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Longboat Key enjoys fishy fundraiser for the Historical Society. PAGE 17A

by Robin Hartill | City Editor

Hogle’s notes reveal ongoing issues Longboat Key Police Chief Al Hogle’s notes surrounding an investigation of P&Z Director Monica Simpson detail increasing conflict with employees.

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+ Student shows school spirit Longboat Key resident Savannah Schield has spirit, yes she does. She is junior class president at Manatee High School, in charge of the junior class float, which won first place in the school’s homecoming float contest, and she was also on the homecoming court for the first half of the homecoming football game. For the second half of the game, she returned to the sidelines to resume her role as cheerleader and lead the students in spirited cheers.

Bradenton attorney H. Hamilton “Chip” Rice Jr. will conduct an independent investigation of allegations that Longboat Key Planning, Zoning and Building Director Monica Simpson, who was placed on paid administrative leave Friday, Oct. 14, created a hostile work environment.

Hogle, St. Denis apply for county administrator position / Page 3A According to an Oct. 19 letter sent to Rice by W. Reynolds Allen, the town’s labor attorney, the in-

vestigation will likely include a review of Simpson’s personnel file, notes from a preliminary investigation conducted by Police Capt. Bill Tokajer and interviews with Simpson and those who worked alongside her — including former Town Manager Bruce St. Denis, who resigned last month.

The investigation will likely find glowing remarks in Simpson’s personnel file. Simpson’s last annual review was in 2004, when she held the position of planner. In that evaluation, then P&Z Direc-

SEE SIMPSON / PAGE 2A

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+ Library resumes full-time hours Beginning Tuesday, Nov. 1, Longboat Library will be open full-time from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday and 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Saturday. The library has also expanded its collection of fiction and nonfiction books, including recent works from writers such as Stuart Woods, John Connolly, Clive Cussler, James Patterson, Sandra Brown and Lisa See. The library is located at 555 Bay Isles Road.

+ Turtle season comes to a close Sea-turtle season on Longboat Key ends Oct. 31. This year, there have been 267 loggerhead nests and 249 loggerhead false crawls recorded on the Key’s beaches. No green turtles were reported this year. Last year, there were 264 loggerhead nests and 230 loggerhead false crawls recorded. Last year saw a little green turtle activity: one nest and one false crawl were recorded.

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Ten-year-old Jacob Castro sings the blues alongside the Blues Pig band at the Longboat Key Historical Society’s Pioneer Day Fish Friday, Oct. 21. Castro has been playing the guitar for four years. For the story and more photos, see page 17A.

PAWS IN THE SAND?

by Robin Hartill | City Editor

Committee to sniff out dog beach issues Dogs could be a step closer to their day at the beach following a commission workshop. Gail Jordan remembers the time — she thinks it was last fall — when she saw her two dogs sitting at her window wagging their tails as they watched a Southeastern Guide Dog training on the beach near her Longboat Key home. Because her two small dogs are pets,

not service animals, they were prohibited by town ordinances from going onto the beach. “I had a hard time telling my Chihuahua and telling my teacup poodle that Southeastern wasn’t going to take them into the program,” Jordan said, draw-

See pet licensing story on Page 3A. ing laughter from the audience at the Longboat Key Town Commission’s Oct. 20 workshop. Jordan’s dogs, along with other

pets, are still not allowed on the beach, but they could be a step closer to gaining limited access. Commissioners reached consensus to establish a committee

SEE DOGS / PAGE 7A

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Employee issues

tor Jill Jeglie described Simpson as “exemplary,” a “self-starter” and someone who “excels at everything.” But Tokajer’s notes from interviews with employees who worked under Simpson — who became P&Z director in 2006 — tell a different story of Simpson as a manager. Eight employees told Tokajer that Simpson was verbally abusive. Seven said that she creates a stressful work environment. Five “said that they are in fear or terror to ask any questions because of the abusive reactions.” Four described her actions as “explosive.” “She was a great co-worker but has poor management skills,” Tokajer wrote that one employee said. “There use (sic) to be a respect at the office but it is gone,” another said.

The 2011 Town of Longboat Key Employee Survey conducted by Heather Vogel, of Vogel & Vogel, included the following findings. (The Planning, Zoning and Building Department’s 10 employees and Management Information Systems Department’s four employees were grouped together in a single category.)

Ongoing issues

• “Town Hall MIS/PZB (-13%) and Police (12%) experienced a significant reduction in teamwork satisfaction.”

The notes and calendar of Longboat Key Police Chief Al Hogle, who served as acting town manager until Oct. 17, were released in response to a public records request. They give the following account of the events that led up to the investigation of Simpson. At 9:30 a.m. Friday, Oct. 14, a P&Z employee “reported that he wanted to discuss something with me that had been troubling him for a long time. Basically, he advised that he had been the victim of verbal abuse and is being bullied by his supervisor (PZB Department Head Monica Simpson).” He told Hogle that Simpson routinely yells at “almost everyone on her staff” but that her management style is “particularly harassing to him.” A second employee came to Hogle shortly after the first employee left his office, saying he wanted to confirm his co-worker’s account. That employee told Hogle that Simpson used profanity and described her office management style as “extremely embarrassing and a detriment to the town of Longboat Key.”

• “While still a challenge area at 62%, Town Hall MIS/PZB experienced a 10% jump in satisfaction with feedback.” • “Town Hall MIS/PZB has seen a steady decrease in leadership satisfaction since 2009, dropping 24% over the two-year period.” • “Job satisfaction scored highest in Public Works (94%) and lowest in Town Hall MIS/PZB (69%).”

He told Hogle of an incident in which he had questioned the filing work he was assigned, which he felt was below his paygrade status. “She yelled at him something to the effect, ‘Any [expletive] monkey can do that job,’” Hogle wrote. “PZB Employee No. 2 advised that he replied something to the effect, ‘Then get one.’” The employees’ meetings with Hogle weren’t the first time that issues with Simpson were documented. According to Hogle’s notes, PZB Employee No. 2 met with human resources to discuss his issues with Simpson. “(Human Resources Director Lisa Silvertooth) advised that she had talked with Bruce St. Denis about the problem and that the problem seemed to be continuing,” he wrote. “She confirmed that Heather Vogel (of Vogel & Vogel, who conducted town of

Longboat Key employee surveys for three consecutive years) had put something in writing after the last interview with the employees and that the town manager should place Simpson into anger management training.” Hogle’s notes state that St. Denis instead instituted a zero tolerance policy for Simpson about abusing employees. Hogle’s notes state that he contacted Allen at 10:30 a.m. that Friday and wrote that he feared putting the town into liability if it didn’t take immediate action to protect employees. Allen agreed that Hogle could use Tokajer to conduct preliminary interviews with employees to determine whether a formal investigation was necessary. Allen sent Hogle a suggested statement for Tokajer to read at the beginning of each meeting with employees, stating that participation was voluntary and that Simpson was being investigated for a personnel matter and not a criminal one. At 1 p.m., Hogle met with incoming interim Town Manager David Bullock to give him an overview of the situation. At 3:45 p.m., he called Simpson to advise her of the investigation. At 4 p.m., Hogle met with P&Z staff to notify them of Tokajer’s investigation. Tokajer began his interviews that afternoon. At 8 p.m. Town Attorney David Persson called Hogle after a P&Z employee contacted him. Hogle wrote that Persson suggested that an outside interviewer might better handle the matter but concurred that Tokajer was an acceptable choice “as long as we did not see proof beyond a reasonable doubt, but rather a fact-finding mission to determine the next best step.” Tokajer interviewed eight P&Z employees over the next two days, according to his notes. Hogle met with Tokajer Sunday morning. They then participated in a conference call with Persson and Allen, along with Bullock, who participated only as an observer. Hogle wrote that the group advised him to put Simpson on administrative leave with pay. Hogle then began calling commissioners

alphabetically to advise them on the situation. But commissioners expressed concern with the speed at which Hogle acted. Mayor Jim Brown called an emergency meeting last Monday afternoon. Brown said at that meeting that his suggestion was to put Simpson on a two-week leave while an independent survey was conducted. He argued that Hogle and Simpson could both be considered contenders for the longterm town manager role, which added to the appearance of impropriety. But commissioners Lynn Larson and Hal Lenobel defended Hogle, arguing that he had acted within his role as acting town manager. The commission voted 5-2 to remove Hogle from the role of acting town manager and appointed Susan Phillips, assistant to the town manager, to serve until Nov. 1, when Bullock assumes the role of interim town manager.

To be continued

Simpson, who was hired by the town in 2001 and receives an annual salary of $104,520, remains on administrative leave. On Oct. 18, Phillips sent Simpson a letter outlining her current standing. The letter states that an offer from Hogle for three months’ severance in exchange for Simpson’s resignation is withdrawn. Simpson currently cannot enter Town Hall without Phillips’ permission and must go through Phillips to contact town employees. She must remain available by cell phone during normal working hours. The letter states that Simpson will have the opportunity to respond to allegations and present her allegations to the town manager. According to Allen’s letter, the town hopes to have the investigation completed no later than Nov. 15.

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by Robin Hartill | City Editor

Hogle, St. Denis apply for county administrator job The Longboat Key police chief and former town manager are two of the candidates for the top Sarasota County position. Former Longboat Key Town Manager Bruce St. Denis and Longboat Key Police Chief Al Hogle are among the 45 candidates who submitted applications for the vacant Sarasota County administrator position by the Oct. 21 deadline. Hogle told the Longboat Observer that he decided to seek the position “a couple of months ago” and discussed the idea with St. Denis. “I’m not sure how successful my application will be, but I think I have some of the background experience needed,” Hogle said. Hogle said that he believes that interim administrator Terry Lewis, whom he described as a “change agent,” was the right man for the job. He said he wouldn’t be applying if Lewis were seeking the position long-term. Hogle has served as Longboat Key police chief since December 2002. His resumé also includes 28 years with the Sarasota police department, nearly three years as a Sarasota city commissioner, including one year as mayor, and one year

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as Bradenton police chief. He listed numerous accomplishments with the town on his resumé, including preparing and assisting in the management of negotiations for a signed Police Benevolent Association union contract, the reduction of officer and civilian staff without a reduction of service levels and the preparation of budget documents to develop more effective department management in a downsized budget. St. Denis didn’t respond to a phone call seeking comment. But in his Oct. 20 letter to the commission, he listed large projects that he has been involved with during the course of his 30-year career, including the planning, design and construction of a $54 million criminal courts facility and involvement with the planning phases of a 768-bed jail facility during his 10 years as director of facility management for Pinellas County, as well as the 2006 completion of a $21 million beach renourishment project during his time with the town of Longboat Key. St. Denis resigned from the

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1970 to 1998 — Sarasota Police Department, earning rank of captain; retired

1977 to 1982 — Administrative assistant to Largo Public Works director

1998 to 2001 — Sarasota city commissioner

1982 to 1986 — Assistant director of Dunedin Works and Utilities

2001 to 2002 — Bradenton police chief 2002 to present — Longboat Key police chief Sept. 16, 2011, to Oct. 17, 2011 — Acting Longboat Key town manager

role of town manager in September. Hogle was appointed to the role on an acting basis by the Longboat Key Town Commission on the same day but was removed from the role last week by the commission.

1986 to 1996 — Pinellas County director of facility management 1996 to 1997 — Longboat Key assistant town manager 1997 to September 2011 — Longboat Key town manager

The Atlanta-based Mercer Group is handling the county administrator search and will narrow the pool of candidates to 15 by Nov. 2 for the Sarasota Board of County Commission consideration.

Store to open in the former 7-Eleven spot Longboat Ace Hardware owner Reed Savidge will open a Quik-n-Easy convenience store.

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Reed Savidge and his wife, Ginny, are finalizing renovations on a new convenience store at the site of the former Longboat 7-Eleven. tion, but he ultimately decided to open a store on his own during the summer. “They just weren’t willing to move as fast as we could,” he said. “We wouldn’t let a space that is zoned to do just that go by the wayside.”

all bark, no bite? by Robin Hartill | City Editor

License requirement dogs Key pet owners Few Longboaters know of the ordinance that requires all dogs and cats to be licensed by the town, as well as the county.

by Robin Hartill | City Editor

Grocery shopping won’t be quick and it won’t be easy for Longboat Key residents during the eight months that the Avenue of the Flowers Publix is closed for construction. And that’s one reason why Reed Savidge plans to open Quik-n-Easy, a convenience store, at the site of the former 7-Eleven at 4032 Gulf of Mexico Drive. Savidge, who owns the Longboat Ace Hardware store nextdoor, along with the Holmes Beach Ace Hardware, hopes to open by early November and offer basic convenience-store items such as beer, tobacco, coffee, fountain drinks and small grocery items. “We’ll listen to what people would like to see there,” said Savidge, who noted that his wife, Ginny, has played a key role in developing the store. For now, Savidge plans for the store to be open from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. seven days a week. The Longboat 7-Eleven closed in June 2010 at the end of a 15-year lease after 7-Eleven officials couldn’t reach an agreement on terms for a new lease with Savidge, who owns the building. At the time of the store’s closing, its manager, Tom Phillips, estimated that it served 500 customers daily. Savidge said officials from other convenience-store chains expressed interest in the loca-

Although the Publix will reopen in December 2012, Savidge said he is in the business for the long haul. Currently, he is completing renovations on the store site, such as the installation of refrigeration, including a walk-in beer cave. He is

also finishing the process of obtaining alcohol and tobacco licenses from the state. Savidge said the store’s opening will fill a void on the island. “I’m doing this because a lot of customers have asked about it,” he said.

How many pets live on Longboat Key? Hundreds? Maybe, during season, even more than 1,000? The official answer at the town Longboat Key as of Oct. 20 was seven. The town has a little-known ordinance that requires residents who reside on the island for more than 90 days to register with the town each year by Oct. 1 each dog or cat that is 6 months old or older. The cost is $3 per pet. Former Mayor Joan Webster wrote in a town email that few residents are aware of the requirement. Even Mayor Jim Brown confessed at an Oct. 20 workshop that he didn’t know of the requirement. He registered his Yorkshire terriers, Jack and Jesse, the day after reading Webster’s email. What can happen if you don’t comply? “The dog or cat warden shall have the authority to seize any unlicensed dog or cat either on or off the owner’s premises without the necessity of any arrest warrant or court order and to impound the dog or cat in the dog or cat pound,” the ordinance states. The ordinance states that the animal can be released upon payment of the regular license fee plus a penalty of $5 per day for each day within five calendar days of the seizure. “In the absence of payment, the unlicensed dog or cat may be put to death humanely in the dog and cat pound or otherwise disposed of on the sixth calendar day after the date of seizure,” the ordinance states. But, although that’s the official ordinance, Police Chief Al Hogle said that police take a different approach. “We try to do a verbal warning, but we aren’t taking any enforcement action other than verbally warning them about what the ordinance is,” Hogle said. Hogle said that he recommended getting rid of parts of the ordinance, which dates back to 1969, approximately a year-and-a-half ago because they are redundant with county requirements that are normally handled by animal services. Brown said that he planned to bring up the issue at a future workshop. But, in the meantime, newfound awareness — through Webster’s email and Brown’s statements at a workshop that was filled with pet owners as a result of discussions of allowing dogs on the beach — has been a boon to the town. As pet owners have learned of the requirement, “The budget is looking better,” Acting Town Manager Susan Phillips joked at the Oct. 20 workshop.

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+ Coast Guard rescues three divers The U.S. Coast Guard rescued three divers Sunday evening who were reported missing off of Longboat Key earlier in the day. The Coast Guard launched a rescue effort after a boat captain reported that the divers were using his anchor buoy as a reference point and that they went missing after the buoy apparently drifted. All three divers reported that they were in “great condition” according to the news release and declined medical evaluation.

+ Commission makeup change to be considered Commissioner Phill Younger’s suggestion of reconfiguring the Longboat Key Town Commission to consist of three district seats and four at-large seats will move forward to a future charter review committee for discussion, commissioners agreed at the Oct. 20 regular workshop. Younger suggested the idea in September because he felt that the current system of five district seats with

Mayor David Brenner and commissioners Lynn Larson and Jack Duncan. The committee will rank its top-three firms for a three-year auditing services contract and submit its recommendations for commission approval.

Meetings agendas

 Town Commission Joint Meeting with Sarasota County Board of Commissioners — 1:30 p.m. Monday, Nov. 7

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

Zoning Board of Adjustment — 9:30 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 10 All meetings take place at Town Hall, 501 Bay Isles Road. two at-large seats is limiting. Although he hoped to bring the issue to voters in March, Younger agreed to support moving the item to a future charter.

A melon-headed whale that stranded Sunday morning on Manasota Key is currently undergoing treatment at Mote Marine’s Dolphin and Whale Hospital. As of Monday, the whale, who was nick-

The Longboat Key Town Commission has appointed residents Lou Levy and Lee Riley to serve on the Audit Firm Selection Committee along with Vice

The most read stories online last week were: 1. “Commission removes Hogle from acting town manager” (Oct. 18) 2. “Longboat Key faces Town Hall turmoil” (Oct. 19) 3. “Proposed cell tower gets mixed signals at meeting” (Oct. 17) 4. “Former building official assesses Simpson” (Oct. 19) 5. “P&Z sends north-end cell tower support signal” (Oct. 19)

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Hawaiian islands erupt onto Condé Nast rankings The Condé Nast Traveler 2011 Readers’ Choice Survey is on newsstands now. It’s a compilation of the opinions of 28,876 of the magazine’s readers who chose their favorite islands, cities, hotels and resorts throughout the world. So, where does Longboat Key rank in terms of island destinations? It didn’t make the list. One year after the island ranked as the No. 2 island travel destination in North America — topped only by Kiawah Island, S.C. — Longboat Key is nowhere to be found. But, this year, the game changed for island destinations. In a word: Hawaii. Last year, Hawaiian islands were included in the Oceania island category, while the mainland islands of the United States and Canada were grouped together in the North American category. This year, the United States and Canada were separated in all categories, including island destinations. And this year, Hawaiian islands were included in the United States categories instead of the Oceania category. The Aloha State secured up five of the top 10 United States island destinaLBK 2010 - J tion slots. Longboat Key Club and Resort General Manager

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2011: Top 10 U.S. islands 1. Maui, Hawaii........ 92.1* 2. Kauai, Hawaii.........90.0 3. Kiawah Island, S.C..86.6 4. Big Island, Hawaii..85.8 4. Oahu, Hawaii..........85.8 6. Lanai, Hawaii.........84.6 7. Nantucket, Mass....82.4 8. Amelia Island.........81.1 9. Cumberland Island, Ga..............................80.2 10. Hilton Head, S.C..80.2 *Score out of a possible 100

Michael Welly said that last year’s ranking generated positive press for the island. “Clearly I’m disappointed,” Welly said when told of this year’s survey. “But that doesn’t change the fact that we have one of the best islands in the world.” Longboat Key, Lido Key, St. Armands Key Chamber of Commerce President Tom Aposporos wasn’t concerned by the news. “From year to year, I suspect there will always be differences in points of view about places to find island vacations,” he said. Aposporos pointed to a different source of spotlight that the area recently received —

by Mallory Gnaegy | Community Editor

I Am Woman captures strength of women through portraits Janet Walter’s family cherishes a portrait, painted in the ’30s, of her grandmother wearing a canary-yellow dress. They refer to the painting as “Dearie.” It now hangs in a museum in Tulsa, Okla. “Women used to have portraits of themselves made,” Walters says. “They used to be put on a pedestal, but in this day and age, women just aren’t.” When a photographer asked Walter if she would model for a photo shoot, she said, “Really? Me?” She was used to being behind the camera, taking photos of her family, but once she was captured on the other side of the lens, she felt empowered. The experience made her realize that moms, working women and women in their prime need to embrace who they are and record it. The company she launched in April 2010, “I Am Woman,” utilizes this idea. Walter uses the skills she acquired while painting portraits of her sorority sisters and women in piazzas in Florence, Italy, while majoring in studio art at Dennison University, in Granville, Ohio, and also her years working in retail marketing. Walter hires photographers, makeup artists and helps a fashion consultant and works with the team to make the female subject of the photograph feel comfortable; she wants to emphasize who the woman is as a person. “I’ve really seen people come out of their shells (during this process),” she says. Walter, I Am Woman owner and managing director, and Creative Director Doireanne Schoonheim, a for-

Siesta Key’s No. 1 ranking by Dr. Beach — and pointed to the proximity and similarity between the two islands. But resident Stuart Scheyer, who logs more than 100,000 air miles per year and writes the “Energetic Traveler” column for the Longboat Observer, said he wasn’t surprised by the fact that Longboat Key wasn’t among the top island destinations. In fact, he was surprised when, for the first time in the survey’s 22-year history, Longboat Key was included. “I am not surprised that we were not top-rated again because last year’s rating was a gift,” Scheyer said. “Comparing the facilities, ambience and amenities of the island and its principal resorts of other areas would not put us in the top 20% of other island destinations.” But other residents, such as Shannon Gault, think that Maui, Hawaii, which topped the list this year, has nothing on Longboat Key. Gault, who estimates that she has visited Maui at least a dozen times, said that Longboat Key’s waters are calmer and don’t require a five-hour plane ride from mainland United States. “Here we have a beach that’s probably the least-trafficked in the whole state,” she said. “The beach is pristine.”

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Hogle went by the book “I just want to say that in the 12 years I’ve served on the commission, this was the first instance of a kangaroo court I’ve ever participated in.” LBK Commissioner Hal Lenobel “Al acted rationally and logically. I would suggest Al made the right decision.” Town Attorney David Persson “In my opinion, I think the town manager acted not only appropriately but acted courageously.” LBK Commissioner Lynn Larson Yowza. We always say: It’s amazing what bizarre things happen in this little island town where life is so perfect. Here it was, Longboat Key residents were just calming down after the surprising (albeit pretty much expected) ousting of longtime Town Manager Bruce St. Denis and the even-more surprising hiring of his replacement, when whoosh … another Category 5er blows through Town Hall. We’re referring, of course, to the dumping 10 days ago of Longboat Key Police Chief Al Hogle as acting town manager and the Town Commission’s reprieve to Planning, Building and Zoning Director Monica Simpson. As is often said about the truth: You can’t make this stuff up. To start, let’s first note that the Town Commission deserves credit for having the fortitude to confront lingering and malingering issues (i.e. the departed town manager and previous Town Commissions’ inaction on budgets, pensions and firefighter contracts). The current commissioners should be encouraged to continue in this direction. Tackle the tough issues. In spite of this and in spite of their wellmeaning intentions, with all due respect, commissioners bungled the Hogle-Simpson situation big time. That is, Commissioners Hal Lenobel and Lynn Larson excepted. The majority did what so many elected commissioners, city council members and county commissioners cannot resist throughout the land in our democratic process: They meddled and micromanaged beyond the boundary of their responsibility. Chief Hogle had all the authority necessary to do what he did. When two town employees informed Hogle of a hostile work environment in the planning department — an environment that persisted during the St. Denis era and of which all Town Hall employees were aware — Hogle knew exactly what he was supposed to do. He, after all, has ridden his share of wild bulls in the political arena. He has been a career law-enforcement officer in Sarasota, chief in Bradenton, chief in Longboat Key and a former mayor and commissioner in the city of Sarasota. If anyone was well-versed in what those two employees brought to him, he was. And anyone who knows Hogle knows he is not one to make rash judgments. So Hogle did what he knew he had the authority to do. The first thing he did was call the town’s labor attorney, consult the

POO STINKY It has the intensity of the celltower debate. Should dogs be given a special section of the Longboat Key beach? Should a 150-foot cell tower pierce the island’s northern sky? There probably are as many dog owners on the Key who want to take their pooches to the beach as there are cell-phone users who are tired of standing on their driveways to make cell calls. The passions are high on all sides of the issues. The town commissioners took the safe approach last week, forming a committee to study the idea. Our preference is to keep the beaches the way they are. But resident Charles Nechtem offers a rational approach: Give it a limited try and eliminate it if it doesn’t work. That makes sense, but like the cell-tower issue, it is fraught with the same not-in-my-backyard dilemma: On whose beach, or what section of the beach, would this be allowed? Oh boy. Knowing how these issues go, we can expect this one to be another stinker. town charter and the employee codes of conduct. He had no obligation then or even later to call the commissioners. And then he did what the town’s labor lawyer advised him to do — place Simpson on immediate leave without pay. It was by the book. And let us remind the citizens of Longboat Key. Here’s what the book also says are responsibilities of the town manager: “The town manager shall be the chief administrative officer of the town and shall be responsible to the town commission for the administration of all town affairs. He shall establish such departments and divisions of responsibility as shall be necessary and proper for administration of the affairs of the town and performance of its municipal functions. He shall be responsible for the preservation of peace and the protection of persons and property within the town and shall be the director of all public safety forces … In addition, he shall have the following additional powers and duties: “(a) Direct and supervise the administration of all departments, offices and agencies of the town, except as otherwise provided by this Charter or by law.” In short, his job is to manage Town Hall and its employees. Hire and fire as needed. The commission’s job is to hire and fire the town manager and set the town’s policies. Placing any other town employee on leave,

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or even firing one, is not a commission responsibility. There is a common refrain in people management: When there is a cancer in the midst, you have an obligation to the rest of the body to cut it out before it spreads. Hogle rightly was living up to that important maxim.

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David Bullock, Longboat Key’s new interim town manager, hasn’t started his new job yet, but no doubt he already has absorbed the equivalent of a master’s degree in town politics and the workings of Town Hall. At least one town commissioner has joked with Bullock to the effect of: Bet you’re really wondering what you got yourself into. It’s pretty clear. Bullock is walking into an organizational culture with excessive plaque build-up, accumulated over the past 15 years. And it’s going to require some scraping, restoration, removal and, to some extent, the installation of a new culture, new attitude and new way of doing things. The evidence for this is substantial. The most obvious is the Planning, Building and Zoning Department. The interviews with the department’s employees about their work environment should tell Bullock that one of his first personnel assignments will be to find new leadership and stabilize the department’s staff. Bullock will also have the “Vogel Report,” the results of a series of town-employee focus groups and employee attitude surveys. If you read excerpts of this report in last week’s Longboat Observer or read the whole report online (see YourObserver.com, search “Vogel Report” ), you’ll see that Bullock has a major challenge. The comments about department heads was especially damning. A sampling: • “Come together as a team — stop the bickering, turf wars, talking badly about each other and employees. • “Get an attitude adjustment — we can’t be positive if you aren’t. • “Demonstrate respect for employees. • “Get development in leadership and interpersonal skills, particularly anger management for some.” And it goes on. Ouch. For Bullock, these conditions will make his job all the more challenging. He already knows of the external tasks — the Longboat Key Club and Resort redevelopment and expansion; the Publix redevelopment; maintaining the beach on the north end; resolving the cell-tower and pension issues. On top of those, he also will face the usual tasks of learning the personality and desires of the Town Commission and making sure the town staff provides efficient, friendly service to taxpayers. And to complicate matters, he will have the internal challenges of winning the confidence and respect of disenchanted town employees while he cleans house and builds a new culture. This is what happens when a new leader assumes command. Welcome to paradise, Mr. Bullock.

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Dear Editor: Having just arrived back to Longboat Key for the winter season, I am amazed to read that the matter of fixing the appalling cell-phone reception on parts of the Key are still being debated with no apparent signs of a resolution. During the summer, I spent a few weeks in China and was amazed that wherever I went, and I don’t just mean the major cities, I was always able to receive a signal. This includes rural and unsophisticated villages and even remote hilltops. Yet, in the so-called modern civilization that comprises Longboat Key, this is not the case. When are all the interested parties going to get off their backsides, stop squabbling and actually do something constructive to resolve this? Nigel Karmel Longboat Key

In the case of employee complaints of hostile work environment or sexual harassment or discrimination, the law demands immediate action by the superior in charge of the accused manager. If not, the employees making the complaint are in jeopardy, and the town is in big legal jeopardy. This is even more serious when there is more than one complainant. Acting Town Manager Al Hogle did the right thing immediately conferring with the labor attorney, briefing commissioners on what he was required to do, then immediately acting to put the accused, but innocent until the investigation is completed, on paid leave. If Hogle inadvertently offended some commissioners in the process, that is too bad, and he should apologize. But his actions certainly do not rise to the level of removing him from the acting town manager role. If anyone should apologize, it should be the town commissioners. Robert Gault Longboat Key

Dear Editor: There is nothing stealthy about the proposed stealth tower — more like a sorethumb tower. The photo in the Observer advertisement Oct. 13 was pretty stealthy, though. Cunningly designed with a prominent telephone pole at center stage and the stealth tower itself stealthily faded out. Because the whole idea is so bizarre, the town will probably approve it! Malcolm Barry Longboat Key

+ Jim Brown was a super human Dear Editor: When Jim Brown was mayor, he and (his wife) Marge would come into my restaurant three or four times a week for breakfast. Whenever we became busy, Jim would come into the back of the café and take the coffeepot and walk around filling patrons’ cups — I never asked him, but he took it upon himself. He was a super human, in other words a real “mensch.” Bert Spiegel Longboat Key

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“I really don’t want to weigh-in on this. I have a cat. I don’t like cats. But I do like dogs.”

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“I have a five-pound, now, Yorkshire terrier, Muffin … ” “I certainly wouldn’t take Muffin to a beach … I think she’s too small.”

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Lenobel was the only commissioner who didn’t disclose at the meeting whether he had a four-legged family member. But he told the Longboat Observer that he loves pets but doesn’t have them because they’re prohibited at his condominium. But if they were allowed, “I’d get one tomorrow,” he said with a smile.

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to explore the idea of giving dogs limited access to a portion of the island’s beaches and report back to the commission. Commissioners Lynn Larson and Pat Zunz, along with resident Laurin Goldner, who, with her husband, Nelson, suggested the idea of giving dogs limited beach access over the summer, will assemble the committee, which will include both those for and against the idea. The commission reached the agreement after supporters and opponents packed the workshop to give their input. Dr. Sanford Mackman, a physician and self-described dog-lover, said that he was concerned that dog droppings could spread disease, noting that his wife picked up hookworm from a beach in Hawaii. Brie Ochoa, assistant regional biologist with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, urged commissioners to consider the impact on shorebirds of allowing dogs on the beach, citing research that suggests that showed that snowy plovers react to dogs from twice the distance that they react to humans, because they view dogs as potential predators. And Sarah Hirsch, a biologist with Mote Marine Laboratory, told the commission to consider the impacts on sea-turtle nests, which have faced predation by dogs in past years. But resident Lillian Sands said that she is frustrated by the amount of attention the town pays to turtles. “We can’t go out there and touch the turtles and say, ‘Hi, Turtle, take care of me,’” Sands said. “You can talk to your dog and your dog is part of your family.” Chuck Nechtem, who does not own dogs, urged the commission to give the idea a try. “Do you realize that people who stutter never stutter when they talk to their pet?” he asked. “Because no one judges them. They can be whoever they are. And that’s what people want in this town.”

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Lora Jason Natural-looking Lora Jason sits on the floor of an empty apartment with green walls. Near packed suitcases lie American flag T-shirts and a dozen Florida postcards. “They say you should have small gifts for your host family,” she says of some of the items she will bring with her on her Peace Corps trip to Jordan. The 50-year-old tries to contain her excitement, but she is clearly giddy. “I’ve wanted to do something different for the past 10 years,” she says. She has spent the past few years simplifying her life, and now her ducks are finally in a row. Both her son and daughter have graduated from college; she sold her home in Michigan in 2005; and she taught English in Korea from 2008 to 2009 to see if she could handle the experience. She has been working at the Longboat Key Club and Resort for the past two years and has lived on Lido Key since returning from Korea. “When I came back (from Korea), I knew I could do it,” Jason says. So, she applied for the Peace Corps, and Monday, Oct. 17, Jason left for Jordan, where she will work with mentally- and physically-challenged youth for two years and three months. It’s a job for which her background has prepared her; she taught for 20 years, and for most of that time she taught special education. She found out only two months ago that she was going to Jordan, and since then she read as much as she could. She has checked-out books from the library,

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Trip tidbits • Lora Jason can say “marhaba” and “assalamu alaikum” in Arabic. That means “hello” and “peace be upon you,” respectively. • The adventuresome spirit extends throughout her family. Jason’s daughter went to St. Lucia with the Peace Corps, and her son has a degree in outdoor adventure education and wilderness training and spent eight weeks in Peru and Alaska. • The only amenity from home that she is bringing is her iPod. “I’m ready to go with the flow and let go of control,” she says. “Whatever they ask me to do, and wherever they ask me to go, I’ll go.” • In total, she’ll spend 27 months overseas.

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Oct. 12 Suspicious sunset-watchers 6:53 p.m. — 5700 block of GMD. Suspicious Persons. A condominium resident told police that she allowed several men to cross to a beach access for residents only. Police found that one of the men works at a nearby convenience store and the other is staying at the condominium on vacation and came out to watch the sunset.

Oct. 13 Soliciting setback 6:24 p.m. — 500 block of De Narvaez Drive. Soliciting. Two men were going door-to-door to advertise their car detailing services. Police warned them that they needed a permit to solicit on the Key.

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11:40 p.m. — 500 block of Bay Isles Road. Property Found. Police found two tennis rackets in a brown case and turned them in to attendants at the nearby tennis facility. The owner later called police, who told her to pick up the rackets at the facility.

Oct. 14 Pooled effort 6:42 a.m. — 2100 block of GMD. Highway Obstruction. A truck driver’s pool supplies fell out of the bed of his truck. He stopped and tried to clean up the supplies, but a gallon of muriatic acid and an unknown amount of liquid chlorine spilled in the roadway. The man left without reporting the spill. Firefighters hosed off the roadway, which had no visible damage.

Oct. 15 Pushing the speed limit 12:02 a.m. — 1400 block of GMD. Traffic Violation. Police stopped a driver who was traveling at speeds of more than 70 mph. The driver told police that he had just finished work in Sarasota and was on his way to pick up his wife from a Key condominium. The driver had a business-purpose-only driver’s license but thought that picking up his wife counted as business. Police drove the man to the condominium and released the vehicle to his wife.

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Damage control 5:22 p.m. — 1600 block of GMD. Property Damage. The longtime owner of a closed resort reported vehicle damage that occurred either at the resort or in Sarasota. The vehicle appeared to have been keyed.

Please do stop the music 10:09 p.m. — 5800 block of GMD. Noise Complaint. A resident told police at 9:15 p.m. that the live band at his home would be shutting down by 10 p.m. When the band was still playing at 10:09 p.m., police told him that he would receive a citation if he didn’t stop the music. The man complied.

Oct. 17 Planted evidence? 2:24 a.m. — 5200 block of GMD. Narcotics Violation. Police pulled over a woman whom they warned a few minutes earlier not to drive because of a suspended license. The woman said she was only driving to Coquina Beach so that her sister could pick her up and that she didn’t know why her vehicle had an improper tag, because her mother took care of it. She also suspected that her ex-boyfriend put the marijuana bag and glass pipe in her purse.

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Oct. 19 Safe return 12:35 a.m. — 4200 block of GMD. Public Service. A woman reported that she woke up and found that her husband, who is easily confused and no longer drives, and car were gone. The woman’s husband returned while police were on scene and was unsure of where he had been or why he had been there.

1:25 a.m. — 4900 block of GMD. Public Service. An 82-year-old driver who appeared disoriented allowed police to use his cell phone to call his son, who told police that his father has no pressing medical conditions but is usually in bed by 6 p.m.

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Networking at Noon — takes place from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 27, at Fleming’s Prime Steakhouse and Wine Bar, 2001 Siesta Drive. Introduce yourself to other area professionals and network with local businesses at this Longboat Key, Lido Key, St. Armands Key Chamber of Commerce event. Tickets are $25 for members; $30 for non-members. Call 383- 2466. Mote’s Annual Oceanic Evening — starts at 6:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 29, at Mote Marine Laboratory and Aquarium, 1600 Ken Thompson Parkway. Enjoy a preview of the aquarium’s new Penguin Island exhibit during the lab’s annual black-tie fundraiser. Tickets are $250. Call 388-4441. Penguin Island Exhibit — officially opens from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Nov. 1. The exhibit runs through Feb. 29, at Mote Aquarium, 1600 Ken Thompson Parkway. Visit four endangered black-footed penguins in Mote Aquarium’s courtyard and learn about the birds at this tempo-

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‘Fright Night — Halloween on St. Armands’ What: St. Armands Circle will be spook-tacular for the holiday, with decorated storefronts, Halloween characters galore, trick-or-treating for the kids and a Sarasota High School Drama Department performance of “Thriller.” The Halloween spirit will transform St. Armands Circle for this three-year-old event. When: 6 p.m. Monday, Oct. 31 Where: St. Armands Circle Info: Call 388-1554

St. Mary, Star of the Sea, Catholic Church Ladies Guild hosted a welcome-back luncheon and first meeting of the season following the 11 a.m. Mass Tuesday, Oct. 18. The Stella Maris Activity Hall was a packed house. The women noshed on three types of homemade quiche and salad and also made plans for the upcoming season.

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Daniel Curran

Daniel Curran, of Longboat Key and formerly of Brooklyn, N.Y., and Cincinnati, died Oct. 18. He was 81. Mr. Curran was born June 9, 1930. Mr. Curran was an active volunteer with SPARCC for many years. Services were held at Toale Brothers Funeral Homes, in Sarasota. Survivors include his wife of 60 years, Ruth E.; daughters, Priscilla O’Keefe, of Destin, and Alison Parr, of Cincinnati; son, Jeffrey, of Columbus, Ohio; one grandchild; and one greatgrandchild. Memorial donations may be made to SPARCC, 2139 Main St., Sarasota, Fla., 34237.

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The sanctuary is close to being finished except for a few minor cosmetic details.

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The exterior of the new building. “The structure is here, it just needs a few details and tweaking,” says Burt Borgelt, chairman of the Building Committee. Some of these details are cosmetic, and the others are minor things, such as adjusting the sound system. Porter describes the style of the church as “contemporary gothic”; it was designed by architect John S. Dickerson. According to Porter, 278 people can fit in the sanctuary at a time. They expect to add another worship service time in the near future because the congregation keeps growing.

All Angels by the Sea Episcopal Church, 563 Bay Isles Road, will hold Sunday worship services at 8 and 10 a.m. The Rev. David Danner is the rector. 3838161.

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

Christ Church of Longboat Key, Presbyterian USA, 6400 Gulf of Mexico Drive, will hold Sunday worship services at 10 a.m. The Rev. Bruce Porter is the pastor. 383-8833.

St. Mary, Star of the Sea, Catholic Church, 4280 Gulf of Mexico Drive, will hold 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. 383-1255.

Longboat Island Chapel, 6200 Gulf of Mexico Drive, will hold Sunday worship services at 10 a.m. The Rev. Kenneth Gill is the minister. 383-6491. St. Armands Key Lutheran Church, 40

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Robert Oliver Hughes, of Bradenton, and formerly of Flint, Mich., died Oct. 13. He was 95. Mr. Hughes was born Feb. 13, 1916. He was a former engineer for General Motors and was a member of the Longboat Island Chapel. He was preceded in death by his wife, Emma A. Hughes, and brothers, George and Jack. He is survived by his special friend, Ann N. Leach, of Bradenton; nephews and nieces. Memorial donations may be made to Palma Sola Harbour Memorial Fund, 9410 Catalina Drive, Bradenton, Fla., 34210, or Longboat Island Chapel, 6200 Gulf of Mexico Drive, Longboat Key, Fla., 34228. Online condolences may be made to www.brownandsonsfuneral.com.

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Key, and formerly of Milwaukee, Wis., died Oct. 13. She was 93. Mrs. Glasspiegel attended Goucher and Birmingham-Southern colleges. She and her late husband, Jerry, enjoyed traveling and spending time with family and friends. Mrs. Glasspiegel’s retirement activities included tennis, painting and volunteer work. Mrs. Glasspiegel was preceded in death by her husband of 64 years, Jerry, and sisters Flossie Bayer and Gladys Feldman. Ms. Glasspiegel is survived by three sons, John, Harry and Bob; five grandchildren; and 24 nieces and nephews. Memorials may be made to the Harriet and Jerry Glasspiegel Camp Scholarship Fund at COA, 909 E. North Ave., Milwaukee, Wis., 53212 or online at www.coa-yfc.org.

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Historical Society of Longboat Key board members and Longboat Key pioneers Vera and Bud Freeman have lived here for 29 years. Stephanie Claussen sells raffle tickets.

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Favorite Pastime The Longboat Key Historical Society’s Pioneer Day Fish Fry begged the question: grouper or mullet? But pioneers and other Longboat Key residents seemed to enjoy both equally Friday, Oct. 21, at Mar Vista Dockside Restaurant and Pub. Mar Vista served up the fish-fry staples, along with Southern sides: fried green tomatoes, cheese grits and collard greens, to the 200 people in attendance. Blues Pig, accompanied by 10-year-old Jacob Castro, entertained the crowd throughout the night. Old-time Longboaters, or “pioneers,” were invited to share their Longboat Key stories with those in attendance. Shirley Beachum talked about what makes a pioneer, and she said it’s not just time spent living on Longboat Key. “I’m an old pioneer,” she said. “I’m 90 years old.”

Docent for the Longboat Key Historical Society Liz Riedinger says she has stayed here because, “It’s paradise.” The Ferguson siblings, 40-year pioneers, reflected on the one-room grammar school in the Village neighborhood that housed six grades and 12 students. “There was no trouble to get into, you had to make your own,” joked Art Ferguson. The fundraising event, sponsored by The Observer Group and Michael Saunders and Co., collected more than $3,100 to benefit the historical society. It costs $20 to join the historical society, and applications for membership can be picked up at the historical society museum, in Whitney Beach Plaza.

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Jim Harwood and Ed Chiles, owner of Mar Vista Dockside Restaurant Pub, serve up plates of food to Pioneer Day Fish Fry guests.

Joann Hager and Historical Society of Longboat Key board member Shirley Beachum. Hager moved in 1949 from Pennsylvania to Longboat Key. Beachum says she is an “old pioneer,” because she is 90 years old.

Weldon and Brenda Frost have lived on the Key for 23 years.

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Queens Harbour home sells for $1.76 million Kelly and David Cain sold their home in Queens Harbour, at 3578 Fair Oaks Way, to Fred and Loraine McWilliams, of Greenwood, Ind., for $1.76 million. Built in 1997, it has three bedrooms, three-and-a-half baths, a pool and 3,118 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $2,175,000 in 2007. This week’s residential real-estate transactions took place between Oct. 10 and Oct. 14. Of this week’s 11 sales, four were for more than $1 million. File photo

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Sally Yanowitz, Sarasota, sold her Unit 266 condominium at 3040 Grand Bay Blvd. to Vacys Garbonkus and Laima Nainys, Longboat Key, for $1,137,000. Built in 1996, it has three bedrooms, three-and-ahalf baths and 2,781 square feet of living area.

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William and Anna Tiller, Tampa, sold their home at 712 Dream Island Road to Bruce Grassfield, Denver, for $850,000. Built in 1975, it has three bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 2,638 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $1,175,000 in 2006.

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Thomas Biegel, of Montgomery, Ohio, sold his home at 521 Putting Green Lane to James and Kate Olson, Longboat Key, for $585,000. Built in 1966, it has two bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 1,786 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $1,375,000 in 2006.

Unit 266 at Grand Bay II, 3040 Grand Bay Blvd., has three bedrooms, three-anda-half baths and 2,781 square feet of living area. It sold for $1,137,000.

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Sherri Keiler-Lane, of Scarsdale, N.Y., sold her home at 573 Norton St. to Kendall and Michelle Coates, of Lansing, N.Y., for $525,000. Built in 2000, it has three bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 1,700 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $141,000 in 1993.

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C. Martin Cooper, trustee, Longboat Key, sold the Unit 6-E condominium at 2525 Gulf of Mexico Drive to David and Stacy Rolfe, of Chesterfield, Mo., for $520,000. Built in 1972, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,491 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $260,000 in 1997.

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N.J., sold their Unit 102 condominium at 1115 Gulf of Mexico Drive to Jessica Mayer, of Woodland Park, N.J., for $428,000. Built in 1979, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,392 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $580,000 in 2004.

3320 Gulf of Mexico Drive to Robert and Maryann Tata, Longboat Key, for $215,000. Built in 1971, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,187 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $234,000 in 2004.

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+ Euphemia Haye restaurant welcomes changes to its interior, website While Euphemia Haye owners D’Arcy and Chef Raymond Arpke were on a culinary cruise to Spain and Portugal, the restaurant underwent some remodeling. It now has new carpet, new countertops in the dessert room, new pizza ovens and a new espresso machine. The wood-and-tile floors have been redone, as well as the bar and countertop in the middle room. There are a new set of doors in the kitchen, dining room and behind the flambé stand and a few other small updates. The restaurant has also launched an updated website and now has a new email address: www.euphemiahaye. com; officeadmin@euphemiahaye.com.

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+ St. Armands welcomes posh addition St. Armands Circle got a little more “posh” with its newest addition: Poshy. The boutique, which offers women’s bags, beach apparel and gifts, will host a grand opening from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Friday, Oct. 28, at its new location at 476 John Ringling Blvd. The store’s hours are from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Thursday, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday and noon to 6 p.m. Sunday. Call 388-2893 or visit PoshyShop.com for more information.

+ Local cardiologist presents recent achievements at conference Dr. Mahfouz El Shahawy, medical director of the Cardiovascular Disease Assessment Center in Sarasota, was invited to present recent achievements at Cardio Egypt 2011. This meeting was the 38th annual conference of the Egyptian Society of Cardiology; it took place in Sharm el-Sheikah, Egypt. More than 2,100 local residents have been evaluated by the staff at the Cardiovascular Disease Assessment Center, and more than 50% of those screened showed early signs for cardiovascular disease, the leading cause of death nationwide.

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Ritz Tower – Downtown Sarasota Sophisticated Simplicity with Style! 8th floor 2,799 square foot residence with 3BR/3BA in wood, granite & stainless offers a neutral color pallet & gorgeous Bay, Marina, & City views from every room. 2 prkng spaces incl. $ 1,448,000

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

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Athletes pound the pavement for Key triathlon Athletes from all over the U.S. came to the Longboat Key Club and Resort to participate in the second Ziivaa Longboat Key Triathlon and Duathlon Sunday, Oct. 23. The triathlon consisted of a half-mile

swim, a 20-mile bike ride and a five-mile run. The duathlon consisted of a two-mile run, 20-mile bike ride and a fivemile run. See “Just the Stats” on page 26A for more information about the event.

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Bird Key Yacht Club hosts Belgian bash The members of Bird Key Yacht Club sampled different Belgian beers and an array of Belgian cuisine at the “Best of Belgium” event Saturday, Oct. 22, at the club. The members voted on their favorite samplings throughout the night.

Lauren August writes down her ratings for the different beers she tried during the tasting. Photos by Rachel S. O’Hara

Jim and Jean Zakovec chat with Bill Steele. Judy Stanford and Judy Reed

Jennifer Fetner, from Gold Coast Eagle Distributing, shows off her bartending skills.

Denis Kavanagh and Karin Jones

John Lewis and Anna Davis

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Jan McLaughlin and Aida Matic Blues Pig members bass player Jim Linkogle, harmonica player Steve Scott, drummer Brad Tripp, frontman Stephen Mislyan and lead guitarist Richard Reilley play blues favorites for the guests.

Mary Spittell, Ryan Heise and Henry Lewis D.M. Williams and Mark Meador Above: Key pioneers Art Ferguson, his wife, Meade, and his sister, Rae Ferguson Reasoner

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JUST THE STATS

athlete of the week

Toni TEASdale

Toni Teasdale, 64, won the gold medal for women’s doubles in pickleball at the recent Tampa Bay Senior Games. Pickleball is a sport that combines pingpong, tennis and badminton. Teasdale has also won a gold in singles before — she has many medals hanging in her living room. Teasdale even goes on pickleball vacations with her husband, Jim. Most recently they traveled to Bermuda for a pickleball cruise, and they are planning a May trip to Jamaica.

1:37:55

Time in which the triathlon’s overall female winner, Rachel Chambers, completed the event.

1:28:35

To what do you attribute your success? I have good hand-eye coordination and the ability to move. And agility. What do you think is the breakfast of champions? Kashi cereal.

Do you play any other sports? I played tennis, but I didn’t excel at it like this. I played off and on for 25 years. We played tennis in Naples for 14 years. If you could play any sport professionally, what would you play? Golf. I think there’s a level of profes-

Is there anything related to pickleball to which you are looking forward? My husband and I are going with 100 other pickleballers in May to Jamaica. We are going to an all-inclusive resort with eight courts during the day and four at night. The people going are from 23 different states. — Mallory Gnaegy

Mallory Gnaegy

Competitors crossed the finish line at the Longboat Key Club.

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Time in which the duathlon’s overall male winner, Ken Oday, completed the event.

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Time in which the triathlon’s overall male winner, Chris Pyhel, completed the event.

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The age of the youngest competitor, Danny Duncan, from Englewood, in the Longboat Key Triathlon and Duathlon.

> 450 — the number of people who competed in the triathlon.

When did you first start playing pickleball? In 2008 I saw a sign on Anna Maria Island that they were offering free lessons at a community center there, so (my husband and I) went. Now, we play six days a week.

What is the toughest part of playing pickleball and the most enjoyable part? I’d say the toughest part is anticipating your opponents’ moves. I enjoy the camaraderie.

The age of Ched Lyman, of Park City, Utah, the oldest competitor in the second Longboat Key Triathlon and Duathlon Sunday, Oct 23.

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PHOTO CONTEST

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Don’t forget to vote for your favorite IRE photo

ITALY. Longboat Key residents Sam and Cindy Kennedy do their best to hold up their copy of the Longboat Observer — and the Leaning Tower of Pisa!

Voting for The Observer Group’s annual “It’s Read Everywhere” contest has begun. To vote for your favorite travel photos featuring you — or your neighbors — simply visit our website, YourObserver.com, and click on the “Contests” tab on the upper right-hand corner of the screen. On Thursday, Nov. 10, the winners of The Observer’s “It’s Read Everywhere” photo contest will be posted online at YourObserver.com as well as featured in The Observer’s annual “Welcome Back” edition. The overall grand prize winner will receive two $500 travel vouchers from Admiral Travel, plus 10,000 points ($1,000 value) from the Gulf Coast Connoisseur Club. The first place winner of each newspaper (Longboat Observer, Sarasota Observer and East County Observer) will receive a $350 travel voucher from Admiral Travel plus 5,000 points (a $500 value) from the Gulf Coast Connoisseur Club.

NEW YORK CITY. Longboat Key Realtor Tina Rudek took her Sept. 11 10th anniversary edition of the Longboat Observer to New York City. In the background of the photo is One World Trade Center, which is expected to be completed in 2013.

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CHINA. John and Anne Summers recently celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary while reading the Longboat Observer at the Great Wall of China in Badaling.

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PHILIPPINES. Longboat Key resident Nora White clowned around with her Longboat Observer recently at an orphanage in Tagbilaran, Philippines.

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Sunrise/sunset

RAINFALL Mon., Oct. 17 Tues., Oct. 18 Wed., Oct. 19 Thurs., Oct. 20 Fri., Oct. 21 Sat., Oct. 22 Sun., Oct. 23

North 0.00 0.34 0.09 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

Mid 0.00 0.56 0.17 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

Month to date: 2011 3.55 in Year-to-date:

South 0.01 0.11 0.19 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2010 1.86 in.

2011 2010 40.83 in. 33.74 in.

Sunrise

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Fri., Oct. 28

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Sat., Oct. 29

7:38

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Sun., Oct. 30

7:39

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Mon., Oct. 31

7:39

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Tues., Nov. 1

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Wed., Nov. 2

7:41

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WEEKLY WINNEr: Spooky START

TemperatureS

Temps. High Low 81 73 81 70 72 58 74 55 74 54 80 60 79 59

Tues., Oct. 18 Wed., Oct. 19 Thurs., Oct. 20 Fri., Oct. 21 Sat., Oct. 22 Sun., Oct. 23 Mon., Oct. 24

Record Temps. High Low 93 (1989) 44 (1997) 91 (1989) 47 (1997) 91 (2005) 46 (1996) 90 (1983) 46 (1989) 92 (1993) 46 (1989) 90 (1990) 48 (1976) 90 (1985) 50 (2006)

Average Gulf water temperature: 73.9

TIDE CHART Thurs., Oct. 27

MOON PHASES Highs

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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. Visit YourObserver.com to click on our interactive weather button, which features current weather conditions, weather radar and a five-day forecast.

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Teri Jordan submitted this early-morning photo, taken in Buttonwood Harbour on Longboat Key.

O B S E RV E R C RO S S WO R D Edited by Timothy E. Parker

INSIDE CONNECTION by Dennis Mooney

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Horse stable Professeur’s place Wasn’t renewed Tissue near the tonsil Rite place Planned schedule Some estate security workers Repeatedly ___ mode (served with ice cream) Sleeping Beauty’s wound Stately shade tree Bake sale org. Not making one’s quota Judge or consider Japanese immigrant “National Velvet” author Bagnold Org. once run by George Bush Highly capable Is able to, biblically Golden Fleece carrier Music genre born in the ‘50s “Peanuts” fussbudget Cheerleader’s cheer Unspecified quantity Former Giants rightfielder, Mel Golfer’s prop Brigadier general’s insignia “That’s gross!” Victim of Brutus Airport screener’s org. Capital of Norway Lowly laborer Narrow grooves Food for Fido It might be taken midafternoon Public uproar Raced on foot Started to grow or develop

76 Queen’s Guard workplace 77 In pieces 81 Bakery appliance 82 Emulate Will Smith 84 Has a crush on 86 Book jacket paragraph 87 Disrespectful 88 Mu ___ pork 89 Type of Christmas tree 91 Unmixed, as a drink 92 Many times o’er 93 Misfortunes 94 Stringently enforced, as a rule 97 ___ Romeo (foreign car) 98 The power to make decisions 100 Ignores in a snooty way 101 Ignited 102 “Don’t change!” to a printer 103 String bean’s opposite 105 Air freshener target 107 Skirmish 109 Dangerous squeezing snake 112 Drain opener 113 Not as ruddy 115 Half a score 116 God, start to finish 119 Gullibility 124 Columbo or Monk, e.g. 125 “Maria ___” (Jimmy Dorsey hit) 126 Three-horse Russian carts 127 Snorkel and Bilko, informally 128 Wens and such 129 Villainous looks

dOwn 1 Straggle 2 “Princess ___” (Gilbert

and Sullivan operetta) 3 Doggie doc 4 Dir. from NYC to the Hamptons 5 Like Super Bowl numerals 6 On-ramp sign 7 Tidal flood 8 One seeking what’s rightfully his or hers 9 Pertaining to hearing 10 Taller and leaner 11 Time to remember 12 Chowder server 13 Reproducing without fertilization 14 Place to hang one’s hat 15 Rice Krispies mascot 16 Change the wording of 17 Carvey of “Wayne’s World” 19 Crime-lab specimen 23 Vertically, to a sailor 24 Settles down snugly 29 Face hardship bravely 30 Fill with anger 31 In a domineering manner 32 Witness’ swearing-in phrase 33 Cubes potatoes 35 Weight training partner, often 37 “The Iceman ___” 39 Infamous insecticide 41 Candidate who lost 42 Nitty-gritty 43 Massage locale 44 Greenhorns 46 Bay with gray 47 Pertaining to the largest artery 48 Pastoral places 51 “Land” or “moon” attachment 57 Cruising the Pacific, e.g. 61 Gloomy state

63 Gene letters 64 It shows the real you? 65 Served perfectly, in tennis 67 Pizza perimeter 70 Reversals for the better 71 Most dexterous, as a boat 73 Natasha’s cartoon sidekick 74 Soft palate feature 75 It’s a smidgen in the kitchen 78 ___-of-the-pants 79 Paris tower 80 Reposition, as tires 83 Censure severely 85 Walking ___ (euphoric) 89 The ___ Four (The Beatles) 90 Impudent 95 Market dominance by two companies 96 ___ and fauna 97 Sure-footed work animal 99 In the recent past 104 Indian nurses 106 Ballerina painter 107 Weeping result 108 Group that might strike 109 Barbershop quartet member 110 Mexican stew or jar 111 Imitative artist 114 “My Cup Runneth Over” singer Ed 115 You can have a blast with it 117 Warm welcome 118 Last of the mos. 120 Compete 121 ___ out (just manage) 122 Kind of pitch 123 It’s two steps away from being a dollar sign

Last weeks Cryptograms 1. As a neighbor moved his car out of the garage, my friend wondered why he always called the thing “baby.” I told him it was because it never went out without a rattle. 2. A rich developer loved his car so much that when it blew out he buried it. The tombstone read: “Rust in Peace.”

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“Sometimes we need to let go of things for things to happen,” Michelle Phillips says of her rock-bottom days. “I’m prepared for anything now. I’m grateful for those days, even if I didn’t know at the time that everything would work out.”

A thing of beauty Makeup artist Michelle Phillips is using her love of cosmetics to empower women. The publication of her first book proves the mission is much more than a vanity project.

ichelle Phillips is in the mid- kind of interview, the kind that dle of a radio interview that’s causes people to lose track of time. gone 20 minutes over its allotted When she emerges from her office time. clutching a giant mug of tea, she Before we go any further, you apologizes for the holdup, explainshould know that Phillips is that ing that she had no idea the inter-

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PHILLIPS from 1 “Oh my gosh,” she says to her husband, comedian Tim Wilkins. “You’re burning the house down.” Wilkins shrugs. He hadn’t noticed the smoke. “Men don’t do candles,” he jokes. Phillips sets down her coffee mug. On the rim of the cup is a big pink lipstick print that matches her shirt. A makeup artist since the age of 16, she knows a thing or two about matching her lips to her blouse, which on this particular day is coral-colored with a loose boatneck. “All I ever wanted to do from the age of 6 was be a makeup artist,” Phillips says. “But I was born in the late ’60s. There weren’t a lot Bobbi Browns and Kevyn Aucoins around.” She curls up on the couch beside her husband and launches into a story about how when she was a little girl, she used to give her dolls makeovers by coloring their faces with Magic Markers. “I ruined every one of them,” she laughs. Phillips has come a long way since then. A native of Washington, D.C., her career in makeup started the day her mother marched into a Bloomingdale’s store, made a beeline for the cosmetics counter and announced that her daughter would like to be a makeup artist. “By the time I was 18, I was working as a platform artist for Chanel and Revlon,” says Phillips, 44. “Chanel was my favorite designer, so that was exciting.” She name-drops a few of the celebrities whose faces she’s dolled up over the years, including Molly Ringwald, Katie Couric, Doris Roberts, CNN news anchor Judy Woodruff and singer Colbie Caillat. She stops short. These women aren’t the reason why she decided to pursue a career as a life and beauty coach. Ordinary women were her motivation. Women like her. “When I started to get in touch with

women outside of the celeb world, I realized that was where true beauty was,” Phillips says. “I realized this is what I’m meant to be doing, helping women feel and look their best.” Her first book, “The Beauty Blueprint,” which comes out in bookstores Nov. 1, is part confessional, part beauty manual and part self-improvement guide. At 262 pages, the paperback offers eight steps to building the life and look of your dreams. It includes everything from when to toss your old mascara to trusting your intuition and overcoming fear. Much of the book’s insight was drawn from hard-earned wisdom gleaned from Phillips’ own struggles: her failed first marriage; the loss of her Above: “The Beauty longtime job Blueprint” spent five as a makeup days in a row on artist with Amazon’s bestseller list Channel 10 for beauty releases. News in Tampa; and her two-year stint as the host of a local morning show that paid so poorly she was forced to fall back on food stamps to feed her three kids. Published by Hay House — a self-help publishing house that boasts an impressive stable of mega-selling authors, including Suze Orman, Deepak Chopra and Wayne Dyer — the book also comes with an Internet radio show, which Phillips hosts every Monday on Hay House Radio. com. In addition to coaching women live on the air, she interviews celebrity guests. Last week it was Donny Osmond and

former “American Idol” contestant Justin Guarini. “I had been a life coach for years and didn’t even realize it,” Philips says. “When people sat in my chair, they’d tell me their problems and together we’d solve them … in the makeup room.” She laughs at the memory of it as her husband nods his head in agreement. He’s her biggest cheerleader. In 2009, the couple was living in Minneapolis, where Phillips worked as a host on the QVC competitor, ShopNBC. Six weeks into the job, she confessed that she was miserable in the position. So Wilkins asked her what she wanted to do instead. Phillips replied that she wanted to write a book to help women reclaim their beauty. So, they hopped on the computer and Googled, “how to write a book.” Thirteen notebooks and two years later, Phillips’ “Beauty Blueprint” was a reality. “You’ll never see anybody make something happen like Michelle,” Wilkins says. “She twitches her nose like Samantha from ‘Bewitched’ and before you know it, ta-da … it’s been achieved.” Phillips blushes a shade darker than her shirt. She explains that there’s more to it than sheer affirmation; that you’ve got to take the action steps to see your goals through. Take, for example, the assignment she recently gave one of her clients — a middle-aged woman suffering from emptynest syndrome. “I asked her what she loved to do,” Phillips says. “And she said, ‘I love going to the

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Get rid of guilt garments

“These are the clothes that don’t fit or the clothes we think are too expensive to part with. Only keep things in your closet that you actually wear.” 

Grab a necklace

“How we project our personal style is through our accessories.” 

Avoid the bargain booby trap

“A bargain isn’t a bargain if you never wear it or spend your whole life trying to find something to match it.” 

Less is more

“I’d rather a woman wear a little bit of blush and mascara than a whole face full of makeup.” 

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movies and I love dancing.’ So I told her you’ve got seven days to go to the movies and take a Zumba class. Twelve weeks later she announced that she’s becoming a dance instructor. That to me is beautiful and it had nothing to do with makeup.”

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+ Wannabe TV scribes put on your thinking caps Sarasota County’s “TV ME!” competition is back. Sponsored by the Sarasota County Film & Entertainment Office, the contest is an excellent opportunity for aspiring screenwriters to get a shot at pitching material to major network executives. Last year, the nationwide competition received more than 250 entries, including nine different pitches from overachieving grandprize winner Austin McKinley, a freelance writer and artist from Sarasota. Since jetting off last spring to Los Angeles to meet with big shots at ABC, CBS, Disney and Sony Pictures Television, McKinley, 34, has shot a short film, produced video for the Sarasota Orchestra’s “Journeys to Genius” series, created concept art for a gaming company and developed scripts with a former Fox bigwig. Geez, Austin, you put us newspaper writers to shame. The competition is accepting pitches now through Dec. 30. For contest details, visit TVMEcontest. com.

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+ Blues Fest rolls on, Strauss still rocking out Thought you wouldn’t catch a glimpse of Barbara Strauss at this year’s Blues Fest? Think again. Just because Strauss finally parted with her beloved music festival, it doesn’t mean she quit it cold turkey. How could she? She’s run the event for 18 of its 21 years. Even though the no-nonsense concert promoter sold the show to Houston-based ticketing company ExtremeTix, she’s still working her practical magic behind the scenes. As usual, Strauss has booked a stellar lineup that includes headliner Los Lobos, Georgia soul musician and Grammy nominee Ryan Shaw, former Little Feat vocalist Shaun Murphy and Mississippi blues artist Lightnin’ Malcolm. According to Strauss, the festival’s new owners have delivered on three key promises: They hired local vendors; they kept the ticket price low; and they grandfathered in Strauss’ favorite charity — All Faiths Food Bank. “As far as I’m concerned, they saved the Blues Fest,” Strauss says. “You’re still getting a $22 rockstar concert and a $4 beer.”

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For those of you who only know Los Lobos as the band that sings “La Bamba,” you’re in for a real treat. The group has won several Grammy Awards and toured with Bob Dylan, U2 and the Grateful Dead. The gates open at 11 a.m. Nov. 5, at Ed Smith Stadium. That gives you nine days to practice singing, “Yo no soy marinero,” three times fast.

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HOT TICKETS Sarasota Chalk Festival: In case you haven’t noticed, the Sarasota Chalk Festival has gotten huge. It now spans one week and features more than 250 chalk artists from around the world. Now in its fifth year, the festival has spread beyond the pavement of Burns Square. Drawings are planned for the sides of buildings. There will be dance performances, kid chalk contests and a 24-hour chalk-off inspired by a famous street-painting competition in

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+ Circus Sarasota expands its big top Ladies and gentleman, boys and girls, children of all ages … it’s about time the Sailor Circus freed itself from the reins of the Police Athletic League. It’s not that PAL didn’t do a fantastic job shepherding the 62-year-old youth circus. It’s just that it makes more sense for the program to fall under the prevue of Circus Sarasota, which, when it was founded in 1997 by trapeze artists/lovebirds Pedro Reis

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Marie Féret stars as Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s lesser-known sibling in “Mozart’s Sister.” status quo. “Mozart’s Sister” is a masterpiece to watch and hear. The costumes, images and music beautifully accost the senses. An added coup was René Féret obtaining permission to film at the Palace of Versailles. The lavishness of the interiors is almost incomprehensible to absorb. There are a lot of Férets running about in this lush period piece. My count was four as the credits ran. Nepotism works well for Monsieur Féret — the acting was superb. “Mozart’s Sister” is not only an exposé on sexual discrimination during pre-Revolutionary France, it’s also about dedication. The Mozarts are depicted as a family who relished, revered and were bound by their passion for music. Too bad one of them never received the credit she deserved. — Pam Nadon

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The master of adaptation Andrei Malaev-Babel, director of the FSU/Asolo Conservatory’s ‘The Brothers Karamazov,’ explains why you won’t see him directing ‘fluffy’ plays any time soon. Andrei Malaev-Babel’s secondstory office at the FSU/Asolo Conservatory for Actor Training is filled with so many books you fear grabbing one might cause the entire room to collapse. There are books about how to perform plays, write plays, direct plays, analyze plays and, when you’ve got the time, watch plays. There are books by Anton Chekhov, William Shakespeare and Virginia Woolf. There are plays by Edward Albee, Neil Simon and Bertolt Brecht. Buried among the titles are Fyodor Dostoyevsky’s major works. “I’m fascinated by him,” says the 44-year-old actor, director and teacher. “I consider him to be one of the most theatrical novelists, not because he’s flashy or in-your-face, but because he condenses the human experience … this kind of existence on the threshold of life and death, good and evil.” Malaev-Babel has spent much of his career studying the Russian author. He staged three major adaptations of the novelist’s work during his eight-year tenure with the Stanislavsky Theater Studio in Washington, D.C. In 2000, he was nominated for a Helen Hayes Award for directing the company’s production of

“The Idiot.” “Dostoyevsky’s work is honest and sincere,” he says. “It doesn’t play the kind of games we have to play in everyday life for survival purposes.” Next week he’ll direct the conservatory’s second-year students in an adaptation of Dostoyevsky’s epic tome, “The Brothers Karamazov.” Part murder mystery, part morality play, the story follows the complicated lives of three brothers as they struggle to make sense of their strained relationship with their deadbeat father. Although the book was published more than 130 years ago, the subject matter continues to resonate with audiences today. “The characters have survived the test of time,” says MalaevBabel, who joined the conservatory faculty in 2006. “Every generation finds something relevant in it. It’s about incredibly passionate people who are put into incredibly difficult situations.” Some directors would just as soon have a root canal rather than stage a Dostoyevsky adaptation. Malaev-Babel, on the other hand, gobbles the stuff up — the human tragedies, the Oedipal themes, the existentialism and anguished debates over religion

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“An actor’s instrument is not only his body and voice,” says Andrei Malaev-Babel, “it’s his psychology and emotions — especially if he has to rise to the heights of creative passion needed to perform Dostoyevsky.” and free will. As a result, he often has a hard time swallowing lighter plays and musicals. They seem shallow in comparison. “In silly, fluffy plays, we laugh at shallow people,” Malaev-Babel says. “That’s fine. I admire the craftsmen of comedies. I’m more interested in the complex individuals who populate tragedies.”

It goes without saying that you’re not going to find a lot of beach reads in Malaev-Babel’s office. A graduate of the Vakhtangov Theater Institute in his native Russia, Malaev-Babel has spent the past seven years traveling the world performing his one man-show, “Babel: How It Was Done in Odessa.”

IF YOU GO The FSU/Asolo Conservatory for Actor Training will perform “The Brothers Karamazov” from Nov. 1 to Nov. 20, at the Cook Theatre at the FSU Center for the Performing Arts. For tickets, call 351-8000. The play is based on the short stories of his grandfather, Isaac Babel, a revered Russian writer who was executed in 1940 by order of Joseph Stalin. The production is deeply personal for Malaev-Babel, who never got to meet his grandfather. Even though he’s performed the piece 70 times, he says he still finds something new in the material. “Actors should constantly evolve and grow,” says Malaev-Babel. “One performance should be different from the next. It should breathe with nuances and subtleties because real life is spontaneous. Try to re-live your life exactly as it happened yesterday. It’s impossible.” He says this is the key difference between watching a movie and watching live theater. Movies don’t change with each viewing. Live theater does. He reaches for a copy of the book he just published on Russian actor and theater director Yevgeny Vakhtangov, who was a pupil of Konstantin Stanislavski, father of the first acting system. “I don’t know about you,” Malaev-Babel says, “but I can never feel anything twice the same way.”

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I’ve come to a conclusion. There are three important ingredients that can make or break a performance: personal touch, personality and program. These three “P’s” have become essential to today’s successful concerts, recitals and even operas. And all three of them were present, in heaping portions, when we recently attended two of the Ringling International Arts Festival events. Brooklyn Rider, a string quartet of smart, talented young men — violinists Johnny Gandelsman and Colin Jacobsen, violist Nicholas Cords and cellist Eric Jacobsen — has found a special niche in the world of music. They speak and perform interactively. (That’s the personal touch.) They each have their own style reflected in what they wear and how they play (personality). And they program their concerts so we’re entertained and enlightened while they mix the old with the new, the refined with the bristly. They began with a new work by Jacobsen, called, “Beloved, Do Not Let Me Be Discouraged.” Starting with a moving duet between violin and viola, it was one of the most achingly beautiful, mesmerizing pieces to pass between my ears in years. Folk-like and modal, it was a Middle-Eastern folk song with an Appalachian twist. The only discouraging thing about it was that it was too short. Next came Beethoven — late Beethoven. And that means Ludwig was already deaf and struggling with all those crazy sounds running around in his head. The C sharp minor quartet, Opus 131, is jarring, dissonant and, for the most part, unpleasant but fascinating. The guys from Brooklyn, N.Y., put him in his place and gave us a performance filled with color and character,

something stylistically different from most other performances, but one that left us with something to ponder. Finally, the quartet gave us a pair of gypsy songs that sounded like a “Rumanian Rhapsody” by Enescu turned inside-out. They were neither Enescu nor inside-out but they were toe-tapping, tambourine-slapping, dancing, sexy fun with the atmospheric cello’s ground-bass slithering and slapping beneath some incredibly virtuosic turns in the upper strings. A few hours later, we returned to the Historic Asolo for the fearless, formidable Piano Foursome: Inon Barbatan, Adam Golka, Anne-Marie McDermott and Pedja Muzijevic. Again, the important trio of “P’s” were present. Muzijevic took the role of emcee, introducing each pianist and piece with scholarly entertainment. The idea was for each artist to perform individually and then for them all to come together for a grand finale of 40 flying fingers on the four Yamaha grands. Golka’s performance of Chopin’s “Barcarolle” was deliciously lilting with textured harmonies and dynamics that were enhanced by his beautiful phrasing. Muzijevic took a turn with a trio of short pieces — Liszt’s “Sleepless! Question and Answer,” a linear, almost Scriabin-sounding work the pianist pulled off with finesse; Feldman’s “Intermission,” a pointillistic piece plummeting huge schisms and leaps; and Aleksander Michalowski’s wonderfully fun “Paraphrase on Chopin’s Valse” (aka “Minute Waltz”) performed with a lightness and humor that made the paraphrase’s flourishes sound easy. The grand finale featured all four piano personalities giving us quadraphonic Czerny (Opus 230, if you’re counting), and tossing out bits and pieces of melodies from Mozart to Liszt in a trilling, thrilling 23-minute crowd-pleaser that added “powerful” to the other “P’s.” — June LeBell

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Were it not for Betty Schoenbaum and her late, great husband, Alex, Sarasota would not have its renowned “Campus of Caring.” The late Dr. Kay Glasser went to them for seed money to build her dream more than 20 years ago. Now the center is honoring its original benefactor for her in-going and ongoing support with a fun-not-formal evening, the complete title of which is, “Celebrating Promises Kept and Dreams Fulfilled … a Big Hug Back to Betty.” Dr. Lou Bertha McKenzie-Wharton and Bunny Skirboll are co-chairs; Gerri Aaron, Beatrice Friedman and Sally Yanowitz are honorary co-chairs. A lovely opportunity to pay homage to one of our community’s and our country’s pre-eminent philanthropists.

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Interior angles Holly Dennis’ son’s room includes a themed sample-room headboard decoration, an old copy of Boys’ Life magazine and a chest of drawers with a secret agent theme.

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Interior designers Holly Dennis and Carmen Christensen were two of eight local interior designers who opened their homes to the public Saturday, Oct. 22, and Sunday, Oct. 23 as part of the Florida Christensen West Coast Chapter Dennis of ASID’s “Designer Digs” event to benefit modern look by restoring the terrazzo floors, Habitat for Humanity. Dennis has been a furnishing the house professional interior de- with vintage furniture signer since 2002 and has and keeping the original lived in Sarasota since turquoise GE oven in the 2004. Her home was built kitchen. Dennis says she in 1956, and when she likes that her home is a moved in, she was deter- “little time capsule.” Christensen now has mined to keep the house true to its mid-century her dream kitchen —

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Suggested Donation

WHERE TO BUY TICKETS •BP Service Station, Gulf of Mexico Drive •Longboat Hardware, 4030 Gulf of Mexico Drive •Longboat Key, Lido Key, St. Armands Key Chamber of Commerce, 5570 Gulf of Mexico Drive •Lynches’ Pub & Grub, 19 N. Blvd.

of Presidents • Northern Trust Bank, 540 Bay Isles Road • The Sarasota Observer, 1970 Main St., Sarasota • Stifel Nicolaus, 1226 N. Tamiami Trail; • SunTrust Bank, 510 Bay Isles Road

Or call 350-6577 PLATINUM SPONSOR GOLD SPONSORS

Event organizers: Kiwanis Club of Longboat Key

Participating Restaurants 15 South Ristorante Bijou Cafe Blue Dolphin Cafe Bridge Street Bistro Cafe L’Europe Columbia Restaurant Doggin It Dry Dock Waterfront Grill Eat Here Euphemia Haye Ezra Harry’s Continental Kitchens Hilton-Latitudes Beach Cafe Lazy Lobster Lido Beach Grill Longboat Key Club & Resort Lynches Pub & Grub Mar Vista Dockside Restaurant Moore’s Stone Crab Restaurant Publix Super Market Sarasota Oilive Oil Co. Waterfront Room Also complimentary beers and fine wines from AnheuserBusch Gold Coast Eagle Distributing; Republic National Distributing; Southern Wine & Spirits; and Transatlantic

12 ■ Diversions

YourObserver.com

242,400

Including Homesite

• Semi-Custom Construction • 100’ x150” Home Site • Minutes to Beachs • Minutes to Dining/Shopping • Minutes to I-75 • Just 3 Minutes to Publix

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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 27, 2011

317,400

Santa Maria Floorplan from

Furnished Models Available Immediate Occupancy or Leaseback

941.567.2658 Take Exit 193 • South to E Venice Ave • Proceed 2.2 miles

The Harbour

• Resort-Style, Active Adult, Maintenance-Free Gated Community • Just Minutes to Publix

Furnished Models Available Immediate Occupancy or Leaseback

195,400

941.309.3917 Located on Lockwood Ridge Road 2.4 miles North of University Parkway South of SR70 • Models located at 6773 41st Street Circle East, Sarasota

* See Sales Assoc. for details on which floor plans qualify for $25,000 toward lot premium upgrades/options, or closing costs, not including “The Harbour.” Offer expires 10/31/11.

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