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THE SHORE BET: 114 EXTRA SEATS One thing is sure as the new owners of the former Moore’s Stone Crab building seek 299 seats: Town Hall better add extra chairs. PAGE 5 ARTS+CULTURE

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YOUR TOWN OH, BABY! MEET THE NEWEST LONGBOATER KURT SCHULTHEIS SENIOR EDITOR

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Blaze Arthur Raymond Antos was born July 11.

Country Club Shores residents Mark and Lisa Antos added their newest family member July 11.

Blaze Arthur Raymond Antos is the couple’s first child. He was born at 9:39 p.m. at Sarasota Memorial Hospital. He was 6.6 pounds, and 19.25 inches long.

“We hope he keeps his bright blue eyes,” Lisa Antos said.

Longboat Key’s stringent sign code restrictions could be loosened thanks to a U.S. Supreme Court ruling.

“Signs, signs, everywhere a sign.”

Town Attorney Maggie Mooney-Portale says she has that lyric from the 1970 song “Signs” from Five Man Electrical Band stuck in her head as she spends the summer trying to determine how much damage a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling did to a sign ordinance that’s had its share of controversy over the years.

Mooney-Portale notified the Longboat Key Town Commission in a July 16 email that a Supreme Court ruling rendered June 18 requires sign code changes in municipalities throughout the country.

In a decision titled “Reed vs. the Town of Gilbert,” the Supreme Court overturned the sign code of the town of Gilbert, Texas, on

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$23 MILLION COLONY JUDGMENT ATTRACTS FOUR BIDDERS Four companies make a play for a $23 million judgment against unit owners, and the highest bidder is a new player.

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First Amendment grounds, ruling that content-based regulations for signs are unconstitutional.

The decision came after more than 10 years of legal fighting between town officials and a church that sued the town based on free speech rights in regard to directional signs it posted every Sunday alerting parishioners to service times and other information.

“There’s a lot of uncertainty to what the ruling and the opinion rendered means,” Mooney-Portale said. “But what it seems to mean is content-based regulations are unconstitutional.”

For Longboat Key, which has strict regulations on everything from banner signs to the placement of signs, the ruling may

The town won't be able to regulate content on signs like this one that was once at the Centre Shops.

force the town to loosen its rules.

The town and many other communities currently regulate what can be placed on signs like banners and temporary signs. The town currently requires organizations to pay a fee to put up signs for everything from rummage sales to the announcement of the Longboat Key Garden Club’s Home Tour and other Key events.

Although the town can still regulate sizes and even the number of colors allowed on signs, it appears the ruling means the town can no longer regulate or control the content placed on the signs.

“Our sign code will be substantially revised because we have strong regulations regarding content,” said Town Manager Dave Bullock.

For example, Bullock points out that the code states that banner signs can only be used for special events.

“That’s a problem moving forward,” Bullock said. “We can ban banner signs, but we can’t regulate the content of them or what they can be used for.”

It’s not the first time there’s been an issue with the town’s sign code and what some perceive as regulations that are too strict.

In July 2009, the code enforcement department alerted a Longbeach Village family that a sign they placed in the right of way on Broadway to support their granddaughter’s brain injuries titled “Pray for Libby,” violated the sign code. The code limits signage on residential streets to real estate signs only.

And because that sign was

SIGN TROUBLE Over the years, the town’s sign code has been an issue with Longboat Key’s business community.

In May 2009, Blue Dolphin Café was cited for placing a sandwich board sign outside of its shop to highlight the day’s specials.

Sandwich board signs aren’t allowed in the code, and Blue Dolphin owner Rob Ball took offense to the citation because the sign was used every day for five years prior to the violation.

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Town Attorney Maggie Mooney-Portale will spend this summer drafting a memo to outline changes needed to the town’s sign code.

“Everyone is grappling with this. We’ll make substantial revisions to the (sign code) ordinance.”

— Town Manager Dave Bullock

placed in the right of way, it required immediate removal.

But a day after the violation was cited, the department found a loophole in the code that allowed it to stay up for another 24 hours because a banner sign is allowed to be displayed for 24 hours for a celebratory purpose.

And over the years, plaza owners have been cited for banner signs that announced an upcoming fair or other event on their sites. That restriction is also likely to change.

Bullock points out the town’s sign code “is pretty typical of many communities.”

“Everyone is grappling with this,” Bullock said. “We’ll make substantial revisions to the ordinance.”

Mooney-Portale is creating a memo for the Longboat Key Town Commission this summer that commissioners will review in the fall before giving staff direction on sign ordinance changes.

Mooney-Portale will also offer advice this fall on what changes are needed.

And former Whitney Beach Plaza owner Andrew Hlwya was once cited for having too many colors (only three are allowed) on a plaza sign he replaced in 2009.

Realtors have also had issues with when and where they are allowed to place “for sale” and “open house” signs on their listings. In 2011, Realtors were forced to move forsale signs back from the right of way.

The recent court ruling is likely to relax some sign code restrictions.

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BIDDING WARS

The highest bidder for a $23 million judgment is a new player: Bluewater Oceanfront Investments LLC, a Windermere-based corporation formed in July.

Jay Yablon, Colony Beach & Tennis Resort Association President

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“If we do come to own it, we will bury it. If we don’t come to own the judgment, we will fight it.”

– Colony Beach & Tennis Resort Association President Jay Yablon

Chuck Whittall, Unicorp National Development president

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The Colony Beach & Tennis Resort closed in August 2010.

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SKIN IN THE GAME BLUEWATER OCEANFRONT INVESTMENTS LLC $4 MILLION BID

COLONY BEACH & TENNIS RESORT ASSOCIATION $3 MILLION BID

Bluewater Oceanfront Investments, a Windermere-based corporation that was formed July 17 by managing member Robert Russell, is the only new bidder and Colony player for the $23 million judgment.

Russell declined to comment about his plans for the Colony or the judgment.

“This is a very emotional issue for a lot of people and I’ve had several people call me already to talk about my intent,” Russell said. “I’ve been advised by my counsel not to say anything further.”

Russell is also listed as a managing member of Windermere-based Blitz Telecom Services, a company that provides voice origination and conferencing solutions. Russell is also listed as the owner of Orlando companies Origination Services LLC, FMI Golf Orlando LLC, Local Access Holdings LLC, National Access Connect LLC and B.U.D. Holdings Inc. Blitz Origination LLC.

Colony Beach & Tennis Resort Association President Jay Yablon told the Longboat Observer earlier this month the board of directors is ready to control its own destiny by seeking both Maloney’s judgment and through a $600,000 settlement the association has reached with U.S. Bankruptcy Chapter 7 Trustee Douglas Menchise, who controls a recreation lease judgment for $2.5 million.

Yablon, who was unavailable for comment, has said unit owners will vote next month whether to assess themselves an extra $15,000 per unit to help fund the money needed to pay for Maloney’s bid and the rec lease settlement.

The association wants control of the judgment because it doesn’t want a developer to gain access to assess owners for the money over time.

Asked two weeks ago what would happen if the association doesn’t attain the winning bid, Yablon said: “If we do come to own it, we will bury it. If we don’t come to own the judgment, we will fight it.”

UNICORP NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT $3.5 MILLION BID Unicorp National Development President Chuck Whittall jumpstarted Maloney’s auction when he signed a $3.5 million contract offer for the judgment in May. The offer prompted Maloney to ask May to hold an auction for the $23 million judgment for $3.5 million or whoever bids higher and has the best offer.

May granted Maloney’s request in June.

Whittall and Colony Lender LLC were sanctioned in May for seeking more than $5 million in damages for unpaid rent plus interest on a disputed recreational facilities lease. May ruled those actions violated an automatic bankruptcy stay.

If Whittall acquires the judgment, he likely will assess unit owners for the judgment money.

“We’re delighted to be a qualified bidder,” Whittall said.

Asked if he intends to assess unit owners for money if he wins the judgment, Whittall said: “We haven’t decided what we are going to do yet.”

OCEAN PROPERTIES $3.7 MILLION BID Naeco LLC, a New Hampshire-based organization, is controlled by Ocean Properties Vice President Mark Walsh. Although his company is based in Delray Beach, it got its start in the hotel business in New Hampshire.

Walsh did not return phone calls seeking comment for this story.

In April, Walsh told the Longboat Observer that he “would love to be involved in any way I can, and we keep an eye on what’s happening there.

It’s a beautiful property.”

If Ocean Properties acquired the pieces needed to acquire and redevelop the shuttered resort, it would be its third Longboat Key resort. The company also owns the Longboat Key Club and Zota Beachfront Resort that’s under construction.

In December 2014, the company placed the winning bid of $2.45 million for the bankrupt Colony Partnership estate that included the $23 million judgment.

U.S. District Bankruptcy Judge Steven D. Merryday canceled that auction after Colony Lender filed an emergency appeal.

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Four bidders, including Delray Beach-based Ocean Properties Ltd. and Orlando-based Unicorp National Development, are making a play for the coveted $23 million judgment against Colony Beach & Tennis Resort unit owners that U.S. Bankruptcy Trustee William Maloney is seeking to sell.

The following four bids for the judgment were submitted by 4 p.m. Thursday: n Newcomer Bluewater Oceanfront Investments LLC, a new Windermere-based corporation that was formed July 17 by registered agent Robert Butler, submitted a $4 million bid with a $400,000 deposit. n The Colony Beach & Tennis Resort Association submitted a $3 million cash bid with a $300,000 deposit; n Unicorp submitted a $3.5 million bid with a $350,000 deposit. n Naeco LLC, a New Hampshire-based organization controlled by Ocean Properties, submitted a $3.7 million bid with a $370,000 deposit.

All offers except the association’s bid would still allow the winning bidder to assess unit owners for the $23 million judgment they are seeking as part of a redevelopment plan for the resort.

U.S. Bankruptcy Judge. K Rodney May will review the bids 10 a.m. Sept. 8, when he holds an all-day auction for Maloney’s judgment against unit owners and decides who is the winning bidder.

Bid parties will be able to explain to May why their offer should be approved and can raise bids at the auction.

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A 5.33% increase in property values generated an additional $504,051 in revenue at the current millage rate of 2.1763 mills.

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Longboat Key Town Manager Dave Bullock proposes using $389,675 of general fund balance in fiscal year 2015-16 to keep the millage rate flat.

The recommended budget calls for a general fund of $16,324,777, an increase of 8.4%, or $1,265,511 over the previous year’s general fund budget of $15,058,716.

Total proposed budgeted expenditures, excluding capital outlay, are $15,600,438, an increase of $761,722, or 5.13% more than fiscal year 2014-15.

The increase in spending is attributed to one-time costs associated with the pending retirement of seven firefighter/ paramedics in 2016 and the cost of hiring replacements three months ahead of schedule for training purposes, which will cost the town $200,526. Other spending hikes include increases in pension contributions ($199,042) and contractual wage and merit-

based wage increases ($214,800).

Bullock said even with the use of general fund money to balance the budget, the town will maintain 92 days of fund balance.

A 5.33% increase in property values generated an additional $504,051 in additional ad valorem revenue at the current millage rate of 2.1763 mills.

The budget also includes $1.1 million for Bayfront Park renovations; $500,000 to study and plan canal-dredging; more than $23 million worth of beach projects; and the $300,000 replacement of a Town Hall computer system.

The Longboat Key Town Commission will approve the budget on second reading at a special meeting 5:01 p.m. Sept. 28.

The budget, Bullock said, “provides the town the resources it needs to accomplish some major projects over the next fiscal year.”

Employee wages make up 40.2% of the total budget, with pension contributions and related expenses making up an additional 24.5% of the budget.

TOTAL PROPOSED MILLAGE RATES

Operating Debt service District millage millage District A 2.1763 0.0576 District B 2.1763 0.0576

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Owners of the former Moore’s Stone Crab Restaurant seek to build a new restaurant that’s similar to The Shore Diner on St. Armands Circle.

Owners seek to Shore up 114 additional seats A 299-seat restaurant would function as a 185-seat restaurant, according to the owner’s agent. The math doesn’t add up for Village residents.

Two-hundred-and-ninety-nine seats.

That’s what restaurant owners Mark Caragiulo and Tom Leonard are seeking for a new Longbeach Village restaurant at the former Moore’s Stone Crab Restaurant, which they purchased for $3.2 million last month. The restaurant will be similar to their Shore Diner on St. Armands Circle.

That’s 114 more seats than the 185 seats currently approved.

They are seeking the extra seats as part of a plan “for a banquet suite for private parties located on the second floor,” according to a July 28 site plan application.

Sarasota land-use agent Peter Dailey said Village residents shouldn’t focus on the number 299.

“It’s still a 185-seat restaurant,” Dailey said. “The extra seats on the second floor will only be used maybe one weekend a month or once a week when a special event is booked.”

Caragiulo and Leonard seek both a parking waiver and parking flexibility to accommodate nearly 300 seats as part of a new two-story restaurant. The site currently has 75 parking spaces.

Asked what she thought about the application July 31 regarding the number of seats being sought, Planning, Zoning and Building Director Alaina Ray said, “I was

shocked.”

Testimony at public meetings last summer and even this year regarding a request to change the restaurant's zoning from residential to commercial — which was approved — included comments from former Moore’s co-owner Alan Moore and Dailey, stating that the new owners didn’t have plans to increase the number of seats in the restaurant.

Included as part of the site plan and special exception applications are the minutes from a Nov. 17, 2014 neighborhood workshop that members of Longbeach Village attended at Moore’s to hear about future plans.

Notes from that meeting state: “Mr. Moore and Mr. Dailey stat-

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have the nerve to submit something that would so drastically alter our way of life.”

A Development Review Committee meeting will be scheduled for the applicants and planning staff at the end of the month to review the applications.

A Planning and Zoning Board hearing on the application could be scheduled for October if the application is deemed complete.

Resident Michael Drake said the Village “better bond together real quickly” in the fall.

“They better rent out a bigger room to accommodate all of us for our public comments because Villagers will go ballistic,” Drake said.

THE NEXT DESTINATION? Shore restaurant owner Tom Leonard hopes residents can focus on what his new restaurant at 800 Broadway will bring to the island and not its number of seats.

“It will have a woody, surf watch, Old Florida feel to it while keeping traditions like stone crabs,” Leonard said.

“It will have an upscale feel in a place where you are welcome to wear shorts and flip flops.”

Leonard said the restaurant will highlight the attributes of the Key while also being a good neighbor.

“We want to do something spectacular and electrify the west coast of Florida and draw more locals as well as people from Tampa to Naples,” Leonard said.

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ed the restaurant will stay at 185 seats, which is the current permitted seating and that renovations will stay within the footprint of the current building.”

Dailey said the restaurant will mostly continue to operate at 185 seats.

“The restaurant is in bad shape,” Dailey said. “The only way to fix it is to tear it down and rebuild it, and that’s why we can’t keep the current footprint.”

Leonard told the Longboat Observer the extra seats are needed to accommodate a meeting/ event crowd he can’t host on St. Armands.

“We have to call these seats according to the town code, but they're not really additional seats,” Leonard said. “We have to include them to get the special event traffic our customers want.

We might only use the space 50 days out of the year for private events.”

“We have enough parking on site to meet the 299-seat parking requirement,” Leonard said.

“We’re sensitive to the residents that live there and will use valet and other methods to take care of any issues.”

Village residents who were informed of the application Tuesday, though, were surprised to hear about the plans.

“It’s absurd, and it’s alarming,” said Lands End resident and District 5 Commissioner Pat Zunz.

“I’m confident planning staff will work through this application with the applicants. They better straighten up and fly right because that won’t be approved here.”

“Oh my God,” said Village resident Kip O’Neill. “It’s unfeasible for the Village. It’s not only shocking but appalling people

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Longboat resident helps revive Cuban relations KRISTEN HERHOLD STAFF WRITER

After 54 years, Cuba reopened its embassy in Washington, D.C., July 20 — and one Longboat man was there to witness it.

Jorge Fernandez, a native of Cuba, moved to the U.S. at the age of 8 in the mid-1960s during the Cuban revolution. He first returned to Cuba in 1998, when he was offered the chance to visit with Pope John Paul II. That same year, Fernandez founded the Americans for Humanitarian Trade with Cuba, which focuses on restoring the trade and sales of U.S. medical and food supplies with Cuba.

Fernandez has since worked with prominent worldwide leaders to try to re-establish CubanU.S. relations. President Obama’s Dec. 17 announcement that he would work to restore diplomatic relationships between the countries was decades in the making for Fernandez.

“The floodgates of engagement have been open,” Fernandez said.

“Discussions between the two countries have been opened right away. Actions speak louder than words, and the actions taken are already great.”

Cuban ambassador Jose Cabanas invited Fernandez to attend the opening of the Cuban embassy.

“It was truly a very joyful occasion for me personally,” Fernandez said. “It was very moving to see the restoring of diplomatic relations of the countries after 54 years. It was a very, very happy moment for us, and the crowd was very positive.”

The U.S. will open its embassy in Cuba in August, and Secretary of State John Kerry will be there to witness it.

“Cuba getting off the terrorism list was a very big thing, but reestablishing the embassies was No. 2,” Fernandez said. “It’s two major steps forward that demonstrate to the world that we’re serious about engagement with our neighbor.”

Although much progress has been made with restoring the country’s relations with Cuba,

“It’s all about fostering good will and engagement.

The more people who can see this for themselves, the more the word will spread.”

– Jorge Fernandez

Fernandez said there are still many more steps that need to be taken.

“We need to work on opening up more traveling for Americans, and we need to end this trade embargo that is still in place,” Fernandez said. “We need to have no restrictions like we have with most of the rest of the world.”

Since his first visit in 1998, Fernandez has returned to Cuba 17 times and has brought more than 800 Americans with him, including President Jimmy Carter and the Philadelphia Boys Choir.

“I’ve taken children, adults, Courtesy photos professors and politicians to Cuba,” Fernandez said. “When Jorge Fernandez in front of the reestablished Cuban embassy in I take Americans, they see how Washington, D.C. on July 20. nice and warm the Cubans are.

They fall in love with Cuba and the Cubans and wonder why to end the trade embargo with with Cuba, and only 24% oppose. we’ve had this wall.”

Cuba.

“It’s what Americans want,” Fernandez serves as the CEO, Fernandez will take 50 Ameri- Fernandez said. “I think more and managing partner and major cans to Cuba in September to more we’ll see Congress coming shareholder of Havana Ferry witness Pope Francis’ visit to the around saying, ‘It’s time.’”

Partners, which has the goal of country. This will be the third Fernandez knows the embargo becoming the principal ferry pope Fernandez will visit with in will eventually end, but, for now, transportation between Florida Cuba, including Pope John Paul II he’s pleased with the progress the and Cuba. Headquartered on and Pope Benedict XVI. countries have made.

Longboat Key, Fernandez plans “It’s all about fostering good “It’s a beautiful thing when two for the company to take its first will and engagement,” Fernandez neighbors can work together to groups of Americans to Cuba by said. “The more people who can make the world better,” Fernanthe end of the year. The ferries see this for themselves, the more dez said. “I’m personally thrilled will leave from Port Manatee or the word will spread.” and proud to be part of the growKey West.

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Longboat Pass Bridge, which was built in 1957, will have a study performed in 2020 to look at replacement options for the aging structure.

Town, FDOT spar over bridge construction costs The town denies that its contractor, TB Landmark Construction Inc., damaged the foundation of the Longboat Pass Bridge during an October 2014 project.

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A Florida Department of Transportation project that spanned 10 months on the Longboat Pass Bridge is almost complete. But what isn’t finished is a pending legal dispute in which FDOT seeks $1.5 million from the Town of Longboat Key. That’s the amount of the cost overrun for the project after FDOT discovered damage to

the bridge.

“Litigation has not been filed but it is considered anticipated litigation,” said Town Attorney Maggie Mooney-Portale.

In October 2014, TB Landmark Construction Inc. was in the middle of a $1.8 million town project to install a new 16-inch water main and line under Sarasota Bay to Coquina Beach on Anna Maria Island. Using a directional bore, the company installed

a new water line on the floor of Sarasota Bay that will be used to funnel Manatee County drinking water to the island if and when the Longboat Pass Bridge is replaced.

On Oct. 24, 2014, the bridge tender noticed the structure’s bascule, which allows the bridge to open and close, was stuck in the down position.

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el wrote that FDOT believes severe damage to a bridge piling pier, which holds the bridge up, was caused by the TB Landmark Construction crew.

“While drilling and performing the directional bore, TB Landmark pressurized the subsurface soils and destabilized...the soils that support the bridge,” the letter states. “As a result, on Oct. 24, 2014, the bridge experienced significant settlement, which caused substantial damage to the bridge.”

James Jacobson, FDOT chief bridge engineer, said damage to the bridge was severe.

“Survey measurements showed the pier shifted, leaned slightly and cracked the outside concrete pier surface,” Jacobson said. “Anchor bolts holding up the bridge span were noticeably pulled out of place.”

But the town denies that it’s responsible for the damages.

“It’s FDOT’s assertion the work a contractor we hired to do work nearby somehow affected the foundation of the existing bridge,” said Public Works Director Juan Florensa, who said the town also hired forensic engineers to inspect the structural integrity of the bridge after the damage was reported. “The town emphatically rejects that claim.”

Florensa said that work the contractor was performing in October 2014 was 75 feet east of the bridge and 35 feet below the surface of Sarasota Bay. The town has received a defense of the bridge claim from its insurer, and the law firm of Fort Myersbased Henderson Franklin is representing the town’s insurance claim.

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BRIDGE HAPPENINGS Florida Department of Transportation Chief Bridge Engineer James Jacobson said the agency will perform a study of the Longboat Pass Bridge, which was built in 1957, in 2020 to look at replacement options for the aging structure.

“We will hold public meetings that show Longboat Pass Bridge options that include doing nothing, rehabilitating the bridge or replacing it with different replacement options,” Jacobson said.

There are no plans for a New Pass Bridge replacement because it’s a newer structure.

Residents of St. Armands and Longboat keys, though, will deal with more bridge construction maintenance projects next summer.

Jacobson said New Pass Bridge will undergo an “average-sized repair project” next summer that won’t require lane closures.

Little Ringling Bridge, an older fixed-span bridge connecting St. Armands and Bird keys, will also deal with bridge maintenance construction next summer. The deck of Little Ringling Bridge is deteriorating, and there will be lane closures in the westbound direction during repairs.

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MERITOCRACY AT TOWN HALL Longboat Key Town Manager David Bullock is implementing a private-sector, pay-for-performance system at Town Hall. He’s proving once again he’s not your ordinary government guy.

It was extraordinary news. And it made the front page — at least it did in the Longboat Observer, as it should have. We only can imagine the kind of national “play” it would have received had the same news been announced by the mayors or city managers of, say, New York City, Boston or Washington, D.C. Or, for that matter, by Florida Gov. Rick Scott or the cabinet

ment and persistence for Bullock to transform Town Hall’s culture to one focused on achieving objectives and measuring performance. But if he sticks with it, Bullock will have proven what so many government officials and politicians deny is possible: that you can run government like a business.

We hope he succeeds. At the very least, Bullock deserves credit for trying. David Bullock is demonstrating once again he is not your everyday, stereotypical government bureaucrat.

PRIVATE SECTOR SHOULD BUILD IT Town Manager David Bullock

members of the 15 executive departments of the federal government.

It would have rocked the national media (at least the political media, not the dumbed-down celebrity sycophants).

Major kudos to Longboat Key Town Manager David Bullock. In a move that disrupts entrenched government thinking, Bullock has adopted a merit-based, incentive-based pay plan for the town’s general employees.

Rather than gift everyone the standard, socialistic, governmentstyle, one-size-fits-all, equal raise for every employee regardless of his contribution, Bullock has adopted the private-sector approach of pay for performance.

We cheered his comment to Senior Editor Kurt Schultheis: “I’m a firm believer in giving raises to those employees who stand out and not just to those who show up for work each day to collect a paycheck.”

The sweet sound of a meritocracy and capitalist at heart.

That is the way it should be at every level of government. Incentives.

Objectives to achieve. Accountability. Every private-sector employer knows that crafting compensation plans customized to affect individual employees’ behavior will raise the organization’s overall level of performance. That same approach also is often applied to teams within an organization — rewarding team performance as well as individual performance.

The positive effects of this approach are palpable and tangible. They create an energized culture that flows from within the organization to the outside.

Motivated, upbeat employees in turn translate their enthusiasm to the way they interact with customers. Everybody wins.

To be sure, it will take commit-

It’s back. The call for a downtown Sarasota conference center.

Here we go again.

You would be hard pressed to disagree with the idea that Sarasota would make a great place for out-oftown business groups and associations to have their annual conferences. We have it all here — weather, physical beauty, beaches, restaurants, cultural events and, to an increasing extent, shopping.

And we know: It’s not exaggerating to say people who come here for the first time from out of town become smitten with the Sarasota area. To be sure, Sarasota would be a great place for a conference center. And having a downtown conference center that hosts out-of-town guests year-round would be great for the local economy.

That kind of tourism is a wonderful export. We sell our goods and services to outsiders, and they bring in new dollars to the community, boosting the wealth of the local economy.

What’s more, one of the great things is, like snowbirds, conference center attendees go back home.

Long-time Sarasota businessman/ entrepreneur Charles Githler has been making these arguments for more than 20 years. As noted recently in a Sarasota Observer report, Githler is at it again — trying with his senior vice president at Githler Development, Andy Dorr, to rally public and political support for a tax-revenue-subsidized conference center.

Not a convention center, mind you.

A conference center, a smaller venue.

Apparently, Sarasota County commissioners are warming up to the idea. As the Sarasota Observer reported, county Commissioners Carolyn Mason, Paul Caragiulo and Alan Maio have expressed support for such a venue.

Great idea. Sure. But what about the funding?

Githler, Dorr and former county Commissioner Joe Barbetta spoke of a partnership of a private developer

and conference center taxing authority that would issue, say, $10 million to $20 million in bonds, which would be repaid from the county’s touristtax revenues. Dorr estimated such a center might require, say, $500,000 to $1 million a year in public funding for operations.

Dorr told the Sarasota Observer a conference center with 80 meetings a year could generate $60 million a year in economic impact.

It’s sounds appealing and tempting.

But the story hasn’t changed.

Economic textbooks and think-tank studies are full of data and narratives showing public-funded sports stadia, convention centers, aquaria, highspeed rail systems and conference centers never live up to their economic predictions and expectations.

To be blunt, if a downtown conference center is such a profitable idea, then why aren’t Githler and Dorr developing one themselves? Why aren’t hotel, resort and meeting operators pooling their private investment capital to build and operate a private conference center?

One of the ironies is that Githler pretty much falls into the category of a laissez-faire, free-market economics libertarian. But on this subject, that of a conference center, he has had an Achilles heel. Sorry, Charlie, we can’t help but think of the late Milton Friedman’s great book, “Free to Choose” in this instance. In it, Friedman notes that one of the peculiarities of many titans of American business has always been this: When it comes to seeking government subsidies, business is almost always the first in line.

For years, we have lamented the no-growth, anti-business policies of the Sarasota City Commission and, to a lesser extent, the Sarasota County Commission. Their land-use and regulatory regimes make it difficult for business and economic development. What’s more, Sarasota taxpayers have made it known over the years they don’t cotton much to the idea of subsidizing the tourism industry.

Sure, conference-center proponents can make the argument that local taxpayers would not be subsidizing a conference center; bond repayment would come from tourists paying the bed tax. But even that is a thin argument. Steve Forbes of Forbes magazine, and a friend of Githler, often notes raising prices on any good or service virtually guarantees less demand. Raising tourist-taxes — an inevitable step to cover increased spending demands from a conference center, beach maintenance and tourism promotion — would result in less tourism spending than might otherwise occur. Tax rates matter.

We would cheer the addition of more conference space in Sarasota.

It’s needed, and there is demand for it. But we would cheer louder if it came from the private sector.

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R.B. “CHIPS” SHORE Manatee County Clerk of Courts 1977-2015

R.B. “Chips” Shore, the Manatee County Clerk of Courts for the past 38 years, died unexpectedly last week. He was 74.

Probably unbeknown to most Manatee residents, Shore was a living legend in his field — nationally and statewide.

Shore pioneered giving the public access to public records online. He was the first in Florida to do so. He was among the first in the country to establish electronic court records.

And whenever there were any advancements in the field of court clerks, Shore was at the

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While Shore was a visionary in his field, Shore’s best attribute by far was his integrity. It would be difficult to find a more honest, trustworthy public servant than R.B. “Chips” Shore.

Nicknamed “Chips” because of his squirrel-like cheeks when he was a baby, Shore was the antithesis of a slick, ego-centric politician. He was one of the few elected officials over the past four decades whom voters happily re-elected because of his humility, integrity, likability and competence.

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Firehouse happenings Longboat Key Fire Rescue Chief Paul Dezzi discusses issues that affect his two fire houses with the Longboat Observer.

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SOUTH KEY FIRE STATION:

“An assessment is being done to the building because we have some potential structural issues with it. We hope to hear soon if we can remodel it or need to rebuild it. Ideally, the station needs both male and female bathrooms, showers, locker rooms and bedroom facilities.”

TRAINING:

“In August, all of our firefighter/paramedics need to go through CPR and advanced cardiac life support classes. We go through two days’ worth of classes to get us up to speed on everything from airway control to medication and dosage requirements. Our medical director, Dr. Steven Newman, who just moved to Longboat Key, will oversee the training.

We’re also having employee training for the use of new automatic external defibrillators we’re getting this year in the budget.”

“We’re looking at switching the dispatch service to Sarasota County in January. To save us money, Sarasota County Fire Rescue is giving us their old radios when the switch is made until a new radio system that’s compatible with the radios we already have is in effect in the spring of 2017.”

HIRING:

“We’ve lost one of the six (firefighter/paramedics) that are the leaving the department for retirement. We will post the other five positions in November and have some overlap before those guys retire so we can train the new guys.

The new guys will be hired in February and March. It’s going to be a busy time for us and there will be a lot of training.

And that’s a good thing. New guys bring new technology and thoughts and ideas and there’s nothing wrong with that.”

PROPOSED MEDICAL CENTER FOR THE KEY:

“Residents want to stay on the Key as long as possible and

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would rather not go into town for a medical issue. We witness that all the time. A medical center helps keep people on the island and provide services we don’t currently have.”

CHECKS SWIPED FROM CAR 2:07 p.m. — 5400 block of GMD Fraud: A man walked into the police station to report four checks were missing from his checkbook. He filed a fraud report with his bank because some of the checks were cashed in the amounts of $85 and $55. The man believes a friend he gave a ride to five days earlier took the checks when they were in the backseat of his car.

DISASTER RESPONSE UPDATES:

“The town manager asked me earlier this year to oversee and update the emergency management side of the town. I’ve been working with department heads to update all of the department hurricane response plans. This effort involves working with both Manatee and Sarasota counties. Everybody in the town has a role to play if a storm heads this way, and we have to have every detail in place, including who is responsible for grabbing paper files in offices that we don’t want to lose to a storm. We have both residents and town employees that have hurricane amnesia because it’s been so long since we’ve experienced a storm. We can’t be complacent.”

his home the day before was the culprit. He explained that two girls were using his bathroom to change clothes during the photo shoot. The man provided photos of all the people who were in his home the day before. Police were able to identify a male suspect using the man’s stolen credit card at a convenience store in Bradenton Beach 20 minutes after the photo shoot ended. A warrant was issued for the Lakeland man June 30 for the theft.

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OPEN RESTAURANT 1:09 a.m. — 200 block of GMD Security Check: Police found the southwest door on the second floor of a restaurant unlocked and locked it after making sure there was nothing missing or out of place inside.

CLEARING HER GOOD NAME 4:01 p.m. — 5400 block of GMD Fraud: A woman reported the Internal Revenue Service notified her that her name was flagged for fraud when she filed her tax return. She contacted the credit bureaus and the IRS and needed a police report for documentation.

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om Freiwald, 69, stumbled into Longboat Key Town Hall politics by accident when he proposed his community, Spanish Main Yacht Club, could be a site for a cellular tower in 2010. Five years later, Freiwald is still busy doing town work behind the scenes as part of the Longboat Key Revitalization Task Force.

You’ve lived on Longboat Key since 2004 but didn’t get involved with Longboat Key issues and politics since 2010.

How did that happen?

There was talk of a cell tower at the time, and I told former town manager Bruce St. Denis and former planning director Monica Simpson that Spanish Main Yacht Club already had a tower and wouldn’t mind having a taller one to get better reception for the island. I got the brush off and they said the kinds of things to me you expect people to say if you want someone to just go away. But I’m not a go-away guy.

So I had Dave Brenner over at my house and showed him the tower.

Before I know it, he asked me to be on a citizen Organizational Review Committee of the town’s departments.

Which town department did you oversee in November 2010, and was it in good shape?

I have a background in diesel engines and parts, so they gave me Public Works. I spent two days with (Public Works Director) Juan Florensa. I was and still am impressed with how much the department does with the

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Does the town still need a cellular tower?

No. The good news is technology is so advanced now. We do need a fiber optic backbone installed to light up the whole island and improve service. That’s the better way to go, and it’s a terrific opportunity for the island.

How did the Longboat Key Revitalization Task Force get started?

Former mayor George Spoll started the effort in 2012 when Publix was planning its new store. A lot of people don’t know we had a lot of input with Publix officials. Member and renowned architect Richard Levin was instrumental in convincing Publix to scale back designs to the building that would have made it stand out. We convinced them to let the detailed landscaping around the building be the focal point of the store.

What’s the latest project the task force is working on?

Traffic. There are 22 traffic

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Longboat Key Revitalization Task Force Vice Chair Tom Freiwald said the key to welcoming new visitors and residents to Longboat Key is continually updating the island’s infrastructure.

constraints from Longboat Pass Bridge to 119th Street West in Cortez. There are simple fixes we think will make an immediate impact that we will present at the appropriate time.

What does the Key need more than anything else right now?

A revitalized north end of the Key. In a north end study the

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John Anderson, 89, formerly of Longboat Key, died July 30.

George Rosskam, 92, of Sarasota and formerly of Longboat Key, died July 24.

Mr. Anderson managed the Holiday Inn on Longboat Key from 1974 until his retirement in 1990.

Born Nov. 12, 1925, in Memphis, Tenn, Mr. Anderson grew up in Holly Springs, Miss. He graduated from Holly Springs High School and attended Mississippi State University after serving in World War II as a radioman in the U.S. Navy aboard the battleship USS New Mexico.

Mr. Anderson had a long and successful career in the hotel industry, first owning and managing the Corinth Motel in Corinth, Miss. He then served in several managerial positions with the Brock Hotel Corp., including regional manager and general manager of the Holiday Inn Midtown in Bowling Green, Ky., and the Holiday Inn Longboat Key. Mr. Anderson is survived by his wife of 67 years, Jane Stafford Anderson; daughters, Marjorie Anderson, of Jalisco, Mexico, Nancy Anderson Wilcutt, of Glasgow, Ky., and Deborah Anderson Morse, of Black Mountain, N.C.; sons, John Anderson III, of Spartanburg, S.C., and Jeffery Anderson, of Bowling Green, Ky.; 10 grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.

Services and burial were held Aug. 3, in Holly Springs.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Christ Church of Longboat Key, Presbyterian, 6400 Gulf of Mexico Drive, Longboat Key, FL 34228, or to the John E. Anderson Scholarship Fund at Western Kentucky University, wku.edu/makeagift.

Born Aug. 30, 1922, Mr. Rosskam grew up in Elkins Park, Pa., on the same street as Loris, his wife of 70 years.

He was a World War II veteran who served in the European Theater of Operations. He was an owner and vice president of his family’s food ingredient business, David Michael & Co. He retired to Longboat Key in 1983 and later moved to Sarasota.

He was preceded in death by his wife, Loris. He is survived by his children, Gail Henry, Nancy Kanter and George Rosskam; six grandchildren; and sister, Florence Illch.

Contributions in his memory may be made to a charity of the donor’s choice.

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New program offers mastery of aging The Aging in Paradise Resource Center was one of three Florida institutions selected to offer an Aging Mastery Program.

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Longboat residents can now master aging even better in paradise thanks to The Patterson Foundation.

The foundation announced Tuesday that the Aging in Paradise Resource Center is one of three Florida institutions selected to offer the National Council on Aging’s Aging Mastery Program, a 10-week health and wellness curriculum for seniors.

“These will be 10 very highquality, intensive, living-well sessions on all topics of value and interest to seniors,” Aging in Paradise Executive Director Donna Dunio said. “This program is exceptional. It provides seniors with a road map of healthy living in all forms.”

This is the first time the program will be offered in Florida.

The Patterson Foundation also selected the Enrichment Center at Renaissance on 9th in Bradenton and the Senior Friendship Centers in Sarasota and Venice.

“I believe we were a good match because we’re known in the community as providing a wide variety of diverse workshops on an ongoing basis,” Dunio said. “I believe our mission and our cornerstones of education, health and wellness, counseling and referrals is what they were looking for. We’re very proud to be one of the three selected. We’re so thankful for The Patterson Foundation for this wonderful opportunity.”

Each week of the program focuses on a new topic, and sessions include exercise, fall prevention, sleep, financial fitness, medication management and

SEYMOUR RUDGES Seymour Charles Rudges, 96, of Longboat Key and formerly of New York, died Aug. 1.

Mr. Rudges enlisted in the Army right after Pearl Harbor, attaining the rank of captain, and was the commander of the camp in the Philippines, housing flagranked Japanese POWs at the time of the surrender.

He was a graduate of the New York University School of Law. He practiced law, had an insurance brokerage and was active in real estate.

Mr. Rudges was an avid collector of Oriental antiques and was able to indulge his passion for exotic travel. He loved his family, his friends and his life.

He is survived by his wife of 27 years, Judy; two daughters; grandchildren; and great-grandchildren.

Writer Kristen Herhold at kherhold@yourobserver.com.

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“These are very involved, interactive and fun sessions,” Dunio said. “They will be fun and informative. It will be about the little things people can be doing that could enhance their lives greatly.”

The program will be offered to up to 40 seniors at the Aging in Paradise Resource Center. It will begin Jan. 11 and will run for 10 consecutive Mondays. It will be $100 for the entire program, and participants will receive a certificate of graduation upon completion.

“This will be providing something that will make a difference in both the quality of life and the number of years lived,” Dunio said. “It’s tremendously exciting.”

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ason Cannon was sitting in his office this spring trying not to be intimidated. Across from him, a monstrous pile of paper stared him down. Cannon and his team of interviewers and researchers had spent the past two years going out into Sarasota and meeting with members of the city’s sizable senior population. After nearly 100 interviews and close to 300 hours

Once the Sarasota Ballet returns from Becket, Mass., it will start rehearsing for its 25th anniversary season.

The ballet announced that three Ashton pieces, “Enigma Variations,” “Marguerite and Armand” and “The Wedding Bouquet,” will be included in its upcoming season as well as added to its repertoire, which has 21 Ashton pieces in total. The Sarasota Ballet will be the first American company to perform “Enigma Variations” and “Marguerite and Armand.”

“We are honored to bring two of Sir Fred’s greatest ballets to the community who’s grown to love and cherish his works,” says Sarasota Ballet Director Iain Webb in a statement.

“Our dancers are very lucky to get opportunities other American companies have yet to experience.”

of interview material, Cannon and his team now had to dive into the stack and harvest common themes and spectacular stories.

Cannon, however, wasn’t assembling an anthropological study. He wasn’t working for the Census Bureau or a health care firm looking for polling data.

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It will be 70 years this Aug. 14 since Japan unconditionally surrendered in World War II. To mark the anniversary, The First Brass of Sarasota hopes 70 trumpets will provide the soundtrack to this year’s V-J Day celebration.

The local group is searching for any local area trumpet and brass players who want to participate in the performance, which will occur at 6 p.m. Aug. 16, at Patriot Plaza at the Sarasota National Cemetery Interested? Email TheFirstBrass@yahoo.com or call 941-928-0296.

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The cast of "Old Enough to Know Better" at FST is multigenerational.

Divided into eight chapters, Cannon found central talking points that came up again and again in the project’s research phase. Topics such as the process of aging, numerical labels, losing the ability to drive, having children grow into adults, making and losing friends and spouses, dying, the march of time and a final chapter

on advice for younger generations comprises the show.

“There was a very steep learning curve for our team,” says Cannon, who conducted roughly 40% of the interviews. “Being a performer you constantly put yourself out there, but to be an interviewer means you listen. Being an interviewer means listening

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When Cannon, an associate artist and resident playwright and actor at Florida Studio Theatre was hired in 2013, he learned his first project would be producing “Old Enough to Know Better.”

Accrued from those days of interviews, Cannon and his team at FST have created a documentary form of theater that uses direct quotes from their pool of interview subjects and have crafted a show that addresses the equal highs and lows of aging.

Running until Aug. 16, the show is an examination of what it’s like to grow old, but not necessarily grow up, in Sarasota.

“Our interview subjects ranged in age from 55 to 101 years old,” says Cannon, who also directed the show. “These are real people telling us about their lives. Once they open up, they’ll tell you anything. This show is uplifting. It’s sexy. It’s raunchy. And it’s funny.”

Cannon says the idea for this show started 12 years ago, when FST’s Artistic Director and CEO Richard Hopkins wanted to do show that was about the theater’s regular audience. Once Cannon came on board, he got to work emailing the theater’s subscribers to find his first interview subjects. The interviewees, in turn, suggested more people for FST to interview.

What Cannon and a dozen or so assistants found was a diverse set of interests, passions and anxieties in regards to growing old.

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so closely that you follow the trail and help the person speaking find the best and juiciest bits. We also had to be careful to not lead the discussion, not assume we knew anything.”

Cannon, 39, was the oldest member of his team of FST apprentices and staff who interviewed the subjects. Cannon says that many of the participants in the survey were taken aback that they were being interviewed by people in their 20s and 30s.

“They didn’t think we’d get it,” says Cannon. “To my mind that’s the point — tell us. We truly want to know.”

Cannon and his team met people where they felt most comfortable. There was a woman who offered to teach her interviewer how to bake bread. One couple, a 93-year-old wife and 100-yearold husband, met Cannon at a coffee shop. The husband drove them there and, according to Cannon, they acted like teenagers out on a date. They candidly discussed their active sex life.

“I was like, ‘Hallelujah, that’s good to hear,’” says Cannon. “As a single guy, that gives me a lot of hope.”

On the flip side of that aging coin, Cannon says he and his team encountered less joyous stories.

There was woman who had been separated from her husband for years and just finally served her ex-husband divorce papers on the day of her interview. There was a wife who had to place the hand of her husband, stricken by advanced Lou Gehrig’s disease, into Cannon’s hand for an introductory shake. “His eyes were so intense since he couldn’t move,” says Cannon. “Every ounce of his personality and humanity were in his eyes.”

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Inside the FST’s Bowne’s Lab Theatre, eight actors are running through the opening of “Old Enough to Know Better” before opening night July 30. Ranging in ages from college-aged to retirees, the cast are armed with black binders containing the words and stories of the interview subjects.

Every actor has handwritten notes filling the margins. Everyone plays numerous elderly characters. There are no costumes or elderly makeup for the young cast members. The choice is deliberate, to deliver each subject’s story as honestly as possible.

“A man I interviewed said, ‘If you use my words in the play, cast me as someone in their 20s because that’s how old I feel,’” Cannon said.

Allison Campbell, 23, is an acting apprentice at FST and rockets between nearly 15 different characters ranging from small children, to hospice workers and elderly interview subjects during the course of the show. Playing real people, some who have been in the audience during preview performances, allows Campbell to deliver her main objective as an actor: the truth.

“I’ve done a lot of different kinds of theater, but my favorite thing onstage is telling the truth to the best of my ability,” says Campbell. “Work like this with people’s real stories and lives has a great impact on an audience and actually helps people. It’s the kind of theater I want to keep doing.”

Lonnetta M. Gaines, 68 (68.5 in May, if you ask her), has been a part of the show since 2013, when Cannon approached her while she was volunteering at the North Sarasota Library. Not only has Gaines been an integral

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The show is arranged in eight chapters that vary in topic. Below are some of the direct quotes Jason Cannon and his team collected during their two years of research.

CHAPTER 1: LINE OF INQUIRY “Aging is not academic, it is experiential.

Aging is the acquisition of knowledge.

There is no revelation. It is a process.”

CHAPTER 2: NUMERICAL VALUE “I refuse to admit I’m more than 52, even if that does make my sons illegitimate.”

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Sally Bondi and Dan Higgs show they’re young at heart.

“A man I interviewed said, ‘If you use my words in the play, cast me as someone in their 20s because that’s how old I feel.’”

– Jason Cannon, producer, “Old Enough to Know Better”

member of the reading company, some of her words are featured in the show. An educator with a Ph. D. from the Bank Street College of Education in New York City, Gaines has been a dancer throughout her life. “(Actor) Katelyn McKelley has my favorite line that I said. She says, ‘My passion? It’s dance. But at my age I call it ‘movement.’”

For Cannon and his acting company, the goal of the show is to dispel ageist myths and the crippling label of numbers.

“Old is a moving target,” says Cannon. “If younger people come to the show they’re going to learn so much, and they’re going to be given hope to what it means to age. It’s not scary. You can embrace turning 30, 40 and 50. It’s not a death sentence. We heard so many people say, ‘I still don’t know what I want to do when I grow up.’ Fancy hearing that from a 70-year-old.”

CHAPTER 3: ROAD RAGE “In this society a car is everything. It is the ability to get what you need and go where you need to go. It is freedom.”

CHAPTER 4: BUNDLES OF JOY “It’s odd how I remember the moment of his birth and simultaneously 39 years later and everything in between … but it seems like 30 seconds.”

CHAPTER 5: COMPANIONSHIP “No, I don’t want to get married again.

But, like I said, if Richard Gere asks, I’m there.”

CHAPTER 6: A GOOD DEATH “If you find me on life support, unplug me. Then plug me back in. See if that works.”

CHAPTER 7: TIME IS THE COIN OF YOUR LIFE “Time is the coin of your life. Be careful, lest you let other people spend it for you.”

CHAPTER 8: IF YOUTH BUT KNEW “If there’s something I would tell you to remember, it’s, ‘Tell your loved ones you love them.’”

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Last September, while hosting a meet-and-greet for the inaugural SaraSolo Festival, Starlite Room owner Tyler Yurckonis felt a tap on his shoulder.

“Do you remember where you were 22 years ago today?” asked an unfamiliar woman.

Caught off guard by the unusual question, Yurckonis was at a loss for words. Before he could answer, she handed him a program for “The Fabulous Mrs. Palmer,” a play she wrote and produced — and that Yurckonis performed in — exactly 22 years ago.

The woman was local playwright and producer Jo Morello.

The two hadn’t been in touch since the Manatee Community College production, but when she heard rumors that the new restaurateur was an avid supporter

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Now, the two have collaborated to create Sarasota’s newest performing arts troupe, The Starlite Players: a monthly collection of short comedies designed to showcase the talents of local playwrights in a nontraditional setting — the 58-seat second floor of the Starlite Room.

“It’s always been part of my

plan to incorporate performing arts into the Starlite Room,” says Yurckonis, who will perform in the upcoming set of shorts, “This Isn’t What I Expected.” Aug. 13 through 15. “We saw an opportunity to do something unique here.”

As the troupe’s producer, Morello assembled a team of local playwrights and tech crew members she’d grown to respect in her years of writing plays in the area.

She says reconnecting with Yurckonis allowed her to start her own theater, something that’s been too cost prohibitive in the past. But with Yurckonis’ support, the troupe has a space to rehearse and perform rent-free.

Featuring concise, five-minute performances with breaks between shows, Morello says she hopes the format will promote a community atmosphere, in which attendees can grab a drink at the bar, mingle and meet the actors and directors.

“This is a little more informal and casual, and I think it will be a new experience for people,” Morello says. “It’s an hour of quick, easily digestible plays by some acclaimed playwrights.”

The Starlite Players made its sold-out debut July 15 with its first collection of shorts, titled “The Customer is Always Right.”

“This Isn’t What I Expected” will feature “What Remains,” by Heather Jones; “The Session,” by Jack Gilhooley; “Pete’s Place,” by Betty Robinson; and “Talkback,”

by Morello.

Two nights before the troupe’s debut performance, Morello sat near the back of the upstairs rehearsal space, watching as directors made last-minute tweaks and joked with actors.

“Normally, this close to opening, things are really tense, but at rehearsals, you can see how much fun everyone is having and how loose they are,” she says. “The fun isn’t just for the audience; it’s for all of us.”

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Joe DiPietro’s “Over the River and Through the Woods” is taking us to grandmother’s house at Florida Studio Theatre. Strictly speaking, it’s taking Nick Cristano (Matthew DeCapua) to weekend visits with all four of his 80-something grandparents in Hoboken, N.J., in the late 1990s. Like the playwright, Nick is an Italian-American. His grandparents are, too. In contrast with the Sopranos, they’re actually nice. Perhaps too nice — if not overbearing. As much as Nick loves them, he wants to get on with his life.

Nick’s a 29-year-old marketing executive in New York City who’s just landed a promotion that’ll take him to Seattle.

Naturally, his grandparents hate the idea. They concoct a scheme worthy of Lucille Ball to keep Nick in town: They try to set him up with a pretty girl from the neighborhood named Caitlin (Caley Milliken). One day, Nick shows up for the weekly dinner and, badabing, there she is. The scheme almost works; Nick is instantly attracted to her.

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Door No. 2: He marries Caitlin and takes her to Seattle. Door No. 3: Nick leaves for Seattle all by himself.

Either way, don’t worry about it. The family dynamic counts far more than any twist ending in this play. Both sets of grandparents dote on Nick, but stop short of turning on the air conditioner before July. Emma (Caroline Rossi), his paternal grandmother, offers him Mass cards for all occasions. Her husband, Nunzio (Herman Petras), keeps his own council and hides his pain. On the parental side?

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Nick with cannoli, lasagna, you name it. Grandfather Frank (John LaGioia) is a mensch who feels infantilized because he’s too old to drive.

Kate Alexander directs this material like she’s introducing the audience to old friends. (In a way, she is. Alexander helmed FST’s original hit production of this play back in 2000.) But DiPietro’s characters might seem familiar even if you’ve never seen the play. The loud, loving Italian family? They’re archetypes verging on stereotypes. It’s sitcom territory, but to be fair, most theater is. Alexander keeps it real, and the actors do the same.

The playwright looks two hard truths in the eye without flinching: The hurt a young man’s need for independence brings to his family and the here-todaygone-tomorrow nature of life.

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Carol Erker and Jack Rozance work together to solve a word puzzle.

Mind Games It’s use-it-or-lose-it when it comes to keeping your brain sharp. One Longboater’s puzzlers are sure to put it to work.

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It’s 1:28 p.m., and the clubhouse of Islands West is full of residents preparing to stimulate their brains. It’s time for Mind Your Mind.

Held on the third Thursday of every month at the Islands West clubhouse, Mind Your Mind is a two-and-a-half-hour-long event that gives participants challenging word games to help stimulate their brains.

So, why does it start at 1:28 p.m.?

“I found once upon a time that if you want people to come on time, you don’t say 1:30, you say 1:28,” Mind your Mind creator Nick Kovalakides said. “People wonder why they have to be there at 1:28, and they come on time.

We like to start on time.”

Two to three people are clustered around each of the small

tables, focusing on solving word games together. They speak quietly so they don’t give their answers away to others nearby.

One of Kovalakides’ favorite games is “Famous Initials,” where participants are given initials and have to guess to which famous person they belong.

“I went through an almanac one day and looked up actors, politicians, world leaders and other famous people and put together a bunch of sets of initials,” Kovalakides said. “For example, for the initials ‘MM,’ people can say Marilyn Monroe or Mickey Mouse or Mickey Mantle. People can either be foreign or domestic, real or fictional, living or dead, but it can’t be somebody you went to high school with.”

Research shows mental exercise is just as important as physical exercise during the aging process, and with Mind Your Mind, Kovalakides ensures others get a chance

to give their brains a workout.

“I don’t know that it’s a deterrent to Alzheimer’s or dementia, but I do read some things that if you use your mind, chances are it will be delayed,” Kovalakides said.

“I feel like it’s something I want to do, so I’ll share it with others.”

Kovalakides doesn’t just play these games because he thinks they’re important; he frequently enjoys working on crossword puzzles or other word games.

He started Mind Your Mind two years ago. He began playing in game nights five years ago at Christ Church, where he was on the social committee.

When he’s not making up his own word games, Kovalakides gets ideas for the games from word books and AARP The Magazine.

“We just applaud each other. We take a break to go get something to eat.

It’s a casual way to stimulate your mind.”

– Nick Kovalakides, Mind Your Mind creator

He provides four to six games during a typical Mind Your Mind.

With each word game, players switch partners, which allows them to get out of their comfort zone and meet others.

“They make friends, which is another purpose of the event,” Kovalakides said. “We have icebreakers before each game just to get to know each other.”

There can be anywhere from six to about 20 people who show up at Mind Your Mind.

He likes the set-up at the Islands West clubhouse because there’s space between tables, even when it’s a packed house.

“You can’t steal answers that way,” he said.

Most players are Longboat Key residents, but some come from as far away as University Park.

Kovalakides is also a member of the Longboat Key Rotary Club, and brought Mind Your Mind to the club’s July 22 meeting.

“I have to say there was a lot of laughing and hooting and hollering,” Rotary Club President Carol Erker, a Mind Your Mind regular, said. “It was really a fun evening. I think this is important and a really nice thing. If you don’t use it, you lose it, and word games certainly help.”

Although the winners of the Mind Your Mind games are given points, there are no prizes.

“One of the things I feel that’s important is we’re not playing for money or something else,” Kovalakides said. “We just applaud each other. We take a break to go get something to eat. It’s a casual way to stimulate your mind.”

Many players show up every month, and Kovalakides expects to see a mix of regulars and newcomers each time.

“It’s a good way to expand your mind,” regular Cal Boehme said.

TAKE THE TEST Below is an example of games played at Mind Your Mind.

How does your mind measure up?

What’s a name in?

Ten of our closest friends are hiding in the incomplete words below. We’ve named the culprits; can you complete each word?

1 ___ ___ J A C K 2 ___ A L A N ___ ___ 3 ___ ___ A V A 4 ___ E V A ___ ___ 5 ___ ___ R I T A ___ 6 L I Z A ___ ___ 7 ___ ___ T O N Y ___ 8 ___ ___ G A R Y 9 ___ P H I L ___ 10 ___ ___ D A V E ___

IF YOU GO When: 1:28 to 3:58 p.m. the third Thursday of every month Where: Islands West clubhouse, 2525 Gulf of Mexico Drive Cost: Free, but guests are expected to bring a snack to share.

Info: Email nkovalakides@ aol.com for more information or to RSVP.

‘What’s a Name in?”’ answers 1. Hijack, 2. Balance, 3. Guava, 4. Revamp, 5. Marital, 6. Lizard, 7. Antonym, 8. Sugary, 9. Uphill, 10. Cadaver

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News you can use from the fitness front The latest fitness news offers an ever-increasing volume of support for this column’s mission to get readers to be more active. cation could maximize both safety and acceptance of sports activity in the older athlete.”

VIGOROUS EXERCISE LENTHENS LIVES

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Physical activity in middle age reduces sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) risk. SCA is the sudden, unexpected loss of heart function, breathing and consciousness, usually resulting from an electrical disturbance in your heart that disrupts its pumping action, stopping blood flow to the rest of your body, and is fatal if not treated within minutes. Scientists recently analyzed 1,247 SCA cases in subjects ages 35 to 65 and found that only 5% occurred during sports activities. The authors reported: “Sports-associated sudden cardiac arrest in middle age represents a relatively small proportion of the overall sudden cardiac arrest burden, reinforcing the idea of the high-benefit, low-risk nature of sports activity. Especially in light of current population aging trends, our findings emphasize that targeted edu-

Want to live longer? Stow the golf clubs and pick up the tennis racket to crank up the pace, so says new research that links higher-intensity exercise with longevity.

In a study of more than 200,000 individuals ages 45 to 74 from New South Wales, Australia, researchers compared subjects’ mortality rates with physical activity data.

Individuals who reported regular participation in moderate to vigorous physical activity tended to live longer. Those who said that moderate to vigorous activity accounted for 30% of their overall activity had a 9% lower mortality risk than those who did not exercise vigorously. Those who reported that more than 30% of activity was vigorous had a 13% lower risk. The data are valid across the sample, regardless of gender, body mass index and conditions such as existing cardiovascular disease.

The authors conclude: “Our findings suggest that vigorous activity should be endorsed in clinical and public health activity guidelines to maximize the population benefits of physical activity.”

SUPPORT FOR EXERCISE AS A ‘MIRACLE CURE’

You’ve read it here before.

This time it comes from a report titled “Exercise: The Miracle Cure and the Role of the Doctor in Promoting It” from the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges in the United Kingdom. The report, intended to provide doctors with tools that will help them promote exercise to patients, is a paean to the benefits of exercise. n 31% reduction in cardiac mortality n 90% improvement in selfesteem and well-being (from outdoor activity) n 25% to 53% reduction in pain symptoms among osteoarthritis patients n 57% lower rate of cancer progression n At least 10 mm Hg drop in blood pressure among 31% of patients n 50% to 80% reduction in risk of developing type 2 diabetes n 30% to 50% reduction in risk of falls among older adults n 30% lower all-cause mortality rate n 45% reduction in bowel cancer risk The legend of Ponce de Leon and the “fountain of youth” aside, Florida ranks only in the low middle in America’s Health Rankings 2014 edition,

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

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“We value our relationship with the Longboat Key Chamber, and we’re happy to get them off the island for a little bit to enjoy Fleming’s. It’s been a great, successful night.”

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3060 Grand Bay Blvd. #153

401 North Point Road #501 • $599,000

Languages: English, French, Spanish, Portuguese and Italian

JUST LISTED: Fifth Floor expansive views of Bay to Gulf from this 3 bedroom/3 bath unit in Grand Bay. Meticulous. Extra storage area. Rare second parking space in secure under building garage. Exceptional amenities and private Gulf beach access. Offered at $969,000

Lido Ambassador, 800 Ben Franklin Drive #510 Lovely unit, completely remodeled - Listed at $550,000. A4108688.

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3531 Bayou Pointe, in Bay Isles, Longboat Key $ 2,599,000 #3987300 289 Sapphire Lake Dr., #101 Harbor Isle, Bradenton $ 484,000 #A4110728

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8152 Longbay Boulevard • $2,249,000

3610 Bayou Circle • $1,249,000

628 Key Royale, Holmes Beach, $1,199,000 8140 Collingwood Court, University Park, $1,000,000 4355 Bay Club Dr., Bradenton, $350,000 800 North Tamiami Trail, #404, Sarasota, $280,000

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603 Longboat Club Road #802N • $986,000

7327 Greystone Street • $1,695,000

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South Longboat Key | 5/5.5 | $6,995,000 | Gabe/Charles Buky 866.600.6008 3475 Gulf Of Mexico Dr | Search A3996971 on CBHomes.com

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Bird Key | 6/6.2 | $6,250,000 | Judy Kepecz-Hays 866.600.6008 552 S Spoonbill Dr | Search A4127436 on CBHomes.com

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Lido | Lots/Land | $4,500,000 The Ackerman Group 866.600.6008 78633 1221 Westway Dr Search A3993650 on CBHomes.com

Sarasota | 4/3 | $2,950,000 Anna Rees 866.600.6008 486723 1500 Cunliff Ln Search A4125569 on CBHomes.com

Water Club | 3/4 | $1,895,000 Taube Levitt 866.600.6008 478033 1241 Gulf Of Mexico Dr, Unit #803 Search A4118546 on CBHomes.com

Bird Key | 3/3 | $1,650,000 James Brown 866.600.6008 486083 Open Sun 1-4 | 440 Meadow Lark Dr Search A4125028 on CBHomes.com

Tiffany Plaza | 2/2.5 | $1,599,000 Janice Langa 866.600.6008 38066 4325 Gulf Of Mexico Dr, Unit #604 Search A4115194 on CBHomes.com

Players Club | 3/3 | $1,395,000 Judy Kepecz-Hays 866.600.6008 70062 1445 Gulf Of Mexico Dr, Unit #502 Search A4123420 on CBHomes.com

Esplanade On The Bay | 4/3.5 | $1,388,000 Dyrk Dahl 866.600.6008 42009 5008 W 64th Dr Search A4105372 on CBHomes.com

Bay Point Park II | 3/3 | $1,375,000 Elizabeth Rose 866.600.6008 489155 1524 Bay Point Dr Search A4126997 on CBHomes.com

University Park | 3/4.5 | $1,195,000 Michael/Mary Nell Moore 866.600.6008 79208 8335 Grosvenor Ct Search A4114960 on CBHomes.com

Silver Oak | 4/4.5 | $1,150,000 Charles Offer 866.600.6008 44914 5331 Hunt Club Way Search A4107448 on CBHomes.com

Bay Isles | 3/3.5 | $899,000 Roger Pettingell 866.600.6008 469518 3260 Bayou Sound Search A4125647 on CBHomes.com

Tangerine Bay Club | 2/2.5 | $849,000 Lynne Koy 866.600.6008 469375 370 Gulf Of Mexico Dr, Unit #425 Search A4125494 on CBHomes.com

Dolphin Bay | 2/2 | $749,900 Jo James 866.600.6008 45067 1260 Dolphin Bay Way, Unit #203 Search A4109278 on CBHomes.com

The Landings | 3/2 | $739,000 The Ackerman Group 866.600.6008 481774 5450 Eagles Point Cir, Unit #105 Search A4121336 on CBHomes.com

Beachplace | 2/2 | $729,000 Bruce Myer 866.600.6008 484904 1055 Gulf Of Mexico Dr, Unit #401 Search A4123755 on CBHomes.com

Country Club Shores | 2/2 | $699,000 Roger Pettingell 866.600.6008 469591 524 Halyard Ln Search A4125779 on CBHomes.com

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

Granada | 3/2.5 | $679,000 Linda Weber 866.600.6008 488722 3635 Flores Ave Search A4127227 on CBHomes.com

Tiffany Plaza | 2/2 | $672,500 Phil Schneider 866.600.6008 480067 4325 Gulf Of Mexico Dr, Unit #102 Search A4119580 on CBHomes.com

Longboat Key Moorings | $480,000 Tom Fynes 866.600.6008 468756 2600 Harbourside Dr, #Q11 and Q12 Search A4109290 on CBHomes.com

Siesta Beach | 2/2 | $474,900 David/Wendy Leventhal, P.A. 866.600.6008 5112 Oakmont Pl Search A4126203 on CBHomes.com

Oakleaf | 3/2 | $419,000 Paul DeFelice 866.600.6008 476024 4732 Old Stone Rd Search A4116114 on CBHomes.com

Longboat Harbour | 2/2 | $349,900 Michelle Musto 866.600.6008 487722 4340 Falmouth Dr, Unit #301 Search A4126582 on CBHomes.com

Longboat Harbour | 2/2 | $249,000 Lynne Koy 866.600.6008 70061 4370 Chatham Dr, Unit #306 Search A4127660 on CBHomes.com

Spring Lakes Condo | 2/2 | $105,000 Scott Norris 866.600.6008 485645 322 Spring Lakes Blvd.

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WEDNESDAY, AUG. 12

THURSDAY, AUG. 13

LONGBOAT KEY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE NETWORKING LUNCHEON Takes place from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at the Lazy Lobster, 5370 Gulf of Mexico Drive. Enjoy lunch while networking with chamber members. Cost is $25 for members; $35 for guests and nonmembers. Call 383-2466.

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SUMMER SEMINAR SERIES SOCIAL MEDIA TIMESAVERS Takes place from 4 to 6 p.m. at the Longboat Key Education Center, 5370 Gulf of Mexico Drive, Suite 212. Learn how to effectively use social media for your business in less time. Cost is $25.

Call 383-2466.

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TUESDAY, AUG. 25

LONGBOAT KEY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE BUSINESS AFTER HOURS Takes place from 5 to 7 p.m. at Cedars Café and Tiki Bar, 645 Cedars Drive. Network while enjoying complimentary hors d’oeuvres and a cash bar. Cost is $5 for members; $10 for nonmembers. Call 383-2466.

WEDNESDAY, AUG. 26

DOCUMENT SHREDDING Takes place from 10 a.m. to noon at the Longboat Key Town Hall parking lot, 501 Bay Isles Road. Shred your documents in a safe and secure manner. Drop off documents beginning at 9 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 11 for secure storage until the shredding. Call 316-1999.

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RECURRING EVENTS TUESDAYS

FEEL GOOD CHAIR YOGA Takes place from 11:15 a.m. to noon at the Bayfront Park Recreation Center, 4052 Gulf of Mexico Drive. Cost is $10 for members; $15 for nonmembers. Call 3161988.

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THE PROMENADE

$749,000

SHARK DAYS AT MOTE What: Learn about some of the ocean’s most interesting fishes during this familyfriendly celebration. For a full list of events, visit mote.org/sharkdays. Call 388-4441.

When: Monday, Aug. 10, to Saturday, Aug. 15 Where: Mote Marine Laboratory and Aquarium, 1600 Ken Thompson Parkway

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Three-bedroom Promenade condo sells for $1.95 million

RESIDENTIAL REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS

JULY 20-JULY 17

ADAM HUGHES RESEARCH EDITOR

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condominium in The Promenade tops all transactions in this week’s real estate.

Charles Greenhouse, trustee, of Westchester, N.Y., sold the Unit 112 condominium at 1211 Gulf of Mexico Drive to Michael Sherrow and Ellen Leef-Sherrow, of Longboat Key, for $1,275,000. Built in 1985, it has three bedrooms, three baths and 2,273 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $610,000 in 1995.

Sands Point Elizabeth Weil, of Lafayette, Calif., sold her Unit 214 condominium at 100 Sands Point Road to East West Beach Properties LLC for $1.2 million. Built in 1966, it has three bedrooms, three baths and 2,432 square feet of living area.

It previously sold for $266,000 in 1983.

Dream Island Winston and Evelyn Register sold their home at 751 Emerald Harbor Drive to Joseph and Margaret Langteau, of Longboat Key, for $775,000. Built in 1971, it has three bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 2,704 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $325,000 in 1997.

Sea Gate Club Fernando and Columba Masci, of Hampton, N.Y., sold their Unit 12-A condominium at 2425 Gulf of Mexico Drive to Richard and Susan Pasternak, of New York City, for $710,000. Built in 1973, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,513 square feet of living area.

It previously sold for $285,000 in 1997.

Beachplace Ralph and Marguerite Fletcher, of Lakeland, sold their Unit 402 condominium at 1075 Gulf of Mexico Drive to Jorge and Karen Gonzalez, of Lakeland, for $635,000. Built in 1981, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,392 square feet of living area. It previously sold for

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Unit 112 at The Promenade has three bedrooms, three baths and 2,273 square feet of living area. It sold for $1,275,000.

$510,000 in 2002.

Bay Harbour Apartments John and Amy Ryder, of Van Wert, Ohio, sold their Unit 203 condominium at 448 Gulf of Mexico Drive to Michael and Robin Mazzone, of Park City, Utah, for $390,000. Built in 1970, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,194 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $320,000 in 2009.

Windward Bay Richard and Ellen Tosi, of Spring Lake, N.J., sold their Unit 202 condominium at 4600 Gulf of Mexico Drive to Suzanne Brenner, of Longboat Key, for $375,000. Built in 1975, it has two bedrooms, one bath and 1,096 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $500,000 in 2005.

Privateer South Edward and Pamela Levine, of

323 Benjamin Franklin Drive A4113684 $3,100,000 Judy Wright

Lido Key 941-907-9595 941-232-8041

373 Benjamin Franklin Dr A3971800 $2,799,000 Stephanie Church

Sarasota 941-388-4447 941-724-5448

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

5444 Gulf Of Mexico Drive A4125756 $4,250,000 Richard Perlman

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

545 General Harris Street A4126351 $975,000 Bill Anderson

Manlius, N.Y., sold their Unit 605 condominium at 1000 Longboat Club Road to Pamela Levine, of Manlius, N.Y., for $295,200. Built in 1972, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,290 square feet of living area.

It previously sold for $649,000 in 2005.

Cedars East David Taylor, of Chicago, sold his Unit 25 condominium at 653 Cedars Court to Stephen

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

Longboat Key 941-383-5502 941-313-4059

601 Longboat Club Road 203S A4122120 $925,000 Maureen Horn

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LOCAL LEGACY. GLOBAL VISION. 2110 Harbourside Drive 536 A4118673 $875,000 Maureen Doherty

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

Longboat Key 941-951-6660 941-993-3159

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

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1211 Gulf Of Mexico Drive 210 A4107681 $769,000 Ian Addy Pa

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

3340 Bayou Sound A4126850 $749,000 Ryan Heers

Longboat Key 941-383-7591 941-726-1703

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

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

1910 Harbour Links Cir # 12 A3999366 $729,000 Jenine Meyer

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

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

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

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

1932 Harbourside Drive 242 A4119643 $514,900 Maruta Miluns

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

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Sylvia Zimmerman

440 Gulf of Mexico Dr. • Longboat Key 941.350.5022 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!

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ADDRESS PERMIT APPLICANT AMOUNT Charlevoix 1135 GMD No. 602 Interior alterations Condominium LLC $150,000 780 Old Compass Road Pool and spa Harvey Waxman $79,295

Kitchen and 4900 GMD Penthouse 5 bathroom alterations Judy Isner $61,624 748 Dream Island Road Dock and seawall Henry Ehrlich $38,224 2721 GMD No. 606 Interior alterations Kathryn Spitz, trustee $35,233

Sliding glass doors 3260 Bayou Road and entry door Thomas Green Jr. $31,987 4485 GMD Antennas Arbomar Condo Assoc. $30,000 1115 GMD No. 403 Interior alterations Raymond Martin $30,763 595 Dream Island Road Lift Grand Mariner $19,725 3482 Mistletoe Lane Boat lift pilings Sherry Howell, trustee $18,199 6600 Bayou Floating dock Hammock Road and lift Bayou Hammock $12,294 649 Dream Island Road Carport Douglas Lyssy $9,000 5555 GMD No. 101 Bathroom alterations Patricia Dupps $8,500 370 GMD No. 425 Sliding glass door Geraldine Clayman, trustee $7,200 4360 Chatham Drive No. 205 Handrail Maria Astuto $2,000 1109 GMD New fire alarm Beachplace $4,623 220 Sands Point Road Temporary event Longboat Key Club n/a

8900 Fishermans Bay 200+ ft. of Open Bay View MLS# A3992099 $1,850,000

Source: town of Longboat Key

and Alissa Mote, of Gibsonia, Pa., for $225,000. Built in 1988, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,440 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $320,000 in 2004.

BIRD KEY

William Hadley and Janet Anderson, of Sarasota, sold their home at 398 Bobwhite Drive to Joseph Peixoto and Janis Peixoto, trustees, of Oxnard, Calif., for $1,149,000.

Built in 1968, it has three bed-

rooms, three baths, a pool and 2,985 square feet of living area.

615 Dream Island Road 308 Open plan Penthouse with Bay views MLS A4110859 $475,000

LIDO KEY

Key Towers South Barry and Cheryl Ewoldt, of Traer, Iowa, sold their Unit 8E condominium at 1750 Benjamin Franklin Drive to John and Amy Ryder, of Van Wert, Ohio, for $500,000. Built in 1970, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,403 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $475,000 in 2013.

4980 Creekside Trail Shows like a model A4126987 $435,000

Ian Addy & Gail Wittig

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

2000 Harbourside Drive 1504 A4119984 $475,000 Tammy Mast

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

2301 Gulf Of Mexico Drive 25N A4127912 $439,900 Alex Ley

Longboat Key 941-966-8000 941-504-6377

448 Gulf Of Mexico Drive A205 A4107336 $399,500 The Collier Group

Longboat Key 941-951-6660 941-313-1212

740 Fox Street A4109613 $343,500 Bruce Meyer

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

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

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.

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.

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4330 Falmouth Drive 101 A4127151 $289,900 Malihe Karimi

Longboat Key 941-383-7591 941-386-5099

3808 Gulf Of Mexico Drive E109 A4114871 $249,900 Stephen Harris

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

4235 Gulf Of Mexico Dr # G203 A3936274 $239,000 Eileen (Dee Dee) Burke

Longboat Key 941-388-4447 941-266-8949

560 Chipping Lane MLS A4125400 $2,150,000

501 Harbor Gate Way MLS A4115384 $2,150,000

VA C AT I O N R E N TA L S 6633 Gulf Of Mexico Dr A3989550 $22,000,000 Deborah Beacham

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

Longboat Key 941-383-7591 941-376-2688

A4107506 $1,150,000

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Volunteers will search the bay for scallops

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On a typical day spent in the water, most people would never notice the scallops that lie below them. These small creatures, however, are integral to the health of the ocean’s ecosystem, and more than 125 citizen scientists will go searching for them during Sarasota Bay Watch’s eighth annual scallop search Aug. 29.

“It’s important because it helps us monitor the local scallop population,” Sarasota Bay Watch Program Director Ronda Ryan said. “It also helps to guide Sarasota Bay Watch’s efforts on scallop restoration. It’s used for research.”

Searchers of all ages are invited, and there is a specific need for people with boats.

“They’re really participating as a citizen scientist,” Ryan said.

“We need boaters, in particular, but it’s open to everyone. It’s great for kids because they are going into local waters and are probably looking at things in a different way. They’re paying attention to the grass and the marine life they wouldn’t otherwise be looking at.”

Before the search begins, volunteers will meet at Mar Vista to learn how to perform the search.

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They are then sent for three hours to more than 70 locations in Sarasota Bay. Last year, the volunteers counted 40 live scallops, but in 2013, there were just 11.

“It varies every year,” Ryan said.

“Part of it may be because of the challenges scallops have with weather. Some of it is also the searchers being able to identify what the scallop is. Some years, we may have lower numbers because the scallops aren’t being recognized.”

The search is part of Sarasota Bay Watch’s 10-year Scallop Restoration Program, which is in its fifth year.

“We’re working on restoring scallops to the area that were once plentiful in the ’60s,” Ryan said. “With the loss of habitat, the scallop population diminished.”

Scallops help diversify the species of other marine animals and also provide benefits for people by helping filter water in the bay.

Ryan will cap the number of volunteers at 125. In the past, spots go quickly and the search has always reached full capacity.

Volunteers are asked to bring their own snorkel and an appetite for a free lunch at Mar Vista following the search.

“The people who come tend to do it every year,” Ryan said.

IF YOU GO When: 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

Saturday, Aug. 29 Where: Mar Vista Dockside Restaurant and Pub, 760 Broadway St. Cost: Free, lunch is included.

Registration: required at sarasotabaywatch. org.

Info: Call 232-2363.

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One-half acre of property, only one of seven single-family homesites in this community. Literally steps to the beach.

Completely updated home offers three bedrooms plus office and family room plan. The open layout features newer baths and a kitchen, with granite countertops and upgraded cabinetry. Private beach access is just a short distance away.

Lovely two bedroom, townhome-style residence with its own private garage at Seaplace. This furnished getaway offers a generous layout, private garden courtyard and is just a few steps to the white-powdery shores of the Gulf.

List price: $999,000 Website: www.1021LongboatClubRoad.com

List price: $899,000 Website: www.3260BayouSound.com

List price: $549,000 Website: www.SeaplaceT1106.com

LONGBOAT KEY

BAY ISLES

415 L’Ambiance Drive #802

Direct Gulf, city and bay views from every room of this luxurious 8th-floor, 2,300 sq.ft. residence. Southern exposure! Furnished.

List price: $1,695,000 Website: www.415LAmbiance802.com

524 Halyard Lane

3590 Fair Oaks Lane The spectacular southern exposure will mesmerize you. Immediately fall in love with the ninth-floor luxuries that this generous Antigua residence offers.

List price: $1,795,000 Website: www.GrandBay196.com

This impressive home in Queens Harbour welcomes you with cathedral ceilings and lovely upgrades throughout. Situated on the deep waters of Buttonwood Harbour, with a private dock.

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

Charming, waterfront value is ready for you to begin a renovation project or to design your dream home. New dock and seawall cap.

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

511 Putting Green Lane

Wonderful updates throughout. This light and open 3BR/2BA home offers upgraded kitchen and a newer marble lanai. Furnished.

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

560 Putter Lane

3060 Grand Bay Boulevard #123

Direct bay views at every turn from this updated Cayman residence. Offering custom built-ins and a beautiful new kitchen. This residence is a must see!

List price: $899,000 Website: www.GrandBay123.com

2550 Harbourside Drive #321

Secluded 3BR/31/2BA, bay-front residence lives like a single-family home. Offering an expansive layout with living, dining rooms and den, plus east and west-facing terraces.

List price: $999,000 Website: www.MarinaBay3321.com

Southern exposure! This 3BR/2BA home can be a boater’s retreat, renovation project or homesite to build your dream getaway.

List price: $849,000 Website: www.560PutterLane.com

609 Halyard Lane

Wonderful waterfront value. This 3BR/2BA home offers a new seawall cap, a new roof and deep-water dockage. Easy beach access.

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

1211 Gulf of Mexico Drive #108

Beautiful southern Gulf views greet you from this 2BR/2BA beach getaway, offering lovely updates and a generous layout. Furnished.

List price: $749,000 Website: www.Promenade108.com

SARASOTA

7655 Donald Ross Road West

Gorgeous 4BR/3BA home on estate-sized, preserve lot in Laurel Oak, a wonderful golf and tennis community. Welcomes you with lush landscaping and wooded views.

List price: $719,000 Website: www.7655DonaldRossRoadWest.com What is your home worth?

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

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3060 Grand Bay Boulevard #196