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

And their married days began in Longboat Key. Mackebee recently proposed to Bauer in front of the Beachcomber. Neither lives on the Key, but Bauer has been coming here since she was a kid. Mackebee’s first trip was when he proposed, but he said it is now special for both of them.

Mackebee represented Duke University and Bauer represented Indiana University on the 2012 game. They each reached the quarterfinals. They are both lawyers in Washington, D.C.

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Least, but not last

Longboat Key has three fledged least tern chicks with the potential for a few more before summer ends.

Sarasota Audubon Society Shorebird Coordinator Kylie Wilson noticed June 10 that the still-growing shorebirds have just about reached maturity and can fly. Some of the adults have re-nested, which means that in about three weeks, there could be more baby birds. This is good news after the colony lost three-quarters of its chicks this month because of predatory night herons.

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Turtle Tracks LONGBOAT June 6June 12 2021 2020 Nests 100 131 False Crawls 159 135

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Totals since April 25

2021 2020 Nests 360 493 False Crawls 471 441 Source: Mote Marine Laboratory

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THURSDAY, JUNE 17, 2021

Commission: Zoom is the exception, not rule Town commissioners formalize new rules for off-site participation through the use of videoconferencing.

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ongboat Key town commissioners passed a resolution earlier this month that will allow for remote participation under certain circumstances.

As long as a physical quorum is met, the Longboat Key Town Commission will allow commissioners to use virtual technology, such as Zoom, to participate in meetings. No more than three commissioners would be allowed to participate virtually at the same time.

“We know there are limitations to the Zoom approach to the world,” Mayor Ken Schneier said. “And we know that meeting in person is preferable, maybe far preferable.”

Commissioners voted 7-0 in favor of the resolution, which is a formal expression of the opinion or will of the Town Commission by vote. It is different than an ordinance, which is a rule, law or statute by a municipal legislative body.

The resolution has a shortlist of “extraordinary circumstanc-

es” for virtual Town Commission participation: ■ Illness or disability; ■ Caring for a recovering or an ill family member; ■ Attending an event on the town’s behalf; ■ Travel related to health reasons; ■ Family obligation (i.e., family wedding or funeral attendance); or ■ A declared local, state or national emergency.

During the June 7 commission meeting, Town Attorney Maggie Mooney told Vice Mayor Mike Haycock that a commissioner could call and ask the other commissioners for permission to participate virtually even if the commissioner doesn’t fall under one of the “extraordinary circumstances.”

“Like everybody else, we want to be at every meeting,” Haycock said. “We take our jobs seriously.

There’s going to be occasions, just speaking for myself, where I’ve got to miss a meeting or two a year, whether it’s [a] vacation or some other obligation.”

The changes take effect immediately. Florida’s state of emergency is set to end in late June in relation to the COVID-19 pandemic. The state of emergency has allowed Florida municipalities to use virtual technology, such as Zoom, to participate.

Town Manager Tom Harmer explained why he and Mooney felt the need to update the com-

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mission’s resolution on virtual participation in meetings.

“This updated resolution is providing to you [to] add some flexibility based on the discussion with the commissioners last meeting,” Harmer said.

The COVID-19 pandemic has prompted the Town Commission to use Zoom in some capacity since April 2020.

Hybrid meetings began in November 2020 with some commissioners gathering inside the Town Hall chambers and some using Zoom. The town took several precautions with the hybrid approach, including the requirement of masks for anyone inside Town Hall not sitting on the dais,

transparent barriers to separate commissioners, a temperature check of anyone entering the building, hand sanitizer machines and a questionnaire that people had to answer before entering Town Hall.

In May, Gov. Ron DeSantis issued an executive order that suspended local government mandates and restrictions based on the COVID-19 state of emergency.

June 7 marked the first Town Commission meeting where commissioners weren’t separated by clear barriers.

Commissioner BJ Bishop frequently used Zoom to participate in commission meetings

throughout the pandemic. She spoke about her preference of meeting in person.

“The difference in the quality of our meetings from having spent a year on Zoom as opposed to physically being here is a drastically different quality meeting, and I think we lose a tremendous amount without the physical participation,” Bishop said.

The Town Commission last updated its interactive electronic media technology policy in 2013.

The new resolution does not allow commissioners to virtually participate in meetings not held at Town Hall, such as the annual commission retreat.

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IN NEED OF AIDES ANOTHER WAY TO HELP The Paradise Center is helping isolated adults get more socialization through a pilot version of a Suncoast Callconnect program. One of two pilot sites, The Paradise Center will recruit volunteers to participate in a social-call program that will provide connections and service referrals for isolated adults in the area.

Suncoast Callconnect is under Suncoast Villages, an initiative of the Patterson Foundation, and Callconnect uses Motion Picture and Television Fund materials and CallHub software to make calls possible.

Both volunteer callers and program recipients are being recruited. Contact Brenner at 383-6493 to be part of the program in July.

Need for in-home help on the island prompts a new drive to find a local corps of neighborly assistants.

NAT KAEMMERER STAFF WRITER

The Paradise Center and Youthful Aging Home Care are looking to ease the need of homebound Longboat Key citizens — and they’re looking right on the island for help.

Youthful Aging is a partner of The Paradise Center, and both work to combat loneliness among seniors, though in different capacities.

The latter, a longtime Key organization, provides exercise classes and social groups that bring people to one place. But despite the buzz of activity, there’s a population on Longboat Key that can’t make it out of their homes so easily.

Nearly 70% of the town’s permanent population is 70 or older, and the town’s median age is 71.1 — one of the state’s highest.

Combine that with U.S. Census Bureau data showing nearly 10% of the town’s population has some sort of disability, and the need is front and center.

“I’m glad Youthful Aging made the need more obvious to us,” Paradise Center Executive Director Suzy Brenner said. “There are a lot of homebound people, especially this year and the past year, people who don’t drive, who could use some assistance but want to stay in their homes.”

Youthful Aging President Nicci Kobritz is starting a program with The Paradise Center to train some residents or island workers who would become employees of Youthful Aging. It’s 40-hour training led by a registered nurse who then mentors aides as they take on their first patients.

“We’re hoping we spark some interest in the community because

as traffic gets worse, all organizations on the Key are going to have to figure out ways to maintain and attract workers,” Brenner said.

“There’s definitely a shortage of very part-time workers.”

In addition to traffic concerns during the season, recent changes to public transportation lines have made a trip to or from the island to the mainland more difficult to plan. A fixed-route bus line from Bay Isles shopping areas to downtown Sarasota was recently cut in favor of an on-demand ride service.

There are two types of aides that Youthful Aging is looking for: home health aides and companions. The latter is more of a relaxed role, someone willing to sit with a client for a couple of hours to socialize, tidy the house, maybe cook dinner or help with shopping. Sometimes, this is someone who relieves a full-time caregiver or family member for a couple hours.

“It can be really positive for everyone involved,” Brenner said.

“There are studies that show that it’s good for your mental health to help someone else. And from a practical standpoint, it might make your own issues seem not so bad anymore.”

The trouble is that those jobs are usually short, and especially in season, the commute can be just as long or longer than the shift. Kobritz and Brenner are hoping to identify residents or workers already on the Key to become aides.

“Suzy [Brenner] had a great idea: … As a senior center, let’s see if we can’t identify older adults who have this interest and younger people too who live on Longboat Key,” Kobritz said.

“It could be a neighbor, so these patients are more accessible. A potential caregiver could be the more mature adult who is looking for a few extra hours of income to supplement current income.”

The other type of caregiver Kobritz is looking for is a home health aide, who provides a bit

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The new home-aide training program will help match aides with residents.

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more service than a companion and may provide some basic health care. Kobritz and Brenner are hoping to reach retired nurses or other trained caregivers on the Key, people who might be missing the helpful aspect of their previous careers. A home health aide can make judgments on how a patient is doing physically, and — especially if the person has nursing experience — do some nursing procedures.

“One of the many goals of home care is the socialization of people who need support in their homes,” Kobritz said. “Having people who live on Longboat Key become caregivers can help … mitigate that loneliness by offering that socialization, and these patients obviously feel comfy knowing it could be their neighbor willing to do these things for them.”

Folks want to stay in their homes for as long as possible, and sometimes the missing link is just a little extra care. Brenner and Kobritz want to get the ball rolling now on the program so that by season, Kobritz has a stable of local aides.

“We’re getting to that point now where traffic is lower, so hopefully we get to the point next season where we have more [aides],” Brenner said.

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Recycling rates due to increase in August The increased rates are part of a proposed three-year contract extension with Waste Management Inc.

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MARK BERGIN STAFF WRITER

Town commissioners have given initial approval to a three-year contract renewal with Waste Management Inc. for recycling and trash collection with a phased-in monthly rate $1 increase for most customers by 2024.

A final vote is scheduled to be July 2.

“During negotiations, there was an effort to make sure that the recycling rate increase did not go into effect immediately,” Town Manager Tom Harmer said. “We wanted at least a 30-day period before that went into effect to try an opportunity for notifying the public.”

In the next three years, Waste Management is requesting a $1.03 rate increase to the single-family residential and multifamily commercial monthly recycling rates.

Public Works Director Isaac Brownman said the town negotiated with Waste Management for months.

Brownman said the town received documentation from Waste Management indicating changes in the law that make it more expensive to recycle throughout the country.

“Primarily, the changes in law occurred in the People’s Republic of China, which was the greatest buyer of recycled goods,” Brownman said.

In May, Waste Management Government Affairs Manager Bill Gresham wrote Brownman a letter about the impacts.

“The biggest impact of this standard was that it established a new quality specification of 0.3% contamination by weight for any imported wastepaper,” Gresham wrote. “The prior standard had been 10% contamination.”

Brownman said the town would work with Waste Management to educate the public on what can and can’t be put into a recyclingcollection bin.

“If a community wants a recycling program to work, you really have got to reduce the contamination,” Brownman said.

Plus, a Florida law passed in 2020 also requires that new contracts have some language added that requires collectors to “make the best efforts possible to reduce recyclable contamination.”

Longboat Key’s new recycling rates would start in August.

“Everything else in the 2014 contract would remain in effect,”

Brownman said.

The six-year deal made in 2014 has two optional renewal terms of three years each.

In November 2014, the company transitioned to single-stream recycling from its dual-stream system. Waste Management replaced the red and blue bins with 65-gallon wheeled carts.

The single-stream method allows customers to place all recycling items in one cart, eliminating the need for sorting materials.

Brownman said the town is satisfied with Waste Management’s service.

Residents gave a 93% satisfaction rating for solid waste services in the 2021 citizen survey. Waste Management makes its collections on Mondays and Thursdays in Longboat Key. Brownman acknowledged there are competitors to Waste Management.

“In any industry, there are competitors, but you have to weigh the competence and quality of those competitors against what we have,” Brownman said.

“When I say we’re very satisfied with Waste Management, we’ve talked to others who are not so satisfied with others.”

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150-pound tarpon reeled in near beach MARK BERGIN STAFF WRITER

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group of four men caught a massive tarpon June 3 in the Gulf of Mexico off the beach near the Longboat Key Positano condominiums.

It took Clark Wright and his charter of three men about 45 minutes to reel in the fish, which weighed about 150 pounds.

“I’m 38 years old. I’ve been tarpon fishing since I was 7,” Wright said. “I’ve caught a lot of them.

That fish is well above average.

That’s a full-grown one.”

Wright owns and operates Wrightstuff Fishing Charters.

He said the largest fish he’s ever caught was 210-220 pounds.

“Out of 100-150 [tarpon] I catch this season, that fish will be top 10 for sure,” Wright said.

Wright said the other men on the charter — Robert Cobb, Brad McCoy and Josh Maddox — caught their first tarpon that day.

Club Longboat resident Brad Bakle was walking along the beach and noticed the fishing boat right off the shore.

“One of the guys was reeling something in and looked pretty serious, and I decided to walk down to Zota,” Bakle said. “[I] sat

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Robert Cobb, Brad McCoy and Josh Maddox caught their first tarpon ever June 3 off the beach in Longboat Key near the Positano condominiums.

down and had a beer, and I was coming back, and the guy still had the fish on the line. It was probably a good half an hour later.”

Bakle then began to take a video of the men’s efforts. Dozens of

people began gathering to watch as the men reeled in the tarpon.

“The fish is just beautiful, 6-foot-plus,” Bakle said. “You saw the picture, right?

“It’s just fantastic, and by the

time they caught the fish, [and] they held it for that photograph, there were [more than] 50 maybe 60 people there on the shore cheering them on, clapping, and it was pretty cool to see because I’ve

been coming down here for [more than] 30 years. I’ve never seen anything like that on the shore.”

Wright explained the process of how the men caught fish.

“We got lucky and hooked one, and … that fish took off,” Wright said. “We hooked him about a quarter of a mile offshore, and the fish burned 300 or 400 yards of line and got right up against the beach.”

The tarpon kept trying to get away once the men hooked it, Wright said.

“Once he was tired out, I had my guys jump in the water there and grab the fish and took the picture,” Wright said.

Wright said Bakle approached him afterward with pictures and the video. “[Bakle] came up to me afterwards and told me [he] had some documentation,” Wright said.

“And I said, ‘Man, if you could text me those pictures, that’d be cool man.’

“And he said, ‘I’m going to send this into the Longboat Observer.

Maybe they’ll post it. If they do, they’ll probably be contacting you.’ So here you are a couple days later contacting me. It’s pretty cool.”

After posing for the picture, the men released the tarpon back into the Gulf of Mexico.

“I can tell you the day I stop getting excited is, I’ll be dead when that happens because every one of them is like the first time for me,” Wright said.

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The Florida League of Cities recently appointed Longboat Key Commissioner BJ Bishop to its Legislative Policy Committee.

FLC incoming president and city of Lakeland Commissioner Phillip Walker appointed Bishop to the committee.

“The purpose of this committee is to speak specifically to issues that impact towns and cities,” Bishop said. “One of the critical issues going on right now has been a number of legislative attempts by the folks in Tallahassee to damage home rule.”

Specifically, Bishop mentioned attempts by Florida lawmakers to give the state authority over short-term rental properties.

Longboat Key has grandfathered dozens of tourism properties, but the town generally does not allow for short-term rentals for fewer than 30 days in residential areas.

Home-based business legislation prompted Longboat Key Mayor Ken Schneier to write a letter last month to Gov. Ron DeSantis asking the governor to veto it.

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Bishop, Commissioner Sherry Dominick and Commissioner Debra Williams also attended the FLC’s Institute for Elected Municipal Officials Course from June 4-6 in West Palm Beach.

“Municipal government is more complex than most people realize, and being newly elected officials can be overwhelming at times, especially with the rigors of COVID,” said Tony Ortiz, FLC president and city of Orlando commissioner, in a statement.

In May, Commissioner Penny Gold and Commissioner Maureen Merrigan completed the courses.

“The one thing that they do that is very helpful is just getting you as a commissioner to think about how you work with others, especially if you certainly have different priorities,” Bishop said. “They do a whole three-hour session on effective council techniques of becoming a really effective Town Commission.”

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Sarasota EDC: Take it private Mike Moran sealed the deal by proposing to defund the economic development organization. The private sector should be in charge.

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urely, Sarasota County Commissioner Mike Moran’s vindictive stunt June 8 was convincing evidence that Sarasota County’s private business sector needs to be in charge of economic development.

And this: that the county and city governments in the region should be involved but be involved as public servants to the private sector, not in control.

Two days before the board of the Economic Development Corp. of Sarasota County was to interview its leading candidate for the president’s job, Moran had added a three-part item to the commission’s June 8 agenda (see box). And he did so with no warning or discussion with the EDC board beforehand.

Talk about disrespectful and unprofessional.

To little surprise, the top candidate for the job said no thanks.

Who wouldn’t have done that?

No one wants to walk into a new job where the people in charge of the money and the future of the organization want to undermine you.

Moran has had issues with the EDC going back to previous President Mark Huey, who resigned in December 2019. “It didn’t just spring up,” he said at the June 8 commission meeting. “From the very beginning, all I’ve ever asked for is clear, measurable goals. I made it very clear that I wanted less words on paper and more numbers on an Excel spreadsheet.” And then to add insult to injury, Moran told the Observer: “I’m not interested any longer in faculty-lunch room, dorm-room philosophical chitchat anymore. I want measurable outcomes.”

Well, you can pretty much say those comments seal the deal for the EDC. Its board won’t be able to attract anyone who is smart, ambitious and innovative, knowing that Moran and the majority of county commissioners want to “defund” the EDC. Even the EDC’s search executive said the obvious: Word will spread like a dry summer fire in economic development circles that Sarasota County is in turmoil and should be avoided — not just for EDC executives but also companies that might be looking to relocate.

Great, just what we need: reinforcing evidence that Sarasota is unfriendly to business.

All of this illustrates the inherent problems with publicly funded, government-controlled

MORAN’S ANTI-EDC MOTIONS n Eliminate the “Local Business Tax” by Sept. 30, 2024.

Reducing the tax table by Jan. 3 each fiscal year until it is eliminated Sept. 30, 2024. Beyond Sept. 30, 2024, SCGOV will be a normal dues-paying member of the EDC; n Use HSAC funds and Economic Development Incentive Fund returned funds to support “Mental Healthcare” Dependent District. After Dependent District is operating effectively, put Mental Healthcare Special District to the voters for a referendum;

economic development organizations. They get sucked into the maw of politics, egos and political philosophies. Remember the fight between Gov. Rick Scott and Speaker Richard Corcoran over Enterprise Florida? And when you put government in charge of anything, well, our readers know what we think of that: It rarely turns out well.

This is how it has been in Sarasota County for the past 15 years.

Before that, economic development fell under the auspices of the Greater Sarasota Chamber of Commerce and what was known as the Committee of 100.

But after turmoil engulfed the chamber and after business leaders in North Port thought they were receiving short shrift from the Sarasota chamber, county commissioners and the leaders of the chambers agreed to funding a countywide economic development corporation with an annual tax on every business in the county.

As is in many communities, the new economic development corporation was a public-private partnership, with a large board of business and government leaders. But the County Commission controlled the money (You know the saying: He who holds the gold makes the rules.)

Last year, the commission allocated $1.7 million to the EDC. And as most of these economic development organizations go — especially those tethered to local or state governments — there is always angst over whether the money spent on economic development actually does as much good as the EDC officials tout.

They all publish data touting how many jobs they helped create, how many companies they recruited, how many local

Commissioner Moran n To return all available funds in the Economic Development Incentive Fund to the General Fund. $1 million is to remain in the EDIF for incentive opportunities.

businesses they helped wend their way through needless government regulations, how many companies they interviewed and the many economic multipliers that are spawned by their work.

All of that stands as the EDC’s “return on investment” for that tax money allocated to it. But the truth is, “measurable outcomes” are hard to quantify (see box).

What often results in this public-private partnership arrangement is what was described to us as the “step-parent and step-child” relationship. Not a lot of love, especially when the politicians are in charge.

Sarasota County’s business community — in particular, the EDC’s board of directors — now find themselves facing another decision that will have deep, important consequences: what to do next.

Make nice and try to build/ rebuild a trusting relationship with the County Commission (politicians) — a commission majority that has sided with defunding the EDC? End the relationship with the County Commission and the business tax and become a private enterprise again?

Go big and go regional? Create a super privatized EDC that encompasses Sarasota, Manatee, Charlotte, DeSoto and Hardee counties?

For the past year or more, the EDC board has been on a quest to find its next president and continue with the model and path it has pursued for the past 15 years.

This is an important inflection point, a time to recognize that having the County Commission in control of the gold is not the way to go.

That structure might work if

HOW DO YOU MEASURE OUTCOMES? Say the EDC president is introduced to a business owner who is vacationing on Siesta Key and starts to think about relocating her software company here.

The two have a few lunches; the EDC president shows the business owner around and introduces her to a few CEO peers. But the business owner decides not to move, instead merging her company with another.

How do you measure that? Is that a failure?

Or take the CEO who vacations here a few winters and decides to relocate his headquarters staff here.

After making the decision, securing a location and setting up a move-in timetable, the CEO decides to reach out to the EDC to learn more about Sarasota County and its business climate.

In the process, the CEO expresses a future need for workforce talent. He asks the EDC president where to go, and the EDC president introduces him to local college presidents.

How do you measure that?

you had what existed in Florida when Rick Scott was governor — an elected leader who saw one of his primary responsibilities was to do what he could to create an attractive economic and business climate and to be the state’s top salesperson for new business.

If only we had politicians at the county and city levels who grasped the same concept. But that’s not going to happen.

If Sarasota County — including the cities of Sarasota, Venice, North Port, Longboat Key and the unincorporated county — is to have a healthy economy, it needs advocates and a sales force constantly pushing for a business and regulatory climate that makes sense.

The private sector should be driving this effort, with county and city governments — both elected officials and government staffs — working in concert as public servants that will allow businesses to flourish, create jobs and make Sarasota a county of opportunity, not a place that specializes in choking the engine that keeps a community growing.

SO, WHO PAYS FOR FPL’S ELECTRIC VEHICLE GRANTS? RATE-PAYERS? In the scheme of costs, Florida Power & Light’s recent offer to Longboat Key to participate in a grant program for the installation of electric vehicle charging stations would not break the bank.

As reported last week in the Longboat Observer, the project would have cost taxpayers thousands, not hundreds of thousands or millions of dollars over a seven-year period.

Perhaps the Town Commission’s decision to turn down the grant program might turn out to be shortsighted, but we’ll side with the commissioners’ decision: No, thank you.

We especially liked Mayor Ken Schneier’s assessment: “It’s just a question of [when] we’re paying for other people’s use with taxpayers’ money, it gets a little tricky.” Indeed.

But the offer also triggered a public policy question that surely our state lawmakers are addressing: FPL is in the business of selling electricity. It wants to sell more. In fact, it probably wants everyone to be driving electric cars. Just think how much more revenue and profits that would generate for FPL and its stockholders.

But in the process of goosing the usage of electric vehicles, lawmakers, we hope, are watching FPL’s subsidy and grant programs. For every subsidy FPL offers to a town or electric vehicle owner, that subsidy comes out of some other pocket.

Whose pocket? The FPL ratepayer who still drives a gaspower automobile?

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NOISY, BUT CLEAN 10:31 a.m., 3500 block of Bayou Circle Noise complaint: Police advised that a worker using a pressure washer was not violating town work-noise rules. The caller countered that the noise was in violation of homeowner association rules. The officer explained the issue would have to be brought to the attention of the association.

THEY KNOW THEIR TREES 12:05 p.m., 700 block of Marbury Lane Suspicious incident: A caller suspecting a landscaping crew of damaging protected mangrove trees called police. An officer spoke to the crew and learned their job was to clear invasive Brazilian pepper trees from the future site of a seawall.

The officer and a supervisor confirmed the trees were indeed the invasive species, not the protected mangroves.

The caller was informed of the police’s findings.

FINDING THE RIGHT PERSON 2:33 p.m., 600 block of Longview Drive Citizen assist: An officer and a member of the town’s Public

Works staff worked together on a broken water pipe report, eventually determining the infrastructure was not that of the town. An officer found a member of the community’s homeowners association and relayed their findings about the broken U-shaped pipe.

BLOCKADED 4:19 p.m., 600 block of DeNarvaez Drive Citizen assist: A resident called police to say a construction barge was moored such that it was impossible to navigate into a residential canal to dock a boat. The town’s marine patrol officer contacted the owner of the barge, who said someone would come as soon as possible to move the vessel.

NO MONKEY (BAR) BUSINESS HERE 9:18 p.m., 1600 block of Gulf of Mexico Drive Citizen assist: An officer stopped to speak with a driver parked just outside the former premises of a popular resort.

The man had run out of gas but had arranged for a roadside service company to help. The officer waited with the man until gas arrived.

JUNE 6

NO LICENSE, LOTS OF SPEED 7:22 a.m., Gulf of Mexico Drive Traffic: A driver was issued a citation for driving without a license and told to wait with the vehicle until a licensed driver could arrive to take over. The vehicle was stopped traveling 59 mph, and the officer initially had difficulty communicating through a language barrier. A passenger in the car translated.

The driver had no license but produced a passport from a Latin American nation. The driver had previously been cited for driving without a license.

NOT HOW THIS WORKS 8:16 p.m., 500 block of Gulf of Mexico Drive Traffic: A driver was issued a citation following a traffic stop.

The officer involved activated his vehicle’s emergency lights over a speeding infraction, but the vehicle wouldn’t stop and accelerated from 56 mph in a 45 mph zone. The driver said he thought the police vehicle was an ambulance and that he was speeding up to get out of the way.

KNOCK OUT THE NOISE 11:24 p.m., 700 block of Penfield Street Noise: Police went to a home following complaints of noise.

An officer heard the sounds of a televised boxing match and about 12 people cheering in the backyard. The homeowner agreed to keep quieter.

JUNE 7

GATEWAY TO DAMAGE 3:03 p.m., Longboat Pass Bridge Traffic: A driver was cited following a collision between his vehicle and the southbound warning gate on the drawbridge. The driver told police he saw the gate and its flashing red lights coming down but did not have time to stop.

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LOW-SPEED TROUBLE 7:32 p.m., 6000 block of Gulf of Mexico Drive Traffic warning: An officer stopped a low-speed vehicle in a 45 mph zone and advised the driver it was improper to drive it there. The operator, who received a written warning, told the officer the rental agency did not make clear the parameters of the vehicle’s operation.

recognition system alerted police to a vehicle owned by a driver with a license suspended for failure to pay a 2000 traffic violation. The driver said she was unaware of the situation and also did not have insurance.

The driver’s license card was confiscated, and an employee at her place of business moved the car to a safe spot.

Criminal mischief: Police investigated in incident in which a caller’s vehicle had been spattered with paint on the trunk and rear windows. The paint, though, was water soluble and washed off. No cameras were found that might have recorded the incident. Police said they would make patrols through the area on the overnight shift.

NO DAY AT THE BEACH 8:32 a.m., 100 block of Sands Point Road Citizen dispute: Police were called to help settle a fishing dispute between an angler on the beach and one in a boat.

The angler on the beach said he had been fishing in a spot for hours when a boat arrived and began casting into the same area. Police asked the angler in the boat to be courteous.

ROUND AND ROUND 12:14 p.m., police headquarters Citizen assist: A resident brought 999 bullets to the police department for disposal.

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So crazy, it just may work When life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

When life gives you a pandemic, start a theater troupe. That’s how Dingbat Theatre Project was born.

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ingbat. When Archie Bunker says it, it’s an insult. If a typesetter says it, it means a font with a bunch of wacky shapes. When the cohorts of Dingbat Theatre Project say it, they’re talking about getting seriously silly.

The troupe is the brainchild of Luke McFatrich, an improv teacher and fundraiser at Venice Theatre. He founded the company in late 2020 during the shadow of the pandemic. It seems counterintuitive, if not crazy. What was he thinking?

“The pandemic was lasting longer than most of us originally expected,” he said. “I’d made a mental note to launch a fun theater project if COVID was still lingering by late fall. It was, so I did.”

COVID-19 was the context; talent was the fuel. McFatrich didn’t want to put on a oneman show. He reached out to Brian Finnerty, a multitalented director and choreographer who seemed like an ideal collaborator. McFatrich had worked with him before, and they shared the same skewed worldview.

The project was rolling.

“We got together and got to work creating our own shows,” McFatrich said. “As luck would have it, Brian and his friends

‘HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH’ When: Aug. 27 to Sept. 11.

Where: The Bazaar on Apricot & Lime, 821 Apricot Ave., Sarasota Info: Visit DingbatTheatre. org, or email DingbatTheatreProject@gmail.com.

had just produced a Halloween cabaret at the Bazaar on Apricot & Lime. We had a venue before we had a name.”

The elements were coming together.

“We had an outdoor stage, we had the talent, and there were only two other live theater productions in town at the Asolo and The Players Centre,” he said. “Those shows weren’t aimed at younger people with families, so Brian and I created a show that hit the sweet spot for them. They loved us, and it all came together.”

The project started as a nameless duo, just McFatrich and Finnerty doing 21st century, punk-rock, post-modern vaudeville at the bazaar’s outdoor stage. By the second performance, McFatrich’s brainchild had a name: Dingbat Theatre Project. The troupe had

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now quadrupled. The company staged its first production May 7: an eight-person, theater-ina-trunk “Shrek: The Musical.”

“We had next to nothing to work with,” McFatrich said.

“We had to get very, very creative to pull it off.”

The company’s actors all played multiple roles. When the company ran out of actors, it pulled out the puppets.

“Not articulated or sophisticated,” McFatrich said. “These were more like toys and stuffed dolls.”

The low-tech puppet cast included Gingy the Gingerbread Man, a cardboard cutout with candy taped to it; Humpty Dumpty, a volleyball with googly eyes; an “Elf on the Shelf”; and three stuffed panda dolls filled in for the bears who bothered Goldilocks.

Sound and lighting? The Players Centre for Performing Arts loaned out its equipment, along with the people who knew how to use it: lighting designer Matt Neywer and sound designer Joshua Linderman.

Stage manager? Lisa Million

stepped up — on loan from Venice Theatre.

Costumes? David Walker and McFatrich’s mother.

Sets? Tim Wisgerhof made the scene. He’s Venice Theatre’s resident scenic designer and an expert at creating beautiful somethings out of nothing.

“Tim built us this huge, wooden, foldable backdrop in a day,” McFatrich recalls. “He went to Lowe’s at 6 a.m. and bought the lumber. He carved it with a circular saw while the paint was still wet. I didn’t see him do it, but he somehow magically finished it by 6 p.m. — just in time for our first rehearsal.”

Everything looked great. But not slick. The production was deliberately low-tech.

“We were going for a funky, garage-sale look,” McFatrich said. “‘Shrek’ is such a deeply silly musical, and a whimsical approach works perfectly.”

The whimsy worked, thanks to collaborative creativity from across our area’s theater community. As McFatrich relates the story, it’s reminiscent of an old children’s book — “Stone

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“Theater at its best is a collaborative art form,” McFatrich said. “That’s what happened with ‘Shrek.’ We staged our first musical thanks to some of the best artists in the area. We got by with a little help from our friends.”

McFatrich adds that Dingbat Theatre Project isn’t planning on duplicating the efforts of its friends across the theater community.

“We’re not the Urbanite, we’re not The Players, we’re not the Asolo,” he said. “We call ourselves ‘the quirky contemporary theater on the Suncoast’ because that’s who we are — ‘contemporary’ and ‘edgy’ doesn’t really fit us. We like to look at shows and figure out new and surprising ways to do them.

“We’re actor-driven, and our rehearsals are very collaborative on a creative level. Nobody’s passive. Everyone participates in shaping the show. From an actor’s standpoint, it really pushes your craft. It’s also really, really fun.”

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million. Moore said Mote will soon make an updated announcement on its fundraising.

“By the end of this year, we’ll have phase one done. And in the meantime, we’re raising the money for the actual building to go up, … so over the next two years, we’ll collect the money, and we’ll build the building because it’s about a two-year build,” Moore said.

Central to Mote SEA will be STEM education, which Moore said has always been a focus.

“We have, I think 14 or 15 Title I schools between the two Sarasota and Manatee counties, but these are not just day trips. This is STEM curriculum that we’re working with … curriculum advisers to put together course content where the kids can come and be there,” Moore said. “It’s delivering a curriculum that’s going to help the schools because they don’t have the resources. Having more exposure to STEM is important, as we all know, for kids.”

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The four-story aquarium, to be called Mote Science Education Aquarium, is in phase one of construction at Nathan Benderson Park in Sarasota.

“Our current aquarium, which I would say is nice and quaint, suits us nicely, and it’s great to see all the families that come and participate,” Moore said. “But we found that City Island is a great place to be doing research for scientists, but it’s not a great place to come see the aquarium because we all know how season is.”

Members of Kiwanis, a club that focuses on fundraising and helping kids, were fascinated by Moore’s presentation. As a special adviser, he is in charge of fundraising, including naming rights to the building. It will be a 10-year contract for whoever gets the rights and will bring in $20 million to the $130 million campaign. For now, with private funds and promises of $20 million and $5 million from Sarasota and Manatee Counties, respectively, the campaign has surpassed $75

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YOUR NEIGHBORS SHOPPING TIPS Dads are notoriously hard to shop for, so instead of trying to reinvent the wheel, take a gander at this list, and find a gift for a dad in your life.

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“I think in today’s world, as in any time, a good dad gives his kids unconditional love and support regardless of sexual orientation, political beliefs, substance issues, et al., while making every effort to impart family values of fairness, charity, integrity and responsibility.

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“I hope my four sons will see me as I remember my own father. He emphasized the positive over the negative. He celebrated what was accomplished instead of bemoaning what didn’t get done. His goal was to solve problems instead of assigning blame.”

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“We are reminded of how unpredictable the world can be.

Searching for a constant, good fathers impart on their sons and daughters the enduring generational values that remain the anchor of civil society: honesty, integrity, love and kindness. Those values describe my own father, and hopefully, my son can say the same about me.”

— Isaac Azerad, shown with his son, Maury, and grandson, Gabriel

OUTDOORSY DAD Help him keep cool with a towel that drops the temperature immediately when it gets wet and stays cool for hours. You can find this at the Longboat Key Public Tennis Center’s pro shop (590 Bay Isles Road). If he wants to keep his drinks cold while out and about, get him a Yeti Rambler from Ultra-Yacht (522 Cedar St.).

SPORTY DAD Chances are, he could always use some more golf balls or tennis balls. For the former, stop at the Longboat Key Club’s pro shops (220 Sands Point Road), and for the latter, head to the Longboat Key Public Tennis Center’s shop or Publix.

HUNGRY DAD Give him options with a cookbook from Driftwood Beach Home and Garden (6838 Gulf of Mexico Drive), such as “The Taco Tuesday Cookbook,” which offers a year’s worth of Taco Tuesday recipes.

SOON-TO-BE RELAXED DAD Pick up his favorite drink from LBK Liquors (6854 Gulf of Mexico Drive), which has nearly every type of whiskey under the sun, plenty of beer and various accoutrements to keep it cool.

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t. Armands Circle was bustling with artists, crafters and happy shoppers June 12 and 13 during the 20th annual St. Armands Circle Craft Festival.

“Look at the turnout, and it’s June,” photographer Mary Lou Johnson said. “People are out, and they’re buying.”

Other artists and crafters enjoyed similar business booms.

There were more than 150 vendors at the festival over the weekend, and visitors to the area flocked to the tents.

Artists were keeping an eye on dwindling stock at the end of June 12, hoping to have enough to carry them through the next day.

St. Armands Circle holds another art show in the winter, though that one has more of a focus on fine arts.

Here, there were useful and beautiful crafts, a flower stand, a few booths with artisan foods and even a custom leather-working booth.

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Above: Dave Wennick shows off his solar-powered beach table.

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Dr. Shutello graduated from Carteret High School in 1954 then spent the next 8 years at Georgetown University earning his B.S in 1958 and his M.D. from Georgetown Medical School in 1962. During that time he met his beloved wife, Patricia, to whom he had been married for over 60 years and they had three children, Michael, Mark, and Kathleen. He was an extremely proud and involved “Papa” to his grandchildren, Austin, Kendall, Matthew and Dylan. They were his greatest joys and he loved watching their games, celebrating their achievements and instilling in them the value of hard work and high moral standards. His family was always the center of his life.

Dr. Shutello practiced orthopaedic surgery for over 40 years and was the Chairman of the Orthopaedic Division of Surgery in his hospital. Georgetown taught him ethics that he incorporated into his personal and professional life: “humani corporus”and “cura personalis”, meaning “Always treat and care for the whole person”. His superb human instincts were greatly appreciated by his professional colleagues and patients and he was extremely

His superb human instincts were greatly appreciated by his professional colleagues and patients and he was extremely charitable throughout his career in helping others in medical need. charitable throughout his career in helping others in medical need. He particularly enjoyed providing care and advice for those in his Bayport community.

Dr. Shutello was extremely proud of his military service in the United States Air Force, which he served for 10 years as a Captain. He served 2 years of active duty during the Vietnam War and another 8 years in the United States Air Force Reserve, retiring from duty in 1971.

Dr. Shutello has lived in Carteret, N.J, Colonia, N.J., Chadwick Island, N.J., and Longboat Key, FL, where he had enjoyed fishing, giving educational lectures and spending time with family and friends for

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Donald J. Shutello, M.D. died peacefully on Friday, June 4, 2021 at the age of 84 at his home on Longboat Key, FL. He was born on December 28, 1936 to Michael and Sophie, who were first generation Americans immigrating from Czechoslovakia and Poland.

40 years before it became his permanent residence upon his retirement in 2005.

Dr. Shutello is survived by his wife Patricia, his children, Michael, Mark (Alix), and Kathleen (Thomas), his grandchildren, Austin, Kendall, Matthew, and Dylan and his sister, Jeanne Koletic. He is also survived by his sister in-law Mary Roy (Louis),brother in-law Bernie Gallagher (Deb), and nephews, Thomas, Stephen, and David DiGiacomo, and Victor, David, and Joseph Roy, and Jason Gallagher. He was preceded in death by his parents, Michael and Sophie Shutello and his nephew, Patrick Gallagher.

A funeral service will be held at a later date at St. Mary Star of the Sea Church on Longboat Key, FL and his remains will be laid to rest in their memorial garden overlooking Sarasota Bay. Additionally, there will be a Celebration of Life held in NJ in the future.

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A closer look at the feathered friends with which we share Longboat.

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Gallinule feet aren’t webbed like ducks, but they still swim quite well. And those long yellow toes come in handy for grabbing tall reeds, which allows them to climb and move about like acrobats above the water. As their toes distribute their weight like snowshoes, they can lightly walk across soft mud and gracefully traverse lily pads and other floating marsh vegetation.

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Co-owners of Aqua Plumbing & Air employed - and now - work alongside their sons

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“Whether it is how to throw a ball, ride a bike, shave, or tie a tie, the lessons fathers teach last a lifetime. Because of this, fathers and sons seem like the ultimate pairing for business, especially when they hand down the trades and skills they learned from their fathers,” said Jacobson. “The skilled trades industry is essential, and the importance of this industry is often overlooked. From roads to schools and hospitals, the air we breath and the modern technologies we enjoy,

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ST. ARMANDS CIRCLE FAMILY DAY From 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., every final Sunday of the month through September is Family Day. There will be educational activities for kids all around the Circle.

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The Paradise Center is a non-profit organization dedicated to enhancing the quality of life on Longboat Key by promoting accessible healthcare and providing year-round lifestyle enrichment programs.

MAHJONG From 1-3 p.m. at The Paradise Center, 546 Bay Isles Road. Beginning or intermediate players.

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ROTARY CLUB Meets at 5 p.m. virtually on Zoom, every first and third Tuesday.

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SKI-A-REES WATER SKI SHOW At 2 p.m. June 13 at 1602 Ken Thompson Parkway, stop by for a free water ski show. Call 388-1666 or visit SkiARees.com for information.

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

Topics will include U.S. and world current affairs, popular culture and topics relevant to seniors.

Cost is $10. Walk-ins welcome.

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

ZUMBA AND MAT PILATES FOR SENIORS From 10-11 a.m. at The Paradise Center, 546 Bay Isles Road. The class, designed for active seniors, starts with Zumba and shifts to all-level mat Pilates at 10:30 a.m. Come for 30 minutes or the full hour. Cost is $10. Walk-ins welcome. Call 383-6493.

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YOGA AND MEDITATION From 10-11 a.m. at The Paradise Center, 546 Bay Isles Road. Cost is $10 for nonmembers, free for members. Walk-ins welcome. For information, call 383-6493.

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Gulf of Mexico Drive home sells for more than $10 million BIRD KEY

COUNTRY CLUB SHORES

Joann Abbott and Helen Seiple, of Longboat Key, sold their home at 643 Owl Way to Patrick Kelly, of New Albany, Ohio, for $1.6 million. Built in 1968, it has three bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 1,942 square feet of living area. It sold for $825,000 in 2017.

EMERALD POINTE NORTH

Minh Van Bui and Kieu Thi My Nguyen, of Sarasota, sold their home at 121 Seagull Lane to Robert and Marlen Connelly, of Sarasota, for $3.1 million. Built in 2020, it has four bedrooms, four baths, a pool and 4,496 square feet of living area.

JOHN RINGLING ESTATES

Keyser Properties LLC sold the home at 373 S. Washington Drive to South Washington SRQ LLC for $2.78 million. Built in 1951, it has four bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 2,665 square feet of living area. It sold for $2.35 million in April.

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James and April Heddens, of Sarasota, sold their Unit PH-1 condominium at 455 Longboat Club Road to 455 Longboat Key LLC for $2.6 million. Built in 1990, it has three bedrooms, three-and-a-half baths and 2,780 square feet of living area. It sold for $1.3 million in 2015.

Jose and Catherine Pizarro, of Longboat Key, sold their home at 571 Ranger Lane to Poly-Pro II Inc. for $1.7 million. Built in 1969, it has three bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 2,489 square feet of living area. It sold for $1.05 million in 2006.

Kenneth and Kerry Gorman, of Longboat Key, sold their Unit 6 condominium at 2063 Harbor Links Drive to Laurie Campisano, trustee, of Wayne, New Jersey, for $1.56 million. Built in 2000, it has three bedrooms, three-and-a-half baths, a pool and 3,056 square feet of living area. It sold for $925,000 in 2012.

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Terry Fiscus, trustee, and Linda Marie Fiscus, of Bloomfield Township, Michigan, sold the Unit 604 condominium at 1135 Gulf of Mexico Drive to William Dan Tarpley and Leann Vanschoyck, of Longboat Key, for $1.55 million. Built in 1980, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,503 square feet of living area. It sold for $800,000 in 2009.

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GRAND BAY

Alan Jay Parnigoni and Deborah Jane Parnigoni, trustees, of Glover, Vermont, sold the Unit 154 condominium at 3060 Grand Bay Blvd. to Christopher and Julia Woodward, of Longboat Key, for $1.53 million. Built in 1994, it has three bedrooms, three-and-a-half baths and 2,369 square feet of living area.

It sold for $775,000 in 2018.

LIDO BEACH

2508 Tri Star LLC sold the home at 171 McKinley Drive to 101 7th LLC for $1.2 million. Built in 1951, it has four bedrooms, three baths and 2,193 square feet of living area. It sold for $1 million in April.

BAILEY DOBSON

Benjamin and Linda Moody, of Sarasota, sold their home at 540 Gulf Bay Road to Coady Development LLC for $850,000. Built in 1993, it has three bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 1,880 square feet of living area. It sold for $210,000 in 1999.

THE PROMENADE

Phyllis Steingard, of South Burlington, Vermont, sold the Unit 310 condominium at 1211 Gulf of Mexico Drive to Norton Baron and Patricia Baron, trustees, of Longboat Key, for $850,000.

Built in 1985, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,827 square feet of living area. It sold for $260,000 in 1991.

WESTCHESTER CONDOMINIUM APARTMENTS

Scott Lamar Lorah, of Longboat Key, sold his Unit 105 condominium at 4825 Gulf of Mexico Drive to Paul Webb, trustee, of Fort

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Built in 1970, it has two bedrooms, one bath and 1,393 square feet of living area.

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

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Stephen Vaughn Smith and Linda Bollenbach-Smith, of Huntingdon Valley, Pennsylvania, sold their Unit 408 condominium at 2721 Gulf of Mexico Drive to Maureen Kay Neiman, of Roslyn, New York, for $812,000. Built in 1970, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 884 square feet of living area.

L O N G B OAT K E Y ADDRESS 3425 Mistletoe Lane

PERMIT APPLICANT Interior alterations Kenneth B. Sternard

AMOUNT $154,702

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Interior alterations Stephen Klein Revocable $136,000

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Interior alterations James R. Tillman Living $80,000

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Jose Rodrigues, of Mountainside, New Jersey, sold his home at 561 De Naravaez Drive to Jacob Rogers and Edna Rogers-Figueroa, of Riverview, for $770,000. Built in 1974, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 1,426 square feet of living area.

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Janice Rulli, of Longboat Key, sold the Unit B-307 condominium at 3804 Gulf of Mexico Drive to John and Helen Corry, of Wantagh, New York, for $399,000. Built in 1970, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,133 square feet of living area.

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Donald Olsen Jr., trustee, of Sarasota, sold the Unit E-112 condominium at 3808 Gulf of Mexico Drive to Michael and Stephanie Smith, of Cincinnati, for $635,000. Built in 1970, it has two bedrooms, three baths and 2,273 square feet of living area.

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Ryan Ackerman, of Sarasota, and Jaime Shusterman, of Fort Lauderdale, sold their Unit G1-105A condominium at 2089 Gulf of Mexico Drive to Julie Bateman, trustee, of Park City, Utah, for $603,000. Built in 1974, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,257 square feet of living area.

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