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Longboat Key residents gravitate to physical activity.

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Sheffield Hocker is placing his ‘chips’ on Broadway.

Kiwanis Club Valentine’s Ball is a holiday hit.

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Town center deemed priority The adoption of the Vision Plan has allowed the Planning and Zoning Board to help plan Longboat’s future in regard to the revitalization of its shopping centers.

By Kurt Schultheis | City Editor

The town hopes future amendments to the Comprehensive Plan will help revitalize the island’s shopping centers and create a town center along Bay Isles Road.

The Planning and Zoning

Board directed town special counsel attorney Nancy Stroud at its Tuesday, Feb. 15 regular meeting to report back with amendments that could make that happen.

“Right now, we are a town without a town,” said Planning Board Chairwoman B.J. Webb.

The rest of the planning board agreed, but debated to what lengths the town would be willing to amend its Comprehensive Plan to spruce up the centers and create a better town.

Stroud told the board that the town can assist in the revitalization process by making amend-

ments that could encourage the transformation of Avenue of the Flowers into a town center that stretched down Bay Isles Road and the revitalization of the aging Whitney Beach Plaza on the

SEE VISION / PAGE 2A

Photo courtesy of Lou Newman

+ Photographer goes into nesting mode Dr. Lou Newman is one of the area’s most eagle-eyed photographers, known for his photos of birds and other wildlife. On Sunday, Feb. 13, he had birds on the brain when he captured this shot of an adult bald eagle with one of two chicks in the nest located mid-Key at Bayport Beach & Tennis Club.

+ Town beach talks scheduled Town Manager Bruce St. Denis has scheduled the following beach project presentations, titled “Beaches 101,” at Town Hall, 501 Bay Isles Road, this week: • 7 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 16 • 10 a.m. Friday, Feb. 18 The presentations are being done to inform residents about the beach project before a $16 million beach referendum comes before the voters on March 15.

See OUR TOWN / PAGE 2A

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dancing diva Dora Walters

Jayne Weiss, left, joins the rest of the dancers at the Go for the Cure “Mind and Motion Goes Pink” event Feb. 9, at the Longboat Key Club and Resort’s Mind and Motion Studio. For the story and more photos, see page 12A.

HEALTHY DOSE

Walgreens sets sights on plaza The drug-store chain has held quasi-judicial hearings with the town about the possibility of anchoring Whitney Beach Plaza.

By Robin Hartill | Community Editor

Walgreens could be eyeing Whitney Beach Plaza, according to a quarterly report sent by Town Manager Bruce St. Denis to commissioners.

The Jan. 31 report states: “Quasi-judicial discussions have been held in regard to the development of Whitney Beach Plaza with the possibility of a Walgreens anchoring the site.”

According to the report, the

Bank of America surplus parking site has also been identified as a potential Walgreens location. However, Planning, Zoning and Building Director Monica Simpson told the Planning and Zoning Board at its

Feb. 15 regular meeting that she has not heard from Walgreens regarding development of the Bank of America property for a drugstore since late 2009.

Brian Kenney, principal of the Boston-based Juliani Kenney Investment Capital LLC, which purchased the plaza with

SEE PLAZA / PAGE 8A

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VISION / FROM PAGE 1A north end of the island.

“Revitalization, according to the Vision Plan, is desired, but within a historical balance between residential, tourism and commercial uses,” Stroud said. “You want better, not bigger.”

Stroud explained that future amendments could include mixeduse and office spaces at Whitney Beach Plaza.

“The town can assist in revitalization but cannot substitute for the work of the market and private property owners,” Stroud said. “We can explore new land-use applications.”

Noting that Avenue of the Flowers is already a planned-unit development, which already allows the town to consider design flexibilities, Stroud explained that a town center could include the three acres of vacant residential property behind the Longboat Key Publix as part of its town center.

But a revitalization of Whitney Beach Plaza is more difficult. That’s because a town-wide referendum would be needed to ask the voters to allow for any residential to be included on the commercial site. And the town could add another landuse category that would allow for a mix of both office and retail space at the center.

Webb was happy to hear that flexibilities exist for Whitney Beach Plaza.

“We need to ask ourselves what we want the northern entrance of this island to look like,” Webb said.

“It’s the first dynamic piece of property that will indicate who and what we are.”

The planning board agreed that amendments to the Comprehensive Plan need to allow for as much flex-

ibility as possible, so the town can review future redevelopment projects in those two areas that are as creative as possible.

“The broader and more flexible we can make future development proposals, the better it is for the future and long-term vision of this Key,” said board member Allen Hixon.

And although board member Bradford Saivetz suggested the town might receive proposals asking for 15-story buildings, Webb said that’s not the case.

“This town already feels strongly about height limitations and wouldn’t allow an open-ended category in that regard,” Webb said.

The focus on a town center also led the planning board to give Planning, Zoning and Building Director Monica Simpson direction to address the issue of a perceived need for a town center specifically in the Comprehensive Plan.

“If we are serious about this being a town center, people need an opportunity to design something that’s pedestrian-friendly and allows people to walk comfortably from Town Hall to the grocery store and to church,” Webb said. “Right now, all we have is a poorly designed shopping center.”

Publix Super Markets Inc., which owns Town Plaza I at Avenue of the Flowers (the Publix building and the building to the west), has not submitted any renovation plans to the town yet and is still taking suggestions from the town and its residents, according to spokesperson Shannon Patten.

Stroud will report back to the planning board at its March meeting with ways to address the two aging shopping centers with Comprehensive Plan amendments at its 9 a.m. March 15 regular meeting.

OUR TOWN

+ Christ Church gets its own office space

>> Continued from Page 1A

Christ Church of Longboat Key, Presbyterian is one step closer to its new home: The church recently finished moving its office space to its new facility at 6400 Gulf of Mexico Drive. Church services and activities continue to be held at the church’s current location at 595 Bay Isles Road.

+ It's a small, small world!

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+ Sunset performance is instrumental for musician Does the kayagum sound familiar? Probably not. It’s a fifth-century, 12-string Korean instrument. But the sounds from far away were heard close to home Jan. 8, when musician Sang Won Park, a native of Seoul, South Korea, and a resident of New York City, performed the kayagum at sunset outside of the Ritz-Carlton Beach Club after a lecture by Dr. Helga Wall-Apelt. The photo was captured by photographer Sunaa Hushaw.

Brenda (Taylor) Frost was introduced to David Mitchell Saturday evening, Feb. 12, at the Longboat Key Kiwanis Foundation Valentine's Ball.

Both Frost and Mitchell are British and started talking about where they were from only to find out that they had both attended the same Spring Grove Grammar School, in Isleworth, Middlesex, England. Frost graduated in 1953, and Mitchell graduated in 1943.

The two caught up and talked about memories they had from their alma mater and were glad to have been introduced and have some fun going down memory lane.

+ Super Bowl victory tastes sweet for Arpke Ray Arpke, owner and chef of Euphemia Haye, was lucky enough to see his favorite team win the big game two weeks ago. As a football and Green Bay Packers fan, he was excited to be able to not only attend the game with his wife, D’Arcy, but to see his team win.

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Key resident compiles bicycle crash data

St. Armands residents seek to stop traffic

Longboat resident Lenny Landau used police reports from the last four years to calculate bicycle accident statistics on the Key.

By Robin Hartill | Community Editor

By Kurt Schultheis | City Editor

Key resident Lenny Landau, an avid recumbent bicyclist who bikes daily, sifted through police reports of bicycle crashes dating back to 2007. He then compiled a report, including several conclusions and recommendations.

Police Chief Al Hogle and Commissioner Phillip Younger worked with Landau on the report, which revealed several statistics.

Overall, there have been 25 bicycle accidents on Longboat Key since January 2007.

Out of those 25 bicycle accidents, approximately half of the accidents involved bikers riding on the sidewalk.

The report, titled “LBK Biking Accident Observations,” states: • Since many more people ride in the bike lane than on the sidewalk, the accident rate on the sidewalk is much higher than on the street.

• Most accidents occur at intersections, involving cars exiting on the side street or driveway.

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Lenny Landau, who bikes daily, said the report only looks at bicycle accidents that have occurred. The report does not evaluate the effect of removing bicycle signs on the Key. Mexico Drive, probably because there are more street and driveway intersections on the west side of the street.

• Some intersections are more dangerous than others, because the bikers’ and drivers’ views are obstructed by vegetation and/or structures.

• Riding in the opposite direction from car traffic increases

rider risk, because drivers approaching the road are looking left, as bicyclists approach from the right.

• Two out of 25 accidents resulted from a driver not yielding to a biker in the bike lane going in the same direction at an intersection.

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The Key’s residential side streets are a frequent shortcut for drivers who want to avoid the Circle.

Drivers frequently wind up in a jam when they navigate St. Armands Circle during season. As a result, many drivers take an alternate path through St. Armands Key’s residential side streets. Cutthrough traffic is especially heavy on North Washington Drive.

To address the cut-through traffic, the St. Armands Key Residents Association conducted an e-mail survey of residents in blocks 1 through 300 of North Washington Drive and found that those residents supported placing a no-left-turn sign at the intersection of North Washington Drive and North Boulevard of the Presidents.

“At any given time of year, there’s probably six cars or 10 cars lined up out there,” said Bill Rex, a North Washington Drive resident and second vice president of the association. “It’s becoming a safety issue.”

Rex said that some members sent other suggestions that would be difficult to implement on a public street, such as making the street open to residents only.

At an October St. Armands Circle traffic workshop, a North

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Washington Drive resident cited a study by the city of Sarasota that found that as many as 2,500 cars a day pass through the street during peak season. But association Treasurer Earl Scott, who lives on North Adams Drive, another frequent cut-through street, said that number is probably higher.

“From a courtesy standpoint, the main thoroughfare should be state roads,” Scott said. “What we should all be aiming for is to create those state roads so that they are passable at a reasonable time.”

Scott said that drivers frequently become angry as the result of congestion on the side streets.

“There have been shouting matches, and sometimes people making threats,” Scott said.

“They are frustrated and want to get through.”

The results of the survey have been forwarded to the city of Sarasota and Florida Department of Transportations (FDOT), and the association is currently awaiting an update.

NEW CHAPTER

Library checks out options for monetary assistance The Longboat Library will make a presentation at the Town Commission’s Feb. 17 regular workshop meeting.

By Robin Hartill | Community Editor

TWO TO TANGO Dora Walters

Marie and Vince DeLisi hit the dance floor Saturday at the Kiwanis Foundation’s Valentine’s Ball, held at the Longboat Key Club and Resort Harbourside Dining Room. See page 1C for the story and more photos.

The Longboat Library is used to operating on a tight budget.

The non-profit organization has a 10-year, $10-peryear lease on the property at 555 Bay Isles Road, which the Longboat Key Town Commission approved in 2006. It is staffed entirely by volunteers and has operating expenses of $28,000 per year, most of which is spent on maintenance and insurance, as well as books and CDs. But, despite low overhead costs, the library often operates at a deficit. In 2010, the library broke even, but the year before that, when its building needed a new roof, the organization incurred a deficit of nearly $29,000.

Now, the library will approach the town to discuss the possibility of obtaining assistance in a presentation that board members will make at the Feb. 17 regular meeting workshop.

“Our main job is to buy books and tapes, and all those are going up in price,” said board member Hazel Steskal.

In 2006, board members told the Longboat Observer that the library purchased between 40 and 50 new books per month. Now that number

Membership matters The following membership options are available at the Longboat Library: • Lifetime membership — For a one-time fee of $300, an individual or a married couple receives the same privileges as a patron member, along with a gold donor card.The donor’s name is also inscribed on a golden plaque.

• Patron membership — For $40 per year, the membership offers up to four seven-day books and eight 14-day books, CDs or tapes at a time.

• Regular membership — For $30 per year, the membership offers up to two seven-day books, four 14-day books, CDs or tapes at a time.

ranges from 30 to 40, according to board members.

“Because of the increasing costs in books and because our ongoing costs keep going up, we have to buy fewer new books each year,” said library President Amy Roth.

“Our shelves are getting pretty skimpy.”

The library currently has approximately 900 members. Currently the organization brings in approximately $12,000 through memberships each year. To raise more money, the library increased its membership costs by $5 to $30 for a yearly membership and $40 for a patron member-

ship. The library raises another $4,000 through book sales and an additional $2,000 by charging $3 per half-hour for the use of two computers. The remainder of funds comes from private donations, and the library also receives gifts of gently used books and CDs. In the past, the town generally has not contributed financially to the library’s operation, aside from a $4,411 grant the town received for upgrades of books on CDs in 2005.

But board members say the library enhances life in the town of Longboat Key. “I think a library is an asset to any community,” Steskal said.

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heart by getting it back into a rhythm. An AED pager system Simon created has also been successful.

Simon helped expand the volunteer service on the Key, with the support of Halas, by pushing for the support of AEDs in condominiums all over the Key.

+ Volunteer Lew Simon appointed to state boards Longboat Key Fire Rescue Volunteer President Lew Simon has been appointed to serve on the state’s Firefighters Employment, Standards and Training Council and the Fire and Emergency Incident Information System Technical Advisory Panel.

Florida Chief Financial Officer Jeff Atwater notified Simon of his appointment in a letter dated Feb. 8.

Divisions of State Fire Marshal Director and former Longboat Key Fire Rescue Chief Julius Halas recommended Simon.

“It’s an honor and a privilege to serve Florida in this capacity,” Simon said.

Simon has been instrumental in creating successful programs on the Key and in The Villages for CPR and automated external defibrillators (AEDs), which shock your

+ Dredging project near Jewfish Key in the works An emergency dredging in the authorized channel near Jewfish Key could become a reality.

At a December West Coast Inland Navigation District (WCIND) meeting held in Venice, WCIND Director Chuck Listowski explained that he has made arrangements with a property owner in Cortez to place 10,000 cubic yards of dredged material on his property.

The dredged material will come from a large sand shoal that is causing the authorized boating channel to close in on Longboat west of Jewfish Key. The project will cost WCIND approxi-

mately $100,000. The Manatee County Commission must approve the project, which will begin later this year.

Meetings & agendas  Planning and Zoning Board Regular Meeting — 9 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 15.  Town Commission Regular Workshop — 1 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 17.  Town Commission Regular Meeting — 1 p.m. Monday, March 7.

All meetings take place at Town Hall, 501 Bay Isles Road.

+ Commissioner Whitmore proposes mayoral meeting Manatee County Commissioner Carol Whitmore wants to schedule a mayoral meeting next month in Bradenton.

In a Feb. 10 e-mail to six mayors, Whitmore’s assistant explains that she wants to convene a mayoral meeting to encourage an ongoing dialogue and keep the lines of communication open.

There will be no set agenda for the meeting, which will allow for more open discussions.

The meeting will be held either March 5, March 21 or March 25, at Blake Medical Center, 2020 59th St. W., in Bradenton.

The mayors of Longboat Key, Anna Maria, Holmes Beach, Bradenton Beach, Bradenton and Palmetto were invited to participate.

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+ Corrections • From the Feb. 10 Our Town section, Nola Hietbrink, a Longboat resident, is incoming chair of the Children First Board of Directors. Jo Rutstein, also a Longboat Key resident, is incoming vice chair.

• A photo on page 6C in the Feb. 10 issue was incorrectly identified as Mary and Chuck Schultz. The photo is of Gulfshore of Longboat Key Mardi Gras party co-chairs Joan and Joe Callan. Mardi Gras king and queen were Lynn McConnell and Jackie Winter.

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Longboat trolley group considers slogan change A Longboat Key trolley working group discussed new ways to promote the service and revealed a tentative new schedule for the route Monday.

A Bayfront Park concept plan that includes a 15,000-squarefoot building will require additional administrative work.

By Kurt Schultheis | City Editor

The “Hop on the Bus” slogan could morph into “Take the Trolley.”

At a Longboat Key trolley working group meeting Monday, Feb. 14, at the Longboat Key, Lido Key, St. Armands Key Chamber of Commerce, it was noted that Sarasota County Area Transit (SCAT) continues to label the route as a “trolley route,” despite the use of buses on the island.

“It only makes sense to change the name to ‘Take the Trolley,’” said Key resident and group member Freda Perrotta.

The group formed last month to find ways to increase ridership and produce revenue for the underperforming route.

Perrotta suggested that the group secure racks in area businesses that feature trolley schedules to encourage residents to try the trolley.

It was also pointed out that even though there are only three major island trolley stops listed on SCAT’s Route 18, there are approximately 60 other stops located on the Key. The only island stops listed in SCAT’s route include the Longboat Key Hilton Beachfront Resort, Bay Isles Road and Harbourside Drive.

The group will try to make sure potential riders realize that there are 57 other stops on the island that can be located by poles/signs and benches along Gulf of Mexico Drive.

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Town attorney David Persson and town staff are also working to craft an interlocal agreement between Sarasota County and the town of Longboat Key. The agreement will make sure both parties concur that the site is meant to be used for a community park.

Zoning changes for the park will be the next step.

Specifically, the Sarasota County-owned southern park parcel, previously dubbed the Albritton parcel, must be changed from single-family residential and commercial to an open-space category.

Persson said, in total, the changes that need to be made at the town and state level could take more than a year to accomplish.

The biggest hurdle still exists, however.

Monies will need to be found to build a new 15,000-square-foot community center, a new multi-use/basketball court and relocated tennis courts.

The cost to renovate the entire park and build a recreation center is unknown.

However, the Longboat Key Club and Resort has committed to paying the town $3 million for its Islandside renovation-andexpansion project, which could be used for the park project.

Trolley group pushes trolley use Longboat Key resident Jackie Salvino and the members of a Longboat Key working trolley group are hoping Key residents and visitors will try the trolley this weekend by taking it to the 23rd annual Downtown Sarasota Festival of the Arts. The festival will be held 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Saturday and Sunday, on Main Street.

Salvino said Key residents could avoid the traffic by jumping on the bus or trolley at Avenue of the Flowers and riding Sarasota County Area Transit (SCAT) Route 18 to the First Street and Lemon Avenue stop in downtown Sarasota.

The ride, Salvino said, only takes 20 to 25 minutes — traffic and bridge openings permitting. The cost is 75 cents a ride.

Also at the meeting, a preliminary SCAT revised schedule for the Longboat Key trolley route showed trolleys arriving at stops every hour instead of the current half-hour, which was expected as part of a decrease in service to save money.

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Planning, Zoning and Building Director Monica Simpson alerted the Town Commission in a Feb. 9 e-mail that the Department of Community Affairs has no objections to a proposed Comprehensive Plan amendment pertaining to a new park concept.

The new park concept was created in May 2009 and includes a new community center on the park’s most northern parcel.

Simpson explained that the amendment, which still must be approved in ordinance form by the commission, will be sent with another future amendment to the Comprehensive Plan that the Planning and Zoning Board began reviewing at its Feb. 15 regular meeting. The second amendment pertains to clarifications the town wishes to make after going through the Longboat Key Club Islandside renovation-and-expansion project hearings last year.

“Once the plan amendment that you are currently considering is ready for adoption, all of the amendments will collectively be sent up together, equating it to only one comprehensive plan amendment,” Simpson wrote in her e-mail.

Simpson believes both amendments can be adopted by the end of the year.

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Pension experts at the ready There is good news on the Longboat Key employees’ pension plans. Unfortunately, the good news has nothing to do with the numbers. The annual cost to taxpayers and the unfunded liabilities are still headed for a financial crisis.

But the good news is this: • The Town Commission is finally getting serious about addressing this issue, albeit at least four years after it should have been.

• And, the Town Commission has a group of citizens poised to help craft a rescue plan. The group’s collective knowledge of pension plans is akin to a deep-veined gold mine.

By now everyone knows the taxpayers in practically every city and county in Florida — if not America — are soon to be burdened with huge tax increases to cover the cost of their public employees’ pension plans.

Longboat Key is especially bad off. We have provided readers with some scary statistics on this subject for years. But let’s hit some of them one more time, just to emphasize the point: • Longboat taxpayers’ annual cash contributions to the employees’ pension plans have risen from $414,000 in 1999 to $2.8 million in 2010 — a 700% increase.

• Longboat Key taxpayers make the highest percentage contribution to the firefighters’ pension plan compared to 31 other jurisdictions in the Gulf Coast area — 66% of the firefighters’ total payroll.

The average nationwide is 35%.

• The annual taxpayers’ contributions to the employees’ pension plans used to make up 5% of the town’s tax revenues in 1999; in 2010 they made up 32% of the town’s tax revenues (see chart at right).

In fact, any time you see a trend line such as the one at right, with an extreme rise or fall, you know something is badly broken.

No one paid much attention to this, except for former Town Commissioner Randy Clair, former firefighter pension board member Arnold Malasky, current board members Shannon Gault and Gerald Feder and, dare we say, this page.

But now that you can’t pick up a daily newspaper or listen to a radio talk jock or watch the talking heads on TV without hearing about pending pension disasters, public officials are at attention.

To this end, we add Longboat Key’s longtime government watchdog, the Longboat Key Public Interest Committee.

PIC, to its credit, formed a committee of Longboat Key residents who worked up close and personal with pension plans in their professional lives (see box). In about five two- to three-hour meetings, they examined the town’s pension plans and two weeks ago presented to the Town Commission some easy-to-understand data and recommendations on how to reverse the trends. The recommendations make a lot of sense and are a start.

But here’s the puzzler: After listening to the committee’s presentation and seeing the credentials of the committee members, none of the town commissioners, we’re told, has reached out to the committee members to seek their assistance unraveling this increasingly costly engtanglement.

When the commissioners were trying to decide how to address this pending pension crisis and how often it should meet, Commissioner Bob Siekmann was insistent the commissioners be involved in every meeting that discusses the subject.

As Commissioner Hal Lenobel noted: In the end, the Town Commission is responsible for the pension plans.

Be that as it may, none of the commissioners, except perhaps David Brenner, has the experience of the PIC Pension Committee members.

Why waste this valuable resource? We urge the Town Commission to engage the members of the PIC Pension Committee and ask them to devise some serious

PENSION BRAIN TRUST Here are the members of the Longboat Key Public Interest Committee Pension Committee. They are all residents of Longboat Key: • Ed Adams — Retired corporate attorney; former managing partner of Frost Brown Todd, Cincinnati; former Chapter 11 lawyer; currently teaches business reorganizations in Russia and Eastern Europe.

• Dick Antoine — Retired as global head of human relations for The Procter & Gamble Co. • Bill Forcht — Retired as vice president of human resources for the Woolworth Corp., with an emphasis of his time on actuarial, design and administrative aspects of retirement plans.

• Larry Linhart — Former CEO of AmeriLink Corp., Columbus, Ohio, which designs, constructs and maintains fiber optic and cable systems; and former president of the Radio Shack Corp. service program.

• Randy Clair — former town commissioner and former corporate attorney for Amoco Corp. He says his hobby is the town’s retirement plans. options to help extricate Longboat Key taxpayers from this increasingly serious and costly dilemma.

+ $115,00, gets you $1,000,000 To help illustrate how out of whack our public employee pensions are, the Longboat Key Public Interest Committee Pension Committee provided the example of a town firefighter who earns the average salary, including overtime, of $80,900.

He could retire at age 50 after 25 years of service and receive a retirement benefit of $65,000 a year, not counting what he would/could receive from Social Security and any other defined contribution plans from the town.

If you apply the town’s 8% expected annual growth assumption, the firefighter could receive close to $1 million after having contributed only $115,000 to the plan himself.

Nice deal, if you can get it.

+ Bicycles and signs

Bicycle signs? What signs?

What motorist notices any of the 126 bicycle signs on Longboat Key when he has to watch out for so many bicyclists?

Gulf of Mexico Drive is a 45-mph state road. It has a narrow bike lane. Many Longboat Key drivers are elderly and not accustomed to bicyclists.

Seems pretty obvious: Ride at your own risk. Don’t ride here if you’re a novice.

Signs won’t fix anything. Perhaps more public education will. (A job for the bicyclists and public safety officials?)

We support the DOT and residents.

GMD is littered with too many signs.

+ How to wipe out the deficit

The United States keeps traveling at light speed toward insolvency, and yet the president produces a budget that proposes to increase spending and the deficit — an arrogant slap in the American voters’ faces.

How bad is this? Nationally recognized economist Ken Mayland of ClearView Economics, in Cleveland, told a group of Tampa CEOs last week to balance the budget in 20 years would require: more than a $100 billion cut in the next fiscal year’s budget; holding U.S. government annual spending to 3.5% growth; and producing 5.5% annual national economic growth.

And the chances of that? he asked his listeners. In unison, they shouted: “Zero!”

PLAN CONTRIBUTIONS AS A % OF TAX REVENUES

PIC PENSION RECOMMENDATIONS The Longboat Key Public Interest Committee subcommittee on town pensions made the following recommendations to the Town Commission to reform the town’s employee pension systems: 1) The town does not belong in the “pension administration business” due to its being too expensive and too complicated.

Further, the defined benefit plans impose significant financial risks on the town, and the benefits are unaffordable and unpredictable.

Therefore, the town should transition to defined contribution plans for its employees in place of the current defined benefit plans.

A contribution to a defined contribution plan is a percentage of compensation and therefore is more “budgetable.”

2) The definition of “compensation” in any plan should exclude unused vacation and sick pay.

3) The town should modify its peer review policy on “employee compensation” to reduce the 75% standard to 50% so as not to encourage an upward spiral in those benefits.

4) In the event that defined benefit plans are maintained in the future, the following recommendations are made: • They apply solely to existing employees and not future employees; • The age and years of service requirements for normal retirement and early retirement should be extended to minimum requirements of either Florida law or Social Security.

• The plans should provide an offset for a portion of Social Security retirement benefits.

• The town should undertake a program to modify other provisions of the plans to reduce the costs of the plans. For example, the DROP interest rate could be lowered, the COLA could be modiefied, etc.

• The town should adopt a policy of periodic review of all “assumptions” used by the actuary to calculate funding so they are consistent with actual experience of the prior 10 years.

• The town should adopt a policy to fund the plans and a policy of transparency so the taxpayers of Longboat Key may know of the current and future financial obligations imposed by the plans.

Source: PIC Pension Committee

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+ Editor is ‘clueless’

Dear Editor: Last week, you wrote under the title, “Government outside the margins!” an editorial tirade against pro-government “whiners,” coupled with a cry to “let them (Florida taxpayers) keep what they earn.”

You conveyed the estimate of Gov. Rick Scott that his proposed state budget reductions would cause 700,000 jobs to be created.

Notwithstanding the absence of a logical connection between the premise (budget cuts) and alleged results (job creation), you ignored a major premise of American economic and social success: investment.

You also neglected to affirm the role of government in investment, implying that government is of little or no use. Worse still, in your editorial page table, you appeared to commend the budget cuts of Gov. Scott in veterans affairs, justice, education, disabilities services and environmental affairs (the “budget losers”) and the budget increases in the governor’s office, management services, military affairs and health care administration (the “budget winners”).

Perhaps you should acknowledge that President Barack Obama, whom you disdained as “having no clue,” at least counter-balanced his fiscal 2012 federal budget cuts with selected investments for clearly stated economic and social purposes.

Alas, it seems that the governor of Florida is missing a clue. And so it seems are you.

Dr. Denton Crews Longboat Key The table was not meant to depict our view of which agencies should receive more or less money; it was only to provide context for which agencies the governor wishes to spend more or less. Government “investment” is a misnomer. It’s still the taking of your money (by force),

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and elected representatives deciding they know better than taxpayers how to spend other people’s money. Before government subsidized the builders of roads and railroad tracks, those two “investments” flourished under the private sector. — Ed.

+ License plate cameras would add to safety of the island

Dear Editor: (Regarding) Longboat license plate cameras: Relax, Big Brother has been here a long time.

I and many of my friends and neighbors are in support of installing these cameras on each bridge. We do not consider them intrusive on our peaceful enjoyment of this beautiful city island. Rather, they would add to our safety. My understanding is that they have had success in other municipalities in identifying miscreants, or at least their motor vehicles. This a pretty safe place to live, in an increasingly less safe world. Let’s do what we can to keep it that way.

Blake Whitney Longboat Key

+ Signs draw focus away from roadway

Dear Editor: I am a bicyclist and a driver and have wondered what the bicycle signs posted along Gulf of Mexico Drive signify. They seem like misplaced exclamations. The signs say “bicycle lane,” but they are obviously not on the bicycle lane and couldn’t be without blocking the very lanes they announce.

As a bicyclist, these signs, planted on a landscaped swath along Gulf of Mexico Drive, cause me concern. I really don’t want drivers looking at these signs and wondering what on earth they are refer-

ring to other than the grass. Isn’t it more important that the bicycle-lane figure be on the pavement and on the bicycle lane?

As a bicyclist, I find more comfort in these pavement markings that reaffirm an exclusive lane on the sides of the road designated for bicyclists.

As a driver who is looking at the paved roadway, I like to see the lane marked with bicycle figures and arrows, again reaffirming the use of this side lane for bicyclists.

The road markings put my eye and my attention where they should be; the pole signs at the side of the road do just the opposite and place my attention where it shouldn’t be. The signs trying to describe the middle lanes and turning arrows are also distractions and detract from safety.

The markings within the middle lanes are self-explanatory and obviate the need for the pole signs.

There are too many signs along Gulf of Mexico Drive signifying nothing other than perhaps a predilection among some to say too much fearing lawsuits, yet inadvertently in doing so make the roadway less safe. Gulf of Mexico Drive is challenging enough for bicyclists and drivers alike without the sideshow of signs that are like a parade of question marks.

Larry Grossman Longboat Key

+ No-growth advocates win

Dear Editor: We are not retirees. We are working weekenders who love coming here. And we care greatly about the future of Longboat Key. Since 1994, our property taxes, along with our property values, have more than quadrupled. Yet, just this year we were advised of another increase in the millage

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rate by an additional 26%. Now you report that pension costs have more than tripled in only the last seven years.

(By the way, as a pension and investment consultant, I suspect there are probably millions in cost and fee savings that could be recaptured. Similar to the $44 million I found for the city of Orlando’s then $650 million pensions.)

Is there any correlation between these pension costs and unionization? Is there any correlation with unreasonable or unrealistic pension goals? Or with unrealistic market performance expectations? Or with the town manager’s doubling of salary? Or with the decimation of our tourist industry? Something to think about.

There have been at least two beach renourishments in the last 17 years. The last one resulted in the horrible, ugly, dark, hot, nearly-impossible-to-walk-on sand.

Is that because we could not afford the sugar-white sand that attracted most of us? Would that have anything to do with the pension crisis’ effect on the budget?

The number of hotel beds are decimated. Our retail shops are gone. The “no-growthers” have won. The big government types have won — not only on Longboat Key. Are we now “Detroit on the Gulf ”? Just this morning, we discussed selling and leaving this once wonderful island. What a shame. Shame on the town government.

Mitchell Levin, M.D., CWPP, CAPP Financial Physician CEO and Managing Director Summit Wealth/Florida

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Wendi Simons was the first full-time advertising sales executive at the Longboat Observer and was its top producer for 25 years.

Wendi Simons, senior advertising executive for the Longboat Observer and its longest-tenured employee, decided to leave her position Monday after 30 years of selling advertising on Longboat Key and St. Armands Circle.

“Matt (Walsh) and I have talked about the changes in my responsibilities over the years, and recent changes have been difficult,” Simons said. “I opted for a generous transition package.

“It has been a long ride and one that I’ve put a lot of myself into,” Simons added. “So, moving on can be a good thing. It’s whatever you make it.”

Simons, a native of South Carolina, joined the Longboat Observer when the paper had just completed its third year of operation, had seven employees and was publishing 28 pages a week under its founders Ralph, Claire and Janet Hunter. At the time, Simons was 33 years old and the paper’s first full-time sales associate.

As Hunter’s sales staff expanded, Simons remained the paper’s top-selling advertising executive.

And after Hunter sold the paper in 1995 to its current owners, Simons

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remained the company’s top-producing sales executive for another dozen years.

“When we purchased the Longboat Observer, we held our breath and prayed that Wendi would stay with us,” said Matt Walsh, co-owner of The Observer Group Inc. “She was amazing.

“I know that Ralph, Claire and Janet started and were the heart of the Observer for its first 16 years, but in many respects you can credit Wendi with building the Longboat Observer’s strong customer base,” Walsh said.

Her specialty was customer service, Walsh said.

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tising executive Laura Ritter echoed that sentiment.

“Wendi considered many of her advertisers personal friends and was dedicated to keeping them happy, “ Ritter said. “Wendi had a special connection with her clients that was more like a family working together than it was a customer/ salesperson relationship.”

Whenever it looked like Longboat Key’s advertising sales opportunities were contracting, Simons bounced back with new business.

Experience taught her, Walsh said, “that something new always comes along.”

Said Simons on Tuesday: “After working full-time for more than 45 years, 30 of them at the Observers, I’m ready to take some pressure off and get to feel like dancing again.

Being in sales is time-consuming and eventually exhausting, so I plan to take some time to re-connect with friends I have not been with for years, finally get my French up to speed and pay attention to my spiritual as well as my mental and physical needs and resources.

“I’ve seen quite a bit of the world,” Simons added, “and now a slower pace gives a person time to really enjoy her surroundings and, I hope, do some good in this world.”

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liquid assets for $3.7 million in December 2010, declined to comment about the possibility of Walgreens anchoring the 35,000-square-foot shopping center. He said that his company is currently waiting to go before the real-estate committee of a potential anchor tenant, which he estimates will occur in March, although the company is open to other possibilities for the anchor site. However, Kenney did say that a pharmacy is his company’s top choice for the 12,000-square-foot location previously occupied by the Market and Whitney Beach Deli & Wines.

“There’s a need for it on that side of the island,” Kenney said. “Between the two CVSes (on Longboat Key and Bradenton Beach), you’ve got 10 miles. That’s a long 10 miles.”

A spokesman at Walgreens’ corporate office declined to comment Wednesday.

Kenney said that his company has met with at least five or six potential tenants who are interested in opening a variety of businesses in the plaza, including a start-up bakery and coffee shop, apparel store, bank and luxury residential real-estate rental company, all of

the mainland. However, the company will wait to secure an anchor before entering into lease agreements with other tenants, in part because the anchor tenant will play a large role in determining rent prices. Most current tenants plan to stay in the plaza for now.

Major exterior renovations of the anchor site could begin by April, Kenney said, and the anchor site could open early next year. Smaller tenants that plan on doing their own interior build-outs could move in shortly after securing leases.

Finding long-term tenants will be key to the plaza’s success, Kenney said. He is looking for an anchor tenant that will enter into a 20-year lease and leases of at least 10 years for other tenants.

“Ideally, we want to bring in businesses that will build their own businesses, build a client base and help Whitney Beach Plaza to flourish,” Kenney said.

Irina LaRose, co-owner of Design 2000, said she is pleased with the possibility of a Walgreens coming to the plaza.

“We’re certainly very hopeful and very positive,” LaRose said. “Anything of that caliber would help bring in traffic.”

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Timing Is Everything There would be fewer real estate booms and busts if regions typically prone to these extremes—mainly within Florida and other Sunbelt states—weren’t so desirable as to periodically invite rampant, unsustainable property speculation. This happens to be the basic premise behind Brett Ahrends’ latest real estate column in the Wall Street Journal.

Entitled “Here Comes the Sunbelt” the article essentially blames Florida’s enviable winter weather for the up and down cycles that occasionally affect our state’s real estate markets. Ahrends then goes on to suggest that the exquisite timing of three horrific winters in a row—combined with the imminent retirement of the first of 77 million baby boomers—could be the perfect storm that ultimately revitalizes our local property market.

For sure, home buyers are combing Southwest Florida neighborhoods with a vengeance this winter; and doing way more than simply having a look-see. They’re buying in numbers we’ve not experienced in some time. Nevertheless, it takes more than the weatherman to explain why all this is suddenly happening now.

“This has been the third appalling winter in a row,” explains Ahrends to his readers. “And if you think this weather is miserable when you’re 50, just try it when you’re 75.”

Ahrends is suggesting that many Baby Boomers—though on the immediate verge of retirement—are woefully unprepared to meet the

financial challenges of their golden years. Therefore many of those who aspire to weather such as ours will want to conserve as much of their accumulated home equity as possible by opting for less expensive markets. Which, of course, would have totally excluded Southwest Florida just a few years ago.

At the height of our property boom in 2005, home prices here were at parity with such snowy and expensive metro areas as Chicago. Now with prices 40% (or more) below their highs, it’s as if the boom never happened; making Southwest Florida less than half as expensive as living in Manhattan or the Windy City. That’s a huge consideration, even for affluent retirees.

“In practical terms, the price gap today may be even wider than it appears,” Ahrends continues. “That’s because there now are so many foreclosures down here that an aggressive shopper can find ridiculous bargains.”

These days you don’t need a weather vane to decipher which way the economic winds are blowing. In addition to low housing prices and historically low interest rates more and more home buyers are discovering the incredible values in our market just as their own property markets and local economies are beginning to recover. A 2% reduction in payroll taxes, a vastly recovered stock market and a slow decline in the jobless rate are clearly behind the recent surge in discretionary spending on big-ticket items. The Dow Jones is above

12,000 for the first time since June 2008 and last week saw seven straight days of positive gains.

Meanwhile, perennially singled-out as one of the best places in the U.S. to retire, Southwest Florida’s has recently garnered even wider acclaim by being named one of the top places in the world to retire.

Author and essayist Ted Fishman, who has circled the globe to catch “a glimpse of a world population that is growing ever older,” concluded in his new book Shock of Gray that few American communities outside of Sarasota offer a more invigorating venue in which to age well. In his estimation, our region is doing everything “exactly right” to engage its aging demographic; in stark contrast to other communities which he says “often communicate to people in their 50’s and older that they are well past their use-by dates.” Meanwhile, an invigorated downtown— with its burgeoning arts and entertainment scene—is simultaneously attracting the younger demographic that used to pass us by.

Bouncing back from this “mother of all recessions” could never be fast enough to suit anyone. Still, all signs appear to be lining up at just the right moment to convert Southwest Florida’s first tentative steps toward recovery into much more confident strides. Who knew that Old Man Winter would also get into the act at just the right time by making Florida the only state in the Union to miss out on all the ice and snow? Timing, as they say, is everything.

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on the key Ferraris and Exotics on St. Armands — takes place from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 19, on St. Armands Circle. Proceeds benefit the Child Protection Center. Call 3651277.

Mote’s Special Lecture Series — takes place Monday, Feb. 21, at Mote’s Immersion Cinema, 1600 Ken Thompson Parkway.

Patrick Symmes, contributing editor of Outside magazine, will discuss his 10-day trip to the Marianas trench and tell the story of this ultra-isolated archipelago.Tickets are $12 for Mote members; $24 for nonmembers. Call 388-4441, Ext. 691.

Longboat Island Chapel Lord’s Warehouse Fashion Show — takes place from 12:30 to 3 p.m.Tuesday, Feb. 22, at Longboat Island Chapel, 6200 Gulf of Mexico Drive.Tickets are $20. Seating is limited. Call 383-6491.

Opera Night at Temple Beth Israel — takes place at 7:30 p.m.Tuesday, Feb. 22, at Temple Beth Israel, 567 Bay Isles Road.

Performers from the Studio Artist Program of the Sarasota Opera will perform selections from classic opera and musical theater.

Tickets are $25 for members; $30 for nonmembers. Call 383-3428.

Atrial Fibrillation Talk — takes place at 4 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 23, at St. Armands Key Lutheran Church, 40 N. Adams Drive. Local cardiologist Dr. Seshadri will give a presentation on atrial fibrillation. Call 388-1234.

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Fish story 2:54 a.m. — 100 block of Broadway. Suspicious Vehicle. Police saw a man sitting in his car with the door ajar. The man had no warrants, and his claim that he was out fishing for trout checked out.

DON’T MISS Longboat Key Historical Society Meeting What: Underwater archaeologist Steven Koski will speak about the history and archaeology of Little Salt Spring, a South Florida sinkhole. Contact Tom Mayers at 383-6598.

When: Thursday, Feb. 17 Where: Longboat Key Center for the Arts, a Division of Ringling College of Art and Design, 6860 Longboat Drive S.

Lights out 7:50 p.m. — 4600 block of Gulf of Mexico Drive (GMD). Fire. Police and Longboat Key Fire Rescue discovered that a blown transformer fuse caused a brief local power outage.

Keep in touch 11:45 p.m. — 2500 block of Harbourside Drive. Welfare Check. Police agreed to check on a woman after her family couldn’t reach her by phone. Her door was locked, and her family gave police permission to kick the door down. The woman was asleep in the home. Her phone was inadvertently shut off, and police turned it back on so she could call her family — and a door repairman.

place at 2:30 and 7 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 26, at Christ Church of Longboat Key, Presbyterian, 595 Bay Isles Road.The Riverview High School Barbershop Quartet will perform. Call 383-8833.

‘Weddings in Paradise’ — takes place from 5 to 8 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 26, on St. Armands Circle.The event features a runway fashion show and the opportunity to meet with Sarasota wedding experts and designers.

The event is free and open to the public; first 150 guests to register online for $20 will receive a gift bag. Visit starmandscircleassociation.com to register.

Sarasota Yacht Club Charitable Foundation Fashion Show — doors open at 11 a.m., and the fashion show begins at noon Monday, Feb. 28, at Sarasota Yacht Club, 1100 John Ringling Blvd.Tickets are $50.

Proceeds benefit the American Cancer Society. Visit www.syccharitablefoundation.org.

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No parking allowed 7:20 a.m. — 3600 block of GMD. Parking Violation. Police told the manager of a dock to inform a car owner he couldn’t park on the right of way.

Common courtesy 3:01 p.m. — 5400 block of GMD. Suspicious Circumstance. A Manatee County Area Transit official informed police that a bus driver had his bus vandalized and was threatened after he told a rider to get off the bus for using foul language.

CLASSIC COPS Feb. 3, 1999 6:45 a.m. Speeding. 61 mph in a 45 zone. "I wasn't paying attention to my speed," the driver said. "I'm going to play golf." Received ticket.

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Close call 9:32 a.m. — 600 block of Tarawitt Drive.

Security Check. Police closed an open garage door after realizing the rest of the home was locked.

License lost 3:32 p.m. — 400 bock of L’Ambiance Drive. Lost Property. A woman told police she couldn’t find her driver’s license and wanted to file a report.

No need for alarm 6:11 p.m. — 500 block of Chipping Lane.

Alarm. Police secured an unlocked home and found nothing disturbed, even though the alarm was triggered.

Feb. 5

Missing purse 4:34 p.m. — 5400 block of GMD. Found Property. A woman turned over a purse and its contents to police. The woman found the purse near the Cortez Road Bridge.

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Energy can neither be created nor destroyed. It can only be transformed into another state.

It’s one of the empirical laws of physics, known as the law of conservation of energy.

It could explain the force behind the Longboat Key Physics Club. Its members have always had an energy — make that a passion — for physics. They spent their careers as engineers and physicists, physicians and professors. Then, they left the laboratories and classrooms behind for sunny Longboat Key. But, even when surrounded by beaches, golf courses and tennis courts, that energy for physics didn’t go away. It just took on a different state.

So, that’s why once a month, approximately 30 physics enthusiasts, including three retired physics professors, gather

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Retired geophysicist Tom Watson teaches the group about earthquake seismology.

around a table to talk physics.

“I look at physics as a brand of natural philosophy,” says Dr. Leonard Biberman, an internist with a lifelong love of physics books. “Physics is the most basic of sciences and the one on which all the other sciences

Physics Club members often bring books to share and discuss with one another.

Gabe Rosica, right, listens to Watson’s presentation. have developed.”

It all began more than three years ago when Biberman struck up a conversation with retired Trinity University physics professor Charles Miller and his wife, Cynthia, when they sat next to each other at the Sarasota Opera. Biberman invited Miller to have lunch at the Blue Dolphin Café with his friend, Pat Anderson, who was one of just two nuclear physics majors in her class at Smith College and went on to work in information technology. The meeting was set up so that three of them could talk physics.

“We talked about Planck’s Constant the whole time,” Anderson said.

(Non-physics majors read: That’s a physical constant re-

flecting the sizes of quanta in quantum mechanics.)

The three started meeting for lunch once a week. Then, Pat Mellett, who has a physics degree, joined them. The group started reading the text “Quantum Electrodynamics,” with a different member giving a talk on a chapter each week. Anderson’s husband, Jim, a retired electrical engineer, soon joined them. Then, the Longboat Key Club and Resort advertised the group in its newsletter, and momentum began to build. The group now meets once a month at Bird Key Yacht Club, with members taking turns giving presentations.

One popular discussion focused on multiple universes. The discussion stretched more than

• History of cathode ray tubes and their future applications • Imaginary numbers • Multiple universes • NASA explorations • Quantum electrodynamics • Weather satellites two hours. In January, Tom Watson, a retired geophysicist, spoke about earthquake seismology. In February, Dr. Frank Sulzman, a molecular-and-cell biology Ph.D. who is currently project executive of the NASA Space Radiation Project, gave a presentation on the Hubble telescope and why it failed.

The group isn’t a social club — each member has a scientific background. Instead, it’s a forum for members to take the energy they feel when they explore physics and use it constructively.

“It’s a way for all these people that were in the sciences to get together and still learn something,” Anderson said.

Said Gabe Rosica, a retired electrical engineer, at the club’s January meeting: “We’re the nerds of Longboat Key.”

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• Drivers on Gulf of Mexico Drive don’t necessarily see bikers on the sidewalk.

• The average age of drivers and riders involved in the accident data is 61 years old.

• Most accidents occurred on Saturdays, and 72% of all accidents occurred in the morning.

• Less than 50% of those involved in the accidents were wearing bike helmets.

In a list of recommendations to improve bike safety on Longboat Key, the report makes the following recommendations: • Although it is legal to bike on the sidewalk, it must be recognized that the sidewalk is not a bike lane.

• The bike lane is, for the most part, continuous, while side streets and driveways interrupt the sidewalk.

• Bikes traveling above walking speed on the sidewalk are at risk when going through intersections.

• The majority of bike accidents on Longboat Key could be avoided if people riding on the sidewalk slowed down and checked for cross traffic at blind intersections. Riders should also be aware of cars turning into intersections from both directions, particularly at major intersections.

• Drivers need to be aware that as they approach Gulf of Mexico Drive, they need to cross the sidewalk and check for pedestrians and bike riders in both directions before proceeding.

Landau told the Longboat Observer that he was simply compiling the data and wasn’t drawing any determinations in relation to a group of bicyclists who are upset about the potential removal of 32 bicycle-safety signs along Gulf of Mexico Drive.

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A Tuesday, Feb. 15 Gulf of Mexico Drive Signage Committee meeting, which was called to enter some meeting notes into the record to avoid a Sunshine Law violation between two committee members, turned into a debate with two Key bicyclists.

Planning, Zoning and Building Director Monica Simpson told Key residents Joe Moccia, the townappointed bicycle pedestrian representative to the Sarasota Bicycle Advisory Board, and Paul Skversky that the meeting was not intended to debate the issue that they and some other bicyclists have with the Florida Department of Transportation’s recommendation to remove 32 bicyclesafety signs along Gulf of Mexico Drive.

But Moccia interrupted the meeting several times to tell the committee he believes he wasn’t involved in the process that led to FDOT’s recommendation.

“I ask that you declare this process over and start over,” Moccia said.

Simpson, however, explained that it’s up to the Town Commission to decide what to do with the sign issue at its 1 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 17 regular workshop.

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Longboat Harbour residents modeled apparel from Draper’s and Damon’s at the annual Longboat Harbourettes luncheon and fashion show Wednesday, Feb. 9, at Longboat Harbour.

The dining room was decorated with pink balloons and hearts galore for Valentine’s Day, while the models strutted their stuff.

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The Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe was introduced to the Longboat Key Democratic Club members at the Feb. 8 luncheon meeting, held at the Longboat Key Club Harbourside Dining Room.

Artistic Director Nate Jacobs founded the troupe in 1999. In 2009, Democrat Christine Jennings, twicedefeated in a bid for Florida’s District 13 Congressional Photos by Dora Walters seat, became interested in Betty and Marvin Morse helping the troupe and was named executive director.

The troupe now has a new location on Orange Avenue, and performances for the season have doubled.

Because of ticket-sales volume, the current production, “Marvin Gaye,” has been extended through Feb. 27.

In club business, the current slate of officers: Murray Blueglass, president; Mary Lou Winnick, vice president; Jane Albaum, treasurer; and Larry Grossman, secretary, was re-elected. John Clay, former club president and retiring board member, was formally thanked and presented with an appreciation Nate Jacobs, of the Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe gift.

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Longboat Harbour serenades sweethearts

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A Valentine’s Day breakfast at Longboat Harbour the day before the official day for sweethearts drew a hungry crowd. They feasted on scrambled eggs, bacon, sausage, stewed apples, hot biscuits and all the coffee they could drink. For the early arrivals, slices of homemade coffee cake were on each table.

It took a hardworking Men’s Group Committee and Recreation Committee to prepare for and feed the more than 100 residents who attended. During the breakfast, vocalist Ed Davin, accompanied by Jane Stephenson on the piano, presented a musical program, beginning with “Let Me Call You Sweetheart.”

Herman Wald, chairman of the Recreation Committee, and Maggie Edger organized the event.

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All Angels members gather for annual meeting report at Bird Key Yacht Club.

He noted the generosity of the congregation to those in need; proportionate to its size, All Angels has one of the best outreach records in the diocese.

In other business, various committees presented their reports, and four new vestry members were elected.

By Dora Walters | Senior Editor

In his annual report to his congregation, the Rev. David Danner, rector of Angels by the Sea Episcopal Church, said, “It’s been another good year for our parish community.”

The annual meeting was held Feb. 13,

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By Dora Walters | Senior Editor

There were broad smiles and spontaneous applause, as the Asolo Repertory Theatre Guild presented “Radio Memories” at the Feb. 9 dinner meeting of Christ Church Longboat Key, Presbyterian.

The program, compiled by Paul Stoddard, of the guild, brought to life the

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Lone Ranger and his pal, Tonto. Other well-known and loved radio characters presented included Fibber McGee and Molly, Lum and Abner, George Burns and Gracie, Jack Benny, and Superman. Play readers included Stoddard, his wife, Bonnie, Jim Stewart and Richard Schubel.

More than 100 people attended the event.

It was a record-breaking attendance of 365 for the Longboat Island Chapel’s 18th annual Jazz at the Chapel event Sunday, Feb. 13. Tony Swain, former principal clarinetist with the Sarasota Orchestra, compiled the morning’s program, which was titled, “Sense of Place.” Musical numbers included: “Do You Know What it is to Miss New Orleans?” “Stars Fell on Alabama” and “Moonlight in Vermont.”

Austin Gill, a senior at Booker High School and son of the Rev. Ken Gill, joined the band for “Night in Tunisia.”

Prior to each number, Swain commented on the background and history of each. Following tradition, the program closed with “When the Saints Go Marchin’ in.”

Coffee was served in the church hall after the performance.

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By Dora Walters | Senior Editor

The 16th annual All Angels by the Sea fashion show and card party Feb. 5 proved to be an afternoon of fun, challenging games and lots of conversation.

The show featured clothes perfect for Florida from Dillard’s of Southgate Plaza.

Daphne Palmer narrated. Congregation members sashaying down the runway were Pat Anderson, Marge Stapleton, Betty Monroe, Jane Perin, Beverly Henry, Elenor Maxheim, Jean Rushton and Eleanor Carter.

By Dora Walters | Senior Editor

Although the majority of guests were women, there was a table of nine men, who enthusiastically applauded the models. The event began with lunch, which was followed by the fashion show and card play.

Chairwomen of the event, held at the Sarasota Yacht Club, were Heidi Thomas and Leslie Farrington.

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It was standing-room only Feb. 7, at the Beth Israel Women’s luncheon and fashion show held at Michael’s On East. Saks Fifth Avenue’s The Fifth Avenue Club presented the show.

The show featured three looks: casual, luncheon and evening. Walking the runway as models were BIW members Marion Levine, Judy Goldstein, Molly Schechter, Elaine Weill, Anita DeVine, Gloria Bergman, Rosalyn Fleischer, Marjorie Heller and Terry Neis.

Event chairwomen were BIW President Sheila Zinder and Sylvia Pastor. A special treat for the more than 200 luncheon guests were lemon bars and brownies the chairwomen made.

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Elaine Seigle Gruber, 89, of Chicago and formerly of Longboat Key, died Jan. 21.

Mrs. Gruber was originally from Loveland, Ohio. She lived at Whitney Beach condominium for more than 30 years. After moving to Chicago, she continued to pursue her interests in art and needlework. She played bridge several times a week and enjoyed staying in touch with her many Florida friends.

Mrs. Gruber is survived by her daughters Diann Gruber, of Paris, and Cathy Gruber, of Chicago; and two grandchildren.

Mrs. Shapiro moved to Longboat Key in the mid-1970s and spent a decade working toward sound beach-management practices on Longboat Key. As the result of her efforts, she received the Private Citizens Award from the Florida Shore and Beach Preservation Association for Sound Beach Management Principals. She was also one of 100 women honored nationally for her volunteer work in Eckerd’s Salute to Women.

Mrs. Shapiro volunteered in the Sarasota Memorial Hospital rehabilitation unit and served as an ambassador at the Center for Positive Living. She was active on the Sea Gate Board of Directors and the Asolo Repertory Theatre.

Mrs. Shapiro was preceded in death by her husband, Dr. Louis Shapiro. She is survived by her daughter, Lisabeth; sister, Joyce Voloshin; and two grandchildren.

A celebration of life will take place at 3 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 19, at Bahia Oaks Lodge, 2186 Bahia Vista St., Sarasota. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions can be made in her name to the Bahia Oaks Associate’s Appreciation Fund, 2186 Bahia Vista St., Sarasota, Fla., 34239; Center for Spiritual Living Sarasota, P.O. Box 1532, Sarasota, Fla., 34277; or Humane Society of Sarasota County Inc., 2331 15th St., Sarasota, Fla., 34237.

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Three Marian apparitions are reported to have taken place there in 1917. Each year, thousands of pilgrims visit the shrine of Fatima.

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“We’re just taking it a day at a time on the road,” says Julie Hocker, pictured here helping her son, Sheffield, slip in to costume backstage at the Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall.

Tea party Seven-year-old Sheffield Hocker has spent the past four months on the road playing Chip in the touring production of “Beauty and the Beast.”

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Living out of a suitcase gets old.

It doesn’t matter if Sheffield Hocker knows this — you’re a veteran of the stage or and he’s only in the first grade. a starry-eyed 7-year-old who Sitting backstage at the Van dreams of being as famous as Wezel Performing Arts Hall, the

Sarasota boy who has spent the past four months on the road with the national tour of Disney’s “Beauty and the Beast” has less than an hour to spare before the show’s 7 p.m. curtain call.

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HOCKER from 1B Dressed in a blue Southside Elementary School cardigan, Sheffield, who left his classmates in October to join the 60-person cast and crew to play the musical’s precocious teacup Chip, looks sleepy.

“It’s hard,” Sheffield says of his new routine. “It’s a different schedule every day. You get a little bit busy, and sometimes you miss your friends.”

His mother, Julie Hocker, a gracious North Florida native with a sweet Southern accent, perks up.

She’s racked up the same miles as her son.

After Sheffield nailed his Chip audition in New York City earlier this fall, Hocker joined the tour to supervise and homeschool her son while her husband, Ken, a real-estate developer, stayed home to care for the couple’s 9-year-old daughter Zanna.

“It’s been a life-changing experience for the whole family,” Hocker says.

The comment feels like an understatement.

The whole family is together backstage at the Van Wezel. Though it’s only a meetand-greet room, the space feels like a living room. Not because it’s especially cozy, but because the Hocker family, curled up together on a loveseat, has unknowingly slipped into a state of domesticity, as if they might not get another opportunity to snuggle for a while.

The sound of the Beast (aka actor Justin Glaser) warming up his voice can be heard drifting down the hall. The sounds, sights and smells of a major theatrical production bring the Van Wezel’s concrete halls to life.

Zanna, who’s appeared in the Sarasota Ballet’s “The Nutcracker,” two Sarasota Opera productions and one Sarasota Youth Opera show, is shuffled off for a backstage tour of the performance hall.

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Sheffield has played with his Legos in every dressing room on every stop of the tour. than anywhere else,” Sheffield says. “Because you know a lot of your friends are watching you.”

Several of the actor’s Southside classmates turned out for the Monday night performance. As the show let out, they bombarded Sheffield with hugs.

“Every time someone would walk over they’d have their arms out like this,” Sheffield says, spreading his arms wide to demonstrate a bear hug.

“I think they miss you,” his mother interjects.

The Florida leg of the tour is almost over.

“Beauty and The Beast,” which touched in Sarasota last week, will send Sheffield and Hocker off to Springfield, Mo., in two days.

To date, Sheffield and 8-year-old Chip alternate Sebastian Thomas have performed in a combined 136 shows in more than 20 cities across the United States.

In the 16 years Disney has toured the production, Sheffield is the youngest Chip to ever be cast.

“It makes me feel very unusual,” Sheffield says.

In two days, Sheffield and Hocker will

hop a plane to Kansas City, Mo. and then board a bus bound for Springfield, Mo., where Sheffield will perform in a threeday run at Hammons Hall, followed by five days at the Civic Center Music Hall, in Oklahoma City.

In between these two stops, he and his fellow Chip castmate will perform a song and dance skit at a cabaret fundraiser with the rest of the “Beauty and The Beast” cast.

The tour, which has no end date yet, will likely carry on into the summer.

“We’re not like those stage parents you see that force their kids into performing,” Ken Hocker says. “Sheffield loves it. He wanted to audition for Chip. He saw his sister in the opera, and he wanted to be on stage, too. When he gets up there, he just lights up.”

Other than “Beauty and The Beast,” Sheffield has performed in a talent show at Southside Elementary, a small holiday revue at The Players Theatre and last year’s Sarasota Youth Opera production of “The Black Spider.”

As tired as he appears right now, he says he has no intentions of hanging up his teacup costume anytime soon.

 “Beauty and the Beast” is the seventh-longest running production in Broadway history.  In 2006, Sarasota child actor Austin Abrams played Chip in the Golden Apple Dinner Theatre’s production of “Beauty and the Beast.” Abrams has since gone on to star in the Cuba Gooding Jr. thriller, “Ticking Clock.”  Bradley Pierce, who voiced the original Chip in Disney’s “Beauty and the Beast” cartoon, went on to star in the Robin Williams flick, “Jumanji.”

“I want to be on Broadway when I grow up,” Sheffield says. “It’s a real fun job. You get to see a different city almost every week and perform in front of a million, zillion, thousand people and play Legos in the dressing room.”

He fidgets in place, slips his Airwalk sneakers on and off and nestles up beside his father. His hair, dyed bright copper for the role, is disheveled.

Ken Hocker slides over to make room for his son on the loveseat. Sheffield, however, is more interested in sitting on the floor, where he ties and unties his father’s shoes and quietly announces that he’s run out of words for the evening.

His parents gently goad him into answering one last question: What has playing Chip taught him?

“To be on time,” Sheffield answers.

“That’s pretty much it.”

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+ Radioheads rejoice over new WUSF studio WUSF Public Media proved that radio hasn’t killed the classical music star.

Following much fanfare, the public Heidi Kurpiela broadcasting Russell Gant station cut the ribbon Feb. 10 on its new studio space at USF Sarasota-Manatee.

The studio, which will serve as a new broadcast and production studio for WSMR 89.1, will expand the Tampa-based station’s broadcasting capabilities in Sarasota and Manatee counties.

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+ Wirries sells out her first solo show The Maria Wirries Fan Club is still raving about the teen’s Feb. 6 solo concert, at Faith Lutheran Church.

True to her showstopper reputation, Wirries belted out a sundry mix of songs, including “God Bless America,” “Scotland the Brave,” “Don Quixote” and the Dolly Parton classic, “Coat of Many Colors.”

And, if that weren’t enough, the Haitian-born Wirries sang in English, Italian, Gaelic and French.

The concert, which marked Wirries’ first solo concert in Sarasota, raised more than $5,000 for Faith Lutheran Haiti Missions.

Following the performance, the 13-year-old East County resident was asked to perform in two more upcoming Haiti benefits.

“It was incredible,” Wirries says.

“I didn’t expect to see so many

WUSF, which serves as the NPR station for West Central Florida, switched its daytime classical programs to WSMR earlier this fall after purchasing the Sarasota-based Christian station from Northwestern College.

“The new studio offers so many opportunities to bring this community closer,” says Russell Gant, WUSF’s classical music director.

“So many local musicians were making the three-hour trip back and forth to Tampa. Now we’ll be able to host more live performances.”

An ensemble from the Sarasota Orchestra has already booked the studio’s first on-air slot. Tune in this April for the studio’s first live recital.

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people. I walked out on stage and I almost screamed, which would have been embarrassing since it was my concert.”

Wirries, whom The Observer featured on the Jan. 20 cover of Diversions, credits her cover-girl exposure for the spike in ticket sales.

“A lot of people showed up because they saw me in the paper,” says the singer. “It was so cool.”

The Carreño Dance Festival continues to pad its summer faculty with A-list dance insiders.

The latest addition to the Carreño dance staff: former Harvard dance Director Elizabeth Bergmann.

Bergmann recently retired to Sarasota after serving 11 years in Harvard’s Office for the Arts.

A graduate of the Juilliard School, Bergmann, a former dancer, taught in New York, Florida, and Michigan, where she devel-

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Registration is still open for the festival’s summer intensive Courtesy photo workshops.

Elizabeth With Bergmann Bergmann’s name added to the roster, classes are sure to fill up fast.

the experience, including a board member from a high-profile opera company, the tour didn’t net as many takers as organizers had hoped.

It turns out that many potential tourists had already scheduled travel plans for February.

So, what now for the 300 ambassadors who signed on to “sell” the trip to out-of-town family and friends?

The Community Foundation says it’s “postponing the trip in favor of a larger group in 2012.”

+ Arts Discovery Tour postponed until 2012 After nearly four months of rounding up ambassadors for its Sarasota Arts Discovery Tour, The Community Foundation of Sarasota has decided to put its four-day VIP cultural tour on hold.

The tour, which was originally

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Eight months into his new gig as director of Chorus of the Keys, Chris Owens says that even when he’s conducting, he’s singing in his head.

Chris Owens is standing in front of Chorus of the Keys at First Baptist Church, in downtown Sarasota.

Commanding a sea of men on risers, Owens leads the group through the Everly Brothers’ “All I Have to Do Is Dream.”

When the refrain kicks in, two men step forward and begin to strum air guitars as the rest of the chorus croons and swoons to the song’s familiar lyrics.

From his spot in front of the risers, Owens gestures wildly and points to his open lips.

The singers dutifully project their voices, creating the nostalgic harmonic sound audiences have grown to expect from the 61-year-old barbershop chorus.

Even the men playing air guitars begin to strum with more vigor.

A small audience has gathered for the weekly rehearsal. They sit on folding chairs, bobbing their heads to the a cappella music.

In the middle of this, Owens’ cell phone rings. He takes the call.

It’s his teenage step-daughter, who’s calling to report that her 10-year-old brother is not helping dry the dishes.

The conversation lasts all of 10 seconds; long enough for Owens to solve the matter and return to directing the last refrain of “Dream.”

As he stuffs the cell phone back into his

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“The chorus’ main goal is to entertain the audience,” Chris Owens says. “My goal is to make sure people get that goose bump-y feeling on their arms.”

“You’ve gotta sing it to understand it. It’s like eating the best ice cream.”

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“It’s fun, fast and drives all the way to the end. It’s about a breakup, and the song just keeps going and going.”

‘On a Wonderful Day Like Today’

“Every time we sing it, it’s like we’re doing it just to get to the grand finale, like playing a whole game of football just to score in the end zone.”

pants pocket, he apologizes for the interruption. The guys, however, don’t seem to notice. They’re still belting out the Everly Brothers.

Only his 14-year-old step-son, Ben Lovett — the youngest member of the chorus — acknowledges the phone call with a nod and a smile.

Though only eight months into the job,

Owens, 51, seems to have attained a comfort level some directors take years to hone.

“I’ve got a full plate,” he says. “But when I’m dog-tired, this chorus lifts me up. These guys are funny. They don’t care what they say or how they say it and they just crack me up. Plus, they sing well.

They take instruction well, and they’re not afraid to tell me when I’m wrong.”

Owens has spent his entire life making music.

The band director at Heron Creek Middle School, Owens, a Bradenton resident

and father of four, is also the director of Englewood’s Lemon Bay Chord Company.

Until recently, Owens, a baritone, sang in a Sarasota barbershop quartet and ran a music ministry program in Bradenton.

He dropped out of both this year to focus on his new role with Chorus of the Keys.

Rather than dive into all-new songs for his first concert as director, Owens decided to choose several audience favorites, including The Beatles’ “Yesterday,” Man of La Mancha’s “The Impossible Dream,” Disney’s “Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah” and The Beach Boys’ “Barbara Ann.” As a member of the chorus for two years, Owens say she has a keen sense of what the guys like to sing and the audience likes to hear.

And, contrary to what you might think, he doesn’t miss singing.

“When I’m directing, I’m still singing in my mind,” Owens says. “Sometimes, I sing under my breath. I can’t help it. The music is just too good.”

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They calm the soul.”

Meyer: “Spontaneity. I can’t follow directions. This goes for everything — cooking, getting up in the morning, you name it.

I plan too much in advance.”

Johnson: “That feeling you get when you open a jewelry box with the little ballerina spinning on top. No matter how old we get, we still love shiny, sparkly things.”

Five female artists from last week’s ‘Fabulous Arts Boutique’ at Art Center Sarasota explain why they love working with their hands.

If you were in the market for handmade goods last week, the “Fabulous Arts Boutique” at Art Center Sarasota was the place to be.

The downtown arts center played host to members of Surface Design of Sarasota, Manatee Weavers’ Guild, Florida West Coast Bead Society and the Venetian Society of Basket Weavers.

Among the Sarasota arts and crafters were artists Marge Schemanski, Lois Mills, Karen Johnson, Betsy Meyer and Kathie Hayes — a chatty five-some with enough creative juices to power their own four-day arts festival.

If you don’t believe me, just ask Mills, a soft-spoken weaver, whose business card reads: Lois Mills, weaver and maker of buttons.

Said Mills: “I had an art critic tell me once that I mix yarns like a painter mixes paint. That’s exactly what I strive for.”

What materials are you drawn to?

Johnson: “Pearls and natural

stones. I like anything that represents the sea.”

Hayes: “Fiber and beads.

There’s something about working your hands over them.

They’re soothing just to hold.”

Mills: “Yarn. I’ve been weaving for 35 years. From the first shuttle I threw, I was hooked. It spoke to me. I knew I could do with it whatever I wanted.”

Meyer: “Knitted and crocheted fibers.”

How has your art evolved over the years?

Schemanski: “When I started basket weaving in 1985, primitive country-style was very popular. It’s gone out of style since.

Country baskets have become much more sophisticated, which is why I’ve embraced a contemporary version of the Nantucket basket.”

Hayes: “Three years ago I started creating something called a free-lace scarf. Basically, you sandwich together paper, yarn and transparent film. You sew over it with a sewing machine,

Do you have a favorite piece?

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Meyer: “I did a whole series of free-form knitted animals and dolls: a puffer fish, an emu, an octopus, a fallen angle and a dancer.”

Artists Lois Mills, Betsy Meyer, Kathie Hayes, Marge Schemanski and Karen Johnson drop it in water, and the paper dissolves. I’m wearing one now.”

Johnson: “I worked for a long time as a manager at a battered women’s shelter. I used all my creativity for them, so I wasn’t artistic for a long time. When I moved to Florida, I promised myself that I’d get back into art.

It was my first love.”

Do you ever buy what you can make from a department store?

Hayes: “Very rarely. I will make a pair of earrings if I need something to go with an outfit for an event.”

Johnson: “If I buy jewelry from a store, it’s because I’m foraging beads. I tend to take things apart and rework them.”

Schemanski: “You should absolutely buy from the artist.

These sound like good gifts for grandchildren. Do you Some people are very content have any? to buy a basket at Michael’s, but the people that are here tonight appreciate handmade goods.”

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Megan Greenberg Megan Greenberg says she is a “momtaught cook,” who has been cooking since she was a little girl in Fort Pierce. When she went away to college, she pursued more than academics.

“I realized I didn’t want to eat ramen noodles all the time, so I stepped it up a bit in the kitchen,” she says.

The more she learned about cooking, the more she loved it. Today, her primary occupation is a freelance production coordinator/project manager, but she has recently started to offer personal chef services under the name “Megan Cooks for You.” What Greenberg cooked for The Observer was a lovely, light entrée that looks intimidating but is easy to prepare.

Flounder en papillote is really just fish baked in parchment paper, which you can buy in the supermarket.

“You cut up some herbs, throw some fish on top and cook it,” she says.

The paper wrap contains the moisture, so the fish is enveloped in seasoned stem for a delicious result that requires remarkably little effort by the cook. Greenberg’s entire menu can be prepared in 45 minutes plus or minus, including prep time.

You can use this method with other firm-fleshed white fish, such as halibut or cod. Flounder is typically the least expensive at around $15 per pound, so you can serve dinner for four, including side dishes, for less than $30. Greenberg buys her fish from Whole Foods. She unwraps it before serving, but you can plate the fish still in its paper and let diners open their own if you like. The wrapping technique is easy; see how Greenberg does it in a video at YourObserver.com.

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Flounder en papillote (Serves four)

8 scallions, white part thinly sliced crosswise; green tops reserved 12 cilantro sprigs, leaves removed and chopped, stems reserved 4 flounder fillets (total 1 pound) Coarse salt Freshly ground pepper (can use white pepper) 1 teaspoon grated lemon zest 2 tablespoons freshly squeezed lemon juice 4 tablespoons (1/2 stick) unsalted butter 1 teaspoon ginger juice* 3 tablespoons light sesame oil or walnut oil 1/4 cup soy sauce

Flounder en papillote with sautéed kale and jasmine rice *Ginger juice is available at Whole Foods in the Asian aisle. Greenberg uses the Ginger Man brand, which is all-natural and shelf stable. It costs about $3.

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Preheat oven to 450 degrees.

Prepare four 10-inch squares of parchment paper and fold in half. In the center of each piece, make a bed of scallion tops and cilantro stems. Season the fish fillets on both sides with salt and pepper, and place one fillet on top of each herb bed. Scatter the lemon zest over the fish, and top each fillet with one tablespoon of the butter.  In a small bowl, whisk together the lemon juice, ginger juice, sesame oil and soy sauce. Spoon the mixture over the fish. Fold the squares in half diagonally and seal all the edges by crimping them together. Put the packets on a cookie sheet.  Put the sheet in the oven and bake until the packets puff slightly — eight minutes 

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“less frou-frou.” She uses nothing processed and believes “cooking light is not just steamed carrots; healthy food can be both decadent and flavorful.” Her favorite cuisines are French and Italian; her passions include the judicious use of butter, cream, garlic, wine and lemon.

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Use a slotted spatula to transfer one fillet to each of four dinner plates, leaving the herbs behind. Pour cooking liquid from the packets into a bowl, and spoon some over each fish. Scatter chopped cilantro and sliced scallions over the fish. Serve immediately.  You may substitute flounder with any fish of your liking, preferable a white fish, such as Asian striped bass, halibut or cod.

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Music Opera: ‘Don Giovanni’ servant, reads the immense list of his master’s amorous conquests to Donna Elvira — herself another acquisition of Giovanni who’s been savored and dumped — there’s laughter and sadness in her plight, especially when Leporello tells her that in Spain he’s had a mere 1,003 women … (“Ma in Ispagna son già mille e tre”). And their names, ages and measurements are all listed in his little black book.

Stage Director Peter Kozma managed to combine Mozart’s wondrous sense of humor with the pathos of the characters and made them flesh-and-blood humans who happened to be singing as they told us their tales. The second act was a bit more static than necessary, but the overall energy kept the story moving with funny and poignant bits of acting adding to each character’s delineation.

David P. Gordon outdid himself with a set that cleverly opened and closed, revealing palaces, gardens, courtyards, cemeteries and intimate and formal interior rooms. Ken Yunker’s lighting illumined those sets deftly, while Howard Tsvi Kaplan’s costumes seemed historically correct while also flattering the various body types on stage.

Vocally, this was one of the finest casts we’ve seen in this opera.

Lee Poulis makes a lithe, young,

virile Don Giovanni who shows no trepidation or apprehension about his inordinately twisted lifestyle, until he grasps the icy hand of the Commendatore’s ghost and is plummeted into the fiery depths of the netherworld. Benjamin Gelfand’s Commendatore was stalwart and gratifyingly unwavering (something that cannot be said of some others in this role, who display such a wide vibrato one wonders how the stone in which they’re cast hasn’t shattered like cement in an earthquake).

Andrew Gangestad keeps getting better and better as Leporello, displaying a flair for comedy while his beautifully colored voice soars across the footlights with depth and substance.

Joshua Kohl, whom we last saw as Tamino in last season’s “Magic Flute,” has a brilliant tenor that, like last year, resounds and pings in ensembles but seems a little choked in solo arias. Still, his “Il mio tesoro” was a masterpiece of breath control and lovely line.

Patrick McNally, a most promising Studio Artist, had just the right blend of bumbling peasant and heroic lover to make his Masetto endearing.

Sarah Asmar, another Studio Artist, is not just another pretty face or voice. Her clear, well-produced soprano balanced charmingly with her excellent under-

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Christina Pier and Lee Poulis in Sarasota Opera’s “Don Giovanni.” standing of her role to make her a delightful Zerlina, the innocent peasant willing to be seduced by the Don but also wise enough to know Masetto is the better man.

Danielle Walker’s Donna Elvira had just the right touch of a woman scorned melded with a loving tenderness to make her a sympathetic, rather than a wimpy, woman. Her “Mi Tradi” held just the right combination of fury, moral rectitude and pity to make her a vocally and emotion-

ally interesting character. And Christina Pier’s radiant voice and firm resolve to seek vengeance made her Donna Anna shine.

This “Don Giovanni” was exceptional in all ways, especially in the beautiful musical ornaments that were added to every aria by every character. They were stylistically correct and perfectly conceived, giving those of us with a past history of this opera a chance to hear it again for the first time.

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Conductor Anthony Barrese kept the music going at a clip that was just a little faster than most other productions and recordings, but never so fast that the singers couldn’t breathe and phrase beautifully. The orchestra’s ability to play at that pace showed off its remarkable facility. And, in all, it was three of the shortest, most enjoyable hours we’ve spent in the theater in a long time.

Mozart called this opera a “Dramma Giocoso,” meaning it’s to be played as a serious work with humor. Lorenzo Da Ponte played with that dichotomy by making each of his characters a contradiction in human emotions, with Don Ottavio pushing his fiancée, Donna Anna, to marry him seconds after her father’s murder at the hands of Don Giovanni, who’d just attempted to rape Anna. Not the best of times for a marriage proposal, so, in its untimeliness, it becomes amusing.

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The film’s storyline is an all-too-familiar one in today’s economy: corporate downsizing. Affleck plays B obby C ourtesy photo W alker, a 37-year old hot-shot Tommy Lee Jones and Ben Affleck in “The C ompany Men.” corporate executive who’s got it all. W hen he suddenly gets fired from his six-figure salaried job, his it their all. Affleck (who was also terrific world falls apart. I t gets so bad that he’s in “The Town” last year), C ooper (who forced to move his family out of his manreceived an O scar for “Adaptation”) and sion and into his parents’ home.

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Jones), top executive and co-founder of And Rosemarie DeWitt (“R achel Getting the business, also receive their walking M arried”) shines as B obby’s loyal wife, papers. CEO and Gene’s “best friend” providing the emotional glue and hope that (Craig T. Nelson) becomes the guru of keeps the family together. greed when we realize the layoffs weren’t I ’m not certain that “The C ompany meant to keep the company afloat but to M en” can make us feel sorry for wealthy keep stock prices high in a bid to restrucpeople who lose everything. I ts message ture. seems to be on a more universal level, one O ne might pose the question: Does “The that ponders the concept that sometimes C ompany M en” qualify as entertainment our own self-importance may, in fact, be in this stormy climate of foreclosures and fictitious. I t also tells us to be aware. You high unemployment? And the answer is may not be that which you do. yes, if you appreciate fine actors giving — Pam N adon

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+ Black Tie Affair 12th annual Fat Tuesday Street Party Goodwill Industries • 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 8 • Michael’s On East • Tickets $100; patron $200 • Reservations 3552721, Ext. 113

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+ Let me call you sweetheart Renowned baritone Dominic Cossa, now retired and a professor of voice at University of Maryland, is the first man to be selected as its sweetheart by the Sarasota Opera Guild. He charmed many a guest at two recent events in his honor. Among them: opera board member Elayne Kalberman, who was certain she had heard Cossa sing at the Met but wasn’t sure what role. She asked him, “Did you sing Pagliacci at the Met in the early ’70s?” His reply: “Thousands of times.” See more photos on page 13 and online at www.YourObserver.com.

This Sarasota favorite sells out virtually every year, and it is well on its way to doing so again with only a few reservations remaining at press time. Co-Chairs Stephanie Hannum and Molly Klauber got it off to a good start with a charity bartender pre-party last fall. The town loves the event for its fabulous New Orleans food, for its freedom of dress

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+ Tidbits One Woman in Power is enough … the wise-and-wonderfully-community-minded Matthew Bower, managing director of PNC Wealth Management, in Sarasota, is changing the name of his bank-sponsored luncheon series from “Women in Power” to “Women in Partnership” ... Heartwarming housewarming … Barely three months after moving into a new condo at Regent Place, Joe and Ora Mendels hosted a friendraiser for Jewish Family & Children’s Service. Dr. Joe Mendels said, “In these economic times, JFCS services are more needed than ever, and we feel it is particularly urgent to support them” …

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The lead-up to Element Au, the season’s grand-finale benefit for the YMCA Foundation in May, got under way with a thank-you party for sponsors and patrons Feb. 7, at the Ritz Beach Club … Take two: Debbie Seitl, one of four chairs two years ago, is doing a solo turn this year. Her hubby, Wayne, has had a strong Y affiliation for 35 years …

Short game … Norman Cavedo and Amy Owen were perfecting their putting on a mini green in the dining room with RitzCarlton assistant golf pro Nicholas Arthur … Ich bin ein Berliner … Sharon Petrik surprised many guests with the announcement that she is leaving in July for Berlin to run a company in the nano-technology field.

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A Season CALL TO ARTISTS Celebrate the at Longboat Key Center for the Arts!

Neuro Challenge Foundation President Doreen Sutherland, who is currently planning the organization’s Cause 4 Fashion event, knows what she likes when it comes to style. The mother of four wears what she loves, even if that means showing up to meetings in jeans and boots.

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Columbia and a Love was in the air at the Kiwanis native of St. Louis), Club of Longboat Key’s Kiwanis Gault presented Walsh Foundation’s Valentine’s Ball, held with a bright gold Mizzou Feb. 12, at the Longboat Key Club HarT-shirt, then followed up with a bourside Dining Room. The purpose of the evening was two-fold: to raise money plaque of recognition.

Although known for his sense of hufor the Kiwanis Foundation’s charimor, Walsh began his remarks after the table giving and to honor Matt presentation on a sincere note.

Walsh as the 2010 Citizen of “I am very honored and also emthe Year. barrassed,” Walsh said. “Ever since In introducing Walsh, ObBob Gault informed me of the honserver Group publisher and or, I would go around Longboat Key CEO, Kiwanis President Bob and say, ‘That guy should be Citizen Gault held up a telephone of the Year, not I.’ book-sized document “Longboat Key is so special. and quipped, “This There are so many Citizens contains just a portion of the Year on the Key; so of Walsh’s resume” — many make huge contribuand he was right. tions. I should be up here to Walsh’s 16 years on thank you for all that you do.

Longboat Key have Speaking from my heart, I been filled with love Longboat Key.” achievements and Walsh said it is a privilege community particito publish the Longboat Obpation. An active memserver each week. ber and past president of “We love our jobs,” Walsh the Kiwanis Club, Walsh said.

“It is a wonderful ophas flipped pancakes at the portunity to meet so many annul pancake breakfast, people who everyday are been a Salvation Army bell engaged in life, who work ringer and has risen at the to make Longboat Key crack of dawn to get the anbetter and to make this nual St. Jude Gourmet Lunworld a better place for all cheon organized. of us. You people inspire (my With his attachment to wife) Lisa and me.”

Missouri, (he’s a graduate of And Walsh, of course, spoke the University of MissouriJean Palmerton

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Matt Walsh holds up his Mizzou T-shirt. about his love for the Kiwanis Club, including members Dick Baum, Dr. Bob Kromer and “the 90 years young Edith Barr Dunn,” as well as the late Gen. Jim Edmundson and the late Jim Durante.

“When I talked with my mentor, Art Falls, about what I might say, he suggested I talk about my vision for what Longboat Key should be,” Walsh said. “I told Art that’s what I have been trying to do on page 6A every week for 16 years, — that’s nearly 1,000 editorials, and, to date, nobody has taken up my suggestions.”

After his final thanks, there was a standing round of applause.

Throughout the evening, there was music for dancing by the Cigar City Band, plus a musical timeline narrated by emcee John Wild, with appropriate selections by the band. Swing dancers also performed a routine for the crowd.

Noel Buterbaugh was the winner of the raffle grand prize, a Tilden-Ross 3.56 carat Tanzanite flawless jewel, valued at $2,500. Silent auction items included gift baskets, a limo service, a Marco Island Retreat and a week at Rocky Mountain High, an Aspen, Colo., luxury condominium.

Gault had special thanks for all who worked to make the evening success.

Judging from the enthusiasm from those attending, the Kiwanis Valentine’s Ball could became an annual event. Proceeds benefit the Kiwanis Club Foundation, which is dedicated to providing support to local area children and youth in need through scholarships and grants.

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REAL ESTATE REPORTS + Smedley named manager of Prudential Realty offices Prudential Realty Cos. announced that broker/associate Mary Smedley has been promoted to manager of Prudential’s Longboat Key and St. Armands Circle offices. Smedley joined the company in 2006 and has more than 15 years of experience in real estate. She is Quality Service Certified (QSC) and a board member of the Sarasota Association of Realtors (SAR).

“Mary is an invaluable asset to the Prudential team,” said Helen Sosso, president and CEO of Prudential Realty Cos., in a prepared statement. She leads by example, providing her staff and our clients with detailed attention and quality service.”

LOcAL LuxuRy. InTeRnATIOnAL cLOuT. 2009 & 2010 Top Individual Producer for Michael Saunders & Company’s Longboat Key Offices

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Wagner Realty announced its top producers for the month of January. Listing honors went to Marc Turner, of the Longboat Key office, and Carol Codella, of the Anna Maria office. Sales honors went to Rae Ellen Hayo, of the Anna Maria office.

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Longboat Key Publix, 525 Bay Isles Parkway, will hold an event in which deli associates will crack 75-pound wheels of Publix deli Italian Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese.

“This is a great opportunity for customers to observe the centuries-old art of cheese-wheel cracking, a slow and gradual process, and experience the aroma and taste of this delicious cheese,” said Shannon Patten, Publix media and community relations manager, in a prepared statement.

The event will take place at noon Saturday, Feb. 19.

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KEY REAL ESTATE Unit S-202 at La Firenza, 4125 Gulf of Mexico Drive, has 3,582 square feet, three bedrooms and threeand-a-half bathrooms.

It sold for $2,635,000.

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La Firenza

Salvador Sr. and Jean Campisi, of Lakeland, sold Unit S-202 at La Firenza, 4125 Gulf of Mexico Drive, to Paul Steinwachs, 4561 Gulf of Mexico Drive, for $2,635,000. Built in 2007, the 3,582-square-foot unit has three bedrooms and three-and-a-half bathrooms.

It last sold for $2,912,600 in October 2007.

Water Club

Michael and Ellen Sherrow, of New York City, sold Unit 1004 at the Water Club II, 1281 Gulf of Mexico Drive, to Frances Fergusson for $1.4 million. Built in 1999, the 3,054-square-foot unit has three bedrooms and four bathrooms. It last sold for $1,297,600 in November 1999.

Wanda Saine, of Richmond, Va., sold Unit 1 at 360 North Condominium, 260 North Shore Road, to Nicholas and Sandra Verola, of Charlton, N.Y., for $950,000. Built in 1982, the 3,077-square-foot unit has three bedrooms and three bathrooms. It last sold for $662,500 in April 1994.

Country Club Shores

Noel and Toby Siegel, of Sarasota, sold their home at 597 Cutter Lane, in Country Club Shores Unit II, to KDL Investments LLC, an Indiana limitedliability company with an Indianapolis address, for $825,000. Built in 1963, the 1,963-square-foot home has three bedrooms, two bathrooms and a swimming pool. It last sold for $585,000 in August 1997.

living room, dining room, kitchen, lanai and all 3 bedrooms.

Beautifully maintained complex offers pool, tennis and under-bldg. parking. Right on magnificient white sand beach Surround yourself with spectacular MLS#A3918027.. ............................REDUCED TO $749,000!

• BEACHPLACE views: Gulf, Bay & golf course. Beautiful 20” stone tile in all living areas, new stainless appliances, turnkey furnished. Under bldg parking space. 2 BD/2BA. A must see! MLS#A3932712 $449,000

• RIVERS RIDGE 4BD/4BA home shows like a model.

Spacious 2 car garage, patio & pool. Wonderful family home on “no thru traffic” circle. Walk to DeSoto Nat’l Park and Robinson 3400 sq. ft. MLS#A3917532 ......................... $495,000 • BUTTONWOOD COVE WIDE OPEN WATER Preserve.

VIEWS highlight 2BD/2BA split plan condo, 5 acres with • BUTTONWOOD COVE 1500 sq ft 3BD/2BA split frontage on Gulf & Bay. Granite countertops in completely plan end unit w/ water views over cove. New kitchen w/granite & remodeled kitchen, club house, pool, tennis, racketball, boat stainless steel appliances & newer furnishings. Wonderful beach to slips & parking garage. Furnished. MLS#A3911622 .. $449,000 bay complex. Under bldg parking MLS#A3932389 ..............$499,000 Abbott Group / Sold

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• buttoNWood HArbour Water front home, 3BD/3BA features Great room w/fireplace, cathedral ceiling & opens onto screened deck overlooking spa & pool.

3500 SF includes oversized 2-car garage. New roof. New AC. 6000 lb boat lift. MLS#A3918027... .....REDUCED! $795,000

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• LONGBOAT KEY CLUB & RESORT Club suite offers direct water and city skyline views and all the amenities of the Key Club. Private end unit, newly furnished & under bldg. parking. Great income. MLS#A3930788.. $335,000

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Seaplace

The corporation 933777 Ontario Inc., which has a Toronto address, sold Unit No. M2-112B at 1945 Gulf of Mexico Drive in the 461-unit Seaplace to Gestion Danielle Luc Inc., a Canadian corporation, and Les Placements Bussey, a Canadian corporation with a Saint-Hippolyte, Quebec, address, for $525,000. Built

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WATER CLUB - Coveted southern exposure on the 7th floor w/beautiful city, Gulf and Bay views elegantly furnished. A3919693 $2,495,000

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COUNTRY CLUB ShORES – New construction 4BR canal front home. Be the lucky owner of this incredible value. A3929975 $945,000

Cathy C. Meldahl P.A. Passionate about the outdoor lifestyle? This island retreat in the heart of LBK’s historic Village area offers an elegant great room with high ceilings, expansive polished oak floors and a black-tiled fireplace. Two bedrooms & separate office or den which could easily be a third bedroom. Two wrap-around decks overlooking heated pool and spa with waterfall all set in a lush tropical setting. Private, spacious patio with plenty of room for entertaining or simply experiencing a peaceful refuge from everyday life. Public boat ramp and fishing pier is only two blocks away and the beach is only three blocks away. A3938985 $649,000

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LONgBOAT ViLLAgE - Key West style home well maintained overlooking the Bay and Intracoastal Waterway A3934895 $800,000

LONgBOAT hARBOUR TOWERS - Beautifully remodeled Gulf front 2BR condo in remodeled mid-Key building. A3930426 $560,000

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bedroom and one bathroom. It last sold for $92,000 in January 1989.

BUILDING PERMITS

in 1978, the 1,532-square-foot unit has three bedrooms and two bathrooms. It last sold for $157,143 in May 1991.

Beach Harbor Club

These are the largest building permits issued by the Longboat Key Planning and Zoning Department for the week of Feb. 4 through Feb. 10, in order of dollar amounts. (GMD = Gulf of Mexico Drive)

Joan Dunn, of Naples, sold Unit 310 in the Gulfside Whitney Beach condominium, 6701 Gulf of Mexico Drive, to Markus and Jean Schulz, of Fort Gratiot, Mich., for $525,000. Built in 1971, the 1,441-square-foot unit has three bedrooms and two bathrooms.

K. Peter and Marjo Bowers, of Yorba Linda, Calif., sold Unit A-306 at 3802 Gulf of Mexico Drive in the 133-unit Beach Harbor Club to James Knab and Jamie Worrall, as joint tenants with rights of survivorship, of Cincinnati, for $220,000. Built in 1970, the 1,007-square-foot unit has two bedrooms and two bathrooms. It sold for $135,000 in December 1998.

Sleepy Lagoon

The Diplomat

Whitney Beach condominium

John and Kelly Bollito, of Orland Park, Ill., sold their home at 536 Lyons Lane, in the Sleepy Lagoon subdivision, to Istvan Milom for $455,000. Built in 1989, the 1,965-square-foot home has two bedrooms and two bathrooms. It last sold for $511,000 in October 2002.

Westchester Apartments

Robert and Dorothy Evans, 700 John Ringling Blvd., sold Unit No. 203 at the 72-unit Westchester Apartments, 4805 Gulf of Mexico Drive, to Joan Bowden, of Thornhill, Ontario, for $450,000. Built in 1970, the 1,393-square-foot unit has two bedrooms and one bathroom.

Sea Horse Beach Resort

Jack and Donna Wagaman and Steven and Marianne Wagaman, all of Omaha, Neb., sold Unit No. 221 of the 55-unit Diplomat, 3155 Gulf of Mexico Drive, to Gerard Sequeira and Charles Magalhaes, of Scarborough, Ontario, for $217,500.

Built in 1960, the 680-square-foot unit has one bedroom and one bathroom. It last sold for $140,000 in May 2000.

Boathouse on Longboat

Stannard Allen, of Sarasota, sold boat slip Unit 2131 at the 194-slip Boathouse on Longboat, 408 Gulf of Mexico Drive, to George and Ryan Fetherstone, of Tampa, for $21,000. It last sold for $14,200 in March 1988.

Michael Gallatin, of Annapolis, Md., sold Unit 252 of the 41-unit Sea Horse Beach Resort, 3453 Gulf of Mexico Drive, to Sweetlove LLC, a Michigan limited-liability company with a Brooklyn, Mich., address, for $300,000. Built in 1960, the 832-square-foot unit has two bedrooms.

It last sold for $755,000 in July 2005.

Bird Key

Longboat Harbour Towers

Lido Beach Club

Warren Duff, of St. Louis, sold Unit 703 at the 73-unit Longboat Harbour Towers, 4401 Gulf of Mexico Drive, to Suzanne Bowen, of Ontario, for $235,000. Built in 1972, the 725-square-foot unit has one

David and Donna Wollert, of Henderson, Nev., sold the home at 323 Bob White Way to Alexander and Phyllis Wilhelm for $750,000. Built in 1975, the 2,708-squarefoot home has four bedrooms, three bathrooms and a swimming pool. It last sold for $655,000 in April 2009.

Theodore and Margaret Boehne, of Edina, Minn., sold Unit 1207 at Lido Beach Club, 1212 Benjamin Franklin Drive, to Samuel and Anna Wex for $575,000.

Built in 1974, the 1,421-square-foot unit

Address Permit Applicant Amount

Fairway Bay 1900 Harbourside Drive Alteration Condominium Association $27,690 5921 Emerald Harbor Drive Alteration Angelo Cayo $14,975 5655 GMD Alteration John Rahilly $11,980 Alteration Jacqueline Dixon, trustee $7,446 3471 Bayou Sound Alteration Sherry Seward $6,668 5655 GMD Judy Flanagan $5,703 1000 Longboat Club Road Alteration Alteration Wesley Blair Jr. $5,168 5655 GMD Re-roof Robert McCrudden, trustee $3,965 1091 Bogey Lane Alteration Dan Moody $3,700 3155 GMD Alteration Ray Laird $2,485 3482 Mistletoe Lane Alteration Ramona Hockema $1,850 2525 GMD Alteration George Goldman $1,700 4401 GMD

The Colony Beach & Alteration $1,200 1620 GMD Tennis Resort Alteration Robert Viragh $1,068 4325 GMD

Christ Church of Longboat New construction Key, Presbyterian $0 6400 GMD Temporary event Oprock Longboat Fee LLC $0 4711 GMD Temporary event Continental Kitchens Inc. $0 548 St. Judes Drive Addition Kathryn Lee $0 580 Birdie Lane has two bedrooms and two bathrooms. It last sold for $850,000 in May 2006.

Lido Surf and Sand

Robert and Belinda Metelko, of Lakewood Ranch, sold Unit No. 501 at Lido Surf and Sand, 1100 Benjamin Franklin Drive, to Craig and Lynn Meredith, of Dartsmouth, Nova Scotia, for $530,000.

Built in 1976, the 1,456-square-foot unit has two bedrooms and two bathrooms.

It last sold for $295,000 in March 1998.

Lido Shores

Robert Menzies, of Pointe-Clare, Observer Ad 2-17-11.pdf 1 2/14/2011 7:44:24 AM Canada, sold Unit 501 at Lido Shores

condominium, 350 S. Polk Drive, to Victoria Johnston-Wilkins, of Cincinnati, for $342,500. Built in 1977, the 1,036-square-foot unit has two bedrooms and two bathrooms. It last sold for $550,000 in July 2006.

St. Armands

Tuck Realty LLC, a Florida limitedliability company with an Exeter, N.H., address, sold the home at 128 S. Washington Drive in the St. Armands Division of the John Ringling Estates to Nancy Harbour, of Toronto, for $440,000. Built in 1946, the 1,011-square-foot home has two bedrooms and two bathrooms. It last sold for $321,500 in March 2010.

Luxury Knows no Limits

HoTel ResidenCe 1008 – Perfect pied-a-terre in the City.

Spacious 1768 sq.ft. 1 Bd 1.5 Ba corner 10th floor with Bay & City views.

Furnished $899,900 HoTel ResidenCe 1108 – Lovely 1 Bd 1.5 Ba Southeast location with custom designed eat-in kitchen and marble flooring. $1,150,000 HoTel ResidenCe 1205 - 2 Bd/2Ba split plan with custom kitchen & master bath with beautiful Bay views. $1,350,000 HoTel ResidenCe 1408 - Gorgeous views of the Marina, Bay and Big Pass from this 14th floor corner residence with a spacious and open kitchen, 2Bd/2Ba. $1,395,000 ToweR ResidenCe 1106 – 3 Bd/3Ba Spacious corner residence open great room plan with views of Marina, City & Bay. $1,290,000 ToweR ResidenCe 505 – Tremendous value for 3659 sq.ft. 4 Bd/4Ba corner with designer interior finishes.

Former Model - Unfurnished. $1,395,000 ToweR ResidenCe 804 – Beautifully appointed with many custom designed features including fireplace and built-ins.

Contract Pending $1,465,000 ToweR ResidenCe 603 – Be the first one to occupy this 3 Bd/3Ba split plan residence offering spectacular sunset views. $1,549,000 ToweR ResidenCe 1103 – 3 Bd/3Ba with many custom built-ins and cabinetry with travertine flooring another gorgeous sunset location. $1,875,000 ToweR ResidenCe 1603 - Penthouse views from this 16th floor 3 Bd/3Ba featuring a gas fireplace with custom mantel. Fabulous sunsets views. $2,350,000

make buying and selling a truly pleasurable experience

LIDO BEACH CLUB

The Residences at The Ritz-Carlton

ToweR ResidenCe 1203 – Sophisticated 3 Bd/3Ba professionally designed by Sally Trout with numerous custom finishes. A MUST SEE! $2,850,000 BeaCH ResidenCe 303 – Rarely available perfect beachget-away 1 Bd/Den 2/Ba. Enjoy sunset views and close proximity to special building amenities. $990,000 BeaCH ResidenCe 308 – One-of-a-kind 2259 sq.ft 1 Bd/ Den 2/Ba over 1000 sq.ft terrace with private walk down to the pool area.

Furnished $1,500,000 BeaCH ResidenCe 707 – Exceptional value for 3055 sq.ft.

3 Bd/2.5 Ba open great room with very large eat-in kitchen views of City, Bay & Preserve. $1,500,000 BeaCH ResidenCe 706 - Never before lived in and recently finished with beautiful travertine flooring throughout & designer touches. Full Gulf & beach views. $2,069,000 BeaCH PH ResidenCe 1206 - Fabulous direct Gulf views with wraparound terrace with gas grill special interior finishes every detail expected in a PH residence. $3,000,000 BeaCH ResidenCe 1101 – Fantastic Gulf, City & Preserve views from two spacious terraces 4194 sq. ft. of gracious living space. $4,195,000 BeaCH PH ResidenCe 1208 – The largest Penthouse suite at 5268 sq.ft. with elegant interior finishes throughout… never before occupied. $5,250,000

1212 Ben Franklin Drive Unit 1104 Mesmerizing Gulf, Bay and City views from your 31 ft private balancy and from nearly every room in this 2 bedroom/2 bath furnished condo decorated with a neutral palate Offered at $599,995

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ISLANDER CLUB

2301 Gulf of Mexico Dr #85N

Updated 2 bedroom/2 bath 8th floor residence offering uninterrupted island & partial bay views from your 38 ft. private balcony. Updated kitchen, generous sized rooms, perfect for entertaining.

Offered at $424,500

BRADENTON BEACH CLUB 241 17th Street N #9

Beautiful townhome featuring 3 bedroom/2.5 baths, meticulously maintained. Wonderful open plan featuring living room/dining room combination with gourmet kitchen with maple cabinetry, granite counters and stainless appliances.

Offered at $369,000

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301 17th Street N #15 - 3 bedroom 2.5 bath bayfront townhome offered at $575,000 315 17th Street No #22 - 3 bedroom 2.5 bath bayfront townhome offered at $450,000 240 17th Street N #29 - 2 bedroom/2 bath plus den condo offered at $299,000

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LBK Duplicate Bridge Club Longboat Key Club North-South 1. Laota Myers and Carolyn Albrecht 2. Bella Adams and David Warren 3.Arleen Klein and Barbara Struth East-West 1. Ruth Colner and Cele Schwartz 2. Hannah and Danny Casden 3. Kathy Sachs and Anne Clemente

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Mainland – Bay Front Retreat Warm and welcoming with 4600 SF, 5 BR, upper and lower master suites, wood floors, gourmet kitchen, & fireplace. Pool & outdoor entertainment area w/ large deck & private dock right on the Bay! $1,795,000 NEW

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Sparkling water views from this amazing 5,585SF Penthouse apartment with 4BR/5BA, private his & hers studies, wine cellar & separate tasting area, media room and large terrace overlooking the Bay and downtown.

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3 bedroom, 3 Full bath apartment on the 7th floor offers amazing views, daily sunrises and sunsets from the 2 large terraces, spacious interiors and wonderful $ views at an incredible value.

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Longboat Key – Boater’s Fantasy 3,435 SF home with 114 feet of DEEP water frontage!

Extra large rooms, with living area on one level and tons of ground floor play space. Covered 45x20 slip and Jet Ski dock included. $995,000

RED ROCK TERRACE – Oyster Bay Vacant Lot Lot w/ House Plans $439,000 GRAND BAY I – Longboat Key Bay Front 9th Floor 3BR/3BA 2,550 Sq. Ft.$1,275,000

Merrill Duplicate Bridge Club Bayfront Park Recreation Center 1. Charlotte Schwartz and Claire Brinn 2. Mary Lou Thomas and Chuck Prizer 3 (tie). Julie Woods and David Stevenson 3 (tie). Lorraine and Lester Ageloff

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Bayfront Park Recreation Center North-South 1.Lu Ganley and Harry Hutzler 2. David Stevenson and Ina Becker 3. Hope Zawatsky and Renee Pekeles

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FAIRWAY BAY - Longboat Key Townhouse 2BR/3BA 1,626 Sq. Ft. $539,000 La Bellasara - Downtown Bay Front

4,700 SF waterfront showplace new in ’06 with 4 BR+ study, fireplace, pool/spa, summer BEACHPLACE I – Direct Gulf Front kitchen, deep water dock, boat lift & jet ski area. 5th Floor 2BR/2BA 1,400 Sq. Ft. $699,000 $ Walk to beach.

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3BR/4.5BA + study or 4th BR with 3,370 SF. 28’ balcony w/ summer kitchen, private elevator lobby, 2-car $ garage & gated security.

2,395,000

GRAND BAY II – Bay & City Views 4th Floor 3BR/3BA 2,781 Sq. Ft. $1,395,000

WATER CLUB I - Direct Beach Front 9th Floor 2BR/4BA 3,045 Sq. Ft. $1,950,000 PIERRE – Longboat Key Direct Beach Front 3rd Floor 3 BR/3BA 2,410 Sq. Ft. $849,000 Marina Tower - Downtown Bayfront Extraordinary 5,800 SF with 365˚ views, priv. elevator foyer, 4BR/4.5BA + study, main & catering kitchens, home theatre & 4 parking spaces. Was $2,995,000 $2,250,000

Longboat Key – Direct Beach Front DEER CREEK – Nature Preserve Johnson Estate” Gated privacy on 2+ acres w/ Gated Comm. 3BR/2BA 2,359 Sq. Ft. $449,500 “The 150 ft. of Gulf front. 10,000 SF. 7BR/6.5BA includes separate attached guest wing. New in ‘07.

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LBK Duplicate Bridge Club North-South 1. John and Herb Bruch 2. Jack Wilber and Larry Auerbach 3. Mary Lou Thomas and Joan Fickinger East-West 1. Liz and Chuck Zolar 2. Judy and Gene Krasnow 3. Lenore Miller and Elaine Leib

Sanctuary III - Behind the Gates Desirable 5th floor Southeast corner 3BR/2.5 BA with wide open Bay, City, and LBK Club Golf Course views. 3rd bedroom doubles as a den with quality built-in’s and renovated kitchen has granite, wood and newer appliances. $895,000

Sea Gate Club - Direct Gulf Front Floor-to-ceiling glass frames the Beach and Sunsets from every room in this 1,470 SF 2BR/2BA with higher ceilings, wood floors and 2 terraces. Great amentias and on-site management. Walk to shopping. $675,000

Key Tower South - Direct Gulf Front Full Gulf & Beach views from this 7th floor totally renovated & furnished w/ 2 master suites and great room all overlooking the Gulf. Separate computer room, gour$ met granite kitchen & open balcony.

549,000

Savoy - Downtown Bay View

Water Club I - Gulf Front Stunning sophistication & style! South facing Gulf views, 2BR + Den. designer decorated and beautifully furnished. includes 1 under-building $ garage space.

1,250,000

Lido Shores - Direct Gulf Front Palazzo Combines 200 ft. of seawalled Gulf front with private Dock and Beach access. This 7,415 SF residence built in 2003 has 5BR/8BA, exercise room, his and her bath & studies, 50 ft pool/spa & 5-car garage. $8,900,000

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LBK Duplicate Bridge Club

East-West 1. Gerda and Mort Smith 2. Cele Schwartz and Ruth Colner 3. Esther Cole and Charlotte Laven

3 BR + den / 3.5 BA in this 3,170 Sq. Ft. downtown showpiece apartment on the 9th floor. Enjoy Sarasota Bay sunsets and dazzling city lights from this most prestigious $ locale. 2 car private garage incl.

1,985,000

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Kiwanis Valentine’s Ball from page 1C

Noel Buterbaugh and his wife, Maggie, won the raffle prize.

Bill Sceva and Michael Welly

Kiwanis Club of of Longboat President Bob Gault introduced Matt Walsh as Citizen of the Year.

The Cigar City Big Band played throughout the evening.

Richard and Jeanne Baum with Brenda and Weldon Frost

Katheryn Meisenbach and John Wild

Susan and Lenny Landau

Marsha Crawford sells Mary Curry and Ken Bennett tickets.

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ATHLETE OF THE WEEK David Green David Green has been playing tennis competitively for about 10 years and plays often — rain or shine. Prior to playing tennis, he was a competitive racquetball player, but he traded one racket for another when his wife, Linda, encouraged him to start playing tennis. Green works for Waste Management and was one of the main people behind the Aces for Education tennis exhibition that was recently held at Cedars Tennis Resort. The tennis event raised $5,000, and the money will be used to give grants to teachers in Manatee County.

What are you best at in tennis?

I think my movement might be my best attribute in tennis. I cover the court pretty well — I’m pretty athletic — and that probably makes up for my lack of some of my technical skills.

What would you like to improve?

Right now I’m trying to improve my second serve.

Especially in competitive, tight matches, you need to be able to hit a good second serve.

Who is your favorite tennis player?

My all-time favorite tennis player is Andre Agassi. I would have loved to have played with him. I try to emulate my game after him, and it would be an awesome experience to hit balls with him or play in an exhibition with him.

Photos by Rachel S. O’Hara

Marilyn and Andy Vandermeer try out their kayak for the first time Monday, Feb. 14, on the bay near Mar Vista Dockside Restaurant & Pub. The Vandermeers reside in Grand Rapids, Mich., and are spending six weeks on Longboat Key. They bought the kayak as their “new adventure,” because they can use it both on Longboat Key and in Michigan. The couple will be celebrating their 46th wedding anniversary this Saturday.

Have you set any tennis goals for 2011?

In 2011 I’d like to try to play at least 100 days a year.

I’d like to go see the Sarasota Open here on Longboat Key in May. And we are looking into taking a trip overseas to go to a tournament somewhere in Europe this summer if we can work it out.

Visit our website to see a video of Green hitting balls on the court. www.YourObserver.com

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BRIDGE HAND

Dealer: West Vulnerable: North, South

How to secure a difficult win Perhaps North-South did not arrive at their optimum contract, but it is not easy from a defender’s point of view to beat the five-diamond contract. West found a way.

After West led a spade to his partner’s ace and won the spade return with his king, he hesitated a long time when deciding how to continue.

West doubted that his partner held the ace of hearts. If he did, he might have cashed it when he had a chance at trick two. So, a heart switch looked unlikely.

If declarer held solid diamonds, a strong possibility with the bidding, declarer could make his contract by getting in with the ace of hearts.

A spade lead to the good Jack in the dummy would make things easy for the declarer. A trump lead could not help.

There was just one prayer: that declarer had started with a singleton club, therefore, West exited with a club at trick three, and there was no way declarer could make his contract.

Declarer can pitch one of his hearts on the good spade; he can ruff a heart with a small diamond in the dummy; and he can get one heart discard on the second of dummy’s high clubs, but he cannot do all of these. Declarer is short on entries back and forth, and if he wastes a trump honor in his hand or in the dummy, West gets a trump trick.

Sometimes, the play that appears to be most like a surrender turns in to a victory.

BRAZIL. Now the Longboat Observer has really crossed the line: It traveled over the equator with Key residents Yolanda and David Noyes, who brought their newspaper on a 23-day cruise of the Amazon River. Here, the couple is pictured standing on the equator in Macapa, Brazil.

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RED TIDE Karenia brevis, the Florida red tide organism, was not detected alongshore Longboat Key and was not detected offshore Friday, Feb. 11, according to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Research Institute.

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hard 64 Words with “goal” or “course” 67 ___ out a living (barely manages to survive) 70 Promote strongly 71 Brazilian monkey 73 White-tailed sea eagle 75 Some flight data 77 Places where lines meet 78 Bank claims 79 For every one 81 Straight or full house 83 Certain exams 84 Give stars to 88 Verb accompanier 91 Go out with 92 Ultimate goal 94 Disgusted reply 96 “___ Madness” (anti-marijuana film) 99 Yawn inducer 101 Elaborate fraud 103 Managed 105 Removed suds from 107 Upholstery materials, sometimes 108 Swing into town 110 Lounge lizards 112 Seed’s coat 114 Befuddled 116 Wildebeests 117 Top-notch 118 Huffy state 119 Chooses 120 Where the forbidden fruit was eaten 122 Scandinavian seaport 123 Reach a high point 124 Does sum work?

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128 It can make molehills out of mountains

Last weeks Cryptograms 1. A roofer had a bad reputation for messing up his contracts. He apparently climbed his ladder wrong by wrong.

2. A famously wacky scientist was known for being hands on. He wanted to drink some boiling water so he could whistle

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Garage/Moving/Estate Sales MARBLE PEDESTAL- White Marble Column Items Under $200 For Sale 40" High-10"Square Top- 15"Octagon Base. $175. 941-383-3966 MARBLE PEDESTALESTATEWhite SALEMarble Column 40" High-10"Square Top15"Octagon Base. *** SATURDAY** TV for flat screen TV, +stereo $175.STAND 941-383-3966 FEBRUARY 19 - 9:30 - 2P.M. components, 30”hx30”w, 4 glass shelves.

Was $400. Now $150.

TV STAND forBridlecrest flat 941-387-1230. screen TV, +stereo 3813 Lane components, 30”hx30”w, 4 glass shelves.

Antiques/Collectibles Palm Sola Trace Was(Located $400. Now $150.

941-387-1230. off 75th St. W., Bradenton) BUYINGAntiques/Collectibles OLDER paintings; landscapes, beach, watercolors, any pair subject.

Early furniSuede sofa bed and of recliners, ture, coffee, oriental rugs,and silver, etc. Quality items. end demilune tables, BUYING OLDER paintings; landscapes, Terry, 941-349-8560. entertainment center, leather sofa beach, watercolors, any subject.

Earlybed, furniTV’s,oriental king and queen bed sets, twinitems. bed, ture, rugs, silver, etc.

Quality Autos Wanted desk and computer, dining room set, Terry, 941-349-8560. mirror, Chinese rugs, bar stools, AUTOS WANTED! me take the hassle AutosLet Wanted kitchenware, linens, decorative out of selling your car. Cash offered today! accessories, prints, Call Mike, 941-713-2277.

Items UnderLet $200 For the Sale AUTOS WANTED! me take hassle All in like-new condition. out ofBoat sellingSlips your car.

Cash offered today!

For Rent/Sale MARBLE PEDESTALWhite Marble Column Call Mike, 941-713-2277.

A NICE SALE! 40" High-10"Square Top15"Octagon Base.

32FT. BOAT slip for rent, Boat SALE CONDUCTED

BY House of Boat Slips For Rent/Sale $175. 941-383-3966 LBK, 3rd level, dry.

Call SALES 718-974-5269 or PALMA SOLA 718-979-8017. **Numbers given outBoat at TV, 8a.m.

32FT. BOAT slip flat for rent, House of TV STAND for screen +stereo LBK, 3rd level, dry. Call 718-974-5269 or components, 30”hx30”w, 4 glass shelves.

BOAT$400.

SLIP.Now High$150. and dry, indoor, for sale or 718-979-8017.

Was 941-387-1230.

ESTATE lease. Southend of LBKSALE at the Boathouse.

Antiques/Collectibles Saturday, February 19th 9AM -1PM Owner financing available.

For for info BOAT SLIP. High and dry, indoor, salecall or 4030 Via Mirada 941-544-5597. lease. Southend of LBK at the Boathouse.

BUYING Marbella OLDER paintings; landscapes, Palmer Ranch Owner financing -available.

For info call beach, watercolors, any subject.

Early Marbella gate opens at 9AM LBK MOORINGS; 45’ slip near bay forfurnirent 941-544-5597. ture, orientalGood rugs, silver, etc. for annual sale. by owner. monthly or Quality longer items. rates.

Terry, 941-349-8560.

941-383-3103.

LBK MOORINGS; 45’ slip near bay for rent 2 greatGood Robt.monthly Wyland sculptures by owner. or longer rates.

Autos Wanted Nixon & Ted Kennedy autographs, PRIME BOAT SLIP 941-383-3103. art work, Lladro Samurai,berth glassboat table Largest (29.5') indoor slip AUTOS WANTED! Letupper me take the hassle &Boathouse Lucite chairs, teak pool furniture, at on Longboat for sale by PRIME out of selling your BOAT car. CashSLIP offered today! cabinets, set of dishes, temple gong, private owner.

Please call 941-504-7900.

Largest (29.5') indoor upper berth boat slip Call Mike, 941-713-2277. a fewon linens & kitchenware. at lamps, Boathouse Longboat for sale by Boat SlipsBoats For Rent/Sale private owner. Please call 941-504-7900.

Pictures: www.appraisals4u.biz or Boats Under 50KBoats Arerent, Selling Well.

32FT. BOAT slip for BoatVery House of www.estatesales.net 15’ center consoles 32’ Sea Rays.

LBK, 3rd level, Call Sales 718-974-5269 or Julie dry.

McClure Island references.

18 Boats in 718-979-8017.

Boats resident, Under 50K Are Selling Verysold Well.

35 days, many in less than 3 weeks.

15’ center consoles - 32’ Sea Rays.

Motor Homes/RVs Business on handshake.

Let’s talk BOAT SLIP. Highareferences. and dry, indoor, for sale or Island resident, 18 Boats sold in about selling your boat.

941-228-3489, lease.

Southend ofinLBK at than the Boathouse.

35 days, many less 3 weeks.

MOBILE HOME 21 Twin Shores. Best deal Yachtingflorida@aol.com Owner financing ForLet’s info talk call Business on a available. handshake. on LBK. Turnkey, completely remodeled, 941-544-5597. about selling your boat.

941-228-3489, access to Gulf and docking available.

TIP TOPincludes Canvasshare Shop.

Book now to be Yachtingflorida@aol.com $89,900 price.

941-387-1232 LBK MOORINGS; 45’ slip near bay for rent completed before summer!

Premium canvas or 941-388-7284. by owner.

Good monthly or longer rates. shop featuring Makrolon semi-ridged TIP TOP Canvas Shop. Book now to be Petsenclosures, 941-383-3103. windows fly-bridge deck completedfor before summer!

Premiumaft canvas enclosures and dodgers for sail and center shop featuring Makrolon semi-ridged 2 ADORABLE SPRINGER DOODLES FOR PRIME BOAT SLIP console boats.

Completed on time, on windows forLovely fly-bridge enclosures, aft deck SALE- Two Springerdoodle brothers, Largest (29.5') indoor upper berth boat slip budget and exceeding every expectation of enclosures and dodgersThey for sail cannot be separated. areand 2.5 center years at Boathouse on Longboat for sale by discriminating boat owners.

Dock side console boats. healthy, Completed time, on old, well trained, great on temperments private owner.

Please call 941-504-7900. of service.

941-932-8872. budget exceeding and veryand lovable.

50lbs.every Jack expectation 941-928-5732 E-mail: TipTopCanvasShop@gmail.com discriminating boat owners. Dock side Boats Web: TipTopCanvasShop.com service.

YORKIE941-932-8872.

PUPPIES- Tiny tiny teacup pupE-mail: TipTopCanvasShop@gmail.com pies, raised in 50K my home.

Cute as a button Boats Under Are Selling Very Well.

Web: TipTopCanvasShop.com and expected toconsoles be 2 to 5 -lbs. $120015’ center 32’ Sea $2500 Rays. depending on size, quality, 18 and sex.sold Cash Island resident, references.

Boats in only.days, 941-799-4564 35 many in leave less message. than 3 weeks.

BusinessGood on aThings handshake.

Let’s talk To Eat about selling your boat. 941-228-3489, Krystal’s Culinary Delights. Personalized Yachtingflorida@aol.com Grocery Shopping and Low Fat, High-Taste Meals Prepared YOUR Kitchen!

TIP TOP Canvas in Shop.

Book now toCall be today and receive a FREE 30 minute completed before summer! Premium consulcanvas tation with this ad!

Contactsemi-ridged Krystal at shop featuring Makrolon 941-993-7302. windows for fly-bridge enclosures, aft deck enclosures and dodgers for sail and center console boats. Completed on time, on budget and exceeding every expectation of discriminating boat owners. Dock side service. 941-932-8872.

E-mail: TipTopCanvasShop@gmail.com Web: TipTopCanvasShop.com

Thursday, February 17, 2011 Consignments Auctions SARASOTA BARGAIN Center Thrift Store Consignments & Consignment Center. Furniture, STARFISHCollectables.

ALLEY 8000 sf Appliances, Antiques, SARASOTA BARGAIN Center Thrift Store LIQUIDATION AUCTION. of consignments.

10am -6pm M-S. & Consignment Center.

Furniture, Saturday February 19th 2011 Consignments accepted.

We buy 8000 & sell.

Appliances, Antiques, Collectables.

10103 Cortez Road W, Bradenton, FL sf Delivery & pick up available.

1635 M-S. 12th of consignments.

10am 9AM -6pm Preview 8AM Auction Street Sarasota,accepted.

Fl. 34236.We 941-812-0587 Consignments buy & sell.

Credit cards accepted.

Delivery & liquidating pick up available.

1635 12th We are the entire contents of Street Sarasota, Fl. 34236.

941-812-0587 the Starfish Alley.

The store is currently Flooring Credit closedcards to accepted. the public in preparation.

Exceptional Merchandise Flooring includes: Hand Painted Furniture, Rattan, Vintage items, Telephone Table, Lamps, Chandeliers, Beach themed items, Pictures, Paintings, Beautiful Home décor, Stained Glass, and much much more.

Pictures can be found on Facebook Consignments under J&M Auction or at www.SouthernPrideAuction.com.

Cash and SARASOTA BARGAIN Center Thrift Store Card only. PhotoCenter.

ID for registration. &Credit Consignment Furniture, 3650 POND View Lane ~ $209,900 Appliances, Antiques, Collectables.

8000 sf 3BR/2BA/2CG -UPDATED! Gorgeous!

Southern Pride Auction of consignments.

10am -6pm M-S. Move in ready,J&M newAuction. stainless 3650 POND View LaneWe~ appliances, $209,900 Consignments accepted. buy & sell.

1776sf.

Quiet cul-de-sac, large fenced Col. Chuck AU 1347 AByard, 983 3BR/2BA/2CG -UPDATED! Gorgeous!

Delivery & Pelkey pick up available.

1635 12th minutes to downtown.

Christina Magilson Col. Jim Leason AU 2928 AB 2079 Move in ready, new stainless appliances, Street Sarasota, Fl. 34236. 941-812-0587 941-388-2345.

MY Realtylarge Company 941-756-0709 941-751-2197 1776sf.

Quietaccepted. cul-de-sac, fenced yard, Credit cards minutes to downtown. Christina Magilson Investment Opportunities Flooring 941-388-2345.Furnishings MY Realty Company INVESTOR WANTED - $125,000 for 24 CHAIR SLEEPER beds (2) by Sealy. Twin Furnishings months. 8% annual interest with payments size, stylish, functional, 52”wx29”d. Orig. monthly. Well secured. 941-306-6715. $600. $150 each.

941-387-1230.

CHAIRNow SLEEPER beds (2) by Sealy. Twin size, stylish, functional, 52”wx29”d.

Orig.

ISLAND CONSIGNMENT Store- $699.

Well DREXEL “BOMBE” China Cabinet $600.

Now $150 each.

941-387-1230.

Established.

Over 50 Fine Artists.

Includes Stanley Bar, Marble Top, 4 Stools. 3-piece NEW Web Site. Cozy / Profitable Family Robb & “BOMBE” Stucky Leather Sofa Group.

DREXEL China Cabinet $699.

Business. $12,000.

941-348-9494 (Lv. msg.)

5-piece Marble TopTop, Home Office3-piece $799.

Stanley Bar, Marble 4 Stools.

Henredon Secretary $899; Robb & Stucky Leather Desk Sofa Group.

Storage 68” Detagon Aluminum Patio Table & 6 sling 5-piece Marble Top Home Office $799. chairs $599; 5-piece Rattan Dinette on STORAGE RV/ Trailer.

Henredon FACILITY Secretary Boat/ Desk $899; casters $399; 3-piece White (Cottage) Secure facility,Aluminum low monthly rentals, Clark Rd 68” Detagon Patio Table & 6 sling 3650 POND View Lane ~ $209,900 Klaussner Wall5-piece Unit $850.

Cherry Regency area.

941-809-3662 chairs941-809-3660, $599; Rattan Dinette on 3BR/2BA/2CG -UPDATED! Gorgeous!

Buffet “Baker” 3-piece Group castersin $399; 3-piece WhiteSofa (Cottage) Move ready, $699; new stainless appliances, (Lloyd Flander) $995.

Herman Cherry Desk Klaussner Wall Unit $850.

Cherry Regency 1776sf.

Quiet cul-de-sac, large fenced yard, Classified Ads Bring Results & Hutch $245.

Giant 4-poster Bed with Buffet “Baker” $699; 3-piece Sofa Group minutes to downtown.

Christina Magilson 941-955-4888 Positions Wanted Armoire & 2 marble-top night stands (Lloyd Flander) MY $995.

Herman Cherry Desk 941-388-2345.

Realty Company (Collezione). & Hutch $245.

Giant 4-poster Bed with LONGBOAT TEEN will feed or walk your Manatee Furniture Furnishings Armoire & 2 marble-top night stands pets, do odd jobs. Available afterschool 941-745-2596 (Collezione). hours and weekends.

Please callSealy.

Preston at CHAIR (2) Twin 3015SLEEPER 1st St. (USbeds Hwy 41)by Bradenton Manatee Furniture 773-0943 size, stylish, functional, 52”wx29”d. Orig.

941-745-2596 General Merchandise $600.

Now $150 each.

941-387-1230.

3015 1st St. (US Hwy 41) Bradenton THRIFT SHOP: LORD’S DREXEL “BOMBE” China WAREHOUSE. Cabinet $699.

General Merchandise Commercial Property For to Sale Hours: Weds., & Sat., 9a.m.

1p.m.

StanleyMon., Bar, Marble Top, 4 Stools.

3-piece Non-profit.

Clothes, jewelry, furniture, Robb & Stucky Leather Sofa Group.

THRIFT SHOP: LORD’S Station LBK GAS Site. WAREHOUSE. Corner Gulf other items.

6140 ofVarious Mexico Drive.

5-piece Marble TopGulf Office Hours: Mon., Weds., &Home Sat., 9a.m. to $799.

1p.m. of Mexico Dr. & Broadway. commer941-383-4738.

Henredon Secretary Desk $899; Non-profit.

Clothes, jewelry, cial uses. $999,000 Longviewfurniture, Realty, 68” Detagon & 6Drive. sling other items. Aluminum 6140 GulfPatio of Table Mexico 941-383-6112. www.longviewrealty.com Health/Fitness/Beauty chairs $599; 5-piece Rattan Dinette on 941-383-4738. casters $399; 3-piece White (Cottage) BEACHHealth/Fitness/Beauty FITNESS 24/7 Fitness. Free Klaussner Wall Unit $850. Cherry Regency enrollment. VIP access. #HS8848. Next to Buffet “Baker” $699; 3-piece Sofa Group the Lazy Lobster!

941-778-0120.

BEACH FITNESS Fitness.

Free (Lloyd Flander) $995. 24/7 Herman Cherry Desk enrollment.

VIP access. #HS8848.

Next to & Hutch $245. Jewelry Giant 4-poster Bed with the Lazy Lobster!

941-778-0120.

Armoire & 2 marble-top night stands ROLEX: WOMEN’S President. $9800 o/b/o.

(Collezione).

THE OBSERVER Jewelry Lido Beach area. 810-919-0567.

Manatee Furniture LP # 39513

941-745-2596 ROLEX: WOMEN’S President. $9800 o/b/o.

Musical Instruments 1starea.

St. (US Hwy 41) Bradenton Lido3015 Beach 810-919-0567.

BABY GRAND Piano and bench: Krakauer, Musical Instruments General Merchandise 1930’s, refurbished in 1980’s, brown mahogany.

Superior condition and tuned.

THRIFT SHOP: LORD’S WAREHOUSE. BABY GRAND Piano and bench: Krakauer, $3500 o/b/o.

941-355-5220.

Hours: Mon., Weds., & in Sat.,1980’s, 9a.m. to brown 1p.m.

1930’s, refurbished Non-profit.

Clothes,condition jewelry, and furniture, mahogany. Superior tuned. other 6140 Gulf of Mexico Drive. $3500 items. o/b/o. 941-355-5220.

941-383-4738.

Health/Fitness/Beauty BEACH FITNESS 24/7 Fitness. Free enrollment. VIP access. #HS8848. Next to the Lazy Lobster! 941-778-0120.

Jewelry ROLEX: WOMEN’S President. $9800 o/b/o.

Lido Beach area. 810-919-0567.

Musical Instruments BABY GRAND Piano and bench: Krakauer, 1930’s, refurbished in 1980’s, brown mahogany. Superior condition and tuned. $3500 o/b/o. 941-355-5220.

Garage/Moving/Estate Sales Garage/Moving/Estate Sales ESTATE SALE *** SATURDAY** FEBRUARY 19 -SALE 9:30 - 2P.M. ESTATE *** SATURDAY** 3813 Bridlecrest FEBRUARY 19 - 9:30Lane - 2P.M. Palm Sola Trace (Located off Bridlecrest 75th St. W.,Lane Bradenton) 3813 Palm Sola Trace Suede sofaoffbed and of recliners, (Located 75th St.pair W., Bradenton) coffee, end and demilune tables, entertainment center, leather sofa bed, Suede sofa bed and pair of recliners, TV’s,coffee, king and bed sets,tables, twin bed, endqueen and demilune desk and computer, entertainment center,dining leatherroom sofa set, bed, Chinese stools, TV’s,mirror, king and queenrugs, bed bar sets, twin bed, kitchenware, linens, decorative desk and computer, dining room set, prints, mirror,accessories, Chinese rugs, bar stools, All in like-new condition. kitchenware, linens, decorative

Garage/Moving/Estate accessories, prints, Sales

NICE SALE! All in Alike-new condition.

SALE CONDUCTED BY ESTATE SALE PALMA SOLA SALES A NICE SALE! *** SATURDAY** **Numbers given out atBY 8a.m.

SALE CONDUCTED FEBRUARY 19 - 9:30 - 2P.M. PALMA SOLA SALES **Numbers given out at 8a.m.

3813ESTATE Bridlecrest Lane SALE Sola19th Trace9AM -1PM Saturday, Palm February (Located off 75th W., Bradenton) 4030 ViaSt. Mirada ESTATE SALE Marbella - Palmer Saturday, February 19thRanch 9AM -1PM Suede sofa4030 bed and pair of Marbella gate opens at recliners, 9AM Via Mirada coffee, end demilune tables, forand annual sale.

Marbella - Palmer Ranch entertainment leather sofa bed, Marbella center, gate opens at 9AM TV’s,2king bed sets, twin bed, greatand Robt.

Wyland sculptures forqueen annual sale. desk and computer, dining room set, Nixon & Ted Kennedy autographs, rugs, sculptures bar stools, artmirror, Lladro Samurai, glass table 2work, greatChinese Robt. Wyland kitchenware, linens, decorative &Nixon Lucite teak pool furniture, & chairs, Ted Kennedy autographs, prints, cabinets, set of dishes, temple art work,accessories, Lladro Samurai, glassgong, table Allain like-new lamps, few linens &pool kitchenware. & Lucite chairs, teakcondition. furniture, cabinets, set of dishes, temple gong, A NICE SALE! Pictures: www.appraisals4u.biz or lamps, a few linens & kitchenware.

SALE CONDUCTED BY www.estatesales.net PALMA SOLA SALES Julie McClure Sales Pictures: www.appraisals4u.biz or **Numbers given out at 8a.m. www.estatesales.net Julie McClure Sales

Motor Homes/RVs ESTATE SALE MOBILE HOME 21 Twin Shores. Best deal Saturday, February 19th 9AM -1PM Motor Homes/RVs on LBK. Turnkey, completely remodeled, 4030 Via Mirada access Gulf 21and available.

MOBILE to HOME Twindocking Shores.

Marbella - Palmer RanchBest deal $89,900 includes share price.

941-387-1232 on LBK. Turnkey, completely remodeled, Marbella gate opensFor at 9AM Items Under $200 Sale or 941-388-7284. access to Gulf and docking available. for annual sale.

MARBLE PEDESTALWhite Marble Column $89,900 includes share price.

941-387-1232 Pets 40" High-10"Square Top15"Octagon or 941-388-7284.

2 great Robt. Wyland sculpturesBase.

2 ADORABLE SPRINGER DOODLES FOR $175.

941-383-3966 Nixon & Ted Kennedy autographs, Pets SALETwo Lovely Springerdoodle art work, Lladro Samurai, glassbrothers, table cannot be separated.

They are years TV for flatteak screen TV,2.5 +stereo 2 ADORABLE SPRINGER DOODLES FOR &STAND Lucite chairs, pool furniture, old, well trained, healthy, great temperments components, 30”hx30”w, 4 glass shelves.

SALETwo Lovely Springerdoodle brothers, cabinets, set of dishes, temple gong, andlamps, very lovable.

50lbs.

Jack 941-928-5732 Was $400.

Now 941-387-1230. cannot be They are 2.5 years aseparated. few$150. linens & kitchenware.

old, wellAntiques/Collectibles trained, healthy, great temperments YORKIE PUPPIES- Tiny tiny teacup pupand Pictures: very lovable.

50lbs. Jack 941-928-5732 www.appraisals4u.biz or pies, raised in my home. Cute as a button www.estatesales.net BUYING OLDER paintings; landscapes, and expected to be 2 to 5 lbs.

YORKIE PUPPIESTiny tiny$1200teacup$2500 pupJulie McClure Sales beach, watercolors, any subject.

Early furnidepending on size, quality, and Cash pies, raised in my home. Cute assex. a button ture, oriental rugs, silver, etc.

Quality items. only.

941-799-4564 message. and expected to be 2leave to 5 lbs. $1200- $2500 Terry, 941-349-8560.

Motor Homes/RVs depending on size, quality, sex. Cash Good Things Toand Eat Autos leave Wanted only. 941-799-4564 message.

MOBILE 21 Twin Shores.

Best deal Krystal’s HOME Culinary Delights.

Personalized Good Things ToFat, Eat on LBK.Shopping Turnkey, completely remodeled, Grocery and Low High-Taste AUTOS WANTED! Let me take the hassle access to Gulf in andYOUR docking available.

Meals Prepared Kitchen!

Call out of selling your car.

Cash offered today!

Krystal’s Culinary Delights.

Personalized $89,900 includes share price.

941-387-1232 today and receive a FREE 30 minute consulCall Mike,Shopping 941-713-2277.

Grocery and Low Fat, High-Taste or 941-388-7284. tation with this ad!

Contact KrystalCall at Meals Prepared in YOUR Kitchen!

Boat Slips For Rent/Sale 941-993-7302. today and receive aPets FREE 30 minute consultation with this ad!

Contact at 32FT. BOAT slip for rent, Boat Krystal House of 2 ADORABLE SPRINGER DOODLES FOR 941-993-7302.

LBK, dry.

Call 718-974-5269 or SALE-3rd Twolevel, Lovely Springerdoodle brothers, 718-979-8017. cannot be separated. They are 2.5 years old, well trained, healthy, great temperments BOAT SLIP. High 50lbs. and dry,Jack indoor, for sale or and very lovable.

941-928-5732 lease. Southend of LBK at the Boathouse.

Owner info pupcall YORKIEfinancing PUPPIES-available.

Tiny tinyFor teacup 941-544-5597. pies, raised in my home. Cute as a button and expected to be 2 to 5 lbs. $1200- $2500 LBK MOORINGS; slip near forCash rent depending on size,45’ quality, andbay sex. by Good monthly or longer rates. only.owner.

941-799-4564 leave message.

941-383-3103.

Good Things To Eat SLIP Krystal’sPRIME CulinaryBOAT Delights.

Personalized

Largest (29.5') indoor berthHigh-Taste boat slip Grocery Shopping andupper Low Fat, at Boathouse on Longboat for sale Call by Meals Prepared in YOUR Kitchen! private owner.

Please call 941-504-7900. today and receive a FREE 30 minute consultation with this Boats ad! Contact Krystal at 941-993-7302.

Boats Under 50K Are Selling Very Well.

15’ center consoles - 32’ Sea Rays.

The EASY READ. FAST RESULTS. Island resident, references. 18 Boats sold in Observer Classifieds 955-4888 35 days, many in less than 3 weeks.

Business on a handshake. Let’s talk about selling your boat. 941-228-3489,

BIG TYPE.

Auctions Thursday, February 17, 2011 STARFISH ALLEY Auctions LIQUIDATION AUCTION. Saturday FebruaryALLEY 19th 2011 STARFISH 10103 Cortez Road W, Bradenton, FL LIQUIDATION AUCTION.

Preview February 8AM Auction Saturday 19th9AM 2011 10103 Cortez Road W, Bradenton, FL We are liquidating entire9AM contents of Preview 8AM the Auction the Starfish Alley. The store is currently closed toliquidating the public in preparation.

We are the entire contents of Exceptional Merchandise includes: Hand the Starfish Alley.

The store is currently Painted to Furniture, Rattan,inVintage items, closed the public preparation.

Telephone Table, Lamps,includes: Chandeliers, Exceptional Merchandise Hand Beach themed items, Pictures, Paintings, Painted Furniture, Rattan, Vintage items, Beautiful Home décor, Stained Glass, and Telephone Table, Lamps, Chandeliers, much much more.

Beach themed items, Pictures, Paintings, Beautiful Home décor, Stained Glass, and Pictures can be found on Facebook much much more.

Thursday, February 17, 2011 under J&M Auction or at www.SouthernPrideAuction.com.

Cash and Auctions Pictures can be found on Facebook Credit CardJ&M only. Photo ID for registration. under Auction or at

STARFISH ALLEY

www.SouthernPrideAuction.com. Cash and LIQUIDATION AUCTION. Southern PrideID Auction Credit Card only. Photo for registration.

SaturdayJ&M February 19th 2011 Auction.

10103 Cortez Road W, Bradenton, Col. Chuck Pelkey AU 1347 ABFL983 Southern Pride Auction Preview 8AM Auction 9AMAB 2079 Col. Jim LeasonJ&M Auction.

AU 2928 941-756-0709 Col. Chuck Pelkey AU941-751-2197 1347 AB 983 We are liquidating the entire contents of Col. Jim Leason AU 2928 AB 2079 Investment Opportunities the Starfish Alley. The store is currently 941-756-0709 941-751-2197 closed to the public in preparation.

INVESTOR WANTED - $125,000 for 24 Exceptional Merchandise includes: Hand Investment Opportunities months. 8% annual interest with payments Painted Furniture, Rattan, Vintage items, monthly.

WellWANTED secured. 941-306-6715.

INVESTOR - $125,000 for 24 Telephone Table, Lamps, Chandeliers, months.

8% annual interest with payments Beach themed items, Pictures, Paintings, ISLAND CONSIGNMENT Store- Well monthly. Well secured.

Beautiful Home décor, 941-306-6715.

Stained Glass, and Established. Over 50 Fine Artists. Includes much much more.

NEW Web CONSIGNMENT Site. Cozy / Profitable ISLAND Store- Family Well Business. $12,000.

941-348-9494 msg.)

Established.

Over 50 Fine Artists.(Lv. Includes Pictures can be found on Facebook NEW Web Site. Cozy / Profitable Family under J&M Storage Auction or at Business. $12,000. 941-348-9494 (Lv. msg.) www.SouthernPrideAuction.com. Cash and STORAGE FACILITY Boat/ RV/ Trailer.

Credit Card only.

Photo ID for registration.

Storage Secure facility, low monthly rentals, Clark Rd area.

941-809-3660, 941-809-3662 Southern Pride Auction STORAGE FACILITY Boat/ RV/ Trailer.

J&Mmonthly Auction.rentals, Clark Rd Secure facility, low Col. Chuck Pelkey 941-809-3662 AU 1347 AB 983 area.

941-809-3660, Col. Jim Leason AU 2928 AB 2079 Positions Wanted 941-756-0709 941-751-2197 LONGBOAT TEEN will feed or walk your Investment Opportunities Positions Wanted pets, do odd jobs. Available afterschool INVESTOR WANTED - feed $125,000 foryour 24 hours and weekends. call at LONGBOAT TEEN willPlease or Preston walk Consignments months.

8% annual interest with payments 773-0943 pets, do odd jobs. Available afterschool monthly. secured.Please 941-306-6715.

SARASOTA BARGAIN Center Thrift Store hours andWell weekends. call Preston at & Consignment Center. Furniture, 773-0943 ISLAND CONSIGNMENT Store-8000 Well Appliances, Antiques, Collectables.

Commercial Property For Includes Sale sf Established.

Over 50 Fine Artists. of consignments.

10am -6pm M-S. NEW Web Site.

Cozy / Profitable Family Consignments accepted. buy & sell.

LBK GAS Station Site.WeCorner Gulf Business. $12,000.

941-348-9494 (Lv. msg.)

Commercial Property For Sale Delivery up available.

1635 12th of Mexico&Dr.pick & Broadway.

Various commerStreet Sarasota, Fl. 34236.

941-812-0587 cial $999,000 Longview Storage Station LBK uses.

GAS Site.

CornerRealty, Gulf Credit cards accepted.

941-383-6112. www.longviewrealty.com of Mexico Dr. & Broadway. Various commerSTORAGE Boat/ RV/ Realty, Trailer. cial uses. FACILITY $999,000 Flooring Homes ForLongview Sale Secure facility, low monthly rentals, Clark 941-383-6112. www.longviewrealty.com Rd area. 941-809-3660, 941-809-3662

Positions Wanted THE OBSERVER LONGBOAT TEEN will feed or walk your LP # 39513 pets, do odd jobs.

Available afterschool THE OBSERVER hours and weekends.

Please call Preston at LP # 39513 773-0943

3650 POND View Lane ~ $209,900 Commercial-UPDATED! Property For Sale 3BR/2BA/2CG Gorgeous!

Move in ready, new stainless appliances, LBK GAS Station Site. Corner Gulf 1776sf. Quiet cul-de-sac, large fenced yard, of Mexico Dr. & Broadway. Various commerminutes to downtown. Christina Magilson cial uses. $999,000 Longview Realty, 941-388-2345. MY Realty Company 941-383-6112. www.longviewrealty.com

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DREXEL “BOMBE” China Cabinet $699.

THE OBSERVER Stanley Bar, Marble Top, 4 Stools. 3-piece LP #Leather 39513 Sofa Group.

Robb & Stucky 5-piece Marble Top Home Office $799.

Henredon Secretary Desk $899; 68” Detagon Aluminum Patio Table & 6 sling chairs $599; 5-piece Rattan Dinette on casters $399; 3-piece White (Cottage) Klaussner Wall Unit $850. Cherry Regency Buffet “Baker” $699; 3-piece Sofa Group (Lloyd Flander) $995. Herman Cherry Desk & Hutch $245. Giant 4-poster Bed with Armoire & 2 marble-top night stands

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Condos/Apts. For Rent

Fractionals

Open House

BEACH-TO-BAY CONDO at Bayport BTC. First floor, end unit. Newly decorated 2 bed/2 bath. Free local phone, cable and wireless Internet. Pictures and details: www.bayportbtc.com. Contact owner at 615-376-9448

PRISTINE GEM on 27 park-like acres in the heart of Longboat Key. Totally remodeled down to the bamboo floors. Bayport Beach and Tennis Club, bay and beach access.

Open House 2-4 February 20. $399,000 941-383-3620, 502-649-2789.

PALM AIRE: 1BR/1BA, upstairs (private entrance), screened patio, W/D, pool/ tennis available. Annual $650/mo. First/ security.

No pets. N/S. 366-3282, 355-3915 evenings/ weekends.

Real Estate Wanted

PALMER RANCH condo: 1BR/1BA, $840/mo. Gated, W/D, new carpet/ paint, pool, parking, gym, tennis. 941-302-0621.

Condos For Sale 2BR/2BA TOWNHOUSE: near Centre Shops Tennis, pool, boat dock, beach access, animal friendly. $247,000. 941-383-5781.

DISCOVER THE OTHER ISLAND! Tidy Island, waterfront, owner financed, furnished, 2BR/2BA/2CG renovated condo; 24/7 guards, pet friendly, nature. $229,900.

Realtor/Owner, Katherine Pepper, RoseBay Real Estate, 941-792-9459.

2012 JANUARY-FEBRUARY. Gulf front 2b/2ba. No Smoking/Pets.. 1-2 people maximum occupancy, internet, telephone. goldmickey@aol.com

VERANDA BEACH CLUB For Sale: Rarely available direct gulf-front wrap-around corner penthouse apartment.

Newly designer updated and furnished 2BR/2BA. Prime season weeks 4, 5 & 6 Resort offers numerous outstanding amenities and is rated a “Premier Resort” by Interval International. Contact, Steve Nursey, 941-383-5511 www.verandabeachclub.com Michael Saunders and Company, Licensed Real Estate Broker.

FAIRWAY BAYS Million Dollar View of Sarasota Bay For Less Than Half The Price. More Than Twice The Normal Sized Main Patio. Oversize End Unit. Additional Side Patio. Small Office.

First Floor. Private Walk Down. Watch Boats in Channel 30 Yards Away. See Mangroves and Birds 40 Yards Away. Watch Dolphins Frolic Less Than 300 Yards Away. Watch Ships and Boats In The ICW. 703-200-6021 LONGBOAT HARBOUR 1BR/1BA. Newly furnished, updated, remodeled kitchen.

Glass and screened lanai with beautiful water view. Many amenities. $180,000.

941-383-7301 WATERVIEW VILLA- 2BR/2BA. Spanish Main Yacht Club. 5700 Gulf of Mexico.

Longboat Key. 885 North Spanish Drive.

Boat marina & docks. Beach easement.

Available now. $350,000. R/E Max Alliance Group 941-256-6775 or 941-954-5454.

Homes For Rent WANTED: COUNTRY Club Shores, LBK: pet friendly house, 3BR, king in master, enclosed lanai, wireless internet. Jan., Feb., March, 2012. Call 615-397-2917.

SOLD in The

ARTIST LOOKING FOR STUDIO- Artist looking for 'year round' small facility with water and bathroom access. Mid island near Publix would work best. Will be neat and clean. Please call 412-760-2199

Vacation/Seasonal Rentals

CANAL FRONT Home, Siesta Key- 3/2 Split Plan, upgraded kitchen, new A/C, tile floors, well maintained, pre-inspected, ready to move in! OPEN EVERY SUNDAY 1 to 4. 5049 Higel Ave. $537,000.00 941-388-2460

2 LONGBOAT KEY BEACH RENTALS. March and April, 2011. Across from private beach, 2BR/2BA, updated, 55+, no pets, non-smoking. $2000/mo., & April 2011 and 2012 Season: 3BR/3BA, full Gulf views, 30 steps to beach, updated, garage, W/D, 55+, no pets. $2500/mo. Would consider annual.

Call 941-232-1357.

OPEN SUN 12-3PM

6 OPEN HOUSES IN ONE NEIGHBORHOOD! ROSEDALE GOLF & COUNTRY CLUB Gated, golf, clubhouse, tennis, No CDD Fees. SR70, BRADENTON. STOP AT Rosedale Realty Office at 5415 87th St. E. for map. 941-751-9070

Open House

392 FIREHOUSE LANE, LBK. Newer upscale & stylish Gulfside home. Steps to beach & pool. 2BR +loft. Annual or Seasonal. No pets. Owner/Agent, 941544-0214, www.LuxuryHomes-Condos.com A LONGBOAT KEY Condo, 2BR/2BA, 10th floor, completely remodeled. Excellent view of gulf/ bay, beach, pool, & tennis courts.

Non-smoking. Available 2011: Feb-May or Oct.-Dec. 3 month minimum. 941-377-4177 BEACHFRONT, BANYAN BAY #103.

Full Gulf views! Walk right onto beach from bright, charming 2BR/2BA first floor condo near Centre Shops, restaurants.

In-unit washer/dryer. Sunsets, pool, tennis, fitness center, clubhouse, fishing pier. lindaladrian@aol.com, 941-383-6650.

BEACHPLACE 3BR, UPDATED, TASTEFULLY DECORATED. GULF & BAY VIEWS. AVAILABLE IN SEASON & ANNUAL CALL CYNTHIA 407-492-5749

LONGBOAT KEY Fairway Bay Condo 1930 Harbourside Dr. Renovated 2 Bed/2 Bath 1270 sq. ft. + Porch Partially Furnished PRICED TO SELL at

$399,000

• New Kitchen with Granite Counters and Stainless Steel Appliances.

•New Bathrooms with Granite & Tile.

•New Maribou African Wood Floors and Bedroom Carpet.

•New Window Treatments and Lighting throughout.

•Pool & Private Beach Club.

•Beautiful Sarasota Bay Views.

For more information or to see, call Owner/Broker, David Brody, Licensed Broker, Seneca Realty Co.

877-731-0891 or 941-383-4678 Brokers Welcome!

Reserved Space LP Reserved Space

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Homes For Sale

DIRECT GULFFRONT 4BR/4.5BA +den, 3 car garage, pool/ spa, elevator, security.

Immaculate 2005 Mediterranean style architecture with breathtaking Gulf views.

5,146 sq.ft. under roof on N. Anna Maria, 12106 Gulf Drive. $3,500,000 furnished.

Contact Owner/ Broker, 941-920-1699.

ENJOY THE Downtown Lifestyle at "1350 Main" the best location in town.

2BR/2BA with pool & city views, 1336 sf, wood floors, custom built-ins, $495,000.

2BR/2BA 1395 sf with dynamic Bay & Marina views from 40' terrace. This home has 12' ceilings, California Closets,murphy beds/desk unit in guest room, bamboo wood floors $559,000 2BR/2BA + separate dining room 1597 sf with wrap around terrace giving 180 degree view of Bay and Main St $599,000.

Call Michael Granston 941-504-8018 Prudential Palms Realty

WANTED SEASONAL Rental- 3 months Jan- March 2012. 2bed/ 2bath, Internet, land phone. No smoking, no pets. mbfleming1996@sbcglobal.net

DID WE get your attention? You bet we did!

Visit online Make your ad us stand out withatCOLOR. Only in The Observer Classifieds. www.yourobserver.com Call 941-955-4888 to advertise.

BEHIND GATES of LBK - 2br/2ba condo.

Newly decorated. W/D in unit. Jan-March 2012. No smoking/ pets 941-383-8635 COVERT II 2BR/2BA with 30’ glass screened enclosed lanai on the gulf. Heated pool, non-smoking, no pets. Available starting March 2011 weekly or monthly. Also available Jan, Feb, March and April 2012 monthly. 513-871-9120 or 513-702-0418 DIRECT GULF FRONT at Beachplace: 2BR/2BA, nicely furnished, wireless internet.

Available starting November 2011 through April 2012. Prefer 4-6 month minimum. Nonsmoking. Call Diane or Mike 847-913-4562.

DIRECT GULF front: 2BR/2BA condo.

Nicely furnished, small upscale building.

Non-smoking. No pets. 1 month minimum.

Available from June 1, 2011. 201-694-9222.

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Vacation/Seasonal Rentals CASA DEL MAR BEACH RESORT WEEKLY RENTALS GULF FRONT/ GULF VIEW Reservations: 941-383-5549 Visa/ MC Fax: 941-383-7925 “Take our video tour at” www.casadelmar.net Office Open 7 Days, 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.

4621 Gulf of Mexico Drive Longboat Key 34228

WASHER/ DRYER IN EVERY UNIT BEAUTIFUL KITCHENS LARGE HEATED POOL GULFSIDE FREE Wireless High Speed Internet

“Where People Return Year After Year” “INTENTIONALLY BETTER”

Exceptional Vacation Rentals Since 1994 Homes & Condominiums Studios to Six Bedrooms Beachfront, Intercoastal or Garden Excellent Service & Staff Now Offering Beach Castle Resort Nightly and Weekly

FLORIDA VACATION CONNECTION www.FLvacationconnection.com 941-387-9709 877-705-2460 LBK: TIFFANY Plaza Beachfront Condos, 1st floor, 2BR/2BA, walk out to beach.

Beautifully furnished, heated pool, covered parking. 1 mo. min. 941-383-3338.

LIDO BEACH CONDOMINIUMS Weekly - Monthly - Seasonal

Resort Properties, Inc. Licensed Real Estate Broker 941-388-3921 - 888-388-3921 941-650-1857 Visit us at: resortproperties.pro LIDO BEACH Vacation paradise. 1 & 2 bedroom condos overlooking beautiful Lido Beach. Weekly rates. Lido Dorset.

Rental condo. 1-800-734-3370.

LONGBOAT DIRECT Beachfront2 bedroom, 2 bath Rental. $1800 per month.

Call 727-501-3675 LONGBOAT KEY Towers. Beachfront condo available winter 2012, 2BR/2BA. 3/mo. minimum. Call 847-295-9252.

LONGBOAT KEY. Gulf front, pool on beach, 1BR/1BA condo, kitchen, dining, sleeps 4, king pillowtop. 617-973-7552 or 617-328-7145.

LONGBOAT KEY: direct beachfront, 1BR condo. Also, 3BR/3.5BA garden view.

941-383-3844.

LBK BEACHPLACE Condo. Beachfront, 2BR/2BA. Elegantly furnished, heated pool, tennis court, covered parking, exercise room. Available May 1st. through Dec. 1st.

Also 2012. Non-smoking/ pets. By owner.

941-383-1884.

ON THE Gulf w/pool. 1BR condo, sleeps 4.

Nicely furnished, cable, phone, full kitchen, living, dining area, W/D in building. Weekly or Monthly. May through January. $1600/mo.

351-5101.

LBK VILLA: 2BR/2BA, in SMYC. Seasonal or Annual 2011. Beautifully furnished villa, pool, marina, deeded beach, carport, lanai.

678-523-5593.

RENT SEASONAL/YEARLY- 2 BEDROOM, 2 BATH, 4TH FLOOR, GULF FRONT CONDO W/WRAP AROUND BALCONY @ SUNSET BEACH, LBK. 217-493-6216

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Adult Care Services

Cleaning

Home Improvement/ Remodeling

TLC FOR YOUR LOVED ONES Excellent Group of Caregivers and CNAs Assistance w/every day living.

Available 7 days a week.

Licensed/ Insured.

941-378-5553 1-888-906-6565

5 STAR Cleaning Services: Meeting residential client’s home cleaning needs on the Keys and Sarasota area for over 25 years. Friendly, Reliable, Bonded and Insured. Free Estimates. New Service: Home Watch. Call Linda now at 941-302-3992.

JOHN GUBERNAT HANDYMAN SERVICES ALL HOME REPAIRS

Worry Free Help at Home!

A CLEANING EVEN YOUR MOTHER-INLAW WILL APPROVE! Every time, guaranteed! Licensed/Insured. Bonded. www.CleanTimeServices.com Pamela, 941-320-0023.

Seasonal Rentals on the Gulf!

CEDARS WEST Available: 2 Bedroom Condos on the beach with heated pool!

5655 Gulf of Mexico Drive

LONGBOAT KEY, FL 941-383-4666 or 866-383-4666 www.Cedarswest.com Wagner Realty Since 1939 www.WagnerRealty.com

Weekly/ Monthly/ Seasonal Rates Beachfront, Bayfront and In Between Houses or Condos Reservations 941-383-6127 Visa/ MC 800-352-0367 5360 Gulf of Mexico Dr., Suite 101 Longboat Key, FL 34228 Rental office 9a.m. - 5p.m. M-F Ask about our special rates!

Wagner Realty Since 1939 www.wagnerrentals.com

Meal prep, transportation, bathing, light housekeeping, lots more. Certified companions, HHA’s and CNA’s. Drug free, licensed, bonded/insured, background checked. We specialize in live-in, Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s and Hospice Care. Few Hours to 24 hours.

FREE 2 Hour Trial (limited time offer) FREE RN Consultation and Assessment Call 941-366-0801 or 1-877-685-3889 RIGHT ACCORD Private Duty-Home Health Care www.rightaccordhealth.com HHA299993655 HCS230906

A LENDING HAND SERVICES INCLUDE: Personal Care Help with Transportation Meal Prep Shopping and much more!

Companions & Certified Nursing Assistants available from 4 hours to 24/7.

Same Day Service Available.

Call for info: 941-809-3725 or 877-507-4040 A&V PERSONAL ASSISTANT- Private care, House keeping, cook meals, Make Appointment, Run Errands, Organize your home and Laundry, etc. 15 years of experience. Licensed CNA's. Call (941)544-1569

IN HOME PERSONAL CARE

RARELY AVAILABLE RESORT STYLE LIVING Private beach, tennis, heated pools, 2BR/2BA, Whitney Beach, Longboat Key, downstairs, Bayou/ dock frontage.

724-3519.

SEAPLACE: 2BR/2BA CONDO: remodeled, full equipped. Available Jan. - Feb., 2012.

941-379-4832 or jrderrick@verizon.net SEASIDE GARDEN Retreat/Longboat Key. Small private resort with 1bd cottages and 2bd villas with heated pool in lush gardens steps from beach. w w w. s e a s i d e - g a r d e n - r e t r e a t . c o m / 941.312.1747.

WEEKLY RENTALS. Luxurious, fully furnished 1 - 4 bedrooms. Condominiums and Cottages. Beach to Bay. On-site management. Pools, tennis, boat slips. Visit: www.FloridaRent.com for information and virtual tours. 800-333-7335, 941-383-3117.

Waterfront Property BREATHTAKING WATERFRONT parcel.

Fully engineered, approved and ready for development of 7 SF homes and 5 boat dock on fabulous Palma Sola Bay. Or use all 3.9 acres for your own retreat. Will trade for waterfront Sarasota home or negotiate on sale. $1.8M Marcia Wood, Broker, marcia@marciawood.com 941-350-2285

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Experienced & Caring. Meal preparation, light housekeeping, errands, doctors appointments.

Excellent references.

941-961-4674

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CARLA’S PROFESSIONAL HOUSECLEANING Only $20 per hour.

Honest, reliable and great references.

Call Carla 941-894-9262 HOMEMAID CLEANING Service. Fourteen years on the Key. Reasonable rates.

LBK References. 795-1705, 401-835-0503.

SARASOTA GRILL CLEANING SERVICES Specializing in rust removal and polishing of stainless steel grills. Contact Matt, 941-914-8508.

All Variations of Ceramic Tile Supplied & Installed.

Free Estimates & Custom Designs.

Expert Marble & Travertine Installation Floor & Walls Grout Cleaning & Sealing Service Available

Painting/Wallpapering

COMPUTER REPAIR, Installation and Training.

Fast and Reliable.

Call “The Computer Doctors”. 941-586-8535.

QUICK, EASY, Affordable Training. Microsoft Certified Trainer. LBK Resident. Call 941-383-9458.

Catering

Health Services

FRIDAY **FEBRUARY 18**

TILE TILE TILE

Cmagik - lbk.cmagik.com, LBK resident.

Over 20 years experience PC or MAC. Computer service, setup, tutoring or web design. TV/ computer/ stereo integration.

Digital camera, iPod/ iPhone help. Call Cort, 383-3878, 587-5588.

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