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Islandside hotel to be built first

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Caribbean cicada killer wasps are between threequarters- and 1-inch long and are mostly rust-orange colored with a black tip on their abdomens.

Wasps create buzz on Key The Caribbean cicada killer wasps found at a Longboat Key couple’s home are part of a rare species.

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The Longboat Key Club and Resort’s proposed 11-story, five-star hotel will now be built first when the club applies for building permits for the Islandside renovation-and-expansion project. The permitting process will begin after appeals challenging the project are exhausted.

+ Kiwanian canine comes to breakfast Longboat Key Club and Resort General Manager Michael Welly was the speaker at the June 16 Kiwanis Club of Longboat Key meeting, but the true “top dog” was Ripley Wild.

That’s right, Kiwanian John Wild brought his beagle, Ripley, to the breakfast meeting. And, judging from this picture, this dog was all ears for Welly’s talk.

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The Longboat Key Club and Resort will build its five-star hotel before constructing residential components of its $400 million Islandside project.

The town is getting what it wanted.

One major issue town staff and commissioners had last summer with the Longboat Key Club and Resort’s proposed Islandside project was whether the five-star hotel and meeting center would be built first before the villas and other project components.

And that’s exactly what the club plans to do after two existing legal challenges are vetted.

Longboat Key Club and Resort General Manager Michael Welly told attendees at the June 16 Longboat Key Kiwanis Club meeting that the $400 million project’s hotel and its adjoining meeting center would be built after the Islandside golf course is renovated by golf course designer Rees Jones and before any of the

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Sarasota Open to sweeten pot Longboat Key Club and Resort General Manager Michael Welly said he wants to make sure the pot for the Sarasota Open, held annually at the Longboat Key Club and Resort Tennis Gardens, continues to increase.

A $75,000 pot this year attracted tennis star James Blake and resulted in sell-out crowds. Welly doesn’t want the momentum to fade.

“I am hoping for a $125,000 pot next year and a $400,000 pot the fol-

lowing year,” Welly said.

A $400,000 pot, Welly said, would garner the Sarasota Open a United States Tennis Association Top 25 tournament classification status and could attract a future ladies tennis tournament to the Key. Welly said the Tennis Gardens facility has enough seating to accommodate approximately 4,000 people, which is mandatory to accommodate a Top 25 tennis tournament.

The truth about the wasps at Matt and Margaret Callihan’s Sabal Cove home doesn’t (usually) sting.

Matt Callihan first noticed the rust-orange insects with black abdomens swarming around his porch last summer. He planned to hire an exterminator but couldn’t locate a nest.

The insects returned this year, but because the insects didn’t sting or threaten anyone last year, Callihan knew that an exterminator wasn’t necessary. But he was curious about the bugs, which are larger than typical wasps: They’re between three-quarters of an inch and 1-inch long, and females are larger than the males.

After researching bugs online, he knew to look for a burrow, rather than a typical wasp’s nest. After a five-to-10-minute search, he found the burrow on his porch. And after Googling, he found that they were

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WASPS/PAGE 1A most likely Caribbean cicada killers, or Sphecius hogardii.

A University of Florida website said that the wasps were rare in Florida. Callihan then discovered the website of Lafayette College biology professor Chuck Holliday, Ph.D., who studies cicada killers. Within 30 minutes, he received a phone call from Holliday, who, two days later, flew to the area from Easton, Pa.,

KEY CLUB/PAGE 1A proposed condominiums and villas are built.

Welly and Loeb Partners Realty officials spent months last summer in several hearings telling both the Longboat Key Planning and Zoning Board and the Longboat Key Town Commission that they could not build the hotel first because they needed the money generated from the sale of condominiums and villas to pay for the construction of the hotel and meeting center.

But Welly said that potential

of a fraternity house on females in determina Saturday night,” Holliing the sex of their offday said. “Except there’s spring. no alcohol involved.”

So, are more CaribbeFemales, on the other an cicada killers buzzhand, tend to fly with ing around Longboat more purpose, from one Key? Maybe, maybe not, location to another. according to Holliday, Cicada killers spend who found a total of 90% of their lives underfour burrows, counted ground as larvae, emerg17 males and observed ing for just two to six multiple females in the weeks during the sumCallihan yard over the mer in order to mate. weekend According to Holli“They’re very spotty,” day, cicada killers play he said. “They can be all an important role beover one yard, and then cause they exert biologithe next-door neighbor cal control on cicadas, can have none.” some species of which As for Callihan, he cause mild damage to now considers himself deciduous trees. They’re an admirer of Caribalso fascinating to study, bean cicada killers. He he said, because females has been checking on Robin Hartill select the sex of their offthe burrows every day Matt Callihan shows off one of the burrows outspring. on his porch and in Holliday said that side of his Sabal Cove home. his yard. But the wasps learning more about won’t be long-term all five species of cicada killer Researchers are eager to know guests at the home: Cicada killwasps that exist in the Western sex distribution of the species, ers die annually.

Hemisphere is exciting for sci- because it will help them under“It’s just part of their life cyentists. stand the selection process for cle,” Callihan said.

lenders want the hotel to be built first, because the financing isn’t available right now to build the residential portion of the project.

“The town and its commissioners wanted the hotel first, and we thought we needed the money to build it first,” Welly said. “But several lenders that have an interest in the project all want the hotel built first. So that’s what we will do.”

Welly said that if the two remaining legal challenges the Islandside Property Owners Coalition (IPOC) has levied against

the project are settled, the club will submit a revised phasing schedule to the Longboat Key Planning, Zoning and Building Department.

Welly said it would take at least two years for the hotel to be finished once construction begins.

“My company has hung in there, even when they didn’t see the light at the end of the tunnel,” Welly said.

When asked about IPOC’s writ of certiorari, which challenges the town’s Comprehensive Plan and the project, Welly said he’s

ready to go and so are the lenders,” Welly said. “We just need IPOC to show a little class, shake hands and work with us and the town to let the project proceed.”

Welly noted that, because of the economy, no one has come forward to take advantage of the town’s pool of 250 tourism units and that The Colony Beach & Tennis Resort has closed.

“We have lost close to 500 tourism units and we need to get those back,” Welly said. “Tourism keeps our businesses alive and is essential to restocking future citizens on this island.”

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confident that the Department of Community Affairs’ recent ruling in the town’s favor is a positive sign for the project’s outcome.

“At the end of the day, I can still stand up here and say we are right and they (IPOC) are not,” Welly said. “IPOC is still willing to spend its money and, in turn, our money, for what I believe is a fruitless battle to stall a project that will inject life into a depressed economy.”

Welly said the club is waiting for the green light.

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to check out the wasps at the Callihan home.

“This particular breed is very rare,” Holliday said. “Very little is known about them.”

The breed is so rare that Holliday had never before observed them alive. To his knowledge, only one paper has been published about the Caribbean cicada killer, and it was written in Spanish by two Cuban scientists. The wasps at the Callihan home are the first documented Caribbean cicada killers found in the Sarasota area; the species is typically found on Caribbean islands, the Florida keys and in South Florida.

According to Holliday, Callihan is correct in his observation that cicada killers are generally harmless. Males are unable to sting, while females only sting when pinched or when preying on cicada. Sometimes the wasps induce fear because males swarm in a small area by the dozen. But, in actuality, males are hovering about as they wait for the more decisive female.

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united front By Kurt Schultheis | City Editor

Brown urges communities to work together Longboat Key Mayor Jim Brown hopes the town will work more closely with its neighbors to reduce the costs of future beach projects.

Longboat Key Mayor Jim Brown is reaching out to neighboring communities in an attempt to save the town and its neighbors money on future beach-renourishment projects.

At a Coalition of Barrier Island Elected Officials meeting Friday, June 17, in Anna Maria, Brown approached Bradenton Beach Mayor Bob Bartelt, Holmes Beach Mayor Rich Bohnenberger and Anna Maria Mayor

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Michael Selby about splitting the cost of bringing a dredge to shore for future beach projects.

“The costs for beach projects have gotten so out of hand, and it’s only going to get worse as sand sources continue to run out,” Brown said. “It seems only logical to me that we try and pool all our resources together and work as a team.”

It just cost the town approximately $2 million to mobilize

a Hopper dredge for its northend emergency beach project, which concludes at the end of this month.

At the same time, the city of Bradenton Beach on Anna Maria Island was performing its own beach project.

“We both paid a little more than $2 million in mobilization costs at the same time,” Brown said. “My point is we can plan renourishments so the dredge can stay here for multiple projects.”

Although the Anna Maria Island mayors agreed that the concept is worth looking into, there are hurdles to making that

happen.

The three municipalities all depend on Manatee County to plan and permit their beach renourishments.

Charlie Hunsicker, Manatee County’s director of Conservation Lands Management, told the Longboat Observer that the beach projects on Anna Maria Island do not use a Hopper dredge because its sand resources are closer to shore.

Town Manager Bruce St. Denis told the Longboat Key Town Commission at its Thursday, June 16 regular workshop that it would make more sense for the town to work closely with Sara-

sota County and the city of Sarasota, which use similar equipment for beach projects.

Brown said there might be other ways for the town to work more closely with neighboring municipalities, including obtaining permits from the state.

“There needs to be more of a unified system,” said Brown, who noted the town pays approximately $800,000 per year to have consultants monitor its beaches, which is required as a condition of state beach project permits.

“We need to do everything we can to make this process more efficient and less costly.”

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Commission seeks creative solutions The Longboat Key Town Commission expects Town Manager Bruce St. Denis to eliminate a $223,601 budget deficit.

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Former Mayor George Spoll and Commissioner Jack Duncan agreed building-permit fees should be based on square footage.

Town commission will not adopt building fee changes Last week Planning, Zoning and Building Director Monica Simpson presented concepts to the Town Commission for new building department fees.

It’s been almost three years since the town paid $18,000 for a building-permit fee study, and new fees have yet to be adopted by the Longboat Key Town Commission.

Last week, Longboat Key Planning, Zoning and Building Director Monica Simpson made her third presentation since October to the commission regarding a new buildingfee rate structure for her department.

Although the new fee rate structure was not rejected outright, the commission wants some changes to be made.

Commissioners did not like a proposed fee schedule that based fees on the overall cost of the job being performed.

For instance, they believed it was unfair to charge more for builders using more expensive products, even though the work being performed would be sim-

ilar to a job that used materials of a lesser quality.

Former Longboat Key Mayor George Spoll, a retired homebuilder, urged the commission to base its fees by the square footage of a job. Commissioner Jack Duncan agreed.

“At the end of the day, square footage seems fairer to the consumer,” Duncan said.

Spoll also questioned why 25% of the fee would pay for a fire marshal’s inspection.

He has advocated for months that the Planning, Zoning and Building Department staff can adequately inspect jobs and that the fire marshal position is unnecessary.

Fire marshal Lou Gagliardi’s annual salary is $92,684.80.

Simpson told the commission she would work over the summer to convert the buildingfee method from a cost-based approach to a square-footage

method. Simpson will also reduce water heater replacement permit fees from $75 to $50.

“This has been a long work in progress that started by figuring out how long and how much effort it takes for us to perform duties every day,” Simpson said. “We want to charge what it actually takes to do the services.”

The commission did agree with Simpson’s recommendation that the town should start collecting 25% of a buildingpermit fee at the time an application is submitted. That would ensure the building department will not lose money if an applicant decides not to follow through with obtaining a permit. Jobs that are $1,000 or less, however, will not require money to be collected upfront.

The commission will review the proposed building-fee changes in September.

The Longboat Key Town Commission has made it clear to Town Manager Bruce St. Denis that it expects him to find ways to reduce the budget so the town doesn’t have to raise taxes to offset a deficit.

The commission received a 2011-12 preliminary budget June 1 that includes a $223,601 budget deficit. Town Manager Bruce St. Denis 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, but commissioners told St. Denis at their Thursday, June 16 regular workshop they aren’t in favor of that option.

“I am asking you to please get creative and find ways to eliminate this shortfall,” said Commissioner Lynn Larson. “I understand it can be hard to do, but it needs to be done.”

St. Denis told the commission he understands the town’s circumstances.

“We are continuing to keep the same level of service with less money,” St. Denis said. “I hope people recognize they are getting the same level of service for less money than what they have been paying in years past.”

The commissioners told St. Denis they are willing to look at different ways to reduce the

town’s current level of service in order not to raise taxes.

“I won’t support anything that includes a tax increase,” Younger said. “We need to continue to tighten costs.”

Commissioner Jack Duncan agreed.

“It’s incumbent on the town manager to get creative now,” Duncan said. “I understand there may be implications about levels of service and you need to be prepared to tell us what the implications are. I hope you can give us options we can review.”

St. Denis agreed to report back to the commission with other ways to reduce the budget.

Brown urged his fellow commissioners to sit down with St. Denis and offer suggestions on how the budget could be cut further.

“We don’t want to raise taxes or spend any more money than we have to,” Brown said. “I think we can find a way to cut the budget.”

Some commissioners gave the town manager feedback at the meeting on how the budget could be cut.

Larson suggested there was no need to earmark $75,000 for new police cars in next year’s budget, because the police department has three new police cars waiting to be used once the current cars approach 100,000 miles.

The commission must set its maximum millage rate at its Monday, July 11 regular meeting and will adopt a budget in late September. St. Denis will release his recommended budget July 1.

Landau’s suggested budget cuts At a Longboat Key Town Commission special budget workshop, Longboat Key resident Lenny Landau suggested the town’s budget can be cut by reducing the following budget line items: Description Amount budgeted Professional services/other $512,542 Electricity $244,275 Hydrants/meters/lines $230,000 Automotive equipment $130,650 Fuel and oil $129,800 Travel/conference/training $112,882 Professional services/engineering $60,000 Books/publications/subscriptions/membership dues $43,375 Printing and forms $27,875

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+ Committee forms to create business plan Vice Mayor David Brenner and Commissioners Jack Duncan and Pat Zunz were selected to be part of a new committee that will create a future business plan and mission statement for the town of Longboat Key. Longboat Key Planning and Zoning Board Chairwoman B.J. Webb and Leonard Garner were also selected to be on the committee.

Two Key residents will be appointed when the committee begins meeting later this summer at Town Hall.

Duncan’s concept received support at the commission’s Thursday, June 16 regular workshop.

Duncan believes the town could benefit from a business concept that looks at every aspect of the island and describes what the town wants to be in 25 years.

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The most read stories online last week were:

1. Memorial melody (June 15) 2. Wicker, the green turtle, swims back home to sea after Lido send-off (June 15) 3. Final fling (June 15) 4. Cops Corner (June 15) 5. P&Z promotes tourism stays (June 15)

proposed Bleu Claire condominiums, 4765 Gulf of Mexico Drive, for an extension to hold off on obtaining building permits for an 11-unit condominium project until December 2013.

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+ Building permit extension granted At a special meeting Thursday, June 16, the Longboat Key Town Commission granted a request from the owner of the

Longboat Key, Lido Key, St. Armands Key Chamber of Commerce President Tom Aposporos told the Longboat Key Town Commission Thursday, June 16 that the island’s trolley route has seen

an increase in riders per revenue hour from 6.5 riders to 8.2 riders.

Aposporos said the increase, however, could be attributed to the fact that riders can now only catch a trolley every hour instead of every half-hour.

But Commissioner Phillip Younger warned the trolley service is not doing well.

“Everyone should understand we hope the service continues, but we are not really making a lot of headway on the number of passengers carried by the trolley,” Younger said.

Aposporos said both Sarasota and Manatee counties have expressed an interest in funding the service again next year.

+ Sarasota County EDC requests $5,000 The Longboat Key Town Commission must decide whether to set aside $5,000 in its fiscal year 2011-12 budget for the Sarasota County Economic Development Corporation.

In a June 15 letter to Town Manager Bruce St. Denis, Sarasota County Economic Development Corporation

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 Code Enforcement Board Regular Meeting — 10 a.m. Monday, July 11.  Town Commission Regular Meeting — 7 p.m. Monday, July 11.

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

President Kathy Baylis explained that $5,022 is the town’s portion to continue participating in the county’s economic development program.

“This letter is a reminder for you to consider the town of Longboat Key’s contribution in your current budget deliberations,” Baylis wrote.

An interlocal agreement established by the corporation is self-renewing, and the contributions are requested every year in June.

The city of Sarasota must pay $52,860, and the city of Venice must pay $21,846 to participate.

Contributions are based on city and town population projections.

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Casa del Mar General Manager D.M. Williams stands in the orchid garden, near the sign that the resort’s board gave him at its annual meeting.

Casa del Mar orchids grow up under Williams’ care D.M. Williams, general manager at Casa del Mar, does more than tend to guests’ needs. He also acts as official orchid baby sitter.

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opinion | bleu claire

Forgoing needless red tape There is simply too much paper-laden government bureaucracy involved in getting developments out of the ground and into the marketplace. We have consistently held that such roadblocks put up barriers to economic prosperity and add unnecessary burdens to private property owners, and ultimately to buyers and consumers.

So it was gratifying to see the Longboat Key Town Commission unanimously overturn a Longboat Key Planning and Zoning Board denial for a time extension of the Bleu Claire Condominium development. The owners had asked the town to extend its already approved site plan and hold off on obtaining building permits until 2013 for the 11-unit condo project at 4765 Gulf of Mexico Drive.

If the commission had followed the planning and zoning board recommendation denying the extension, the developer would have had to start the permit process over.

Permits from other government agencies, such as the Florida Department of Environmental Protection among others, were in hand and up to date. One had already been extended and another was in the process.

The need for the extension request is obvious: The economy, real estate and condo markets are depressed. But many see the beginning of a turnaround, and the developers of Bleu Claire, who have already spent thousands of dollars on their development, want to be prepared for the eventual rebound.

The only argument made for denying the extension, and requiring the developer to start over, was that the commission could then utilize new or updated information to add or change conditions in the development. But no specifics were provided to commissioners as to what new information or conditions had arisen.

Further, the developer said that if the approval lapsed and he had to start the process

over, he would be submitting the same plan commissioners had already approved. That would have been a waste of time and money for the developer and the town staff.

“I don’t see any benefit to the town of kicking this out,” Mayor Jim Brown said. “We want this site developed. We don’t need any more dead sites on Longboat Key.” Quite so. Former Mayor George Spoll also spoke in favor of the extension: “This has been thoroughly vetted.”

Fortunately every town commissioner saw it the same way, and with the extension granted, a vacant parcel on the island will be primed for development when the economy ticks up.

+ 30-day rule: Scrap it

The Longboat Key Planning and Zoning Board is right. The town should eliminate the ordinance prohibiting the Key’s hotels from renting rooms for 30 days or more.

Should the town regulate how much commission a Realtor earns? Or how about the price of grouper at a restaurant? So long as the hotel is not harming anyone, the town has no business meddling in how long or short a hotel rents its rooms.

+ No new taxes

Longboat commissioners made it clear they are not willing to consider a tax increase to close the budget gap. It’s the right choice.

As hard as these times of cutbacks are on town employees, and on government employees at all levels other than federal (where spending goes merrily on its way off the cliff), the key is to keep spending checked.

Smaller government is not an evil. Fewer services can be survived. For the economy to recover, governments need to avoid the temptations for even small tax increases, because they all add up to an anchor on

PERCEPTIONS MATTER

Sometimes public officials must make decisions for the sake of appearances, and that is not always bad.

There are times when doing so shows they understand an issue and the condition of others.

Longboat town commissioners demonstrated they get that point when they decided recently not to buy iPads for themselves, largely for the reason they simply did not think it would look right.

They were right. While the town had been cutting back, keeping pay in line, eliminating jobs and scaling back services, it would be tone-deaf for the commissioners to buy themselves the latest popular tech gadget.

If the purchase makes sense now, it probably will in a few years. And there is nothing wrong with the commissioners doing with less, too.

vibrant recovery.

Town Manager Bruce St. Denis has been at his job for a long time. These may be his toughest years, but he should have the best idea of what savings can be accomplished.

+ Correction

Longboat Key voters did not approve the Longboat Key Club and Resort expansion projects, as was incorrectly reported here last week.

my VIEW | Voting

Setting the vote straight There are some issues that have been so badly reported, where the bias is so entrenched and the media agenda so intertwined in news stories, that it is difficult to unravel things enough to make a cogent argument. Everyone’s mind appears already made up with insufficient information.

Such is the case with the early-voting limitations the Legislature instituted this past session. They were part of larger changes to elections laws to tighten voter registration requirements, change the rules on petition drives and make other improvements to combat fraud.

News stories have ROD uniformly hammered THOMSON the legislation, quoting at length unions, Democrats and the League of Women Voters in story lines that make it all too obvious the media view the changes as a racist power grab. The reporting has typically been along these lines: “Florida Gov. Rick Scott could face a rebellion from local elections officials, as well as lawsuits over a controversial law that tightened restrictions on voter registration.” The Hill. (That would be Democratic local elections officials and lawsuits from liberals such as the ACLU. But that context is left out.)

“Critics assailed (Scott) for endorsing ‘voter suppression’ tactics aimed at making it tougher for President Barack Obama to capture Florida…” The Miami Herald.

The Sarasota Herald-Tribune reported that half of black voters in Florida used early voting to cast their ballots in 2008, and the new law will make it harder for them. This is the “suppression.” The source for this? With a straight face, the story cited “an analysis of state elections records by the Florida Democratic Party.” Seriously, that is the level of objective reporting on this issue.

Space does not allow for the universe of distortions and one-sided examples. But the point is near-universal in the mainstream media and impossible to miss: The Republicans and Scott are trying to keep blacks and others from voting for Democrats.

So now to unwind the wild rhetoric and give some context: First, we should view voting as sacred to democracy. Beyond the debate over whether it is a right or a privilege, it should be taken seriously and done by people who are informed about who and on what they are voting. We cannot create laws testing knowledge before voting, but we also have no responsibility to make it so easy as to completely devalue it.

Think of the Iraqis with purple fingers and so many others around the world risking death to cast a vote. But we are so spoiled that we cannot countenance the merest inconvenience, such as cutting the number of early voting days, without reams of whining.

The truth is that none of the changes in the new law will stop dedicated, informed voters from getting to the polls and casting their preference. We have become such a nation of molly-coddlers and enablers, that we forget the real value of voting.

Let’s go through the Democrat/ACLU/media triune of charges.

Charge: Cutting early voting from 15 days to eight days will hurt blacks because they use it most.

Context: While the number of days has been cut, the total number of hours remains the same. What this means is that more opportunities are opened up for working people who may have been on the job when the early polls were open and now can cast early ballots before or after work more easily. Seems like a good thing.

Charge: Ending early voting on the Saturday before election day, rather than the Sunday, means churches cannot encourage members to vote Sunday from the morning pulpit, and organize buses to get them there.

Context: There is no right to early voting, no

right to Sunday voting and Christian preachers, at any rate, ought to be preaching the Gospel and not preaching partisan politics.

This may affect churches in black communities more where there has been considerable political activism from the pulpit. But it affects everyone the same.

Charge: Not allowing address changes on the day of voting will hinder the poor and college students who tend to move more.

Context: Anyone with a new address can still cast a vote as a provisional ballot, which means that once the address checks out, the vote is counted. No one is denied anything.

But it is a control on fraud.

Will the same media that are hyper-sensitive to race and partisanship notice that the U.S. Justice Department looking into this new law is the same Obama Justice Department that inexplicably dropped charges against two New Black Panthers for voter intimidation at a Philadelphia polling place despite a blatant YouTube video and overwhelming evidence?

I’ll be waiting for my news brethren to point out constantly how the president and Justice Department are politicizing Florida’s voting process. I just won’t hold my breath.

Interestingly, the Obama Justice Department has just weighed in on a four-year-old Arizona law saying that you have to prove you are an American citizen to vote — beyond just saying you are. Comports with common sense. But not to the Obama Justice Department, which has filed a brief opposing the law. It’s almost like they want illegals to vote.

Is their partisanship in the Florida bill? Well, duh. It was done by politicians. But is it the threat that opponents claim — a “return to Jim Crowe tactics,” according to the moreand-more-partisan League of Women Voters?

Not remotely.

Anyone can still vote on the Tuesday after the first Monday in November. Anyone can still vote for more than a week before that.

And anyone can still mail in a ballot.

If that is too inconvenient, it is probably just as well you stay on the couch anyway.

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More money is no answer Lighthouse Point boat Rod Thomson’s recent editorial, “Reforms, Not Money, Working,” was spot-on.

His argument that money hasn’t led to increased test scores in our educational system is true both at the international level and at our local level.

Half of the world’s major industrialized countries outscored America on the 2009 Programme for International Student Assessment. And, yet, America outspends all countries in the world on education, except tiny Luxembourg.

Like America’s position in the world, Sarasota’s position in Florida is that of a top spender but poor performer. Since 2002, Sara- Merrill sota has outspent all but a few tiny school districts. We spent 20% to 35% more per student than each of the districts that outscored us on the 2010 Reading FCAT. To put a round number on the savings for Sarasota County, if only we could be as efficient and effective as these other districts — $75 million each and every year.

Meanwhile, since 2002, the weightedaverage reading FCAT scores for our 10thgrade white students barely made it into the top half of all white students in the state. Even worse, the weighted-average scores for our black and Hispanic students were in the bottom 25% when compared to other black and Hispanic students across the state. During the period from 2002 to 2010, the racial-subgroup scores for five of the largest urban areas in Florida beat Sarasota’s racial-subgroup scores, including the school districts for Miami, Fort Lauderdale, West Palm Beach, Orlando and Tampa. (These five districts alone account for 45% of Florida’s students.)

The only way to get our scores up is to stop telling our students and their parents

that they are doing just fine. The kids and their parents need to know the truth, and the kids need to understand that their future depends on their education. The happy talk that deceives them and the resistance to reform found in the Sarasota County School District needs to stop.

But teachers can’t turn this around by themselves, because, as Thomson noted, a student’s cultural and family background have more influence on learning than a teacher does. Nevertheless, the cultural issues can be addressed by creating a strong “culture of learning” within our schools and by providing more parent/teacher interaction. Schools such as KIPP Academy Charter Schools have been successful in overcoming the cultural issues.

While we need to be more selective in hiring and retaining teachers, the Sarasota school district also needs to accept the philosophy of “no excuses!” for student performance, and we the parents and public need to hold the School Board, the superintendent, the principals and the teachers accountable.

The top-performing school districts in Florida based on their test scores for all of the racial subgroups are Leon, St. Johns, Broward, Brevard, Seminole and Okaloosa. We should find out how they consistently outperform us.

This is by far the biggest scandal in Sarasota the frustrated lives and wasted money caused by an under-performing school district. It’s time we stopped accepting it.

David Merrill is a former mayor of Sarasota, on the Better Government Association Board of Directors and is president of Arox Underground Utilities.

dock approval granted The residents of Lighthouse Point received approval from the Longboat Key Planning and Zoning Board to extend and widen their two community boat docks in the lagoon off New Pass.

After years of discussions and conversations with the Longboat Key Planning, Zoning and Building Department staff, Lighthouse Point residents are getting their community docks upgraded.

At its Tuesday, June 21 regular meeting, the Longboat Key Planning and Zoning Board approved an outline development-plan amendment and a site-plan amendment that allows the community to reconfigure the boat moorings areas at two Lighthouse Point community docks. The change would provide better access to the mooring area and greater protection to the surrounding seagrass.

Currently, the community’s two docks have a common dock area to provide for boat access for six Lighthouse Point residents who have lots that don’t allow for docks on their properties.

Lighthouse Point requested an amendment from the town code to increase the projection of two docks into the waterway by 59.6 feet and to allow

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The request was an increase of 10 feet in length and 480 square feet of dock space than what currently exists on the docks in the Islandside community. The request would also reconfigure finger piers, which are used to moor boats, parallel to the dock structure.

The request also maintains eight boat slips but reconfigures them on the docks to place four on each dock.

However, neither of the community docks can extend further than 50 feet into the water, and one of the finger piers must be removed on the western dock. The request to remove one of the finger piers was granted after one homeowner complained that the revised docks hampered his view of New Pass.

In a video shown to the planning board, more than 15 Lighthouse Point residents, who are either gone for the summer or couldn’t attend the meeting, voiced their overwhelming support for the project.

Town planner Steve Schield said the request was “a long time coming.”

“Staff has been working for more than two years to improve this area and allow better access to the docks,” Schield said. “We believe that’s been accomplished.”

The Longboat Key Town Commission will now review the planning board’s recommendation in September.

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+ Historical Society seeks T-shirt designs

The Longboat Key Historical Society is holding a contest for the best beach T-shirt. If you think your design would fit the Historical Society to a “T,” email your submission to landsendmarina@mac. com.

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+ Philanthropy runs in the Kreindler family

From Longboater Ruth Kreindler comes this report of a caring, actionoriented grandchild. Kreindler’s daughter, Laurie Kreindler, runs a charity that supports a school for some 200-plus students in rural Cambodia. Laurie Kreindler took her daughter, Abby, a junior at Vanderbilt, with her on a recent visit, during which she found bright-eyed students eager to learn but struggling to concentrate because they had nothing to eat. So, Abby Kreindler launched a bakery project called Breakthe Fast to put food in their tummies so they can put knowledge in their minds. Learn more at Breakthe Fast’s Facebook page, which chronicles this youthful initiative.

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By Kurt Schultheis | City Editor

Longboat Island Chapel cell tower still in the works The church is still working with Alpha Omega Communications to erect a tower on its property.

Longboat Key resident and Alpha-Omega Communications owner Jimmy Eatrides and his partner, Kevin Barile, president of Tampa-based Ridan Industries II, are still working on bringing a cellular tower to the north end of the island.

Eatrides told the Longboat Observer that the Longboat Key Planning, Zoning and Building Department has not formally accepted the three separate applications needed to build the tower behind Longboat Island Chapel, 6200 Gulf of Mexico Drive.

“We have had ongoing discussions with town staff on various issues,” Eatrides said. “We have gone through a number of revisions for our applications but plan on having an application the (Longboat Key) Planning and Zoning Board can officially review in September.”

Barile said they are also waiting on the Longboat Island Chapel’s new board of directors to formally sign off on a plan to place the tower behind the church, instead of closer to Gulf of Mexico Drive near the Lord’s Warehouse.

“This is the first cellular tower application ever for Longboat Key, so it’s taking some time to work through,” Barile said.

One hurdle for the application has been a town code that requires a tower to have a setback that is two times the height of the tower, or 200 feet, whichever is greater.

Barile and Eatrides are seeking relief from the setback issue.

“No property exists on the north end, or the island for that matter, that is 600 feet by 600 feet,” Barile said.

Church officials signed a lease agreement with Eatrides and Barile in July for a proposed 150-foot tower on the 4.5-acre church property.

The tower allows for six cellular carriers to carry their services on the structure.

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Eatrides and Barile said the lease agreement and pending application is a culmination of more than three years of discussions with the chapel’s board of directors and the congregation.

The base of the tower would be 5.5 feet in diameter and would include an elevated platform supporting all of the carrier equipment that would sit 5 feet to 6 feet off the ground.

The tallest portion of the tower would be 42 inches in diameter.

All of the equipment would be enclosed in a wall system and be shielded with landscaping.

Both Eatrides and Barile say it’s the only tower the north end will need to close service gaps in cellular coverage.

Eatrides and Barile said they will be holding community meetings in the fall to explain their intent to residents prior to public hearings.

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Cops Corner LONGBOAT

June 9

Secure feeling 9:42 p.m. — 4000 block of Gulf of Mexico Drive (GMD). Security Check. Police secured the office door to the Bayfront Park Recreation Center.

June 10

Overworked 7:46 a.m. — 500 block of Rountree Lane.

Code Enforcement. A contractor performing renovations on a home was told he could only work between the hours of 8 a.m. and 5 p.m.

Private parking 8:58 p.m. — 200 block of North Shore Road. Trespassing. A man was told he couldn’t park his car on private condominium property. He promised to find a legal place to park next time he went to the beach.

Illegal park activity 11:34 p.m. — 100 block of GMD. Code Enforcement. Four underage boys were told to pour out their alcohol. They agreed to leave Overlook Park, which closes at sunset.

June 12

Explosive event 2:11 p.m. — 700 block of Broadway. Boat.

A man told police that he and his companion left a restaurant after lunch, and when they started up their Jet Ski, it exploded and knocked them into the water. No one suffered any injuries.

Caught red-handed 5:41 p.m. — 100 block of GMD. Beverage Violation. A man walked out of the Gulf of Mexico and into Overlook Park with a beer in his hand. The underage beer drinker was issued a notice to appear in court for his violation.

June 13

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1:03 a.m. — 4700 block of GMD. Suspicious Person. Police witnessed a drunken woman urinating in the parking lot of a hotel. She told police she had lost her room key. The front desk provided her with a new key so she could be more discrete in the comfort of her hotel room.

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7:23 p.m. — 3600 block of Fair Oaks Place. Public Service. A woman advised police she found a purse on her pool deck. The housekeeper had mistakenly left her purse there.

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2:54 a.m. — 1500 block of GMD. Suspicious Circumstance. A man told police a woman from an escort service stole $150 from him when he was undressed and intoxicated.

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Longboat Key, Lido Key, St. Armands Key Chamber of Commerce Small Business Awards — takes place from 5 to 7 p.m.

Wednesday, June 22, at The Players Theatre, 838 N. Tamiami Trail, Sarasota. This year’s event will feature an Academy Awardsstyle awards presentation, along with hors d’oeuvres and a cash bar. Cost is $5. Call 383-2466.

‘Medicare 101’ Seminar — takes place at 10 a.m. Thursday, June 23, at Longboat Island Chapel, 6200 Gulf of Mexico Drive. Donna Bilzman, who has worked in the health-care industry for 20 years and specializes in Medicare coverage, will speak. The event is open to the public. Call 383-6491.

Anna Maria Island Privateers 40th Anniversary Invasion — takes place at 4:30 p.m. Friday, July 1, at the city of Bradenton Beach offices, 107 Gulf Drive N., Bradenton Beach. The pirates will invade city offices and “capture” Mayor Bob Bartelt. The pirates will call for the City Commission to declare a Decree of Privateering.

Appetizers, drinks and music will follow. Contact Tim “Hammer” Thompson at 780-1668.

Fireworks ‘Boom Boom on the Bay’ — Fireworks begin at 9 p.m.

Saturday, July 2. Viewing, tables and dining specials are available at Moore’s Stone Crab Restaurant, 800 Broadway, and Mar Vista Dockside Restaurant & Pub, 760 Broadway. For information or reservations, call Moore’s at 3831748 or Mar Vista at 383-2391.

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.

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James Patrick Greer

Longboat Key Freedom Fest What: Put on your favorite red, white and blue attire for the parade that’s often described as the shortest and most charming parade in America. Then, enjoy old-fashioned games, breakfast treats and a butterfly release courtesy of the Longboat Key Garden Club. Call 383-2466.

When: 9 a.m.

Monday, July 4 Where: Bicentennial Park

The Lord’s Warehouse — is open from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Tuesday and Saturday. The thrift shop is located 5140 Gulf of Mexico Drive. Call 383-4738.

Mote Marine Laboratory Sea Turtle Walks — take place at 6:45 a.m. Saturdays, beginning at the Longboat Key Hilton Beachfront 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 3884441.

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 3832345.

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 3836491.

James Patrick Greer, 58, formerly of Delphos, Ohio, died June 8.

Born Aug. 17, 1952, in Des Moines, Iowa, he graduated in 1971 from Canisius High School and in 1975 from the University of Toledo, where he played football. He received his master’s degree in 2002 in geography and planning.

Mr. Greer most recently worked as a planner for the Lima-Allen County Regional Planning Commission, in Ohio.

He is remembered for his love of history and passion for learning.

Mr. Greer was preceded in death by his mother, Miriam Greer. He is survived by his father, James Roland Greer, of Longboat Key; brothers John, Thomas, Daniel and Joseph; sisters Margaret Creamer, Mary Greer, Constance Greer and Molly Brady; former wife, Martha Adams; and several nieces and nephews.

A funeral Mass took place Friday, June 17, in Orchard Park, N.Y. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions can be made in Mr. Greer’s name to Father Martin’s Ashley, Attn: Sue Tucker, 800 Tydings Lane, Harve de Grace, Md., 21078, or fathermartinsashley.org. Online condolences can be shared at amigone.com.

John Spanos

John Spanos, 83, of Erie, Pa., and formerly of Longboat Key, died June 2.

Born Oct. 31, 1927, he was a U.S. Navy veteran and graduated from Bentley College, in Boston. He was a certified public accountant with Ernst & Young and retired from the partnership in September 1998.

Mr. Spanos was a member of the Longboat Key Club and Resort and was an avid golfer — he played at courses throughout the United States and Europe. He was an active member of St. Barbara’s Greek Orthodox Church, in Sarasota.

Mr. Spanos was a sports fan and followed the Boston Red Sox, Boston Celtics and the Cleveland Browns. At age 70, he actively participated in a Red Sox baseball fantasy camp in Fort Myers.

Mr. Spanos was preceded in death by his wife, Sue Ann. He is survived by his daughters Diana Spanos, of Marblehead, Mass., and Christine Connolly, of Honey Creek, Iowa; sons Gregory Spanos, of Marblehead, and Stephen Spanos, of North Andover, Mass.; sisters Helen Sanborn and Dorothy Spanos, of Manchester, N.H.; brother, George Spanos, of Reisterstown, Md.; and eight grandchildren.

A funeral service was held June 7, at the Assumption Greek Orthodox Church, in Erie. Memorial contributions can be made to the Spanos Family Memorial Scholarship Fund, c/o Erie Community Foundation, 459 W. Sixth St., Erie, Pa., 16507.

WORSHIP SERVICES 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. 3838161.

N. Adams Drive, will hold contemporary Sunday worship services at 9 a.m. and traditional Sunday worship services at 11 a.m. The Rev. Mark Bernthal is the pastor. 388-1234.

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. 3836491.

St. Armands Key Lutheran Church, 40

Temple Beth Israel, 567 Bay Isles Road, will hold Shabbat services at 5:30 p.m. Fridays and 10 a.m.

Saturdays. Jonathan Katz is the rabbi.

Call 383-3428.

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Longboat Key’s Fourth of July Extravaganza

FREEDOM FEST Parade • Food • Games • Fireworks Fun for All Ages!

FREEDOM FEST PARADE

Grab your red, white and blue streamers and decorate your bikes, strollers, wagons and, yes, your dogs for a patriotic stroll down Longboat Key's Main Street — Bay Isles Road. Join Longboat Key dignitaries, Uncle Sam, the Cannons Marina boat and all your neighbors for an old-fashioned, All-American parade. Lineup begins at 8:30 a.m. between Bank of America and SunTrust Bank on Bay Isles Road. Parade starts at 9 a.m.

AVENUE OF THE FLAGS

American flags will line Bay Isles Road in a tribute to the red, white and blue of American patriotism.

BOOM BOOM ON THE BAY

Head to Longbeach Village on north Longboat Key for the third annual Longboat Key fireworks show in Sarasota Bay behind Mar Vista Dockside Restaurant and Bar and Moore’s Stone Crab Restaurant.

Call Mar Vista (383-2391) or Moore’s (383-1748) for special dining and VIP packages at the restaurant.

TIME of show: Around 9 p.m., Saturday, July 2, weather permitting Viewing open to the public around the restaurants

KID GAMES & BUTTERFLY RELEASE

Fun games for kids of all ages in Bicentennial Park (next to Longboat Key Town Hall) after the parade, with loads of fun prizes for everyone. Kids can also take tours of Longboat Key’s biggest fire truck and rescue unit. At 10:30, kids will get to release dozens of butterflies, supplied by the Longboat Key Garden Club, into the park.

FOOD

The morning parade makes it a great time for your breakfast favorites: waffles from Blue Dolphin Cafe, plus sausage from the Longboat Key Club & Resort, soft drinks and more. Enjoy your food on picnic tables at the beautiful and shady Bicentennial Park.

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FREEDOM FEST: 9 to 11 a.m. • Monday, July 4 • Bicentennial Park on Bay Isles Road FIREWORKS SHOW: 9 p.m. • Saturday, July 2 • Behind Mar Vista/Moore’s Stone Crab

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A young green heron stuck close to an adult after its nest was attacked.

Two great blue heron chicks beg to be fed.

Photos courtesy of Dr. Lou Newman

Birds’-eye View Dr. Lou Newman has photographed wildlife on six continents.

But some of the most colorful creatures Newman has photographed are found close to home for the Plymouth Harbor resident at the Plymouth Harbor Bird Rookery, which is home to approximately 550 birds and at least 15 different species, six of which nest in the rookery.

Newman’s latest photographs capture the newest hatchlings at Plymouth Harbor, many of which are preparing to spread their wings.

outh Harbor Bird Rookery.

There were 10 nesting pairs, all of which appeared to produce two successful chicks. In past years, the rookery was filled with young black-crowned night herons. But, this year, it appears that more chicks than usual were knocked out of or fell out of their nests. This year, just two or three young blackcrowned night herons can be found in the rookery on a given day. According to Newman, the birds possibly fell prey to two These two black-crowned night heron nestlings left great-horned owls that roost the nest prematurely and unready to fly, possibly in North Lido Park that have forced out by siblings competing for food. been spotted at least twice at the rookery. Although some Great blue heron hatched from the nest of a pair of anhinresidents were concerned that Great blue heron chicks have raccoons or feral cats were preying on fledged (begun to successfully fly) from two nests at the rookery, while two gas that nested in the rookery. Four days both the black-crowned night heron healthy chicks remain in the third. Ac- later, a smaller pair of chicks hatched and green heron chicks, no sightings of cording to Newman, young great blue from the same nest. After 10 days, the either critters have been reported. herons are especially fun to watch as smaller chicks disappeared, and a few they become more adventurous and days later, one of the original chicks was Green herons The green heron’s incubation period learn to fly and fish. The only thing that found dead. But the adults continued ruffles their feathers? The crows, which to feed the surviving chick, which grew is just 21 days. By 11 days after hatching, come from two nests in the rookery’s and developed feathering. Newman be- the birds walk around the nest. They banyan trees. In response, the great blue lieves he has probably spread his wings fledge at 21 days, and after 28 days, they’re on their own. heron nestlings squawk, twist and turn — and successfully fledged.

Five green heron nests hatched at — before giving up and flying to a disBlack-crowned the Plymouth Harbor Bird Rookery this tant part of the lagoon. night heron year, but the chicks in four nests disThe black-crowned night heron usu- appeared within 48 hours of hatching.

Anhinga The two anhinga chicks pictured here ally seems to rule the roost at the Plym- Adults abandoned the nests and were

Two anhinga chicks try to prompt an adult female to feed them.

About the photographer Dr. Lou Newman is a retired veterinarian who owned a beef-cattle ranch in Montana before earning a doctorate in veterinary pathology and becoming a professor. In retirement, he put increasing energy into wildlife photography, which had always been a hobby. You can see more of his photographs in his latest exhibit, “Wildlife Babies: Wildlife Youngsters of Animals and Birds,” which is on display through Oct. 20, at Plymouth Harbor’s Mezzanine Art Gallery, 700 John Ringling Blvd.

found perched nearby. Three chicks in the fifth nest survived approximately 10 days before an attack by one or two black-crowned night herons. Two of the green heron chicks were missing, but one survived and was spotted standing beside an adult, although 48 hours after the attack, the chick was missing.

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real estate | transactions

By Robin Hartill | Community Editor

Lido property tops week’s sales Lewis and Debra Comer, of Unit 1104, sold Unit A-802 at L’Elegance on Lido Beach, 1800 Benjamin Franklin Drive, to Kerstin Halsall, Constance Crosby and Cecil Rochwerg, as trustees of The Sapphire Trust, of Ontario, for $1,083,000. Built in 1996, the 1,980-square-foot unit has three bedrooms and three bathrooms.

It last sold for $718,000 in April 2000.

The sale was the largest key transaction recorded during the week of June 6 through June 10 at the Sarasota and Manatee county courthouses and the only sale to exceed $1 million. Of the week’s 11 sales, eight occurred on Longboat Key, three of which were in Manatee County, while three occurred on Lido Key.

Longboat Shores

Peter and Beth Semchuk, of Longboat Key, sold their home at

622 Buttonwood Drive in Longboat Shores to Stephen and Hannah Miller for $799,000. Built in 1992, the 3,063-square-foot home has three bedrooms, three bathrooms and a swimming pool. It last sold for $740,000 in October 2002.

Islander Club

Bridget Spiess, of Sarasota, individually and as trustee of the Glendening Revocable Trust Agreement, sold Unit 33-S at the 140-unit Islander Club, 2295 Gulf of Mexico Drive, to Ronnie Carter, Brenda Carter and Ainsley Carter, of Macon, Ga., for $512,500. Built in 1970, the 1,235-square-foot unit has two bedrooms and two bathrooms.

It last sold for $575,000 in July 2004.

Fairway Bay

Larry and Susan Quesenberry,

of Murfreesboro, Tenn., sold Unit 542 at 2110 Harbourside Drive at the 288-unit Fairway Bay to Angela Mantilla, of Newtown, Pa., for $510,000. Built in 1988, the 2,039-square-foot unit has three bedrooms and two bathrooms. It last sold for $527,500 in February 2001.

Beachplace

H. Thomas and Carol Gable, of Warsaw, Ohio, sold Unit 203 at 1065 Gulf of Mexico Drive in the 336-unit Beachplace to Siegrun Schlick for $380,000. Built in 1981, the 1,503-square-foot unit has two bedrooms and two bathrooms. It last sold for $105,000 in October 1996.

Portobello

Paul and Debra Gilbert, of Bloomsburg, Pa., sold Unit B-104 at the bayside phase of the 74unit Portobello, 3240 Gulf of Mexico Drive, to John and Maryann Mazzaferro, of Rome, N.Y., for $260,000. Built in 1975, the 1,260-square-foot unit has two bedrooms and two bathrooms.

It last sold for $255,000 in March 2008.

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Unit A-802 at L’Elegance on Lido Beach, 1800 Benjamin Franklin Drive, has three bedrooms, three bathrooms and 1,980 square feet of living area. It sold for $1,083,000.

Macel Flenner, of Basalt, Co., sold the home at 660 Russell St. in the Longbeach Village to Thomas Barnum and Jennifer Redding, husband and wife, of Moab, Utah, for $240,000. Built in 1948 and remodeled in 1980, the 931-square-foot home has two bedrooms and one bathroom. It last sold for $215,000 in March 1999.

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Permit Applicant Amount Alteration Jean Baskfield $80,000 Alteration Herman Frankel $79,000 Alteration John Milkovich $60,000 Addition Steven Gold $55,519 Alteration Michael Imparato $43,750 Re-roof Alfred Myers $34,200 Alteration Joann Heisen $27,650 Addition Kathryn Lee $26,000 Alteration John Sizemore $25,450 Alteration Willibald Bleicher $24,000 Alteration Leo White $23,850 Alteration Barry Weinman $20,000 Alteration Aquarius Club $17,900 Alteration Larry Dwyer $14,797 Alteration Kevin O’Connor $14,420 Alteration Daniel Schlipf $12,045 Alteration Javon Bea $12,000 Alteration Istvan Milom $10,250 Alteration Unit 403 GOM LLC $7,500 Alteration Unit 403 GOM LLC $7,500 Alteration Gulfshore of LBK $5,000 Addition Lawrence Wilhelm $4,923 Re-roof Arnold Malasky $3,500 Alteration Esther Wilson $2,350 Alteration Victor Mingal $1,746

Sutton Place

Elaine Kennedy, of Punta Gorda, sold Unit T-11 at the 80-unit Sutton Place to Carmen DiDiano and Kathryn Quigley, husband and wife, of Wexford, Pa., for $219,500.

Built in 1972, the 756-square-foot unit has one bedroom and one bathroom. It last sold for $360,500 in October 2004.

Windward Bay

Margie Kallmeyer, of Sarasota, sold Unit 203 at 4540 Gulf of Mex-

ico Drive at the 151-unit Windward Bay to Windward Bay Inc., a Florida nonprofit corporation, for $115,000. Built in 1975, the 1,096-square-foot unit has two bedrooms and one bathroom. It last sold for $42,500 in February 1978.

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by Molly Schechter

Taking ballet lessons to the street Sayward Grindley points out the handprints on the floor-toceiling windows and makes her case. First, folks are clearly paying attention to Sarasota Ballet’s Studio 20, the new teaching and performance facility downtown on Lemon Street across from Mattison’s City Grille, and that presence is increasing awareness of ballet, in general, and the Sarasota MOLLY troupe, in parSCHECHTER ticular. And, second, the visibility is drawing students to the studio’s menu of classes.

Probably abetted by “Black Swan,” the noir film drama starring Natalie Portman, ballet classes are attracting people who aspire not to careers but to fitness and to having a ballerina body. Just last month, The New York Times reported that, “Women have long coveted sinewy arms, high and tight derrieres, lean legs and a regal posture. Now, in search of this shape, many of them are ditching yoga and Pilates and lining up at the ballet barre.”

Grindley, who is both education director of the Sarasota Ballet and artistic director of the Sarasota Ballet School, thinks more in terms of “learning brain-to-body commands.”

display and “looking for an angel to help with bathrooms that are functioning but not finished and to address lighting needs.”

To help out, call her at 359-0099, Ext. 120 or email her at sgrindley@sarasotaballet.org.

Studio 20 offers evening performances the first Friday of every month that are free and open to the public. The ballet leases it to other dance companies, such as Moving Ethos, and other organizations use it for fundraisers and performances.

Grindley’s team includes Fallon Niesen (intern and dancer), Christie Wile (trainee program and administration) and Skyler Taylor (education associate and teacher).

“The energy of being downtown makes Studio 20 different from any other studio,” Taylor says.

That attribute, the diverse menu of classes and the quality of instruction have all contributed to building a loyal student body.

“Most students come back,” Grindley says, “and at least 75% stay.”

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Skyler Taylor, Sayward Grindley, Fallon Niesen and Christie Wile

More ballet for adults West Coast Civic Ballet 1370-D Blvd. of the Arts, Sarasota For all ages, including seniors (taught by Alice Stahlschmidt) www.westcoastcivicballet.org Call 321-5096 Pure Barre Opening June 20 at Paradise Plaza, 3800 S. Tamiami Trail, Suite 16, Sarasota www.purebarre.com Call 953-2323 That instruction is valuable to virtually anyone and available in various flavors at Studio 20, which strives to offer something

for every level and every age.

(See box at right for summer schedule.) It is not necessary to be a dancer to take a dance class here; teachers adapt for whomever is in the class. Most of them are company members. For example, principal dancer Kate Honea teaches a dance fitness/ boot-camp class, and principal dancer Octavio Martin teaches Latin jazz.

Studio 20 is, in effect, a gift to the ballet from John Simon, of Pineapple Square Development. (It was previously donated to Sarasota Season of Sculpture as a gallery.) It began offering classes in October. The space is outfitted with mirrors, barres and a professional, Marley-covered sprung floor. Grindley says she is waiting for an artist or a gallery to use its walls for

Summer schedule Studio 20 summer classes run through Aug. 20. All classes are $10 unless otherwise noted. RSVP to sgrindley@sarasotaballet.org.

Monday 10 to 11 a.m.: Adult beginner ballet 11 a.m. to noon: Latin cardio: flamenco 6:30 to 7:30 p.m.: Latin jazz

Tuesday 10 to 11 a.m.: Dance fitness/Boot camp 2:45 to 3:45 p.m.: Jazz 5:30 to 6:30 p.m.: Pilates ($15) 6:30 to 7:30 p.m.: Yoga

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Spacious Custom Two-Story Laurel Park Home Built in 2006 w/ Detached Guest House. $649,000

LONGBOAT KEY

Prime Country Club Shores Location with Big Bay Views Priced for Immediate Sale!

$1,195,000.

LONGBOAT KEY

CASEY KEY

LONGBOAT KEY

Sparkling Contemporary Waterfront Home in Bay Isles w/ Great Boating! $2,349,000

Great Little Beach Getaway with Bay Access $1,950,000

$4,495,000

Tranquil and Private Resort-Like Beachfront Estate on Longboat Key.

LONGBOAT KEY

LONGBOAT KEY

L’Ambiance Walk-Down w/ 3 Bedrooms, 4 1/2 Baths Plus Den. 3380 SF $2,700,000

Dreamy Coastal Living. Three Bedroom Custom Pool Home With Sparkling Perfection and Delicious Water Views. 1,229,000

GOLDEN GATE POINT

$2,190,000

Beautiful LaBellasara with over 3100 SF of Marvelous Finishes & Lovely Bay and City Views!

SIESTA KEY

LONGBOAT KEY

Peacock Bay Estate w/ 5 En-Suite Bedrooms, Guest Suite, Superb Views and Unparalleled Architectural Finishes! $8,595,000

L’Ambiance Three Bedroom with Direct Gulf Beach Views. $1,799,000

LONGBOAT KEY

Very Impressive Conrad Beach Beauty Just Steps to the Beach.

$999,000

Distinctive homes presented by Cheryl Loeffler Today, it is not simply about creating a website or advertisement and waiting for buyers to find your listed property.

It is about developing mixed-media strategies and integrated partnerships that position our brand and your home ubiquitously throughout multiple print and digital platforms, providing more relevant levels of engagement for consumers to seek out your home and the services offered by Signature | Sotheby’s International Realty.

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22A YourObserver.com summer social By Rachel S. O’Hara | Staff Photographer

Gloria Frydman, Mark Wellens and Beverly Tschuor

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Carol Peschel, Lydia Bohn and Judy Williams

Bob and Alycia Craft

Republican Club throws poolside bash The Republican Club of Longboat Key held a barbecue for its members and potential new members Wednesday, June 15, at the Sarasota Yacht Club. The poolside event included a buffet of hot dogs and hamburgers,

Photos by Rachel S. O’Hara

Bob Gault, Republican Club of Longboat Key Vice President Dr. Jim Whitman, board member Audrey Marten and board member John Wild pose together at the Republican Club’s summer social Wednesday, June 15, at Sarasota Yacht Club.

5360 Gulf of Mexico Dr., Suite 101, Longboat Key

Call 941-383-5577 or visit www.wagnerrealty.com

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Michael Fox, Gloria Lipscomb, Zack Hamric, Greta Carlo, Jack Black and Susan Phillips

along with other side dishes, and a large display of fruit.

Although there was a little rain at the start of the barbecue, the skies cleared up, and the group enjoyed an evening of mingling and munching.

LONGBOAT KEY NEWLY FURNISHED DOWNTOWN W/DIRECT BAY VIEWS! 3317SF/3-4Br/3Ba/2CG w/pvt elevator, detailed & high ceil, crown molding, marble, built-ins, gas fp, granite, imported cabinets, MBa w/jetted tub & bidet, state-ofthe-art sys, 2 balconies in secure bldg w/ amenities! MLS#A3943537 $1,500,000

1BR/1BA condo with screened porch. Enjoy the beach, bay, docks, tennis, pool and Jacuzzi.

All ready to move in. Walking distance to restaurants and shops. John Hines #A3931045.

FURN W/PANORAMIC BAY VIEWS! Downtown 1360SF/2-3Br/2Ba/1CG w/ faux & artisan finishes, crown moldings, wood cabinets, ceramic tile, granite, plantation shutters, walk-in closets, openair balcony & pvt laundry in secure building w/amenities! MLS#A3929596 $450,000

$249,000

CONRAD BEACH

Incredible opportunity to own 2 adjoining lots west of Gulf of Mexico Drive.

Conrad Beach boasts timeless architecture, com. pool & clubhouse. Purchase separately or w/M5815731.

Peter Uliano #M5815734

$260,000 DEVELOPER CLOSEOUT PRICING! Owner Financing Available - Waterfront homes on Little SRQ Bay w/views & upgrades in a gated comm. w/amenities; pool, spa, fitness plus a full service marina w/Harbor MSTR, docks, rackominiums & wet slips available! Starting at $399,000

UPDATED DIRECT GULF FRONT! 2360SF/3Br/3Ba/2CG w/unobstructed water views, extended Lr & MBr, tile, plantation shutters, crown moldings, artisan finishes, Corian, granite, marble & private laundry in secure N Siesta Key building w/pool! MLS#A3933310 $800,000

SHORT STORIES: A REAL NICE RANCH

SIESTA KEY, REMODELED & FURN! 1445SF/2Br/2Ba/1CP w/bonus rm, den, raised ceil, tile, plantation shutters, granite, crown moldings, wood cabinets, & w/d included in Island Reef w/resort-like amenities; pools, tennis courts, docks, beach access & more! MLS#A3943588 $425,000

with view of water, close to IMG. Great floor plan. Will do lease option. Call for details.

Jerry Cunningham #A3941925 $295,838

GREAT OPPORTUNITY

UPDATED & FUR BEACH TOWNHOUSE! Gulf & Bay views; 896 F / 2+Br / 1Ba / 2HaBa / 1CG end res w/Corian, diagonal tile, bamboo flr, plantation shutters, French doors & 2 balconies, in renovated bldg across from Bradenton Beach! MLS#A3929050 $325,000

GULF & BAY VIEWS! Furn & updated 1615SF/2Br/2Ba/1CP end res w/views in EVERY rm, remodeled kitchen, upgraded baths, neutral carpet & tile, raised panel cabinets & pvt open-air balcony in the renovated Aquarius Club on LBK w/amenities! MLS#A3934996 $599,000

to own in the “Village” on Longboat Key. Turn this into your dream home with a little TLC, 4BR/2BA, large fenced backyard with room for a pool. Community boat launch, fishing pier & beach access.

Teresia Bradford #M5812424

DOWNTOWN W/VIEWS! Completely remodeled 1688SF/3Br/2Ba/2CG w/diagonal tile, granite, furniture quality wood cabinets, SS appls, pocket doors, modern MBa w/Roman shower & dual sinks, pvt balcony in Bay Plaza w/full service amenities! MLS#A3939930 $750,000

$299,000

PENTHOUSE BAY VIEW LBK

2BR/2BA designer furnished, boat docks, beach cabana, pets welcome. A must see.

Great complex, shows like a model. Best value on LBK. Hurry! Marc Turner $399,000 #A3926740.

ABSOLUTELY STUNNING 3BR/3BA

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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

Island pool home w/finished bonus room, elevator, new kitchen, SS appl., granite counters & maple cabinets. Wood deck, tropical landscaping, steps to the beach. Teresia Bradford $479,000 #M5819230

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IT’S READ EVERYWHERE

The Observer’s “It’s Read Everywhere” photo contest is now online at YourObserver.com. Visit our website, YourObserver. com, to upload your photo submissions from now until Oct. 15; photos submitted directly to the paper will automatically be uploaded to our website. Online voting takes place from Nov. 1 to Nov. 7. Winners will be announced in the Nov. 10 issue of the Longboat Observer. Email your entries to nschwartz@yourobserver.com or mail them to the Longboat Observer, 5570 Gulf of Mexico Drive, Longboat Key, Fla., 34228.

GERMANY. Longboat Key resident Lauren Walsh gives a thumbs up to the Longboat Observer while on a recent Rhine River cruise with her mom. Walsh is standing next to a piece called “Le Pouce,” by the artist Cesar, on the grounds of the Ludwig Museum, in Cologne, Germany.

games | deal us in

by Donna Swan | Contributing Writer

When to lose There are times when you know you have tricks to lose, and determining when to lose those tricks can make or break a contract. North showed slam interest when he made his four-spade cue-bid. South was not inclined to venture further with his minimum opening bid. North confirmed diamond support with his five-diamond bid.

West led his top spade, and declarer was not thrilled with his contract. East surely had the ace of hearts with his vulnerable three-level bid, so there was a danger of losing two heart tricks and a club.

If East held three clubs, he could be endplayed in that suit and forced to lead a heart from the ace. Because East held long spades, it was more likely that West would have club length.

There are two roads to making the contract.

One way is to duck the opening lead.

East wins the king but can do no damage.

If he returns a spade, declarer can discard a club and establish the suit with a ruff. He can get back to dummy with a trump to discard his losing hearts on the long clubs.

To prevent an overtrick, East must cash the ace of hearts at trick two.

Another path would be for declarer to win the ace of spades, draw trump and cash the ace and king of clubs. Lead the eight of spades from dummy, and when East covers with the nine, declarer can discard his losing club. East has a problem with the lead and has a choice of losing exits. A spade would present declarer with a sluff and a ruff, and a heart would set up dummy’s king, which would make the contract.

BRIDGE HAND Dealer: North

Vulnerable: Neither

North

West

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Bidding: South 1 ♦ 4 ♦ 5 ♠ Pass

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Opening Lead: 6

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North 2 ♠ 4 ♠ 5 ♦

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Solve the puzzle by placing the numbers 1 through 9 in each row, column and box. See answers on page 21A. © Tribune Media Services

spirit 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.”

The Observer Group’s Annual 4th of July Special Section

“Spirit of AmericA” Publishes June 30 in the Longboat Observer, East County Observer & Sarasota Observer

Candid local shots of what makes America unique Also included: the annual calendar of Fourth of July community events

Enter the “Spirit of America” Online Photo Contest on YourObserver.com

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Submit your photos until June 25 that represent what makes America unique.

Then vote for your favorite photo from June 25 to 27 to be featured in the special section on June 30!

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Sunrise/sunset

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Sunrise

2010 0.66 in.

2011 2010 16.30 in. 11.75 in.

WEEKLY WINNEr: GLIMMER OF HOPE

Sunset

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PHOTO CONTEST: Enter your local sunset, sunrise or weather-related photos for The Observer’s weatherphoto contest, sponsored by Cool Today.

Please include where you took the photo when submitting photos, as well as your mailing address. Each week’s winner will receive a $50 restaurant gift card. Please send your photos to the Longboat Observer, 5570 Gulf of Mexico Drive, Longboat Key, Fla., 34228, or email them to nschwartz@yourobserver.com.

TemperatureS

Temps.

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Tues., June 14 Wed., June 15 Thurs., June 16 Fri., June 17 Sat., June 18 Sun., June 19 Mon., June 20

Record Temps.

High Low 98 (1981) 69 (1991) 98 (1981) 69 (1991) 98 (1981) 69 (1991) 98 (1981) 70 (1998) 98 (1981) 70 (1985) 97 (1993) 72 (2006) 97 (1981) 72 (1983)

Average Gulf water temperature: 88.6

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Henry Adomonis submitted this sunset photo taken from Fairway Bay III in Harbourside.

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HOT STUFF by Paul Jenn

62 Archaeological dig sites 1 College student’s 63 Florestan’s jailer in home “Fidelio” 5 Golf course feature 64 Denim pants 9 Role-plays 65 Neighbor of Sudan 13 Attend Andover, 67 “I agree” e.g.

68 Type of facial hair 17 Square yardage 71 Religious branches 18 Ring-tailed primate 72 Whiskey’s Walker 19 Dinnertime prayer 73 Unspoken OKs 21 Word with 74 Sports “zebra” “dynamic” or 75 European moose “space” 76 ___ fide 22 Cause of quaking 77 Canterbury 23 Sports venue currency 24 Chinese cuisine 79 Like Lakes Ontario 25 What a magician and Michigan? may wave 81 Many a New Year’s 26 Tunes concerned resolution with unrequited 83 Conversant with love 84 Camera setting 28 Some towheads 85 People who snoop 30 Itches 86 Tiny unit of rain 31 It may have a 88 Insects on farms domed roof 89 Condescends 33 Veneration 90 Corn unit 34 Proposals to buy 91 Janitor’s jinglers 37 Touch on one side 92 “The King and I” 38 Extremely sincere country 42 Liver’s partner 93 Peel out 43 Future tulip 98 Boxer’s promoter?

44 Hearty draught 104 Solo at La Scala 45 Censor’s target 105 Tuscan town 47 ___ one (none, 106 Sporting wings country-style) 48 French philosopher 107 Put down cobblestones Georges 108 Type of tangelo 49 Destroyer of 109 ___ a clue (is lost) sandcastles 110 Syndication staple 50 Far East sash 111 With neither 51 Toronto-to-Ottawa indebted to the dir. other 52 “Mighty Aphrodite” 112 Big name in PCs star Sorvino 113 Eyelid irritation 53 Dunne or Castle 114 Swarm 55 Zapped in the 115 Tavern projectile microwave 57 Tree with shedding dOwn bark 1 A bit loopy 60 Hockey infraction 2 Cookie favorite 61 Dip veggie

ACROSS

3 Keister 4 Cleopatra’s lover ___ Antony 5 Some wetland birds 6 Signs of the future 7 Oxygen absorber 8 Like blackboards 9 Horror-struck 10 Small container for liquids 11 Trigonometric function 12 Striker’s bane 13 Platte River valley people 14 Write’s companion 15 White-tailed sea bird 16 Veggie vessels 18 Surgical beams 20 Create a bigger picture of 27 Laughing critter 29 Hold the title to 32 You may have stock in it 34 “___ given Sunday ...”

35 July 4 explosive 36 Vaudevillian Eddie 37 Glowing personality?

38 “Dallas” family name 39 ___-de-camp 40 Distraction 41 Potato or yam, e.g.

42 Woolf’s “A Room of ___ Own” 43 Cause to yawn 44 Shorthand pro 46 Neatly arranged 48 Those around the Round Table 52 Title for DaVinci’s Lisa 54 Puerto ___ 55 Without a hair out of place 56 Forelimb bone 58 Cousin’s mom

59 USNA students 60 Infinitesimal amount 61 Pool opening?

63 Broadcasted again 64 Country singer Wynonna 65 Like some campus bookstore offerings 66 Freezing cold 67 North Dakota city 68 Like most early LPs 69 Uses one of the senses 70 New newts 72 Bill Clinton’s Arkansas hometown 73 Cashews and pecans 76 Tall marsh plant 78 Defeat with cunning 79 The Brothers ___ (fairy-tale tellers) 80 Fix, as a fight 82 It may be ingrown 85 Female fowl 87 What a good golfer might shoot 88 Infuse with bubbles 89 Judicial declaration 91 G with a sax 92 Rubberneck 93 Data transmission unit 94 Strong impulse 95 Valley on the moon 96 Hindrance to fair judgment 97 ___ in Show (Westminster prize) 99 Away from the storm 100 Imitated 101 Potent Polynesian drink 102 “Thanks ___ so much”\ 103 Tenant’s obligation

Last weeks Cryptograms 1. The rat population could explode shortly. Rats have been used in so many experiments that they have become immune to all disease.

2. A fresh economic viewpoint from people who like cash: money can’t buy happiness but it sure makes misery easier to live with.

Thursday, June 23, 2011 Boats

Announcements

Condos/Apts. For Rent

BOATS ARE SELLING VERY WELL 65 boats sold this season. Big - Small, I sell them all. I’m local but sell worldwide.

"Lets talk about selling your boat".

941-228-3489. Yachtingflorida@aol.com

COACH HOUSE OPEN HOUSE. Local RV manufacturer factory tours. Public invited.

Friday, June 24th, 10a.m.-2p.m.. East of I-75 off Laurel Rd., left on Knights Trail, left on Technology Dr. #3480. Call for details, 941-485-0984.

WELCOME TO Paradise! Longboat Key – “Beachplace” property for RENT – NEWLY owned - Luxurious 2BR/2BA condo with views of the Gulf of Mexico & private golf course. Fully equipped unit with recent upgrades and decorating: private terrace, new appliances, granite countertops... Steps to the beach, Olympic size swimming pool, tennis courts, gym, and organized social activities. Covered parking and lots of closet/storage space. Maid service is optional on a weekly or bi-weekly basis. Rent is negotiable based on length of stay, min. $5,500/mo. We welcome your inquiries, E-mail: kimberley@kpaa.ca or call us at (941)822.0854.

Furnishings JULY 4TH HOLIDAY EARLY DEADLINES for July 7th Edition CLASSIFIED ADS Deadline Friday, July 1st, 12:00pm SERVICE DIRECTORY Deadline Thursday June 30, 12:00pm The Observer will be CLOSED Monday, July 4th for the July 4th Holiday. We will reopen Tuesday, July 5th at 8:30am.

To Place Your Ad: Call 941-955-4888 or online at www.yourobserver.com/classifieds

Items Under $200 For Sale ABSTRACT OIL painting: 5'w by 4'H, pastel colors. Paid $1000. Sacrifice for $200 OBO. 941-918-9080.

ADVERTISE YOUR merchandise with the total value of $200 or less in this section for FREE! Limit 1 ad per month, 15 words or less. Price must be included. No commercial advertising. Ad runs 2 consecutive weeks.

Email ad to: classified@yourobserver.com or online at: www.yourobserver.com/classifieds YARD BLOWER: 170/MPH gas, needs fuel line attached. New $80. Sell $35. 941383-1789.

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 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.

LAKEWOOD RANCH ESTATEAluminum 5-piece patio (cost $1700Restoration Hardware) now $699; Sofa & loveseat (Robb & Stucky) like new $850.

Henredon and Drexel bedroom sets, Stearns & Foster Beds, Stiffe lamps, Stanley Entertainment Center for plasma/LCD ($350@Robb &Stucky) $995.

5-piece Cherry Home Office w/2-lateral files, La-Z-Boy sleeper, much, much, more.

Manatee Furniture

3015 1st St. Bradenton, 10 Blocks north of DeSoto mall on US Hwy 41.

941-745-2596

Auctions

Garage/Moving/Estate Sales

AUCTION

ESTATE SALE 9a.m.-2p.m. - Friday, June 24 9a.m.-12p.m. - Saturday,June 25 2161 Siesta Drive South Gate Village Shops Across Siesta from Dillards/Talbots

June 25, 11a.m.

Pool home on 3/10 acre next to Ringling School, 5337 Stevens Dr., Sarasota.

Removed from Sarasota Bay Club, The Oaks & Saraband Pair of bronze candelabra, sterling repousse tea set, sterling candle sticks, bronze figures, 1840s secretary bookcase, Queen Anne dining table and six chairs, mahogany sideboard, 2 modern designer coffee tables, 2 marble sculptures, 30 paintings and prints, perfume bottle collection, designer purses, modern art glass, pedestals, 4 sets of china, 4 Chippendale side chairs, 6 upholstered dining chairs, pair of Victorian chairs, mirrored cabinets, curio cabinet, beautiful sofa, wing chair, antique Turkish copper plates, Venetian style masks, lots of lamps, King headboard, 6 table & 3 standing lamps, brass candlesticks, Bull collection, 2 section sofa bed, 2 bar chairs, stemware, Royal Doulton figurines, teacart, 2 punch bowl sets, decorative pillows, spreads, vintage linens, nice books, 3 TVs, Disney VCR tapes.

And lots more decorative accessories; Sales by Julie McClure Pictures: www.appraisals4u.biz or www.estatesales.net

General Merchandise THE OBSERVER LP # 56736

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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.

For pictures & More Information, www.afraac.com ALL FLORIDA REALTY & AUCTION CO. Ab923 941-746-5355 Au1333 10% Buyer’s Premium for cash or local checks, 13% with VISA, MC or Discover

Recreation FREE STAND Up Paddle Board Lessons.

Fastest growing sport on water. Free lesson and 1hour Board Rental $35.00. Best deal around. Everyday at Bird Key Park, 11AM. MUST BOOK IN ADVANCE www.ikayaksarasota.com ,941-302-2677

Storage STORAGE FACILITY Boat/ RV/ Trailer.

Secure facility, low monthly rentals, Clark Rd area. 941-809-3660, 941-809-3662

Positions Wanted MARINE CORPS mom seeks employment.

Diversified background. Prior military service. 941-773-7731.

Condos/Apts. For Rent 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 GULF, BEACHFRONT: 2BR/2BA, lanai, W/D, pool. $2000/mo. O/B/O or 2 week min. debbieschaefer@msn.com or www.5201gulfofmexicodrive.com

Team Up Today With Classifieds Reserved Space LP Reserved Space

941-955-4888

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.

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

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.

Real Estate Wanted PRESTIGE ANNUAL RENTALS WANTED for qualified clients. Furnished or unfurnished. 941-358-7401 or 516-902-8426.

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

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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”

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www.yourobserver.com Vacation/Seasonal Rentals LBK: SEAPLACE, 2BR/2.5BA TH, nicely furnished, lanai+ terraces, full kitchen, living, dining area, beach club access (sauna, gym, tennis, w/pool), walk out to the beach, breathtaking sunsets. Rental: Jan-April $3800 +tax/mo. May-Dec. $2000 +tax) 1 mo. min. mandalka@gmx.de 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

Resort Properties, Inc. Licensed Real Estate Broker

“INTENTIONALLY BETTER”

DIRECT GULF FRONT: 2 Bedroom, 2 Bath condo in small upscale building. Full Gulf views from every room. Nicely furnished, full kitchen, Washer & Dryer. Available: Aug. 1– Nov 30, 1 month min/Winter Season Dec 1, 2011- July 1, 2012, 4 month min.

No Smoking. No Pets. 201-694-9222.

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

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.

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.

LBK: 1BR condo, Gulf side with Island view.

Minimum required stay of 7 nights.

941-383-1083.

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

941-383-1083.

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“We’re not here to scare you, freak you out or throw blood in your face,” says Ashley Holland, second from left, who plays Amanda. “It’s a really good story.” The film also features Dominique Golder and Haley Faye.

Spellbound cast The independent thriller, ‘The Witching Hours,’ is a dark story that chronicles the lives of a female cast and their struggle with supernatural abilities while navigating between the mortal and spirit worlds.

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n eerie green glow outlines three silhouettes standing on the dock at Mar Vista Dockside Restaurant & Pub, on Longboat Key. When the moonlight hits their hauntingly delicate faces, they’re smirking — wickedly. It makes you wonder not if, but how quickly they’re going to come after you.

Ashley Holland, Dominique Golder and Haley Faye are three local actresses starring in Greg Rivera’s newest film, “The Witching Hours.” Set in a fictional, sleepy, seaside village called Harbour Town, the independent film provides a modern take on wands and spell-casting through the lives of

people who are descendants of ancient witches and wizards. It is based on Rivera’s 28-minute 2002 film, “The Uninvited,” which was shown at film festivals in Sarasota, Tampa and New York City. He decided to make it into a featurelength film and also give it a new title.

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WITCHING HOURS from 1 “The premise is there are three different storylines of people who have supernatural abilities and how they either thrive through them or are burdened by them,” Rivera said. “Everyone has seen zombies and vampires. I just wanted to do something different and was inspired by strong female characters. The film is toying with the idea of, ‘Are they witches, or are they not?’”

Holland, who with her pitch-black hair seems perfectly cast as a witch, has lived in Sarasota for the past 15 years. She’s dined outside at Mar Vista with her family dozens of times, taking in the view and the peaceful surroundings. But filming on the dock at dark — when things sometimes go bump in the night — feels a bit surreal.

“If you stick close to the water, Sarasota is creepy,” Rivera said. “When we shot out on Mar Vista, we were all a bit edgy. A fish jumps in the water, and it’s time to leave.

The locations are here, they really are. It’s just a matter of supporting with sound and design.”

In the movie, the characters draw their powers and channel energy from the elements, and they are all able to read minds. But it’s a game between the girls in terms of who has what power. Holland, 21, plays Amanda, the leader of a meddlesome group of girls that adopts Dominique, 10, who plays Kerra.

“We all kind of sense things about each other,” Holland says. “We’re not psychics, but we can sense each other’s emotions.

Our powers are all a little unknown to us so far, and we’re not sure whom to trust.

We’re just discovering who’s bad and who’s good.”

The first time Dominique was cast in a film was for a college production called “Nocturne Eternal,” in which she played an astronaut’s daughter. She found out about “The Witching Hours” through her musical group, Spotlight Kids.

“I play Kerra,” she says. “She is kind of like a new apprentice who almost has no clue what she’s doing, and that’s why she’s with Amanda’s group. At first, she seems timid and is usually quiet because she doesn’t have her powers figured out yet. My favorite part is that I get to be an outsider — no one knows exactly where I come from. I’m a mystery in the group.”

Playing an ill-tempered child with a vocabulary from the 1700s who explodes with anger and taunts those who use their powers incorrectly, Haley — who plays a character with the same name — has one of the more explosive parts in the film.

“Everyone is scared of me,” she laughs.

“I start yelling and threatening, and then I disappear and reappear out of nowhere in a really weird moment, and everyone gets all freaked out. As the script keeps on getting written, I always get excited because the character seems to be building and building.”

The budget “The Witching Hours” is a project on Kickstarter — a fundraising platform for artists, filmmakers, musicians, designers, writers, performers and others to bring their projects and dreams to life through crowd-raising.

From the pitch to bloopers, everything about the film can be viewed on Kickstarter. But the film will only become a reality if at least $12,500 is pledged by midnight Thursday, July 21. With 33 days to go, $2,010 has already been pledged from the film’s 31 backers.

For information, visit www.kickstarter.com and search for “The Witching Hours.”

Besides freaking people out when they’re least expecting it, Haley, 11, loves the costumes. In her baby-pink dress with its crisp white color and patent leather Mary Janes, Haley doesn’t look like the type to don an old-fashioned metal hoop skirt and ragged, tattered dress.

“Haley’s costume is so vintage that she looks like this 1,000-year-old spirit in this little person’s body,” Holland says.

“We have a pretty fierce run-in because I interfere in something she felt I had no business in, and I have to go and face the music. It’s a little traumatizing to get yelled at by a little kid.”

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A new partnership with the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts will let every child in the Sarasota County School District dig deep into the rich cultural opportunities here.

Michael M. Kaiser, president of the John F. Kennedy Center, announced June 15, at the Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall, that Sarasota has been selected as the sixth partner city for Any Given Child.

The program, conceived by Kaiser, creates a long-range, arts-education plan for kindergarten through eighth-grade students and is as a way for a community to use its existing arts-education resources and ones from the Kennedy Center to ensure that every child receives arts education as part

The Players Theatre celebrated the blending of two local performingarts troupes — The Sarasota Senior Theatre and The Players Follies — Monday, June 13.

The newly formed troupe will be named Sarasota Silver Stars.

The name is partly an homage to Irene Silver, founder of Sarasota Senior Theatre. The troupe features performers age 50 and older and meets three times a week.

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thing we’ve seen, I believe this can be a very successful endeavor for all concerned — for Sarasota, for the Kennedy Center, for the nation and, most importantly, for the children,” Kaiser said.

Superintendent of Schools Lori White believes the program will benefit students long after they graduate.

“It will serve our students well academically, but it also Loren Mayo serves our children well in Michael M. Kaiser, president of the John F. Kennedy Center for terms of the quality of their the Performing Arts, City of Sarasota Mayor Suzanne Atwell and lives,” White said. “Not just in Superintendent of Schools Lori White the short term, but forever. I think that says a lot about who of a complete education. school system will be reviewed we are as a community. And I The first step of the program to reveal what resources curlook forward to the power of this includes a comprehensive rently exist. new relationship that will conaudit of existing arts-education “Based on everything we’ve resources and a needs assessread, everyone we’ve met, every- tinue to act out what we have to offer to our children.” ment. The community and thing we’ve heard and every-

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The board and staff of The Players Theatre are ecstatic about this opportunity.”

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‘Grandma’ pumps iron for circus show

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How many times has Barry Lubin sported the “Grandma” ensemble? “I’ve done it for 37 years and worked 200 days a year, so that’s about 74,000 shows, sometimes two times a day,” he says. “Let me just say it hasn’t been enough yet.”

A little old lady, wearing a baggy, red dress and white bloomers pulled over bulky, yellow socks, shuffles up the sidewalk with a tacky, fringed pocketbook slung over her shoulder. Her plans for the day don’t involve typical littleold-lady activities such as getting a permanent or mailing handwritten cards to her nieces and nephews — she’s headed to Gold’s Gym for an intense workout.

Ignoring strange looks from men in tank tops and spandex, she catches the employees off guard as she approaches them. They’re clearly not prepared for “Grandma,” who just so happens to be a man named Barry Lubin, an International Clown Hall of Fame inductee and star of New York’s Big Apple Circus. Lubin has spent the past few days making public appearances everywhere from Sarasota Memorial Hospital to G.WIZ — The Science Museum to promote Circus Sarasota’s “Grandma and Friends” show.

“In the beginning of my career, I chose no big red nose or shoes,” Lubin says. “From what I hear, kids love to step on big clown shoes, and they’re really expensive. Kids also go up and either squeeze the nose, causing internal bleeding, or they pull it back and slap it against your face. I just put red makeup on my nose.”

The first time Lubin tried his hand at makeup, it went terribly.

His hand-eye coordination was awful, and it took an hour-and-ahalf to put on his face. Eventually,

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“When I was very young, my father would show these movies in a theater that he would rent in New Jersey, where I grew up. I would watch and absorb them, and it came in handy later when I went to college. After I would work all day killing myself, they would show these silent movies. So, I was able to take a nap, get every answer correct and get every intimate detail.” practice did make perfect, and he got it down to three minutes flat. “‘Grandma’ is a clown character based on me,” Lubin says. “I went the opposite of far-out drag. She’s subtle, small. You can be in the audience’s face and you’re going to get attention, but if you do less, they want to know more.”

Lubin purchased his grandma prototype 37 years ago from Goodwill and Salvation Army, after he graduated from clown college in Venice and was asked to join the Ringling Bros. Circus. His first thought was to be a little old man, which would have enabled him to flirt with women. But Arte Johnson was already doing that on a TV show called “Laugh In,” and he didn’t want to rip off the guy.

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“He was my mentor in clown college. He was a legend, but I didn’t know it because I don’t come from the circus and wasn’t even a circus fan. He came off the road to teach clown college, and in two seconds, earned the audience’s love and affection.

He made you laugh, cry and feel so much in an incredibly short moment. He was a brilliant artist who knew more important to give away what he knew than to keep it for himself.” looked as if somebody had wandered out of the audience and onto the three rings.”

After nearly breaking a sweat lifting a 3-pound neon green weight, Grandma speeds off to invade a Zumba class. The hardcore women don’t miss a beat. Grandma, however, is attempting some slow ballroom dance moves, spilling water and fixing herself up in the mirror.

“As a clown, trying to create jokes — actual physical jokes that appeal to tiny children, senior citizens, people on a date — the challenge is to find something, a common thread that reaches all of those people,” Lubin says. “‘Grandma’ is a character doing things you wish you were up there doing.”

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Bijou Café celebrates 25 years “It is every chef’s dream to have his own kitchen,” says JeanPierre (J.P.) Knaggs. “My wife, Shay, and I were always looking at buildings and saying, ‘That would make a nice restaurant.’”

In 1986, Ray and D’Arcy Arpke, the proprietors of Euphemia Haye on Longboat Key, told them about a little restaurant named Bijou Café that was for sale. It was located in a former Texaco gas station. When the Knaggses saw it, they said, “This is it … this is perfect.”

The location was downtown Sarasota, close to a bunch of boarded-up buildings in what is now Five Points Park. At the time, all the fine-dining places were in St. Armands and Longboat Key. A lot of folks said a white-tablecloth place would never fly there, because nobody would come at night. Yet, when J.P. and Shay were eating dinner at the Euphemia Haye one night and talking about their plans, a couple was listening from a nearby table and asked, “Really?”

Sandy and Barbara Maslansky were at the “new” Bijou Café when it opened June 2, 1986, and they became loyal, regular customers. The new owners kept the old name because they couldn’t find a better one. It was French enough, but not too French. In addition, there were cases of napkins and guest checks.

“My inspiration was the late Titus Letschert,” Knaggs says. “I worked for him at Café L’Europe

The grand re-opening ad from 25 years ago.

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The Bijou Café immediately before the Knaggses re-opened it in 1986. for three-and-a-half years and wanted my restaurant to work as well as his did.”

The original concept was to make it the kind of place Knaggs would like to go to with his kid.

“But, the customers were showing up in suits and ties and that kind of dictated what the restaurant would be,” says Knaggs.

Through the years, The Bijou Café has attracted some interesting customers. In summer 1990, for example, Knaggs stepped on a stingray and got a massive infection that kept him in the hospital for four days and out of the restaurant even longer. On his return, the staff couldn’t wait to tell him: “You won’t believe the family that came in here while you were gone. They ordered everything on the menu, tipped 80% and paid all cash.” The dream customers turned out to

Patron J.P. Knaggs in 1990 and 2011. be John Gotti’s daughter and her husband, who owned a house on Casey Key. They came in every Saturday for the entire summer.

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offerings are still on the menu.

The pommes gratin dauphinois is probably the most famous. Knaggs learned to make it when he was a private chef for

a wealthy industrialist who sent him to L’Oustau de Baumanière, in Provence, France, and other world-class kitchens to master favorite dishes. Shrimp Piri Piri has a more humble, if equally delicious, beginning. It was Knaggs’ mother’s signature dish, and she insisted that he offer it.

Twenty-five years later, Knaggs says, “We have seen so many places come and go, and we very much appreciate the people of Sarasota and the Keys.”

The Bijou Café has grown from 50 seats to 140. And, Knaggs long ago left the stove for the front of the house. Shay Knaggs, who has run the office for many years, is almost semi-retired. Their son, born three weeks after the restaurant opened, graduated from the University of Florida with honors and is now on track to go to medical school.

The little restaurant that so many thought would never fly has become a local fine-dining institution where, sooner or later, almost everybody who is anybody in Sarasota says, “Please pass the potatoes.”

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Simon is instructed to deliver the letter to his brother, and Jeanne must give hers to her father.

Their journeys take them from their home in Canada to the Middle East, where Nawal was raised. Jeanne discovers that her mother, born a Christian, fell in love with a Muslim. In doing so, she brought shame upon her family. The remedy: Her brothers murder her boyfriend and force her to give up the child she’s conceived. Nawal leaves home, gets involved in religious politics, commits murder and winds up in prison, where she’s raped on a regular basis.

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Simon and Jeanne, on their quest for the truth, find they’re barking up a dangerous family tree infested with maggots. There’s a “Chinatown” moment at the end, which forces both of them to alter their perceptions of love and hate.

Villeneuve’s film is as beautiful to watch as it is disturbing to absorb. The English translation for “incendies” is “scorched.”

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The premise is that a wrong booking brings three classically trained musicians to a honky-tonk saloon. The musicians are individualistic country women, however.

High jinks ensue as they face off with each other to make the leap from Chopin to country.

“Cowgirls” was nominated for Best OffBroadway Musical by the Outer Critics’ Circle.

The score features some classical country and mainly original music arranged by Music Director Mary Ehlinger. The songs are chock-full of clever lyrics, such as, “I don’t live in no trailer park; I live in a mobile home.” They range from thrilling, such as a banjo driving-train sound, to emotional. One song in particular, “Miracle,” is strikingly beautiful and moving. The audience expressed hearty approval for every number.

Brilliantly cast, the actors were equally delightful and their every gesture fun to watch. There is minimal downtime in this fast-paced, uplifting production.

Playing prissy violinist Mary Lou, Sarah Hund oozes uptightness. Hund sings and fiddles in real life with rock and country artists throughout the U.S., and she also appears in theater, film and TV, in such shows as “Law and Order” and “The Listening Dead.”

Franca Vercelloni is perfect as putupon, pregnant Rita. Vercelloni’s musical solo show, “Classically Trained, Practically Broke,” was a 2010 New York International Fringe Festival hit.

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Angela C. Howell appears to have been born to play the part of Jo, and she did play it last year at the Alabama Shakespeare Festival. Additionally, Howell has originated numerous roles in New York City, including one in “Big Red Sun” at the Lincoln Center.

Chelsea Costa flawlessly transforms herself via a blond big-hair wig into Mickey, a local, wannabe country singer. Costa has done national tours of “Madagascar,” “Go, Diego, Go,” and “Dora the Explorer.”

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Dale Jordan did the country lodgeinspired scenic design, and Nicole Wee’s costume design enhanced the all-girl ambience. Supporting the production were Stage Manager Kelli Karen, Lighting Designer Michael Foster and Sound Designer Joshua Hummel. ­— Paula Atwell

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