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AGAIN! Tourism just got a boost on Longboat Key. Voters gave the nod to the Longboat Key Club to use 300 units to build a hotel.

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SARASOTA COUNTY þ Yes: 1,460 votes 55.7% No: 1,159 votes 44.3% MANATEE COUNTY Yes: 488 votes 46.5% þ No: 562 votes 53.5%

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YOUR TOWN SIXTH-GRADERS RAISE $500 FOR MOTE

A sixth-grade class at Bradenton Christian School raised more than $500 to benefit Mote Marine Laboratory’s Turtle Hospital.

After learning about turtle nesting season in Tracy Hodges’ social studies class on Earth Day, the class decided to hold a bake sale to benefit the hospital.

“We want to make sure if a turtle is stranded or injured that the hospital will have money to take care of her,” sixth-grader Makenna Hermann said in a press release.

The students had the goal of raising $200 at the bake sale April 30 and raised more than double — $528.77.

“Every time someone walked by, the students would shout, ‘Save the turtles!’” Hodges said in the release. “They did a great job educating our community as well as raising money for Mote.”

The donation will be presented to Mote when staff members visit the school’s end-of-the-year awards ceremony May 18.

HARBOR SQUARE PLANTING ROOTS

Danny and Debra Palmer believe they can inject some new life into the underutilized Harbor Square office building with a new restaurant offering and other businesses.

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Danny and Debra Palmer want to purchase Harbor Square, but they need the island’s voters to allow them to live on the third floor of the building that used to be grandfathered as a residential penthouse.

St. Mary, Star of the Sea, Catholic Church held its annual May crowning ceremony following its services May 10.

Women’s Guild member Stella Kelly crowned the statue of Mary, which rests at the front of the church’s property. As Kelly placed the crown on the statue’s head, church members sang hymns and recited prayers.

Each year, a member of the Women’s Guild is selected to crown Mary, and Kelly was selected because she is a founding member of the parish and has participated in the guild for many years.

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Danny and Debbie Palmer believe Harbor Square, 4134 Gulf of Mexico Drive, can be reborn as a waterfront destination spot that could offer a casual restaurant and other offerings.

Parsons at an undisclosed price.

Parsons did not return a phone call seeking comment for this story.

It’s not the first time the Palmers have combined their personal/work spaces.

After Danny Palmer was injured in the line of duty as a Springfield, Ohio, police officer in 1993, the couple and their two sons ran a sporting goods company out of their garage. They eventually moved to a warehouse to open a sporting goods store. They built an apartment above the warehouse.

In 2004, the couple retired to Punta Gorda just before Hurricane Charley hit the area. After they spent almost two years cleaning up damage on their waterfront property, they opened a restaurant called Danny’s Deep Creek that became a popular bar and restaurant for watching football games on Saturdays and Sundays. They later opened a downtown Punta Gorda location that also became successful.

After Debra Palmer became sick with a rare bacterial infection that left her in the hospital for 31 days to recover, the couple sold their restaurants and moved in 2012 to Longboat Key after Danny Palmer drove here on a day trip and fell in love with the island.

The Palmers created an Internet radio station called WICW Radio they operate from their home and also opened Longboat Leisure Charters. The couple are also both real estate agents with Keller Williams On the Water.

“We can never retire,” Danny Palmer said. “We like to stay busy.”

So busy that Danny Palmer became restless again and is determined to open another restaurant on the Key that he believes is needed.

“I hear from people all the time that tell me they want a place to go for a burger or some wings,” Danny Palmer said. “That’s my specialty.”

The Palmers will continue to chat with town staff and decide

whether they want to pursue a referendum.

If it’s approved via a referendum in March and the Palmers purchase the property, they intend to move the radio station and the Longboat Leisure Charters headquarters to Harbor Square and also honor existing leases that include businesses such as Lee Heineman Construction and Design, Legacy Physical Therapy & Sports Training, Discover Rowing, Alicia’s Grooming, Kathleen D. Sailing Catamarans, Sara Bay Sailing, Lighthouse Property Management, Prime Source Graphic Imaging Excellence, Domain Capital Advisors Inc. and Accountant Bob Parrish.

Although the Palmers have some other areas they are considering to live and open a restaurant, including a spot near Casey Key, the Palmers hope to make the Harbor Square project a reality.

“Longboat Key is our No. 1 priority; we love it here,” Danny Palmer said. “This is where we want to be.”

Harbor Square, 4134 Gulf of Mexico Drive, is a 26,000-square-foot office/commercial zoned plaza on three floors with 17,000 square feet under air conditioning. It consists of approximately 12,800 square feet of commercial space, and more than half of that is currently leased to tenants. The third-floor penthouse, which Danny and Debbie Palmer would like to convert back to a residential unit, consists of 4,200 square feet of space with a balcony overlooking Sarasota Bay. Because Harbor Square sits on the border of Manatee and Sarasota counties along with Pattigeorge’s restaurant, it’s one of only two commercial properties on the Key that has half of its space recorded with the Manatee County Property Appraiser’s Office and the other half recorded with the Sarasota County Property Appraiser’s Office.

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A couple of months ago, Danny Palmer began driving up and down Gulf of Mexico Drive in search of the perfect place to harbor his and his wife’s dream of opening a Longboat Key waterfront restaurant. They envision an eatery focused on burgers, chicken wings and other selections under $10, along with a water taxi that brings visitors to the Key from downtown Sarasota.

A month ago he called his wife, Debra, to tell her he’d found the perfect location: Harbor Square.

The three-story office plaza sits on Sarasota Bay at 4134 Gulf of Mexico Drive. The Palmers want to live on the third floor of the building, which was once used as a residential penthouse apartment.

But there’s a problem. The apartment lost its grandfathered residential use back in the 1990s when it was converted from an apartment to commercial office use, according to Planning, Zoning and Building Director Alaina Ray. “To get it converted back to a permanent residence, the voters must decide in a referendum,” Ray said.

Danny Palmer says the apartment is a must for him and his wife.

“We want to live above the plaza we will manage,” he said.

The Palmers, who ran two restaurants in Punta Gorda before moving three years ago to Longboat Key, are in negotiations to buy Harbor Square from Oscar

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dominium/villa units that are 130 feet tall. It expects to spend $100 million on the project.

Ocean Properties Vice President Mark Walsh said he was pleased to hear the results when contacted at his home in Delray Beach just before 7:30 p.m.

“We want to thank the town and the voters and let them know we appreciate their support,” Walsh said. “Now it’s time to get organized and start moving forward.

This is a great first step toward a project that Longboat Key will be proud of.”

Walsh said it will take at least nine months to a year to assemble a team and submit an application for the town to review.

Leading up to the election, residents islandwide cited seasonal traffic issues as their top concern for approving a referendum that

would allow another hotel on the island.

“What I would convey to Longboaters is we have the same peak season traffic concerns as they do,” Walsh said. “We will be looking at solutions long before this project ever comes out of the ground.”

Islandside Property Owners Coalition President Bob White cited traffic as “the elephant in the room” when discussing the referendum last week.

On Tuesday night, White called the results “a bit surprising,” especially results that showed the voters in Manatee County, who live farthest away from the project, opposed the referendum.

“I thought the Sarasota side would have been more skeptical than the north end,” White said.

“But the ballot box is the ultimate

Mail ballot returns for the May 12 election set a record turnout for the Key’s electorate, prompting town officials to consider using the format for future elections.

Longboat Key Town Clerk Trish Granger reported a 57.6% island-wide participation rate for the referendum that was counted Tuesday night.

In Sarasota County, 2,619 of 4,346 mail-in ballots were returned for a 60.3% rate of return. In Manatee County, 1,050 of 2,024 ballots were sent back for a 51.9% rate of return.

That’s a combined participation of 3,699 voters, of the island’s 6,370 registered voters.

According to Granger’s statistics, the largest voter turnout before the mail-in ballot for a commission election or referendum was in 2010 with a 42% voter turnout.

In the March election, which included an early-

57.6%

voting period at Longboat Key Town Hall, 1,830 registered voters, or 29.5% of the island’s voters, participated in the election for two commission seats.

On May 8, former Vice Mayor David Brenner wrote to those on a town email list that it should consider doing all of its elections by mail ballot to increase voter turnout rates.

Although Florida statutes prohibit candidate elections by mail, Town Manager Dave Bullock and Mayor Jack Duncan said they will look into the possibility of performing elections differently in the future.

“It looks like we have a process better suited for us,” Duncan said. “Technology is changing every day.”

decider, and a good number of the voters have spoken.”

Although White says he still has traffic concerns, he says IPOC doesn’t have concerns about Ocean Properties, which spent months negotiating a settlement for a future project that IPOC will support.

“They are certainly the best developer, I believe, to do that project,” White said. “I think they will be a good operator and a good neighbor. While we will monitor

Twenty sea grape trees were chopped down illegally on town property with a hand saw in March to create better Gulf views, causing Sleepy Lagoon residents to root for closer beach access monitoring.

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Longboat Key police are searching for a suspect who meticulously used a hand saw to cut down mature sea grape trees and cover up the trimmed landscaping at the Sleepy Lagoon beach access in March.

Public Works Department Parks and Recreation Manager Mark Richardson reported to police March 25 that a public works landscaping staff noticed 20 sea grape trees were cut down illegally at the beach access located at 6399 Gulf of Mexico Drive near Gulfside Road.

It’s illegal to cut down sea grape trees and mangroves that act as dune vegetation to protect shorelines and hold sand in place. The dune species also act as a shade protector during sea turtle nesting season so turtles don’t become disoriented and head for street lights instead of the moonlit Gulf after they hatch on the beach.

Police Chief Pete Cumming and Town Manager Dave Bullock said the trees were cut down purposefully, most likely to create a better view for residents near the beach access.

“Someone went in and cut the trees down, cleverly embedding and covering up their work by trying to place other sea grape leaves, roots and vegetation around and over the tops of the trunks,” Bull-

SEA GRAPE SUSPECT Did you see or hear anyone cutting down sea grape trees on a town-designated beach access at 6399 Gulf of Mexico Drive on the nights of March 21 or March 22? If so, call the Longboat Key Police Department at 316-1977.

“It’s still an open investigation,” said Longboat Key Police Chief Pete Cumming.

“In the meantime we’re keeping an eye on the place more closely.”

ock said. “It appears it was done on more than one occasion.”

Cumming said the police department has some suspicions but no suspects yet.

“Our police investigation is ongoing,” Cumming said.

A home at 5835 Gulfside Road, which sits directly behind the beach access, would benefit the most from a better view of the Gulf with the trees removed, but that house has sat vacant for years.

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Longboat Key has spoken: Voters used the power of the postage stamp to approve a Longboat Key Club Islandside referendum request by Ocean Properties Ltd. Tuesday night. The approval allows the company to submit an application to build a new hotel and other amenities on the south end of the island.

The referendum was approved by 1,948 votes in favor, 53%, compared with 1,721 votes, 47%, that opposed the referendum.

The ballot question asked voters if the town should allow Ocean Properties Ltd. to convert 300 residential units within Islandside to tourism units for the company’s plans to build a new Longboat Key Club hotel.

A simple majority of 50% plus one of the returned ballots was needed for the referendum to pass.

A record number of voters participated in the Key’s first mail-in ballot. Islandwide, 3,669 residents, or 57.6%, of the island’s 6,370 registered voters approved the request.

In Manatee County, 562 voters, or 53.5%, opposed the referendum, and 488 voters, or 46.5%, were in favor of it.

In Sarasota County, 1,460 voters, or 55.7%, were in favor of the referendum, and 1,159 voters, or 44.3% opposed it.

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Twenty sea grape trees were illegally cut down at the Sleepy Lagoon beach access located at 6399 Gulf of Mexico Drive.

cut down the trees.

Some trees were cut off at the base, and others are still standing with just small trunks remaining.

Police were unable to find footprints or other traceable items left behind.

Sleepy Lagoon Homeowners Association President Rosemary Dilgard said the issue is one of many that occur at the popular beach access, which she hopes police will monitor more closely.

The beach access is a popular spot for Sleepy Lagoon residents, visitors and surfers who use the beach public parking along General Harris Street to use the beach access.

Dilgard said residents also

complain about residents allowing dogs to run loose on the beach.

“It’s a popular beach and we need more of a police presence,” Dilgard said. “I think that will solve some of the problems we have out there.”

Cumming said his officers are monitoring the beach access closely.

“We’re keeping an eye on it to prevent any issues like this in the future,” Cumming said.

Dilgard hopes the town will consider beautifying the beach access with additional landscaping, especially now that several trees have been cut down.

“We petitioned the town years ago for the access to be beautified

any future application closely, the general concept plan we’ve seen is something we can live with.”

Longboat Key Mayor Jack Duncan said he was pleased with the results and the record voter turnout.

“Longboat Key has spoken,” Duncan said. “I’m hopeful this means Ocean Properties can move forward in a way we can all work together to create a facility that’s state of the art and world class for this island.”

MANGROVE ORDINANCE ON CHOPPING BLOCK The town of Longboat Key has a mangrove regulation ordinance on its books it’s eradicating.

Why? Because the state of Florida adopted a rule to relax controls placed on mangroves at the local government level and now oversees control of regulations and investigations regarding any illegal mangrove cutting.

It’s illegal to cut down mangroves that act as dune vegetation to protect shorelines and hold sand in place.

Not everyone is happy with the change though.

Former mayor George Spoll said residents had an incident of “extensive illegal mangrove cutting” in his Harbourside neighborhood.

“We had to jump through hoops to force the state to act,” Spoll said. “And we spent a lot of money to force the issue.”

and all we got was a picnic table,” Dilgard said. “What we need is some trees and shrubs that we have even agreed to pay for in the past if the town accepts the offer.”

The landscaping, Dilgard said, would also create more privacy for the access, which might result in less beach traffic there from visitors.

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How they compare Are Longboat Key salaries competitive with neighboring departments? The answer depends on rank and years on the job.

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The Longboat Key Fire Rescue Union recently completed hourly rate and annual salary comparables for two neighboring fire departments that also have defined benefit contribution plans through the Florida Retirement System.

Longboat Key Fire Union Vice President and firefighter/paramedic Keith Tanner and Lt. Jason Berzowski will act as the union’s shift representative negotiators during contract talks with the town this summer. They say the numbers show that the town needs to adjust its wages so they are competitive with Sarasota and Hillsborough county firefighter/ paramedic wages.

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ties because they have higher wages for firefighter/paramedic lieutenant positions. Currently, Berzowski said there’s no incentive for firefighters to move up the rank ladder.

“We have trouble attracting firefighters to the lieutenant side because the wages aren’t comparable,” Berzowski said. “They can go to another department and make more as a lieutenant, and that’s a problem.”

One reason the town fell behind on wages for entry-level and lieutenant positions is that a wage step plan has been frozen for the past six years, Berzowski said.

“We can attract quality guys if you match us up dollar by dollar with those two departments,” Berzowski said.

Although annual salaries for Longboat Key firefighter/paramedics are higher than their counterparts in Sarasota County, Berzowski points out the reason for that is Longboat Key firefighters work 56-hour work weeks while Sarasota County firefighters work 48-hour work weeks.

“We have lower hourly rates and work 416 more hours a year than they do at a lower wage,” Berzowski said.

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hires, said a recent opening for a firefighter/paramedic position attracted 14 applicants, but only six of those candidates passed the minimum requirement test needed to continue with the hiring process. Of those six, Berzowksi said three came back for final assessment tests, and only one passed the test.

Because of looming retirements in Sarasota County, the county will hire 35 firefighter/paramedics in November and another 100 positions in 2016-17. And Hillsborough County is set to replace approximately 200 firefighter/ paramedics who are preparing for retirement in the next two years.

“I have guys who have told me if we don’t fix the wages, they’re heading to those departments next year,” Berzowski said. “All eyes are on this contract.”

Town Manager Dave Bullock doesn’t believe the town will have a problem filling firefighter/paramedic positions beginning in May 2016 when six veteran employees retire.

Although Tanner and Berzowski agree that the positions can be filled, they say the individuals the town is hiring are the ones who didn’t get jobs or pass assessments in neighboring departments.

“We’re getting the bottom of the barrel of the recruits, and I’m not sure that’s what we want,” Tanner said. “If we fix the wages, we’ll have our pick again of the best of the best who want to come out here to work.”

The charts to the right show how Longboat Key wages stack up with Sarasota and Hillsborough counties, which are the only other two departments in the area with similar Florida Retirement System defined benefit plans.

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Town manager docks Village boat issue Citing concerns over a lack of public participation during summer meetings, Town Manager Dave Bullock wants to postpone an issue some residents raised regarding boat storage in the Village.

KURT SCHULTHEIS SENIOR EDITOR

Village resident Joe Mazza presented a petition of 111 signatures in March to Town Manager Dave Bullock. The petition urged the town to monitor a sliver of townowned property along Sarasota Bay to the south of the Linley Street boat ramp off of Bayside Drive that’s been used as a place to store and launch small boats, canoes and kayaks for years.

Mazza and others believe the vessels, some of which are tied or locked up, are unsightly and create a parking problem.

Although Bullock agreed to look into the issue, he told the Longboat Key Town Commission at its May 4 regular meeting he doesn’t want to hold a workshop item on the matter until more Villagers can participate in the discussion in the fall.

“I think we’re reaching the point in the year when we lose residents for the summer,” he said. “I would like to hold on this action until the fall so I get better input from residents.”

Bullock said it’s important for public participation because boats have been allowed to be stored on the public property for years, even though an ordinance prohibits boat storage at other parks and public property throughout the Key. “What makes this area unique is it (boat storage) has been in practice for years before an ordinance was in place,” Bullock said. “We should move cautiously because of the decades of open public use of this property that was previ-

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Some Villagers want the town to enforce an ordinance on this piece of town-owned land along Bayside Drive that would force the cleanup of boats that have been stored here for years.

ously never questioned.”

The petition urges the town to enforce a town ordinance that prohibits any items left secured or stored on public property.

“This has not been strictly enforced in the Village,” the petition states. “In the past few years this area has now accumulated dozens of kayaks, dinghies and personal effects on the beach.

Many residents would like this ordinance enforced, clearing the beach of all permanent and temporary boat storage to return it to its natural beauty and ensure there is an unencumbered area for residents, visitors, children and their dogs to safely enjoy.”

Another reason it’s important for an extensive public debate next season is because some Villagers have questioned the petition.

Village resident Fred Kagi sent an email to Mayor Jack Duncan last month explaining that many residents in the Village support the boat area on town property as it exists.

“I feel very strongly that this is a bad move for this Village and know that there are many others who feel the same way,” Kagi wrote. “The number of signatures on the petition represents only a small fraction of the Village population, and I would appreciate it if you took this into consideration when making any decision concerning this matter. I feel the kayaks add to the ambience of the Village and are a real convenience for the residents.”

Kagi also says the petition was signed by some people more than once and by some people who aren’t Village residents. Kagi

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says others thought they were only signing for the removal of what’s perceived as derelict boats moored off the shore.

“Why now after 20-plus years is this area all the sudden a problem?” Kagi wrote in an April 13 follow-up letter to Bullock.

Kagi suggests that if the boats are an issue, the town should consider allowing boat owners to pay a fee for a boat sticker that allows them to store boats there or purchase kayak bins that could be placed in more obscure locations on the property.

Duncan said the issue is contentious and needs to be addressed at the proper time.

“We have to make a formal lasting decision so we don’t hear about this again three years or so down the line like we do with the peacock issue,” Duncan said.

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KEEPING COUNT Town staff has been monitoring the storage of boats since Village resident Joe Mazza presented a petition urging the town to consider removing boats stored on town-owned property on Bayside Drive to the south of the Linley Street boat ramp.

Bullock said police have been counting the number of boats stored on the property for a couple months, and he says the area is usually home to approximately 20 boats.

There were 18 boats sitting on the property May 8.

“Sometimes there’s more than 18 and sometimes there’s fewer,” Bullock said. “The number fluctuates and there will be fewer boats there this summer we expect.”

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Key shopping centers welcome new businesses CENTRE SHOPS

KRISTEN HERHOLD STAFF WRITER

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ith St. Armands Circle directly to the south of Longboat Key and Bradenton Beach and Anna Maria businesses to the north, some might think Longboat isn’t a good spot

to shop.

But new businesses popping up in three popular Key plazas — Whitney Beach Plaza, the Centre Shoppes and the Shoppes of Bay Isles — prove the Key has some great options for shoppers.

Below is an update on what’s new at the Key’s main shopping attractions.

The Centre Shops is known for restaurants such as Blue Dolphin Café, Ciao! Italia and the Lazy Lobster; for unique stores, Steff’s Stuff Antiques and KK’s Artique; and as the home of the Longboat Key Chamber of Commerce and the Longboat Key Education Center.

Unlike Whitney Beach, there isn’t much space at the Centre Shops for new stores to open — with the exception of a new Keller Williams office.

“We’ve just put our foot in the door and have been doing renovations, but we’re excited about all the things that are happening around here,” Keller Williams Realtor Joanne

Owens said. “We’re very, very brand new, but we’re excited about being here. We’re liking the way things are looking and progressing.”

In addition to the new real estate office, the shopping center is in the progress of updating its exterior.

“Upgrades and improvements are on the same track,” property services coordinator Courtney Seatts said. “We paved the parking lot and did some landscaping. We have plans to do more landscaping, and new roofs are being put on all the buildings as we speak. Fresh paint begins this month, and each building will be a different Key West-style color. It will look great. We’re very excited.”

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WHITNEY BEACH PLAZA What was once a near-empty commercial center, Whitney Beach Plaza has recently been through a revival.

The plaza is home to Bayou Tavern restaurant, Design 2000 salon, LBK Liquors and Professional Touch Dry Cleaners, among others. Dogs for the Earth, an organic dog food store, recently opened its doors, and Giacomo’s Bar and Lounge plans to be open within the next three weeks.

“We’re just trying to bring some life to Whitney Beach Plaza,” said Malik Winn, Giacomo’s co-owner and co-manager. “We want to have this be a focal point

of Longboat Key and bring some more traffic to that area.”

The bar will have approximately 10 to 12 drink specials each day, and there will be 75 seats. It will be strictly a bar with no food served, but plans are in the works to open a Giacomo’s Pizza next door.

In addition to the bar, a lease was recently signed for a 1,851-square-foot gym that will include all-hours access and yoga and Pilates, and there will also be a souvenir shop coming soon.

“The activity at Whitney Beach has definitely increased,” said leasing agent Nick DeVito, of Ian Black Real Estate. “There are also proposals out for three other units. We’re hoping to continue the momentum and add more

SHOPPES OF BAY ISLES Home of Longboat’s Publix and CVS, Shoppes of Bay Isles is the Key’s newest shopping center.

In 2013, Publix was remodeled and revamped, and it remains the Key’s only grocery store.

In addition to Publix and CVS, patrons can find Your Fitness Gym, J. McLaughlin Clothing, Premier Sotheby’s, White Sands Cleaner’s and Nails of Longboat Key. Crossman & Co. real estate firm announced April 8 that a Chase Bank will be built on the southeast end of the parking lot.

A Chase spokeswoman did not return a phone call from the Longboat Observer seeking comment by press time.

“Things are going great,” leasing agent Tracy Worrell said. “We’re still looking for a restaurant, which has the option for a large patio with outdoor seating, so we’re still working on that. We also have one small 1,300-square-foot space available, but other than that, we’re pretty much full.”

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ENTITLEMENT IN THE FIREHOUSE It’s rarely a good sign when a department head and his or her boss are not in alignment in their public comments.

Such was the case the past two weeks when Longboat Key Fire Department Chief Paul Dezzi told the Kiwanis Club of Longboat Key the town’s firefighter union contract was inhibiting the department’s ability to hire qualified and committed firefighters.

And then Town Manager Dave Bullock refuted the claim.

Bullock will address this difference of opinion as he sees fit — and as he should. Every leader knows he must have his team leaders rowing in sync and in the same direction.

But this difference of opinion still brings to the fore the dilemma the town has with its high compensation levels for firefighters.

Look at the accompanying box showing the firefighter-paramedic salaries paid in some of Florida’s municipalities. When you see them, it’s difficult to think the town would have difficulty hiring qualified firefighter-paramedics.

While the comparison of Longboat Key’s salaries are not exactly apples to apples, the comparison is still valid: Longboat Key’s firefighter pay — as is that for the region — ranks near the top state-

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wide. And far above the average in the United States.

There are good and not-so-good consequences to that.

Thanks to fire union pressure and municipal capitulation, union negotiators have been effective creating an atmosphere of fear (or is it intimidation?): If you want the best, you must offer the best and highest compensation.

For two decades, that was the Longboat policy and strategy, largely to avoid turnover. There’s no doubt that policy has paid off; Longboat Key has benefited from competent and committed publicsafety professionals.

But the unions have used their uncompetitive control of the firefighter market to pit one city against another. And this has led, to an extent, to the high compensation and it becoming an entitlement.

Town Manager Bullock began changing that atmosphere during the last union negotiations three years ago. And he is going to run into resistance for more change this coming September. The union is already talking about seeking higher pay for certain classes of its members — “or else you’re going to see a mass exodus,” said union Vice President Keith Tanner.

We hope Bullock does not cave

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HOW SALARIES COMPARE Here’s a sampling of firefighter-paramedic annual salaries. They are ranked from highest to lowest for experienced firefighterparamedics. Longboat Key’s salaries include the median and that of the highest-paid employee with decades of experience.

Average Experienced $99,336 $116,865 Miami Beach Longboat Key $69,145 $86,981 Naples $67,575 $79,500 Sarasota $64,290 $75,624 Winter Park $61,695 $72,582 Bradenton $58,200 $68,470 Venice $56,937 $66,984 Melbourne $54,349 $63,940 St. Petersburg $50,480 $59,388 $49,524 $58,263 Port Charlotte Fort Myers $47,969 $56,434 Tampa $46,661 $54,895 Orlando $46,237 $54,397 U.S. $43,350 $51,000 Jacksonville $41,740 $49,106 Sources: AverageParamedicSalary.com, Town of Longboat Key

to the threatened extortion. What needs to change in Longboat’s Fire Department is an entire mindset.

If you want the highest pay, it should not be based on longevity.

It must be earned — every day.

An Israeli longs for the ‘America’ he knew

SAGI MELAMED I was first introduced to the “America!” brand as a kindergartner on Kibbutz Ramat Yochanan in Israel, thanks to Elazar “Luzer” Halivni, whose ceramics studio was located at the junction of the main road to the kibbutz and the path to the swimming pool.

One-eyed and misanthropic, Luzer avoided company and preferred his firing oven to his fellow kibbutzniks. But one thing lit a spark of mischief and love in his single eye: children’s laughter.

When we ran to the pool, he would come out with a garden hose and spray us with cold water as we laughed and shouted “America! America!” Refreshing water streaming over me on a summer’s day was the first “America!” I knew.

For us, America represented all that was good and successful. American products were high quality. In American movies, the hero always won. The American Army was the strongest.

America was always on the side of justice. I personally put the theory of “American quality” into practice: I married an American woman and received an American education.

But in recent years, America is no longer looking like the “America!” of my childhood.

America has climbed down from the watchtower of the world, and that is very worrying. A class needs its teacher, an army unit its commander, a business its CEO. States need governments, and the world needs a leader. International relations, like nature, abhors a vacuum; when the good retreats, the bad advances. A world without a strong America, an America that recognizes its global

responsibilities and is willing to shoulder them, is a world that is less safe.

Israel also needs a strong, supportive America, whereas America does not need Israel. But need is one thing, obligation another. Israel is America’s little sister, in terms of shared values and worldview, whereas the other countries in our neighborhood are not even distant cousins. They may be treaty partners in the cause of common interests, but they are certainly not family.

We only have to look back to the “Arab Spring” to see that the promise of democracy, human rights, women’s rights and enlightenment dissipated like clouds in the hot Middle Eastern sky, causing inestimable damage.

From Thomas Friedman’s interview of President Obama on April 5, 2015, in which Obama presented his Iran Doctrine, we can draw three conclusions: First, Obama may truly believe that Iran will keep its side of the agreement to limit its nuclear power. But anyone who has ever traded with Iranians will argue the opposite. Iranian friends of mine, successful business people whose families fled Iran to America after the Revolution, are convinced Iran will break the agreement before the ink has even dried.

Second, although some see Obama as anti-Israel, I believe Obama sees himself as our friend. But a friendship is not family. Friendship depends on circumstances and cost/benefit considerations.

When the personal relationship between the leaders of America and Israel are at a low point, then so is the relationship between the two countries.

If the relationship were less “friends” and more “family,” this lack of chemistry could be overcome. Friends change, fam-

ily is forever.

And last, ironically, the asset of liberal, modern, intellectual values that Obama brought to the White House has become, in foreign relations, a liability.

This is particularly true in his attitude to Israel. Sometimes a black-and-white approach is needed. Recently, I have begun to wonder whether a cowboy from Texas is preferable to an intellectual from Chicago.

I recently discussed the following question with my friend L., a leader of the Canadian Jewish community: What would it take for American public concern to return to the issues of existence, national identity, cohesion and willingness to sacrifice?

Would it take (God forbid a million times) another, even crueler, 9/11-style attack to turn American attention from the cost of gas, the job market and the Dow Jones Industrial Average back to the values that made it the “America!” we all admired and wanted to emulate, the America of the Declaration of Independence, the Wild West, the Moon Landing, the defeat of the Nazis; America the proud, feeling itself obliged and willing to work hard and even risk the lives of its citizens and soldiers in its role as the leader of the free world?

Does America need a scourge to make it “America!”?

Sagi Melamed sent this essay to his friend, Sarasotan Jean Weidner Goldstein. Melamed is vice president of External Relations and Development at the Max Stern Yezreel Valley College in Israel.

He earned his master’s from Harvard University in Middle Eastern Studies. His book “Son of My Land” was published in 2013. Email: melamed.sagi@gmail.com.

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Dear Editor: I was pleased to read that some town commissioners and our town manager finally recognized a crown jewel of our town — the public tennis center.

Without a doubt, it is a strong draw for people who choose to live here, visit here, retire here.

Clearly, the town spends considerable money on the other parks and recreation facilities, without any returning revenue. The tennis center deserves support from this commission. It is long overdue.

JOHN S. BEEMAN LONGBOAT KEY

It’s obvious: Support the tennis center Dear Editor: A fall on the court; rotatorcuff surgery; I can’t play tennis, can’t swim; I can’t do a lot of things I want to do, but none of that will stop me from speaking up for that which is so obvious, because unless we all do, the obvious will be obviated and the

need to expand and support the Longboat Key Public Tennis Center will be listened to but not heard, or is it heard but not listened to?

Please print all the letters of support.

BEVERLY SHAPIRO LONGBOAT KEY

Tennis center is second only to the beaches Dear Editor: We are concerned that the non-tennis-playing residents of Longboat Key may not appreciate the added value the public tennis center provides for all residents.

If tourism and its subsequent influence in real estate appreciation is an objective, as David Gutridge mentioned, the appeal and availability of a tennis facility is probably second only to the beaches as an attraction and benefit. And with the demise of the Colony, the tennis center is the only game in town.

Tennis center actually a small cost to town Dear Editor: You reported that the Longboat Key Public Tennis Center had operational expenses of $173,313 in 2013-2014. But this is only part of the story.

The revenue has seldom been reported in stories about the tennis center.

It is understandable that past stories would not report revenue because it was hidden away in the town financial report. So the whole story is this: In 2013, revenue was $561,221, with expenses of $573,353, resulting in a net cost to the town of $12,130.

This a great deal compared to the parks department budget that cost the town $213,471 in 2013.

Many thanks to the town manager for bringing both the revenue, expenses and true cost of the Tennis Center to light.

JEAN GOETZE SARASOTA

We need to spread ‘parallels of history’ Dear Editor: Thank you for “The Parallels of History” (see April 23 and April 30). They were succinctly written to put forth and explain what our current world threats are to our free democratic world and the evident murders and threats to Jews, Christians and Muslims.

It frustrates me that so many of our friends and even relatives just don’t get it and bury their heads in the sand, despite the historical lessons of failed diplomacy, failed leadership and indifference.

Your articles give us the strength and facts to spread the word and warnings.

BILL VANCELETTE LONGBOAT KEY

Tennis deserves to be preserved

BONNIE & NEIL MARCUSON LONGBOAT KEY

‘I hope and pray history does not repeat itself’

leave Longboat for a home in Sarasota was made despite the sad fact that we will be farther away from the tennis center. We may very well join the ranks of friends who commute onto the island to play at the center.

The friendliness of the staff and players and the wellmaintained courts have certainly added much to our time on Longboat. We consider it one of the jewels of the island, deserving to be well preserved and certainly an enticement to visitors and residents alike.

Dear Editor: As a former member of the Longboat Key Public Tennis Center who has recently moved off of Longboat Key, I am encouraged that some of the elected officials of the town are considering helping the tennis center to continue to thrive. TRY ON A TRY A SHUMAN My husband and I loveTRY this ONON A MARILYN LONGBOAT facility, and our decision to Contact the Penny Hill Group to learnKEY more

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Dear Editor: Thank you for an informative reminder of an important piece of history that maybe some have forgotten and a new generation may know nothing about (see “The Parallels of History,” April 23, April 30).

I was born in 1947 in a displaced persons camp in Salzburg, Austria. My parents are Holocaust survivors.

They both lost their spouses and families and started a new family in the DP Camp, which included myself, my twin and my brother.

We migrated to the United States when I was 4 in 1951 to a shelter and then to a tenement on the Lower East side of New York. We were and always will be grateful for the gift of freedom and the many opportunities America had to offer.

Every day I shake my head at the news. Today I am grateful to you for using your gift and right of freedom of expression.

The parallels are amazing, and I hope we can connect the dots so our children and grandchildren don’t have to pay for our mistakes.

Thank you for putting political correctness aside. I hope and pray history does not repeat itself.

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609 Halyard Lane

Wonderful waterfront value. 3BR/2BA home features a new roof and direct bay access.

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Brand new, never-lived-in, 4BR/41/2BA contemporary home in Bay Isles with 200-feet of water frontage. Offering Italian porcelain tile, “smart home� audio/visual system, infinityedge pool and teak summer kitchen.

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Direct bay views at every turn from this updated Cayman residence at Grand Bay. Custom built-ins and a beautiful new kitchen with granite countertops and stainless steel appliances. This lovely residence is a must see!

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Charming 2BR/21/2BA beach home at Seaplace includes a private one-car garage.

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Impeccable 3BR/31/2BA Antigua residence in Building I. Offering panoramic views, an open layout with designer finishes, wraparound terrace and first-rate amenities. Includes access to private beach club.

List price: $1,399,000 Website: www.GrandBay151.com

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Gorgeous 4BR/3BA home on estate-sized lot in Laurel Oak, a wonderful golf and tennis community. Beautiful wooded views, custom-designed details and recent updates.

2550 Harbourside Drive #321 Secluded 3BR/31/2BA, bay front residence of- List price: $729,000 Website: www.7655DonaldRossRoadWest.com fering an expansive layout, private courtyard entrance and two terraces.

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Reynolds Allen, a founding partner of Tampa-based Allen Norton & Blue, has represented the town of Longboat Key in union contract negotiations since 1993, when Griff Roberts was the town manager. His firm has 33 lawyers in five offices.

A self-proclaimed Florida Cracker, Allen, 73, has made Longboat Key a vacation spot for him and his family since 1983.

Allen and Town Manager Dave Bullock are preparing for another contentious negotiation session with the Longboat Key Fire Rescue Union this summer for a three-year contract in which firefighter/ paramedics are hoping for wage increases and defined-benefit contribution modifications.

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Q: What was it like being born and raised in Florida?

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Then Wal-Mart came along like it did everywhere else, and Main Streets across America as we used to know them disappeared.

That’s a shame in my book.

Q: What was your first job?

A: When I grew up, all the boys had a real job by the time they were 10. I was shining shoes on Main Street when I was 10 from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. on Saturdays.

That’s the one day all the farmers came in from the fields to do all their shopping and prepare for the coming week. When I was older, I worked at my father’s

drug store on Main Street and helped him raise cattle and worked in the orange groves.

Q: What was the toughest part of growing up in Florida?

A: My dad didn’t break down and buy an air conditioner until he saw me struggling to concentrate while studying for the bar in the summer of 1964. And that was just a window unit. He was a product of the Depression, never had a loan and paid for everything in cash. I admired that.

Q: Did you always want to be a labor attorney?

A: I wanted to be a college professor, but they didn’t make any money back in the 1960s. Back then, at the University of Florida, they took warm bodies with “C” averages, so I fit the bill. Law school was $75 a semester.

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Q: How do you celebrate after a contract is reached?

A: Sometimes we go have supper and a couple rounds of beers.

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Q: How do you prepare in advance for negotiations?

A: I like to make sure my CEO (the town manager) is communicating with his commission. And when I’m in executive sessions with the commission, I play the role of the union lawyer.

I tell them what they will face and what the union will argue.

I want to know ahead of time what a commission will and won’t compromise on going into negotiations.

Q: What’s your strategy heading into a negotiation session?

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GET OFF THE ROAD 10:32 a.m. — 5000 block of GMD Traffic: A man was pulled over for an unreadable tag on his trailer. The man told police he’s been bugging his boss for a week to fix the tag. Police then discovered the man was pulling the trailer without the proper driver’s license class. His driver’s license was also confiscated after a check revealed he had three suspensions. Someone came to pick up the truck and trailer.

SMOKE BUT NO FIRE 10:41 a.m. — 700 block of Broadway Fire: A restaurant manager reported a possible fire because he saw smoke coming out of an

air-conditioning vent near the bar and saw smoke rising from a vent on the roof when he went outside. The manager evacuated employees from the restaurant until firefighter/paramedics confirmed the cause was an air-handler motor that burned out. Employees were allowed back in the building before the lunch-hour crowd showed up.

A GRANDMOTHER’S INTUITION 3:05 p.m. — 3600 block of Fair Oaks Place Phone Call Scam: A woman received a call from a man claiming to be her grandson, saying he was in a jail in Virginia and needed bail money. The woman hung up on the caller after explaining he didn’t sound at all like her real grandson. She

asked for extra patrol because the call concerned her.

OUT-OF-TOWN CHARGE 4:53 p.m. — 5400 block of GMD Fraud: A man reported his credit card company alerted him of a $3.56 charge to his card made in Virginia while he was on Longboat Key. The account was closed, and he was issued a new card. He told police he purchased gas at a station in Sarasota with the card the day before the charge was made.

Police advised him to monitor his bank accounts and credit card purchases closely and to advise the credit bureaus to put a fraud alert on his accounts.

UP ON THE HOUSETOP 8:11 p.m. — 6500 block of GMD Suspicious Circumstance:

A woman reported a man on her neighbor’s roof after dark.

Police found a roofer, who said he delivered materials to the wrong roof and was retrieving the materials to take them to the right address before roofers arrived in the morning.

Police allowed him to gather the materials.

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SCREENING TEST 2:33 p.m. — 600 block of Binnacle Point Drive Attempted Burglary: A woman was cleaning her mother’s house and noticed a sliding window open in a back room.

Further investigation revealed that her mother’s master bedroom outside window screen on the other side of the house was lying on the ground outside.

Nothing was missing from the home and police saw no signs of forced entry, but police believe the screen couldn’t have fallen out from window because it fits firmly in place when installed. Neighbors saw no one and reported nothing suspicious.

SENT PACKING 1:35 a.m. — 100 block of North Shore Road Code Enforcement: A man was issued a written warning for walking in a construction area of the beach. A check of his bag and his driver’s license came back clean, and police sent him on his way.

BUSTED ON THE BEACH 1:12 a.m. — 7100 block of GMD Code Enforcement: Seven teenagers were warned they were trespassing on a closedoff section of the beach where two groins are being constructed. Their parents arrived to pick them up.

PICKUP SUPERVISION 3:13 p.m. — 500 block of Ed Lee Lane Civil Disturbance: A woman arranged with police to go to her vacation home on the Key and retrieve her belongings.

Her husband wasn’t home and left her belongings packed in the middle of the floor. She said the only thing missing was her computer, and she made plans to call Apple to disable her computer.

REPLACEMENT DRIVER 7:13 p.m. — 5800 block of GMD Traffic: A woman received a ticket for driving with an expired driver’s license. Her husband arrived to pick her up.

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OPEN DOOR 1:36 a.m. — 200 block of GMD Alarm: Police responded to a restaurant alarm and found a door to a second-story deck unlocked. Nothing was out of place, and the restaurant was locked up.

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BURNING MULCH 1:46 p.m. — 5400 block of Sandhamn Place Brush Fire: A woman smelled smoke and saw an area of mulch smoldering next to a pool.

Firefighter/paramedics saturated the mulch and found nothing that could have ignited it.

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FORGOTTEN AT THE FUEL PUMP 5:45 p.m. — 400 block of GMD Found Property: A gas station manager turned over a wallet he found on the top of a pump.

Police were unable to locate a phone number to contact the man and placed it into a property locker in the hopes he will call to report the missing wallet.

LOTS TO LEARN 5:28 p.m. — 300 block of Firehouse Court Code Enforcement: A general contractor performing his first job on Longboat Key received a written warning for running a generator past 5 p.m., which violates the town’s noise ordinance.

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ST. ARMAND’S 290 Washington Drive North $5,990,000 | Web ID A4105830 Charlotte Hedge & Tom Hedge Jr. 941.350.0100

BAY ISLES

ANNA MARIA

3610 Bayou Circle $1,249,000 | Web ID A4121293 Louis Wery 941.232.3001

206 Spring Lane $2,849,000 | Web ID A3989310 Terry Hayes 941.302.3100

KEY ROYALE 625 Key Royale Drive $2,599,000 | Web ID A4118984 Terry Hayes 941.302.3100

WEST OF TRAIL 995 Whitakers Lane $2,499,000 | Web ID A3967586 Toi Estes & Craig Cerreta 941.896.2317

MANATEE RIVER 4422 Riverview Boulevard $1,390,000 | Web ID A3995416 Martha Marlar 941.812.0455

LONGBOAT KEY 525 Norton Street $1,380,000 | Web ID A4110929 Andrew Bers 941.383.2550

LONGBOAT KEY 1075 Gulf Of Mexico Drive #204 $699,999 | Web ID A4104131 Carmen Baskind & Marty Warren 941.724.1854

ROSEMARY DISTRICT 1343 4th Street #101 $649,000 | Web ID A4103095 Frank Lambert 941.920.1500

THE SHORE 5757 Gulf Of Mexico Drive #209 $519,000 | Web ID A4105954 Kimberly Freiwald 941.256.6775

PALMA SOLA POINTE 9812 2nd Terrace North West $499,000 | Web ID A3997750 Martha Marlar 941.812.0455

LIDO REGENCY 1700 Ben Franklin Drive #10F $395,000 | Web ID A4117628 Peter Laughlin 941.356.8428

BRADENTON BEACH 1801 Gulf Drive North #224 $369,900 | Web ID A4119645 Mark Huber & Erin McWhorter 941.356.2435

BRADENTON 1717 71st Street North West $2,350,000 | Web ID M5842256 Cindy Pierro 941.920.6818

DOWNTOWN SARASOTA 990 Boulevard of the Arts #804 $1,350,000 | Web ID A4115484 Barbara Mei 941.893.7417

LONGBOAT KEY 4485 Gulf of Mexico Drive #202 $649,000 | Web ID A4121330 Keith & Sharon Whitfield 941.302.4256

THE WATER CLUB 1241 Gulf of Mexico Drive #111 $479,000 | Web ID A4115688 Jo Rutstein 941.587.9156

RIVIERA DUNES 130 Riviera Dunes Way #704 $337,900 | Web ID A4110093 Shannon Rogers & Kevin Milner 941.920.5454

GOLDEN GATE POINT 464 Golden Gate Point #PH9C $4,995,000 | Web ID A4121167 Peg Davant 941.356.4552

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LAGUNA AT RIVIERA DUNES 610 Riviera Dunes Way #108 $459,000 | Web ID A4105478 Arnie DuFort 941.224.8602

ANNA MARIA

CORTEZ 12610 Baypointe Terrace $1,690,000 | Web ID A4114705 Cindy Pierro 941.920.6818

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641 Emerald Harbor Drive $999,000 | Web ID A4112907 Terry Hayes 941.302.3100

3703 16th Avenue East $875,000 | Web ID A4110599 Devon Davis & Jesse Carr 941.720.2053

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3905 Mariners Walk #824 $589,000 | Web ID A4107827 Terry Hayes 941.302.3100

1212 Benjamin Franklin Drive #806 $589,000 | Web ID A4112815 Karin Stephan 941.504.4435

PALMA SOLA POINTE

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9820 2nd Terrace NW $449,000 | Web ID A3997746 Martha Marlar 941.812.0455

LIDO HARBOUR SOUTH 2100 Benjamin Franklin Drive #301FAI $333,000 | Web ID A4109237 Hoyt Beaty 941.232.9333

280 Golden Gate Point #3 $5,295,000 | Web ID A4111676 Cheryl Loeffler & Joel Schemmel 941.302.9674

4906 4th Avenue $1,799,000 | Web ID A4109545 Terry Hayes 941.302.3100

BEACHPLACE 1125 Gulf of Mexico Drive #204 $599,000 | Web ID A4119582 Cheryl Loeffler 941.302.9674

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106 74th Street #100 $2,599,000 | Web ID A3997621 Terry Hayes 941.302.3100

ANNA MARIA 238 Lakeview Drive $1,124,000 Terry Hayes 941.302.3100

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ANNA MARIA 212 Coconut Avenue $1,894,999 | Web ID A4102635 Terry Hayes 941.302.3100

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1221 3rd Street Drive East $329,000 | Web ID A3993180 Jim Soda & Stacy Haas-Goodwin 941.961.5857

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Summer camps to offer kids sun and fun June 1 to Aug. 14. Full-day sessions run from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.; half-day sessions are from 8:30 to 11:30 a.m. or 12:15 to 3 p.m.

Cost: Full-day sessions are $500 for Key Club members and $540 for guests; half-day sessions are $245 for members and $275 for guests.

Contact: Call Briana Harris Francois at 387-1633 or email briana. francois@longboatkeyclub.com.

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Nicholas Masiello, Ricardo Calzadilla, Chris Heron and Chris Vanderze participate in last year’s Sarasota Sailing Squadron camp.

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U.S. SAILING REACH — STEM AND SAILING Students at the longest-running water sports camp in Sarasota study science, technology, engineering and math in the morning and use this knowledge in the afternoon while sailing and exploring.

Ages: 5 and up When: One- and two-week sessions are Monday through Friday from June 1 through Aug. 7. Oneweek sessions run from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.; two-week sessions run from 9 a.m. to noon or 1 to 4 p.m.

Cost: $350 per session

Contact: Visit sarasotaysp.com; call 504-4236; or email sarasotayouthsailing@gmail.com.

LONGBOAT KEY CLUB & RESORT JUNIOR TENNIS CAMP The ninth annual tennis camp is for children who want to improve their tennis abilities and will focus on all aspects of the sport.

Mornings will include warm-ups, instruction and cardio tennis, and the afternoons will have match play and a Davis Cup competition.

Ages: 8 to 17 When: One-week sessions are Monday through Friday from

CAMP LOGGERHEAD The camp will have three sessions, each with a different theme: culinary, outer space and international. The culinary session will include a visit to a bakery and trips to Dakin Dairy Farm and Geraldson Organic Farm. The outer space session will include a field trip to a glow-

MOTE MARINE LABORATORY AND AQUARIUM

AQUAKIDS Choose between two themes, “Hatchlings, Pups & Fry, Oh My!,” in which children learn about undersea families and babies, or “Senses of the Sea,” in which children explore how sea animals use their senses to survive in the ocean. Both themes include snorkeling in Sarasota Bay, boat trips, games, crafts and visits to the aquarium. Children must be able to swim.

Ages: Students entering first to fourth grades When: One-week sessions from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Monday through Friday, June 8 to Aug. 14.

Cost: Mote members $239; nonmembers $259 Contact: Visit mote.org/educa-

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Keep them entertained during their summer vacations with these local camps that focus on a variety of interests.

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KIDS SUMMER SPORTS CAMP Also in its ninth year, the Longboat Key Club offers a camp focused on the fundamentals of sports, such as golf, tennis, soccer and baseball and also the importance of teamwork and good sportsmanship.

Ages: 4 to 13 When: One-week sessions are Monday through Friday from June 1 to Aug. 14. Full-day sessions run from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., and half-day sessions run from 9 a.m. to noon, or noon to 3 p.m.

Cost: Full-day sessions are $330 for Key Club members and $360 for resort guests; half-day sessions are $180 for members and $200 for guests.

in-the-dark mini golf course and laser maze. The international session will have field trips to the Sarasota Jungle Gardens and the Big Cat Habitat. Each session will conclude with a water fun day on Friday and will include arts and crafts, lunch and snacks.

Ages: 5 to 12 When: June 15 through June 19 for culinary; July 13 through July 17 for outer space; Aug. 3 through Aug. 7 for international Cost: $250 per week for members; $275 per week for guests; $60 for a one-day camp Contact: Call 383-8821, Ext. 1110.

Reservations are required one week in advance.

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SEA SLEUTHS “Ocean Encounters” will be a hands-on camp that includes kayaking, snorkeling and collecting and immerses campers in marine biology. “Mini Me of the Sea” will explore ocean babies and families, and campers will snorkel and take a boat trip through the bay. Campers must be able to swim.

Ages: Students entering fifth through eighth grades When: One-week sessions from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Monday through Friday, June 8 to Aug. 14 Cost: Mote members, $239; nonmembers, $259 Contact: Visit mote.org/education/kids-families/summercamps, or contact Becky Wilson at 388-4381 or bwilson@ mote.org.

AQUABOTS/AQUATIC ROBOTICS Campers will learn how to design and build aquatic robots using multimedia technology.

At the end of the camp, children will use their robots and complete a set of underwater missions.

Ages: Students entering third through fifth grades for Aquabots; sixth through eight grade for Aquatic Robotics When: One-week sessions run from 1 to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, June 15 to Aug. 14 Cost: Mote members, $239; nonmembers, $259 Contact: Visit mote.org/education/kids-families/summercamps, or contact Becky Wilson at 388-4381 or bwilson@ mote.org.

CREATIVITY WITH A SEA The camp will combine science and art, and children will explore the marine world by using different artistic mediums each day, including sketching, sculpting and constructing with recycled and natural materials.

No art experience is necessary.

Ages: Students entering third through fifth grades When: 1 to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, June 15 to 19; June 22 to 26; July 13 to 17; July 20 to 24; and Aug. 10 to Aug. 14 Cost: Mote members, $239; nonmembers, $259 Contact: Visit mote.org/education/kids-families/summercamps or contact Becky Wilson at 388-4381 or bwilson@mote. org.

DISCOVERING THE FLORIDA KEYS This overnight camp will take students to Mote’s Tropical Research Laboratory on Summerland Key. Campers will snorkel, kayak, visit Marathon’s Turtle Hospital and take an all-day boat excursion to the Dry Tortugas National Park. Mote will provide round-trip transportation from Sarasota. Children must be able to swim.

Ages: Students entering seventh and eighth grades When: June 22 to June 26; July 6 to July 10; and July 27 to July 31 Cost: Mote members, $995; nonmembers, $1,045 Contact: Visit mote.org/education/kids-families/summercamps or contact Becky Wilson at 388-4381 or bwilson@mote. org.

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EXPLORING MARINE SCIENCE CAREERS Aimed at students who hope to become marine biologists, this camp will explore marine science careers. Campers will meet Mote scientists, biologists and animal trainers and do hands-on field research in Sarasota Bay and work with and train aquarium animals.

Ages: Students entering sixth to eighth grades When: 1 to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, June 29 to July 3; July 6 to July 10; July 27 to July 31; and Aug. 3 to Aug. 7 Cost: Mote members, $239; nonmembers, $259 Contact: Visit mote.org/education/kids-families/summercamps or contact Becky Wilson at 388-4381 or bwilson@mote. org.

LONGBOAT KEY BUSINESS AFTER HOURS Takes place from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at G. Fried FlooringAmerica, 4608 S. Tamiami Trail, Sarasota. Network while enjoying complimentary wine, soda and hors d’oeuvres. Cost is $5 for members; $10 for nonmembers. Call 383-2466.

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SATURDAY, MAY 16, AND SUNDAY, MAY 17 CIRCLE OF BOATS Takes place from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on St. Armands Circle.

The show is sponsored by Cannons Marina. Call 3881554.

THURSDAY, MAY 21

LONGBOAT KEY HEALTH FAIR Takes place from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Longboat Key Town Hall, 501 Bay Isles Road. The event is free for residents who have Blue Cross Blue Shield insurance coverage and $39 for others. The event includes blood pressure, cholesterol and diabetes screenings and more. For information, call 316-1999.

TUESDAY, JUNE 2

BUSINESS AND BBQ ON THE BEACH Takes place from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at Longboat Key Club, 220 Sands Point Road.

Longboat Key, Anna Maria Island and Siesta Key will hold a tri-chamber networking event, which will include beach music by Mike Salas, beach balls, hula-hoops, networking games and business

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LONGBOAT KEY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE WINE & CHEESE EVENT What: All community members are invited to enjoy wine and cheese while learning about the chamber and what it offers to residents and businesses. Call 3832466.

When: 5 to 7 p.m. Tuesday, May 19 Where: Longboat Key Chamber of Commerce, 5390 Gulf of Mexico Drive

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SURFIT CAMP The camp will teach children the techniques of stand-up paddleboarding, surfing and swimming and will include ocean safety and marine biology lessons.

Camps are at Siesta Key Beach, Lido Beach Park, Turtle Beach, Nokomis Beach and Venice Beach.

Ages: Ages 6 to 16 When: One-week sessions run from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Monday through Friday from June 1 to Aug. 14 Cost: $185 Contact: 952-8245

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card drawings. The barbecue will feature smoked brisket, chicken wings, Cuban pulledpork sliders and ribs, among others. There will be a cash bar. Cost is $20 in advance; $25 at the door. Call 3832466.

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ROTARY CLUB OF LONGBOAT KEY Meets at 5:15 p.m. at All Angels by the Sea Episcopal Church, 563 Bay Isles Road.

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KATHLEEN ‘KAY’ MULHARE KATHLEEN “KAY” MULHARE, 87, of Longboat Key and River Edge, N.J., died April 30.

Born May 5, 1927, in Honesdale, Pa., she graduated from Stamford High School in 1944 and from Greenwich Hospital School of Nursing in 1947.

Affectionately known as “Mama Kay” to her 14 grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren, she devoted her life to family. She was also an avid golfer.

She was preceded in death by her husband of 61 years, Edward Mulhare; son, Ross Mulhare; brother, Gerald Kinross; and sister, Joyce Hyland.

She is survived by her sons, Keith Mulhare, of New York, N.Y., and Drew Mulhare, of Williamsburg, Va.; daughter, Lisa Sanderson, of Landenberg, Pa.; 14 grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren.

A service was held May 8, in River Edge.

THOMAS SHEPARD JR. THOMAS ROCKWALL SHEPARD JR., 96, of Longboat Key, died April 29.

Born Aug. 22, 1918, Mr. Shepard grew up in East Orange, N.J., during the Great Depression and graduated from East Orange High School, where he was president of his senior class. In 1940, he graduated from Amherst College, which he attended on scholarship and where he waited tables for spending money.

After graduation, Mr. Shepard applied for the competitive Vick School of Applied Merchandising in New York, an executive marketing training program created by the Vick Chemical Co. He was one of three graduates in 1941, by then having been a traveling

salesman of Vick’s VapoRub to small town country stores.

Recounting the experience in letters to his fiancée, Nancy Kruidenier, he described Texas as being filled with “bogs, bugs, mules, wild dogs and the ever present danger of rattlers and bulls.”

He married Kruidenier in September of that year. The day after the attack on Pearl Harbor three months later, Mr. Shepard went to New York’s Navy headquarters and volunteered to serve. He was commissioned as an ensign and eventually assigned to Destroyer Escort 419, the USS Robert F. Keller, as gunnery officer. He was involved in six major campaigns in the Western Pacific in 1944 and 1945, including Iwo Jima and Okinawa. At the end of his service, he was the Keller’s executive officer and held the rank of lieutenant commander.

At a career crossroads after almost five years of U.S. Navy service in the Western Pacific, Mr. Shepard considered both Harvard Business School and Look magazine’s training program. Mike Cowles, the founder and publisher of Look, convinced him he would receive a better business education by joining Look.

Mr. Shepard launched a 26-year career that included stops in Boston and Los Angeles before landing in New York in 1949. He rose from salesman to advertising sales manager to director of advertising before being named Look’s publisher in 1965.

When Look closed in 1971, Mr. Shepard made sure everyone on his sales team had new employment. He then joined the Institute of Outdoor Advertising as president, a job he held until 1976.

Mr. Shepard was passionate about national politics and international news. In the early 1990s, Mr. Shepard chaired George H. W. Bush’s presidential campaign in Connecticut.

A staunch lifelong devo-

tion to the Republican Party ended a decade later when Mr. Shepard began to prefer more moderate Democratic candidates.

Mr. Shepard also enjoyed writing. His final book of four, “Making the Sale: The Art of Salesmanship,” was published last year.

Mr. Shepard is survived by his wife, Nancy; three daughters, Sue Shepard Jaques, of Lambertville, N.J., Molly Shepard Dickinson, of Philadelphia, and Amy Shepard Knight, of Chevy Chase, Md.; son, Thomas R. (Rocky) Shepard III, of Rye, N.Y.; nine grandchildren; and 12 great-grandchildren.

Funeral services will be private.

CHARLOTTE ZWICK CHARLOTTE ZWICK, 106, of Longboat Key, died May 3.

A native of Cleveland, Mrs. Zwick was a homemaker and an employee of Bonwit-Teller in designer fashion for many years. She was admired as a lady of taste and style throughout her life.

She moved with her sister in 1973 to Longboat Key and was active in many cultural endeavors, including creating prize-winning ceramic pieces at the Longboat Key Center for the Arts. Needlework and bridge were also talents of hers.

She was known for her open and positive outlook. Her mantra was, “Never let the small things bother you.”

She was preceded in death by her husband, Benjamin Zwick; sister, Leonore Matson; and nephew, Robert Matson.

She is survived by her nephew Richard Matson and his wife, Cornelia, who was also her closest friend; niece, Judith Matson, of Mount Kisco, N.Y; and three generations of grand-nieces and nephews.

No memorial services will be held.

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he Longboat Island Chapel’s service Sunday not only honored mothers, but it also recognized 18 local students by awarding them $1,400 each in scholarships.

“The congregation has been so supportive of this program,” Nathalie Treonis, chairwoman of the scholarship committee, said.

“Last year we gave each student around $1,000. This year, due to increased donations, we were able to give each student $1,400.”

— KRISTEN HERHOLD

THE CHAPEL’S SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENTS: Kelsey Anthoefer Kayla Aritt Nicholas Cahill Genesis Calo Emma Carper Alina Chevtsov Freddy De La Torre Asiamarie Diaz Jessie Hernandez Robert Dalton Hicks Victoria Jones Robert Lamberti Caleb Mason Marissa Morris Tracy Schaller Savannah Schield Alyssa Smith Aysha Zaman

Left: Scholarship committee chairwoman Nathalie Treonis and scholarship recipient Jessie Hernandez

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1281 GULF OF MEXICO DRIVE, RESIDENCE 801 Panoramic Gulf views! 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 spectacular three bedroom plus family room (which may also be a fourth bedroom) layout is located on the 8th-floor and features amazing vistas of the Gulf, swimming pool and Sarasota Bay. Three terraces (two west-facing and one east-facing) offer the best places to enjoy breathtaking morning sun and afternoon sunsets. Multiple rooms feature walls of floor-to-ceiling glass walls, plus a cook’s kitchen with a charming breakfast nook and private master and guest suites. Delight in the amenity-rich lifestyle in this premiere community, situated on the powdery-white shores of south Longboat Key. Also includes two under-building, secure parking spaces, storage and beverage lockers.

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Waterfront, single-family living! This impressive home in Queens Harbour welcomes you with designer details, cathedral ceilings and lovely upgrades throughout. Situated on the deep waters of Buttonwood Harbour, this residence offers the convenience of maintenance-free living. The generous layout offers a grand foyer entrance, formal living and dining rooms and a cook’s kitchen overlooking the family room. Relax the day away on the open pool deck, featuring a heated swimming pool, outdoor entertaining area and gated access to the deep-water dock.

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MOTE CELEBRATES FIRST 60 YEARS

Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquarium kicked off its 60th anniversary celebration with a surprise announcement Jan. 22: It seeks to raise $50 million through its “Oceans of Opportunity” campaign but was already off to quite a start, having raised $30 million toward its goal.

The celebration highlighted how Mote started off as a diamond in the rough: a one-room, onewoman operation run by founder Eugenie Clark.

By the time it celebrated its diamond anniversary, Mote had grown to more than 200 staffers, including 35 Ph.D. scientists and six Florida campuses.

BIRD’S THE WORD

Lou Newman displays photos of birds from Sarasota to Antarctica.

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COLOR KLATCH

EDITH BARR DUNN: A LIFE TO CELEBRATE Bird Key Yacht Club enjoys added color at art opening.

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Edith Barr Dunn treated 125 of her closest friends and family members to a final cocktail Jan. 31 — an event she decided to host just two days prior.

The crowd spent three hours sharing their favorite memories of the Stetson hat lady while she sipped her signature martini.

Jack Thompson, one of many of Barr Dunn’s friends who spoke, summed up the crowd’s feelings: “The world is a better place because of Edith Barr Dunn.”

Four days later Barr Dunn died. She was 95.

As the party programs — featuring a photo of Barr Dunn in a red suit and Stetson hat — stated: “It’s been a great life!”

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LYNCHES TOAST TO RETIREMENT When the Longboat Observer interviewed Lynches Pub & Grub founders and longtime owners Chris and Ethna Lynch in advance of St. Patrick’s Day, they had a secret: They were about to sell the restaurant but couldn’t dish on the deal. They hinted that something was up, joking that it would be their last St. Patrick’s Day. Then, two weeks later, they announced they’d sold the restaurant to Jason Burns.

The good news is, it won’t be the Lynches’ last St. Patrick’s Day: Only now, they can kick back, drink green beer and celebrate as customers.

BROWN STEPS DOWN AFTER SIX YEARS Jim Brown signed off from the Longboat Key Town Commission March 16, after six years as District 4 commissioner and four years as mayor.

Commissioner Phill Younger was the first to offer kudos to Brown for his service.

“This town’s going to miss you,” Younger told Brown at the March 16 statutory meeting.

“Thank you,” Brown quipped. “I agree.”

By the end of the meeting, Brown had passed the gavel to new Mayor Jack Duncan, who was previously vice mayor.

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ST. ARMANDS STRIVES TO KEEP UP WITH THE KARDASHIANS You probably know by now: Kim Kardashian and Kanye West are not moving to Longboat Key and opening a DASH Boutique on St. Armands Circle. But we tricked plenty of readers this year with a story in our annual April Fools’ Day edition.

We didn’t report on whether Bruce Jenner would join the Kardashian clan to savor Longboat life. Maybe that’s fodder for another April Fools’ issue.

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Tiffany Plaza | 2/2.5 | $1,699,000 Janice Langa 866.600.6008 38066 Open Sun 1-4 | 4325 Gulf Of Mexico Dr, Unit #604 FloridaMoves.com/A4115194

Bird Key | 3/4 | $1,650,000 Lynne Koy 866.600.6008 77456 Open Sun 1-4 | 359 W Royal Flamingo Dr, South Lot FloridaMoves.com/A4115445

Bird Key | 4/3.5 | $1,599,000 Lynne Koy 866.600.6008 469502 Open Sun 1-4 | 447 Bird Key Dr FloridaMoves.com/A4105450

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Golden Gate Point | 3/2 | $849,000 Mary Ann Dabney 866.600.6008 91345 Open Sun 1-4 | 226 Golden Gate Pt, Unit 12 FloridaMoves.com/A4116111

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Dolphin Bay | 2/2 | $749,900 Jo James 866.600.6008 45067 Open Sun 1-4 | 1260 Dolphin Bay Way, Unit #203 FloridaMoves.com/A4109278

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Harbour Oaks | 3/2.5 | $695,000 Bruce Myer 866.600.6008 481154 2157 Harbourside Dr, Unit #802 FloridaMoves.com/A4120959

Tiffany Plaza | 2/2 | $672,500 Phil Schneider 866.600.6008 480067 Open Sat/Sun 1-4 | 4325 Gulf Of Mexico Dr, Unit #102 FloridaMoves.com/A4119580

Rivo At Ringling | 3/2 | $599,000 Lynn Robbins 866.600.6008 481880 Open Sun 1-4 | 1771 Ringling Blvd, Unit #710 FloridaMoves.com/A4121469

Stoneybrook | 4/3 | $549,900 Charles Offer 866.600.6008 477122 Open Sun 1-4 | 4320 Balmoral Way FloridaMoves.com/A4117731

Tiffany Plaza | 2/2 | $549,000 Phil Schneider 866.600.6008 476472 Open Sat/Sun 1-4 | 4325 Gulf Of Mexico Dr, Unit #107 FloridaMoves.com/A4116881

Broadway Promenade | 3/2 | $459,000 Andree Huffine 866.600.6008 474186 1064 N Tamiami Trail Unit 1219 FloridaMoves.com/A4114258

Bay Oaks Estates | 5/2.5 | $449,000 Cindy Taliaferro 866.600.6008 473645 Open Sat 1-4 | 571 Pine Ranch East Rd FloridaMoves.com/A4113421

Hudson Harbour | 2/2 | $350,000 Tina M. Johns 866.600.6008 476210 Open Sun 1-4 | 800 Hudson Ave, Unit 102 FloridaMoves.com/A4116317

Riomar | 4/3 | $330,000 Lynn A. Luken 866.600.6008 477227 Open Sun 1-4 | 3827 65th E Ave FloridaMoves.com/A4117911

Lakes Estates | 3/2.5 | $329,000 Linda Ann Remley, P.A. 866.600.6008 44975 Open Sun 1-4 | 1348 Cottonwood Trl FloridaMoves.com/A4105203

Venetian Golf & River | 2/2 | $315,000 Valentina Pippin 866.600.6008 477808 Open Sun 1-4 | 122 Avalini Way FloridaMoves.com/A4116588

Beekman Estates | 4/2 | $297,000 Karen Wantuck 866.600.6008 478705 3325 Yonge Ave, Unit #15 FloridaMoves.com/A4119025

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Photography exhibit captures birds of a feather

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ore than 300 animaland bird-lovers spent the evening of May 5 enjoying Lou Newman’s photography at Plymouth Harbor.

Newman, a retired veterinarian, has traveled the world taking pictures of birds and other animals.

“I love the osprey,” Newman said. “It’s a really noble bird. I also love the Arctic. I love the polar bears.”

The 79 pictures at his ninth annual exhibit, entitled “Feathers — from Sarasota to the Antarctic,” will be on display through Oct. 3, at the Plymouth Harbor Mezzanine Art Gallery.

Photos by Kristen Herhold

Above: Phil Gaynes and Kathwren Young Left: Photographer Lou Newman and Betty Neupert

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“It’s great.

I thoroughly enjoy showing my pictures. It’s a chance to see a lot of people I know, and the gallery is full.

It’s a lot of fun.”

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AMAZING GULF FRONT location, 2BR/2BA condo tucked behind the Sea Pines. Enjoy view of the pool & low dunes while listening to the waves rolling in. The sunsets are fabulous. $579,900

FULL GULF VIEWS! Fabulous updated, turnkey furnished, 2BR/2BA luxury condo. Upgrades galore, top of the line appliances, granite counters to name a few. Come see for yourself. $660,000

LONGBAY 8152 Longbay Boulevard • $2,249,000

SPLIT LEVEL 3BR/3BA on extra large fenced lot on a canal with 3 car garage. Screened patio overlooks gulf. Dock & davit with room for 25’ boat. Separate living area for rental on 2nd flr. Truly a must see. $790,000

THE MERIDIAN AT THE OAKS PRESERVE 401 North Point Road #501 • $649,000

LOVINGLY WELL MAINTAINED, completely updated, beach inspired single family canal front home. Launch your kayak, jet ski etc. from your own dock. $824,900 WEEKLY RENTALS

For Longboat Key’s Premier Property Management Services Call 941-383-5577

HARBOUR VILLA CLUB Spacious 2BR/2BA condos with spectacular bay views, heated pool/spa, tennis & deep water marina.

Longboat Key’s best kept secret. Weekly rates starting at $1,000 per week. Call 941-383-9544 or email harbourv@gmail.com Nightly and weekly rentals available: 941-387-8344

www.WagnerRealty.com

5360 Gulf of Mexico Dr. Suite 101, in the Centre Shops, Longboat Key | 941.383.5577

LAKEWOOD RANCH COUNTRY CLUB 13872 Siena Loop • $569,300

UNIVERSITY PARK COUNTRY CLUB 7304 Chelsea Court • $1,289,300

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LOCATED BEHIND THE GATES of Bay Isles, this fabulous 3BR/3.5BA home has open floor plan and heated pool. Master suite offers luxurious bath, marble spa & dual vanities. $839,900

Sotheby’s International Realty® and the Sotheby’s International Realty logo are registered service marks used with permission. Each office is independently owned and operated. Equal Housing Opportunity. Property information herein is derived from various sources including, but not limited to, county records and multiple listing services, and may include approximations. All information is deemed accurate and neither suggests nor infers that Sotheby’s International Realty participated as either the listing or cooperating agent or broker in the sale or purchase of the properties depicted.

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The art opening, attended by nearly 100 people, began with a reception and speeches, followed by a dinner.

“It’s awesome to be here,” artist John Pirman said. “My pieces are of places that make Sarasota a special place to live in and that sometimes go unnoticed.”

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

BIRD KEY - Panoramic views of the azure waters of Sarasota Bay from this stunning 4BR/5.5BA residence on the north end of Bird Key! 3,800,000

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— 18-year-old ceramic artist Maia Zildjian

Above: Medora Dashiell Fry, Norm Weber and Karen Gallagher Right: Jose Fernandez and Commodore Martha Schantz

BIRD KEY - Located on one of Bird Key’s finest streets, this beautiful 3BR/4BA residence overlooks gorgeous canal views of Dolphin Waterway. Renovate or build new, the possibilities $ are endless!

1,650,000

BIRD KEY - Exquisitely Updated 3400+ sq ft Canalfront Beauty. 12’ Ceilings, Major Renovation 2012. 2 Boat Lifts. Paver patio with heated pool & $ spa.

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1,599,000

BAY ISLES -

Golf Course Views! 3BR/3.5BA Courtyard Residence featuring heated pool & spa, gourmet kitchen with gas range. Maintenance$ Free.

829,000

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arasota’s current building boom is changing the face of the area. New homes are being built all over town. Though they’re in a variety of styles and price points, they all offer what today’s buyers are looking for: an open plan, energy efficiency and an outdoor living area. But, this being Sarasota, they don’t stop there. The best ones also promise an elegant tropical lifestyle that’s the envy of the rest of the country every time winter rolls around. Let’s take a look at three of the nicest examples of new construction currently on the market.

COASTAL PERFECTION

Real Estate Savvy

4193 ROBERTS POINT CIRCLE

MANOR ON NEARLY 4-ACRES! Palatial 6,000+SF main residence & sep 1500+ SF guest cottage, one of a kind, gated & walled w/fine finishes, custom craftsmanship & architectural features in an area surrounded by water & FL’s natural amenities! 2 parcels offered as one sale at $1,595,000

Located toward the prestigious north end of Siesta Key, this coastalstyle home has a bright and airy two-story living area that opens on to a caged pool and spa. The master bedroom is on the main level, with 3 more bedrooms upstairs (including one with an en suite bath that could function as a second master). The state-of-the-art kitchen has many custom touches, and the home is convenient to both the nearby beach and the mainland.

DOWNTOWN BAYFRONT VIEWS! 1Br/1Ba great rm plan w/tile, white cabinets, neutral finishes, kitch.w/bkfst bar, mirrored walls & plantation shutters in bldg w/amenities; on flr laundry, fitness ctr, & lg heated pool, across from Marina Jacks & close to cultural activities!

MLS#A4113568 ..................................... $255,000

30TH FLR CITY & WATER VIEWS! 2Br/2.5Ba Office Nook/2CG w/Italian tile flrs, built-ins, granite, European cabinets, gourmet kitch. w/ high-end SS appls., automatic window trtmts, AV syst., open-air terrace, premium storage and pkg w/extra rm in Signature St Pete w/amenities! MLS#A4120843 ...$765,000

UPDATED W/DIRECT BEACH VIEWS! 2Br/ 2Ba/1CG open plan, wood look tiles, eatin kitch w/granite, modern cabinetry, Gaggeneau & Sub Zero, pvt laundry, wraparound balcony, in secure bldg. w/amenities; htd pool/spa, fitness & more on Lido!

MLS#A4115541 ........................... $725,000

DOWNTOWN SAN MARCO! 3-4Br/2.5Ba/1CG+1 w/extended terrace, city views & peek of the bay, granite, wood cabinets, diagonal tile & wood flrs, crown moldings, pvt laundry & newer a/c in a secure bldg. w/amenities; fitness ctr, pool & sauna in heart of cultural district! MLS#A4118575 ..............$550,000

MODERN W/FULL BAY VIEWS! FUR ground flr 2-3Br/2Ba/1CP end res., open plan w/full remodel, Lr, Dr, den/study, sunroom, lg MBr w/ sitting rm, bamboo flrs, marble, tile, SS appls., laundry, hurricane shutters, balcony w/pvt bay access in gated comm. w/amenities near IMG! MLS#A4113439 ................................$455,000

DOWNTOWN 6TH FLOOR WATER VIEWS! 2Br/2Ba/1CG/2 balconies w/custom glass entry, marble & tile flrs, crown moldings, built-ins, mirrored walls, eat-in kitch. w/serv entrance, pvt laundry & hurricane shutters in secure bldg. w/full service amenities amidst the cultural hub! MLS#A4121852 ............$725,000

BEACHFRONT VIEWS ON SIESTA! Upgraded end residence 2Br/2Ba open plan, diagonal tile, granite, furn quality cabinets, SS appls., den or 2Br w/Murphy bed & built-ins, master w/walk-in, pvt balcony, cov pkg, in Whispering Sands 55+ designated w/amenities!

MLS#A4113198 .............................. $650,000

Priced at $1,195,000. For more information, call Karen Greco of Michael Saunders and Co. at 504-6927.

Photos courtesy of Michael Saunders and Co.

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UPDATED BAY PLAZA 3+ BEDROOM! Fully renovated 3-4Br/3Ba/4 Balconies/2CG w/chevron wood flrs, detailed ceil., crown moldings, built-ins, wood cabinets, Quartz stone, ceramic tile, stainless steel appls., lavish finishes, vessel sinks, hurricane shutters & pvt laundry in full service Downtown bldg w/amenities!

MLS#A4102683.............................$750,000

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This stylish West Indian-inspired home in close-to-downtown McClellan Park is full of unique features. The area between the home and the detached garage/guest house has become a highly usable outdoor living area, with pool, spa, outdoor kitchen (complete with pizza oven) and pergolas and water features. There’s also an exotic garden that flows around the property. Inside the feeling is crisp and modern, with just enough wood to warm things up.

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Priced at $1,595,000. For more information, call Peter Laughlin of Premier Sotheby’s at 356-8428.

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BEHIND THE GATES - BAY ISLES

Distinctive 4BR/4BA Home On Deepwater Wide Canal Dock for large yacht. Water & Sunset views w/ many extras.

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MAGNIFICENT LBK BAYFRONT $4,299,000 5BR Home plus 1BR/1BA guest quarters. Deep water w/ dock for multiple boats. Views, privacy & 7 car garage.

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3475 GULF OF MEXICO DRIVE

For the ultimate in new construction, check out this large estate-style home on Longboat Key. Set on more than a half acre, the home was designed by prominent local architect Mark Sultana. With five bedrooms and five and a half baths, it boasts all the trappings of a trophy home, including a home theater, game room, exercise room, walk-in wine cellar, elevator, and a six-car garage.

Large windows frame spectacular views of the Gulf from all of the major rooms. But the best feature of all is the 150 feet of direct beachfront.

SPECTACULAR BEACH FRONT $4,950,000 One-Of-A-Kind 6 BR/5 BA Secluded private setting w/ expansive views of gulf waters, beach & sunset.

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3BR PENTHOUSE CORNER LOCATION $307,000 Two large private porches, no shared walls in Gulf to Bay community w/ beach, boat dock & fishing pier.

BEACHFRONT L’AMBIANCE ROYAL $2,995,000 Casully elegant beachfront with southern exposure, spectacular views, & superior ammenties!

HIDEAWAY BAY HOME $1,995,000 Fishing pier, lift & dock on Sailboat water w/ exceptional bay views.

LIGHTHOUSE POINT GULFSIDE $8,900,000 Gated 5BR with private beach and gulffront pool.

Priced at $6,995,000. For more information, call Charles Buky of Coldwell Banker at 228-6086.

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GORGEOUS CANAL HOME $1,487,000 Custom 2001 fabulous 4 BR/3 BA canal home. Boat dock w/lift, pool and direct bay access.

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DOWNTOWN GOLDEN GATE POINT $3,200,000 New 3 BD unit never occupied w/amazing bay & city views.

Photos courtesy of Coldwell Banker

HARBOUR VILLA CLUB $495,000 Top floor 2 BD/2 BA w/ deeded deepwater 50 ft.+ boat dock.

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LOCATION! LOCATION! $1,095,000 3 BR/3 BA Country Club Shores on sailboat water. Close to everything!

Developers Realty Inc. Lic. R.E. Broker • 1266 1st St., Suite 9, Sarasota, FL 34236

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EXTRAORDINARY BAYFRONT HOME $2,245,000 5/BD with deepwater dock & lift, home gym w/ steam room & sauna.

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Condominium at en Provence sells for $3.15 million

RESIDENTIAL REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS

APRIL 27 - MAY 1

Built in 1988, it has three bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 2,555 square feet of living area.

It previously sold for $845,000 in 2005.

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condominium in en Provence tops all transactions in this week’s real estate. Harbor Cay Associates III sold the Unit 3 condominium at 2141 Gulf of Mexico Drive to R. Scott and Karen Shearer, of Sprucecreek, Pa., for $3.15 million. Built in 2001, it has three bedrooms, three and a half baths and 3,800 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $2.9 million in 2002.

Emerald Harbor Marion Monaghan, trustee, sold the home at 691 Old Compass Road to Robert Steinmetz and Nancy Steinmetz, trustees, of Longboat Key, for $712,500.

Built in 1971, it has four bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 2,290 square feet of living area.

It previously sold for $166,500 in 1981.

Kristen Herhold

Unit 3 at 2141 Gulf of Mexico Drive sold for $3.15 million. It has three bedrooms, three and a half baths and 3,800 square feet of living area.

Country Club Shores Charles and Mary Troup sold their home at 525 Putter Lane to MNM Real Estate Ventures LLC for $1.8 million. Built in 1991, it has five bedrooms, four and a half baths, a pool and 4,280 square feet of living area.

It previously sold for $675,000 in 1996.

Bay Isles Jordan and Stacey Gillman sold their home at 3231 Bayou Sound to James and Valerie Brown, of Longboat Key, for $1.2 million. Built in 1995, it

has three bedrooms, three and a half baths, a pool and 3,417 square feet of living area.

Tangerine Bay Club 232 Longboat Key LLC sold the Unit 232 condominium at 350 Gulf of Mexico Drive to Richard and Kelly Mastria, of Bourne, Mass., for $1,094,000. Built in 1992, it has three bedrooms, four baths and 2,529 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $395,000 in 2003.

Promenade Richard and Lois Diutsh, of

Brookline, Mass., sold their Unit 806 condominium at 1211 Gulf of Mexico Drive to James and Anne White, of Plandome, N.Y., for $900,000. Built in 1985, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,598 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $800,000 in 2006.

Winding Oaks Marc and Cynthia Cannon, of Longboat Key, sold their Unit 15 condominium at 3429 Winding Oaks Drive to Brian and Marguerite Landry, of Katonah, N.Y., for $825,000.

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

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

741 Hideaway Bay Drive A4103504 $2,695,000 Saint Cacchiotti

Longboat Key 941-383-7591 941-809-0787

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

Longboat Key 941-383-7591 941-928-3559

535 Sanctuary Drive A801 A4114806 $1,995,000 Carol Cohen Pa

Longboat Key 941-383-7591 941-356-3829

1007 Riviera Dunes Way M5900515 $1,695,000 Jody Shinn

435 L Ambiance Drive H202 A4113356 $1,795,000 Klaus Lang

Longboat Key 941-383-7591 941-320-1223

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

Longboat Key 941-388-4447 941-780-0968

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

Longboat Key 941-383-7591 941-928-3559

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

Longboat Key 941-383-7591 941-266-2174

3010 Grand Bay Boulevard 415 A4108819 $859,000 Julie Klick

Seaplace Richard and Dorothy Clifton, of Jackson, Mich., sold their Unit G8-101-B condominium at 1925 Gulf of Mexico Drive to Sandra Mcauley and Charles Mcauley, trustees, of Noblesville, Ind., for $655,000. Built in 1978, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 1,492 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $485,000 in 2004.

BIRD KEY Polymathic Properties Inc. sold the home at 109 Seagull Lane to Robert and Deborah Martell, of Sarasota, for $655,000. Built in 1963, it has three bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 2,446 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $495,600 in January.

Palmetto 941-748-6300 941-705-5704

Longboat Key 941-388-4447 941-780-6001

541 Chipping Lane A4121363 $825,000 Jonathan Fox

Longboat Key 941-383-7591 941-544-6649

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LOCAL LEGACY. GLOBAL VISION. 1145 Gulf Of Mexico Drive 402 A4119959 $799,000 Jenifer Schwell

3924 Riverview Boulevard M5904083 $1,549,000 Jody Shinn

Longboat Key 941-388-4447 941-780-0968

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

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

Bradenton 941-748-6300 941-705-5704

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2425 Gulf Of Mexico Dr # 12A A3995797 $717,000 Mel & Jan Goldsmith

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

2350 Harbour Oaks Drive A4118606 $689,000 Beverly St Hilaire

Longboat Key 941-388-4447 941-504-3303

614 Buttonwood Drive A4108833 $650,000 Tak Konstantinou

Longboat Key 941-388-4447 941-374-1606

545 Rountree Drive A4121537 $649,000 Sherri Mills

Longboat Key 941-383-7591 941-350-7112

1000 Longboat Club Road 905 A4114699 $598,000 Jenine Meyer

Longboat Key 941-383-7591 941-266-8303

2525 Gulf Of Mexico Drive 5B A4116689 $585,000 Tom Delaney

Longboat Key 941-383-7591 941-387-3990

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

Longboat Key 941-388-4447 941-350-9799

2295 Gulf Of Mexico Drive 44 A4111791 $499,000 Nancy Phillips

Longboat Key 941-907-9595 941-400-6078

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TOP BUILDING PERMITS These are the largest building permits issued by the Longboat Key Planning and Zoning Department for the week of April 30 through May 6, in order of dollar amounts.

APPLICANT Lucie Lapovsky Revocable Living Trust Buttonwood Cove Condo Association Buttonwood Cove Condo Association Terry Fiscus, trustee Christopher McCormick

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Ian Addy & Gail Wittig

440 Gulf of Mexico Drive • Longboat Key 941.961.8850 | 941.228.1985 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 consectutive 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.

AMOUNT $320,812 $105,975 $105,970 $100,000 $91,411

Steven Wiltse Virginia Kaul

$85,966 $69,853

Robert Koran Lawrence Milas, trustee

$51,279 $50,000

Bertha Scott

$47,862

Konrad Marine

$47,059

Janice Marshall, trustee

$47,059

JMM South LLC

$42,722

Hillstone Homes Ltd.

$39,219

B&H Longboat LLC Rosalie Cremer

$38,367 $36,000

Varudeyam Veluswamy

$35,596

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L O N G B OAT K E Y ADDRESS PERMIT 1281 GMD Penthouse No. 1104 Interior alterations

3500 GMD Re-roof

3540 GMD Re-roof 1135 GMD Interior alterations 669 Halyard Lane Seawall

Master bedroom 3496 Mistletoe Lane and bathroom suite 6031 GMD Interior alterations

Sliding glass 1115 GMD No. 605 doors and windows 1580 Harbor Cay Re-roof

Sliding glass 1115 GMD No. 501 doors and windows

Sliding glass 1125 GMD No. 601 doors and windows

Sliding glass 1125 GMD No. 603 doors and windows

Sliding glass 1115 GMD No. 104 doors and windows

Sliding glass 1125 GMD No. 202 doors and windows

Sliding glass 1125 GMD No. 104 doors and windows 5757 GMD Kitchen alterations

Sliding glass 1115 GMD No. 404 doors and windows

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Luxury Service. Strategic Marketing. Benchmark Results. This is what sets Addy Wittig apart from the competition. Luxury service includes personally accompanying on ALL showings and hiring a team of professionals dedicated to customer needs. Their strategic approach to marketing is always customized and focused on bringing the best results. Benchmark results.

Please visit LongboatLife.com to learn more.

749 Freeling Drive MLS A3989373 $3,600,000

535 Sanctuary Drive C106 MLS A4117509 $2,175,000

Source: Town of Longboat Key

501 Harbor Gate Way

See a map of this week’s transactions at

MLS A4115384 $2,150,000

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Sylvia Zimmerman

440 Gulf of Mexico Dr. • Longboat Key 941.350.5022 2000 Harbourside Drive 1504 A4119984 $499,000 Tammy Mast

Longboat Key 941-383-7591 941-256-6543

448 Gulf Of Mexico Dr # A305 A3965898 $410,000 Diana Kryszak

Longboat Key 941-388-4447 941-993-4078

740 Fox Street A4109613 $347,500 Bruce Meyer

Longboat Key 941-383-7591 941-266-8152

4360 Chatham Drive 108 A4119415 $299,000 Maruta Miluns

Longboat Key 941-383-5502 941-374-9702

4440 Exeter Drive 301 A4121923 $299,000 Sharon Freeman

Longboat Key 941-388-4447 941-545-0899

527 Sutton Place A4119419 $292,000 Anna Kaminski

Longboat Key 941-388-4447 941-374-3200

Sylvia Zimmerman attributes her reputation as one of Southwest Florida’s most outstanding real estate agents to her extensive business background, as well as her intense focus on customer service.

A longtime Sarasota-area resident, Sylvia builds enduring client relationships, possesses a profound facility for bringing buyers and sellers together and offers an intricate knowledge of the many unique communities that beckon newcomers to both Sarasota and Manatee counties.

Drawn to Sarasota by its natural beauty, exciting culture and remarkable weather, Sylvia’s love for tennis and golf found the perfect fit. Having lived on the bay (Siesta Key), on the beach (Casey Key), on a canal (Bird Key) and in two golf course communities (Lakewood Ranch Country Club and Laurel Oaks Estates), she can personally identify with the variety of opportunities available on Florida’s Gulf Coast—a unique advantage she passes on to her clients.

With her years of experience in real estate sales, no one knows the area better!

Please visit my website: www.sylviasellssarasota.com

1001 Ben Franklin Drive 503 A4118971 $289,000 Douglas Parks

Sarasota 941-388-4447 941-400-9087

4440 Exeter Drive 103-N A4106919 $275,000 Sharon Freeman

Longboat Key 941-388-4447 941-545-0899

4390 Exeter Drive 102 A4120043 $264,900 Sandi Layfield

Longboat Key 941-383-5502 941-914-2807

8263 Archers Court Former model at the Founder’s Club MLS A3938017 $2,495,000

571 Putting Green Lane Furniture and boat not included, however are negotiable.

MLS# A3984052 $1,995,500

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25 Lighthouse Point Drive A4108131 $5,200,000 Ian Addy Pa

Mid Longboat 383.5502 • South Longboat 383.7591 • St. Armands 388.4447

Longboat Key 941-383-7591 941-961-8850

Open plan Penthouse with Bay views MLS A4110859 $475,000

Veranda Beach Club verandabeachclub.com 800.411.5511 White Sands of Longboat whitesandsoflongboat.com 800.230.2428

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Current record stock market is strong

GEORGE RAUCH CONTRIBUTING WRITER

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lthough the existing stock market is not without risk, there is a string of reasons why the market has done well. A record-high jobs of 141 million, personal income and disposable income at record highs and 5 million job openings are some of the reasons the market is strong. Aggregate U.S. wealth of $83 trillion, up $28 trillion since 2009, is an unbelievable increase never before experienced in history; furthermore, national wealth is growing at 7.5% annually. Couldn’t be better right now!

Historically low interest rates have forced a shift in the composition of financial assets. Debt instruments held by households aggregate $3.4 trillion, down $1.8 trillion from 2009, representing an alltime low of 4.9% of household financial assets. Investors have switched out of debt securities, which pay little interest, and into stocks, particularly the high dividend-paying growth stocks. That is one of the reasons the Dow is up substantially. Many stocks still pay higher dividend yields than bonds pay.

Q: Can we assume with such cheap money that businesses will continue to borrow to grow?

A: Not really. Banks are sitting on record amounts of cash.

Loan demand is very low, even with interest rates so

low. Everything has been done to encourage lending by the banks, but loan demand just isn’t there.

Q: If loan demand is weak with so much money available, and businesses aren’t borrowing, can we expect economic growth to taper off and then the market to sell off in the future?

A: The effects that this large amount of money and low rates will have on the market the next couple of years are indeterminable. Clearly one of the reasons banks are not lending is because individuals and corporations also have record amounts of cash. They choose to use their cash rather than borrow.

Additionally, businesses are producing record amounts of cash to reinvest. Individuals and businesses have shown a preference for maintaining large cash balances because of the huge market sell-offs experienced in the last few decades. Nobody wants to get caught short of cash and be illliquid again.

Q: Is there a primary economic reason for this tremendous economic growth?

A: There is. It has been federal government deficit spending, and the subsequent printing of additional money to pay for that spending, that has contributed to this mountain of funds available to loan. Such a reaction vindicates half of Keynesian economic theory.

The hitch here, however, is Keynesian theory assumes that in bad, or slow, economic times, government deficit spending provides cash to the economy it otherwise would not have, which “stimulates” economic activity through spending. That theory also assumes that when times are good, like today, with record tax revenues, the government

U.S. GOVERNMENT FINANCIAL OBLIGATIONS* $12 trillion borrowed from the FED

DEBT

$6 trillion borrowed from trust funds

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**Gold reserves of $325 billion

Government’s debt to equity ratio is less than 2%. As compared with a family, and assuming the family owned $100,000 in total marketable assets, the family debt would equal more than $5 million. And if a bank were leveraged like this, the Fed would shut them down.

would use tax surpluses to pay down the debts incurred to stimulate the economy in the first place. Our government has chosen to use the stimulation, but instead of paying off debt during good times, it used our growing tax revenues for welfare and let the debt continue to accumulate. That’s why it’s called Keynesian “theory.” It doesn’t work, and never has in history.

Q: Because things are going so well, isn’t continued stimulation through debt creation wise economic judgment?

A: It certainly looks that way right now; however, at some point, debt must be repaid.

This cannot go on forever.

After a while the country will not be able to generate the income needed from taxes to pay interest on the debt, let alone principal. This is the situation in Greece, Spain, Italy, Portugal, Russia, Brazil and

Argentina, to name a few. They can’t meet the government’s debt obligations. They cannot even raise enough revenue to pay interest on the outstanding debt. They must borrow money to pay interest on the debt, a dangerous position for any economy, especially if sustained year after year.

Q: Can Market Watch summarize the U.S. government’s position and point out the risk, if any?

A: Total federal borrowing approximates $18 trillion.

The Federal Reserve and U.S. government statistics are misleading. They are misleading because the government does not count the debt that “we owe to ourselves,” which means money government has borrowed from the Highway Trust Fund, Medicare and Social Security, all trust funds in which the public paid taxes in cash from payroll deductions, or “at the pump.” The

government borrows that money every year to cover its own deficit, and then it borrows more money on top of that. The money it borrows on top of that is what it publishes as its debt, roughly $12 trillion, as if the other debt doesn’t exist, roughly $6 trillion. In other words, if the government goes broke, Social Security, Medicare and the Highway Trust Fund are broke, too, even though government borrowings from those funds are not shown as part of government obligations.

With that preamble, let’s look at the chart. Our government is over-indebted. If the government’s financial obligations were compared to a family, it’s obvious the family would not be able to pay interest without borrowing more money, let alone pay any principal. Our government can’t pay the principal, and it must now borrow money just to pay interest on the debt.

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Q: Smart economists and think tanks have pointed out this debt problem, and some project there is a pending currency crash. Is there anything to that thinking?

A: There is. The only thing that sustains our government’s ability to behave this way is because the dollar is the world’s reserve currency. When we need more cash, the Federal Reserve simply prints more money. It’s the biggest Ponzi scheme in history for which no one has gone to jail.

There has to be a mathematical reckoning of this over-extended debt, but we do not know when it will occur.

Q: Is there anything that can be done to avoid such a disaster?

A: Yes. The first thing we need to do is face economic reality. To do so would require the government to behave like most families have to behave if they want to avoid financial difficulties. The government must quit spending more in revenues than it raises in taxes. The problem is that such behavior is anathema to politicians who are reluctant to cut the size of the government or the size of the government’s welfare payments. Like Greece and other countries mentioned above, if we do not cut these back, we will end up in the same shape. The magnitude of U.S. debt is the greatest in history. We are only able to pull this off because the dollar is the world’s reserve currency and we have been able to print money to cover deficits.

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to keep the market rolling upwards?

A: First and foremost, as mentioned above, balance the budget. In the first paragraph it was mentioned that national wealth is at an all-time high and increasing at 7.5% annually. There are 5 million job openings. There are at least 5 million welfare recipients, out of the 106 million recipients of means-tested programs, who are qualified for these jobs. That would substantially reduce the dollar volume of welfare.

Simultaneously, former welfare recipients would become wageearning taxpayers. Tax income would increase at the same time government obligations are going down. Although somewhat theoretical, it is a fact that a reduction in welfare benefits, coupled with businesses’ needs for additional employees, would create a positive economic reaction. It would also be a huge step in balancing the federal budget.

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CONCLUSION

Right now things are good.

The rest of the world is suffering from economic problems of various sorts, as are we, but America is in the best position to reverse its current course of excessive borrowing. If we do, the market could be good for a long time, and if we carry on as we are, we are engaging the country in greater economic risk.

Caveat emptor.

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South Sarasota - Beneva Oaks Like new 5 bedroom + bonus room home on 1.15 acres in a gated community. 50x75 screened pool & brick paver lanai. 2-car garage. $74 9,000

Laurel Oak Country Club Executive Home situated on a 1 acre lot. 4 bedrooms 6 baths + study and entertainment room built and designed by Arthur Rutenberg in 2002.

Beautiful interiors, resort style screened pool with summer kitchen & 4-car garage. $1,100,000

Sanctuary - Behind the Gates Great value in a beach front location! Two bedroom + den, two and a half bathrooms with beautiful wood floors. $849,000

Lakewood Ranch Country Club Whitemarsh Rarely available Neal Home located behind the gates of LWR Country Club in Whitemarsh, a maintenance free community. 2 bedroom, 2 baths plus a den, screened in lanai and a pool overlooking the nature preserve.

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Sanderling Club-Siesta Key Coastal residence redone in 2010 has 3 bedrooms plus an art studio/den and forever protected views across the lagoon. High vaulted ceilings, gleaming wood floors, garden room & outdoor spa + 2-car garage and private beach club included. $1,150,000

Water Club II - 10th Floor Direct Gulf front three bedroom + den, 5 baths apartment beautifully redone. New kitchen, floors, the works! Bay views and forever sunsets. $3,495,000

North Casey Key - Villa Crescendo Gulf to Bay luxury with 6,024 SF, 4BR+ den/5th BR/5BA and water views from every room!

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Grand Bay Building I - 8th Floor South facing turnkey furnished 3 bedroom apartment with wood floors, panoramic views. Excellent amenities, pet-friendly, and deeded Beach Club membership included. $1,129,000

Vista Bay Point - Downtown Sarasota Elegance, tranquility, and privacy from this stunning four bedroom, four bath residence with gorgeous views. $1,575,000

Ritz Carlton Residences - Downtown Sarasota Spacious 11th floor pied-a-terre in the heart of culturally rich Sarasota has 2,170 square feet, wood and granite, and exciting Bay and City views! $1,169,000

Ringling Pointe - Historic Sapphire Shores Stunning Direct Bay Front On 145 feet of deep water with 5BR/3.5 BA, a 2,200 SF master suite, 1,000 bottle wine room, private dock. $3,740,000

Grand Bay Building III - 3rd Floor Never lived in 2BR+ study apartment with Gulf & Bay views. Allergy free construction! Excellent amenities, pet-friendly, and deeded Beach Club membership included. $1,195,000

Avondale - West of the Trail Adorable cottage with newer granite & wood kitchen and Porcelain tile & maple wood floors. Large back yard with plenty of room for a pool or expansion. Excellent location! $449,000

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