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Noise on notice Commissioners to consider limits on nuisance sound from boaters, others. PAGE 6

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Family day fun

The calendar says fall, but Florida still says summer. St. Armands Circle took advantage of the summery vibes one last time and hosted an ice cream social family day as the final act of its Sol of the Circle series.

Kids and their parents stopped by a tent where they picked up ice cream cups and snacks. Musician Callie Chappell Nicholas strummed her guitar and sang kids’ tunes, leading to a little dance party in front of her tent.

However, the big draw of the event was the balloon animals provided by Launa Banana. A line stacked up as the clown twisted squeaky balloons into fish and hats for eager young ones.

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Fifth in the country, first in our hearts Longboat Key might be fifth in the country but is still first in the hearts of residents.

Travel + Leisure has released its annual World’s Best awards, which are readersourced and rank everything from hotels to national parks and car rental companies. Of 15 American islands, Longboat Key took fifth.

The Key was beat by Amelia Island near Jacksonville, which took third place in the awards. Other Florida islands included the Florida Keys at 10, Captiva Island at 11 and Sanibel Island at 13.

Hilton Head in South Carolina took first overall.

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2021 2020 Nests 1,032 1,136 False Crawls 1,442 1,307 Source: Mote Marine Laboratory

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Sand dredging work is finishing up on the north end of the island.

Local actor’s ordinary role.

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On Monday night, town commissioners voted 6-0 to keep the town’s general fund millage rate at 2.1144 for fiscal year 2022. It’s gone unchanged since 2017.

One mill equals $1 of tax for every $1,000 of taxable value.

“We have a superlative finance group and finance result in this town,” Mayor Ken Schneier said.

“We’re very, very fortunate to have it.”

The budget for fiscal year 2022 shows the town’s total revenue at $17.42 million. The town plans to spend $17.83 million, which would mean costs would exceed revenues by $412,368 because of spending on capital projects.

The deficit will come from the town’s fund balance, which will have $10.42 million remaining in it, enough to fund town operations for 220 days. That is reduced from fiscal 2021’s balance and 244 days’ worth of operations.

The town has a reserve policy requirement of 90 days.

“It’s always a good feeling when you can work through the budget process and come up with a plan that seems to make sense (and) matches with the priorities in our strategy, but it’s a year-round process,” Town Manager Tom Harmer said.

The town is planning several expenditures in the upcoming fiscal year, including the under-

CERTIFIED PROPERTY VALUES JULY 2021 n Sarasota County: $4.46 billion n Manatee County: $2.02 billion n Total: $6.47 billion JULY 2020 n Sarasota County: $4.19 billion n Manatee County: $1.92 billion n Total: $6.11 billion Data courtesy of the town of Longboat Key

grounding project, completing the outdoor town center phase two improvements and beginning a multiyear $7.2 million construction project to replace cement pipes in Country Club Shores that contain asbestos and early planning stages of a redundant sewer line under Sarasota Bay. July’s certified property values increased 5.99% compared to the year before. Last year, property tax revenues declined from the previous year for the first time since 2013.

The fiscal year 2022 budget shows the town will collect $13.14 million in property taxes, which make up 75.42% of the town’s revenue for the upcoming fiscal year.

Harmer said commissioners will also need to give staff direction on how the town should use the $3.66 million it has received from the American Rescue Plan Act. The federal measure provides funding to help local governments recoup from the pandemic.

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BIGGER AND BETTER After a year of work, the town is nearly finished placing 1 million cubic yards of sand.

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s the town nears completion of its six-segment beach renourishment project early next year, things are looking different along the beaches of Longboat Key. On the north end, new brightwhite sand gleams where a forest of driftwood once sat. To hold that sand, crews are finishing construction on five new permeable rock groins that jut from the shore into the blue water of the Gulf. On the south, sand dredged from New Pass widens the beach.

In all, the town has placed 1 million cubic yards of sand in about a year’s time, a $36 million project that has affected miles of beach on the Key and all the things that happen along it.

As an organization that spends most days in the summer walking that beach, Longboat Key Turtle Watch Vice President Cyndi Seamon said the renourishment has impacted the logistics of sea turtle nesting.

“It certainly changed the way we would normally do patrol,” Seamon said. “We had to shift some people around.”

Seamon and Turtle Watch volunteers had to move nests to accommodate the sand dredging efforts on both the south and north ends of Longboat Key. Seasonal Bradenton Beach resident Andre Archambault enjoys riding his bike on the north end of Longboat Key. Archambault said he used to enjoy the driftwood that got removed for the project on the north end of Greer Island.

However, there is still some driftwood in the area.

“It looks beautiful, don’t get me wrong,” Archambault said.

“It’s nice, but it doesn’t have that quaintness, but it’s just very

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Drone footage shows beach dredging on the north end of Longboat Key. Photo courtesy of the town of Longboat Key

inviting now for people to go there.”

Seamon agreed with Archambault about the visual appeal of the new sand, especially considering how far the beach extends on the north end.

“The beach is huge up at the north end,” Seamon said. “It’s massive.”

1 MILLION CUBIC YARDS PLACED

The current renourishment project is larger in scope than the last one, completed in 2016. That project, which consisted mostly of trucks hauling inland sand to the beach, placed about onequarter of the sand of this one, at 243,000 cubic yards, and cost less as well, at $20.28 million.

Longboat Key Town Projects Manager Charlie Mopps said that once the project is officially completed, the town will have moved 8.7 million cubic yards of sand in the history of its beach renourishment projects, which are necessary every six to eight years.

Mopps said at $36 million, the project will also come in under his February estimate of about $38.85 million. He said the decrease in the amount of sand dredged for segments four and five of the project contributed toward the savings.

“I think between the last time we talked and now, it’s this efficiency in what they’re doing,” Mopps said.

On Monday, Mopps updated the Town Commission about the project. He credited the cooperation between the town, contractor Cottrell Contracting, contractor Weeks Marine, state agencies and Mote Marine Laboratory and Aquarium with the project being completed within budget and on time.

WHAT’S NEXT

In winter 2021 or early 2022, the town is looking to hire a contractor to conduct groin maintenance of the New Pass groin on the south end of the island. Town staff is planning to start and fin-

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ish construction before the 2022 start of shorebird and sea turtle nesting seasons.

Mopps said the town would examine several facets in selecting a contractor to do the southend work.

“They would have to have done a similar project within Florida to show that they have not only the capacity to do it but the knowledge to do it,” Mopps said.

The town is also proposing a 15-year permit to dredge and place sand for Greer Island spit management. The plan is to clear sand from the lagoon channel and from the bridge area every four to eight years. Permit pending, the town plans to return sand to the Gulf shoreline, and it would also return Greer Island to its 2006 conditions.

When Longboat Key does its next beach renourishment project in six to eight years, Mopps said the town would focus on the New Pass area, Gulfside Road, the Whitney Beach segment, south of the Ohana seawall and south of the half-moon seawall.

“Right now, if the groins function like they are functioning, (these) will be our next major hot spots where we’re going to have to look either some type of management option or whatever in order to get those to be what we want,” Mopps said.

Mopps received praise from several town commissioners on Monday for his department’s work.

“The bad news, Charlie, is that when you have an outstand-

SEGMENTS n Segment 1: North end/Greer Island (Weeks Marine): Construction of five permeable rock groins and 200,000 cubic yards of beach fill n Segment 2: Central Key (Weeks Marine): 375,000 cubic yards of beach fill n Segment 3: South Key/Longboat Club Road (Weeks Marine): 175,000 cubic yards of beach fill n Segment 4: Gulf Side Road/ Longboat Pass (Cottrell Contracting): 76,000 cubic yards of beach fill and complete dredging of Longboat Pass n Segment 5: South end/New Pass Dredge (Cottrell Contracting): 180,000 cubic yards of beach fill and complete dredging of New Pass n Segment 6: This portion of the project is scheduled for winter 2021/early 2022. It includes southern terminal structure improvements (groin improvements). The town is still selecting a contractor.

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ing result like this, the question becomes very quickly, ‘Well, what have you done for me today?’”

Mayor Ken Schneier joked. “And my understanding now is you’re going to have the town center completed by Thanksgiving.”

Seamon is among the residents who are pleased with the town’s work.

“The end result was a bigger beach for both people and turtles nesting,” Seamon said.

The town’s contractors have dredged sand throughout the summer.

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From 9 a.m. to noon Oct. 20, ShredQuick will have a truck outside of Town Hall for residents and business owners to discard outdated paper records and materials for free.

Deputy City Clerk Savannah Cobb explained how the town also has the opportunity to shred outdated documents.

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Cobb said residents often express their appreciation for the event.

“We are pretty consistent throughout the whole (morning) of cars lining up,” Cobb said.

At the Oct. 20 event, the town is planning to set up a table to highlight some of Longboat Key’s projects and department accomplishments. Cobb said town staff was still finalizing the specific list. It will likely include information about the town’s beach renourishment project and the underground utilities project.

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Unicorp’s proposed changes to the St. Regis site are subject to public hearings before the Longboat Key Town Commission on Oct. 6 and 20.

Unicorp asks St. Regis condo buyers for 13% price increase Mark Bergin

Unicorp CEO Chuck Whittall cited how the pandemic has increased the costs of the project.

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Citing rising construction costs, the developer of the proposed The Residences at the St. Regis Longboat Key this week sent letters to sales-contract holders asking for a 13% increase on agreed-upon purchase prices, offering them five days to either agree to new terms or back out for a deposit refund.

Unicorp National Developments Corp. CEO Chuck Whittall sent letters dated Sept. 20 saying the project is $110 million over budget, largely because of disrupted supply chains in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic.

“We’re eating 60% of it, and we’re passing on 40% to the buy-

ers, and generally all of our buyers have been fine with it and understand,” Whittall said.

Whittall said Unicorp has had “one or two fallouts” as of Thursday, but the developer was still hearing back from buyers to make their decisions. Advertised prices for the St. Regis’ 69 residential units ranged from $2 million to $20 million.

Whittall mentioned steep price increases from suppliers, subcontractors and vendors. Specifically, he mentioned price increases for steel, concrete, drywall and air conditioners along with PVC shortages for plumbing. For example, Whittall said Unicorp’s concrete contract went from $40 million to $47 million.

“This development began well before COVID, and now we are heavily being impacted from COVID by disruption of the supply chain,” Whittall wrote in his letter. “If there was anything else I could do, I would, but there simply is not.

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as well as delivering the experience you expect. This corpulence is 100% out of my control, and I am so deeply apologetic.”

In August, Whittall said Unicorp had sold 84% of its proposed residential units and added a few units would be held back for later sale.

Michael Saunders & Co. is the sales broker for Unicorp and opened sales around a year ago.

Construction is expected to be completed in early 2024.

“Most of them are business people and understand what’s happening in the world and deal with similar things in their own businesses right now, and it’s unfortunate that we’ve had to do this,” Whittall said.

Whittall considered three options to make up for the budget deficit: n Wait for the market to stabilize; n Cancel the project altogether; or n Increase condo prices by 13%.

“We surveyed some general contractors and talked to Goldman Sachs’ head of construc-

tion, and there’s a belief that the market will stabilize over the next several months, but it will not come down,” Whittall said. “So if we wait, call it eight months to build it, we take the very likely risk that everything will cost more in eight months.”

Whittall said he had hoped to ask for a smaller increase.

“We were hoping we could do 10% because it sounded like a more palatable number, and what we did is we met with our bankers, and we backed into our current loan and our cost and the equity that we have in the deal, and it was really important to us (to) set out based on what we could borrow,” Whittall said.

The letters sent to contract holders were dated three days after the town Planning and Zoning Board unanimously advanced a series of revisions to the original plan approved by town commissioners in 2018. Unicorp now needs approvals from the Longboat Key Town Commission on those changes to proceed to the

building-permit phase. Public hearings are set for Oct. 6 and 20.

Unicorp has announced an invitation-only groundbreaking ceremony Oct. 25.

“There is no chance that the project is falling through,” Whittall said. “If we have to terminate some contracts, we will resell them, but the project is moving forward.

“I’ve got $100 million invested in this, we’ve got our bank loan approved, we’ve got our P&Z approval, we’ll have our commission approvals during the month of October, and then we are starting construction. So there’s not a shadow of a doubt that this isn’t moving forward.”

Once the 17.6-acre land is developed, it could add about $1.5 million to the town’s tax revenue annually.

Whittall said it’s been an eightand-a-half-year process to begin construction.

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ongboat Key leaders are still working toward finding solutions to address noise coming from boats near Greer Island and Jewfish Key, off the north end of Longboat Key. At Monday afternoon’s workshop meeting, town commissioners discussed possibilities for noise enforcement, signage and enforcement issues.

“This is not to regulate people that are just out on the water and listening to music,” Commissioner Maureen Merrigan said. “It’s a few bad apples that are playing it at a rock-concert level, and so let’s address it.”

Merrigan said she anticipates the north-end residents and the other boaters will thank the town for addressing the excessive noise. Town commissioners are set to hold their first reading of a permanent ordinance Nov. 1.

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Longboat Key plans to use other municipalities’ sound ordinances as a model to update its own.

On Monday, Parsons presented a two-part ordinance to commissioners: Develop a plainly audible standard of 50-100 feet of distance, and develop decibellevel requirements. The town could use either or both parts to enforce citation.

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The town is proposing the following maximum allowable sound levels: for a residential zone, public space or institutional zone, 66 dbA from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. and 60 dbA from 10 p.m. to 7 a.m.; for a commercial zone, 72 dbA from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. and 65 dbA from 10 p.m. to 7 a.m.

However, Parsons mentioned the expense of purchasing a device to measure decibel levels on a waterway. He estimated an acoustic camera to measure decibel levels with accuracy would

cost about $50,000 with a computer, a tripod and specialized training.

“It is something that is fairly expensive,” Parsons said, if the town decides to purchase the specialized equipment.

Parsons and Town Attorney Maggie Mooney mentioned the challenges of adding noise signage in the waterways near Longboat Pass.

“FWC regulates where anything in water gets posted because of the navigational issues,” Mooney said. “So they have certain criteria and roles that govern the placement of any sort of sign.”

The Longboat Key Police Department, which has two boats for enforcement, is coordinating with the Manatee County Sheriff’s Office to address excessive noise near Jewfish Key and Greer Island.

“We’re trying to cover all of the heavy times, all the holidays, all the weekends with at least one boat out there,” interim Police Chief George Turner said.

The town is also considering ways it could add signage throughout the north end and looking into the possibility of restricting motorized boats east

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REGULATIONS IN OTHER COMMUNITIES n City of Holmes Beach: 65 dbA from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m.; 50 dbA from 10 p.m. to 7 a.m. n City of Jupiter: 50-foot audible standard from 11 p.m. to 7 a.m. for indoor noise and car noise. Outdoor noise uses decibel levels. Have sound zones for residential, commercial, mixed-use and industrial. n Manatee County: 60-65 dbC from 7 a.m. to 11 p.m.; 5560 dbC from 11 p.m. to 7 a.m. n City of Naples: Use decibel levels, and some parts use distance. There are separate zones for residential and nonresidential; 25-foot plainly audible standard from boats and cars. n City of Sanibel: Use decibel

of Longboat Pass Bridge.

Turner said most of the calls come from the north end of the island. He also said the dispatch center for the Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office’s new map has helped first responders and resi-

levels, and some parts use distance. Plainly audible standard between 10 p.m. and 7 a.m. at 50 feet for radios and loudspeakers. n City of Sarasota: Amplified sound from 65 dbA/70 dbC from 10 p.m. to 7 a.m.

Continuous source off sound 75 dbA/80 dbC from 7 a.m. to 11 p.m. No impulsive sound of louder than 80 dbA. n Sarasota County: No standards, subjective n City of Tampa: Use decibel level, and some parts use distance; 100-foot plainly audible standard from the property line. Boats and vehicles have a 50-foot plainly audible standard.

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Hey Joe & Nancy: Tell us, what’s your vision for us?

We know they want us all bowing to their coercive laws that confiscate people’s wealth and make Americans dependent on them. But in the end, how will that make America stronger?

THE INFLATION TAX

MATT WALSH

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his is actually stunning news. It tells us just how bad the geniuses in Washington, D.C. — Democrats and Republicans alike — have messed up the U.S. economy for the American people.

We are referring to Chuck Whittall, the CEO of Unicorp National Developments Corp., last week reporting that he has asked the buyers of his St. Regis condos on Longboat Key to pay 13% more than what they already signed contracts to pay for their yet-unbuilt, multimillion-dollar condos.

Whittall sent letters to his buyers that the costs of his St. Regis resort and condo project on Longboat Key have exceeded his original budget by $110 million — even before the first speck of dirt has turned.

Prices for everything are going up, as we all know. In Whittall’s case, he cited increases in steel, concrete, drywall, air conditioners and PVC pipes. There are shortages for all of these materials either because of the lack of people to make them or the lack of people to transport from the manufacturer to the end user.

But here’s the point: In years past, no business, no CEO — except health insurers — would dare try to pass along a 13% increase in prices to customers.

What? 13%! Are you kidding?!

Inflation is only 2.5%!

That’s why Whittall’s 13% price hike is so stunning and revealing. It tells you how bad reality is. And this is happening all over the country, the world.

And yet President Joe Biden, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and their Democratic congressional colleagues apparently could not care less about all Americans. Smitten with power, they are determined to expand the federal government’s cost and hold on everyone’s lives.

To what end?

Tell us, Joe; tell us, Nancy: What is your vision for the U.S.?

What is your vision for the 330 million American citizens? How will your agenda make all Americans better off and more free?

Tell us how your agenda will make America stronger and raise everyone’s standard of living?

Tell us because this is an undisputed truth: Governments cannot and never create wealth.

Sure, the mainstream financial press and Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell will call the widespread shortages and price increases “transitory — temporary and short-lived.”

Truth is, no one really knows how temporary they will be. But you can take this to the bank: If the congressional Democrats give Biden and Pelosi what they want — $4.5 trillion of new spending and more money that they do not have — America’s middle class and poor are going to suffer a long time. That’s who inflation hurts the most. The value of the dollars those people have will continue to decline and buy less and less.

And any new spending and taxation will just pile on top of the mistakes that triggered the shortages and rising prices to begin with. Those mistakes were shutting down the nation’s economy and handing out $1.2 billion in relief money to individuals and businesses.

Sure, the argument will go, something had to be done to stop the spread of COVID-19, and something had to be done to help all the Americans whom the politicians put out of work.

But it’s pretty apparent today that the politicians and health bureaucrats mandating the shutdowns and the congressional members who voted to print that $1.2 billion gave little, if any, thought to the effects — how their actions would play out over the next year, two years, three years, five years.

All they wanted was to be seen as heroes helping the American people now — from the damage and destruction they caused.

That is always the case. Politicians care about the now. They are oblivious — or ruthlessly callous — to these two undisputed truths: 1) Only government causes inflation; and 2) inflation is always an effect of what government does.

Inflation is not the rising prices. It’s when Congress prints more money to pay for government programs than

what existing taxes cover.

Inflation is when you put more money in people’s hands to buy the same amount or fewer goods in existence. Consumers bid up the prices on the short supply of goods and services.

Washington compounded the calamity during the pandemic. It increased the supply of money at the same time it contracted the supply of goods and services.

And that is why Whittall is asking his customers to pay an additional 13%. It is exactly why there is a shortage of everything, including employees.

DESTRUCTIVE FOR ALL

All of that brings us back to Biden, Pelosi and their $3.5 trillion social welfare and climate change spending and $1 trillion infrastructure bill.

(Let’s not forget a few of their other initiatives that we don’t have the space to address: giving up energy independence, opening the Southern border to an invasion of undocumented immigrants, forgiveness of college loans and federal takeover of elections.)

Why? What is the objective for all of this?

Neither Biden nor Pelosi — nor any Democrats, for that matter — has made the case or explained their vision for the future.

Biden gave us his campaign blather of “Build Back Better.”

He promised lower costs for child care, college, prescription drugs and housing; to cut taxes for families with children and “workers without children.” And he promised that his government expansion will create jobs.

But how? The same way every Democrat politician would do it: by government force, coercion and fiat. By the people in power confiscating and looting from some and transferring and bestowing unearned benefits on those chosen by the people in power.

Biden, Pelosi and their followers say, of course, that all of these unearned benefits they want to bestow will be paid for “by

making the tax code fairer and making the wealthiest and large corporations pay their fair share.”

What is a fair share? Who is the arbiter of “fair”?

Plain and simple for all of you Biden-Pelosi believers: There is no other description for this agenda than authoritarian socialism. It is communism. It is destructive — for everyone.

And it never works.

Tax the rich? Tax corporations? What the progressives never grasp is the wealthy are the job creators. Their capital — not the government-looted money — provides fuel for the economy. They invest in entrepreneurs who create jobs and create positive contributions to society.

When Biden & Co. say they’re going to make corporations pay their fair share, they are delusional. Corporations do not pay taxes. They never pay taxes.

Corporations pass those taxes onto others. They raise their prices, which hurts consumers. They don’t hire more people, which hurts those who need jobs. Or they hold down their wages, which hurts their employees.

Just as inflation hurts the middle class and poor, so do taxes — no matter who is taxed. As Steve Forbes has often repeated: When you increase a cost or price on anything, you get less of it. Raise a tax, you’ll get less tax revenue than you otherwise would.

BUILD BACK BETTER?

Tell us, Joe Biden and Nancy Pelosi, how your “Build Back Better” will make us better. We can’t see it.

In recent months, we frequently have quoted the late Leonard Read, author of “Anything That’s Peaceful.” We do it again: Government coercion “has only the power to restrain, repress, suppress, penalize, destroy.”

That is not the vision Americans embrace.

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

Friedrich Hayek

“Road to Serfdom,” 1944

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WHAT’S IN THE $3.5 TRILLION BILL Here are some of the provisions in the Biden-Pelosi $3.5 trillion spending bill: THE SPENDING n Increases the child tax credit/ subsidy to $3,000 per year in cash from $2,000 for twoincome families earning up to $150,000. The subsidy would be increased to $3,600 for children under age 6 and also allow children up to age 17 to be included. n Low- and middle-income families would pay no more than 7% of their income for child care for children under age 5.

n Free pre-K for all 3- and 4-year-olds and all income levels. n Two years of free community college for all Americans, including “Dreamers.” Increasing the maximum Pell Grant from $6,500 to $7,800. n Guarantee 12 weeks of paid parental, family and personal illness leave, paying up to $4,000/month, with a minimum of two-thirds of average weekly wages covered. The money for this would come from increased personal income tax rates. n Broaden Medicare benefits to

cover dental, vision and hearing; reduce the cost of prescription drugs by allowing Medicare to negotiate prices. n Provide green cards to millions of immigrants.

THE TAXATION President Joe Biden has proposed: n Increasing the corporate tax rate to 28% from 21%. n Raising the top capital-gains tax rate to 43.4% from 23.8%. n Restoring the top individual income tax rate to 39.6% from 37% n Taxing capital gains at death

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THAT SINKING FEELING 6:24 p.m., 3200 block of Bayou Sound Citizen assist: A police officer reported to the Public Works Department a hole in the road, measuring about 24 inches across. The officer placed traffic cones around the hole.

SATURDAY, SEPT. 18

TROUBLE ON THE WATER 10:30 a.m., 1100 block of Bogey Lane Suspicious incident: A resident called police to report an incident on the water. The man said he was heading back to his home aboard his boat when someone in another vessel taunted him for coming too close to crab traps. The resident replied that he wasn’t near the traps, but the man taunted him a second time, on this occasion driving his boat in circles around the resident’s vessel. A report was forwarded to the town’s marine patrol officer, along with a registration number of the offending vessel.

SUNDAY, SEPT. 19

NO FAIR WAY TO PARK 9:26 a.m., 2300 block of Gulf of Mexico Drive Citizen assist: Police looked for, but could not find, a vehicle that had been reported to be parked on a golf course. All that the officer reported seeing were golf course maintenance vehicles and golf carts.

TOO WATERY 10:26 a.m., 800 block of Penfield Street Citizen assist: Police alerted the town’s Public Works Department to a leaking water pipe following a report from a resident. Town staffers said they would respond that day.

TOO WAVY 11 a.m. near Jewfish Key Boating warning: A boater seen operating fast enough to make a wake in a slow-speed, minimumwake zone was issued a verbal warning following a stop and an inspection of the boat. The vessel was found to be missing a required fire extinguisher.

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ANSWERS REMAIN UP IN THE AIR 3:03 p.m., 100 block of Sands Point Road Trespassing: A resident called police following an argument with a man flying a drone on private property. When the resident asked what the drone aviator was doing, the man cursed, yelled and said he worked for a real estate company. A description was provided of the car the man was driving, though no such vehicle was found. The resident was asked to call police again if the man returned but to not engage with him.

ALLEY CATS 3:34 p.m., 6900 block of Bayside Drive Citizen assist: Police asked the drivers of a pair of construction vehicles to move them, allowing access to an alley that residents use to access their driveways.

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Left: Carol Jensen fills a small bag about halfway with trash.

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s turtle season winds down, the loyal beach cleaners are starting to gear up for their season. Keep Manatee Beautiful and the Longboat Key Turtle Watch hosted their first off-season community beach cleanup Sept. 25.

During the months that sea turtles are not laying eggs on Longboat Key beaches, the groups organize their volunteers for a monthly patrol to keep the beach clean. During turtle season, which runs from May to the end of October, the Turtle Watch volunteers who patrol pick up trash while walking from nest to nest.

Turtle season isn’t over yet, but activity is low this time of year, so there are fewer patrollers on the beach every

Born and raised in Australia, Adams is a legal immigrant to America, receiving a rare Extraordinary Ability Green Card.

His book, Green Card Warrior, detailing his journey to America, received special distinction in March 2017, with President Donald Trump declaring it “a must read.” It was the first time in the history of the United States that a sitting President has ever endorsed a book. On August 25, 2017, President Trump took to Twitter to praise Adams’ previous book Retaking America, resulting in several news outlets declaring him “the President’s favorite author”.

Adams has appeared on virtually every major television and radio program, and his work has been published in newspapers around the world.

morning. Volunteer Suzy Mitchell said that two weeks after the last turtle activity, meaning a false crawl or a nest, Turtle Watch moves to spot-checking existing nests only. Usually by this time of year, they’ve moved to spotchecking, which is why the cleanup was organized.

Mitchell patrols the area on Fridays and said she and her fellow watchers keep it pretty clean. There was little excess trash to be found in her line of Longboat, which started at the Gulfside beach access. Olga Stokes and Carlyn Vigil, who patrolled the stretch north of Mitchell’s, said they found mostly bits of Styrofoam and cigarette butts.

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TRIBUTES Patrick Roman Nudo 1964-2021

Dorothy Jane Illingworth (Hutcheon) 1927-2021

Patrick Roman Nudo, 57, of Longboat Key, FL, formerly of Springfield, IL, passed away peacefully at 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday, September 14, 2021, at Sarasota Memorial Hospital in Sarasota, FL.

Springfield; sister-in-law, Svetlana Nudo; companion, Jacqueline Russell of Longboat Key, FL; nieces and nephews, Alex (Abby), Adam, Natalie, Timmy, Whitney, and Tate Nudo; and several cousins.

Private family ceremonies will be held.

A celebration of life will be planned for a later date.

The family is being served by Butler Funeral Home-Springfield, 900 S. 6th St., Springfield, IL. Please visit butlerfuneralhomes.com to offer your condolences.

DONATIONS: Memorial contributions may be made to St. Francis Convent, 4849 LaVerna Rd., Springfield, IL 62707.

She was born in Brooklyn NY to parents Forbes Gerard Hutcheon and Ethel Marie Hutcheon (Stocker). She was raised in Ridgewood NJ with her sister Ruth(Link), was a 1945 graduate of Ridgewood High School and a 1947 graduate of Green Mountain Junior College. She met the love of her life at a young adult church group and was happily married to Richard Holt Illingworth for 68 years, who predeceased her in 2017. He was the owner and president of Greenville Finishing Corp., a textile mill in Smithfield RI, where they raised their four children on a 55 acre farm in a pre-Revolutionary War farmhouse -Nancy Robator (David) of Bedford NH, Susan Thomasy (Steven) of Brockton MA, Joan Morris (Peter) of Hingham MA and Thomas Illingworth (Karolyn Shaw) of Lynchburg VA. She leaves 13 grandchildren and 14 great grandchildren. She was very athletic, teaching her children to swim, ski, ice skate, play tennis, golf and baseball, plus hike the many trails around their RI farm and across America. She was a Life Member of the National Council of State Garden Clubs and loved to tend her many gardens and raise exotic house plants. She was very artistic, winning flower arranging contests, knitting, and crafting of all sorts.

She was a Life Member of the National Council of State Garden Clubs and loved to tend her many gardens and raise exotic house plants.

She was an avid note writer, keeping in touch with many many friends, neighbors, nieces, nephews, and of course, her family.

She was incredibly adept at throwing together dinner parties, holiday meals, cocktail parties, Christmas tree cutting parties at the old farmhouse, all at the drop of a hat, doing all the catering herself. She and Richard traveled extensively in the US and overseas, later becoming summer residents of Nantucket Island MA and winter residents of Longboat Key FL for many years until his passing. She had recently moved to Runk and Pratt Senior Living Community in Lynchburg VA. She will be interred at George Washington Memorial Park Cemetery in Paramus NJ and a memorial service will follow at a later date.

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He graduated from Griffin High School and earned his bachelor’s degree in business from the University of Arizona. Patrick was employed as CEO for the family business, Nudo Products in Springfield.

He was an avid car enthusiast and loved to participate in Jeep Jamborees with his daughter. Patrick enjoyed living on the lake, boating, tubing, skiing, wakeboarding, and jet skiing. He was also a member of Island Bay Yacht Club. After moving to Florida, Patrick enjoyed watching the sunsets on the beach, spotting dolphins and manatees in the ocean, boating, kayaking and paddle boarding. For the last couple of years, Patrick was able to fulfill his latest dream and was the owner and operator of the Gato Gordo Ranch and Citrus Farm in Arcadia, FL. He was preceded in death by his parents; friend and former spouse, Aimee Sample; and brother, Timothy Nudo.

Patrick is survived by his daughter, Samantha Nudo of Springfield and her half-sister, Estella Sample; siblings, Gerald Lee Nudo of Chicago, Thomas (Denise) Nudo of Springfield, and Samuel Nudo of

Dorothy Jane Illingworth (Hutcheon) passed away on 8/30/2021 at Lynchburg General Hospital in VA with family at her side after a brief illness, just shy of her 94th birthday.

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When Charlie Barnett was growing up on his parents’ sailboat in Longboat Key, he didn’t realize he would be navigating the heights of stardom in the world of mainstream TV series.

Fans of his will remember Barnett, 33, as Peter Mills, a firefighter/paramedic on the NBC drama “Chicago Fire” from 2012 to 2015. Among his other roles: as Alan Zaveri on Netflix comedy series “Russian Doll,” Ben Marshall on Netflix series “Tales of the City” and Gabe Miranda in Netflix thriller series “You.” This week, Barnett can be seen on NBC’s premiere TV series “Ordinary Joe,” a drama that weaves together three parallel life paths — nurse, police officer and rock star — for Joe Kimbreau, an indecisive New Yorker played by James Wolk.

The series follows Joe through three different lifetimes as his life changes based on the choice he makes at one crossroads in his life. Barnett plays the role of Joe’s best friend, Eric Payne.

Barnett said the new series is a challenging topic and hopes viewers will relate to the theme that life is all about the choices you make — and sometimes that what you do in a single moment can change everything.

“Ordinary Joe” starts with the story of Joe Kimbreau, who faces one of these decisions at his college graduation. The three parallel stories that split from that night find Joe and the people around him with dif-

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Above: Sarasota born and raised, Charlie Barnett can be seen on NBC’s new television series “Ordinary Joe.” Right: Seven-year-old Charlie Barnett in “Oliver!” on a Sarasota stage.

ferent careers, relationships and family lives, showing the unexpected ways that things change — and stay the same.

But when it comes down to it, there is no “right” choice; no matter what happens, Joe’s life is always messy, exciting, tough and unpredictable.

The series in being filmed in Atlanta.

Barnett maintains an apartment in Atlanta for filming purposes and frequently visits Sarasota, where he and his partner, Drew, own a home on Siesta Key. His passion for acting began at a young age, he said, when he was cast for the titular role in the musical “Oliver!” on a Sarasota stage.

“I was the first AfricanAmerican to play the role of Oliver,” Barnett said.

Barnett attended Booker High School and decided to apply to The Juilliard School in New York for his professional training. With the help of a scholarship from the Women’s Foun-

dation in Sarasota, he was able to attend Juilliard and juggle his training by working evening jobs as a waiter and bartender to supplement the cost of living and going to school in New York City.

Like many in the film industry, Barnett had to look for new work when the COVID-19 pandemic hit.

“I actually worked for a year at a food bank in LA, where I was living at the time,” he said.

“I love helping others, and I was grateful to the fact that I was healthy, financially secure, and I saw the world suffering and dying from the pandemic and was truly humbled.”

Barnett said he also was inspired by his parents, Bob and Danee, both of whom have supported the local food bank in Sarasota for years.

“Giving back is in our family,” he said.

In fact, as a measure of her commitment to All Faiths Food Bank in Sarasota, Danee Barnett, the owner of Danee

“There are so many stories to write about the lesser known Black cowboys who helped shape the American West.

I want to be in a position to highlight these forgotten men and reconquer their legacy.”

— Charlie Barnett

Barnett Weight Loss Center, donates 25 cents to the Food Bank for every pound her clients shed. So far, the loss of more than 65,000 pounds has meant a nice sum added to the coffers of the organization’s fresh produce program.

5 Ways to Worship at All Angels

St. Armands Key

All Angels Episcopal Church | 563 Bay Isles Rd

LUTHERAN CHURCH

• Indoor worship services this Sunday at 10 am • Drive-in Church, Sunday at 10:00. Tune your car radio to 107.5 FM

JOIN US FOR IN-PERSON WORSHIP SUNDAYS AT 10AM

or worship with us online at saklc.com/live or on Facebook

• Walk-up Church, enjoy the garden setting and listen to the service • Live-stream - go to AllAngelsLBK.org to watch on-line

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Growing in Jesus’ Name

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St. Mary, Star of the Sea,

Sunday Service 10:00 AM The Dr. Fred The Rev.Rev. Dr. Norman M.Finks Pritchard

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Masks Are Optional

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Please join us in worship in person on Sunday at 10 a.m. or online at our website and Facebook Live Stream at 10 a.m.

6200 Gulf of Mexico Drive • Longboat Key, Florida 34228 • 941-383-6491

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“So you see, our family believes in giving back, and I’m perpetuating that commitment,” Barnett said.

On a personal level, Barnett is an avid outdoor enthusiast, enjoying all forms of water sports, especially sailing and kayaking. “Did I tell you I’m a foodie, too?”

Looking ahead for Barnett, he said his dream is to write, produce and star in a Black cowboy film or TV series.

“There are so many stories to write about the lesser-known Black cowboys who helped shape the American West,” he said. “I want to be in a position to highlight these forgotten men and reconquer their legacy.”

4280 Gulf of Mexico Drive Longboat Key, FL 34228 383-1255 • www.stmarylbk.org

SUMMER MASS SCHEDULE Saturday: 5:00 PM Sunday: 8:30 & 10:30 AM Daily Mass at 9:00 AM- Monday through Friday Confessions after daily Mass or by appointment

Rev. Robert Dziedziak, Pastor

Temple Beth Israel

The Center of Jewish Living on Longboat Key

Please join us for Friday Evening Shabbat Services at 7:30pm each week in our Sanctuary, and morning Shabbat service & Torah Study at 10:00 am every Saturday.

Check our website for more information on upcoming events & programs, including the NEW Education Center at TBI offerings!

If you’d like to join our mailing list, send an email to office@tbi-lbk.org to stay up to date!

Due to the rise of Covid cases in our area, we will require masks & encourage social distancing until further notice.

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espite the bugs, Angela Mali and a small crew of friends and passersby dutifully held their downward dogs and low lunges until the muggy end of class. In September on Longboat Key, there’s little relief from heat or no-see-ums, but the views of the water and the restorative stretches make up for it.

“I hope (the bugs) don’t stick around when it gets cooler out,” Mali said. “It’s definitely trickier when you’re doing yoga outside.

You definitely have more factors.”

Mali, 53, is a former dance teacher who began practicing yoga about eight years ago after she took a class in Sedona, Arizona, while there with her mother.

After the first class, she absolutely loved it and did it every day during her two-week trip.

“I knew I was doing the realdeal yoga,” Mali said. “I just knew this was kind of different than what I was getting at a YMCA yoga class. It was more holistic, more at the heart of it. … It was a great first place to yoga.”

She was living in Orlando at the time and began going to a studio near her house while also flying back and forth from St. Louis weekly while she still taught at her dance studio there. The balance between yoga and dance got more lopsided toward yoga, and when she moved full time to Orlando, Mali did a 200-hour yoga teacher training. Once she moved to the area in summer 2020, she heard about a 300-hour training that some of her yoga friends were doing too.

“Everything was so weird, but I thought, ‘Where am I going to focus my energies to keep myself in a positive place?’” Mali said.

“So we found out about the training, the 300 hour, and I’m like, ‘OK, I have I bought this home that has a yoga room.’ I have decided to practice yoga in this little square in my living room, though, so I decided to do the training. And it was totally different from my first training.”

She finished the training in December and wanted to begin teaching. During the pandemic, a friend of Mail’s began doing

IF YOU GO

Angela Mali hosts yoga at 6 p.m. most Sundays at Bayfront Park. RSVP to her with a call or text to 618789-7226.

donation-based community yoga classes. Bryant wanted to start the concept in her own outdoor area so people would feel safe in the open air and a neighbor suggested Bayfront Park. She now has classes at 6 p.m. every Sunday, weather and schedule permitting.

“I was like, ‘Oh, my gosh, I love this park,’” Mali said. “So I just decided to put some Facebook posts up and see what happens, and I mean, it’s been small. But I just say keep showing up. More people will arrive; you just got to keep showing up. We get to do yoga outside on the water and connect with nature.”

Bryant has a few regulars who show up most weeks and sometimes gets students who join as they’re walking by in the park or vacationers who spot her posts in the I Love Longboat Key, Florida group on Facebook. There are others who have said they would love to join when they return for the winter.

“I like the flexibility of the outdoors,” Mali said. “I think I just need to get the word out. I’ve only done the Facebook posts. I figured that was the best way to get the word out. I know this is the slower season right now.”

There are adjustments she’s had to make. Sometimes, she cancels class if she’s out of town or if a summer thunderstorm crops up. Now that sunset is getting closer, she’s moving class up in the evening so the no-see-ums stay unseen.

During red tide, Mali took her class to Joan Durante Park to be a little more sheltered from the stench and irritants. Although she enjoyed the park, she and the regulars at her class prefer the waterfront views.

“That’s beautiful, too,” Mali said. “It’s a whole different vibe, but that’s a nice backup.”

Mali keeps her class flexible like any good yoga instructor should.

There’s no one specific type of

FAVORITE MOVES Like all yoga instructors, Angela Mali has her favorite moves. Here are a few:

Half moon: Requires intense balancing focus. To modify, use a yoga block on the hand reaching toward the ground.

Peaceful warrior: Requires balance and builds strength in the lunging leg.

Triangle: Opens up the hips and often comes after warrior poses in a flow.

yoga that she offers — she asks those who show up what they want to do that evening. Sometimes it’s a more relaxing flow; other times it’s a more intense, strength-building vinyasa class.

Luckily, she hasn’t had students who disagree on where to take class on any given night.

“I think to be able to have that community yoga option where you can just kind of drop in and do yoga, you don’t have to sign up for a membership, or you can just show up, that’s important,” she said.

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COMMUNITY TUESDAY, OCT. 5

HAMILTON: HOW THE MUSICAL REMIXES AMERICAN HISTORY From 3-4 p.m. at The Paradise Center, 546 Bay Isles Road, attend a lecture with OLLI at Ringling College. Richard Bell will break down the Tony-winning musical and the craze that swept America. The lecture is $10 for members and $15 for nonmembers.

Reservations are not required.

SATURDAY, OCT. 9

JAGFEST ON THE CIRCLE From 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on St. Armands Circle, the Suncoast Jaguar Club will have antique, classic and special interest Jaguars on display. For information, call 383-1554.

SATURDAY, OCT. 16

MAKING STRIDES FOR BREAST CANCER Starting at 9:30 a.m. at 546 Bay Isles Road, join The Paradise Center in a satellite Making Strides for Breast Cancer walk.

The walk will be about 3 miles, and LBK Paradise Striders team captain Liz Yerkes will be offering massages for team members afterwards. Visit bit.ly/ParadiseStriders to join the team. For information, call Suzy Brenner at 383-6493.

RECURRING EVENTS MONDAYS, WEDNESDAYS AND FRIDAYS

LORD’S WAREHOUSE THRIFT STORE Beginning in October, the thrift store will be open 9 a.m. to 1

BEST BET SUNDAY, OCT. 3

GARDEN CONCERT AT SAKLC At 4 p.m. in the garden of St. Armands Key Lutheran Church, 40 N. Adams Drive, pull up a chair for a concert with the Second Line Band.

The concert is free, and guests are encouraged to bring their own chairs. Email Michael@SAKLC.com for information.

p.m. It is located at 6140 Gulf of Mexico Drive. Donations are accepted during business hours.

For information, call 383-4738.

TUESDAYS

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

Call Nancy Rozance at 203-6054066, or email info@LongboatKeyRotary.org.

WEDNESDAYS

GRIEVE NOT ALONE At 2 p.m. at The Paradise Center, 546 Bay Isles Road. This new peer support group will bring together people who have experienced the loss of a loved one.

Refreshments are served. RSVP by calling 383-6493.

THURSDAYS

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

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STRESSED OUT? JOIN THE CROWD Tips to stop your mental rubber band from snapping.

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ecently, I found myself in the center of a horrifying situation. On an evening walk, my dog, Stanley, heard his friend Gracie, the comely chocolate Lab, and violently tugged his leash in her direction. The leash broke, and he took off, me following. When I caught up, he was running alongside a man riding his bike who — with good reason — was not happy.

“Can’t you control your stupid dog?” he yelled as Stan loped alongside. Without thinking, out of breath and crazy angry with Stanley, I screamed back an expletive I generally use on U.S. 41 when I’m alone in the car.

He also knew that expletive and replied in kind.

By this time, my neighbor along with Gracie had Stanley in tow. The bicyclist returned to the scene of the scream. I apolo-

gized profusely, exhibiting the broken leash and assuring him that Stanley, now acting like the perfect pet, would never have bitten him. He rode off, shaking his head.

Returning home, I sank into a chair and wept, feeling totally out of control. “I’m not the kind of person who screams at a stranger like that,” I moaned to Gretchen White, a licensed social worker and good friend, the next day. “I am mortified that I behaved that way.”

White explained that most of us are teetering on a stress continuum that’s like a rubber band. It gets stretched and then slackens from day to day, moment to moment. And sometimes it just snaps.

I cannot remember ever feeling quite so many unruly emotions in response to events and situations that are totally out of the ordinary person’s control since, well, climbing under my desk during the Cuban missile crisis.

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In attempting to get a handle on how to navigate through these muddy times, research led me repeatedly to the approach of acceptance.

Now, as a therapeutic approach, it’s called acceptance and commitment therapy.

According to PostivePsychology. com, acceptance and commitment therapy encourages people to embrace their thoughts and feelings rather than fighting them or feeling guilty for them.

Acceptance is an active choice to allow unpleasant experiences to exist, without trying to deny or change them.

Putting this in practice can be easier said than done, though there are some simple hacks that can get you on your way.

BREATHE

When you’re feeling ready to snap, remember to breathe.

Looking back at the dog and bicycle experience, it would have been so much better if I would have taken a deep breath instead of launching an obscenity.

Taking that deep breath will also let your mind catch up and allow you to make a choice in your reaction. You can act rather than react.

START WITH THE SMALL THINGS

BestSelf.com recommends making a mental stress log, or better yet a written stress log. That gets things out of your head, clearing up space for more enriching thoughts. Plus, writing things down inspires action.

Taking one thing on your list, say, pulling the weeds that are

spoiling the joy of your garden, relieves overall stress. You won’t be solving the chaos of thousands of Haitians taking refuge under an overpass in Texas, but you will be taking a small action.

GET SOME SLEEP

Finally, getting enough sleep and exercise is key to keeping our stress manageable. If we’re over-caffeinated because we’re under-charged, our tendency is to overreact. And exercise, releasing endorphins and muscle tension incites a positive mental attitude that makes space for acceptance.

Kristine Nickel is a marketing communications consultant and former marketing and public relations executive. For more than 30 years, she has relieved her stress by writing features for publications across the country.

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LONGBOAT KEY 25 Lighthouse Point Drive 4 Beds 6/1 Baths 6,025 Sq. Ft. Sherri Mills 941-350-7112 A4503359 $5,200,000

SARASOTA 1335 2nd Street PH-7 4 Beds 3/1 Baths 3,363 Sq. Ft. Jonathan Abrams 941-232-2868 A4495711 $3,299,900

ANNA MARIA ISLAND 867 N Shore Drive 2 Beds 2 Baths 1,507 Sq. Ft. Kathy Marshall 941-900-9777 A4512601 $3,250,000

BRADENTON 5948 Riverview Boulevard 5 Beds 4/1 Baths 5,091 Sq. Ft. Kathy Valente & Gregory Zies, LLC 941-685-6767 A4504528 $2,195,000

LONGBOAT KEY 230 Sands Point Road 3207 2 Beds 2 Baths 1,602 Sq. Ft. Thomas Cinquegrano 941-284-5049 A4511867 $1,995,900

SARASOTA 505 S Orange Avenue 1103 3 Beds 3/1 Baths 3,003 Sq. Ft. Susan Fox & Jonathan Fox, PA 941-544-6648 A4510482 $1,850,000

LONGBOAT KEY 647 Marbury Lane 4 Beds 4/1 Baths 2,651 Sq. Ft. Sandi Layfield 941-914-2807 A4503569 $1,799,000

SARASOTA 1723 Oak Street 4 Beds 3/1 Baths 2,862 Sq. Ft. Judy Nimz 941-374-0196 A4510139 $1,750,000

ANNA MARIA ISLAND 2719 Gulf Drive 3 Beds 2/1 Baths 2,119 Sq. Ft. Melinda Alvarez 941-704-0633 A4506596 $1,599,900

SARASOTA 1711 Baywood Way 2 Beds 2 Baths 1,358 Sq. Ft. Jami Kellogg 941-809-6931 A4488310 $1,200,000

LONGBOAT KEY 570 Putting Green Lane 2 Beds 3 Baths 1,829 Sq. Ft. Sandra Walker & Kris Niehaus 941-400-5849 A4511712 $1,200,000

LONGBOAT KEY 370 Gulf Of Mexico Drive 423 2 Beds 2/1 Baths 2,350 Sq. Ft. Debra Pitell-Hauge & Lisa Sebastian 941-356-0437 A4511785 $1,200,000

LONGBOAT KEY 1445 Gulf Of Mexico Drive 201 3 Beds 2/1 Baths 2,274 Sq. Ft. Kathy Callahan 941-900-8088 A4504369 $1,137,000

BRADENTON 1523 1st Avenue W 4 Beds 3 Baths 3,500 Sq. Ft. Fran DeDona & Pam Goodwin 941-812-5023 A4505327 $1,050,000

SARASOTA 5925 Anise Drive 4 Beds 3/1 Baths 3,487 Sq. Ft. Lorraine Neal 941-350-0997 A4509323 $1,035,000

SARASOTA 17773 Deer Prairie Drive 3 Beds 2 Baths 2,360 Sq. Ft. Tina Von Kessel & Brigitte Von Kessel 941-266-2848 A4504988 $899,999

LONGBOAT KEY 1701 Gulf Of Mexico Drive 303 2 Beds 2 Baths 1,551 Sq. Ft. Michael Moulton 941-928-3559 A4503585 $875,000

LONGBOAT KEY 691 Broadway Street 1,189 Sq. Ft. Cindy Fischer 941-465-1124 A4511952 $789,000

LONGBOAT KEY 4234 Gulf Of Mexico Drive A1 3 Beds 2 Baths 1,636 Sq. Ft. Lenore Treiman 941-356-9642 A4504718 $699,000

LAKEWOOD RANCH 7324 Lake Forest Glen 3 Beds 2 Baths 2,228 Sq. Ft. Joanna Benante & Ann Martin 941-356-7717 A4512249 $689,000

BRADENTON 3622 Avenida Madera 4 Beds 3 Baths 2,609 Sq. Ft. Adam Cuffaro 941-812-0791 A4507676 $650,000

VENICE 147 Tampa Avenue E 702 2 Beds 2 Baths 1,705 Sq. Ft. Helen Moore 941-724-2030 N6116949 $640,000

BRADENTON 8704 53rd Avenue W 3 Beds 2 Baths 2,358 Sq. Ft. Maurice Menager & Lin Dunn 941-809-2154 A4512772 $560,000

OSPREY 32 Park Drive 3 Beds 2 Baths 2,256 Sq. Ft. Schuyler Burke 907-223-8161 A4505805 $550,000

SARASOTA 4718 Harris Avenue 3 Beds 2 Baths 2,248 Sq. Ft. Mel & Jan Goldsmith 941-356-6673 A4512627 $524,000

NOKOMIS/NORTH VENICE 328 Matisse Circle S 2 Beds 2 Baths 1,503 Sq. Ft. Lisa Harris 707-337-2615 A4510756 $425,000

BRADENTON 3118 38th Terrace E 3 Beds 2 Baths 2,101 Sq. Ft. Rachelle Golden 941-538-8998 A4512923 $384,900

VENICE 503 Parkdale Mews 503 2 Beds 2 Baths 941 Sq. Ft. Sherrey Welch 941-223-6318 N6116684 $325,000

SARASOTA 7860 Palm Aire Lane 101 3 Beds 2 Baths 1,444 Sq. Ft. Linda Thompson 941-400-0805 A4512562 $248,000

ANNA MARIA ISLAND 102 Cedar Avenue 4 Beds 3/1 Baths 2,290 Sq. Ft. Hannah Hillyard & George Myers 941-744-7358 A4507978 $4,200,000

SARASOTA The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Residences 1204 2 Beds 2/1 Baths 3,553 Sq. Ft. Joan Dickinson & Beth Afflebach 941-914-0496 A4508463 $3,590,000

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RESIDENTIAL REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS

SEPT. 13-17

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condominium in Orchid Beach Club Residences tops all transactions in this week’s real estate.

Sylvia Babineau sold her Unit A302 condominium at 2050 Benjamin Franklin Drive to Robert and Nancy Bloch, of Great Falls, Virginia, for $2.18 million. Built in 2005, it has three bedrooms, three-anda-half baths and 3,242 square feet of living area. It sold for $1.15 million in 2017.

SLEEPY LAGOON PARK

Carlos and Elda Rios sold their home at 660 Marbury Lane to Christopher and Nancy Norem, of Glen Ellyn, Illinois, for $1.65 million. Built in 1988, it has three bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 2,452 square feet of living area. It sold for $835,000 in 2019.

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Orchid Beach Club condo sells for $2.18 million

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David and Helen Purvis and Omid Jalili Ebrahim-Pour and Masoumeh Sadeghi, of Ontario, Canada, sold their home at 3395 Bayou Lane to Kevin Slachciak, of Grand Island, New York, for $900,000. Built in 1986, it has three bedrooms, three-anda-half baths, a pool and 2,436 square feet of living area. It sold for $650,000 in 2010.

BUTTONWOOD COVE

Arthur Mier and Jeanne Matheson Mier, of Bloomington, Illinois, sold their Unit 201 condominium at 3540 Gulf of Mexico Drive to Thomas and Carol Gilbert, of Flossmoor, Illinois, for $661,000. Built in 1980, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 1,486 square feet of living area.

It sold for $180,000 in 1984.

LIDO REGENCY

David and Linda Heller, of Amityville, New York, sold their Unit 6-E condominium at 1700 Benjamin Franklin Drive to Anthony and Christina DiPaolo, of Franklin Square, New York, for $600,000. Built in 1968, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,382 square feet of living area. It sold for $515,000 in 2018.

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A condo at the Orchid Beach Club on Lido Key led weekly sales.

ISLANDER CLUB OF LONGBOAT

Stephen Dephillips, of Old Tappan, New Jersey, sold his Unit 13-N condominium at 2301 Gulf of Mexico Drive to Donna Dephillips, of Old Tappan, New Jersey, for $475,000. Built in 1970, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,580 square feet of living area. It sold for $415,000 in 2004.

SUTTON PLACE

Nancy Stapleton, of Grosse Pointe, Michigan, sold her Unit 101 condominium at 600 Sutton Place to Christopher and Kathryn Deariso, of Sarasota, for $323,000. Built in 1973, it has one bedroom, one bath and 696 square feet of living area. It sold for $270,000 in 2019.

TOP BUILDING PERMITS These are the largest building permits issued by the Longboat Key Planning and Zoning Department for the week of Sept. 17-23 in order of dollar amounts.

L O N G B OAT K E Y

In with the new SALES GALLERY OPEN

AMOUNT $250,000

1955 GMD #208

Interior alterations Randall L. Tobias

1955 GMD #107

Interior alterations William Warren Trakas $132,050

601 Putting Green Lane

Dock and lift

Satish R. Maripuri

$135,881 $129,079

Revocable Trust

501 Harbor Point Road

Pool and spa

Glass Family Living Trust $116,250

557 Spanish Drive N.

Interior alterations Michael W. Blankenbecler $106,082

690 Russell St.

Pool

Kevin Slachciak

$96,939

581 Putting Green Lane

Seawall

Peter Intermaggio

$91,833

4725 GMD Unit 119

Interior alterations JTCKEY1 LLC

561 Halyard Lane

Seawall

Thomas L. McCollum, Jr. $81,372

Privacy walls and

Petra Danielsohn-Weil Revocable Trust

water garden

Pool, deck and fence Nancy Greenhouse

$47,950

280 N. Shore Road Unit 8

Interior alterations Andrea S. Gocksch

$40,000

532 Rountree Drive

Windows and doors Ronald Amato

$38,338

600 Wedge Lane

Dock and lift

Diane M Dello Russo

$36,356

5910 GMD

Electrial

Clare Marie Fox

$34,168 $33,000

Re-roof

William V. Cooney, Jr.

A/C change-out

John B. Gerlach, Jr.

MOVE-IN READY

$76,000

7057 Longboat Drive N.

617 Buttonwood Drive

The Residences at the St. Regis | 941.213.3300 | From the $2,000,000’s | Call for appointment. SRResidencesLongboatKey.com

$85,361

1150 Bogey Lane

3322 Sabal Cove Lane

Longboat Key

Downtown Sarasota Risdon on 5th | 941.365.1414 | From the low $600,000’s | RisdonOn5th.com

MOVE IN FALL 2022

$27,402

6700 GMD Unit 108

Windows

Jamie L. Mullican

$26,054

700 Tarawitt Drive

Mechanical

Jeffrey David Undorf

$22,000

4700 GMD Unit 302

Windows

Mary Ellen Taggart

$21,950

6820 Longboat Drive S.

Plumbing

Brendan Walsh

$20,700

551 Gulf Bay Road

Re-roof

Marilyn K. Dirks

$17,720

3555 Mistletoe Lane

Windows

Jean W. Yessin Revocable $17,700

Trust 660 Cedar St.

Electrial

Fritz E. Attaway

$17,147

4500 GMD Unit 304

Windows

Raymond A. Janko

$16,602

4401 GMD Unit 100

Windows

Michele R. Moore

$16,138

660 Cedar St.

Mechanical

Fritz E. Attaway

$15,600

731 Emerald Harbor Drive

A/C change-out

Mary Elizabeth Hirschmiller $15,347

545 Sanctuary Drive #702

Interior alterations Phyliss M. Barber

Downtown Sarasota The Collection | 941.232.2868 | From the $2,000,000’s | Call for appointment. | thecollection1335.com

Sales galleries open and available for virtual or in-person presentations.

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

$12,565

Source: Town of Longboat Key

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lthough not the flashiest of shorebirds, these common, stocky birds, with their long legs and long, straight bills (which are considerably longer than their heads), do hold the distinction of being among the larger members of the sanderling family.

With their mottled brown plumage when breeding and plain gray otherwise, willets tower above other sanderlings. But they always reveal their distinctive black and white under-wing pattern when they take flight, which makes them easier to identify.

Two distinct subspecies of willets occur in North America: one that breeds in the east and another that breeds in the west. Both can be found in Florida in the winter, but only the eastern willets spend their summers here.

On our beaches, you will often spot willets walking close to the water’s edge, where they scavenge for invertebrates and small fish. Because they find prey using the sensitive tips of their bills and not just their eyesight, willets can feed both during the day and at night.

These fairly plain-feathered birds were not targeted by the plume trade, which decimated so many shorebird species. But they too were nearly driven to extinction in the 19th century from being widely hunted for food. Due to their size, they were an easy

Miri Hardy

mark for hunters, and many found them good to eat. Even John James Audubon, a famous ornithologist and naturalist, noted how tasty willets, their offspring and even their eggs were.

Now protected by the Migratory Bird Treaty Act, willets, like all shorebirds, are still threatened by loss and degradation of their habitats. And climate change and rising sea levels might cause them to lose their feeding and breeding locations.

The name willet is an onomatopoeia for this common shorebird’s piercing call.

— MIRI HARDY, SAVE OUR SEABIRDS

Save our Seabirds is a nonprofit whose mission is to rescue, rehabilitate and release sick and injured wild birds. Follow @SaveOurSeabirds to learn more.

First Physicians Group

Welcomes Ralph P. Tufano, MD, MBA, FACS We are pleased to welcome our first Thyroid and Parathyroid Surgeon to the First Physicians Group network. Ralph P. Tufano, MD, joins FPG from the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and Hospital. Dr. Tufano will manage and provide surgical treatment for thyroid nodules, thyroid cancer, benign thyroid disease causing symptoms and hyperparathyroidism.

His novel treatment techniques, including scarless transoral thyroidectomy and parathyroidectomy and radiofrequency ablation (RFA) will provide more treatment options and improve surgical outcomes for patients with these conditions.

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