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Rebecca Hopkins is kind of a big deal around FST. INSIDE.

by Kurt Schultheis | City Editor

Duncan proposes business plan Retired pharmaceutical executive turned Longboat Key Commissioner Jack Duncan wants to create an island-wide business plan to shape the island’s future.

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Rear Commodore Lee Goodman, Commodore Jeff Birnbach and Michael Sanchez

+ SYC honors 35year staff member Michael Sanchez, a member of the Sarasota Yacht Club food and beverage staff, was recognized for this longtime service of 35 years.

“He is a huge asset to the club, and his dedication is much appreciated by members and his fellow staff,” said Commodore Jeff Birnbach.

As a token of appreciation, Rear Commodore Lee Goodman presented Sanchez with a watch.

Longboat Key Commissioner Jack Duncan thinks the town’s annual Goals & Objectives exercise is not good enough when trying to plan a cohesive, longterm future for the island.

At the Longboat Key Town Commission’s Monday, June 6 regular meeting, Duncan, a

retired pharmaceutical executive, suggested the town create a business plan concept moving forward.

“Goals and objectives are nice to have, and I’m not dismissing them,” Duncan said. “But I feel they are just strategies and tactics.”

Duncan wants something different.

“We need to think about what we want to be in the future,” Duncan said. “It requires an element of business planning to do that.”

To be able to plan 25 to 30 years out, Duncan believes the

town must look at the island as a whole.

“You need an integrated strategy that includes the north end, the (Longboat) Key Club, the Colony (Beach & Tennis Resort),

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+ License plate funds sea of grants The Protect Our Reefs Grants Advisory Committee announced that 11 awards totaling $274,000 have been made for new coral reef research, conservation and education projects. The grants are funded through sales of Florida’s Protect Our Reefs license plate, administered by Mote Marine Laboratory.

The Protect Our Reefs Grants Program is currently in its sixth year and has provided $2.3 million in funding support for 94 projects.

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Greer Gaspard, 4, colors in a giant clown fish during Mote’s World Oceans Day Family Festival Sunday, June 5, at Mote Aquarium. For more photos from World Oceans Day, see page 15A.

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SEE OUR TOWN / PAGE 8A

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by Kurt Schultheis | City Editor

Town could see 2.6% millage increase The Longboat Key Town Commission received a preliminary 2010-11 budget Wednesday, June 1 that includes a $223,601 budget deficit. Town Manager Bruce St. Denis, however, lists six ways to keep the budget flat.

One of the six ways to achieve a balanced budget is by raising the millage rate for the fourth consecutive year.

St. Denis proposes a 2.6% millage increase, which would raise the millage rate from 1.8872 mills to 1.9367 mills.

The move would balance the budget.

The town’s rolled-back millage rate, 1.9760 mills, would generate the

SEE BUDGET / PAGE 2A

Preliminary Budget Operating Budget Changes for 2011-12

Revenue Ad Valorem Taxes Local Business Tax Expenditures Finance/Purchasing Human Resources Municipal Buildings Public Works Parks Recreation Center

Amount

% Change

-371,127 -$30,000

-4.18% -15.19%

-$36,688 -$11,470 -$43,901 $78,534 -$55,171 -$44,092

-7.16% -9.62% 27.12% 16.63% -21.78% -55.15%

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BUDGET / FROM PAGE 1A same amount of ad valorem tax revenues as the previous year ($8,874,000). The rolled-back rate is exclusive of tax revenues for new construction.

One mill is equal to $1 for every $1,000 of assessed valuation.

If the commissioners decide not to raise the millage rate during a year that includes a 4.18% reduction in property values, the tax rate would generate $371,000 less than the previous year.

If an increased tax rate is adopted, the increased millage would mark the fourth time in a row the Town Commission has increased the town’s property-tax rates.

This year, however, St. Denis also lists five other options that include: • Continuing to look for expenditure reductions this summer to reduce or eliminate the $223,601 shortfall.

• Finding additional revenues for all or part of the shortfall.

• Fund all or part of the shortfall from the general fund reserves.

• Using $223,601 of the $1 million set aside in last year’s budget for unanticipated pension costs.

• Doing a combination of any of the above six suggestions.

The new budget, including cap-

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Preliminary budget proposal / PAGE 6A ital spending, totals $14,420,781 — down .2% from the $14,423,263 budget in the current fiscal year.

That’s a reversal from last year’s 2010-11 fiscal year preliminary budget, which showed a 4.83% increase in total spending.

The budget shows the town beginning the fiscal year Oct. 1 with a balance of $4.9 million, a decrease of 4.62%, or down $236,749 from the previous year.

The preliminary operating budget forecasts a decrease in revenues, including transfers, by 1.57%, and a 0.02% expenditure decrease, including capital, when compared to the current fiscal year. That’s also a reversal from last year’s preliminary budget, which showed a 4.83% expenditure increase.

Overall, operating expenses, including personnel costs, have decreased by $163,952, or 1.15%, in the 2010-11 preliminary budget when compared to this year’s preliminary budget. Last year’s preliminary budget showed a 8.71% increase in operating expenses.

Anticipating a loss in revenues for the fourth year in a row, St.

Denis and his staff have already made cuts to reduce the anticipated shortfall to $224,000.

The following cuts have been made to reduce operating expenditures by $164,000: • Employee health-care plan deductibles and co-pays have risen to reduce town health-care costs by approximately 9%.

• Long-term disability insurance for employees has been discontinued for a $39,000 savings.

• 401(k) matches for the policeand-fire, pension-plan members have been eliminated for a $63,000 savings.

• A parks service worker position has been eliminated for a $42,000 savings.

• Miscellaneous personnel changes created a $20,000 savings.

• A Finance Department reorganization resulted in an expenditure decrease of $36,000.

• Cost-of-living and merit increases for employees have been eliminated for the fourth consecutive year.

The commission will hold summer budget workshops at Town Hall, 501 Bay Isles Road.

The recommended budget will be presented to the commission

by Aug. 1, and will be adopted on second reading in late September.

PLAN / FROM PAGE 1A etc.,” Duncan said. “You name it, it all has to be part of an overall plan that says, ‘This is what we want to be and look like moving forward.’”

As an example, Duncan mentioned there are varying points of view on whether a recreation center should be placed in Bayfront Park or in a new town center behind Avenue of the Flowers — or if the town needs one at all.

“We need to hold meetings to create a business plan to determine exactly what we want to see happen,” Duncan said. “In my opinion, the town doesn’t perform long-range planning very well right now.”

Duncan says the town has to look no further than the current state of the island’s deterioration, in the form of aging shopping centers and foreclosed homes.

“If we continue to stay grounded in a two-to-five year approach, we will continue to run into problems like we are now with revitalization,” Duncan said. “Now, we are reacting to a problem that’s too late to correct anytime soon, and we don’t like the way things are

looking.”

Vice Mayor David Brenner agreed with Duncan’s suggestion.

“A lot has changed in the last year-and-a-half,” Brenner said.

“The deterioration along Gulf of Mexico Drive is noticeable.”

Brenner suggested the Planning and Zoning Board discuss the concept and formulate a master business plan, but the commission decided to discuss the concept again at its Thursday, June 16 regular workshop.

Although Town Manager Bruce St. Denis suggested the commission postpone sending a list of goals and objectives forward to the planning board until the commission could vet the new business concept plan, the commission eventually agreed that wasn’t necessary.

“I don’t believe the issues I have raised will come to a conclusion anytime soon,” Duncan said. “A long-term business plan will take some time to complete.”

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by Kurt Schultheis | City Editor

Publix begins discussions with town

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by Kurt Schultheis | City Editor

Publix Super Markets Inc. officials have begun discussions with town employees about potential plans for its Longboat Key location and the Avenue of the Flowers.

Lakeland-based Publix Super Markets Inc. is presenting renovation ideas for its Longboat Key shopping center and Avenue of the Flowers.

Planning, Zoning and Building Director Monica Simpson told the Longboat Observer the town has been in active dialogue with Publix officials over the last couple of weeks.

“The Longboat Key Planning and Zoning Board will receive an application from Publix for review in the coming months,” Simpson said.

In the next month, Simpson expects to hold pre-application conferences with the company to help it formulate a plan for the property before an official application is submitted to the town.

“We met with them (Publix officials) and gave them some of our suggestions and concerns,” Simpson said.

Former Longboat Key Mayor George Spoll, current chairman of the Longboat Key Revitalization Task Force, and others have pushed for a Publix renovation proposal that includes a plaza that’s more modern and would include a variety of both residential and commercial uses.

Avenue of the Flowers is believed to be the future gateway of a town-center concept along Bay Isles Road.

Spoll, who has had discussions with Publix officials and was observed driving around the site last week taking notes, declined to comment regarding a pending Publix application.

When asked to comment on a pending proposal, Simpson also declined.

“What they (Publix) bring forward is ultimately what they want to do,” Simpson said.

Publix could submit an official application to the town in

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The Longboat Key Town Commission hopes a judge will validate a $16 million beach project that voters approved in March.

Beach bond validation hearing set Kurt Schultheis

Publix Super Markets Inc. purchased Town Plaza I of Avenue of the Flowers in September 2008.

September, but neither Publix officials nor town employees could confirm when a pending application would be submitted.

Publix spokesperson Shannon Patten said the company is still in its pre-planning stages in regard to the plaza.

“At this time, we do not have any new information,” Patten said. “We are still exploring all options and have not finalized our plans.”

Publix purchased Town Plaza I of Avenue of the Flowers, which contains approximately 100,000 square feet of overall building space, Sept. 10, 2008, from Dead River Properties Inc. for $14 million.

The plaza’s current tenants include Prudential Palms Realty, Patchington, Antony V’s Pack-

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Publix Potential Although expanding the Longboat Key Publix could be difficult with the current outline of Town Plaza I, some past Publix projects have included: • A Carrabba’s Italian Market at the University Walk Publix, in Sarasota, in conjunction with a Carrabba’s Italian Grill that resides at the Publix-owned plaza.

• Publix Pix gasoline-convenience stores.

• Publix Liquors, which are stand-alone liquor stores that must have a separate entrance, as required by local laws. Currently, all Publix Pix and Publix Liquors locations are adjacent to a Publix. aged Wines and Spirits, Nails of Longboat Key, CVS Pharmacy and White Sands Cleaners.

Currently the plaza is more than half-empty. Patten declined to provide square footage vacancy numbers for the plaza.

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Plaza II, which sits behind the main plaza and also includes the former Mattison’s Steakhouse at the Plaza, is owned by Howard Rooks.

Rooks said previously that Publix has not approached him for his portion of the plaza.

by Kurt Schultheis | City Editor

New state law affects island’s density Unless an amendment is made to a bill that was signed into state law last week, the town can no longer ask its voters to increase the island’s density or make amendments to its Comprehensive Plan.

Increasing the island’s density just got more difficult.

At the Longboat Key Town Commission’s Monday, June 6, regular meeting, town attorney David Persson informed the commissioners that a house bill the governor signed into law last week prohibits the town from holding a referendum in regard to any future Comprehensive Plan amendments.

For the town of Longboat Key, that affects its density. The town’s existing Comprehensive Plan, as adopted in March 1984, states the town’s density limitations cannot be changed without a referendum of Key voters.

Persson made it clear, however, that a referendum approved in March 2007 to grant the town an additional pool of 250 tourism units is legal because the town got permission from its voters before the law went into effect.

“You still have the 250 tourism units,” Persson said. “But going forward without modifications, there is no safety valve.

It is what it is.”

The Longboat Key Club and Resort’s Islandside renovationand-expansion project is also not affected, Persson said, because the town’s planned unit developments are granted density flexibility.

“The Comp Plan provided a density cap on a parcel-toparcel basis, with the exception of planned unit developments, where you can move density around,” Persson said.

Where it may become an issue are places such as the north end of Longboat Key, where the Longboat Key Planning and Zoning Board is already forming a Comp Plan amendment to create an overlay district that would allow for residential units at the site of the current Whitney Beach Plaza.

Persson told Planning, Zoning and Building Director Monica Simpson at the regular meeting that residential units would not be allowed on the Whitney Beach Plaza because of the new law.

But there may be a loophole.

Simpson explained that the Whitney Beach overlay district includes some nearby parcels of land that allow for a maximum of 12 residential units.

Persson said that if a developer were able to acquire residential parcels next to Whitney Beach Plaza, a new district that includes those parcels might allow some flexibility.

“I will say it may be possible, but you can’t create residential units out of old cloth anymore,” Persson said. “But a district that includes portions of residential sounds logical and might work.”

When Vice Mayor David Brenner inquired what the

new law means for the Colony Beach & Tennis Resort, Persson said that the only way of preserving the grandfathered tourism units at the resort is to keep giving the unit owners an abandonment extension until the property is renovated.

“If those units do go away, the (Colony’s) only avenue would be the tourism pool of 250 units,” Persson said.

Persson’s interpretation of the town’s charter and the new state law means that density limitations cannot be increased, and relief from the state law can only be granted through an amendment to the bill or an amendment to the town’s charter.

Town Manager Bruce St. Denis said local state representatives would be working with the town to make a possible amendment to a law that Persson believes has created an “unintended consequence.”

The Town Commission gave town staff direction to move forward with a $15,000 lawsuit to validate a $16 million beach bond referendum.

A Sarasota 12th Judicial Circuit Court judge will decide at an Aug. 3 hearing whether the town can proceed with a $16 million beach project.

Sarasota attorney Andy Cohen, of Hankin, Persson, Davis, McClenathen & Darnell, is handling the estimated $15,000 beach bond validation case.

The Longboat Key Town Commission gave Town Manager Bruce St. Denis direction to file a lawsuit in either Manatee or Sarasota county in March and ask a judge to validate the town’s $16 million beach bond referendum.

The town of Longboat Key has no access to $16 million in funds Key voters approved for a beach project because of an advertising error committed by the Town Clerk’s office.

St. Denis also informed the commission in March that the town was unable to request a special act of the Legislature to get an opinion that would be entered into the record for a county judge to review.

Town attorney David Persson explained that had the town obtained the opinion from the Legislature, “the outcome would have been easy.”

“Without the act of the Legislature, it by no means assures us of validation,” he said. “It’s an option to consider, but there’s no guarantee.”

Noting that the only other option would be to hold another election, St. Denis told the commission he likes the town’s chances with the lawsuit.

The town must convince a judge that even though it didn’t advertise appropriately the bond referendum, town staff more than adequately made residents aware of the bond referendum in the form of newspaper stories and beach meetings and presentations.

St. Denis thinks the town has a good case and also pointed to the fact that almost 80% of the town’s voters approved the $16 million sand-and-structures project.

If the judge does not rule in favor of the town, the town would have to hold another election and again go through the process of making a beach project decision.

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+ Colony owner purchases loans Colony Beach & Tennis Resort unit owner and former Colony board member Andy Adams, through a company called Breakpointe LLC, purchased overdue bank loans of longtime Colony owner Dr. Murray “Murf” Klauber’s residential unit

Meetings agendas

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 Code Enforcement Board Regular Meeting — 10 a.m.

Monday, June 13.  Planning and Zoning Board Special Comprehensive Plan Meeting — 10 a.m. Tuesday, June 14.  Code Enforcement Board Regular Meeting — 1 p.m.

Thursday, June 16.  Town Commission Regular Workshop — 1 p.m. Thursday, June 16.

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

and the beachfront Vagabond resort unit Friday, June 3.

Adams, who also owns a 5% undivided interest in the resort’s tennis courts and recreational property, confirmed the purchase but declined to list the purchase price.

Adams is also one of nine potential Colony investors who remain in the running with renovation and development proposals under review by the Colony unit owners. Adams said his purchase of the loans have nothing to do with his renovation proposal.

Colony Beach & Tennis Resort Association President Jay Yablon said the nine proposals, and a potential new proposal from Klauber, are all still under review and that further reductions in the number of proposals won’t be made until July at the earliest.

+ St. Denis schedules contract meetings Town Manager Bruce St. Denis is ready to begin contract negotiations for a new three-year contract with the Longboat Key Fire Rescue Department.

A memo was sent out to the Longboat

Key Town Commission June 1, inquiring about executive sessions St. Denis would like to have with commissioners.

Scheduled sessions are planned for June 8 and June 9. St. Denis is also inquiring about sessions for July 13, July 14, July 26, July 27 and July 28.

The sessions are private meetings held before the town and the firefighters begin holding public contract negotiation sessions.

+ Saivetz pleads for an answer from the town Longboat Key resident and former Longboat Key Planning and Zoning Board member Bradford Saivetz wants an explanation as to why the town had to go through a referendum to approve 250 additional tourism units two years ago but didn’t need to hold a referendum to add 196 additional tourism units and 158 additional residential units for the Longboat Key Club Islandside renovation-and-expansion project.

Saivetz said it’s been more than a year since he has asked the question and he has not received a satisfactory answer.

“For the past year or so I have been

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plaintively seeking answers to some particularly vexing questions dealing with this, our hometown,” Saivetz wrote in a letter to the town dated June 6. “Quite frankly, I have had about as much results as though I had put the questions in a bottle and cast it into the Gulf.”

Town attorney David Persson and town special counsel attorney Nancy Stroud maintain the additional Islandside units are legal and don’t surpass the maximum of 5.05 units per acre allowed in the Gulf-planned development.

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by Robin Hartill | Community Editor

Organization to help military family, friends Professionals Assisting Military Families & Friends members will provide key services to those close to returning veterans.

Knit-ch market Joyce Rubin, Sheila Weiser and other PAMFF members have always enjoyed knitting. And, now, they’ve stitched their skills together to raise money for PAMFF. A couple of months ago, Rubin spotted a bright scarf at Spinning Wheel, on Siesta Drive, and decided to make a similar scarf. Kathy Podolsky, assistant manager at Grand Bay, where Rubin lives, liked the scarf so much that Rubin gave it to her.

Podolsky told Rubin about all the compliments she got — and a plan to sell the scarves to raise money unraveled. The group approached Exit Art owner Debbie Stanick for marketing advice, and she agreed to sell the scarves at Exit Art’s Chart House location at 201 Gulf of Mexico Drive. Scarves are $75, all of which is a donation to PAMFF. Robin Hartill

Joyce Rubin and Sheila Weiser model their handmade scarves, which are for sale at Exit Art’s Chart House location to benefit PAMFF. licensed professionals to military families and friends so that they can adapt their lives with optimism, hope and strength of heart.”

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Budget needs more cutting There is nothing easy about running a local government these days. Decisions that should have been made, or reversed, long ago are being forced now as property values keep declining and the economic future remains a general mystery. There is no more road to kick the can down.

But while hard, this has not been a bad thing for governments who had long grown too large and obese, offering larded employee benefits and pensions that were unaffordable and long out of step with the private sector.

Reality is forcing changes that responsibility should have.

The town of Longboat Key continues to see falling revenues. It has more and more opportunities to trim, tighten and improve taxpayer bang for the buck, because it has no choice but to cut back and cut back more.

And by no choice, we mean that is the only good choice. Because any revenue enhancement should be a non-starter. (You’ve almost got to admire government attempts to obfuscate reality where tax hikes become revenue enhancements.)

The town is facing a 4.18% decline in property values, or about $371,000 less in revenue based on the current millage rate. This will be the fourth year of revenue reductions.

Town Manager Bruce St. Denis has included some cuts in the budget, but not enough to make up the entire shortfall. In fact, his proposed cuts only reduce expenditures by $164,000, leaving about $224,000 still to be made up using the current year’s budget as a

baseline. His office could show more leadership in proposing cuts, because he is most intimately familiar with the town structure and costs.

Plus, by making cuts to far less than half of the shortfall, the proposed budget leaves the door open to increasing taxes or fees to make up the difference.

In fact, in a list of six items for the commission to consider in closing the gap, three include some form of generating more revenue — basically tax increases.

That option should not be on the table, because everyone, including Keynesians whose policy prescriptions have been so disastrous the past two years, agree that tax increases now are a bad idea.

Some might argue that because most of the Key’s tax base is residential, it does not hurt the economy to raise the millage rate slightly.

After all, few businesses will be affected.

But that thinking is a basic misunderstanding of the principle that money in the private sectors is more efficiently allocated and therefore a bigger boost to the economy. By taking more money out of Longboaters’ wallets for government, you leave less for them to spend elsewhere in the economy. Bad policy.

However, St. Denis’ proposed cuts make sense, as far as they go.

• Eliminate the 401(k) private retirement match for police and fire pension plan members who already have pensions with a cost-of-living adjustment built in. (The town was actually providing both? Amazing.) This

saves about $63,000.

• Eliminate a parks service worker position to save $42,000.

• Discontinue long-term disability insurance for employees to save $39,000.

• Reorganize the finance and purchasing departments to save $36,000.

But there are more cuts to be made — $224,000 worth. Tax increases or other revenue enhancements should be removed as a first order of business by the commission.

As we pointed out last week, there are commissioners with strong business backgrounds who can bring a new dynamic to the decision-making, one in which the town lives within its means without extracting more money from residents in any form — taxes, fees or other enhancements. This requires the commission to hold the town administration accountable to increase productivity, squeeze out more efficiencies and generally do the same with less.

It is necessary, and as is often said, that is the mother of invention.

+ Corrections

Vice Mayor David Brenner was a managing partner at Arthur Young & Co. Longboat Key Commissioner Jack Duncan was as a longtime senior executive at Wilmington, Del.,-based Zeneca Pharmaceuticals (now Astra Zeneca Pharmaceuticals).

Their companies were incorrectly identified last week on this page.

LONGBOAT KEY TOWN PRELIMINARY BUDGET PROPOSAL The budget sent to the Town Commission is based on a steady millage rate of 1.8872

ACTUAL FY 2009-10

BUDGET FY 2010-11

BUDGET FY 2011-12

BUDGET $ CHANGE

5,502,088 0 0 0 5,502,088

5,127,148 50,000 250,000 1,000,000 3,827,148

5,114,000 50,000 250,000 1,000,000 3,814,000

-13,148 0 0 0 -13,148

-0.26% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% -0.34%

7,697,326 1,020,209 1,422,804 763,666 167,085 19,460 244,008 11,334,558 2,542,209 13,876,767 0 0 13,876,767

8,874,102 1,121,000 1,408,765 701,500 197,500 40,800 215,226 12,558,893 1,864,370 14,423,263 50,000 250,000 14,723,263

8,502,975 1,071,000 1,468,000 735,500 167,500 40,800 221,800 12,207,575 1,989,605 14,197,180 50,000 250,000 14,497,180

-371,127 -50,000 59,235 34,000 -30,000 0 6,574 -351,318 125,235 -226,083 0 0 -226,083

-4.18% -4.46% 4.20% 4.85% -15.19% 0.00% 3.05% -2.80% 6.72% -1.57% 0.00% 0.00% -1.54%

Town Commission 53,650 Town Attorney 479,849 Outside Attorneys 128,770 Town Manager 371,988 Town Clerk 329,059 Finance/Purchasing 520,183 MIS 616,125 Human Resources 114,973 Municipal Buildings 158,189 Police 2,134,776 Fire/Rescue 3,975,866 Emergency Management 23,800 Public Works 474,257 Parks 212,443 PZB 544,562 Recreation 75,701 Tennis 394,520 507,587 Streets General Services 1,961,001 Total Operating Expenditures 13,077,299 Capital Expenditures 933,996 Expenditures w/o Contingency 14,011,295 Contingencies Grand Total Expenditures 14,011,295 Excess (Deficiency) of Revenues Over Expenditures -134,528 Unreserved Ending Balance 5,367,560 5,367,560 Undesignated Ending Balance

32,050 405,450 100,000 374,151 328,066 512,260 661,424 119,240 161,901 2,322,625 3,883,636 29,066 472,158 253,261 532,054 79,947 398,043 496,188 3,083,213 14,244,733 178,530 14,423,263 300,000 14,723,263

32,000 405,450 100,000 372,526 318,874 475,572 666,279 107,770 118,000 2,276,313 3,854,292 28,942 550,692 198,090 542,280 35,855 382,288 494,110 3,121,448 14,080,781 340,000 14,420,781 300,000 14,720,781

-50 0 0 -1,625 -9,192 -36,688 4,855 -11,470 -43,901 -46,312 -29,344 -124 78,534 -55,171 10,226 -44,092 -15,755 -2,078 38,235 -163,952 161,470 -2,482 0 -2,482

-0.16% 0.00% 0.00% -0.43% -2.80% -7.16% 0.73% -9.62% -27.12% -1.99% -0.76% -0.43% 16.63% -21.78% 1.92% -55.15% -3.96% -0.42% 1.24% -1.15% 90.44% -0.02%

0 5,127,148 3,827,148

-223,601 4,890,399 3,590,399

-236,749 -236,749

Beginning Balance Designated for Red Tide Designated for Contingencies Reserved for Pension Unreserved Beginning Balance

BUDGET % CHANGE

REVENUES Taxes Franchise Fees Intergovernmental Charges for Services Local Business Tax Fines & Forfeits Miscellaneous Total Revenues Transfers: All Funds Total Revenues w/o Contingency Prior Year Surplus - Red Tide Prior Year Surplus-Contingency Total Revenues and Transfers

OPERATING EXPENDITURES

-0.02% -223,601 -4.62% -6.19%

Source: town of Longboat Key

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Letters TO THE Editor To send in your letters, please email them to rthomson@yourobserver.com, or mail them to the Longboat Observer, 5570 Gulf of Mexico Drive, Longboat Key, 34228. The Longboat Observer gives priority to letters of local interest and about local issues. The Observer will print all letters to the editor if it feels they are of general interest, but only if the letter is signed and the author’s street address and phone number are given. The editor reserves the right to condense letters.

assumptions the problem

Dear Editor: Our town’s three pension boards assume an annual 8% investment return, after expenses. Failure to meet the 8% assumption is the single most important reason for our failed plans.

When I served on the police board, Morgan Stanley representatives invariably advised 8%. Foster and Foster, the actuary, was no help: “We actuaries are not investment advisers, but we can tell you this: If you assume a lower percentage, the town’s pension contribution must be higher.” Boards followed the experts’ advice, and the path of least resistance.

Several times I asked Morgan Stanley for a solid rationale for 8%.

They never could produce one.

At statewide meetings of pension board trustees, I found the underlying reason: There is a tacit understanding among investment advisers; they all claim to be able to produce 8%. Advisers are in competition with each other. What pension board would hire an adviser who claimed an inferior return?

Eight percent annually seems to be the maximum remotely plau-

sible over an extended period.

But in the past decade returns have averaged much less. And the matter is too important to be left to unelected, frequently non-resident, pension board members. It’s the voter-taxpayers who have to pay. Elected officials — the Town Commission itself — should make the investment return decision independent of the pension boards’ advice.

Tom Jones Longboat Key

+ Kudos to members of condo social committee Dear Editor: Mary Mitchell, who is on the social committee of L’Ambiance, has organized the Mother’s Day dinner for the last seven years. Each year, Mary personally picks out the restaurant, chooses the menu, designs each invitation and goes to the farmers market to buy the flowers to arrange each centerpiece for each table. When all that is done, her husband will accompany her to the restaurant to set up and arrange the tables and centerpieces before the guests arrive.

Social committees are an asset to their community. They bring their community together. Truly, the work and commitment from

all three ladies, Mary Mitchell, Sylvia Pastor and Rosalyn Fleischer, are blessings for the residents of L’Ambiance.

Elizabeth Sullivan East Manatee

+ Thank your for ‘Keep the Promise for Israel’ Dear Editor: “Keep the Promise for Israel” is a comprehensive article and one that should be repeated often.

Also today in the “Jewish News of Sarasota-Manatee is another article that should be in your newspaper disclosing the workings of the BDS monument. Thank you for the “Keep the Promise for Israel.”

Eleanor Darrow Sarasota

+ Observer opinion piece should be applauded Dear Editor: The Observer is to be commended and complimented for your excellent article, “Keep the Promise for Israel,” on May 26.

Your superb biblical research and knowledgeable reporting is to be enjoyed and applauded by everyone who has read it.

Joseph Miller Corresponding secretary for Temple Beth Israel

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A daughter reported that her father performed a sexual act on her last month in a Country Club Shores home.

Longboat Key Police Chief Al Hogle released a redacted police report June 2, which stated that a man, who was “drinking heavily,” masturbated naked in front of his 18-year-old daughter and later performed oral sex on her. The report states that she kicked him, ran out of the home and made a phone call to report the activity.

The father then dropped his daughter off in the early morning hours of May 14 at an Osprey Walmart, where someone was waiting to pick her up.

The man fled the scene and the daughter was later escorted back to the home at 562 Ranger Lane, where a written report was taken.

The daughter also gave to police a picture of her father sitting naked in a chair.

The victim was instructed to have a physical examination performed at a local hospital.

Hogle told the Longboat Observer the case has been turned over to the state attorney’s office, and no more

information can be provided until the state attorney decides to file charges against the father and issue a warrant for his arrest.

Meanwhile, another renter at the same home, Robert Horrow, is listed as a sexual offender by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement. In September, he was placed on sex offender probation for possessing child pornography. Horrow was also recently arrested by the Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office for failing to stay close enough to his monitoring device bracelet and for violating his probation again.

Both men are not currently in jail, and Hogle confirmed that neither man is currently living on Longboat Key any longer.

“We hope to have solved the problems on Ranger Lane,” Hogle said.

Stephen Roche, the owner of the home on Ranger Lane, could not be reached for comment regarding his former tenants.

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+ Key resident puts cover up on display Look what we’ve uncovered: Longboat Key cosmetic queen Flori Roberts has announced that her Smart Cover products are now available for the first time in Sarasota through Harmon Drugs, which operates the health-and-beauty section at Bed, Bath & Beyond stores. The product can be used to cover everything from acne to bruises and tattoos. Sounds like good news we just couldn’t “make up.”

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Participating restaurants on Longboat and St. Armands are Café L’Europe, Chart House, Dry Dock Waterfront Grill, Euphemia Haye, Harry’s Continental Kitchens and Pattigeorge’s. For information, go to savorsarasota.com.

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May 22

Early checkout 11:14 a.m. — 200 block of Sands Point Road. Found Property. A resort cleaning staff found marijuana and drug paraphernalia in a hotel room. The occupant had already checked out.

May 24

Up in smoke 12:29 a.m. — 100 block of Broadway.

Narcotics Violation. Police found a couple smoking marijuana after hours on the beach.

The man was arrested for possession of marijuana and drug paraphernalia.

Fast money 1:42 a.m. — 600 block of Norton Street.

Public Service. A taxi cab driver told police a woman he dropped off would not pay him. When her boyfriend came out and saw the cab driver on the phone with police, he quickly paid the driver.

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7:21 a.m. — Linley Street Boat Ramp.

Unsecured Boat. A 30-foot sailboat was drifting in Sarasota Bay. It was secured about 50 feet offshore. Nearby residents said it has been an ongoing issue with the owner of the boat.

May 27

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Police saw beach chairs and a tent on an area of beach where sea turtles were nesting. A warning was delivered to two separate resort management offices to alert them of the violations.

Break’s over 9:56 a.m. — 1900 block of Harbour Links Circle. Suspicious Person. A woman reported two suspicious males who refused to leave after being told they couldn’t fish in a nearby pond. Police warned the workers, who went back to work repairing a nearby roof.

4:46 p.m. — 3800 block of GMD. Traffic Violation. Police pulled over a truck driver because his trailer wasn’t covered and leaves were blowing all over the road. The driver was issued citations for not having a covered trailer and not having the proper license for hauling the trailer.

Sneak peek 11:52 p.m. — Broadway Beach Access.

Code Enforcement. Police warned a couple they were on the beach after hours. They told police they had just arrived for a vacation and wanted to take a quick glance at the beach.

May 29

Trailer violations 9:53 a.m. — 1200 block of GMD. Traffic Violation. Police pulled over a man for not

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May 30 Swept up

7:11 a.m. — 6400 block of GMD. Unsecured Boat. The high tide beached a boat onto the shore, but the owner was able to remove his boat.

Returned gift 10:42 a.m. — 5400 block of GMD. Found Property. A man turned in a bookstore gift card he found in a bank parking lot. The owner of the card was located.

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4:24 p.m. — Off the Key. Boat. Police found two boats tangled up together after some strong currents blew the vessels into each other. Both boat owners exchanged insurance information.

10:07 p.m. — 4000 block of GMD. Security Check. Police secured the front door of a local hardware store.

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5:36 p.m. — 1600 block of GMD. Driving Under the Influence. A man was pulled over for swerving all over the road and issued citations for not having a valid driver’s license and driving under the influence. The man also threw up on himself upon exiting the vehicle.

Reckless driving reported 9:41 p.m. — Intersection of GMD and

1:19 a.m. — 100 block of GMD. Overlook Park. A tow truck was called to remove a vehicle that had been parked for days in Overlook Park.

Smell of smoke 4:25 a.m. — 4300 block of GMD. Public Service. Police detected a strong odor of smoke in the area, but no fires were reported.

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on the key National Marina Day Open House — takes place from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, June 11, at Longboat Key Club Moorings Marina, 2630 Harbourside Drive.

The event will feature information about the role of marinas in local economies, along with educational materials from local groups about marine-related issues and boating safety. A raffle price of two nights’ free dockage will be awarded. Call 383-8821.

Lunch Reception with Gov. Mitt Romney — takes place from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thursday, June 16, at Sarasota Yacht Club, 1100 John Ringling Blvd. The suggested contribution to the Romney for President Exploratory Committee is $250. RSVP to Meredith O’Rourke at meredithorourke@yahoo.com.

Cancer Support Community sessions — take place from 2 to 3:30 p.m. Mondays at All Angels by the Sea Episcopal Church, 563 Bay Isles Road. The sessions offer support to cancer patients and their family members and friends. Call 921-5539 or visit cancersupportsuncoast.org.

Longboat Library — is open from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Monday through Saturday. The library is located at 555 Bay Isles Road. Call 383-2011.

Mote Marine Laboratory Sea Turtle Walks — take place at 6:45 a.m. Saturdays, beginning at the Longboat Key Hilton Beachfront

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Republican Club of LBK Summer Barbecue What: This GOP gathering will feature a cash bar, hamburgers, hot dogs and more.

Cost is $20. For reservations, call Ruth Strauss at 3835349.

When: 6 p.m.

Wednesday, June 15 Where: Sarasota Yacht Club, 1100 John Ringling Blvd.

Resort, 4711 Gulf of Mexico Drive.

A guide will lead participants on a 1.5-mile walk in which they will learn about turtle nesting and protecting turtles. Call 388-4441.

Ringling College of Art and Design Creatives Exhibit — runs through July 21, at the Longboat Key Center for the Arts, a Division of Ringling College of Art and Design, 6860 Longboat Drive S. The exhibit features the work of Fiore Custode in the Durante Gallery and Nathan Skiles in the Cultural Media Room. Call 383-2345.

Shifting Sands Support Group — meets at 11:30 a.m. Tuesdays and at 3 p.m. Thursdays, at the Longboat Island Chapel, 6200 Gulf of Mexico Drive. Call 383-6491 for information.

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Dorothea Hall

Dorothea Hall, 83, of Bradenton and formerly of Philadelphia, Cape Point May, N.J., and Longboat Key, died May 29.

Born March 4, 1928, she was a member of Kirkwood Presbyterian Church, in Bradenton, and a longtime volunteer for Woman’s Exchange Inc. She was a resident of Freedom Village, in Bradenton.

Mrs. Hall is survived by her husband of 63 years, Richard, of Bradenton;

daughter, Lynne Feller, of Wooster, Ohio; brother, Samuel Asquith, of DeLand; one granddaughter; and two great-granddaughters.

A memorial service took place Tuesday, June 7, at Kirkwood Presbyterian Church. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations can be made to Kirkwood Presbyterian Church, kpcbradenton. org, or TideWell Hospice & Palliative Care, Bradenton House, tidewell.org.

Online condolences can be sent at brownandsonsfuneral.com.

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All Angels by the Sea Episcopal Church, 563 Bay Isles Road, will hold Sunday worship services at 9 a.m. The Rev. David Danner is the rector. 383-8161.

temporary Sunday worship services at 9 a.m. and traditional Sunday worship services at 11 a.m. The Rev. Mark Bernthal is the pastor.

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Christ Church of Longboat Key, Presbyterian USA, 595 Bay Isles Drive, will hold Sunday worship services at 10 a.m. The Rev. Bruce Porter is the pastor. 383-8833.

St. Mary, Star of the Sea, Catholic Church, 4280 Gulf of Mexico Drive, will hold Saturday Masses at 5 p.m. and Sunday Masses at 8:30 and 10:30 a.m. Daily Masses are at 9 a.m. Monday through Friday.

Msgr. Gerard Finegan is the pastor.

383-1255.

Longboat Island Chapel, 6200 Gulf of Mexico Drive, will hold Sunday worship services at 10 a.m. The Rev. Kenneth Gill is the minister.

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A three-bedroom condo at L’Ambiance sells for $2.4 million.

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Ellie Russell, 8, paints a ceramic seahorse with other sea life figures.

Addison Carlisle, 3, tries to fish a duck out of a blow-up swimming pool.

Mote Marine Aquarium’s World Oceans Day Family Festival made a giant splash Sunday, June 5. This year’s event featured the Dr. Seuss theme, “One, Two, Three and the Seas.”

The event included games and crafts that focused on green practices and how to protect the ocean and its inhabitants.

Some of the groups that participated included Longboat Key Turtle Watch, Sarasota Audubon Society, Save Our Seabirds and Mote’s Dolphin, Whale and Sea Turtle Hospital.

The event also included music by the Garbage Men.

Logan Moskal wears his World Oceans Day crown.

Ava Henegar poses with Percy the Penguin.

Bill Hamilton and Marie Cecelia Riepenhoff are members of Longboat Key Turtle Watch.

Heather Koester and Justin Rees volunteered to help kids make Dr. Seuss-inspired World Oceans Day crowns.

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Julia Kantz, 3, puts her hand in the water to pet a stingray.

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These are the largest building permits issued by the Longboat Key Planning and Zoning Department for the week of May 27 through June 2, in order of dollar amounts. (GMD = Gulf of Mexico Drive)

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512 Schooner Lane New construction James Captain

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603 Longboat Club Road Alteration Edward Matonich

$120,000

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Michael Foulkes

$34,000

575 Sanctuary Drive

Alteration

Robert Hendler

$31,282

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Alteration

Willie Stanfield

$23,757

759 Spanish Drive S.

Re-roof

Charles and Barbara Milano

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3542 Fair Oaks Lane

Alteration Ellen Rothbaum, trustee

2399 GMD

Alteration

William McKnight

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3588 Fair Oaks Lane

Alteration

Debra Hanerty, co-trustee

$2,322

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4711 GMD

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L’Ambiance unit sells for $2,375,000 Michael and Robin Gusky, of Weston, sold Unit F-208 at the 145-unit L’Ambiance at the Longboat Key Club and Resort, 415 L’Ambiance Drive, to Paul Sobey and Janis Sobey-Hames, of Stellarton, Nova Scotia, for $2,375,000. Built in 1992, the 3,220-square-foot unit has three bedrooms, three bathrooms and two halfbaths. It last sold for $1,025,000 in September 1993.

The sale was the largest of 12 transactions recorded on Longboat, Lido, St. Armands and Bird keys during the week of May 23 through May 27 at the Sarasota and Manatee county courthouses.

Of the week’s sales, seven took place on Longboat Key, including two in Manatee County, while two each occurred on Bird and Lido Keys, and one took place on Lido Key. Three of the week’s sales exceeded $1 million.

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Unit F-208 at L’Ambiance, 415 L’Ambiance drive, has three bedrooms, three bathrooms, two half-baths and 3,220 square feet of living area. It sold for $2,375,000.

Michael and Susan Seery, of Carmel, Ind., sold Unit A-601 at 535 Sanctuary Drive in the 186-unit Sanctuary to Raymond and Gayle Sobieck, of Columbia, Mo., for $1.25 million. Built in 1990, the 3,115-square-foot home has three bed-

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Filitsa Chigas, of Chelmsford, Mass., and Marvin and Rosalie Schorr, of Boston, sold Unit 605 at 1115 Gulf of Mexico Drive in the 336-unit Beachplace, to Robert and Nancy Koran, of Bethesda, Md., for $690,000. Built in 1979, the 1,819-squarefoot unit has three bedrooms and two bathrooms. It last sold for $212,000 in May 1986.

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John and Deborah Ayres, of Bradenton, sold Unit 12-A at the 106-unit Casa del Mar, 4621 Gulf of Mexico Drive, to Timothy and Jerri Walroth, of Lesage, W.Va., for

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SPANISH STYLE MODERN DOWNTOWN BAY FRONT! 1688SF/2Br/2Ba/1CG w/marble, granite, Corian, tile & bamboo flrs, furniture quality cabinets, built-ins, architectural elements, fp, updated eat-in kitch. & baths, pvt balcony & laundry, secure building w/ amenities! MLS#A3942652 $400,000

John Cannon custom home. Separate guest suite & chef’s kitchen.

Short walk to the beach on the end of canal.

Marta Altizer, Owner Agent #A3909564

$1,100,000

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Unit 605 at Beachplace, 1115 Gulf of Mexico Drive, has three bedrooms, two bathrooms and 1,819 square feet of living area. It sold for $690,000.

$500,000. Built in 1972, the 756-squarefoot unit has two bedrooms and one bathroom. It last sold for $765,000 in February 2005.

Longboat Key – Direct Beach Front “The Johnson Estate” Gated privacy on 2+ acres w/ 150 ft. of Gulf front. 10,000 SF. 7BR/6.5BA includes separate attached guest wing. New in ‘07. $ 11,500,000 349,000 www.Johnsonestatelongboatkey.com

Bay Harbour – Longboat Key Bay Front Enchanting 3BR Developers corner apartment with Bay views & 2 enclosed lanais for extra a/c square footage. Fresh paint, new carpet, washer & dryer in unit and excellent amenities! $

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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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Leon and Marysue Wechsler, of Fairfax, Va., sold Unit 411 at 2020 Harbourside Drive at Fairway Bay II to Paul and Marilyn Blankman, of Princeton, N.J., for $435,000. Built in 1984, the 1,442-squarefoot unit has two bedrooms and two bathrooms. It last sold for $472,500 in November 2003.

Sands Point

La Bellasara – Golden Gate Point

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.

Private boat dock & 2 car garage. $5,950,000

Julius and Estelle Rehfield, of East Norwich, N.Y., sold Unit 325 at 100 Sands Point Road in the 78-unit Sands Point to Vincent Cavallo, of Lancaster, Pa., for $325,000. Built in 1966, the 1,492-squarefoot unit has one bedroom and two bathrooms. It last sold for $107,500 in March 1986.

Bird Key

George and Cheryl Pintea, 635 N. Owl Drive, sold their home at 488 Partridge Circle to Catherine Bachand, of Woodstock, Ill., for $1,595,000. Built in 1973, the 4,344-square-foot home has four bedrooms, three bathrooms and a swimming pool. It last sold for $2.3 million in June 2007.

John Sirchio, individually and as trustee of the Wanda Hill Trust, of Louisville, Ky., and Jeffrey Sirchio and Bryan Sirchio, of Madison, Wis., sold the home at 641 N. Owl Drive to William Noonan and Bonnie McIntyre, husband and wife, 380 Gulf of Mexico Drive, for $929,800. Built in 1965, the 3,111-square-foot home has three bedrooms, three bathrooms and a swimming pool. It last sold for $569,000 in June 1990.

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 amenities and on-site management. Walk $ to shopping.

579,000 $549,000

Pierre – Spectacular Views

Gulf, Golf Course, Sarasota Bay, & downtown city lights views from this 2BR + den/3rd BR apartment on the 8th floor with 3 full bathrooms and 2,410 sq. ft. Behind the gates of the Longboat Key Club. $ 1,095,000

RED ROCK TERRACE - Oyster Bay Vacant Lot Lot w/ House Plans

$439,000 GRAND BAY II - Bay & City Views 4th Floor 3BR/3BA 2,781 Sq. Ft. Promenade - Penthouse Sweeping Gulf and Bay views with sunsets. 2,612 luxurious sq. ft. w/ 10 ft ceilings, fireplace, wet bar, granite & marble baths, 2 terraces, & 2 valuable garage parking spaces included.

$1,395,000

PIERRE - Longboat Key Direct Beach Front 3rd Floor 3 BR/3BA 2,410 Sq. Ft.

999,000

$

$799,000

Bird Key – Bay & City Views Gorgeous two-story home on 213’ of waterfront with wide open City, Bay and canal views. 4BR/5 full & 2 half baths, Infinity edge pool & boat dock $ with 20,000 lb lift.

4,950,000

BEACHPLACE III – Direct Gulf Front

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#302 3rd Floor 2BR/2BA 1,392 Sq. Ft.

$670,000

LONGBOAT KEY – Boater’s Fantasy Deep Water Frontage 3,435 Sq. Ft.

La Bellasara - Downtown Bay Front Outstanding Bay, Marina, & City Skyline views!

3BR/4.5BA + study or 4th BR with 3,370 SF. w/ summer kitchen, private elevator lobby, 2-car garage Turnkey furnished. Annual lease available $2,395,000

$995,000

BEACHPLACE III - Direct Gulf Front #304 3rd Floor 2BR/2BA 1,503 Sq. Ft.

$695,000

Siestas Bayside – Deep Water Canal Gorgeous waterfront home fully updated with wood & granite throughout, 2,641 square feet, three bedrooms/ two baths and a large tropical patio area with pool/spa, boat dock with lift and floating jet-ski dock. $918,000 $849,900

St. Armands Towers

Linda Thayer sold Unit 54 at St. Armands Towers, 101 Benjamin Franklin Drive, to Frank Poot, of De Lier, Netherlands, for $320,000. Built in 1968, the 1,320-squarefoot unit has two bedrooms and two bathrooms. It last sold for $155,000 in August 1992.

Mark Twain Apartments

Sharon D’Amico, of Lafayette, Ind., sold Unit 21-C at Mark Twain Apartments, 1336 Benjamin Franklin Drive, to Doug Wiemer, of Boulder, Colo., for $220,000.

Built in 1966, the 814-square-foot unit has one bedroom and one bathroom. It last sold for $459,000 in May 2005.

Water Club I - Gulf & Bay Views Sanctuary III - Behind the Gates 6th floor 3 bedroom, 3 full bath apartment with beautiful water views, private elevator, 10 foot ceilings and two expansive terraces for viewing nightly sunsets. Gated community with excellent $ 1,699,000 amenities.

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 $ 799,900 appliances.

Bird Key - Wide Open Bay Front

Bayport- Sporting Community

Water Club I - Direct Beach Front Exquisite 3,045 SF luxury on 5th floor w/Gulf views, private elevator foyer, 3BR/4BA, study area in master suite. Beautiful window treatments, plantation shutters, marble floors, full wine bar. $ 1,800,000

Sarasota Harbour

Stunning Bay views from this fully renovated contemporary 2-story home on fabulous Bird Key. 3 BR + large office/4th BR, 4.5 baths, family room, private dock with boat lift &2-car garage. $2,195,000

Beach retreat that lives like a home. Beautifully & freshly remodeled, 3 full BR with sitting areas, and loads of storage, 2 private patios, his/her bath $ areas. Steps to private beach.

649,900

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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

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Christopher Cassidy, of Slingerlands, N.Y., sold Unit 22 at Arlington House in Sarasota Harbour Apartments, 761 John Ringling Blvd. to Richard and Charlene O’Connor for $200,000. Built in 1963, the 816-square-foot unit has two bedrooms and one bathroom. It last sold for $36,500 in September 1977.

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SCOREBOARD May 3 Longboat Key Duplicate Bridge Club

Overall winners 1. Sally Sharp and Mary Lou Thomas 2. Jack Wilber and Larry Auerbach 3. Erika Beyer and Bonney Libman

May 5 Merrill Duplicate Bridge Club

Overall winners 1. Julie Caron and Gary Harris 2. Mary Lou Thomas and Chuck Prizer 3. Barbara Thoman and Lois Kaufman 4. Erika Beyer and Cele Schwartz

May 10 Longboat Key Duplicate Bridge Club

WHERE TO PLAY Merrill Duplicate Bridge Club games are at 1 p.m.

Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays.

Overall winners 1. Barbara Thoman and Lori Brickman 2. Judy Corney and Cele Schwartz 3 (tie). Connie and Don Howard 3 (tie). Jack Wilber and Larry Auerbach

Longboat Key Duplicate Bridge Club games are at 1 p.m. Wednesdays.

All games are at Bayfront Park Recreation Center.

May 12 Merrill Duplicate Bridge Club

Overall winners 1. Barbara Thoman and Lois Kaufman 2. Lori Brickman and Sally Sharp 3. Muriel Schwartzman and

Call Larry Auerbach at 758-2017 for information.

Judy Corney 4. Helen Schweyer and Larry Auerbach 5. Jayne Forstenzer and Cele Schwartz

When you are serious about Buying or Selling Real Estate

May 17 Longboat Key Duplicate Bridge Club

May 3

Overall winners 1. Jack Wilber and Larry Auerbach 2. Jim Brown and Marshall Kaufman 3. Connie and Don Howard 4. Jayne Forstenzer and Duci Kovacik

May 24

Overall winners 1. Connie and Don Howard 2. Mary Lou Thomas and Lori Brickman 3. Jack Wilber and Larry Auerbach 4. Jayne Forstenzer and Duci Kovacik

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Longboat Key Club 18-Hole Women’s Golf Association 1-5s, 2-4s, 3-3s First place: Gerri Peterman, Edna Fussner, Bestsey Farrinton and Lauren Pike, 121 Second place (tie): Tina Skestos, Betsy Gentile, Carol Westwood and Barbara Brizdle, 125 Second place (tie): Nancy Chanos, Bette Hoffman, Betty Levi and Frema Wolfson, 125

May 10

Member-Guest 1 BB on Red, 2 BB on Blue First low gross: Margaret Lachmann, Sharon Helmer, Barbara Brizdle and Susan Hokamp, 121 First low net: Rita Glosser, Tina Skestos, Donna Pettinato and Hwei Lin Sung, 92

Tom & Pat Hanly (941) 388-2331

real estate reports Hanly & Associates St. Armands Circle Sarasota, FL 34236 www.HanlyHomes.com pahanly@aol.com

$5,495,000

Danny Marr has joined the St. Armands Circle office of Michael Saunders & Co. Marr began his real-estate career in 1977, after graduating from Indiana University with a degree in public affairs/ urban studies. In 1990, he formed Olympia Partners Ltd., which grew to become the third-largest commercial brokerage firm in Indianapolis. He later cofounded a separate real-estate company that produced 49 projects in seven states with an aggregate development value of more than $200 million. In 2001, he founded Veritas Realty LLC, a retail shopping center leasing-and-propertymanagement firm. Earlier this year, Marr returned to residential real estate and now specializes in waterfront and other luxury property sales on Longboat, Lido, St. Armands, Bird and Casey keys.

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$1, 139,900

BEHIND THE GATES OF LONGBOAT KEY CLUB

Direct Beach Front, Top Floor, Completely Updated. 2BR/2BA, 2 Balconies, Pool, Tennis, Fitness, BREATH TAKING VIEWS

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FABULOUS HOME. Longboat Key

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By Donna Swan | Contributing Writer

Finessing in bridge is an art form Cover the East-West cards with your thumbs and decide how you would play three notrump after West’s lead of the 10 of spades, covered by dummy’s Jack and East’s queen. Don’t let the bidding disturb you — it is based on Precision methods that include weak notrump opening bids. The bidding plays little part in the problems.

First, duck the spade — a club shift may prove embarrassing. You have five tricks outside diamonds, so you need four tricks from that suit. If it di-

vides 3-2, you always make four tricks, so long as West has one of the missing honors. But if it splits 4-1, do you take the first-round finesse of the 10; of the queen? Or do you cash the ace and return to your hand to lead up to the queen-10?

If East has a low singleton, either finesse wins. If the queen holds, you return to your hand and lead another diamond; duck if West produces an honor. If East has a singleton king, West’s spot cards will force you to lose

BRIDGE HAND Dealer: South

North

two diamond tricks no matter which finesse you take. But, if East has the singleton Jack, the finesse of the queen allows you to make four tricks in that suit. That play is better than cashing the ace, because if diamonds break 3-2, you won’t know what to do if West produces a low card.

♠ J4 ♥ A 8 5 ♦ A Q 10 5 4 ♣632

West

♠ 10 9 8 3 ♥ J94 ♦ K972 ♣Q8

Donna Swan is a resident of Longboat Key, an ardent bridge player and an American Contract Bridge League certified director who plays “for the fun of it.”

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Sunrise/sunset

RAINFALL North Mon., May 30 0.00 Tues., May 31 0.00 Wed., June 1 0.32 Thurs., June 2 0.00 Fri., June 3 0.00 Sat., June 4 0.00 Sun., June 5 0.00

Mid 0.00 0.00 0.10 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

Month to date: 2011

3.06 in Year-to-date:

South 0.00 0.00 0.17 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2010 0.43 in.

2011 2010 16.30 in. 11.52 in.

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Tues., May 31 Wed., June 1 Thurs., June 2 Fri., June 3 Sat., June 4 Sun., June 5 Mon., June 6

Record Temps.

High Low 95 (1991) 60 (1992) 96 (1981) 66 (2009) 96 (1981) 66 (1982) 97 (1983) 67 (2011) 96 (1993) 68 (1992) 96 (1983) 68 (1986) 96 (1983) 67 (1992)

Average Gulf water temperature: 83.5 Guy Bond submitted this sunrise photo, taken on Coquina Beach over Memorial Day weekend.

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Last weeks Cryptograms 1. I’ve met Elvis. When we were on a UFO going around the world, he sat between me and Bigfoot.

2. The huge lobsters ate much more than the crabs, prawns and crayfish. They were shunned by the other crustaceans as petty, greedy and shellfish!

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OFFICE CHAIRS: matching highback that adjust, including 2 chair mats. Excellent cond., $200. 941-388-0007.

Autos Wanted AUTOS WANTED! Let me take the hassle out of selling your car. Cash offered today!

Call Mike, 941-713-2277.

Boat Slips For Rent/Sale 32FT. BOAT slip for rent, Boat House of LBK, 3rd level, dry. Call 718-974-5269 or 718-979-8017.

BOAT SLIP. High and dry, indoor, for sale or lease. Southend of LBK at the Boathouse.

Owner financing available. For info call 941-544-5597.

BOATHOUSE LBK: 32/ft. boat slip for sale.

Fully enclosed, top level. 941-383-6748 or 941-587-5896.

Boats BOATS ARE SELLING VERY WELL Recently sold: 18’ Sea Pro, 18’ Cobia, 21’ Sea Fox, 21’ Hurricane, 22’ Aquasport, 32’ Cobia, 28’ Pursuit, 32’ Sea Rays (2), 32’ Rinker, 32’ Crownline, 39’ Sea Ray, 43’ Hatteras, 50’ Navigator, 62’ Hatteras.

15 Year Islands Resident. “Let’s talk about selling your boat”. 941-228-3489 Yachtingflorida@aol.com

General Merchandise THRIFT SHOP: LORD’S WAREHOUSE. Hours: Summer Schedule: Tues. & Sat. 9a.m. to 1p.m. Non-profit. Clothes, jewelry, furniture, other items. 6140 Gulf of Mexico Drive. 941-383-4738.

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STUDIO APARTMENT for rent at Lerfald Landings on a canal across from Whitney Beach. Water included. $700 month.

1 year lease required. (941)565-1401, (941)792-0411.

GATED 2BR/2BA +Office, Living Room, Great Room, fully furnished (Ethan Allen), caged pool. Verizon Fios Internet & HDTV, security system & lawn service included. $2200/month. 941-918-4488

LUXURY ANNUAL RENTALS WANTED for waiting clients. Furnished or unfurnished.

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THE PIERRE- Contemporary living behind the gates. Gulf front with full gulf views from every room. 2BR/3BA. Fully furnished.

Available Annual $3800/mo Seasonal $7850/mo. 3 month minimum. 865.603.3126

Condos For Sale DISCOVER THE OTHER ISLAND. Tidy Island in Sarasota Bay. Waterfront 3/2/2 condo on private Island. Views of lake, bay & preserve. Former model, sold furnished! $249,900. Katharine Pepper, RoseBay Real Estate 941-792-9459.

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. $3,400,000 furnished.

Contact Owner/ Broker, 941-920-1699.

ISLAND COTTAGE- 3 bed/ 2 bath home for sale, 601 St. Judes Dr. Longboat Key. Appox. 1400 sq ft. $285.000. 941-387-0136

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

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PELICAN HARBOUR LBK- FULL BAY VIEW, boat slips, beach, tennis and pool.

Custom wood and granite kitchen opens to dining & living room for a Great Room effect.

2BR/2BA. No weight limit for dog. $349,000.

Steve or Craig Abbott, Michael Saunders & Company. 941-374-3003 Riverfront Condo with dock at your back door! Central Sarasota Location $320,000

2BR/2.5BA with 2 car garage, 1583 SF Walk off your deck & onto your boat!

Direct access to ICW. Impeccable property, perfect condition. Priced to sell fast.

Harold Lasky 941-780-8514 Prudential Lakewood Ranch

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CASA DEL MAR BEACH RESORT WEEKLY RENTALS GULF FRONT/ GULF VIEW Reservations: 941-383-5549 Visa/ MC Fax: 941-383-7925 DOWNTOWN SARASOTA BAYFRONT GULF VIEWS. DOUBLE UNIT - REGENCY HOUSE - 435 GULFSTREAM AVE. 3327+ sq.ft. living area with split 2-3BR/3BA. Totally remodeled, parquet floors, granite kitchen, walk-in closets, office/den with built-ins. Hurricane shutters, a 180 degree view of the keys and the Gulf. A must see unit. Steps to downtown activities and restaurants. Price reduced to $795,000.

OPEN SUNDAY, 1P.M.-4P.M. RON STAHL REALTY, 941-374-1671.

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4621 Gulf of Mexico Drive Longboat Key 34228

WASHER/ DRYER IN EVERY UNIT BEAUTIFUL KITCHENS LARGE HEATED POOL GULFSIDE

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

Now Offering Beach Castle Resort Nightly and Weekly

FLORIDA VACATION CONNECTION www.FLvacationconnection.com 941-387-9709 877-705-2460

EXQUISITE GETAWAY on Longboat Key (LBK) Beachplace property available for RENT – NEWLY owned - Luxurious 2BR/2BA condo with views of the Gulf of Mexico & private golf course. Private terrace. New appliances. Fully equipped unit with recent upgrades and decorating. Steps to the beach, Olympic size swimming pool, tennis courts, gym, organized social activities and sports are optional. Covered parking, excess closet/storage space. Maid service is optional. By owner: rental options on a monthly basis, from 07/2011 to 12/2012.

Rent is negotiable based on length of stay.

Corner unit. We welcome your inquiries, email kimberley@kpaa.ca or call us at (647)225.3003.

FAIRWAY BAY, 2BR/2BA, furnished condo overlooking Sarasota Bay. Gated community, access to private beach club, pool & tennis on premises. Rent by the season or monthly, 2 month minimum. 412-370-8787 502-456-4361.

FREE Wireless High Speed Internet VILLA: 2BR/2BA. Village Green. 3646 Collins St. Open House from 6/9 to 6/12, 2p.m.-5p.m., call first. Great Location.

Motivated seller looking for offer. Make offer now! Call for appointment. 941-321-2084.

Exceptional Vacation Rentals Since 1994 Homes & Condominiums Studios to Six Bedrooms Beachfront, Intercoastal or Garden Excellent Service & Staff

LBK BEACHPLACE Condo. Beachfront, 2BR/2BA. Elegantly furnished, heated pool, tennis court, covered parking, exercise room. Available June, July, Aug., Sept., Oct. & Dec. 2011. Also, same condos available for 2012. Non-smoking/ pets.

By owner. 941-383-1884.

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LBK: 2BR condo with breathtaking Gulf view. Minimum required stay of 7 nights.

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LONGBOAT KEY, FL 941-383-4666 or 866-383-4666 www.Cedarswest.com Wagner Realty Since 1939 www.WagnerRealty.com

LBK: TANGERINE BAY CLUB. Luxurious decorator furnished Penthouse, 4BR/4.5BA. Full garden/ pool/ Bay views. Granite kitchen, 2 private terraces, outdoor gas grill, 2 car garage, FIOS, Beach Club access/ 3 month minimum. Non-smoking. No pets.

E-mail or call for availability, rates, photos. d.turners@verizon.net, 202-363-0740.

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

THE WESTCHESTER GULF FRONT 2BR/2BA, open, direct views, tennis court, 2 heated pools, steps away from the sand, breathtaking sunsets.

941-228-5671.

TOWN HOUSE at Seaplace, steps to 2 miles private beach. Fully equipped, 2BR/2.5BA, lanai, terrace, tropical garden, pools, tennis, clubhouse, barbecue sites, sauna, Jacuzzi. Available for $3800 during season, add 10% tax. mandalka@gmx.de

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 KEY. Gulf front, heated pool on beach, 1BR/1BA condo, full kitchen, dining, sleeps 4, king pillowtop. 617-328-7145.

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“One thing about arts that drives me crazy is that we always take ourselves too seriously,” Rebecca Hopkins says.

“We’re not walking on water — we are storytelling. We need art, that’s what makes us human.”

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Florida Studio Theatre’s managing director zips off to work to take care of the daily grind, but at the end of the day, it’s all about making plays.

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ebecca (Langford) Hopkins emerges from her tiny window-lined office at Florida Studio Theatre with a sunkissed glow.

It’s been two weeks since she and Richard Hopkins, the theater’s artistic director, said “I do” during sun-

set at the Longboat Key Club and Resort and only days since the newlyweds returned from their honeymoon cruise to the Eastern Caribbean.

You’d think the managing director, a woman responsible for all of FST’s operations — including its three

theaters, 14 residential properties and administrative wing — the head writer for FST’s “Laughing Matters” series and co-developer of more than 20 musical revues for cabaret, would be as much of a mastermind at planning a wedding as she is at planning shows.

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“It was nothing like that,” Hopkins says. “I can’t wait to see the video, because the whole thing was so overwhelming to me emotionally that it blurred past me. I came over the boardwalk and saw my friends, family and Richard, and the whole world buzzed around me. I couldn’t stop crying during the entire vows. It was better than any show or any review.”

Returning to work after a two-week vacation required some hardcore catchingup for this multitasker, but Hopkins lives for changing hats at a moment’s notice and has been pushing herself to the limit since high school.

“I don’t come in and fall apart because I have stacks on my desk — I always have stacks on my desk,” she says, her eyes scanning every semi-organized pile, finally settling on her computer screen where the emails continue to flow in. “I’m a procrastinator by nature. All those selfhelp books on how to get organized — I call them ‘horoscopes for management.’”

This is Hopkins’ 13th season at FST. She started her career in the early ’90s as an actor hammering out improv with Next City Comedy, in Atlanta, and through the years transitioned into producing. When she signed a one-year contract with FST in 1991, she thought it would give her time to figure out where to move. Back then, it was anywhere but Florida.

Rebecca Hopkins lets us in on the shows she’s worked on that are closest to her heart.

‘Laughing Matters’

“All of them. These are at my heart. I love sketch comedy. The day we lose our ability to laugh at how nuts this world has become is the day we are in real trouble.”

‘Night Train to Memphis’

“I could not love this music more. The storytelling is fantastic. It connects to the core of who I am. The bridge material just flowed out of me. The music and the stories are part of who I am.”

‘The Wanderers’

“This was one of those magic shows.

“I was assuming Chicago, Seattle or New York,” Hopkins said. “None of those was real exciting to me because I hate cold weather, but they were where the theater was. I came here and fell in love with Sarasota and FST.” Although the theater’s diverse pro-

I love the music of the ’50s and ’60s and the doo-wop groups. It was challenging as a woman to write for a fourguy group. I got to help them become what women imagine them to be.”

‘Piano Men’

“How could you not love working with the music of Billy Joel and Elton John?

They are the Shakespeares of our time.”

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‘The Flip Side’

“I have a pretty edgy sense of humor, and this one played to that. The show opened with ‘Would Jesus Wear a Rolex?’ and ended with ‘Still Going to Die,’ which celebrates the fact that no matter what we do, we all end up at the same finish line. I loved the darker side of it.”

gramming impressed her, she noticed that it lacked a strong improv program, and that just wouldn’t do.

“I think it’s a fantastic form of theater, because the shows are based on what the audience gives you that night,” Hopkins says. “I taught classes, and at the end I

held an open class and invited people to bring friends. I came out to set up soda and cookies and found 100 people waiting in the lobby. By the second year, we had regular shows on Tuesday nights.”

She founded the improv program in 2001. Three years ago, she added to it by bringing in groups from around the country. She also organized an improv festival that takes place in July. At first, ticket sales were disastrous, and Hopkins was terrified. She soon realized that with the shows geared toward a younger audience and what she calls “hip, older people,” patrons tend to wait until the night before to purchase tickets.

“Looking back, I shouldn’t have been so nervous — now it’s sold out,” Hopkins said. “When you go to other festivals and you do it all night, you feel like you’ve gone through a war if you go to everything. There’s a sense of accomplishment. You don’t just sit back and watch and have a good time.”

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mentors. Today, the festival, a program of the Sarasota Orchestra, hosts 70 guest artists and is led

by Artistic Director Robert Levin. Performances include artist showcases, Levin lectures, master classes, Friday festivals, Saturday symphonies and student recitals.

The festival, which runs through June 18, takes

place at Holley Hall in The Beatrice Friedman Symphony Center, 709 N. Tamiami Trail, and the Sarasota Opera House, 61 N. Pineapple Ave. Tickets are $10 for a one-day pass and $30 for a one-week pass. Call 953-3434 or visit www. sarasotaorchestra.org/ sarasotamusicfestival for information.

+ Booker grad gets ‘cadaver’ claim to fame

+ Drag Queen Bingo makes debut in Venice Felicity Liemont and Heather De Haven will be ruffling some feathers June 17, when their bawdy bingo show takes center stage at the Venice Theatre.

Calling out lucky numbers and awarding winners is, of course, part of the plan. But these professional female impersonators will taunt and tease until you’re laughing your socks off with a show that includes singing, dancing, improv and wardrobe changes in a cabaret setting.

According to Allan Kollar, producing director, the timing is finally right to host the show.

“What better place for a drag

show than the theater that has put on ‘Rocky Horror,’ ‘Reefer Madness’ and ‘Evil Dead, the Musical?’” Kollar asks. “This is a perfect fit for us. Felicity (Liemont) and I began talking about it a while ago, and I’m glad we’re able to put it on the schedule now. I think our audiences are going to eat it up.”

Tickets cost $10 and include one card for each of the four games, plus the show. Doors open at 7:30 p.m. Bingo games start at 8 p.m. June 17, June 18, June 24 and June 25, at Venice Theatre, 140 W. Tampa Ave. For information, call 488-1115 or visit www. venicestage.com.

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+ All hail the king

Arts and Entertainment Editor Heidi Kurpiela’s eminent “bump” has officially deflated.

Weighing in at 8 pounds and 12 ounces, “King” Henry Richard Bardi assumed his throne at 1:05 p.m. Sunday and has since taken over the green “baby cave” in the Kurpiela/ Bardi household.

The Observer team wishes its arts and entertainment editor and her husband, Joe Bardi, the best. Heidi notes since she’s been on maternity leave for the past week-and-a-half that she hasn’t had to meet any deadlines — except Henry’s due date — which she missed by five days. Her official due date was June 1.

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In summer 2012, Sarasota native Charlie Barnett will be dueling aliens alongside Will Smith, Josh Brolin and Emma Thompson in “Men in Black III.” For now, you can see Barnett hang out with some dead bodies Sunday, June 12, when he stars in the “Cadaver” episode of “Law and Charlie Barnett Order Criminal Intent.”

Barnett graduated in 2006 from the Booker High School Visual Performing Arts theater program and then obtained his bachelor’s of fine arts degree from the Juilliard School, in New York City.

It will be Barnett’s second time on “Law and Order.” Last November, he starred in an episode on “Law and Order SVU.” Barnett is the son of Bob and Danee Barnett of Sarasota.

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It was as if audience members held their breath each time the dancers appeared before them.

Fuzión Dance Artists Angela Rauter and Marlee Weinberg started off the performance, “Dancing Through the Eyes of Women,” Friday, June 3, at Art Center Sarasota. As the spotlights clicked on and cast shadows around the room, the girls became visible. Using slow, controlled movements, they contorted their bodies over tabletops and each other.

Inspired by the artwork of Pamela Sumner, Leymis Bolanos Wilmott, cofounder of Fuzión Dance Artists, created the choreography for the performances.

The artwork also served as inspiration for composer Francis Schwartz, who created a multi-sensorial composition entitled, “The Sweet Breath of Sound,” which premiered during the event.

Fuzión Dance Artists perform during “Dancing Through the Eyes of Women.”

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There was also an energetic, excellent performance of three movements from Prokofiev’s Quintet, Opus 39, by oboist Andreas Oeste (University of Central Arkansas), clarinetist Tianyu Zhang (Central Conservatory of Music), violinist Keir GoGwilt (Harvard), violist Aaron Mossburg (Oberlin) and bassist Emily Honeyman (Rice University). At times sounding like a plaintive aria by Menotti and at others reminiscent of Prokofiev’s own “Romeo and Juliet,” this is a terribly difficult work that the students took in their skillful stride.

As Festival Director Robert Levin said before the concert started, “These are our future luminaries. Hundreds of applicants from all over the world auditioned for fewer than 60 places.”

These kids have talent to burn with the intelligence and mastery to overtake many seasoned players. And that was made obvious when veteran musicians Susan Starr, Tom Robertello and Ronald Leonard performed Weber’s G minor piano trio. This is a teaching festival, one of the best in the country, so it’s possible these troupers spent more time coaching the kids than rehearsing the Weber. Then, there’s the problem with the piece itself. Written when the composer was ill, it has little of the exuberance and musicality we’ve come to associate with Weber. Still, this was a singularly uninspiring performance of a rather uninspired work. We’re sure these musicians are great mentors and their experience is inestimable to the students. But, if there’s to be an audience, it might be good to look inward, as well as to the future.

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