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OUR TOWN + How to help make marathon magic Last week, we featured Longboat Key resident Jennifer Horne and her path to the ING New York City Marathon to raise money for the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. But the journey of 26.2 miles begins with this step: If you’d like to donate to Horne’s fundraising efforts, visit fredsteam.org and click on “Donate Now” on the top, right part of the page. Search “Jennifer Horne” to find Horne’s personal page.

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Summer tourism on the Key has sunny outlook.

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by Kurt Schultheis | City Editor

Canal connection questioned

Longboat Key residents and property owners are debating whether a canal that was separated more than 100 years ago to build Broadway Street can be reconnected.

William Conrad Saba remembers hearing stories from his grandfather, Longboat Key pioneer Frank Conrad, about when Longbeach Village used to be an island.

“For the Village to become populated, they had to create a roadway entrance back in the 1880s,” Saba explains. “The road elimi-

nated the island that’s now made up of the Village.”

Walking on Broadway Street near the entrance to the Longbeach Village neighborhood Friday, July 1, Saba pulls out a copy of an undated historic plat map that’s registered with the Manatee County Clerk’s Office. The map depicts the two canals that now

sit on either side of Broadway — the main entrance to the Village.

Saba believes the plat map is the only document that shows that when Broadway was built, the canal that used to flow all the way to Sarasota Bay south behind where Whitney Beach Plaza sits today was made into two separate bodies of water. Fresh water

still flows into the canal on the north side of Broadway, because it flows into Longboat Pass, but the water on the south side of Broadway has become stagnant, because the road cut the flow of water from the bay.

Saba owns a half-dozen lots

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+ Turtle nest scheduled for excavation A turtle nest has hatched on Longboat Key and will be excavated at 8 p.m. Thursday, July 7, at 6547 Gulfside Road. Parking is available in the ResortQuest and Longboat Key Financial Group parking lot at 6350 Gulf of Mexico Drive. Cross Gulf of Mexico Drive and take Gulfside Road to the beach. The excavation will take place rain or shine and will be canceled only in the event of lightening.

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Noelle and Heather Amorini pal around with Tucker at the town of Longboat Key’s Freedom Fest celebration Monday, July 4. To read the story and see more photos, see page 13A.

NIGHT TO REMEMBER

by Robin Hartill | Community Editor

Crowd has a blast despite rained-out fireworks The chance of rain was 30%.

At least, that’s what the weather forecast predicted for Saturday as the Fourth of July weekend approached.

Early forecasts called for showers Friday night and Saturday morning.

But, by Saturday afternoon, the staffs at Mar Vista Dockside Restaurant and Pub and Moore’s Stone Crab Restau-

rant were watching the weather as the third annual “Boom Boom on the Bay,” which the two restaurants co-host, approached.

Their fear? That the only sound of a boom over the bay would come from thunder, not fireworks.

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The crowd at Mar Vista Dockside Restaurant and Pub seeks shelter on the deck Saturday night.

INDEX Briefs....................4A Classifieds ........ 21A

Cops Corner....... 10A Crossword.......... 20A

Deal Us In......... 19A Opinion.................6A

Real Estate........ 14A Weather............. 20A

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FIREWORKS / FROM 1A They knew from past experience what the chance of getting through a three-day Fourth of July weekend without a storm is: practically zero.

As the storm approached, organizers decided to hold the fireworks a few minutes early in hopes of beating Mother Nature. In the end, they were just minutes ahead of her schedule: The deluge began three minutes after the start of the storms, and after six or seven minutes, the fireworks show came to an end.

The fireworks boat even blew toward an approximately 30-degree angle in the strong winds.

Staffs of both restaurants shifted to safety-first mode, guiding patrons into covered areas.

“A bunch of us made a beeline inside the restaurant,” said Vice Mayor David Brenner, who attended the event at Mar Vista. “But I think everyone had a nice time.”

It turned out that even Mother Nature couldn’t beat the spirit of this crowd. Partiers huddled elbow-to-elbow inside each restaurant.

At Mar Vista, the crowd sang and shouted the “Star Spangled Banner” with Koko Ray and the Soul Providers — and as the song ended, the power went out.

Next door at Moore’s, the revelry continued, even after the power went out. The staff went into emergency mode, according to Lynda Hicks, wife of co-owner Robert

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Hicks, before the restaurant’s generator lights came on.

“Everybody pitched together,” Hicks said. “We only had two tables that didn’t get to eat.”

As the storm raged, a small wall leading up to a back dock at Moore’s blew away. The storm deposited nearly an inch of rain on the north end of Longboat Key, bringing flooding of around six inches in the Longbeach Village.

But, as the rain poured, Mar Vista owner Ed Chiles lit the place up with his flashlight.

Koko Ray crooned the words to “Rain,” by the Beatles.

“When it rains and shines,” he sang with the crowd, “it’s just a state of mind.”

“People just lit up,” Chiles said. “I thought we were going to lose lots of money, but we only lost a little. What I saw happen that night can’t be purchased. It’s that great dynamic that nothing can buy.”

Looking back Tuesday on the Saturday event — the day that marked Chiles’ 32 years in business — Chiles said that it was one of the greatest nights of his career.

Hicks said that guests at Moore’s also had a night to remember.

“We still had the fireworks show, but people just didn’t get to see the grand finale,” she said. “The storm was the grand finale.”

And the forecast for next year? Well, the weather is anyone’s guess.

But Brenner was willing to make this prediction: “If we’re in town,” he said, “I suspect we’ll be there.”

CANAL / FROM 1A to the south of Broadway that sit mostly in stagnant water.

“I look at this strictly from an environmental standpoint,” Saba said. “The idea that water doesn’t flow in these canals causes this waterway to be stagnant and polluted. That water is not flowing there now is almost criminal.”

Village feel

For years, Saba and some Village residents have hoped to get the water flowing again between the two canals, even if the two bodies of water can’t physically be connected again.

Others agree.

Outgoing Village President Michael Drake has attended the last three Longboat Key Town Commission Goals and Objectives workshops to ask the commission to consider installing gas lamps and a bridge over Broadway where the two canals used to connect.

Longboat Key Revitalization Task Force Chairman and former Longboat Key Mayor George Spoll takes the vision a step further.

Spoll said the concept has recently been discussed at task force meetings, which are being held to find ways to revitalize the Key and rejuvenate the north end of the island.

“When discussing ways to revitalize Whitney Beach Plaza, it’s been discussed that having some boating access there behind the plaza would be something to look into,” Spoll said.

Spoll, whose group is trying to find ways to connect restaurants such as Moore’s Stonecrab Restaurant & Marina and Mar Vista Dockside Restaurant & Pub to Gulf of Mexico Drive, thinks an

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William Conrad Saba points out where two canals exist on each side of Broadway. improved waterway that boaters could access via small canoes and kayaks is something to explore.

Spoll hopes to work with town officials to investigate the history of the road.

Brian Kenney, the owner of Whitney Beach Plaza, who is devising a plan for the aging plaza that includes commercial, residential and tourism components, agrees.

“The more traffic I can get to that site, even via boaters coming from nearby restaurants, is a good thing,” said Kenney, who believes a waterway there would help with his goal of bringing a hotel to that area. “It seems like a no-brainer to me,” Kenney said.

There are many hurdles, though.

When asked about the history of the waterway, Public Works Director Juan Florensa said the decision to cut off the waterway was way before his time.

Florensa, who has been asked about this concept many times in the past, questions the concept’s validity.

Florensa maintains that con-

necting the two waterways would destroy mangroves on both ends of the canals.

“Why would we open a waterway that removes existing mangroves for what I believe is no environmental improvement to the area?” Florensa said. “It’s been like that for decades and decades, and there is no benefit to having water flow there.”

Florensa said he was asked to investigate the feasibility of connecting the waterways in the past and said it would cost the town more than $1 million to dredge and reconnect the waterways.

Florensa said the only pipes that exist under Broadway move the flow of rainwater from one side of Broadway to the other during a storm.

Although hurdles exist, Saba maintains his suggestion is just that — a suggestion.

“It’s common sense that the canals used to meet,” Saba said. “At one time the Village used to be an island. Who knows? Maybe it can be one again with a nice bridge entrance to the historic community.”

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St. Denis proposes new cuts to budget Beachgoers flocked to Longboat’s beach Sunday, July 3, during the Fourth of July holiday weekend.

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Key tourism forecast is sunny With last year’s oil-spill uncertainty gone, summer tourism is improving at Longboat hotels and resorts.

On a recent Thursday, the Longboat Key Club and Resort staff predicted what bookings would be like for the coming weekend. But the numbers were off — they had 50 more bookings than estimated. The reason? Guests are coming in greater numbers than last year, but they’re booking more last-minute stays than in past years.

For instance, in June, the Key Club booked four groups — which typically make reservations months in advance — for July.

“What we have been experiencing is unprecedented,” said Mary Kay Ryan, director of sales at the Key Club.

Officials at other Key resorts report the same trends that have played out during summer months since the economic downturn began: Everyone is on the hunt for a bargain. They’re often waiting until the last minute for bookings. But, the good news is, tourists are coming back to Longboat and its surrounding keys in higher numbers than they did last summer.

At the Key Club, bookings for June were up 10% according to Ryan, while the forecast for July is up 11%, and for August, it’s up 15%.

Karen Rangel, regional director of sales

at Ocean Properties Ltd., which owns the Longboat Key Hilton Beachfront Resort, Lido Beach Resort and Holiday Inn Lido Beach, said last week that final numbers aren’t in yet for June but said bookings are up from last year at all three resorts.

“We’ve had a really good June, thanks primarily to some really nice group business,” said Rangel.

Rangel said that all three resorts also experienced a spike in calls after nearby Siesta Key was named the No. 1 beach in America by Dr. Beach.

Michele Kneuse, president of Florida Vacation Connection, which manages approximately 175 rental homes and condominiums on Longboat, Lido and St. Armands keys, said that bookings for this summer are exceeding those of last summer — and last summer, the company had 25% more bookings for the summer before that. According to Kneuse, increases are especially substantial in June and July.

“It’s kind of premature, but every month is stronger than the next,” she said. “We have no openings for short-term stays.”

At the 106-unit Casa del Mar, General Manager D.M. Williams said that if current

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numbers stay on track, the months of May through August will be the strongest the resort has ever seen in terms of gross volume. In July alone, he estimates that 375 families will stay at the resort.

But, although many local resort officials attribute the upswing in business to a modest improvement in the economy, there have been other factors at play.

At some resorts, officials say that last year’s numbers were off because of uncertainty about the BP oil spill.

“Even though there wasn’t a spot of oil on our beaches, it definitely affected us,” Rangel said. “We didn’t have that many cancellations, but we didn’t have nearly as many calls last year.”

At the Key Club, Ryan said that last year’s oil-spill uncertainty has resulted in fewer weddings for this season, because couples often look at wedding sites 10 or 11 months in advance. But, the good news is onsite inspections are up again this year, meaning that wedding business forecasts are good for next year.

“It makes a big difference when you aren’t dealing with storms or oil spills,” Ryan said.

ONLINE: Tourism is hot on Key for Fourth of July weekend. www.YourObserver.com

by Kurt Schultheis | City Editor

Welly, White spar over project Judge rules in IPOC’s favor Sarasota County Circuit Judge Charles Roberts has denied a request by the town of Longboat Key and the Longboat Key Club and Resort to postpone the oral arguments of the writ of certiorari challenge that the Islandside Property Owners Coalition has issued to challenge the Islandside project.

Roberts ruled June 30 that the writ of certiorari did not need to be postponed until the town completes amendments to the Comprehensive Plan that are being made to make the plan consistent with project-related code changes the Town Commission approved in May 2010.

In the writ of certiorari challenge petition, a judge relies solely on the record from the hearings at Temple Beth Israel to make a decision. The writ of certiorari challenges the town’s Comp Plan and the Islandside project ordinance the commission adopted in July 2010.

Islandside Property Owners Coalition President Bob White is pleased with the judge’s ruling.

“We are glad we can begin moving forward with this challenge without further delays,” White said.

Longboat Key Club general manager and Islandside Property Owners Coalition president spar in emails.

More than a year after the Islandside project was approved, Longboat Key Club and Resort General Manager Michael Welly and Islandside Property Owners Coalition (IPOC) President Bob White are debating in emails sent to their respective members.

In a June 24 email sent to IPOC supporters, White expressed his shock that the club would consider building its fivestar hotel first if that’s what the market dictates when it’s time to start its project.

White wrote that the town proposed and IPOC accepted a proposal last June that approved everything except 34 condominiums on the project’s north parcel.

But the club, which rejected the proposal, maintained last year during hearings that the market dictated that the condominiums needed to be built before the hotel.

The approved project includes a fivestar hotel with 196 tourism units and 76 residential units, 20 units at Villas on the Pass, 27 units at Condos on the Pass and 32 units at five residential villas.

“Loeb (Partners Realty) rejected the compromise, claiming that the project was not feasible without all of the condominium units to provide financing for the hotel,” White wrote. “Suddenly, we

are now told that, in fact, the hotel is both feasible and being promoted with no condominium sales needed for financing! So, has the Longboat Key Town Commission been hoodwinked into approving a total of 155 residential units as the price to get the hotel? You bet!

Welly responded to White’s email in a June 28 email to club members and project supporters.

“We have not claimed that income from the sale of the condominiums are no longer necessary, we merely stated that some of the individuals interested in providing financing wished to discuss moving the hotel into the first phase of the project, because financing in today’s economy is more readily available than for residential real estate,” Welly wrote.

“This is a change from the economy we were in when we first developed our plans. So who is trying to hoodwink who? ...

“The question remains, when is IPOC willing to accept the importance of this project to the future of the town and join with the rest of the community in support of the project? Enough is enough.

Stop wasting everyone’s time and money with stall tactics.”

A budget workshop next week will determine if the town staff’s suggested $307,746 in cuts should be implemented.

The Longboat Key Town Commission has some decisions to make next week.

Town Manager Bruce St. Denis has presented the Longboat Key Town Commission with a balanced 2011-12 preliminary budget, which is what the commission requested last month.

In a budget memo and chart that officially will be distributed Wednesday, July 6, St. Denis and Finance Director Tom Kelley found ways to cut $307,746 and eliminate a $263,000 budget shortfall.

Included as suggestions for cuts are the slashing of thousands of dollars in training and travel for town staff and commissioners, the elimination of several annual membership fees to various organizations that include the $7,500 annual membership to the Longboat Key, Lido Key, St. Armands Key Chamber of Commerce and the elimination of the town’s March election.

The budget-cut suggestions, which St. Denis says will affect levels of service, will be discussed at the commission’s 9 a.m.

Monday, July 11, budget workshop.

St. Denis suggests that the town can save $30,000 a year by holding town elections in November instead of March. By holding elections in November, the town can piggyback off the elections already being held at the state and county levels.

Other cuts include all non-mandatory training and conferences for town staff and commissioners.

The town could also save $17,000 per year by eliminating the taping of commission meetings for broadcast on a local Comcast cable channel.

ONLINE: See additional charts on budget cut suggestions. www.YourObserver.com

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Town Manager Bruce St. Denis has suggested the town can eliminate the following out of the town’s Police and Fire Rescue budgets: Police annual physicals................ $5,000 Police training.............................. $5,000 Hurricane response training.............$496 Police legal updates..................... $5,000 Police EMT training..................... $5,000 Misc. Police Training.................... $3,000 Firefighter annual physicals....... $18,025 Thermal imaging cameras............ $4,500 iPads for firefighters................... $10,000 Firefighter tools............................ $1,000 Firefighter appliance replacement.....$1,200 Firefighter visibility equipment.........$200 Firefighter tools and building maintenance.................. $2,000 Firefighter floor replacement...... $10,000 Fire chief training........................ $1,280 Firefighter ems training................ $2,500 Fire marshal conference............... $1,059 Fire safety forum.......................... $1,448 Fire emergency vehicle symposium...................... $1,131 Total police and fire reductions.......$71,715

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+ Mote scientist will lead World Aquaculture Society

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Mote Marine Laboratory scientist Dr. Kevan Main has been elected to lead the World Aquaculture Society, an organization that advances progressive, sustainable aquaculture in about 100 member coun-

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Monday, July 11.  Town Commission Regular Meeting — 7 p.m. Monday, July 11.

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

year term at the group’s annual meeting this month in Natal, Brazil. She has pioneered sustainable aquaculture since 2001 as director of Mote’s Center for Aquaculture Research and Development and oversees Mote Aquaculture Park.

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The most read stories online last week were: 1. Spirit of America photo contest 2. Bird Key home sells for $4.95 million (June 29) 3. Emergency-response issue arises (June 29) 4. Classic Cops of the Day (June 29) 5. Longboat Key Cops Corner (June 29)

+ New town meetings scheduled for July The Longboat Key Town Commission and a new subcommittee formed to implement a 25-year vision for the town both have new meetings scheduled this month at Town Hall.

Town Manager Bruce St. Denis scheduled a 9 a.m. Monday, July 11, budget workshop to discuss the town’s 2011-12 preliminary budget. The commission also has several scheduled executive sessions, which are closed to the general public, to discuss a new three-year contract for Longboat Key firefighters.

Also, a subcommittee made up of Vice Mayor David Brenner, Commissioner Jack Duncan and Planning and Zoning Board Chairwoman B.J. Webb and planning

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Public Works Department employees open the gate and put signs back in place Friday, officially re-opening the North Shore Road beach access. board member Leonard Garner will meet at 9 a.m. Tuesday, July 12, and 9 a.m. Wednesday, July 13.

+ North Shore Road beach access re-opens The popular North Shore Road beach access was re-opened to the public at 9 a.m. Friday, July 1, in time for the

Fourth of July weekend.

A $4.5 million north-end emergency beach project was completed earlier in the week. The project brought approximately 133,000 cubic yards of sand to the area.

Public Works Director Juan Florensa said the amount of trash that was removed from the receptacles in the area Tuesday was an indicator of how popular the beach access’ re-opening was this wekeend.

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Observers named top-three weeklies in Florida The Longboat, East County and Sarasota Observers were named the top-three weekly newspapers in the state in the Florida Press Association’s 2010 Better Weekly Newspaper Contest. The Observer Group Inc. (the Longboat Observer, Sarasota Observer, East County Observer, Gulf Coast Business Review and the Pelican Press) received 27 total awards at the Florida Press Association’s annual convention July 1, at The Vinoy Resort, in St. Petersburg.

This year’s contest was the largest to date, with the most number of newspapers participating and more than 1,500 contest entries submitted total.

The Observer Group swept the General Excellence category, taking first (Longboat), second (East County) and third (Sarasota) and the Overall Graphic Design category: first (Longboat), second (Sarasota) and third (East County).

The company’s website, YourObserver.com, also won first place in Website Development.

The Longboat, Sarasota and East County Observers competed in the largest circulation class, 15,000 or more; the Pelican Press competed in the middle circulation class, between 7,000 and 15,000; and the Gulf Coast Business Review competed in the smallest circulation class of less than 7,000.

The Longboat Observer also won first place in Religion Writing (Robin Hartill); second place in the Editorial Award category; and third place in Community History

(Robin Hartill). Hartill’s article on Longboat resident and Holocaust survivor Rifka Glatz won the Religion Writing category, while her two-part series on the history of the Colony Beach & Tennis Resort and its longtime patrons and guests took third place in the Community History category.

The East County Observer won first place in Sports Game Day Story (Jen Blanco), Sports Feature Story (Jen Blanco) and Spot News Picture (Michael Eng).

The Sarasota Observer won first place in Community History (Loren Mayo).

The Gulf Coast Business Review won first place for its special section, Gulf Coast 500, along with three additional awards, and the Pelican Press received seven awards.

Judges comments included: “Powerful page appeal ... wellwritten ... photojournalism at its best ... good balance between hard news and soft news ... ” — the Longboat Observer, General Excellence; “Each page of this newspaper is thoughtfully designed — inside pages are welldesigned as section fronts.

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Trolley folly Prioritizing is never easy, particularly so for politicians when, for every government service, there is some sort of constituency, or special interest, wanting that service. That’s true whether it is tennis courts, community rooms or kayak access.

But in this long-term downturn, prioritizing is a real-life necessity that keeps colliding with each government special-interest group.

Surely the trolley is one of those areas of collision. And it seems prima facie to be an area that is a lower priority, one in which the town and Sarasota and Manatee counties can both save money to be allocated for higher priorities that would otherwise need to be cut if the trolley is continued.

The trolley service connects Coquina Beach on Anna Maria Island to downtown Sarasota through Longboat Key. It is supported by Sarasota County Area Transit and Manatee County Area Transit, plus the town of Longboat Key. State subsidies were eliminated during last year’s budgeting — subsidies that do not make sense anyway, because there is no good justification for taking tax money from people in Clay County to subsidize a trolley service to Sarasota and Manatee beach communities.

Last year, the trolley cost about $600,000 to operate, but most of that funding came from the two counties. Because of budget cutbacks, the trolley’s schedule was reduced from every 30 minutes to every 60 minutes and cut back from the final run occurring at 11 p.m. to 8 p.m. Not surprisingly, there was a corresponding reduction in ridership, ridership, by the way, that has been questionable to begin with.

Both counties are looking at more cuts in personnel and services this year, and the trolley service should be high on that list.

Tom Aposporos, president of the Longboat Key, Lido Key, St. Armands Key Chamber of Commerce, as you would expect, has been a

trolley proponent, seeing it as beneficial to businesses on the islands. In a world where money was no concern, the trolley could be fine. But that is not the world we are in.

Working with all of the municipalities involved and their staffs, Aposporos has been trying to expand trolley ridership. But he knows the service is more in survival mode right now than in expansion mode.

“We have been swimming against the tide on this issue since its beginning, but we are still swimming!” he said.

Aposporos’ indefatigable spirit is admirable. But with more cuts this year and next year in local budgets, it becomes harder and harder for any elected officials to justify the expense of the trolley.

+ Flags and turtles

How strong is the environmental impulse on Longboat Key, particularly when it comes to protecting sea turtles? Strong enough to trump basic patriotism, at least for awhile.

Longboater Laurin Goldner noticed that the American flag flying high at Longboat Key Town Hall was in the dark. She naturally assumed what most of us would: a burned out bulb. Nope. The light that illuminates the flag at night apparently cast a stray beam onto the beach across the street beyond the condos. That, of course, violates town ordinances against confusing sea turtles during the May-November nesting season.

But, of course, flying the flag in the dark is disrespectful and violates the U.S. flag code. So town employees lowered it at night.

Turtles 1, Flag 0.

Goldner suggested it could be raised in the morning and lowered at night, but she was told there were no personnel to do that because of cutbacks. Finally, the town installed a red cover over the light to keep any beams from getting near the beach.

Kudos to Goldner for seeing the situation and staying on top of it to resolution.

+ Cutest, shortest parade

We like to think of it as the shortest, cutest Fourth of July parade in America.

Once again, we’d venture to say Monday’s Longboat Key Freedom Festival parade on Bay Isles Road lived up to that reputation.

Little Mia Gubernat, above, was just one of the many tots, pooches, parents and grandparents who proudly paraded in their AllAmerican red, white and blues.

It was a splendid little affair — made all the more so by the Longboat Key Garden Club’s annual butterfly release; Blue Dolphin’s waffles and whipped cream; the Key Club’s sausages; Harry’s watermelon; and the fun, simple games for kids.

Kudos to all of the volunteers and sponsors (Cannons Marina, Longboat Observer, Kiwanis, the town of Longboat Key and above vendors). While the Fourth has deep meanings, the Freedom Festival is a simple reminder of who we are as a nation and what we’re all about.

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The media have recently been so preoccupied with a congressman’s photograph of himself in his underwear that there has been scant attention paid to the fact that Iran continues advancing toward creating a nuclear bomb, and nobody is doing anything that is likely to stop them.

Nuclear weapons in the hands of the world’s leading sponsor of international terrorism might seem to be something that would sober up even the most giddy members of the chattering class. But that chilling prospect cannot seem to compete for attention with cheap behavior by an immature Congressman, THOMAS infatuated with himself.

SOWELL A society that cannot or will not focus on matters of life and death is a society whose survival as a free nation is at least questionable. Hard as it may be to conceive how the kind of world that one has been used to, and taken for granted, can come to an end, it can happen in the lifetime of today’s generation.

Those who founded the United States of America were keenly aware that they were making a radical departure in the kinds of governments under which human beings had lived over the centuries — and that its success was by no means guaranteed.

Monarchies in Europe had lasted for centuries and the Chinese dynasties for thousands of years. But a democratic republic was something else.

While the convention that was writing

the Constitution of the United States was still in session, a lady asked Benjamin Franklin what the delegation was creating.

“A republic, madam,” he said, “if you can keep it.”

In the middle of the next century, Abraham Lincoln still posed it as a question whether “government of the people, by the people and for the people shall not perish from the earth.”

Years earlier, Lincoln had warned of the dangers to a free society from its own designing power-seekers — and how only the vigilance, wisdom and dedication of the public could preserve their freedom.

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But, today, few people seem to see such dangers, either internally or internationally.

A recent poll showed that nearly half the American public believes that the government should redistribute wealth.

That so many people are so willing to blithely put such an enormous and dangerous arbitrary power in the hands of politicians — risking their own freedom, in hopes of getting what someone else has — is a painful sign of how far many citizens and voters fall short of what is needed to preserve a democratic republic.

The ease with which people with wealth can ship it overseas electronically, or put it in tax shelters at home, means that raising the tax rate on wealthy people is not going to bring in the kind of tax revenue that would enable wealth redistribution to provide the bonanza that some people are

expecting.

In other words, people who are willing to give government more arbitrary power can give up their birthright of freedom without even getting the mess of pottage.

Worse yet, they can give up their children’s and their grandchildren’s birthright of freedom.

Free and democratic societies have existed for a relatively short time, as history is measured — and their staying power has always been open to question.

So much depends on the wisdom of the voters that the franchise was always limited, in one way or another, so that voting would be confined to those with a stake in the viability and progress of the country, and the knowledge to cast their vote intelligently.

In our own times, however, voting has been seen as just one of the many “rights” to which everyone is supposed to be entitled.

The emphasis has been on the voter, rather than on the momentous consequences of elections for the nation today and for generations yet unborn.

To those who see voting as more or less just a matter of self-expression, almost a recreational activity, there is no need to inform themselves on both sides of the issues before voting, much less sit down and think beyond the rhetoric to the realities that the rhetoric conceals.

Careless voters may be easily swayed by charisma and rhetoric, oblivious to the monumental disasters created around the world by 20th century leaders with charisma and rhetoric, such as Hitler.

Voters like this represent a danger of terminal frivolity for freedom and democracy.

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Debt causes direction of market to stay questionable dollars. As previously written in Market Watch, there are several viable movements currently under way to replace the dollar as the world’s reserve currency.

As always, debtor countries such as the United States want to maintain dollars as the reserve currency. Similarly, countries that are holding dollars as part of their reserves represent the economies that want to make the change. These countries have whopping trade balance surpluses with America. And, as they continue to hold those surpluses, they risk the value of reserves deteriorating further as the dollar goes down in value.

Countries such as China, that hold large dollar reserves, do two things when dollar reserves are at risk of losing value: 1. They add to their gold reserves, which China has done, now becoming the fifth-largest holder of gold in the world behind the U.S., Germany, France and Italy, respectively.

2. They try to make their own currencies into a currency fully acceptable around the world. China is already doing that successfully by using its currency, rather than dollars, to settle international contracts.

We are a petroleum-based economy.

The price of petroleum is important to the U.S. and our competitive position in the world. Estimated reserves of natural gas in our country were recently upgraded to 2.2 trillion cubic feet, enough to satisfy consumption for 100 years. We are importing 51% of our oil now, down from 60% only a few years ago. Our newly discovered oil fields, especially the Bakken Field in North Dakota, South Dakota and Montana, are estimated to be Saudisized reserves. Off shore, where moratoriums on drilling exist, there are another 60 billion barrels of oil, enough for us to become fully independent, and be exporters of oil within 15 years.

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Public debt has been the bane of governments throughout history. The great Austrian economist, Ludwig Von Mises, called this the “Crisis of Interventionism.” Interventionism aims at confiscating (stealing) the “surplus” of one part of the population and then giving it to the other part. Once this surplus is exhausted by total confiscation, a further continuation of the policy is impossible. The crisis of interventionism is summed up by the adage: “The problem with socialism is that eventually you run out of other people’s money!” It is not coincidental that growth of public debt fits hand-in-glove with large and invasive government.

For real recovery to take place there must be political reform. We’re in this mess because of unethical politics. There is the usual noise out of Washington that reform is on the way. The Democrats and the Republicans were complicit in creating today’s problems. So far, all “reform” proposals are designed for political expedience instead of real reform. Reform can only come from a vastly smaller government. Otherwise, our government will continue to increase our public debt until further catastrophe occurs.

The wise investor will try to protect himself from the stock market. Gold and silver have a long way to go up in price, because the dollar has a long way to go down. Cash provides the patient investor with great future buying opportunities.

For investors who cannot resist the stock market, A-plus growth stocks selling at low PEs and yielding more than 3% are Abbott Labs, Chevron, Coca-Cola and Johnson & Johnson.

Caveat emptor.

George Rauch, Longboat Key, is chief executive officer of Bradenton-based General Propeller and a former Wall Street investment banker.

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— $7.41; Germany — $6.82; England — $6.60; Italy — $6.40; France — $6.04; Japan — $5.40; and Canada — $3.81. It’s easy to see mathematically that if the dollar ceases to become the world’s reserve currency, fuel prices would substantially increase. That would increase the cost of production of U.S. goods by 10% to 20%.

It would be difficult to be price competitive in world markets under those conditions; the dollar would continue to fall until American-made products can be purchased abroad at a “favorable price.”

This is not only an ugly scene — it’s probable. Here are a few other reasons to suggest the stock market might be in for a rough couple of years: 1. Ben Bernanke’s speech recently suggested that the U.S. economy is headed in the right direction. QE2, he claimed, was responsible for adding 700,000 full-time jobs. Although that sounds good, the cost of each new job comes to $850,000.

2. The rise in the Standard and Poor’s Index of 500 stocks under QE2 has mostly been a result of the decline in the purchasing power of the dollar, the price in which the shares are measured.

3. Housing prices continue to go down, and although the government says inflation is running at 3.1% annually, we all know inflation exceeds 3.1%.

4. Yale University professor and housing expert Robert Shiller expects the stock market to gain only between 2% and 3% annually over the next decade. He sees no resurgence of consumer spending because the “real” unemployment rate is 16%, and, he points out, housing prices continue to head south.

5. Seventy percent of the money borrowed in the worst week of our crisis (October 2008) was borrowed by foreign banks. Because the Fed refuses to be audited, we do not know how involved the Fed is with the debts of the rest of the world’s countries that are at risk of going into permanent default (Greece, Spain, Ireland, etc.). How much is the U.S. taxpayer at risk because of the obligations

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Right now, even though the market has sold off recently, we remain in what is technically called a bull market. Under current economic circumstances, it’s amazing the market is not at half of its current value of 12,250 points. At half current values, a market priced at 6,125 points would represent a cash yield on the Dow Industrials of 4.8% instead of the current 2.4%, far more realistic when GEORGE the average dividend RAUCH yield over the last 100 years is 4.6%. In analyzing what is ahead, we can at least get some idea of the risks involved in further investment in the stock market.

For 50 years we have used debt to fuel growth by increasing the money supply through government deficit spending. Growth fueled by anything other than savings is an invitation to disaster.

Without real political reform, U.S. economic outlook is disastrous. More than 200 years ago, Thomas Jefferson wrote, “I place the economy among the most important virtues, and public debt as the great danger to be feared. To preserve our independence, we must not let our leaders load us with perpetual debt. We must make our choice between economy and liberty, or profusion and servitude.”

Here is what we are looking at: The dollar will lose its reserve status; the U.S. will sink into a more severe slump than we are experiencing; and there is likely to be a currency collapse far greater than what has already occurred, because 65% of the world’s monetary reserves are in dollars. This will create a panic for gold, and a new currency will have to be created. The battleground in the next five years is the future of the dollar and the dollar’s reserve status.

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Reality check for schools Listening once again to the yearly cry that the schools are broke is beyond tedious. The superintendent has proclaimed an “unprecedented loss of revenue at the state and local level … hitting the district harder than ever in this third year of budget cuts, staff reductions, unfunded mandates and uncertainty about the future.”

The public is being told teachers will lose their jobs, when in fact, all employees will be placed into open positions and will be employed when the school year begins.

Kalahar In a nutshell, the Sarasota County School District’s budget has been rolled back to 2005-06 levels, a time prior to the housing collapse when revenue was strong due to a large property tax base and referendum dollars. As far as education quality is concerned, the mediocrity from bureaucracy of five years ago was no different than it is today.

The schools spent $372 million in 2005-06 to teach 41,516 students. In 2011-12 they will spend $382 million teaching 483 fewer students while spending $349 dollars more per student. Any talk of drastic cuts in programs, salaries, benefits or positions is just disingenuous.

Factoring in for inflation, perpupil operating expenditures have increased $1,689, or 18.6%, between 2000 and 2011 to $10,769 per student.

The $382 million budget does not include the $44 million “fund balance,” or the $119 million capital outlay “construction” budget.

The total budget for next year is only $6 million less than last year’s, which represents a tiny 1.5% decrease in spending. Lowering the fund balance to $38 million would have made up for the difference.

So-called “cuts” actually represent a 2011-12 budget that mimics historical —albeit large — rates of growth in spending over the last 20 years. The reductions you are hearing about are the result of a spending spree that came from booming

state revenues and a district flush with cash from record referendum property tax dollars. It’s like claiming you are poor, because you have to trade in your Rolls Royce for a Mercedes Benz.

To add insult to injury, schools spent their financial windfall in hard cash, while homeowners watched the equity of their property plummet as the housing bubble burst.

Then, to soften and avoid recessionary reality, the district received $28 million in federal “stimulus” dollars over the last two years and will spend an extra $8 million in federal “jobs fund” dollars this year.

Like a myopic hippie at Woodstock, the system spends as much as it can get its hands on with little regard to long-term budgeting.

When things boom, it’s party time, and yet, when the unavoidable hangover of business cycles begins, administrators claim it’s “devastating.”

The reality is there are never enough dollars for elite educators who work within a system of utopian absolutes, void of such pesky market realities as profit, loss, competition, innovation and productivity. Even at the height of the boom in 2008, when the system had $485 million general budget dollars, you were told the schools needed more money, more referenda, more of everything! Cynics say they’ve perfected the “crisis for the children” game to hide the fact the system is fat, happy and always hungry.

The bottom line is there is no budget crisis; the school system has plenty of revenue; and there will be no noticeable changes or effective reforms. The business as usual “shell game” continues. Unfortunately, the consumers of education keep losing while the public sector monolith keeps laughing all the way to the bank.

Dean Kalahar teaches economics and psychology at Sarasota High School and has authored three books, including Practical Economics.

OUR TOWN + Couple ties the knot at St. Armands church

>> Continued from Page 1A

+ Barr Dunn gets the party started

Randi Celia Johnson, daughter of Bill and Mary Lou Johnson, of Longboat Key, and Andrew Young Mackintosh were married April 30, at St. Armands Key Lutheran Church.

Johnson graduated in 2006 from George Washington University with a bachelor’s degree in psychology and criminal justice. She is completing her residency at Florida State University and will graduate in August with her doctorate in clinical psychology from Florida Institute of Technology.

Mackintosh is also a 2006 graduate of George Washington University and holds a bachelor’s degree in political science. He worked for the White House for two years and is currently employed in the Florida Senate Majority Office, in Tallahassee.

She looked to her left and she looked to her right, then she shook her hips with all of her might.

As soon as Edith Barr Dunn spotted several neon hulahoops lying around at Freedom Fest Monday, July 4, she jumped right up and grabbed one for herself. It only took about 10 seconds before she got the hang of it, and, suddenly, the children watching her were pleading to join in the hula-hooping contest.

Also spotted at Freedom Fest was Longboat resident Virginia Sanders who never misses a year. She reported she enjoyed the festivities and had a huge grin on her face.

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+ Granddaughter looks picture-perfect for prom

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CLASSIC COPS

10:14 a.m. — 700 block of Old Compass Road. Abandoned Boat. A man reported a sinking boat was lodged under a dock. The owner of the boat promised to remove the leaky vessel.

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Roped in 11:24 a.m. — Overlook Park. Larceny. A town employee told police that someone stole a 200-foot rope from the poles lining Overlook Park.

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Prized possession 9:40 p.m. 3000 block of Harbourside Drive. Suspicious Vehicle. Subject reported new black convertible Mustang had been noticed by employees. Vehicle had no license plates. Officer advised car was offered as prize at local golf tournament on weekend of June 21.

6:34 p.m. — 5600 block of GMD. Code Enforcement. Police couldn’t find a dog that was reported on the beach, but several witnesses said it was a service dog.

warned not to walk the beach after hours and to shut off the flashlights they were using to find seashells, because they were violating the town’s sea-turtle nesting season ordinance.

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Under watch 9:06 p.m. — Avenue of the Flowers. Security Check. Police found the front door to a vacant restaurant space unlocked and kept watch on the location, because the door couldn’t be secured.

Secured storage space 10:51 p.m. — 200 block of GMD. Security Check. Police found a storage room open near a restaurant and secured it.

June 28

Fisherman receives several warnings 1:52 a.m. — 100 block of GMD. Code Enforcement. Police noticed a car parked on the east side of Gulf of Mexico Drive at the base of the New Pass Bride and located its owner fishing in Overlook Park. The fisherman left the area after being warned he was in the park after hours, that his car was illegally parked and that he couldn’t drink alcohol in the park.

3:08 p.m. — 5200 block of GMD. Suspicious Person. A woman reported that a suspicious looking man approached a nearby condominium unit door and took a pair of goggles that was near the door.

The woman confronted the man about his actions, and he returned the goggles and fled the area.

Sales pitch goes out the door 5:56 p.m. — 600 block of Longboat Court. Soliciting. A woman was told she couldn’t go door to door on Longboat Key selling things. She was issued a written warning for the violation and left the area.

June 30

Door-to-door 1:08 a.m. — St. Armands Circle. Assist Other Agency. Longboat Key police were standing by as a Sarasota Police Department officer was performing a traffic stop.

A vehicle then drove by and clipped the driver’s-side door of the Sarasota police car. Longboat police pulled over the offender, who admitted to having a couple of beers. The Longboat officer turned the case over to Sarasota police.

Seashell slip-up 1:57 a.m. — 3100 block of GMD. Suspicious Person. A Longboat Key couple was

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6:55 p.m. — 600 block of Gulf Bay Road. Fireworks. A man told police he heard fireworks in the area. Police found no signs of illegal firework activity.

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COMMUNITY CALENDAR College Application Process Talk — takes place at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, July 13, at the Island Branch Library, 5701 Marina Drive, Holmes Beach. Manatee High School College & Career Resource Center founder Debra Landesberg will give tips on designing resumes, college essays, financial aid and finding the “best fit” college. Contact Landesberg at 813-230-8992.

Longboat Key, Lido Key, St. Armands Key Chamber of Commerce Networking @ Noon Luncheon — takes place at 11:30 a.m. Thursday, July 14, at Holiday Inn Lido Beach, 233 Ben Franklin Drive, Lido Key. Cost is $18 for members; $25 for non-members. Call 383-2466.

Official Measurement of the Guinness World Records Tallest Cotton Plant — takes place at 10:30 a.m. Friday, July 15, at Casa del Mar, 4621 Gulf of Mexico Drive. The public is invited to watch Guinness World Records officials measure the famous Casa del Mar cotton plant, which is in the running for the resort’s sixth world record. Call 383-1716.

DON’T MISS Sarasota Bay Estuary Program Bay Guardian Volunteer Event What: Volunteers will plant 500 plants donated by the American Littoral Society. The event will be one of the largest volunteer events at one of the regions largest restoration projects. Call 955-8085.

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Lois Rosenthal, 81, of Longboat Key, died June 26.

Born Nov. 16, 1929, she was a former resident of Buffalo, N.Y., and Cincinnati.

Mrs. Rosenthal is survived by her husband of 60 years, Jerome; daughter, Amy, of Longboat Key; and son, Michael, of Sarasota.

A service took place Tuesday, June 28, at Temple Beth Israel. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations can be made to the Parkinson Foundation, parkinson.org, or TideWell Hospice and Palliative Care, tidewell.org.

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Christ Church of Longboat Key, Presbyterian USA, 595 Bay Isles Road, will hold Sunday worship services at 10 a.m. The Rev. Bruce Porter is the pastor. 3838833.

Longboat Island Chapel, 6200 Gulf of Mexico Drive, will hold Sunday worship services at 10 a.m. The Rev. Kenneth Gill is the minister. 383-6491.

St. Armands Key Lutheran Church, 40 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. 3881234.

St. Mary, Star of the Sea, Catholic Church, 4280 Gulf of Mexico Drive, will hold daily Mass at 9 a.m. Monday through Friday, Saturday Mass at 5 p.m. and Sunday Masses at 8:30 and 10:30 a.m. Msgr. Gerard Finegan is the pastor. 3831255.

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Born in Harlan, Iowa, Mrs. Lilly and her husband, Jim, moved in 1957 to Longboat Key after considering several places, in part because they thought it would be possible to sail from Longboat Key across the Gulf to Mexico in the event of a nuclear war.

Together, the Lillys converted a fruit stand into The Beach Cart, which was the island’s only full-service grocery store for many years. Over the next three decades, the couple built the Sea Stable, a sportswear shop next door, along with several rental properties.

Mrs. Lilly played piano at many places, including the Longboat Island Chapel, when it was located at the Longboat Key Center for the Arts, a Division of Ringling College of Art and Design, and with a therapy trio at the Happiness House; however, she was best-known as a clarinetist. She played with the Sarasota Concert Band for

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Freda Perrotta further reported that there were three live hatchlings in the nest and one that was just “pipping” — it finished hatching as they watched.

“The three live hatchlings, plus the one that hatched as we watched, were released as soon as all the birds left the sky, and all swam out successfully,” Perrotta said.

There was more excitement on the Sarasota County part of Longboat Key, where there was an unusual happening of a female turtle laying her nest in early daylight at 7 a.m. June 29.

The first nest on the Sarasota County side of Longboat Key was hatched June 21 and excavated June 24. Out of 135 eggs in the nest, 114 hatched.

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Naomi Cassagnol hangs above the water before splashing into the pool at Sarasota Yacht Club.

Victoria and Alexis Brewis got into the American spirit for Freedom Fest.

Holli Brown, Elisabeth Laviolette, Shyler Brown and Jack Laviolette pose with the hermit crab they found along the shore at Mar Vista Dockside Restaurant and Pub.

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Longboat Key’s Fourth of July festivities brought out spirited residents and visitors — young and old — to a variety of activities this weekend.

On Monday, July 4, Longboaters decked out in Independence Day flair that ran the gamut of everything from beads to flags lined up to march in the annual Freedom Fest parade. Children decorated their bicycles with cheery “I LOVE AMERICA” posters, flags, streamers — and even dogs — and pedaled proudly through the streets alongside a perfect replica of Uncle Sam — otherwise known as Jim Seaton. Town officials smiled proudly and waved to the festive crowd.

Following the parade, everyone gathered around Longboat Key Garden Club member Susan Landau for a butterfly release and joined in old-fashioned games, such as a water ballon toss, watermelon seed-spitting contest and egg spoon relay races. Edith Barr Dunn showed the kids how it’s done during the hula-hoop contest.

The Longboat Key Club held a lobster barbecue Sunday, July 3, by the hotel pool. Besides serving up lobster, the buffet included many other dishes followed by

a variety of desserts. The guests also enjoyed live music by Max McCann.

The annual “Boom Boom on the Bay” fireworks event got a little soggy Saturday, July 2, when a thunderstorm rolled in during the fireworks display that took place over Sarasota Bay. The crowd didn’t let a little rain damper their spirits, however, and continued to celebrate as they ran for shelter. The event was hosted by Mar Vista Dockside Restaurant and Pub and Moore’s Stone Crab Restaurant and Marina.

Members and guests of Sarasota Yacht Club celebrated the Fourth of July with poolside fun and music by RPM Monday, July 4. Later in the day, there was an All-American buffet dinner and an evening of dancing with music provided by soulRcoaster.

The members of Bird Key Yacht Club enjoyed an afternoon and evening of games, prizes and potato races Monday, July 4. The club also hosted dinner and members and their guests watched the fireworks over Sarasota Bay.

Chandler Smith, Brandon Vess and Sarah Vess at Mar Vista.

Mia Gubernat dressed up for Freedom Fest.

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By Robin Hartill | Community Editor

Bird Key home sells for $4.95 million The Bird Key home at 667 Mourning Dove Drive sold for $4.95 million — the largest sale on the island since January 2008, when the home at 643 Mourning Dove Drive sold for $6.9 million. According to the deed filed at the Sarasota Clerk of the Court, Lawrence and Joan Castellani, of Longboat Key, purchased the home from the Sarasota-based Solent Inc. The deed of sale was signed by Solent Inc.’s directors, Judith Harrington, Norman Harrington and Renea Glendinning.

The 6,520-square-foot home was built in 2009 and has five bedrooms, five bathrooms, two half-baths and a swimming pool. The home was built by Murray Homes and listed by its sister company, Murray Realty. Judy Kepecz-Hays, of Coldwell Banker Residential Real Estate, sold the home.

The sale was the largest of 15 key transactions recorded during the week of June 20 through June 24 at the Sarasota and Manatee county courthouses. Of the week’s sales, nine occurred on Longboat Key, including two in Manatee County, while three each took place on Lido and Bird keys.

Sanctuary

Richard Rosetti, of Albany, N.Y., sold Unit A-403 at Sanctuary III, 545 Sanctuary Drive, located behind the Islandside gates of the Longboat Key Club and Resort, to Mark and Valerie Anderson, of Geneva, for $785,000. Built in 1991, the 2,375-squarefoot unit has three bedrooms and twoand-a-half bathrooms. It last sold for $1.05 million in February 2009.

Grand Bay

Kenneth and Leah Soderblom, Longboat Key, sold Unit 335 at 3030 Grand Bay Blvd. in the 272-unit Grand Bay to

BUILDING PERMITS These are the largest building permits issued by the Longboat Key Planning and Zoning Department for the week of June 24 through June 30, in order of dollar amounts. (GMD = Gulf of Mexico Drive) Address 3335 GMD 565 Sanctuary Drive 658 Rountree Drive 4525 GMD 2295 GMD 3556 Fair Oaks Lane 3318 Sabal Cove Lane 709 Bayport Way 4311 GMD 490 North Shore Road

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The 6,520-square-foot home at 667 Mourning Dove Drive, on Bird Key, was built by Murray Homes and designed by Cliff Scholz. It sold for $4.95 million.

Permit Applicant Amount Alteration Town of Longboat Key $175,558.50 Alteration Lisa Marcus $85,000 Alteration Gaele Barthold $72,716 Alteration The Castillian $24,385 Alteration Earl Ruggiero $12,540 Addition Leah McCoy-Soderblom $12,500 Alteration Gerald Lublin $8,000 Alteration Eleanor Linde $5,000 Alteration Michael Berman $6,810 Alteration George Williams $1,181

Ronald and Cindy Levine, of Princeton Junction, N.J., for $740,000. Built in 1998, the 2,143-square-foot unit has three bedrooms and three-and-a-half bathrooms.

It last sold for $895,000 in March 2004.

rooms and two bathrooms. It last sold for $450,000 in April 2002.

Islander Club

Windward Bay

Vincent and Leanne Northfield, of Bradenton, sold Apartment 105-S at the 140-unit Islander Club, 2295 Gulf of Mexico Drive, to Edward Gratz, trustee, and Sherry Gratz, of Bethesda, Md., as tenants in common, for $400,000. Built in 1970, the 1,235-square-foot unit has two bedrooms and two bathrooms. It last sold for $510,000 in August 2007.

Sands Point

Maxine Fornasiero, Longboat Key, sold Unit 324 at 100 Sands Point Road, located behind the Islandside gates of the Longboat Key Club and Resort at the 78-unit Sands Point, to Ian Crawford, of Longwood, for $370,000. Built in 1966, the 1,941-square-foot unit has two bed-

Larry and Barbara Clemons sold PH-4 in Building G at 4500 Gulf of Mexico Drive in the 151-unit Windward Bay to Jeffrey and Margaret Mayper, of Houston, for $365,000.

Built in 1975, the 1,096-square-foot unit has two bedrooms and two bathrooms. It last sold for $209,900 in June 2000.

Also at Windward Bay, Ruth Bowers and Loretta Homan, of Shepherdstown, W.Va., sold Unit 301 in Building C at 4800 Gulf of Mexico Drive to Stephen and Teresa Chasko, of Newmanstown, Pa., for $250,000.

Built in 1975, the 1,337-square-foot unit has two bedrooms and two bathrooms. It last sold for $153,500 in December 1994.

liam Fife II, of Arlington, Texas, sold Unit 225 in Building M-2 at 1932 Harbourside Drive in the 288-unit Fairway Bay to Roger and Frances Abrams, of Boston, for $299,000. Built in 1982, the 1,270-squarefoot unit has two bedrooms and two bathrooms. It last sold for $149,500 in June 1987.

Seaplace

Jeffrey and Susan Schwartz, of Buffalo, N.Y., sold Unit G6-306-C at 1955 Gulf of Mexico Drive in Unit IV of the 461-unit Seaplace to Jay and Michelle Schlorf, of Maple Creek, Minn., for $212,000. Built in 1978, the 933-square-foot unit has two bedrooms and one bathroom. It last sold for $320,000 in July 2004.

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Jackson Jensen decorated his bike for the town of Longboat Key’s Freedom Fest.

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Lyle Smith, Jenna Smith, Jeff Smith, Debbie Smith and Vicki Wentzell enjoy themselves at Moore's Stone Crab Restaurant.

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lkoy@coldwellbanker.com Tour Lynne’s properties at

www.lynnekoy.com

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Noelle Amorini tries to catch a water balloon at Freedom Fest.

Isabella Zeppi and Kate Folkens have fun floating in green and pink innertubes at Sarasota Yacht Club.

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HARBOR ACRES

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DOWNTOWN SARASOTA

Fabulous Neighborhood! Wonderfully Updated Pool Home with Charm & Character. $790,000

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

LONGBOAT KEY

Spectacular Views of Gulf, Bay and City! Delightful L’Ambiance Unit with over 3600 SF of Classy Upgrades and Finishes! $1,890,000

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

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

LONGBOAT KEY

$4,495,000

GOLDEN GATE POINT

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

Beautiful LaBellasara with over 3100 SF of Marvelous Finishes & Lovely Bay and City Views! $2,190,000

LONGBOAT KEY

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

995,000

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

Inn on the Beach Club-Suite Updated & Furnished With Sophistication, Detail and Quality. $329,500

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University Park - Custom Lakefront Beautifully maintained 3BR + Den home with 10ft ceilings, his & her bath, quality builtin’s, & expanded great room overlooking the pool/spa and lake. Two car garage. $ 569,000

Andrew Bers and Robbie Petsinger, of the Andrew Bers Team with Re/Max Alliance Group, is the recipient of a 2011 Five Star Real Estate Agent Award. The award is based on a survey provided to all Sarasota-area residents who purchased a home in the past 12 months, along with Sarasota magazine subscribers and 250 mortgage and title companies in which respondents rate real-estate agents on nine criteria.

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Ritz Tower – Bay & City Views PENTHOUSE residence with 4,704 Sq. Ft., 4 BR plus family room and 4.5 bathrooms offers incredible views & opulent interiors. Wood & marble floors, granite & stainless gourmet kitchen, 10’ ceilings. $ 3,595,000

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Bay Harbour – Longboat Key Bay Front Enchanting 3BR Developers corner apartment with Bay views & 2 enclosed lanais for extra a/c square footage. Fresh paint, new carpet, washer & dryer in unit and excellent amenities! $ 349,000

Sanctuary III - Behind the Gates Desirable 5th floor Southeast corner 3BR/2.5 BA with wide open Bay, City, and LBK Club Golf Course views. 3rd bedroom doubles as a den with quality built-in’s and renovated kitchen has granite, wood and newer appliances. $ 799,900

La Firenza - Direct Beach Front Stunning sunsets over the Gulf and partial Bay views from this SW corner 3,521 SF apartment with varying 11 & 12 ft ceilings. Spacious floor plan with 3BR+ family room and den/3.5 BA, full bar and summer kitchen. Oversized private 2-car garage. $ 3,500,000

June 28 Longboat Key Duplicate Bridge Club Bayfront Park Recreation Center 1. Don and Connie Howard 2. Jayne Forstenzer and Helen Schweyer 3. Jack Wilber and Larry Auerbach

Bird Key – Bay & City Views Gorgeous two-story home on 213’ of waterfront with wide open City, Bay and canal views.

4BR/5 full & 2 half baths, Infinity edge pool & boat dock with 20,000 lb lift.

La Bellasara – Golden Gate Point Sparkling water views from this amazing 5,585SF Penthouse apartment with 4BR/5BA, private his & hers studies, wine cellar & separate tasting area, media room and large terrace overlooking the Bay $ 11,500,000 and downtown. Private boat dock & 2 car garage. $ $ 4,950,000 www.Johnsonestatelongboatkey.com 5,950,000

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

BIRD KEY – Open Bay Front 3BR + Office/4th BR 4,467 Sq. Ft. $2,195,000 RED ROCK TERRACE - Oyster Bay Vacant Lot Lot w/ House Plans $439,000 GRAND BAY II - Bay & City Views 4th Floor 3BR/3BA 2,781 Sq. Ft $1,395,000 BEACHPLACE III – Direct Gulf Front #302 3rd Floor 2BR/2BA 1,392 Sq. Ft. $670,000 LONGBOAT KEY - Boater’s Dream Boating water 3BR/2.5 BA 3,435 Sq. Ft $995,000 BEACHPLACE III - Direct Gulf Front #304 3rd Floor 2BR/2BA 1,503 Sq. Ft. $695,000 LA BELLASARA - Bay, Marina & City Views 6th Floor 3BR+ Study/4.5BA 3,370 Sq. Ft. $2,395,000

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

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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

Sea Gate Club - Direct Gulf Front Floor-to-ceiling glass frames the Beach and Sunsets from every room in this 1,470 SF 2BR/2BA with higher ceilings, wood floors and 2 terraces. Great amenities and on-site management. Walk to shopping. $ 579,000 $549,000

$260,000

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

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OLDFLORIDA/ CORTEZ WATERFRONT HOME 3BR/2BA with bonus room, sun deck & 150FT dock on the Bay. Mature landscaping.

SEPARATE studio in back.

DIRECT Bay view. One of a kind. Must see! Debra Ibasfalean #M5814790

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Coldwell Banker Residential Real Estate, LLC ●

$279,000

Water Club I - Gulf & Bay Views 6th floor 3BR/3 full BA newly designed & furnished apartment with beautiful water views, private elevator, 10’ ceilings and two expansive terraces for viewing nightly sunsets. Gated community with excellent amenities. Furnished. $ 1,599,00

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Bayport- Sporting Community Beach retreat that lives like a home. Beautifully & freshly remodeled, 3 full BR with sitting areas, and loads of storage, 2 private patios, his/her bath areas. Steps to private beach. $ 649,900

941-387-1820 Direct

GREAT OPPORTUNITY 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

Promenade - Penthouse Sweeping Gulf and Bay views with sunsets.

2,612 luxurious sq. ft. w/ 10 ft ceilings, fireplace, wet bar, granite & marble baths, 2 terraces, & 2 valuable garage parking spaces included. $ 999,000

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Key Royale – Holmes Beach Waterfront Remodeled 3BR/2BA home with water on three sides! Spacious floor plan with 2,688 square feet, waterfront lap pool, private dock w/ lift and 2-car garage. $ 949,000

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2BR/2BA totally renovated, tropical gardens, upgrades too numerous to mention. Heated pool & spa, only 53 residences in this well maintained complex.

Pets welcome. Marc Turner #A3943874 $629,500

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

BEAUTIFUL 2-STORY, 4BR/4BA home located

201 Gulf of Mexico Drive, Suite #1, Longboat Key

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Anna Maria beaches just across the bridge. Oversized lot with heated pool. Extras galore! Jerry Cunningham #A3938209

$695,527

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games | deal us in

By Donna Swan | Contributing Writer

BRIDGE HAND

Contributor shows team spirit In a recent pairs event, the contributor made his day when he played this hand. At both tables, the lead was the 10 of spades. Both Easts won the ace and returned a spade. The declarer at the other table won the spade and cashed the ace and king of hearts, and he could not avoid losing two heart tricks and a diamond for down one.

The contributor was in his element.

He knew that the hand was cold unless trump broke 4-1 — not even he

could handle a 5-1 break. There was nothing he could do if East held four trump, but if West held four trump and East’s singleton were the eight, the contract could still be made.

At trick three, the contributor led the nine of trump. West did the best he could by covering with the 10.

When dummy’s king dropped the eight, it was all over. The contributor returned to his hand with a club and led a trump toward the ace-seven.

West played the Jack, the dummy’s

Dealer: North

North

ace won, and the seven forced out the queen. No return could hurt the contributor, and he still had a club entry to his hand to use his six of trump to draw West’s five.

All teams in such an event would love to have the contributor as a member of their team.

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

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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.

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CHINA. Osprey residents John and Carole Costa made sure to have some reading material on hand — the Longboat Observer — while visiting the 5,500-mile Great Wall of China in June.

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SPECTACULAR! 7TH FLOOR Gulf, Beach and Sunsets. 3 Bedroom/3½ Bath. Decorator finished. Private 2 car garage. $3,195,000

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BAYFRONT ESTATE Gated, Private, 1 acre estate on deepwater channel. Spectacular Bay vistas.Private beach access. Boat dock & lift - BAYFRONT LIVING AT ITS BEST! Bring Offers. $2,995,000

DIRECT BAYFRONT NEW MEDITERRANEAN 5BR NEW CONSTRUCTION with custom finishes. Direct Bay MASTERPIECE Magnificent pool/patio bayside, plus a views to the north, canal views to the south, protected boating large patio off master suite. Designer finishes. Gated with water and walking distance to the beach. $1,595,000 BOAT DOCK. $9,500,000 HIDEAWAY BAY Exceptional 5,000 sq. ft. custom GULFFRONT ESTATE BEST BUY ON THE BEACH canal home. Deep water dock accommodates 50’ – 1+ acres with a gated entrance and a private boardwalk boat. A great family home. $1,995,000 to beach. Stunning Gulf, Beach and Sunset views! BAYPORT 3 BR Direct Beachfront Corner rarely REDUCED. $5,500,000 available! Great tennis, beach & pool complex. $620,000 SABAL COVE Spacious 4BR w/first level magnificent RITZ CARLTON TOWER RESIDENCE 10th floor master suite. Exquisite lakefront! $1,795,000 views of Sarasota Bay to Big Pass, and views of Marina WESTWAY ESTATE 210 FT. DIRECTLY on New Pass, views Jack. Southeast corner with two large terraces and morning to Gulf, outstanding sunsets. 4 BR home plus 4 BR guest house. sun. $2,700,000 Gorgeous courtyard pool, dock, private beach access. $8,900,000

HARBOUR VILLA CLUB Fantastic 2 Bedroom/2 Bath bayfront penthouse.

New windows, new decorating and fabulous views. Deepwater 40 ft. boat dock. $590,000

ISLANDER CLUB Fantastic gulf side 2 Bedroom / 2 Bath updated condo with dramatic Bay views from every room!

Beautiful beach & many amenities. REDUCED $450,000

WIDE CANAL WITH NEW BOAT DOCK 3 in from Bay. Great 3 bedroom home with new finishes. Large pool. $895,000 BAYFRONT ESTATE 100 ft. on the bay and along one $2,435,000 LONGBOAT KEY CLUB - INN ON THE BEACH Gulf front 2BR $995,000 or Club Suites $445,000 UNIVERSITY PARK Incredible 3/3 upgraded home with

side, plus guest house.

numerous extras on amazingly landscaped private setting with exceptional outdoor patio/pool area. REDUCED $399,000

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Sunrise/sunset

RAINFALL

Mon., June 27 Tues., June 28 Wed., June 29 Thurs., June 30 Fri., July 1 Sat., July 2 Sun., July 3

North 0.00 0.00 0.09 0.00 0.14 0.94 0.00

Mid 0.00 0.00 1.60 0.00 0.76 0.25 0.00

Month to date: 2011

1.85 in Year-to-date:

South 0.00 0.05 0.37 0.00 0.82 1.84 0.74

2010 1.02 in.

2011 2010 19.45 in. 14.71 in.

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WEEKLY WINNEr: Front row seats PHOTO CONTEST:

Enter your local sunset, sunrise or weather-related photos for The Observer’s weather photo 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.

High Low 85 79 87.5 74 90.5 75.5 89 74 88.5 74.5 91 73.5 88 74

Tues., June 28 Wed., June 29 Thurs., June 30 Fri., July 1 Sat., July 2 Sun., July 3 Mon., July 4

Record Temps.

High Low 96 (1980) 71 (1989) 96 (2010) 70 (1990) 97 (1984) 70 (1990) 101 (1998) 71 (1990) 97 (1993) 72 (1984) 98 (1993) 72 (1984) 97 (1985) 71 (1984)

Average Gulf water temperature: 86.2

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Carla Vooren submitted this sunset photo, taken on Holmes Beach.

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2. Here are the property guidelines: pretty much anything that isn’t nailed down is mine. Anything I can pry loose isn’t nailed down.

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LOVE SEAT: Pottery Barn, debbieschaefer@msn.com or pull out bed, www.5201gulfofmexicodrive.com 58”wx36”dx32”h, khaki cover included, $75. www.5201gulfofmexicodrive.com 941-383-0509.

LAKEWOOD RANCH ESTATELAKEWOOD5-piece RANCH Aluminum patio (costESTATE$1700Aluminum Hardware) 5-piece patio (cost $1700Restoration now $699; Sofa & Restoration Hardware) nowlike $699; & loveseat (Robb & Stucky) newSofa $850. loveseat (Robb & Stucky) like new $850.

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

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

TOM PURVIS East Coast L.N.E.R. MoMA collection. Custom frame measures 47x37". $75. Photos available. 773-8442.

Autos For Sale Autos For For SaleRent Condos/Apts.

2006 LEXUS SC 430 Convertible. Excellent 2006 SCoption.

430 Convertible.

Excellent GULF,LEXUS BEACHFRONT: 2BR/2BA, lanai, condition.

Every Garage kept.

Never condition.

Every option.

Garage kept.

Never W/D, pool. $2000/mo.

O/B/O or 2 week wrecked. Non smoker. 941-809-3260. min. wrecked.

Non smoker. 941-809-3260. debbieschaefer@msn.com or Autos Wanted www.5201gulfofmexicodrive.com

Autos Wanted

AUTOS WANTED! Let me take the AUTOS WANTED! Let Cash me take the out of selling your car. offered out of selling your car.

Cash offered Call Mike, 941-713-2277.

Call Mike, 941-713-2277.

hassle hassle today! today!

Boat Autos Slips For For Rent/Sale Sale Boat Slips For Rent/Sale

BOAT SLIP. High and dry, indoor, for sale or 2006 LEXUS SC 430 Convertible.

Excellent BOAT SLIP. High and dry, for sale or lease.

Southend of LBK atindoor, the Boathouse. condition.

Every option.

Garage kept.

Never lease.

Southend of LBK at the Boathouse.

Furnishings Owner financing available. For info call wrecked.financing Non smoker.

941-809-3260.

Furnishings Owner available.

For info call 941-544-5597.

LAKEWOOD RANCH ESTATE941-544-5597.

Autos Wanted LAKEWOOD Aluminum 5-piece patio (cost $1700BOATHOUSE LBK: RANCH 32/ft. boat slipESTATEfor sale.

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

Aluminum 5-piece patio (cost $1700Restoration Hardware) now $699; Sofa & Fully enclosed, top level.

941-383-6748 or AUTOS WANTED! Let me take the hassle Fully enclosed, top level.

941-383-6748 or Restoration Hardware) now $699; Sofa & loveseat (Robb & Stucky) like new $850.

941-587-5896. out of selling your car. Cash offered today!

941-587-5896. loveseat (Robb & Stucky) like new $850.

Henredon and Drexel bedroom sets, Call Mike, 941-713-2277.

LBK MOORINGS Slip Rental, 65’ Open Henredon and bedroom sets, Stearns & FosterDrexel Beds, Stiffe65’lamps, LBK MOORINGS Slip Rental, Open Water View (R/8) Dock, $500/per month Stearns & Foster Beds, Stiffe lamps, Boat Slips For Rent/Sale Stanley Center month for Water ViewEntertainment (R/8) Dock, $500/per annual.

My Cost).

813-500-0566.

Stanley(Below Entertainment Center $995. for plasma/LCD ($350@Robb &Stucky) annual. (Below My Cost). 813-500-0566.

BOAT SLIP. High and dry, indoor, for sale plasma/LCD ($350@Robb &Stucky) $995.

5-piece Cherry Home BoatsOffice w/2-lateralor lease.

Southend of LBKmuch, at themuch, Boathouse.

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

Owner financing available.

For infomore. call Boats and Yachts are selling well. files, La-Z-Boy sleeper, much, much, Manatee Furniture Boats and Yachts are wide selling well.

941-544-5597.

Local resident with world exposure.

Manatee Furniture 3015resident 1st St. Bradenton, 10wide Blocks north Local with world exposure.

Experienced all size vessels.

"Lets talk 3015of1st St.inBradenton, 10Hwy Blocks north DeSoto mall on US 41.

BOATHOUSE LBK: 32/ft. boat slip for Experienced inyour all size vessels.

"Lets sale. talk about selling boat".

941-228-3489, of DeSoto mall on US Hwy 41.

941-745-2596 Fully enclosed, top level.

941-383-6748 or about selling your boat".

941-228-3489, Dave. Yachtingflorida@aol.com 941-745-2596 941-587-5896.

Dave. Yachtingflorida@aol.com

Garage/Moving/Estate Sales

LBK MOORINGS Slip Rental, Sales 65’ Open Garage/Moving/Estate Sarasota Municipal   FLEA Water View MARKET. (R/8) Dock, $500/per month MARKET.July Sarasota Municipal   FLEASaturday, Auditorium.

9, 10a.m.-5p.m. annual. (Below My Cost). 813-500-0566.

Saturday, July 9, 10a.m.-5p.m. &Auditorium.

Sunday, July 10, 10a.m.-4p.m.

For info: & Sunday, July 10, 10a.m.-4p.m.

For info: Boats 954-4165.

954-4165.

Boats and Yachts are selling well.

THE OBSERVER FRIDAY & S ATHE TURDA AY : July 8th & 9th, TURD OBSERVER Local resident with world wide8th exposure.

LP # 56736 FRIDAY & S APlace: TURDA &Way, 9th, TURDAY 8a.m.-2p.m.

6: July Tucahoe LP #size 56736 Experienced in all vessels.

"Lets talk 8a.m.-2p.m.

Place: 6 Tucahoe Way, The Hamptons, Palm Coast. Household and about selling your boat".

941-228-3489, The Hamptons, clothing item for Palm sale. Coast. Household and Dave.

Yachtingflorida@aol.com clothing item for sale.

General Merchandise General Merchandise

THRIFT SHOP: LORD’S WAREHOUSE. THRIFTSummer SHOP: Schedule: LORD’S WAREHOUSE. Hours: Tues. & Sat. Hours: Summer Schedule: Tues. jewelry, & Sat. 9a.m. to 1p.m. Non-profit.

Clothes, 9a.m. to 1p.m.

Non-profit.

Clothes, jewelry, furniture, other items. 6140 Gulf of Mexico furniture, otherTHE items.

6140 Gulf of Mexico OBSERVER Drive.

941-383-4738.

Drive. 941-383-4738.

LP # 56736

Merchandise Wanted Merchandise Wanted

SENIOR LOOKING to buy precious metals, SENIOR LOOKING buy precious metals, time pieces, coins, tojewelry and antiques. time pieces, coins, jewelry and antiques.

Please call Marc, 941-321-0707.

Please call Marc, 941-321-0707.

Storage Storage

STORAGE FACILITY Boat/ RV/ Trailer.

STORAGE FACILITY Boat/ RV/Clark Trailer.

Secure facility, low monthly rentals, Rd Secure facility, low monthly rentals, Clark Rd

Manatee Furniture Manatee Furniture 3015 1st St. Bradenton, 10 Blocks north LAKEWOOD RANCH ESTATE-

3015of1st St. Bradenton, 10 Hwy Blocks north DeSoto mall on US Aluminum 5-piece patio (cost41.$1700of DeSoto mall on US Hwy 41.

941-745-2596 Restoration Hardware) now $699; Sofa & 941-745-2596 loveseat (Robb & Stucky) like new $850.

Garage/Moving/Estate Sales Henredon and Drexel bedroom sets, Garage/Moving/Estate Sales Stearns & Foster Beds, Stiffe lamps,   FLEA MARKET. Sarasota Municipal MARKET.July Sarasota Municipal   FLEAEntertainment Stanley for Auditorium.

Saturday, 9, Center 10a.m.-5p.m.

Auditorium.

Saturday, July 9, 10a.m.-5p.m. plasma/LCD ($350@Robb &Stucky) $995. & Sunday, July 10, 10a.m.-4p.m. For info: &5-piece Sunday,Cherry July 10, 10a.m.-4p.m.

For info: Home Office w/2-lateral 954-4165.

954-4165. files, La-Z-Boy sleeper, much, much, more.

Manatee Furniture FRIDAY & S ATURDA Y : July 8th & 9th, TURDA FRIDAY & St. S ABradenton, TURDA July 8th north & Way, 9th, TURDAY6: 10 3015 1st Blocks 8a.m.-2p.m.

Place: Tucahoe 8a.m.-2p.m.

Place: 6 Tucahoe Way, of DeSoto mall on US Hwy 41.

The Hamptons, Palm Coast. Household and The Hamptons, Palm clothing item for941-745-2596 sale. Coast. Household and clothing item for sale.

Garage/Moving/Estate Sales General Merchandise General Merchandise

  FLEA MARKET. Sarasota Municipal THRIFT SHOP: LORD’S WAREHOUSE. Auditorium.

Saturday, July 9, 10a.m.-5p.m.

THRIFT SHOP: LORD’S Hours: Summer Schedule:WAREHOUSE. Tues. & Sat. & Sunday, July 10, 10a.m.-4p.m.

Hours: Summer Schedule: Tues.For & info: Sat. 9a.m. to 1p.m. Non-profit. Clothes, jewelry, 954-4165.

9a.m. to 1p.m.

Non-profit.

Clothes, jewelry, furniture, other items. 6140 Gulf of Mexico furniture, other items. 6140 Gulf of Mexico Drive.

941-383-4738.

FRIDAY & S ATURDA TURDAY : July 8th & 9th, Drive. 941-383-4738.

8a.m.-2p.m.

Place: Tucahoe Way, Merchandise6 Wanted Merchandise Wanted The Hamptons, Palm Coast.

Household and clothing item for sale.

SENIOR LOOKING to buy precious metals, SENIOR LOOKING buy precious metals, time pieces, coins, tojewelry and antiques. time pieces, coins, jewelry and antiques.

General Merchandise Please call Marc, 941-321-0707.

Please call Marc, 941-321-0707.

THRIFT SHOP:Storage LORD’S WAREHOUSE. Hours: SummerStorage Schedule: Tues. & Sat. STORAGE FACILITY Boat/ RV/ jewelry, Trailer.

9a.m. to 1p.m.

Non-profit.

Clothes, STORAGE FACILITY Boat/ RV/Clark Trailer.

Secure facility, monthly Rd furniture, otherlow items.

6140rentals, Gulf of Mexico Secure facility, low monthly rentals, Clark Rd area.

Drive.941-809-3660, 941-383-4738.941-809-3662 Condos941-809-3662 For Sale area. 941-809-3660,

Condos ForWanted Sale Merchandise Condos/Apts.

For Rent Condos/Apts. For Rent

SENIOR LOOKING to buy at precious BEACH-TO-BAY CONDO Bayportmetals, BTC. BEACH-TO-BAY CONDO at and Bayport BTC. time pieces, coins, jewelry antiques.

First floor, end unit.

Newly decorated 2 First floor, end unit.

Newly decorated 2 Please bath. call Marc, bed/2 Free941-321-0707. local phone, cable and bed/2 bath.

Free local phone, cable and wireless Internet. Pictures and details: Storage wireless Internet.

Pictures andowner details: www.bayportbtc.com.

Contact at www.bayportbtc.com.

Contact owner at 615-376-9448 STORAGE FACILITY Boat/ RV/ Trailer.

615-376-9448 Secure facility, low monthly rentals, Clark Rd Items Under $200Longboat For Sale WELCOME TO Paradise!

Key – area.

941-809-3660, 941-809-3662 WELCOME TOproperty Paradise!

Key – “Beachplace” for Longboat RENT – NEWLY ADVERTISE YOUR merchandise with the “Beachplace” property for RENT – NEWLY owned - Luxurious 2BR/2BA condo with Condos/Apts.

For Rent DIRECT GULF Front Longboat: 2BR/2BA total value of $200 or 2BR/2BA less in this section for owned Luxurious condo with views of the GulfFront of Mexico & private golf DIRECT GULF Longboat: 2BR/2BA condo.

Great No rental restrictions.

FREE! Limit 1income. ad of perMexico month, 15 words or views of the Gulf & private golf course.

Fully income. equipped unit with recent BEACH-TO-BAY CONDO at941-730-9060, Bayport BTC. condo.

Great No rental restrictions. $485,555.

Lisaequipped less.

Price must beVarano, included.

No with commercial course.

Fully unit recent upgrades and private terrace, First floor, end unit.

Newly decorated 2 $485,555.

Lisadecorating: Varano, 941-730-9060, Mary Collandra, 941-704-7095 Wagner advertising.

Ad runs 2 consecutive weeks. upgrades and decorating: private terrace, new appliances, granite countertops...

Steps bed/2 bath.

Free local phone, cable and Mary Collandra, 941-704-7095 Wagner Realty.

Email ad to: classified@yourobserver.com or new appliances, granitesize countertops... Steps to the beach, Olympic pool, wireless Internet.

Picturesswimming and details: Realty. online at: www.yourobserver.com/classifieds to the beach, Olympic size swimming pool, tennis courts, gym, and organized social DISCOVER THE OTHER ISLAND. Tidy www.bayportbtc.com.

Contact owner at tennis courts, gym, and organized social DISCOVER THE OTHER ISLAND. Tidy activities.

Covered parking and lots of closIsland in Sarasota Bay. Waterfront 3/2/2 BARBECUE ROTISSERIE. Heavy duty 615-376-9448 activities.

Covered parking andislots of 3/2/2 closIsland on in motor, Sarasota Bay. Waterfront et/storage space.

Maid service condo private Island.

Views of optional lake, bayon & electric stainless rod, 4-prong, et/storage space.

Maid service is optional condo on balance. private Island.

Views of lake, bayon & a weekly or basis.

Rent is preserve.

Former model, sold furnished!

WELCOME TO bi-weekly Paradise!

Longboat Key – counter Never used, $80.00. apreserve. weekly Former or bi-weekly basis.

Rentmin. is model, sold furnished! negotiable based on length of stay, $249,900.

Katharine Pepper, RoseBay Real “Beachplace” property for RENT – NEWLY 941-323-1046. negotiable based onPepper, lengthyour of stay, min. $249,900.

Katharine RoseBay Real $4,000/mo.

We welcome inquiries, Estate 941-792-9459. owned - Luxurious 2BR/2BA condo with LOVE SEAT: Pottery Barn, pull out bed, $4,000/mo.

We welcome your inquiries, Estate of 941-792-9459.

E-mail: kimberley@kpaa.ca call usgolf at views the Gulf of Mexico or & private PELICAN HARBOUR LBK-or FULL 58”wx36”dx32”h, khaki cover included, $75.

E-mail: kimberley@kpaa.ca call usBAY at (941)822.0854. course.

Fully equipped unit with recent PELICAN BAY VIEW, boat HARBOUR slips, beach,LBKtennisFULL and pool.

941-383-0509.

(941)822.0854. upgrades and decorating: privateand terrace, VIEW, boat slips, beach, tennis pool.

Custom wood and graniteTowers kitchen opens to LONGBOAT KEY Condo new appliances, granite countertops...

Steps TOM PURVIS East Coast L.N.E.R. MoMA Custom wood and granite kitchen opens to LONGBOAT KEY Towers Condo dining & living 2BR/2BA. room for a Great effect.

Beachfront.

NicelyRoom furnished. to the & beach, Olympic size swimming pool, collection.

Custom frame measures 47x37". dining living room for a Great Room effect.

Beachfront.

2BR/2BA. Nicely furnished.

2BR/2BA. limit for dog. $349,000.

W/D. Gulf No andweight Bay views.

Heated Pool. No tennis courts, gym,views. and organized social $75.

Photos 773-8442.

2BR/2BA. Noavailable. weight limit for dog. $349,000.

W/D. Gulf Bay Heated Pool.

No Steve or Craig Abbott, Saunders & smoking orand pets.

6 mo.Michael min.-available now activities.

Covered parking and lots of closSteve or Craig Abbott, Michael Saunders & smoking or pets.

6 mo. min.-available now Company.

941-374-3003 Condos/Apts.

For Rent and year-round.

Call (717)968-1473. et/storage space.

Maid service is optional on Company.

941-374-3003 and year-round.

Call (717)968-1473.

Duplexes For2BR/2BA, Sale Rent a weekly or bi-weekly basis. is GULF, BEACHFRONT: lanai, Duplexes For Sale negotiable based on length of stay, min.

W/D, pool. $2000/mo. O/B/O or 2 week min.

LUSH TROPICAL setting backed up to $4,000/mo.

We welcome inquiries, debbieschaefer@msn.com oryour LUSH TROPICAL setting backed up to Durante Park. 1BR/1BA & 2BR/1BA. Seller E-mail: kimberley@kpaa.ca or call us at www.5201gulfofmexicodrive.com Durante Park.

1BR/1BA & 2BR/1BA. Seller motivated. $299,000. Call Deborah Thrasher.

(941)822.0854. motivated. $299,000.

Call Deborah 941-518-7738, Duncan Real Estate.Thrasher.

941-518-7738, Duncan Real Estate.

LONGBOAT KEYForTowers Condo Homes Sale Beachfront.Homes 2BR/2BA. ForNicely Sale furnished.

DIRECT +den, W/D. GulfGULFFRONT and Bay views.4BR/4.5BA Heated Pool.

No DIRECT GULFFRONT 4BR/4.5BA +den, 3smoking car in garage, pool/ spa, elevator, security.

The or Autos pets. 6 mo. now Formin.-available Sale 3 car garage, 2005 pool/ spa, elevator, security.

Immaculate Mediterranean style and year-round.

Call (717)968-1473.

Immaculate 2005 Mediterranean style 2006 LEXUSwith SC 430 Convertible.

Excellent architecture breathtaking Gulf views. architecture withoption. breathtaking Gulf Maria, views. condition. kept.

Never 5,146 sq.ft.Every under roof Garage on N. Anna

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Condos For Sale Condos For Sale

Thursday, July 7, 2011 Thursday, July 7, 2011 Vacation/Seasonal Rentals Vacation/Seasonal Rentals CASA DEL MAR CASA DEL MAR BEACH RESORT BEACH RESORT WEEKLY RENTALS WEEKLY GULF FRONT/RENTALS GULF VIEW GULF FRONT/ GULF VIEW

Condos For Sale DIRECT GULF Front Longboat: 2BR/2BA DIRECTGreat GULF Front No Longboat: 2BR/2BA condo. income. rental restrictions. condo.

Great income.

No rental restrictions. $485,555. Lisa Varano, 941-730-9060, $485,555.

Lisa Varano, 941-730-9060, Mary Collandra, 941-704-7095 Wagner Mary Collandra, 941-704-7095 Wagner Realty.

Realty.

DISCOVER THE OTHER ISLAND. Tidy DISCOVER THE OTHER ISLAND. 3/2/2 Tidy Island in Sarasota Bay. Waterfront Island in Sarasota Bay. Waterfront 3/2/2 condo on private Island. Views of lake, bay & condo on private Views of lake, bay & preserve.

FormerIsland. model, sold furnished! preserve.

Former model, sold furnished! $249,900. Katharine Pepper, RoseBay Real $249,900.

Katharine Pepper, RoseBay Real Estate 941-792-9459.

DIRECT GULF Front Longboat: 2BR/2BA Estate 941-792-9459.

PELICAN HARBOUR BAY condo. Great income. NoLBKrental FULL restrictions.

PELICAN FULL BAY VIEW, boat HARBOUR slips, Varano, beach,LBKtennis and pool. $485,555.

Lisa 941-730-9060, VIEW, boat slips, beach, tennis and pool.

Custom wood and granite kitchen opens to Mary Collandra, 941-704-7095 Wagner Custom wood and granite kitchen opens to dining Realty.& living room for a Great Room effect. dining & living room for a Great Room effect.

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

DISCOVER THE OTHER ISLAND. Tidy 2BR/2BA. No weight limit for dog. $349,000.

Steve or Craig Abbott, Michael Saunders & Island orin Craig Sarasota Bay. Waterfront 3/2/2 Steve Abbott, Michael Saunders & Company. 941-374-3003 condo on private Island. Views of lake, bay & Company.

941-374-3003 For sold Salefurnished! preserve. Duplexes Former model, Duplexes For Sale $249,900. Katharine Pepper, RoseBay Real LUSH TROPICAL setting backed up to Estate 941-792-9459.

LUSH TROPICAL setting backed up to Durante Park. 1BR/1BA & 2BR/1BA. Seller Durante Park.

1BR/1BA & 2BR/1BA. Seller motivated.

CallLBKDeborah Thrasher.

PELICAN $299,000.

HARBOUR FULL BAY motivated. $299,000.

Call Deborah Thrasher.

941-518-7738, Duncan Real Estate.

VIEW, boat slips, beach, tennis and pool.

941-518-7738, Duncan Realkitchen Estate.

Custom wood and Homesgranite For Sale opens to dining & living room for a Great Homes For SaleRoom effect.

2BR/2BA. GULFFRONT No weight limit 4BR/4.5BA for dog. $349,000.

DIRECT +den, DIRECT GULFFRONT 4BR/4.5BA +den, Steve or Craig Abbott, Michael Saunders & 3 car garage, pool/ spa, elevator, security.

3 car garage, pool/ spa, elevator, security.

Company. 941-374-3003 Immaculate 2005 Mediterranean style Immaculate with 2005breathtaking Mediterranean style architecture Gulf views.

Duplexes ForJuly Sale architecture with breathtaking Gulf views.

Thursday, 7, 2011 5,146 sq.ft. under roof on N. Anna Maria, Thursday, 7, 2011 5,146 sq.ft. onJuly N. Anna Maria, 12106 Gulf under Drive. roof $3,400,000 furnished.

LUSH TROPICAL setting backed up to Vacation/Seasonal Rentals 12106 Gulf Drive. $3,400,000 furnished.

Contact Owner/ Broker, 941-920-1699.

Durante Park. 1BR/1BA & 2BR/1BA. Vacation/Seasonal RentalsSeller Contact Owner/ Broker, 941-920-1699. motivated. $299,000. Call Deborah Thrasher.

Real Estate Wanted 941-518-7738, Estate.

Real Duncan EstateReal Wanted PRESTIGE ANNUAL RENTALS WANTED CASA DEL Homes For Sale MAR PRESTIGE RENTALS WANTED CASA DEL MAR for qualifiedANNUAL clients.

Furnished or unfurBEACH RESORT for qualified clients.

Furnished or unfurBEACH RESORT nished. or 516-902-8426.

DIRECT941-358-7401 GULFFRONT 4BR/4.5BA +den, nished. 941-358-7401 or 516-902-8426.

WEEKLY RENTALS 3 car garage, pool/ spa, elevator, security.

Vacation/Seasonal Rentals WEEKLY RENTALS GULF FRONT/ GULF VIEW Immaculate 2005 Mediterranean style Vacation/Seasonal Rentals GULF FRONT/ GULF BEACHPLACE architecture with breathtaking Gulf VIEW views.

BEACHPLACE Reservations: 941-383-5549 Visa/ MC 5,146 sq.ft. under roof on N. Anna Maria, Furnishings Reservations: 941-383-5549 MC 941-383-7925 3BR, UPDATED, 12106 Gulf Fax: Drive. $3,400,000Visa/ furnished.

3BR, UPDATED, Fax: 941-383-7925 LAKEWOOD RANCH ESTATETASTEFULLY DECORATED. Contact Owner/ Broker, 941-920-1699.

TASTEFULLY DECORATED. “Take our tour(cost at” $1700Aluminum 5-piece patio GULF & video BAY VIEWS. Real Estate Wanted GULF BAY VIEWS. “Take our video tour at” Sofa & www.casadelmar.net Restoration Hardware) now $699; AVAILABLE IN&SEASON & ANNUAL AVAILABLE IN SEASON & ANNUAL www.casadelmar.net loveseat (Robb & Stucky) like new $850.

PRESTIGE ANNUAL RENTALS WANTED Office Open 7 Drexel Days, 9 a.m.

- 5orp.m.

Henredon and bedroom sets, CALL CYNTHIA 407-492-5749 for qualified clients.

Furnished unfurCALL CYNTHIA 407-492-5749 Office 7 of Days, 9 a.m.

- 5 p.m.

4621 Gulf Mexico Drive Stearns &Open Foster Beds, Stiffe lamps, nished.

941-358-7401 or 516-902-8426.

DIRECT GULF FRONT: 2 34228 Bedroom, Gulf of Key Mexico Drive 2 Bath Longboat Stanley 4621 Entertainment Center for DIRECT GULF FRONT: 2building.

Bedroom, 2 Bath Vacation/Seasonal Rentals condo in small upscale Full Gulf Longboat Key 34228 plasma/LCD ($350@Robb &Stucky) $995. condo from in small upscale building.

Full Gulf views every room.

Nicelyw/2-lateral furnished, WASHER/ DRYER INOffice EVERY UNIT 5-piece Cherry Home BEACHPLACE views from every room.

Nicely furnished, full kitchen, Washer &IN Dryer.

Available: DRYER EVERY UNIT BEAUTIFUL files,WASHER/ La-Z-Boy sleeper,KITCHENS much, more. full kitchen, Washer &much, Dryer.

Available: Aug. 1– Nov 30, 1 month min/Winter BEAUTIFUL KITCHENS LARGE HEATED POOL Season Manatee Furniture 3BR, UPDATED, Aug. 1, 1– 2011Nov 30,July 1 month min/Winter Season Dec 1, 2012, 4 month min.

LARGE HEATED GULFSIDE 3015 1st St. Bradenton, 10POOL Blocks north TASTEFULLY DECORATED. Dec 1, 2011July 1, 2012, 4 month min.

No Smoking.

No Pets.

201-694-9222.

GULFSIDE of DeSoto mall on US Hwy 41.

GULF & BAY VIEWS. No Smoking.

No Pets.

201-694-9222.

FREE High Speed Internet 941-745-2596 AVAILABLE INGulf SEASON & ANNUAL LBK: 1BRWireless condo, side with Island view.

FREE High Speed Internet LBK: 1BRWireless condo, Gulf side with view.

Minimum required stay of Island 7 nights.

Minimum required stay of 7 nights.

Garage/Moving/Estate Sales “Where People Return407-492-5749 Year After Year” CALL CYNTHIA 941-383-1083.

“Where People Return Year After Year” 941-383-1083.

MARKET. Sarasota Municipal   FLEA DIRECT GULF FRONT: Bedroom, 2 Bath LBK: 2BR condo with2 breathtaking Gulf “INTENTIONALLY BETTER” Auditorium.

Saturday, Julybreathtaking 9, 10a.m.-5p.m.

LBK: 2BR condo with Gulf “INTENTIONALLY BETTER” condo in small upscale building.

Gulf view. Minimum required stay of 7Full nights. & Sunday, July 10, 10a.m.-4p.m.

For info: view.

Minimum required stay of 7 nights. views from every room.

Nicely furnished, 941-383-1083.

954-4165.

941-383-1083. full kitchen, Washer & Dryer. Available: Aug. 1– Nov 30, 1 month min/Winter Season Exceptional FRIDAY & SVacation ATURDA Y : July Since 8th &1994 9th, TURDARentals Dec 1, 2011-Vacation July 1, 2012, 4 Since month1994 min.

Exceptional Rentals HomesPlace: & Condominiums 8a.m.-2p.m.

6 Tucahoe Way, No Smoking.

No & Pets.

201-694-9222.

Homes Studios toCondominiums Six Bedrooms The Hamptons, Palm Coast.

Household and Studios to Sixside Bedrooms Beachfront, or Garden clothing item for Intercoastal sale.

LBK: 1BR condo, Gulf with Island view.

Beachfront, Intercoastal or Garden Excellent Service Staff Minimum required stay &of 7 nights.

Excellent Service & Staff General Merchandise 941-383-1083.

Now Offering Beach Castle Resort

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“I like weaving beads with lots of small stones to create something big and chunky,” Kimberly Frimel says. “It’s always kind of unexpected, and that’s where the boldness comes in.”

Natural design Kimberly Frimel uses jewelry as her main mode of expression and communication.

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t doesn’t matter where Kimberly Frimel goes — the pool, the grocery store, the mall, on vacation — someone always wants to know where she bought her bling. And, although countless times people have started rattling off a list of possi-

ble stores, you’ll still never catch her running through the street screaming, “I make my own jewelry!” She’s way too subtle for that.

Frimel has become so accustomed to creating her own wearable art that she’s almost

forgotten what fashions, or lack thereof, adorned her wrists, fingers and neck before she found solitude in creating her own pieces. Small chain necklaces seem vaguely familiar, but she didn’t spend much time on jewelry until about 11 years ago.

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FRIMEL from 1 “I learned how to do pretty much everything from my sisters, Kelly and Kristin,” Frimel says. “They have taken several different courses and artist residencies to learn techniques. I have been fortunate to have learned from them.”

Every time Frimel was home in St. Louis from Miami International University of Art and Design, where she majored in interior design, her sisters would teach her a new method of threading beads or encasing a stone with wire.

“I just always liked working with my hands,” she says. “It’s kind of a fun thing more than anything. I like bright colors and big, chunky, bold pieces. I’m not one for subtlety as far as jewelry.”

Although her sisters’ styles trend toward softer, earthier colors, Frimel puts a little more oomph into her own pieces.

“I think I’m flashier,” she says, opening a glass-topped jewelry case to reveal a tray of glitzy rings. “I put together more bedazzled, sparkly, rhinestone pieces and things that have an iridescent finish.”

The first time Frimel decided to go for the chunky effect, she got her hands on some large pink stones and finger-wove tiny seed beads in between, using a peyote stitch with a needle and thread.

“When I first started, what I made was very different — it wasn’t as fine-tuned as the pieces I make now,” Frimel says. “I think in college, I was exposed to a lot of

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“This is encasing the stone in wire, not necessarily stringing a bead,” Kimberly Frimel says. “Depending on the piece and how the wire is wrapped around the stone, it creates a custom design every time.”

Finger weaving

“I always find it interesting to mix color tones. I like a lot of contrast with materials, whether it’s sizing, going from opaque to iridescent or something dull versus something sparkly.

Maybe that’s what makes it different — I don’t do subtle color changes.” people who were always into the arts, and I found inspiration that way.”

She prefers to have materials she can pick through. As far as beads go, she buys whatever catches her eye in bead stores, thrift shops or vintage shops. Her collection spans from crystals, pearls and quartz to vintage rhinestones and semiprecious stones. She buys metals for wire wrapping on wholesale websites.

“I’m always surrounded by colors and textures,” says Frimel, who is the director of lifestyle design for Paradise Homes — Extreme Remodelers. “I work with clients to assist them in selecting the exteriors

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“I tend to use more teals, turquoises and oranges,” Kimberly Frimel says. “More vibrant, saturated and brighter tones — they could be described as ‘Florida colors.’” and interiors of their homes — it’s a constant thought process to keep consistency throughout the home, but there’s an interesting challenge to achieving my clients’ design goals.”

When it comes to jewelry, she’s most happy letting the creative juices flow without too much restriction and making pieces bold and unusual. She designs custom pieces to an extent, but finds that when clients are too picky about a certain idea, it almost takes away the fun factor.

“I am able to create custom designs of any particular color, stone or type of style,” Frimel says. “My only request for custom pieces is that my customers still appreciate that each piece will come out different and unique. What I am creating is one-ofa-kind, wearable art.”

“I had a piece of mozarkite and a piece of amber, and the color tones worked. The piece is one of my personal favorites, because it has more of a sentimental value of not only been given to me by my sister, but it reminds me of home — it was mined in Missouri.”

Aquamarine

“This is one of my favorites.

It’s a light blue-green and sometimes has an iridescent-type quality or reflectivity to it. It’s easy to work with and matches with a lot of other color tones.”

Pearls and rhinestones

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Thompson, of Fuzión Dance Artists.

The public is invited to view the rehearsals from 3 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 8 p.m. Friday, July 8. Two performances will be held at 6 and 8 p.m. Saturday, July 9, at The Studio@620, in St. Petersburg. Tickets are $20 or $15 for students and seniors. For information, call 727-895-6620 or email fletcherdanceproject@gmail.com.

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The Banyan Theatre kicked off its 10th anniversary season with dinner, chaired by Anne Howard, preceding its opening-night performance June 30.

The party was, in Howard’s words, a “comedy of errors” featuring non-working electrical outlets and a board member (who shall remain nameless) who forgot to bring the case of wine he had donated.

“That’s theater,” Howard laughed.

It was a fitting prelude to the Banyan’s first ever season of comedies. In that spirit, all’s well that ends well: A full house laughed heartily throughout the opening production of “Becky’s New Car,” by Steven Dietz, directed

by Gil Lazier and presented in the Asolo’s Cook Theatre. The play runs through July 11.

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Banyan Opening Night Dinner Chairwoman Anne Howard, David Howard, Banyan Artistic Director Carol Kleinberg and Ted Shears

+ ‘Operation Epsilon’ offers up food for thought There was a play-in-development reading of “Operation Epsilon” June 29. It was written by Alan Brody, directed by Andy Sandberg and produced by Ellen Berman and Flora Major. The Sarasota reading was in association with the Asolo Repertory Theatre, made possible

by Artistic Director Michael Donald Edwards.

The play is the true story of German nuclear scientists who were interned at Farm Hall, England, by British and American authorities, after the fall of Germany in World War II; their rooms were bugged and all their conversations were recorded. Its meat is the moral responsibility of scientists and the sometimes destructive consequenc-

es of their science.

Brody described “Operation Epsilon” as “a very lumpy play” and thanked a “generous audience,” which didn’t find it lumpy in the least. The reading was originally planned for the Asolo rehearsal hall and about 30 guests; it ended up in the Historic Asolo Theater with an audience of 140.

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Most of the baby boomer generation has fond memories of The Firesign Theatre, a Californiabased comedy troupe comprised of Phil Austin, Peter Bergman, David Ossman and Philip Proctor. Often called “America’s Monty Pythons,” the ensemble produced more than 22 albums and hundreds of live radio shows and still performs sellout shows around the country.

Chef Larry Barrett, of the Sarasota-based catering company Simply Gourmet, has secured exclusive rights to produce and direct a theatrical presentation of The Firesign Theatre’s “Nick Danger: Third Eye” — a parody of vintage radio detective shows — in October at the Powel Crosley Estate.

In addition to 25 years as an executive chef, Barrett has performed on New York City stages, in television commercials and on TV series, including, “General Hospital,” “Days of Our Lives” and “Loving.” A fan of edible historical recreations, Barrett will pair the production with cuisine that was served at the classic American restaurant, Delmonico’s.

“The inspiration for the evening came after reading the history of the Crosley Estate,” Barrett said.

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Four choreographers will come together to consolidate their visions into a dance concert to be conceived in just 48 hours.

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Writer/director Mike Mills has a farfetched story to tell in his new film, “Beginners.” Shortly after his wife’s death, a 75-year-old father announces to his 38-year-old son that he’s gay.

Interestingly, it’s all true, based on Mills’ real-life experience.

When Oliver’s (the excellent Ewan McGregor) father, Hal (the ever-elegant Christopher Plummer), comes out of the closet, the revelation, oddly, makes sense.

Through flashbacks, we witness Oliver’s confusion as a child observing his parent’s lack of interaction. It seems Hal’s wife, Georgia (a delightfully quirky Mary Page Keller), had an agreement during their 44 years of marriage. That’s not surprising given the fact that homosexuality was considered a mental illness in the 1950s.

Hal rejoices in his new lifestyle. He embraces gay pride, embarks on a loving relationship with a man half his age (Goran Visnjic) and finds true happiness.

Even when he’s diagnosed with terminal cancer four years later, Hal’s quiet resolve indicates that it’s all been worth it.

Oliver, on the other hand, lacks the eternal optimism that Hal exudes. He’s sabotaged most of his relationships, which doesn’t go unnoticed by his father.

One night, a few months after Hal’s death, Oliver meets a mysterious woman (“Inglourious Basterd’s” Melanie Laurent) at a party. Will he be able to shed his pessimistic take on relationships and make the life-altering plunge that Hal did?

“Beginners” is a sweet, lovely film, which is masterfully scripted. At times, I felt as though I were watching a Woody Allen movie. Impressive still images (photos, graphics and iconic collages) bring back long-lost visual memories. A toetapping score sporting the likes of Hoagy Carmichael and Jelly Roll Morton keeps the beat of “Beginners” light-hearted when need be.

Mills (“Thumbsucker”) never stoops to sentimentality to ingratiate his audience.

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On the dark Asolo Repertory Theatre stage, a male voice-over from a reporter at a photo shoot speaks about Marilyn Monroe’s life while bright lights intermittently flash on, revealing the icon posing for the camera.

The word “yummy” rings out from a male voice in the audience — it epitomizes his gender’s reaction to the original Marilyn Monroe. But women loved her, too, for her vulnerability and her yearning to be loved, as expressed in Arthur Miller’s symbolic take on his wife, “The Misfits.”

The scene is set appropriately in the Hollywood bungalow where Monroe eventually died. It reveals an isolated Monroe living a life of phone calls and alcohol and dreaming of becoming accepted for herself, not just as a sex symbol.

Sunny Thompson stars as Monroe in “Marilyn: Forever Blonde.” The well-written and well-researched play by her husband and manager, Greg Thompson, was a 20-year labor of love. The witty dialogue is taken from Monroe’s own words, and the songs are ones she sang in her films.

This show has won major awards, including “One of the Year’s Top Ten Productions” and “Best Leading Actress in a Play.” Greg Thompson’s script explores not only motivation; Monroe essentially grew up a fatherless waif spending years with foster parents as well as enduring a period of time in an orphanage two blocks from RKO Studios.

Monroe’s career began in the ’50s; the Equal Rights Amendment for women wasn’t born until the ’70s. Did she sleep with producers to get parts? Didn’t everybody?

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The play explores her major relationships with men, from Joe Skank through Joe DiMaggio, Arthur Miller, Frank Sinatra and the Kennedy brothers.

Thompson, who has performed in musical revues around the world and off Broadway, delivers a touchingly palpable Monroe. She captures the star’s every gesture and nuance and commands the audience’s devoted attention.

Under the direction of Stephanie Shine, Thompson’s performance is flawlessly skillful and lovably amusing. Shine is the artistic director of the Seattle Shakespeare Company.

The costumes, by Mimi Countryman and Alice Worthy, are breathtaking and iconic tributes to the male ideal of the feminine hourglass form. The makeup design by Jimmy James is wondrous.

The set by Jason Phillips, lighting by Woody Woodburn and musical arrangements all create an appropriate ambience. ­— Paula Atwell

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Improv actors prep for playtime Florida Studio Theatre’s funny people are gearing up to make you laugh.

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Florida Studio Theatre Improv Troupe members Steve Turrisi, Tim Beasley, Adam Ratner and Christine Alexander prep for the third annual Sarasota Improv Festival. ple with other styles and different senses of humor. At one time, there could be 30 improvisers on stage.”

The troupe always performs first in the festival, which the actors enjoy because the audience members are fresh and paying attention. They take lots of suggestions from the audience and play between four to seven games, ranging from an emotional genre rollercoaster to perspective games, with scenes running up to five minutes each. Other troupes could take one suggestion and perform a 45-minute play — it could be four actors playing 15 different characters.

“The audience dictates the show,” says Christine Alexander, who plays the stripping grandma. “They could say ‘beach’ or ‘inside a bathroom at a dirty rest stop’

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Laughter has healing powers. If you’re sick, come. But not if you’re coughing.’

“Sarasota Improv Festival is the perfect time to test the waters,” says Christine Alexander, left. “This show is like ‘Whose Line is it Anyway?’ live.”

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Picture this: You walk into a conference room and seated at the table are the following characters.

There’s a man who has mastered the art of falling down anywhere, even if it hurts, and acting like furry woodland creatures (and, on occasion, he morphs into a hippo that attends cocktail parties); a mobster who doubles as a sexy old man after even older women; and a grandma who’s a little too fond of removing her clothing in public. Then, there’s Martin Martinson, a creepy Civil War fanatic in his mid-40s who lives with his mother and borrows her computer for his Internet business — he makes Civil War figures out of old meat.

These are the personalities that make up Florida Studio Theatre’s Improv Troupe. And, with the this group, you never know what’s going to happen. The hippo could turn into a talking tree. Or a dream-analyzing reverend could tell the audience members that a killer is chasing them through mansions because they do bad things at night.

Next month, the troupe is hosting the Sarasota Improv Festival, now in its third year. It has become so popular that last year, two men wound up in a drink-slinging fistfight over seats.

“It’s all professional improv troupes that are coming, and, normally, they don’t do festivals, but they’re so enamored with the way audiences are attracted to this festival that they’re chomping at the bit,” says the mobster, aka Adam Ratner. “We get the opportunity to perform with peo-

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Hot summer nightspots The question was, “What is your favorite restaurant for a hot Sarasota summer night?” The expected answers would have been “waterfront locations with balmy breezes.” But, the responses were surprising, and the choices reflect the diversity of options in our town.

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“The light afternoon/dinner menu at Shoogie Boogies in Towles Court is a hidden Sarasota gem, though they are open in the evening only during the Art Walks (the third Friday of each month). It is the perfect place to eat under the stars, enjoy a homemade iced tea and escape into the old Southern charm of the surrounding gardens. The ambience is magical ... and the food is great, too.”

— Nikki Sedacca

“Bijou Café has a great menu with special summer selections. Everyone knows your name and is professional. Puccini’s is the best new restaurant with superlative food. There’s no liquor license, so bring your own wine. Roy’s summer special in which you bring your own wine and pay no corkage fee is hard to beat.”

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“Two summer dining experiences that are a complete must are Michael’s On East and Salute.

They both have phenomenal menus, the wines are to die for and the service is perfection; both provide ownership detail at every guest table.”

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“We love going to Epicure and sitting outside enjoying a cocktail and a beef carpaccio or ensalata tropicale. Although it’s warm out, it’s still nice to enjoy the fresh air!

It’s also fun to see how downtown is growing and to support a local business.”

— Nicole Kaney and Dustin Stroth

WANT TO GET IN ON THIS ACT? You can volunteer to tell us your favorite restaurants in a future story like this one by sending your name, snail mail and email address to mschechter@ YourObserver.com.

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“ … Selva Grill and Owen’s Fish Camp. Both have a great atmosphere and incredible food.

At Selva, I like eating inside because of the art and decor. At Owen’s, I prefer eating outside on the adorable patio to get the full experience of the restaurant. You can’t go wrong with either restaurant, especially if you are trying to beat the summer heat.”

— Lauren McComb

“I have two favorites — Owen’s Fish Camp and Café Epicure. The atmosphere at Owen’s is wonderful, and I love the oysters and the fried green tomato salad. I am very picky about Italian restaurants, but the pasta at Epicure is delicious, and that olive spread with the fresh bread?

To die for.”

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“For me, it’s the people who make the difference. My favorites: Mediterraneo for the veal Milanese and the wonderfully warm greeting you get when you walk in the door; Derek’s Culinary Casual for a delicious burger and a shoe parade; and Caragiulios Italian Restaurant for making the chicken Caesar wrap ‘Jackie-style’ — delish! To keep the hair under control, eating inside is a must!”

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