baths 1,664 Sq. Ft. Debbie Vogler 941-705-3328 A4525652 $1,349,000

BRADENTON 391 Aruba Circle 402 3 Beds 3 Baths 1,664 Sq. Ft. Kathy Valente 941-685-6767 A4524894 $1,200,000

LONGBOAT KEY 4311 Gulf Of Mexico Drive 401 2 Beds 2 Baths 1,293 Sq. Ft. Victoria Lear 941-350-1064 A4522542 $1,100,000

SIESTA KEY 6518 Midnight Pass Road 402 2 Beds 2 Baths 1,215 Sq. Ft. Michael Graf 941-349-3444 A4523976 $1,050,000

SARASOTA 1649 Pine Harrier Circle 4 Beds 3 Baths 3,054 Sq. Ft. Alison Elizalde 941-928-9217 A4527409 $980,000

SARASOTA 3624 S Lockwood Ridge Road 4 Beds 3/1 Baths 4,013 Sq. Ft. Rudy Dudon 941-234-3991 A4508564 $895,000

LONGBOAT KEY 4805 Gulf of Mexico Dr 106 2 Beds 2 Baths 1,393 Sq. Ft. Robert Dardas 941-376-7591 A4526795 $875,000

LAKEWOOD RANCH 5705 Cheech Glen 2 Beds 2/1 Baths 1,850 Sq. Ft. Sandi Dietrich 941-704-0697 A4526760 $874,912

LONGBOAT KEY 656 Tarawitt Drive 10,799 Sq. Ft. Ian Addy, PA & Gail Wittig 941-961-8850 A4518192 $845,000

BRADENTON 302 67th Avenue Drive W 3 Beds 2 Baths 2,050 Sq. Ft. Jared Ross 941-539-1705 A4526366 $825,000

ENGLEWOOD 7305 Manasota Key Road Maryann Casey 941-468-3741 D6119746 $799,000

UNIVERSITY PLACE 8215 Indigo Ridge Terrace 3 Beds 2/1 Baths 2,073 Sq. Ft. Robert Krasow 617-840-1181 A4525087 $795,000

LAKEWOOD RANCH 7696 Silverwood Court 3 Beds 2 Baths 2,381 Sq. Ft. Denise Gagne 941-400-6358 A4526085 $750,000

SARASOTA 5118 Manorwood Drive 4D, Bldg 1 3 Beds 3 Baths 2,392 Sq. Ft. Kathy Valente & Gregory Zies, LLC 941-685-6767 A4527120 $650,000

SARASOTA 5582 Carmona Place 3 Beds 3 Baths 2,008 Sq. Ft. Mimi Kruk 941-587-5188 A4526953 $649,000

BRADENTON 509 Sanderling Circle 2 Beds 2 Baths 1,334 Sq. Ft. Maruta Miluns 941-374-9702 A4526336 $459,000

LAKEWOOD RANCH 7710 Lake Vista Court 302 3 Beds 2/1 Baths 1,762 Sq. Ft. Nancy Phillips 941-400-6078 A4527222 $425,000

SIESTA KEY 7108 Midnight Pass Road 6 Beds 5 Baths 4,697 Sq. Ft. Stephen Weeks & Jeff Hinrichs 941-504-3689 A4523915 $4,950,000

ANNA MARIA ISLAND 820 N Shore Drive 4 Beds 4/1 Baths 3,953 Sq. Ft. Kathy Harman 941-900-9828 A4524887 $4,500,000

ANNA MARIA ISLAND 112 Mangrove Avenue 4 Beds 3/1 Baths 3,577 Sq. Ft. Hannah Hillyard & George Myers 941-744-7358 A4502423 $3,999,000

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home in John Ringling Estates tops all transactions in this week’s real estate. Covered Bridge Holdings IV LLC sold the home at 113 N. Polk Drive to Scott Wallace, trustee, of Sarasota, for $6.2 million.

Built in 1995, it has four bedrooms, three-and-ahalf baths, a pool and 3,972 square feet of living area.

It sold for $3.3 million in 2008.

THE BEACH RESIDENCES

Ralph and Deborah Bradshaw, trustees, of Asheville, North Carolina, sold the Unit 607 condominium at 1300 Benjamin Franklin Drive to Anthony Rendina, of Oak Brook, Illinois, for $2,687,500. Built in 2005, it has three bedrooms, two-and-a-half baths and 3,057 square feet of living area. It sold for $1,987,500 in 2016.

THE PIERRE

Edward Dato Jr. and Angela Dato, of Sarasota, sold their Unit 904 condominium at 455 Longboat Club Road to Heather Thornton, trustee, of Arlington Heights, Illinois, for $2,625,000. Built in 1990, it has three bedrooms, three-and-a-half baths and 2,880 square feet of living area. It sold for $1,712,500 in 2017.

SABAL COVE

Joseph and Regina Platano sold their home at 3318 Sabal Cove Lane to Steven and Katherine Kalin, of Longboat Key, for $2.45 million.

Built in 1994, it has three bedrooms, four-and-a-half baths, a pool and 3,883 square feet of living area. It sold for $1.05 million in 2017.

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Ringling Estates home sells for $6.2 million

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LIDO

Seaward Lido Key LLC sold the home at 1186 Center Place to Steven and Ursula Guyer, of Chicago, for $2.1 million. Built in 1957, it has three bedrooms, three baths and 1,620 square feet of living area. It sold for $1.1 million in 2021.

Nikolay Gerasimchuk, trustee, of Lakewood Ranch, sold the home at 1340 Westway Drive to 1340 Westway LLC for $1.88 million. Built in 1952, it has three bedrooms, threeand-a-half baths, a pool and 1,909 square feet of living area. It sold for $760,000 in 2015.

EMERALD HARBOR

Bernard Francis McMahon Jr. and Kathleen Ann McMahon, of Bradenton, sold their home at 630 Emerald Harbor Drive to OSG Coastal LLC for $1.65 million. Built in 1971, it has three bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 1,787 square feet of living area. It sold for $815,000 in 2019.

GRAND BAY

Marvin and Marsha Frank, of Longboat Key, sold their Unit 445 condominium at 3010 Grand Bay Blvd. to Noubar Mahdessian and Ann Mahdessian, trustees, of St. Petersburg, for $1,425,000. Built in 1999, it has three bedrooms, three-and-a-half baths and 2,143 square feet of living area. It sold for $884,000 in 2010.

Rosalyn and Paul Kline, trustees, of Laguna Woods, California, sold the Unit 343 condominium at 3030 Grand Bay Blvd. to Robert and Connie Zerden, of Atlanta, for $1,385,000. Built in 1998, it has three bedrooms, three baths and 2,369 square feet of living area. It sold for $1,042,500 in 2008.

BEACHPLACE

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The property at 113 N. Polk Drive was built in 1995. It has four bedrooms, three-and-a-half baths, a pool and 3,972 square feet of living area.

Barbara Haber, of Longboat Key, for $1 million. Built in 1981, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,172 square feet of living area. It sold for $465,000 in 2011.

CASTILLIAN

Benjamin and Myrna Cardin, of Baltimore, sold their Unit 508 condominium at 4545 Gulf of Mexico Drive to LBK Rental Properties LLC for $915,000. Built in 1979, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,398 square feet of living area. It sold for $179,000 in 1987.

ISLANDER CLUB OF LONGBOAT

Paul Carreiro and Kimberley Pelyk, of Longboat Key, sold their Unit 301 condominium at 1075 Gulf of Mexico Drive to Jonathan and

Wolfgang and Suzanne Schwarz, trustees, of Longboat Key, sold the Unit 55-S condominium at 2295 Gulf of Mexico Drive to Dmitry Faynblyum, of Ontario, Canada, for $740,000. Built in 1970, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,235 square feet of living area. It sold for $427,500 in 2004.

BAYPORT BEACH AND TENNIS CLUB

Ronald and Teresa Baker, of Boone, Iowa, sold their Unit 741 condominium at 741 Bayport Way to Robert Wageck, of Longboat Key, for $725,000. Built in 1983, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,260 square feet of living area. It sold for $400,000 in 2019.

BAY HARBOUR APARTMENTS

Michael and Lisa Feldbusch, of Newburgh, Indiana, sold their Unit 206 condominium at 450 Gulf of Mexico Drive to Kenneth Zierer and Evelyn Rodriguez-Zierer, of Upper Saddle River, New Jersey, for $695,000. Built in 1970, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,194 square feet of living area. It sold for $355,600 in 2017.

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TOP BUILDING PERMITS

NOW UNDER CONSTRUCTION

These are the largest building permits issued by the Longboat Key Planning and Zoning Department for the week of March 4-10 in order of dollar amounts.

L O N G B OAT K E Y ADDRESS 531 Golf Links Lane

PERMIT Replacement single

APPLICANT Golf Links LLC

AMOUNT($) 991,750

Longboat Key

family residence 340 GMD #123

Interior alterations

3040 Grand Bay Blvd #235 Interior alterations

Wexler Family Trust

480,000

Serge Picard

330,535

529 Putter Lane

Interior alterations

Kathleen M. Lex

155,727

4234 GMD Unit A1

Interior alterations

Grant Lawrence Smith

136,420

5 Winslow Place

Interior alterations

Ralph Lorenzo Denino

130,000

2089 GMD #202

Interior alterations

Mark Thompson

105,094

554 Jessmyth Drive

Seawall

Scott Charlton

710 Penfield St.

Windows and doors

Anthony C. Rich

89,087

771 Emerald Harbor Drive

Windows and doors

Todd Gertz

88,838

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93,900

600 Linley St.

Pool

Jerome Schwartz

76,450

5342 Sandhamn Place

Re-roof

Barbara L. Erb-Pappas

62,656

1932 Harbourside

Doors

Daniel E. Sherwood, Jr.

61,737

Downtown St. Petersburg

Drive #247 551 Wedge Lane

Interior alterations

Rich Stephani

670 Old Compass Road

Seawall

Emerald Partners LLC

52,000

621 Neptune Ave

Re-roof

Peter H. Michael

38,710

600 Preserve Court

Plumbing

Jordan A. Schrader

31,335

47,885

548 Cutter Lane

Plumbing

548 Cutter Lane LLC

30,000

2045 GMD

Re-roof

Seaplace Association Inc.

29,873

6820 Longboat Drive S.

Mechanical

Brendan Walsh

29,653

511 Putting Green Lane

Re-roof

Jeffrey L. Tushar

26,000

545 Sanctuary Drive

Electrical

The Sanctuary at Longboat

25,937

1465 GMD #302

Interior alterations

W A S Tower L B K LLC

25,000

6810 Longboat Drive S.

Electrical

Edwin M. Cook, Jr.

23,000

5461 GMD Unit 403

A/C change-out

Lana M. McDonald

22,400

6021 Emerald Harbor Drive Lift

Michael Bowe

21,970

911 Spanish Drive S.

A/C change-out

Eric Gietl

16,838

837 Spanish Drive N.

Windows

Charles F. Kovac

16,710

5055 GMD

A/C change-out

Club Longboat Beach and Tennis 14,820

5055 GMD

A/C change-out

Club Longboat Beach and Tennis 14,820

668 Spanish Drive N.

Mechanical

Thomas M. Cooney

14,472

455 Longboat Club

A/C change-out

Philip D. Cooper

13,337

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

Road #401 561 Halyard Lane

Demolition of single Thomas L. McCollum, Jr.

13,000

family residence Building

Randall B. Langley

A/C change-out

Thomas J. Kennelly, Jr.

12,500

5851 GMD Unit 9

Doors

LB Key LLC

11,716 10,075

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Pam Snauwaert, Katie Moulton, Karen Shearer and Kerrii Anderson

he more, the merrier was the motto of the day at the annual Go For the Cure golf event on Longboat Key. On March 8 — coincidentally International Women’s Day as well — golfers from the Key Niners and Women’s Golf Association teamed up for a round on the Longboat Key Club links to raise money for Breast Health Sarasota.

More than 150 golfers from the organizations put their best putt forward in the morning before meeting for a pink-drenched luncheon. As with many events that raise money for breast health and breast cancer research, pink was the dress code, and even the lemonade got the memo.

Breast Health Sarasota is a local nonprofit that has been offering support and breast cancer prevention since Key resident Marge Heller started it more than 20 years ago.

Suzanne Snyder, Noel Geer and Shary Price

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Above: Cupcakes decorated with pink icing were offered after lunch. Below: Donna Krenicki, Beth Kaye and Christie Krugler Above: Janet Hartman and Linda Hargreaves Below: Barbara Eisenberg, Barbara Botein and Annie Cohen

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64 High-IQ crew 65 Low-tech indicators of air speed and direction?

70 God with 99 names 71 Sweater option 72 Hemingway or Borgnine 73 Deck chair strip 74 Ran in the wash 76 Remove gently 79 Cathedral seat 80 “I have it!”

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109 Three, in Rome 110 Since Jan. 1 112 Spanish cheer 113 Walter Cronkite’s longtime network 114 Second half of a candy bar?

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Puzzle Three Clue: L equals B

122 “Give it a ___!” (“Enough!”)

By Luis Campos Celebrity Cipher cryptograms are created from quotations by famous people, past and present.

Each letter in the cipher stands for another.

Puzzle Two Clue: X equals B

THE LONG AND SHORT OF IT by Gary Larson and Doug Peterson. Edited by David Steinberg

Puzzle One Clue: B equals W

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